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Seattle Gay News

Issue 12, Volume 46, March 23, 2018

Arts & Entertainment

Thought-provoking Louie an intelligent generational debate

After Louie – Photo courtesy of The Film Collaborative

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer AFTER LOUIE Northwest Film Forum March 23-25 and March 29 VOD March 30 New York City artist Sam Cooper (Alan Cumming) is at a crossroads. He’s about to turn 60, and while his friends want to cel-

ebrate his birthday he’s so consumed with a video he’s crafting on the life and times of fellow ACT UP and AIDS activist William Wilson (David Drake) he’s unable to process practically anything else. Becoming lost in drink and chain-smoking himself into oblivion, Sam hooks up with the much younger Braeden Devries (Zachary Booth), mistaking him for a prostitute.

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30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists announced

LOS ANGELES, CA – [On March 6] Lambda Literary, the nation’s oldest and largest literary arts organization advancing LGBTQ literature, announced the finalists of the 30th Annual Lambda Literary Awards – or the “Lammys,” as they are affectionately known.

The finalists were chosen from nearly 1,000 submissions and over 300 publishers. Submissions came from major mainstream publishers and from independent presses, from both long-established and

new LGBTQ publishers, as well as from emerging publish-on-demand technologies.

Visionary and Trustee Award honorees, the master of ceremonies, and celebrity presenters will be announced in April. The winners will be announced at a gala ceremony on Monday, June 4th in New York City.

“Celebrating our 30th year of Lambda Literary Award finalists is to recognize that this organization has been at the center of contemporary queer literature for decades,”

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Family drama Big Rock Beijing Queer Chorus makes solid connection concert a memorable and bittersweet evening

Photo courtesy of Beijing Queer Chorus

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer BEIJING QUEER CHORUS CAPTAIN SMARTYPANTS SENSIBLE SHOES EAST SHORE UNITARIAN CHURCH March 10

Seattle had a chance to hear from 21 or so wonderful LGBTQ singers from Beijing, China who are a delegation from the Beijing Queer Chorus. They performed here for one evening, Saturday, March 10, at the East Shore Unitarian Church in Bellevue. They performed six songs, including “Shenandoah” (an American folk song), in English, and sounded lovely and enchanting.

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Evan Whitfield as Hamish and Meg McLynn as Signe in Big Rock – Photo by Chris Bennion

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer BIG ROCK ONWARD HO PRODUCTIONS (AT WEST OF LENIN) Through March 31 Several years ago, Onward Ho Productions mounted Sonya Schneider’s Royal Blood, which was a funny family dramedy

with some dark overtones. Starring an irascible Todd Jefferson Moore, it addressed aging relationships and difficulties with adult children. Moore again stars in Schneider’s new world premiere production of Big Rock, now at West of Lenin. Again, his character is irascible and idiosyncratic, but different from the caustic character in the former play.

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They were brought in to work with and perform at the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus on March 17 and 18. (Web site: https:// www.pdxgmc.org/) PGMC hosted Beijing Queer Chorus in their first public tour of the U.S. and they were able to stop for a night in Seattle because of this visit. This September, PGMC will become the first LGBTQ Chorus to ever tour China.

Many of the delegation that came here had never been to the United States. They seemed very excited about this opportunity.

When they walked to their stage positions, the audience gave them a huge standing ovation, which pleased and awed them. Their chorus is both male and female. Those who came to the U.S. were about 9 women and 11 men. They all seemed to be in their 20s and 30s.

Beijing Queer Chorus was founded in 2008, just ten years after “hooliganism” (aka homosexuality) was decriminalized and seven years after it was declassified as a mental disorder in the China. The chorus (at that time known as the Shiny Jazzy Chorus – which we were told had something to do with rainbows in Chinese) began with 30 members, many performing in masks to protect their identity. They bravely stepped out as the very first LGBT chorus to perform in China. In April 2014, the chorus “came out” by changing their name to the “Beijing Queer Chorus.”

After making connection with former Seattle Men’s and Women’s Choruses Associate Artistic Director Eric Lane Barnes, he went to China to work with them and then came home and vigorously worked to help a delegation come to the GALA gathering of choruses in July 2016 in Denver, Colorado.

During the evening event, we heard that there are now at least five Gay choruses in China and Taiwan, which makes their progress extremely fast, though still courting a lot of dangerous repercussions. Indeed,

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even taking pictures of the singers can result in danger if one singer is not “out” to family and business associates. So, taking the stage can be a real risk for them, and we ought not to forget that struggle to be free to love who we wish.

The evening was also bittersweet because before the BQC took the stage, we were entertained by both Sensible Shoes and Captain Smartypants in what was their last performance before going on an extended hiatus. Barnes has, as many know, been the leader of the “pocket choruses” and when he stepped down from his position as Associate Artistic Director at SMC/ SWC, he stayed as their leader and we did not think that would change. However, he recently decided to step down from that role so he could give his full attention to his new role as Artistic Director of Diverse Harmony, Seattle LGBTQA youth choir

and young adult ensemble. No immediate replacement has been made and therefore they need to regroup and figure out what else can happen.

Many folks will miss Shoes and Pants dearly, and we hope that they will reappear with a new vision and a new leader who can help them make a new future. We appreciate all the past volunteer work from these smaller choruses where participants had to add an extra day every week for rehearsal and perform all over on many extra dates to spread the joy of the Choruses and deepen their mission.

At this concert Sensible Shoes performed first, then Captain Smartypants, and then the Beijing Queer Chorus performed four songs. The Shoes and Pants each performed two songs, one representative of the funny songs Eric Lane Barnes has written for them over the years and

one with the balanced harmonies that have made them so much appreciated. Subsquently, Shoes and Pants sang two songs together and BQC presented the finale.

The songs the BQC sang (besides “Shenandoah”) were “Jasmine Flower” (a Chinese folk song), “A Snowflake’s Happiness” (a poem set to music), “Four Rhymes of Nostalgia” (a Taiwanese poem set to music), and “Rainbow.”

The translated lyrics to “Rainbow” are: “I’ve traveled many places / I’ve seen clouds and rivers / The world is huge, I am still wandering, and the journey is long / I see flowers of spring, rains of summer, autumn nights and winter snow / And I see rainbows in the sky.”

It was a pretty full house, and a very warm reception for this historic event.

The last song, sung by BQC, was “Sihai” (a Mongolian folk song).

