The Official Seattle Pride Guide 2017

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OFFICIAL SEATTLE PRIDE GUIDE 2017

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SEATTLE PRIDE ORGANIZATION Kevin Toovey President and Chairman of the Board David Hale Vice President and Director of Sponsorship Christine Lyon Treasurer and Director

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Alex Abbott Secretary and Communications Director Editor-in-Chief, Seattle Pride Guide Melissa Celia Garcia Director of Outreach Directors at Large Nick Albritton, Stephanie Bailey, Jeff Cornejo, Julia Lacey, Chris Nichols, Dr. Kevin S. Wang

Two years ago under the Obama Administration, the White House was lit by the colors of the rainbow to commemorate the groundbreaking 5-4 decision of the Supreme Court to extend the rights of marriage to same-sex couples nationally. The iconic photograph of the White House lit in pride colors on June 26, 2015 was a symbol of celebration marking a new chapter in the history of American civil rights. We created a mosaic of this symbol for this year’s cover image using photographs from the 2016 Seattle Pride Parade to reflect the intersectionality of the Seattle LGBTQ+ community and our continued work in American civil rights to obtain full equality for all individuals in this country. #INDIVISIBLE Rainbow-Lit White House Photo: Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library 2016 Seattle Pride Parade Photos: Nate Gowdy Cover Design: Teresa Griswold

The History of Seattle Pride Themes on page 41 was researched from the following sources: Seattle Pride; seattle.gov/cityarchives; The Tim Mayhew Collection on Gay Rights (1964–1999) held by the Special Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries (digital archives); archives and articles from The Stranger, Seattle Times, and Seattle Gay News; and other online resources.

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Parade Route Map.......................................................................................................... 43

Welcome from Seattle Pride............................................................................................. 4 Welcome from Governor Jay Inslee................................................................................. 8

SEATTLE PRIDE DIRECTORY We Are Pride Sponsors................................................................................................... 44 Event Listings................................................................................................................. 45 Dine With Pride.............................................................................................................. 69

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Seattle Pride Remembers Anne Melle Hilgermann........................................................ 32

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Culture Clash.................................................................................................................. 34 Hard Lessons.................................................................................................................. 36 Seattle Pride Themes .................................................................................................... 41

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WELCOME To my beautiful, diverse, powerful LGBTQ+ family (and all of our phenomenal supporters): The time lapse between Pride seasons feels smaller and smaller each year.

The second half of 2016 proved to be frustrating (understatement), and the first half of 2017 hasn’t been any better. Fresh off the first-year anniversary of nationwide marriage equality, a victory that we reveled in, our community walked itself right into the unknown territory of the Trump Presidency, unsure of what and where our next steps should be. With so many equality fights left in the U.S. regarding transequality, LGBTQ+ housing rights, and discriminatory legislation (not to mention the larger battle of tolerance and acceptance, and the rights of LGBTQ+ people across the world), the reign of the Republicans in the U.S. government has felt like a huge blow against our progress.

In the traditional theme of Pride being both a call-to-action and a celebration, our goal at Seattle Pride was to construct a publication that allowed individuals to find real stories they could relate to, experiences they have also shared, and places they can go to find camaraderie in this tumultuous political climate. We know that we are stronger when we are united and when we feel the support from our friends, family, and peers.

This is why we have created this year’s Seattle Pride Guide as a motivator of sorts — our community here in Seattle knows that we are still at the beginning in the continuous battle for equal rights, and there is no motivation like knowing others are standing with us. You’ll read personal experiences from local community members, people here in King County who have seen and belong to other marginalized groups — trans people, womxn, persons of color, persons of varying religious beliefs. You’ll also find spotlights on local nonprofits and organizations who work to assist those who belong to multiple marginalized communities, resources that many of our community members may not have known existed.

We don’t know what’s ahead of us, but we must always remember where we came from and the roads we faced and crossed that led us to today. And we should always remember that Pride itself came from the knowledge that we are humans just as deserving of love, acceptance, and equality as any other human on this planet — that our humanity is something to be celebrated, something to be proud of.

So enjoy the 2017 Pride Season, family. We’ve earned this celebration, and we will keep working toward progress.

Hello and welcome to the 2017 edition of the Seattle Pride Guide!

For many, Pride Month is a time to come together and celebrate our progress, a time to thank those who fought for us at Stonewall, and a time to remember those who have lost their lives securing our freedoms.

Each year, the LGBTQ+ community makes strides forward, assuring our Brighid Murphy/Firelily Photography place in history and creating a safer space for our youth. Just two years ago, we celebrated marriage equality across the U.S.; and last year, we cheered as the United Nations voted to create their first LGBT human rights watchdog. We have so much to celebrate each and every day, but friends, we cannot become complacent. It was just a year ago, that we lost 49 innocent people at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. In January, one of the most hostile Presidential Administrations took office, immediately targeting our trans and immigrant communities. And with increasing senseless acts of violence and legislation aimed at us, we can no longer assume that these trends of progress and growth will continue.

That’s why the theme for this year’s Pride is “Indivisible”, a single word that conveys the core principle of our community and country. The people who continuously attack us know that intersectionality make us stronger, and that’s why they seek to divide us. We need you to stand together with all communities and make your voices heard. As we learned long ago, we cannot achieve equality from the closet. Oppose all forms of discrimination wherever you see them, be vocal, and know that we will not go back.

Whether you will be celebrating Pride season or not, visiting the Volunteer Park Pride Festival, Seattle Pride Parade, or any of the amazing events our local community puts on, my wish for you is a safe and memorable Pride Month.

Remember to celebrate the diversity that makes Seattle unique, be compassionate to one another, and remember that we must support each other in this journey In peace and solidarity,

Kevin Toovey Seattle Pride, President

With love,

Alex Abbott 2017 Seattle Pride Guide Editor-in-Chief

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Photo above left: Alex Abbott, Seattle Pride Guide editor-in-chief (left) with her new wife Gabrielle, married April 28, 2017. Photo above right: Seattle Pride President Kevin Toovey at the 2016 Seattle Pride Parade.

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WELCOME

June 2017 Friends, Welcome to the 43rd annual Seattle Pride Festival! This year’s theme, “Indivisible,” focuses on the need for all marginalized communities to stand together in light of threats to their freedom, and fight for the equity of all people. We are stronger together, and all our futures are linked.

Our approaches to equality need not be identical, but they must be intersectional and inclusive, extending beyond the progression of just one community over another. The equality —and equity — that each of us seeks is linked to that of undocumented students fighting for recognition, to that of black transgender women seeking safety and justice, to that of people with disabilities organizing for access. We struggle together, fight together, and succeed together. There is no other right or sustainable path to justice.

For many, this moment in history feels overwhelming. The nearly daily assaults on our right to exist from the current administration in the White House is disheartening after such incredible progress during the Obama administration. But we have been here before, and we prevailed. We watched as the government ignored our community during the AIDS crisis of the eighties. We fought back. We were criminalized for who we loved. We fought back. We were fired for being ourselves, ejected from our jobs, and we continue to make progress. We were denied the right to marry, and now we won’t let anyone take away our rings.

Opponents to equality will never give up. They will never rest. And neither will we.

This month, we honor the victories of those who came before us and celebrate the richness of our community.

Historically, the month of June has commemorated the Stonewall riots, where trans people of color such as Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera led demonstrations that gave rise to modern fights for equality. We are here to celebrate who we are, how far we have come, and focus on the work not yet complete.

Welcome to Seattle Pride, and thank you for continuing to act, organize, resist, and love.

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Greetings from the Governor June 25, 2017

I am pleased to extend warm greetings to all of those attending Seattle Pride Parade 2017, themed Indivisible.

Washington has a long history of embracing diversity, and I am proud that our state has been a leader in advancing equality for the LGBTQ+ community, including marriage equality and transgender rights. As you know, we have seen a disturbing increase in damaging rhetoric and hate activity over the last number of months, both in our state and across the country, and it is more important than ever that we work together to ensure that Washington remains a place of dignity, inclusion and respect – for the LGBTQ+ community, women, immigrants, refugees, communities of color, people of all faiths and people of all abilities.

In a time when many are hurting and discouraged, I want to share a message of hope and optimism.

We have much to be thankful for in the great state of Washington. I am thankful for each of you and for the progressive values we share, and I promise you that we will stay on the path of progress. We are a diverse and welcoming state that values the perspective and contributions of all of our communities, and as long as I’m governor, I’ll defend the values and policies that ensure Washington remains a beacon of opportunity for every Washingtonian, as we stand strong together against those emboldened to act out of hate, fear and division.

Very truly yours,

Jay Inslee Governor

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2017 Parade Grand Marshals Share Passion and Compassion

by Jeff Cornejo

“I am honored and thrilled to be a Grand Marshal for the 2017 Seattle Pride Parade.

I look forward to the celebration of love and community.”

— Sherman Alexie

YouthCare

YouthCare is incredibly honored and excited to serve as one of the Grand Marshals of the 2017 Seattle Pride Parade! This opportunity lets us share our passionate support for full equality — and have a whole lot of fun along the way, too! An untold number of LGBTQ youth have been kicked out for coming out — for simply being who they are, or under suspicion of who they may be. On the streets, LGBTQ youth are in particular danger. For more than 40 years, YouthCare has been a leader in providing services to homeless youth ages 12 to 24.

Every day we meet LGBTQ youth who need our help through shelter, housing, counseling, education, and employment training. Just as important, these incredible, creative, and resilient youth need our support to unleash their power, their joy, and their potential to move forward with their lives and thrive.

Lee Towndrow

PFLAG honoring Anne Melle (former Seattle Pride Board Member)

Sherman Alexie Sherman Alexie has used his words to empower members of our community, young and old. Winner of the PEN/ Faulkner Award for Fiction, the PEN/ Malamud Award for Short Fiction, a PEN/ Hemingway Citation for Best First Fiction, and the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, Sherman Alexie is a poet, short story writer, novelist, and performer. He has published 26 books including his soon to be released memoir, You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, his first picture book, Thunder Boy Jr, and young adult novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, all from Little, Brown Books; What I’ve Stolen, What I’ve Earned, a book of poetry, from Hanging Loose Press; and Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories, from Grove Press.

Deb Dahrling, PFLAG Seattle Board President, shares a heartfelt statement about a passionate and compassionate ally, who stood by her two gay sons and became a loving fixture in our community.

“Working alongside Anne for six years as a member of PFLAG taught me that you can never do too much to support the members of our LGBTQ family and community. Anne was a tireless, lifelong advocate for equal rights for her two gay sons and others beginning in the early 1970s when it could be dangerous to do so. Anne’s love for her sons and her PFLAG family was deep and unconditional — just like her hugs. Her spirit lives on and encourages us to continue her fight for social justice and equality for all.”

Anne passed away last year, and we are honored to remember her and her tireless work with PFLAG.

Sounders FC

More than 2016 MLS Cup Champion, Sounders FC is one of the leading sports franchises celebrating LGBT Pride. The club will host its third annual Pride match on Wednesday, June 21 at CenturyLink Field against Orlando City. Team captains are expected to wear Pride-themed armbands to commemorate the event.

A special ticket offer for the Pride Match is available where a portion of proceeds will benefit the GSBA Scholarship Fund, with Sounders FC contributing $7,000 to support GSBA Scholars. Sounders FC Alumni, the official team band Sound Wave, and Sounders FC fans will join the Grand Marshals on Parade Day as Sounders FC head to Portland for its match against the Portland Timbers.

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The Q Center is the professionally supported resource, advocacy, and mentoring center for queer students and concerns at the University of Washington.

It provides consulting for various departments on campus with regards to bolstering safety and respect for queer students and coordinates numerous programs, social organizations, and educational initiatives. The size and diversity of the Q Center’s services has grown significantly in the short time it has been operational, and this rate of growth has been matched by increasing interest throughout the campus community in the Q Center’s mission.

Gender Justice League

Gender Justice League is a Washington State gender and sexuality civil and human rights organization headquartered in Seattle, Washington focusing on elevating civil and human rights for trans and gender diverse people by creating community through advocacy efforts and shared leadership development. As a collective, they are comprised of many individual activists (both experienced and new to activism) who have come together to work together to build our community’s power, resilience, and autonomy.

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DonnaTella Howe is moving and shaking all over Seattle.

From Bacon Strip to Rainbow Bingo, playing hostess for DonnaTella Against Humanity at the Raygun Lounge and events with Team Diva Real Estate.

Having completed her reigns as Miss Gay Seattle XLVIII, Imperial Princess XXXVII, Czarina of Capitol Hill and most recently as Empress - Olympia XLV with the Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle, she is ready to serve and FUNdraise for the Seattle community and beyond.

Abbey Roads is Seattle’s premiere corgi-loving, ranch dressing-dipping, Zac Efron-stalking drag performer.

Originally an actor/ singer, Abbey found her footing in the Seattle drag community as a founding member of Glitterbeast, formerly known as the Haus of Keebler. She perfroms all around the Puget Sound area including acting in the Seattle premiere performances of Peaches Christ’s drag parodies.

Most recently, Abbey was seen starring in ‘Mister Act’ with Willam and Latrice Royale, and ‘Legally Black’ with Bob the Drag Queen. Abbey would love to thank her friends, family, as well as chosen family she’s found in Seattle’s LGBTQ community. #allyouneedislove xoxo

The Lady B is Seattle’s Première TransFabulous, Femtastic, Draglesquing, SassMouthing Negro.

