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by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer SLOWGIRL SEATTLE PUBLIC THEATER Through April 12 Some plays stay with you a long time.

Such is the effect of Seattle Public Theater’s presentation of Slowgirl by Greg Pierce. The story unfolds without urgency, as 17 year-old Becky arrives in Costa Rica to visit her uncle where he lives in a remote jungle hideaway.

Becky (Hannah Mootz) has diarrhea of the mouth, motor-mouthing through her uncle Sterling’s reactions (Kevin McKeon) and disturbing his peace. We can tell this because everything she moves he moves back. She is very much a city girl, and when she finds out the cabin has no doors and any animal is free to enter, she’s aghast.

Over the course of the 90-minute play, we find out more about the family and the circumstances that Becky finds herself in.

Becky is in trouble. A house party full of schoolmates included the slow girl classmate that they all make fun of. They call her “Slowgirl,” as if it is her name.

This young woman jumped out a window at the party and landed on concrete and is in the hospital. Becky feels like she is unfairly being targeted for blame. Sterling’s sister, Becky’s mom, has sent Becky

Hannah Mootz as Becky in Seattle Public Theater’s production of Slowgirl by Greg Pierce – Image copyright 2015

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to her uncle for a few days. Sterling has been an absentee uncle and hasn’t seen Becky or her sister for years. So, this is an uneasy family reunion. Becky longs to be believed and thinks everyone is only saying they know she wasn’t responsible, but they really think she is.

It’s definitely not a stereotypical framework. The location is interesting (with a see slowgirl page 6

Ryan Higgins as Doug in LIVE! From the Last Night of My Life – courtesy of Theatre22 - Photos | Facebook.html

by Ron Talbert SGN Contributing Writer LIVE! FROM THE LAST NIGHT OF MY LIFE THEATRE22 12TH AVE ARTS Through April 18 I did not have the pleasure of seeing LIVE! From the Last Night of My Life when

Theater Schmeater staged it in 2011. I am glad that I didn’t. That would have spoiled the effect it had on me Opening Night when Theatre22 presented this latest version as its opening fare for their 2015 season.

Doug Sample works the graveyard shift at the Super Slurp Gas Up and Get Goin’ Gas Station and Convenience Store in Marysville, WA. It is August 1999, and see Live! page 5

Pacific Music Work’s

a moving two part suite of music honoring two Gay icons

“An American Tune” presented a lively concert of our own early music

“Tyler’s Suite” featuring violinist Corentin Pokorny – photo by John Pai

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer SEATTLE MEN’S CHORUS: “LEGACY – TYLER’S SUITE & I AM HARVEY MILK” MCCAW HALL March 28 & 29

You missed it! Dang! Unless you are now willing to drive to Olympia (April 11) or Bremerton (April 18), you’ve missed Seattle Men’s Chorus’ performance of Legacy, a two-part suite of music honoring Gay icons, Tyler Clementi and Harvey Milk.

Each piece has an interesting backstory and creation. Each piece has some glorious performance aspects that helped lift the en-

L to R: John Reischman, mandolin; Brandon Vance and Tekla Cunningham, violins; Tom Berhgan, banjos; Catherine Webster, soprano; and Stephen Stubbs, guitar – photo by Bill Mohn

by Sharon Cumberland SGN Contributing Writer

PACIFIC MUSICWORKS “AN AMERICAN TUNE” ILLSLEY BALL NORDSTROM RECITAL HALL March 21

see “Legacy” page 6

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American folk music is not the first thing you think of when you hear the term “early music.” Seattle’s early music scene – which is one of the liveliest in the nation – is usually focused on the medieval, Renaissance and baroque classical traditions.

Not only do Seattle audiences support such see “tune” page 5

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Celebrating 41 Years!

Rick Springfield gets intimate with fans in “Stripped Down” concert

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer RICK SPRINGFIELD NEPTUNE THEATRE March 18 Rick Springfield can now add storyteller to his long list of qualifications, which already credits him as a pop icon, Grammy winner, soap opera star, TV and film actor, and global heartthrob. The multi-faceted performer entertained a near capacity room at the Neptune Theatre on March 18 with an intimate show that included music, personal photos, and recollections from both his childhood and early days as a band member, and then as a solo artist.

Billed as “Rick Springfield: Stripped Down,” the somewhat informal concert began with the singer-guitarist ripping into acoustic versions of “I Get Excited” and “Affair of the Heart.” In between songs, the Australian-born musician told witty tales about growing up as a military brat in the UK, where his father was stationed, and playing some of his first gigs overseas in Vietnam during the war. Dressed casually in jeans and a button-down shirt, Springfield sat on a stool for the duration of the show, surrounded by guitars and backed by a projection screen that was used to display family pictures, slides and other images.

For diehard fans, most of whom had already seen him live before, possibly multi-

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ple times, this was an opportunity to experience Springfield in a laid back, small theater setting. Whatever he said, whatever he performed, they ate it up like candy. But for those hoping for a full-on concert, they probably left the venue disappointed because the music was sparsely intertwined with childhood flashbacks and jokes; and even though Sp r i ng f ield pulled out several of his biggest hits, such as “Don’t Talk to Strangers” and “Love is Alright Tonight,” they were mellow renditions in comparison to the original rock jams that appeared on a string of top-selling ‘80s albums.

Aside from familiar favorites, the tall

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and still handsome (at 65) artist, who will appear in the 2015 movie Ricki and the Flash with Meryl Streep, also unleashed a few covers during the show, from The Doors’ “Light My Fi re” to Bad f i nger’s “Baby Blue.”

Even better were sentimental renditions of “Me & Johnny,” dedicated to his longtime best friend, and “Ordinary Girl,” a track from his 1999 recording Karma inspired by his ex-wife.

“I’ve Done Everything for You,” “Love Somebody,” and Springfield’s signature hit “Jessie’s Girl,” were all squeezed into the 2-hour performance, all backed by a lone guitar and sometimes a recorded sample from the singer’s laptop

computer that shared the stage with him.

“Inside Sylvia” was adorably accompanied by a virtual guitar, a musical app uploaded onto Springfield’s smartphone that featured strumming sounds just like the actual instrument. “My Father’s Chair,” which centers on the passing of his dad, was also quite moving.

“Stripped Down” concluded with a Q&A session, in which Springfield, who changed into a long-sleeve sweater and put on a pair of prescription glasses, answered questions from the audience that queued up in two lines on the main floor of the theater.

Among the questions posed was: if he had written any other song, other than his own, what would it be? “Anything by the Beatles,” he replied.

Although, he also pridefully commented about penning “Jessie’s Girl.” “It’s kind of good to have a song that will outlive you.”

Springfield interviewed with Seattle Gay News in our March 13 issue – you can read it online at www.sgn.org; search for it in the Archives section. If you desire an even more up close and personal experience with Rick Springfield, he’s hosting another “Fan Getaway” at Club Med, in Florida, that includes full band concerts, acoustic sessions, Q&As, cocktail parties, and more.

All-inclusive packages (room + all meals and booze) can be booked directly through his official website, www.rickspringfield. com.

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“Stripped Down” concluded with a Q&A session, in which Springfield ... answered questions from the audience.... Among the questions posed was: if he had written any other song, other than his own, what would it be?

“Anything by the Beatles,” he replied.

Allen Stone interview in SGN next week 5-date local tour coming up later this month

Allen Stone – courtesy of Capitol Music Group

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer You know that song “She’s a little bit country, he’s a little bit rock and roll?”

Well, Allen Stone is neither of these. He’s definitely not country, and not quite rock and roll. He’s funky, groovy, bluesy, soulinspired, and a little bit gospel-y. Musically, he’s got a lot going on. And it’s all very good. Stone, originally from Chewelah, WA and now residing part-time in Seattle, is the latest artist to make the leap from local scene to national stage.

He’s done the TV talk show circuit – Ellen, Kimmel, Conan – and collaborated with fellow Emerald City peeps Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, plus the bespectacled singer-songwriter is set to release his first album on a major record label, Radius, which I must say is one of the best records I’ve listened to, front to end, in the past few years. It’s really, really terrific.

