CCGLA commends Justin Nichols for making history in Collin County:

Justin was the first openly gay person to run for office in Collin County. He captured over 38% of the vote against a 19-year incumbent, when he ran for Plano's school board at age 18. The same month and year that CCGLA incorporated - May, 2003! In 2004, members of the Plano City Council appointed Justin to the Plano Heritage Commission, making him the youngest person ever to serve on a city commission seat.   In 2008, he became the youngest person and first openly gay person to run for Plano City Council. Justin received 40% of the vote on Saturday.

Justin Nichols, Victory Committee Vice-Chair, will be recognized at CCGLA's Annual Meeting being held on June 13th. A 5-year celebration of the organization will follow the meeting. Please join us in thanking Justin!

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Mark your calendar:

CCGLA Annual Meeting will be June 13, 2008 at the home of Eli Duarte and Jay Forte. A 5-year celebration of the organization will follow..

Please let us know if you have an interest in serving on the board of the most powerful LGBTA organization in Collin County! Email info@ccgla.org

In the April 8, 2008 issue of The Advocate was an article titled "Where the Gays are."

Using the 2006 U.S. Census estimates of the country's 100 largest cities, Gary Gates, a senior research fellow at the Williams Institute of UCLA, School of Law, ranked those cities by the portion of same-sex couples among all couples and compared that to the figures from 2000.

Plano was ranked as one of the top five emerging cities for gays and lesbians.

Commissioner's Court holds off on EEO Plan - Mckinney Courier Gazette
Three people who support a gay, lesbians, bisexual, and transgender group and residents in Collin County asked the court to amend the policy to include the words ‘sexual orientation' and ‘gender identity and expression' to protect employees and people who apply for a county job from discrimination based on an employee's or applicant's sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.

Morris Garcia, president of the Collin County Gay and Lesbian Alliance, said the county's current EEO policy does not provide equal employment opportunities for everyone.

BNCC meetings are the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month. The meeting are held at Fox Sports Grill, 5741 Legacy Road in The Shops of Legacy in Plano from 11:30am - 1:00pm. The groups goal is to spread the word and have many join the group -- the more people that attend, the better your prospects for building your client-base as well as helping other clients find new service providers.

For more information or to RSVP, visit the Business Network-CC website.