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Seattle Gay News

Issue 41, Volume 45, October 13, 2017

Arts & Entertainment

Kendra Kassebaum is Americana

2017 TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival preview An interview with new Festival Director Danny Tayara

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer Kendra Kassebaum – Photo courtesy of 5th Avenue Theatre

by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer RAGTIME, THE MUSICAL 5TH AVENUE THEATRE October 15-November 5 Kendra Kassebaum is a local and national treasure. She’s appeared on Broadway in RENT, WICKED, Assassins, and

Leap of Faith. She has performed on the Seattle stage in Assassin, Come From Away (which she went with to Broadway!), and now in Ragtime at the 5th Avenue Theatre.

As this powerhouse gears up to take on the role of “Mother” in this Americana classic, this reporter of the Seattle Gay News had the pleasure of interviewing her once again.

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Don’t be Prejudiced against slapstick

TWIST: SEATTLE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL October 12-22 Jennifer Kroot and Bill Weber’s engaging and thought-provoking The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin kicked off the 2017 TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival last night at the SIFF Cinema Uptown, the screening of this award-winning documentary launching 11 straight (or should we say

LGBTQ) days of LGBTQ cinematic goodness as programmed by the good folks at Three Dollar Bill Cinema. Technically the 22nd year for the festival, but only the second since rebranding itself with a new moniker in 2016, the lineup for this year’s annual October event in Seattle is pretty extraordinary. https://www.threedollarbillcinema.org/ – http://3dollarbillcinema.org/ twist2017 Featuring a variety of films from around the globe, major releases like Robin Campillo’s BPM, Trudie Styler’s Freak Show and David France’s controversial The

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AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID FRANCE TWIST screens new doc exploring mysterious death of Marsha P. Johnson, a mother of the trans community

The cast of Pride and Prejudice at the Seattle Repertory Theatre – Photo by Alan Alabastro

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer PRIDE AND PREJUDICE SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE Through October 29 I would never have thought that Pride and Prejudice and “slapstick” could go together in a sentence, but here we are! In the best possible way… The new adaptation

by Kate Hamill, as directed by Amanda Dehnert, with a rockin’ cast that is ready to catch each other off-guard if they can for a laugh, is Slapstick Heaven!

Do not worry that this adaptation will make you compare it to Jennifer Ehle and the wonderful BBC production. Do not worry, either, that it misses the storyline in the actual book. Rather, it’s a whole new

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Marsha P. Johnson – Photographer unknown / Courtesy of Netflix

by Jen Colletta Philadelphia Gay News TWIST: SEATTLE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON (AT NORTHWEST FILM FORUM) October 15 @ 9:15pm

Almost 23 years to the day after helping to lead the seminal uprising against police at the Stonewall Inn, Marsha P. Johnson was reported missing.

The trans woman was a well-known figure in New York City’s LGBT and HIV/AIDS communities, an organizer

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BE SEEN

QUEER GHOST HUNTERS OCT 13

GIRLS SHORTS OCT 15

SIGNATURE MOVE OCT 14

SATURDAY CHURCH OCT 15

A VERY SORDID WEDDING OCT 14

THE HAUNTING, WITH BENDELACREME OCT 16

CLOSING NIGHT! APRICOT GROVES OCT 18

BPM OCT 20

FREAK SHOW OCT 22

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Celebrating 43 Years!

LGBT HISTORY MONTH

Gypsy, the musical is LGBT history?

by Mark Segal Philadelphia Gay News LGBT history can be found in every aspect of our lives. Sometimes it just comes as a surprise to learn that something, or someone, you’ve known about was gay.

Given the title of this column, you may think this is going to be about the lyricist of Gypsy – my favorite Broadway composer, Stephen Sondheim, who’s gay – it isn’t.

And if you think it’s about another member of the production company of that original Broadway bombastic hit – so many of them were gay – again, it isn’t.

It’s about one of the real-life characters on whom the musical is based. Gypsy tells the life story of Gypsy Rose Lee and her stage mother – the stage mother of all stage mothers, Momma Rose, played in the original production by Ethel Merman and since by Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Patti LuPone and Bernadette Peters, and in the film version by Rosalind Russell. As you can see, it’s one hell of a classic and beloved Broadway musical.

