Lgbtq

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Arts & Life

Pack your weekend with events celebrating Pride, Renaissance magic, and young musicians

‘One of my favorite events is a movie screening of the film But I'm a Cheerleader.’
Paige Browning

John O'Brien
National

LGBTQ Adults Are Facing Hunger At Almost Twice The Rate As Others, New Data Shows

LGBTQ Americans in a new Census survey reported higher rates of food and economic insecurity, indicating the community is experiencing a particularly heavy financial toll from the pandemic.
Josie Fischels
Law & Courts

Sasha Issenberg tells the surprising story of how marriage equality was won

It has been just over six years since the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. In his new, exhaustively researched book The Engagement: America’s Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage, author Sasha Issenberg shares many of the stories and successful strategies that led to marriage equality.
John O'Brien
Arts & Life

Local designer aims to turn Seattle into fashion hot spot

Worried you won't remember how to get dressed once lockdown lifts? Fashion desinger Jamen Lanogwa Saziru believes there's hope for Puget Sound style beyond fleece and flannel.
Kristin Leong

Patricia Murphy
Photos: Pride And Queer Stories Through The Lens Of Black Women Photographers

Love. Freedom. Truth. These some of the ways Black Women Photographers members describe Pride Month. Here, they share images of past Pride celebrations or projects focusing on LGBTQ stories.
Amna Ijaz

Emily Bogle
Arts & Life

Quarantine from the closet: A love story told through missed calls

A fictional story about two young people navigating their newfound distance during the pandemic, told through their voicemail messages.
Simone St. Pierre Nelson
Health

Gay And Bisexual Men Are Now Allowed To Donate Blood In England, Scotland And Wales

The shift in health policy in most of the U.K. reverses a decades-old rule that limited donor eligibility on perceived risks of contracting HIV/AIDs and other sexually transmitted infections.
Jaclyn Diaz
Arts & Life

'Attractive for an Asian man’: Photographer reframes Asian American masculinity

Chinese American photographer Andrew Kung is reclaiming representation of the all-American man one portrait at a time.
Kristin Leong
Arts & Life

Cap Hill Pride Festival tells SPD to stay home

The Capitol Hill Pride festival plans to host a march and rally the weekend of June 26-27. This year organizers are asking Seattle Police to stand back.
Esmy Jimenez
Race & Identity

On Asian America: Sex, gender and the 'exotic other'

From adult films to a portrait series on Asian men, stereotypes of Asian identity are being disrupted in surprising and creative ways.
Kristin Leong

John O'Brien

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