In addition to the GLAAD Media Award, PlanetOut recently received
recognition from several other sources, including:

-- Congregation Kol Ami honored PlanetOut Inc.5 million
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The Queer Issue: The Village Voice Media Advisory for the June 22 2005 Issue

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director.com and OUT+ABOUT Travel.S.

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In an era of
pinched funding, where critical health care and social service programs are
experiencing severe budget cuts, we find the use of government funds for
political advocacy to be deeply troubling.
"Gallagher seems deeply out-of-touch with most of the parents for whom she
purports to advocate. "Acknowledgment from these varied
organizations serving LGBT, media and faith groups, helps show we 're on track
in our mission to connect, enrich and illuminate the lives of gay and lesbian
people everywhere.

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In a column Gallagher published Jan.
If you have any questions or need more information , please contact the Legal
Director of the Human Rights Campaign, Kevin Layton.

-- PlanetOut was recognized as "Webby Worthy" by the International Academy
of Digital Arts and Sciences for "demonstrating a high standard of
excellence with its Web site and the team behind it .

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Yet to the best of our knowledge,
Members of Congress, the public, and the media were not informed of
Gallagher's financial interests in the subjects or the federal funds that she
received.
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Village Voice Executive Editor Laura Conaway reflects on the powerful
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"I wonder how many of Gallagher's readers would believe anybody could have
forgotten about a check for $400, let alone $40,000," added Stachelberg. The failure to disclose a financial conflict-
of-interest seems to us to be a clear violation of the public's trust in
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"GLAAD is honored to recognize PlanetOut for facilitating the exchange of
news and activism opportunities that catalyzes our movement; for providing a
safe space where a person can discover for the first time that our community
exists; and for harnessing the Internet's potential in a way that adds
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"The public deserves to know if there are other 'pay-to-sway' columnists
and opinion leaders on the Bush Administration payroll," said HRC Political
Director Winnie Stachelberg. "At PlanetOut, we seek to
cut a wide swath across the cultural and political issues that are both
vitally interesting and crucially important to our community at large.

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We would like to know whether
federal law or congressional rules were violated when Gallagher testified
before Congress, testimony that to our knowledge was not preceded by
disclosures of these financial contracts and interests. We do not believe that Members of Congress and the public can
adequately and fully assess information when past or current financial
interests (particularly government contracts ) are not disclosed beforehand. We also would like to
know if any of the other witnesses who testified before Congress on the
Federal Marriage Amendment, the Marriage Protection Amendment, or marriage
promotion efforts were recipients of government funding. James Hannaham provides tips to avoid dating the
wrong kind of Caucasian boy. Previous honorees
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* The Irresistible Banality of Same Sex Marriage: How Opponents of
Marriage for Gays Will Be Bored into Submission
Kenji Yoshino, Deputy Dean and Professor of Law at Yale Law School,
explores the recent spate of books on same sex marriage , arguing that
the gay and lesbian wedding guidebooks may ultimately prove even more
influential than those works arguing from a civil rights standpoint.

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experiencing severe budget cuts, we find the use of government funds for
political advocacy to be deeply troubling.villagevoice.

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-- PlanetOut's Entertainment Editor Jenny Stewart made the 2005 list of
the "10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz," as announced by POWER UP
(Professional Organization of Women in Entertainment Reaching Up), a
non-profit group which recognizes contributions by lesbians to the
field of entertainment.com and Gay. She is also the creator and driving force
behind RockOut, the first-ever online music channel to spotlight and
highlight up-and-coming gay and lesbian musicians.com, PlanetOut.

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Jan." During this
time, Gallagher wrote on family and marriage promotion issues extensively in
her syndicated columns (Gallagher's articles have appeared in the New York
Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Weekly Standard, and the National Review,
among other publications), without disclosing her contracts or funding to the
publications or her readership. is a leading global online media company offering consumer
services, news and entertainment to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
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Gallagher's funding included a $21,500 contract with the Department
of Health and Human Services to help promote the President's $300 million
marriage promotion initiatives and an additional $20,000 in funding in 2002
and 2003 for writing the report "Can Government Strengthen Marriage?"
During the same period , Gallagher also wrote extensively on marriage
issues in syndicated columns that appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street
Journal, National Review and Washington Post, as well as other publications .

