Section One - ALL STORIES
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City Council weighs funding for Center for LGBT Health
"I am just really pleased to support what Verbena and Gay City are trying to do," said openly Gay City
Councilmember Tom Rassmussen.
By Robert Raketty
- SGN Staff Writer
The City of Seattle Council will consider a proposal by openly Gay City Councilmember Tom Rassmussen, which would make $75,000 available to establish the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Tran more
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Exodus targets Gay youth at 'Groundswell' conference in Redmond
GLSEN Puget Sound condemns "ex-Gay" proselytizing by group
The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) Puget Sound is outraged to learn that Exodus International is hosting a conference this Thursday, October 27, in Redmond, WA, which encourages Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) teens to enter into unsa more
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Bush urged to keep 'concerns of all Americans' in mind when selecting the next Supreme Court nominee
"Anti-Gay activists have corrupted the judicial selection process in the Bush White House, and they are now demanding a nominee that will serve their needs rather than those of the American people," said Eric Stern, National Stonewall Democrats' executive director.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the National Stonewall Democrats called on the Whit more
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Rosa Parks is remembered by local and national pro-LGBT organizations
"Her actions led to a movement that continues to this day, which is about respecting all of humanity," said POCAAN's Kiande Jakada.
By Robert Raketty
- SGN Staff Writer
Rosa Parks, often considered the "mother of the civil rights movement," passed away of natural causes on Monday, October 24, at the age of 92. This week, both more
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LGBT Center to host GLAAD President Neil Guiliano
The Seattle LGBT Community Center and The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation have teamed up to bring GLAAD's new President, Neil Guiliano, to Seattle to inform our LGBTQ communities about the work GLAAD is doing in the Pacific Northwest. The event will take place at Wednesday, November 16, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., at the Seattle LGBT Commun more
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The other legacy of Rosa Parks
By Malcolm Lazin
- Equality Forum Executive Director
Almost 50 years ago on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, Rosa Parks, then a middle-aged seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a white man. Her non-violent defiance fueled the African-American civil rights movement and serves as a model for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender activism more
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SEATTLE'S GAY HISTORY: 'Jamma Phi (1959 -1963):
Seattle's first Gay Organization
By Don Poulson
- SGN Contributing Writer
In March 1959, seven young Gay men decided to form a nonprofit social club for the enjoyment of it's Gay and Lesbian members. It was also a grand excuse to have drag and costume balls like the historic New York drag balls of the 1890's and 1920's. An old grange hall or road house was rented and - more
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Kansas Supreme Court reverses conviction of Gay teen unfairly punished under 'Romeo and Juliet' law
"Our Constitution demands equal protection for all citizens, and there is nothing equal about the way the state of Kansas has treated Matthew Limon until today," said Tamara Lange, a staff attorney with the ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project.
TOPEKA, KS - The Kansas Supreme Court today unanimously struck down part of a law that sent a G more
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Renton Gay-Straight Alliance and performing arts center partner to benefit Gay students
"We are big supporters of the Renton High School Gay-Straight Alliance. We are a safe space for these students and we post signage that states our support for the community to see," says IKEA Performing Arts Center manager Shana Pennington-Baird.
Upon entering the newly built Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, patrons stop and more
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Facts B4 Fiction!
By Nevin Jefferson
- SGN Contributing Writer
"There isn't a shred of evidence that HIV-positive men who lose fat in their legs reciprocally gain fat in their bellies. The two are totally dissociated," said Dr. Carl Grunfield, a staff physician and principal investigator at SFVAMC. The multi-center study is published in the October issue more
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