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continued from cover Again, Moore’s character, Harris Sands, grapples with an adult child, Signe. But this version unfolds more quietly and with more subtle backstories. Harris is a famous poet who feels that he has lost his ability to write and has hibernated into a small cabin on a spit of an island off the Pacific Northwest.

Signe (Meg McLynn) is an artist who works in “found” materials, and apparently makes “boxes” of some kind, but has also found a fair amount of success. However, she has long been estranged from her father.

Harris tells Hamish (Evan Whitfield), the local handyguy/fix-it/delivery/odd-job man, to pick his daughter up and bring her to the island for a visit. He isn’t sure why she’s coming, but seems to hope for the best. We soon learn that Signe is running away, too, from an opening night of a new art exhibit that she’s terrified is going to get terrible reviews.

Both of these broken souls look to Hamish for support. He looks to them for inspiration and hopes Harris will teach him how to write poetry. There is a lot of longing in this well-written play. Connection is precious and hard to come by. Hamish, himself, doesn’t quite know what he wants, but he seems to want connection, too.

There are a lot of short scenes moving the story along, which entail a rich tapestry of sounds, song, and light to set moods and pass time. Director Laurel Pilar Garcia keeps the pacing alive with a feeling of not know quite what will happen next. Julia Welch’s beautifully crafted set gives us the front of the cabin, a tiny bit of ground and a huge rock that characters can climb

Evan Whitfield as Hamish, Meg McLynn as Signe, and Todd Jefferson Moore as Sands in Big Rock – Photo by Chris Bennion

or love. Jessica Trundy’s subtle light shifts establish day or evening or night, and Robertson Witmer’s delicate sound design fills set changes with aural comforts.

Schneider’s characters are a bit heightened in their reality, and the two Sands are definitely “artistic,” but their emotional changes happen in real enough time to give a solid sense of grounding. We do want to know if Signe and her dad ever find understanding and if Signe can unbend enough to let Hamish be her friend.

The trio of actors embody their char-

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acters beautifully. Whitfield has played a number of characters on Seattle stages with a certain diffidence and lack of confidence.

Here, that aspect fits an enchanting arc of developing awareness as Hamish learns what he values and what he’d like to change in his life. Moore knows how to dominate a stage with his presence. McLynn gets to show her range as Signe starts off so icy we don’t know how to like her and proceeds to fall apart and gain our sympathy.

You may not want to be invited to a holiday dinner by this family, but spend-

ing this evening with them should prove a pretty good time. For more information, go to www.onwardhoproductions.com or https://www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/3323413 or call 800-838-3006.

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Nonsensical Pacific Rim: Uprising a frustratingly dull battle royale

Pacific Rim: Uprising – Photo courtesy of Universal

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING Now playing It’s been ten years since heroic Jaeger Marshal Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba) sacrificed himself to close the Breach underneath the Pacific Ocean and stop the monstrous Kaiju coming through to destroy humanity. Now his son, Jake Pentecost (John Boyega), a former Jaeger pilot who has recently run afoul of the law and been brought back into Pan Pacific Defense Corps (PPDC) service thanks to the intervention of his adopted Kaiju fighting war hero sister, Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi), finds himself forced to lead a group of untested cadets in a new battle to save the Earth. He and his former Gipsy Danger co-pilot, Nate Lambert (Scott Eastwood), will have to train them to be hardened Jaeger warriors faster than expected, a new Kaiju threat suddenly emerging as if out of nowhere.

There’s more plot, but I’m just not in the mood to go into it right now. Just know that the giant monsters have returned and humanity’s last line of defense once again are the giant robots they’ve manufactured to stop them, a bunch of kids quickly pressed into service when all of the adult pilots, save Jake and Nate, all end up dead.

There are other various subplots, the major one involving a cybernetics company run

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by the domineering Liwen Shao (Tian Jing) who wants to replace human Jaeger pilots with drones, while another concerns the ongoing Mutt and Jeff relationship between scientists Dr. Newton Geiszler (Charlie Day) and Dr. Hermann Gottlieb (Burn Gorman), but neither holds a candle to the central conflict. Big Monsters. Big Robots.

They battle. That’s honestly all any potential viewer needs to know.

I can’t say I was euphoric in my praise for Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 opus Pacific Rim, the film a loving, over the top homage to Japanese classics like Godzilla and Mothra, but I still enjoyed it a fair amount.

There was so much joy in that motion picture, so much creative effervescence, del Toro making it easy to cut his undeniably silly film a substantial amount of slack mainly because it was just so much unabashed fun to watch. It had energy and pizzazz, a sense of cinematic style that was at various times eye-popping in its playful virtuosity. While a long way from the likes of Pan’s Labyrinth, The Devil’s Backbone or last year’s Best Picture-winning The Shape of Water, del Toro’s film still had an energetic spark I responded to, and as such it holds a comfortable place in my heart I don’t foresee it vacating anytime soon.

Returning only as a producer and in a position billed as “visual consultant” in the end credits, sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising isn’t nearly as much fun to sit through as its predecessor was. While certainly not with-

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out its moments, even with four credited screenwriters, the second chapter in the Kaiju versus Jaeger story still comes across as unfocused, slapdash and more than a little silly (and not in a good way). It’s oftentimes dramatically inert to the point even the death of a key character provoked little more than a yawn out of me, and by the time it was over and the inevitable postcredits stinger teased the potential for a third motion picture, I was so oddly bored by it all it’s a wonder I hadn’t fallen asleep.

I will say that new director Steven S. DeKnight, a television veteran who has worked on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel” and the first season of “Daredevil,” does a nice job of making sure his debut motion picture doesn’t take itself too seriously, adding a number of diverting comedic moments with a relaxed subtlety that’s rather nice. He also stages one stunning battle between Gipsy Danger and mysterious, anonymous rival Jaeger in the middle of a frozen wilderness that’s spectacular, tension and suspense building throughout the sequence in a way that’s pleasantly effective.

The other thing that is nice about the sequel is Boyega. After making an instant impression in 2011’s Attack the Block and moving quickly on to charismatically portray Stormtrooper-turned-Resistanceleader-Finn in both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, not to mention also delivering a devastating performance in Kathryn Bigelow’s viscerally

unsettling Detroit just last year, DeKnight makes the exact right decision to keep him front and center throughout his film no matter what might be happening in the story at any one given time. He’s a bona fide movie star, having so much fun amidst all of the cacophonous nonsense he almost makes purchasing a matinee ticket to give this sequel a look worthwhile. Boyega is terrific, and if this movie ends up being something of a surprise hit make no mistake it will be in large part all thanks to him.

