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SGN interviews Seattle City Councilmember Jean Godden
by Liz Meyer -
SGN Staff Writer
Seattle City Councilmember Jean Godden's re-election bid is not, as may be typical of most incumbents, shaping up to be a walk in the park. She's got an opponent in teacher Joe Szwaja and, though she garnered over 50 percent of the primary vote for City Council Position 1, Godden's been the topic of much discussion on local political more
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Anti-Gay group set to host convention of 700 in Lynnwood
Rev. Ken Hutcherson cited as key organizer
by Liz Meyer -
SGN Staff Writer
An anti-Gay group called the Watchmen on the Walls plans to host a large convention at the Lynn-?wood Convention Center later this month. According to the Lynn-wood Convention Center's website, 700 attendees are expected for the event, set more
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How you can combat Gay-bashings in Seattle
Readers, experts offer advice about Gay-bashings
by Robert Raketty -
SGN Staff Writer
Seven Gay-bashings have occurred in the last months, leaving some to wonder just how safe "liberal" Seattle really is for the city's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community.
Jason Mancillas suffered lac more
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ENDA: Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize
by Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin -
Special to the SGN
I have always been a strong supporter of guaranteeing full civil rights for all in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community. My work on this issue will continue until these protections become law.
I strongly support H.R. 2015, the Employment Non-Di more
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Shootings at site of Bump after-party raise concerns
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ENDA and 'passing privilege'
To hear those who oppose Barney's compromise, ENDA has always been about gender non-conformity and not about sexual orientation discrimination.
by Chris Crain -
SGN Contributing Writer
Much of the debate over whether to move forward with compromise workplace protection based on sexual orientation and not gende more
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Coming Out: HRC's long-running Coming Out Day and PFLAG's new Equality Campaign celebrated this week
by Liz Meyer -
SGN Staff Writer
It was a busy week for national Gay rights groups, as October 11 marked both the Human Right Campaign's National Coming Out Day, as well as the launch of PFLAG's "Straight for Equality" campaign.
National Coming Out got its start in 1988, in celebration of the Second National Marc more
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Ask Michael: Gay bashing inflicts deep wounds
Gay bashing inflicts deep wounds
Of late, I have seen too many news articles about recent, "Gay bashings" in and around Capitol Hill and in Seattle. An assault, against anyone and under any circumstances, is heinous. Yet, Gay bashing adds with it another dimension to the toll that it has on its victims. It is an attack on who we are as individual more
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Dust settling in ENDA debate over Transgender inclusion
by Lisa Keen -
SGN Staff Writer
The dust is beginning to settle around last week's bruising intra-community battle over whether to seek a vote on a version of ENDA that includes only sexual orientation protection or insist that the legislation retain its protection for people based on gender identity.
The line i more
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An interview with Elaine Noble, first LGBT person elected to office
by Larry Nichols -
Special to the SGN
There often is confusion on who was the first publicly elected GLBT person in the U.S. Jose Saria was the first to run for office in 1961. A waiter and drag performer at Black Cat Café in San Francisco, Saria received 5,400 votes in his bid for San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Though unsu more
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ERW candidate meet & greet draws large crowd
Equal Rights Washington hosted a pre-election meet and greet on Capitol Hill in Seattle with candidates for the November General Election at the Rosebud Restaurant & Bar on the evening of Monday, October 8. Although ERW will not be endorsing any candidates in local races for 2007, the meet and greet provided an opportunity for candidates to meet more
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Gay Star Trek star visits Seattle
Seattle Gay man shares experience of meeting George Takei
by Kelly Stevens -
Special to the SGN
George Takei is famous for portraying Sulu in the Star Trek series and films and recently for the role of Kaito Nakamura in the TV show Heroes. Recently, he visited Seattle for the Seattle Symphony Sci-Fi music show more
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National Coming Out Day - still
by Paul Varnell -
SGN Contributing Writer
This column is written before National Coming Out Day (NCOD), Oct. 11, although most people will probably read it after that date. But that's all right: NCOD nowadays is not so much a day on which people are supposed to come out--after all, the timing may not feel right--as much as an more
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Real Estate: Realtors vs. online brokers - Are you getting the value you deserve?
There's been a lot of controversy lately about the commissions real estate agents are drawing. Especially during the hot market we saw up until 2006 where it was easy to attract multiple offers without much promotion and effort, one could not but question the value-add agents brought to the table. In today's slowing market where properties are more
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Human Rights Campaign Launches '10 in 10' for inclusive ENDA
ENDA "10 in 10" drive urges supporters to ask ten friends to contact congressional representatives in the next ten days
WASHINGTON, D.C.--In an effort to bolster support for a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the Human Rights Campaign has launched an action alert asking supporters to recruit ten friends to cont more
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