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Seattle Pacific University recognizes Haven as official group
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
After weeks of pressure from the local LGBT community, change.org, and university alumni, Seattle Pacific University (SPU) officials announced they would now allow Haven to meet on campus.
Haven is a student-led club where SPU students discuss issues surrounding the intersection of sexuality and religion, with a more
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WISCONSIN REPORT - LGBT voices rise from Wisconsin
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
'Around the country, LGBT workers and our allies are standing in solidarity with the workers in Wisconsin,' said Pride At Work Executive Director Peggy Shorey.
'The right to collective bargaining is vital for all workers, and particularly so for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgend more
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Alanda Spence asks What Would You Do?
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
Alanda Spence, native of Auburn, WA, taps into her personal experience of being raised by a Gay father to play a controversial character in ABC's hit show What Would You Do?
Spence will depict being a Lesbian soldier on the episode set to air March 4.
In an ep more
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More DOMA drama - Government continues enforcement, Republicans plan to defend it in court
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Less than a week after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that President Obama had ordered him not to continue to defend the constitutionality of DOMA, the Department of Justice told a federal court that it will still enforce the law.
Holder issued a statement on February more
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Repeal effort fails -
NH marriages safe
until 2012
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Efforts to repeal New Hampshire's marriage equality law failed when the state's House Judiciary Committee voted not to consider HB 343 and HB 437.
The unanimous 15-0 vote means that the measures may be revived when the legislature reconvenes next year.
The committ more
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Groups nix Russian activist's CA visit
by Cynthia Laird -
Courtesy of the Bay Area Reporter
Several California organizations have pulled the plug on their sponsorship of a visit to the Golden State by prominent Russian Gay rights activist Nikolai Alekseev after it was discovered that he posted an anti-Jewish remark on a blog that he owns.
Alekseev wa more
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Celebrating Seattle's Gay deaf community
by Anthony Greer -
SGN Contributing Writer
Between Tuesday nights at the Elite, Saturday nights at the Cuff, and Seattle Central Community College's excellent ASL curriculum, the Gay deaf community in Seattle has become anything but silent.
'Deaf people all over the USA are aware that Seattle is very Gay/deaf frie more
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Local dancer works to teach and inspire
SGN speaks with Jacob Rodvelt-Gamlieli of Action Dance and Performing Arts Academy
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
Jacob Rodvelt-Gamlieli is easy on the eyes; the man is absolutely gorgeous. He's got a wonderful smile and a warm personality. I've not heard one bad word said about him, and for good reason: he is one of more
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Cricketer Steven Davies says he is Gay
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
International cricket player Steven Davies came out over the weekend making him the first active professional cricketer to announce he's Gay.
Davies says he has received nothing but support from his English colleagues and team bosses after he made the announcement.
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HRC Seattle holds bowling event and fundraiser
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
On February 27, The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Seattle held their 9th annual bowling event and fundraiser, 'Bowling for Equality,' at The Garage on Capitol Hill. The event is HRC Seattle's second-largest fundraising event and was a complete success. HRC Seattle officials told SGN that n more
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GetEqual reacts to President Obama's DOMA decision
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
The Queer activist organization GetEqual has been very critical of what they consider the Obama administration's inaction on LGBT rights.
GetEqual activists have picketed the president's public appearances and disrupted his speeches.
SGN recently contacted GetEqual for their more
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Seattle International Women's Day Coalition honors unsung local activists
by Tina Gianoulis -
Special to the SGN
The Seattle International Women's Day coalition will honor local activists with a community appreciation event on March 8, recognizing this year as an important anniversary in women's history.
Almost 100 years ago, on March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New Y more
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Dr. J: Will a pill a day keep HIV away?
by Dr. Joanne Stekler -
Special to the SGN
Joanne Stekler, MD, MPH, is deputy director of community services for the HIV/STD Program at Public Health - Seattle and King County. She is also an internal medicine and infectious disease physician at Harborview Medical Center, and assistant professor of medicine and epidemiology more
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Half of adult men may have HPV, new study finds
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Half of adult men in the U.S. population may be infected with HPV (human papillomavirus), according to a new study released on February 28.
The study was funded by the National Cancer Institute and appears in the current issue of The Lancet.
Anna Giuliano of the H more
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Meet the Seattle United Soccer League's Tom Abrams
by Seattle United Soccer League -
Special to SGN
You wouldn't be able to notice by working side-by-side with him. You wouldn't notice watching him play soccer on Seattle Stonewall FC. You wouldn't notice by the way he enjoys cars and likes driving his tricked-out Nissan 370Z. You wouldn't notice it by the way he talks to and more
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Anti-Gay legislation stalls in Wyoming
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Anti-Gay bills being considered by the Wyoming state legislature have run into trouble and may not pass before the legislature adjourns March 3.
A bill that would prohibit Wyoming from recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions stalled in the state Senate beca more
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General Gayety: The sandwich-generation Lesbian
by Leslie Robinson -
SGN Contributing Writer
Ever heard of the Lingerie Football League? It's a women's football league where the women wear helmets, shoulder pads, bras, panties and garters. Billed as 'true fantasy football,' the teams have names like the Los Angeles Temptation and the Dallas Desire.
If this league catered a more
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