https://www.sgn.org en-us 2026 Seattle Gay News 9/9/2026 EST https://www.sgn.org/rss https://www.sgn.org/story/158727/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158727/ Craig Chester is a name synonymous with authenticity, creativity, and resilience in the film and television industry. His path to becoming an acclaimed actor, writer, and director is truly inspiring. From overcoming personal challenges to breaking barriers in Queer representation, Chester’s career stands as a powerful example of perseverance. Wed Oct 01 2025 10:11:28 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158681/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158681/ For decades, Out and Equal has been connecting businesses with resources and training to make the workplace a more equal and accepting place for LGBTQIA+ people. Now, its biggest event of the year, the Out and Equal Workplace Summit, will be coming to Seattle, October 13–16. Tue Sep 30 2025 10:58:21 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158680/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158680/ “My hands, my feet; my hands, my feet. My hands and feet, to uplift the village.” Singing in her native language, Phylesha Brown-Acton recited the song written by her uncle about their home and community. Hailing from Niue, a small, self-governing island country in Polynesia, Brown-Acton was invited to be keynote speaker at MANAFest, a yearly event run by UTOPIA Washington celebrating Queer and Trans Pacific Island communities in Washington state. Tue Sep 30 2025 10:43:39 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158636/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158636/ In 2025, buying a home remains a tricky endeavor for those seeking to make Seattle their long-term place of residence. Despite a recent pledge by the Trump administration to increase homeownership and the lowering of interest rates by the Federal Reserve to 4–4.24% (which has knock-on effects on mortgage rates), a teetering job market and ongoing affordability crisis have left 72% of Americans feeling pessimistic that now is a good time to buy a house. Tue Sep 30 2025 09:04:34 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158633/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158633/ This month's edition of the Seattle Gay News is focused on home and finance, and the advancements made by the LGBTQIA+ community in the job and housing market, with an emphasis on Queer-owned businesses and other success stories in our community. However, it cannot be ignored how underrepresented Trans people are in both housing and employment. Mon Sep 29 2025 12:39:48 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158565/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158565/ The GSBA is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit chamber of commerce created for one sole purpose: to advocate for the advancement and protection of LGBTQIA+ businesses and organizations. Founded in 1981 by nine Gay business owners, including insurance agents, attorneys, and bar and bathhouse owners, GSBA was initially formed as a networking group. Over time, the organization evolved into a platform from which Queer business leaders could advocate for protections in the city’s public agencies like the fire and police... Fri Sep 26 2025 20:13:29 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158564/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158564/ We live in a society that stigmatizes even the mere mention of death. Reasons include it being too sad, too morbid, too depressing — to the point that few will talk about or even plan for it. That is where the Co-op Funeral Home of the People’s Memorial Association comes in. Through education, advocacy, and fundraising for affordable deathcare, it pushes back against the stigma, bringing death into the conversation. Fri Sep 26 2025 19:49:38 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158563/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158563/ Located in downtown Seattle, the Seattle Fat Mall is a plus-size clothing boutique and community hub, offering a safe and inclusive space for people of differing body types. At the front of the mall (in a former office building that has been repurposed to comprise several vendors) is Curvy Cactus, a resale and upcycled fashion store with a distinct PNW style. Two sisters, Amber and Alyss Seelig, began it in 2021 as a pop-up store at the Fremont Market. Since joining the Seattle Fat Mall, customers have en Fri Sep 26 2025 19:36:52 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158557/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158557/ Since the dawn of time, death has been regarded as the most taboo of topics, the root of many irrational fears. Humans often push the idea of death to the fringes of our minds, especially in Western cultures. However, for writer and clinical research scientist Elizabeth Earley, this topic contains multitudes as vast as the human experience. The more she studied the history and science of mortality, the more she found an underlying beauty, which inspired her latest work, Little Deaths All in a Row, a collect Fri Sep 26 2025 13:29:11 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158555/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158555/ In 2020, NYC-based Gay couple Neal Treadwell and Hugh Nini released Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850s-1950s. As the first-known published collection of historical photographs depicting Gay couples, it received much acclaim globally. Embarking again upon a labor of love and having collected more historical