Stone will be promoting Radius with a 5-date mini Seattle tour, in which he’ll appear at 5 different venues on 5 separate nights. In what’s being billed as the “Evolution of an Artist,” the 28 year-old musician will begin his week-long itinerary at the 300-seat Triple Door and gradually work his way to venues with larger capacities, capping it off with a performance at the Paramount Theatre. The exact dates are: Monday, April 13 at The Triple Door (with Maiah Manser), Tuesday, April 14 at Nectar Lounge (with Manatee Commune), Thursday, April 16 at The Crocodile (with SISTERS), Friday, April 17 at Neumos (with Kris Orlowski), and Saturday, April 18 at the Paramount Theatre (with Sam Lachow).

But before he does all that, Stone is sitting down here in The Music Lounge to talk about all the good stuff that’s ahead of him in the coming weeks and months. Look for the interview next week, in our April 10 is-

sue. Tickets for all shows are available at received as much praise as its predecessor, 2012’s An Awesome Wave, which claimed www.stgpresents.org. the prestigious Mercury Prize that year.

Looking ahead, beyond April, you might alt-J has included Seattle on another North wanna know that rock hottie Rob Thomas American run that also features appearancis scheduled to perform June 29 at the Para- es in Cleveland, Atlanta, Nashville, Cincinmount Theatre. The lead singer of Match- nati, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Phoebox 20 and respected solo artist is currently nix. The band’s Paramount performance is in the recording studio putting the finishing the final date of their 2015 itinerary, which touches on his third album, the long-awaited also takes them to Australia and Europe. follow-up to 2009’s Cradlesong, and he’ll For tickets, go www.livenation.com. support the new work with “The Great UnIn case you missed it, the full lineup for known 2015” North American tour that launches June 11 in Orillia, Canada. Thom- Chateau Ste. Michelle’s Summer Concerts as is a huge Gay rights advocate, vocalizing 2015 has been unveiled, kicking off June 13 his support for same-sex marriage in an with “A Prairie Home Companion” featuring Garrison Keillor, followed

by Smash Mouth, Toad the Wet Sprocket and Tonic on June 19, Chicago on June 20, Gregg Allman on July 3, Sheryl Crow on July 8, Lyle Lovett and His Large Band on July 11, Harry Connick Jr. on July 18 and 19, John Fogerty on July 24, Festival of Jazz (Chris Botti, Bob James, Earl Klugh, Morgan James) on July 25, Wine Country Blues Festival (Taj Mahal, Blind Boys of Alabama, Charlie Musselwhite, Doug MacLeod) on July 26, Jackson Browne on August 1, op-ed that published in the Huffington Post Brit Floyd on August 6, Steve Miller Band called “The Big Gay Chip on My Shoulder.” on August 7 and 8, Michael Franti & SpearHaving met him once, I can tell you that he’s head on August 22, Chris Isaak on August super friendly and just as handsome in per- 23, Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes son as in photos. Additionally, he and wife and Tonino Baliardo on August 28, Randy Marisol are animal lovers and established Newman on August 29, Franki Valli & the The Sidewalk Angels Foundation, which Four Seasons on September 3, Pink Martini not only helps fund animal shelters and pet on September 4 and 5, and Mark Knopfler rescues, but also extends its assistance to on September 11 and 12. The winery is the homeless. Tickets for Rob Thomas are about 35 minutes from downtown Seattle, in now on sale at www.livenation.com, www. Woodinville, and the venue is outdoors and stgpresents.org, and at ticket kiosks parked surrounded by forest-like scenery. For dioutside the Paramount and Moore theatres. rections and FAQs, go to www.ste.michelle. com.

You might also want to know that indie Finally, don’t forget that Ariana Grande rock group alt-J will play Key Arena on October 18, following a sold out performance is coming to town on April 14 at Key Arena. last year at the Paramount Theatre. The Tickets are available at www.livenation.

Leeds, England-based outfit earned its first com. Look for a review of this show in the Grammy nomination a few months back for SGN the following Friday. the 2014 release This is All Yours; the album

“[Allen Stone’s Radius is] one of the best records I’ve listened to, front to end, in the past few years.

It’s really, really good.”

–Albert Rodriguez

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the utmost politeness and respect while, just below the surface, one can tell that he is seething with hate, disdain, contempt, condescension and just wishing everyone would go away. It doesn’t hurt, either, that he is drop dead gorgeous with a killer smile.

(I’m sure he doesn’t want to be seen as a sex symbol but more as an excellent actor; but when you have both going for you, don’t fight it!)

The ensemble is comprised of Ashley Bagwell, Alyson Bedford, Samie Spring Detzer, Katie Driscoll, Heather Gautschi, Corey D. McDaniel (Producing Artistic Director of Theatre22), Jason Sharp and James Weidman. They all appeared in the

2011 production, as did 80% of the crew.

McDaniel, at one point, plays a bluecollar worker who comes into the Super Slurp on his break thinking everything is shit. Shit, shit, shit! I’m sure Doug couldn’t agree more. They are simpatico. Their exchange is hysterical. Detzer commands attention every time she’s onstage. Weidman is Doug’s very understanding father and Gautschi is the ever-supportive mother, among others. Katie Driscoll plays one of the oddest and most nervous customers I have ever come across and she does it to perfection. Bedford plays the ex with panache and Sharp is her overbearing fiancé.

Bagwell is quite good as several offbeat characters. If there is an award in Seattle for Best Ensemble, this cast deserves to win it.

Michael Mowery has created the most realistic convenience store set. The refrigerator/freezer display cases are filled with the obligatory eggs, milk, soda, beer, butter, snacks, ice cream, etc. I felt as though I could pick up a few things for myself before I went home. There are entrances and exits all over the set in spots one would not suspect. An actor would deem it an honor and a privilege to work on that set and with those props. Costumes by Julia Evanovich consisting of a scarf here, a different coat there, maybe a hat over here to denote different characters are sleek and workable for the actors. Sound by Jesse McNeece and lights by Gwyn Skone are just right for the mood of each scene, especially for the Doug Sample Dancers. Choreography for said dancers is by Kerry Christianson and serves the play well, while the fight choreography by Paul Ray is believable.

The pre-publicity for this production

has said that there were cuts and changes made. If I had any criticism at all, not enough cuts were made. The two scenes following the dance number, re: the man needing gas and then coming back with the cop, does nothing for the advancement of the story. They could have been cut all together and it would have made for a much tighter production. Also, and this is one of my pet peeves, in the more intimate, quiet moments in Act II, I could not hear one word the actor’s said. It is possible to be soft spoken and still project so that the audience does not miss a single word. After all, Grease is the word!

I don’t know if this play/production/cast will be eligible for any awards this year but, if so, they should take them all home.

I highly recommend anyone who likes to laugh to go see this play. You will be richly rewarded.

LIVE! From the Last Night of My Life continues through April 18, at 12th Avenue Arts Studio, 1620 12th Avenue. (206) 2572203, www.theatre22.org, info@theatre22. org, facebook.com/theatre22, @T22_Seattle.

Season subscriptions are still available.

his Pacific MusicWorks colleague Tekla Cunningham on the violin. These two star regulars, however, were the back-up players on this occasion for Brandon Vance on the fiddle, Tom Berghan on his four banjos, and John Reischman on mandolin. My companion for the concert (who is also my banjo-playing, folksong-singing husband) told me that Vance, Berghan, and Reischman are very, very famous in the world of old time music. He was as impressed to see them in person as I would be if, say, Juan Diego Flórez, Jonas Kaufmann and Renee Fleming appeared together at the opera. This combo of regulars and guests – including soprano Catherine Webster who carried the entire vocal repertoire of seventeen songs on her own – gave the audience a carefully constructed tour of early American music that left plenty of room for improvisational playing. As Stubbs said in a pre-concert conversation with UW Professor Larry Starr, “everything that makes music interesting is not what is on the page – the score doesn’t give you the character of the music.” Instead, he said it is the improvisational quality of the vernacular tradition that makes the music exciting and alive – the repetitions, ornaments, transposition, variations – that conjure up music of the past while still making it exciting to listeners 150 years later.

