If you were the child of a proud “redneck” family in the early 2000s (like I was), then professional wrestling was more likely than not playing on the television screen at your family gatherings. Summer barbecues at Grandma’s house, where my extended family...
Arts & Entertainment
We’re not New York, not Chicago, not even San Francisco, but despite its size, Seattle’s Queer comedy community holds its own. Known for producing colorful, campy comedians who know how to produce raucous laughter without needing to rely on hack tactics like...
Gaymers and Queer geeks, rejoice! The LGBTQIA+-centered dance party for the West Coast’s largest gaming convention, PAX West, is back, bringing the party to Neumos on September 4. The evening’s festivities will feature a cosplay competition, in which winners...
Revry’s flagship series King of Drag, the only game show dedicated exclusively to celebrating the joy and artistry of drag kings, is coming back for a second season on Sept. 20. This year’s judges will include RuPaul’s Drag Race season 13 contestant Gottmik,...
Seattle is home to many fun and creative artists, but no scene is as colorful or multifaceted as indie burlesque. Led by some of the world's most talented Queer performers, Seattle’s scene boasts multifaceted icons who know how to put on a show, whose art is...
In the bustling streets of Pioneer Square, a new kind of bookstore has quietly transformed the local literary scene. Beguiled Books isn’t just a place to pick up a novel; it’s a vibrant space where love, passion, and authenticity are celebrated in all their...
The path to queerness isn’t always straight. That’s the message at the core of Seattle-based filmmaker Kaylie Connors’ upcoming project, Summer of Eden, a Queer coming-of-age feature film cowritten by Connors, made on location in Seattle and Bellingham and...
Throw on your darkest outfit, pull on your black boots, and apply your makeup, because after 25 years, one of the most beloved cult classics in Queer and goth cinema is roaring back to the big screen. Gypsy 83: The Director’s Cut has arrived — bigger, bolder,...
The best popcorn film of the summer is writer-director David Robert Mitchell’s wildly entertaining Spielbergian throwback, The End of Oak Street. Like some surreal, creative melding of a 1960s episode of The Outer Limits, Jurassic Park, Poltergeist, and...
Bobby Finger’s new novel, Four Squares, is a beautifully woven story about Artie Anderson, a Gay ghostwriter living in New York City, and the two very different chapters of his life: one set in 1992, the other in 2022. Through these two timelines, Finger...