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Seattle Gay News

Issue 32, Volume 43, August 7, 2015

Arts & Entertainment

Hold These Truths is a MUST SEE – and bring everyone you know!

Ryan Yu as Gordon Hirabayashi – photo by Michael Lamont

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer HOLD THESE TRUTHS ACT THEATRE Through August 16

A powerful 90-minute solo performance, Hold These Truths, currently playing at ACT Theatre, is everything that makes theater unique, important, and amazing. Gordon Hirabayashi, the subject of the piece and the man who speaks to you from the stage, is as heroic an individual as I can imagine. Actor-turned-playwright Jeanne Sakata was so moved by her subject that she became a writer to tell his story.

She does a masterful job, with the help of consummate theater practitioners director Jessica Kubzansky and actor Ryan Yu. It is a unique opportunity to experience this exceptional production in Hirabayashi’s hometown – which makes it even more powerful, I would think, than anywhere else.

Gordon Hirabayashi was a Seattle native who refused to relocate to an internment camp after the Japanese military bombed Pearl Harbor and refused, again, to be drafted in the United States Armed Services, because it meant signing a pledge that he would not swear allegiance to the Japanese Emperor. Though he was not a lawyer, and not even that great a student (by this account), somehow he figured out what few Japanese-Americans seemed ready to see hold these truths page 5

Lady Chablis debuts “I Love You Anyway” single on iTunes

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor

Seattle drag legend The Lady Chablis has released a single on iTunes, “I Love You Anyway,” written by Chablis and Chris Rachel, instrumental by SLM productions Scott Lawrence and remix by Jarod Jones out of Richmond, VA and co-produced by Mike Evans E/M music.

Chablis, known for fiery drag performances that range from comical/camp to gospel, is one of Seattle’s most celebrated queens. She is a member of the Imperial Court system, held drag pageant titles such as La Femme Magnifique International, hosts and stars in the weekly Friday and Saturday night drag show “Lashes” at R Place, and has done some of the most successful fundraising for LGBTQ and allied organizations in the community. Because Chablis does traditional drag and lip-syncs each song whenever she performs, not many people know she can sing.

So how did “I Love You Anyway” come about?

Activism.

“I actually wrote a poem during the Ferguson controversy and we were still battling to achieve same-sex marriage in all 50

states,” Chablis told Seattle Gay News. “I was so frustrated from watching the news that I laid in bed and just starting writing.”

Local out Gay vocalist, model, dancer, VELO approached Chablis about making music.

“At first I hesitated,” admits Chablis.

“But then I thought, ‘What the heck.’”

VELO met with local music producer Michael Evans who decided to give Chablis a try.

“They set me up with song writer Chrissee lady chablis page 4

2015 Leo Party gears up for Before “Glee,” there fabulous party to benefit was Diverse Harmony Seattle Counseling Service and Camp Ten Trees

Courtesy of Diverse Harmony

by Anthony Greer SGN Contributing Writer

Leo Party 2014 – Joe Torres (l) and Aleksa Manila – photo by John Beursken

by Pattilou Reeves Special to the SGN

The Leo Party is back for its 12th year – with as big a heart as the Leo who started it

all, Joe Torres.

Joe Torres is proud to bring Leo Party XII to Neighbours Nightclub (1509 Broadway) this Sunday, August 9, starting at 6 see leo party page 5

Just like beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, so is music to the ears of a listener.

In its thirteen two-concert seasons, the 58-member Diverse Harmony chorus has performed music that has opened the hearts and minds of communities while providing a safe environment for queer youth where they share their love of music and are ac-

cepted for who they are.

“Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first queer-straight alliance youth chorus. It’s primarily where you go to feel like you have a family, a community, and to make great music,” Jared Brayton Bollenbacher, Diverse Harmony’s Artistic Director said.

“We’re becoming a country that’s more liberal and progressive, but our youth are still struggling to find safe spaces. I still think see diverse harmony page 5

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Celebrating 41 Years!

Doe Bay Fest sells out again in its 8th year

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer DOE BAY FEST ORCAS ISLAND August 6-10 Who won’t be going to the Taylor Swift concert on Saturday night? About 1,000 guys and gals headed the opposite direction, the San Juan Islands, for the 8th annual Doe Bay Fest, a 4-day event that includes live music, food, drinks, and camping in a laid-back, natural environment. What began as a tiny gathering in 2008 has now expanded to one of summer’s most anticipated festivals in the Pacific Northwest that sells out almost instantaneously, including the 2015 installment happening this weekend.

The lineup features lots of regional tal-

ent that spans multiple genres, though all of them fall under the indie category. Kris Orlowski (who interviewed with Seattle Gay News in 2014), Champagne Champagne, Lee Fields & the Expressions, Hobosexual, Motopony, Ballroom Thieves, Isaac Pierce, The Local Strangers, Polyrhythmics, and Avers are some of the artists who will entertain the hundreds of festivalgoers at the Doe Bay Resort and Retreat on Orcas Island. Many of the attendees stay at the resort, which offers a variety of accommodations, such as cabins, houses, yurts, domes, and campsite ground that come with access to an on-site waterfront cafe that utilizes ingredients from its own Doe Bay Organic Garden. A yoga studio, soaking tubs and sauna, massage treatments, fire ring, community lodge (Otter Lodge), and general store are all available on the premises for

guests and visitors. Others stay at nearby campsites as well, and those living on the island will commute to the resort daily from their homes.

Musical performances, taking place on two stages, plus the yoga studio, start at 10 a.m. and conclude at 10:45 p.m. (11:45 p.m. on Saturday). An open mic session that ran late into Thursday evening kicked off the festival. If there are any cancellations for this weekend’s event, they will be posted at doebay.com. Getting to Orcas Island from Seattle can be done by ferry, plane, or car + ferry; visitsanjuanislands.com has detailed information on traveling to the San Juan Islands. Those interested in going to Doe Bay Fest next year should check the festival website early in 2016 for ticket sale information.

Eric Hutchinson on opening for Kelly Clarkson, his favorite Seattle restaurant, and luggage

have been really receptive, which feels great.

Rodriguez: What are the first three things that go into your suitcase when packing for a big tour?

Hutchinson: More importantly, it’s what suitcase I pack everything into! My band and I are kind of luggage geeks. We always trot out new bags to impress each other. The more compartments and bells and whistles the better. Lately, I’ve been loving Tom Bihn, which is actually a Seattle-based company. Hoping to get them out to my Seattle show! That would be like meeting The Beatles for my band!

Rodriguez: How do you decide what to wear for each show?

Hutchinson: I have a stylist, and before the tour I try on tons of suits. This summer, I’ve got some bright colored Paul Smith suits that really pop and make me stand out, even if you’re watching the show from the nosebleeds.

Rodriguez: What comes to mind when you hear the word “Seattle”?

Hutchinson: Il Corvo! It’s my favorite

pasta! As good as anything I ate in Italy.

It’s downtown and I always make sure the schedule allows for us to get lunch there.

Took the band last time and they freaked out!

Rodriguez: What’s it like to tour with Kelly Clarkson and Pentatonix? Do you all ride in the same tour bus, or hang out together after the concerts?

Hutchinson: There are probably 10 buses carrying all of the bands and crews.

It’s crazy! Everyone is constantly running around and working. The other day, Kelly and I were rushing past each other near catering and she yelled sarcastically “Oh, Hi, Eric! I’m sooooo glad I get to see you for 5 seconds while we’re touring together!”

Rodriguez: Kelly Clarkson has been an outspoken ally of the LGBT community since the start of her career. What’s your reaction to the progress made recently – Gay marriage, Caitlyn Jenner, Transgender troops in the military?

Hutchinson: I think it’s about time! I grew up in a very relaxed, progressive small town outside of Washington DC. I had Gay neighbors and friends. Our little 4th of July parade always had an LGBT float. I believe everyone should be treated fairly and equally.

Rodriguez: For anyone that hasn’t listened to your music before, what one song do you recommend they listen to first?

Hutchinson: Only one!!?? Haha, I guess it would be “Tell The World” from my new album Pure Fiction. Microsoft just started using it in their new Windows 10 commercial, so you might hear it whether you want to or not!

