http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/index.cfm Gay, Lesbian News National and International Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT en-us http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page1.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page1.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer Army Lt. Dan Choi, a West Point graduate, an Iraq veteran who is fluent in Arabic, and a Gay activist, spoke to over 300 people at the University of Puget Sound's Wheelock Student Center on November 10. Choi, who came out as Gay on The Rachel Maddow Show in March of this year and has been recommended for a discharge from the armed fo http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page2.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page2.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer Equal Rights Washington (ERW), a local LGBT equality organization, held 'Toasting Equality: A Chat About the Future of Equality in Washington,' at the Hilton Seattle on November 10. Nearly 250 members of the LGBT community and their straight allies joined the cadre of who's who from local and state government, including Mayor-elect Mi http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page3.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page3.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer US Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the longest-serving openly Gay member of the House of Representatives, believes that repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) and passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) are on track for 2010. In remarks to the Washington Blade newspaper, Frank said that passage of the Domes http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page4.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page4.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri vetoed a bill this week that would have added domestic partners to the list of people authorized by law to make funeral arrangements for each other. The bill would have added domestic partners to the list, in current law, of people who can legally make arrangements for a dec http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page5.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page5.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Leslie Robinson - SGN Contributing Writer My girlfriend Anne and I reached the point in our relationship where we wanted to make it official. Also, her employer wanted proof that she and I are really a couple and she hadn't put me on her insurance because I looked pretty. Here in the state of Washington, same-sex marriage is illegal, so making it of http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page6.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page6.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer Many Gay couples today have kids. Gay and Lesbian couples that have adopted kids have become a part of the American demographic known as the modern family, and are what some people are calling a cultural phenomenon. According to the 2000 Census, one in five Gay couples and one in three Lesbian couples were raising http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page7.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page7.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer The Salt Lake City Council unanimously approved city ordinances aimed at protecting Gay and Transgender residents from discrimination in housing and employment on November 10, hours after the LDS (Mormon) Church announced its support for the ordinance. In a show of support that shocked the general populous, LDS Churc http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page8.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page8.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway has emerged in internal Pentagon deliberations as the most outspoken opponent of permitting Gay men and women to serve openly in the U.S. Military. Currently, due to the 16-year-old "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) law, Gays and Lesbians can serve in the armed forces as long http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page9.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page9.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Rex Wockner - SGN Contributing Writer Baldwin targets Ugandan 'Anti-Homosexuality Bill' Openly Lesbian U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and three other members of Congress have sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging her to use the full force of her office to condemn the "Anti-Homosexual Bill 2009" introduced in Uganda's Par http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page11.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page11.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by James Whitely - SGN Contributing Writer On September 24, a diverse group of California voters gathered in Sacramento and wrote the ballot wording for a repeal of Proposition 8 for the November 2010 California State General Election, and filed it with the state of California. The initial filing is the first step in placing the measure on the 2010 C http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page12.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page12.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer The Kansas City Chiefs confirmed on November 9 that they released Larry Johnson the day he was due back from his second suspension in the past 12 months. The decision by the Chiefs was not a surprise; the organization's management had run out of patience with Johnson's off-the-field problems. On his Twitter account http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page13.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page13.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer The ACLU of Washington Board of Directors will present Phil Bereano, a forceful and tireless civil liberties advocate in both academia and the wider community, won the 2009 William O. Douglas Award at the Bill of Rights Celebration Dinner on November 14 at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront. The award is given for outst http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page14.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page14.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer Servicemembers United, the nation's largest organization of Gay and Lesbian troops and veterans and their allies, announced this week that the American Medical Association (AMA) passed a resolution calling for a full repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) law. In a November 10 statement, Servicemembers United said with overw http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page15.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page15.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer Seattle business owner, artist, and Gay advocate Quyen Luu recently donated a sum of money to Lambert House for the 11th year in a row. Beginning in 1997 when he was 22 years old, Quyen, who owns the popular Capitol Hill bar Café Metropolitain, has asked friends and family to give donations on his birthday in place of cards and gi http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page16.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page16.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer BaileyCoy Books owner Michael K. Wells announced last week that after serving the Capitol Hill community and greater Seattle population for 26 years, the bookstore will close its doors at the end of November. In a press release, Wells said the decision to close was not an easy one, but the economic downturn of the pa http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page17.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page17.