Love is one of the most foundational human emotions. We are born to crave love from those around us, and spend all our lives seeking, grasping, or letting go of great loves. For many in the LGBTQIA+ community, real love stories don’t always look like the...
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“Okay, so my roommate got me to do this before I could talk myself out of it,” wrote No_Detective776 to the members of the r/Seattle subreddit last April. “How on earth does a North Seattle aro/ace girl meet other aro/aces not in like… Tacoma? I feel like I...
Genitals — perhaps no other part of the body dictates our desires, capacities, and identities more as people on this earth. And from a very young age, we are conditioned — whether through family, friends, the media, the public education system, religions, etc....
Jessa Davis is a Transgender woman and local Queer activist who, when she’s not volunteering as a member of Seattle’s LGBTQ Commission, advocates for legal protections for polyamorous people and alternative families in Washington state. On January 13, Davis’s...
Al Pastries is an artist and curator who has long been part of Seattle’s Trans art spaces. A former board member of Ingersoll Gender Center and collector of artwork, Pastries founded the collective Queer Agenda Dot Gay on Capitol Hill as a way to help curate...
Anthony D’Alto is nurturing a lively haven, nestled in the heart of Seattle, where humor and horticulture come together seamlessly. Known online as “Saint Planthony,” D’Alto, 31, has transformed a modest Capitol Hill plant shop into a viral sanctuary, drawing...
While I’m not ready to say I liked 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple more than I did its magnificent predecessor, last summer’s 28 Years Later, I will state that director Nia DaCosta, writer Alex Garland, and producer Danny Boyle deliver one of the more...
At its core, SHe Said, now playing at Intiman Theatre on Capitol Hill, is a love story — not the glossy, fairy-tale version but the kind forged through time, uncertainty, and deep emotional courage. Jen Ayers met Graham during college orientation. Both were...
The streets of South Minneapolis became the scene of tragedy on Saturday, January 24, when Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was fatally shot by federal immigration agents. The incident has sent shock waves through a community already reeling from...
For baritone Joseph Lattanzi and tenor Andy Acosta, Fellow Travelers is not just another operatic engagement. It is a piece that has grown alongside their own lives and careers. It was composed by Gregory Spears, with a libretto by Greg Pierce, and premiered...
There’s something about watching two great actors in flawless synchronicity bouncing off one another with vivacious, freewheeling enthusiasm. Think William Powell and Myrna Loy in The Thin Man, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally, or Jake...
In the residential neighborhood of Wedgwood sits Lovestruck in Seattle, a bookstore specializing in romance novels. This makes it unique in Seattle, as it’s one of the only brick-and-mortar businesses to focus exclusively on one genre. Upon entering, your eyes...
“That question is well above my pay grade.” In one form or another, this was how Seattle Police Department East Precinct Capt. Jim Britt, joined by his deputy captain and the SPD’s LGBTQ liaison Haden Barton, among others, responded to most of the concerns...
Forty-five years ago, the first major Gay dance club in Seattle that could legally serve hard liquor, opened at 315 Terry Ave. N. The Depot was a large entertainment complex, with over 10,000 square feet of indoor space. It stretched almost the entire block...
This past month, I had the incredible privilege of seeing Nina West and a dazzling lineup of drag queens perform live at A Drag Queen Christmas in Seattle. The show was a breathtaking spectacle — glittering, glamorous, and overflowing with pure joy. Each queen...
Seattle loves to call itself a progressive city. We paint rainbow crosswalks, host one of the largest Pride celebrations in the country, and issue statements of solidarity when tragedy strikes. However, beyond its symbolism, a more difficult reality emerges:...
Is This Thing On? is a rare gem of a film that surprises viewers with its humor, emotion, and honest portrayal of life’s unexpected challenges. Directed by Bradley Cooper and co-written with Will Arnett and Mark Chappell, the story follows Alex Novak (Arnett),...
By the time Chris Botti settled into his hotel room for our morning Zoom call, he was already deep into one of the most demanding stretches of his career: 60 straight nights, two shows a night, spanning November through January. It’s a grueling schedule by any...
It was a cold and rainy walk to the Seattle waterfront, where my girlfriend and I attended the vigil for Queer wife and mother Renee Nicole Good, who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on January 7. I have rarely in my life felt as angry as I have these...
Discontent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement is at an all-time high across the country after 37-year-old Renée Nicole Good was fatally shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis, MN, on January 7. Good is the second person known to be killed by ICE...