(OUTview NW) Business Profile: Turgeon Raine celebrates 35 years of serving our community with gift ideas and future commitments!

by MK Scott

The holidays are for love and bling, and sometimes the love of bling, so this week we salute long time ally, Turgeon Raine Jewelers.

As their website states:

Founded in 1982 by two gem aficionados, Norman Turgeon and Jerry Raine, Turgeon Raine offers the discriminating jewelry buyer an unparalleled experience in taste, style and elegance.

Our remarkable collection of fine jewelry and gems is an ongoing collaboration of their combined experience of more than 70 years and their passion for exceptional diamonds, gemstones and jewelry design. In addition to original Turgeon Raine designs, you will find many of the top collections by international designers.

Our store, located in the heart of downtown Seattle, also showcases a major collection of engagement rings, wedding bands and a custom design shop with a staff of master jewelers along with a knowledgeable and friendly sales staff.

Complementing our collection of jewelry is an extensive inventory of watches by the world renowned, Patek Philippe ... displayed in its own in-store boutique.

In addition to perusing our website, we invite you to visit our store. Anyone who loves jewelry will enjoy Turgeon Raine as a visual treat for the senses.

(OUTview AMERICA) INTER-view: MK Chats with the Woman behind WOLFE VIDEO on 30 years of Change and Progress!

WOLFE

by MK  Scott

For the past 30 years, the Queer Film mail-order market has changed, and no other company has changed in for the times and had a major contribution to change in the LGBT Community, has been Wolfe Video and its founder, Kathy Wolfe.


Kathy began Wolfe Video as a small mail order distribution outlet serving a largely untapped audience of lesbians and gay men eager for films that spoke to their own lives. Now active in both the film distribution and releasing arenas, Wolfe enjoys a strong presence in the marketplace as the most successful distributor of independent, studio-produced and “self-authored” gay and lesbian themed film, video and DVD products. Kathy has been honored by the National Organization for Women as a recipient of its “Excellence in Media Award,” by Forbes Magazine as an “Up and Comer,” and by The Advocate as a “Hollywood Star Player.” In her spare time, Kathy is an avid restorer of historic buildings; an adventurous traveler; and a collector of almost everything.I was delighted to chat with this true Pioneer this past week!

(BUSINESS) 8th Annual LGBT Community Survey® Reports on the Attitudes and Consumer Behavior!

San Francisco, CA-Community Marketing & Insights (CMI) has released its 2014 LGBT Community Survey report. 

34,415 respondents from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities in 123 countries participated in the 8th annual survey. 170+ LGBT media, events and organizations worldwide partnered with CMI in this year’s study, helping to gain wide representation from across the community.

The media consumption, purchasing patterns, and motivations of a 25 year old single gay man living in New York City are completely different than those of a lesbian couple in their 60’s living in Sedona, Arizona. By attracting large numbers of respondents, CMI is able to look at the many segments within LGBT. Study insights provide companies and organizations with an understanding of how the LGBT community sometimes responds as one voice, or when demographic differences such as gender, age, and geographic residence are far more important.

(POP NEWS) Disaster; Tragic; Not Blamed; Non-Pro; Desperate; Multi; Sista; Unrest; Oz'd; Trans-Port; Offended; Demented; Ozzy Days!

• DISASTER: Explosions, Injuries Reported at Finish Line of Boston Marathon AND What We Know This Morning!

• TRAGIC: The Bombing's 8-Year-Old Victim!

• NOT BLAMED: Taliban Denies Role in Boston Bombing!

• NON-PRO: 70 Anti-Gay Marriage Protesters Arrested in Paris for Trying to Set Up Campsite Outside National Assembly!

• DESPERATE: France's Top Catholic Bishop Says Gay Marriage Will Cause Violence!

• MULTI: Real Marriage Equality Means Legalizing Polygamy!

• SISTA: 19th-Century German Nun Performed Miracle!

• UNREST: Protests Rage After Venezuela Refuses to Recount!

(POP NEWS) De-Ranged; Target; The End; Ding Dong; Over-Stayed; Automated; WTF; Bats; Dissed; Bullied; Diva; Stunt!

• DERANGED: GLSEN Debunks Wingnut Linda Harvey's Lies About LGBTQ Youth!

• TARGET: Brother and Gay Partner Involved in Kansas City Hospital Arrest Discuss Incident!

• THE END: West Hollywood’s Brett Shaad is removed from life support and has died – his family issues statement!

• DING DONG: Anti-Thatcher 'Witch Is Dead' Song a Big Hit!

• OVER-STAYED: Adventists Pretty Sad About Their 150th Anniversary!

• AUTOMATED; Google Really Is Trying to Be the Star Trek Computer!

• WTF: Most Kids Curse Before They Learn the Alphabet!

• BATS: 42 Knocks Scary Movie 5 Out of the Park!

(POP NEWS) Reality; Le Chic; Outed; Offended; Over-Turn; Dinkie; Arm-Up; Perfect; Bust; Judged; Phony; Re-mix!

• REALITY: Gay Man Arrested at Hospital for Refusing to Leave Sick Partner's Bedside WHILE Differing Accounts Emerge!

