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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT : FILM

Triumphant End of Oak Street roars to life with prehistoric gusto

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...

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT : BOOKS

Four Squares celebrates love, loss, and second chances

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...

TRAVEL

Walla Walla: Wine, welcome, and a little bit of heavy metal

There’s a particular kind of magic that happens when a small town decides to throw open its doors — not just to visitors but to everyone. Walla Walla has long been celebrated as one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier wine destinations, but beyond its acclaimed...

OP-ED

A horrifying anti-Trans ballot initiative is coming to Washington

Barely a week after the US Supreme Court decided that states may ban Transgender girls from participating in girls’ school sports under Title IX, the Heritage Foundation quietly released a report calling for something far more sweeping: the destruction of...

NEWS : SEATTLE

Seattle City Council approves $300,000 to support Trans and Queer refugees (and also bans “junk” rental fees)

In an unanimous vote, Seattle City Council on Tuesday, Aug. 11 approved a budget amendment that will see $300,000 worth of city funding put towards local LGBTQIA+ organizations to address the influx of Trans and gender diverse refugees coming to the city. In...

NEWS : REGIONAL

Washington Department of Corrections is being sued for alleged anti-Queer harassment and religious programming

Bryson Butler has filed a lawsuit against the Washington Department of Corrections and its contractor, American Behavioral Health Systems, for alleged homophobic harassment, discriminatory practices, and coercive religious materials he encountered while...

OP-ED

Is there only one way to be Trans?

I spend a lot of time thinking about collective liberation, as I imagine many of us do as community advocates, organizers, and leaders here in Seattle. We talk about collective and Trans liberation all the time. It’s in our mission statements. It’s in our...

OP-ED

Millions of lives depend on this funding, and Sen. Murray can be the difference

Since 2003, US leadership has been the defining force in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. At the height of the crisis, death tolls reached into the millions and healthcare systems collapsed under the weight of overwhelming need. President Festus Mogae of...

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT : FILM

Sex Purge comedy One Night Only is great at foreplay, not so good at climaxing

Leave it to the studio that made The Purge series to allow director Will Gluck (Easy A, Anyone But You) and writer Travis Braun to craft a romantic comedy about the rise of a fascist political regime in the United States that bans all forms of sexual...

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT : BOOKS

Take Me With You: Grief, identity, and a beam of light

Steven Rowley has built a loyal readership over the years, and Take Me With You is the kind of book that will catch even his most devoted fans off guard — in ways both surprising and rewarding. The setup is instantly compelling: Jesse del Ruth, a college...

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