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LGBT NEWS ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Jos6 Sarria the Celebrating 36 Years! by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer IHOP restaurant located on Seattle's Capitol Hill (inset) portrait of Jay Lewis showing injuries to face restaurant and subse tive would be assigned to the case Issue 05? Volume AJ ebruary 2009 REEI 25 in bookstores news stands WWp21 Seattle resident Jay Lewis was assaulted and robbed on Capitol Hill early Sunday morning ebru 3 ary 2 The incident which Seattle police are investigating as a bias crime occurred in front of the Capitol Hill IHOP at 950 Madi son Street was about 2:30 in the morn Lewis told SGN walked out of the IHOP to call a cab I no ticed a guy walking behind me and he said as I was walking out toward the thought the best thing to do was just to get a cab and Lewis continued looked down to dial my phone and the next thing I knew he was on top of Lewis was struck on the face and fell to the pavement two other guys also jumped he added must have been uncon scious for 45 minutes to an hour I woke up in Harborview in the CAT scan Soon after re by Widow Norton And you may call gaining consciousness Lewis dis SGN Contributing Writer him pimply Jose But whatever you covered he had also been robbed 'iHdodont callhim a drag queen Qf his wallet You may call him The Nightin Lewis was told later by the IHOP gale of Montgomery Street You manager on the scene that police may call him Empress Jos6 1 The see SARRIA page 13 retrieved security camera footage from quentlv made arrests This has not but he has had no further contact been confirmed or denied by the Seattle Police Department Lewis was interviewed by an officer at the hospital and was told a detec see HATE CRIMES page 13 MMSp21 lirty and dirty with Jose Sarria EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: The Imperial Sovereign Court's Widow Norton Assault and robbery hate crime again on Seattle's Capitol Hill ewwsmo15 I el EffisSr sr ate At a jrlb am woGOiv wor wvva 7 7 i 42 IZH Hi I 1 1 i wii A ft 3 lg(j Cr fZ Z'M i 7S a i Ji 2 fg ttH tj Babysitting Barack Obama on Seattle's Capitol Hill SB 'U 1 Ann Dunham with her son Barack Obama and had babysat baby Barack for two months giving insight on his first year and what it must have been like for Ann Dunham as a single parent Mary Toutonghi who now lives in Soldatna Alaska recalls Barack as really alert baby very happy and a good She does not re member him ever crying (although she adds she is sure he likely did but does not remember any undue fussing) She recalls as best she can the dates she babysat Barack as her daughter was 18 months old and was bom in July of 1959 and that would have placed the months of babysitting Barack in January and ebruary of 1 962 During our first interview Mary referred to Stanley Ann Dunham as not knowing that it was by Charlette Leevre and Philip Lipson Special to the SGN A simple act of kindness con firms President Barack residence as an infant in 1962 on Capitol Hill As we were researching the residence of the Capitol Hill apart ment that Ann Dunham and her son Barack Obama had lived in 1961 to 1 962 a residence that certainly Abraham log cabin but nonetheless historical we were also able to find one of the former apartment residents Mary Toutonghi listed in a directory Much to our delight it turned out Mary actually knew Ann Dunham the same name as what was listed in the Seattle City Directory This verified for us that indeed Mary had known Ann Dunham Anna was obviously confident enough with Mary to have her babysit her son Barack and confide in her about her future plans Mary strains to remember the see BABYSITTING page 17 Partnership hearing draws right wing by Rachel La Corte Courtesy of The Advocate Opponents of granting same sex couples more rights packed a hearing in Olympia Thursday on a measure that would give domes tic partners all of the rights that heterosex ual couples have The bill would make changes to all remaining areas of state law where currently only mar ried couples are ad dressed The measure would add same sex domestic partners to Sen Ed Murray (I) and Rep Jamie Pedersen at the bill's announcement on January 28 in Olympia SBBBpggjw3W mMl MM awSKj' kHNHIm SZ rM IE MEM MSKe4M Ji? AM state statutes rang ing from labor and employment to pensions and other public employ ee benefits is a long bill that looks pretty complicated but the idea of it is fairly said Rep Ja mie Pedersen the sponsor of the measure in the House like to have equal treatment under state law for state registered domestic But nearly 150 opponents many of whom wore buttons that read One Man One wom see HEARINGS page 3 I () without Bounoanes Saturday ebruary 142009 s'' A Valentine's Day dinner and dance to benefit Rosehedge Everyone welcome! Tickets: wwwrosehedgeorg or 206 365 6806 extension 229 $R9SEHEDJE LJL A1DS Housing anti Health Care L0VC without bou Dan es Saturday ebruary 142009 s'' 1.