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ACLU to federal judge: Rein in SPD

SPD out of control: one reporter’s story

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by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer The ACLU has petitioned a federal court to declare the City of Seattle in contempt of a prior injunction against excessive use of force against protestors.

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In a July 27 filing, ACLU attorneys charged that on July 25, “the Seattle Police Department (SPD) ambushed peaceful protesters with a level of violence that surpasses that seen in early June. Protestors

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by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer SGN reporter Renee Raketty was just doing her job last Saturday, July 25, photographing the Black Lives Matter march on Capitol Hill.

She came away with photos and videos all right, but also with ringing ears and a sprained knee – the result of encounters with Seattle police.

Raketty, who describes herself as “polit-

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2020 Capitol Hill Business Survey Results EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Capitol Hill Business Alliance (CHBA), a program of the GSBA, conducted an independent survey of small businesses in the neighborhood from June 16th to June 26th, 2020.

Questions covered basic demographic information, COVID-19, CHOP, and related damage. The business name field was required to ensure all respondents were located in this business district, and 78 respondents took the survey. Many questions allowed for open-ended answers, so we coded the most common themes and included anonymous quotes for additional context and to let the businesses speak for themselves.

Findings covered a few key areas: Pandemic – Financial concerns, public safety, and pandemic protection. Requests for grants and rent assistance. Ideas for increasing capacity and improving access for both customers and employees, particularly around street closure, parking, and curbside pickup.

CHOP – Impact on neighborhood, business reopening timelines, and effectiveness of response from various entities (City, SPD, GSBA/CHBA). Business owners reported that a majority (67%) of personal interactions with both protesters and city officials were considered positive or neutral. Emphasis on necessity for a quick, peaceful resolution.

Damage – Preventative measures (boarded windows) taken for both pan-

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demic and protest related closures, as well as assessment of damage sustained during protest. The 24 out of 46 businesses that reported damages (52%) reported more than one example of damage. None of the damage was resolved by SPU.

Other – Additional comments and perspectives on the response to CHOP from the SPD, City, and CHBA/GSBA; includes a spectrum of support for protesters and the movement at large. Overarching sense of urgency for all community stakeholders

to engage in immediate, actionable support to the business community in the wake of both the protests and the pandemic.

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continued from cover were indiscriminately hit with blast balls, pepper spray, and blunt force objects. Journalists were trampled. Medics were maced for attending to patients. Legal observers were shot at close range. The injuries were extensive. The City’s actions – documented in horrific detail in the declarations accompanying this motion – plainly violate the preliminary injunction.”

One of the declarations came from SGN reporter Renee Raketty, whose story is told in a separate article.

The ACLU became involved in this case when it filed suit on behalf of six defendants who said their rights were violated by the SPD’s excessive violence in the early days of Black Lives Matter demonstrations following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

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continued from cover ically moderate,” also went home with a new outlook on Seattle police. “[T]his interaction has entirely destroyed my trust in the police and their role in society,” she said in a court declaration in support of an ACLU filing against the City of Seattle.

The ACLU has filed a petition asking a federal court to find the Seattle Police Department (SPD) in contempt of an earlier injunction against indiscriminate use of chemical weapons and explosives for crowd control. Raketty’s declaration offers support for the ACLU’s position.

Crosscut writer Dae Shik Kim described the SPD as “out of control” in his livestream of the events, and some reporters on scene said the SPD seemed to be deliberately targeting journalists.

According to Raketty, she did everything possible to show that she was a working journalist and a noncombatant.

“I was wearing my press badge on a lanyard around my neck at all times,” she wrote, and “I introduced myself as a member of the press to some of the police and to a SWAT team member in an armored vehicle.”

In spite of her efforts to identify herself to police and stay clear of combat, Raketty soon found herself in the path of an SPD offensive.

“At one point, a blast ball went off near me and caused me to cough and my ears to ring,” Raketty recalled. “I also assisted a

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On June 12, the federal court enjoined the SPD from “employing chemical irritants or projectiles of any kind against persons peacefully engaging in protests or demonstrations” while the suit is pending.

Now, the ACLU says, “The City of Seattle has willfully and brazenly violated the preliminary injunction,” by its indiscriminate use of force on July 25.

“The City will argue that its actions were justified because some protesters allegedly committed property crimes and threw things at police officers,” the ACLU brief says.

“But that would be the same argument the City made before, which the Court rejected in declaring that it is unconstitutional to use force against an entire crowd because of the actions of a few specific protesters who individually pose a threat. The evidence shows many instances of indiscriminate use of the weapons against people who are not suspected of any alleged

violence or property crime, without warning and without provocation.”

The ACLU goes on to suggest that the SPD was enacting vengeance on protestors it had repeatedly failed to intimidate in the days since the July 12 injunction.

“For many protesters, struggling to understand why the SPD reacted so violently, this felt like vengeance,” the ACLU filing says. “The sheer [number] of blast balls and pepper spray used against protesters supports that notion. Simply put, it is always wrong to attack protesters peacefully exercising their constitutional rights with potentially lethal force. It is never justified to attack journalists, medics, [or] legal observers. It is always unconstitutional to fire indiscriminately into a crowd. But that’s exactly what the SPD did throughout July 25, 2020, in clear violation of this Court’s order.”

woman who was having an asthma attack as a result of all of the chemicals.”

Once police pushed protestors away from the East Precinct, Raketty sat down on a fire escape behind the Richmark building, just across from the precinct. While she was resting there, “the police started pushing the protestors down 11th Avenue again, using explosives of some kind.

“The police line went past me as the police pushed the protestors further down 11th Avenue. An armored police vehicle followed the police line, and bicycle officers followed the armored vehicle.

“I was still sitting on the fire escape taking pictures and wearing my press lanyard.

I was the only person on the fire escape and in my immediate vicinity. I was not protesting, shouting, or otherwise engaging with the police,” she added.

As she sat there, behind police lines and identified as a journalist by her press pass, an officer casually approached her, and tossed a blast ball at her. This is documented by video available on Raketty’s Facebook page.

“I saw what it was he had thrown and heard the munition land on the ground,” she said. “I braced myself for the explosion, much like you would do right before a car crash. The video ends in this moment. I did not mean to stop it, but must have stopped it as my body tensed for the explosion.

“Though it may sound clichéd, I felt like my life flashed before my eyes in that moment.

“I don’t recall seeing the blast, but I remember coming out of it really disoriented, choking, and with ringing in my ears. I twisted my knee while trying to protect myself and was shocked and stunned.

