Issue 13 Volume 40
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SIGMUND FREUD p. 29
Seattle Gay News SEATTLE’S LGBT NEWS & ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
NOM plays After Gay Washington teen dies by suicide, OUTLoud the race card tackles cyberbullying AP Photo / Robert F. Bukaty
African American communities against each other, according to internal NOM documents published by HRC on March 26. The documents, written for the NOM board in 2009, were acquired from NOM as part of the ongoing investigation by the State of Maine into the group’s campaign finances. The NOM documents reveal that the organization has a highly developed strategic plan and a global outlook. President of the National Organization “Gay marriage is for Marriage Brian Brown the tip of the spear, the by Mike Andrew weapon that will be and is being used to marginalize and repress SGN Staff Writer NOM operatives have cooked up a secret strategy to pit the Gay and
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rafael Morelos
Project aims to “drive a wedge between Gays and blacks”
by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor On January 29, 14-year-old Rafael Morelos hanged himself after friends say he was subjected to bullying at Cashmere Middle School, where he had enrolled last fall. According to classmates, fellow students bullied Morelos because he was Gay. “He told me he got shoved and punched in the face in P.E. in the locker room at Cashmere,” one friend said. Added another: “He was tired of people saying that his little brothers would follow in his footsteps and be Gay, too.” Heather Carter, project manager for the Washington State Youth Suicide Prevention Program’s LGBT arm – OUTLoud – told Seattle Gay News that tragedies like this one can be avoided if resourcsee cyberbullying page 20
Rafael Morelos
Seattle LGBT Commission: Military academies hold first Gay Pride events “It’s been a difficult week”
It’s been said that hindsight is 20/20, and nobody knows that better this week than the members of the City of Seattle LGBT Commission. “It’s been a difficult week,” Mac
McGregor, co-chair of the commission, told Seattle Gay News. “But we’ve [LGBT commissioners] learned a lot from this.” Last week the local LGBT community came down hard on the commissioners when it was learned that at a March 15 vote, the City of Seattle LGBT Commission de-
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by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor
cided to cancel hosting a March 16 reception for a delegation of Gay Israeli leaders. The group, The Israeli Jews, is part of the Alliance of Israeli LGBT Educational Organizations, a network of groups that support LGBT youth and families. The negative response to their vote was felt throughout the commission as leaders of LGBT organizations (most notably the GSBA), City Council officials, and others, made public statements condemning their actions. In a March 20 apology letter, LGBT Commission members apologized for the pain, offense, and embarrassment they may have caused by canceling the event, adding, “We also have heard from many who celebrate the cancellation of this event. We flatly reject the suggestion that there could be any joy or celebration in this outcome.” For the most part, the storm has passed. Life goes on, and so will the LGBT Commission as they switch their focus back to advising city officials about LGBT issues. Still, there remains a call for accountability and some are asking
Joshua Fontanez at Norwich University
dom Olympics’ and ‘Queer Prom’ would have been unthinkable,” wrote Wilson Ring for the AssociService members and students ated Press. “This week, they’re a at several of the nation’s military reality.” academies are celebrating with On March 26, cadets in uniform Gay Pride events this year. at Norwich University, the nation’s “At the beginning of the school year, Gay Pride events at a milisee commission page 19 tary academy with titles like ‘Consee military page 18 by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor
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