Volume 15, Issue 8 www.stonewallnews.net Serving the GLBTQA Community of the Pacific Northwest since 1992
Spokane Rainbow Center Shuts Down / page 5
Rev. Clare Austen and Rick Hutchins / page 6
Zimbabwe: Prevention in a land of beauty and beggary / page 11
Equality denied
by Catherine D. Willis Special to Stonewall News Northwest
Just seven weeks after celebrating the failure of Tim Eyman and associates to short-circuit the antidiscrimination law passed in January, the GLBTQA community was stunned by the state Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to uphold Washington’s Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), announced July 26. Passed in 1998, DOMA defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Nineteen couples challenged the law in 2004, claiming it violated the “privileges and immunities” clause of the state Constitution. Lambda Legal and the Northwest Women’s Law Center represented eight
Photo by Bryce Hughes
THIS ISSUE
Equal marriage supporters rally in downtown Spokane following the Washington State Supreme Court’s ruling on July 26th.
Please see EQUALITY page 4
A conversation with Spokane Mayor Hession
City of Spokane Mayor Dennis Hession talks about sexual orientation, the proposed Gay District, equal marriage and his leadership in Spokane
Business Directory . ..............................18 Calendar....................................................20 Classifieds.................................................23 Distribution Locations.........................22 Eating Out..................................................7 National / International News...........10 No Rest for the Wicked .........................8 OUT! in the Middle of Nowhere.........9 Practical Spirituality..............................15 Regional News . .......................................8 Resource Directory................................19 Reviews & Previews .............................12 Spokane Downtown Map...................17 Photo by Pat Devine
Spokane News..........................................6 Voices...........................................................3
DEDICATION This Issue dedicated to Marge Ballack & Diane Lantz and the other 36 Plaintiffs in Castle v. State of Washington and Anderson v. King County whose heartache we share, but whose gifts of heart and soul continue to inspire. Mike Schultz, Publisher
From his 5th floor office in City Hall, City of Spokane Mayor Dennis Hession talks with Stonewall Publisher Mike Schultz.
Pre-empted by the Wa State Supreme Court ruling on equal marriage, please see this article in the August 15th issue of Stonewall News Northwest.
Stonewall News Northwest restructures, expands publication (SPOKANE, WA) Stonewall News Northwest, this publication, has expanded its regional distribution locations six-fold, strengthening circulation in the Inland Northwest and opening up markets in Western Washington including Seattle and Bellingham. Stonewall has also doubled its publication cycle, now going to press the 1st and 15th of each month. Additionally, beginning with its Aug 15th issue, Stonewall will add 26% to the physical page size, gaining 3.5” in height. As part of a content restructure, Stonewall will split current columnists between the two monthly issues and strengthen news and political coverage. These changes are implemented to posture Stonewall to be more timely and relevant to its readership and meet increasing advertiser requests for expanded market presence.
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