“After the blast and once I was able to stop coughing uncontrollably, I was too scared to come down off the fire escape.

The police were still there, and whereas with my press pass I had felt safe behind the police line before taking pictures, I no longer did. I did not know what to do, so I stayed on the fire escape.

“The attack by the police officer was premeditated and unprovoked. He even waited for the legal observers in the parking lot to look away before tossing it at me.”

Raketty told the SGN that she remains “shaken” by the events.

“The doctor said my knee is probably sprained and will likely heal,” she explained. “Likewise, my hearing should return to normal soon. I will go in again on Thursday for more testing…

“I really can’t wrap my mind around what happened,” she added. “I alternate between anger and confusion. If I hadn’t captured it on video, I wouldn’t believe it myself.”

Although two journalists are plaintiffs in the ACLU suit against the City, Raketty is not. Asked if she would file suit against the SPD, she replied that she had spoken to attorneys, but “I am just seeking to take the next appropriate step, one at time, to hold this officer accountable.”

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IN MEMORIAM Quentin Damarcus Ergane Johnson October 22, 1975 - July 4, 2020 Quentin Damarcus Ergane Johnson transcended this life on July 4, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. Quentin was born on October 22, 1975 in Bennettsville, South Carolina to the parents Martha Johnson (Sample) and the late David Emmanuel. Q was raised in a family of strong women, which included grandmother, Barbara, and aunts, Wenona and Felecia.

Q received their primary and secondary education through the Marlboro County School District. While in high school, Quentin was a member of the Marlboro Players, having roles in “The Taming of The Shrew” and “Wait Until Dark” productions. They were also active in the chorus at MCHS, taking 2nd Place Tenor in the statewide competition.

After graduating from Marlboro County High School in 1993, Quentin attended the University of South Carolina, where they studied Music Performance, Theater, and Creative Writing. Q was an active participant in the Carolina Alive! show choir and a member of the Bisexual, Gay, & Lesbian Alliance (BGLA). They would spend time with college friends at various Columbia, SC staples, such as Art Bar, Nickelodeon Theatre, Metropolis, Alley Cat Cafe, and Cool Beans Coffee House.

After graduating in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in English with an Emphasis in Writing, Q moved from Columbia, South Carolina to Seattle, Washington and joined AmeriCorps. Que also briefly worked in Tucson, Arizona, where they performed with the LGBTQ+ musical group Desert Voices. Que would eventually return to Seattle and make it their home.

Living in Seattle, Quentin coordinated and taught literacy classes to elementary aged children and later worked as a Residential Case Manager at the Community House Mental Health Agency (CHMHA).

Q also became an active social justice advocate, working on behalf of LGBTQ+ homeless youth, HIV awareness, queer rights, and community-based responses to racism and poverty. As part of these efforts, Que volunteered at various organizations throughout the Seattle-King County Metro area, including Lambert House, Solid Ground, and Northwest Harvest.

Que was also active in the arts, singing with the Seattle Men’s Chorus, the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Chorus, and most recently Puget SoundWorks. Que was known in the burlesque community as Bitchez Snapz and,

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among Radical Faeries, Que went by Songbird. Some of Q’s fondest memories were from Radical Faeries retreats in Breitenbush.

Their contributions to beauty and justice went beyond the walls of any single organization or artistic style. Q was an avid crocheter, tea connoisseur, lover of Tori Amos music, and poetry. Que believed in the power of love and would share their advice and affirmations to all who would listen.

On July 4th 2020, Quentin – affectionately known by friends and family as Q, Que, and Ergane – passed away at home in Seattle, WA. Family members left to cherish their memories of Quentin include grandmother Barbara Johnson of Bennettsville,

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SC; mother Martha Sample of Florence, SC; aunts Felecia (Cedric) Stubbs of High Point, NC and Wenona (Jeffrey) McCall, Henrietta (James) McRae of Bennettsville, SC and Cheryl Clark of Buffalo, NY; several cousins, and two Grand aunts Annie Jeffrey of Bennettsville, SC and Martha Williams of High Point, NC. Q was a friend to strangers, lovers, colleagues, and admirers from all over.

We can commemorate the light that Que brought to the world through a favorite quote of theirs: “I don’t know you, but I am certain I’d love you.” A private Celebration of Life was held on Saturday, July 25, 2020 at the home of Jeffery and Wenona McCall on 208 Rogers Street in Bennettsville, SC.

Arrangements are currently being made for a broader online memorial service for friends of Q in August. Please email quentinergane@gmail.com to receive updates about attending.

If you would like to make a donation in Q’s honor, please consider the following organizations: Donate to Lambert House: http://www. lamberthouse.org/giving Donate to Solid Ground: https://www. solid-ground.org/donate/honor-someonespecial/ Donate to Northwest Harvest: https:// www.northwestharvest.org/donate-now

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KCLS to add Curbside to Go service at 22 more library locations ISSAQUAH, WA (July 29, 2020) – On Wednesday, August 5, the King County Library System (KCLS) will begin offering Curbside to Go at 22 additional library locations across the region. KCLS launched Curbside to Go on July 1 with 19 locations to start. The contactless pickup service will now be available at 41 out of 49 KCLS libraries.

The full list of participating libraries can be found at kcls.org/curbside, or by calling 425-462-9600 or 800-462-9600. Aside from a few exceptions, patrons may pick up materials on Tuesday and Wednesday, from 1:00 to 7:30pm and Thursday through Saturday, from 10:00am to 4:30pm. Schedule a pickup time on the MyLIBRO app, or call one of the select libraries’ Curbside to Go phone numbers to make an appointment.

Walk-up appointments are also available.

“We have seen an incredible demand for

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library materials since we started offering Curbside to Go,” said KCLS executive director Lisa Rosenblum. “While patrons have enjoyed KCLS’s digital offerings, it’s clear they still missed having access to physical items like books and DVDs. We look forward to expanding Curbside to Go, and getting our materials out into even more communities.”

Curbside to Go will be temporarily closed at all locations on Tuesday, August 4 for KCLS staff to prepare for the expansion on August 5.

KCLS encourages patrons to continue to take advantage of online services and resources while buildings remain closed to the public. Residents in the KCLS service area (in King County, outside the city of Seattle) can sign up instantly for a digital eCard to access the library online. For those who don’t have computer or internet

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access, contact Ask KCLS by phone at 425462-9600 or 800-462-9600. Find out more about KCLS’s multiphase plan to expand services during the pandemic shutdown at kcls.org/reopening.

