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Swing Batter Batter Swing!
Last week more than 3,000 players, coaches and fans headed to Seattle, Washington for the Gay Softball World Series. (Click here to view pictures from this event.) The series, dubbed the "Northwest...
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"For My Wife" Premieres Sunday, Oct. 19th
We recently highlighted the story of Charlene Strong, the woman who lost her partner of 9 years, Kate, during a flood in their Seattle home in 2006. Charlene was initially denied access to be with Kate...
View ArticleCelebrating Pride in New York and Across the Country
Hundreds of thousands crowded New York City's streets Sunday for the city's annual LGBT Pride festivities. Sunday's march marked an especially significant occasion for LGBT people and their allies as...
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GLAAD, Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and Approve 71 Team Up
GLAAD continues to work with local leaders and organizations in Washington to help get Referendum 71 approved. One unique way we are reaching voters is by teaming up with the Seattle Lesbian & Gay...
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Referendum 71 Earns Endorsement by Editorial Boards throughout Washington
Newspapers throughout Washington have endorsed Approve 71 The coalition to Approve Referendum 71 is growing stronger. In addition to major contributions from large employers like Microsoft, Starbucks,...
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Approve Referendum 71 Maintains Slight Lead While GLAAD Continues to...
GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios, Senior Media Strategist Adam Bass and 20-plus volunteers made more than 4,000 phone calls on Sunday, October 25th.GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios calls voters for...
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Actress Michelle Clunie Says, “Approve 71”
Michelle Clunie, an actress and activist, released a video today that encourages Washington voters to Approve Referendum 71 and get involved with the campaign.“It’s just wrong,” Clunie says about the...
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Seattle Lesbians Get Their Own News Website
Frustrated by the lack of lesbian news coverage in their town, Seattle’s Sarah Toce and Kate West decided to take matters in their own hands and launch The Seattle Lesbian, a website dedicated to all...
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GLAAD Mourns Seattle's Danny Vega
Over the past week, Seattle’s Southside, Filipino and LGBT communities have gathered to mourn the loss of Danny Vega, an openly gay Filipino American man who died on November 27 from injuries received...
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Roman Catholic Leaders Continue to Oppose Equality for LGBT People
Many members of the Roman Catholic hierarchy have long held positions that denied equality to LGBT people, even while stating that they respect the humanity and dignity of all people. Comments by...
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Macklemore Releases Video for SameLove in support of Referendum 74 in...
Rapper and Seattle native Macklemore, along with creative partner Ryan Lewis, yesterday released the music video for SameLove. SameLove supports family acceptance and marriage equality for gay and...
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Photos: First Marriage Licenses in Washington!
Officials in King County, Washington began issuing marriage licenses at midnight last night (so technically, this morning) to same-sex couples. Because of the state's three-day waiting period, the...
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"Gomer Pyle" Actor Jim Nabors Marries Partner of 38 Years
Jim Nabors, the star of the ‘60s hit TV shows The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., married his partner of 38 years this month in Seattle, Washington.Nabors, who is 82 years old, met his...
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Rapper Macklemore first non-athlete to make You Can Play video
Rapper Macklemore has become the first non-athlete to participate in the You Can Play project to promote LGBT inclusion in sports, releasing this video today.Macklemore and his producer Ryan Lewis are...
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LGBT equality advances on Election Day 2013
Election Day 2013 was a great day for LGBT equality. With national news media's focus primarily on New Jersey's gubernatorial race, Terry McAuliffe's victory over Republican Ken Cuccinelli for the...
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PHOTOS: Boy Scouts rally in support of ousted gay Scoutmaster; Church remains...
Seattle-area Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Scout leaders, and parents rallied at the Chief Seattle Council headquarters yesterday in support of Geoff McGrath, a Scoutmaster whose registration was revoked by...
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Church hires attorney to defend gay Scoutmaster, cites violation of religious...
Rainier Beach United Methodist Church has hired an attorney to defend Geoff McGrath, a Seattle-based Scoutmaster, who recently had his registration revoked by the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) for being...
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Seattle Mayor writes to Boy Scouts in defense of gay Scoutmaster
Ed Murray, Mayor (D) of Seattle, and the members of Seattle City Council have written a letter in support of Geoff McGrath, leader of a local Boy Scouts troop, whom the national organization wants to...
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Help us reach 125K signatures – tell Amazon to support equality in scouting
This week, GLAAD is on the ground in Seattle with leading advocates to deliver more than 100,000 petitions to Amazon's Seattle-based headquarters. We're almost at our goal of 125,000 signatures but we...
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PHOTOS: Amazon receives 125K petitions hand-delivered by LGBT scouts, locals,...
Today, GLAAD was on the ground in Seattle with LGBT youth and adults, allies, and local advocates as they delivered more than 125,000 petition signatures to online retail giant Amazon at the company's...
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Seattle Public Schools to end affiliation with Boy Scouts of America
On Wednesday, members of the Assistant General Council of Seattle Public Schools wrote to openly gay Seattle-area Scoutmaster Geoffrey McGrath,ending their affiliation with the BSA. Chief Seattle...
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