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Seattlest's college didn't really have "protests," per se, so we're considering heading down to the UW campus on our lunch break to catch some of the student-organized rally to ask The Man for "LGBT training with The Daily staff and for a more inclusive campus community." Why is everyone so worked up? Read both the original pro-Prop 8 article by John Fay and our guest editorial, a response to Fay's article by Chris Kaasa; then, meet up with everyone outside the Husky Union Building at 12:30. Bra-burning optional.

                 

Westlake Center, 2:16 p.m. to 3:10 p.m.

In fact, they've arrived nice and early.

It's been quite a debacle, but last year, Oregon gained on Washington in the diversity column by announcing, come the New Year, same sex couples could enjoy full domestic partnerships. Starting today, gay folks in Oregon get access to 500 rights, like making health care decisions, suing for wrongful death, being buried next to their partner, accessing their partner's death certificate, and obtaining "personal effects from their deceased partner's body."

A meeting was held today between rival Seattle Pride factions and after last year's fancy, new and successful Downtown Pride we assumed that the result of this meeting would be the announcement of this year's fancy, new-ish and (financially) successful Downtown Pride. Despite the money problems that Seattle Out and Proud, the organizers of last year's events, have run into since then--they own Seattle Center a hundred grand--and despite the on-again, off-again stutter steps of this year's events, we were relatively confident that something would be worked out.

After many on again, off again mis-starts Seattle Out and Proud is abdicating responsibility for Pride festivities this year, as expected.

That giant snapping sound you heard this week was the gay and lesbian community splitting in two over the proper way to celebrate Pride Weekend in Seattle. On the one hand the festivities, particularly the Running of the Gays, have gotten too large for Capitol Hill. We have a sense that the phrase "too many straight people" belongs in that last sentence somewhere. On the other hand, there’s a strong feeling that the proper place for Pride events is the Hill and only the Hill. What to do, what to do...