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Monday, July 07
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Source: Seattle Opera press release Seattle -- In an initiative intended to attract diverse audience bases, Seattle Opera is launching LGBT Nights , designed especially for Seattle’s Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender community. Seattle Opera has designated...
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Friday, June 06
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And now, PI's Big Blog has the other side of story of the story on the Mariners decision that ballpark staff were justified when they asked Sirbrina Guerrero to stop kissing her girlfriend: In a conversation with P-I columnist Robert Jamieson today, Sirbrina Guerrero said she was surprised by the Mariners' conclusion that staff behavior toward her and her female partner at last Monday's game did not constitute discrimination. Why? Because earlier this week she said she had a good discussion with the Mariners director of guest services, Kathleen Lenihan. "She asked me if anything...
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Thursday, June 05
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Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer Big Blog Claiming that the goal of the team that runs the publicly-financed ballpark "is to foster an atmosphere at Safeco Field that is welcoming to all fans," Seattle Mariners officials have decided that their staff "acted appropriately" when ushers asked a lesbian couple to "tone it down" when they were seen kissing . The Mariners again insisted that the interaction between the couple was more than the "peck" that the couple and their friends described in initial reports. "[T]wo experienced staff members observed...
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Thursday, June 05
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Whether it was a "peck" as the woman who shared it with her girlfriend claimed, or a full-on kiss, or what Mariners spokesperson later claims was a case of "groping," an incident at Safeco Field last week just got a lot more attention. Summary: An usher at Safeco Field last week told Sirbrina Guerrero and her date that someone had complained that the two women were kissing. The usher told them to stop. Guerrero complained to Safeco's guest services and later told her story to KOMO4. "I was really just shocked," Guerrero told Associated Press. "Seattle is so...
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Thursday, May 15
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Source: KING5 TV SEATTLE -- Verbena Health, a non-profit that provides health services focused on lesbians in Seattle has announced that it will temporarily halt all services while charges...
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Sunday, May 04
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Washington Governor Christine Gregoire is scheduled to speak June 11 to the monthly business luncheon of Seattle's gay chamber of commerce, the GSBA -- Greater Seattle Business Association. DATE: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 TIME: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm LOCATION: Arctic Club Hotel, [ get directions ] ADDRESS: 700 -3rd Ave at Cherry, Seattle, WA 98104 EVENT CONTACT #: 206-363-9188 EVENT COST: Individual Registration: $30.00 - Members $35.00 - Non Members Walk-Ins are $10.00 more at the door Register online through GSBA's website. GSBA's monthly luncheons give local business leaders and politicians...
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Friday, April 18
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The first openly gay or lesbian judge to be appointed to the federal bench told members and guests at QLaw's annual banquet last night that “significant diversity on the bench gives credibility to, and fosters faith in, the judicial system.” Deborah Batts, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, addressed a sold-out ballroom last night at the annual banquet of QLaw , the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Bar Association of Washington . It was a glittering night of celebration and tribute at the Grand Hyatt Seattle for the LGBT legal group, which has become...
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Friday, April 18
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Hutch: Qblog , Qnews King shooting Ken Hutcherson has asked his "Prayer Warriors" to join him on April 25 as he stages a protest of the Day of Silence observance at Mount Si High School. This is the message he sent to the Antioch Bible Church mailing list today: Prayer Warriors, it's time to put on your knee pads and start praying! I am organizing a protest of Mt. Si High School and the Snoqualmie Valley School District. We will be protesting at Mt. Si High School on the Day of Silence, April 25 at 10:00 am. We have taken out a huge ad in the Snoqualmie Valley newspaper which will...
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Saturday, April 05
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Out & Equal volunteers load one of the dozens of wheelbarrows used to spread bark along the building's block-long perimeter Out & Equal photo Before (inset) and after: Work done by volunteers helped brighten the landscaping around Cascade Court. Along with painting inside the building, the worked saved the low-income building's owner about $5000 in maintenance costs -- savings that can be passed on to tenants seaQwa photo: Robin Evans [Post updated 9am 4/06 to add comments from Out & Equal] About 30 volunteers from Out & Equal Seattle gathered this morning at the Cascade...
