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Ä _ _ 8 <nwnews> APRIL t. 2011 HIV infections, to support and empower If signed into law, the bill would allow mar people affected and infected by HIV/AIDS ried couples to be treated as domestic partners and to eliminate HIV/AIDS-related stigma. according to Washington’s existing “every In other CA P news, on March 25 volunteer signature gatherers—also known as CA P Collectors— announced that their quest to reach 10,000 signatures to have CA P listed as a charitable check-off on state tax forms had been surpassed. However, the process isn’t over to include CAP as a tax-deductible do nation destination—a presentation must still be made to the Charitable C heck-O ff C om mission to ultimately be included. Only 12 nonprofits are listed on the tax forms at a time, putting C A P ’s placement likely in 2015. Michael Sorensen, C A P ’s director of devel opment, reported that the achievement could mean as much as S129,000 in new funds to CA P per year they are listed. For more information about the 2011 CAP A rt Auction, and to preview art pieces up for auc tion, visit capartauction.org. thing but marriage” laws. The bill passed in a party-line vote in the House, 58-39. Marriage equality advocates are still push ing for full same-sex marriage rights but see the bill as progress, nonetheless. “We’re not there yet,” state Senator Ed Murray (43rd District) told KIRO Radio, adding that he expected full marriage equality within four years. “The important thing is that we pass this legislation when the public is with us. We want to be able to survive a ballot initiative that surely will be filed against it.” Just O ut will continue to report on this and other Washington equality bills in upcoming issues. WWW.JUSTOUT.COM Portland Latino Gay Pride Named Grand Marshal of Portland Pride After five years of steady recognition as one o f the most innovative Pride organizations in the Northwest— and the country— Portland Latino Gay Pride was recently announced by Pride N W as 201 l ’s Pride Parade Grand M ar shal. The honor, held last year by Darcelle XV, is awarded to an individual or organization that makes an impact in the LGBTQ_community and demonstrates the value o f taking pride in one’s history and background. PLG P will lead the Portland Pride Parade on Sunday, June 17. “We are truly honored by this recognition,” said David Martinez, PL G P chair via press Washington State Senate Ap proves Recognition of Out- of-State Gay Marriage A bill calling for the recognition o f out-of- state same-sex marriages is heading to Wash ington Governor Chris Gregoire’s desk fol lowing passage in the state’s House and Senate. The bill passed 28-19 on March 30, a vote that included the support of four Repub licans in the Senate. r NEW m S E A S O N S M A R K E T release. “We are volunteer driven and for the past five years [have] been doing our best to make our community proud.” Traditionally, P L G P ’s schedule o f festivi ties is a Pride month highlight. The last two years have seen the evolution o f the “La Lu- cha” theme, or “the struggle,” generate unity among the gay Latino community by sharing common struggles and accomplishments. One tradition that will be broken this year is P L G P ’s status as the official Pride month kick off celebration. This year’s celebration, “La Lu- cha 2011: ICe/ebrAccionl, will now take place July 14-17. The tagline for the event sums it up: “Bigger, Better, Hotter, and ... Later!” “We wanted to shake things up this year, take advantage o f warmer weather, and also build from the Pride N W Festival in June,” explained Martinez. “It’s our sixth year, and during our planning retreat and this year’s planning meetings, we did a lot of brainstorming.” Part o f those discussions included P L G P ’s history of coordinated efforts with Pride N W — namely their somewhat truncated pres ence at Portland Pride’s main weekend. “One o f the things we noticed, being at the Pride Festival, a lot of people were interested, excited, and wanted to get involved [with PL G P ],” said Martinez. “We had to tell peo ple, ‘You just missed our event, but we’ll get in touch with you for next year.’ So that was an other reason for making it later.” Planning is still underway for a full sched- 1 In Your Life, In Your Investments Initial consultation with no charge or obligation • • • • • • Comprehensive Financial Planning (Fee Based) Life & Disability & LTC Insurance * Inheritance & Estate Planning WADDELL IRAs, Roth IRAs, Rollovers <S*rRELD / inani ial A dvK iirt"' Tax & Retirement Planning I n v e s t i nq Witt) a pl a n? 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