I can’t say those are the only positives I can come up with to say about Pacific Rim: Uprising, the most notable one spotlighting the ebullient impression young newcomer Cailee Spaeny manages to make even though her character is hardly all that memorable. But this sequel just doesn’t do anything worth talking about in any sort of detail, and there are a number of instances where I started to wonder if all involved were just making things up as they went along. Even with the fate of the world dangling precipitously from the metal fingers of Gipsy Danger’s sword-wielding hands, I just didn’t care about almost anything that was happening. Kaijus and Jaegers might be back fighting but that didn’t mean I felt anything sitting in the theatre watching them wrestle for supremacy, the end result a hopelessly dull battle royale that left me sadly dissatisfied.

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After Louie – Photo courtesy of The Film Collaborative

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The pair strike up an uneasy relationship, Braeden continuing to let this psychologically wounded man pay him for sex, getting the approval of his HIV-positive boyfriend Lukas (Anthony Johnston), the pair currently in an open relationship, to do so. Complicating matters further, Sam’s best friend Jeffrey (Patrick Breen) has just married a talkative, flippantly outspoken millennial named Mateo (Wilson Cruz), while at the same time the artist’s longtime gallery has dumped him for not being able to produce anything new of value in months.

While Maggie (Sarita Choudhury), a woman who was there in the 1980s and ‘90s standing beside him and William as part of the ACT UP movement, is ready to help him prepare for his birthday party, even she is growing tired of his seemingly insufferable inability to psychologically evolve with the times. Soon Sam comes to realize it’s he who might be stuck in place, and the best way for him to start to take steps towards embracing the present might just be to help those like Braeden and Mateo understand what he faced in the past and how it’s helped this

current generation have hope for a more welcoming and inclusive future.

A generational drama overflowing in intelligence, warmth, heartache and a great deal of anger, director Vincent Gagliostro’s After Louie is a talky, thought-provoking story of a man looking back at his life and unable to differentiate between success and failure. It is a commentary on how past and present collide in ways that aren’t always immediately apparent, and how a youngster’s view of a current situation can oftentimes be the polar opposite of those old enough to be their parents or grandparents. This is the core dialogue Gagliostro and co-writer Anthony Johnston’s literate screenplay focuses on, making the movie a fascinating historical debate overflowing in honest insight and authentic human emotion.

If only all of that dialogue was as continually interesting as it so achingly wants to be.

Some of these monologues and verbal sparring sessions get a little repetitive, hammering home points and observations that have already been made rather succinctly. There are also times their theatricality feels more appropriate for the stage than they do the silver screen, and even though this movie isn’t based on a play one would certainly be forgiven for thinking it might have been. It can

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all become more than a little exhausting, Gagliostro showcasing a moderately heavyhand that sometimes noticeably stifles the inherent emotion fueling a given scene in a significant way.

Saving the film are the actors, Cumming in particular. This is a sensational performance, the veteran character actor masterfully crafting a three-dimensional figure whose pain is viscerally palpable. Sam, so caught up in his own disillusionment and grief, almost belligerently refuses to understand why thirty and twenty-somethings are seemingly unable to grasp just how far things have come in the past thirty-plus years. He doesn’t get how they take for granted that the freedoms they enjoy haven’t actually been there all along, doesn’t comprehend why they don’t look at AIDS in horror and instead look at it as a disease that can be treated with casual indifference.

Cumming is spectacular. He balances so many varying emotions with almost effortless refinement. His anger, his vitriol, his despair; all of that resonates. But so does his joy at discovering new insights and wonders Sam hadn’t allowed himself to think about before. Cumming knows how to showcase all of this with a subtle gracefulness that is natural and entirely unforced. His chemis-

try with Booth is simply off the charts, all of which helps the themes at the center of Gagliostro and Johnston’s script come to the forefront with astonishing power that left me somewhat speechless by the time the film had come to its conclusion.

There’s a lot to love about After Louie. Its heart is undeniably in the right place. It has a conversation about the differences between generations, especially as it pertains to the fight for LGBTQ equality, that is vital and important. Gagliostro shows himself to be a confidently assured filmmaker interested in telling clever, thought-provoking stories grounded in reality. If the finished film can sometimes come across as a little didactic and slightly melodramatic, the stellar acting, especially from Cumming, makes those missteps feel relatively insignificant. This is a good movie. Here’s hoping interested viewers take the time to see it.

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After Louie is screening at Northwest Film Forum (1515 12th Ave.) March 23 @ 7:30pm, March 24 & 25 @ 4:15pm & 7:15pm and March 29 @ 7:15pm. Tickets: $12 general; $9 student/senior; $7 member. https://nwfilmforum.org.

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said Lambda Literary Executive Director Tony Valenzuela. “This year is no different with another stellar list of authors demonstrating through their work that LGBTQ books tell richly textured stories about who we are in all our incredible diversity.”

Now in their thirtieth year, the Lambda Literary Awards celebrate achievement in LGBTQ writing for books published

in 2017. The awards ceremony on June 4, 2018, will be held at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012). The red carpet and specially ticketed VIP cocktail reception will be held before the ceremony.

The after-party, open to all with a general admission ticket, will follow at Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012). For more information and to buy tickets, please visit Lambda’s website – www.lambdaliterary.org 67 literary professionals, including

30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists

NOTE: The number of finalists in a category is determined by the number of submissions in that category.

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and Larissa Glasser (eds.), Heartspark Press Transcendent 2: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction, Bogi Takács (ed),

Lethe Press LGBTQ Nonfiction After Silence, Avram Finkelstein, University of California Press Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left: A History of the Impossible,

Malik Gaines, NYU Press Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes, Anne Elizabeth Moore,

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booksellers, book reviewers, librarians, authors, academics and previous Lammy winners and finalists volunteered countless hours of reading, critical thinking, and invigorating discussion to select the finalists in 23 categories.

