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“Ellen told me she was  gay a long time ago, when she was 20. … But as she became more famous she wasn’t out publicly. I was afraid I would out her. I couldn’t  join PFLAG until Ellen came out because it’d be, you know, what’s Ellen’s mother doing in PFLAG?!’’ 
Betty Degeneres
, 82, mother of Ellen Degeneres, in a recent interview in the Australian press. (The Daily Advertiser, March 26)
IN THIS ISSUE
 
OF GA VOICE
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 NEWS
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| Even if you take precautions, not disclosing your HIV status to your sex partners is a felony. Is that fair?
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| Atlanta club with prominent politicians refuses to host gay wedding
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| Ga. General Assembly weighs LGBT employment, anti-bullying bills
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| HIV non-profit Positive Impact celebrates 20 years as clients share inspriational stories
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| Atlanta rallies as U.S. Supreme Court hears Prop 8, DOMA cases
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BRIEFS:
 Homophobia in Ga. schools, HRC Atlanta to honor Joining Hearts, plus national headlines
VOICES
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EDITORIAL:
 Westboro Baptist Church brings out the best in us
ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT
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| Leather leader: gear for ATL Leather Pride
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BOOKS:
 Spring reads for your LGBT library
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SPORTS:
 HRC program for athletes runs through Atlanta as spring sports bloom
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THEATER:
 ‘Zorro,’ ‘Mary Poppins’
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FOOD PORN:
 The greatest show on earth
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PHOTOS:
 AGMC’s ‘Big Wig,’ Big Gay Game Show, ‘Breaking Through’ at Atlanta Film Fest, Team Friendly’s ‘Drop the Soap’
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BRIEFS:
 Michelle Shocked, Savannah gay couple on Bravo, summer party alert and more
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CALENDAR
COLUMNISTS
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THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID:
Melissa Carter surfs the crimson wave
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DOMESTICALLY DISTURBED:
Topher Payne’s a friend of the court
CORRECTION
A feature in the March 1, 2013, issue, “Same price, different style,” identified two properties as being listed with Common Ground Real Estate. The full name is Common Ground Real Estate Team at PalmerHouse Properties.
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CALENDAR
“The issue before the country is, do we have a compelling interest in strengthening and supporting the durable, enduring and uniquely complementary and procreative union of a man and a woman? And by the way, the reason why is it’s better for children, and all the social science shows that.”
— Faith & Freedom Coalition Chairman Ralph Reed, once a force in Georgia politics, defending “traditional marriage” in an NBC “Meet the Press” discussion of the impending Supreme Court marriage cases (RawStory.com, March 24)
“I think that would be a surprise to a lot of infertile heterosexual couples … That’s not the point of marriage. The point of marriage is love and commitment.”
— Democratic strategist and lesbian mom Hilary Rosen, responding to Ralph Reed on “Meet the Press.” (RawStory.com, March 24)
“If you feel, respectfully, that you can get a higher return than the 38 percent you got last year, it’s a free country. You can sell your shares of Starbucks and buy shares in another company. Thank you very much.”
— Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, responding at the company’s annual shareholder meeting to a stock owner who questioned whether the coffee chain was being hurt by its support for same-sex marriage. (NPR.org, March 20)
“You won’t go into the Final Four Atlanta orgy-of-gross-drunken-nasty-reveling without being warned by the faithful ser-vants of WBC, with this core message... FAG MARRIAGE DOOMS NATIONS!
— Westboro Baptist Church schedule for their upcoming Atlanta protest at the NCAA Final Four basketball tourna-ment at the Gerogia Dome. (www.godhatesfags.com, March 25)
See the editorial on Page 12.
OUTSPOKEN
FRIENDS & FOES IN THEIR OWN WORDS
By the NUMBERS
HOMOPHOBIA IN Ga. SCHOOLS
Percent of LGBT students who regularly hear homophobic slursPercent of LGBT students physically harassed (pushed or shoved)Percent of LGBT students assaulted (kicked, punched, injured with a weapon)
FOR MORE, SEE STORY ON PAGE 11
Percent who said their schools have gay-straight alliancesPercent who were taught positive portrayals of LGBT people, history or events
2011 School Climate Survey, released March 2013 
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