Rodriguez: Will you possibly return to Seattle this year for a headlining show?

Hutchinson: I hope so! I felt like my Seattle shows really took a huge step forward in 2014. I’ve had lots of support from Heather Lee and Click 98.9 recently, so maybe that’s been part of it.

Rodriguez: What’s your favorite thing about summer?

Hutchinson: Um. Ice cream. Duh.

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by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Here’s a good reason to arrive early at the Kelly Clarkson concert on Wednesday night: Eric Hutchinson. The 34 year-old musician is opening for the pop superstar when her “Piece By Piece Tour” descends to Key Arena this week. Although the Washington DC native is performing a short set, as will fellow supporting act Pentatonix, he won’t have any trouble filling it; his five-album catalog stretches back to 2003 with last year’s Pure Fiction being his latest release. Among the songs you might hear Hutchinson play live at the sports venue is “Tell the World,” currently featured in Microsoft’s ad campaign for Windows 10. Aside from Clarkson, the rising singersongwriter has also toured with Jason Mraz and OneRepublic. Not bad for a guy who placed second in a songwriting competition, right? Already on the road, I was able to track down Hutchinson for a few minutes to answer questions via email. Here’s what he had to say when he stepped inside The Music Lounge.

NOTE: The August 12 concert is expected to begin at 7 p.m. Tickets priced between $25.50 and $95.50 can be purchased at livenation.com, or at any Ticketmaster location. Any remaining tickets on the day of show will be sold at the Key Arena box office.

Albert Rodriguez: How has the tour been going so far?

Eric Hutchinson: It’s been great! It feels like summer camp out here. There’s 140 people working on this tour and everyday backstage is so fun!

Rodriguez: Tell me about your opening set for Kelly Clarkson. How long is it, are you accompanied by a full band, and will you include any new material?

Hutchinson: The challenge for me has been to take my normal 90-minute headlining show and cram it all into 30, of non-stop music and dancing. So far, Kelly’s crowds

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topher Rachal who looked over my poem and began writing based off of what I had already done,” continues Chablis.

During the writing process, Chablis began to work with vocal coach Erica Merritt, who Chablis says “pushed me very hard.”

“For about six months it was rehearsal after rehearsal,” said Chablis.

In addition to vocal lessons, local musician and singer songwriter Jon Noble then invited Chablis into his studio and they began to work on the song.

“After much work,” says Chablis, “here I am!”

The song is now available through CD Baby, which distributed “I Love You Anyway” to over 40 music websites which include iTunes, Amazon, and even some international websites, too. “I was surprised to find out that the song is even available in Russia,” said Chablis.

“The song is very catchy and it’s getting a great deal of positive feedback,” Chablis reports.

“I Love You Anyway” is a civil rights and social justice anthem. From the lyrics to Chablis vocals, it is anything but hollow.

The message is timely and the musicality of the single is too. Club remixes of the single

are also available.

Chablis explains, “I love performing as an entertainer and sometimes we get stuck just doing that. When “RuPaul’s Drag Race” began I think it changed a lot of minds about the LGBTQ community and drag. I see a lot of queens trying something new and really challenging themselves. So I figured I would try something new, too, and record this single.”

It’s still a bit of a shock, says Chablis. “I never in a million years saw myself with a single. I think if there’s something you’re scared to do, my philosophy is – do it.

Sometimes you only get one chance, so take it!”

Chablis knows a thing or two about performing; she’s been at it for 13 years.

“I love being creative, making strangers smile,” Chablis told SGN. “Sometimes people have a day that is just not going right no matter what they try to do to change it. But then they go out and see a show and it just changes their mood. Sometimes, while I am onstage, I almost feel like a therapist, where performing is the medication that someone might need to bring them happiness.”

Chablis says that with all of the pain and struggle going on in the world right now she is proud to have recorded a song that sends a positive message.

Although the single is doing well and has been well-received, Chablis is still humble about her vocal abilities, telling SGN, “I’m not a singer.”

She does, however, sing often at Karaoke on the Hill and says that when she was young she used to sing in a church choir.

Chablis says she is inspired by other entertainers “who take a lot of time and energy and patience.”

She also admired creativity in other performers. “It doesn’t matter if you are on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ or doing drag at a local night club, everyone who does this type of work is very deserving of respect and some level of admiration.”

Chablis says that one of the most memorable experiences she has taken from the process of recording and releasing a single to the public is watching people when they first hear the song.

“To watch people on the dance floor dancing to my song always gives me goose bumps,” she said.

At the moment, Chablis is just taking things as they come in regards to the reaction to “I Love You Anyway.” However, come September, things will speed up again as she films a music video for the single.

“My hope is that the video will go viral,” said Chablis. “And hopefully the message

will shine through and maybe even help to change someone’s negative attitude about others.”

Chablis concludes, “My parents have been so overjoyed with this song that I won’t need a manager if things ever take off because they’ve already said they will manage things for me. They’re so happy. It’s amazing how this song has already touched their hearts.”

Chablis thanks the following people for their contribution to “I Love You Anyway” – Mike Evans, Scott Lawrence, Erica Merritt, Jarod Jones, Christopher Rachel, Michael Allen, Janelle Coleman Scott Crawford, Victor Cruz, and Jon Noble.

“I Love You Anyway” is available for download on iTunes at https://itunes.apple. com/us/album/i-love-you-anyway-single/ id1022868639.

Seattle Gay News would like to wish Chablis all the success in the world with this single. As a community newspaper we are well aware of her contributions to Seattle’s LGBTQ community and her continued support for positive events, organizations, and people that work to make Seattle’s LGBTQ community what it is.

All the best, Chablis!

A historical gem: Don Giovanni in Berlin

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer DON GIOVANNI DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN DVD

and Theodore Uppman’s Masetto is here have ever seen. Karl Böhm’s conducting at DVD set are nearly equal overall to that of the Met was livelier and more playful than the 1957 Met. The one exception is Josef Ivan Sardi.

I detail these casts because that 1957 Ferenc Fricsay’s super-serious manner at Greindl ‘s over-the-hill Commandatore, which gives only a hint of his former glory, as shown in his King Marke of nearly a decade earlier on the great Tristan und Isolde under Furtwängler.

The cast is too full of significant parts to detail them all here. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is an excellent Don, even if his German cannot match the suave legato of Siepi’s Italian nor the super-elegance of Siepi’s manner and handsome figure. Fischer-Dieskau was, of course, a great singer, but the “Champagne Aria” is a bit beyond his reach. The ideal Don must make the audience love him (like the ladies of the cast) in spite of hating what he does. Siepi did this with ease; Fisher-Dieskau can’t quite seduce us, despite his nuanced singing and intelligent acting.

Elizabeth Grümmer equals Steber in all ways and amazes with her powerful, Wagnerian voice, which has great warmth and gorgeous soft high notes. Because tenor Donald Grobe is little known in the U.S., I’ll mention what a wonderful Don Ottavio he gives us here. Lovely sound, handsome appearance, and above all excellent Mozartian style characterize this performance. Born in 1929, he was active until he died prematurely in his fifties.

Of no less excellence are the performances of Erika Köth, Pilar Lorengar, and especially Walter Berry, whose effortless baritone and loveable comedic acting make him an ideal Leporello.

In short, if you can accept one of the world’s greatest Italian operas in German translation, and the less-than-modern video and sound, you won’t go wrong with this video of a special occasion, recorded only a few weeks after the erection of the Berlin Wall.

In the five-opera set commemorating the opening of the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 1961, there was bound to be at least one gem. And this two-DVD set of the opening night Don Giovanni in German fills that spot. Filmed in one take on September 23, 1961, and telecast the next day, the B&W 4:3 video is good for its day, with very decent sound. (This was the grand opening of the rebuilt opera house that was destroyed in WWII.) The one quibble one might have is that the brilliant orchestral writing by Mozart is too much overpowered by the wellrecorded voices. (Oddly enough, the Met 12-14-57 radio broadcast CDs do far better in this regard.) I know well the delights of that orchestration but hardly noticed any of them in this viewing. Also, because most modern TV screens will “stretch” the 4:3 picture to today’s screen dimensions, all the singers appear a little pudgy.