Founded in 1942, the King County Library System (KCLS) is one of the busiest public library systems in the country. Serving the communities of King County (outside the City of Seattle), KCLS currently has 50 libraries and more than 700,000 cardholders. In 2019, residents checked out more than 5.6 million digital eBooks and audiobooks through Rakuten OverDrive, making KCLS the No. 3 digital circulating library in the world. In 2011, KCLS was named Library of the Year by Gale/Library Journal.

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Would you take advantage of an expedited Sidewalk Cafe permit from SDOT to expand retail or restaurant capacity?

What options for expanding capacity and safely increasing access would be meaningful to you?

Street Usage • “Expedited permitting for sidewalk or in-store revamps for solutions to offer take out, pick up windows, separating areas; expanded sidewalks or patio seating parameters would be helpful too.”

• “We are a retail business, but for what it’s worth I would LOVE to see entire streets closed to vehicles and converted to sidewalk cafes for the summer. There are several blocks on Capitol Hill where this would make a lot of sense!”

• “Parklet/streetery style seating would be helpful. With wide streets, there could be more done to capture space from wide lanes – also has the added benefit of traffic calming.”

• “I would love to be able to close the block behind our building on Friday and Saturday evenings until 9pm. We have so few tables inside we could move tables outside and keep social distance and serve more people.”

• “If we were allowed to hold outdoor fitness under a “Sidewalk Cafe permit” in a small group of 5 that would help immensely.”

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Parking • “Continued free street parking so employees don’t have to take public transportation.”

• “Paid parking again. With the free parking, all spots are being used constantly.”

• “30-minute parking spots for shopping appointments.”

• “Taking away parking does not help us at all. Clients need short term parking of up to two hours.”

• “Stop sacrificing traffic lanes and parking to sparsely used bike lanes and bus stops that prevent buses from exiting traffic while exchanging passengers at each stop.”

continued from cover What support do you need (from the City or otherwise) to safely and successfully reopen?

Financial Concerns • “Rent deferment, organized cleaning, and sanitation support for spaces.”

• “A grant would be nice to offset road work and lack of foot traffic.”

• “I would love to have financial support for all of the COVID mitigation steps we’re taking like plexiglass going up and social distancing directional signage.”

• “We need support from the city to continue to create financial offsets for small businesses and in turn for the Landlords as well so they can continue to help us “buy” more time to get through this and see if we can emerge on the other side.”

Public Safety • “Reassurance that it’s safe to take boards off our windows! That’s the main thing I am nervous about given the CHOP demonstrations (that we very much support, but also have had windows broken from the protests at the beginning of the movement).”

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• “People should feel safe in Capitol Hill.

Currently that is not the case. Also, people have privatized the entirety of Cal Anderson Park, so now it’s no longer a place where the community can traditionally gather this summer, and no longer the important community resource for all of the renters nearby who will need safe open space this summer as we continue to shelter in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus.”

Pandemic Protection • “To have an independent audit of our space and make suggestions for how we can

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improve safety and sanitation measures.”

• “Personal Protective Equipment (masks, hand sanitizer, cleaning supplies)” • “Clear guidelines & marketing to the community.”

• “Support on portable handwashing.”

• “Ideally, the city would provide free biweekly testing for every restaurant employee.

These people have the most contact of any industry with people with masks off.”

• “We need to procure more cleaning supplies, put up signage, and rearrange desks to open safely. Employees are concerned about public transportation (rightfully so),

Pickup • “Secure contactless product pickup facilities – like a postage box or public Amazon locker system where we could put products for customers and they could retrieve them securely with no contact!”

• “It would really help if the curbside pick up zones were monitored. A lot of people [are] using them to park and take up space for hours. Traffic enforcement says they cannot ticket them so they just continue to take up our valuable parking spaces.”

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PROTEST & CHOP QUESTIONS

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continued from page 5 FINAL THOUGHTS Movement / Protesters • “There needs to be a real solution, one that is equally radical to the CHOP. As a business community we need to be on the right side of history – we need to reopen, but we need justice and we need to address the police misconduct during the protests.

Otherwise, we’ll be dealing with the same issues in three months, two months, two weeks. Time to roll up our sleeves and get behind a real solution.”

• “These demonstrations are important and our neighborhood is known as a place where progressive voices have traditionally gathered to push for social change. This should continue.”

• “Just that it is an intense time and I hope that there is change happening. I think police brutality in general and specifically that aimed at black people and other people of color needs to stop.”

• “We support all these movements but this is financially devastating us after the Covid-19 shut down we are now suffering Huge income/revenue loss and now from Protest scares. People are not shopping in the area right now, they are shopping out of the area. We don’t want to be unsupportive but we are losing hope for a quick comeback after the shutdown. We hope this can be turned around safely for our protesters and local business.”

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City of Seattle • “My business partner and I had very little outreach from anyone from the city during the police occupation of 12th Ave, only help

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from our landlord. I was continually disappointed by the communication with SPD – had to ask several officers many times every day to figure out how my customers could access our business, received different and contradictory answers, and was never updated on changes made to access. I had to lay off my one employee (after laying off all 9 other employees in March), and had just spent several thousand dollars to reopen in May (plexiglass, PPE, all new produce, menus, online ordering systems). I am very dismayed and don’t know how to proceed; I’m just guessing about when it would be appropriate to open again.”

• “I wish the City of Seattle supported small business. Certainly do not feel we have an advocate on our side to help with grants or other plans for recovery.”

Seattle Police Department • “I would love to see a restructuring of the police where we have better social services rather than the heavy hand of police.

We do need some sort of police to maintain safety under real time of need but not a heavy handed force.”

• “I support patient negotiations toward consensus for long-lasting protections for Black folks, including the reallocation of police funds to less violent organizations.”

• Get To Work • “Please check in with local small businesses that are still open during this time and first and foremost ask how they are doing and really listen.”

• “Seriously; no more surveys. Please get to work before we all go under.

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Mandatory face covering requirements Statement on statewide face covering order expansion Today [July 25, 2020], the Secretary of Health’s statewide face covering order will expand to require face coverings in any indoor setting outside of your home (not just public buildings) and expands the outdoor requirement to non-public settings when you can’t maintain 6 feet of distance from nonhousehold members. This includes common spaces in congregate living settings, such as common areas in apartment buildings condos, fraternity/sorority houses, assisted living facilities and other similar places. This is part of our continuing effort to reduce the increasing spread of COVID-19 in all parts of Washington.

Washingtonians came together once and changed the way we interact to reduce COVID-19 case counts, hospitalizations and deaths. We’ve lost our momentum, and case counts are worse across the state now than they were at our previous peak and the number of hospitalizations are again increasing.

