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Musab Musmari arrested/charged with New Year's Eve arson fire at Neighbours
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
A 30-year-old Bellevue man accused of starting a fire at Neighbours Seattle (1509 Broadway) during the New Year's Eve celebration was charged Wednesday with first-degree arson. Musab Musmari, who police had named a person of interest is being held on $1 million bail. King County prosecutors said he was on his way to the airpo more
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43 LGBT activists arrested in Idaho
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Idaho police arrested 43 LGBT rights activists in the Idaho Senate on February 3, after the demonstrators shut down the state's Senate for two hours. They now face misdemeanor trespassing charges, punishable by up to six months in jail, and a $1,000 fine.
The activists had bee more
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Go Hawks! and David Kopay
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
It's good to be a Seattleite lately. Let's face it; the city is on a roll. From marriage equality to electing Ed Murray as mayor to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis taking the music scene by storm and Jinkx Monsoon winning Season Six of RuPaul's Drag Race, people are actually beginning to see t more
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Stand with Mr. Z Day launches new foundation
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
Mark Zmuda, the former vice principal of Eastside Catholic high school, who was forced to resign after it was revealed he'd married his same-sex partner, launched the Stand With Mr. Z Foundation at an event put together by Eastside alumni, January 31.
The Foundation launch more
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Ruling in VA marriage case 'soon,' judge says - Couples may file class action, second judge rules
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
The judge in one lawsuit challenging Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage promised a ruling 'soon' at the initial February 4 hearing in the case, while in a second case, the judge ruled that Gay and Lesbian couples may file a class action to secure marriage rights.
Federal Dist more
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New SSI rules to apply to same-sex spouses
Monarch Candidacy Announcements
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
The Social Security Administration has published new rules that treat same-sex spouses the same as opposite-sex spouses when processing applications for SSI (Supplemental Security Income).
The agency says that these new instructions come in response to last year's Supreme Cour more
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Actor's death reveals the double standard associated with heroin
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
Anyone you talk to will tell you that they think as an actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was a genius. That's because he was. Hoffman was probably the greatest character actor of his generation.
And he didn't shy away from roles that cast him as a Gay man either. He played more
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Conviction in Russian Gay murder
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
A Russian court has convicted three men of murdering another man they believed to be Gay.
According to BBC News, the killers lured their victim to a remote forest in Kamchatka - a peninsula in Russia's extreme northeast - where they stabbed and kicked him to death. They then put more
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Northern Ireland LGBT groups to sue for marriage
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
LGBT rights groups in Northern Ireland are threatening to sue the government for marriage rights. After Scotland passed its marriage equality bill on February 4, Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom without marriage equality.
The British parliament legalized more
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Scotland approves marriage equality
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
On February 4, the Scottish Parliament approved the Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill, allowing Gay and Lesbian couples to marry.
Although both the Church of Scotland and the Roman Catholic Church opposed the measure, the vote was a lopsided 105 to 18 in favor. Scotland's le more
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Kiki with D: Confused in Everett
Dear Kiki with D,
Hi there!
I met a guy roughly two years ago online and we eventually went out and continued seeing each. We did have sex early on, but after not knowing our status for six months, I cut that part out, but he is still around.
I don't understand why, because I'm not his girlfri more
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