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Seattle Gay News S E AT T L E ’ S L G B T Q N E W S & E N T E R TA I N M E N T W E E K LY
11.3 million Americans identify as LGBT, new study says Younger and poorer than U.S. as a whole
Dems will introduce LGBT Equality Act next week, speaker says
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by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Some 11.3 million American adults self-identify as LGBT – about 4.5% of the adult population – according to a new study by the Williams Institute.
The institute found that Washington, DC, has the highest percentage of selfidentified LGBT people at 9.8% and North Dakota had the lowest at 2.7%. The results are based on previously released data from the Gallup Daily Track-
see LGBT AMERICANS page 12
Second patient “cured” of HIV
Stem cell transplants not a practical treatment, doctors warn
Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the “Berlin patient,” was the first person to be cured of HIV infection, more than a decade ago. – Photo by Manuel Valdes / AP
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer A second HIV patient has been “cured” of the virus, but doctors warn that the treatment – chemotherapy plus stem cell transplants – is not a practical method for deal-
ing with HIV infections. The British patient, who has not been identified, was diagnosed with HIV in 2003 and advanced Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of cancer, in 2012.
see HIV PATIENT page 12
Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced at a March 7 news conference that Democrats would reintroduce the Equality Act in the coming week.
The Equality Act would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to ban anti-LGBT discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, jury service, education, federal programs and credit.
see EQUALITY ACT page 12
Local Methodists react to UMC decision against LGBTQ clergy
Photo courtesy of Haller Lake UMC
by Tim Peter SGN Contributing Writer The United Methodist Church met in St. Louis, Mo., last month to discuss ordination of LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriages. The vote was 53 per cent in favor of the
traditional interpretation of marriage to 47 per cent opposed. The vast majority of delegates from the United States voted for the inclusive option, while many of those attending from different African and Asian nations
see UMC page 6