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Primary election roundup: Seattle will have a woman mayor
Federal judge to FBI: Produce the documents on 1950s Gay purge
Charles Francis, president of the Mattachine Society, requested the documents to examine the methods used to implement and enforce the Gay workers’ purge – Photo by Tom Williams
Jenny Durkan thanks her supporters on election night – Photo by Nate Gowdy
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer For the first time since 1928, Seattle will have a woman Mayor in January 2018. Four women topped the ballot in the race to succeed Ed Murray as Mayor of Seattle.
Leading the pack, and almost certain to make it onto the November ballot is former US Attorney and out Lesbian Jenny Durkan, with almost a third of the votes in a 21-candidate field.
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by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer A federal judge has ordered the FBI to conduct a new search for documents related to a Fifties-era program to purge Gays and Lesbians from government jobs. The July 28 ruling by US District Judge Royce Lambeth covers thousands of documents and could expose the anti-Gay roles
played by President Dwight Eisenhower, FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover, and Chief Justice Warren Burger, then an Assistant Attorney General. As president, Eisenhower signed Executive Order 10450, which included the words “sexual perversion” – understood at the time as referring to same-sex attraction – as one of the grounds for stripping federal
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ACLU of Montana challenges Dug Sharpe inducted into legal sufficiency of anti-LGBTQ NAGAAA Softball Hall of Fame ballot initiative
Dug Sharpe in action – Photo courtesy of Dug Sharpe Protesting I-83 in Montana – Photo courtesy of ACLU of Montana
HELENA, Mont. – On Monday, July 31, the ACLU of Montana today challenged in the Montana Supreme Court the legal sufficiency of a proposed anti-LGBTQ ballot initiative, I-183. The petition argues that the ballot and fiscal impact statements fail to adequately explain the initiative’s discriminatory impacts on transgender individuals and state and local budgets. “Any description of the true intent of this discriminatory initiative – to prevent transgender individuals from using public
facilities that correspond with their gender identity – is entirely absent from the ballot statement,” said Caitlin Borgmann, executive director of the ACLU of Montana. “In order for Montana voters to cast an intelligent and informed vote they must have clear and accurate information about the Montana Family Foundation’s proposed initiative.” In addition to the harm the initiative
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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer Dug Wehage Sharpe, a 23-year member of the Emerald City Softball Association (ECSA), this September will become only the fourth Seattleite to be inducted into the NAGAAA Softball Hall of Fame. When asked how he reacted when learning he was going to become part of this prestigious group of LGBTQ amateur sports icons, Sharpe could barely contain his emotion. “It was a mixture of disbelief and honor,”
he said with heartfelt candor, “It was one of the few times in my life that I can remember actually not being able to physically speak out loud.” The North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA) is an organization dedicated to the promotion of amateur sports competition, particularly softball, for all persons regardless of age, sexual orientation or preference. It includes 46 member cities in both the US and Cana-
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TRUVADA for PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is a prescription medicine that is used together with safer sex practices to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 through sex. This use is only for HIV-negative adults who are at high risk of getting HIV-1. To help determine your risk of getting HIV-1, talk openly with your healthcare provider about your sexual health.
Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP if you:
Ask your healthcare provider if you have questions about how to prevent getting HIV. Always practice safer sex and use condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with body fluids. Never reuse or share needles or other items that have body fluids on them.
® Also take certain medicines to treat hepatitis B infection.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION What is the most important information I should know about TRUVADA for PrEP? Before taking TRUVADA for PrEP: ® You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA for PrEP. You must get tested to make sure that you do not already have HIV-1. Do not take TRUVADA to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are confirmed to be HIV-negative. ® Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently become infected. If you have flu-like symptoms, you could have recently become infected with HIV-1. Tell your healthcare provider if you had a flu-like illness within the last month before starting or at any time while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck or groin. While taking TRUVADA for PrEP: ® You must continue to use safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA for PrEP may not keep you from getting HIV-1. ® You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP: ® Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months. ® If you think you were exposed to HIV-1, tell your healthcare provider right away. ® To further help reduce your risk of getting HIV-1: ® Know your HIV status and the HIV status of your partners. ® Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it easier for HIV to infect you. ® Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior, such as having fewer sex partners. ® Do not miss any doses of TRUVADA. Missing doses may increase your risk of getting HIV-1 infection. ® If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA alone to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time. TRUVADA can cause serious side effects: ® Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. TRUVADA is not approved to treat HBV. If you have HBV and stop taking TRUVADA, your HBV may suddenly get worse. Do not stop taking TRUVADA without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to monitor your health.
