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State Rep. Cyndy Jacobsen introduces legislation to restrict youth gender treatment
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State Rep. Cyndy Jacobsen introduces legislation to restrict youth gender treatment

Although Washington is generally considered a safe state for the LGBTQ+ community, on Dec. 11, state Rep. Cyndy Jacobsen (R-25) prefiled House Bill 1038, which would prohibit the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapies, and gender transition surgeries

Hope, happiness, and Christmas delights abound at PNB's "The Nutcracker"
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Hope, happiness, and Christmas delights abound at PNB's "The Nutcracker"

If you're like me and you're bummed out about the recent turn of events in our crazy politics, give yourself a happiness break and go see choreographer George Balanchine's The Nutcracker at McCaw Hall.

WA issues landmark LGBTQ+ survey to help inform government decisions, policies, and legislation
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WA issues landmark LGBTQ+ survey to help inform government decisions, policies, and legislation

The Washington State LGBTQ Commission is sponsoring a comprehensive, statewide survey of LGBTQIA+ and Two-Spirit people to identify disparities and to strengthen advocacy efforts when it comes to pertinent laws, policies, and legislation.

Facing the darkness, we find strength in our unity once again
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Facing the darkness, we find strength in our unity once again

The LGBTQ+ community faces one of the darkest times in memory. American voters have reelected Donald Trump — not through a constitutional loophole but by a majority of the popular vote.

The ultimate guide to Gay gift giving: 2024 edition
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The ultimate guide to Gay gift giving: 2024 edition

The holidays are an excellent distraction after an election cycle — makes ya wonder if it was planned like that, huh? — and this year is no exception.

Ho-ho-homo: The Gayest holiday on Seattle's Queer scene
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Ho-ho-homo: The Gayest holiday on Seattle's Queer scene

As the crisp winter air settles over Seattle and the city transforms into a wonderland of twinkling lights, our vibrant Queer community is gearing up to make this December the Gayest holiday season yet.

Unpacking drag star Dina Martina's layers of fabulousness this holiday season
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Unpacking drag star Dina Martina's layers of fabulousness this holiday season

Words cannot describe Dina Martina. Or perhaps more accurately, valiant wordsmiths the world over scrape their barrels of simile, metaphor, and adjective, in their noble quests to describe her.

World AIDS Day: Honoring lives lost to HIV/AIDS
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World AIDS Day: Honoring lives lost to HIV/AIDS

Gay City: Seattle's LGBTQ Center will host its 21st annual "Stronger Together: World AIDS Day" fundraiser on December 1 to remember and celebrate the lives lost to AIDS. It will kick off at the Century Ballroom, located at 915 E. Pine St.

Alexis Mercedes Rinck is ready to fight for Seattle's marginalized communities
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Alexis Mercedes Rinck is ready to fight for Seattle's marginalized communities

As election results trickled in late into the night on November 5, Alexis Mercedes Rinck watched with bated breath.

Sen. Jamie Pedersen's election as Senate majority leader makes WA first state to have two LGBTQ+ legislative leaders
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Sen. Jamie Pedersen's election as Senate majority leader makes WA first state to have two LGBTQ+ legislative leaders

Having served in the Washington state legislature since 2006, Sen. Jamie Pedersen was recently elected as the Senate majority leader, which marks a historic turn during an election cycle that shattered the hearts of many LGBTQ+ Americans, leaving them con

Activists around the world offer potential path forward for American counterparts
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Activists around the world offer potential path forward for American counterparts

A Wider Bridge, a group that "advocates for justice, counters LGBTQphobia, and fights anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred," months earlier had invited us to participate in one of its missions to Israel. It was my first time in the country.

The election fallout for Trans Americans
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The election fallout for Trans Americans

Typically, at this time of year, I would write about the Transgender Day of Remembrance and the dozens of Transgender people who have been killed at the hand of anti-Transgender violence. It's an issue that has driven much of my work since 1998.

Intiman's Black Nativity returns to celebrate community and the holiday spirit with Food Lifeline
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Intiman's Black Nativity returns to celebrate community and the holiday spirit with Food Lifeline

Intiman Theatre returns this year with Black Nativity to unite performers and audiences in a shared holiday celebration of hope and joy while showcasing the richness of Black American cultural heritage.

Priyanka's Devastaisa tour inspires everyone to believe in the fabulousness of their dreams
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Priyanka's Devastaisa tour inspires everyone to believe in the fabulousness of their dreams

Once a little Queer kid in Whitby, Ontario, now she's one of Canada's hottest pop stars and even has a giant mural of her face painted in the neighborhood where her drag career started.

Grammy-winning saxophonist Kenny G: Coming home
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Grammy-winning saxophonist Kenny G: Coming home

Every December, one thing we can always depend on is a series of shows from Northwest native Kenny G at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley.

Theater legend Anne Allgood conjures the afterlife in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit at the Seattle Rep
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Theater legend Anne Allgood conjures the afterlife in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit at the Seattle Rep

Anne Allgood is one of the top actresses in the Seattle theater scene today. I am super excited to witness her conjure a spirit in Blithe Spirit, the Noël Coward classic, now playing the Seattle Repertory Theater.

Get festive with Ina Garten, Reba, and Charli XCX:  Tom Hearn's "Barefooting Through the Snow" to bring  viral impersonations, musical sketches to Seattle
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Get festive with Ina Garten, Reba, and Charli XCX: Tom Hearn's "Barefooting Through the Snow" to bring viral impersonations, musical sketches to Seattle

On December 15, social media sensation and long-time Toronto comedian Tom Hearn will per-form at the Rabbit Box on his holiday-inspired "Barefooting Through the Snow" tour.

Getting there together — chatting about Disney's Moana 2 with producer Christina Chen and actor Hualalai Chung
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Getting there together — chatting about Disney's Moana 2 with producer Christina Chen and actor Hualalai Chung

With the sequel's Thanksgiving holiday release on the horizon, I sat down with Moana 2 producer Christina Chen and actor Hualālai Chung on the Space Needle's observation deck to chat about the film.

Rambunctious Queer is an ejaculatory descent into the humanistic unknown
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Rambunctious Queer is an ejaculatory descent into the humanistic unknown

Be that as it may, I have not read Burroughs' unfinished, semiautobiographical Queer, published in 1985 but written between 1951 and 1953. After watching Luca Guadagnino's disquietingly rambunctious film adaptation, I feel compelled to read it.

Ambitiously magical Wicked: Part One defies cinematic gravity
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Ambitiously magical Wicked: Part One defies cinematic gravity

It's taken over two decades for the popular ? "You're gonna be pop-u-LAR!" ? Broadway musical sensation Wicked to transition from stage to screen.