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Wednesday, January 09
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Ann Levinson, one of four women -- all GSBA members -- bidding to buy the Storm WNBA franchise got a rousing welcome today from the gay business group seaQwa photo: Robin Evans The stars of today's GSBA luncheon were to have been the three powerhouse legislators who arrived to talk about the upcoming session. [see previous Qblog post ] And they eventually got their warm ovations, but before they were introduced, GSBA president Louise Chernin introduced the women of the hour, long-time GSBA member Anne Levinson who is set to become one of four co-owners of the Seattle Storm. The PI introduces...
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Friday, November 16
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On Thursday, Lifelong AIDS Alliance used its own MySpace blog [usual MySpace warnings apply] to tell its side of the story about the firing of non-renewal of contract for its longtime drag host of Gay Bingo. On Tuesday afternoon, a decision was made by Lifelong AIDS Alliance to discontinue contract negotiations with Thom Hubert (aka GLAMAZONIA), host of our popular Gay Bingo events for the past seven years. The statement is unsigned on MySpace, but is also printed on Lifelong's main website and is signed there by Lifelong's executive director Dave Richert. He expresses a bit of surprise...
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Sunday, November 11
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Bellevue native and Project Runway contestant Jack Mackenroth is a competitive swimmer , seen here with fellow contestant Lisa Gilson after the 2006 Park to Park Swim in New York. photo From seaQwa 's Qnews : nw:gaynews feed: November 11, 2007 Missoula's latest anti-gay assault part of a disturbing pattern Source: Missoulian and Missoula Independent Commentary: Washington should apologize for eugenics law Source: Knute Berger in Crosscut Bellevue-native hunk to compete in Project Runway Source: Seattle Times November 10, 2007 Washington priest elected bishop of Chicago diocese on a ballot...
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Monday, November 05
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Cody Castagna photo: Fleshbot (which has many more -- and much more flesh -- for a fee after a preview) Well, that was quite a week for a site that was just barely ready for it. But hey, it provided us with an unexpected way to introduce seaQwa [ pronounce ] to those who managed to find us. Let's review, shall we? We'll introduce you to some of seaQwa 's features along the way. The Curtis Affair was introduced to me when I scanned a news search last Monday and saw this headline from The Columbian, Vancouver, WA's daily: " Curtis denies wrongdoing, says he is not gay "...
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Thursday, October 25
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Street signs with rainbow flag colors help define Philadelphia's 'Gayborhood' photo: Towleroad Responding to the distressing story in today's PI about an upsurge of anti-gay threats and violence on Capitol Hill, The Stranger's Dan Savage suggests that we should consider marking the neighborhood to claim it as uniquely gay. As he points out, that's been done in Chicago. It's also been done in Philadelphia and elsewhere. Great idea. But it's a bit ironic coming from one of the primary supporters of the downtown Pride parade. Savage is right that anti-gay threats and...
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Wednesday, August 22
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One of two suspects in the hate-crime death of a Sacramento man entered a plea today of not guilty. Aleksandr Shevchenko, 21, faces a single felony count of intimidating and interfering with a person's rights, a charge that falls under the state's...
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Saturday, August 18
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A couple of legal issue bloggers expected the ruling to be appealed when the 10th Circuit Court ruled against the Oklahoma legislature's bizarre decision to deny birth certificates to children born in OK who had been adopted by same-sex couples (in...
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Sunday, July 22
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A portrait of Satender Singh rests on his grandmother's table. Sacramento Bee photo by Kevin German Anti-gay American crusaders, including Redmond's Ken Hutcherson and Oregon's Scott Lively have celebrated the anti-gay energy brought to their movements by evangelical churches for Russian-speaking emigres from former Soviet republics. A recent assault in Sacramento shows the danger of that "energy" when misdirected. The death in Sacramento early this month of Satender Singh, a 26-year old immigrant from Fiji, has riled tensions there between the city's large Slavic immigrant...
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