It was appropriate to begin the concert with Stephen Foster, whose songs have entered the American psyche so thoroughly that it’s hard to believe anyone actually wrote “A few more days for to tote the weary load” or “Hard times, hard times, come again no more.” All of the songs by Foster and his contemporaries in this program were written between 1849 and 1873, so we got a musical dose of American history during its most dramatic period of the Civil War and westward expansion. The concert was too short to give a full sense of the

complexity of the times, but certain choices seemed to break through the distance of time and bring sudden insight, such as “Come, come ye saints,” a beautiful Mormon hymn that reminds us that American pioneers weren’t only 49ers, cattle drivers or homesteaders on the Oregon Trail, but whole communities of people seeking religious freedom just as the pilgrims sought it two hundred years earlier.

One of my favorite moments was the group’s presentation of “The Battle Cry of Freedom,” sung by Catherine Webster in the slow, sad mode of a victory that demanded an almost unimaginable cost. We know that it was the rousing marching song of the North – “The Union forever! Hurrah, boys, hurrah!” – probably sung with martial vigor and enthusiasm back in 1860. But the elegiac tone of this rendition reminded us that not only were more boys killed in the Civil War than in all of America’s wars together, but that the long after-effects of slavery are still working themselves out in communities all over the country.

Another more cheerful favorite was “Cumberland Gap,” a song my husband wooed me with, though they left out the part about “I got drunk an took a little nap, woke up sober in the Cumberland Gap.” Catherine Webster sang this song with particular energy to such lively playing that the auditorium disappeared and I felt as though we were all in a bar together stomping our feet and pounding the table. My only wish is that the whole burden of singing had not fallen on one soprano voice, though Webster did a wonderful job. The music is so various, and the accompaniment was so rich and complex, that the addition of a baritone for some of the songs would have made a wonderful evening absolutely perfect.

The musician of the night – which is saying a lot when all the musicians were so

memorable – was fiddler Brandon Vance, a two-time U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion, whose dashing tunesmanship was accented by the rhythmic device of bouncing the bow vertically on the strings in addition to playing rapidly forward on the horizontal – an effect that seemed to create circles and swoops in the air, giving the music a visual dimension to go with the dramatic aural dimension.

The other musician of the night, with his rack of four banjos and one guitar, was Tom Berghan whose expert playing evoked the distant past when the ringing banjo was the sound of an era. Berghan has even developed a special instrument – the banjo d’amore – that has four sympathetic strings to amplify the four weakest active strings on the banjo. This beautiful instrument, with a headpiece in the shape of Orpheus and the whole legend of Orpheus and Euridice inset in mother of pearl along the neck, seemed to link American folk music to the early music tradition that is the normal bailiwick of Pacific MusicWorks. It’s not by accident that an award-winning early music group should produce a great old time music concert. Though early American song is a century or two younger than that of Europe, Pacific MusicWorks has demonstrated that it offers a compelling counterpoint to what we think of as early music. The vernacular American tradition is our own early music – rich, complex, but especially alive in its direct connection of the audience to its own history.

The next project of Pacific MusicWorks is an early musical take on Mozart’s The Magic Flute – and if it is as intriguing as their take on American folk music, or as beautifully produced as last year’s Semele, then it is not to be missed. May 8-20, 2015 at UW’s Meany Theater.

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continued from cover Y2K is still very much a threat. Doug has been laid off from Amazon.com. His mother and friends keep reminding him how good he is with computers, but Doug is disillusioned and depressed. He plans to commit suicide at the end of his shift.

There is still a full eight hours, however, that Doug gets to put up with various and sundry quirky customers, a visit from an ex-girlfriend, visits from expat hippies including a possible new girlfriend, his parents and the Doug Sample Dancers. Some of these people are real, some imagined, and all of these characters are played by an ensemble of eight of the very best and gifted actors Seattle has to offer.

Playwright/Director Wayne Rawley has given us a play and a production that is food for thought, literally. The computer boom has bubbled, dot coms are going bust and IT nerds are running for the hills. They are at a loss as to what to do. They’re at loose ends. The Super Slurp seems like the answer and, yet, it’s not. Dreams have been dashed.

Doug wishes for a troupe of dancers to be at his beck and call when situations become life on its own terms. The aforementioned Doug Sample Dancers would come out, everyone would know their music, their steps, where to go, what to do, how to do it and life would be peaches and cream again. Doug wants life to be an MGM musical!

Ryan Higgins as Doug is outstanding.

He won the Gregory Award as Best Actor in 2012 for this very role. He treats all his interactions with the other characters with

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continued from cover wonderful series and groups such as the Early Music Guild, Seattle Baroque Orchestra, The Tudor Choir, and Pacific MusicWorks, but Seattle audiences are treated to an annual Baroque puppet opera at the Northwest Puppet Center, and students come from all over the country and the world to study in the early music programs at Cornish and the University of Washington. We think of lutes, harpsichords, and viola da gambas when we think of early music – not banjos, fiddles, mandolins and cowboys.

But American folk music is what Grammy award-winner Stephen Stubbs brought to his delighted audiences in “An American Tune” – a concert of banjos, mandolin, fiddles, guitars and a strong soprano voice singing everything from “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” to “Nelly Bly” to “Dixie.”

What Director Stubbs and his band of special musicians showed us is that American music has an early period of its own that encompasses all the influences of Europe and many African influences as well. The concert was beautifully designed in song sequences focused vocally on the music of Stephen Foster, the era of Abraham Lincoln, Westward Expansion and Murder Ballads, with two instrumental sets demonstrating the Scottish and Irish Celtic strain in fiddle playing as preserved in the Appalachian musical tradition. The entire audience at Nordstrom Recital hall was tapping their feet and clapping along, bursting into song when invited.

The concert featured a special group of musicians gathered for this unique concert – world-class performers in their own rights – including Stephen Stubbs himself, setting aside his lute and theorbo for a good old American guitar in order to accompany

Ryan Higgins as Doug in LIVE! From the Last Night of My Life – photo by Dave Hastings

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to the precipitating event with the disabled classmate.

The script smartly ends the play there and we are left wondering what will happen after. And that’s one reason it lingers and haunts. But we have witnessed a profound change in their relationship, which is very satisfying.

continued from cover lovely set mainly of wooden hut-like support beams and a large cut backdrop of lush greens by Andrea Bush). The characters are unique. Sterling has an interesting story to tell about his own life, and Becky is a very advanced teen, with a lot of freedom to talk about sex and other taboo subjects without reticence.

Pierce does a great job of creating a modern young teen girl for the most part.

(There are a few moments that might take you out of your suspension of disbelief, but very few.) Becky is very plausible. Her adjustment to the jungle and her uncle is believable. She is sometimes not very nice to her uncle, which is also somewhat unexpected.

McKeon is a master of quiet roles, brooding men who don’t ever blurt out what they’re feeling. He just portrayed a similar role in SPT’s Humble Boy. His lack of conversation makes him a mystery we want to know more about. A scene where Becky dissects his motivations is very revealing and interesting, with the added effect that we don’t actually know what we’ve learned about him. We can never really know Sterling; we can just see what he does. He is constantly surprising, therefore.

Kelly Kitchens directs with a solid sense of scenic unfolding. The play seems to be mostly about Becky and Sterling’s relationship, until the very end. At that point, a climactic revelation changes everything we thought we knew, and brings us back

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Kevin McKeon as Sterling and Hanna Mootz as Becky in Seattle Public Theater’s production of Slowgirl by Greg Pierce – Image copyright 2015 by Steven Sterne Photography

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Act One: Tyler’s Suite, focuses on Tyler Clementi, an unintentional touchstone for the LGBT community, as the 18 year-old committed suicide after the well-publicized trauma of being video cammed in an encounter with another young man at college. His own lack of self-esteem and security in his sexual orientation has caused a ripple effect to help other young people get support to believe in themselves and avoid the self-shaming that Tyler likely felt.

The piece is actually eight individual compositions by nationally-known composers with text written by Pamela Stewart.

They are meant to illuminate the young man and his hopes, dreams and accomplishments.

