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Senator Murray and Representative Pedersen introduce Domestic Partnership expansion bill
by Nick Ardizzone -
SGN Staff Writer
On January 28, State Senator Ed Murray announced the next incremental expansion to Washington's Domestic Partnership Bill. The latest expansion, which will be heard in the House and Senate on February 5, hopes to grant domestic partnerships all the remaining rights which were excluded from the first two bills, making civil unions e more
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California Equality Summit: No on 8 leaders admit errors
by Rex Wockner -
SGN Contributing Writer
More than 400 Gay activists gathered at the Los Angeles Convention Center January 24 to organize and strategize to win back same-sex marriage in California. But attendees at the daylong Equality Summit spent just as much time looking backward - at the errors made by the leadership of the N more
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Lesbian named to head Iceland's government
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Iceland's president has asked Johanna Sigurdardottir, the openly Lesbian Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security, to form a new government after former Prime Minister Geir Haarde resigned on January 23. If she is able to assemble a majority coalition, she will become the world's first Le more
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MLK Day volunteers at Lambert House
by Tim Peter -
SGN Contributing Writer
Martin Luther King, Jr., would have turned 80 years old on January 15. On Monday, January 19, Americans were asked by President and Mrs. Obama to honor the Civil Rights leader by contributing their time and effort to community service projects in their local neighborhoods. In Seattle, many more
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Proposition 8 was always an uphill climb
by Matt Foreman - Special to the SGN
A lot of people have been saying that Prop 8 was our side's to lose and that missteps by the No on 8 Campaign snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Those analyses ignore hardcore obstacles and fundamentals underlying the contest, including how hard it is to hold and move opinions on marriage more
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GLSEN examines LGBT students of color
LGBT students of color face unique and diverse challenges regarding victimization at school, according to Shared Differences: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students of Color in Our Nation's Schools, a report released today by GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.
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A Dyke About Town: Classical music and texting
by Mercy Moosemuzzle -
SGN Contributing Writer
Mercy and Cuteness went to the Metropolitan Opera encore broadcast of La Rondine. Marco Armiliato conducted the met orchestra playing Puccini's music flawlessly. A fun aspect of this performance was that the singers in the principal roles were married in real life. Angela Gheorgiu more
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Prop 8 donors lose privacy case
Judge: Anti-gay marriage donors must be public
By STEVE LAWRENCE Associated Press Writer
SACRAMENTO -- A federal judge on Thursday denied a request to keep the names of donors to California's anti-gay marriage initiative secret...
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GLAAD ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT NEIL G. GIULIANO
Board to Announce Search at Later Date
Los Angeles, Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Neil Giuliano, the president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), today announced his resignation to pursue personal interests while completing his forthcoming book about his public and political life. Giuliano has served as pr more
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Obama: Don't ask, don't tell, do wait
Boston Globe
1 Feb 09
Obama seeks assessment on gays in military
No rush to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell'
By Bryan Bender
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is telling the Pentagon and
gay-rights advocates that it will have to study the implications for
national security and enlist mor more
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Goodridges file for divorce
Boston Herald
3 Feb 09
Landmark Jamaica Plain gay couple calls it quits
By Laurel J. Sweet
The Jamaica Plain lesbians whose passionate love led to the groundbreaking
legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts have called it quits
and filed for divorce, the Herald has learned.
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$83 million pumped into Prop. 8 race
AP
2 Feb 09
Donors pumped $83 million into Prop. 8 race
by Lisa Leff
The new filings, which cover the weeks immediately before and after the
Nov. 4 election, show that elected officials, businesses, churches and
individuals poured millions more into the contest than previously
reported.
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Mormon church reveals deeper involvement in Proposition 8 - Sacramento Bee
http://www.sacbee.com/295/story/1589451.html
Mormon church reveals deeper involvement in Proposition 8
By Shane Goldmacher
Sunday, Feb. 01, 2009
The Mormon church has revealed in a campaign filing that the church spent nearly $ more
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NYC video arcade drama
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Police Charged with False Arrests of Gay Men at Adult Video Stores
by Andy Humm, Gotham Gazette
02 Feb 2009
Anger is building against the police department in the wake of an increase in arrests of gay men for prostitution at Manhattan adult video stores. Last week, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn joined in t
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Oscar Wilde Bookshop is closing - Venerable Bookstore to Close in Village - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/nyregion/04bookstore.html?_r=1
Venerable Bookstore to Close in Village
Ruth Fremson/The New York Times
The store's owner, Kim Brinster, said sales were slow; there were only two pa more
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