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Upthegrove diagnosed with COVID-19: KC Councilmember hopes his disclosure will inspire others to get vaccinated and follow precautions
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Upthegrove diagnosed with COVID-19: KC Councilmember hopes his disclosure will inspire others to get vaccinated and follow precautions

King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove disclosed last week that he had been diagnosed with COVID-19, despite having been vaccinated last spring.

Mayor Jenny Durkan's 2022 proposed budget to increase SPD funding—where does that leave Seattle's LGBTQ+ community?
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Mayor Jenny Durkan's 2022 proposed budget to increase SPD funding—where does that leave Seattle's LGBTQ+ community?

Do you think a stronger SPD presence will be more beneficial or harmful to the LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities in the city?

Seattle City Council urges decriminalization of shrooms
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Seattle City Council urges decriminalization of shrooms

On Monday, October 4, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed a resolution in support of decriminalizing the use of natural psychedelic drugs, like mushrooms containing psilocybin.

2021 Seattle Queer Film Festival preview
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

2021 Seattle Queer Film Festival preview

An interview with new Three Dollar Bill Cinema managing director Billy Ray Brewton.

2021 LGBTQ History Project: Pauli Murray, architect of history
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2021 LGBTQ History Project: Pauli Murray, architect of history

An iconoclastic, socialist-leaning, gender-fluid feminist and Black civil rights activist, Murray broke barriers in every aspect of her life. And the barriers she broke, the paths she created single-handedly and single-mindedly, quite literally changed hi

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Arts & Entertainment

Horses, magic, music, and a girl who gets the other girl: Author Audrey Coulthurst discusses writing Queer YA stories

Horses, magic, music, and a girl who gets the other girl: Author Audrey Coulthurst discusses writing Queer YA stories

For SGN's book club this week, SGN Contributing Writer Lindsey Anderson sat down with Portland-based author Audrey Coulthurst to talk about their debut novel Of Fire and Stars.

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Dave Chappelle swears off jokes about LGBTQ people amid competing complaints of "punching down"

Dave Chappelle swears off jokes about LGBTQ people amid competing complaints of "punching down"

Is Chappelle saying that the LGBTQ community doesn't deserve what they've gained? No. Not at all. But what he is asking is: where is the mutual empathy?