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Sacramento’s Harvey Milk Day Building Steam

Excitement is building and Harvey Milk Day has expanded.

Members of the Harvey Milk Day Organizing Committee met March 11 at Hamburger Patties to discuss plans for the May event, and here is a rundown of upcoming events.

Tom Goss and Matt Alber Sing Out Against "Don't Ask Don't Tell"

Offer Free MP3 In Exchange For Donations To The Service Members Legal Defense Network or see the YouTube video.

Singer-songwriter buddies Matt Alber and Tom Goss teamed up recently with videographer Zack Rosen of Washinton DC’s TheNewGay.net to shoot the video for their anti-DADT (Don't Ask Don't Tell) anthem, “Who We Are.”

"We wrote the song especially for these strong men and women who carry the wounded on their shoulders and the added burden of a nation's bigotry on their backs," said matt and Tom.

ACLU Sues Mississippi School That Canceled Prom Rather Than Let Lesbian Couple Attend

OXFORD, MS – The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today against a Mississippi High School that has canceled prom rather than let a lesbian high school student attend the prom with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo to the event. In papers filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, the ACLU asks the court to reinstate the prom for all students at the school and charges Itawamba County School District officials are violating Constance McMillen’s First Amendment right to freedom of expression.

Let the Tango Trance Engulf You in a Three Minute Love Affair

It is said that the “Tango Trance” is what happens when the connection between two dancers is VERY good and together they meld with the music and all three become one. When those dancers are same-sex, the trance becomes even more enthralling.

The magical blending of the music, which is the “heart & soul” of Argentine Tango, and the dancers can truly be an otherworldly experience. For most in the L&G community, we could only imagine what it would be like to tango with the love of our life – or the love of our life to be!

Stonewall Unable to Endorse in Two Key Assembly Races

by Charles Peer Pan and Miles

Candidates for Assembly Districts 5 and 9 pled their cases before a packed house of LGBT Democrats, but because the Stonewall Democratic Club rules require a 60 percent vote, no one was able to walk away with the Club’s coveted endorsement.

The Candidates Forum was held on Monday, March 8 and over 150 club members listened as Larry Miles and Dr. Richard Pan, candidates for the 5th Assembly District discussed their qualifications and answered questions from the audience.