That character played by all those famous actresses, Momma Rose? Guess what? She was a lesbian. How do we know that? From good research by Carolyn Quinn, who took her fascination with Gypsy and her family and wrote a fascinating book [Mama Rose’s Turn: The True Story of America’s Most Notorious Stage Mother] that, by any description, could be called a page-turner.

If you’ve seen the musical film or stage version of Gypsy, you should know that the character of Momma Rose was sort of “cleaned up for public consumption.” She was more outrageous than the script could have shared with America in the 1950s.

Here’s what we know from the script: Momma Rose was born Rose Thompson.

She had several marriages but eventually gave birth to two daughters and became a stage mother. Both her girls went on to fame: Gypsy Rose Lee as a stripper, author and talk-show personality, and June Havoc as a film star. But what happened to Momma Rose?

She ran several schools for children, a chicken farm, a summer camp – oh, and she was tried for murder. In a nutshell, here are the facts: Rose was running a boarding house in New York, referred to by sources at the time as a “seedy boarding house for lesbians,” where she also lived. During this time, Gypsy paid a visit to the house and for some reason a young woman who has been described as Momma Rose’s lover at the time didn’t know Gypsy was her daughter and mistakenly thought Gypsy was making a pass at Rose. Rose and the woman reportedly had a vicious fight and Momma Rose shot the woman.

I think this gives a whole new meaning to the climactic song by Momma Rose, “Momma’s Turn.” There are several other lovers mentioned in Quinn’s book, and it’s a great read.

It’s LGBT History Month and you’ll never know where our history is and what surprises you’ll find when exploring it.

LGBT history is fascinating.

Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the nation’s most-award-winning commentator in LGBT media. His recently published memoir, And Then I Danced, is available on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble or at your favorite bookseller.

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(Above) Gypsy Rose Lee and her mother, Rose Thompson Hovick (1918) (Below) Rose Thompson Hovick (1924) Photos courtesy of New York Public Library Digital Collections

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Powerful Sycorax speaks to racism

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer SYCORAX SNOWFLAKE AVALANCHE (AT 18TH & UNION) Through October 14

Demene E. Hall as Sycorax – Photo by Tom Chargin

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Eric Andrews-Katz: You told me that Bernadette Peters was among your earlier influences. How did she influence your desire to be an actress? Have you had the pleasure to meet her since?

Kendra Kassebaum: For me, as a young girl, Bernadette Peters was awesome. She was such a talent and didn’t sound like everyone else. That was my insecurity as a child was that I didn’t speak like the girls I heard, and the actresses I saw. When we were doing Come From Away on Broadway, Bernadette came back stage. I was so silenced by her talents. She was lovely, and I hope to see her in Hello Dolly on Broadway.

Andrews-Katz: What was the first show you saw and how did it affect you?

Kassebaum: I had an amazing childhood, but in all honesty, I didn’t grow up around a lot of theatre. Theatre to us was Branson, Missouri with all the glamour, glitz and country music kind of melting all those forms together. There was a play in my high school. I remember sitting in the gym and watching these girls do (I think it was) Dial M for Murder. It affected me so deeply because I wanted to know what the next thing out of their mouths were, what they were thinking, and I thought of these girls to be so brave.

Andrews-Katz: When you worked with Stephen Sondheim (in Assassins (2004)), he added a song that you had the pleasure to introduce. How was it decided that you would get that honor?

Kassebaum: I remember, literally, we were in the rehearsal room. Joe Mantello was the director and we were learning the song. There are all these vocal assignments

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and Anne Nathan was sounding so amazing. I was told to sing her part, but I was too high, so we switched the parts. It’s an ensemble song definitely, but it’s so wonderful to start that whole part of the show.

It came down to that. Being a part of that show was like a Master’s Class in acting.

I was on the side as much as I could so I could watch. People were at the top of their game in that show.

Andrews-Katz: You were part of the Pre-Broadway and Original Broadway cast of Come From Away. How did you first get involved with this show?

Kassebaum: It’s tricky when you first hear about a show dealing with the events of 9-11. I read the script and loved it. I had just had my baby and came in to audition for the workshop. I initially went in for the pilot role, but ended up doing Bonnie, who takes care of the animals. I did the workshop and then the Broadway opening.

That’s how Seattle rules. People want to come and try out their stuff here.

Andrews-Katz: Since the characters are based on “real-lives,” how involved were you in the forming of your character(s)?