An absolutely searing violin performance from Corentin Pokorny, throughout the piece, gave a rich, auditory experience of Tyler’s own love of violin. The engaging “The Unicycle Song” was accompanied by photos of Tyler on a unicycle, and playing violin while riding on it. The sorrows of his family were included in pieces for his father (“Just A Boy”), a brother (“Brother, Because of You”), and his mother (“I Love You More”).

Rachel DeShon sang as the mother with heart-tugging authenticity. Other soloists included Logan Skirm, Nathan Wilson, Jim Kendall, Michael Melnick, Matthew Sleeth, Link Hughes and Adam Parnell.

Supportive information sheets were handed out with links like: GLBT National Youth Talkline 800-2467743 (800-TEEN-LINK), help@glbthotline.org and www.866teenlink.org P.O.W. (Proud, Out, Wonderful) www. facebook.com/proudoutwonderful Lambert House www.lamberthouse.org Safe Schools Coalition www.safeschoolscoalition.org

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The Seattle Men’s Chorus performing in “Legacy” – photo by John Pai

GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) www.glsen.org Gender Youth Network www.gpac.org/ youth Seattle Counseling Services (LGBTQ counseling) www.seattlecounseling.org , 206-323-1768 Sound Mental Health www.smh.org, 206-302-2200 Navos (West Seattle and Burien) www. navos.org, 206-829-1100 And www.gaylesbianseattlecounseling. com/help Act Two, I Am Harvey Milk, includes composer Andrew Lippa as Harvey, in an overview of Harvey Milk’s life and a cel-

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ebration of what he was able to accomplish.

Mayor Ed Murray spoke movingly before the piece about how Harvey Milk was the first out, elected politician in the country (San Francisco) and his success influenced Cal (Calvin B.) Anderson, locally, who influenced Murray himself to run for public office.

Rachel DeShon again participated in a mother role, and young Jaryn Lasentia added a pure, clear boy soprano. Lippa is a masterful performer, as well as composer, so it was a privilege to have his participation.

Lippa has said about his work, “As I saw it, it was my turn. Harvey was 48; I’m 48.

Harvey was born Jewish; I was born Jew-

ish. Harvey was gay; I’m happy. Most of all, I wanted to find out how I felt – what I really felt, thought, needed, wanted, dreamed about, feared, loathed, craved – when it came to being a gay man, a gay man in a world made much better because of people like Harvey Milk.”

There were several challenging moments in the piece, like “I Am the Bullet,” which animated the hardware that caused Milk’s death, and “I Am a Faggot,” which acknowledged that “words can hurt me.”

The last piece, “I Am Harvey Milk,” exhorted people to “come out” as a panoply of famous out people tiled on the screen above. It was a very moving moment.

Celebrating 41 Years!

Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute announces films and events for the 12th annual

Langston Hughes African-American Film Festival APRIL 11-19

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OPENING FILM: The Ground on Which I Stand (6 p.m., April 11; $25) Special appearance by Seattle Repertory’s August Wilson Monologue winners Josiah Townsend and Zenobia Taylor CLOSING FILM: Cincinnati Goddam (6 p.m., April 19; $25) Filmmaker April Martin in attendance SEATTLE – Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute (LHPAI) is pleased to present the 12th Annual Langston Hughes African-American Film Festival

(LHAAFF). This year’s festival will feature six world premieres, 19 full-length films and 23 shorts over nine days. Included for the first time at the festival is a horror film (Haunted) and a Saturday Brunch where five filmmakers host a panel discussion; together they will share, entertain and advise with tales from their own filmmaking struggles and triumphs.

LHAAFF will bring back the popular Ladies Night, Family and LGBTQ MiniFests as well as community partnerships and outreach programs. For 2015 LHPAI and LHAAFF partners with the Seattle Repertory Theatre for the opening night screening of August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand. LHAAFF also has a

long-standing relationship with program partnerships with the HIV/AIDS community. This year six community host organizations, HIV Vaccine Trial Unit-Fred Hutch, Neighborhood House-Project HANDLE, Center for Multicultural Health, BABES, CFAR and Defeat HIV as well as several point-of-care HIV/AIDS centers bought out the house and are donating free tickets for Positively Beautiful on April 14 at 6:30 p.m.

Most screenings will be at LHPAI, 104 17th Ave. S. www.langstoninstitute.org.

206-684-4758.

For one day only, Monday, April 13, the festival moves to the Northwest African American Museum (for a very special event. “D.W. Griffith’s 100 Years after Birth of a Nation: A History of Race Messaging” is presented in partnership with LHPAI, the Northwest African American Museum and the Northwest Film Forum. Charles Mudede (The Stranger) and Zola Mumford MLS (LHAAFF curator) discuss Birth of a Nation’s social, political and cinematic impact, and Oscar Micheaux’s moving response film, Within Our Gates. D.W. Griffith’s Civil War epic debuted in a cinematic christening of the White House and began its notoriously heralded life in the canon of American cinema. A few years later Oscar Micheaux responded with his film, Within Our Gates, an explicit critique of racial violence systematically perpetrated against blacks.

Balls & Chain : [Buck is Back!]

by Keith Glaeske Special to the SGN

Imagine, if you will, a world where Miguel Reyes – the first Latino and openly gay governor of Florida – is poised to enact Referendum 65, a statewide referendum that will make Florida the first Southern state to have full marriage equality. However, when Alejandro Reyes (Miguel’s fourteen-year-old son) is kidnapped, his abductors deliver the following ultimatum: either Miguel kills R-65, or they will kill Alejandro. Simultaneously, and suspiciously, Alejandro’s tutor disappears, and an anti-gay minister begins leading protests against the governor. Into this fray enters Agent Buck 98 from an undisclosed government agency: snarky, irreverent, and very queer, Agent Buck has only a week to locate and rescue Alejandro, and bring his kidnappers to justice.

Such is the premise behind Balls & Chain by Eric Andrews-Katz, the second Buck 98 Adventure, and sequel to The Jesus Injection. Agent Buck is joined by his agency rival Agent 46 (the equally snarky Noxia von Tüssëll), their superior Agent Muffin 69, and a host of eccentric new characters: Phynilla Jackson, the governor’s executive assistant, with a tongue as sharp as Agent Buck’s; the rifle-wielding Countess Margareta and her three yapping dogs; and the handsome security guard Benjamin Do-

ver. Readers are not required to have earlier heroines Nancy Drew and Cherry Ames, to knowledge of the first Buck 98 Adventure hilarious effect. (And everyone in her stoin order to enjoy Balls & Chain; neverthe- ries was gay, except for Ames’ parents and less, readers of both will appreciate the the villains.) character developIt is rare for a ment, especially in novel to be nearly some interesting upstaged by currevelations conrent events, but cerning Agent 46’s that is indeed the backstory. case with Balls & Andrews-Katz Chain: this novel keeps the action anticipates the speeding merstriking down of rily along, whether Florida’s 2008 Agent Buck 98 is marriage amendhunting for Alement by a federal jandro, escaping judge this past death-traps, enjoyAugust, which has ing various technonearly made its gadgets, trading premise obsolete; bon mots with evnot that Andrewserybody, or seducKatz had any way ing Benjamin, all of knowing that in the best tradition the momentum of James Bond (alof the marriage beit a queer James equality moveBond). Andrewsment would do so Katz is actually (and potentially more the literary could do very Balls & Chain takes readers on another Agent Buck mystery – descendant of Maquickly) while he courtesy of Eric Andrews-Katz bel Maney than Ian was writing his novFleming; Maney, el, or while it was in with her Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse production. and subsequent sequels during the 1990s, One might be tempted to write off this parodied 1950’s juvenile detective fiction Buck 98 Adventure as pure escapist fluff

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Over the course of the nine days ten filmmakers will be welcomed at LHAAFF as special guests. Those expected to attend include: Kiara C. Jones (Christmas Wedding Baby); Fum Fum Ko (Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner – Naija Edition); George Wingard (Dave the Potter: Spirit Captured in Clay) Harold Jackson III (Last Night) Nefertiti Nguvu (In the Morning) Charles Murray (Haunted); Diveena Cooppan (Positively Beautiful); April Martin (Cincinnati Goddam) and Electra Weston (Maybe Dreams Can Come True); Seattle filmmaker Amen Gibreab, a University of Washington graduate and an Ethiopian immigrant, will present his documentary Horeta: The Journey Beyond Culture.

