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Show your PRIDE this weekend in Seattle
It was not an easy year for those who support equal rights for Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender people in the Northwest. Between political developments on the national and regional levels, supporters of equal rights for Gays might not have felt they had much to cheer about. But cheer they will at this weekends Seattle Pride Festival, when participants will celebrate a Pride Explosion of more
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Dyke March takes it downtown
by Janice Gutman
Break out your boots, dust off your heels, strap on your drum, and get ready for the 13th annual Dyke March and Queer Womens Rally. As always, the march will be on the Saturday night before the Pride Parade. It is an open invitation for all queer women to hear some music and some messages and get out in the streets togeth more
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Anti-assimilationists crash Portland Pride
We want anal
penetration, not Gay Pride assimilation!
Photos and text by spArkle
PORTLAND - Queer Revolution and the Dyke March crashed the corporate-sponsored Gay Pride Parade day this morning (June 18). Carrying pink and black flags, anti-authoritarian signs, and shouting chants, the spirited folks made quite a splash wit more
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Capitol Hill business owners align to keep Gay Pride on Capitol Hill
by Robert Raketty
- SGN Staff Writer
Capitol Hill business owners this week amped up their campaign to keep Seattles LGBT Pride Parade/March and Rally on Capitol Hill. Last week, the SGN broke the story that the Seattle Pride Committee has tentatively booked a large portion of Seattle Center for next years Pride festivities as part o more
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Past ISCSORE monarchs launch banner project to promote GLBT history
by Sara Michelle Fetters
In the beginning, it really was just a party group; an organization that brought people together and gave them a safe place to show off their impersonation skills. It was a social outlet, a way for Drag in all its variations to be accepted and applauded. Then came Stonewall. That changed everything.
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Beyond the Closet Bookstore closing after 17 years
Ron Whiteaker, owner of Beyond The Closet Bookstore, Seattles exclusive source for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender books, is calling it quits after 17 years. Business has been declining for several years, so I really cant keep it going any longer, Whiteaker said. Well be closing for good in a few weeks, toward the end of July. Its bee more
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Thoughts on the little tempest brewing over next years Pride celebration
Commentary by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid
Walking down Broadway to visit some friends last weekend - nursing one heck of a cloud of gloom over the state of (1. my love life, or lack of one; (2. the fact that my landlords, SHA, are trying to make me responsible for a bill I couldnt afford without winning the Lotto; and (3. the fact that this y more
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King County Labor Council calls upon Eastside School District to apply Gay non-discrimination policy to Antioch Bible Ch
Last week the King County Labor Council unanimously passed a resolution to call upon the Lake Washington School District to apply the school districts non-discrimination policy regarding sexual orientation to all organizations that lease the school districts facilities, including Antioch Bible Church. The union representing teachers and other sta more
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Statement of DNC Chairman Howard Dean on Celebration of Gay and Lesbian Pride
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In honor of the 2005 Pride month Celebration, Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Howard Dean will attend an event on Thursday, June 23 in New York City with the LGBT community and issued the following statement:
It has been 36 years since Pride month established its roots during a turbulent weekend in New Yor more
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Tell Focus on the Family to stop brainwashing Gay people
James Dobson of the rightwing Focus on the Family will be in Bothell on Saturday, June 25, for a prayer meeting and workshop where he will promote curing homosexuality in todays young people. He wants to turn Gay kids straight with abusive therapy. His organization wants power, more power. In Response, ACTION Northwest and a coalition of group more
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Dunshee House celebrates Seattle Pride 05 as Grand Marshal
by W. Kim Holstein
Dunshee House is topping off the first anniversary under its new name by being honored as one of three Grand Marshals for Seattle Pride 05, the citys celebration of its LGBT community.
Were thrilled to be honored by the Seattle Pride Committee as the Group Pride Grand Marshal and feel humbled to be place more
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Building a shared movement through the use of intentional language
by Mala Nagarajan
[Authors note: This is the first in a series of columns about the intersection of LGBT issues and race issues. Join us in this important, and occasionally difficult and uncomfortable, conversation.]
For the last nine months, the Equal Rights Washington People of Color Caucus has been discussing our roleas LGBT more
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United Farm Workers announce support of marriage equality
SACRAMENTO, CA In response to the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) and their announcement this week to support marriage equality, Equality California Executive Director Geoffrey Kors and California Political Director Christine Chavez of the UFW issued the following statements:
Kors: We are humbled by the support of the United Farm W 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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Great play sends teams to Gay World Series
by Nick Bowen
With the At Large bids to the Gay Softball World Series (GSWS) in San Diego at stake, five D division and four C division teams took the fields in the last season play day for the Emerald City Softball Association this past Saturday. Great play and sportsmanship were the rule of the day as teams battled in a double eliminat more
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The Burden of Suicide
by Lee T. Bureau
For both of us it was our first real relationship. It seemed so perfect; one of us wanting out of a marriage that went sour, and the other desperately wanting to share his life with someone. It was love at first sight! In no time at all we were planning to buy a home together and looking for a priest to bless our relations more
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