The Lifelong Pride Gala: An Evening for Equality will light up Seattle on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at The Sanctuary downtown. As the city’s only Pride dinner, this highly anticipated event marks a historic moment as Lifelong’s inaugural gala with the aim of...
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The sun’s peeking out, and summer is around the corner. To celebrate the joy in the air that this bring, the Seattle Men’s Chorus is taking its latest show, Wicked Wiz of Oz — featuring a mashup of musical numbers from The Wizard of Oz, The Wiz, and Wicked —...
With attacks on LGBTQIA+ rights across the US escalating under President Trump — exacerbated by an affordability crisis, cuts to social services, and a sluggish economy — multiple Queer and Transgender candidates have been stepping up in Washington to combat...
The final panel of the day at the Society of Professional Journalists conference, held Saturday, April 11 at the University of Washington–Tacoma, turned its focus to one of the most urgent and contested topics in media today: how journalism covers Transgender...
Bright Light Bright Light — born Rod Thomas — sounds relaxed, if a little travel-worn, when he joins the call. It’s the middle of a North American tour with drag superstar Grag Queen, a run designed to celebrate Queer joy across 17 cities. By the time they...
On August 28, 1938, Reed Peggram boarded a ship from Hoboken, New Jersey, hoping to “become a proper gentleman” and fulfill his dreams. A prolific writer and Harvard scholar of comparative literature, he’d recently been awarded the Rosenwald Fellowship, which...
Born to parents who both had musical careers before they wed, David Archuleta remembers an early childhood, growing up in a Hispanic Mormon community in Florida, where kin were always nearby. He was six when his parents moved the immediate family to Utah; the...
Lady Bunny is a name synonymous with the glittering, unapologetic world of drag. With her towering blonde wigs, double-stacked lashes, and razor-sharp humor, she has been a force in the scene for decades. But this legendary performer isn’t just a drag queen —...
Idaho has joined the long list of red-state legislative bodies across the country restricting the civil rights of Trans and Queer people with the passage of House Bill 752 , slated to go into effect on July 1, 2026. The bill stipulates that “any person who...
As LGBTQIA+ rights face renewed threats worldwide, now is the perfect time to revisit Jimmy Somerville's music. His soaring falsetto and fearless activism were more than just the soundtrack of a generation; they became a rallying cry for equality, love, and...