Festival passes ($50-$150) are available online now at www.brownpapertickets. com/event/1299402. Tickets to individual screenings are also available online at www.LangstonInstitute.org; view the upcoming film events calendar for links to purchase individual screening tickets.

Individual film screening tickets are $7 for youth under the age of 16 and seniors (65+), and $12 for adults. $10 for weekday matinees and $5 Teen Tix cards are accepted for individual film screenings.

Check the LHPAI website for the most up-to-date schedule and film screening additions.

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(again, in the very best tradition of James Bond), but occasionally Agent Buck reveals that he is more than an Oscar Wilde wannabe: for example, when he questions Benjamin about why he remains closeted, even though he works for an out governor. So never mind that any secret agent who acted like Agent Buck 98 (especially to his supervisor) would be drummed out of whatever unnamed governmental intelligence agency he works at for insubordination: readers should not let this or other “lapses” impede their enjoyment of the novel; just as Agent Buck 98 takes nothing seriously, neither should they.

Keith Glaeske is a medievalist and collector of speculative fiction currently living in Washington, DC. His articles about medieval literature have been published in Medieval Perspectives, Traditio, and Ériu.

He regularly reviews books for Chelsea Station, Lambda Literary Review, and other sites.

This review was first printed March 31, 2015 in Chelsea Station: A magazine devoted to gay literature. Reprinted with permission.

Balls and Chain by Eric AndrewsKatz is published by Bold Stroke Books and is available in paperback and ebook. http://www.boldstrokesbooks. com/9781626392755e.html

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Powerful Girl a thought-provoking stunner

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer A GIRL LIKE HER Now playing The independently produced A Girl Like Her is without question a message movie, and there are times where that is a problem. The picture can feel forced, a little too manufactured, hammering home its points with next to no subtlety, creating a didactic form of melodrama that comes off more as an “After School Special” from the early 1980s more than an assertive character study chronicling high school life of the here and now. There’s virtually no point where the viewer sees themselves disap-

pearing into things, the idea that this is a fictional story rarely in doubt.

Yet, be all that as it may, A Girl Like Her is arguably one of the more vibrant, electric and dynamically alive motion pictures I’ll see this year. It’s also one of the most important. In a shockingly brief 92 minutes, writer/director Amy S. Weber manufactures a scenario that swept me up inside its emotionally volatile confines with shocking ease, allowing things to build and evolve in ways that are vibrant and visceral. While the truths it ultimately builds to are hardly surprising that doesn’t make them any less breathless in their poignantly catastrophic delivery, the lives forever damaged by the out of control events depicted staggering in the extreme.

South Brookdale High School is one of the nation’s top high schools. Underneath the surface, however, things aren’t as they appear. At least, that’s how 16-year-old Jessica Burns (Lexi Ainsworth) sees it. She’s being relentlessly bullied by former friend and resident Queen Bee Avery Keller (Hunter King), tormented to the point she’s starting to think of doing something tragically horrific. Enlisting the help of friend and erstwhile guerilla filmmaker Brian Slater (Jimmy Bennett), she attempts to document exactly what has been happening to her, hoping she can maintain her sanity long enough to see things through to a logical, and hopefully cathartic, end.

The film is really three stories in one.

There’s a documentary crew at the school looking to chronicle a major student body celebration only to see themselves having to refocus their attentions when the situation between Avery and Jessica is thrust out into the open. Then there is Brian’s clandestine investigation, his secretive chronicling of what is happening between the two girls positively damning. But there is also Avery’s story, the popular teen also filming her own thoughts, crafting an exceedingly personal videography showcasing how someone so smart, seemingly so selfassured, could become an insecure bully compulsively ridiculing those who used to be her closest confidants.

Working from the flimsiest of scenarios, Weber and her talented cast improvised the majority of the film as they went along, utilizing information culled from countless hours of interviewing teenagers – bullies and victims alike – about their high school

experiences. When this team gets things right the effect is startling, achieving a level of introspective eloquence that’s astonishing. The emotional authenticity driving things forward is never in doubt, both Ainsworth and King delivering honest, nakedly raw performances that continually cut to the quick, showcasing the omnipresent pain and anxieties that’s sadly driving their respective characters forward.

As glorious and magnetic as all this might be, there are times when the spell cracks and Weber’s desire to punch her message through becomes a little too overbearing for its own good. On more than a few occasions I began to feel like I was being lectured to; and while I didn’t have any issues with the information being imparted, the fashion in which it was being delivered sadly left something to be desired. More, the faux-documentary esthetic wears thin at times, and if not for the two actresses’ continued magnificence there’s a chance I might have lost interest long before the film came to its heart-stopping, genuinely tearful conclusion.

A chance, yes, but perhaps only a small one. These nitpicks aside, I can’t say A Girl Like Her didn’t still rock me to my core.

The revelations Weber unveils as things progress are staggering, the film achieving a state of eloquent importance I was flabbergasted by. While the message the filmmaker is sending out isn’t unexpected, the way it is delivered more often than not is, and for young people in particular, and likely their parents as well, this is one drama whose viewing isn’t just recommended, it’s pretty much essential.

Woman in Gold a beautiful if aloof history lesson

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer WOMAN IN GOLD Now playing Randol Schoenberg (Ryan Reynolds) is a struggling attorney who has just scrapped his own small practice and taken a prestigious, if minor, position working at a major Los Angeles firm. Happily married to the plucky Pam (Katie Holmes), with one young child and another on the way, the son of Austrian immigrants who fled the country during WWII, the last thing he needs is an extracurricular case sprung from that unseemly and tragic history. Thanks to his doting mother (Frances Fisher), however, one has fallen into his lap all the same.

Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren) has just buried her sister. The pair escaped Austria six decades ago, and the happily contented widow and dress shop proprietor has vowed never to return to her country of birth thanks to how she, her family and her fellow Jewish compatriots were treated once the Germans came calling. But the country has made a recent proclamation that they’re willing to consider restitution towards those who saw their possessions, most notably artworks of considerable prestige and value, stolen from them during the war, Maria and her family one of those who was so repulsively wronged.

Woman in Gold is a docudrama based on the memoir written by Altmann and Schoenberg chronicling their unbelievable journey to see Austria held to account for its crimes committed before, during and after the events of WWII. Most notably, the theft of a collection of paintings by the artist Gustav Klimt, including the dazzling “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I,” a portrait of Maria’s own beloved Aunt Adele (Antje Traue) and over the years since the end of the war had become known as Austria’s very own cultural “Mona Lisa.” As such, it and the rest of the works the pair found themselves fighting for possession of were – are – considered national treasures,

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and as such Austria wasn’t exactly eager to let go of them even if their initial taking of the paintings was nothing short of theft.

With a screenplay by first-timer Alexi Kaye Campbell, directed by Simon Curtis (My Week with Marilyn), the first half of Woman in Gold is a wondrous, if still not altogether unfamiliar, stunner. Randol and Maria get to know one another, each learning how to deal with the other’s idiosyncrasies and quirks. They dig through the evidence, learn what the stakes are and face down fears and anxieties each have held within as if their very lives depended on never doing a single thing to overcome them. It’s all intelligently crafted, a cultural and political procedural flowing between past and present with a subtle gracefulness that amplifies the emotional power of central scenes in ways that are oftentimes breathtaking.

Throughout this portion, Curtis and Campbell deftly weave in flashbacks to a young Maria (Tatiana Maslany) and her life in Austria. Interacting with her Aunt. Sharing quiet moments with her father, mother and Uncle. Getting married to renowned opera singer Fritz (Max Irons). Seeing her country overcome with Nazi propaganda and enthusiasm. Escaping to freedom even though doing so means leaving part of herself behind. It’s all looked at in the briefest, most fascinating of brushstrokes, Curtis finding a way to make all of this work in ways that are organic, full of life, never layering on saccharine and sentiment, allowing the emotion of the moment to speak for itself.

