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IT'S A BOY!
Trygve Pedersen born in San Diego on Monday, August 27.
One SGN observer quipped, "It's a boy, and a young Democrat!"
by Robert Raketty -
SGN Staff Writer
State Representative Jamie Pedersen and his partner, Eric, welcomed their first child into the world at the University of San Diego Hillcrest Medical Center on Monday, August 27, at 12:44 p.m. The more
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Iowa Court rules same-sex couples MUST be allowed to marry
Couples...who are otherwise qualified...may not be denied licenses...by reason of the fact that both persons compromising such a couple are of the same-sex, wrote Judge Robert B. Hanson.
DES MOINES, Iowa, August 30, 2007A 63 page decision issued today by the Iowa District Court for Polk County said that same-sex couples must b more
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Rev. Gwen Hall dies Aug. 24 - many mourn the loss of a leader
Founder of Sojourner Truth Unity Fellowship Church and a passionate activist for social change
by Liz Meyer -
SGN Staff Writer
The Rev. Gwen Hall, as celebrated for her involvement in a seemingly endless list of social justice issues as she was for her capacity to commit to all of those causes equally, died Aug more
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Men's room arrest reopens questions about Sen. Larry Craig
Idaho senator pleads guilty to disorderly conduct after incident at Minnesota airport
by Dan Popkey -
The Idaho Statesman
Sen. Larry Craig, who in May told The Idaho Statesman he had never engaged in homosexual acts, was arrested less than a month later by an undercover police officer who said Craig made a sexual more
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Lambda drops suit against Bellevue over employee benefits
'We're pleased that our clients will finally be able to access the domestic partner benefits
they were forced to do without for years,
despite having urgent family needs.'
Lambda Legal has filed a motion in King County Superior Court to dismiss its lawsuit against the City of Bellevue on behalf of three city employees seeki more
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Maine high court OKs same-sex couple adoptions
PORTLAND, Maine-- Maine's highest court, the Law Court, Thursday issued a ruling allowing a Lesbian couple to jointly adopt two siblings currently in foster care.
The unanimous ruling opens the door in Maine for other co-parent adoptions by same-sex couples.
The case began in 2001 when children were removed from th more
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LGBT people murdered due to their sexual orientation to be honored
LGBT people murdered due to their sexual orientation to be honored
Memorial and exhibition to serve as tool for remembrance, education and compassion
A "Who's Who" of Gay and straight culture have come together to create a national memorial to honor LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) people who have been murdered because more
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Learning from history: 87 years ago, women got the right to vote
Having just turned 66 this month, that means that when I was born in 1941,
women had only had the right to vote for 21 years.
In our struggle for full legal equality, we, in the LBGT Community often
discuss "incrementalism", and it seems to me that we have an ongoing
argument between the purists and the pragmatists, which un more
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