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posted Friday, December 4, 2020 - Volume 48 Issue 49
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IN MEMORIAM: Allena Pearcy Gabosch
Community Builder Extraordinaire, Educator, Shame Eradicator, Activist, Leader
March 25, 1953 - November 25, 2020
by Mac McGregor -
Special to the SGN
What a journey she had. She lived two-hundred lifetimes in one and squeezed ever little drop out of each year until the end. She had a life's philosophy of eradicating shame, s more |
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Settlement in Aimee Stephens Transgender bias case
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
A federal judge formally approved a settlement in the case of Aimee Stephens, the Transgender funeral home employee whose lawsuit led to Supreme Court recognition of Trans rights in the workplace.
Stephens died on May 12, 2020, but her estate won $130,000, including $63,724 in more |
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Dr. Anthony Fauci honored on World AIDS Day
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
Dr Anthony Fauci was honored on World AIDS Day, December 1, with the Global Leadership Coalition's Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Global Leadership Foundation is an international network of former government officials and leaders in other fields who offer advice to developin more |
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IN MEMORIAM: Allena Gabosch
Allena Gabosch
by Sophia Sky Iannicelli -
Seattle Erotic Art Festival
Pan Eros Foundation
Allena Gabosch passed away on a Wednesday evening, November 25th, 2020. Allena was raised in Nampa, Idaho. After wandering the West Coast in the '60s she settled in Washington. She was a phenomenal force in the Seattle area for decades. more |
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World AIDS Day: We're Still Here!
by Tom Orr -
SGN Contributing Writer
Gentle Readers of the SGN:
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Tom Orr, and I'm Still Here.
I was here in Seattle once before, in 1992, an L.A. native fresh out of college and newly out of the closet, full of the naivete and uncertainty of a horny young more |
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I'm Your Number One Tryptophan
by Tom Orr -
SGN Contributing Writer
Twas the Night before Turkey Day,
Thanksgiving Eve,
But a Gratitude Attitude
Few could conceive!
Ut's so hard to feel grateful
When Lockdown's so rotten ...
As Trolls grow more hateful
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EQUALUX 2020, a rousing success!
by Stephanie Dallas -
GSBA Board Chair
EQUALUX: A Virtual Concert for Our Scholars, successfully brought together our community across the country and as far away as Germany. It was an evening of hearing from our amazing scholars and enjoying wonderfully moving performances. In a year like no other, it was heartening to see an more |
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Generations Celebration combats social isolation!
2nd annual event successfully recognizes and honors LGBTQ+ elders, links lives, and builds bridges across generations while raising funds for an innovative new mentorship program.
This year's Generations Celebration event, presented by the Goldsen Institute's AgePride HealthyGen Center and the National LGBTQ+ Health and more |
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Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. David Ho honored on World AIDS Day with National AIDS Memorial's Leadership Recognition Award
SAN FRANCISCO (December 1, 2020) - The National AIDS Memorial's annual World AIDS Day commemoration brought together powerful voices from the AIDS and COVID-19 pandemics together for an inspiring conversation about health justice, social activism, remembrance, and hope.
Available for public viewing at www.aidsmemorial.org, World more |
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Durkan Digest: Surging COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Seattle
SEATTLE (November 28, 2020) - The region, state, and country are facing the third wave of COVID-19 cases.
Seattle is nearing 11,000 cases, with 34% of the city's total cases in November alone. Hospitalizations have reached the same levels as March and April. And unfortunately, 12 Seattle residents lost their lives to COVID-19 in No more |
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LGBTQ Victory Fund celebrates Sean Patrick Maloney's election as DCCC chair
WASHINGTON, DC (December 3, 2020) - Today the LGBTQ Victory Fund, the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ people to public office, celebrated the election of US Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney to serve as the next chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). Rep. Maloney won by a vote of 119 to 107, making him more |
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HRC Equidad MX recognizes record-breaking 200+ employers in Mexico for their commitment to LGBT inclusion
WASHINGTON, DC (December 3, 2020) - Today, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the educational arm of America's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, launched its fourth annual HRC Equidad MX: Programa Global de Equidad Laboral, a survey evaluating LGBT workplace inclusion in major Me more |
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NBJC mourns the death of Chae'Meshia Simms
WASHINGTON, DC (November 30, 2020) - Chae'Meshia Simms, a Black trans woman in her thirties, was found dead in her car on November 23 in Richmond, Virginia. Police were called following reports of a car crashing into a garage, where Chae'Meshia was found having suffered from a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Friends and fa more |
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NBJC receives $375,000 multiyear grant from Kresge Foundation
WASHINGTON, DC (December 2, 2020) - Today, The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) announced it has been awarded a $375,000 multiyear grant from the Kresge Foundation. The Kresge Foundation's mission is "to promote human progress," which it enacts through strategic holistic investments in arts and culture, education, the environment, healt more |
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National Black Justice Coalition welcomes new directors
WASHINGTON, DC (November 15, 2020) - This week, the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) announced two new senior-level hires, Victoria Kirby York, MPA, and Dr. Kia Darling-Hammond. Their leadership and experience will further drive the organization's mission to empower members of the LGBTQ/SGL community; combat racism, transphobia, homopho more |
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Mental Health & African Americans Forum
A Discussion on Mental Health and Illnesses
Saturday, Dec. 12 - 10am-12pm
Overall, mental health conditions occur among African Americans at about the same or less frequency than in White Americans. However, the historical African American experience has and continues to be characterized by: < more |
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater FREE holiday virtual season Dec. 2 - 31
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world's most popular dance companies, will further a cherished legacy of uplifting and uniting audiences across the globe with a FREE holiday virtual season from December 2 - December 31, 2020 celebrating six decades of Revelations. Ailey's extraordinary dancers will elevate a legacy of more |
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Have it your way: create a power of attorney for finances and health care with the Seattle Public Library's free workshop on Dec. 9
SEATTLE (November 27, 2020) - Do you have a self-care plan for when you are sick or unable to make financial decisions? At this free workshop, you'll learn how to setup a power of attorney (POA) legal document. The workshop will take place online from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9.
Library events are free and everyone is w more |
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Acclaimed documentary Queer Japan shines a light on the spectrum of life in the island nation
Opens nationwide Dec 11 via theatrical-at-home and on-demand
"The people we meet in Queer Japan represent a powerful cross-section of LGBTQ life... a cry for the absolute freedom of identity" - Variety
"An engagingly colorful panorama" - The Hollywood Reporter
"A moment in more |
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