But there are little annoyances during this initial hour that made me wonder if all was going to keep going along at such a satisfying clip. Charles Dance pops up in a throwaway role as the head of Randol’s new firm who only seems to be around to look sternly at who he thinks will be his new protégé while spouting a collection of mundane platitudes. Daniel Brühl also enters into the proceedings as a surprisingly knowledgeable investigative journalist eager to see Maria find success with

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her claim, his ultimate reasons for doing so hardly a surprise. As for the Austrian officials setting up the obstacles the dogged Altmann and Schoenberg are forced to overcome, they’re like something out of a bad B-movie, so hissably nasty and onedimensional they’re more caricatures than characters, thus diluting the passions driving the story forward in ways that are almost unforgivable.

None of which would matter if the film itself had continued forward in the same magnetic fashion start to finish. Unfortunately, this just isn’t the case, the complexities of the scenario in the end more than a 110-minute motion picture can easily contain. Once Randol jumps feet-first into fighting for Maria’s claim, once he decides to go all the way, the film becomes a mishmash of four months later, six months later, insert-number-here months later jumps in time and place that become increasingly dissociative. We’re in and out of a variety of courtrooms, all of it building to a showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court, a moment that should have been a rousing cathartic crescendo of courage and perseverance, but instead just feels like another stop on a road seemingly without an end.

Granted, that’s part of the point. The

hoops Randol and Maria are jumping through are without question an important facet of the story. But these courtroom sequences, no matter how handsomely staged and performed they might be, are so perfunctory, so rushed, it’s almost as if they don’t matter, meaning that the last time the pair look upon their Austrian counterparts during a climactic arbitration hearing, the inherent power of the moment is sadly lost.

There is no euphoria once the verdict is announced. I felt no desire to shed a tear or rise to my feet in joy, instead just mildly contented and satisfied when in reality I wanted to feel so much more.

I loved the last scene, so much so I feel a little bad about nitpicking as much as I have. Curtis manages a few surrealistic and ethereal touches that flow through time and space with a melodic intensity I found rapturous. But as strong as all of this might be, and as terrific as the performances from both Mirren and Reynolds are, I just can’t embrace Woman in Gold as fully as I’d honestly like to. Certainly not without its merits, the movie isn’t near as fulfilling or as captivating as I wanted it to be, and in the end is nothing more than an aloof, if still beautiful, history lesson when in the end it could have been, should have been, so much more.

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Anthony Greer: From bartender to book writer others from dying and stop whatever has left the victims terrified even in their noncorporeal form.

As Robert delves deeper into the lives of the deceased, his girlfriend’s older sister, Alexis Kearns, witnesses James Hawthorne plummet to his death. Armed with nothing but a smartphone and her edge, she is the first to cover this widely-publicized story. The temporary fame distracts her from the pain of being dumped for simultaneously breaking an earlier story and her boyfriend’s trust, but does little for her career at the Seattle Chronicle, where she’s constantly compared to a blogger whose sensationalist articles have acquired a larger fan base.

Impressed with Alexis’ coverage and integrity, Hawthorne’s mother approaches her with a pitch of her own. Mrs. Hawthorne reveals that her son could communicate with the dead, and insists that he is just one of several mediums to have allegedly committed suicide in the past month.

Alexis is intrigued with the pattern of unlikely deaths, but is hesitant to follow up on Mrs. Hawthorne’s concern until she finds a connection between the mediums suicides and Robert’s increasingly erratic behavior.

Concerned for her sister, Alexis unknowingly aids Robert in trying to uncover what really happened to the mediums that have died, and discovers that both the dead and the living should be afraid of who – or what – is responsible.

Newly emerging author Anthony Greer – courtesy of Anthony Greer

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor Depending on whom you ask, you’re likely to hear that Anthony Greer is a nice guy. He’s polite and after spending a number of years working as a bartender at, at one time, one of Capitol Hill’s busiest Gayowned watering holes, The Lobby Bar, he’s learned a thing or two about how to deal with you – the customer. Suffice to say, that along with his charm Greer is very handsome, so he had a great many fans while he tended bar. His “regulars” as he calls them, would often drop by Lobby and buy a drink just so they could say “heya“ to their favorite barkeep.

It was during nights like the very popular Monday’s at Lobby Bar (circa 2012) when “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (Season whoreally-cares-anymore) was at the height of its popularity that Greer undoubtedly found out that despite being armed with charm, professional accolades that include being named the winner of a Stoli bartender challenge that sent him to represent Lobby Bar and Seattle in the national competition in Palm Springs, California, a handsome face and customer service, he also had a few haters.

As a fellow writer I can tell you that we draw inspiration (by “we” I mean writers) from the good, the bad, and the ugly in this life. And Greer is very good at the incongruity of it all. As he says of himself, he is, himself, a “slightly off-kilter contradiction.”

According to Greer, sometimes he is a leaf on the wind and rides the sky waves wherever they take him. Other times he is a grounded anti-social socialite with mortal flaws but a kind heart. And he’s a great conversationalist as long as you don’t talk during “Game of Thrones” or “Big Brother.”

Greer is also a damn good writer. And when, just after five years of operation in the 900 Block of E. Pike St., The Lobby Bar celebrated one last day, November 22, 2014, Greer decided to lean on what he had learned while serving regulars and haters alike at the bar to jumpstart his writing ca-

reer by crowdfunding the publishing dollars to print his first novel. Somewhere deep down inside Greer knew that if he asked, people would give. And so he signed up for a campaign to raise a little over $2,000 days after his final day of work at the bar. He had a lot riding on this. Pride, the promise of income, and that sweet feeling that only other writers will truly know – the feeling of being published as a novelist. It turns out that Greer’s “regulars” outweighed his haters. Together, friends, family and yes, even some strangers, raised over $3,000 for the (at the time,) yet-to-be-published writer.

On February 20, Greer published The Messengers, a novel written in alternating points of view (a commonality you’ll notice in many of his stories), and is the first installment in its series. The second book, The Black Athame is also set to be released soon, Greer told Seattle Gay News.

Reviews of The Messengers have been good and Greer reports that copies of the book are being moved as more and more people are buying it.

“The style of the story is one that hasn’t often been done, if ever,” said Greer. “The main characters, Robert and Alexis, struggle to discover what’s happened to these people using very different techniques.

Alexis pieces together the stories of the living and finds relics left behind, while Robert interacts with the victims and tries to find the right triggers to get them to talk.

The result is them obtaining information through both a physical and an ethereal investigation.”

THE MESSENGERS: A DESCRIPTION Robert Baselton has grown accustomed to seeing the dead as they wander between worlds. However, when the spirits of a teenaged girl and an old woman become a regular presence in his everyday life, Robert has a suspicion that there’s a link between them and the utterances of murder that the Messenger whispers in his ear. Every time the Messenger appears another presence is soon to follow. Robert must harness his gift and find a way to get the spirits to reveal their common bond in hopes of preventing

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OUTSIDERS UNITE “The spirit world has always fascinated me because it’s the supernatural medium that people tend to believe in most, and therefore it has the power to play on people’s emotions and fears,” Greer told Seat-

tle Gay News. “The story does both. You’re able to see the pain and heartache of the deceased as their loved ones mourn them and move on, but you also learn that they’re terrified of something that not even Robert can see. If the dead are still afraid of whatever brought them to an early grave, should Robert also be worried?”

“My favorite aspect of this story is that both Robert and Alexis are outsiders, even though they couldn’t be more different,” he said.

“Robert is a wallflower who interacts with the dead more than the living after a tragic event that occurred long before the start of the novel has shattered his family,” continued Greer. “His only real human interaction is with Julia, Alexis’ younger sister, who has taken it upon herself to turn Robert into one of her pet projects and grows insecure when he remains distant from her.”

“Alexis is as loud as Robert is quiet.

She’s as strong as she is intelligent and is on the fast track to being one of the best journalists of her time,” said Greer. “Unfortunately, the more she interacts with people, the worse she becomes around them. She’s been recently dumped, plays second string at work behind a social media mogul, and is the black sheep in her family. We don’t know what has caused her to become so polarizing, but it we’re left with a hint on the tattoo she bears on her wrist. She tells people that it’s kanji [the Japanese written character] for ‘family,’ but it really means ‘never forget’.”

The Messenger is available for download for $2.99 on Kindle at amazon.com.