Tickets for the Lambda Literary Awards ceremony, pre-ceremony VIP cocktail reception and after-party are on sale now. Early bird tickets at discounted prices are available until April 6th. Tickets for the ceremony and after-party are $150 ($125 early bird). Tickets that include the VIP cocktail reception

are $250 ($225 early bird). For information, visit Lambda’s website www.lambdaliterary. org and join the conversation by following the hashtag #Lammys on Twitter.

Lambda Literary Awards corporate sponsors will be announced soon. To inquire about sponsorship, contact Tony Valenzuela, Executive Director at tvalenzuela@lambdaliterary.org.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner My Brother’s Husband, Volume 1, Gengoroh Tagame, Pantheon My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Emil Ferris, Fantagraphics Books Spinning, Tillie Walden, Macmillan/First Second Books LGBTQ SF/F/Horror An Excess Male, Maggie Shen King, HarperCollins An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon, Akashic Books Amberlough, Lara Donnelly, Tor Books Autonomous, Annalee Newitz, Tor Books I Stole You, Kristen Ringman, Handtype Press Night Visitors, Owen Keehnen, OutTales Publishing The Lost Daughter Collective, Lindsey Drager, DZANC Books The Prey of the Gods, Nicky Drayden, HarperCollins LGBTQ Studies Behind the Mask, Alfredo Mirandé, University of Arizona Press The Ethics of Opting Out, Mari Ruti, Columbia University Press Lavender and Red, Emily Hobson, University of California Press Punishing Disease: HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness, Trevor Hoppe,

University of California Press Time Slips, Jaclyn Pryor, Northwestern University Press Unmaking Love, Ashley T. Sheldon, Columbia University Press The War on Sex, David M. Halperin and Trevor Hoppe, Duke University Press Welcome to Fairyland, Julio Capó Jr., University of North Carolina Press About Lambda Literary Lambda Literary believes Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer literature is fundamental to the preservation of our culture, and that LGBTQ lives are affirmed when our stories are written, published and read. LL’s programs include: the Lambda Literary Awards, the Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices, LGBTQ Writers in Schools, Lambda LitFest LA, and our web magazine the Lambda Literary Review at www.LambdaLiterary.org.

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Lambda LitFest Los Angeles 2018 – Call for submissions

Lambda Literary is proud to announce open submissions for the 2nd Annual Lambda LitFest LA happening Saturday, September 29, 2018 through Saturday, October 6, 2018. Lambda LitFest is a Los Angeles County wide festival featuring readings, workshops, pop-up events, entertainment and timely discussions about LGBTQ literature and publishing.

We are currently seeking literary programming proposals for the Week of LitFest events.

These events will be curated by the community and will take place between Sunday, September 30, 2018 and Friday, October 5, 2018. They will occur throughout the greater Los Angeles area at venues secured by proposed parties. All programming should embrace the racial, ethnic, gender, dis/ability, socioeconomic, and geographic diversity of our LGBTQ LA communities.

Your proposal can be for a reading, a workshop, a Literary Death Match type competition, etc. Get creative with it and have fun!

To see a list of last year’s Week of LitFest events visit www.LambdaLitFest.org.

Accepted proposals will be included in the official 2nd Annual Lambda LitFest LA program guide.

The 2nd Annual Lambda LitFest LA program schedule: • September 29th, 2018 – LitFest opens

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for a full day of Lambda-curated programming at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in DTLA • September 30th-October 5th, 2018 – Community-curated events throughout LA • October 6th, 2018 – Lambda-curated closing events For more information or if you are ready to submit a proposal, please visit our proposals submission page at www.LambdaLitFest.org. Proposal deadline is May 1, 2018!

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Thirsty Girl Productions presents The 4th Annual Seattle Boylesque Festival

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4TH ANNUAL SEATTLE BOYLESQUE FESTIVAL THE TRIPLE DOOR April 13 & 14 After last year’s saucy sell-out success, Thirsty Girl Productions brings you The 4th Annual Seattle Boylesque Festival April 13 and 14 at The Triple Door (216 Union St.). There will be two shows nightly at 7pm (doors at 5:30pm) and 10:30pm (doors at 10pm). Tickets: GA seating $25 advance/$30 at the door; VIP seating $40 advance/$45 at the door. The Triple Door is wheelchair accessible. For more informa-

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tion, call (206) 838-4333; www.thetripledoor.net.

With over 30 performers from all over the United States and Canada, this year’s two-day extravaganza promises to be the sexiest weekend of 2018.

The Festival kicks off Friday, April 13th with local Burlesque starlet and hostess, “The Showgirl Scholar,” Sailor St. Claire.

This opening night features over a dozen performers revving up to get your motor started for a weekend of gender-bending Boylesque! Featured performers include: Burlesque Hall of Fame performers 2 to Fly (NYC), Mod Carousel (Seattle), RedBone (San Francisco), EmpeROAR! Fabulous (Seattle), Paris Original (Seattle) and Ernie

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Von Schmaltz (Seattle). Also gracing the stage is a nationwide handful of hunky hotties: Ben Franklin (NYC), Jupiter Everhard (Bozeman MT), JD Hickcock (Houston TX), Devonaire (NYC), Al Lykya (Seattle), Burning Loins (Denver CO), Moscato Extatique (Seattle), Apollo Vidra (Seattle), Kiki Mustang (Seattle) and Phathoms Deep (Breaux Bridge LA).

The Saturday night spectacular is emceed by Seattle’s own infamous and always hilarious Ernie Von Schmaltz and features cast of international all-stars including: Izohnny (Portland, OR), 2 to Fly (NYC), Devonaire (NYC), Joshua Dean (NYC), Luminous Pariah (Seattle), Isaiah Esquire (Portland OR), RedBone

(San Francisco), Trojan Original (Seattle), Johnny Nuriel (Portland OR), Indy Fire (Denver), Bobby Barnaby (Austin TX), Mr Valdez (Colorado Springs, CO), Dutch Loven (Victoria BC), Haywire (Minneapolis MN), Pistol Holliday (Amarillo Texas) and Curtis Carlyle (Portland OR).

