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Dwight Eubanks Arrested in Atlanta for Driving with Suspended License
Turns out that right after we interviewed him Wednesday night at CNN Dialogues: LGBT, former Real Housewives of Atlanta and Purple Door Salon owner Dwight Eubanks went out and got himself arrested. You can see he’s wearing the same outfit in the mugshot above (and working that camera) as he is in our interview below…
“Officers were patrolling the area of Freedom Parkway and Boulevard on Wednesday, December 14 when they saw a Chevy Tahoe with the driver’s side headlight out, Atlanta police spokesman Officer John Chafee told the AJC on Monday.
They stopped the vehicle and spoke to Eubanks, who told them he did not have his license with him, the spokesman said. When authorities checked, they found out his license had been suspended, Chafee said. He was arrested and charged.”
Hopefully Dwight will learn from his mistake. As he told us during the interview, ‘When you know better, you do better.’
His court date is scheduled for February.
Do you think Dwight should have been arrested?
Grassroots effort underway to find emergency shelter for Atlanta LGBT homeless youth
The Atlanta chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence has set up a fund and help line to find emergency shelter for LGBT homeless youth in Atlanta who are not able to locate immediate housing through other resources, such as shelters and LGBT youth agencies. The phone numbers, up and running now and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, are 678-8-LOST-25, or 678-856-7825. A Facebook page for the Saint Lost and Found fund has also been created and a website, www.saintlostandfound.org is expected to be live later this week. At a packed town hall forum Wednesday night… >>
Read more Grassroots effort underway to find emergency shelter for Atlanta LGBT homeless youth at The GA Voice…
Mayor Reed: ‘Occupy’ arrests made for public safety
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed was forced to answer public questions over his handling of the recent Occupy Atlanta arrests at a town hall-style meeting at Saint Mark United Methodist Church last night. Reed was on hand to discuss the 2009 raid on the Atlanta Eagle , a gay bar, alongside the Atlanta Police Department’s LGBT Advisory Board and APD head Chief George Turner. But several of the open floor questions centered on the mayor’s decision to revoke an executive order allowing Occupy Atlanta protesters to remain in the city’s Woodruff Park beyond an 11 p.m. deadline and the subsequent arrests of… >>
Read more Mayor Reed: ‘Occupy’ arrests made for public safety at The GA Voice…
Atlanta mayor ready to end ‘argument’ over Eagle raid
Atlanta Mayor Kasim wants to hold a videotaped conference with attorneys representing patrons in the Atlanta Eagle the night of the 2009 gay bar raid “so we can stop having this argument” over whether the Atlanta Police Department has implemented changes required in the settlement of the federal lawsuit. Reed made the pledge at a packed LGBT town hall forum Tuesday night organized to discuss the Eagle raid and other public safety issues. Tuesday’s town hall forum was hosted by the Atlanta LGBT Police Advisory Board and included Reed and Chief George Turner fielding questions from the crowd of some 150 people… >>
Read more Atlanta mayor ready to end ‘argument’ over Eagle raid at The GA Voice…
U.S. Rep. John Lewis joins brief challenging federal gay marriage ban
Georgia’s own U.S. Rep. John Lewis has joined more than 100 members of Congress in a legal brief arguing that part of the Defense of Marriage Act, the ban on federal recognition of same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional. “The stories of people in long-term relationships who are denied the right to act on their partners’ final requests are heartbreaking,” Lewis said in a press statement today. “If a state provides the right for gay and lesbian citizens to marry, the federal government should not bar their ability to receive any of the rights and privileges given to any… >>
Read more U.S. Rep. John Lewis joins brief challenging federal gay marriage ban at The GA Voice…
Runners to Don Their Bare Apparel for 3rd Annual Santa Speedo Run on Dec. 10th
This year’s third annual Santa Speedo Run is moving to Midtown…
Runners will once again don their bare apparel as they pound the pavement down Peachtree Street, raising money for Bert’s Big Adventure, a non-profit organization that gives back to Atlanta children with terminal and chronic illnesses.
Bert’s Big Adventure also provides the children’s families with an opportunity to travel for five days to Disney World!
Participants are asked to raise a minimum of $200 in support of the Bert Show’s Bert’s Big Adventure. Wearing a Speedo (or similar attire) is required, and runners are encourage to accessorize with holiday themed flair (reindeer antlers, Santa hats, beards, ornaments, etc.).
Last year’s event was a huge success, with more than 200 registered participants and over $50,000.00 raised for a local charity.
The run begins at Hudson Grille, 942 Peachtree St. NE, on Saturday, December 10th at 2 p.m. Registration is open now!
Families are key to sustaining physical, mental health of LGBT youth
Editor’s Note: Caitlin Ryan, PhD, is in Atlanta this weekend for the Council on Social Work Education’s annual conference and speaks at the very first LGBT plenary of the CSWE on Sunday, Oct. 30, from 9:45 a.m.-11 a.m. The conference is at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis and is open to the public. The hotel is located at 265 Peachtree Center Ave., Atlanta, GA 30303. While sitting bedside of numerous gay men dying of AIDS in the 1980s while living in Atlanta, Caitlin Ryan said she was overwhelmed not only by the disease’s impact on the men infected by this new virus but… >>
Read more Families are key to sustaining physical, mental health of LGBT youth at The GA Voice…
We are the 99 percent, too
Early Wednesday morning, the Atlanta Police Department, acting on orders from Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, arrested 53 Occupy Atlanta protesters who defiantly remained in the city’s Woodruff Park beyond an 11 p.m. curfew. During an early morning press conference, Reed said that the city was forced to take action against the protesters after Occupy Atlanta organizers attempted to host a free hip-hop concert in Woodruff Park over the weekend without a proper security plan. When Reed announced Oct. 24 a reversal of his earlier order allowing protesters to remain in Woodruff Park beyond the 11 p.m. curfew for the city’s parks… >>
Read more We are the 99 percent, too at The GA Voice…
Ga. gay candidates make final push as Nov. 8 election nears
Pam Miller, endorsed by Georgia Equality and the national Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, hopes to be the first openly gay candidate elected in Savannah. Her race against incumbent Mary Ellen Sprague in District 4 of the Savannah City Council has garnered enough attention to be considered one of the Victory Fund’s “Top 10 Races to Watch” come Nov. 8. “These are exciting and even historic races,” said Shawn Werner, the Victory Fund’s director of campaign services, in a statement. “In each case a victory would mean a real step forward for a local LGBT community, and some of these will be… >>
Read more Ga. gay candidates make final push as Nov. 8 election nears at The GA Voice…
National Gay History Project highlights LGBT people among nation’s founders
James Buchanan: America’s first gay president? More than 150 years before America elected its first black president, Barack Obama, it most likely had its first gay president, James Buchanan (1791-1868). Buchanan, a Democrat from Lancaster County, Pa., was the 15th president of the United States, and a lifelong bachelor. He served as president from 1857-61, tumultuous years leading up to the Civil War. >>
Read more National Gay History Project highlights LGBT people among nation’s founders at The GA Voice…
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