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21.05.2021 / 19:55

Christine Vachon, mother of queer cinema, on ‘Halston,’ ‘Pride,’ and gaying up Hollywood

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29.04.2021 / 01:06

Obituaries: Memorial set for Margo St. James

A virtual memorial for sex workers advocate Margo St. James will be held Saturday, May 1, at 11 a.m. Pacific Time.Ms.

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27.04.2021 / 18:41

The Island Is Idyllic. As a Workplace, It’s Toxic.

The chef Blaine Wetzel first came to Lummi, a tiny island in the San Juan archipelago of Washington State, in 2010. At age 24, he was fresh off a two-year stint at the vaunted Copenhagen restaurant Noma.

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25.04.2021 / 17:17

Mother of murdered gay son pleads with Lady Gaga, Ellen DeGeneres for help

Lady Gaga and Ellen DeGeneres for help.The newspaper Inlander reports Jason Fox was murdered in Newport, Washington last September. Investigators discovered his body in a shallow grave on a nearby ranch about a month later.

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16.04.2021 / 00:35

Gay Dating App Manhunt Hacked, Users' Data Exposed

statement submitted to the Washington State attorney general.At first the company didn’t disclose how many accounts were exposed in the data breach, but it later revealed that more than 7,700 users were affected in Washington State. Stacy Brandenburg, an attorney representing Manhunt, told Tech Crunch that 11 percent of the app’s users were affected in total.In the statement to the attorney general, Brandenburg wrote, “Manhunt immediately took steps to remediate the threat and secure its systems.

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metroweekly.com

08.04.2021 / 00:39

Judge waives prison time for transgender ex-neo-Nazi who threatened journalists

The Associated Press.On the same day, Atomwaffen members sent or delivered posters to the homes of reporters or activists in Arizona and Washington State. One of Parker-Dipeppe’s alleged co-conspirators, Johnny Roman Garza, 20, of Arizona, was previously sentenced to 16 months in jail. A second alleged co-conspirator, Kaleb Cole, a former Seattle resident now residing in Texas, will face trial in September, while a third, Cameron Shea, of Washington State, is expected to plead guilty this week.

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advocate.com

17.03.2021 / 23:03

Trans Teen Stars in Equality Act Hearing, Lindsey Graham Gets Schooled

passed it in February, as it had two years ago, in the previous session of Congress. In that session, it never received a hearing in the Senate, where Republicans then held a majority of seats.

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advocate.com

09.03.2021 / 00:09

Susan Collins, Joe Manchin Vote for Anti-Trans Language in COVID Bill

Congressional Record. “This amendment will ensure that education funding in the bill is properly directed to schools that are focused on COVID response and recovery rather than pushing a liberal agenda.”Democratic Sen.

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12.02.2021 / 23:37

SF supervisors declare Valentine's Day 'Margo St. James Day'

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has declared that this year, Valentine's Day will be "Margo St. James Day" in honor of the sex workers rights advocate who died last month.

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queerty.com

12.02.2021 / 19:30

Transracial bisexual Rachel Dolezal hasn’t worked in six years, can’t even get hired as a hotel maid

Rachel Dolezal first made headlines in 2015 when it was discovered she had been masquerading as a Black woman while serving as president of the NAACP’s chapter in Spokane, Washington. Shortly after that, she came out as bisexual and compared herself to Caitlyn Jenner, who is trans.Since then, Dolezal has changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo (but she still sometimes goes by Rachel), published a book, been charged with second-degree perjury and felony theft by welfare fraud, and more or less fallen into obscurity.Until earlier this week when she reemerged to appear on Tamrom Hall’s show to discuss what her life has been like these past six years.Turns out, it hasn’t been great.

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16.01.2021 / 20:35

Sex worker rights advocate Margo St. James dies

Margo St. James, a noted sex-positive feminist and pioneer of the sex workers' rights movement, died January 12 at age 83. Ms. St. James had been living in a memory care facility in Washington state and was moved to hospice care after a fall, according to her longtime friend Carol Stuart.

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gaytimes.co.uk

30.12.2020 / 17:13

FDA launch study which could lift blood donation restrictions for gay and bi men

Earlier this year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in America eased its restrictions on blood donation by gay and bisexual men, bringing down the deferral period from one year to three months.

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21.12.2020 / 20:39

Williams Institute releases some year-end data

The Williams Institute issued some year end data on the LGBTQ community based on research conducted this year that anyone who loves numbers may find interesting.

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25.11.2020 / 05:55

Ross Mathews's Journey From Small-Town Boy to Being Out in the City

The following interview is part of The Advocate's "Rocky Road" series, which is inspired by the upcoming Amazon Prime Video film Uncle Frank, out November 25, and its themes of family acceptance, coming out, and revelatory road trips.From a small farming town in Washington State to his big move to Los Angeles years ago, Ross Mathews, the affable, inspirational TV personality and RuPaul’s Drag Race judge has always been authentically himself.“I come from a small farm town. When I left to the big city, I was going to change and come back a different person.

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19.11.2020 / 02:39

Obituaries: Nancy Wilcox

My good friend of 29 years, Nancy Wilcox, formerly of Eureka and Santa Rosa (born in Mount Vernon, Washington) passed away at 10 p.m. on election night November 3, in her sleep.

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washingtonblade.com

27.09.2020 / 00:13

Judge orders Trump administration to turn over concealed docs on trans military ban

A federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration in litigation challenging the transgender military ban, ordering the Defense Department to turn over documents it had previously on the policy withheld on the basis they were predecisional and deliberative before the restriction went into effect.