Saturday’s late show benefits Burlycon Burlesque Convention, a non-profit organization of burlesque performers, producers, fans and aficionados. www.thetripledoor. net; www.boylesquefestival.com Courtesy of Thirsty Girl Productions

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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH MARCH FOR OUR LIVES

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MARCH 24 We will meet at Cal Anderson Park at 10am, and march to Key Arena. Bring signs and get ready to have our voices heard! * We are planning details now, more info to follow *

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Creepy Strangers preys on an audience’s deepest fears

The Strangers: Prey at Night – Photo courtesy of Aviron Films

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT Now playing At their wit’s end, Kinsey’s (Bailee Madison) frazzled parents Cindy (Christina Hendricks) and Mike (Martin Henderson) make the difficult decision to send their angry, antisocial daughter to a strict boarding school. Wanting to spend as much time together as a family as they can before the new term begins, the entire family, including eldest son Luke (Lewis Pullman), all pile into the SUV to head upstate. They’re going to spend the following day at a secluded trailer park that’s usually only full during the tourist-heavy summer season, so the fact no one is around when they arrive late in the evening is hardly surprising.

But they’re not alone. Three strangers wearing masks are also at the park, and they are going to play a little game with Kinsey and her family. The object? Survive the night, as these three nameless, faceless assailants plan to hunt all four of them down, one by one, until Kinsey, her brother and their parents are dead.

The Strangers: Prey at Night is something of a pseudo-sequel to 2008’s cult favorite horror film The Strangers. Taking over the reins from original writer/director Bryan Bertino (who returns as a co-writer alongside The

Forest scribe Ben Ketai), 47 Meters Down filmmaker Johannes Roberts crafts an eerie, unsettling mood that grows increasingly suspenseful as the violence escalates and Kinsey and her family begin to run out of options. He crafts a slick, retro-style thriller that recalls the early days of Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven and John Carpenter, and building tension with a stripped-down efficiency that’s in no small part due in large part to cinematographer Ryan Samul’s (We Are What We Are) electrifying camerawork. It’s a solid variation on scare tactics utilized so magnificently in Bertino’s original film, and as such this new escapade featuring the bloody handiwork of Dollface, Pinup and The Man in the Mask is surprisingly easy to enjoy.

Not that this sequel is as effective as that 2008 shocker was. Thanks to the home invasion concept, Bertino’s original took place in such a confined space the fact neither of that film’s protagonists found an easy way to escape their torment was easy to believe. By opening things up, by having an entire trailer park as the setting, it isn’t always plausible that the three masked killers are able to stay one step ahead of their prey with such apparent insight and ease.

As secluded and as empty as it might be, it’s just too large an environment not to think that someone in Kinsey’s family wouldn’t find a way to escape and bring back some form of help, and as such the suspense factor is brought down substantially because of this.

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Thankfully, because Bertino and Ketai put so much emphasis on crafting threedimensional characters, because Kinsey, Cindy, Mike and Luke are all collectively flawed, each wanting to do what’s best for the entire family even if they don’t always know how to do it, caring about their collective fate still happens immediately. I was invested in their survival, so when death came calling it did so with devastating impact. Roberts manages to make each moment matter, each cut, bruise and injury feeling increasingly catastrophic, and when members of the family do succumb to their assailants (as they must, this is a horror movie after all), the pain the survivors feel is breathlessly palpable.

It also helps that the filmmaker is fond of long, extended takes of brooding menace that allows the idea that danger and death could be lurking in every corner of the frame to be omnipresent once the carnage begins. Roberts is also not especially prone to utilizing jump scares, the ones that do exist coming from a place of narrative and of character, which increases their effectiveness considerably. Best of all is his use of sound. The bumps in the night. The whispers of the wind. The echoes of soft footsteps shuffling along the asphalt. An axe scraping against the concrete. All of it matters in ways that are sinister in their insidious malevolence, my heart palpitating continuously in earnest anxiety for the entire length of the film’s climactic act.

There are a number of little things that

did annoy me. Adrian Johnston’s (I Am Not a Serial Killer) electronic score, reminiscent of John Carpenter’s classic compositions for Assault on Precinct 13 and Escape from New York, is terrific, but it is also frequently undercut by a number of 1980s pop songs, the film oddly inserting them at a number of inopportune moments diluting the inherent tension of the situation substantially. It should also be said that, unlike the original thriller, the plausibility factor is decidedly low. More, it decreases exponentially the longer this deadly game of cat and mouse continues, and as mentioned earlier there were a number of moments where I felt Kinsey or her brother could have escaped their attackers and gone after help with relative ease.

But even if this sequel isn’t the low budget, handsomely mounted modern grindhouse cult classic Bertino’s 2008 effort has over the last decade proven to be, that does not make it any less disturbingly entertaining. Roberts treats the material with intelligence and respect, allowing his actors the opportunity to craft flawed, deeply human characters who believably do everything they can to selflessly ensure their loved ones have a chance to survive the night.

Make no mistake, The Strangers: Prey at Night got under my skin, and for that fact alone I do think horror aficionados should make the time to give this long in coming follow-up a look.

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SATURDAY - March 24

Washington State Leather Pride Week 3/15-3/25 www.wsmlo.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride.

(206) 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

Positively Living Coffee Social. 9:30am-12 noon.

Cupcake Royale, 1111 E Pike St. Every Saturday. Casual social get-together for the HIV community. Anthony, 206-957-1600. Sponsored by LIfelong.

March for Our Lives Seattle. 10am. Meet at Cal Anderson Park/Miller Playfield. Between Nagle Pl. and 11th Ave at E Pine St. and march to Key Arena.

For more information, visit www.facebook.com/seattlemarchforourlives 11th Annual Three Dollar Bill Cinema Dinner & Auction. 5pm. Block 41, 115 Bell St. Support Three Dollar Bill Cinema film festivals and programs, including Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival, Three Dollar Bill Outdoor Cinema, and Twist: Seattle Queer Film Festival. Tickets: $150 - with VIP option for $250.

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Cascade Flag Football Association Rookie Orientation. 6pm. RPlace, 619 E Piine St. www.facebook.com/ cascadeflagfootball.

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouthcenter.org.

(Also Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

Washington State Mr. & Ms. Leather & Bootblack Contest. 6pm doors; 7pm contest. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. $10 donation at the door. www.wsmlo.org Cascade Flag Football Association Preseason Game & Skills Clinic. 7:30pm. Cal Anderson Park/Miller Playfield, 11th Ave & E Olive St. www.facebook.com/ cascadeflagfootball.

Christ.” “We seek to share God’s love with all people regardless of race, age, gender or sexual orientation.”

SUNDAY - March 25 All are welcome. (206) 322-7500.

