http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/index.cfm Gay, Lesbian News National and International Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT en-us http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page1.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page1.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer This week, Washington voters approved Referendum 71, upholding a state law that provides important legal protections and grants the same rights and responsibilities of marriage to same-sex and senior registered domestic partners as married couples. On election night, Referendum 71 was touted as too close to call. As http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page2.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page2.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer As Washington voters were approving Referendum 71 on Tuesday, voters in Maine were passing Question 1, which repealed that state's same-sex marriage law. With almost all votes now counted, Question 1 has passed by a margin of 52.81% to 47.19%. "Tonight, hundreds of thousands of Maine voters stood for e http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page3.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page3.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez testified in favor of ENDA before the US Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Thursday, November 5. This was first hearing on S 1584, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, in the Senate this year, and the first Senate hearing the measure legislation http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page4.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page4.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Beau Burriola - SGN European Correspondent 'It's time we return to more civil discourse in this country.' -Larry Stickney, Reject 71 Campaign Manager (not even trying to be ironic) Seriously, did Larry Stickney, manager for the campaign to rip rights away from Washington's Gay families, really just recommend that now, after the destru http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page5.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page5.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by James Whitely - SGN Contributing Writer Sherry Wolf, valued collaborator of Cleve Jones and one of the leading organizers and speakers of the National Equality March in Washington D.C., is coming to Seattle to continue her speaking tour for her recent book, Sexuality and Socialism, and to speak at the International Socialist Organization's (ISO) 5th Annual Northwes http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page6.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page6.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by James Whitely - SGN Contributing Writer Newly formed University of Washington student group Students Organizing for LGBT Equality (SOLE) staged a kiss-in on November 4 at the University of Washington's Red Square. The event, which was a moderate success, served as a celebration of the early lead for the Approve R-71 Campaign, as well as a way to provide much-nee http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page7.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page7.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer The Seattle Police Department are looking for a vehicle that officers suspect may have been involved in the shooting death of field training officer Timothy Brenton and the wounding of student officer Britt Sweeney on October 31 in Seattle's Leschi neighborhood. Detectives believe the killer watched a traffic stop http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page8.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page8.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer Former Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur included a $300,000 donation to New York's Ali Forney Center, an organization supporting homeless LGBT youth, in her will. Arthur died of natural causes in April. Her act of generosity left the center's executive director, Carl Siciliano, overwhelmed. Siciliano said he knew of http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page9.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page9.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Rex Wockner - SGN Contributing Writer Portugal to legalize same-sex marriage Sources close to Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates, who is forming a new government following September elections, said October 23 that legalizing same-sex marriage will be one of the new team's first actions. "The measure is part of the official progr http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page11.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page11.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff writer While the LGBT community cheered the apparent victory of Referendum 71 in Washington and mourned the passage of Question 1 in Maine, electoral results from other parts of the country offered additional cause for celebration. In Houston, openly Lesbian City Controller Annise Parker ran first in a field of five candida http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page12.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page12.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Jennifer Vanasco - SGN Contributing Writer No one can tell my girlfriend is Gay. An example: About two years ago, Jenny and a Gay male friend went to San Francisco in June. They were excited to celebrate Pride. But first they were hungry, so they approached a short Gay guy wearing leather. "Anyplace around here we c http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page13.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page13.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by James Whitely - SGN Contributing Writer This year, our community's Halloween was one to remember. With parties almost everywhere, queens, freaks, and punks were wandering Broadway until the sun came up. On Friday, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Abbey of St. Joan put on their annual Halloween party, "Sister Dawwna's Nightmare," at R-Place. Our http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page14.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page14.