The folks at WeHoLife.org have launched a new HIV prevention and education campaign in the form of an online Web series. Think Melrose Place meets Queer As Folk. According to In the Moment:
IN THE MOMENT is an online web series that follows the lives of a group of gay guys living in the same apartment complex in West Hollywood, California. Like most of us, they’re faced with a huge range of decisions about sex, and the decisions they make impact their lives and the lives of people around them. IN THE MOMENT is also about starting an open, honest conversation among gay guys in the Los Angeles area about these types of decisions.
The series is mildly entertaining and the eye candy is plentiful. Here is Episode 1:
Randi Shade worked for Governor Ann Richards, helped launch AmeriCorps in Texas, served on a multitude of boards, and has extensive business and fund raising experience. And she bleeds orange.
The commander who supervises the Austin police training academy was suspended for 20 days for expressing bias about a lesbian officer. A second commander was fired when he refused to accept a 30-day suspension for failing to report the comment. According to the Statesman:
Cmdr. Calvin Smith, who has worked for the department for 34 years and supervises the Austin police training academy, told the fellow commander that he was worried about the “kind of message” the potential transfer of a gay female officer would send at the academy, which already had two lesbians working there, according to a disciplinary memo.
Cmdr. Larry Oliver was fired for failing to report the comments, even though he later confirmed to investigators that he thought Smith was referring to “their being lesbians,” a disciplinary memo said. He was fired after refusing [Austin Police Chief] Acevedo’s offer of a 30-day suspension.
The article goes on to explain that the action taken against Cmdr. Oliver is also based on his failure to comply with direct orders to not discuss the investigation with others.
Randi Shade for Austin City Council Place 3