You must credit The Village Voice when referring to these stories. GLAAD and Other Prestigious Organizations Recognize Both Team and Individual
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In the letter, Stachelberg wrote, "The failure to
disclose a financial conflict-of-interest seems to us to be a clear violation
of the public's trust in journalistic integrity ."
Gallagher appeared as a witness for the majority at the Senate hearings on
the Federal Marriage Amendment (later renamed the Marriage Protection
Amendment) on Sept."

Text of the letter follows. We ask you to conduct a thorough investigation on this issue,
as set forth more fully below . with the Shomer Tzedek
(Guardian of Justice) Award." Of the more than
4,000 entries submitted to the 9th Annual Webby Awards, fewer than 20
percent were deemed "Webby Worthy ," which signifies excellence in Web
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HRC: Investigate 'Pay-To-Sway' Columnist for Possible Legal Violations

This appears to
us to be a clear violation of journalistic ethics and a possible violation of
law, as well.
In an article in the January 26, 2005 Washington Post, it was reported
that Maggie Gallagher had a $21,500 contract with the Department of Health and
Human Services to help promote the President's $300 million marriage promotion
initiative.
More troublingly, we would like to know whether federal law or
congressional rules were violated when Gallagher testified before Congress,
testimony that to our knowledge was not preceded by disclosures of these
financial contracts and interests.

Sincerely,

Winnie Stachelberg
Political Director

The Human Rights Campaign is the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgender political organization with members throughout the country.

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"It's an honor to be recognized by a community of your peers," said Lowell
Selvin, chairman and CEO of PlanetOut Inc.

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Lastly , in the face of recent controversy about government contracts
received by Armstrong Williams, we would like to sound a note of concern about
the use of taxpayer dollars to fund advocacy efforts ."
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Gallagher testified in the Senate in
support of the discriminatory constitutional amendment and wrote numerous
syndicated columns on these issues.

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W. Gallagher appeared as a witness for the
majority at Senate hearings on the subject of the Federal Marriage Amendment
(later renamed the Marriage Protection Amendment) on September 4, 2003 and
March 3, 2004. http://www.

-- Stewart is the industry insider for the Entertainment channel on
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26, 2005,
Washington Post article Gallagher received more than $40,000 in federal
funding . 25 following an interview with Washington
Post reporter Howard Kurtz, Gallagher wrote, "I should have disclosed a
government contract when I later wrote about the Bush marriage initiative.

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'The Public Deserves to Know if There are Other 'Pay-To-Sway' Columnists
and Opinion Leaders on the Bush Administration Payroll,'
Said HRC Political Director Winnie Stachelberg

WASHINGTON, In a letter to the Acting Inspector
General of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Human Rights
Campaign requested an investigation to determine whether columnist Maggie
Gallagher, having received more than $40,000 in federal grants to promote
President Bush 's marriage initiatives, violated federal law by not disclosing
the funding to the public or Congress . 4, 2003, and March 3, 2004. 26, 2005

Daniel Levinson
Acting Inspector General
Department of Health and Human Services
330 Independence Avenue, S. In addition, Gallagher apparently had received an additional
$20,000 through a United States Justice Department grant in 2002 and 2003 for
writing a report, titled "Can Government Strengthen Marriage?.
We appreciate your attention to this matter and anticipate your response.

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Washington, DC 20201

Dear Mr. Levinson:

The Human Rights Campaign, on behalf of its more than 600,000 members
nationwide, writes to express dismay over recent information indicating that
Maggie Gallagher was a recipient of federal government grants to promote Bush
Administration family initiatives, but did not disclose these facts to the
public or to Congress when she testified in the Senate on the Federal Marriage
Amendment (later renamed the Marriage Protection Amendment) or when she wrote
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have been recently honored for their work," said Beth Callaghan, PlanetOut
editor-in-chief and senior director of programming."

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