SGN January 19, 2018 - Section 1

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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


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