gay rights

Washington Delegation Supports Vote To Allow Gay Members Into Scouts

Jim Gates — Fri, 24 May 2013 00:05:03 +0000

For the first time in 22 years, openly gay members will be allowed to join the Boy Scouts. Leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted 61 percent in favor of eliminating sexual orientation as criteria for youth membership.

Teenage Diaries Revisited: A Gay Teen's Family, 'Evolved'

editor — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:08:00 +0000

Name: Amanda Brand

Hometown: Queens, N.Y.

Current city: New York, N.Y.

Occupation: Massage therapist

Then:

"My mother's always yelling at me, 'How are you supposed to find a man?'... I tell her, I'm like, 'I'm not interested in men.' "

Amanda is gay. Her family is Catholic, and when she was a teenager, her parents were convinced she was only going through a phase. Back then, Amanda recorded a diary about coming out to her parents and to the world.

Seattle Tourism Industry Hitched To Gay Marriage

Ann Dornfeld — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:56:29 +0000

The star of the 1960s TV show Gomer Pyle, USMC, married his longtime male partner at Seattle’s Fairmont Olympic Hotel this month.

Northwest's Rural Gay Community Coming Out Of The Shadows

Jessica Robinson — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:47:22 +0000

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Washington legalizes same-sex marriage next month at a time when the geography of the Northwest’s gay and lesbian population is changing. Their numbers are still largest in metropolitan areas. But if you look for the biggest increases – that trend is happening in small towns and rural areas.