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Katrina: Money and materials needed, survivor tells Seattle audience
"Don't let this vicious, inhuman thing that is happening in New Orleans happen. Don't let them do this to human beings," said Katrina survivor Mama Dee.

by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid - SGN Staff Writer

About 75 people and various activist organizations around Seattle listened patiently to the speakers, some from New Orleans, talk about the tragic aftermath of
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Controversy continues over the recycling of unused HIV medications
"It helps people get access to medication who cannot afford them or get government assistance for them," said Jeff Graham, senior director of advocacy for the AIDS Survival Project.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Thursday examined the renewed debate over nationwide drug recycling programs and how "with the cost of pharmaceuticals risi
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Religious leaders urge for passage of antidiscrimination bill
Speakers condemn anti-Gay pastor for his opposition of the Anderson-Murray Civil Rights Bill during a Kirkland protest this week

by Cat Rambo - SGN Contributing Writer

Over 30 religious leaders were on hand on Wednesday, December 28, to protest outside Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, the place where Antioch Bible Chur
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Gay parenting: Expansion of parental rights was grounded in equity, child's interest
by Gene Barton

The headlines could not be missed. "Court redefines parenthood," The Seattle Times told us across the top of the front page of its November 4 issue.

But in reading through some 50 inches of copy trying to find out why the Washington Supreme Court had granted parental rights to a Lesbian who had helped raise her par
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Latvian Parliament amend constitution to ban Gay marriage
by Benjamin Cohen

MPs in Latvia have passed an amendment to their constitution barring Gay marriages from taking place.

65 MPs voted in favour of the change, six voted against the change whilst nine abstained from voting.

Gay marriages have been illegal under civil law in Latvia since 1993 but the constitutional amend
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New report outlines ways LGBT community can overcome the 'Gay generation gap'
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people must overcome communication challenges when working together across generations, according to a new publication by the Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies. Whether working specifically with LGBT youth groups or in other contexts, people from different age cohorts have very differen more
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New year brings new portrayals of Gays on TV
"Images on television and in film have the power to help Americans embrace their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender family members, friends and neighbors with understanding and acceptance," said GLAAD's Damon Romine

Amid the critical success of films like "Brokeback Mountain," "Transamerica" and "Rent" - which help shatter stereotypes
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Public health officials 'alarmed' by use of antiretroviral drugs for prevention of HIV among Gays
'7 percent of HIV-negative men said they had taken an HIV/AIDS-related medication before engaging in 'risky behavior' and about 20 percent had heard of someone who had.'



The Los Angeles Times on Monday examined the "growing practice" of HIV-negative men who have sex with men taking the antiretroviral drug tenofovir, in hopes of p
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