® Already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status. If you are HIV-1 positive, you need to take other medicines with TRUVADA to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time.
What are the other possible side effects of TRUVADA for PrEP? Serious side effects of TRUVADA may also include: ® Kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider may do blood tests to check your kidneys before and during treatment with TRUVADA. If you develop kidney problems, your healthcare provider may tell you to stop taking TRUVADA. ® Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat. ® Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain. ® Bone problems, including bone pain, softening, or thinning, which may lead to fractures. Your healthcare provider may do tests to check your bones. Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP are stomach-area (abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effects that bother you or do not go away.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking TRUVADA for PrEP? ® All your health problems. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you have or have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis. ® If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if TRUVADA can harm your unborn baby. If you become pregnant while taking TRUVADA for PrEP, talk to your healthcare provider to decide if you should keep taking TRUVADA. ® If you are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. If you become HIV-positive, HIV can be passed to the baby in breast milk. ® All the medicines you take, including prescription and overthe-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. TRUVADA may interact with other medicines. Keep a list of all your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. ® If you take certain other medicines with TRUVADA, your healthcare provider may need to check you more often or change your dose. These medicines include certain medicines to treat hepatitis C (HCV) infection. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.FDA.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
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(tru-VAH-dah) MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT TRUVADA FOR PrEP
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Before starting TRUVADA for PrEP: • You must be HIV-1 negative. You must get tested to make sure that you do not already have HIV-1. Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are confirmed to be HIV-1 negative. • Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently become infected. Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include flu-like symptoms, tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck or groin. Tell your healthcare provider if you have had a flu-like illness within the last month before starting TRUVADA for PrEP. While taking TRUVADA for PrEP: • You must continue to use safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA for PrEP may not keep you from getting HIV-1. • You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you think you were exposed to HIV-1 or have a flu-like illness while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. • If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA alone to treat HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time. • See the “How To Further Reduce Your Risk” section for more information. TRUVADA may cause serious side effects, including: • Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. TRUVADA is not approved to treat HBV. If you have HBV, your HBV may suddenly get worse if you stop taking TRUVADA. Do not stop taking TRUVADA without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to check your health regularly for several months.
TRUVADA can cause serious side effects, including: • Those in the “Most Important Information About TRUVADA for PrEP” section. • New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure. • Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat. • Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain. • Bone problems. Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP include stomach-area (abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight. These are not all the possible side effects of TRUVADA. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any new symptoms while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Your healthcare provider will need to do tests to monitor your health before and during treatment with TRUVADA for PrEP.
ABOUT TRUVADA FOR PrEP TRUVADA for PrEP is a prescription medicine used together with safer sex practices to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 through sex. This use is only for HIV-negative adults who are at high risk of getting HIV-1. • To help determine your risk of getting HIV-1, talk openly with your healthcare provider about your sexual health. Do NOT take TRUVADA for PrEP if you: • Already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status. • Take certain medicines to treat hepatitis B infection.
HOW TO TAKE TRUVADA FOR PrEP • Take 1 tablet once a day, every day, not just when you think you have been exposed to HIV-1. • Do not miss any doses. Missing doses may increase your risk of getting HIV-1 infection. • Use TRUVADA for PrEP together with condoms and safer sex practices. • Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months. You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP.
BEFORE TAKING TRUVADA FOR PrEP Tell your healthcare provider if you: • Have or have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis. • Have any other medical conditions. • Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. • Are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. If you become HIV-positive, HIV can pass to the baby in breast milk. Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take: • Keep a list that includes all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements, and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist. • Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that should not be taken with TRUVADA for PrEP.
HOW TO FURTHER REDUCE YOUR RISK • Know your HIV status and the HIV status of your partners. • Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it easier for HIV to infect you. • Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior, such as having fewer sex partners. • Do not share needles or personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them.
GET MORE INFORMATION • This is only a brief summary of important information about TRUVADA for PrEP. Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist to learn more, including how to prevent HIV infection. • Go to start.truvada.com or call 1-800-GILEAD-5 • If you need help paying for your medicine, visit start.truvada.com for program information.
