Some news has accumulated, mostly good, which I've finally remembered to
present to you all:

1.  A judge in Manatee County has declared the state's anti-LGB adoption
law unconstitutional.  The same law was declared unconstitutional in Monroe
County last year.  The law remains in effect in Florida's other 65 counties
until the Supreme Court gets a chance to review the law.

2.  Miami Beach has granted $43,200 of federal money to the Lesbian, 
Gay, and Bisexual Community Center of S. Florida, without discussion or
dissent.  The Community Center has raised close to $100,000 in the last
two months, and a site will hopefully be chosen soon on Lincoln Road.

3.  Chris Wilson was elected to the city commission of Wilton Manors
earlier this month.  Two of the five members of the commission are now
openly gay.

4.  Conservatives in the Florida legislature have scuttled a gay-rights
referendum some in the deeply divided LGB community in Broward County 
wanted.  Activists will attempt to get legislation passed via the
very supportive county commission instead.


Sim Aberson   Ft. Lauderdale, FL   aberson@ocean.dnet.nasa.gov
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