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Mass shooting at Gay nightclub in Orlando leaves 49 dead, 53 wounded
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
Seattle Gay News will feature a special supplemental section dedicated to the victims of the mass shooting and hate crime that took place June 12 in Orlando, Fla., inside Pulse nightclub, a popular Gay bar that was celebrating with a Latin Dance night. Most of the 49 people killed by Omar Mateen were Latino as well as LGBT more
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Radical Islamists are not the only religious extremists who want us dead
Orlando murders set off ecumenical hate-fest
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
While Republicans blame 'radical Islam' for the mass murder in Orlando and call for more restrictions on America's Muslim communities, other religious extremists have stepped forward to spew hate at the victims, survivors, and the entire LGBT community.
Baptist pastor Steven And more
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Another tragedy narrowly averted
L.A. Pride suspect had explosives and loaded semi-automatic rifles in his car
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
As if LGBTQ folks needed yet another reminder on Sunday, June 12, the day America learned of the horror that occurred at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., a similar massacre was avoided in Santa Monica, Calif., where police found loaded assault rifles, rounds of ammunition, and 25 pounds more
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Fire Backholm! demands Washington Won't Discriminate
I-1515 boss orders signature gatherers to harass women
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
'We are calling on the I-1515 campaign to fire their manager, Joseph Backholm, for inciting others to commit crimes and putting voters in danger,' Washington Won't Discriminate demanded on June 15.
The call to get rid of Backholm, who is also boss of the Family Policy Institute more
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'We will stand strong'
Mayor urges community resolve in wake of Orlando massacre
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray delivered the following remarks on Sunday, June 12, during a vigil at Capitol Hill's Cal Anderson Park in the aftermath of the Orlando mass shooting.
'We are gathered on this summer evening during the month we celebrate Pride to share our grief and support each other as we absorb the news of the larg more
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'Nonbinary' now a legal gender in Oregon
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
An Oregon circuit court ruled on June 10 that a Portland resident could list their gender as 'nonbinary' on official documents.
The ruling came in the case of Jamie Shupe, who was assigned male gender at birth but began to transition in 2013. Shupe at first petitioned the cour more
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Boo-hoo-hoo! Anderson Cooper was mean to me, Florida AG says
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi charged that CNN anchor Anderson Cooper ambushed her on air with questions about her past opposition to marriage equality in a June 14 interview.
Speaking to a New York radio station on June 15, Bondi said she was told that Cooper's interview more
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Orthodox Chief Rabbi of the UK says open the synagogues to LGBT Jews
Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Orthodox Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, said in a statement that LGBT Jews must be welcomed into Orthodox synagogues that had previously banned them. Mirvis's statement ran in Britain's Jewish News next to a rainbow masthead.
'In the face of such unspeakable violence, we must be introspective,' Mirvis more
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At last!
Republican official apologizes for anti-Gay actions
At last! A Republican officeholder has publicly apologized for his previous anti-Gay actions.
Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox spoke at a vigil for the victims of the Orlando massacre on June 13 and surprised the crowd by apologizing to them for anti-Gay actions going back to his high school days.
Below is a full tran more
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Honrando la memoria de las victimas de Orlando
Honoring victims of Orlando
by Entre Hermanos -
Special to the SGN
Entre Hermanos invita a la comunidad en general a en conjunto crear un altar de muertos para honrar la memoria de todos/as aquellos/as que fallecieron durante la masacre ocurrida en la madrugada del domingo 12 de junio mientras se celebraba la Noche Latina LGBTTI del club Pulse en Or more
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Florida Republicans shed crocodile tears for Orlando victims
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Even before most of the bodies had been removed from the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida's leading Republican politicians stood in front of TV cameras and shed crocodile tears for the dead Gays and Lesbians they had scorned in life.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott said the shootin more
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LGBTQ groups call for unity in wake of Orlando shooting
The following statement by 70 organizations (listed below) was issued June 13.
We the undersigned organizations working on the front lines of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) movement share in the profound grief for those who were killed and many more who were wounded during Latin Night at the Pu more
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Senate Dems demand action on gun violence
Sens. Murray and Cantwell join filibuster
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Washington Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell joined other Democrats in a 15-hour filibuster led by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) demanding action on a bill to curb gun violence.
Murphy launched the filibuster June 15, following the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub. The more
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Trump is insane:
Says Obama was complicit in Orlando murders
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
In a June 13 interview Donald Trump suggested that President Obama was somehow complicit in the horrific murder of 49 people in an Orlando Gay bar.
'Look, we're led by a man that either is not tough, not smart, or he's got something else in mind,' Trump said in a Fox News inte more
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