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posted Friday, February 19, 2021 - Volume 40 Issue 08


Democrats reintroduce the LGBTQ Equality Act by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer Congressional Democrats reintroduced the LGBTQ Equality Act on February 18. Openly Gay Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) were the primary sponsors in their respective chambers. The bill would add sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes under federal civil rights laws. The mea more
	Remembering conservative radio provocateur Rush Limbaugh by Hannah Saunders - SGN Contributing Writer Today we remember radio personality Rush Limbaugh - not for his renowned achievements but for his platforms where misogynistic, racist, and anti-LGBTQ+ remarks flowed freely. On February 17, 2021, Limbaugh died at the age of 70 after a yearlong battle with lung cancer. more
	Black trans service members welcome chance to again serve openly by Philip Van Slooten - Washington Blade Transgender US Navy Corpsman Akira Wyatt rises at 6 a.m. at Camp Pendleton each day to see sailors and marines for sick calls, and today she does so a little easier. President Biden on Jan. 25 signed an executive order rescinding the Trump administration's ban on trans more
	Durkan Digest: prioritizing equitable vaccine distribution by Mayor Jenny Durkan - Special to the SGN 2020 has brought several unpredictable challenges to Seattle. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are still being felt in our city, region, and country. Seattle's road to recovery starts with vaccinations, and while we have hundreds of employees working our vaccinat more
	A history of medical nightmares by Janice Athill - SGN Contributing Writer It is 2021 and we are experiencing a health crisis. A pandemic has spread across our country and the world, affecting civilizations in a myriad ways. COVID-19 has spent over a year imposing new restrictions on the lives of millions. Recently, vaccines have been create more
	As nation marks sad 500,000-death milestone, a look at the COVID-19 numbers in Seattle and King County by Justin Carder - Capitol Hill Seattle President Joe Biden has ordered flags to half staff this week as the nation marks 500,000 COVID-19 deaths - a milestone predicted by only the most pessimistic forecasts in the early weeks of the crisis. Meanwhile, Seattle and King County are approaching the one-year anniversary of what more
	More than 350 new shelter beds coming online, including hotels, tiny house villages, and an enhanced shelter for women SEATTLE (Feb. 23, 2021) - The City of Seattle [has] provided an update on details of more than 350 new spaces of enhanced shelter programs at hotels, tiny house villages, and a new women's shelter, in addition to the new permanent housing resources for people experiencing homelessness and facing significant barriers to housing. Sin more

	Navy lieutenant breaks silence to fight DADT [Editor's note: Over 47 years, the Seattle Gay News has covered thousands of stories that still resonate today. This week we look back at one from February 2010. We also offer updates on each story.] by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer Everett Earl Morrow, a Gay former submariner who left the U.S. Navy i more
	Merrick Garland says 'it is the job of the Justice Department to stop' violence against Trans women by Bil Browning - LGBTQ Nation (Feb. 22, 2021) - President Joe Biden's nominee for attorney general, Merrick Garland, answered questions today at his confirmation hearing, and a question from Sen. Joe Kennedy (R-La.) has raised some eyebrows. His response to a question from Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), however, is winning praise more
	Va. school seeks Supreme Court review in continued fight against Gavin Grimm by Chris Johnson - Washington Blade Gavin Grimm's fight to get his Virginia high school to allow him to use the restroom consistent with his gender identity - even though he graduated four years ago - isn't over: the Gloucester County School Board on Friday filed a petition asking the US Supreme Court to review the case. more
	Biden 'committed' to issuing gender-neutral passports ACLU reveals talks with White House by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer Nonbinary Americans may soon be able to get gender-neutral passports, according to the ACLU. The civil rights group said it has been in talks with the Biden administration about adding X as a gender marker, along with M and F, to allow nonbinary people to get federal IDs that m more
	LGBTQ activists in Myanmar join protests against military coup by Michael K. Lavers and Victor Maung - Washington Blade LGBTQ activists in Myanmar have joined the growing protest movement against the Feb. 1 coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi and her democratically elected government. Min Khant Zin, a drag queen who works at a gay bar in Yangon, the country's largest city, more

	Uncomfortable and challenging: Director Mike P. Nelson on taking a Wrong Turn into the horrifying unknown by Sara Michelle Fetters - SGN Staff Writer After a short theatrical engagement back in late January, director Mike P. Nelson's reinvention of Wrong Turn makes its home debut this week on DVD, Blu-ray, and VOD. Written by Alan McElroy, the scribe behind the 2003 original, this horror offering has absolutely nothing to do with more
	Disquieting Vigil a supernatural crises of faith by Sara Michelle Fetters - SGN Staff Writer THE VIGIL Theaters / VOD Yakov Ronen (Dave Davis) has returned to Brooklyn's Hasidic Borough Park neighborhood to do a job. He is hardly as devout as he once was, his faith recently shattered by a traumatic event. But when former friend Reb Shulem (Mena more
	Gleefully amoral I Care a Lot a stellar showcase for Pike and Dinklage by Sara Michelle Fetters - SGN Staff Writer I CARE A LOT Netflix I Care a Lot might be the most amoral, pitch-black comedy-thriller I've seen this side of Joel and Ethan Coen's Burn After Reading. Filmmaker J Blakeson rebounds from the young adult disaster of The 5th Wave and gets back into a form more
	LGBTQ+ crime thriller Steven's War released by New Degree Press (Feb. 18, 2021) - Author and college student Donovan Russo today announced his first novel, Steven's War, published by New Degree Press. The novel [is] sold through Amazon.com and other sellers and marks an LGBTQ+-inclusive spin on the superhero vigilante genre. Russo has teamed up with nonprofits GLAAD and the NJ LGBT Chamber more
	US Holocaust Memorial Museum presents 2021 Western Region Virtual Event; annual program occurs online March 11 LOS ANGELES (February 24, 2021) - At this historic time for reflection and action, members of the Western Region community supporting the efforts of the DC-based US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) will come together virtually on March 11 at 7 p.m. PT. The COVID-19 pandemic rapidly changed much of how the USHMM does its work, bu more