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Seattle Gay News SEATTLE’S LGBT NEWS & ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Participants in Uganda’s first-ever Pride Parade
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in Uganda for an official visit, presented Ugandan LGBT rights activists with the State Department’s 2011 Human Rights Defender Award on August 5. The next day, activists celebrated with the country’s first-ever Pride Parade in the resort city of
Entebbe. “You are a model for others and an inspiration for the world,” Clinton said to representatives of the coalition formed in 2009 to combat Uganda’s infamous “Kill the Gays” bill, which prescribed the death penalty for anyone convicted of “aggravated homosexuality.” “It is critical for all Ugandans – see uganda page 19
Here are seven races to watch in November by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer
AP
Anne Ackermann
Pride in Uganda Primary results look good Nation holds its first LGBT parade; Sec. of State Clinton honors activists for Democrats, LGBTs If the results of the August 7 primary election are any indication, Democrats and LGBT folks of whatever party affiliation should be optimistic about the outcome of the November election. In spite of the fact that people who vote in primary elections – especially in low-turnout primary elections like this one – trend more Republican than voters in general elections do, pro-LGBT Democratic candidates emerged from the primary looking like winners. The November ballot will feature the presidential race, a U.S. Senate race, all the statewide officers, half of the state’s senators, and all the state representatives. However, there are seven races that may have special interest for LGBT voters. see election page 20
Gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee
We have Queer youth space! LGBT candidates smiling Multi-year campaign for a community center succeeds Three Wings, the nonprofit organization behind the long-running “We Need Queer Youth Space” campaign in Seattle, has signed a lease for a 1,750-square-foot space on Capitol Hill. Located near Broadway at 911 E. Pike St., Suite 208, the space is intended as a “cultural arts center” for Queer young people. Three Wings hopes the youth-led center will serve as a catalyst for change in Seattle and beyond. Three Wings has striven for the past two years to create and sustain temporary spaces, workshops, and programming for Queer young people in and around Seattle. However, finding a permanent home was always on the group’s agenda. According to Three Wings, the acquisition of the space is a “major milestone” and is the product of over two years of work in pursuit of a permanent home for Queer young people. “There will always be people who doubt what young people can do,” Genna Watson, a Queer Youth Space organizer, told SGN while the group was still looking for a see queer youth page 20
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after primary election
Representative Jamie Pedersen
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Most Gay and Lesbian candidates had reason to smile after the August 7 primary. Some might have cheered. State Representatives Marko Liias (D-21) and Dave Upthegrove (D-33) were unopposed in the pri-
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mary. Their names will appear on the November ballot, but they will be re-elected. Rep. Jamie Pedersen (D-43) might as well have been unopposed. He took more than 91% of the vote against Trotskyist Kshama Sawant. Since the top two see primary page 21
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