The production is traditional and very simple without appearing cheap. Costumes work well for the B&W video, and are a little more elaborate than those I saw several times in the great 1957 Berman production at the old Met in NYC. (Ah, those days of $2 standing room tickets!) Best of all, the cast nearly equals the Met cast, which could never be bettered. The Met’s Don, Cesare Siepi, is here Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; the Donna Anna at the Met was the great Mozartian Eleanor Steber, here taken by Wagnerian Elisabeth Grümmer; Fernando Corena’s Leporello is here a wonderful Walter Berry; Lisa Della Casa’s unforgettable Donna Elvira is here Pilar Lorengar; Roberta Peters’ Reviewer Rod Parke can be reached at Zerlina is here Erika Köth; Georgio Tozzi’s Commandatore is here Josef Greindl; Jan Don Giovanni is my nomination for the the Deutsche Oper. But the qualities of mu- rmp62@columbia.edu.

Peerce’s Don Ottavio is here Donald Grobe; most nearly perfect opera performance I sicality, acting, and sheer vocalism on this

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Celebrating 41 Years!

hold these truths ing pad, creates the whole story, along with leo party continued from cover

agitate for: the internment was anti-Constitutional and so was asking only JapaneseAmerican potential soldiers to sign a loyalty pledge.

The play tells of his life before his activism and what he and his family had to go through when he stood up for his principles.

Stingingly, it details the racism in Seattle specifically, that it was more ingrained and harsh than in New York City, for instance.

There were “No Japs served here” signs in windows, seats only in balconies, lunch counter restrictions, even whole neighborhoods to avoid.

Gordon Hirabayashi and a few others saw the anti-constitutionalism clearly and fought against every familial, societal, political and military reaction, all the way up to the Supreme Court, which turned out to be far from “supreme” and full of very human, very scared, and very wrong justices.

So, he lost. And he spent time in prison. Yet, he became a professor and taught. He kept his humanity and his principles.

Ryan Yu, in a three-chair staging, with a suitcase, a couple of books, and a writ-

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that there are a lot of youth who feel isolated for many reasons. By going to Diverse Harmony they’re able to find a family system, but then also they’re able to go and express their emotions through music and singing.”

There are two different groups in Diverse Harmony. There’s the large chorus, which consists of youth ages 13-22, where everyone is accepted whether you can sing or not. The large chorus has a rolling admissions, so youth can go to any of the weekly rehearsals that they wish. Enrollment is free and their season starts up again on September 15. The second group, Diverse Harmony Spectrum, is an all a cappella group ages 18-29 and they have auditions on August 31.

Diverse Harmony has recently held two

an assortment of people around Gordon’s continued from cover life: his best friend in college, his mother, p.m., with all proceeds benefiting local lawyers, jailers, and Gordon as a youth and non-profits Seattle Counseling Service and older man. It is the quintessential around- Camp Ten Trees – the birthday party not to the-fire tale, but it’s true. He brings vigor be missed!

This year’s celebration brings together and emotion and passion and stagecraft to a bevy of generously donated talent featurthe task, and then just lets it fly to unspool ing world-famous drag entertainers Chad before us.

Though the staging is spare, it does in- Michaels and Yara Sofia of “RuPaul’s Drag clude gorgeous lighting and sound design Race” fame. Hosted again by the amazing from Ben Zamora and Brendan Patrick Ho- Aleksa Manila and Roxy Doll, enjoy a sequined filled night of dancing, live singing gan, respectively.

OK, this is really a great opportunity to and of course, drag lip syncing.

The Leo Party XII will also highlight see something that embodies what theater can be all about. So, if you haven’t tried yet the critical work Seattle Counseling Service to get a ticket, please do yourself a favor and provides through mental health therapy, addiction treatment, case management and do whatever you can to make it happen.

For more information, go to www.act- social services to Seattle’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and queer commutheatre.org or call 206-292-7676. nity since 1969. The event will also spotDiscuss your opinions with sgncritic@ light the amazing contributions of Camp gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/Se- Ten Trees through a summer camp week for attleTheaterWriters. More articles can be LGBTQA youth, and for children and youth found at miryamstheatermusings.blogspot. of LGBTQ and/or non-traditional families, honoring creativity, individual choice, and com. community living.

Do not miss this opportunity to mingle with Seattle’s own fabulous Amora DiorBlack and Arnaldo! Drag Chanteuse as well as Atasha Manila & the Casa de Manila,

major events. During Pride, Spectrum performed their “Turn Back the Dial” concert at the Broadway Performance Hall. The concert consisted of music from the ‘70s and ‘80s and was the second and final concert of their season.

Diverse Harmony also held their first ever summer camp, where the attendees spent a week learning and then performing an abridged version of Suessical the Musical.

“It was sort of like the movie Camp,” Bollenbacher explained. “And it went great!

We had 22 youth that completed the camp, and I think that they all had a really great time.”

Diverse Harmony’s goal is to make the camp an annual event. In order to assist with that, the non-profit has recently hired on Chris Brown as their Development Director

Courtesy of Diverse Harmony

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Axel Samano, Drew Paradisco & the Haus of Paradisco, Isaac Scott, Fraya Love, Gabriela Scott, Kaleena Markos & the Markos Sisters, Kristie Champagne, Ruth Soto, and Velo.

Enjoy the luscious eye candy of local gogo boys and girls while dancing to music provided by DJ Light Ray and DJ Dirty Bit. Presented by Muckleshoot Charity Fund and proudly sponsored by Seattle Steamworks. Media sponsors include Seattle Gay Scene, Seattle Gay News, Seattle Event Printing, C89.5 and The Stranger.

Online discount tickets are available now with general admission tickets at $12 and VIP tickets at $35. Regular ticket prices at the door/day of event are $20 GA and $40 VIP. All tickets include admission to Sunday’s weekly Noche Latino, which follows the show. VIP tickets include a performer meet and greet, buffet style dinner and surprise gift.

Tickets can be purchased online at www. strangertickets.com/go/leoparty.

The Leo Foundation is a community based event-organizing group that seeks to raise awareness of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer issues through a safe-space and fun-filled environment. http://www.leofoundation.us/

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to help raise funds for the organization.

“Diverse Harmony is an organization that I wish was around when I was growing up,” Brown said. He added that it “creates a safe space for queer and allied youth. Having worked in corporate America for the last 20 years, it’s great to work now for Diverse Harmony and help make an impact on queer and allied youth through music and performance.”

Currently, Diverse Harmony is planning to raise funds in several smaller venues and house parties. In October, they are teaming up with the Latino Film Festival. They will also be performing at the Trans Day of Remembrance. In December, Spectrum will have their first concert of the season and, in February, the large chorus will be performing a murder mystery concert at Benaroya

Hall.

“We’re also doing GALA next summer, birthday parties, and a few other things, too,” Brown said. “People can donate to Diverse Harmony and then have a performance at a house, a party, or for an event.”

With the help of Brown, Bollenbacher and the rest of the Diverse Harmony team plan to continue providing a weekly space where queer and allied youth can express themselves through music and the performing arts.

To donate to Diverse Harmony, see their events schedule, or to request an event with them, visit their website at www.DiverseHarmony.org.

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The Buckaroos – “50 Bales of Hay” a solid good time

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor THE BUCKAROOS – “50 BALES OF HAY” THE TRIPLE DOOR July 24-25 Straight women can be very funny to observe at male reviews if you are a Gay man. They often scream at the mere sight of the dancers before they have even done anything – let alone strip. It is a welcome atmosphere however, because the energy level doesn’t seem to dissipate no matter how good, or bad, the show is. They will also spend a fortune in $1, $5, and if the dancers are really good $20 bills all evening long. Such was the case at the July 24 Buckaroos’ “50 Bales of Hay” show at The Triple Door.

Right off the top I just want to commend the producers and the entertainers for creating the single most inclusive male review I have ever seen – let along hear of.

