Seattle Gay News - Mobile Edition - - Section One - Friday, November 30, 2012

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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Cocktail Chatter: The hair down there
by Ed Sikov - SGN Contributing Writer

Hairy navels make my mouth water. I'm referring to guys' belly buttons here, not the cocktail. (I'll get around to that in a minute.) I'd go so far as to say that a hairy navel is my favorite part of the male anatomy. My fascination with fuzzy abs far exceeds my interest in more obvious e more

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National News
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BREAKING NEWS!

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Republican State Rep. Mike Fleck: Im Gay
Written by Keegan Gibson, Managing Editor

State Rep. Mike Fleck (R-Huntingdon) publicly acknowledged Saturday that he is gay, making him the first openly gay lawmaker in Pa. and the only currently sitting openly gay Republican state legislator in the entire country.

In a deeply personal story by the Huntingdo more

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Hip-hop artist makes waves with song attacking homophobia
Macklemore is a hip-hop artist made famous for challenging the norms. His biggest hit right now is about the second-hand shops where he buys clothes. But he's also become famous for another song he released recently, Same Love, which promotes acceptance of same-sex marriage.

Macklemore is an unlikely rapper: hes from the Pacific No more

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SEATTLE MUFFIN TOPS
AND SEATTLE FATCATS
EXHIBITION SOFTBALL GAME
TO BENEFIT LAMBERT HOUSE
On Saturday, June 4, at 2 p.m. (the field opens at 1 p.m.) at the Bobby Morris Playfield at Cal Anderson Park (1635 11t more

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