In her muggle life, she works at The NW Network of bi, trans, lesbian, and gay survivors of abuse.

She also serves on the Ingersoll Gender Center Board of Directors, the Gay City Arts Curating Council, and is a public speaker (TEDx Middlebury), performance artist, activist, and twerk facilitator.

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Miss Violet DeVille

Diva Le Déviant

Miss TylahMayJackson, also known as Tye Garsen, is a Jack(ess) of all trades who is multi-faceted in various parts of the LGBTQ community and beyond. She is a community representative at social gatherings and private events and embraces the love and support from a community that is ever growing. As a volunteer, she has worked with Seattle Area Support Groups, SeaWolf, I Score, United Ebony Council of Washington, Misfists Nightclub, and Lambert House.

Miss TylahMayJackson continues to mentor addicts into recovery, LGBT youth into thriving citizens, and inspires everyone around him to live a positive affirming life.

The Timeless Trollop is a transgender woman and a class act from a history that never was. Miss Violet DeVille supports the burlesque, trans, and queer communities at home and abroad as an activist and producer-performer, supporting various charities including the Gender Justice League, the ACLU, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and other local and national organizations through her performances. She’s executive director at Purple Devil Productions, creators of shows like Wheel of Tease, Improvised Burlesque to Live Music, and the New’d Cabaret, a new performer showcase. Miss DeVille also helps organize Lily Divine Production’s Debauchery at Neighbors Nightclub, a show filled with queers stripping for queers for the betterment of queers.

By day, Sasha Summer Cousineau is an auctioneer, event planner, and co-owner of Revel Rouser Events.

Sasha also spent over 15 years in the non-profit sector Lou Daprile Photo working for reproductive health, rights and justice, as well as working to eradicate domestic and sexual violence.

By night, Sasha becomes Diva le Déviant, a cabaret emcee, singer, burlesque dancer, and narrative cabaret writer.

Diva is a principal performer with Sinner Saint Burlesque and 3-2-1 BATTLE! This queer, intersectional feminist is proud to be a self-proclaimed “actrevist and empowertainer”.

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“The Gender Defying Southern Fox” is a Drag King born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina, and performed up and down the East Coast before moving to Seattle. Tricky Dick Dodger takes the term “male illusionist” to a whole new level and is known for occasionally throwing a magic act into his performances.

He turned his dreams into reality when he created Dapper Down Productions, a local event company focused on building community, particularly for trans and queer individuals. Although the focus of Dapper Down is to create safe spaces for gender-bending performances and entertainment, he still includes a fundraising component to the majority of events supporting local non-profit organizations.

He is thrilled and honored to be included as an announcer in the parade this year, and looks forward to celebrating the wonders and joys of Seattle Pride 2017.

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Indivisible

by Alex Abbott When you search “indivisible” on Google, the definition of the word isn’t the first result. It’s not even in the top 10.

In 2017, searching “indivisible” online turns up results with political motivations, ranging from an organization that teaches the value of a functioning government at the website indivisible.us to the Indivisible Guide — a literal guide from ex-Congress staffers on how to effectively communicate with Congress in a drive to resist the Trump agenda.

Indivisible is a bold word. It is stronger than “united.” It is a call to action and is the power that comes from an inability to be divided. The word stands alone in the United States’ Pledge of Allegiance: “one nation … indivisible, with liberty and justice for all” and with its isolation in the final sentence comes the intent, the understanding that our country cannot be divided.

In 2017, however, the definition of “indivisible” has seemingly become more targeted; no longer is it simply “impossible to separate or divide.” The country defined by the word has, in fact, become separated, and the driving forces behind the division are entirely political.

Recently, the divides in our nation’s philosophies have been displayed front and center. The 2016 Presidential election came down to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in one of the most vicious races in our country’s democracy. Racial, gender, and economic injustices are vehemently debated on a daily basis in the media, among families, between friends.

The Republican and the Democratic parties have displayed the gaps in their overall agendas with both parties conflicted within themselves. The 2016 election led the country to showcase its deepest contradictions, and the divide could not be more disconcerting.

While we have been arguing amongst our peers, loved ones, and even strangers on social media, our notorious LGBTQ+ community — currently one of the most politically powerful and passionately organized marginalized groups — has only energized itself. Seemingly feeding off the negativity and turbulent political climate, members of the community have been rising up, more motivated than ever to continue the primary, most organized fight: liberty and justice for all — complete equality for every human.

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This time around, the fight for full equality is bigger than our community. We have a new motivation. The people within the larger LGBTQ+ community who also belong to other groups of marginalized persons: including people of color, people with disabilities and health concerns, and womxn.

And we feel this motivation, this drive, this passion. It is rampant in the rallies, the marches, the protests, and all the unified mass gatherings that demonstrate we cannot and will not be silenced or overlooked. “Indivisible” is our mantra, and we are unwilling to sacrifice the progress we have made when complete equality is still outside our reach.

As of this writing, only 22 states in the country have non-discrimination housing laws protecting the LGBTQ+ community (according to HRC reports), and two of those states (Wisconsin and New Hampshire) only have housing laws protecting sexual orientation, not gender identity. Over half of the country has not passed or enacted laws protecting all people to live wherever they choose without risk of facing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Unfortunately, this is only one issue still facing our community.

Nationwide, marriage equality was a battle that we won and celebrated fervently, but we knew the fight was only uphill

from there. Thankfully, with decades of preparation and historical perseverance for our rights — from the AIDS crisis to the 2016 election — we have learned what our community is capable of when we come together. And thankfully, we have an army of allies who are willing to work and fight for us. The LGBTQ+ community makes up just under four percent of the national population (according to Gary Gates of the UCLA Williams Institute), and with the looming uncertainty of a political climate that appears to be targeting marginalized people, we have to rely on our allies to help propel us forward as a community that deserves the exact same rights as any other human being.

This is what indivisible means to our community. It is the power of intersectionality.

We have so much still at stake, to fight for, and we are using our unity with people from all marginalized communities to persevere in the overall goal of complete equality for all people. This motivation cannot be broken, not when so many continuously work so hard to guarantee progress. We are indivisible.

Alex serves on the board of directors for Seattle Pride and is passionate about the pursuit of social justice. She and her wife currently live in Issaquah, with plans to turn their sailboat into a tiny home and travel the world.

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Ingersoll Gender Center Ingersoll Gender Center is one of the nation’s oldest organizations of, by and for transgender and gender nonconforming people. Since 1977 the organization has provided mutual support through peer-led support groups, advocacy in navigating resources, community organizing, and education — all in the pursuit of our collective self-determination.

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We know that the trans and gender nonconforming communities in the Puget Sound reflect what the national data tells us. Folks from our communities are more likely to be low income, face housing instability, and have significant challenges in accessing healthcare. For much of our history we were a labor of love, run by generations of talented, persistent, and caring trans and gender nonconforming leaders and volunteers. Our weekly trans- ed support groups have met every week for over forty years — no matter the weather or holidays — without interruption to give trans and gender nonconforming folks a space to find support and resources and build community.

How do you provide services/ assistance to those in the community you are helping? What resource(s) does your organization rely on to provide those services?

The support group is the foundational piece of what we do and the folks we serve in that space, the 50 to 75 people who come every week, are what drive our work to make Seattle and the Puget

Sound region a community that nurtures healthy communities free from violence, centers self-determination for all people, and celebrates all gender identities and expressions. We formed the Seattle Trans Economic Empowerment Project (STEEP) to support those in our communities in overcoming the multiple practiced forms of oppression that prevent them from accessing stable employment and housing.

How can individuals outside your organization contribute/get involved assisting in your goals? What kind of outreach/fundraising/awareness is done to gather outside help?

As we look back on over four decades of weekly trans led support group meetings, over 2,300 meetings, and over 100,000 different conversations seeking and finding support and resources, we are proud of our history but could not be more excited for the future. Now is an amazing time to get involved at Ingersoll. There are so many ways to support the trans led community work happening in our region. Donate, become a monthly donor in support of Ingersoll and our trans led work. Sign up for our email list, follow us on social media, and stay in touch so you can find the best way to support trans led work happening in our communities.

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Name an instance or situation where your organization made a difference in an individual’s life as an example of your work. (or Where have you seen your organization make a difference from something you have personally witnessed?)

A few years ago with the help of some talented and supportive healthcare providers we formed consult groups for providers to educate each other on the best ways to provide care and remove barriers to access for their transgender and gender nonconforming patients. This group has grown to almost 400 providers.

In addition to educating each other, they have become advocates encouraging other providers to provide gender-affirming care to our communities. In addition to the knowledge of our consult group we maintain a database of providers at ingersollcenter.org/providers that folks can use to find a healthcare provider that works best for them. Supporting folks as they access gender-affirming healthcare is a significant portion of our work. The significant progress in gender-affirming healthcare policies here in Washington state that we have been able to advocate for and obtain with our friends with the Coalition for Inclusive Health Care make so much of our work possible.

Does your organization work with other organizations of local marginalized communities to create unity within the city of Seattle? Do you believe working together in this way would strengthen the community of Seattle in creating a unified and stronger space for all people to thrive?

From 40 years of building power and community for transgender and gender nonconforming communities, we know that our work would not be possible without the support from the amazing allies and community partners like the amazing parents that run our significant others, friends, family, and allies (SOFFA) support group, or our friends at Seattle Counseling Services that help provide space for support groups, our amazing neighbors and supporters at Gay City, or the committed and talented health care providers that share our vision of providing more equitable healthcare to our communities. Not only are we better together — we simply would not be turning 40 as an organization this year without the support of other LGBTQ organizations and leaders.

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Together, We Rise; Together, We Shine

by Sonj Basha Seattle Pride is set to take place 379 days after the Orlando Massacre, the largest mass murder against the LGBTQ community in U.S. history. This is 150 days after the Trump Administration signed an executive order known as the Muslim Ban, enforcing an Islamaphobic agenda.

I am writing this less than 24 hours after the body of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first and only Black Muslim woman to serve in New York’s highest court, was found dead in the Hudson River. Today, our country systematically oppresses and kills queer people of color and Muslims, yet we are still here.

I am a brown Muslim immigrant. I am gender queer. I am still here.

Over the past year, the city of Seattle has shown that it has a capacity to fight for justice. There has been much to celebrate in the efforts of collaboration across differences. I have sat on a panel with the Seattle Public Library that highlighted and held space for queer and trans people of color. I spoke at the Seattle Office of Civil Rights about healing in the aftermath of violence. I have been on stage with One America speaking out against the ban on migration and marched in the streets for Black Lives Matter.

The city has hosted speakers from Angela Davis to Jose Antonio Vargas. Seattle held one of the nation’s largest Women’s Marches and had an unexpectedly large protest against the Muslim Ban. Organizers have hosted countless efforts to stop the displacement of black people from our historic Central District. The community organizing and grassroots efforts of LGBTQIA2* activists have not gone unseen by the liberal agenda.

When faced with threats of violence and oppressive legislation, I have seen first hand how the community has the ability to bridge differences and build resistance. Our local and state government has been recognized for being at the forefront of transformational policy change. Yet, there is a long road still ahead for collective liberation. The voices of those most susceptible to violence continue to be silenced. It is the duty of those who hold the most power in our communities to empower the stories and lives of our marginalized communities.

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Sonj Basha speaks about her identity of being both Muslim and queer at the 2016 Seattle Pride Parade.

The mainstream LGBTQ movement and those who have power in progressing change are being called in to actively bring to the center those who hold identities at vulnerable intersections. There is no room for the status quo in queer liberation. Until those with the most privilege are willing to move beyond their own ignorance and fears to engage in dismantling the systems of oppression that continue to disenfranchise trans women, refugees, black communities, the homeless, and all other disenfranchised people, our work is far from progressive.

It isn’t simple to call on folks who have had to overcome their own adversities when it comes to sexuality and gender to continue to confront and dismantle oppression for others when it comes to race, class, religion, ability, and nationality. But it must be done. The collective movement needs to rise up and highlight the intersections of our identities in order to humanize our experiences. If we homogenize the queer experience, violence and structures of oppression become perpetuated. We must give up some of our own power to create room for people to bring the fullest versions of themselves.

We must create spaces to come together in ways that don’t compartmentalize, but rather highlight and empower the multiplicity of our identities. Then, the possibility to generate radical change happens simply by acknowledging others’ diverse humanity. Queer people exist and belong in every community.

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when supporting communities. Allies need to be cautious of co-opting the struggles and identities of those they are engaging. When participating in community actions over the past year in Seattle, one disheartening aspect to witness is the attempt to be in solidarity through the “we are all” rhetoric. Let me remind Seattle that we are not all immigrants.

We are not all Muslims. We are not all discriminated against or are subject to similar injustices. Most identities are not represented in the mainstream media and perpetuating the idea that people should not be granted their voices to represent themselves is a system of erasure.

Yes, Muslim women should be able to exist anywhere in this country and not fear for their safety. Yet, there are a countless number of brutal attacks as a backlash response to the Islamaphobic jargon surrounding the anniversaries of 9/11 every year. No, non-Muslim women wearing American flag hijabs in some random act of an attempt at solidarity does not change this reality. Yes, cisgendered women should be free from the daunting reality of rape culture and violence against women that plague our nations streets, universities, workplaces, and domestic homes. But no, not all women have vaginas and not all vaginas are attached to a woman. Therefore, the conversation around safety and bodies needs to include trans women and gender non-conforming people who tend to be in the periphery of those movements yet predisposed to the most gender-based violence.