Kassebaum: Chris Ashley the director said we have to tell a story; we didn’t have to be exactly like the people. A lot of the cast was, coincidentally, very much like the people they were portraying. We tried our best to honor their story, using pretty much direct quotes. They were just as involved on this journey as we were. We saw the real people and we became like a family. I know about them and their kids, and they know about us.

Andrews-Katz: Come From Away is a powerful piece of theatre. How do you summon the strength each night? What do you do to come down from it after?

Kassebaum: The beautiful part of the show is the ending – it’s a celebration. You

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There’s a Shakespeare play, The Tempest, that many people are familiar with.

It has several “magical” characters, one of which is Caliban, who is described as a monster, and the offspring of a witch named Sycorax.

Prospero, a noble deliberately shipwrecked (by rivals) on an island with his daughter, says Caliban is “a freckled whelp hag-born--not honour’d with a human shape” and calls him filth and a slave. When Prospero first came to the island, Caliban helped him learn how to survive there, but years later, Prospero treats him terribly.

Playwright Y York conceived of a new way of looking at Caliban, through his mother. What if, she considered, Sycorax was dark-skinned? What if Caliban was also dark-skinned? What if their lives were considered immaterial and the reasons they are labeled a “witch” and a “monster” were because of skin color and not because of actual inhuman features?

York has crafted a one-woman play, called Sycorax, starring talented actor Demene E. Hall, to explore this concept.

York has placed Sycorax, as a ghost, on the island where The Tempest takes place.

Sycorax is furious with Prospero, who has killed her son, Caliban, and finds a magic cloak perhaps belonging to the sprite Ariel, but is prevented from using it to visit her wrath on the ship Prospero is sailing away on. So, she appeals to the Gods to allow her to use the cloak.

She perceives that the Gods may not know her story and that telling it might per-

think we are at the end of the show and then there is this fast-forward. When we get off stage, we are jazzed. We’re talking to each other in excited voices: “Did you feel the energy exchange?” “Did you see that reaction or this one?” We are so excited it’s hard to come down, energetically. The actors and the audiences share so much and exchange so much about their own experiences.

Andrews-Katz: Ragtime is a different form of Americana musical. How does it contrast with something like Come From Away?

Kassebaum: That’s an awkward question. It’s also a great question and an important one. I’m finding so many similarities to both processes. Peter [Rothstein] (Ragtime’s director) wants us to be involved with each other. We are telling each other’s stories in this musical as well. It’s not like you come out, sing your solo and are off stage for another twenty pages. We are all helping out on stage, off stage because we are all responsible for each other in this show.

Andrews-Katz: The character “Mother” goes on an emotional journey.

How do you find yourself identifying with this character?

Kassebaum: We are in a time right now when you can’t unsee what we are seeing on the news, on TV. It forces us to see it, and I can’t help but take it in. I wonder, how I can help in some way, help our world, help humanity. Ragtime takes place in 1904, and “Mother” starts to introduce the opportunity of helping; “there’s something not working so let’s open ourselves up to what does work.” She sees after the smoke has lifted, and when it comes to her husband, she sees what he’s not able to; how the world is changing, there is unfairness in the world, and not to shut our eyes to it. We have to teach our kids that there is hope. We are stronger together.

suade them that she deserves her chance to use Ariel’s cloak. So she begins to tell a harrowing tale of betrayal, mistreatment, and marginalization, none of which, she explains, were due to anything she had actually done herself. All of it was visited on her because she was dark-skinned.

Hall gives a powerful, classical performance. She speaks as if her lines were written in classic Shakespearean form, though the language by York is more accessible by York. Hall is a powerful actor with mesmerizing demeanor. Using a tattered, but also majestic costume by Frances Kenny and suggestive native face markings, Hall, as directed by Mark Lutwak, credibly portrays a woman who may not have set out to be a witch, but has embraced any power she could claim.

The unfolding of her tale also changes her, maybe in the speaking of it, as she realizes that Caliban, now dead, might show up on the island as a ghost, himself. This realization creates a key shift in her perceptions, which also changes her request to the Gods.

The play asks questions about love and forgiveness and power and privilege.

In a short hour, many of these themes are explored in interesting ways.

You only have a couple more performances to see this worthy piece. It may well be produced in a lot of other Englishspeaking theaters, and you get a chance to see it now, before it’s “done everywhere.”

For more information, go to https://18thandunion.org/sycorax or call (206) 937-6499.