There are 278 pages.

Anthony Greer’s new book The Messengers – courtesy of Anthony Greer

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Meetings Events Activities

FOR A CALENDAR LISTING: Send details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1605 12th Ave, Ste 31, Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. Fax: 3227188. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization.

DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.

ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www. scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities.html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists.

NOTE: Phone numbers accompanying listings are within area code (206) & locations of meetings/ events are in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County. Every Monday. An informal group of Gay men living in Snohomish County meet for dinner at Snohomish County restaurants. For information, location & to RSVP contact Ricardo at socialdinnerclub@yahoo.com or phone (360) 722-1664.

Healing Words. 6:30-8pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Drop-in group open to all who are healing from trauma, addiction, or just the challenges of life in general. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

Pozitively Me! 6:30-8pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E. Pike St. Every Monday. A group and conversation about HIV for Gay & Bi men newly diagnosed and for Gay & Bi men facing the challenges of living with HIV longterm. www.gaycity.org.

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun.

322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday. For information email info@washingtongender alliance.com Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.

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Ski Buddies. Every Saturday & Sunday. Ski, board or snow shoe locally with fellow club members! www. skibuddies.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

Northwest Bears Potluck and Meet & Greet Beer Bust. 6pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave at E. Pine St. Meets 1st Saturday each month. Northwest Bears is a Gay men’s social and service organization providing a focal point within the Gay community for Bears and Bear admirers. www.nwbears.com.

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouth center.org.

(Also meets Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks.

For more information visit www.rainbowbridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com Live! From the Last Night of My Life (3/27-4/18). 4/24/4 8pm; 4/9-4/11 8pm; 4/12 2pm; 4/14 8pm; 4/16-4/18 8pm. Tonight Doug Sample is going to kill himself. He just has to finish his shift. Written & directed by Wayne Rawley. Tickets $25 general admission, $14 seniors/military/students. (Thursday & Tuesday 4/14 performances include $5 minimum pay-what-you-can tickets.) www. brownpapertickets.com/event/907030

SUNDAY - April 5

play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www. raincitysoccer.org Easter Bonnet Contest. 3-5pm. CC Attle’s, 1701 E Olive Way. 1st Place $50 cash. 2nd Place $40 gift certificate, 3rd Place $25 gift certificate. Entry is FREE. Easter Eggs will be on sale with chances to win more prizes. Proceeds benefit JC/Lady Graytop Scholarship Fund. Hosted by DonaTella Howe. www.imperialcourtof seattle.com Film Showing: “Out Here.” 3pm. Central Cinema, 1411 21st Ave. Full-length documentary by Queer Farmer Film Project looks at the experiences of Queer farmers across the country & asks “What does it mean to be a Queer farmer? Is agriculture a safe space for Queer people?

What are the relationships between food production & Queerness? Tickets $7 in advance, $9 at the door. central-cinema.com/get-tickets/ PFLAG/Kittitas County. 4-5:30pm. First United Methodist Church, 3rd & Ruby Sts, Ellensburg. Meets the first Sunday of every month. For information, (509) 925-7937.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/Weds/ Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org Seattle Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. 1st Sunday of every month (October-June). The historic Gothic sanctuary of Seattle First Baptist Church is offered to the best jazz groups in the city to perform 100 minutes of their own popular music. FREE. For info 325-6051, www.seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731.

Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

Visit us online www.sgn.org

TUESDAY - April 7

Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Gay Men’s Task Force of Snohomish County in Everett. 6-8pm. Snohomish Health District, 3020 Rucker Ave Ste 309A, Everett. Meets 1st Tuesday each month.

Open to all Gay & Bisexual men in Snohomish County.

“We will be discussing issues concerning the local Gay community & value your opinion, voice, comments, suggestions & attendance. Come join us as we build community in Snohomish County.” David, (425) 339-5238.

LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org Gay/Bi Prostate Cancer Group. 6:30-8pm. Gilda’s Club, 1400 Broadway. Meets 1st Tuesday each month.

For Gay & Bi men diagnosed with prostate cancer. A safe space for emotional support on issues of treatment, sexuality, relationships & topics specific to Gay/Bi men.

FREE. 709-1400, www.gildasclubseattle.org Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Cineoke! Doors 6:30pm, Show 7pm. Jewelbox Theater at the Rendezvous, 2322 2nd Ave. Meets 1st Tuesday each month. You’re the star of your favorite movie musical. Pick any scene to sing along to, while the film & lyrics are projected onto the screen. There are hundreds of songs to choose from, or you can bring your own special request on DVD. $8 cover. Sponsored by Three Dollar Bill Cinema. www.threedollarbillcinema.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Dickson room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older.

7-8:30pm. University Congregational Church, 4515 16th Ave NE, Pilgrim Room. Every Tuesday. Open group for Lesbian women, 40 & older, in every stage of coming out or being out. Lots of social activities in addition to Tuesday meetings. 545-3521.

Rain City Jacks. 1st & 3rd Tuesday each month at 7pm; 4th Sunday each month at1pm. West Queen Anne/ Interbay. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a traditional jack-off club. Friendly, sexpositive, non-profit and private. Membership required.

Adult men only. Enroll at the door. www.raincityjacks. org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5035.

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Tuesday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)

Different Drummers. 7:15-8:30pm. Every Tuesday.

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & AfroCaribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques.

Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. (See Wednesday listing at 7:30pm for details.)

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

SATURDAY - April 4

Happy Easter!

For information on GLBT-friendly religious/spiritual organizations in the Greater Seattle area, call or email Rick at the SGN office: 206-324-4297; sgn2@ sgn.org.

Ski Buddies. Every Saturday & Sunday. Ski, board or snow shoe locally with fellow club members! www. skibuddies.org Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 323-8382. http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGayHikingGroup/ Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride.

9am-rendezvous; 9:30am. Broadway Grill, 314 Broadway E. Meets 1st Sunday each month. A social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $2 shoe rental. (425) 785-4725.

Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies.

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com.

Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www.dharmabuddies.org Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org OUTSpoken. 12noon-2pm. 88.1/92.3FM, Livestream www.hotmesssunday.com. Spokane-based LGBT radio talk shows welcomes Dylan Yeandle, Australian Thunder from Down Under performer.

Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm.

Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed

April 4 thru April 12

MONDAY - April 6

Seattle Poetry Slam. Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm. Rebar, 1114 Howell St. Every Tuesday. A spoken word poetry event that features a weekly open mic, feature poet, and slam (poetry competition). Come out and express yourself. LGBTQ- & QTPOC-friendly; all genders welcome. $5. 21+. seattlepoetryslam.org

WEDNESDAY - April 8

Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. www.maturfriends.org Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12:30pm. Call for details, location & to RSVP. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months. www.maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group & HIV/STD Prevention for Youth (14-20) in Everett. 6-8pm. CCA Building, 3331 Broadway - Bottom Floor, Everett. Every Wednesday.

Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com POZSeattle Spring Fling Social. 6-8pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meet us in the downstairs bar for light snacks, socializing, catching up with old friends, making new ones & a whole lot of fun. Dinner includes spiral cut ham, mashed potatoes, veggies, desserts & Easter eggs with candy surprises inside. No cost, but suggested $5 donation to help cover costs. This event is for all HIV+ men & their friends regardless of age, shape, size or color. www.pozseattle.com The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm.

All Pilgrims Church, 500 Broadway E. Meets every Wednesday. This peer recovery group provides a safe & supportive faith community to share your recovery journey with, God answers our prayers & sends us a boat.

Sometimes rowing furiously for yourself & sometimes for others. All are welcome.

Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood, call 525-7295 for location. Meets every Wednesday.

Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week.

Check our website for this month’s book. http://faculty. washington.edu/swittet/sglbookclub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.)

Entre Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group. 7pm. Entre Hermanos, 1105 23rd Ave. Bilingual (Spanish/English) Transsexual support group meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month to provide information, counseling, healthcare, sisterhood & social activities for Latino & foreign-born people in their transition. For more information contact Abby 322-7700, www. entrehermanos.org HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:00pm.

FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm.