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Tactics of the media are meant to divide us. It’s the oldest trick in the power book.

Let us not attempt to tokenize any one’s lived experience or place people on some kind of diversity platform. At the same time, let’s work together to acknowledge and understand our differences in order to build effective and empowered community. The key to any healthy relationship is active listening skills. Let’s make sure we hear the voices of our neighbors and allow people to self-determine what is best to rise up. To strategize liberally for gay and lesbian rights, but not advocate strongly to support immigration, foreign policy, religious freedom, disability justice, and dismantling the economic gap would mean denying the basis of inclusivity.

It’s not just about marriage equality; it’s about citizenship rights. It’s not just about adoption rights; it’s about building healthier education systems for all children. It’s not just about bathroom bills; it’s about ensuring everyone has safe access to sanitation. We have strength when we build bridges together.

The Orlando Massacre targeted a latinx night, and we have a responsibility to our latin@ community to ensure that families do not continue to be torn apart by deportation. The refugee ban impacts millions who deserve basic human rights, which includes queer asylum seekers. We have a duty to not condone the bombing of the Islamic world. Black women and girls go missing, are being killed, and continue to lack the media attention they deserve. These numbers disproportionately reflect trans women of color, and it is so necessary that we spread the word and make their names known.

Together, we exist in a world that is attempting to literally kill us. We are dancing, doing art, making love, having families. We are no longer invisible and hiding the weirdest, most creative, most brilliant parts of ourselves. Seattle is a revolutionary place. There are movements that are being built here that are paving the way to creating a more inclusive world.

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Sonj Basha is a community leader, queerdo activist, writer, and educator residing in Seattle by way of Bangladesh. A first generation college graduate, they serve as a commissioner for the mayor’s office, work as a bail bonding agent, facilitate empowering workshops, travel avidly, and hit the splits on the dance floor all in good humor and deep faith.

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Congregation Tikvah Chadashah (CTC) is a gay/Jewish congregation. We came into being over 30 years ago, in response to the marginalization of gay Jews in mainstream synagogues. Since Stonewall, gay Jews have been increasingly accepted in many mainstream synagogues. Although the need for a separate gay/Jewish place to worship has diminished, we continue to be a voice and place for gay Jews, friends and family to come together.

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What is the most common difficulty your organization or those seeking help from your organization face?

Sometimes it is difficult to find us. We meet, now at members homes usually the 2nd Friday of the month. We are a small group in number, but with a warm and welcoming heart. It may be initially difficult to feel at home.

How do we provide services/assistance to those in community?

Our group offers a community Seder at Passover, open to all. We sponsor a film at the Jewish Film Festival, and we are a sponsor for gay pride Shabbat. We are a meeting place for those interested in de-

veloping deeper ties with other gay Jews and a place to explore one’s spirituality.

How can individuals outside your organization contribute/get involved assisting in your goals? What kind of outreach/fundraising /awareness is done to gather outside help?

We are a presence in the Jewish and gay life cycle events mentioned above.

As part of the planning for gay pride we partner with Jewish Federation and other synagogues. We have a website which keeps community members aware of our activities.

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For a number of years, at Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, I would mourn the loss of my original home of New York, my family and my congregation. I tried out a variety of mainstream synagogues here, only to find that my hunger for family, for a spiritual home was unfulfilled. Finally one of my friends told me about Congregation Tikvah Chadashah, Seattle’s LGBTQ+ congregation. At long last, I found a home. A place I felt both emotionally and spiritually connected.

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in an individual’s life as an example of your work.

Does your organization work with other organizations of local marginalized communities to create unity within the city of Seattle?

Our focus has been to educate and reach out especially to the straight Jewish community. This was important in the early stages of the AIDS crisis, around our efforts to stop discrimination, and to promote marriage equality. The straight Jewish community members were early and vocal supporters of marriage equality. Our working together has strengthened us and built more bridges.

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Finding Our Way One Conversation at a Time

by Alyssa W. Christensen I remember the moment I found out that being gay was “a real thing.” (This is embarrassing, but I think I was in high school.) I remember being a freshman in college (at the ripe old age of 18!) and finding out what “LGBTQ” meant. (It was 2008. Yikes.)

As a heterosexual female, before I began college I really hadn’t given the concept of non-heterosexual orientations much thought. It came up every now and again in my religious circle of friends, but honestly, I just didn’t feel that same-sex marriage concerned me. I had very surface-level thoughts on it all, and it was mostly because I was surrounded by people who were just like me when it came to beliefs and orientations — we were straight, religious, and politically conservative. I simply was not pushed to think about the many LGBTQ people in our world.

When the issue of same-sex marriage became more of a mainstream political issue, I was finally confronted by the idea that you could choose to support or not support same-sex marriage. People at my college were talking about it; it was an issue that I couldn’t ignore. But once I realized there was a choice to make, it was easy — of course LGBTQ folks should have the same rights as everyone else.

Less than a decade later, I am a married heterosexual woman of color living in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle.

From my specific vantage point, things are mostly fine and dandy. I feel safe when I’m on an afternoon run or walking home at night. I have never felt that I’ve been outright discriminated against because of my race while I’ve been out and about in Capitol Hill, or any other Seattle neighborhood. Living in Seattle (and especially in Capitol Hill), I feel like I’m in a protective bubble. I have the general sense that my neighbors (both my literal down-the-hall neighbors and my general community) are on the same page as me politically and personally — I don’t expect to hear prejudiced comments about my race. I don’t expect anyone to oppose same-sex marriage. I don’t expect anyone to think that going to the Women’s March is a controversial thing to do. It’s a warm, fuzzy feeling, and I love living here.

But when I step outside this bubble, I always go through a mini culture shock.

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pro-Trump signs, and even my own family has a handful of Trump voters. Reading and hearing the long list of prejudiced (and worse) things they believe is mind-numbing; when I hear they want to “build a wall” and ban refugees from predominantly Muslim countries, I wonder how they really feel about me and my brown skin. When I hear they want to repeal same sex marriage because it’s “unnatural” and “not what God intended,” I wonder how they would have felt 50 years ago (or maybe still feel) about my own interracial marriage when these same arguments were used to speak out against it.

When I leave my bubble, it’s hard to be confronted by these people and their deeply rooted prejudices. Their opinions are not so malleable as an open-minded 18-year-old college student’s. Especially with our current national political climate, it feels like we’ve taken a giant step (or 50) backwards. The haters are crawling out of their caves and feeling more empowered than ever.

So what’s to be done? What can we do to ensure that America is the place it claims to be when it’s at its best?

Back in March, I attended Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal’s town hall (my first ever town hall!) and as you can imagine, the people who showed up were deeply con-

cerned about the Trump administration’s agenda. A couple of times that evening, people asked Jayapal what we could do to fight back. “How can we resist? What can be done?!”

Jayapal’s answer was surprising to me in its simplicity: she urged us to talk to people. She urged us to talk to our friends, family, and acquaintances (especially those in different districts) about the issues that are important to us. Talk to them about healthcare. Talk to them about the rights of transgender people (and how they, too, must pee!), talk to them about Black Lives Matter, and talk to them about immigrants and LGBTQ rights and gender equality and income equality.

We need to keep having those hard conversations, and we need to keep pushing back against injustice in both the large and small moments.

The simple act of talking about something as a way to inspire change reminds me of learning about “diversity” when I was growing up. I got so sick of talking about diversity. Every year when Black History Month rolled around, it was going to be all Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks and platitudes about diversity and civil rights. I’m not racist. I don’t even know anyone who is racist! I thought. I felt that it was time to move on. And it really wasn’t until I was in a sociology class in college learning about race that I realized holy cow, talking about race is really, really important.

I digress, but what I mean to say is this: We must talk about the world we want.

We must continue to talk about diversity and equality.

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Jayapal is right. Yes, we need to call our representatives, protest in the streets, and support those who are equipped to make the difference we desire. We need to take action, walk the talk, and put our money where our mouths are. These things are important. But I believe the small moments are just as important. We need to keep talking about what makes us a strong, diverse city and country. We need to keep having those hard conversations, and we need to keep pushing back against injustice in both the large and small moments. Yes, even in liberal Seattle — there is much work to be done.

When I was approached about writing this article as an LGBTQ ally, my first reaction was “I’m not qualified!” My vision of an “LGBTQ ally” is, I’ve discovered, pretty intense — it’s someone who has been on the frontlines for decades, actively speaking up for LGBTQ rights, at every protest, preaching on every street corner. And don’t get me wrong — these people are important. But we can all be an ally and do our part — one person, one interaction, and one conversation at a time.

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What is the most common difficulty your organization or those seeking help from your organization face?

assisting in your goals? What kind of outreach/fundraising/awareness is done to gather outside help?

TNW works with a diaspora comprised of a healthy mix of first generation immigrants and American natives with South Asian heritage. The needs of the subgroups within the community are distinct and require equal attention. Also, due to the sensitive nature of identifying as an LGBTQ+ individual, the participation from the community is sparse and temporal.

We always promote any collaboration activities with interested parties. If there is an individual/organization who wants to get involved either financially or through any other means, they can connect with us through emails and/or personal meetings. We are a volunteer-run organization, so we invite and encourage interested individuals to be a part of the administration.

How do you provide services/ assistance to those in the community you are helping? What resource(s) does your organization rely on to provide those services?

Does your organization work with other organizations of local marginalized communities to create unity within the city of Seattle? Do you believe working together in this way would strengthen the community of Seattle in creating a unified and stronger space for all people to thrive?

TNW as an organization aspires to create diverse programming that caters to all avenues our constituents are involved in, including social events like potlucks and meetups, family workshops, conference participations, collaborations with other active organizations, etc. We also have a vibrant social media presence where we have created virtual spaces to promote community interactions.

How can individuals outside your organization contribute/get involved

TNW extensively works with API Chaya, whose major constituents are women from marginalized communities. We both share common principles and ideologies and share individuals who are actively involved in both communities. We both believe in sharing resources to further the common cause of uplifting minority communities in and around Seattle.

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CLOSE UP El Centro de la Raza El Centro de la Raza was founded in 1972 after a peaceful and multiracial three-month occupation of the abandoned Beacon Hill School building. Over 44 years later, we are an indispensable community organization that responds to a broad range of community needs with culturally and linguistically competent programs for children, youth, adults, and seniors.

Of the 16,452 individuals and 10,128 households served in 2016, 57 percent of participants were Latino, 90 percent were people of color, and 91 percent were low-income. An estimated one in three participants is an immigrant or refugee, and one in three participants speak limited English.

El Centro de la Raza is a key resource for many Latino immigrant families, particularly those with limited English skills.

What is the most common difficulty your organization or those seeking help from your organization face?

Latinos and other people of color are disproportionately affected by the academic achievement gap, food insecurity, and inadequate housing. Many struggle to meet basic household needs due to underemployment or unemployment.

Housing costs have increased sharply in the last 10 years, pushing low-income Latinos and other people of color out of the city into South King County. The current political climate under the new federal administration has caused widespread fear among Latinos across the country, particularly among immigrants.

How do you provide services/ assistance to those in the community you are helping? What resources does your organization rely on to provide those services?

El Centro de la Raza provides 49 comprehensive programs and services in the areas of emergency and human services, children and youth, education and asset-building, housing and economic development, and advocacy. In response to federal Executive Orders threatening the safety and civil rights of immigrants, we began providing individualized Know Your Rights training and assistance for families to prepare emergency plans for themselves and their children in case of arrest and/or detention. El Centro de la Raza relies on funding, volunteer support, and community partnerships. Funding

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comes from state, local, and federal government agencies, United Way of King County, individual contributions, corporate and foundation grants, special event revenue, and earned income. A total of 815 volunteers provided 18,473 hours of service in support of our programs in 2016. We partner with over 200 diverse organizations.

How can individuals outside your organization contribute/get involved assisting in your goals? What kind of outreach/fundraising/awareness is done to gather outside help?

El Centro de la Raza offers a number of volunteer opportunities year-round ranging from individual weekly commitments in programs such as the Food Bank, After School, and Senior programs, to support at special events including Dia de los Muertos, Cinco de Mayo, and our annual gala. We also host volunteer groups of various sizes for projects around the building, including fundraising activities, event preparations, and grounds upkeep.

Name an instance or situation where your organization made a difference in an individual’s life as an example of your work (or Where have you seen your organization make a different from something you have personally witnessed?)

Alba* and her two young children were living in a shelter after fleeing domestic violence in their home. The instability of living in a shelter was difficult, espe-

cially for the children. Alba heard about the new affordable housing at El Centro de la Raza’s Plaza Roberto Maestas and was one of the first in line on the day we took applications. Alba and her children moved into their new apartment in September 2016. Alba says that living at Plaza Roberto Maestas has changed her family’s life. “We are now in a stable place and live in peace. We feel very secure to have a home of our own in a community that is so welcoming.”

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Does your organization work with other organizations of local marginalized communities to create unity within the city of Seattle? Do you believe working together in this way would strengthen the community of Seattle in creating a unified and stronger space for all people to thrive?

