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- House passes Marriage Protection Act
- Largest ever GLBT delegation attends Democratic National Convention
- Court: Floridians who have sex changes can’t marry as new gender
- Cho flap mars Unity at Democratic National Convention
- Southern Democrats buck party by opposing same-sex marriage
- National News Briefs
- World News Briefs
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- Profiles in passion
- Grand Marshall: Nicole on presidents, priests and parades
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Al Best and Eduardo Moncada march to the front
- Champion of Pride: Pat Washington gets political
- Champion of Pride: Marci Bair is selfishness in the most selfless way
- Friend of Pride: Gracia Molina de Pick – radical politics may just be genetic
- Friend of Pride: Linda Bridges Pennington looks over the fence
- Community Service Award: Kevin Tilden loves winning — other people winning, that is …
- Community Service Award: Amanda Nicole Watson lives her truth
- Pearl of Pride: The San Diego LGBT Community Center
- Stonewall Service Award: Update
- Change is coming
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Profiles in passion
‘Passion’ is a wonderful word – and for the Pride award honorees we tracked down, it’s the reason they do what they do
Published Thursday, 29-Jul-2004 in issue 866
Tomorrow night, Pride will hand out their annual Pride Rally Awards. The recipients this year range from a transgender equality activist to a black lesbian grandmother in a biracial relationship; from a loving couple to an artist-activist; from a long-standing community publication to the heart — the pearl, actually — of the San Diego GLBT community, The Center.
Much will be shared about their work in politics, in families, in communities. The results of their efforts are clear: increasingly more GLBT members in political office, phenomenal fundraising records, a long list of meaningful resources for those with HIV/AIDS.
But what motivates these individuals and groups to spend so much of their time and their lives focused on making our lives easier? We sat down with the recipients and asked them to tell us in their own words where they were 30 years ago, where they think the GLBT community will be in another 30 years and what motivates them. And you may be very surprised. Of course, there are the usual suspects: Discrimination. Justice. Outrage. Fear. Indignation. And some not-so-usual suspects: Selfishness. Love of winning. The Mexican Revolution. Genetics. The Color Purple. And red and orange. 
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