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| Updates |
News and Updates on Ongoing Stories
Update: Fort Lauderdale Airport Incident
-The State's Attorney's Office is still reviewing the case against Jethro Monestime, the man who confessed to playing a threatening, anti-gay message over the airport PA system, to see if charges can be filed. Also, the Fort Lauderdale Airport is looking into the apathetic reaction of the Airport Manager to see if it was "appropriate".
Update: Portland Bus Incident
- TriMet, the Portland bus company, has returned the driver to the same route that goes to the Sexual Minority Youth Recreation Center with an unspecified punishment. He continues to come in contact with gay youth on a daily basis.
Update: Fort Lauderdale Mayor's Anti-gay Comments
- The Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, James Naugle, continues his hateful speech towards the gay community. At a city commission meeting on Jul 10th, he called the Stonewall Library a nationally recognized and respected GLBT archives collection) a place for "hard-core porn" (http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/166965.html ).
Mayor Naugle once again showed his true colors at a press conference at City Hall. Flanked by the divisive Rev. O’neal Dozier, Naugle once again used stereotypes and hate instead of facts in his “apology for not acting sooner on the problem of homosexual sex in public restrooms.” When asked why his assertions run counter to what the police department has said, he simply pointed to an incident in South Beach and vague “calls of complaints from concerned citizens” instead of answering questions with facts.
The UNITE Fort Lauderdale Rally, which President of Fight OUT Loud Waymon Hudson helped organize, turned out a large crowd at City Hall. Police estimate the number of attendees to be between 800-1000 people. The crowd included citizens from the business, religious, legal, and neighborhood communities - a truly diverse representation of points of view and issues- all united to say that Jim Naugle does not speak for them. The combined list of speakers came from all walks of life and spoke directly to affordable housing, global warming, tourism, respect, honesty, and diversity. The threatened counter-protest turned out no more than 25 people, the majority of which came down from Pompano with the Rev. O’neal Dozier.
The mayor continues to use hate and stereotypes to attack the GLBT community. He is finding himself further isolated and publicly scorned. The Broward County Commission issued a strong rebuke of the mayor at their last meeting, calling his comments "despicable" and "disgusting" (http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/08/080807laud.htm). They also removed him from the Tourism Development Council, thanks in large part to Fight OUT Loud's urging and documentation (see press release).
Fight OUT Loud continues to fight against the mayor's hate-filled words and deeds, including asking all advertisers for WFTL and “The Mitch and Morely Show” to reconsider their ad placement on the station after the announcement was made that Jim Naugle will co-host on Friday, Aug 10th (see press release).
After much outcry from around the country, the City of Fort Lauderdale has removed the “Focus on Fort Lauderdale” newsletter with Mayor Jim Naugle’s bigoted message against the LGBT community from the city’s website. The city also decided that the mayor's column in Fort Lauderdale's bi-monthly publication will be permanently removed, giving Naugle one less platform from which to spew hate. A special thanks to Commissioners Hutchinson and Moore for standing up for the respect and equality of all residents.
This shows the power and influence of a united LGBTcommunity. Fight OUT Loud issued an Action Alert to its over 20,000 members, many who have written in to express their outrage over this. Great sites like The Bilerico Project and Pam’s House Blend helped get the word out about the call to action and within 1 day the offensive language was removed from the city website and Naugle’s message were removed from future publications.
Thank you to everyone who wrote, called, and stood up against the spread of anti-gay rhetoric at the expense of Fort Lauderdale tax-payers. Your voice was heard. Never again will our community sit by and let dangerous, violence inducing language go unanswered.
Update: Fort Lauderdale Airport Incident
-The State's Attorney's Office is still reviewing the case against Jethro Monestime, the man who confessed to playing a threatening, anti-gay message over the airport PA system, to see if charges can be filed. Also, the Fort Lauderdale Airport is looking into the apathetic reaction of the Airport Manager to see if it was "appropriate".
Update: Portland Bus Incident
- TriMet, the Portland bus company, has returned the driver to the same route that goes to the Sexual Minority Youth Recreation Center with an unspecified punishment. He continues to come in contact with gay youth on a daily basis.
Update: Fort Lauderdale Mayor's Anti-gay Comments
- The Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, James Naugle, continues his hateful speech towards the gay community. At a city commission meeting on Jul 10th, he called the Stonewall Library a nationally recognized and respected GLBT archives collection) a place for "hard-core porn" (http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/166965.html ).
Mayor Naugle once again showed his true colors at a press conference at City Hall. Flanked by the divisive Rev. O’neal Dozier, Naugle once again used stereotypes and hate instead of facts in his “apology for not acting sooner on the problem of homosexual sex in public restrooms.” When asked why his assertions run counter to what the police department has said, he simply pointed to an incident in South Beach and vague “calls of complaints from concerned citizens” instead of answering questions with facts.
The UNITE Fort Lauderdale Rally, which President of Fight OUT Loud Waymon Hudson helped organize, turned out a large crowd at City Hall. Police estimate the number of attendees to be between 800-1000 people. The crowd included citizens from the business, religious, legal, and neighborhood communities - a truly diverse representation of points of view and issues- all united to say that Jim Naugle does not speak for them. The combined list of speakers came from all walks of life and spoke directly to affordable housing, global warming, tourism, respect, honesty, and diversity. The threatened counter-protest turned out no more than 25 people, the majority of which came down from Pompano with the Rev. O’neal Dozier.
The mayor continues to use hate and stereotypes to attack the GLBT community. He is finding himself further isolated and publicly scorned. The Broward County Commission issued a strong rebuke of the mayor at their last meeting, calling his comments "despicable" and "disgusting" (http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/08/080807laud.htm). They also removed him from the Tourism Development Council, thanks in large part to Fight OUT Loud's urging and documentation (see press release).
Fight OUT Loud continues to fight against the mayor's hate-filled words and deeds, including asking all advertisers for WFTL and “The Mitch and Morely Show” to reconsider their ad placement on the station after the announcement was made that Jim Naugle will co-host on Friday, Aug 10th (see press release).
After much outcry from around the country, the City of Fort Lauderdale has removed the “Focus on Fort Lauderdale” newsletter with Mayor Jim Naugle’s bigoted message against the LGBT community from the city’s website. The city also decided that the mayor's column in Fort Lauderdale's bi-monthly publication will be permanently removed, giving Naugle one less platform from which to spew hate. A special thanks to Commissioners Hutchinson and Moore for standing up for the respect and equality of all residents.
This shows the power and influence of a united LGBTcommunity. Fight OUT Loud issued an Action Alert to its over 20,000 members, many who have written in to express their outrage over this. Great sites like The Bilerico Project and Pam’s House Blend helped get the word out about the call to action and within 1 day the offensive language was removed from the city website and Naugle’s message were removed from future publications.
Thank you to everyone who wrote, called, and stood up against the spread of anti-gay rhetoric at the expense of Fort Lauderdale tax-payers. Your voice was heard. Never again will our community sit by and let dangerous, violence inducing language go unanswered.