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  • Many blacks shrug off Obama's new view on gays
    ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) — Like many black Americans, Dorsey Jackson does not believe in gay marriage, but he wasn't disillusioned when Barack Obama became the first president to support it. The windows of his suburban Philadelphia barbershop still display an "Obama 2012" placard and another that reads "We've Got His Back." If Obama ne […]
  • Ellen DeGeneres Wins Top US Humor Prize In DC
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres, who broke ground in 1997 as the first lead character on prime-time TV to reveal she was gay, is winning the nation's top humor prize. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Tuesday that DeGeneres will receive the 15th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. She will be honored Oct. 22 with a lineup of […]
  • Gay marriage group opens 3 new offices in Maine
    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) _ The coalition spearheading a campaign seeking to legalize same-sex marriage in Maine has opened three new field offices and relaunched its door-to-door efforts to drum up support. Mainers United for Marriage has opened offices in Brewer, Lewiston and Portland. A fourth office will open next month in Kennebunk. The group is leading the […]
  • San Diego council approves gay pride rainbow flag
    SAN DIEGO (AP) _ A giant rainbow flag will fly over San Diego's gay community in time for the city's annual Pride Festival & Parade in July. The City Council on Tuesday approved installation of a 65-foot flagpole in the Hillcrest neighborhood. It will display a 12-by-18-foot rainbow flag. A rainbow flag is considered a symbol of freedom and pri […]
  • Examiner article misquotes Manny; Denounces anti-gay allegations
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Manny Pacquiao says he loves and supports gays and lesbians, even though he does not approve of gay marriage. The world champion boxer and Filipino congressman has been criticized ever since he was quoted in an interview on the examiner.com website saying he opposed President Barack Obama's support for gay marriage. Read more... (htt […]
  • Bullied Gay Teenager Appointed to Phoenix Mayor’s Office
    A Phoenix high school student who was bullied because he is gay is now making a difference in the city’s mayor’s office. Mayor Greg Stanton appointed Caleb Laieski, who turned 17 in January, as his office’s youth and diversity liaison on March 15. The gay teenager works to raise awareness about bullying and diversity. He is also Stanton’s point person for yo […]

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  • Pride ASIA to celebrate Pacific heritage
    by Shaun Knittel - SGN Associate Editor Advocates, entertainers, and organizers from the Seattle-area Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities and their allies have scheduled the first-ever Pride ASIA event at Hing Hay Park in the heart of the Chinatown/International District of Seattle, on Saturday, June 23, from noon to 6 p.m. 'It is our hope […]
  • A Success Inside and Outside the Opera House
    by Rod Parke - SGN AandE Writer Puccini's Madama Butterfly McCaw Hall May 5 While the opening-night performance of Madama Butterfly at Seattle Opera failed to pluck tears from my eyes, there was much to admire and enjoy in this production. Everything in this opera hangs on the soprano who sings and acts the 15-year-old Butterfly […]
  • U.S. House votes, same-sex couples: drop dead!
    by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer In a response to President Obama's historic announcement supporting marriage equality, the U.S. House of Representatives 'reaffirmed' its support for DOMA on May 9. In a 245-171 vote, the Republican-controlled House tacked an anti-equality amendment onto an appropriations bill to fund the Commerce and Justice […]
  • Burning down the Haus
    by Maggie Bloodstone - SGN Contributing Writer Rammstein Tacoma Dome May 14 German industrial rockers Rammstein may not be able to perform one of their most notorious songs as it was originally intended this Monday at the Tacoma Dome - not unless their fans can convince their management that singer Till Lindemann and keyboardi […]

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  • POLL: Strong Majority Of New Hampshire Voters Support Marriage Equality
    A new Public Policy Polling survey shows that support for marriage equality remains very strong in New Hampshire, with 57 percent believing it should be legal and only 35 percent opposed. Even when presented with the choice to form civil unions, support for marriage was still 54 percent, with 31 percent support for civil unions, […]
  • Obama Administration Implements LGBT-Inclusive Prison Sexual Assault Protections
    After many years of deliberation, the Department of Justice has finally released final guidelines for implementing the Prison Rape Elimination Act. According to the White House’s executive summary, the new rules include important specific protections for those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and gender non-conforming: The stand […]
  • The Morning Pride: May 18, 2012
    Welcome to The Morning Pride, ThinkProgress LGBT’s daily round-up of the latest in LGBT policy, politics, and some culture too! Here’s what we’re reading this morning, but please let us know what stories you’re following as well. Follow us all day on Twitter at @TPEquality. - Equality Matters expertly dissects the argument that the passing […]