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Tweedle Dumb’s anti-trans tweets by Janice Van Cleve Special to the SGN The media exploded last week with coverage of Tweedle Dumb’s tweets proposing a ban on transgender service men and women in the military. Fox News defended it. Mainstream media blathered on endlessly about it. Politicians denounced it. The LGBT community responded with tales of fear, anger, and concern. People were digging up stats on the impact of the ban. Up to 15,000 transgender people currently serving their country in the military would lose their jobs, they said. Newsweek claimed the money saved from transgender medical treatment could pay for the Mexican Wall.
The ACLU readied their legal defenses. In short, the reaction was exactly what Tweedle Dumb wanted. Once again, by pulling some wild and ridiculous off the wall tweet out of his ass, he diverted public attention from the shambles of his administration. The real news is that the White House is in chaos. Another top appointee has been sacked. Hundreds of federal appointments are still empty. The immigration bans have been halted. Repeal of the Affordable Care Act has failed. Even Republican John McCain voted against him. The Mexican Wall has been cut from the budget. Not one campaign promise has been accomplished. Add to all that, top campaign advisors and Trump himself are under criminal investi-
gation. That’s the kind of real news that the administration does not want people to focus on. It is a common trick of leaders who are failing badly to try to redirect public attention. Erdogan of Turkey blames the Gulen movement. Duterte of the Philippines blames drug dealers. Maduro of Venezuela blames capitalists. Castro in Cuba blamed the US embargo. Putin of Russia blames the sanctions. They never blame themselves for their mistaken policies, their greed, or their egos for the messes that they themselves created. Only the Pentagon reacted to the tweets appropriately. The Joint Chiefs ignored them.
Victory, notables, and tasty treats made the Durkan election night party the place to be by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer We at the Seattle Gay News knew early on that Jenny Durkan would be one of the big winners in Tuesday’s primary election in the very crowded mayoral race of 21 candidates. So I and other SGN staffers wanted to go to her election night party at Pioneer Square’s Altstadt Restaurant where we enjoyed tasty and fresh soft pretzels, bratwurst, an assortment of cheeses, and lots of beer as we waited for the first results after 8pm. When it read 31% for Durkan (Cary Moon was 2nd at 15%) the crowd roared! When Durkan took the stage about 20 minutes later she called out several notables in the crowd from former Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire to District 36 State Representative Reuven Carlyle and Seattle City Councilmembers Sally Bagshaw and Tim Burgess. Throughout Durkan’s speech she reminded people that this was more than a local election; that Seattle needs to be a strong leader on a national level as well as needing to preserve Seattle for our children’s future. It looks like Durkan has a winning campaign launched. Get ready for November, Seattle!
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Jenny Durkan thanks her supporters on election night – Photo by Nate Gowdy
Following the initial results of the August 1 Primary Election, former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan delivered remarks to supporters and volunteers: Wow – thank you very much. Thank you very much. I love you guys. I am so honored that the city of Seattle and voters of Seattle have affirmed what we’ve known – that this election is all about the future of Seattle. Thank you. Thank you voters. Thank you everyone. As my former boss President Obama used to say, “Are you fired up? Ready to
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Urban planner Cary Moon is currently leading Queer lawyer, activist, and artist Nikkita Oliver, but by less than 3,000 votes. One of the two will faceoff against Durkan in November. Former State Representative Jessyn Farrell is in fourth place, another 3,000 votes behind Oliver. Bob Hasegawa, in fifth place – 5,000 votes behind Farrell – is the highest male vote-getter in the race. Durkan is backed by outgoing Mayor Ed Murray and Murray’s Chamber of Commerce allies. Until this spring, Murray was the odds-on favorite to win reelection, but he was forced to drop out following charges
go?” Are you ready to go on to November? Who’s ready to go campaign in October? Now we’re talking! So many people to thank tonight. I want to thank, of course, everyone in this room for being here. There’s some people I want to thank who are here, including former Governor Gregoire. Anybody else I forgot, I apologize it’s hard to see you all. So thank you. Of course, I want to thank my family. Being a kid who had a family member who ran for office I know how hard it is on families.
