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Boeing challenges marriage equality
No pension benefits for same-sex spouses, company says
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
In the first challenge to the state's Marriage Equality Act since voters approved it on Election Day, Boeing told union representatives on November 21 that it would deny pension survivor benefits to same-sex spouses.
On November 29, Bo more
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Obama marks World AIDS Day
President calls for 'shared responsibility' to create an AIDS-free generation
The following is President Barack Obama's official statement proclaiming World AIDS Day, December 1.
On World AIDS Day, more than 30 years after the first cases of this tragic illness were reported, we join the global com more
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Make it official: Seattle City Hall to open for free weddings on Dec. 9
by James Whitely -
SGN Staff Writer
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn is opening Seattle City Hall's grand lobby to all couples who want to marry on December 9, the first day same-sex partners will be able to do so. A big reception at the Paramount Theatre will also take place that day. The wedding ceremonies and the reception both a more
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No more Mr. Nice Bigot
Anti-Gay leader calls for a harder line after Nov. 6 defeat
by D'Anne Witkowski -
SGN Contributing Writer
Remember that old saying about trying the same thing over and over and expecting different results being the definition of insanity? Well, if that saying is true, then I've got a live one for you. more
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Ex-Gay no more
The walls are closing in on the 'reparative therapy' industry
by Wayne Besen -
The Huffington Post
In 1998, 15 religious-right organizations launched a huge advertising campaign to promote 'Pray Away the Gay' programs. Anti-Gay activist Robert Knight called the 'Truth in Love' campaign the 'Normandy lan more
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Holiday Calendar
ARTS/CRAFTS/GIFTS
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Weddings often involve scores of people working on hundreds of details. Any one of them could go wrong and set off a cascade effect that spoils what otherwise would have been a magical day.
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Don't fuck with Madonna!
A Russian hate group learns the hard way
by D'Anne Witkowski -
SGN Contributing Writer
Do not fuck with Madonna.
Not many court opinions can be summarized in five words, but when it comes to a favorable ruling for Madonna after a right-wing group in Russia sued her for not hating Gay people, more
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'Friends don't let friends bully'
Free2Luv honored as 2012 top-rated nonprofit
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
The anti-bullying group Free2Luv announced November 26 that it has been honored with a prestigious 2012 Top-Rated Award by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations.
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The stubborn stigma of HIV/AIDS
Public misperceptions hamper prevention and treatment efforts
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
About 34 million people worldwide are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and 25 million more have died from it. While there's no vaccine, cocktails of powerful antiviral drugs called antire more
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HIV infections on rise in Russia
Gay men account for few new cases
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Russian health officials are reporting a huge jump in HIV infections in the first 10 months of 2012.
Some 200 Russians now contract HIV every day - a 12.5% rate of new infections, Vadim Pokrovsky, director of Russia's Fe more
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Winter weather awareness
Safety tips for vehicle owners
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
People always talk about the weather. I think that's because it's an easy subject to talk about. Take today (November 14), for instance. As I was walking up Madison from 18th toward Capitol Hill I couldn't help but think, 'It's not to more
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