SGN June 10, 2011 - Section 1

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Issue 23 Volume 39

Celebrating 38 Years!

FRIDAY June 10, 2011 FREE! 25¢ in bookstores & news stands

PRIDE EVENTS p. 15

30 YEARS ESSAY p. 23

BEGINNERS p. 33 & 38

Seattle Gay News

Our flag

SEATTLE’S LGBT NEWS & ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY file photo

Community energized by Space Needle’s refusal to fly Pride flag by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor

Seattle Out & Proud (SO&P), the organization responsible for the annual Seattle Pride Parade, anLast year, the Space Needle nounced to the community (quite made history by hoisting the by accident) that the Space Needle Pride flag atop its spire for the would not be flying the Pride flag this year, and all hell broke loose. first time ever. The community was jubilant. THE MEETING It was an affirmation; a symMay 26 started out normally bol that Seattle and the LGBT community that inhabits it (the enough for the board members of second largest in the nation) are SO&P. Organization President in sync. Photos were taken of Adam Rosencrantz, Operations smiling executive directors and VP Jarod Owen, Parade Director prominent LGBT politicians Mike Campbell, Director of Outand advocates as they raised reach Elayne Wylie-Weichers, and Parade Staging Manager Marc the flag for Pride. In short, it was one of the Ackerman had a clear objective: happiest historic moments this Put together a plan of how SO&P community has ever experi- could work with the Space Needle to celebrate 2011 Seattle Pride. enced. At approximately 3:30 p.m., That was then. On June 3,

Rosencrantz and company met with Mary Bacarella, vice president of brand management for the Space Needle. Initially, said Rosencrantz, SO&P had asked the Space Needle Corporation to be a grand marshal in this year’s Pride Parade as a thank-you for flying the flag in 2010. “From that invitation, a meeting request was made to talk about alternatives to being a grand marshal,” Rosencrantz told Seattle Gay News. “At this time, it was suggested that the flag would not fly this year and there were a few ideas on the table see Pride Flag page 24

2011 Pride Parade Despite Gay teacher’s reservations, school still marshals announced Daniel Hernandez, Armistead Maupin, donates to Salvation Army community leaders among honored Since 1995, the student body of Henry M. Jackson High School in Mill Creek, Washington, has organized and conducted a food drive, donating the collected food and money to the Everett Salvation Army. Three years ago, a complaint was made by an employee of the Everett School District concerning Jackson’s choice of the charity. That employee is Greg Stair, a fine arts teacher at Everett High School and a teacher’s union representative serving on the Everett Public Schools District Equity and Access Advisory Council. As an open Gay man and the club advisor for his school’s Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA), he believes the Salvation Army is discriminatory towards the LGBT community, and he fails to see why it is allowed into a public school system. “The Salvation Army has a disturbing policy in regards to the LGBT community,” Stair told Se-

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courtesy Greg Stair

Greg Stair

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor

Daniel Hernandez, aide to U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords

Courtesy of Seattle Out and Proud

Seattle Out & Proud (SO&P), a leading non-profit organization that annually produces and promotes Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride events and campaigns in the Greater Seattle area, is pleased to announce the Marshals of the 2011 Seattle Pride Parade. The parade, one of the largest see salvation army page 26 events by attendance in the North-

proud to Be Different

We are conveniently located on-site at Lifelong AIDS Alliance below the Thrift Store.

west, will take place on Sunday, June 26, starting at 11 a.m., along 4th Avenue in downtown Seattle. This year’s theme is “Be You. Be Proud. Express Yourself!” Each year SO&P recognizes and honors community members, LGBT allies, groups, and organizations that have positively impacted our community by inviting them to serve as Marshals of our Seattle Pride Parade. Marshals see marshals page 26

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