Many of the dancers are straight men and yet, that wasn’t an issue. These “cowboys” know who their audience is – Gay men and straight women – and are pleased to entertain both. That might sound like a no brainer, but as I am sure straight women will tell you, whenever you go to a show like a male

revue you either get one or the other. The Buckaroos – “50 Bales of Hay” certainly breaks free from that old way of thinking.

According to the show’s producers, “The West keeps getting wilder thanks to The Buckaroos, Seattle’s sexiest – and funniest – all-male revue. Featuring ribald comedy and ripped abs, The Buckaroos’ new show, ‘50 Bales of Hay,’ is a Fifty Shades of Grey parody that gives the blockbuster novel/movie the countrified kick in the pants it needs (and secret wants?).”

“Built from the ground up, this new show will keep you on the edge of your seat as “Mr. Hay” looks for buck buddies who fit his very “singular” tastes,” continued the media release. “While this isn’t your grandma’s Fifty Shades send-up – though you should bring her along – nobody combines silliness, seduction and six-packs with more skill (and fewer clothes) than The Buckaroos.”

At just $15 per ticket, the show really does live up to the hype. The men are sexy – or at least have been cast for reasons more than just near butt naked nudity – the storyline is easy to follow and the dance scenes are really great and some even a little surprising.

All in all it is a good time. If you are looking for a more traditional show – more

ass and less talking – then this show is not for you. Heavy emphasis is put on banter with the audience and comedy. That is the part that, although I really enjoyed the jokes, took me a bit to settle into. I kept thinking, “What is the need for all of this dialogue?” After telling myself to keep an open mind I began to see the big picture. In many ways the creators of The Buckaroos are somewhat genius because even on numbers that don’t include the guy you think is the hottest or don’t seem to be a fantasy or theme you might like, the comedy is there to keep interest. I have to say, my mind never really drifted to other things even once during the show.

While some dancers are clearly better than others as far as style and technique (a few seemed to have a bit of a time with choreography) it didn’t matter much to me – and by the sounds of the hordes of screaming women that sold out The Triple Door on Friday – nobody else was bothered either.

Speaking of The Triple Door – what a great venue for a show like this. The showroom reminds me of Las Vegas (where I am originally from) because there isn’t a bad seat in the house. Also, when the cowboys need to leave the stage to frolic about with the audience, there aren’t rows and rows of boring ol’ movie style seating for them to

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traverse. And the food and drinks just don’t get better. To be honest, buying two tickets to this show and having dinner and drinks will cost you nearly the same amount or less to pay for parking, watch a movie and eat dinner in a downtown restaurant in Seattle. It’s worth the money, the time, and you will leave with a smile on your face and a new respect for male revues.

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For the seventh year, a percentage of Tap House Grill’s IPA Week sales will be donated to FareStart in Seattle.

From August 13th through the 23rd, Tap House Grill in Seattle and Bellevue, will be celebrating IPA Week with the introduction of forty new IPAs, aka India Pale Ales, from around the world. Over the past six years, the Tap House Grill’s IPA Week has grown into their biggest event of the year, serving over 10,000 pints or 100 kegs of India Pale Ale during the ten-day promotion.

For those who don’t know, India Pale Ale is a type of ale that is light amber to copper in color, medium to medium-high alcohol by volume, with a hoppy, bitter and sometimes malty flavor. IPA is a style of beer that is usually included in the broader category of pale ale. It was first brewed in England in the 18th century.

Many of Tap House Grill’s brewing partners will offer hand crafted special releases or limited releases solely for Tap House Grill’s IPA Week. In addition, Tap House will feature some “one time only” beers that will be tapped on certain days of the promotion. These IPA’s are “limited releases” which will only be featured for this event. Due to the frequent tapping of the limited releases, Tap House Grill will keep guests updated with daily announce-

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Tap House Grill Beer Club Over 20,000 Tap House Grill guests are members of the Tap House Grill Beer Club. Beer Club members are given a credit card style membership card that tracks everything they order when dining at Tap House Grill. Members accumulates points and are rewarded along the way. By joining the Beer Club, each member receives 20% off their guest check the first seven days of each month and their membership card is loaded with Tap House Grill reward dollars as they reach certain plateaus. “We awarded over $30,000 to our Beer Club members in 2014 and this year we have awarded close to $20,000 dollars so far,” said owner Paul Reder.

Coming Up Over the next several weeks Tap House Grill will be promoting Summer Beers, lighter beers ideal for enjoyment during the warm weather season. The “summer” event will kick off in early June and run through August.

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traditional and authentic German style food items.

About Tap House Grill Tap House Grill offers 160 beers on tap, the largest selection of draft beers in the Northwest, along with lunch, dinner, happy hour, late night dining, full service catering, and banquet space. Tap House Grill is open 7 days a week in downtown Seattle at 1506 Sixth Avenue – 206-8163314; and in Bellevue at 550 106th Ave. NE – 425-467-1730.

For more information on this promotion go the blog page on the Tap House website and to view Tap House Grills menus visit www.taphousegrill. com

vided opportunities for over 3,500 people to transform their lives, while also serving over 4 million meals to disadvantaged men, women, and children.

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Breathtaking Silence confronts evil face-to-face

Inong, former leader of one of the death squads that spread revolutionary terror and violence throughout Indonesia in the mid-1960s – variety.com

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE LOOK OF SILENCE Now playing The Look of Silence is director Joshua

Oppenheimer’s powerful companion piece to his Academy Award-nominated stunner The Act of Killing. If that latter film was a detached, clinical analysis of unimaginable evil put under the most devastatingly perceptive of microscopes, this latest endeavor is the cry to hold those killers responsible.

It is a cold, chillingly uncomfortable la-

ment, the whole thing nothing less than a courageous act of heroism on the part of the most unlikely of individuals intent on seeking justice for those who no longer can.

The film revolves around 44-year-old Indonesian Adi. A village optician who goes out of his way to care for his patients as well as his aging parents, he’s haunted by the death of a brother, Ramli, he never got to know, his elder sibling murdered two years before he was even born. After being shown footage by Oppenheimer of the ongoing interviews he was conducting with those responsible for the 1965 genocide that ravaged his nation, the ocular physician goes in search of these men under the guise of giving eye exams, hoping to speak with them himself in order to extract something akin to acceptance of guilt.

The fact he is sitting with these men is courageous in and of itself, a fact underlined considering how worried his mother becomes knowing what it is her son has set out to do. More, Adi is able to extract additional bits of information from these monsters Oppenheimer originally did not, some

making blasé confessions that they drank human blood and committed other unimaginable atrocities with the remains of their victims in a bizarre pursuit to retain some semblance of sanity. It’s as contradictory, and as inflammatory, a series of statements as any a person is likely every to hear but the optician is able to get these human demons to admit them all the same, my mouth open in breathless awe listening to him do it.

I’m not sure the movie would work nearly as well as it does if The Act of Killing did not already exist, and I can’t imagine what the impact would be upon a viewer that hadn’t already sat down and experienced that 2012 stunner. Nonetheless, even with a few odd directorial choices here and there, The Look of Silence is astonishing, bringing the Indonesian story full circle in a way that is beyond belief. There’s little else I can compare it to, and in the end all that’s left is to urge viewers to give it a watch as soon as humanly possible.

Edgerton’s Gift an unsettling psychological stunner

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE GIFT Now playing How much do we change from who we were in our youth? How do our collective life experiences affect us? How do we atone for our mistakes? Can we? Are the scars left by bullying and abuse sometimes too expansive and deep to ever get past? How well do we know the ones we love? Is their tenderness and care only a mask concealing their own insecurities? And, ultimately, when is a person just plain bad, the good they maybe do in one way or another during their lifetimes irreversibly colored by their selfish commitment to greed, avarice and pride coupled with a belief they’re just plain better than everyone else they cross paths with?

Celebrated actor Joel Edgerton is no stranger to working behind the camera.

Working with his brother Nash Edgerton, the pair unleashed the crafty Australian noir The Square on an unsuspecting populace back in 2008. He wrote the screenplay for the 2013 thriller Felony and David Michôd’s masterful The Rover was born from one of his stories. He’s had a hand in a number of award-winning short films (not the least of which is the ingenious Spider, directed by his brother, Nash, who co-wrote alongside Michôd), proving himself to be a committed craftsman worthy of all kinds of respect.