photographs around the US, the pair will follow this up with Loving II: More Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850s-1950s, which comes out October 14. Fri Sep 26 2025 11:21:32 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158554/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158554/ Director Oliver Hermanus makes a bold statement from the very first frame of The History of Sound. The opening credits unfold in complete silence — a striking choice that immediately draws the viewer in. This moment sets the tone for a film in which sound — or the absence of it — holds as much meaning as the visuals. It’s a deliberate and decisive decision, inviting the audience to feel the weight and significance of sound from the very start... Fri Sep 26 2025 11:12:11 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158552/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158552/ Independent journalists fight for survival in this era of corporate and billionaire control of the media, coupled with vitriolic political attacks on the press. An Iranian village councilwoman sparks controversy when she urges young women to question patriarchal authority. The victims of a catastrophic psychological gender experiment discover a tragic truth. A plucky and determined flight attendant triumphantly rescues orphaned cats from the streets of Doha, Qatar. These are just a few of the subjects tha Fri Sep 26 2025 10:54:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158551/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158551/ This week the Seattle Rep (with the Seattle Children’s Theatre) will host the world premiere of Fancy Dancer by the Indigenous playwright Larissa FastHorse. The autobiographical play tells the story of young, half-Lakota, half-white Lara, who yearns to be a ballet dancer after seeing famous Indigenous ballerina, Maria Tallchief. While FastHorse wrote the part for another to portray, she’s getting an opportunity here to perform it herself, allowing her to confirm that the production is as complete as she had Fri Sep 26 2025 10:35:50 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158550/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158550/ What if a demon sent to possess a teenage girl showed up 20 years too late? That’s the premise of writer and director Lauren Shippen’s latest project, Two Thousand and Late, a campy, Queer, horror-adjacent podcast series produced by Atypical Artists. Known for her work with thrilling audio dramas, such as The Bright Sessions, Shippen is bringing her quirky feminist rage to Apple Podcasts, with new episodes dropping each week until Halloween. Fri Sep 26 2025 09:53:35 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158537/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158537/ Given that it’s getting toward the end of summer, Seattle goes all out around Labor Day for outdoor activities. Concerts! Paddle raves! Bumbershoot! With all these fresh-air festivities, you likely missed what was going on inside: the largest Tekken 8 tournament ever held on the West Coast. Thu Sep 25 2025 22:19:51 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158536/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158536/ The best sports fandoms have a dose of healthy superstition. If you ask a Mariners fan about the ten-game winning streak earlier in September, it’ll be explained a dozen different ways. Some will point you to the “Etsy Witch,” who was paid to cast a good luck spell over the team. Others will cite the mustache theory, which believes that success correlates to how many players in the clubhouse have the same facial hair. Thu Sep 25 2025 22:11:10 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158535/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158535/ “AND DRIVE, TWO, THREE! AND DRIVE, TWO, THREE!” cries out Mandy Sue, in the center of an intertangled, five-person formation. With their backs locked at 90 degrees and their arms intertwined, they’re in what’s called a “scrum.” They push their collective strength into a large contraption of foam and metal called the “scrum sled,” until it moves 10–15 feet down the turf.  Thu Sep 25 2025 21:46:30 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158534/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158534/ The Seattle Storm has decided to part ways with head coach Noelle Quinn, following a rocky 2025 season that saw the team struggle to stay in the playoffs despite a promising start. Insiders have reported that Quinn’s five-person coaching staff has also been let go, but the Storm have yet to confirm their firings. The search for a new head coach begins immediately, and will have to be resolved before the 2026 season begins in early May.  Thu Sep 25 2025 21:40:44 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158533/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158533/ Mt. Rainier or Brokeback Mountain? They may as well be the same at Stonewall News Northwest, in which publisher Mike Schultz showcases the voices and stories of rural LGBTQIA+ communities... Thu Sep 25 2025 21:09:29 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/158532/ https://www.sgn.org/story/158532/ As we enter the height of pumpkin spice latte season, Starbucks is quietly continuing to crush unionization efforts, and its latest offense happened right here in Seattle. Albany Halstead, a former Starbucks Reserve Roastery employee, was officially fired for a dress code violation. However, he believes that it had a lot more to do with his union involvement than what he was wearing. 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