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21st Annual Seattle AIDS Walk at Volunteer Park on Sept. 29
"[AIDS] is still a very...important issue that we are battling with in our own backyard," said Asia Rau, Lifelong's Director of Marketing and Events.
by Robert Raketty -
SGN Staff Writer
AIDS is personal. For the 3,700 people who participated in last year's Seattle AIDS Walk and the 400 who volunteered, one thing was clear: people walk because of what HIV/AIDS has more
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King County Board of Health adopts plan to reduce new HIV infections by 2015
by Robert Raketty -
SGN Staff Writer
Under a new plan, adopted on Thursday, the King County Board of Health wants to reduce new HIV infections by 25 percent by 2015 in King County. Openly Gay Seattle City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen, a member of the Board of Health's HIV/AIDS Committee, broke the news to the Seattle Gay News i more
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LGBT Community Center appoints interim executive director
Dennis Poplin selected to fill six month post
by Robert Raketty -
SGN Staff Writer
The board of the Seattle LGBT Community Center appointed an interim executive director to replace Shannon Thomas, who resigned last month to pursue other opportunities. The board says it will make a permanent appointment within six m more
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SEAMEC adds David Della to its list of endorsed candidates
SEATTLE, WA, September 20, 2007 - The steering committee of the Seattle Metropolitan Elections Committee (SEAMEC) voted Wednesday to endorse Seattle City Councilman David Della for re-election. Della was recognized for his significant contributions on behalf of Seattle's Gay, Lesbian, and Trans communities both before and after he became a Seatt more
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The rise of the Gay 'sex police'
Don't let their political stripes fool you. These moralists are
every bit the true-believers as their Bible-thumbing forebears
by Chris Crain -
SGN Contributing Writer
Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they come for you&
Don't just look to your right, my friend. The "se more
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Maryland high court upholds ban on marriage equality
by Lisa Keen -
SGN Contributing Writer
The supreme court of Maryland on Tuesday, September 18, reversed a lower court decision which had found a constitutional right for Gay couples to marry, making Maryland the fifth state high court to uphold bans on Gay marriage in the past two years.
But it was apparently no more
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ACLU says sting operation used in Sen. Craig arrest was likely unconstitutional
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today submitted a friend-of-the-court brief to a Minnesota District Court urging it to allow Senator Larry Craig to withdraw his guilty plea because the secret sting operation used to arrest him was likely unconstitutional.
"The real motive behind secret sting operations like the one more
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Organizations call for a National AIDS strategy for U.S.
Strategies to address the nation's largest public health challenges, including AIDS, should be part of Presidential candidates' national health plans
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- More than 100 organizations from across the country are calling for the next President to commit to ending the AIDS epidemic in America. They have requeste more
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New ACLU report, Working in the Shadows, explains why Congress should pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union issued a report today that shows why Congress should pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). The act is expected to be voted out of committee later this month. Working in the Shadows: Ending Employment Discrimination for LGBT Americans uses the stories of workers from across the more
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The Outfield: You say you want a revolution
by Dan Woog -
SGN Contributing Writer
Each winter, when Sports Illustrated unleashes its swimsuit edition on America, readers react predictably. Many men greet it with orgasmic pleasure; a few writers bloviate that they've removed it from their living rooms, bedrooms, or bathrooms, and huffily cancel their subscriptions. No one wonders why c more
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Seattle Gay History
by Don Paulson -
SGN Contributing Writer
This is the story of the quintessential Pioneer Square character, 'Dee Dee,' barmaid at the Double Header Tavern for 20 years and the first cross-dresser to work legally in drag, complete with bleached hair, painted eyebrows and an antiphony attitude.
From 1946 to ca. 1975 the Double more
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Letter to Gov. Schwarzenegger
by Rex Wockner -
SGN Contributing Writer
Dear Gov. Schwarzenegger,
As the bill legalizing same-sex marriage in California sits on your desk for the second time in three years, I wonder...
How do you want to be remembered?
What do you want people to say about you 20 or 50 years fro more
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Capitol Hill release party for Inlaws & Outlaws held
by Robert Raketty -
SGN Staff Writer
Inlaws & Outlaws, a film by local filmmaker Drew Emery, is now available on DVD. A large crowd of the film's supporters attended a DVD Release Party at Kurrent, a bar and restaurant on Capitol Hill in Seattle, on Tuesday, September 18, to mark the occasion. The film weaves together the true s more
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Secret treasures of the Yukon
by Rev. Barbara Allen, CMP -
SGN Contributing Writer
As a child listening to the radio adventures of Sgt. Preston of the Yukon and his lead dog, King, the setting was icy, snowy, frozen. I expected to find coolness as I drove from British Columbia (BC) over the border into the Yukon Territory (YT). Wrong! Temperatures were in the upper 90 more
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Obituaries
Thomas J. Carothers
1967 - 2007
Born on January 28, 1967, in Tacoma, Washington. Tom lived in Seattle most of his adult live. Tom worked at Swedish Medical Center for 13 years in Nutrition Services as a cook, and later as a supervisor. Tom loved to cook and enjoyed gardening as well.
Tom is survi more
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Your patio can look great and give back to the environment
During the last year alone, more than 290 million scrap tires ended up in landfills according the Environmental Protection Agency. Adding to the volume of municipal waste is an ever greater percentage of plastic household items, about 26.7 million tons per year. As our available landfill space shrinks, finding new ways to reuse and reduce this more
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