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Man suing Seattle’s gay mayor for sexual abuse asks for trial to be moved
Beauregard contends that the mayor and his legal team “have tainted the possibility of hosting a fair trial in King County.”
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Gay Seattle mayor abandons re-election bid after sexual abuse allegations
Four men claim he sexually abused them when they were teens, allegations Murray vehemently denied as an anti-gay political conspiracy aimed at derailing his campaign.
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Gay Seattle mayor denies sex abuse claims, calling them ‘simply not true’
On Friday Murray said the most recent accuser’s allegations “are simply not true” and said he felt sad for the “troubled” individual.
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Seattle mayor Ed Murray faces third accusation of sexually abusing a teenage boy
According his spokesperson, the first two accusations were promoted by anti-gay activists during Washington’s marriage equality campaign.
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Seattle mayor signs order to protect transgender rights
The city will develop uniform guidance and trainings for city staff on how to best provide safe and inclusive spaces for transgender and gender-diverse people.
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Four West Coast mayors lift bans on city-funded travel to Indiana
The mayors of four West Coast cities say they’re lifting bans imposed on city-funded travel to Indiana after changes were made to that state’s religious objections law to make clear it can’t be used to discriminate.
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Seattle mayor Ed Murray joins Indiana boycott, says no city-funded travel
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray says he will not allow work-related city-funded travel to Indiana after the passage of a new law that has the potential to discriminate against LGBT people and others based on religious beliefs.
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One man in custody, another on the run in Seattle homicide of two gay men
SEATTLE — One man is in custody and another suspect is on the run in last weekend’s double homicide of two gay men in Seattle’s Central District. Dwone Anderson-Young, 23, and Ahmed Said, 27, were fatally shot in the early morning hours on Sunday, June 1. Both victims are believed to have been gay.
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Seattle mayor, city council back ousted gay Scoutmaster
SEATTLE — Seattle’s mayor and City Council have thrown their support behind a Boys Scouts troop leader in Seattle whose membership in the Boys Scouts of America was revoked last month because he is gay.
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Man charged in making death threats to gay mayor, socialist council member
SEATTLE — A 32-year-old Seattle man accused of posting threats on Facebook against Seattle’s openly gay mayor and a socialist City Council member has been charged with malicious harassment, felony harassment and two counts of cyberstalking.