The current orders about face coverings are intended to increase the use of face coverings and emphasize their critical importance to our overall strategy to slow the spread of COVID-19. As many as 30 to 50 percent of infections occur before people have symptoms. You could be infected and not know it, but a cloth face covering greatly reduces the distance respiratory droplets travel, and that protects everyone.

Staying home is still the best way to slow the spread of COVID-19. Congregating indoors in groups outside your household members – like birthday, anniversary, and retirement parties; book clubs; and just to socialize and hang out – is one of the worst things we can do right now. The same is true for outdoor gatherings when at least 6 feet of distance isn’t maintained at all times. As hard as it is, we need to avoid these types of social activities. If you must go out, keep at least six feet between you and others, wash your hands often and wear a cloth face covering. Finally, if you have any COVID-19 symptoms, even mild ones, stay away from others and get tested right away.

Each of us can help slow the spread of COVID-19. Stay home. When you’re out, keep your distance and wear a face covering. Wash your hands. Get tested if you have symptoms. Washingtonians and their communities are strong. We did this once, and we can do it again.

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AHF backs Sen. Sanders’ ‘Masks for All Act’

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WASHINGTON, DC (July 28, 2020) – The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today wholeheartedly endorsed the “Masks for All Act of 2020,” which US Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) introduced this week in the Senate.

The Masks for All Act of 2020 would require the US federal government to use all available authorities, including the Defense Production Act, to eliminate all shortages of face masks, surgical masks, and N-95 respirators and distribute masks to the public as soon as possible. The legislation was recently announced in a joint CNN op-ed by Sen. Sanders and Andy

Slavitt, former acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under President Obama.

US Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Lori Trahan (D-Mass.), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) will lead the legislation in the US House of Representatives. Under the Masks for All Act, every person in the United States – including individuals who are experiencing homelessness or living in congregate settings such as prisons, shelters, and assisted living facilities – would receive a package of three high-quality, reusable face masks, free of charge. Individuals would also be able to pick up free

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masks at convenient locations in their communities such as post offices, pharmacies, and COVID-19 testing sites. Finally, the bill would provide needed surgical masks and N-95 respirators to all workers in health settings.

“The AHF is proud to support this simple and brilliant proposal to stop the spread of the coronavirus,” said Tom Myers, chief of public affairs and general counsel for the AHF. “We know from the early days of the HIV response that scientifically proven prevention interventions make a lot of sense.

We hope the Congress will swiftly approve this proposal so everyone in the US has a

mask that breaks the transmission of this dangerous virus.”

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, currently provides medical care and/or services to over 1.4 million people in 45 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/ the Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific region, and Eastern Europe. To learn more about the AHF, go to www.aidshealth.org or www. facebook.com/aidshealth and follow it on Twitter and Instagram: @aidshealthcare.

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Trump kills Herman Cain

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Herman Cain, former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, died July 29 from COVID-19. He was 74.

He had been diagnosed with the virus and admitted to a hospital on July 1. While there he had reportedly had difficulty breathing and was on oxygen therapy.

When and how Cain was infected with the COVID virus is unknown, but he attended Donald Trump’s in-person, maskless political rally in Tulsa on June 20.

Eleven days later he was in the hospital.

According to scientists, the time from initial exposure to COVID-19 till the patient becomes symptomatic may be two to 14 days.

Cain was a vocal Trump supporter and a fixture of “Black Voices for Trump,” a Republican front group.

In return, Trump considered appointing Cain to the Federal Reserve Board, but opposition from several Republican senators scuttled that plan.

Cain started his upward trajectory as a ranking executive at Burger King, and was hired as Godfather’s CEO in 1986. While at Godfather’s, he also served as chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

In 1996 Cain left Godfather’s and the Federal Reserve to become president of the National Restaurant Association. He was also an advisor to Bob Dole’s 1996 presidential campaign.

In 2012 Cain ran for the Republican nomination with his famous 9-9-9 tax reform plan. The plan would have replaced the current tax structure with a flat 9% personal income tax, a 9% business transactions tax, and a 9% federal sales tax.

He later dropped out of the race amid sexual harassment allegations, which he and his wife denied.

HRC on the arrest of a Trans woman in NYC by unidentified NYPD officers WASHINGTON, DC (July 29, 2020) – Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David issued the following statement: “Last night, plainclothes NYPD officers yanked a young transgender woman, Nikki, off the street in broad daylight. This incident, along with many others of unidentified officers arresting people and taking them away in unmarked vehicles, is part of a frightening pattern being perpetrated across this country. We know that people of color and transgender people are at greater risk of police brutality, with transgender people at particular risk of harassment

and abuse while detained. As we support Nikki, we must also remember Layleen Polanco and Tony McDade, who lost their lives while in prison and at the hands of law enforcement, respectively. We must transform policing and the criminal justice system in this country so that marginalized populations are free from police brutality and a militarized police force.”

Background According to reports on social media from those who knew her, Nikki was experiencing homelessness at the time of her arrest. This, along with the factors that lead

to homelessness, such as housing discrimination and systemic racism and transphobia, which deprive individuals [of] employment opportunities, put transgender and gender-nonconforming people at increased risk of violence and danger, including from law enforcement.

Transgender and gender-nonconforming people experiencing homelessness desperately need our support, whether in the form of housing, clothes, financial assistance, educational resources, or LGBTQaffirming mental health providers. As we work to end this epidemic of violence, we must support the work of local organi-

zations performing this important work and advocate for additional government funding for these crucial resources. The HRC’s report, “Dismantling a Culture of Violence,” highlights the contributing and motivating factors that lead to this tragic violence: a toxic mix of transphobia, racism, and misogyny. The report also focuses on concrete steps community members, elected officials and advocates must take to end this epidemic.

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NCLR recipient of major gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott SAN FRANCISCO (July 29, 2020) – Yesterday, philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced that she has made a major gift to the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) as part of her pledge to give away a majority of her wealth through the Giving Pledge. The charitable donation to the NCLR, which was chosen because of “transformative work” the organization has done in the area of LGBTQ+ equity, comes in the form of an impact grant. Scott launched this new charitable campaign during an economic downturn caused by the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic, which has put a strain on many nonprofit organizations worldwide.

“The NCLR is immensely honored to be a recipient of Mackenzie Scott’s incredible philanthropic journey,” said Imani RupertGordon, NCLR’s executive director. “In a world where wealth distribution isn’t equitable, Scott’s commitment and practice of sharing power, privilege, and resources make us all stronger.”