El Centro de la Raza is committed to organizing for multiracial unity and justice for all marginalized communities. As an organization grounded in the Latino community of Washington State, it is our mission to build the Beloved Community through unifying all racial and economic sectors; to organize, empower, and defend the basic human rights of our most vulnerable and marginalized populations; and to bring critical consciousness, justice, dignity, and equity to all the peoples of the world.

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Seattle Pride Remembers Anne Melle Hilgermann

by Alex Abbott

At 6:30 a.m. on December 26, 2016, Anne Melle Hilgermann passed away at 93 years of age leaving behind a legacy of over 40 years of service to the LGBTQ+ community as a pioneer in the fight for equal rights.

Anne was a lifelong supporter of American civil rights, born to parents who immigrated to America from Europe in pursuit of a life free from oppression in 1922. Her passion and awareness for social justice among the LGBTQ+ community began in 1977 when she began attending Parents of Gays meetings in Chicago in support of her hairdresser who had a gay son. It wasn’t until after her regular attendance at these meetings that her two sons came out as gay, which only further empowered Anne to continue to fight for their rights for equality in America. Anne continued to participate in the Parents of Gays meetings through their coalition with similar groups nationwide, creating PFLAG chapters across the country. Anne remained an important individual to PFLAG for the rest of her life, serving in various roles across the country from being the Mid-Coast Maine representative to joining the board of directors of the Seattle chapter in 1996.

Through Anne’s life, she contributed much to not only the LGBTQ+ community, but to other marginalized people as well. Among her seemingly infinite projects were co-founding a food bank

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in Maine, working to find clothing for the children of battered women in Seattle, and volunteering in nursing homes and public school systems all while maintaining her role as a prominent PFLAG mother.

Anne had joined the movement in days where defending the community was a dangerous occupation. In her time living in rural Maine to be with her younger son, Ray, she was threatened and even routinely escorted by local police to and from her PFLAG meetings. Still, Anne remained undeterred.

When Anne moved to Seattle in 1996 to be with her older son, Len, her role in PFLAG only continued to spread. PFLAG National honored her for her service in 2008 for her commitment to PFLAG including serving roles of president and co-president of the local chapter. In 2005, still passionately pursuing the fight for social justice, Anne joined the Seattle Out and Proud board of directors, a role she kept until 2016 (at 93 years old) when her declining health prevented her from serving any longer. Between her many dedicated roles in the community of Seattle, the GSBA honored Anne with an award created specifically for her, Voice for Social Justice, in February 2014.

Anne is remembered fondly by all who met and knew her, often referred to as “Mom” by members of the community she worked so hard to protect. We will miss Anne and her never-failing positive attitude, partnership, and passion for defending and uplifting the LGBTQ+ community. It is because of her, and people like her, that we recognize the invaluable importance of our allies and fervent supporters. We are honored that she spent so much of her time with our community, and are so grateful for her dedication to our local Seattle LGBTQ+ family.

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by Ruslan Pashkov In early December 1996, I was born in a hospital in Seattle. However, less than three months before, my parents immigrated from Ukraine as refugees, fleeing the collapse of the Soviet Union.

As a first-generation immigrant, I didn’t learn to speak English until I was around six years old, almost all of my friends until I was eleven were also first-gen Slavic immigrants, and I didn’t even know the word “gay” until I was twelve. I ate Ukrainian food and listened to Russian pop and watched VHS tapes of Soviet cartoons that my papa rented from the EuroMart/Car Mechanic combo in Kirkland.

In middle school I made a few American friends and throughout those three years they started coming out. The first one came out as bisexual. Then, two girls started dating, and my eyes were opened to the concept of same-sex relationships.

Things made sense for a while. I grabbed the word bisexual and held onto it for dear life. That was my school sphere; that was the world where I only spoke English, where I listened to pop-punk and watched cartoons with my friends.

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This was the way I lived for most of my time in school. I would try on labels with my American friends, from bisexual to asexual to pansexual to lesbian, from cisgender to being a trans man to being agender to being whatever I am now.

Agender transmasculine lesbian, maybe?

I have friends who helped me through figuring it out, who listened to me when I was confused, and who supplied me with words when I needed to label myself.

At the same time, I also watched them change, and supported them through

their own explorations of identity. We were able to be ourselves around each other. I was able to be myself.

Home? None of that. I was a daughter and a sister. I had roles that I needed to perform. My family was very traditional, and it was emphasized that I had to clean and cook. A woman’s role was in the house. It drove me crazy. I was made fun of for being a tomboy and told that I needed to act girly even though that wasn’t who I was.

In Ukraine, LGBT rights aren’t as far along as they are [in America]. I’m not out to any of the family that still lives there, but their opinions on gay people are reflected in my parents. My dad only uses slang to refer to gay men (goluboy). My mom gets distant and uncomfortable when I talk about my identity. She once told me that my queerness was a punishment from God. Years ago, she made a joke that if she had known that being a lesbian was an option when she was younger, she would never have gotten involved with a man.

God punished her for saying such things by giving her me: a gender confused lesbian.

At that point in time, I wasn’t religious anymore. A lot of Ukrainian culture, however, is tied up with the Orthodox Church.

When I was much younger, my mother took my brother and me to church almost every Saturday. There are icons all over my mother’s house. We followed the Orthodox calendar for holidays, which meant celebrating Christmas two weeks later than everyone else. At no point in my life do I remember any talk of queer

identity in a religious setting. No one ever condemned it, it just was not talked about. That didn’t stop my mother from saying that God doesn’t love people like me when my dad asked why I stopped going to church.

Bringing the two spheres of my life closer together was a challenge that I had underestimated. My family had mostly found out that I was gay when I was 14.

I had come home crying because I had a crush on my best friend, a girl. My family chose to ignore it. I kept having to come out. I was determined to make them see me as I was. I was tired of being asked about boys, of the expectations put on me, of not being myself around the people who were supposed to accept me.

Regardless, my family’s history and culture have shaped who I am: a first-generation immigrant, a child of refugees, and a lesbian.

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My mom insists that she didn’t know that I was gay until three years ago. My dad doesn’t want to talk about it. I was never kicked out, and they still support me as best as they can, but it’s not what I wanted.

My American sphere is richer than ever.

I am friends with people with a large variety of sexualities and gender identities.

Currently, I am trying to become more active in the community. I’ve met a lot of people that accept me, confusion and all, at college. I am trying to figure out who I am.

Sometimes it feels like I gave up my Ukrainian heritage in order to embrace a queer identity. I don’t know any queer Slavic people, and I don’t know how to begin finding them, though I don’t doubt that they are out there. Regardless, my family’s history and culture have shaped who I am: a first-generation immigrant, a child of refugees, and a lesbian.

Rue is a 20-year-old sociology student in Seattle, trying to figure out adulthood and their own personal identity.

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Hard Lessons

by Ron Peterson

Brighid Murphy/Firelily Photography

On the evening of November 8th, Cal (a young trans guy I work with) was watching the election returns on his phone with increasing trepidation.

“Pennsylvania just went for Trump,” he moaned.

A little later, “Ohio just went Trump.”

I was unhappy for Cal, because he'd never experienced an American administration where he'd have to fight for his equality. I was unhappy for myself, because I had.

I let him go on for a while, reciting a list of red states that had voted for a reality show celebrity to be leader of our country.

However, when his anxiety was getting ready to reach “critical,” I pulled him aside and tried to talk him off the ledge.

I’m a 59-year-old gay man, and although I haven’t seen everything, I have suffered through some pretty demoralizing events. I put on my Uncle Ron hat.

“You know, this election is scary but it’s not the most frightening thing you can try

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to endure. In 1981 or 1982, I was working in some of the Seattle bars as a DJ, and we were just starting to hear about the mysterious illness killing gay men. No one knew what it was, and we would endlessly speculate about the source. Maybe it was a government plot to kill us. Maybe it was too many poppers.”

“Poppers?” Cal asked. “What’s that?”

“Amyl Nitrite. Inhaled during sex. Don’t they teach you guys anything in school?

Anyways, this ‘thing’ was striking down gay men at a faster and faster rate, and we didn’t know what it was. And secretly, we would privately wonder if we had it.

“Within months, some of my friends started developing these weird lesions, bouts of pneumonia and I still didn’t know how they were getting sick. I don’t think we had an HIV test until 1984, so

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every morning and every evening I’d examine myself and wonder if this spot was just a mole or was it Karposi’s sarcoma.

“By 1989, most of my bar friends were sick or dead, and if you didn’t see someone for a few months, you just figured that they were gone as well. Every week, the Seattle Gay News would have an obituary about someone I knew. Those were dark days.”

“Jesus, Ron,” Cal said. “What did you do?”

“Do?” I said. “As a community, we fought back. That’s why ACT UP got started, trying to move anti-AIDS drugs to market before we all died. This was also the period of the Moral Majority who loved to tell us that AIDS was God’s judgment on homosexuality.”

Cal was silent, so I went on. “This is the lesson our community faces again and again. When police harassment got bad enough, we had Stonewall. When Matthew Shepard died on a fence in Wyoming, we marched. When North Carolina passed an anti-trans bathroom bill, we boycotted. We fought for samesex marriage. We fought to remain in the military.”

Cal sighed and I sighed in reply. “Can I go home early and cry?”

“Go on,” I told him. I was unhappy for Cal, because he’d never experienced an American administration where he’d have to fight for his equality. I was unhappy for myself, because I had.

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A Sampling of

THEMES 1973 - 2017 Reflecting the struggle, the victories & the celebrations. This is PRIDE.

1982: Celebration 1983: DIVERSITY IN ACTION … A celebration of our strength and diversity reaffirming our dedication to end discrimination and achieve equality for all.

1984: Lesbians and Gay Men Working Together to Create a Free Future 1985: Strength Through Unity and Pride

Annual Gay Pride Week started in the summer of 1973. The events surrounding Pride Week grew larger and better attended, culminating in the first Gay Pride March in 1977.

In 1979, the gayrights theme shares the spotlight with a number of concerns including opposition to nuclear power and the movements for rights of minorities, women, and working people.

1986: Unite to Fight for Human Rights

1997: This is a year

1987: Unity in Pride, Power, Life and Justice

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1989: Stonewall Rebellion — 20th Year: Proud of Our Past; Fighting for Our Future

1990: Unite for Freedom — Lesbian and Gay Rights Now 1991: Hands Together in Peace and Pride 1992: Honoring Our Past, Reaching for Our Future, Equal Rights and Liberation 1994: The slogan of the day: “No Discrimination”.

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and pass on our values to our children.

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1977: “Equal Rights for All” — a march to begin the week-long celebration that Seattle Mayor Wes Uhlman officially proclaimed “Gay Pride Week”.

1999: Thirty Years Since Stonewall / Pride Changes Everything 2000: Family Reunion 2002: Pride Around the World: Equal Rights Now 2003: Families We Make 2004: I Scream for Pride 2005: Pride Explosion 2007: Come Together 2008: Out for Change 2009: Peace Love Equality

Over the Rainbow - be seen, be heard, be there Be You. Be Proud. Express Yourself.

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LOCAL PRIDE EVENTS THURSDAY – SUNDAY, JUNE 1 – 25 Dine with Pride Join us in supporting Seattle Pride! When you Dine with Pride during the month of June at the restaurants listed at dinewithpride.com, you help raise money for the Seattle Pride Parade. dinewithpride.com

THURSDAY – SUNDAY, JUNE 1 – 4 Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects MOTHA and Chris E. Vargas present Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects, an exhibit that brings together archival materials and works by contemporary artists to narrate the history of transgender communities featuring work by artists Ria Brodell, micha cárdenas, Rhys Ernst, Darius X, Lorenzo Triburgo, Jono Vaughan and Storme Webber. Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, 15th Ave NE and NE 41st St, Wed, Fri – Sun: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Thurs. 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM, FREE for Henry members; UW students, faculty, and staff; students, and children; $10 general admission, 62+ $6, henryart.org

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FRIDAY, JUNE 2 RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 Viewing Party Fraya Love will host a screening of RuPaul’s Drag Race with local guest performer. After screening there will be performances from Fraya and guest performer(s). Rendezvous’ Jewelbox Theater, 2322 2nd Avenue, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Tickets available at the door, 21+, therendezvous.rocks

Seattle HER Spring Party Come spend the night with HER — The APP for LGBTQ+ Women, celebrating all things LGBTQ+. Dance, mingle, and bust OUT OF THE CLOSET with a whole new look as the event highlights different self expressions

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LOCAL PRIDE EVENTS through the lens of fashion and art. Fred Wildlife Refuge, 128 Belmont Ave E, 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM, Limited early bird tickets $5, Online $10, At the Door $15, 21+, facebook.com/events/987223431413108/

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JUNE 10–11, 2017

SALES | FREE WORKSHOPS | PHOTOWALKS

Beefcake Beefcake at the Pony with retro gay underground tunes by Dee Jay Jack and King of Pants. Pony, 1221 E Madison St., 3:00 PM – 2:00 AM ponyseattle.com

SATURDAY, JUNE 3 Phinneywood Pride Rainbow Hop Pride Rainbow Hop kicks off Pride month with a family-friendly day of fun. From face painting to rainbow sidewalk art, music and activities, there’s a line up of sparkling events throughout the neighborhood focusing on the value of diversity. Phinney Center, 6532 Phinney Ave N, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM, FREE, all ages, phinneycenter.org

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JUNE 3 & 4 Twist Tops Film Festival

FREE PARKING

811 Republican St. | South Lake Union

Check out some of the best features and short films from TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival.