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Andrews-Katz: Ragtime deals with so many different parts of Americana. How do you think – if at all – it mirrors today’s environment?

Kassebaum: There are younger audience members that don’t recall the events of 9-11. They have witnessed other acts of terrorism and they can identify with the injustices portrayed in Ragtime. There are injustices with the inequalities of the world, the inequalities of women, the inequalities of minorities. We are seeing the same type of violence, even police violence, and the horrible things happening in our country.

Some of these haven’t changed. One of the characters in Ragtime is “Emma Goldman” [based on the real life anarchist]. Her words still ring true, what we are still striving for in our country then, reflects our current society.

Andrews-Katz: The last time we spoke, you said you would love to play “Mable” in the ill-fated musical, Mack and Mabel.

Since then have there been other roles you coveted (regardless of limitation) or is this still your dream?

Kassebaum: Shoot; I’ve gotten so much older and wiser in the year and half since we talked. (Laughs). Mable I’d always love to do. Let’s see, what others. I would love, LOVE, something delicious, a fun world to get lost in. Sweeney Todd as Mrs. Lovett would be it!

Kendra Kassebaum is playing “Mother” in the 5th Avenue production of Ragtime.

Based on the E.L. Doctorow book by the same name, the story tells the sweeping saga of America at the turn of the 20th Century, by mixing real historic characters along with the fictional to tell the tale of how immigrants and African-Americans fit into the scheme of Americana.

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Bandaloop presents a beautiful aesthetic for the aerial dance form

by Sharon Cumberland SGN A&E Writer UW WORLD DANCE SERIES BANDALOOP MEANY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS October 5 The Bandaloop website describes this company of dancing mountaineers as “use[ing] climbing technology to expand and challenge what is possible.” Founder and Artistic Director Amelia Rudolph adds: “They say what we do is death-defying. I’d say it’s life-affirming.” Though I never thought the recent performance at Meany Hall was death-defying, the film they showed before the performance, Shift – filmed on mountainsides in Yosemite National Park – really raised the hair on my head. Not only was it an awe-inspiring display of courage, beauty, and very thoughtful choreography – it was scary.

The film is a perfect blend of elegant dance and behind-the-scenes reality show – we see all the apparatus, set-up, and crew who make the aerial performance possible, together with the dancers themselves, who perform their moves on flat surfaces and then again on rock faces with spectacular sunsets and scenery behind them. I was especially moved by moments when a dancer in the foreground is performing moves that are precisely repeated by a dancer on a distant peak, as if there might be an eternal dance on all the mountain peaks in the world. There were other moments when a group of six performers are dancing at a 90° angle on the side of a mountain – a miracle in itself – and then suddenly leap in the air on their ropes and begin to weave themselves in and out in slow motion. It not only defies death, it defies imagination – how on earth did they do it? Or, I should say, how not-on-earth did they do it?

My dance buddy and I were speechless after seeing Shift, which I hope will be available to the general public at some point. We hurried outside with the rest of the crowd to see “Harboring,” a dance that began on the side of Meany Hall – the outside wall – where a chair was suspended as if the wall were a dance floor. A flirty couple in party clothes did a sideways swing dance as if they were upright, followed by

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idea of how to present the exact story, only different.

The actors still speak in British accents, and dress more-or-less in period stylings.

But they also blow bullhorns, wiggle thundersheets, dance to 21st Century tunes, and change characters while we watch by pulling off or on a jacket.

For those who need a primer on the story, the poor but respectable Bennet family has four daughters that Mrs. Bennet (Cheyenne Casebier) is desperate to marry off, hopefully to men who are rich enough to help the family out. Jane (Emily Chisholm) is pretty and very proper, yet somehow aging out of marriageable age.

Lizzy (Kjerstine Anderson) is smart, but thinks she doesn’t want to get married.

Mary (Trick Danneker) is … tall – and a bit awkward. And Lydia (Hana Lass) is still a bit too young. Mr. Bennet (Rajeev Varma) doesn’t really take any of that very seriously, and let’s Mrs. Bennet manipulate everything.

There are a variety of men (two of whom are played by Brandon O’Neill, who also plays a couple of women) who may or may not be worthy of the daughters. But one of them, Mr. Darcy (Kenajuan Bentley), has a commanding presence that seems to be

Bandaloop – Photo by Bruce Clayton Tom / Courtesy of Meany Center for the Performing Arts

a lovely girl in a party dress who descended on a rope and sat down in the chair as if it were perfectly natural to be sitting cockeyed to the rest of the world. While the performances that followed were charming and novel, “Harboring” was a bit of a come down after Shift – more of a Cirque du Soleil-type surprise than the incorporation of movement and landscape presented in Shift.