“Trusting those who are living lives most impacted by structural inequality is a way to rethink philanthropy and the donor’s role in social change,” Rupert-Gordon continued.

“All of these leaders and organizations have a track record of effective management and significant impact in their fields,” said MacKenzie Scott in her statement yesterday. “Every one of them is tackling complex challenges that will require sustained effort over many years, while simultaneously addressing consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. And every one of them would

benefit from more allies looking to share wealth of all types and sizes, including money, volunteer time, supplies, advocacy, publicity, networks and relationships, collaboration, encouragement, and trust.”

Scott said that she had made major gifts to 116 organizations that are “driving change,” covering a range of issues including racial, LGBTQ+ and gender equity, economic mobility, functional democracy, public health, global development, and climate change.

The major gift from Scott will allow the NCLR to continue to provide COVID-19-related services to the LGBTQ community, including creating policies to decarcerate vulnerable LGBTQ youth during the pandemic and collaborating with the National LGBTQ Anti-Poverty Action Network to connect LGBTQ people with COVID-19 resources. Earlier in 2020, the NCLR was also awarded a CARES Grant from Gilead Sciences to provide COVID-19-related services during the global health crisis.

The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) is a national legal organization committed to advancing the human and civil rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education. Since its founding, the NCLR has maintained a longstanding commitment to racial and economic justice and the LGBTQ community’s most vulnerable. More at www.nclrights.org.

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According to ACLU attorney Lisa Nowlin, the City must file a response by 5:00 p.m. on July 29, and the court will hear arguments on July 31.

The six plaintiffs in the underlying suit against the City of Seattle are: Abie Ekenezar, a veteran with disabilities who has attended protests in Seattle every day since Saturday, May 30, and was subjected to chemical irritants twice during the demonstrations. She served in Afghanistan and Somalia and participated in tear gas drills during her military training.

Sharon Sakamoto, a Japanese-American lawyer who survived internment as a child during World War II and is deeply dedicated to racial justice and civil rights, but who was deterred from the protests in Seattle due to concerns over the negative health effects of tear gas and other chemical agents used by SPD.

Muraco Kyashna-tochá, a 60-year-old woman who participated in the Seattle protests every day from May 30 through June 6 was subjected to tear gas and flash-bang grenades during the Capitol Hill protest on June 1. She required medical assistance for the injuries that she sustained that evening.

Alexander Woldeab, a Seattle-based videographer who participated in protests in both Downtown Seattle and the Capitol Hill neighborhood. He was subjected to chemical agents and flash-bang grenades several times over the course of a week.

Alexandra Chen, a first-year law student at Seattle University, who experienced tear gas and flash-bang grenades twice during protests outside of the SPD headquarters and in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.

Nathalie Graham, a journalist with The Stranger, who was forced to stop reporting on the protests on both May 30 and June 2 because of the deployment of chemical agents by SPD on protestors.

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Palm Center on pending House measure barring funds to implement Transgender military ban SAN FRANCISCO (July 29, 2020) – Today, the United States House of Representatives approved the rule for consideration of the FY21 Defense Appropriations Act. The rule defines which amendments the House will consider as [it takes] up the underlying bill, funding Department of Defense (DoD) operations in the next fiscal year. Among the amendments approved for debate in the rule is amendment #66, offered by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), which would prevent the DoD from using any funds to implement the transgender military ban. The amendment will be considered by the full House of Representa-

tives later this week.

“The Department of Defense should not be spending taxpayer money on a politically motivated policy that keeps qualified people out of the military, particularly when the military continues to face enlistment shortfalls,” said Aaron Belkin, director of the Palm Center. “The House’s immediate passage of Rep. Speier’s amendment would send the fiscally responsible message that we should be spending money on protecting Americans, not on baseless policies enacted to score political points.”

Last week, on the three-year anniversary of President Trump’s tweets announc-

ing that transgender troops would be banned from the military, the Palm Center released a policy memo explaining that the ban can be easily reversed in under thirty days. The memo was authored by retired Rear Admiral Alan Steinman, the former surgeon eeneral equivalent of the US Coast Guard, and it provides a regulatory roadmap of the precise steps needed to immediately restore transgender military service.

The Palm Center is an independent, nonpartisan research institute that conducts scholarly analysis of US military personnel policy, with an emphasis on LGBT

populations. Its research has been published in leading scholarly journals, and its expert analysis is regularly covered in all forms of media worldwide. In providing clear explanations of key data and developments in our reports, memos, statements, op-eds, blog, and social media, it serves as a trusted resource for journalists, policymakers, service members, scholars, students, and the public. For more information, visit www.palmcenter.org.

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HRC on Trump administration rolling back protections for immigrants, undermining Supreme Court ruling affirming DACA

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WASHINGTON, DC (July 29, 2020) – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, responded to the latest attempt from the Trump-Pence administration to attack young people and undermining the US Supreme Court’s recent ruling maintaining the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Department of Homeland Security released a memo stating it will reject new and pending DACA applications and will limit renewals for current recipients to one-year extensions, instead of the two-year protections in place since 2012.

“Once again, the Trump-Pence administration is putting the saftey and livelihoods of 300,000 undocumented immigrants

and young people at risk to score political points,” said HRC President Alphonso David. “Continuing to leave potential and current DACA recipients in limbo by banning new applicants and limiting renewals is cruel and unfair. We need a president who will protect the nearly two million DREAMers and a Congress that will pass the permanent solution they deserve. It’s time to hold Trump, Pence, McConnell, and the Senate majority accountable at the ballot box.”

In June 2020, the US Supreme Court ruled in Department of Homeland Security v. The Regents of the University of California that the Trump administration’s decision to end the DACA program was arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act.

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The eight-year-old program has allowed hundreds of thousands of young people who were brought to the United States as minors to stay in the country, to continue their studies and to continue making positive contributions to our nation. In 2017, the HRC joined coalition partners in demanding a clean DREAM Act and consistently challenging the Trump-Pence White House’s callous attempts to hijack the federal budget process in order to end programs that help DREAMers. The HRC has also worked to reveal the high stakes of inaction through a video series that shared the deeply moving personal stories of individual LGBTQ DREAMers. According to research by the Williams Institute, about 267,000 undocumented adults identify as LGBTQ and about 75,000 of the DREAM-

ers − those who would have been eligible for DACA — are LGBTQ. The Human Rights Campaign is proud to join with allies, including United We Dream, UnidosUS, and Home is Here, to draw attention to the intersectional nature of social justice movements and how efforts to roll back any of our rights impact us all.