They’ll be in Bellingham in June as well as traveling around the state and coming to a theater near you! Pickford Film Center, 1318 Bay St, Bellingham, threedollarbillcinema.org

SUNDAY, JUNE 4 Run & Walk with Pride 4k/10k Kick off Pride month with some running/ walking magic with this annual community event presented by Seattle Frontrunners, an LGBT running club. This year’s race benefits Ingersoll Gender Center. Seward Park, 5895 Lake Washington Blvd S, 9:00 AM – Noon, $25 – $40 registration fee, all ages, runwalkwithpride.org

Capitol Hill Clean Sweep Clean up Capitol Hill for Pride month!

Volunteers from around the neighborhood gather at Cal Anderson Park at 9:30 am for coffee and pastries before being dispersed to scrub the streets. You’ll get an “I Am Capitol Hill” t-shirt, meet your neighbors, and best of all, help make the hill sparkle. Music and a free lunch follows. Cal Anderson Park, 1635 11th Ave, 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM, FREE with preregistration, all ages, caphillchamber.org

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7 Contagious Exchanges: Queer Writers in Conversation Featuring two dynamic writers bridging genre, style, sensibility, and all the markers of identity in queer lives. Celebrating the launch of her critically acclaimed collection of stories, Things to Do When You’re Goth in the Country (Seven Stories Press), Chavisa Woods joins series host and curator Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore.

Hugo House, 1021 Columbia St., 7:00 – 9:00 PM, FREE, 18+, hugohouse.org

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LOCAL PRIDE EVENTS THURSDAY, JUNE 8 Capitol Hill Art Walk (Queer Edition) Now in its 3rd year, the Queer Art Walk, and official part of Capitol Hill Art Walk, features queer art and artists across Capitol Hill.

An engaging and fun way for enthusiastic attendees, businesses, and artists to connect and celebrate the vibrant, artsy neighborhood of Capitol Hill during Pride Month. Capitol Hill, 5:00 – 8:00 PM, FREE, all ages, capitolhillartwalk.com

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SATURDAY, JUNE 10 Volunteer Park Pride Festival Experience Seattle Pride’s return to where it all started on Capitol Hill, with a celebration of our LGBTQ community in the iconic Volunteer Park. There will be a beer garden, food trucks, live entertainment, and games.

Now, more than ever, it’s important to have conversations about the impact of the new administration to the LGBTQ community, so we’re inviting community leaders, partners, and organizers to speak throughout the event. We’ll also have non-profit organizations from our community and Seattle Pride Sponsors who make this and the Seattle Pride Parade possible. Volunteer Park, 1247 15th Ave E, Noon – 7:00 PM, FREE, all ages, seattlepride.org

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Capitol Hill Pride Festival There’s no place like home, so come and get your wicked on! This high-spirited festival commemorating the Stonewall Riots of 1969 includes everything from a doggie drag costume contest to pony rides. Live entertainment, food and fun throughout the day until late night. Broadway and E Harrison St, 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM, FREE, all ages, capitolhillpridefestival.info

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SUNDAY, JUNE 11 Seattle Pride March Sister March to the National Pride March Action. Community. Strength. Join the national movement here in Seattle with a march coinciding with the march in DC along with marches all throughout the country. The

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LOCAL PRIDE EVENTS

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community and allies will march together and rally for LGBTQ rights, dignity, safety, and progress. 11:00 AM rally, 12:00 noon march.

Cal Anderson Park, 1635 11th Ave, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, seattlepridefest.org

SUNDAY, JUNE 11 2017 SIFF Closing Night Film & Gala Give this month-long film festival — the largest and most highly attended in the US — a proper send-off by attending the Closing Night Gala at the Cinerama. Following the film, enjoy tasty hors d’oeuvres, desserts, and cocktails. Cinerama, 2100 4th Ave, 6:00 PM, $75, siff.net

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 Keegan White with Alex Ivey and Evan Church

Bright Kids have Bright Futures

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ARRIVE CURIOUS. LEAVE INSPIRED.

Touring musician and Seattle native Keegan White who is fresh on the folk rock scene joins local up-and-coming artists Alex Ivy and Evan Church for this one night only show.

Rendezvous’ Jewelbox Theater, 2322 2nd Ave, 10:30 PM, $10, 21+, therendezvous.rocks

The Totally Gay Sing Along: Cher VS Abba VS Gaga If you believe you are a dancing queen who wants to marry the night, then you are not gonna wanna miss this brand new, totally Gay Sing Along! Bring rainbows. Dress gay. Central Cinema, 1411 21st Ave., 8:00 PM, $12, all ages, central-cinema.com

FRIDAY, JUNE 16 Theatresports Comedy Improv: Pride Night Seattle’s longest-running show, Unexpected Productions’ Theatresports is among the best improv the Northwest has to offer.

Theatresports is a high-energy, improv show where teams of improv professionals create spontaneous scenes on the fly that are so hilarious, quick-witted and perfectly constructed it’s hard to believe they are made up on the spot. Unexpected Productions’ Market Theater, 1428 Post Alley, 10:30 PM, $12 – 15, PG13, unexpectedproductions.org

SATURDAY, JUNE 17 Seattle Women’s Pride Music Festival Seattle Women’s Pride is THE Pride party for lesbians (and their friends) in Seattle!

Brooklyn trio Parlor Walls and electronica band Oracle are headlining this year’s event. Music, dancing, drinks, snacks, and swag. Bring all your friends and make some new ones. Seattle Women’s Pride is donating $5 per VIP ticket to ACLU. Q Nightclub, 1426 Broadway, 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM, General Admission $35, VIP $45, 21+, seattlewomenspride.com

Always Free | Next to Seattle Center Summer Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10am–6pm gatesvc.org |

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Kitchen Sink: A Divine Variety Show Enjoy Seattle’s newest Real Good Time™ hosted by Mercury Divine every third Saturday of the month at Kremwerk. From drag to comedy, music and dancing, you’re sure to

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enjoy this very animated variety show that pulls out all the stops. Kremwerk, 1809 Minor Ave, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $10 GA, $25 VIP, 21+, kremwerk.com

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Pride Film Fest Now in its 3rd year, the Film Festival will feature mostly free screenings of films at Northwest Film Forum, with the best of Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s films from the last year.

On Sunday night, join us at the Egyptian for a night of activism education with Cleve Jones (featured in the recent ABC miniseries “When We Rise”) and screening of the film Milk. FREE films at NWFF, 1515 12th Ave; Milk with Cleve Jones at the Egyptian, $15/$40, seattlepridefest.org

SUNDAY, JUNE 18 Queerly Spoken: Stories of LGBTQ Youth Join One Million Kids For Equality this Father’s Day for the kickoff of our monthly youth storytelling series! This family-oriented event will feature Lavender Country, the world’s first gay country band, followed by stories told by LGBTQ youth and others. Food and drinks provided, along with booths showcasing local LGBTQ youth and family-oriented nonprofits.

Erickson Theater Off Broadway, 1524 Harvard Ave, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, FREE with $10 suggested donation (no one will turned away for lack of funds), queerlyspoken.com

TUESDAY, JUNE 20 Encore: The Totally Gay Sing Along: Cher VS Abba VS Gaga

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AIMEE MANN / RHIANNON GIDDENS AUGUST 2

VIOLENT FEMMES ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN AUGUST 10

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BLIND PILOT AND GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV AUGUST 15

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If you believe you are a dancing queen who wants to marry the night, then here’s your second chance to join in on the gayest sing along of them all. Bring rainbows. Dress gay.

Central Cinema, 1411 21st Ave, 8:00 PM, $12, all ages, central-cinema.com

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Seattle Sounders Pride Match You’re invited! Join with fans to watch the Seattle Sounders FC face off with Orlando City SC on Pride Wednesday. Cheer the Sounders on for an afternoon of rowdy fun as you watch the home team take on the Lions. Let’s show them this is how Seattle does it. CenturyLink Field, 800 Occidental Ave S, 7:30 PM, $21 – $189, soundersfc.com

GARRISON KEILLOR’S PRAIRIE HOME “LOVE AND COMEDY” TOUR ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES AND TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE

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LOCAL PRIDE EVENTS Karaoke at Wildrose Every Wednesday join the revelry. Karaoke at the Wildrose, women owned and operated since 1984. The Wildrose Bar, 1021 Pike St, 9:00 PM, FREE, 21+, thewildrosebar.com

THURSDAY, JUNE 22 Junk Yard Get ready babes and boys: it’s time for Junk Yard, Can Can’s all-star all-male revue!

True masculine magic happens when these gentlemen take the stage - so come out and enjoy an evening of food, drink, and Seattle’s hottest hunks strutting their stuff. The Can Can Kitchen & Cabaret, 94 Pike St, 9:30 PM, 21+, purchase tickets at thecancan.com

Qu-ART Queer community art night and draw jam every fourth Thursday! They have pens and pencils, but you gotta bring your own paper or other supplies. It’s pretty much a free for all.

There are light refreshments, but bring your own bevvie. Push/Pull, 5484 Shilshole Ave NW, Ballard, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE, pushpullseattle.weebly.com

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Fierce Queen at Re-Bar A fierce competition for fresh queens with totally rude judges Shitney Houston, Urethra Franklin, reigning Fierce Queen Mona Real, and Nark magazine. $500 cash prize to the Fierce Queen winner and a $500 matched donation to Gay City. Sign up to compete!

Re-bar, 1114 Howell St, 8:00 PM – 2:00 AM, $12, 21+, Tickets at universe.com/fiercequeen

FRIDAY, JUNE 23 Trans Pride Seattle 5th Annual march and celebration for and by the trans community in Seattle benefitting the Gender Justice League. The Trans Pride March assembles at 5:00 PM and steps off at 6:00 PM at a Capitol Hill location (TBA). Followed by a celebration in Cal Anderson Park from 6:00 PM. transprideseattle.org

Bet, Babs & Beyoncé Concert Celebrate Pride like the diva you are (or want to be)! Revel in the timeless hits from the

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LOCAL PRIDE EVENTS Divine Miss M and our favorite Funny Girl, plus get (Sasha) fierce with Beyoncé, Adele, and today’s most sensational female superstars.

McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St, 8:00 PM, $25 – $75, all ages, seattlechoruses.org

Seattle Storm Pride Night with Equal Rights Washington Join Equal Rights Washington for the Seattle Storm Pride Night game against the Phoenix Mercury. A portion of every ticket sold will help support ERW’s continued work towards equality for all LGBTQ Washingtonians.

KeyArena at Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $20, all ages, equalrightswashington.org

Bearracuda Seattle Gay Pride Upgraded with Growlr DJ Matt Consola and DJ Matt Stands will handle the music, the rest is up to you. Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison St, 9:00 PM, $10, 21+, bearracuda.com

Rapture Pride Edition Rapture is a queer evening for avant garde experimentation, boundary-bursting drag performance, and overall dark techno dance vibes. There will be photos and a curated runway for attendees, so get your look.

Presented by Kremwerk and Arson Nicki with performances by Atlanta’s Evah Destruction and LA’s Ursula Major. Music by Mike Servito, Succubass, and Vera Rubin. Kremwerk, 1809 Minor Ave, 10:00 PM – 2:30 AM, $10 Limited Early Bird Tickets, $15 Advance, $20 at the Door, 21+, kremwerk.com

HAPPY PRIDE, SEATTLE!

Rooftop Happy Hour at The Nest Come out and take in the scenery of Seattle and the Puget Sound at sunset. Get together and enjoy some classy cocktail vibes with special guest DJ R-Pal. A portion of the sales from The Nest’s signature drink, the Flamingo, will go to Gay City. The Nest atop the Thompson Hotel, 110 Stewart St, 6:00 – 9:00 PM, FREE, 21+, facebook.com/narkmagazine

The Midnight Show Every Friday and Saturday night when the clock strikes twelve, it is time to gather beneath the sidewalks of normalcy and enter the dark, glittering underbelly of the Market.

It’s time to peek under the infamous petticoats at Can Can and get a taste of Seattle’s hottest burlesque stars at The Midnight Show. The Can Can Kitchen & Cabaret, 94 Pike St. 11:45 PM, $30, VIP $40, 21+. Purchase tickets at thecancan.com

BOCCE, BIER, BRATS & BEARS

WckdStreak, HER and Foundation Nightclub present White Party Seattle “Carnival”. Go Crazy, run free, be wild at the White Party.

Live performances on the decks headlining DJ VON KISS. Dress to Impress. Foundation Nightclub, 2218 Western Ave #100, 9:30 PM – 2:30 AM, General Admission $20 – $60, 21+, whitepartyseattle.com

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LOCAL PRIDE EVENTS Gender* Fierce & Youth Pride Dance Come join us pride weekend and watch the awesome talents of our LGBTQ+/allied youth community at Gender*Fierce, and stay to celebrate with us at the Youth Pride Dance presented by HEYO and GLSEN. Date and time to be confirmed. Visit: facebook.com/ glsenwa for more details.