“Harboring” continued inside with a very surprising aerial dance that took place over the heads of the audience; that, together with the plant-like projections on the walls, created the impression that the audience was at the bottom of a sea where mermaids were swimming above. At another point there was a couple swirling around each other in the air like Paolo and Francesca in the first ring of L’Inferno. This dance was impressive, but not as intriguing as the new work developed through the UW Creative Fellowship initiative, “Strings,” too proud. So Lizzy becomes prejudiced against him, and thinks he’s an odious and insufferable man. Hence, the title – bet you can guess where it will go…

Almost all the players assume at least one other character, from time to time, and in this adaptation, become characters you won’t find in the book (flower fairies, for instance!). The various props needed are all collected on the busy open stage (designed

by John McDermott), with adaptable costuming (by Tracy Christensen) and subtle light changes (by Robert J. Aguilar). Sound effects are designed by Matt Starritt, but often administered by the cast.

Every actor pulls her or his weight or more in this true ensemble. Casebier sometimes seems about the funniest, but just a skosh more maybe than anyone else. Their antics make them laugh, too, and opening night, they were ready to see who they could make “break character” (stop acting and start laughing), and so delight the audience as well.

Telling the whole story still takes about two and a half hours, but they are some of the most fun hours you’ll have in theater this year. Comedy is sometimes harder to sustain than drama, and often the jokes run dry. Yet, here there is always a new character to make fun of or plot twist to amuse.

The show is blissfully silly, yet tells the story exactly. It’s a triumph. Go see it and take just about anyone in the family you

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making its world premiere in this program. The unforgettable opening image, of a women attached to five bunraku-style puppeteers with bright red strings, begins a dance of manipulation and control involving a life-sized cat’s cradle, and demonstrates that Bandaloop does not need to be airborne to create vivid, dangerous choreographic images. A woman in red suddenly descends like an avenging angel and initiates a series of movements that flirt with the earthbound puppet – a drama between the two realms of earth and sky. The dance develops to the compelling modernist music of Gabriel Prokofiev – grandson of the composer Sergei Prokofiev – who creates a sound cloud for these airborne dancers to swim through.

I was wondering, as the dances progressed, what vocabulary has developed around this integration of traditional dance and climbing movement. In many places the dancers pirouette – but in the middle

of the air, and so slowly they appear to be in another medium. Other moves, such as balances and arabesques, are either impossible, irrelevant, or so altered as to be something entirely different. I felt that the range of movement, while surprising, was more limited on ropes, and that once we saw the dancers’ amazing swoops and summersaults and upside-down poses there was, literally, no place to go. Amelia Rudolph and her amazing dancers – as well as the invisible riggers whose manipulation of ropes from above make so many of their gestures possible – have developed an aesthetic for the aerial form that holds many promises for the future. For me, that future was most beautifully expressed in the astonishing dances in the film, Shift. I hope that the imagination that came up with that brilliant film infuses the same mystery and astonishment in future works for live audiences.

Emily Chisholm and Kjerstine Anderson in Pride and Prejudice – Photo by Alan Alabastro.

want. There’s not an objectionable swear word or action in the entire piece. Though there are some very fun double entendres.

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Against the Grain/Men in Dance presents exciting Adjudicated Choreographers Showcase

by Sharon Cumberland SGN A&E Writer AGAINST THE GRAIN/ MEN IN DANCE 2017 ADJUDICATED CHOREGRAPHERS SHOWCASE VELOCITY FOUNDERS THEATRE October 7 For the second time the founders of Against the Grain/Men In Dance have offered young choreographers an opportunity to produce new dances and to hear experienced choreographers and dance professors evaluate their work in front of the audience.

The showcase was presented Friday, October 6 at 8pm and Saturday, October 7 at 5pm and 8pm at the Velocity Founders Theatre (1621 12th Avenue). It’s a wonderful opportunity for everyone. The choreographers get to show their work, the dancers get to have dances made on their bodies, and the audience gets to hear how professionals critique and encourage new dance makers. (Men in Dance launched their biennial Adjudicated Choreographers Showcase in 2015.)

