It’s the summer of 2009, and I’m 25 years old. I roll into Seattle in my packed ’97 Corolla. I’m a straight, white, cis cliché from Elkhart, Indiana — land of RV factories, churches, riding lawnmowers, and faded American flags. I’m chasing love...

Ember Touché, Miss Teen Drag USA of 2024–25, is a “mortuary Trans male historian” by day and an exquisite drag queen by night. Mainstream drag, like that popularized by RuPaul's Drag Race, has often centered around cisgender Gay men dressing in...

Booze. Drugs. Sweat. Blood. Chaos. Madness. And through all of it, music. That’s the ’90s grunge essence of Pink Umbrellas Love Rainydaze, Seattle author Zola McDaniel’s new book of short stories of life in the day-to-day trenches, with alliances...

Jasmine Joshua sat in a coffee shop ten feet from the colorful poster for their latest project, Here and Their, which will be showing at 12th Avenue Arts June 13–28. It’s more than just a silly punk rock show about Queer identities and family; it holds...

At just 29 years old, Molina Molina is one of Seattle’s most recognizable comedy divas. The comedian, writer, and producer can often be seen on stages around Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco, showing off her incredible acting skills with her...

A decade ago, on June 25, marriage equality became the law of the land with the landmark Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges. But given the current political climate and Project 2025’s goal of promoting nuclear families, many fear that decision...

Anime and drag are two colossal subcultures that at first glance might not seem to have much overlap. But visit any convention floor, and cosplayers will be dressed as their favorite characters, regardless of gender, often in homemade costumes.

You’re going to be on your feet a lot this month: marching in parades, dancing in the streets, standing up for people in your community. But you’re also likely to have some time to rest and reflect, so here are some great new books to read.

Watching Sorry, Baby was a form of cinematic catharsis I didn’t know I needed until the film was long over and I was sitting alone in the theater, staring at a blank screen.

It was in 2021 when Xander Schulte realized that top surgery was gender-affirming care that they needed, and after many calls and hours of research, they learned it would cost them $10,000.