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by James Whitely - SGN Contributing Writer On October 27, the Chicago Cubs were sold to the Ricketts family, a wealthy Chicago family whose patriarch found his niche in internet trading. With the team's purchase, the Cubs are now the first Major League Baseball team to have an openly Gay owner. One of the team's newest board members is Laura Ricketts http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page18.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page18.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer Workers whose employers offer health insurance for their domestic partners may pay lower taxes, thanks to Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.). The healthcare reform bill passed Saturday, November 7, by the US House of Representatives included an amendment introduced by McDermott which would make such benefits tax-free, just http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page1b.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page1b.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer In the aftermath of a General Election passage of a Gay-rights ordinance in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a state representative introduced a plan to overturn Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage. Pam Byrnes (D-Lyndon Township) introduced a resolution to amend the state constitution to allow Gay marriage. Voters instituted the http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page2b.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page2b.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer King County's budget deficit is once again threatening the county's Equal Benefits Ordinance. The Equal Benefits Ordinance, passed in 2004, requires businesses that contract with King County to offer the same benefits to domestic partners of their employees as they do to married spouses. Modeled on a sim http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page3b.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page3b.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer Over 200 members of the Fort Worth, Texas, LGBT community packed the City Council chambers Tuesday, November 10, while others picketed outside in protest of the light discipline handed down to police and Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) agents involved in the June 28 raid on the Rainbow Lounge Gay bar. In t http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page21.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page21.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer The Cherdonna and Lou Show November 13 and 20 West Hall, Oddfellows Building If you're like me, you search high and low for good entertainment. Is it too much to ask for something different from all the rest? I don't think so. Well, Seattle, my journey through the labyrinth that is the Emerald Ci http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page22.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page22.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Ron Anders - SGN Contributing Writer Rufus Wainwright November 8 Benaroya Hall About 20 minutes into his set at Benaroya Hall, Rufus Wainwright jokingly hinted that he might have a touch of the flu. If this troubadour was indeed feeling poorly, you could never tell by the electric performance he gave to an adoring audie http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page23.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page23.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Miryam Gordon - SGN AandE Writer At Home At the Zoo Theater Schmeater Through December 2 Theater Schmeater is currently performing At Home At the Zoo by Edward Albee. Edward Albee is one of the best-known playwrights of the 20th century. One of his best-known works is The Zoo Story, a one-act about a man sitting on a park bench in http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page24.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page24.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Miryam Gordon - SGN AandE Writer Bone Portraits Live Girls! Theater Through November 14 Bone Portraits, the intriguingly named play now running at Live Girls! Theater in Ballard, turns out to be an intriguing play, as well. It's a combination vaudeville and character-history presentation that uses late 18th-century humor to ill http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page25.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page25.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by E. Joyce Glasgow - SGN AandE Writer Amsterdam Burlesque Festival November 9 Rebar Seattle burlesque and circus arts performers have the proud distinction of being the only Americans chosen to be part of the first annual "Amsterdam Burlesque Festival," November 19-22 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. They held an uproarious fundra http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page26.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page26.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Mercy Moosemuzzle - SGN Contributing Writer Measure for Pleasure Mercy and Cuteness really enjoyed David Grimm's play Measure for Pleasure. They are particularly impressed with ArtsWest Theater for bringing another new play. They also like that it is an 18th-century costume romp around a love affair between two Gay men, one of whom is a transvestit http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page27.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page27.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Miryam Gordon - SGN AandE Writer Opus Seattle Repertory Theatre Through December 6 Seattle Repertory Theatre just opened its newest production, Opus, an intense one-act play about a string quartet going through major changes and triumphs. The play stars five well-known Seattle actors: Shawn Belyea, Allen Fitzpatrick, Charles L http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page28.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page28.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Rod Parke - SGN AandE Writer Leonidas Kavakos with the Seattle Symphony November 7 Benaroya Hall This concert began with some light sorbet, warmed up to some very hot soup, and ended with a full, meat-and-potatoes meal. Indeed, the opening "Symphony No. 3" by Alexander Borodin (a chemist by profession) carried no emotional c http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page31.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page31.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Rod Parke - SGN AandE Writer Cappella Romana November 6 St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church I may know next to nothing about the music we heard at this concert, but I do know how to listen. And to anyone truly listening, the sounds we heard could not fail to fascinate and perhaps entrance. A very intelligent http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page32.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page32.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Gary M. Kramer - SGN Contributing Writer Precious, Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Opening November 13 Lee Daniels, the out - and outspoken - producer and director, sat down to discuss his searing new film, Precious, Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire. Dressed in a bright yellow shirt and blue jea http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page33.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_46/page33.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid - SGN AandE Writer The Fourth Kind Now Playing One either believes there's a government conspiracy to cover up the appearance of alien craft and that people are seeing things that aren't weather balloons or high-powered Air Force planes, or one doesn't. I'm not sure the new Mila Jovovich film The Fourth Kind (in w