It’s a triple-win situation made possible by the Men in Dance organization and its members, whose raison d’être is to bring more men into the dance world as performers, and to encourage more male and female choreographers to create dances for men. What’s more, there’s a big prize for the dance that gets the highest evaluation from the adjudicators and the audience: the winning work is guaranteed a place on the program of the high-profile biennial Men in Dance Festival that happens every other year at the Broadway Performance Hall.

(The next Men in Dance Festival will be held in 2018. http://www.menindance.org/) This year’s program consisted of five works by two women and three men, and was performed, of course, by an all-male troupe of excellent dancers. In the order of performance, here’s what happened at Velocity Founder’s Theater – a wonderfully intimate venue where dance lovers can see works “up close and personal”: panies all over the world, who passed away in May. He was the first African American to dance in the Pacific Northwest Ballet, and a mentor of music and dance to underserved communities. He was a longtime contributor and performer with Men in Dance and performed in just about every company and venue in our region. Seattle can be proud and grateful to have had such a generous and richly gifted ambassador of dance to Washington state and the world beyond.

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“Remember Me Young 17” Choreographer: Noelle Price (Seattle) Four young boys – or so they seem from their shorts, tee shirts, and happy tumbling around the stage – play leap frog, rockpaper-scissors, and other games while one boy stands alone, isolated and still. We begin to wonder if this kid is being rejected or bullied as the choreography resolves in to hip-hop and locking dance moves to really satisfying music by Michael Price.

At the end, the troubled boy ends up dragging the other four like chains and anchors that weigh him down. In the choreographer’s post-dance conversation, Noelle Price mentioned that this was a section of a larger work about child suicide, though I wouldn’t have gotten that if she hadn’t mentioned it. I thought the central section of the dance could stand alone, without the narrative elements – but I like pure dance, and I think Price has talent in that direction.

“better, not perfect” Choreographer: Abigail Zimmerman (Seattle) This dance is performed to Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If” – that sentimental tribute to young manhood that lists qualities of courage, nonchalance, and self control that lead to the famous punch line: “You’ll be a man, my son.” Part of Zimmerman’s clever probe into Kipling’s weary clichés is the static that interrupts and fragments the poem throughout the dance. Three young men dance alone, unaware of one another, yet they begin to perform the same moves until they are dancing in unison using a vocabulary of arm gestures and pirouettes.

Soon one dancer begins to correct and regulate the gestures of the other two – making sure that their movements conform to one another. This dance asks an important question: How much should a young man comply with expectations established by past generations?

Zimmerman offers an ironic answer when she ends the dance with all three dancers arranged in frozen row, like paper cut-outs. This was one of my favorite dances of the evening because the music, text, and choreography were in perfect balance.

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“YMO” Choreographer: Levi Ryan (Seattle) Two guys in black tights and bare chests (a small guy with a blue neck; a large guy with a red line down his front) enact a dance of pursuit, rejection, anxiety, and struggle over closeness and rejection. More a pantomime than a dance, this performance clearly demonstrated the difficulties of overcoming fear and mistrust in relationships. But I wondered, as the smaller guy stalked the larger guy (who clearly wished to be left alone) if a little more exposition would be in order. The feelings were clear, even lyrical, but the point was lost on me.

Bad break-up...I get it…blue neck, red line…I don’t get it. For someone like me, who likes pure dance, I actually needed more narrative.

“TRADE” Choreographer: Aaron McGoin (New York City) This work, to a combination of sound and broken lines such as “Love is the beast” and “All this was a long time ago I remember” explores relationships with a trio of men whose movements in a duo, trio, and final solo show stages and permutations of what the choreographer told us were “the highs and lows of the hook-up culture.”

It contained the single most compelling solo of the evening, I thought, when Aaron McGoin, dancing his own steps, did an angular, edgy, and intricate display of emotional intensity. I normally prefer group dancing to solos because I’m interested in how a choreographer manages patterns and space, but I was won over by McGoin’s wonderful dancing.

