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Podlodowski to leave Lifelong AIDS Alliance on June 15 Lifelong's Director of Programs, David Richart named interim executive director
by Robert Raketty -
SGN Staff Writer
The Seattle Gay News has learned that Tina Podlodowski, Executive Director of the Lifelong AIDS Alliance, will step down on June 15. The announcement was made in a memo to agency staff on Wednesday, May 23. David Richart, Director of Programs, has been named as interim executive director until a replacement is found.
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GSBA awards 27 scholarships to exceptional students who overcame the odds 2007 scholarships total $113,000
SEATTLE, May 22 - The Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) announced today awarding college scholarship to 27 outstanding students totaling $113,000. GSBA honored these students at its 17th Annual Scholarship Awards Dinner on Friday, May 18 at the Westin Hotel in Seattle.
The GSBA honors recipients who have not only proven more
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GLSEN founder to keynote 3rd annual Gay-Straight Alliance Banquet & Awards
June 1st event at Lakeside School to include dinner, entertainment and silent auction
by Devin Glaser -
SGN Contributing Writer
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Kevin Jennings, the founder and executive director of the national Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) will keynote the third annual Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) Banquet more
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ABC debuts Isaiah Washington PSA
NEW YORK - Isaiah Washington will appear in a public service announcement (PSA) intended to combat intolerance based on sexual orientation, race and gender. The PSA will debut today, Thursday, May 24, during two back-to-back episodes of Grey's Anatomy on ABC (9:00 - 11:00 p.m. ET/PT).
The PSA is the result of a January meeting wi more
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Vice President's Lesbian daughter gives birth to son
by Robert Raketty -
SGN Staff Writer
Mary Cheney, the openly Lesbian daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, gave birth to a son at Sibley Hospital in Washington D.C. at 9:46 a.m. on Wednesday, May 23. Samuel David Cheney, the sixth grandchild of Dick and Lynne Cheney, weighed-in at 8 pounds, 6 ounces.
"We wis more
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Documentary details Massachusetts fight over marriage equality
by Robert Raketty -
SGN Staff Writer
Equal Rights Washington's Advocacy Director, Josh Friedes, is the subject of Saving Marriage, a documentary about the pitched struggle to stop a Massachusetts ballot measure that would have prevented same-sex marriages. The film will be screened at Portland, Oregon's Clinton Street Theater more
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Massachusetts: Showdown over marriage equality likely
Legislators to meet June 14 over state-wide vote on constitutional ban
by Lisa Keen -
SGN Contributing Writer
Massachusetts is just three weeks away from a critical showdown over marriage in its state legislature. On June 14, the state senate and house will meet to take a second and final vote on whether t more
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2007 GSBA, ROLFS, AND NEWTON SCHOLARS
Greater Seattle Business Association, (GSBA) Scholars. The GSBA Scholarship Fund was founded in 1990 to promote leadership and diversity in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and all more
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A legal look at domestic partnerships
by Elizabeth Hershman-Greven and Justin Sedell
King County Bar Bulletin
On March 1, the Washington Senate - followed by the House last month - passed a domestic partnership bill (SB 5336/HB 1351), which will establish a domestic partnership registry. Governor Christine Gregoire signed the Senate bill into law on April more
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Hate was not a Falwell value
We do ourselves no favors when we stoop to the rhetoric of Jerry Falwell and his followers.
by Chris Crain -
SGN Contributing Writer
The death of televangelist Jerry Falwell has brought the expected chorus of praise from the right and expressions of good riddance to the "hate-monger" from the left. I am no f more
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2007 Mazda CX-7 Grand Touring All Wheel Drive
by J.T. Hills -
SGN Contributing Writer
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- Stylish design
- Roomy interior
- Competitively priced
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- 4-cylindar with the gas mileage of a 6
- Some fit and finish details look a bit cheapy
- Expensive upgrades
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Vermont Governor signs Transgender non-discrimination bill into law
MONTPELIER, VT. - On May 22, 2007, Governor Jim Douglas (R-VT) signed into law a bill extending existing anti-discrimination laws to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity in employment, public accommodations, housing, insurance and credit services.
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Polish homophobia condemned in London
LONDON, UK, May 17, 2007 -- Fifty people picketed the Polish Embassy in London today in protest at "increased homophobia in Poland and the Polish government's intensified victimisation of its Lesbian and Gay citizens."
The London protest was one of a series of protests in dozens of cities across the world to mark IDAHO - the Inte more
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Military fires three more Gay Arabic linguists
Shortfall means Iraq combat units losing translators from frontlines
SANTA BARBARA, CA, May 24, 2007 - The Associated Press reported yesterday that more Arabic linguists have been fired by the military under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that requires separation when a commander learns a service member is Gay or Lesbian. more
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Border and immigration reform to fail LGBT immigrants
New York, May 21---- A handful of Senators announced on May 17 a bi-partisan comprehensive immigration deal. The deal comes after a three month long closed door negotiation process between key Republican and Democratic Senators and the White House.
The bill titled "Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2007" if passed wi more
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FDA to continue ban on blood donations from Gay, Bisexual men
"Yesterday's affirmation of this policy by the FDA reflects a commitment to prejudice over science," said HRC President Joe Solmonese.
WASHINGTON - Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration announced on their website that the current lifetime ban on donating blood will remain in effect for Gay and Bisexual men. In March 2006 more
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Smith and Clinton amendment to assist individuals with HIV passes in final budget
Senators Gordon H. Smith (R-OR) and Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-NY) amendment to expand access to vital medical services for low-income HIV-positive individuals was adopted in the final 2008 Budget measure passed this week. The amendment was based on the senators' Early Treatment for HIV Act (ETHA), which would provide states the ability to more
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First Northwest community forum on LGBT aging to be held
It has been almost 40 years since Stonewall and the rise of the active Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) rights movement. Those who were part of the early-movement are now becoming our community elders and yet our services have not kept up with their needs. Where should LGBT retirees reside? What are their specific health care more
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Lesbian challenges homeless shelter who denied her access
CHICAGO - A Chicago woman denied access to a city-funded homeless shelter on a cold November evening because she is a Lesbian is challenging the blatant discrimination she experienced. The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois today announced the filing of complaints with the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations and the State of Il more
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Softball races tighten up for ECSA
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by Nick Bowen -
SGN Contributing Writer
As the ECSA softball league finishes its first month of play season races for the league lead, and the coveted World Series berths, tightened. On a windy day dark with clouds and a steady light rain, the teams took the fields and battled the elements as much as the other teams to keep
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COMMENTARY - All I am saying, is give Pride a chance
by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid -
SGN Staff Writer
Sometimes, living on Capitol Hill, I forget how lucky I am. True, I do have a love/hate relationship with 'Seattle, proper', and occasionally with 'The Hill, but mostly, I love that I can be myself, and feel free to express who I am living here. All of those thoughts and more ha more
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