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FRIDAY – SUNDAY, JUNE 23 – 25 Wild Rose Pride 2017 A three day outdoor event celebrating Pride with DJ’s, live music, gogo’s, and five bars. The Wildrose Bar, 1021 Pike Street, Fri 6:00 PM – 2:00 AM, Sat – Sun 1:00 PM – 2:00 AM, Fri $15, Sat $25, Sun No cover, 21+, thewildrosebar.com

SATURDAY, JUNE 24 Bait Shop Pride Party Get your celebration started on the earlier side. A patio party with all-day drink specials and tasty snacks and goodies. The Bait Shop, 606 Broadway East, 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM, 21+, baitshopseattle.com

PrideFest Capitol Hill Share your love and play together at PrideFest Capitol Hill. Street Festival! Family Day! Queer Youth Pride! A little something for everyone on Capitol Hill. Cal Anderson Park, 1635 11th Ave, Noon – 8:00 PM, FREE, all ages, seattlepridefest.org

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A family-friendly event for kids and their parents with activities like drag queen storytime and great kids’ entertainment. Queer Youth Pride (4:00 – 7:00 PM) is co-sponsored

by Gay City Health Project and has activities, engagement, and talent produced by and for Queer Youth. Cal Anderson Park, 1635 11th Ave, 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM, FREE, all ages, seattlepridefest.org

Seattle Pride Quads Grass Volleyball Tournament

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Kraken Volleyball Club and SVC host the 8th Annual Quads Pride Grass tournament to celebrate Seattle Pride. This event is a fundraiser for the Kraken VC Scholarship fund, which enables inner-city youth to participate

LOCAL PRIDE EVENTS in club volleyball. All teams/ participants are welcome, as long as they follow the team eligibility rules. Judkins Park, 2150 S. Norman St, 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM, $30/player, seattlepridequads.com

Lambert House Pride Drop-In Events for youth, led by youth including games and a movie. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave, 4:00 PM– 9:00 PM, Dinner will be served at 6:00 PM, FREE, ages 11 – 22 (youth aged 11 –12 will need a signed parent/guardian consent form before participation in any Lambert House activities; form is available at the front desk), lamberthouse.org

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Seattle Dyke March and Rally 23 years and still going, the Seattle Dyke March welcomes and encourages people of all genders and identities to join in celebration at the rally and march. Incredible performers, inspiring speakers, and a space that highlights, celebrates, and embraces our community!

2017 details at seattledykemarch.com

Bet, Babs & Beyoncé Concert Celebrate Pride like the diva you are (or want to be)! Revel in the timeless hits from the Divine Miss M and our favorite Funny Girl, plus get (Sasha) fierce with Beyoncé, Adele, and today’s most sensational female superstars.

McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St, 8:00 PM, $25 – $75, all ages, seattlechoruses.org

Slumber Party at the Lambert House An adult-chaperoned slumber party for youth ages 13 through 22 at the Lambert House.

The overnight is available only to youth that will have attended Lambert House at least two times prior to June 24, have gone through an orientation, and are in good disciplinary standing. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave, 9:00 PM Saturday – 9:00 AM Sunday, lamberthouse.org

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Prom Dress Rugby Quake Rugby and Emerald City Mudhens Rugby Club come together for a Pride Prom — with a twist! Men in dresses; Women in tuxedos. Who wins? It’s up to you! Proceeds benefit local organizations. Hosted by Aleksa

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LOCAL PRIDE EVENTS Manila. Bobby Morris Playfield, Cal Anderson Park, 1635 11th Avenue, 2:00 - 4:00 PM, by donation, all ages, quakerugby.org and mudhenrugby.com

Rooftop Brunch at MBar

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A Saturday-morning brunch gathering before Pride Cruise 2017. Come down (and up) to the Mbar roof on South Lake Union to get fueled up for the cruise with drinks, appetizers, or a full brunch, with a special guest host and DJ, all while overlooking downtown Seattle and Lake Union. Special table reservations will be available for a charitable donation to Gay City.

Mbar, 400 Fairview Ave N, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, price varies, 21+, facebook.com/narkmagazine

Pride Cruise 2017 Join the popular cruise on the Islander Yacht cruising the calm waters of Lake Union and featuring special guest DJ’s Riz Rollins and ShmeeJay. The boat starts boarding at 2:00

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The Midnight Show Every Friday and Saturday night when the clock strikes twelve, it is time to gather beneath the sidewalks of normalcy and enter the dark, glittering underbelly of the Market.

It’s time to peek under the infamous petticoats at Can Can and get a taste of Seattle’s hottest burlesque stars at The Midnight Show. The Can Can Kitchen & Cabaret, 94 Pike St. 11:45 PM, $30, VIP $40, 21+. Purchase tickets at thecancan.com

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An Indie-Pop dance party created by music lovers, for music lovers. Music inspired by LCD Soundsystem, Phantogram, CHVRCHES, Mike Snow, Haim, Charli XCX, MØ, Empire of The Sun, Hercules & Love Affair, Purity Ring, and many, many more. Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison, FREE before 10:00 PM, $5 after, 21+, chopsuey.com

LOCAL PRIDE EVENTS SUNDAY, JUNE 25 Lambert House Pride Day Brunch Lambert House will host a 9:00 AM Pride Day Brunch for LGBTQ youth ages 11 through 22 and their invited adult guests (parents, older siblings, etc.). Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave, lamberthouse.org

Lambert House Pride Parade Contingent Lambert House invites LGBTQ and allied youth, ages 11 through 22 — and their friends and families — to join our contingent in the Pride Parade. Meet us at Lambert House by 10:00 AM, find us in the Parade lineup, or join us as we walk past. lamberthouse.org Nate Gowdy

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SUNDAY, JUNE 25 Seattle Pride Parade #INDIVISIBLE The 43rd annual Seattle Pride Parade is one of the top three Pride parades in the country and the largest parade in our region, overall! Featuring more than 150 contingents with 10,000 participants and close to a half million spectators, everything Pride revolves around this celebration. 4th Ave from Westlake Park to Seattle Center, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, FREE, all ages, seattlepride.org

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PrideFest Seattle Center After the Parade, the party moves down the street to the largest free Pride Festival in North America. Celebrate all the ways we’re stronger together: gay, bi, straight, white, black, brown, trans, cisgendered, intersex, and every color of the rainbow in between. Three stages, a new Queer Geeks and Gamers area, food, entertainment, activism. Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St, Noon – 8:00 PM, FREE, all ages, seattlepridefest.org

SATURDAY, JULY 8 19th Annual Rainbow Health Fair Gay City is hosting the annual Rainbow Health Fair in July this year. Join us for traditional and holistic health services and education from culturally competent providers for LBTQ women and trans people of all genders. Come by for massage, HIV/Hep C testing, healthcare enrollment, and a chance to win prizes. Gay City, 517 E Pike St., 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM, FREE, all ages, gaycity.org

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REGIONAL Pride is universal, and we’re stronger together, celebrating Pride all around the great Northwest. Join these Pride celebrations throughout the summer and let your voice be heard!

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JUNE

BURIEN PRIDE FESTIVAL June 3 Burien Pride welcomes neighbors, families and friends in joining them on this monumental journey to help enrich their local community with their 1st Annual Burien PRIDE Festival. It will be a day of celebration filled with music, booths, food and more. This free, all-ages event runs from 10 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. at Town Square Park, 400 SW 152nd Street.

Burien, Washington | burienpride.com

JUNEAU PRIDE June 10 – 18 In a town whose mayor officially declared June as “Juneau Pride Month”, there’s a lot to celebrate. Come out and share your Pride!

Pride week boasts something for everyone; including outdoor activities, a curated art exhibition, a drag show with headliners from RuPaul’s Drag Race and dance, pub crawl/ scavenger hunt, community picnic, film festival, and a good old-fashioned game of kickball game right in the middle of it all!

Juneau, Alaska | seagla.org

SPOKANE PRIDE PARADE & RAINBOW FESTIVAL June 10 OutSpokane’s theme this year is “May the Pride Be With You” and this year’s celebration will be a force of equality with a parade followed by the Rainbow Festival in Riverfront Park Lilac Meadow with entertainment, resource fair, art show and teen zone.

Experience a day of fun with your entire family.

Spokane, Washington | outspokane.org

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PRIDE EVENTS BOISE PRIDEFEST June 16 & 17 Boise Pridefest hosts Idaho’s largest pride event of the year, expanding to a two-day event this year featuring nationally known LGBTQ artists. This creative, fun-filled event is full of festivities including a parade and festival.

Boise, Idaho | boisepridefest.org

CAPITAL CITY PRIDE June 17 Washington state’s capital draws nearly 15,000 people for a parade and festival in downtown Olympia, astounding for a little community of only 36,000 people. There’s a kick-off planned for Friday evening, June 16 followed by the parade and festival, June 17. In addition, a march is being organized by a coalition of LGBTQ and allied organizations for June 11th as part of the National Pride March.

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Olympia, Washington | capitalcitypride.net

PRIDE NORTHWEST June 17 & 18 Growing bigger every year, Portland Pride features Gaylabration (the featured Saturday night dance party of Pride weekend ), a twoday Waterfront Park festival, and a number of marches and rallies. The main Portland Pride Parade steps off at 11 a.m. on June 18th.

Portland, Oregon | pridenw.org

ANCHORAGE PRIDEFEST 2017 June 17 – 24 Celebrating four decades of pride this year, join Anchorage PrideFest for seven spectacular days of PRIDE. There will be laughter. There will be dancing. Of course, there will be tons of fun with a little something for everyone: a Kick-Off BBQ, Rainbow Run, FilmFest, Lube Wrestling, Drag Queen Bingo, Equality Parade, Festival and Concert highlight the weeklong celebration.

Anchorage, Alaska | alaskapride.org

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Your dedication to unity, diversity and achieving equal rights for the Seattle LGBTQ community and beyond is awe-inspiring, and enriches our city.

Thanks for everything you do.

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VICTORIA PRIDE JULY 1 – 9 Extend your 4th of July holiday by taking a trip to visit our neighbors to the north for nine days of revelry peaking on July 9 with Victoria’s second biggest parade of the year including over 100 colorful groups and floats.

Victoria, BC | victoriapridesociety.org

TACOMA PRIDE FESTIVAL July 7 – 15 Celebrate Pride in the “City of Destiny” with a multi-day festival centered around the Tacoma Pride street festival on July 8. Make a day of it and enjoy the street-side vendor booths, live music, and guest speakers.

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Tacoma, Washington | tacomapride.org

BELLINGHAM PRIDE July 9 Celebrate diversity, promote equal rights, and have fun doing it by experiencing a parade of floats and marchers down Cornwall that will culminate in PrideFest at Market Depot Square.

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Kitsap Pride Network celebrates Pride with a family-friendly festival in Bremerton’s Evergreen Park with a mission to celebrate, support and unite. Count on this year’s festivities to be bigger and better than ever with 40 booths, food trucks, vendors and great entertainment. As part of the Global LBGT March and Rally, Kitsap Pride Network is holding a family friendly picnic at Pilgrim Firs Conference Center on June 11th.

Bremerton, Washington | kitsappride.org

PRIDE EVENTS TRI-CITIES PRIDE July 16 The largest LGBT gathering in the MidColumbia area, Tri-Cities Pride celebrates diversity and unity with a vibrant, pedestrianfriendly Pride Festival unique to Eastern Washington showcasing a diverse array of artists, entertainers, and more in beautiful Richland.

Tri-Cities, Washington | midcolumbiapride.com

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AUGUST

CAPITOL PRIDE, SALEM August 5 Salem’s Riverfront Park will be filled with information booths, food vendors and plenty of entertainment. Come one. Come all.

Everyone is welcome! Bring the family and make a day of it!

Salem, Oregon | capitolpride.org

VANCOUVER PRIDE PARADE August 6 Attracting crowds of more than 650,000, the Vancouver Pride Parade is renowned on the international stage as one of the largest and most successful LGBTQ2+ events in the world. The 39th edition of Vancouver Pride Celebrations is “My Pride” recognizing the unique personal experience of Pride for every individual. Enjoy this beautiful and diverse celebration. Bring your passport. Leave your weed at home.

Vancouver, BC | vancouverpride.ca

EUGENE/SPRINGFIELD PRIDE FESTIVAL August 12 August is a beautiful time to visit Eugene and join the fun. Daylong entertainment invites at beautiful Alton Baker Park on the Willamette River. Enjoy live music, vendors, craft beers and activities.

Eugene, Oregon | eugene-pride.org

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pROtesting 101

by Demi Wetzel

Respect the ORganizeRs Some events have very specific guidelines to follow while others may provide none at all. In my opinion, to participate in any march or rally is to support the organizers who planned it. Look to their leadership regarding any event specifics. Ask them to clarify if plans are unclear.

What tO bRing / WeaR Investing in a small but cavernous backpack will help you be prepared for anything.

I always carry 1-2 small bottles of milk in case teargas gets involved. Sometimes it’s better to wear comfortable shoes than look cute. Having the right footwear is key if you’re marching or standing in large crowds for a long period of time. Lastly, always carry some first aid supplies in your backpack plus an extra bottle of water for a friend.

signage Every sign you carry should have messaging on both sides. It’s always a shame to see photos of a big crowd but all you see are the empty sides of a poster. Get creative. Try to make your signage representative of how you’re feeling. Use quotes of women of color and queer leaders when you can. Think about which voices may not be represented and find a way to share those messages. Make sure the event photos will live a long, radical life.