The Human Rights Campaign is America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people. The HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are embraced as full members of society at home, at work, and in every community.

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A star-studded lineup for the virtual ceremony of the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards

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LOS ANGELES (July 29, 2020) – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today announced additional stars of the stage and screen that will be joining the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards virtual ceremony.

The event will stream on GLAAD’s Facebook and YouTube on Thursday, July 30 at 8pm ET and will air on Logo on August 3 at 8pm ET. Award-winning singer-songwriter and actor Ben Platt and singer and activist Shea Diamond join the list of performers, while global superstar Demi Lovato, Jennifer Garner (Love, Simon), Lilly Singh (NBC’s A Little Late with Lilly Singh), artist Charli XCX, Grammy Award–winning songwriter Kandi Burruss, Theo Germaine (The Politician, Work in Progress), fashion designer August Getty, activists Gigi Gorgeous Getty & Nats Getty, Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows), and Darryl Stephens (Noah’s Arc) are also set to appear.

They join previously announced hosts Fortune Feimster and Gina Yashere, and performers Chloe x Halle. Special guests Cara Delevingne (Suicide Squad, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets), Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart), WWE superstar Sonya Deville, Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart), Jonica T. Gibbs (Twenties), Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek), Lil Nas X, Rachel Maddow (The Rachel Maddow Show), Ryan O’Connell (Special), Dolly Parton, Peppermint (RuPaul’s Drag Race, Head Over Heels), the cast and producers of Pose, trans model and advocate Geena Rocero, Angelica Ross (Pose, American Horror Story), comedian Benito Skinner, Brian Michael Smith (9-1-1: Lone Star, The L Word: Generation Q), Dwyane Wade & Gabrielle Union, Lena Waithe (Master of None, Queen & Slim, Twenties), Olivia Wilde (Booksmart, House), and Raquel Willis (writer, activist, director of communications, Ms. Foundation) are also slated to appear.

Starting on July 29 at 10am ET, GLAAD will begin announcing the winners of select GLAAD Media Award categories on Twitter, leading up to the virtual ceremony on July 30 at 8pm ET. GLAAD just announced the first winner, which is Transparent: Musicale Finale (Amazon) for Outstanding TV Movie. Follow @glaad and #glaadawards on Twitter to stay updated with the winner announcements.

GLAAD also announced its first ever TV Fan Favorite Award. Fans can go to www.glaad.org/FanFavorite to vote for their favorite TV series amongst this year’s

nominees starting July 30 at 8am ET and closing at 9:30pm ET. The winner will be revealed on GLAAD’s social media immediately following the virtual ceremony of the GLAAD Media Awards on July 30.

The 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards honor media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues. Since its inception in 1990, the GLAAD Media Awards have grown to be the most visible annual LGBTQ awards show in the world, sending powerful messages of acceptance to audiences globally.

The 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards are presented by Delta Air Lines, Gilead, P&G, and Wells Fargo. For more information, visit www.glaad.org/mediaawards and follow @glaad and #glaadawards.

“Among this year’s nominees are a wide range of stories and narratives about LGBTQ people of different races, ethnicities, genders, religions, and other identities that demonstrate the power of inclusion and diversity in fostering positive cultural change,” said GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “As this year’s Media Awards go virtual, we hope to send a powerful message to LGBTQ people that in the midst of this culturally and politically divisive time, our visibility and voices have never been more important.”

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In January, GLAAD announced over 175 nominees in 30 categories, including the returning category for Outstanding Broadway Production. The Outstanding Kids & Family Programming category expanded to ten nominees as a result of an increase in LGBTQ images across the kids and family television programming and an increase in GLAAD’s work to advocate for inclusion in this genre. GLAAD also announced Special Recognition honors for Netflix’s Special and for pioneering LGBTQ journalists Karen Ocamb and Mark Segal. For a full list of nominees for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards, [go to https://www.glaad. org/mediaawards/31/2020%20nominees].

As racial and ethnic diversity continues to grow within the media industry, this year’s nominees include powerful and impactful stories about LGBTQ people of color. Several of the nominated television series include series leads that are LGBTQ people of color, including: Euphoria, Killing Eve, The L Word: Generation Q, Pose, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dear White People, One Day at a Time, Superstore, Vida, and Tales of the City. A tip sheet with an additional breakdown of diversity as well as other facts and figures about this year’s nominees is available [at www.glaad.org/ releases/tip-sheet-diversity-facts-and-fig-

ures-31st-annual-glaad-media-awards].

Earlier this year, GLAAD announced that the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies that were originally planned for New York (March 19) and Los Angeles (April 16) would no longer take place in accordance with [guidelines] from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and California Gov. Gavin Newsom around COVID-19.

The 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards are presented by Delta Air Lines, Gilead, P&G, and Wells Fargo. GLAAD is also grateful to Major Partners the Ariadne Getty Foundation and Skittles; Titanium Partners Bud Light, Kaiser Permanente, NBA/WNBA, Netflix, PwC, and Signet Jewelers; and Gold Partners Coca-Cola, MLB, Nickelodeon, and Nielsen.

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Bard on the Beach launches 2020 virtual programming and new logo VANCOUVER, BC (July 28, 2020) – Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival announced today that it has repurposed its mission for this summer to focus on creating new digitally delivered content and experiences, available to local Festival followers as well as to new audiences around the world through digital access.

The Festival’s 2020 virtual focus is represented by a refashioned Bard logo, featuring the phrase BARD BEYOND THE BEACH and the tag line “Hearts remote, yet not asunder” (William Shakespeare).

The move comes after Western Canada’s largest Shakespeare theatre festival cancelled its traditional 2020 season in April, the first break in a 30-year-long annual run in Vancouver’s Vanier Park (Sen’ákw) that has drawn a total of almost two million attendees since 1990.

Festival Artistic Director Christopher Gaze explains: “We decided to adopt a proactive new approach once we’d made the difficult decision to cancel our 2020 season. Our focus must be to keep the Festival’s stories and spirit alive in the hearts and minds of Festival followers during this ‘gap year’ – and also reach new people who are able to visit our virtual spaces more easily than a physical location. We are truly excited about what we’re creating, and the new opportunities it offers for growth, relevance, and inclusion”.

The new BARD BEYOND THE BEACH logo was designed by Carter Hales Design Lab, the architect of Bard’s major visual rebrand three years ago. The agency’s brief this time was to invent a visual symbol of the short-term refocus of the Festival’s business model, while still reinforc-

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ing the organization’s core visual brand, which needs to continue over time. The new design elegantly merges the two ideas, using a twist in the text and the framing to demonstrate that the Festival’s 2020 programming isn’t bound by physical locations and infrastructure.

