SGN January 13, 2017 - Section 1

Page 1

Celebrating 43 Years! Issue 2 Volume 45

Come find Finding Neverland

Queer Resurgence Poetry: Jan. 22-24

SEC 2 PG 1

SEC 2 PG 1

Seattle Gay News

FRIDAY January 13, 2017 FREE!

SEATTLE’S LGBT NEWS & ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

25¢ in bookstores & newsstands

They’re baaack! HRC proud to join social Backholm group files new justice actions standing bathroom initiative for equality in D.C.

Joseph Backholm – Photo courtesy of youtube.com

by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Just Want Privacy – the group that brought us I-1515 last year – has filed a new initiative aimed at preventing Transgender

Washingtonians from using gender-appropriate restrooms. Although the group is still headed by see BACKHOLM page 16

HRC President Chad Griffin – Photo courtesy of hrc.org

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, announced that it is proud to both

sponsor and join in major social justice actions next week in the nation’s capital, raising up our shared and continuing fight for see HRC page 15

Pramila Jayapal rockets President Obama into congressional reportedly considering freeing Chelsea Manning leadership roles

Chelsea Manning – photo courtesy of motherjones.com

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor President Barak Obama is reportedly considering a commutation for former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning.

A Justice Department source told reporters that Manning was on the president’s “short list” for commutations. Manning has already spent more than six see MANNING page 15

Pramila Jayapal – Photo courtesy of pramilaforcongress.com

by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Newly elected Rep. Pramila Jayapal announced on January 11 that she has been brought into the Democratic leadership team as a senior whip.

In that capacity, she will work with Steny Hoyer, the #2 man in the House Democratic hierarchy, to coordinate legislative strategy and mobilize her fellow Democrats for votes. see PRAMILA page 5


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.