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LGBTQ Health Awareness Week stresses a welcoming and inclusive environment in medical care

LGBTQ Health Awareness Week stresses a welcoming and inclusive environment in medical care | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Swedish is out front when it comes to providing quality and compassionate health care to patients who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.
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R&M Dessert Bar: Seattle’s new place for a glass of wine and something sweet

R&M Dessert Bar: Seattle’s new place for a glass of wine and something sweet | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Meet the super-sweet couple behind Pike/Pine’s newest sweet spot for a date, birthday, or just treating yourself.

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Seattle’s new small business council has big Capitol Hill presence

Seattle’s new small business council has big Capitol Hill presence | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
After Amazon announced it was going to open a second headquarters, the Seattle City Council decided it needed to start meeting with the behemoth corporation, carefully orchestrating  who would atte…
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How Election Day unfolded: Voters, candidates react to Seattle’s mayoral race results and more

How Election Day unfolded: Voters, candidates react to Seattle’s mayoral race results and more | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Our reporters and photographers fanned across the Seattle area Tuesday to talk to voters and candidates. This is what they heard and saw.
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Unprecedented Seattle School Board race features two men in their 30s who don’t have kids

Unprecedented Seattle School Board race features two men in their 30s who don’t have kids | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Zachary Pullin DeWolf and Omar Vasquez say they’ll bring a fresh outlook to the Seattle School Board. The two have raised a combined $60,000 in campaign contributions.
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NGLCC | Supplier in the Spotlight: Double Tall Consulting

NGLCC | Supplier in the Spotlight: Double Tall Consulting | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Often organizations need a guiding hand in beginning their journeys to becoming more inclusive. Luckily, someone like Jen O'Ryan of Double Tall Consulting is able to guide them through the process and help them thrive as an inclusive organization. NGLCC asked Jen a few questions about her journey in consulting and being a bisexual entrepreneur.

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Exploring Capitol Hill's oldest gay bars, and their future

Exploring Capitol Hill's oldest gay bars, and their future | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
The landscape in which Seattle gay bars flourished in the 1970s is gone now. And the scene that's left - well, now the scene is different.
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Queer/Bar Intends to Fill the Void Left by Purr Cocktail Lounge

Queer/Bar Intends to Fill the Void Left by Purr Cocktail Lounge | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
A long-running gay bar moving to Montlake will be replaced by another inclusive space for the LGBTQIA community
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Capitol Hill gay bar Purr’s new home? Montlake

Capitol Hill gay bar Purr’s new home? Montlake | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Capitol Hill is down one gay bar. Purr’s July “going away” party included an announcement of its surprising new home neighborhood… Montlake. Seattle Gay Scene has the scoop:…
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Out in the Yakima Valley: Many in LGBT community say area is becoming more accepting

Out in the Yakima Valley: Many in LGBT community say area is becoming more accepting | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Scenes from the Yakima Pride March in downtown Yakima, Wash. on Saturday, June 17, 2017. This week marked the first ever pride week in Yakima,…

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Connelly: Our Pride Parade is where the 'Seattle Freeze' melts each year

Connelly: Our Pride Parade is where the 'Seattle Freeze' melts each year | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The annual Pride Parade is where the "Seattle Freeze" melts in good humor and a vast display of support for human and civil rights.  The annual Seattle Pride Parade, in its 43rd incarnation and viewed by 200,000 people, is a scene in which the "Seattle Freeze" melts each year into a display of good humor and powerful statement for human and civil rights.

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Seattle embraces LGBT businesses

Seattle embraces LGBT businesses | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Seattle’s Pride Celebration may only last a few days, but some say the city’s thriving LGBT business community is something that should be celebrated year round.  Some of the community’s favorite businesses are owned by members of the gay community.
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Hundreds Expected to Pay Tribute to Pulse Victims in Seattle 6/12

Hundreds Expected to Pay Tribute to Pulse Victims in Seattle 6/12 | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Seattle's LGBTQ community will unite at 7 p.m. at Cal Anderson Park on Monday, June 12, 2017 to honor the victims, family members and friends affected by the Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre - the deadliest shooting in U.S. history.

