Know Thy Neighbour Says It Will Publish Names Of Those Who Signed Washington State Anti-Domestic Partnership Petition, Hundreds Of Gay And Lesbian Voters Join Erie County Conservative Party To Support Republican State Senator Mark Grisanti, Vandals Damage North Carolina State University GLBT Center, Zachary Quinto Surprised By Volume Of Reaction To His Coming Out, Logan Lerman

Washington voters who signed an anti-domestic partnership petition in 2009 can expect their names to appear on-line within a month. That's the word Tuesday from a Massachusetts-based gay rights group called "Know Thy Neighbour." KUOW reports that Referendum 71 was a failed effort by opponents of same sex marriage to repeal Washington's "everything but marriage" domestic partnership law. Now, following a protracted legal battle, a federal judge has ordered the petitions be made public. "Know Thy Neighbour" plans to publish the 130,000-plus names in an online searchable database, similar to what it has done this in Arkansas, Florida and Massachusetts. Director Tom Lang says it allows gay people and their allies to search for individual signers they know and confront them. He gives examples of stories from other states. "About people who've been in people's weddings parties and they've signed, people in families where the grandmother signed knowing darned well that her grandson was gay," Lang says. "These are the types of conversations that are being had." Lang denies this is a campaign of intimidation or harassment. But that's exactly what Protect Marriage Washington attorney James Bopp Jr. has argued all along. He's already filed an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court. "Well, our plan is to do everything we can do to protect people's right to participate in our democratic process without being subject to death threats and threats of violence and actual violence," Bopp says. Bopp points to what happened in California around Proposition 8. In court he introduced evidence that opponents of same sex marriage were subjected to vitriolic threats, vandalism and other harassment. Lang counters there's no evidence his online databases have been used to target people maliciously.

In upstate Western New York, more than 250 gay, lesbian, and same-sex marriage activists have officially registered as members of the Erie County Conservative Party, which strongly opposes same-sex marriage. WGRZ reports the reason according to organizers is that they are trying to protect someone who helped them - State Senator Mark Grisanti (R-Buffalo). Last June, Grisanti, who campaigned as an opponent of same-sex marriage, cast a vote crucial to legalizing it in New York State. The vote drew both applause and vilification. It also seriously jeopardized his chances at re-election. By many accounts, if Grisanti seeks re-election as a Republican, failure to secure the Conservative Party nomination could doom his chances. Michael Long, the state Conservative Party chairman, said he will never support the candidacy of any Republican who voted in favour of same-sex marriage. Grateful Grisanti supporters intended to ensure he receives the Conservative nomination. "There's an old phrase my dad used to use," said Kitty Lambert-Rudd, a same-sex marriage activist. "If you can't beat them, join them. And once you're in, take them over and throw them out." Lambert organized the drive to register voters as conservatives. She succeeded in convincing 250 Erie County Residents, plus more than 50 in surrounding counties, to switch their registration to vote for Grisanti. The Conservative Party in Erie County has approximately 11,900 registered voters.

Vandals on Monday defaced the door and glass-encased billboard of North Carolina State University's Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Center, campus officials reported Tuesday. The News-Observer reports that no one has been arrested in connection with the incident, Keith Nichols, a campus spokesman said on Tuesday. The GLBT Center is located at Harrelson Hall, a classroom and office complex. The complex is also temporarily housing the offices of the Student Government Association and the campus bookstore while Talley Hall, where the organizations are permanently housed, undergoes renovations. Police think the act of vandalism occurred sometime between 8:30 pm and 9:00 pm. "Someone was at the center until roughly 8:30 pm," Nichols said Tuesday afternoon. The vandalism was discovered about 10:00 pm, Nichols said. The vandals used purple spray paint to scrawl the words, "Fags Burn," on door of the center. The culprits also spray-painted the word "DIE," on a glass-encased billboard just outside of the center offices, Nichols said. The offensive language was cleaned off the door by early afternoon today. The spray paint was wiped off the glass of the billboard, Nichols said. The campus spokesman declined to say if police are investigating the incident as a hate crime, but he pointed out that defacing state property is a crime. The GLBT Center is a campus support and advocacy group that tries to create a safe and inclusive campus life, according to the organization's website. The Center is part of the campus Office For Institutional Equity and Diversity. GLBT leaders were unavailable for comment. A response posted on the website, however, noted that the center is "working on a positive and affirming response to this cowardly act of hatred."

At the premiere of the very good Margin Call, a film he co-produced, as well as stars in, newly out Zachary Quinto says he was surprised at the attention his aforementioned outing garnered. Quinto told New York magazine “"I never ever imagined that it would be — I mean, I guess I figured people would figure it out, hear about it, but I didn't know it would be like global news! I was like, What? It was really crazy to me. People from all over the world were reaching out to me on the Internet, on Twitter. Social media makes it a lot easier now. I'm just really honoured and thrilled and grateful."

Logan Lerman spotted out and about in Vancouver.