I also want to thank the campaign team we put together. I won’t mention them all, but I want to give a shout-out to all the interns who volunteered. Let me tell you, that was our secret weapon. We connected with the voters of Seattle – the people here are the ones who helped. Our volunteers who helped were amazing. In the last several weeks we knocked on so many doors, almost ten thousands of doors, and made over 20,000 calls. Sorry about the dinner hour calls. And sorry about the spam emails too. But that was our secret weapon. This campaign was never about me. It was about what you people believe in, what the voters believed in. It’s about the future of Seattle. It’s about Seattle leading and the future of our country. It is about telling everyone how you can lead by bringing people together and moving forward. And it is a rebuke to the things Donald Trump stands for because progressive values will always win hearts and minds. I want to take a moment to thank the people who ran for mayor as well. It was a very great field of challengers. We can’t declare victory, I feel really great about where we are. We won’t know until the end of the week, but I feel really good. But I will tell you also I think this was one of the best fields of candidates for the city of Seattle. I have such great and newfound respect for anyone who puts themselves out there. I can tell you, every one of those people did it because they love this city and they want to make it a better place. Whoever the two challengers are, whoever rises up, I look forward to a dialogue about what the city of Seattle is looking to
be for the next 20 years and the next generation. I think we can be a city that not just fixes immediate problems like homelessness and affordability. We can make sure Seattle is a city we love in 20 years and 40 years as much as we love today. Seattle, as I said when I launched, has always been the city that invented the future. We will reinvent the future of America through the cities and I believe Seattle will lead. Whether it’s climate change, immigration rights, or whether its affordability, solving the homelessness problem, we will make sure we do deal with them responsibly based on science and compassionately. We will make Seattle the city of the future, that everybody is welcome in, that everybody has a home in, and everybody knows that Seattle is for them. So I just want to say in closing, again: I want to thank you for everything. We are far from done. This fight is going all the way to November. We are going to show everyone that this city stands for the progressive values that can lead this nation forward. I look forward to this campaign. I look forward to the dialogue. But mostly, I look forward to talking to voters, getting out in the city. Because while we did very well tonight, there are a lot of voters we haven’t convinced yet. And every one of you has to go grab five neighbors, ten friends, and talk to them about our campaign. Talk to them about our hope for the future. And talk to them about Seattle, which will be that leading city in the future. Thank you again!
that he molested several teens in the 1980s. Organized labor, which was also backing Murray, switched its support to Hasegawa, a former Teamsters leader, and Farrell. Moon seemingly came from nowhere in her first campaign for public office, getting support mainly from the Stranger and the Urbanist newspapers. Durkan outspent the field shelling out as much money – over $390,000 – as all the other mayoral candidates combined. Moon spent less than $121,000, and Oliver less than $67,000. Down-ballot, labor leader Teresa Mosqueda will meet Jon Grant in the November election for an at-large seat on the Seattle City Council, Position 8. Mosqueda is a convincing 8,000 votes ahead of Grant and 11,000 ahead of brewery owner Sarah Nelson.
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Charlene Strong won more than 6,000 votes in this race with a low-key campaign, and Gay doctor, spoken word artist, and Muslim Hisam Goueli pulled more than 4,000 in his first try running for office. In the race for Seattle City Council Position 9, incumbent Lorena Gonzalez crushed the field, coming in more than 54,000 votes ahead of second place candidate Pat Murakami. Gay community activist Zachary DeWolf leads by more than 5,000 votes for Position 5 on the Seattle School Board. School Board elections are peculiar because the primary elections are by district – DeWolf ran in the Capitol Hill/Central District – but the November election is citywide. In the race King County Executive, wildly popular incumbent Dow Constantine won more than three-quarters of the vote, coming in almost 200,000 votes ahead of Republican Bill Hirt. Goodspace-
guy came in third, beating Stan Lippmann by about 7,000 votes. It was Goodspaceguy’s greatest electoral triumph to date. The last – and only – woman Mayor of Seattle was Bertha Knight Landes, who served from 1926-1928 when the office had only a two-year term. Landes ran on a reform ticket with backing from the Seattle Central Labor Council and the Prohibition Party. Although she supported police reform and public ownership of the City’s street lights and street cars, she lost her bid for reelection after she antagonized local saloon owners by shutting down illegal gambling and speakeasies. In Landes’ day, women’s rights groups often opposed drinking establishments as a way of curbing drunken violence against women, and ensuring that the husband’s wages would go to support his family rather than buying alcohol.