KnOW YOUR pRiViLege

in case OF eMeRgencY:

Remember which communities the event is supporting. Don’t overpower voices that are marginalized. Double check your signage to ensure you’re not perpetuating oppressive language.

Always take a buddy to the event and have a buddy who will not be at the same event.

Write buddy #2’s phone number on your arm in Sharpie.

be a FRienD

tRUst YOUR instincts

Always be aware of your surroundings. Offer to help if someone is having a hard time.

Be on the lookout for non-accessible parts of the march like potholes or stairs. Offer any supplies you may have. It will help ease their experience.

Most marches, protests, and rallies are non-eventful in the best way. But large crowds can often become unpredictable. Trust your personal instincts at all times. Remove yourself from the group if you’re feeling unsafe. Remember that you are volunteering your time and body. It is your choice whether or not you participate until the end of the event.

pRepaRe YOUR bODY Protests, marches, and rallies can be very physically demanding. Do some stretches before and after because self-care should come first.

Be kind to your body so you can demonstrate to your best abilities.

pOLice pResence Large events will usually include a police presence. Remember it is their job to serve and protect large crowds. Don’t go overboard by taking selfies with them. Let them do their job.

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Energy is everything when it comes to large crowds full of mostly strangers. Be mindful of the energy you project into the group.

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Lambert House

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Lambert House is Seattle and King County’s LGBTQ youth community center. Founded in 1981, Lambert House is one of the world’s oldest LGBTQ youth organizations. Today, Lambert House runs 23 ongoing programs for LGBTQ youth and their allies from the ages of 11 – 22. Programs include: Social drop-in Monday – Friday from 4 – 9:30pm, “Dinner with Divas” MondayFriday, three weekly peer support groups, facilitated visual art group every other Wednesday, 3000-volume LGBTQ lending library, computer lab, monthly outdoor recreation, arts & culture field trips, youth volunteer and internship opportunities, large social events, mentoring, and more. Our full program calendar is available at lamberthouse.org.

What is the most common difficulty your organization or those seeking help from your organization face?

Lambert House is now seeking lead donors and capital campaign support to ensure the organization will continue its life-saving programs for a long time to come. Lambert House has three years, until September 2020, to raise four million dollars to buy its building and pay for necessary renovations.

Individuals interested in providing capital campaign support may contact our Executive Director, Ken Shulman, at 206-491-0596. Lambert House is very fortunate to have been given this window of opportunity in which to purchase its facility and ensure its future.

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How do you provide services/ assistance to those in the community you are helping? What resource(s) does your organization rely on to provide those services?

Lambert House creates community for LGBTQ youth where they are in the majority and can feel normal.

Youth form strong friendships with other youth through our programs, and receive invaluable support from LGBTQ and ally adults. Our large pool of dedicated adult volunteer mentors represent varied identities and demographics. These individuals provide consistent, high quality space, programs and services. Private contributions from individuals and local

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organizations comprise 75 percent of our annual budget. Donations supporting Lambert House programs can be made online through our website, lamberthouse.org, or by mailing a check to PO Box 23111, Seattle, WA 98102.

How can individuals outside your organization contribute/get involved assisting in your goals? What kind of outreach/fundraising/awareness is done to gather outside help?

Folks who work with youth are encouraged to invite Lambert House staff to present to the youth or professional colleagues with whom they work.

Employee groups are encouraged to invite Lambert House staff to present about how their organization could support Lambert House through sponsorships, fundraising initiatives, and contributions. Lambert House also relies on volunteers for facilities and administrative support. Groups or individuals with special expertise in construction, remodeling, plumbing, and electrical who would be willing to make their services available pro bono or at a significant discount are greatly needed. Marketing, public relations, and administrative support are also areas of need that groups or individuals could fill.

Name an instance or situation where your organization made a difference in an individual’s life as an example of your work. (or Where have you seen your organization make a difference from something you have personally witnessed?)

A youth heard about Lambert House before they were old enough to attend.

They knew coming out to their parents would not be well received. This

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Lambert House creates community for LGBTQ youth where they are in the majority and can feel normal. Youth form strong friendships with other youth through our programs. youth was struggling with suicidal ideation, but just knowing that Lambert House existed gave them the hope they needed to reach the age of 14 and begin attending our programs.

Once they made friends at Lambert House they felt confident enough to come out at home and in high school where they went on to be elected their GSA’s President. This young person credits Lambert House with saving their life. Many other youth have reported similar experiences across the organization’s history.

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Does your organization work with other organizations of local marginalized communities to create unity within the city of Seattle? Do you believe working together in this way would strengthen the community of Seattle in creating a unified and stronger space for all people to thrive?

Lambert House has relationships with many organizations inside and outside of Seattle with whom we share clients and provide mutual referrals including referrals for shelter, transitional housing, job training, medical/ dental, and many other needs. Lambert House also refers LGBTQ youth to social support programs closer to where they live when available including programs in Bellevue, Bremerton, Burien, Everett, Tacoma, and Olympia.

Lambert House is supported by many other organizations through program partnership including Three Dollar Bill Cinema film festivals, Seattle Men’s and Women’s Choruses, Seattle Storm, Seattle Ladies’ Chorus, Geek Girl Con, and others.

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Center for MultiCultural Health and Emerald City Black Pride The mission of the Center for MultiCultural Health (CMCH) is to promote the health and well-being of diverse communities — including individuals from communities of color, individuals with limited English proficiency, immigrants, and refugees — through innovative health advocacy, health promotion, disease prevention, and immigrant and refugee service programs.

Since 2011, CMCH has hosted Emerald City Black Pride (ECBP), an initiative to foster pride and strengthen the sense of community among LGBTQ African Americans. We do this by creating monthly and quarterly events to celebrate LGBTQ African Americans and other people of color such as happy hours, bowling events, health fairs, poetry slams, and our yearly party that occurs the last weekend of July. Visit ECBP’s Facebook page to find information about upcoming events.

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What is the most common difficulty your organization or those seeking help from your organization face?

Currently, LGBTQ people of color, specifically the trans community, are having difficulty expressing their health needs to mostly white, cisgendered, and heterosexual medical personnel. Our community members face racial, sexual and homophobic remarks and treatment from the people that they are going to in order to get help. We here at CMCH and ECBP work with our community members to either answer their questions/concerns directly, or match them up with a medical professional that has the empathy and cultural understanding needed to help.

How do you provide services/ assistance to those in the community you are helping? What resource(s) does your organization rely on to provide those services?

In addition to what I mentioned above, we also offer HIV and STI testing in house, insurance assistance, basic sex education assistance, and PrEP guidance. More importantly we offer spaces for our community to get together and discuss the issues that affect them most.

By doing this we can start to address the HIV, PrEP and sexual stigma that affects our community. In order to provide the medical services, we get assistance from Washington Department of Health, but our social services are funded through donations from local companies and community members who want to help.

How can individuals outside your organization contribute/get involved assisting in your goals? What kind of outreach/fundraising/awareness is done to gather outside help?

We always welcome donations of any amount, and we have a donation site that links directly to PayPal. Any donations go directly to help us create health and wellness events in the community.

We also welcome volunteers to help us create events that our community desires.

Please feel free to email us to learn more at cmch@cschc.org. Our ECBP Annual Celebration also serves as our yearly fundraiser. We put it on to celebrate our community’s successes in the year before and honor our elders who have passed.

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While I am always happy about the work we do in our testing room and our education around PrEP, a young black man told me recently that what he values most about our organization is the community that we create. Only 6 percent of the people in King County identify as African American, and the LGBTQ African American population is significantly smaller. So it is extremely hard as an LGBTQ African American to find other people like you.

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What is TRUVADA for PrEP (Pre-exposure Prophylaxis)?

u You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or serious liver

TRUVADA is a prescription medicine that can be used for PrEP to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 infection when used together with safer sex practices. This use is only for adults who are at high risk of getting HIV-1 through sex. This includes HIV-negative men who have sex with men and who are at high risk of getting infected with HIV-1 through sex, and male-female sex partners when one partner has HIV-1 infection and the other does not.

Ask your healthcare provider if you have questions about how to prevent getting HIV-1. Always practice safer sex and use condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with body fluids. Never reuse or share needles or other items that have body fluids on them.

Who should not take TRUVADA for PrEP?

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION What is the most important information I should know about TRUVADA for PrEP? Before taking TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce your risk of getting HIV-1 infection: u You must be HIV-negative. You must get tested to make sure that you do not already have HIV-1 infection. Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are confirmed to be HIV-negative. u Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently become infected. If you have flu-like symptoms, you could have recently become infected with HIV-1. Tell your healthcare provider if you had a flu-like illness within the last month before starting TRUVADA for PrEP or at any time while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck or groin.

While taking TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce your risk of getting HIV-1 infection: u You must continue using safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA for PrEP may not keep you from getting HIV-1. u You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP. u To further help reduce your risk of getting HIV-1: • Know your HIV-1 status and the HIV-1 status of your partners.

• Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months or when your healthcare provider tells you.

• Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it easier for HIV-1 to infect you.

• Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior.

• Have fewer sex partners.

• Do not miss any doses of TRUVADA. Missing doses may increase your risk of getting HIV-1 infection.

• If you think you were exposed to HIV-1, tell your healthcare provider right away. u If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA alone to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time.

TRUVADA can cause serious side effects: u Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious medical emergency. Symptoms of lactic acidosis include weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, nausea, vomiting, stomach-area pain, cold or blue hands and feet, feeling dizzy or lightheaded, and/or fast or abnormal heartbeats. uSerious liver problems. Your liver may become large and tender, and you may develop fat in your liver. Symptoms of liver problems include your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, and/or stomach-area pain.

problems if you are female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking TRUVADA for a long time. In some cases, these serious conditions have led to death. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any symptoms of these conditions. u Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. If you also have HBV and take TRUVADA, your hepatitis may become worse if you stop taking TRUVADA. Do not stop taking TRUVADA without first talking to your healthcare provider. If your healthcare provider tells you to stop taking TRUVADA, they will need to watch you closely for several months to monitor your health. TRUVADA is not approved for the treatment of HBV. Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP if you already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status.

If you are HIV-1 positive, you need to take other medicines with TRUVADA to treat HIV-1.

TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time.

Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP if you also take lamivudine (Epivir-HBV) or adefovir (HEPSERA).

What are the other possible side effects of TRUVADA for PrEP?

Serious side effects of TRUVADA may also include: u Kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider may do blood tests to check your kidneys before and during treatment with TRUVADA for PrEP. If you develop kidney problems, your healthcare provider may tell you to stop taking TRUVADA for PrEP. u Bone problems, including bone pain or bones getting soft or thin, may lead to fractures. Your healthcare provider may do tests to check your bones. u Changes in body fat, which can happen in people taking TRUVADA or medicines like TRUVADA. Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP are stomacharea (abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effects that bother you or do not go away.

What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking TRUVADA for PrEP?

u All your health problems. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you

have or have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis virus infection. u If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if TRUVADA can harm your unborn baby. If you become pregnant while taking TRUVADA for PrEP, talk to your healthcare provider to decide if you should keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Pregnancy Registry: A pregnancy registry collects information about your health and the health of your baby. There is a pregnancy registry for women who take medicines to prevent HIV-1 during pregnancy.

For more information about the registry and how it works, talk to your healthcare provider. u If you are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. The medicines in TRUVADA can pass to your baby in breast milk. If you become HIV-1 positive, HIV-1 can be passed to the baby in breast milk. u All the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. TRUVADA may interact with other medicines. Keep a list of all your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. u If you take certain other medicines with TRUVADA for PrEP, your healthcare provider may need to check you more often or change your dose. These medicines include ledipasvir with sofosbuvir (HARVONI).

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.FDA.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

Please see Important Facts about TRUVADA for PrEP including important warnings on the following page.

Have you heard about

TRUVADA for PrEP™?

The once-daily prescription medicine that can help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 when used with safer sex practices.

• TRUVADA for PrEP is only for adults who are at high risk of getting HIV through sex.

• You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Ask your doctor about your risk of getting HIV-1 infection and if TRUVADA for PrEP may be right for you.

visit start.truvada.com

IMPORTANT FACTS (tru-VAH-dah)

This is only a brief summary of important information about taking TRUVADA for PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 infection. This does not replace talking to your healthcare provider about your medicine.

MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT TRUVADA FOR PrEP

POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF TRUVADA FOR PrEP

Before starting TRUVADA for PrEP to help reduce your risk of getting HIV-1 infection: • You must be HIV-1 negative. You must get tested to make sure that you do not already have HIV-1 infection. Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are confirmed to be HIV-1 negative.

• Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently become infected. Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include flu-like symptoms, tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck or groin. Tell your healthcare provider if you have had a flu-like illness within the last month before starting TRUVADA for PrEP. While taking TRUVADA for PrEP to help reduce your risk of getting HIV-1 infection: • You must continue using safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA for PrEP may not keep you from getting HIV-1.

• You must stay HIV-1 negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP. • Tell your healthcare provider if you have a flu-like illness while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. • If you think you were exposed to HIV-1, tell your healthcare provider right away.

• If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA alone to treat HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time.

• See the “How to Further Reduce Your Risk” section for more information.

