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posted Friday, February 19, 2010 - Volume 38 Issue 08 |
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Section One
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'Two Gay dudes on a mission'
Gay couple runs emergency supplies to Haiti
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Staff Writer
Luke Montgomery and Nate Gudias are a Gay couple who have been running emergency medicine, food and tents into Haiti by boat, and are now taking their mission online at CauseCommandos.com to rally support from the Gay community. The site allows supporters to watch video of more
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GSBA's 2009 Business and Humanitarian Awards
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Staff Writer
The Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) honored 10 recipients at the 2009 Business and Humanitarian Awards Dinner on February 17 at the Grand Hyatt Seattle.
Success is not only measured in terms of wealth or extensive budgets, said GSBA officials. It is often a reflection more
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Success as New Hampshire House kills anti-marriage bill
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
The New Hampshire House of Representatives has killed two measures to repeal marriage equality in the state.
On February 15, the House first rejected a constitutional amendment to define marriage as "one man and one woman" and then voted down a bill to repeal the marriage equality more
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BREAKING NEWS: Anti-Gay riots in Kenya
Human Rights Watch calls for action
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
The international watchdog organization Human Rights Watch called on the government of Kenya to protect its LGBT citizens and HIV/AIDS agencies as anti-Gay mobs rioted in the cities of Mtwapa and Mombassa.
Kenyan poli more
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ACLU-NJ sues police for abuse of Transgender woman
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Staff Writer
On January 17, American Civil Liberties Union New Jersey (ACLU-NJ) filed a lawsuit against the Newark, New Jersey Police Department in the case of Diana Taylor, a Transgender Newark citizen allegedly tormented by officers who harassed her, falsely arrested her and threatened her safety.
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SnoGLOBE offers LGBTQ support in Snohomish County
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Staff Writer
The SnoGLOBE Equality Alliance, an LGBTQ advocacy, support, and resource organization in Snohomish County, is making a difference by working towards creating a safe, healthy and drug-free community that celebrates diversity and provides a positive environment for LGBTQ youth, adults and allies. more
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Scott Hattori: A star is born
by Don Paulson -
SGN Contributing Writer
Teenage Scott Hattori was one of the 110,000 Japanese Americans interned in relocation camps during WWII. The fear was espionage and sabotage against America. Crowded into tar paper barracks with no running water, communal mess hall, laundry or toilets, and inadequate heat, guarded by barbe more
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Gay demonstrations mark Valentine's Day across Latin America
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Gay rights activists in Latin America used the occasion of Valentine's Day to stage demonstrations in several countries.
In Argentina, the Argentine LGBT Federation and ElMismoAmor.org invited the LGBT community and its allies to its second annual 'Picnics for the Same Love.'
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Malawi police arrest one Gay man, hunt for more
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Police in the African country of Malawi announced the arrest of a Gay man February 15 on charges of sodomy, and revealed they are hunting for a 'network of homosexuals' throughout the country.
'Yes, we have arrested one Mr. Tony Chirwa after a complaint that he sodomized a young ma more
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Paul Malcolm Edwards
In Loving Memory of
Paul Malcolm Edwards
September 21, 1945 - February 9, 2010
Beloved Son and Friend to All more
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Section One
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| International News |
International News
by Rex Wockner -
SGN Contributing Writer
First pride planned in St. Petersburg, Russia
Despite the violence and official bans that have hit Moscow's pride events over the past four years, Russia's second city, St. Petersburg, will stage its first pride parade on June 26.
The plan has the support of the city's ombudsman, Alexey Kozyrev more |
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Northwest News
SAFE SCHOOLS COALITION
LGBT SCHOLARSHIP RESOURCES
www.safeschoolscoalition.org/RG-scholarships.html
FREE RÉSUMÉ AND
JOB SEARCH WORKSHOPS
South Seattle Community College's WorkSource Center is partnering with the Seattle Public Library to offer résumé and job search workshops at the downtown Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Room 4 on Leve more |
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National News
by Rex Wockner -
SGN Contributing Writer
National ACT UP-like network forming
Around 45 LGBT activists of varying national stature met at the Highlander Research and Education Center in rural Tennessee in late January to create a new national LGBT direct-action movement.
"We had one thing on our agenda: Discuss ways to build a national netw more |
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Signature-gathering
underway for I-1068
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Staff Writer
On February 17, Sensible Washington
announced that it has received final ballot
language from the offices of state Attorney
General Rob McKenna and Secretary of
State Sam Reed for its initiative measure
1068.
I-1068 is now certified for circulation of
petitions for voter sign more
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Out to Quit: Going through 'The Program' - Week 7
by James Whitely -
SGN Staff Writer
A few days into quitting smoking, I had a detailed dream in which I gave in and smoked a much-desired menthol cigarette. I could feel the smoke roll into my lungs as it crept down through the twisted tubes inside me. I felt the smoke as I exhaled slowly through my nose and then my mouth. I awok more
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Rosehedge hosts third annual Love Without Boundaries fundraiser
by Eric Andrews-Katz -
SGN Contributing Writer
Love Without Boundaries Valentine's Day Fundraiser
February 14
Madison Renaissance Hotel
Valentine's Day is about many forms of love. Love between a couple, love between families and love between friends are just a few of the expressive ways to more
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Chinese contestant afraid to go home after pageant
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Xiao Dai, the Chinese entry in the Mr. Gay World contest in Oslo, said on February 17 that he was afraid to go home.
'I'm scared to go back to Urumqi, not for myself, but I'm scared that it will impact my organization. If the organization can't continue its work, that will be no go more
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Uganda pastor shows Gay porn in church
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
A well-connected Uganda pastor showed Gay porn videos to his congregation in an attempt to revive support for Uganda's infamous 'kill the Gays' legislation.
BBC News reports that Pastor Martin Ssempa, a former protégé of Saddleback Church founder Rick Warren, showed hardcore Gay sex more
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Tour de Life:
The upside of being pissed off
by Beau Burriola -
SGN European Correspondent
I counted along with the loud beat coming from my iPod, buoyed by rage. When you go to the gym pissed off, you are sure to have a workout unlike any other, and these days my muscles were bigger than I could ever manage to get them to be before. Anger was building.
I suppo more
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General Gayety: Kenya - a joint crusade
by Leslie Robinson -
SGN Contributing Writer
Online readers of Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper spotted an apparent show of brotherhood: a photo of a Christian leader and a Muslim leader meeting together in the latter's mosque.
The two men were indeed united in a common spiritual bond: joint hatred - not as uplif more
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