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56 retired generals and admirals warn Trump that his transgender ban would degrade military readiness August 1,2017 – Fifty-six retired General and Flag Officers provided the following statement to the Palm Center today: “The Commander in Chief has tweeted a total ban of honorably serving transgender troops. This proposed ban, if implemented, would cause significant disruptions, deprive the military of mission-critical talent, and compromise the integrity of transgender troops who would be forced to live a lie, as well as non-transgender peers who would be forced to choose between reporting their comrades or disobeying policy. “As a result, the proposed ban would degrade readiness even more than the failed ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy. Patriotic transgender Americans who are serving— and who want to serve—must not be dismissed, deprived of medically necessary health care, or forced to compromise their integrity or hide their identity. “President Trump seeks to ban transgender service members because of the financial cost and disruption associated with transgender military service. We respectfully disagree, and consider these claims to be without merit. The RAND Corporation, as well as research in the New England
Journal of Medicine, found that the financial cost of providing health care to transgender troops would be, at most, $8.4 million per year. “This amounts to one one-hundredth of one percent of the military’s annual health
care budget. As for ostensible disruptions, transgender troops have been serving honorably and openly for the past year, and have been widely praised by commanders. Eighteen foreign nations, including the UK and Israel, allow transgender troops to
serve, and none has reported any detriment to readiness. “Recently, two former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have taken courageous stands in support of our transgender service members. General Martin Dempsey said of our transgender troops that, ‘The service of men and women who volunteer and who meet our standards of service is a blessing, not a burden.’ “And Admiral Mike Mullen stated that, ‘I led our armed forces under the flawed ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy and saw firsthand the harm to readiness and morale when we fail to treat all service members according to the same standards. Thousands of transgender Americans are currently serving in uniform and there is no reason to single out these brave men and women and deny them the medical care that they require. The military conducted a thorough research process on this issue and concluded that inclusive policy for transgender troops promotes readiness.’ Admiral Mullen urged civilian leaders ‘to respect the military’s judgment and not to breach the faith of service members who defend our freedoms.’ We could not agree more.”
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My response to President Trump’s attack on transgender service members by Caitlyn Jenner caitlynjenner.com President Donald Trump tweeted this morning [July 26] that transgender service members will no longer be allowed to serve “in any capacity” in the U.S. military. Studies estimate there are as many as 15,000 transgender people already serving this country – and for those brave people fighting for our nation, Trump’s early morning tweets must be devastating. I believe every American should be outraged by the disrespect shown to those people wearing our country’s uniform. Furthermore, this halfbaked idea puts all of our service members in harm’s way. Does President Trump intend to just pull 15,000 people out of every critical position to which they are currently assigned? That would disrupt core military missions around the world and needlessly endanger our troops. Transgender people have served this country honorably for decades. In fact, studies show that transgender people are more likely to enlist in the military than the general population – and it’s estimated there are approximately 134,000 transgender veterans in the U.S. today. Veterans who have made sacrifices for this country deserve all of the support we can give them,
Caitlyn Jenner has been a vocal Trump supporter in the past – Photo courtesy of Getty
from thanking them for their service to ensuring they are treated with respect when they go to the Veterans Administration. The Pentagon has been working for years on a policy that will ensure that transgender people can serve openly in the military with the full support of their leader-
ship. It has been thoroughly reviewed and vetted by the best military and medical experts in the country. There is absolutely no reason to undo all that work because President Trump decided to send a few tweets this morning. Additionally, allowing transgender peo-
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would cause to transgender and gender non-conforming Montanans, the initiative would have dramatic and unpredictable long-term financial impacts to the state. “This anti-LGBTQ initiative will have serious economic consequences for state and local governments,” said Alex Rate, legal director of the ACLU of Montana. “In a year where the state budget is already in dire straits, the initiative would be an unfunded mandate on local governments who would also have to set aside funds for lawsuits seeking emotional distress damages.” After passing similar legislation, North
ple to serve in the military is not a new idea. Nineteen other countries have successfully integrated trans service members without any problems: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom. Over the past two years I have met the most inspiring trans people, and I can testify to the trans community’s incredible resilience and perseverance in the face of enormous discrimination and hate. We are strong, we are beautiful, and we will win. The President must ask himself which side of history he will be on – and reverse his position immediately. My father, William Jenner, landed on Omaha Beach in WWII, and his bravery and service to his country has always inspired me and helped make me the person I am today. America’s 15,000 trans service members and 134,000 veterans are much braver than you, Mr. Trump; my allegiance is with them and our country, not you. http://caitlynjenner.com/2017/07/myresponse-to-president-trumps-attack-ontransgender-service-members/