• LE CHIC: French Senate Gives Final Approval to Gay Marriage and Adoption!

• OUTED: Warren's Son Shot Self With 'Unregistered Gun'!

• OFFENDED: Newtown Upset by Glee School Shooting Episode!

• OVER-TURN: Support Up for Gay Marriage, Down for Abortion!

• DINKIE: Winklevoss Twins Behind One of Biggest Bitcoin Hauls!

• ARM-UP: NFL Trains Security Team in Case a Gay Player Comes Out!

• PER-FECT: Cristiano Ronaldo Meets His Turkish Impersonator and #1 Fan!

(POP NEWS) Mountain Love; Little Bit Wrong; It begins; Love or Money; Gold Digging; Road Kill; Stepping Out; Wasted; Out Law; Growing Up!

• MOUNTAIN LOVE: Colorado Governor Hickenlooper Signs Civil Union Bill into Law!

• LITTLE BIT WRONG: Osmond Family Hosting Anti-Gay Rally at Utah Capitol!

• IT BEGINS: Gay Couples File Suit Seeking Freedom to Marry in New Mexico!

• LOVE OR MONEY: Starbucks CEO to Shareholder, 'You Can Sell Your Shares' if You Don't Like Company's Support for Marriage Equality!

• GOLD DIGGING: Orange County, CA Man Convicted of Murdering Boyfriend! 

• ROAD KILL: Punxsutawney Phil Faces Execution Threat!

• STEPPING OUT: Tiger-Vonn a PR Stunt?

(POP NEWS) BLASPHEMOUS; UN-LAWFUL; TORCHBEARER; PDA; VALUES; JEALOUSLY; HUMOR; NATURAL!

• BLASPHEMOUS: Mother Teresa 'Anything but a Saint,' Says Study!

• UN-LAWFUL: WA Florist Tells Longtime Gay Customer That She Won't Do His Wedding Because of Her Relationship with Jesus! 

• TORCHBEARER: Texas Woman Faces Assault Charges for Bloody Beating of Gay Son with an Electrical Cord!

• PDA: Kiss-In Planned for California Mall That Threw Out Gay Couple!

• VALUES: Gore Was Against Al Jazeera Deal!

• JEALOUSLY: At Acid Attack's Center, a Ballerina?

• HUMOR: Hey Taylor, Learn to Take a Joke!

• NATURAL: Matt Damon Did His Doggie-Style 'Liberace' Sex Scene with Michael Douglas in a Single Take!

(POP NEWS) Never Left; Rock Bottom; Banned; By-Stand; Legacy; Going Rogue; Splash; Faux Post; Raving; Oops; Show Off!

• NEVER LEFT: Robin Roberts 'Returns' to GMA!

• ROCK BOTTOM: Mindy McCready Tearful, Upset in Final Phone Call AND McCready's Body Found Amid Filth!

• BANNED: Boy Scouts Could Lose Tax-Exempt Status in California Because of Gay Ban!

• BY-STAND: Gay Man Attacked on NYC Subway AS Onlookers Do Nothing!

• LEGACY: “How to Survive a Plague” director David France on Ed Koch!

• GOING ROGUE: Grey Poupon's 'Pardon Me' Ad Back From Grave!

(POP NEWS) Blame Game; Huge; Moving Inward; Offensive; Milestone; Decline; Accepted; Weed; Payout; Not a Fan; Sour Grapes; Size; Freaky!

• BLAME GAME: Russian Wrestling Coach Claims Masculinity-Hating Gays to Blame for Sport Getting Cut from Olympics!

• HUGE: Marriage Equality Legislation Filed in Texas!

• MOVING INWARD: Illinois Senate Passes Marriage Equality in 34-21 Vote!

• OFFENSIVE: AP Digs in Heels on Discriminatory 'Husband' and 'Wife' Guidance!

• MILESTONE:Gallup Breaks Down Percentage of LGBT People by State in Largest Study of its Kind!

• DECLINED: Gay Missouri Teen Told He Can't Bring Male Date to Prom!

• ACCEPTED: Same-Sex Couple Set for National Cemetery Burial!

(POP NEWS) Choked Up; Panic; Shocker; Hate; Wacko; Branding; Not Out; Pro gay; Confused; Diss; Gag!

• CHOKED UP: Applause Rings Out for Gay Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas's Emotional Testimony on Immigration Reform!

• PANIC: NOM Pushes Dishonest Obama Graphic Claiming 'Same-Sex Marriage Makes Fathers Irrelevant'!

• SHOCKER: Olympic Sprinter Oscar Pistorius Charged with Murder!

• HATE: Man Charged in NYC Gay Strangling Murder!

• WACKO: Teacher Who Backed Gay-Free Prom Under Fire!

(POP NEWS) Bite Me; Smart Move; Numb; Day Off; USA; Wasted; Whore Alert; Bad Hair!

• BITE ME: Brendon Ayanbadejo wants professional sports to be ready for openly gay teammates!

• SMART MOVE: Two Phelps Children Defect from Westboro Baptist Church!

