Two suspects have been arrested in last month's beating of a gay Seattle man. Stefan Sharkansky commented last week on a march in support of the victim:
Now that more members of Seattle's gay community are speaking of the need for law enforcement to be tough on crime (and presumably also for the need of ordinary citizens to own and carry weapons to defend themselves), I hope we'll see more "tough on crime" gays coming over to the Republican Party.
Another group to strengthen ties to is the Log Cabin Republicans, which has a Washington State chapter.