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Dungeons & Dragons & Drag Queens Come Together at Last

Dungeons & Dragons & Drag Queens Come Together at Last | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Queens of Adventure is a Dungeons & Dragons podcast starring four staunch drag queens who slay their way through a fantasy role-playing game. On each episode, the queens play an ongoing D&D campaign
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House Wine Launches Limited-Edition Rainbow Bubbles Cans in Support of LGBTQ Equality

House Wine Launches Limited-Edition Rainbow Bubbles Cans in Support of LGBTQ Equality | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

 Benefiting the Human Rights Campaign from May 1 to August 31, House Wine stands behind its "Everyone's Welcome in Our House" motto by donating $2 per case of special cans sold.

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Burien Pride Festival will return Saturday, June 2 for 2nd Annual Celebration

Burien Pride Festival will return Saturday, June 2 for 2nd Annual Celebration | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The second annual Burien Pride celebration will take place in Burien Town Square Park on Saturday, June 2, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. with FREE admission to the public.

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Armistead Maupin charms in Seattle

Armistead Maupin charms in Seattle | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Known for "Tales of the City," Armistead Maupin is on the road talking about his new memoir, "Logical Family." Paul Constant writes about what it's like to share the stage with him.
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'Gay Geeks': An online utopia for LGBTQ gamers, comic fans and Trekkies

'Gay Geeks': An online utopia for LGBTQ gamers, comic fans and Trekkies | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
What started out as a small group of "gay geeks" in Seattle has turned into a worldwide community of 50,000 people.
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Ed Murray’s exit from public life leaves Seattle feeling pain, relief

Ed Murray’s exit from public life leaves Seattle feeling pain, relief | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Ed Murray was a leader for gay rights, forged a reputation as a sharp Olympia dealmaker and went on to become an effective, if temperamental, Seattle mayor. But his legacy will be defined largely by the sex-abuse allegations that ultimately drove him from office.
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Seattle's LGBTQ history that isn't all white, all middle class, all male

Seattle's LGBTQ history that isn't all white, all middle class, all male | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
For much of the 20th century, Pioneer Square was the heart of Seattle’s gay community. Artist Storme Webber grew up lesbian in Seattle and often went to
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Seattle LGBTQ Commission says Mayor Ed Murray should resign; former mayors disagree

Seattle LGBTQ Commission says Mayor Ed Murray should resign; former mayors disagree | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
The Seattle LGBTQ Commission on Monday called for Mayor Ed Murray to immediately resign, while four former Seattle mayors said Murray should continue to serve.
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Barker: Bird’s gay revelation makes no waves in WNBA

Barker: Bird’s gay revelation makes no waves in WNBA | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

This was no ordinary All-Star Game, at least not for Sue Bird. Bird, who at age 36 is the oldest player in the WNBA, has been an All-Star nine times, tying Tamika Catchings for the most All-Star selections in league history. Saturday’s WNBA All-Star Game, however, was unique in a number of ways.

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Seattle Mariners Owning Social Media And Not Just Sticking To Baseball

Seattle Mariners Owning Social Media And Not Just Sticking To Baseball | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
The Seattle Mariners had the perfect responses for fans criticizing the team's Pride Night celebration. In the Leadership Locker Room, the seemingly unlikely pairing of Deion Sanders and the Koch network and some Miami Hurricanes football players say "ohm" in a meditation study.
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Through the heat, thousands march in 43rd annual Seattle Pride parade

Through the heat, thousands march in 43rd annual Seattle Pride parade | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
With the parade’s theme of “indivisible” in mind, parade goers celebrated individualism, acceptance and above all else, love.
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Seattle pro sports teams unite to promote LGBT inclusion

Seattle pro sports teams unite to promote LGBT inclusion | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
The Seahawks, Mariners, Sounders, Storm and Reign have come together to promote inclusiveness and equality, and organizers on Tuesday said this is the first time a city’s professional teams have joined together for this cause.
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