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Scout Leader hires lawyer
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
Geoffrey McGrath, the openly Gay scoutmaster and his host church in Rainier Beach have hired an attorney after the Boy Scouts of America revoked his membership because he is Gay.
Boy Scouts of America (BSA) revoked McGrath's membership after asking him if he is an avowed homosexual. BSA's inquiry came followin more
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SGN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Laurie Jinkins
by Doug Hamilton -
SGN Contributing Writer
Washington State Representative Laurie Jinkins jokingly refers to herself as 'The Lesbian Mafia' because it is kind of hard to be a one-member mafia. But she is the only estrogen representative of the five elected officials who form the so-called 'LGBT caucus' of openly Gay or Lesbia more
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U.S. Senator Patty Murray discusses anti-bullying bill with UW students
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
U.S. Senator Patty Murray visited the University of Washington April 17 to discuss her newly introduced anti-bullying bill with local students and community leaders.
Murray, working with Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin, introduced the Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Haras more
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An open letter to Pope Francis
by Mark Segal -
Philadelphia Gay News
Your Holiness,
A couple of weeks ago a delegation from Pennsylvania came to visit you to urge you to come to Philadelphia next year when our city hosts the 8th World Meeting of Families. Let me add my voice to the list of those who hope you grace our city with your presenc more
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REGISTER NOW FOR SEATTLE PRIDE PARADE!
Pride Parade announcers selected!
Seattle Out & Proud, the non-profit organization that produces the Seattle Pride Parade is reporting that registration for the parade is open and filling fast for the 2014 Seattle Pride Parade, which will be held on Sunday, June 29, starting at 11:00 a.m. on 4th Avenue in downtown Seatt more
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Effort to add four words sparks activist wave in Idaho
by Victor Bogatko -
SGN Contributing Writer
If you call Seattle home, it's probably difficult for you to imagine a place where you can be fired for being Gay. Or where you can be denied a roof over your head simply because you are perceived to "look or act Gay." If you're like most Americans, you probably think this sort of d more
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Rodney Tom out of 38th District Senate race, former Kirkland mayor Joan McBride is frontrunner
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
State Senator Rodney Tom has dropped his bid for reelection in the Eastside's 38th Legislative District, leaving former Kirkland Mayor Joan McBride as the frontrunner in the race.
Tom, a Republican-turned-Democrat who then turned Democrat-who-votes-with-Republicans, withdrew fro more
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Lambda Legal sues doctor for refusing to treat Trans woman
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Lambda Legal filed suit in federal court on April 16 on behalf of a Trans woman whose doctor refused to prescribe hormone replacement therapy for her. The suit says that the doctor violated the Affordable Care Act.
Naya Taylor, the plaintiff in the suit, requested hormone repl more
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Pro-Gay Republican super PAC raises $2.75 million
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
A super PAC that supports Republican candidates in favor of marriage equality has reported a whopping $2.75 million in fundraising for the first quarter of 2014.
American Unity PAC has been in existence since the 2012 election, but only raised some $2.75 million for the whole more
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Nevada GOP drops opposition to marriage equality
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
A raucous Nevada Republican convention adopted a platform without the traditional planks opposing same-sex marriage and abortion in a show of hands on April 12.
According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, less than half of the convention's 520 delegates were present for the eve more
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Judge stays ruling on Ohio marriages
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Federal District Judge Timothy Black has stayed his ruling ordering Ohio to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions.
In an April 16 order, Black said Ohio must recognize only the marriages of the four couples who are plaintiffs in the lawsuit Henry v. H more
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Utah asks court to block adoptions by same-sex couples
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
In continuing fallout from Utah's same-sex marriage lawsuit, attorneys for the state have asked the Utah Supreme Court to block adoptions by two same-sex couples.
In petitions filed April 7 and April 9, the state's attorneys allege that Third District Judge Elizabeth A. Hrub more
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Louisiana lawmakers vote to keep unconstitutional sodomy law on the books
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Louisiana's House of Representatives voted on April 15 to keep the state's sodomy law on the books, even though the U.S. Supreme Court ruled such measures unconstitutional in 2003.
The vote was 27 to repeal the old law, and 67 to retain it. Eleven House members did not vote.
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Make a safer selfie
by Stephen J. Fallon, PhD -
Special to the SGN
These days, everything is about the selfie. We listen to our personalized music playlists on our phones, binge-watch entire seasons of our favorite program on demand, and target our social media shout outs to specific people on our friends list.
So it's no surpris more
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