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Wednesday, May 28
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Source: Clovis News Journal , Clovis News Journal , KOB-TV , Associated Press via News9West CLOVIS, N.M.-- Administrators of the school district here promise to give students at the local high school a lesson in official censorship next year. They say administrators will exert greater control over next year's high school yearbook after student editors of the publication included photographs of two lesbian couples in this year's edition. The pictures that caused the big stir show two lesbian couples along with nine straight couples in a feature on relationships. Student editor in chief Maggie...
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Monday, February 11
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Source: Albuquerque Tribune SANTA FE (AP) The Legislature virtually killed one of Gov. Bill Richardson's highest priorities for the legislative session and made scant progress on another. On Saturday, a Senate committee shelved one of Richardson's top initiatives, which would allow for domestic partnerships. The move likely dooms the measure this session. Richardson's support wasn't enough to overcome opposition from social conservatives who worry the measure is similar to recognizing gay marriage. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-4 to table the legislation. Two Democrats...
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Friday, January 11
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Source: Albuquerque Tribune SANTA FE -- Gov. Bill Richardson's assignment for the Legislature is to solve a problem that has vexed the state for decades: extending health coverage to uninsured New Mexicans. Lawmakers return to work Tuesday for a 30-day session heavy on health care and politics. All 112 House and Senate members stand for election this year. If that political backdrop isn't large enough, there's the looming election year in which the state's three U.S. House members decided to run for the Senate and leave their congressional seats open for challengers. One political...
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Monday, December 31
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Source: Santa Fe New Mexican As many as a dozen vehicles were damaged with spray paint in Santa Fe on Friday night, said Santa Fe police Assistant Chief Benjie Montaño. Some of the painting included anti-gay messages, he said. According to Montaño and police reports, a vandal or vandals struck vehicles in the Casa Solano neighborhood, on Camino de las Crucitas, on Herradura Road and at Rainbow Vision off Rodeo Road, a retirement community that focuses on the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. Police believe the spray-paintings are linked because of similarities including the type...
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Thursday, December 20
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Source: Associated Press via Dallas Voice FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) The beating of a man in Farmington in September is being prosecuted as a hate crime. The district attorney’s office filed notices in cases against Scott Thompson, 21, of Aztec; Jerry Paul, 40, of Shiprock; and Craig Yazzie, 37, of Dennehotso, Ariz., that it will seek a hate crime sentencing enhancement on charges initially filed in October. That could mean an additional year of prison time for each felony conviction. “It was a gay-bashing kind of deal — that’s the way it reads to me,” Deputy District Attorney Brent Capshaw said. Matthew...
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Monday, October 29
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RainbowVisions markets its communities to gay and lesbian retirees with images, including these, on their website . Some residents fear they're now marketing too much to non-gay buyers Source: Gay Financial Network It's been nearly a year and a half since Santa Fe's first gay retirement community began welcoming residents. From the outside, the $35 million RainbowVision Properties is undeniably beautiful: 146 units spread out over 13 acres. With condos ranging from $250,000 to $310,000, the site offers panoramic views of the Sangre de Cristo, Sandia, Jemez and Ortiz mountains, and is...
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Friday, October 12
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Farmington, NM -- The Farmington Municipal School Board has decided to keep the current policy regarding extracurricular clubs. The unanimous decision by the board means the controversial Gay-Straight Alliance Club is allowed to form at the Piedra Vista...
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Friday, October 05
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Residents of a gay retirement community in America are worried the special ambiance of their "private oasis" could be ruined by an influx of straight people. RainbowVision, billed as the "first community of its kind", opened last year...
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