July 2010: State news briefs

July 2010: State news briefs

Leon County LGBT employees get benefits
The Leon County commission has voted unanimously to expand its benefits program to include county employees’ domestic partners. Commission chairman Bob Rackleff credited Equality Florida, Tallahassee’s family tree and “the hundreds of LGBT citizens who rallied in our community to make this happen” with the expansion.

Miami one of gayest cities
The Miami/Fort Lauderdale region just made a list of the top 20 gayest cities in America. The rankings come from UCLA’s Williams Institute, which put Miami in the number 20 spot. According to the study, Miami has 4.81 gay couples per thousand households. With 12.4 gay couples per thousand household, San Francisco topped the list at number 1.

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