The Gift, a mesmerizing three-person relationship thriller set in a bleak, preternaturally sundrenched Los Angeles, is Edgerton’s first feature-length trip behind the camera as director. Writing the script as well, he stars as Gordon, “Gordo” to his friends, a somewhat socially awkward loner who is excited to cross paths with former high school classmate Simon (Jason Bateman) all these years later. The former Class President has returned to L.A. from Chicago with beautiful wife Robyn (Rebecca Hall) in tow, the seemingly happy couple harboring a heartbreaking psychological secret that’s made this change of scenery both cathartic and a necessity.

Gordo goes out of his way to ingratiate himself with the couple, showering them

with gifts including an expensive bottle of wine and a pond full of exotic fish. But something just feels off to Simon, and when his attempts to keep his old classmate at arm’s length fail, he decides it’s time to take more drastic measures to end this relationship before it’s too late. While Robyn isn’t initially as worried as her husband appears to be, after discovering Gordo has trapped himself inside a handful of falsehoods she’s willing to concede ending things might in fact actually be for the best, letting the budding friendship die even though part of her doesn’t want it to.

If you think you know where The Gift is headed from there you’d be dead wrong, Edgerton taking things into far more disturbing and devastatingly insidious psychological terrain than anything I could have anticipated beforehand. Much like Roman Polanski’s Repulsion, the emotional traumas felt and endured begin to take an unimaginable toll upon those bothered

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by them. Like Claude Chabrol’s La cérémonie or L’Enfer, benign do-gooders don’t always turn out to be who you think they are, seemingly caring relationships slowly morphing into sexually-heated, murderously treacherous affairs that can destroy even the purest of hearts. It’s a balancing act unlike anything else brought to the screen so far this year, Edgerton devilishly toying with the viewer in ways that get more aggressively alarming as things explosively progress.

All three actors are superb. Bateman’s penchant for playing good-hearted, sarcastically jovial jerks has never been used better, the actor displaying a level of depth and maturity he seldom has before. Edgerton is positively heartbreaking, his reactions to what is being said about him and why having a pitiable weight that’s gloomily palpable. As for Hall, she’s magnificent, playing scenes in ways that amaze, never going through the motions, always digging

deeper, getting to the very heart of the matter, sending cold, all-encompassing shivers down my spine time and time again in the process.

By the time it reaches its knockout of a conclusion, the film burrows its way into the gut to the point digging it out after the screen fades to black and the curtain closes is nigh impossible. Featuring sensational cinematography by Eduard Grau (A Single Man), edited within an inch of its seductively unnerving life by Luke Doolan (Animal Kingdom) and showcasing a score by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans (Enemy) that’s right up there with It Follows, Ex Machina, Inside Out, Mad Max: Fury Road and Backcountry as one of 2015’s absolute best, Edgerton has knocked this steely, unsettlingly fascinating tale right out of the park. This film isn’t just great, it’s close to perfect, making The Gift a beautifully disquieting present that should be opened at one’s earliest convenience.

Joel Edgerton, Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall in The Gift – Blumhouse

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Fantastic Four clobbers the audience with moronic stupidity

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer FANTASTIC FOUR Now playing There isn’t just a good movie sitting inside 20th Century Fox’s latest attempt to bring to life Marvel Comic’s first family of superheroes, there’s potentially a great one.

Featuring a dynamic cadre of young stars in the central roles, displaying a mean, intimately human streak of consequence and tragedy that’s moderately surprising, the initial introduction to this new take on Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s iconic source material is close to outstanding.

But when the bottom drops out of this one, it does so with a hard, cynically cartoonish suddenness that’s almost revolting. Any goodwill generated by the opening 45 minutes dissipates with remarkable rapidity, the super-powered theatrics and world-saving derring-do as forgettable and as bland as it is silly and moronic. The last 15 minutes are so awful they make both the 2005 and 2007 endeavors look like Mensalevel pieces of cinematic intellectualism, and considering how terrible they were that’s not a statement I make lightly.

Reports of behind-the-scenes struggles and reshoots notwithstanding, I have a hard

time blaming director Josh Trank for just how wildly wrong things end up going.

The early sequences have an edgy, thoughtprovoking eloquence that’s wonderful, the Chronicle filmmaker seeding his origin story with bits of Cronenberg, Spielberg, Zemeckis and dare I say Kubrick as he brings his motley crew of scientific misfits together as one. There’s even a monstrously unsettling display of the villain’s powers just before the insultingly idiotic climax recalling everything from The Evil Dead, to The Fly, to Eyes Without a Face, the filmmaker showing a stylistic flair unlike any recent comic book adaptation I can think of.

No, the problem is the script, and while Trank is listed as a co-writer, it’s hard to know just how responsible he is for its head-scratching turn into CGI-driven, overly cartoonish drivel. He, along with fellow writers Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past) and Jeremy Slater (The Lazarus Effect), don’t just bow to convention, they splay themselves at its feet as if they’re asking to be willingly trampled over for the rest of eternity. A blue light beams skyward, giant rock formations fall like dominoes, a villain stops to monologue for no other reason than that he can and a collection of heroes race around doing hero-like things for no other reason than

everyone expects them to. Character takes a backseat to spectacle but those visuals are so bland, so uninspired, it’s impossible to be wowed, everything culminating in a flourish of flash-boom-bang activity meaning little and signifying even less.

I do like the way Trank and company shake things up, introducing us to scientistto-be Reed Richards (Miles Teller) and his best friend Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell) as high school seniors ready to get on with the next act of their respective lives. Instead of heading off into space as astronauts (as they do in the comics), the pair find themselves mixed up with adopted wunderkind Sue Storm (Kate Mara) and her equally talented brother Johnny (Michael B. Jordan) at a New York scientific think tank masquerading as a school for the gifted run by the pair’s adoring father Franklin (Reg E. Cathey) working on a plan to facilitate interdimensional travel. They’re all joined in their endeavors by the headstrong, authority-questioning loner Victor Von Doom (Toby Kebbell), the group on the verge of cracking into the unknown in a way no one before them has fathomed let alone had the guts to attempt.

You have to sit back a little and just accept that Grimm is sort of inelegantly shoehorned into all of this, Bell’s early commitment to the role helping this happen in

more ways than one. His camaraderie and chemistry with Teller is one of the film’s best, most enchanting assets, the fact they spend so much time apart outside of one another’s company an early blemish presaging the cliff the film itself will at one point fall right off of. But, as a group, as a quintet, these five make the most of every moment they have, giving the film an emotional, heartfelt center that piqued my interest and kept me curious to discover what was going to happen next and why.

This is why this incarnation of Fantastic Four is so lamentable and infuriating.

You can see how this could have worked, and while comic book purists might be up in arms (for all the wrong reasons, I might add) for the rest of us this kind of narrative and casting risk-taking is exactly what the comic book genre is in dire need of. But not only is the villain’s reasons for seeking the end of the world as we know it exceedingly lame in a Greta Garbo “I-want-tobe-alone” sort of way, the fashion in which the heroes unite to stop him is even more nauseatingly ill-advised. It’s a dimwitted descent into dullsville, the only clobbering going on the wallop delivered to the audience’s jaw as they sit there watching things fall apart right in front of their collective eyes.

Best of Enemies a fascinating political commentary

by Gary M. Kramer SGN Contributing Writer BEST OF ENEMIES SEVEN GABLES Opening August 14 The highly entertaining and extremely engaging documentary, Best of Enemies, presents the ten famous televised debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley, Jr. during the 1968 presidential nominating conventions. Directors Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom) and Robert Gordon show how these compulsively watchable arguments “changed television forever.” They provide astute portraits of both men – the “great debater,” Buckley, and the “great talker,” Vidal – to show how evenly matched they were – and how much they despised one another. The film builds to that famous heated moment in the ninth debate, where Buckley responds to Vidal calling him a “crypto-Nazi” by calling him a “queer.” It is breathtaking, even for folks who know or remember the moment.

Gordon spoke with Seattle Gay News via phone, and Neville participated in an email exchange to discuss their film and the two public intellectuals whose arguments make them the Best of Enemies.

