GLBT Ally Tubbs-Jones in Critical Condition

According to ontopmagazine.com, Ohio Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first African-American woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a GLBT ally, remains in critical condition in an East Cleveland, OH hospital after suffering an aneurysm last night.

Officials say the Congresswoman collapsed while driving in the suburb of Cleveland Heights Tuesday night and was taken to Huron Hospital in nearby East Cleveland.

At an afternoon press conference today, Dr. A. Gus Kious said she had suffered a “very serious brain hemorrhage caused by an aneurysm that burst in an inaccessible part of her brain.”

“This morning, a team of medical doctors and neurosurgeons from Huron Hospital and Cleveland Clinic evaluated her medical condition and determined that she has very limited brain function.” he said.

Tubbs Jones, a rising Democratic star who has served five House terms and is expected to win her sixth, is a long-time GLBT ally. She is a co-sponsor of Rep. Ellen Tauscher’s Military Readiness Enhancement Act aimed at repeal of the military’s ban on gays & lesbians serving openly and she scores high on the Human Rights Campaign GLBT index.

The Cleveland Plain-Dealer reported the Congresswoman had died, but now says she is in critical condition.

Camp Equality Aimed At Keeping Skills Sharp

According to Erik Resnick of Gay Peoples Chronicle, while many people were out basking in the sun, 26 activists and organizers spent last weekend indoors, sharpening their political skills for the upcoming election. “Camp Equality,” sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign with state and local groups, gave seminars on message development, blogging, building field plans, relations with the press and voter targeting, among other topics. Read more