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer On October 28, Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson, who made two Gay slurs within a 24-hour period directed at Chiefs coach, Todd Haley, was issued a one-game suspension - a decision Johnson's agent said he would appeal. Peter Schaffer said the suspension and other lost revenue would amount to a nearly $6 http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page15.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page15.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer Jenny Durkan, the new top federal prosecutor in Seattle, began work last month as the nation's first openly Gay U.S. attorney. "I don't think I can fully appreciate how important it is to many people to have someone in a role like this who is Gay," said Durkan. "The more people who are able to see people in situation http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page16.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page16.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer American Veterans For Equal Rights (AVER) elected Danny Ingram as the organization's national president on October 18 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As president, Ingram will lead the largest national veteran service organization dedicated to serving the needs of LGBT vets, as well as advocate for a repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page21.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page21.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer Art Wolfe's Nude Scapes Art Wolfe Gallery 1944 First Avenue S. November 13 Celebrated wildlife and nature photographer Art Wolfe will showcase a new exhibit on November 13, entitled Nude Scapes. A special private viewing of the collection of artistic male nudes is set for November 12, http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page22.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page22.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Albert Rodriguez - SGN AandE Writer Spencer Day Dimitriou's Jazz Alley November 2 The first line of my review of Spencer Day's previous Seattle concert read like this: 'This kid is going places.' And you know what? He has, he really has. In the four months since his last visit to the Emerald City, the young ar http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page23.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page23.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Sara Michelle Fetters - SGN Contributing Writer Sharon Gless has had an enduring love affair with the LGBT community. Her Emmy-winning performance as hardened Det. Sgt. Christine Cagney over six seasons of Cagney and Lacey made her a Lesbian hero long before people admitted such things out loud, while her 78-episode arc as Queer-friendly mom Debbie Novotny in Showti http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page24.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page24.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Miryam Gordon - SGN AandE Writer Nancy, Frank and Joe Macha Monkey Through November 21 Macha Monkey often does world premieres of their own work, and with Nancy, Frank and Joe, Kristina Sutherland and Desiree Prewitt have collaborated on an intriguing new play. The names in question are actually Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page25.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page25.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Miryam Gordon - SGN AandE Writer Durang 7 Stone Soup Theatre Through November 15 Stone Soup Theatre, a theater devoted specifically to one-acts, has put together what they believe is the first amalgam of seven Christopher Durang one-acts. One of Durang's most memorable plays is the very funny Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page26.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page26.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by E. Joyce Glasgow - SGN AandE Writer Earshot Jazz Festival Various Seattle locations Through November 8 The 2009 Earshot Jazz Festival has been featuring an impressive and remarkable variety of music and top-flight musicianship. Some of the highlights of the festival so far, which began on October 16 and continues through Novemb http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page27.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page27.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Mercy Moosemuzzle - SGN Contributing Writer LGBT NIGHT AT THE OPERA Mercy and Cuteness went to see the wonderful production of La Traviata at Seattle Opera. Egliese Gutierez and Francesco Demuro were luscious in the lead roles. Mercy and Cuteness had planned to go to the LGBT reception at the intermissions, but were turned away from the first one http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page31.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page31.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Maggie Bloodstone - SGN Contributing Writer RAMMSTEIN: pronounced Rrrrammshtine. As in: to Ram. With a stone. As in: a six-man assault team camouflaged as obscenely talented hard rock musicians who have been redefining industrial/heavy metal since they sprang fully formed from the rubble of the Berlin Wall in 1994, whelped on The Ramones, Ministry, Kraftwerk, and http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page32.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page32.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Scott Rice - SGN Contributing Writer Men Who Stare at Goats Now Playing Men Who Stare at Goats stars George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, and has Robert Patrick tossed in for good measure (I'm a die-hard X-files fan and I'm not embarrassed to admit it). So the flick has star power and the premise is ripe for some awe http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page34.cfm http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_45/page34.cfm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT by Nevin Jefferson - SGN Contributing Writer Devastated by a love affair gone to hell, Jerome (Eric Debets) journeys from Paris to Los Angeles over Christmas, longing for a change of scenery and dreaming of a career in the movies. The opening scenes of the film in Paris are in black and white, and when Jerome hits Hollywood, the film changes to bright, candylike co