NZ: Parliament's 'Rainbow Room' to recognise gay contribution

By TIM DONOGHUE
The Dominion Post

The newly-named 'Rainbow Room' will recognise gay, lesbian and transgender New Zealanders and their contribution to society and Parliament.

Speaker Margaret Wilson said the designation of the Rainbow Room had been supported by members of all parties represented in Parliament.

She said the journey to full citizenship was recognised for other New Zealanders with Matangireia (the former Maori Affairs Committee Room); Maui Tikitiki-a-Taranga (the Maori Affairs Committee Room); the Pacific Room; the Suffrage Room and the recently dedicated Asia Room.

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Gay Pride Month celebrated by raising a rainbow flag at City Hall (on Flag Day)

The Somerville Journal
Massachusetts

Mayor Joe Curtatone announced that he will host the city’s annual ceremony to honor Gay Pride Month on Saturday, June 14, at 9 a.m. on the City Hall Concourse. The event will feature remarks by Mayor Curtatone and other community leaders and elected officials.

This is the third consecutive year that the rainbow flag has been raised at City Hall, after several years of commemorating GLBT Pride with ceremonies in Davis Square.

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American Airlines courts gays

www.aa.com/rainbow

American Airlines opens up a website specifically for the gay community.

They also have a marketing campaign on LOGO tv (a GLBT media outlet) which starts on October 22.