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TRANS BAN GONE!
Biden reverses Trump's Trans military ban
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
President Joe Biden has reversed Donald Trump's ban on Transgender people serving in the US military.
"Allowing all qualified Americans to serve their country in uniform is better for the military and better for the country because an inclusive force i more |
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"What's the motive?": Eastern WA town grapples with potential hate crime following murder of Gay teen, victim's mother seeks justice
by Kylin Brown -
SGN Contributing Writer
Although I grew up around homophobia, I never quite understood the damage it could do. Like in Friday Night Lights, queer stories remained on the periphery in small towns like the one I grew up in - they were taboo, and best to be avoided entirely.
I was raised in Newport more |
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University sued for discrimination
Openly gay SPU nursing professor suing Seattle Pacific University for discrimination
by Paige McGlauflin -
SGN Contributing Writer
A nursing professor is suing Seattle Pacific University (SPU) for discrimination after being rejected for a full-time role because he is gay.
Jéaux Rinedahl ha more |
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KC Councilmember Dave Upthegrove announces re-election campaign for Position 5
DES MOINES (January 27, 2020) - King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove announced today he will seek re-election to the King County Council.
"Dave is an effective progressive champion for South King County. We need proven leadership to build on the progress we've made together," said criminal justice reform advocate Tamika Mo more |
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KCLS surpasses 7 million digital downloads in 2020, a record-setting year
ISSAQUAH, WA (January 22, 2021) - Rakuten OverDrive, a digital reading platform used by the King County Library System (KCLS), has released its 2020 digital circulation statistics. KCLS patrons checked out 7,408,428 digital titles in 2020 - up 30.5% from last year, making KCLS the No. 2 digital circulating library in the US and No. 3 in the wo more |
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GSBA recognizes excellence in workplace diversity & inclusion
SEATTLE (January 26, 2021) - The GSBA announces the recipients of its annual business and humanitarian awards. Each year, the GSBA honors businesses, nonprofit organizations, and community leaders who demonstrate leadership and success in their business or profession, promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace, visibly support the LGBTQ co more |
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Seattle Pride events to go virtual, again
SEATTLE (Jan. 27, 2021) - As the COVID-19 pandemic response continues to restrict large public gatherings, Seattle Pride - the organizer of Seattle Pride in the Park and Seattle Pride Parade - will shift its annual LGBTQIA+ celebratory events to a virtual weekend (June 26 & 27, 2021) of speakers, performances, and more.
"With t more |
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Inauguration Day Photos - by Nate Gowdy
Inauguration Day Photos - by Nate Gowdy (PDF) more |
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'The Hill We Climb'
Amanda Gorman, the nation's first-ever youth poet laureate, read the following poem during the inauguration of President Joe Biden on January 20
When day comes we ask ourselves,
where can we find light in this never-ending shade?
The loss we carry,
a sea we must wade
We more |
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Nine US Catholic bishops go rogue, sign pro-LGBTQ statement
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
All the rogue Bishops (pdf)
Nine US Catholic bishops have signed a statement to LGBTQ youth, telling them the church supports them.
The bishops worked with the Tyler Clemen more |
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The Root: From the uninsured to the unhoused
NEW YORK - Cori Bush is a renaissance woman. Not only is the Missouri congresswoman the first Black woman to represent the state's First Congressional District, she's also a registered nurse, ordained pastor for the people of St. Louis, community organizer, single mother, and the first activist from the Black Lives Matter movement ever elected t more |
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Creating Change 2021 brings together Queer activists at critical time for LGBTQ community
WASHINGTON, DC (January 22, 2021) - For the last 33 years, Creating Change has brought the queer community together to speak truth to power, address and discuss the diverse and intersectional challenges we face, and celebrate all of ourselves.
For a full schedule including all plenaries, panels and workshops go to: www.thetaskfor more |
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Making dog dreams a reality
by Hannah Saunders -
SGN Contributing Writer
It has been fifteen years since Ginger Luke founded Ginger's Pet Rescue, one of the largest such 501(c)(3) nonprofits in Washington state. Since then, the organization has been able to save over 18,000 that were destined for death row.
It all started back in January more |
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Noir thriller Little Things a vexing conundrum
by Sara Michelle Fetters -
SGN A&E Writer
THE LITTLE THINGS
Theaters & HBO Max
Kern County Sheriff's Deputy Joe "Deke" Deacon (Denzel Washington) isn't pleased about heading back to Los Angeles. Once he was a decorated L.A. homicide detective, but for a variety of tragic, deeply personal reasons, h more |
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Affleck, Segel, and Johnson breathe genuine life into a melodramatic Friend
by Sara Michelle Fetters -
SGN A&E Writer
OUR FRIEND
Theaters & VOD
Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite's cancer melodrama Our Friend doesn't waste any time letting viewers know what they are in for. The opening scene is an intense moment between Matt Teague (Casey Affleck) and his actress wife Nicole more |
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Gruesomely bleak Wrong Turn reinvent a backwoods terror
by Sara Michelle Fetters -
SGN A&E Writer
WRONG TURN
available on Digital, VOD, DVD and Blu-ray February 23rd
Scott Shaw (Matthew Modine) has come to a tiny Virginia town located just off of the Appalachian Trail in search of his daughter Jen (Charlotte Vega). Six weeks ago, she and a group of her more |
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