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07 PRIDE finally UNDERWAY !
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Gay liberal radio personality Mike Webb is missing - Friends, family have not heard from him in two months
by Devin Glaser - SGN Contributing Writer

Mike Webb, well known for his previous stints as a KIRO radio personality, has been missing since April 13, 2007. Seattle police are investigating his disappearance and his family has filed a missing persons report.

Webb, a lifelong activist and radio host, has worked f more
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Second anti-Gay attack in 10 days
Knife wielding bigot yells "Are you guys Queer?!?"

by Devin Glaser - SGN Contributing Writer

Two men were arrested and one charged with malicious harassment after three men were threatened with a knife early Wednesday morning. Brian K. Bell was booked into King County Jail after he confronted the victims at the more
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New Director of Equal Rights Washington
SGN interviews Connie Watts this week

by Lisa Wardle - SGN Staff Writer

SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Connie Watts, Executive Director of Equal Rights Washington (ERW), took over the reigns earlier this month. Her partner and 21 month-old son moved with her to Seattle, where they hope to build a new life together. She had more
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Is this our 'marriage moment'?
Now that Gay marriage is safe in Massachusetts, will the rest of us finally win recognition as well?

by Chris Crain - SGN Contributing Writer

That giant whooping sound you heard last week was from Massachusetts, where advocates for marriage equality finally drove a stake through the heart of a proposed amendment more
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Students storm school board meeting over military recruitment in schools, ban on Gays
Ask school board to consider ban on recruiting during school hours

by Lisa Wardle - SGN Staff Writer

The armed forces have become more aggressive with recruits in recent years, due to the lack of soldiers currently enrolled in the service and are becoming increasingly more present in public schools. On Wednesday more
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Hate crime inclusion of Transgendered people
by - Lisa Wardle SGN Contributing Writer

In New York last year, a Gay man and Transgendered woman were beaten by a group of twelve teenage boys. Bleeding and sore, the victims ran to the precinct across the street where police refused to intervene.

Every year, people are attacked and discriminated against due to more
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Study on hate crimes in Europe reveals little, US and Sweden only countries to collect anti-Gay data
"Gay pride parades ... confronted anti-Gay diatribes ... poor police protection, and serious acts of violence...," study reports. by Lisa Keen - SGN Contributing Writer

The United States and Sweden are the only countries in the world that collect data on Gay-related hate crimes on a national basis. That is one finding of the more

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