Sun from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. That's what I love about summer in the Pacific Northwest. Tourists flock from all over the globe to cram Pike Place Market.

On June 12, 2016, at 2:02 a.m., 49 lives were taken at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., in the largest single incident of mass violence in US history up to that point. Each year since then, we have remembered and honored the lives of our 49 angels.

Still trying to cope with charges of child abuse going back to the 1930s, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles was rocked by a new scandal when the federal Department of Justice announced it was charging a nun with embezzlement.

The Department of Justice announced on June 8 that it will "vigorously" defend a religious exemption from federal civil rights law that allows federally funded religious schools to discriminate against LGBTQ students.

Today, it has merely been one week since Dr. Anthony Fauci's personal emails from last spring – during the height of the pandemic – were released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

National Highlights from the week of 6/11/21 compiled by Daniel Lindsley SGN Contributing Writer

The first out Lesbian legislator and first queer and female speaker delivers for the people of Washington during a remote session

It will come as a surprise to no one who has been paying attention that this school year has been a tough one for LGBTQ+ and allied faculty, staff, students, and alumni at Seattle Pacific University.

Ceramics instructor and potter Phi Le remodels Seattle's pottery scene through unique creations and community-centered projects. They give every piece their all, and shape spaces to welcome all people who want to learn pottery.

Over the last 15 months, a compulsory change of pace rocked Seattle's creative community. Artists sustained major financial blows and created or practiced in isolation. The abrupt change brought inspiration to some creators while causing hardships for mo