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“Rupaul’s Drag Race“ tour “WERQ THE WORLD” comes to PNW SEC 2 PG 1
Heartfelt Peanut Butter Falcon a distinctly American fable 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
ELIZABETH WARREN IN SEATTLE
PHOTOS BY NATE GOWDY see page 4
Log Cabin Republicans lose executive director after endorsing Trump
Jerri Ann Henry – Image courtesy of Hill.TV
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Losses continue for the Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) in the wake of their endorsement of Donald Trump’s re-election. The latest to flee their ranks is their
executive director, Jerri Ann Henry. She quit August 26. Henry had been executive director of the group for less than a year. She told NBC News that she would not issue a statement
see LOG CABIN page 12
Pioneering report exposes global reach of so-called conversion therapy
Image courtesy of OutRight International
NEW YORK (August 22, 2019) – A groundbreaking report released by OutRight Action International today exposes the global reach of so-called conversion therapy. Drawing on data from survey results with almost 500 respondents from 80 countries, and in-depth interviews with
experts and survivors from more than a dozen countries, the report overwhelmingly shows that so-called conversion therapy efforts occur across the world and are predominantly promoted and perpetrated
see OUTRIGHT page 13