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. www. ingersollcenter.org Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebearssubscribe@yahoogroups.com Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

“StageFright” - Youth Open Mic - For Aspiring Writers & Performers, Ages 14-24. 7:30pm. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. Meets 2nd Wednesday each month. FREE. Everyone welcome to attend. StageFright not only features young folk, but is also MC’d by young folk & attended in great majority by young folk.

Richard Hugo House is a community gathering place where writing & reading is celebrated & explored thru events, performances & programs. 322-7030; www. hugohouse.org.

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday.

Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com.

Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet. 8-9pm.

The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets the Wednesday before the 3rd Saturday each month.

BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com

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Where the Mountains End Tour. 7pm. Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave. Featuring LGBT authors Amber Dawn, Leah Horlick & Vivek Shraya with special guests Imami Sims & Anil Vora.

Destiny Gay AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St, Tacoma. Every Friday.

(253) 474-8897.

Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm.

Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Live! From the Last Night of My Life (3/27-4/18). 4/24/4 8pm; 4/9-4/11 8pm; 4/12 2pm; 4/14 8pm; 4/16-4/18 8pm. Tonight Doug Sample is going to kill himself. He just has to finish his shift. Written & directed by Wayne Rawley. Tickets $25 general admission, $14 seniors/military/students. (Thursday & Tuesday 4/14 performances include $5 minimum pay-what-you-can tickets.) www. brownpapertickets.com/event/907030 Shapeshifter (4/10-4/12). 8pm. Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Ave. Performance artist Louis Gervais pushes himself & his cast of characters to the limits of physical & emotional capacity. Tickets $15 students & seniors, $18 general admission. www.brownpapertickets.com

SATURDAY - April 11

THURSDAY - April 9

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org.

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

Queer Night at the Bremerton/Kitsap Health Department. 4:30-7pm. 109 Austin Dr, Bremerton. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. HIV/AIDS & STD testing in a GLBT positive environment. Call Sue or Steve at (360) 337-5235.

Queer Parent Networking Dinners (Sept-Oct, JanJune). 6-8pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E. Pike St. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. Open to all LGBT, Two-Spirited, Queer & Questioning families including parents, co-parents & other people who have a significant role in the life of a child. RSVP requested to facilitate planning for dinner and childcare. 568-7777 or info@nwnetwork.org.

Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth.

(425) 747-4937.

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org PFLAG/Whatcom County-Bellingham Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. Meets 2nd Thursday each month.

360-733-1500; www.whatcompflag.com; PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

QLaw Banquet. Cocktails 5:30pm, Dinner Program 7pm. Fairmont Olympic Hotel, 411 University St. Features keynote speaker Justice Mary Yu & entertainment

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by Captain Smartypants. RSVP to qlawwashington. cmail2.com/t/r-l-qjjukn-ihldkyhhit-e/ Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium.

Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups. yahoo.com/groups/gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm.

SASG, 303 17th Ave. E. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Live! From the Last Night of My Life (3/27-4/18). 4/24/4 8pm; 4/9-4/11 8pm; 4/12 2pm; 4/14 8pm; 4/16-4/18 8pm. Tonight Doug Sample is going to kill himself. He just has to finish his shift. Written & directed by Wayne Rawley. Tickets $25 general admission, $14 seniors/military/students. (Thursday & Tuesday 4/14 performances include $5 minimum pay-what-you-can tickets.) www. brownpapertickets.com/event/907030 Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)

Passover (See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Langston Hughes African American Film Festival 2015 (4/11-4/19). 104 17th Ave S. www.langstoninstitute.org A Gathering of Men in Edmonds. 8:15-11:30am.

Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. All men are welcome. www.agatheringofmen.org Between the Covers - Gay City LGBT Library Book Club. 1pm. Gay City, 517 E. Pike St. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Informal group of Queer folks talking about Queer literature. Visit www.gaycity.org for monthly reading selection.

Diverse Harmony West Seattle Outreach Concert.

7pm. St John’s Episcopal Church, 3050 California Ave SW. Intimate concert includes both large chorus and small ensemble. FREE. www.diverseharmony.org Live! From the Last Night of My Life (3/27-4/18). 4/24/4 8pm; 4/9-4/11 8pm; 4/12 2pm; 4/14 8pm; 4/16-4/18 8pm. Tonight Doug Sample is going to kill himself. He just has to finish his shift. Written & directed by Wayne Rawley. Tickets $25 general admission, $14 seniors/military/students. (Thursday & Tuesday 4/14 performances include $5 minimum pay-what-you-can tickets.) www. brownpapertickets.com/event/907030 Shapeshifter (4/10-4/12). 8pm. Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Ave. Performance artist Louis Gervais pushes himself & his cast of characters to the limits of physical & emotional capacity. Tickets $15 students & seniors, $18 general admission. www.brownpapertickets.com

SUNDAY - April 12

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Langston Hughes African American Film Festival 2015 (4/11-4/19). 104 17th Ave S. www.langstoninstitute.org Lotus Sisters. 11am-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 2nd Sunday of every month. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@ yahoo.com; www.sasgcc.org No Safeword Writers Group. 1-3pm. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. For info & location, NSWG@sexpositive culture. org; www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org. (Also meets 4th Monday, 7-9pm.)

Live! From the Last Night of My Life (3/27-4/18). 4/24/4 8pm; 4/9-4/11 8pm; 4/12 2pm; 4/14 8pm; 4/16-4/18 8pm. Tonight Doug Sample is going to kill himself. He just has to finish his shift. Written & directed by Wayne Rawley. Tickets $25 general admission, $14 seniors/military/students. (Thursday & Tuesday 4/14 performances include $5 minimum pay-what-you-can tickets.) www. brownpapertickets.com/event/907030 Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 7:30pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 2nd Sunday each month.

FRIDAY - April 10 K of M/Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, charitable organization that raises money for various Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages causes & organizations. Social functions include Mr & 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. Ms Wrangler Contest, La Femme Grotesque, Movie Auc(253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thurs- tion Night, Memorial Day Weekend Camp-Out, Sir Guy Contest, Beggars Feast, holiday parties & other events. days 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

329-0886, mailbox@jetchapterkofm.com Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Shapeshifter (4/10-4/12). 8pm. Velocity Dance Center, Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strength- 1621 12th Ave. Performance artist Louis Gervais pushes himself & his cast of characters to the limits of physical overspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org & emotional capacity. Tickets $15 students & seniors, Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lam$18 general admission. www.brownpapertickets.com bert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm.

The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western dancing for the LGBTQ community. FREE. www.rain-

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Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQ Allyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, 279-8169.

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - www.sbwn.net.

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994.

DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network - support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025.

In an emergency call 911. Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equa lrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country.

GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - 3639188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979.

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; LGBTM SConnection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.mature friends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians.net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, www.raincityjacks. org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples. org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers.org.

MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony.org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band.com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: 388-1408, 323-0750. www.flying house. org.

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County: www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, https://groups.yahoo.com/group/maybebabyseattle; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup. com/proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: 5687777, info@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, fami-

Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 684-4503.

Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. 323-1768.

Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected

by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.South SoundQCal.com SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhill cycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@ gmail. com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.different spokes. org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/ EthylForever CarClub/; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet

City Hoops: www.jetcity hoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefront runners.org; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswim team.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo. com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www.seattletennisalliance. org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www.teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague.com, Century 21 League; Seattle United Soccer League: www.seattle unitedsl.com; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattle volleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www. teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.

SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter. org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup. webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www. facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women.

720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 7220729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwest seattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot. com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493.

Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students.

WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools.

330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www. globeyouth.org; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206957-1665, jessicah@llaa.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace. com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag. org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.

Alexander@ multicare.org; www.facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, 206-326-9112, www. facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - 360-698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Queer Youth Space: 206-495-9963; www.queeryouth space. org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFESAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www. thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw. org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 5228412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoudGLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www. yspp.org

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lies, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: 206-325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflag seattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: 425-4836642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community.pflag. org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington state: www. pflagwsc.org.

PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Sistah Sinema, www. sistahsinema.com, info@sistahsinema.com; TrikoneNorthwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www. trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-6850164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle.

Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 682-6711; www.q-law.org; Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235.

Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBTfriendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond.

Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook.

Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233).

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org

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