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Dire prediction by CDC: Half of Gay black men will get HIV
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Half of all Gay black men in the United States will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The dire new warning was presented at the 2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections and is based diagnoses and death rates more
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Louis Chen pleads guilty to murder
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg announced Thursday that Louis Chen has pled guilty to the 2011 slaying of his partner and their toddler son inside a First Hill condo.
According to Satterberg's office, 'The defendant, Louis C. Chen, pled guilty to charges more
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Oregon leads the national minimum wage fight
Washington state supporters have launched initiative campaign
by Victor Hawthorne -
SGN Contributing Writer
Last week, Democratic majorities in Oregon's House and Senate passed a bill that increases the state's minimum wage for all workers to the highest in the country.
Senate Bill 1532 now heads to Democratic Governor Kate Brown, who said in a statement that she will si more
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Murray says 23rd Ave businesses will get mitigation funds
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. That is the moral of the story for the small business owners, all of whom are minorities, along construction ravaged 23rd Avenue and their fight to receive mitigation funds from the City, essentially saving them from financial ruin.
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OP-ED Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus
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Crowded race in the 7th Congressional District
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Candidates are lined up eight deep for the chance to succeed veteran congressman Jim McDermott in the Seattle-area 7th Congressional District. McDermott is retiring after serving in Congress since 1989.
The 7th Congressional District includes Seattle north of Madison Street, W more
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Transgender people in the workplace
by Elayne Wylie -
Gender Justice League
Transgender people in Washington State are facing the biggest battle our community has seen in a long time. While there are protections for transgender people to use public accommodations already on the books, and despite the fact that the state Human Rights Commission has offered up ru more
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Othello Village Tiny Houses Volunteer Work Party in Seattle's Rainier Valley on Sunday, February 28
The Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) is hosting an all day volunteer work party on Sunday, February 28, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. to set up the new Othello Village encampment at 7544 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way S. in Seattle's Rainier Valley. Be part of the movement to eliminate homelessness in Seattle! Join a team of volunteers to set up the Ot more
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Victory! Lambda Legal applauds demise of discriminatory bill in South Dakota
'[House Bill 1107] would have put the personal religious beliefs of some over the basic civil rights of others. It should be a relief for all South Dakotans that this awful bill is behind them.'
PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA - House Bill 1107, a dangerously far-reaching religious refusal bill that would have allowed individual more
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Evangelical bigwigs prepare to desert Ted Cruz
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
According to the conservative journal National Review, evangelical leaders are preparing to desert Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz for his rival Marco Rubio.
Once considered Cruz's bedrock of support, a secret group of national evangelical leaders calling themselves, more
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Stranger than fiction:
Alabama lawyer alleges mental anguish, sues Supreme Court justices who voted for marriage equality
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Alabama lawyer Austin Burdick has filed a federal lawsuit against the five U.S. Supreme Court justices who voted for marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges.
In his suit, Burdick alleges the justices are guilty of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and violating the more
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Harry Reid wins Nevada for Hillary
Campaigns trade charges of dirty tricks
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid helped Hillary Clinton win a narrow victory in his home state of Nevada, according to political insiders quoted by Amy Chozick in the New York Times.
Pre-caucus polling had showed Clinton and her rival Bernie Sanders running neck and neck in a state where more
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California work safety officials vote down condom use in the porn industry
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Cal/OSHA, the California agency charged with enforcing workplace safety rules, has voted not to require porn actors to use condoms.
The agency was considering a 21-page set of safety standards that included the condom provision at its February 18 meeting, but only three membe more
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Conversion therapy targeted in federal consumer fraud complaint
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a historic consumer fraud complaint on February 24, targeting so-called 'conversion therapy.'
In their complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the NCLR and SPLC charge that more
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