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West Seattle hate crime victims turn hate into help
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
Lyle Evans and Chris Ilovar, a Gay couple living in West Seattle who were the victims of a hate crime, have refused to let the attack keep them down. In fact, when generosity was offered to them, they paid it forward to LGBT youth, turning a story of hate into help.
Late last month, vandals smashed glass and slashe more
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Youth suicide prevention funds on WA state's chopping block
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
Each week in Washington state, an average of two young people die by suicide and another 17 suicide attempts result in hospitalization. And yet, according to Vicki Wagner, executive director for Washington state's Youth Suicide Prevention Program (YSPP), our state government is proposing more
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Gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny dies
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny has died at the age of 86. Appropriately, he died on National Coming Out Day, Tuesday, October 11.
Kameny's life story is a long list of firsts - first federal civil rights suit based on sexual orientation, first Gay rights organization in the nat more
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Vet sues feds for equal benefits, challenges DOMA
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
A Lesbian navy veteran has filed suit against the Department of Veterans Affairs, saying she was wrongly denied extra disability benefits because of DOMA.
Carmen Cardona, a former sailor living in Norwich, Connecticut, has been receiving disability benefits for service-related i more
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A Celebration of Drag, Art and Life
Members of the LGBT community came together to raise money for Seattle Counseling Service at the annual ICON - A Celebration of Drag, Art and Life on October 9, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle, Washington. This year's celebration marked the seventh year Aleksa Manila has put on the event. Seattle Counseling Service has offered a variet more
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Jared Polis (D-Colo.) becomes first Gay parent in Congress
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
On September 30, Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) became the proud father of a newborn baby, making him the first openly Gay parent in the U.S. Congress.
On Friday, Polis and his partner, Marlon Reis, sent out an announcement about the arrival of their son, Caspian Julius, who weig more
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Supremes deny Lambda Legal appeal in Louisiana adoption case
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
On October 11, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a Lambda Legal petition for a writ of certiorari in the case of Oren Adar and Mickey Ray Smith v. Darlene Smith.
Adar and Smith are a same-sex couple now living in New York, where they adopted their son.
Darlene Smith is more
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California's FAIR Education Act safe
Bigots' signature drive fails - no ballot in 2012
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
California's FAIR Education Act will not go up for a vote in 2012.
Anti-LGBT organizers admitted on October 11 that they had failed to get enough signatures on a petition to refer the law to California voters.
The Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Educatio more
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General Gayety: Unreal: The Haggards on reality TV
by Leslie Robinson -
SGN Contributing Writer
By now you've heard-if maybe not believed-that disgraced preacher Ted Haggard and his wife Gayle will appear on Celebrity Wife Swap. Actor Gary Busey and his baby-mama Steffanie Sampson are scheduled to be the other fun couple.
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| International News |
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International News
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| Northwest News |
Northwest News
BORN THIS WAY KAFE
FOR URBAN QUEER TEENS
AT CAL ANDERSON PARK
On Fridays, 5-9 p.m., at Cal Anderson Shelterhouse (1635 11th Ave., one block north of E. Pine St.), Seattle Parks & Recreation hosts Born This Way Kafe, a welcoming place where LGBTQ youth, friends and allies (ages 13-19) can gather, be themselves, and have fun. Meets every Friday. For more information and to more |
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| Community Calendar |
Calendar Listings
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Calendar Listings
from Saturday, October 15 to Sunday, October 23
FOR A CALENDAR LISTING: Send details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1605 12th Ave, Ste 31, Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. Fax: 322-7188. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization. DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.
ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www.scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities.html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities a more
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HUD pledges more help to end anti-LGBT discrimination in housing
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
In an October 13 posting on the White House blog, a high official in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) pledged his agency to combat anti-LGBT discrimination in housing.
Kenneth J. Carroll, director of the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP), cited an more
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GLAAD and allies speak out against anti-LGBT bullying on Spirit Day
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation's LGBT media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, announced on October 13 an initial list of participants in Spirit Day as well as the launch of its 'Amplify Your Voice!' public service announcement (PSA) campaign f more
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Trans woman elected to Polish parliament
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Anna Grodzka has become the first openly Transgender person elected to Poland's parliament.
Her election was announced on the Transgender Europe (TGEU) website on October 10.
Grodzka is president of Trans-Fuzja, the Polish TGEU affiliate. She was elected represent more
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Historic military summit welcomes LGBT and straight military members
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
In the wake of DADT repeal, a historic, first-ever conference sponsored by active-duty LGBT military members is scheduled to take place this weekend in Las Vegas.
The OutServe Armed Forces Leadership Summit will welcome more than 200 currently serving LGBT and straight milit more
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Katharine Lee Bates: Author of America the Beautiful
by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns -
Special to the SGN - ?Courtesy of the ?National Gay History Project
Katharine Lee Bates was born on August 12, 1859, on Cape Cod in Falmouth, Mass., to William and Cornelia Frances Lee Bates. Known as Katie early on, things would not be easy from the start. Her father, a pastor of the First Cong more
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Brits warned about drug-resistant gonorrhea
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Britain's Health Protection Agency has warned doctors that the antibiotic usually used to treat gonorrhea is no longer effective because the bacterial infection is now largely resistant to it.
Prof. Cathy Ison, a gonorrhea expert at HPA, says that unless new treatments are found more
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Ask Michael: Friends as family
by Michael Raitt -
SGN Contributing Writer
Sometimes we forget our strengths as individuals and as a community until we are placed in a life circumstance that challenges us to reflect upon our situation and values. Yet, again, I was reminded of this as I just spent the last six months with another dear friend as he finished th more
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Is HIV Awareness Enough?
by Dr. Joanne Stekler -
Special to the SGN
Joanne Stekler, M.D, MPH, is deputy director of community services for the HIV/STD Program at Public Health - Seattle & King County. She is also an internal medicine and infectious disease physician at Harborview Medical Center, and assistant professor of medicine and epidemiology at more
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Seattle Red Dress Party rescheduled
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
Everyone loves the Seattle Red Dress Party - it's just plain fun. The Red Dress Party is the one night out of the year when everyone - and I do mean everyone - comes together and dons red dresses to raise money for HIV/AIDS organizations. Hairy legs 'n' all, bad drag and sneakers, it is t more
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