Gary Kramer: What prompted you to make this film and use the Buckley-Vidal debates as the fulcrum for exploring the current state of affairs?

Robert Gordon: I was raised with Buckley and Vidal in my consciousness.

When I saw the debates in 2010, I was so struck by how contemporary they were, and

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how they anticipated the culture wars and articulated them so well.

Morgan Neville: We were transfixed by the debates and the characters of Vidal and Buckley themselves. It felt like a great drama being played by two intellectuals who understood how to play their characters. We intrinsically felt that these debates said something about news today and the role of commentary, but it wasn’t until we really got into working on the film that we realized just how deep this ran.

GK: How did you prepare for the film?

MN: My first job after college was working as a fact checker for Gore at The Nation magazine. I knew his work and I knew his temperament. He wasn’t easy to work for. Buckley was someone I only knew as a TV fixture, almost a caricature.

Each man created a formidable amount of words throughout their lives. Part of the fun of making the film was going down the rabbit hole into their oeuvres.

RG: In 2010, it didn’t occur to me that most of the public would be unfamiliar with Buckley and Vidal. Very few people under 40 are familiar with these guys. As we grasped that, we realized that the story needed a sense of history and context to place it, to explain these two guys.

GK: How did you strive to make Best of Enemies so evenhanded, or is there a subtle favoritism?

RG: We’ve had people believe it goes both ways. Look at how these guys are engaging to try to change people’s minds.

The notion of a public intellectual is anathema today. They are dueling in this verbal bloodsport to save the nation. The film is a eulogy to public intellectuals.

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William Buckley (l) squares off against Gore Vidal in Best of Enemies – Handout/TNS

MN: We decided from the start that we didn’t want to make a film about the arguments, as much as make a film about how we argue. It’s the meta-conversation that seemed most important. What does TV do to deal with people in a democracy? What role does it play in what brings us together and what divides us? We also wanted to portray a relationship, not a full biography of each man. At some level, we felt we had to empathize with each of them to understand that.

GK: How much you think Vidal’s sexuality played into his celebrity and Buckley’s hatred?

MN: There was gay baiting in the debates by both men from the start. Vidal’s sexuality was in deep conflict with Buckley’s pre-Vatican II Catholicism. Vidal enjoyed this, though he embraced the radicalness of his moral ideas more than playing on his sexuality directly. Vidal did needle

Buckley about his own sexuality. I think he did this not thinking about the politics or message of it, but rather because he thought it would rattle Buckley. And it did. Oddly, through his wife, Buckley became friendly with a large circle of gay New Yorkers. He was, by most accounts, a fairly tolerant person is his private life. Vidal had a special role as his bete noire.

GK: Why do you think the two men were so good together? Was it because they brought out the worst in the other?

RG: There are qualities in each that are to be admired. One aspect of this is and what attracted me: the high minded on the low road. That’s what gets them. You think they’d stay out of name-calling, but that’s where they ended up. © 2015 Gary M. Kramer

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Hamburg hosts largest, longest-running Gay and Lesbian film festival in October

lin, my favorite was Lux Eleven (lux-eleven.com), in the bustling Mitte district. With 72 rooms on four floors, this popular hotel places you within five minutes of restaurants, stores, bars, and the Alexanderplatz train station; I can’t recommend it enough.

For more on the Schwules Museum, go to schwulesmuseum.de, and for tips on visiting Berlin, check out germany.travel.

Hamburg, Germany – GNTO

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Hamburg is an awesome city. Just 180 miles from Berlin, or a 2-3 hour train ride, it is the second largest metropolitan area in Germany and boasts one of Europe’s most active LGBT communities. This October, Hamburg will host the 26th International Queer Film Festival, the largest and longest-running event of its kind in all of Germany. The six-day festival will include 130 films, documentaries, shorts, and experimental cinema projects to audiences gathered at select theaters throughout the city, plus opening and closing night galas, workshops, a children’s program, and a Centerpiece screening; 2014’s Centerpiece showing was the Swedish binarity-themed drama Something Must Break. Over 15,000 people are expected to attend this year’s festivities that will bestow seven awards in five categories. Although the official 2015 program won’t be revealed until September 22, it’s not too early to consider a detour to Hamburg if you’re traveling to Europe this fall.

While you’re there, explore the nightly Gay scene in either the St. Pauli or St. Georg districts; the latter is a stone’s throw from the Hauptbahnhof, or Hbf, the main train station, and during the daylight hours check out the redeveloped area of HafenCity, where restaurants, shops, and pedestrian-friendly walkways attract visitors and residents alike, and where the Elbphilharmonie, a magnificent new symphony hall, is undergoing its finishing touches ahead of a 2016 unveiling. The Fish Market, on the banks of the Elbe River, is open Sunday mornings for those wanting to buy fresh produce, artisanal food, inexpensive souvenirs, and coffee. And, one of my absolute favorite restaurants in the world is located in Hamburg, called Freudenhaus (stpaulifreudenhaus.de), in the St. Pauli neighborhood. The decor is kitschy, the clientele is a mix of trendsetting Gays and straights, the atmosphere is upbeat, and the food is marvelous. It’s not expensive at all; you’ll love

it! For accommodations, try any of these: Junges Hotel Hamburg (jungeshotel.de), Alpha Hotel (alphahotel.biz), ARCOTEL Rubin Hamburg (archotels.com), and Hotel Hanseatin (women only, hotel-hanseatin. de). During my visit, I stayed at the Hotel Village (hotel-village.de), a former brothel now transformed into a comfy, charming boutique hotel a block from the Hbf; their inclusive breakfasts are wonderful.

For more information on the International Queer Film Festival (October 20-25), go to lsf-hamburg.de, and for trip planning information, log onto germany.travel.

Since we’re talking about Germany, the Schwules Museum (Gay Museum) in Berlin has relocated to a converted printing house with over 17,000-square feet of space. The ground floor features four exhibition rooms and cafe, and upstairs

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is a library, an all-ages research area, administrative offices, and workshop. Established in 1985, the Schwules Museum has become a destination attraction to LGBT travelers, as well as international tourists and German locals wanting a historical and cultural education specific to the country’s Gay movement. Photos, videos, print materials, and clothing were some of the items on display when I stopped by the museum’s former residence, in the Kreuzberg district.

Current exhibitions include Homosexuality_ies and the accompanying Homosexuality_ies Audiotour through December 1, 2015. Berlin is a mindblowing city; it’s wild and fun and cool with so many things to see and do. It’s also got one of the hottest Gay club scenes in Europe with dozens upon dozens of old pubs, contemporary lounges, edgy watering holes, and late night dance spots. Of the two hotels I stayed at in Ber-

You already know that Seattle ranks high, in the top three, on the list of U.S. cities with the best live theater offerings. But did you know that Tempe, Arizona is right up there, too? It’s true, this college town of around 165,000 residents consistently brings award-winning musicals and plays direct from Broadway to the ASU Gammage, on the campus of Arizona State University. The 2015-2016 season was recently announced, kicking off with a three-week run of Tony Award winner The Book of Mormon on October 20 through November 8, followed by A Christmas Story (November 24-29), If/Then (January 12-17), The Bridges of Madison County (February 16-21), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (March 15-20), 42nd Street (April 5-10), Annie (May 4-8), and Newsies (June 14-19). Each of these productions will be staged inside the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed theatre, which can accommodate over 3,000 guests. In its 25th season, the Desert Schools Broadway Across America–Arizona series at ASU Gammage is the largest theatrical subscription series in Arizona and is one of the most successful Broadway series in the United States.

New to the vicinity of the ASU Gammage is the Graduate Tempe, a college lifeinspired boutique hotel across the street from the theater and campus. The 140room property, formerly the Twin Palms Hotel, features two on-site restaurants, The Normal and Tapacupbo, as well as a 24-hour fitness center, outdoor pool, complimentary shuttle service, and $6 per night self-service parking. For more information on the Graduate Tempe, go to graduatetempe.com. For additional details on ASU Gammage, log onto asugammage.com, and for Tempe travel tips, visit TempeTourism. com.