Washington State Leather Pride Week 3/15-3/25 East Shore Unitarian Church. 10am Sunday Service. www.wsmlo.org 12700 SE 32nd St, Bellevue. An open & affirming conCenter for Spiritual Living. 8:25, 9:45, 11:30am. 5801 gregation. (425) 747-3780.

Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 911 soon! (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Stewart St. A downtown faith community centered in jusRavenna United Methodist Church. 8:30am “Seattle’s tice. An open & affirming congregation. (206) 682-3620. most dangerous Sunday school” - 9:45am Worship. 5751 Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am 33rd Ave NE. A reconciling congregation, fully inclusive Workship. 1217 6th Ave. Love your (LGBTQ) neighbor and affirming of LGBTQ persons. (206) 525-7988. as yourself. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.org Seattle Unity Church. 9am & 11am Sunday Services. Queen Anne United Methodist Church. 10am Wor200 8th Ave N. “Come join our Gay & Lesbian-friendly, ship. 1606 5th Ave W. (206) 282-4307. spiritual family at Seattle Unity Church. Our mission is to Unity Church of Kent. 10am. 218 State Ave S, Kent. bring love, miracles & spiritual awakening into everyday A welcoming congregation open to people of all races, life!” (206) 622-8475; www.seattleunity.org. religions, creeds & lifestyles. Join us any Sunday for an Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am Zazen Instruction, 9:30am inspirational message, joyful fellowship & a fresh spiritual Zazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. Follow the tradi- outlook. (253) 854-9747. tional forms of the Soto school of Zen in a spirit of warmth University Congregational United Church of Christ. & inclusion. Anyone interested in meditation, whether 9am all ages education; 10am Worship. 4515 16th Ave new or experienced in Zen practice or other traditions, NE. UCUCC is an open & affirming congregation. (206) is welcome. (206) 323-1659, www.seattlesotozen.org 524-2322; www.universityucc.org.

Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 9:30am. Glacier Lanes, Wallingford United Methodist Church. 10am Worship.

9630 Evergreen Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators 2115 N 42nd St. A progressive congregation. In 1984 welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Wallingford UMC became the 9th reconciling Methodist Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email church in the U.S. (206) 547-6945 (office); (206) 285John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org 5077 (George).

Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30am All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am Worship.

Worship, 11am Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King 500 Broadway E. Come as you are. All are welcome.

Way, Tacoma. This reconciling congregation welcomes A congregation of the Disciples of Christ & the United with warm hands, warm hearts & open minds GLBT Church of Christ. (206) 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org persons seeking a spiritual home. (253) 627-0129, www.

St. Clement’s Episcopal Church. 10:30am Worship. fumctacoma.org 1501 32nd Ave S. Great music. Dynamic preaching.

University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, Holy communion. Encountering the transformative 10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & Educa- and unconditional love of God in Christ. Join us! www. tion Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. All are welcome. We choose stclementseattle.org love. (206) 525-7074. universitylutheranseattle.org Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, University Unitarian Church. 9:30am & 11:15am 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday Services. (Late June-Aug 9:30am only.) 6556 Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t 35th Ave NE. Interweave is the official name for LGBTQ have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $3 shoe groups in the Unitarian-Universalist family as a common rental. (425) 785-4729. thread of identification. UUC’s Interweave group meets Welcome Table Christian Church. 9:45am Meditation; the first Friday every other month (Oct, Dec, Feb, April 10:30am Worship; Labyrinth 2nd Sundays 1-4pm. 1322 & June) usually at UUC for a potluck, a summer picnic S Bayview St. Where people of all genders and sexualior whatever else we might dream up. Drop in & join us. ties, and families of all shapes & sizes are welcome and www.uuchurch.org for details. celebrated. A welcoming and affirming community since Central Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 1710 11th 1987. welcometablecc.org Ave (just north of E Pine St). An open & affirming church, which in Lutheran churches is called “Reconciled in

Visit us online www.sgn.org

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation.

10:30am. 7141 California Ave SW. (206) 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church Seattle. 11am Worship. Chapel at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. MCC is a progressive Christ-centered faith community committed to providing a nurturing environment for individual & community growth thru Jesus Christ while celebrating unity in diversity. MCC is Seattle’s oldest Gay-friendly church. (206) 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org.

Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies.

Contact Forrest Rode, (206) 920-6117, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. Find us under “Dharma Buddies” under Meetup.com or DharmaBuddies.org.

(Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group at www.LotusSisters.org.)

St Paul’s United Church of Christ. 11am Worship.

6512 12th Ave NW. An “open & affirming” congregation.

“We celebrate our diversity in religious background, sexual orientation, race, age & abilities.” (206) 783-6733; www.stpauluccseattle.com.

St Paul’s Episcopal Church. 11:15am (also 7:30am, 9am, 5pm). 15 W Roy St. We are an accepting, progressive, Anglo-Catholic parish, renewing its people for their Christian lives in today’s world through worship, spiritual formation, engagement in the arts, and acts of compassion. www.stpaulseattle.com Washington State Mr. & Ms. Leather & Bootblack Contest - Victory Brunch and Emerald and Community Service Awards. 11:30am. Purr Cocktail Lounge, 2307 24th Ave E. Awards presentation begins at noon. Several other organizations and groups will be presenting their annual awards at this event, including Seattle Men in Leather, Generic Leather Productions of Washington, Seattle Girls of Leather, Seattle Women in Leather and Sea-Pah, to name a few. [NOTE: Contest will be held Saturday, March 24, 7pm, at The Cuff Complex.]

Holy Covenant International Christian Community Church. 12pm. 4525 19th Ave NE. Outreach to the LGBT community. holycovenantccc@gmail.com Just for Today (NA). 12-1:15pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step Narcotics Anonymous group open to anyone in recovery. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm.

Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room

March 23, 2018

March 24 thru April 1 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org New Beginnings (SLAA). 12 noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. MEETS DAILY (except Saturday). Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a 12-step/12- tradition-oriented fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to overcome sex and love patterns of addiction. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Green Lake Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 7201 E Green Lake Dr. N. Every Sunday starting 3/25 - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at the Wading Pool (along the north end of the lake). Hot coffee and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.” For info, call (206) 637-0400. Wheelchair-friendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride.

No Safeword Writers Group. 1pm. See website for location. Meets 2nd & 4th Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts.

Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful. For info & location, www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 1:30-3pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201. Meets 4th Sunday each month in the Ian MacKintosh Room. This month’s topic: Taking Risks as Seniors. www.seattleprimetimers.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/Weds/ Fri: Evenings; Tues/Thurs: Mornings. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Preregistration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. orcaswimteam.org [NOTE: Due to Spring Break at SU - No swimming Mon 3/26 thru Mon 4/2 except Wednesday 3/28.]

Rain City Soccer Club - Kickabout. Sunday afternoon usually at 3pm. Location varies. Join us for Seattle’s mostly-weekly mostly-LGBTQ pickup soccer game. We play an organized, 2-hour scrimmage on nice fieldturf surface. Sometimes there is a brief training/practice session before we play. Usually there is a “one-beer” after the scrimmage. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Seattle Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month (October-June) - EXCEPT meets 3/25 this month instead of Easter Sunday 4/1. The historic Gothic sanctuary of Seattle First Baptist Church is offered to the best jazz groups in the city to perform 100 minutes of their own popular music. FREE. For info (206) 325-6051, www.seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv Shame to Grace (SAA). 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Sex Addicts Anonymous is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com.

[EXCEPT no bowling June, July & August.]

Integrity/Puget Sound. 7pm Worship & Fellowship. St. Mark’s Cathedral, Thomson Chapel, 1245 10th Ave E. Integrity is an international ministry of Gay & Lesbian Episcopalians, their friends & families, dedicated to education, support & service within the Church & the GLBT community. (425) 226-2746.

Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

MONDAY - March 26

Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Volunteer Park Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Monday starting 3/26 - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at Black Sun sculpture across from museum. Hot coffee and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.”

For info, call (206) 637-0400. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride.

SOBER On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. (206) 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed (SOS). 2-3:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. Seattle Unity Church, 200 8th Ave N. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Lotus Sisters South Seattle/Columbia City Meditation & Dharma Discussion. Gather at 6:45pm; sit at 7pm. Meets 4th Monday each month. Short presentation with discussion to follow. Oriented to LBTQ sisters. Email us or call (206) 550-5587 for details and location; www.

LotusSisters.org. (Wheelchair accessible.)

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PFLAG/South King County Monthly Meeting. 7pm.

Unitarian Universalist Church, 25701 14th Pl S, Kent.

Meets 4th Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those sexual minorities. PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun.

(206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Destiny/Unity AA Meeting in Tacoma. 7:30-8:30pm.

Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Monday. LGBTQ-friendly AA meeting. (253) 474-8897.

(Also meets Fridays.)

Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Every Monday. www. washingtongenderalliance.com

TUESDAY - March 27

LGBTQ+ Group. 1:15-2:15pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. Every Tuesday. A group for LGBTQ youth ages 13-24 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare.

(206) 622-5555.

Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Alki Beach Walk. 2-3pm. 61st Ave SW & Alki Ave SW. Tuesday starting 3/27 - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at Statue of Liberty statue. Hot coffee and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.” For info, call (206) 637-0400.

Wheelchair-friendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride.

LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Every Tuesday. Confidential.

Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org ALISS - Aging Lesbians in South Seattle Evening Gathering. 6:30-8pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St, Rainier Ave S & S Holly St., Social Hall.

Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. This is a group primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend.

Facilitator: Fai Coffin; Cost: FREE. Metro route 7. Wheelchair accessible. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor.

Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Shelly at (206) 250-5002 or LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com.

Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. (206) 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Dickson room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

Different Drummers. 7:15-8:30pm. Every Tuesday.

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & AfroCaribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques.

Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at (206) 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com Men’s Discussion Group. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Tuesday. Peer group for Gay & Bi men. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

7:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma.

Every Tuesday.

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline (206) 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com. [EXCEPT no water polo mid-June through Labor Day Weekend.]

Seattle Poetry Slam. Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm. Rebar, 1114 Howell St. Every Tuesday. A spoken word poetry event that features a weekly open mic, feature poet, and slam (poetry competition). Come out and express yourself. LGBTQ- & QTPOC-friendly; all genders welcome. $5. 21+. seattlepoetryslam.org PFLAG/North Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. Haller Lake United Methodist Church, 13055 1st Ave NE. Meets 4th Tuesday each month. (206) 325-7724 or northseattle@pflagseattle.org. PFLAG, a national organization

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Friday. LGBTQ-friendly AA meeting. (253) 474-8897.

(Also meets Mondays.)

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8-9pm.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201 - in the O’Neill Room.

Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.

14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thurs- seattle-al-anon.org; (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org day. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

SATURDAY - March 31 Everett-Snohomish County Friendship Dinner for (See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) persons living with HIV/AIDS, their friends, and for those who want to support them. 6pm. Trinity Lutheran GLSEN WA Youth Leadership Conference. 8am-4pm.

Church, 2324 Lombard Ave, Everett. Meets last Thurs- Seattle Academy, 1111 13th Ave. https://www.glsen.org/ day each month. For further information, please call chapters/washingtonstate 360-202-3978. Sponsored by AIDS Project Snohomish Youth Job Fair for LGBTQ and Allies. 12 noon-2pm.

Seattle Academy Gymnasium, 1111 13th Ave. For County (APSC) and Gay Men’s Task Force.

B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Question- high school age and young adults. FREE. Facebook. ing Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for com/seattle.parks.teens; Seattle.gov/Parks/LGBTQ. location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside (Co-located at Seattle Academy with 2018 GLSEN WA Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. LGBTQ Youth Leadership Conference.)

Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6pm. Wallingford (425) 747-4937.

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14- Community Senior Center, Good Shepherd Center, 22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Suite 140. Monthly potluck Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about is- meets last Saturday most months. MF is a social orgasues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilita- nization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. tion of a male volunteer. (206) 322-2515 ext 16. www. maturefriends.org lamberthouse.org SUNDAY - April 1 21st Century Bowling. 7pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 (See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

39th Ave SW. Every Thursday. Regular league bowling.

Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com. [EXCEPT Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride.

Contact Border Riders for details and rendezvous point. no bowling June, July, August.]

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Meets 1st Sunday most months. BRMC provides a soAve E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery cial & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com group. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 3pm. The Cuff, Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. 1533 13th Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month. K of M/ Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & chariGay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, table organization that raises money for various causes anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring & organizations. (206) 329-0886. www.facebook.com/ fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, kofmjetchapter/ community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or PFLAG/Whatcom County (Bellingham) Monthly our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ Meeting. 5pm. Community Food Co-op Bakery, 405 E Holly St, Bellingham. Meets 1st Sunday each month. gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. support organization for parents, spouses, & families of Ongoing support group open to Gay and Bisexual men. GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. www.what(206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org [NOTE: Please con- compflag.org; PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724. tact the facilitator prior to attending.]

