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Wednesday, September 03
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Source: Missoulian , KPAX TV Missoula, Mont. -- What started more than a year ago as a small effort to address hate crimes with a few hundred dollars worth of posters has blossomed into a well-funded plan announced at a news conference Tuesday at Missoula City Hall. Related in Qblog : 'Hate and violence are not Missoula values' (27-Nov-07) In addition to posters, newspaper, television and radio ads, and billboards, the Stop Bias Crimes campaign will depend heavily on a Web site -- www.stopbias.com -- that will allow victims too fearful of filing a police report to securely let law enforcement...
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Saturday, June 14
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Source: Great Falls Tribune , KULR-TV , KPAX-TV , Helena Independent Record Helena, Mont. -- A majority of Montanans favor protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination and passing legislation to do so, a new poll conducted by a human rights group finds. related in Qblog : 'Hate and violence are not Missoula values' The survey of 600 likely general election voters in the state was commissioned by the Montana Human Rights Network and conducted in March by by the Washington, D.C.-based Lake Research Partners. Almost 90% of those polled said that gay and lesbian employees should not be...
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Saturday, March 29
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Source: Montana Standard and seaQwa reports HELENA -- Pride Inc., one of Montana’s most outspoken gay and lesbian equality groups, has closed its doors, prompting the Montana Human Rights Network to take on the group’s cause. Despite the closure of the organization, several other groups including the Human Rights Network continue to pursue LGBT rights in the state. Planning continues for a 2008 Montana Pride Celebration to be held this year in Billings from June 20 to 22. It is being organized by PrideInBillings [MySpace page] and a coalition of other Montana LGBT groups operating as the "Montana...
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Monday, February 18
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Source: Billings Gazette , AP via Great Falls Tribune , and Montana's News Station WASHINGTON -- Montana's gay and lesbian community is calling on Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., to apologize for a gag he recently played on one of his colleagues. According to a Capitol Hill newspaper, Congressman Rehberg played a joke on Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson as the two were traveling on a Middle East congressional delegation trip last month. Rehberg gave Simpson what he called an "Idaho Travel Package." Contents of the travel package included a stuffed sheep, a Village People CD, and a...
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Saturday, December 01
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Source: Montana Standard Butte, Mont. -- Gary Stallings recalls having a pleasant chat with a woman sitting next to him during a flight to Atlanta a few years ago. They were having a good conversation up until he told her he was attending an AIDS convention. Her mood quickly changed and she nervously excused herself, telling Stallings she wanted to move to a seat with more room. It’s one of the many pitfalls the Butte man has encountered in the 16 years he’s lived with AIDS. “Even after all these years and all that we’ve learned about this disease, people are still afraid of it,” Stallings said...
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Tuesday, November 27
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Source: Missoulian and Montana Kaimin Jess Keith didn't always get hugs from strangers at the grocery store, but she happily tolerates the “random acts of peace.” But she won't tolerate acts of violence, especially if that means being attacked on her hometown streets because she's a lesbian. That's precisely what compelled Keith, 29, to stand before more than 250 people Monday night at the Badlander and urge their support of legislation that would add sexual orientation, gender and disability to Montana's current hate-crime statute. “When I was attacked that night I felt really...
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Tuesday, November 27
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Source: KPAX TV An overflow crowd of over 200 people gathered at a Missoula club Monday night to cheer speakers and sign petitions to expand Montana's hate crimes legislation seaQwa photo by Robin Evans A group called Forward Montana is asking legislators to expand the Montana Human Rights Act and on Monday night they held a community rally in Missoula. Montana legislators are once again debating about whether or not to expand the state's hate crime statute. Currently the law allows judges to impose tougher sentences on criminals who victimize people based on race, creed, religion, color...
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Friday, November 23
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Source: Written Rebellion (blog), New West calendar Missoula, Mont. -- Several activist groups in Missoula will hold a community rally, entitled " WE are Missoula. Speak Up. Stand OUT ". The event, scheduled for Monday, November 26, is the latest response to recent incidents anti-gay violence in Missoula. [ see previous Qnews articles ] It will be held at The Badlander (208 Ryman downtown) [ get directions ] from 5-7pm during the time usually devoted to Forward Montana 's "Progressive Happy Hour" at the club. Western Montana Gay and Lesbian Community Center will host along...
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Wednesday, November 14
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Source: Montana Kaimin Missoula, Mont. -- Following a pair of alleged homophobic attacks on Nov. 3, the University of Montana’s LAMBDA Alliance concluded in a meeting Tuesday night that a stronger sense of unity is needed in Missoula’s gay community. In one of the attacks, a 22-year-old male UM student was beaten up by four men on the campus footbridge between 2:30 and 2:35 a.m. The footbridge attack victim said his attackers looked college-aged and wore baggy clothes. Assistant Chief of Police Mark Muir, who was present at the meeting, said that the victim of the footbridge attack has become more...
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Tuesday, November 13
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Source: Common Dreams [[ ed. note: This commentary was originally published February 12, 2002 in Common Dreams. (Click "source" for full version.) It becomes relevant again because of recent reports from Missoula and because it demonstrates that the community has a support network in place that many other towns do not.]] by Richard Wachs Last week [Feb. 2002], terror reared its ugly head here in western Montana, in a series of deeply disturbing incidents. First, two anonymous letters containing white powder were mailed to homes in Missoula. A few nights later, an arsonist tied a gasoline...
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Monday, November 12
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Source: Montana Kaimin [[ ed note: Just as stories about two recent homophobic attacks in Missoula were making their way onto the airwaves and pages of local media, a conference was held at the University of Montana's student center -- the "UC" -- to discuss issues of intolerance. Katie Michel reported for Friday's edition of the UM campus newspaper, the Montana Kaimin (a cool name that means "word" in Salish/Kootenai, by the way) ]] Missoula, Mont. -- Discrimination can’t be conquered in a day, but during the second annual Day of Dialogue, communication was a start...
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Sunday, November 11
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Source: Missoulian (includes material from Missoula Independent ) Flickr photo: sbpoet Missoula, Mont. -- A 29-year-old Missoula woman who was beaten up by a group of four women last weekend says she was also verbally assaulted with homophobic remarks. Jess Keith first encountered her assailants inside a restroom at the Press Box restaurant after the Montana Grizzly football game. One woman was vomiting in a toilet, and Keith offered to bring her some water. “They looked me up and down,” she said. “Then one of the girls called me a dyke and told me to use the men's room.” Keith left the bar...
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Friday, November 09
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Source: KPAX TV Higgins and Broadway in downtown Missoula flickr photo: holotone Missoula, Mont. -- Last Saturday Night a woman was beaten downtown on Main Street; her attackers are still unknown and on the loose. The victim claims she was attacked because she's lesbian. Jess Keith never expected to be attacked and robbed Saturday night when she went into the bathroom at the Press Box. She claims four women were in the bathroom - one of them was sick and throwing-up. She says she offered to get her some water. It was then that they yelled anti-gay slurs at Keith, telling her to get out and...
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