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SCOTUS Hobby Lobby decision overrides Title VII, federal judge says
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
A federal judge ruled on August 18 that the US Supreme Court decision known as the Hobby Lobby case allows some private businesses to discriminate against LGBT employees if they do so on the basis of their owners' religious beliefs.
US District Court Judge Sean Cox so ruled in an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission more
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Union to Starbucks: Stop buying from anti-LGBT supplier
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Twenty Teamsters union members and community supporters leafleted the lunchtime crowd in front of Starbucks corporate headquarters on August 17.
Organized by the Teamsters LGBT Caucus with support from Pride At Work (an LGBT labor organization affiliated with the AFL-CIO) and more
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Trump campaign reshuffle just makes it worse
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Donald Trump's latest campaign reshuffle - made in response to manager Paul Manafort's increasingly problematic association with Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs - may only make matters worse for the Republican nominee.
Replacing Manafort as Trump's campaign manager will be Kelly more
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Pastors sue Illinois over conversion therapy ban
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Five Illinois pastors are suing the state in federal court over a law banning conversion therapy for minors.
The legislation, known as the 'Youth Mental Health Protection Act,' makes it illegal for any 'mental health provider' to engage in 'sexual orientation change efforts' with more
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Mayor, Seattle City Council endorse I-124
Measure would protect hotel workers
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
The Seattle City Council passed a resolution August 15 endorsing I-124, a ballot initiative that would give the city's hotel workers extra protections against sexual harassment and on-the-job injuries.
The resolution was sent to the Council by Mayor Ed Murray, who asked counci more
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Dueling endorsements in 7th Congressional District race
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
State Sen. Pramila Jayapal and State Rep. Brady Walkinshaw both picked up key endorsements in their race to succeed retiring Rep. Jim McDermott in the 7th Congressional District.
Jayapal picked up the endorsement of Rep. Adam Smith on August 15.
'I've watched P more
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Geisha of a Different Kind LGBTQ author reading and panel discussion at Capitol Hill Branch Library, August 22
The Seattle Public Library will host C. Winter Han reading from Geisha of a Different Kind: Race and Sexuality in Gaysian America, followed by a panel on the experiences of LGBTQ Asian-Americans from 6pm to 7:30pm Monday, August 22 at the Capitol Hill Branch, 425 Harvard Ave. E., 206-684-4715.
Library events are free and every more
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Generations with Pride launches classes for LGBTQ older adults in Seattle
Sign up for fall classes for LGBTQ people age 50 and older sponsored by Generations with Pride in partnership with Lifelong Recreation, Seattle Parks and Recreation.
Registration is now open for the following classes:
o Nutrition for Life - Thursdays, October 13th and 27th and November 10th from 1-3 pm more
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Look for the union label&when you buy weed
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
The United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW) is revolutionizing the recreational cannabis industry.
The union - which represents 1.4 million retail, food, food processing, and health workers - announced on August 15 that two lines of cannabis products will carry the union more
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JESSE'S JOURNAL: Death of a Gay Spirit: Mark Thompson
by Jesse Monteagudo -
SGN Contributing Writer
One of the most important LGBT books published in the 1980s was Gay Spirit: Myth and Meaning (St. Martin's Press, 1987); and one of the most important LGBT writers of our time was its editor, Mark Thompson. Thompson, at the time cultural editor of the Advocate, collected some of his more
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Trump to anti-Gay rally: Vote for me and see things happen
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
'If you get everybody out to vote...we will win, and you will see things happen for the evangelicals,' Donald Trump told a Christian-right rally in Orlando.
'You will see things happen that you won't believe, and most important for religion, you're gonna see things happen. For r more
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U.S. Navy makes history by naming ship after LGBTQ civil rights leader Harvey Milk
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus also selects Navy veteran Paula Neira as first transgender woman to sponsor a Navy ship
On Tuesday, August 16, at a ceremony in San Francisco, the U.S. Navy made history by naming a new Military Sealift Command ship after Harvey Milk, the former Navy diver and pioneer in the LGBTQ civil rights movement who was assassinated in 1978. In another historic first, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus selected transgender Navy veteran Paula more
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Rentboy.com CEO strikes plea deal
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
The ex-CEO of Gay escort website Rentboy.com is close to striking a plea deal in his prostitution and money laundering case, according to new court filings.
According to the New York Post, lawyers for Jeffrey Hurant and Easy Rent Systems Inc. say they are in the midst of more
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American Family Association speaks for the Almighty:
Sorry Hillary, God says you can't be president
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
American Family Association (AFA) spokesperson Bryan Fischer says that Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign violates the will of God.
Speaking with a caller on his 'Focal Point' show on American Family Radio, Fischer said that 'you could make a pretty good biblical case&tha more
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