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WINDY CITY TIMES
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2006-01-11
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Denver philanthropist Tim Gill has formed a political nonprofit group to get more involved in candidate races and fight constitutional amendments barring gay marriage—including one anticipated on the Colorado ballot, according to the Denver Post. The Gill Action Fund will be national in scope and bankrolled exclusively by the high-tech millionaire.
The Vanguard Group, one of the nation's largest mutual fund companies, announced that in all of its proxy votes, it will support workplace protections against sexual orientation discrimination, according to Advocate.com . Following discussions with Equality Forum, a national gay-rights organization, Vanguard made the corporate policy change, which will extend to all the businesses it owns shares in.
Love and Pride has secured a licensing agreement with Showtime Networks to produce a line of jewelry for Queer As Folk and The L Word, according to a Showtime release. The new jewelry collections are set to launch in early 2006. See www.loveandpride.com .
Lawrie Demorest, partner in the Atlanta office of Alston & Bird, has been named co-chair of the board of directors of the Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) , according to an HRC release. Demorest and co-chair Michael Berman will lead the 43-member national board.
At its recent national meeting, the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund—which supports openly LGBT political officials and candidates—elected new board officers. An organizational release stated that Brian A. Johnson of Virginia is the new chair, Paul Horning of Georgia is the new vice-chair, Chris Ray of South Carolina is the new treasurer and Janine Brunjes of Texas is secretary for a second term. |
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