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Seattle Pride Committee laying plans to move Gay Pride to Seattle Center
by Robert Raketty
- SGN Staff Writer
Seattle Center administrators confirmed this week with the SGN that a tentative agreement has been reached with the Seattle Pride Committee to hold Seattles GLBT Parade/March and Rally at Seattle Center next year. Pride Committee members plan to make the announcement from the stage at the Pride Rally on Sunday, June 26.
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SEATTLE PRIDE UPDATE - New speakers, entertainers added to rally line-up
by Robert Raketty
- SGN Staff Writer
Over 100,000 people are expected to attend Seattles Pride March and Festival on Saturday, June 25, and Sunday, June 26, on Seattles Capitol Hill. The annual event celebrates the individual and communal contributions of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community and its allies. Seattle Pr more
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Its Drag Queens vs. The Dykes at Bat-N-Rouge softball extravaganza
Bat-N-Rouge
Sunday, June 19
11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Miller Field at 19th & Thomas
What happens when campy fashion and serious sport collide? Why, you get the Belle of the Softball, of course, Bat-N-Rouge! If youve never seen a drag queen go sliding into second base with four-inch pumps aimed at the groin of a tou more
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THE RAGING GRANNIES DIDNT LET THE RAIN STOP OR DAMPEN THEIR CELEBRATION PERFORMANCE AT PRIDE DAY IN BELLINGHAM JUNE 5.
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Lambda Legal raises alarm as Terrence Boyles nomination to federal appeals court advances in U.S. Senate
NEW YORK Lambda Legal Executive Director Kevin Cathcart made the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted this week to send federal trial judge Terrence Boyles nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals to the Senate floor for a vote.
Terrence Boyle is a three-time loser. Three is how many times the Senate has refuse more
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New ERW ad campaign takes senators to task
Make your voice heard by voting for the ad you think sends the right message
VOTE
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This is your chance to help ERW choose the ad that will adorn the pages of the Eastside Journal, hometown paper to State Senators Bill Finkbeiner and Luke Esser. Both of these Senators vote more
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Illinois House adopts resolution supporting 2006 Gay Games
Event expected to generate up to $80 million in economic activity for city and state
CHICAGO - The State of Illinois budget agreement of May 2005 included many painful spending cuts. But at least one group of Illinois lawmakers spent the final few days of the General Assembly Session lining up support for an event that will significantly more
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LATIN EXPLOSION! - Gia, Miss Gay Latina looks back on exciting year
by Sara Michelle Fetters
Last Saturday, June 11, the Scottish Rite Masonic Theater was the site of the 2005 Mr./Miss/Ms. Gay Latina Pageant. A colorful, bouncy and vibrantly alive affair, the pageant was a sparkling cavalcade of stunning costumes, sterling performances and glistening ethnic pride. One of the best and most festive pageants more
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National survey reveals Gay and heterosexual personal financial decisions may differ
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - According to a recent nationwide online survey, Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual (GLB) adults may differ from heterosexuals when considering their personal financial needs - especially decisions on investing, spending and working with financial institutions.[1] For example, when U.S. adults are asked how they likely would use some or par more
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Just released: Seattles Queer Drug and Alcohol Resource Guide
Seattles first ever official guide to drug and alcohol resources for the LGBT community, Gay men in particular, has just been released by Public Health - Seattle & King County. This pocket-sized guide was produced by the Gay Men, Drug Use, and HIV Workgroup and contains the most current list of treatment, support group, harm reduction and HIV/STD more
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Holland & Knight law firm receives award for work on behalf of Gay asylum-seekers
The Gay Mens Chorus of Washington, D.C. (GMCW) has awarded Holland & Knight its prestigious Harmony Award for the firms pro bono work on behalf of five Gay men seeking U.S. asylum. Holland & Knights Community Services Team and its Gay Lesbian Bisexual & Transgender Work Group provided the legal representation. Holland & Knight is the first law f more
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GARY M. PERKINS
GARY M. PERKINS,
age 45, passed away peacefully on June 11 in Olympia, Washington from cancer related to his Crohns disease, which he had since age 19.
Gary worked as writer for three governors: the Honorable Mike Lowry, the Honorable Gary Locke, and the Honorable Christine Gregoire. In addition to working in the Office of the Governor more
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Plans being made to protest Focus on the Family conference
Planning meeting at the Seattle LGBT Community Center on Sunday, June 19, 4:00 p.m.
by Robert Raketty
- SGN Staff Writer
Focus on the Family, the Colorado-based fundamentalist religious organization founded by Dr. James Dobson, will be at Northshore Baptist Church in Bothell during Gay Pride Weekend this month holding more
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NGLTF: Pryor is an ideological tyrant
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force denounces U.S. Senate confirmation of William Pryor Jr. to the federal bench
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force denounced the U.S. Senates confirmation today of former Alabama Attorney General William H. Pryor Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
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Teaching Pride, Dispelling Shame
by Beth Reis
- Safe Schools Coalition
Why should pride be a part of every schools curriculum? Why Gay pride? Why Black pride? Why pride as a woman? As a child with epilepsy? As a Sikh person? Why is it even the business of the schools? Isnt their job the teaching of reading, riting and rithmetic? Isnt that why we test for those more
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ECSA finishes league play on high note
by Nick Bowen
- Photos by Eric Gregory
Exciting play decided league divisional champions across the ECSA on the final day of league play this past Sunday. Great fan turn out made the play even more exciting. The sun came out and it was a great day to settle the division titles for three of the four open divisions!
The A team Wo more
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