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posted Friday, March 7, 2008 - Volume 36 Issue 10 |
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Mt. Si High plans Day of Silence
At Thursday night's tense Snoqualmie Valley School Board meeting, Principal Randy Taylor read the following letter, which revealed for the first time that Mount Si High School would be holding a Day of Silence event.
Currently the GSA is still in the early planning stages for the Day of Silence. While some initial conversations have occurred, much of the GSA's more
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Domestic Partnership bill blasts through Senate
by Nick Ardizzone -
SGN Staff Writer
The Domestic Partnership Expansion bill, which passed effortlessly through the House last month, maintained its momentum and tore through the Senate this week by a vote of 29-20. Its next and final stop is the office of long-time supporter Governor Gregoire, where the bill - which will provi more
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California Court hears same-sex marriage arguments
by Adam Tanner -
Courtesy of Reuters
The California Supreme Court appeared divided on Tuesday over whether to allow Gay marriage during nearly four hours of oral arguments on the contentious issue that could impact Gay rights nationwide.
Several of the seven judges asked whether the state legislature might b more
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LGBT votes were crucial to Texas and Ohio primaries
by Lisa Keen -
Keen News Service
The fight for votes from the LGBT community was very much part of the Texas and Ohio primaries Tuesday, and the eventual victor in the Democratic contests, Hillary Clinton, went an extra mile to win them.
Clinton gave a joint telephone interview February 27 to the Dallas Voic more
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Gay news from the presidential trail
by Lisa Keen -
Keen News Service
GAY MAYOR SNUBBED: Openly Gay superdelegate and Democratic Gay mayor David Cicilline of Providence, Rhode Island, announced some time ago that he supports Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. But according to Associated Press, Clinton asked him not to come to her rally in Prov more
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| International News |
International News
ARGENTINE PRESIDENT SAID
TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
New Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner supports legalization of same-sex marriage, according to the president of the National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism (INADI).
In a February 24 interview with the Buenos Aires newspaper Clarín, María José Lubertino was asked, more |
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Northwest News
"EMBODIMENT: A PORTRAIT OF
QUEER LIFE IN AMERICA"
AT PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER NW
In "Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America," Molly Landreth's photographs serve as an archive and a journey through a rapidly changing community and the lives of people who bravely offer new visions of what it means to be Queer. Even in a world where progressive attitudes are beginning to more |
| National News |
National News
OBAMA SUPPORTS STATES' OK
OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE,
HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERENCES
WITH CLINTON ON DOMA
In a February 28 open letter to the LGBT community, presidential candidate Barack Obama stated his support for full same-sex marriage in states that choose to go that route.
To date, only Massachusetts has done so. Bills legalizing same-sex marriage have passe more |
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Ask Michael: Reparative therapy is destructive therapy
by Michael Raitt -
SGN Contributing Writer
In the February 22, 2008 edition of the Seattle Gay News, Wayne Besen, SGN Contributing Writer, wrote an excellent piece called Ex-Gay quack therapists declare war. If you haven't read it, get online and read it.
I have talked about "reparative therapy" as it applie more
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The Outfield - Polo: The sport of queens
by Dan Woog -
SGN Contributing Writer
Polo has been called "the sport of kings." It's now also the sport of queens.
In Southern California, the Gay Polo League (GPL) is thriving. It doesn't matter if you can't tell a mallet's head from its shaft, or even if you've never mounted a horse. All comers are welcome. more
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SeaTac hotel workers call for boycott, Pride At Work urges support
by Mike Andrew -
Special to the SGN
Pride At Work urges the LGBT community and all our friends and allies to boycott the SeaTac Hilton Hotel and the SeaTac Doubletree Hotel, effective immediately.
We are taking this step in support of the 550 workers at these hotels, represented by UNITE HERE Local 8, who ha more
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