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The extension of transgender-specific health care benefits to city employees, the Space Needle’s 11th hour concession to fly the rainbow flag at Pride and two brutal murders all grabbed local headlines in 2011.

Space tourism is closer to reality after the completion of an $8 million Mojave Desert production plant where the world’s first fleet of passenger-ready spaceships will be built.

LGBT Seattleites once again have cause to celebrate during this Pride week after the iconic Space Needle agreed to once again fly the Pride flag.

Nearly 10,000 people have a signed a petition that urges the Space Needle to once again fly the Pride flag after it was announced it would not fly atop the Emerald City’s most iconic building during Seattle Pride.