A discussion of the progressive LGBT civil rights movement, focusing both on Seattle area and national politics and how they shape our future.

Candace Calloway Whiting has studied and trained dolphins, seals, and orca whales. She is currently a volunteer at the Center for Whale Research at Friday Harbor.

David teaches a variety of courses for the Seattle Community Colleges. Prior to teaching, he served in the Marine Corps for nearly 6 years in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. While in the Marines he worked in the White House, served in a Reconnaissance unit, performed in military funerals and color guards, instructed midshipmen at the Naval Academy, and volunteered with the Toys for Tots program. David is also a blogger for SeattlePI.com's Inside Belltown blog.

Dick Falkenbury grew up and spent most of his life in the Roosevelt area of Seattle. He began driving cabs in 1978, later becoming a tour driver and tour bus driver in 1992. In 1996, having worked in many liberal political campaigns in the Seattle area, Falkenbury wrote and led an initiative effort to build a monorail throughout Seattle.

Just another weblog

I am a Seattle native that, after ending a 5-year relationship, ventured into the world of online dating. It hasn't always been pretty but I have had an entertaining time meeting more than 100 men. My friends and family were entertained by my dating stories and, after realizing that other singletons needed to know they weren’t alone, I thought I might share them with the world, one man at a time.

J.A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of both the J. P. Beaumont series and the Joanna Brady Series. She has written 40 novels and she has more than 10 million copies of her books in print. Visit her Web site: JAJance.com.

Ben is the CEO of Pet Holdings, Inc., the company behind the hugely popular blogs I Can Has Cheezburger?, FAIL Blog and others. The success of his sites can be attributed to his knowledge of memes, viral content and crowd-sourcing.

Barbara Sehr has a steady algorithm that dances to a different aerial density. OK, she's a funny technical writer who brings out her recently diminished profile, her artificial intelligence, and her native German sense of humor. Despite all that, she is not only funny — she is the only known journalist to interview Bill Gates as both a male and female reporter. Visit her Web site: www.liftingthefog.com

Vivian McPeak is a Pacific Northwest based musician and social justice activist. As the executive director of the world's largest cannabis policy reform rally, the Seattle Hempfest, McPeak has helped influence regional cannabis policies. He recently wrote "Protestival: A Twenty Year Retrospective of Seattle Hempfest."

Steve Berman is managing partner and co-founder of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, a Seattle-based law firm representing the rights of consumers, investors and the environment.

Speaking to men and women as citizens, co-equal in responsibility for our country and the various messes our government has gotten us into.

Carol Bailey is a family law attorney and the founder of the law firm Carol Bailey and Associates. She recently taught communication and conflict resolution at Seattle University School of Law.

Seattle's Pulitzer-winning cartoonist David Horsey's latest cartoons and commentary on politics and current events

Jack Lewis is a freelancer and contributing editor to Motorcyclist magazine. Jack became a dad, an Iraq vet and a stepdad in that order. He's currently studying immersion courses in VA health care and home improvement. Jack's contributions to the NEA initiative Operation Homecoming were included in the Washington Post Book of the Year by the same title, as well as the feature films Muse of Fire and Operation Homecoming: Writing the Homecoming Experience and TED's worldwide film event Pangea Day.