TRUVADA may cause serious side effects, including: • Buildup of lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious medical emergency that can lead to death. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, nausea, vomiting, stomach-area pain, cold or blue hands and feet, feeling dizzy or lightheaded, and/or fast or abnormal heartbeats.

• Severe liver problems, which in some cases can lead to death. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of these symptoms: your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, and/or stomach-area pain.

• Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. If you have HBV and take TRUVADA, your hepatitis may become worse if you stop taking TRUVADA. Do not stop taking TRUVADA without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to check your health regularly for several months.

You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you are female, very overweight, or have been taking TRUVADA for a long time.

TRUVADA can cause serious side effects, including: • Those in the “Most Important Information About TRUVADA for PrEP" section.

• New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure.

• Bone problems.

• Changes in body fat.

Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP include stomacharea (abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight.

These are not all the possible side effects of TRUVADA. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any new symptoms while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Your healthcare provider will need to do tests to monitor your health before and during treatment with TRUVADA for PrEP.

• Take 1 tablet once a day, every day, not just when you think you have been exposed to HIV-1.

• Do not miss any doses. Missing doses may increase your risk of getting HIV-1 infection.

• You must practice safer sex by using condoms and you must stay HIV-1 negative.

ABOUT TRUVADA FOR PrEP (PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS)

HOW TO FURTHER REDUCE YOUR RISK

TRUVADA is a prescription medicine used with safer sex practices for PrEP to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 infection in adults at high risk: • HIV-1 negative men who have sex with men and who are at high risk of getting infected with HIV-1 through sex.

• Male-female sex partners when one partner has HIV-1 infection and the other does not.

To help determine your risk, talk openly with your doctor about your sexual health.

Do NOT take TRUVADA for PrEP if you: • Already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status.

• Take lamivudine (Epivir-HBV) or adefovir (HEPSERA).

• Know your HIV-1 status and the HIV-1 status of your partners.

• Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months or when your healthcare provider tells you.

• Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it easier for HIV-1 to infect you.

• Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior.

• Have fewer sex partners.

• Do not share needles or personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them.

TRUVADA, the TRUVADA Logo, TRUVADA FOR PREP, GILEAD, the GILEAD Logo, and HEPSERA are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc., or its related companies. All other marks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners. Version date: April 2016 © 2017 Gilead Sciences, Inc. All rights reserved. TVDC0083 03/17

BEFORE TAKING TRUVADA FOR PrEP Tell your healthcare provider if you: • Have or have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis infection.

• Have any other medical conditions.

• Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.

• Are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you become HIV-1 positive because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby.

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take: • Keep a list that includes all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements, and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist.

• Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that should not be taken with TRUVADA for PrEP.

HOW TO TAKE TRUVADA FOR PrEP

GET MORE INFORMATION • This is only a brief summary of important information about TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 infection.

Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist to learn more, including how to prevent HIV-1 infection.

• Go to start.truvada.com or call 1-800-GILEAD-5 • If you need help paying for your medicine, visit start.truvada.com for program information.

Find Your Safe Place

Nate Gowdy

by Alex Abbott Seattle, along with much of the coastal Pacific Northwest, has a reputation for being a city in a region of progressive movement: Washington state was one of the first states to legalize marriage equality through popular vote in 2012; Seattle is a “sanctuary city” for refugees; and a Washington state federal judge ruled against Donald Trump’s first travel ban executive order. Washington state, along with the West Coast, is passionately progressive, with King County at its liberal epicenter.

number of bias/hate crimes reported, and compare them to past years. As of this writing (according to the dashboard) in 2017, 26 LGBTQ+ bias crimes have been reported to the SPD. The dashboard reflects a reported 76 incidents of bias crime against the LGBTQ+ community in 2016, which was up from 2015’s reported 69 incidents.

Despite Washington (and Seattle) being a state with forward-thinking ideals, an article published by The Seattle Times in 2014 found Seattle ranked as the third-highest large city with hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community. It stopped us all in our tracks. How could Seattle have so much animosity against a community that we have put seemingly endless amounts of energy into protecting?

Safe Place operates uniquely from traditional crime fighting programs through a cooperation between the Seattle Police Department and local businesses.

Training occurs in the business/public place to provide shelter and resources for individuals seeking help from bias crime threats: for example, should an individual feel at risk due to a bias crime, they can step into a local business displaying a “SPD Safe Place” decal, request assistance from an employee, and are secure in shelter until 911 is called and an SPD officer can report to the business to provide official help to the incident.

Reports like this, along with anecdotal evidence that LGBTQ+ hate crimes were on the rise, motivated Seattle Police Department Officer Jim Ritter to initiate the SPD Safe Place program in May of 2015 — a program that has gathered supporters locally and nationwide. With only two years under its belt, the Safe Place program has led to an incredible increase in reported hate crimes in Seattle. In fact, just this year a hate crime dashboard was released on the seattle. gov website. The dashboard is a resource that allows an individual to compare the

SPD’s Safe Place program’s success is visible not only in the amount of bias crimes that are reported and therefore investigated, but in the interest it has generated countrywide. After the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla. in June 2016, Officer Ritter began visiting cities such as San Francisco and Philadelphia that were interested in creating similar programs as SPD’s Safe Place. In fact, the city of Orlando began its own Safe Place program on the six-month anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. Success isn’t only measured by the interest of other

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cities though. There has been widespread interest among Seattle businesses including widespread support from Starbucks.

Seattle’s mega-star coffee chain opted into the Safe Place program so fervently that all employees working out of every Seattle Starbucks locations have participated in training to be readily prepared to handle any LGBTQ+ bias crime reporting (97 stores participated in the program within six months of Safe Place’s introduction). This participation made Starbucks the largest corporation in history to join efforts in fighting LGBTQ+ hate crime.

However, despite its success, SPD’s Safe Place isn’t the first of its kind, nor is it even the first using the “Safe Place” moniker. In 2011, youth organizations in King County joined together to create Safe Place — a program created for youth safety. Auburn Youth Resources in South King County, YouthCare of Seattle, and Friends of Youth in North and East King County collaborated in the inception of

When initiatives are put in place to provide assistance that would otherwise be difficult to obtain, residents in need are given welldeserved opportunities to thrive in a safe, caring environment. the protection of youth ages 11-24. “Safe Place” was created specifically for youth ages 11-17, but the concept of safety for the underage community members is rampant and useful. The Seattle Times reported that up to 40 percent of homeless youth ages 12-25 are LGBTQ, a statistic so high that organizations such as YouthCare, Lambert House and others in Seattle have chosen to focus many of their efforts and resources to providing help for young residents in the LGBTQ+ community. It is estimated that on any given night in King County, roughly 1,000 youth are living on the streets.

This particular Safe Place program, put in place in 2011, was designed to provide resources and help to local youth should they need it. All King County Metro

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buses, libraries, and YMCAs of Greater Seattle (along with participating local businesses) are designated “Safe Places” and are denoted by a yellow and black Safe Place sticker in their windows. When a youth reaches these safe locations, they can call a number (1-800-422-8336) or text “SAFE” and their current location to 69866 to request help. A responder is always available and will access the youth as quickly as possible, with Safe Place locations having personnel in place who can provide immediate assistance and comfort while the youth waits for a responder or parent/guardian to show up.

In some cases, transportation to a nearby shelter is even provided to individuals in need.

Though these programs cost money, resources, time, and effort, it is difficult to argue that they are not valuable to local citizens. When initiatives are put in place to provide assistance that would otherwise be difficult to obtain, residents in need are given well-deserved opportunities to thrive in a safe, caring environment. Seattle and King County have proven time and time again that they value the lives of local residents with the implementation and allowance of these type of resources for individuals who may otherwise be in danger. There may always be obstacles to protect ourselves from, but it is a breath of relief knowing that there are more allies fighting and working to protect us.

Alex serves on the board of directors for Seattle Pride and is passionate about the pursuit of social justice. She and her wife currently live in Issaquah, with plans to turn their sailboat into a tiny home and travel the world.

Vibrants

by Claire Schilperoort

Just an inch above the beasties But miles below the Gods We still grow, and be, and do so much Trying to conquer all the odds So the paths we chart are telling For the the feet that soon will come Their eyes searching for the colors ‘Lest we leave them stuck with one With only blackness as our pallet For the things we do and say Little ones follow our shadows So we need light to guide their way On your deathbed will you tell them That you helped that person soar Will it be a life of division Or one that opened doors We are brave in the face of ambition But the contrast with fear, so stark Of the things never dared in the daylight ‘Gainst the things gladly done in the dark Will you be a vibrant lift upward Or will you be a darkness stuffed down Will you leave nothing but love in your footsteps Or with hate, will you blacken the ground Whose heart did you help carry forward Whose fears did you help to swallow Is it your choice, the life that you’re living Or is it simply the shadows you followed If we turned out the lights and kept living Would you then see someone that you don’t Is it that you’re too afraid to make changes Or do you just mimic another who won’t

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by Demi Wetzel

Break your blades and let them rust.

Watch hair grow along every nook and every knoll.

Flip through those glossy, greasy, glamourous pages where popstars hold their heads on straight.

This is how you’re supposed to look haunts on every page.

Nobody knows a damn about what we’re supposed to do.

Baby, gender is a drag did you buy that t-shirt too?

A woman is a woman because she says so and her every word is to be believed and her methods never doubted.

Demi Wetzel is originally from the southernmost region of Indiana but now resides in Seattle. Her words have been featured in Broad! and Render Magazine.

How many stones will you lay behind you To help whomever may come once you’re gone Will you pave for only those you deem worthy To look back and only see you were wrong It isn’t stuff, we leave, that holds value It’s the actions and words we let loose So will we challenge ourselves to be different That’s the question, but you have to choose Claire was born and raised in Eastern Washington but has been living in Seattle for the last 3 years, salvaging architecture and taking the world on one day at a time. Currently traveling around, writing, photographing, and trying to see beyond the ordinary.

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Dine Out to Make a Difference

by Marty Griswold In Seattle, we have much to be proud of … a growing city with a booming economy; clean air, nearby mountains, and an abundance of fresh and salt water surrounding us. Most of all, we live in a city that’s punctuated with distinct neighborhoods, and often, we have the good fortune of having neighbors whose hearts are as open as their minds.

As we share our Pride this month, it is a time to reflect on the progress we have made through the years and how each milestone has shaped how we live in Pride today. One way we spread the joy that is an inherent part of our lives and share it with our neighbors — those who have made it possible for us to live our lives in the open and love who we love — is to pull out all the stops during the month of June!

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During Pride month, Dine With Pride gives the LGBTQ+ community a chance to celebrate — together as neighbors, friends, and family, and it helps us strengthen widespread public awareness for our cause.

As blessed as we are to have the support of our city, our newly won rights can’t be taken for granted, and there are members of our community who still struggle with acceptance.

That’s why we invite you to join us for Dine With Pride from June 1 – 25. Through your participation, we’ll have the opportunity to reinforce the messages of equality and love and share our gratitude with those who have helped us to get where we are today. The participating restaurants are ambassadors into the greater Seattle community and want to send this message of support to their LGBTQ+ customers, employees, and neighbors.

Walmart is proud to support Seattle Pride 2017

By dining out during Dine With Pride at participating restaurants, diners can show their gratitude and know that in turn, these restaurants are helping to support the Seattle Pride parade.

Together we stand #indivisible.

From corner cafés to scenic dining rooms, join us in celebrating Pride. Find out more at dinewithpride.com.

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Faces of Seattle Pride photos by Nate Gowdy

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Faces of Seattle Pride photos by Nate Gowdy

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Bound-less

by Claire Schilperoort

I don’t understand these limbs that entwine They wrap and they squeeze and assault from behind And they handle and mangle, my body, my mind ‘Til I just can’t seem to sit straight And I can’t comprehend this itch that I feel It burns and it tickles, it’s raw and it’s real I’m unsure how to think, how to cope, how to feel Let alone what to do, what to say how to deal There’s just no guidebook for people like us And this sickness that numbs me, it pumps through my veins And it beats me and drowns me, like relentless rain And now I’m sleepwalking, through every day But I can’t let it out, can’t express all the pain Because, well, there just isn’t space for that And the people who gather, they reach toward the skies They chant and they whisper, with tears in their eyes Thousands of voices, they scream, and they cry But for some reason it’s just not loud enough All the hands that have held me, their colors, they blend Like the church, all promises, made, now they bend Because I’m somebody’s daughter, and sister, and friend And no lesser than I was before

And it haunts me, it weighs, on my mind every minute ‘Til I feel like I’m watching your world, but not in it And all those dreams, and ambitions, those lives, go unfinished Because you don’t feel safe outside the box And I’m angry and jealous and bitter and coarse We still force it, we can’t mould it, you won’t bend with our force And we think that it’s our fault, but it isn’t, of course There’s still so much truth to be gained And I can’t seem to fix it, these things that you say Growth, joy, memories missed, that’s the price that you pay But it’s too far to bend, you might break, so you say But quite frankly, we know that’s just shit So immersed in the chaos, still the thoughts don’t transpire All the good hearts, and people, they will grow, not expire We’ll still be here, drenched in fuel, spreading love like wildfire So stop fighting You have to be tired

Claire was born and raised in Eastern Washington but has been living in Seattle for the last 3 years, salvaging architecture and taking the world on one day at a time. Currently traveling around, writing, photographing, and trying to see beyond the ordinary.

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