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BUSINESS
NEWS
The
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) signed
a partnership agreement on June 1 with the National
Association of Gay and Lesbian Community Centers (NAGLCC)
in Los Angeles. The partnership is intended to increase
the participation of lesbian- and gay-owned businesses
in SBA’s capital-access, contract procurement, and
technical assistance programs. Under the agreement, SBA
will work closely with 106 gay and lesbian community centers
in 36 states to disseminate information about SBA’s
small-business assistance programs and services to America’s
gay and lesbian small- business owners and potential entrepreneurs.
For more information call Worley Barker of Chase Bank’s
SBA lending program at 713/640-3385.
Jacquie
Brennan and Kevin Johnson are pleased to announce the
firm’s new name: Brennan Johnson Law Firm, LLP.
“Being a full-service law firm means that our clients
think of our firm as their ‘legal home’—one
place to bring all of their legal problems and concerns.
Our attorneys bring a wide range of interests and experience
to many different areas of law,” says Brennan. Within
the firm, Jason Grill concentrates his practice in business
litigation, landlord-tenant disputes, and probate. Scott
Fishman focuses on family, probate, and consumer law.
Lynette Bratton focuses on contracts, business formation and transactions, and
construction law. David Mee focuses on criminal law, civil
rights, and civil litigation. Nocole Fiori handles appeals
and parole issues, consumer protection, and criminal cases.
Lisa VanAuken focuses on divorces, child custody and support,
and adoptions. Raed Gonzalez focuses on personal injury,
medical malpractice, and HIV law. Cary Farris handles
employment, immigration, and consumer litigation for the
firm. Kevin Johnson focuses his practice in civil litigation,
including auto accidents, nursing home abuse, and personal
injury. Jacquie Brennan continues to concentrate her practice
on disability and elder law issues, including estate planning.
Brennan Johnson, LLP, is located at 2402 Commonwealth,
and can be reached at 713/522-1211.
Houston Black Tie Dinner, Inc. presents its
Table Sales Kick-Off Party on July 16 from 4–7
p.m. Co-chair Gail Swinney encourages participants to
attend this year’s kick-off party to secure seating
at the annual fundraising dinner; this year’s theme
is “2000: A New Dawn.” The board of directors
of Houston Black Tie Dinner, Inc. is pleased to announce
the beneficiaries of this year’s fundraising event.
Local beneficiaries include: The Assistance Fund, AssistHers,
Bering Omega Community Center Services, Body Positive
Hosuton, Houston Area Teen Coalition of Homosexuals
(H.A.T.C.H.), Lesbian and Gay Community Center, Lesbian
Health Initiative, Montrose Clinic, Montrose Counseling
Center, PFLAG Houston, People with AIDS Coalition of
Houston, Texas Human Rights Foundation, and An Uncommon
Legacy-Houston. This year’s national beneficiary
is GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation).
Co-chair Carlos Reyes adds, “We anticipate over
1,300 participants at this year’s dinner and expect
to surpass the fundraising goals of previous years.”
“2000: A New Dawn” will be held on November
11, 2000 at the George R. Brown Convention Center. For
more information, call 713/523-9611.
Two Houston activist groups, the Equity Rally,
Inc and the Houston Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus,
working in conjunction with the StopDr.Laura.com
website are spearheading local opposition to Laura
Schlessinger by organizing a protest picket on Friday,
July 14, 11:30 a.m., at KSEV AM-700 (11767 Katy Freeway)
where “Dr.” Laura currently airs her syndicated
radio show. “This force is to create awareness
in the local population of Houston that bigotry will
not be tolerated in on our city’s airwaves. Our
ultimate aim is to halt KPRC-TV, Channel 2’s plans
to air her television show this September,” reports
Dan DiDonato of the Equity Rally. Calling lesbian and
gay people “biological errors,” pedophiles
and “deviant,” Dr. Schlessinger stridently
opposes gay marriage, gay rights to adopt children,
and counsels parents to isolate their kids from LGBT
people. For more information, contact 713/498-8556.
Amazon.com announced the launch of a comprehensive
new gay & lesbian bookstore created to help shoppers
find and discover a full range of gay- and lesbian-oriented
titles in one easy-to-shop location. Located at www.amazon.com/gay-
and-lesbian, the electronic bookstore features titles
devoted to all aspects of gay and lesbian life, including
biographies, history, literature, drama, literary criticism,
poetry, mystery and thrillers, nonfiction (including
activism, bisexuality, civil rights, coming out, philosophy,
sexuality, and transgender), parenting and families,
and travel. The site offers editor recommendations and
customer reviews, as well as lists of award-winning
gay and lesbian titles, including winners of the Lambda
Literary Awards—sponsored by the Lambda Book Report,
a bimonthly review of lesbian and gay literature—and
the American Library Association’s Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, and Transgendered Book Awards. You can also
access Amazon.com
from the OutSmartMagazine.com
website.
ISSUES! magazine, proclaiming itself the only
national publication to address the entertainment and
social needs of lesbians of color, premiered in April
2000. “I want to be the Essence or the Latina for
lesbians of color,” states publisher and founder
Stephanie Daniels. “Lesbians of color throughout
the world are doing remarkable things. I don’t
think it’s reasonable to try to squeeze the many
and varied works and interests of a global community
of lesbians of color into a special issue of a magazine,
but the more mainstream lesbian magazines continually
do just that. We want to talk about the issues that
affect us as lesbians and women of color, from breast
cancer to relationships to the workplace to the fun
stuff, like entertainment and travel.” Two years
ago, ISSUES! was dreamed up during a road trip between
Los Angeles and Oakland. Check out their website at
www.issuesmag.com.
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