COMMUNITY RESOURCES Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.) [EXCEPT for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQAllyship. no water polo mid-June through Labor Day Weekend.] org, allyship@yahoo.com, (206) 279-8169.

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us FRIDAY - March 30 Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/AnotherAgeless in Recovery (AA). 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 Gay-Social-Club/ 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. A drop-in AA group Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. for 55+. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org com/guide.html Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Kubota BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for BiGardens Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 9817 55th Ave S. Every sexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www.

Friday starting 3/30 - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at binetseattle.org. the corner of 55th Ave S and Renton Ave S. Hot coffee Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.”

For info, call (206) 637-0400. Wheelchair-friendly walk. Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org Cascade Rainbow Community Center (Mount VerSponsored by Generations Aging With Pride.

Road to Recovery (SLAA). 12noon-1:30pm. SASG, non) - (360) 840-8499 and on Facebook.

115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. Ongoing 12- COLAGE unites people with LGBTQ parents and step group for sex and love addicts. (206) 322-2437; caregivers into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, www.sasgcc.org self-confident, and just leaders in our collective comOasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, munities - www.colage.org Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thurs- 963-1994.

DIFFA/Northwest (Design Industries Foundation days 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

“Let’s Talk About Sex & Your Booty” with Bryan Fighting AIDS). (206) 763-8885; www.diffanorthwest.

Kutner, PhD, MPH. Rooftop Classroom, Luna Condo- org miniums, 1321 E Seneca St. An assets-based evening DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis of cheeky conversation about all things anal including Clinic, (206) 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County research on stigma, pleasure and health. Brought to you Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour

by HIV Vaccine Trials Unit, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal Regional Resource Network Program, CFAR, Legacy assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Project, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, (206) 568-7777 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Peer support for Gay and (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: sasgcc.org 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Cascades Rainbow Community Center - in Mount Unit, (206) 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Vernon. 6:30-10:30pm. 1508 N 18th St, Mount Vernon. Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911.

Every Friday. Weekly social get-togethers including Report domestic violence and sexual assault. potlucks and movie nights for LGBTQAI folks in Skagit County and beyond. The Center has the largest LG- Equal Rights Washington - (206) 324-2570; www.

BTQAI library in Skagit County with an online catalog equalrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org of their collection. (360) 840-8499 and on Facebook.

Cascade Flag Football Association 2018 Jersey Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freelyspeakParty. 7pm. RPlace, 619 E Piine St. www.facebook. ing.org com/cascadeflagfootball.

Gay City promotes wellness in LGBTQ communities Game Night. 7pm-11pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite by providing health services, connecting people to re201. Every Friday. Card games, board games and fel- sources, fostering arts, and building community. Gay City Health Project’s Wellness Center provides anonymous lowship. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lam- & confidential HIV/STD testing. 517 E Pike St. More bert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House info or to schedule an appointment, (206) 860-6969. is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for www.gaycity.org GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. (206) 322-2515, Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm. information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western people across the country. dancing for the LGBTQ community. FREE. www.rain- Generations Aging With Pride empowers elder LGBTQ adults to live with pride and dignity by promoting, countrydance.org.

Destiny/Unity AA Meeting in Tacoma. 7:30-8:30pm. connecting, and developing innovative programs and Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every services that enhance belonging and support, eliminate

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WEDNESDAY - March 28

Mature Friends Walk Around Greenlake. 11am. Meet up at 10:50am with a group of older men gathered at the north end of the parking lot that is next to the boathouse along the southwest side of Greenlake. Every Wednesday. Walk around Greenlake followed by lunch at a local restaurant. www.maturefriends.org Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12 noon.

Roosters Restaurant, 611 Broadway E. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month. Just drop in - no RSVP required. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Volunteer Park Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Wednesday starting 3/28 - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at Black Sun sculpture across from museum. Hot coffee and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.”

For info, call (206) 637-0400. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride.

True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley (206) 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org Positively Living. 5-7pm. Lifelong, 1016 E Pike St., 3rd Fl. Every Wednesday. Social and support group for the HIV community with various topics for discussion and conversation. Anthony, 206-957-1600. Sponsored

by Lifelong.

GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group for GLBTQ+Youth (14-20) serving Snohomish County & surrounding communities. 6-8pm. Phone or email for location. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett. Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com Queer Seattle Book Club. 6pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E (upstairs). Every Wednesday. This month’s title is The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst. https:// faculty.washington.edu/swittet/SGLBookClub/ [Next month: continues with The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst.]

Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Every Wednesday. Call (206) 525-7295 for location. www.

LotusSisters.org.

Center for Spiritual Living. 6:30pm-Meditation, 7pmService. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park, 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Wednesday.

Meet at Black Sun sculpture across for museum. (See Saturday at 9am.)

Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm.

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

Every Wednesday. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www. ingersollcenter.org Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org SEAMEC Monthly Meeting. 7pm. 1605 12th Ave, Suite 21. Meets 4th Wednesday each month. SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www. voteseamec.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday.

Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com.

THURSDAY - March 29

Safe and Sober (AA). 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. (206) 720-5566 or 888-2921912; www.babesnetwork.org.

Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Green Lake Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 7201 E Green Lake Dr. N. Every Thursday starting 3/29 - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at the Wading Pool (along the north end of the lake). Hot coffee and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.” For info, call (206) 637-0400. Wheelchair-friendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride.

March 23, 2018

Celebrating 44 Years!

discrimination, and honor the lives of older members of our community - (206) 495-8312; 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 - (206) 250-5002; LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com. 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.org; 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 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: www. pflagwsc.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

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Pride Foundation - (206) 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org 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 Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. org; (206) 451-SAFE; (206) 451-7233.

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) 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.sasgcc.org 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 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.

(425) 339-5298.

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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; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.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.

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rainbowcntr.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-DiscussionGroup/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; 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, in Seattle, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way; (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; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www. oasisyouthcenter.org; OUT There Adventures: www. outthereadventures.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: (206) 3257724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) Drop-In Center & Young Adult Shelter: 1609 19th Ave @ E Pine St., (206) 7268500; www.psks.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; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.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; 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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