November 2001 saw major victories for gay rights in Florida, Michigan, and Maryland and a disappointing loss in Texas - Worth Noting - Brief Article

Humanist, Jan-Feb, 2002

* November 2001 saw major victories for gay rights in Florida, Michigan, and Maryland and a disappointing loss in Texas. In the elections, three measures in Michigan cities--two to enact discriminatory city charter amendments and one to repeal a civil rights law--all were rejected by strong margins.

Two favorable Miami Beach measures passed in Dade County, Florida, to extend domestic partnership coverage to same-sex employees. And in late November Maryland became the twelfth state to enact a law banning discrimination based on sexual orientation. Right-wing organizers conceded defeat when their attempts to place on the 2002 ballot a measure challenging the law ultimately failed. In Houston, Texas, however, a proposition to ban domestic partnership passed by a narrow margin.