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Tuesday, April 29
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[a message from Equal Rights Washington ] Hutch v. Mount Si On Friday April 25th students at over 7,000 schools nationwide participated in the Day of Silence to bring attention to how LGBT students and students perceived as LGBT face bullying, violence and taunts in schools simply because of who they are. Outside Mt. Si High School a leader of the anti-gay industry Ken Hutcherson organized a protest of the Day of Silence. Parents and community members supportive of the Day of Silence welcomed students in silence as they arrived to show support for LGBT students and to call for an end to bullying...
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Wednesday, April 02
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Pride Foundation announces Inaugural Ric Weiland Legacy Series In honor of Ric Weiland (see more about his historic bequest at PrideFoundation.org ) Pride Foundation is beginning the Ric Weiland Legacy Series. This will be a unique chance for Pride Foundation supporters to hear directly from our country's leaders in LGBT and other movements. We kick off this inspiring series with a visit from Paula Ettelbrick, the Executive Director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human (IGLHRC), one of the recipients of the Weiland Designated Fund. Paula is one of our movements most experienced activists...
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Tuesday, March 18
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Asheville, NC - The national gay & lesbian wedding resource, RainbowWeddingNetwork.com , has announced that the company will be producing Seattle's first-ever same-sex wedding expo. The event will also include the Same Love, Same Rights® Mobile Marriage Summit , a forum in which ideas are collected from all who attend on innovative ways to create mass change in America concerning marriage equality. RainbowWeddingNetwork.com has chosen Seattle as the newest location for the company's upcoming GLBTQ Wedding & Family Expo and Rally for Equality . The event will be held Sunday April...
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Thursday, March 06
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King shooting On Sunday, March 9 at 5:15pm, after the Safe Schools Coalition's viewing and discussion of "It's Still Elementary" at the Broadway Performance Hall from 2pm-5pm (visit www.safeschoolscoalition.org for more information!!), GLSEN Washington State, in a partnership with ACTION Northwest, will be holding a candlelight vigil for Lawrence King, the student from Oxnard, CA, that shot in school back on February 12th by a fellow classmate. In honor of Lawrence, and other youth that have been killed due their sexual orientation and/or gender identity, we will be holding a...
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Wednesday, February 13
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While we applaud the Washington State legislature for creating the domestic partnership registry in 2007, and we support the rapid passage of the 2008 domestic partnership expansion bill this year, National Freedom to Marry Week, February 10-16, 2008, is the perfect opportunity to remind your elected officials that you support marriage equality. National Freedom to Marry Week is also an ideal time to engage your friends and family in this historic human rights movement. Please ask your friends to sign the petition as well. Not in Washington State? Click here to sign the marriage equality petition...
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Tuesday, January 15
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From NGLTF newsletter : Event emcee Kate Clinton (left) with honoree Louise Chernin. photo: Team Photogenic. More than 200 folks turned out for the second Seattle Leadership Awards on Jan. 12 to honor Louise Chernin with our Leadership Award. From the reaction of our guests, it’s clear that she is adored by the community and has touched many lives there. Now head of the Greater Seattle Business Association, the country’s largest LGBT chamber of commerce, her work in the women’s movement, the anti-war movement and on civil rights has given her both wide and deep roots in the community. Special thanks...
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Thursday, January 10
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Action Alert from RainbowWeddingNetwork.com...Sign the pledge to support Basic Rights Oregon. You do not have to live in Oregon to sign! We applaud the passing of Oregon's House Bill 2007, The Family Fairness Act; domestic partnerships will offer Oregon GLBTQ families needed benefits & security. The Family Fairness Act was signed into law to be effective as of January 2, 2008. Unfortunately, out-of-state conservative organizations such as Arizona's Alliance Defense Fund are attempting to overthrow the legislative process by drawing invalid signatures into question. Currently Domestic...
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