Ed note: Mr. DesElms kindly sent along a copy of his speech from Saturday's protest and asked that it be posted. We're thank him and are glad to share it with our readers An address by Gregg DesElms delivered on the steps of City Hall in Napa...(read more) ...

Source: seaQwa staff, Reuters , New York Times , Minneapolis Star Tribune , Boston Globe Seattle rally at Volunteer Park and march on Broadway Advocates for equality in marriage laws stretched...(read more) ...

Source: Seattle Times Seattle Times staff reporter Lornet Turnbull writes about the new generation of protesters that have made their voices heard since passage last week in California of Proposition...(read more) ...

Source: Salem News , KPOJ , Oregonian PORTLAND -- Police in Washington County, a Portland suburban area, say a 20-year-old woman was attacked Tuesday and beaten because of her sexual orientation...(read more) ...

  Flyer for a Seattle protest scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 15 at Volunteer Park.Seattleites are invited to join tens of thousands of others throughout the country in a national protest against the passage in California of Prop. 8 and similar votes in Florida and Arizona. Voters in Arkansas also decided last week that it would be better to deny children a loving foster home rather that let gay men or lesbians become foster parents. The Seattle protest starts at 10:30 am at Volunteer Park. Similar protests are scheduled for every state in ...

Source: Oregonian , JustOut , GayPolitics , At a well-attended town hall meeting organized by the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus Thursday night, Oregon's new secretary of state, Kate Brown...(read more) ...