Bard’s new online programming ranges from virtual interactive gatherings that take attendees behind the scenes to discover how production elements and venue spaces are built, to on-demand content showcasing Festival artists and their work in innovative new ways, as well as a range of interactive digital

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resources for educators and families. And in August the doors to Bard’s new Online Boutique will open, offering Festival-branded merchandise and more.

All Bard’s virtual content can be found at bardonthebeach.org; new elements will be added regularly throughout the summer and fall. Some content is exclusive to Festival members in recognition of their vital support, but most is available to the general public at no charge. That free access is possible thanks to generous contributions from a range of corporate sponsors and foundations and the three levels of government.

Said Claire Sakaki, Bard’s executive director, “We’ve been touched and inspired by the commitment these organizations have made to stay with us this year, despite our season cancellation and the change in how we are able to acknowledge and celebrate our partnerships. They have stepped up with both financial and moral support. We are proud and grateful to be associated with them.”

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SAG-AFTRA mourns the passing of Screen Actors Guild founding member Olivia de Havilland

LOS ANGELES (July 26, 2020) – Former Screen Actors Guild founding member Olivia de Havilland, whose legal action against studio overreach set a precedent that echoes to this day, has died at age 104.

Courageous and confident from a young age, by the time she was 19, de Havilland was a movie star, under contract to Warner Bros. She leapt to film fame in 1935 with A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Captain Blood. She took another proud step the following year by joining the as-yet-unrecognized Screen Actors Guild, and served on its board of directors from 1941 to 1942 and as treasurer from 1947 to 1948. During World War II, de Havilland promoted the sale of war bonds, toured military hospitals, and joined the Hollywood Victory Caravan of stars, which crossed the country raising money for the war effort.

Perhaps best known for her 1939 role as the gentle, soft-spoken Melanie Wilkes in one of filmdom’s most famous pictures, Gone with the Wind, she proved anything but passive when it came to managing her career.

SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris said of her, “Olivia de Havilland was not only beautiful and talented, she was a courageous visionary and an inspiration to generations. She was a founding member of Screen Actors Guild in a time when organizing and joining a union was often a dangerous enterprise. She sued her studio, Warner Bros., in 1943 for extending her contract past its original seven-year expira-

Tributes Committee awarded de Havilland with the Founders Award, in honor of de Havilland’s pioneering spirit, dedication to the union, and commitment to fellow members.

De Havilland, a resident of Paris since 1960, is survived by her daughter, Gisele Galante Chulak. Her younger sister, actress Joan Fontaine, predeceased her in December 2013 at age 96.

In 1994, she was interviewed for Screen Actor magazine about her studio lawsuit case and her career, which can be found [at www.sagaftra.org/files/sa_documents/ Olivia_de_Havilland_1994_Interview.pdf].

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tion date. SAG-AFTRA members will be forever grateful to Ms. de Havilland for her contributions to the founding of our union and the protection of its members. She was a marvel and a legend. Rest in peace.”

The victory, to which the Screen Actors Guild legal counsel contributed, came to be known as the de Havilland decision.

Her legal battles did not harm her career. She went onto win two Oscars for Best Actress in a Leading Role for To Each His Own (1946) and The Heiress (1949).

Her last of many acting awards came with her 1987 Golden Globe for Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986).

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SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists, and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAGAFTRA.org.

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All aboard the Suffrage Special Whistle Stop Tour!

TACOMA (July 27, 2020) – In 1920, after a decades-long battle, the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, granting women the right to vote.

On November 2 of that year, more than eight million women voted in national elections for the very first time. This August marks the National Suffrage Centennial and to celebrate, the Washington State Historical Society (WSHS) invites you to the digitally delivered Suffrage Special Whistle Stop Tour.

Women in Washington won the right to vote in 1910, ten years before national women’s suffrage was enacted. “This eightepisode video series explores our state’s connections to the larger national history of women’s suffrage, and honors Washington’s women changemakers who led the way then, as well as those who continue to do so today. It is thematically based on the real life 1909 Suffrage Special train, which carried local and national suffragists across our state from Spokane to Seattle in support of Washington women and their fight for the vote,” said Mary Mikel Stump, the WSHS’s director of audience engagement.

The video series will make eight virtual “whistle stops” from August 19 through 26, 2020. August 26 is Women’s Equality Day, the date that the 19th Amendment was ratified. Each segment will be hosted by a local historical organization, exploring women’s suffrage history in their geographic region, its legacy, and ties to national women’s suffrage efforts.

The Suffrage Special Whistle Stop Tour schedule [is as follows]: • August 19 - Spokane • August 20 - Tri-Cities/Walla Walla • August 21 - Yakima/Ellensburg

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• August 22 - Vancouver • August 23 - Bellingham • August 24 - Seattle • August 25 - Tacoma • August 26 – Olympia The Suffrage Special Whistle Stop Tour video series will be released on the @washingtonhistory and @suffrage100wa Facebook pages and uploaded to WashingtonHistory.org.

While the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote, women of color still faced discrimination and barriers at the ballot box, and women who were not considered citizens or allowed to gain citizenship were also disenfranchised. When the Washington State History Museum reopens, visitors can see the exhibition “Votes for Women: 100 Years and Counting,” focused on the women’s suffrage movement and including the history of how

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voting rights in the United States impacted different communities across time.

If you had marked your calendar for the Suffrage Celebration event planned on the capitol grounds in Olympia this August, please note that it has been canceled due to concerns for public health, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to prohibit large gatherings.

“In reconsidering how best to recognize the centennial festivities, we reached out to partners across the state and developed the Suffrage Special Whistle Stop Tour based on an action that women in 1909 took to promote voting rights,” said Elisa Law, the WSHS women’s suffrage centennial coordinator. “Suffragists from across the country rode a train dubbed the Suffrage Special.

It terminated in Seattle where the National Suffrage Convention was held at the same time as the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition. It was an important time in the fight for women’s suffrage. Our Whistle Stop Tour will be an interesting way for people to commemorate women’s fight for the right to vote and that legacy today, 100 years later. The virtual delivery allows access for many people who might not have been able to make it to an on-ground event in Olympia.”

The Suffrage Special Whistle Stop Tour is presented in conjunction with Washington State Suffrage Centennial programming (details at www.suffrage100wa. com) through generous legislative support.

