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Obama, Clinton, Holder make major Pride speeches
by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer

President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Attorney General Eric Holder gave major Pride speeches last week at events in Washington, D.C.

Obama appeared at an East Room reception for LGBT activists and federal employees on June 22. The guest list included activists from several state LGBT groups, bu more
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Pride flag flies over Space Needle
by Nick Ardizzone - SGN Staff Writer

The world-famous Seattle skyline will be a little more colorful this Pride weekend. For the first time ever, a giant rainbow flag, 20' x 40', will fly from the top of the Space Needle in celebration of Gay Pride.

A small ceremony was held the morning of June 25 as the flag was r more

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Anne Levinson to serve as civilian auditor
by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer

Anne Levinson, former judge, deputy mayor, legal counsel for Mayor Norm Rice, and chair of Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission, will serve as the civilian auditor for the Office of Professional Accountability (OPA).

Levinson, one of the state's first openly LGBT publ more

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Resolution 31224 passed by City Council
by James Whitely - SGN Staff Writer

On Monday, June 21, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed resolution 31224, reaffirming the City of Seattle's commitment to full equal rights for all residents and employees regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

In short, the resolution makes it city policy more

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Donald Albert Squires
Lifelong resident of the Des Moines and Normandy Park area Don Squires passed away from emphysema on June 8, 2010 at his home in Des Moines, two days after his 65th birthday. His friends and family looked after him, with particular care from his niece Debb Squires, and close friends Sharon and Doug Andrews and Dave Kaplan.

Don i more

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Anti-R 71 petition names are public information
by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer

In an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 24 that the names of people who signed petitions to overturn Washington state's domestic partnership law are public information.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion in the case, called Doe v. Reed. Justice more

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Queer and in the Peace Corps
by Maridee BonaDea, Peace Corps Volunteer (Mali, West Africa '08-'10) - Special to the SGN

Gay rights in Africa have been in the spotlight lately, with the couple in Malawi who were pardoned on June 1, and Uganda, where they are currently debating anti-homosexuality legislation. Almost two years ago, when I received my assign more

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Three jolts from Chile
Chilean earthquake sets search for long-lost friends in motion by John Griffin - SGN Contributing Writer

The recent earthquake in Chile shook me, here in Seattle. Thirty years have passed since I was there, and I wondered about the friends I had made during my short stay in Santiago de Chile. What happened next prompted me more

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Same-sex partners qualify for family medical leave, Obama says
by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer The Obama administration has issued a new ruling that allows LGBT workers to take family medical leave to care for sick or newborn children of their same-sex domestic partners.

The new policy was contained in a formal opinion letter issued June 23 by the Labor Department Wage-and-Hour Divis more

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Gays, abortion not allowed, says Zimbabwe official
by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer

Zimbabwe's new constitution will ban homosexuality, reproductive choice, and assisted suicide, according to a government minister.

Didymus Mutasa - Minister of Presidential Affairs in Zimbabwe's government - made the claim in a June 21 speech in Odzi, Zimbabwe, reported by Radio more

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New report on bias crimes issued
by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer

The Seattle City Auditor's Office has issued a new report on bias crimes in the city.

'The Follow-up Report on 2008 Audit: The City's Enforcement of Bias Crimes' is, as the title suggests, an account of how the City addressed recommendations made by the Auditor's Office two years more

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Plan to save AIDS Drug Assistance Program in county
by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer

King County's HIV/AIDS Planning Council announced plans for deep cuts in many services for people living with HIV/AIDS in order to save core programs like the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).

The Council made the results of its June 14 planning meeting public on June 23. more

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New attacks on Iraqi Gays - Iraqi police implicated
by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer

The London-based Iraqi exile group Iraqi LGBT charged on June 22 that Iraqi police raided a safe house in Karbala, blindfolded and beat six of the residents, and took them away in vans.

The raid took place June 15.

According to a witness quoted by Iraqi LGBT, the more

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A Stonewall Veteran, 89, Misses the Parade
By MANNY FERNANDEZ
New York Times

At noon on Sunday, thousands of marchers filled Fifth Avenue for New York Citys annual gay pride parade. Nearly six miles away, on the sixth floor of a nursing home in Brooklyn, the frail, white-haired woman in beige pajamas and brown slippers in Room 609 sat motionless at the edg more

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Justices Rule Against Group That Excludes Gay Students
By ADAM LIPTAK
New York Times

WASHINGTON - A public law school did not violate the First Amendment by withdrawing recognition from a Christian student group that excluded gay students, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a 5-to-4 decision.

The case, involving a clash between religious freedom and antidisc more

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