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Alexis Mercedes Rinck is ready to fight for Seattle's marginalized communities
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Alexis Mercedes Rinck is ready to fight for Seattle's marginalized communities

As election results trickled in late into the night on November 5, Alexis Mercedes Rinck watched with bated breath.

Sen. Jamie Pedersen's election as Senate majority leader makes WA first state to have two LGBTQ+ legislative leaders
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Sen. Jamie Pedersen's election as Senate majority leader makes WA first state to have two LGBTQ+ legislative leaders

Having served in the Washington state legislature since 2006, Sen. Jamie Pedersen was recently elected as the Senate majority leader, which marks a historic turn during an election cycle that shattered the hearts of many LGBTQ+ Americans, leaving them con

Activists around the world offer potential path forward for American counterparts
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Activists around the world offer potential path forward for American counterparts

A Wider Bridge, a group that "advocates for justice, counters LGBTQphobia, and fights anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred," months earlier had invited us to participate in one of its missions to Israel. It was my first time in the country.

The election fallout for Trans Americans
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The election fallout for Trans Americans

Typically, at this time of year, I would write about the Transgender Day of Remembrance and the dozens of Transgender people who have been killed at the hand of anti-Transgender violence. It's an issue that has driven much of my work since 1998.

Intiman's Black Nativity returns to celebrate community and the holiday spirit with Food Lifeline
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Intiman's Black Nativity returns to celebrate community and the holiday spirit with Food Lifeline

Intiman Theatre returns this year with Black Nativity to unite performers and audiences in a shared holiday celebration of hope and joy while showcasing the richness of Black American cultural heritage.

Priyanka's Devastaisa tour inspires everyone to believe in the fabulousness of their dreams
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Priyanka's Devastaisa tour inspires everyone to believe in the fabulousness of their dreams

Once a little Queer kid in Whitby, Ontario, now she's one of Canada's hottest pop stars and even has a giant mural of her face painted in the neighborhood where her drag career started.

Grammy-winning saxophonist Kenny G: Coming home
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Grammy-winning saxophonist Kenny G: Coming home

Every December, one thing we can always depend on is a series of shows from Northwest native Kenny G at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley.

Theater legend Anne Allgood conjures the afterlife in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit at the Seattle Rep
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Theater legend Anne Allgood conjures the afterlife in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit at the Seattle Rep

Anne Allgood is one of the top actresses in the Seattle theater scene today. I am super excited to witness her conjure a spirit in Blithe Spirit, the Noël Coward classic, now playing the Seattle Repertory Theater.

Get festive with Ina Garten, Reba, and Charli XCX:  Tom Hearn's "Barefooting Through the Snow" to bring  viral impersonations, musical sketches to Seattle
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Get festive with Ina Garten, Reba, and Charli XCX: Tom Hearn's "Barefooting Through the Snow" to bring viral impersonations, musical sketches to Seattle

On December 15, social media sensation and long-time Toronto comedian Tom Hearn will per-form at the Rabbit Box on his holiday-inspired "Barefooting Through the Snow" tour.

Getting there together — chatting about Disney's Moana 2 with producer Christina Chen and actor Hualalai Chung
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Getting there together — chatting about Disney's Moana 2 with producer Christina Chen and actor Hualalai Chung

With the sequel's Thanksgiving holiday release on the horizon, I sat down with Moana 2 producer Christina Chen and actor Hualālai Chung on the Space Needle's observation deck to chat about the film.

Rambunctious Queer is an ejaculatory descent into the humanistic unknown
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Rambunctious Queer is an ejaculatory descent into the humanistic unknown

Be that as it may, I have not read Burroughs' unfinished, semiautobiographical Queer, published in 1985 but written between 1951 and 1953. After watching Luca Guadagnino's disquietingly rambunctious film adaptation, I feel compelled to read it.

Ambitiously magical Wicked: Part One defies cinematic gravity
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Ambitiously magical Wicked: Part One defies cinematic gravity

It's taken over two decades for the popular ? "You're gonna be pop-u-LAR!" ? Broadway musical sensation Wicked to transition from stage to screen.

New photo book features San Francisco feminism, fire
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New photo book features San Francisco feminism, fire

A writer, photographer, and one-time psychedelic poster purveyor, the Bay Area's Michael Goldberg's latest book, Jukebox, collects his music photography from 1967 to 2023.

Jelly Roll Morton's milieu: The old, filthy America
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Jelly Roll Morton's milieu: The old, filthy America

Music historian Elijah Wald, a prominent presence at the Pop Conference at MoPOP, took a turn into old-time obscenity for his new book, Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs & Hidden Histories.

Legendary John Waters returns to Seattle for annual Christmas show
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Legendary John Waters returns to Seattle for annual Christmas show

The legendary "Prince of Puke," who at 78 shows no signs of easing up on the gas , brings the annual A John Waters Christmas to the Neptune Theatre on December 3-4.

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Trans Day of Remembrance events to memorialize Trans lives lost

Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR) events to be held around the Puget Sound to honor Trans lives lost to violence.

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Seattle Library staff condemn hosting anti-Queer groups, call for protest

Seattle Public Library staff issued a public letter condemning Women's Declaration International USA and calling on SPL leadership to stop hosing anti-Queer groups.

"Rainbow Connections" to celebrate Queers across generations and close resource gaps
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"Rainbow Connections" to celebrate Queers across generations and close resource gaps

Issaquah Highlands' Blakely Hall is hosting "Rainbow Connections" to celebrate and connect LGBTQIA+ people across generations, on November 16 from 12 to 3 p.m. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in conversations with Queer community leaders, pl

Suspect who shot and killed Transgender woman Kenji Spurgeon still at large
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Suspect who shot and killed Transgender woman Kenji Spurgeon still at large

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is still searching for the suspect who shot and killed 23-year-old Kenji Spurgeon, a Black Transgender woman, during the early hours of July 1.

What can LGBTQ+ Americans expect to see from the next Trump presidency?
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What can LGBTQ+ Americans expect to see from the next Trump presidency?

Donald Trump has been elected by the American people to be the 47th president of the United States. Now, many members of the LGBTQ+ community are wondering: What will a second Trump presidency look like for us?