Washington State Historical Society thanks its partners, the Washington State Women’s Commission, the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Pasco’s Franklin County Historical Society, the Kittitas County Historical Society, the Clark County His-

torical Society, the Whatcom Museum, the Tacoma Historical Society, and the Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum for collaborating on this series.

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The Washington State Historical Society partners with communities to explore how history connects us all. The Society’s most visible activity, the Washington State History Museum (WSHM), is located in downtown Tacoma on Pacific Avenue amid a thriving cultural scene. The museum features interactive permanent exhibitions about Washington’s past in the Great Hall, unique rotating exhibitions highlighting the Society’s collections, and dynamic feature exhibitions. Note: The museum is currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and offering a range of online curriculum, programs, exhibitions and virtual events.

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Generations Aging With Pride empowers elder LGBTQ adults to live with pride and dignity by promoting, connecting, and developing innovative programs and services that enhance belonging and support, eliminate discrimination, and honor the lives of older members of our community - (206) 393-3400; info@gapseattle.org; gapseattle.org GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - (206) 363-9188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. (206) 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, (206) 328-8979.

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - (206) 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 - (425) 785-8593; lgbtmsconnections@comcast.net. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers.

Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - (206) 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org Lion’s Main Art Collective - www.lionsmain.org MEN: Gay City: (206) 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: (206) 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www. nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.com; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 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; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.org. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

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: (206) 388-1408, (206) 323-0750. www.seattlechoruses.org.

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com

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community resources 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, including Alaska Airlines, Amazon.com, Amgen, AT&T, Bank of America, Deloitte, Macy’s, Microsoft, Russell Investments, Safeco Insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Xerox. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle Out & Proud Grays Harbor Coalition - http://outandproudgh.org PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: (206) 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: (206) 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proudand-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: (206) 568-7777, qpnd@nwnetwork.org, www.nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, 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.pflagseattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: (425) 483-6642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community. pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington State Council: www.pflagwsc.org.

Peer Seattle (formerly Seattle Area Support Groups) 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. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences.

(206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), (206) 850-2070, www.aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, (206) 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, (206) 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, (206) 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, (206) 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), (206) 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Northwest Two Spirit Society, https://www.facebook.com/ groups/nw2spiritsociety/, Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, (206) 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; QBASS - Queer Black Alliance of the South Sound, (253) 256-1846, weareqbass@gmail. com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, (206) 322-7061, (206) 255-8951; Somos Seattle, somosseattle.org; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle, www.utopiaseattlewa.org; VietQ Greater Seattle, vietqorganization@gmail.com Pierce County AIDS Foundation - (253) 383-2565; www.piercecountyaids.org Pride Foundation - (206) 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Pride Lives - www.facebook.com/PrideLives/ Pride Radio 93.3 HD2 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. (206) 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 - (206) 682-6711; www.q-law.org Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - (206) 235-7235.

Queer Geek! - queergeekseattle.org Rainbow Center - Resource Center for Tacoma/Pierce County LGBTIQA community. Through education, advocacy and celebration, the Rainbow Center expands resources, and safe space for the LGBTQIA community.

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Sponsors Tacoma Pride Festival. (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www.voteseamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) i- SEE LISTING for Peer Seattle.

Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - BiSeattle.wixsite. com/SBWN and on Facebook.

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. (206) 323-1768.

Seattle LGBTQ Commission - (206) 684-4503. www/ seattle.gov/lgbtq Seattle Out & Proud - (206) 322-9561; www.seattlepride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Sex Workers Outreach Project - https://seattle. swopusa.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - (206) 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.

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South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.SouthSoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net 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 capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flag Football: www.cascadeflagfootball.org; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby.com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; 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.seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www. seattlegaybasketballassociation.com; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.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 Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, (206) 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 Three Dollar Bill Cinema - TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival; Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival; Outdoor Cinema at Cal Anderson Park. www. threedollarbillcinema.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.

SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Diversity: www. genderdiversity.org; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born

Support Group: (206) 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: (206) 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter.org; Lion’s Main Art Collective: www.lionsmain.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/ Olympia-Trans-Discussion-Group/262449878114; [trans] ACTION: Trans* & Gender Non-Conforming Sex Workers’ Support Group - a safe, peer-led space. mail@utopiaseattle.org; TRANSform Washington: transformwashington.com; Trans Resource & Referral Guide: kctransguide.org; Trans Women of Color Solidarity Network: Funding the collective liberation of Trans women of color – https://m.facebook.com/ TWOCSolidarityNW/; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: Aging Ballard Lesbian Exchange (A.B.L.E.): We are Lesbians 60 years (generally) and up, living (mostly) in the north half of Seattle. The purpose of the group is to connect, socialize and support each other. ruthemilyvogel@gmail.com; Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS) - Lesbian Group at the Southeast Seattle Senior Center. This is a gathering primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. (206) 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Coming Out Women Support Group of Tacoma: www. comingoutwomen.org; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthebabes.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Puget Sound Old Lesbian Organizing for Change: http:// psoloc.org, (253) 777-3357; 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 Bisexual Women’s Network: BiSeattle. wixsite.com/SBWN; Seattle Girls of Leather: www. sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.org; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; 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, (206) 461-4493. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

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; Coyote Central: www.coyotecentral.org; 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. (206) 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; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way, with additional support groups organized in smaller towns throughout King County, (206) 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: (206) 957-1665; www.llaa.org/HEYO; www.MatthewsPlace. com; The Mockingbird Society: (206) 323-KIDS (5437), www.mockingbirdsociety.org; New Horizons: social services and shelter for homeless youth, 2708 3rd Ave (in Belltown), (206) 374-0866, http://namin.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter. org; OKAY! LGBTQ+ Outreach for Kent Area Youth: (253) 859-0699 ext 3034. OKAY! is an open support group for youth ages 13-19 who identify as LGBTQ+. A program of Kent Youth & Family Services; OUT There Adventures: www.outthereadventures.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/ Puget Sound: (206) 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; Roots Young Adult Shelter: 1415 NE 43rd St., (206) 632-1635; www.rootsinfo.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; (206) 451-SAFE, (206) 451-7233 (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): (206) 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): (206) 524-7301 ext 111; www. streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: (206) 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, (206) 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; The Vera Project: fuels personal & community transformation through collaborative youthdriven engagement in music and art. (206) 956-8372; theveraproject.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, (509) 396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): (206) 522-8412; YouthCare/ Orion Center Young Adult Shelter: 1828 Yale Ave @ Stewart St. (206) 622-5555; Youth in Focus: (206) 723-1479; www.youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): (206) 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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