Gay soldier may be discharged

- A military recommended on Tuesday that a officer who publicly announced he was should be discharged for violating the military’s policy against conduct.

Dan Choi would be the first New York member discharged for violating the so-called “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, Fanning, a for the New York , said.

Choi, 28, appeared here before a Board, a panel of four , which deliberated for four hours before deciding to recommend the no longer recognise him as an officer.

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The New York Blade Suspends Publication

The New York , one of the two major and in , has laid off its editor in chief and suspended publication, the of its publishing company said on Wednesday.

“Everyone was let go, but the on The know that they may come back if The is coming back,” said the executive, Matthew Bank, of HX Media, which was formed in 2005 by the merger of The and .

The moves came on Tuesday after HX was sold to undisclosed buyers. The , a biweekly paper with a of 22,000, was left with an uncertain future.

“It doesn’t have an issue scheduled until a week from Friday.” Mr. Bank said. “There are a of things that can happen between now and then.”

The decision to suspend publication comes at a particularly active period for concerned with issues: the of the Stonewall riots and the parade on Sunday, the proposed same-sex marriage bill in the State and discontent over the administration’s performance on -rights issues.

“It is an incredibly exciting time for ,” said Kat Long, who had been editor in chief of The since February. “It’s important that papers are around to document it.”

, editor in chief of , the newspaper, said The had “made good contributions over the years.”

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On the night of June 26, two days before the parade would overtake in honor of the of the riots that are popularly imagined as the birth of the rights movement, a group numbering a couple of dozen mostly found themselves crammed into the parlor floor of the West Village of , a former banker who lives with his companion, the designer Steven Gambrel.

It raged and stormed outside, while inside, City , the first openly person to win that office, thanked the group for coming.

They’d been summoned either because they had or because they had influence in the “ movement,” such as it is today, and the of this affair needed their and influence to stage a large national march for rights in Washington, D.C., this October.

The mood was intense, and hardly celebratory, despite the tremendous progress toward legalizing in that many of the had been involved in.

“We want results,” Ms. Quinn said. “We want them now. We don’t want to be told any longer that we have to wait. ‘Cause look, in Albany? They said they couldn’t do at the beginning of the session—that they had to get other business done first. And now it’s exploded in Albany. If they kept their from Day 1, we wouldn’t be where we are.”

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Se3nate Power struggle impedes New York gay marriage vote

New York’s annual parade was a colorful of 40 years of progress toward for , but once the dust settled, who wish to marry in remain thwarted.

A bill to legalize in the state that saw the of the rights movement is mired in in the state capital Albany, where and are battling over of the state .

“I had hoped today’s march would have been a bit of a . It’s not,” , the speaker of the Council, said at Sunday’s parade. Held annually, this year’s event marked the of the riots in New York’s Village, which triggered the modern U.S. rights movement.

“We are disappointed. … But I know there have been other times our community has been disappointed and you need to keep fighting,” Quinn said at the start of the parade, which said drew more than a million .

can marry in , and Iowa and will be allowed marry in starting in September and in from January. Other states offer same- that grant many of the same rights as .

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How long has Seattle supported gay rights?

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has been at the of rights for at least three . Remember Anita Bryant? While she was getting cities across the county to repeal rights ordinances in the , voters held the line — the first city in America to in favor of rights. The City of adopted a fair ordinance in 1973 which specifically prohibited against in the workplace, followed by a ordinance in 1975. But in 1978, 13 attempted to repeal the ordinances. It went down in defeat, and voters successful stopped the national movement to turn back the of rights. Since then, the cities of Tacoma, Spokane, and others followed suit; has elected openly city council for and is considered to have one of the largest in the nation.

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Sunday’s parade marks the event’s 32nd year. See from the event here.

Learn more about ’s Museum of History and Industry at seattlehistory.org.

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Gay parents along with kids celebrate in annual parade

of turned out for the city’s annual Parade, some in provocative costumes and outfits, but an increasing number of them pushing strollers.

“I feel like I’ve seen twice as many children as I saw last year,” said Joseph Bowik, who is a father to two children with his husband, David Bowik.

The Family Garden, a small park cordoned off near to give a and an area for their children to play, saw more than 600 families last year, a record that appeared set to be broken during this year’s parade, Meredith said.

“Probably the biggest thing we’re hearing about this year from kids is the word ‘,’”‰” said , who is the for Children of and Everywhere (), which joined the park effort.

“With Prop. 8 passing and the Defense of , there’s so much talk about rights, but what keep asking is, ‘How will the kids of turn out?’ Those are all asking about us.” and are home to the second- and third-most same- who are in California, after Los Angeles, said.

, 18, moved to Oakland this summer for an internship at Children of and Everywhere. Raised by her and her mother’s , she said growing up with two made her grateful.

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Thousands turn out for Jerusalem’s Gay Pride parade

About 2,000 in a parade have marched peacefully through .

In past years, the event in the provoked violent , even stabbings, by ultra-Orthodox and . But this year, except for one -throwing incident, there were no .

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Mexico City Gay Pride Parade Draws Thousands

CITY – Thousands of marched peacefully through central City in the 31st March at which they demanded in rights, watched over by some 1,500 police.

All transpired in calm at Saturday’s parade, City said.

The annual march by , , , , individuals and began at at the Monument of the and it ended at the later in the afternoon.

The this year called for maintaining a “separate” weeks before the general in which the lower house of will be renewed, six governors and 606 elected.

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Gay marriage now key issue for Corzine

Gov. has made “ ” for and a prominent piece of his , taking another step in his on the issue and encouraging -rights who hope to see same- approved in New Jersey this year.

In public and , , who as recently as 2006 said he believed should be between a man and a , has touted his support of same- .

In raising the issue, he has tried to draw a bright-line divide with his , Christopher J. Christie, who has said he would a bill allowing and to wed.

“We believe that government should allow the to marry whomever they ,” said in his general-election speech June 2.

At a - later in , N.J., referred to his campaign and told cheering : “ is on the ballot. Are you going to help us make it come to pass in New Jersey?”

His campaign posted a video clip online showing the event.

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of same- marched through the streets of Portland, on Saturday for the annual parade — the first since passing a law last month.

carried a 900-foot long that stretched for several .

The man who sponsored ’s law, Damon, was the .

“It isn’t just the . , , community, it’s our community as a whole. And that’s what I hope that will look onto, will grab onto and continue to move forward with,” Sen. Dennis Damon said.

Last month, became the fifth state to allow .

Since then, adopted its own a law.

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