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Biden reverses Trump foreign policy: US recommits to protecting LGBTQ rights
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
The US government has recommitted to uphold LGBTQ rights abroad in a memorandum signed by President Joe Biden.
The document, signed February 4, builds upon a 2011 directive issued by the Obama administration but abandoned under Donald Trump.
Biden announced the memo during a speech at the State Depart more |
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Capitol Hill Gay club R Place loses lease and begins search for new home
by Justin Carder -
Capitol Hill Seattle
SEATTLE (February 1, 2021) - Capitol Hill gay club R Place has lost its lease and is on the hunt for a new location:
[According to a message posted by the club,] "This pandemic has been tough on ALL of us. R Place has been a staple in the gay community for over 35 years. more |
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Superbly acted Supernova a fiery comet of romantic rapture
by Sara Michelle Fetters -
SGN Staff Writer
SUPERNOVA
Theatres / PVOD on Feb. 16
Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci) have been together for over two decades. Their love is unbreakable, and neither is able to imagine what it would be like to spend a single second without the other next more |
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Anti-discrimination protections on the way under Democrats
To the Editor:
Democrats' newly achieved control of the White House and Congress renders virtually inevitable the federal anti-discrimination protection long sought by LGBTQ+ Americans.
President Biden's administration has made this a priority for his first 100 days per White House Press Secretary Jen Psa more |
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Drew Griffin - Fierce Advocate
Aug 22, 1974 - Jan 24, 2021
By Mac Scotty MacGregor
Special to the SGN
Drew and I connected in 2017 when I ran for office in the city of Seattle, and was looking for a campaign manager. We had briefly met before at LGBTQ+ events but had never really had any at-length conversations. He met me for coffee more |
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History: On repeat
by Janice Athill -
SGN Contributing Writer
Our school system's history books have had a way of honoring our nation's triumphs while excluding its biggest mistakes. If you factor in how many times quotes like "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" circulate, you would think the inclusion of such mistakes w more |
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News from The AMP
AMP artworks taking shape
Fabrication of Christopher Paul Jordan's andimgonnamisseverybody is underway by Architectural Elements in Bellingham, WA. The 20' x 20' sculpture will also incorporate bronze pieces that were cast at 2 Ravens Studio in Tacoma. This centerpiece artwork will soon be painted and partially assembled before more |
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Seattle City Council calls for collaboration with Cuba against COVID pandemic
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
In a resolution passed at the end of January, the Seattle City Council called for collaboration with Cuba against the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The Seattle City Council encourages local medical, health care, scientific, academic, and pharmaceutical institutions to actively explore co more |
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Stonewall awarded $50K Mellon Foundation grant for digitization
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (January 13, 2021) - In what can be only described as a seminal event in [its] 47-year history, the Stonewall National Museum & Archives (SNMA) has now taken three major steps in making its holdings available to a world-wide audience.
The SNMA was pleased to learn last week that the Andrew W. Mellon Founda more |
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Councilmember Mosqueda first candidate to qualify for Seattle Democracy Voucher program
SEATTLE (February 4, 2021) - Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda is the first candidate in 2021 to qualify for the Democracy Voucher program after receiving well over the required 400 donations and 400 signatures from Seattle residents.
This is Mosqueda's second time qualifying for Democracy Vouchers. In 2017, Mosqueda was the first more |
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LIHI celebrates Black History Month
SEATTLE - "Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children." -Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Low Income Housing Institute's proud commitment to racial equality and justice is demonstrated through the many Black heroes we have honored by naming our bu more |
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CDC releases report confirming LGBTQ people at greater risk of COVID-19 illness, calls for more data collection
WASHINGTON, DC (February 4, 2021) - Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, responded to a report issued today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) detailing the underlying health conditions that increase the risk of contra more |
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Before Marjorie Taylor Greene was tossed from House committees, she defended herself with transphobia
by Bil Browning -
LGBTQ Nation
(February 5, 2021) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), a believer in QAnon and other far-right conspiracy theories, has been stripped of her committee assignments in a bipartisan vote of the full House of Representatives.
But as legislators debated her fate, Greene used a uniq more |
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31 anti-Trans bills filed in 20 states as GOP targets schoolchildren nationwide
by Alex Bollinger -
LGBTQ Nation
(February 5, 2021) - At least 20 states are currently considering at least 31 bills that would attack the rights of Transgender people - mostly attacking Transgender youth - as more state lawmakers file bills to tear away as the limited rights and protections that currently exist for Transgen more |
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LGBTQ ally and author battles Amazon and wins
by Tim Peter -
SGN Contributing Writer
Kathy Baldock puts a giant A in LGBTQIA.
Baldock, of Reno, Nevada, is a Christian author, blogger, public speaker, and straight ally of the community. Her first book, Walking the Bridgeless Canyon: Repairing the Breach Between the Church and the LGBT Community, was publ more |
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Music of Remembrance to receive $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
SEATTLE (February 4, 2021) - Music of Remembrance has been approved for a $20,0000 Art Works grant to support the commission of Tres Minutos, a new chamber opera by the young composer Nicolas Lell Benavides and librettist Marella Martin Koch.
Overall, the National Endowment for the Arts has approved 1,073 projects across Americ more |
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Little Fish an unexpectedly beguiling pandemic romance
by Sara Michelle Fetters -
SGN Staff Writer
LITTLE FISH
PVOD
Neuroinflammatory affliction (NIA) is an acute Alzheimer's-like malady that destroys the memories of the afflicted party. It can attack instantaneously. Bus drivers forget how to drive while sitting in an intersection. Musicians no lon more |
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GLAAD announces nominees for the 32nd annual GLAAD Media Awards
NEW YORK January 28, 2021 GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer - LGBTQ - media advocacy organization, announced today the nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. Actress Josie Totah (Peacock’s Saved by the Bell), actor and performer D.J. 'Shangela' Pie more |
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Amend: The Fight for America
by Janice Athill -
SGN Contributing Writer
If you have never considered the possibility of being in America without being a citizen, consider yourself lucky. For millions of people, being stuck in America yet excluded from all the rights and liberties of a citizen was their reality.
In what could be the most gri more |
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Henry Art Gallery: Monsen Photography Lecture + more
Monsen Photography Lecture
Thurs., February 18, 5 p.m. (PST) via Zoom
The Henry is delighted to welcome Deborah Willis as a Monsen Photography Lecture speaker. Named after Dr. Elaine Monsen, this lecture series brings key makers and thinkers in photographic practice to the Henry.
Willis will draw u more |
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