Section One - ALL STORIES
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Dunaway resigns as executive director of Equal Rights Washington
Four or five applicants are being considered for interim role, says ERW
by Robert Raketty
- SGN Staff Writer
Equal Rights Washington announced on Thursday that Fran Dunaway, the organization's executive director for the last eight months, would be stepping down to return to her video production company. Board Co-Chairs Brie Gyncild and Ryan Mello broke the news to E more
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King County Council moves to adopt Transgender protections
Council to hear additional public
testimony on Monday, March 27
Robert Raketty - SGN Staff Writer
The King County Council is expected to adopt on ordinance on Monday, March 27, that would add Transgender people to the County's non-discrimination code. All of the Democratic majority is backing the measure.
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New Orleans: Two Gay men run for mayor
Twenty-three candidates seek the top job
by Rex Wockner
- SGN Contributing Writer
NEW ORLEANS, LA - Two openly Gay men are among the 23 candidates seeking to become mayor of the hurricane- and flood-ravaged Big Easy.
James Arey, a classical-music disc jockey and music manager for the local National Public Radio statio more
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Youthopolis Awards to recognize exceptional Queer youth
by David Luc Nguyen
- SGN Contributing Writer
The fourth annual Youthopolis awards will be taking place at the Century Ball Room on Friday, March 31st, 2006 honoring members of Seattle's Queer youth community who have demonstrated leadership and excelled in community service. Conceived in November of 2002 by the MPowerment Project of Li more
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Candidates for Imperial Prince XXXII of Seattle - Harrie (Altman) Lee - JulieAnn Ferris - Steve Anderson
Harrie (Altman) Lee:
Candidate for Imperial
Prince XXXII of Seattle
To the Board of Reviews, the Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle, and to the City of Seattle:
It's title time again, for us as individuals, to offer our time, money, blood, sweat and tears for the betterment of the Court of Seattle and our community.
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Number of HIV cases in Asia among MSM examined
The AP/Mainichi Daily News on Wednesday examined the increasing number of HIV cases in Asia among men who have sex with men. Although the majority of new HIV cases in recent years across the Asia-Pacific region have been reported among commercial sex workers and injection drug users, new data indicate that new cases among MSM also are increasing.
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Blogger fights Exodus over parody of "ex-Gay" group
"It's troubling that an organization as big as Exodus would go to such great lengths to silence its critics," said Justin Watt of Justinsomnia.org
Citing First Amendment protection for parodies, the American Civil Liberties Union today came to the defense of a California man who received a cease-and-desist letter after posting a parody of more
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2006 BUZZ CUTS, BOOT BLACK, AND BBQ
Mark your calendar! You are invited to attend the 2006 BUZZ CUTS, BOOT BLACK, AND BBQ fundraisers, on the 1st Saturday of each month from April - September, afternoons at The Seattle Eagle. Proceeds from the event will continue the endowment of the Tony DeBlase scholarship under the umbrella of The Pride Foundation.
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Conservative group seeks to revoke waiver for HIV-positive foreigners attending the Gay Games
The conservative group Illinois Family Institute is calling for the Department of Homeland Security to revoke its decision to waive a regulation barring HIV-positive nonresidents from entering the country without special permission in order to admit foreigners attending the Gay Games 2006 in Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times reports (Konkol, Chicago S more
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Northwest News
NEW WOMEN'S SOCCER
TEAM TO BE FORMED
Rain City Soccer Club, the predominantly LGBT soccer organization in Seattle, is forming a new women's soccer team. An information meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 29, from 7 PM to 8 PM at the East Madison YMCA (1700 23rd Ave, Seattle). All women - regardless of sexual orientation and s more
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Time for civil rights protections for Transgendered individuals in King County
by Metropolitan King County Council Chair Larry Phillips
- Special to the SGN
Last month, a community in New Jersey was in an uproar over whether a teacher should be allowed to remain in her job. The teacher's job performance wasn't in question and her qualifications were undisputed. It wasn't about allegations of wrong-doing or any sp more
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Washington's HIV/AIDS patients' drug access complicated under Medicare drug plan
Several HIV/AIDS advocates and government health officials at a hearing before the Washington state Governor's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS on Tuesday said that HIV-positive people are experiencing problems with the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, the Seattle Times reports.
Although advocates acknowledged improvements in the progr more
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Bush Administration criticized for back pedaling on securing clearances
Congressman Barney Frank today issued the following statement on the Bush Administration's proposed changes in security clearance eligibility rules.
"President Bush is breaking yet another promise to protect Gay and Lesbian people from discrimination. While the president publicly promised in the past to uphold Clinton administration execu more
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Marriage equality case argued in Connecticut this week
On Tuesday, March 21, 2006, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) will argue a case seeking an end to marriage discrimination against same-sex couples in Connecticut. The suit, Kerrigan and Mock v. Department of Public Health, was filed in August 2004 on behalf of eight Connecticut couples who sought and were denied marriage licenses.
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IN THEIR OWN WORDS: Seattle Metropolitan Elections Committee / The Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence
For almost thirty years, SEAMEC, the Seattle Metropolitan Elections Committee, has been interviewing and rating candidates for public office to inform LGBT voters in the Puget Sound area and our allies on the level of support and understanding the candidate has for our community.
"This year we are looking at additional ways to educate the more
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The Saga Continues - THE IDIOT ZONE!
There are things posted on the Internet that read too "DUMB" to be true. At times, I think researchers who are desperate and starving make stuff up for federal funds, while at the same time, duping idiots into imitating their so-called dumber than tar theory. It took me awhile to compose and write this Saga that's been messing with my head.
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