Carolina’s economy is predicted to lose more than $3.76 billion. I-183’s fiscal impact statement did not address such longterm financial impacts. In the 2017 Montana legislative session, nearly identical anti-LGBTQ legislation was rejected in committee on a bipartisan vote. Opponents successfully argued, and legislators on both sides of the aisle understood, that the impacts to Montana’s LGBTQ community and to state and local economies would damage the state and did not reflect Montana values. The state has five days to respond to the ACLU of Montana’s petition. Courtesy of ACLU of Montana
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Anti-LGBTQ activists launch ballot measure attempting to gut city’s non-discrimination ordinance WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, July 20, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, responded to claims from anti-equality activists that they have submitted 8,500 signatures in an attempt to qualify for a ballot measure in Anchorage, Alaska, aimed at gutting protections for transgender residents and visitors in the city’s non-discrimination ordinance. The city clerk must verify that at least 5,753 signatures are from registered Anchorage voters in order for the discriminatory initiative to be placed on the April 3, 2018, mayoral ballot. “Anti-equality activists are hell-bent on reversing the progress made for LGBTQ equality in Anchorage and across the country,” said HRC Senior Regional Field Director Hope Wisneski. “This shameful ballot measure would damage Anchorage’s reputation, undermine civil rights, and enshrine discrimination against transgender people into law. HRC is committed to working closely with the Fair Anchorage coalition in fighting tooth and nail to stop this assault on fairness and equality and ensuring Anchorage remains a safe and wel-
coming place for everyone.” The ballot measure aims to bar the Municipality of Anchorage from recognizing the existence of transgender people by defining sex for all municipal purposes as an “immutable biological condition” as determined at birth. It would also repeal the city’s existing protections ensuring that transgender people have equal access to facilities consistent with their gender identity in their workplace and public spaces. As part of the Fair Anchorage coalition, HRC is working with the ACLU of Alaska, Alaskans Together for Equality, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, Christians for Equality, The Pride Foundation, and Identity Inc. in working to defeat the ballot measure. Earlier this month, a similar attempt in the state of Washington was defeated, where, for the second year in a row, an anti-LGBTQ campaign to rollback nondiscrimination protections for transgender people failed to turn in enough signatures to qualify for the ballot.
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continued from cover da, more than 1,000 teams and 17,000 players (annually) from across North America. Started in 1977, NAGAAA celebrates its 40th year in existence by including Sharpe among the 2017 inductees. He will join the 162 members that are currently members of the Hall of Fame. Sharpe was nominated for the NAGAAA Hall of Fame by current ECSA Commissioner Frank Pichinini. “I’ve had the honor to know and work with Dug for over 20 years now,” he explained. “He exemplifies everything one would want to see in a Hall of Fame member: Skilled softball
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workers of their security clearances. Sexual orientation thus became a career-ending issue, along with the previously-barred drug addiction, unspecified “immoral” conduct, and “sympathetic association” with a “saboteur, spy, traitor, anarchist, or revolutionist.” The premise behind the order was that Gays and Lesbians would be susceptible to blackmail by Soviet agents and therefore couldn’t be entrusted with national security secrets. According to the Mattachine Society, as many as 7,000 to 10,000 Gay and Lesbian federal workers lost their jobs in the 1950s alone as a result of the executive order. The order was not formally rescinded until 1998, when President Bill Clinton signed a new executive order barring discrimination in the federal workforce based on sexual orientation. Last year, as part of its mission to uncover the “erased history” of anti-Gay purges, the Mattachine Society filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for all government records on Eisenhower’s executive order and how it was implemented by the FBI, under the direction of Burger, the federal official in charge of the purge.
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player, ECSA Board Member, ECSA Hall of Fame member, World Series Protest Committee member, World Series Volunteer, World Series Events Director, charity fundraiser, MVP awards, member of several ECSA and tournament Championship teams, mentor, recruiter, advisor, counselor, helper, player, coach, manager and most of all friend to numerous people throughout the NAGAAA nation. He’s done it all.” The NAGAAA Hall of Fame is the highest honor bestowed upon an individual within the organization. Members of this esteemed group have made vast and significant contributions to NAGAAA over the years. The membership represents individuals who are pioneers and innovators. “I think of NAGAAA as the ‘parent’ of 46 member cities kids,” says Sharpe with a
The FBI responded with an affidavit saying it had found 5,500 documents potentially responsive to the request but that it would be unduly “burdensome” to search through them to determine what must be made public. The bureau also claimed that it found no documents at all about the role of Burger, an assertion that the judge found “suspicious” and “stretches credulity.” “The Court finds it nearly impossible to believe that a search for every permutation of the name of the man who was charged with carrying out EO 10450, a robust federal mandate that built upon an established FBI initiative, yielded zero responsive documents,” Lamberth wrote in his ruling. Lamberth also strongly criticized the FBI for its inadequate records search, noting that the bureau only searched for the key words “Executive Order 10450,” “Sex Deviate,” and “Sex Deviate Program,” language based on the wording of an earlier program ordered by J. Edgar Hoover and intended to root out suspected “sex deviates” working for the government. Lamberth, a Ronald Reagan appointee, concluded that the response was insufficient given that the Eisenhower executive order used a completely different phrase to identify the targeted conduct – “sexual perversion” – and the bureau never searched for records using that phrase.