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12.09.2020 / 21:13

Same-Sex Partners Win Right to Social Security Survivor Benefits

Pictured: Helen Thornton (at right) and at left with her partner, Marge Brown.A federal court ruled Friday that the Social Security Administration’s blanket denial of Social Security survivor’s benefits to same-sex spouses who were prevented from marrying is unconstitutional.The ruling came in the case of Helen Thornton, a resident of Washington State who sought to claim survivor’s benefits based on her 27-year relationship with Marge Brown, who died in 2006, six years before same-sex couples in the state had the right to marry.

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advocate.com

21.08.2020 / 20:15

LGBTQ+ Candidates to Watch in the Upcoming Election

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres, running in separate New York districts, stand to become the first openly gay African-Americans in either house of Congress.

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queerty.com

17.08.2020 / 21:29

Gay couple’s hilarious video message to the jerk who stole their pride flag goes viral

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15.08.2020 / 02:31

Political Notes: Among major West Coast cities, SF and LA lag on census response

response rates when compared not only to major metropolitan areas in California, Oregon, and Washington states but also other densely populated counties in the Golden State. For instance, the city of San Diego is at 69.9%, San Jose is at 72%, Portland is at 70.8%, and Seattle is at 73.8%.San Mateo County, at 74.9%, has the best response rate among California counties, with Contra Costa (73.2%) and Santa Clara (73.1%) counties close behind.

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15.08.2020 / 02:11

Gay SF aging services pioneer Hadley Hall dies

Early lifeMr. Hall was born on July 8, 1933 in North Dakota.

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metroweekly.com

12.08.2020 / 01:05

Washington State “Trump Republican” accused of harassment for pulling down church’s Pride flag

The Leader.Police on Bainbridge Island say they were called to the church in July, after employees of Island Time Activities, a nonprofit that works with people with developmental disabilities which leases space at the church for its program, said they saw a man take down the pride flag and tell one of the workers not to put it back upbefore driving off in a car.

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advocate.com

06.08.2020 / 00:25

Out Candidates Advance in Washington, Kansas, and Michigan Primaries

From left: Marko Liias, Stephanie Byers, and Jon HoadleyThere were significant successes for LGBTQ+ candidates in Tuesday's primary elections around the nation.Marko Liias, a gay man, appears to have advanced to the general election for lieutenant governor in Washington State. Transgender woman Stephanie Byers was unopposed in her primary for a state representative post in Kansas and is likely to become the state's first trans legislator.

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11.07.2020 / 18:41

Global youth ministry outed for being super antigay, segregating Black kids, and hosting “Jew Night”

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth… and then he created Twitter so bigoted religious organizations could be called out. And boy, is Twitter delivering. On June 30, queer, Washington state resident, Kent Thomas, called out Young Life, a global young adult ministry whose mission is to “introduce adolescents to Jesus Christ and help them grow in their faith,” for being super anti-LGBTQ+.THREAD:Until my early 20s, @YoungLife was my community, family, and home.

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gaytimes.co.uk

07.07.2020 / 20:19

Non-binary Black Lives Matter protestor Summer Taylor killed during peaceful demonstration

They were participating in the Black Femme March against police brutality in Seattle, Wash, when the vehicle made its way onto the closed Seattle freeway and hit Summer and another protestor called Diaz Love, 32.

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01.07.2020 / 18:41

DelBene draws on Supreme Court ruling in new effort for LGBTQ troops, veterans

On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in favor of LGBTQ rights, a Washington State congresswoman is drawing on that decision to assist LGBTQ service members and veterans.

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thenewcivilrightsmovement.com

16.05.2020 / 00:01

Trump Administration Orders Halt to ‘First of Its Kind’ COVID-19 Testing at Home Project Backed by Bill Gates

The Trump administration has ordered an “innovative” and “first of its kind” at home coronavirus testing program that has the support of Bill Gates and other public health experts to cease, and it’s unclear why.

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gaytimes.co.uk

29.04.2020 / 18:03

Black gay female immigrant disabled judge appointed to Washington State’s Supreme Court

Grace Helen Whitener, a Black, gay, female, disabled, immigrant judge has been appointed to Washington State’s Supreme Court.

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channelnewsasia.com

20.04.2020 / 04:13

About 2,500 protesters converge at Washington state capitol against stay-at-home order

WASHINGTON: An estimated 2,500 people rallied at the Washington state capitol on Sunday (Apr 19) to protest Democratic Governor Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order to limit the spread of COVID-19, defying a ban on gatherings of 50 or more people.

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06.04.2020 / 18:49

Fox News is officially being sued for peddling coronavirus misinformation

Last month, rumors that Fox News was bracing itself for a potential “legal bloodbath” after misleading its millions of viewers about the coronavirus pandemic began circulating. Now, it’s finally happening.

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25.03.2020 / 15:53

Commentary: Nobody expects to be in the epicentre of a pandemic, so be kind to healthcare workers

SEATTLE, Washington: Inside, as usual, patient beds are near capacity, and the emergency department is filled with not only the usual mix of patients with trauma, stroke, chest pain and other concerns, but also dozens of people worried they might have COVID-19.

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17.03.2020 / 04:09

Biden Beats Sanders in Last Week’s Washington State Primary

Former Vice President Joe Biden has been declared the winner in last week’s “mini super Tuesday”primary in Washington state.

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03.03.2020 / 16:46

Washington passes ban on gay and trans panic defenses for homicide

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A measure prohibiting homicide defendants from claiming a defense based on panic over a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity has been passed by lawmakers in Washington state.

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03.03.2020 / 14:02

Washington state bans gay and trans “panic” defense for homicide

Lawmakers in Washington state have overwhelmingly passed legislation banning the so-called “gay panic” defense. This is when someone accused of a murder could claim the sexuality or gender identity of their victim was partly to blame for their actions.

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