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Meetings Events Activities

FOR A CALENDAR LISTING: Send details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1605 12th Ave, Ste 31, Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. Fax: 3227188. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization.

DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.

ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www. scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities.html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists.

NOTE: Phone numbers accompanying listings are within area code (206) & locations of meetings/ events are in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

community calendar

SATURDAY - August 8

TRC Foam Party (8/7-8/9). Camp TRC. www.camp trc.org A Gathering of Men in Edmonds. 8:15-11:30am.

Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. All men are welcome. www.agatheringofmen.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. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

Olympic Music Festival (6/27-9/13). Sat & Sun @ 2pm. Tickets & info: 360-732-4800; www.olympicmusic festival.org.

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.oasisyouth center.org.

(Also meets Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks.

For more information visit www.rainbowbridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com Whidbey Island Music Festival (8/7-8/16). Fri-Sat: 7:30pm at St Augustine’s in-the-woods, 5217 Honeymoon Bay Road, Freeland; Sun: 2pm at Greenbank Farm, 765 Wonn Road, A 201, Greenbank. Tickets IN ADVANCE: general admission $20; students $10 - www. brownpapertickets.com; AT THE DOOR: general admission $25; seniors $20; children FREE with paying adult.

1-800-838-3006; www.whidbeyislandmusic festival.org.

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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.

322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday.

(253) 474-8897.

Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday. For information email info@washingtongender alliance.com Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.

TUESDAY - August 11

SUNDAY - August 9

For information on GLBT-friendly religious/spiritual organizations in the Greater Seattle area, call or email Rick at the SGN office: 206-324-4297; sgn2@ sgn.org.

TRC Foam Party (8/7-8/9). Camp TRC. www.camp trc.org Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am-Zazen Instruction, 9:30amZazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. Follow the traditional forms of the Soto school of Zen in a spirit of warmth & inclusion. Anyone interested in meditation, whether new or experienced in Zen practice or other traditions, is welcome. 323-1659, www.seattlesotozen.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Lynnwood. 9:30am. Brunswick Majestics Lane, Lynnwood. 9:30am Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $2 shoe rental. (425) 785-4725.

Lotus Sisters Guided Meditation. 11am-1:30pm.

SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets 2nd Sunday each month.

Senior students lead the meditation, provide dharma talks or reflections & lead discussion. 329-5908; www.

LotusSisters.org; www.sasgcc.org (Meets in 2nd floor meeting room; no elevator.)

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

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. www.dharmabuddies.org. (Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group at www.LotusSisters.org.)

Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm.

Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 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 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive

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play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www. raincitysoccer.org Olympic Music Festival (6/27-9/13). Sat & Sun @ 2pm. Tickets & info: 360-732-4800; www.olympicmusic festival.org.

Whidbey Island Music Festival (8/7-8/16). Fri-Sat: 7:30pm at St Augustine’s in-the-woods, 5217 Honeymoon Bay Road, Freeland; Sun: 2pm at Greenbank Farm, 765 Wonn Road, A 201, Greenbank. Tickets IN ADVANCE: general admission $20; students $10 - www. brownpapertickets.com; AT THE DOOR: general admission $25; seniors $20; children FREE with paying adult.

1-800-838-3006; www.whidbeyislandmusic festival.org.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/Weds/ Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org Leo Party - A Benefit Show for Seattle Counseling Service & Camp Ten Trees. 6pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Hosted by Aleksa Manila & Roxy Doll. Featuring RuPaul’s All Stars Chad Michaels & Yara Sofia. Also performing: Case de Manila, Kristie Champagne, Fraya Love, Gabriela Scott, Gaysha Starr, Haus of Paradisco, House of Black, Isaac Scott, Markos Sisters, Latin Rose, VELO & MORE SURPRISE PERFORMERS! PLUS GoGo Boys & Girls! Curtis, Jackson, Alberto, Bliss, Kersti, Randall, Taylor, Carlos, Bo & Dave. Tickets: $12 advance, $35 VIP; $20 at the door, $40 VIP. www. strangertickets.com/go/leoparty Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. SAA 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 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s Cineoke! 6:30pm doors; 7pm show. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. It’s like Karaoke - only better! You’re the star of your favorite movie musical. Pick any scene to sing along to, while the film and lyrics are projected onto the screen. There are hundreds of songs to choose from, or you can bring your own special request (on DVD). $8 cover ($5 for Three Dollar Bill Cinema members). www. threedollarbillcinema.org.

Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 7:30pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 2nd Sunday each month.

August 7, 2015

K of M/Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations. Social functions include Mr & Ms Wrangler Contest, La Femme Grotesque, Movie Auction Night, Memorial Day Weekend Camp-Out, Sir Guy Contest, Beggars Feast, holiday parties & other events.

329-0886, mailbox@jetchapterkofm.com Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

MONDAY - August 10

SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org LCS Foster Care Monthly Information Meeting.

6-8pm. 433 Minor Ave N. Meets 2nd Monday each month. LCS is a non-profit foster care program in King & Snohomish counties. LCS does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion or sexual orientation. Couples & singles encouraged to apply. RSVP to April at 694-5713.

Healing Words. 6:30-8pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Drop-in group open to all who are healing from trauma, addiction, or just the challenges of life in general. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

Pozitively Me! 6:30-8pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E. Pike St. Every Monday. A group and conversation about HIV for Gay & Bi men newly diagnosed and for Gay & Bi men facing the challenges of living with HIV longterm. www.gaycity.org.

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

PFLAG/Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month. 206-325-7724 or info@pflagseattle.org; www.pflagseattle.org.

PFLAG/Skagit County Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Skagit Valley Food Co-op Bldg, Room 309, 202 South 1st St., Mt. Vernon. Meets 2nd Monday each month. PFLAG/ Puget Sound: 325-7724.

Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets 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. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBT Caregivers’ Support Group. 6:30-8pm. Elderhealth Northwest, 6555 Ravenna Ave NE (entrance on NE 68th St). Meets 2nd Tuesday each month. A free information and support group for care partners, family members and friends of individuals with dementia. For more information, contact group facilitator Caila Nickerson, 781-248-3524 (cell) or email: cailanickerson@gmail.com 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 the 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. 322-2515, 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 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

No Safeword Writers Group. 7pm. Meets 2nd Tuesday 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. For info & location, NSWG@ sexpositiveculture. org; www.nosafewordwritersgroup. org. (Also meets 4th Sunday, 1pm.)

Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older.

7-8:30pm. University Congregational Church, 4515 16th Ave NE, Pilgrim Room. Every Tuesday. Open group for Lesbian women, 40 & older, in every stage of coming out or being out. Lots of social activities in addition to Tuesday meetings. 545-3521.

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Tuesday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)

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 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for Gay & Bi men of all ages. 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.

Celebrating 41 Years!

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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

community calendar

WEDNESDAY - August 12

Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org 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 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group & HIV/STD Prevention for Youth (14-20) in Everett. 6-8pm. CCA Building, 3331 Broadway - Bottom Floor, Everett. Every Wednesday.

Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com POZ Seattle Monthly Social. 6-8pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken breasts, veggie burgers ‑with all the fixins & our party favorite DJ Disco Vinnie spinning the hot party hits. $5 suggested donation; no one turned away for lack of funds. www. pozseattle.org.

The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm.

All Pilgrims Church, 500 Broadway E. Meets every Wednesday. This peer recovery group provides a safe & supportive faith community to share your recovery journey with, God answers our prayers & sends us a boat.

Sometimes rowing furiously for yourself & sometimes for others. All are welcome.

Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week.

Check our website for this month’s book. http://faculty. washington.edu/swittet/SGLBookClub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Meets every Wednesday. Call 525-7295 for location. www.

LotusSisters.org.

Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.)

Entre Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group. 7pm. Entre Hermanos, 1105 23rd Ave. Bilingual (Spanish/English) Transsexual support group meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month to provide information, counseling, healthcare, sisterhood & social activities for Latino & foreign-born people in their transition. For more information contact Abby 322-7700, www. entrehermanos.org HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:00pm.

FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm.