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chuckle. “NAGAAA is important because it allows communities from all over North America to be able to be unified as a singular community, a singular family. Those 46 cities are its children. Sure there will be a misstep here and there, but what NAGAAA does is reminds us that we are One Big Family living in 46 different little houses and, in the end, that we have one another’s back.” “The ECSA has been a member of NAGAAA for over 30 years and there are only three people that have been inducted in the NAGAAA Hall of Fame from Seattle,” says Pichinini. “It’s not easy to get inducted into the NAGAAA Hall of Fame and the fact that Dug has been is a testaments to his achievements and accomplishments both on and off the field being recognized by Hall of Fame members.” “Although I do feel like I have achieved a lot of great things on the field, I would say that my biggest contribution to the organization – both locally and nationally – is through being an advocate of how important the ECSA and also NAGAAA are for everyone. Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Trans, Questioning, even our Straight allies, our softball field is a safe space where we can all come to compete as equals no matter what our backgrounds,” states Sharpe when asked about what he feels are his signature accomplishments. “When I started in 1995, the league was much more focused on skill, ability and appearance. My contribution was pushing back against the stereotypes of appearance and reminding the organization that playing was more than just about winning games. It was about community. It was a refuge for those looking for a place to be, someplace outside of bars or any other sexualized setting. It was about friendships. It was about family. As that message took hold, the ECSA leapt from seven teams to now 35. I’m very proud of that.” Pichinini would be the first to agree with that assessment, his own reaction to learning his longtime friend speaking volumes. “My first reaction was a huge smile on my face,” he proudly states, his voice overflowing in joy. “I couldn’t wait to call Dug and let him know because I knew how much this was going to mean to him. Usually when I call Dug it’s about some sort of softball situation that I’m asking him for advice on, so when he answered I suspect that is what he thought I was calling him
about; some sort of issue or problem. Instead I told him that he had been inducted into the NAGAAA Hall of Fame. His initial reaction was shock and disbelief and I assured him that it was indeed true. He actually started crying.” “It was a surreal moment,” proclaims Sharpe. “When I look at the names of the people who have been inducted before me, and the fact that in a 40 year span there have only been three other inductees from Seattle, I am beyond humbled that such an amazing honor has been given to me.” Still, Sharpe continues to look at the bigger picture. “The most amazing thing for me continues to be that I get to be an advocate to get people involved in softball,” he plainly states. “I have seen people who started with such low self esteem and then have gone on to find enough self-confidence to actually found new sports leagues in our community. I have been witness to people who were so lost that they were on the verge of ending their own lives until they found the ECSA and discovered a new family, a new level of support and a true community. I have seen people turn their lives around and, not only become amazing, productive people, but to give back at every chance by passing on their good fortune to others by becoming mentors, coaches or managers. It’s all amazing. “Being a member of the ECSA and NAGAAA has also helped me both personally and professionally. It has given me the opportunity to meet with people from all walks of life and learn to work with those who have differing opinions, backgrounds and motivations than maybe I do. Those are all skills that have allowed me to grow in my private and work life.” As for those looking to become a part of the ECSA or any other NAGAAA member league throughout the United States and Canada, the Hall of Fame inductee has some straightforward and simple words of advice: “Try it,” he says emphatically. “Even if you only play one year, just try it. The community, the family, the friends that you will make, the life lessons you will learn in that one year, all of it will change your life. Try it.” Dug Wehage Sharpe will be officially inducted into the NAGAA Hall of Fame in a ceremony on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at the NIKE World Headquarters at the Tiger Woods Center in Portland, Oregon.
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