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Così fan tutte a problematic opera for our times SEC 2 PG 1
2018 Academy Award nominations predictions SEC 2 PG 1
Seattle Gay News S E AT T L E ’ S L G B T Q N E W S & E N T E R TA I N M E N T W E E K LY
Department of Homeland AmfAR founder Security asks for criminal Mathilde Krim dies at 91 charges against officials of sanctuary cities Mayor Jenny Durkan responds: Do. Your. Job.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan – Photo by Nate Gowdy
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Donald Trump’s Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen, told the Senate
Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security – Photo by Joshua Roberts / Reuters
Judiciary Committee on January 16 that she has asked federal prosecutors to find ways to file criminal charges against public officials in sanctuary cities.
see SANCTUARY page 13
Mathilde Krim by Annie Leibovitz, archival pigment print, 1998 (printed 2014). National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Gift of amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, in honor of Founding Chairman, Dr. Mathilde Krim
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Mathilde Krim, cytogenetics researcher
and founder of the Foundation for AIDS Research (AmfAR), died on January 15. She was 91.
see MATHILDE KRIM page 11
Lambda Legal analysis:
Work in the hospitality or New HHS rule nothing less than a permission slip food service industries? to deny care to LGBT people Read this story! The Trump administration wants to give your tips to your boss
Photo courtesy of Lambda Legal
NEW YORK, NY – [On Thursday, January 18] Lambda Legal published an analysis of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) new rule, issued earlier in the day, creating a new
unit within the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) called the “Conscience and Religious Freedom Division.” The aim of the new unit is to shield from the consequences
see HHS RULE page 13
Photo by Alan Light / Flickr
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Food servers, bartenders, and hotel staff could lose more than half their income if
a new rule proposed by the Trump Labor Department goes into effect. The Trump administration, together with the National Restaurant Association – a trade
see TIPS page 13