• NUMB: Vonn will Be Back in Time for Olympics!

• DAY OFF: No Saturday Mail?

• USA AIR: American, US Air Close In on Merger!

• WASTED: Big Boozing Puts Marriage on the Rocks!

• WHORE ALERT:  No Breasts, Butts, or Privates at the Grammys!

• BAD HAIR: Quest to Squash Beyonce Photos a Hilarious Failure!

(LIST) The worst Super Bowl commercials of 2013!

The 49ers only lost by a few points, but these advertisers lost big, ticking off viewers with sexist or unfunny commercials, according to the Washington Post.

(POP NEWS) Served; Silver; Vacated; Paranoia; DOMA; Pioneer; Low Key;Bieber LIVE; K-Land; Razzies: Inclusion!

• SERVED: Manning Wins 112-Day Reduction in Any Sentence!

• ANALYZED: Nate Silver Questioned About Gay Identity!

• VACATED: National Stonewall Democrats Closes Office, Announces 'Hiatus'!

• PARANOIA: Alex Jones Follows Up Insane Piers Morgan Attack Interview with Paranoid YouTube Clip!

• EXAMPLE: Army Staff Sergeant Tracy Dice Lost Her Wife to War, and is Being Shut Out of Benefits Due to DOMA!

• PIONEER: PFLAG Founder Jeanne Manford Dies at 92!

(LIST) Tech Predictions for 2013!

Veteran tech writer Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal looks ahead to 2013 and thinks we'll be controlling more of our everyday devices (thermostats, appliances, etc.) wirelessly through apps. We're heading toward a world of "Internet-controlled everything." Other forecasts:

(LIST) The 12 Best Gay Ads Of 2012!

From Oreo to marriage equality, these were the best targeted ads of the year. (You know, everything One Million Moms hated.)

• Oreo
• JC Penney
• GAP

Click Here for More!

(POP NEWS) This is IT: Marriage in France; Brit Empire; Hail Mary; Bell; No BUD; LiLo; Franco's Art!

• GO FOR IT: President Obama Gets Emotional at Final Campaign Rally!

• CHANGE: France OK With Gay Marriage ... Right?

• EMPIRE: Look Out, World: Brits Have Invaded 90% of Nations!

• HAIL MARY: $100K Stolen From Churches by ... Gambling Nun?

• RULES: Parents Kill Daughter for Looking at a Boy!

• VIXEN: Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard Expecting!

• NO PLACEMENT: Budweiser to Paramount: Take Our Beer Out of Flight!

• UGLY: LiLo's Lie Could Land Her in Jail!

• ART: James Franco Gets His Body Paint On!

(POP NEWS) Debate Drunks; Tagg; Cruz; Gates; Stewart; Keepsake: Space Saver: LiLo; JT; Jolie; Ellen!

• WASTED: Debate Drinking Games Inspire ... Debate!

• EMBARRASSED: Tagg Romney Apologized to Obama for Saying He Wanted to 'Take a Swing' at Him!

• BLAZING: First Gay Boxer Orlando Cruz on Coming Out: 'I'm Very, Very Happy. I am Free'!

• FINAL ENDORSEMENT: Bill Gates Gives $500K to Washington State Marriage Equality Fight!

• NOT QUITE: Rod Stewart is as heterosexual as they come!

(LIST) Television's Highest-Paid Actors!

Forbes is out with its annual list of the highest-paid TV actors, with Ashton Kutcher of Two and a Half Men leading the list at $24 million. Notable is that he replaced Charlie Sheen not only on the show but as No. 1 on the list. Sheen led last year with $40 million, but he doesn't even make the cut this year. The top money-makers:

• Ashton Kutcher, $24 million: Charlie who?
• Hugh Laurie, $18 million: Things will be different next year, with House off the air.
• Ray Romano, $18 million: Even though Men of a Certain Age didn't do so well for TNT.
• Alec Baldwin, $15 million: 30 Rock is in its final season.
• Mark Harmon, $15 million: NCIS is still a ratings gem.

Click for the full list, which includes some Big Bang Theory actors.

(POP NEWS) Newsweek; Support; Mario Lopez; Madonna; Hookers; Bra; Models!

• NEW FRONTIER: Newsweek Ending Print Edition!

• BIAS: 'Seattle Times' Spending $80,000 To Support Marriage Equality!

• DOWN LOW: Gallup Poll Finds 3.4% Self-Identify As LGBT!

• GIVING: Anne Hathaway Donating Money from Wedding Photos to Battle for Marriage Equality!

• STATEMENT: Mario Lopez Frustrated He Can't Get Chick-fil-A on Sundays!

• MESSAGE: Anti-Gay Russians Send Summons To Madonna's NYC Pad!

• GOAL: Hookers Sponsor Greek Soccer Team!

• HEARTBREAKER: Megan Fox, Brian Austin Green Welcome Baby!

• PRIVATE: Star of Cult Erotic Hit Emmanuelle, Private Lessons Dead at 60!

• COSTUME: Alessandra Ambrosio Unveils $2.5M 'Fantasy Bra'!

• EQUAL: 'America's Next Top Model' Adds Male Models!