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

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. www. ingersollcenter.org Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebearssubscribe@yahoogroups.com Seattle Reign FC vs Houston Dash. 7pm. Memorial Stadium, Seattle Center. For tickets & info visit reignfc. com Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

“StageFright” - Youth Open Mic - For Aspiring Writers & Performers, Ages 14-24. 7:30pm. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. Meets 2nd Wednesday each month. FREE. Everyone welcome to attend. StageFright not only features young folk, but is also MC’d by young folk & attended in great majority by young folk.

Richard Hugo House is a community gathering place where writing & reading is celebrated & explored thru events, performances & programs. 322-7030; www. hugohouse.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.

Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet. 8-9pm.

The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets

Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Bare (8/14-8/16). Fri 8/14 - 7pm; Sat 8/15 - 2pm & 7pm; Sun 8/16 - 2pm. Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St, Edmonds. A pop opera coming of age story about a group of high school students at a Catholic boarding school, with each struggling to define themselves in the face of relationships, sexuality & belief. Intended for mature audiences. Tickets: edmondsdriftwoodplayers. org or $7 at the door.

Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm.

The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western dancing for the LGBTQ community. FREE. www.raincountrydance.org.

Destiny Gay AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St, Tacoma. Every Friday.

(253) 474-8897.

Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm.

Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. 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 illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org The Tennessee Tease (8/13-8/15). 8pm. Theatre Off Jackson, 409 7th Ave S. A new burlesque play based on the plays & memoirs of Tennessee Williams. Tickets $20. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1851133. 21+. www.theatreoffjackson.org Bedtime Stories: Adventures in Babysitting (1987).

Dusk. Cal Anderson Park, 11th Ave & E Olive St. FREE summer movies presented by Three Dollar Bill Cinema.

Getting the kids to bed turns into a series of ridiculous escapades for high school babysitter Elizabeth Shue.

SATURDAY - August 15

the Wednesday before the 3rd Saturday each month.

BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com

THURSDAY - August 13

IPA Week at Tap House Grill (8/13-8/23). Tap House Grill, 1506 ‑6th Ave. 40 new IPAs from around the world.

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of AA. 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. 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org.

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

Queer Night at the Bremerton/Kitsap Health Department. 4:30-7pm. 109 Austin Dr, Bremerton. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. HIV/AIDS & STD testing in a GLBT positive environment. Call Sue or Steve at (360) 337-5235.

Capitol Hill Arts Walk. 5-8pm. Participating shops & galleries in the Pike/Pine corridor. 2nd Thursday each month. Keep your eyes out for curbside A-boards that mark each participating venue. Pick up a walking map from any location & you’re on your way. Enjoy refreshments & meet the featured artists as you stroll the Hill. www.caphillchamber.org Queer Parent Networking Dinners (Sept-Oct, JanJune). 6-8pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E. Pike St. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. Open to all LGBT, Two-Spirited, Queer & Questioning families including parents, co-parents & other people who have a significant role in the life of a child. RSVP requested to facilitate planning for dinner and childcare. 568-7777 or info@nwnetwork.org.

Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth.

(425) 747-4937.

Visit us online www.sgn.org

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

IPA Week at Tap House Grill (8/13-8/23). Tap House Grill, 1506 ‑6th Ave. 40 new IPAs from around the world.

Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Olympic Music Festival (6/27-9/13). Sat & Sun @ 2pm. Tickets & info: 360-732-4800; www.olympicmusic festival.org Bare (8/14-8/16). Fri 8/14 - 7pm; Sat 8/15 - 2pm & 7pm; Sun 8/16 - 2pm. Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St, Edmonds. A pop opera coming of age story about a group of high school students at a Catholic boarding school, with each struggling to define themselves in the face of relationships, sexuality & belief. Intended for mature audiences. Tickets: edmondsdriftwoodplayers. org or $7 at the door.

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation - Con- The Tennessee Tease (8/13-8/15). 8pm. Theatre Off templative Service. 6:30pm. 7141 California Ave SW. Jackson, 409 7th Ave S. A new burlesque play based on the plays & memoirs of Tennessee Williams. Tickets 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org $20. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1851133. 21+.

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14www.theatreoffjackson.org 22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues SUNDAY - August 16 that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a (See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org PFLAG/Whatcom County-Bellingham Monthly Meet- IPA Week at Tap House Grill (8/13-8/23). Tap House ing. 7pm. First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Grill, 1506 ‑6th Ave. 40 new IPAs from around the world.

Ave., Bellingham. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda 360-733-1500; www.whatcompflag.com; PFLAG/Puget Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Sound: 325-7724.

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month.

Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday This monthly informal auto enthusiasts event starts with breakfast at this location with a show & tell and continues listing at 6pm.) to a chosen point of interest. Open to all LGBTQ persons & Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just colAve E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. lector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@hotmail.com 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Olympic Music Festival (6/27-9/13). Sat & Sun @ Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group 2pm. Tickets & info: 360-732-4800; www.olympicmusic Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. festival.org Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, Bare (8/14-8/16). Fri 8/14 - 7pm; Sat 8/15 - 2pm & anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring 7pm; Sun 8/16 - 2pm. Wade James Theatre, 950 Main fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, St, Edmonds. A pop opera coming of age story about community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or a group of high school students at a Catholic boarding our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ school, with each struggling to define themselves in the face of relationships, sexuality & belief. Intended for gayfathersseattle mature audiences. Tickets: edmondsdriftwoodplayers.

Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. org or $7 at the door.

SASG, 303 17th Ave. E. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and rela- Butoh Performance & Music at Seattle Japanese tionship issues related to being a Gay male. 322-2437; Garden. 2-5pm. Washington Park Arboretum. Wander thru the garden & wonder at the sights, sounds & spirits www.sasgcc.org emerging from the landscape. Visitors will encounter The Tennessee Tease (8/13-8/15). 8pm. Theatre Off dancers & musicians dispersed in suprising locations Jackson, 409 7th Ave S. A new burlesque play based thruout the garden as the performers engage in miniuteon the plays & memoirs of Tennessee Williams. Tickets by-minute response to all the scents, sounds & sights of $20. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1851133. 21+. the garden. FREE with garden admission. www.theatreoffjackson.org Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & General Meeting. 2-4pm. Seattle First Baptist Church FRIDAY - August 14 Recreation Hall, 1111 Harvard Ave (at E Seneca St - enIPA Week at Tap House Grill (8/13-8/23). Tap House ter thru glass doors on Harvard Ave.) Meets 3rd Sunday Grill, 1506 ‑6th Ave. 40 new IPAs from around the world. most months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people. $4 door Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, fee covers hall rental. SPT is a social club for Gay men Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages & their friends. www.seattleprimetimers.org.

14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. Jennie McNulty & Lisa Koch: The Bland Ambition (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thurs- Tour. 7:30pm. ‑Theatre Off Jackson, 409 7th Ave S. LA days 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) comic Jennie McNulty & local singer/comedian Lisa Koch Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave in a night of Queer comedy, twisted tunes & a tribute to E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Madonna on the Queen of Pop’s birthday.

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COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQ Allyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, 279-8169.

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org.

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994.

DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network - support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025.

In an emergency call 911. Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equal rightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country.

GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - 3639188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. 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, 328-8979.

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 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 - 250-5002; LGBTMS Connection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.mature friends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians.net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, 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.

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: 388-1408, 323-0750. www.flying house. 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. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 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: 568-7777, info@ 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:

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PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Sistah Sinema, www. sistahsinema.com, info@sistahsinema.com; TrikoneNorthwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www. trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-6850164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle.

Pride Foundation - 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. 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 - 682-6711; www.q-law.org Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235.

Resource & Referral Line: Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook.

Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233).

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.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

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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. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 684-4503.

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. 323-1768.

Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.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 SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 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.

Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.South SoundQCal.com 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 Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emerald citysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.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.seattlefront runners.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, 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 TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.

SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter. org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup. webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www. facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women.

720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 7220729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; 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 Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwest seattle; 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, 461-4493.

Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html 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; 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.

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; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206957-1665, jessicah@llaa.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace. com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 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; Queer Youth Space: 206-495-9963; www.queeryouth space. 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; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFESAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www. thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 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/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 5228412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoudGLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www. yspp.org

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