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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.
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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-
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