Seattle Gay News - Mobile Edition - - Section One - Friday, December 21, 2012

FAMILY FUN

Argosy Christmas Ship Festival, a Northwest tradition since 1949, through Dec. 23. The Argosy Christmas Ship (accompanied by festive Parade Boats) s more

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Singing for SOSea - Community celebrates with local talent singing songs of the holiday
by Shaun Knittel - SGN Associate Editor

On December 19, singers from the local LGBTQ and Allied communities came together to raise money for Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea), a social justice nonprofit. The event, held at Neighbours Seattle, was the organization's first annual holiday concert, raising over $300 for the SOSea o more

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Overwhelming support for LGBT rights, Gallup poll shows
by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer

More results from a November Gallup poll on LGBT rights show a large majority of Americans favor equal rights for their LGBT neighbors.

Numbers released by Gallup on December 6 showed that nearly two-thirds of respondents believed that anti-Gay bias was a 'serious' problem in more

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Manhunt in Times Square
Hookup site brings Gay erotica to the world's most famous intersection

by Shaun Knittel - SGN Associate Editor

Gay hookup site Manhunt is making another splash this week, with three sexy billboard ads in New York City's Times Square. The Gay social media giant is advertising its new mobile campaign. more

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'All women should be protected'
Murray, Cantwell challenge Republican women on VAWA

by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer

Washington's Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell were among 12 female U.S. senators, all Democrats, who sent a letter this week to Republican women in the House of Representatives, urging them to reauthorize the Violence A more

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God's word: Gay is good!
New 'Queen James' Bible makes holy writ LGBT-friendly

by Shaun Knittel - SGN Associate Editor

In an effort to resolve 'longstanding interpretive ambiguity in key Bible passages regarding homosexuality,' a new version of the classic King James Bible, dubbed The Queen James Bible, is laying claim to be the more

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Split decision in Montana
Court rejects DP benefits; Helena bans anti-Gay discrimination
by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer

Montana's highest court rejected a suit on December 17 to guarantee domestic partner benefits for same-sex couples, but the next day Helena's City Council unanimously passed a measure banning discrimination again more

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LGBT community loses key ally
Sen. Daniel Inouye opposed DOMA, co-sponsored ENDA

by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer

Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, one of the longest-serving U.S. lawmakers in history, died on December 17. He was 88.

Inouye had continuously represented Hawaii in Congress since it became a state in 19 more

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Huge crowds march in France to demand marriage equality
by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer

Huge crowds marched in most French cities on December 15, demanding that President Francois Hollande make good on his campaign promise to legalize Gay and Lesbian marriages.

The demonstrations were a response to concerns that Hollande's Socialist government might back down in more

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Chasing Sandy - Transgender athlete circles Manhattan for LGBT teen center
by Dan Woog - SGN Contributing Writer

These days, if you can run, you can raise funds. Every weekend, it seems, there are marathons to cure breast cancer, build schools in impoverished African villages, and do just about every other good deed imaginable. Fundraising races are often impressive affairs, with corporate sponsors, wat more

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Jesse's Journal: Promiscuous Travelers
by Jesse Monteagudo - SGN Contributing Writer

In 1999 the Gay politics and lifestyle magazine The Guide published an article titled 'Postcards From Around the World,' which celebrated Gay men as the world's sexual adventurers. 'More than serially coupled heterosexuals or long-mating Lesbians, Gay males are the free rad more

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The cost of complacency - HIV still increasing among young Gay and Bi men, CDC says
by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer

New HIV infections continue to increase at an alarming rate among young Gay and Bi men, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a report released December 19. The report on HIV incidence includes numbers through 2010.

According to the CDC, new infections amo more

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National News
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BREAKING NEWS!

Closing in on a cure - Seattle-based researcher among four new Krim Fellows
by James Whitely - SGN Staff Writer

On December 13, the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) announced its sixth round of Mathilde Krim Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Research. Each of the four $125,000 grants is designed to support the work of young HIV/AIDS researchers working on projects ranging from cure researc more

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'Tis the season for the 'War on Christmas'
Fox News celebrates its own holiday tradition

by D'Anne Witkowski - SGN Contributing Writer

December is upon us, dear readers. Halls are being decked, Gay apparel is being donned, people are striking harps and joining choruses, and a certain jolly bear of a man is making a list and checking it twice. Th 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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