“Koibito (excerpts)” Choreographer: Cameron McKinney (New York City) My dance buddy thought this was the winner of the evening and I’m inclined to agree. The dance begins to beatbox music as three men in ties dance to a hip hop vocabulary – really well done in unison – that develops into the dance that the adjudicators called the handshake dance. Two men meet and do a dance with their hands and fingers going in and out of a handshake with a fan-like movement that returns as a refrain, along with another wave-like gesture of joined hands that flow over the head and chest. “Koibito” means “Lovers” in Japanese, with the subtext of a life-long relationship – a dimension that seems to inform this dance about businessmen who are trapped into lifelong conformity in their places of work. McKinney described his work as an excerpt from a longer work about the desire for success in business and the sacrifices that entails. The final solo, of a man who must repeat and repeat a tortuous series of movements, like an automaton, states the case with compelling and fascinating clarity. This is a dance I would like to see again – and I’m willing to bet the adjudicators will agree.

The three adjudicators I saw on October 7 were Bruce McCormick, UW assistant professor, dancer, and choreographer; Sheri Lewis, founder and artistic director of Westlake Dance Center; and Jennifer Salk, UW associate professor and Director of the Department of Dance. Their comments and advice were at once kind, informative, and pointed – offering observations that would help budding dance-makers edit and clarify their work. They were especially complimentary toward the dancers, whose ability to learn new work quickly made the presentations possible.

Part of the fun for the audience was scoring each work on color-coded index cards based upon our perceptions of craft, creativity and overall impressions. We were also asked to offer comments that might help the choreographers know what they did right and how to communicate with the audience better. Some of the cards are read out at the adjudication session – all thoughtful and complimentary, some with interesting critiques. My dance buddy and I really enjoyed sending messages to the dance makers – a rare opportunity to give candid feedback. We were also invited to visit with the dancers, producers and choreographers later – a treat that we enjoyed a great deal. The work of all these talented folks is so heart-felt and committed that you want to give them personal encouragement, and hope to see them all in the future.

In addition, there was an important tribute in the program to Kabby Mitchell III, a dancer, choreographer, and bright light in the Seattle dance scene and in dance com All photos by Jazzyphoto.

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer HAPPY DEATH DAY Now playing

Jessica Rothe in Happy Death Day Photo by Patti Perret / Universal Pictures

Socialite and sorority firebrand Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) hates her birthday.

So much so she’s stopped speaking to her father, does everything she can to keep the date a secret and typically spends the night before descending into a drunken stupor so maybe she’ll be too hung-over the next day to even get out of bed. None of which explains why her phone’s ringtone is now set to an obnoxious “It’s your birthday!” message. Or why her bubbly sorority sister roommate Lori (Ruby Modine) has baked her a cupcake from scratch. Or how she starts her morning in the dorm room of

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continued from cover Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, captivating archival presentations of Robert Wise’s The Haunting and Donna Deitch’s landmark drama Desert Hearts, and special programs and forums like the return of “How to be a Trans Ally” and a “SaturGay Morning Panel” focusing on queers and women in the comic book industry, there’s pretty much something for everyone happening during TWIST’s 2017 incarnation.

There’s even a SaturGay Morning cartoon series featuring a vegan-friendly cereal bar, onesies, blankies and stuffed animals not included (if still encouraged).

I sat down with new TWIST festival director Danny Tayara to chat about this year’s festival. Here are some of the highlights from our conversation: Sara Michelle Fetters: So, this is kind of a big deal for you this year, isn’t it?

Danny Tayara: [laughs] You could say that, yes: First year as Festival Director. It’s exciting!

Sara Michelle Fetters: How are you feeling?

Danny Tayara: I’m feeling definitely a mix of excited and nervous at the same time. It’s nothing new for me. I’ve been in this organization, involved in this organization for more than five years, so it’s very familiar terrain, but with very new responsibilities.

Sara Michelle Fetters: What was that moment like for you when Three Dollar Bill Cinema came to you and said, “Yeah, we do think you’re the right person to take this on. We want you to run this year’s Festival.”? I mean, it wasn’t a shock. You obviously applied, you wanted the job, but then to be given it, to have it offered to you, what was that moment like?

Danny Tayara: Kind of disbelief, because I had been working toward a job like this for a long time, and I had really started considering this position last year when Keith Bacon was [brought back] as Festival Director last year. When he took over it was pretty last minute. So, understandably, we went with the safe decision and brought Keith back. But we also knew he was coming back to do this as more of

the friendly Carter (Israel Broussard) with no clue how she ended up there, forced to walk back to the sorority house in the prior night’s clothes in order to change and make it to her first class on time.

But none of this prepares Tree for what is going to happen later that night. Someone is going to murder her, wearing the deformed plastic mask molded into the grinning face of their school’s porcine mascot. Yet death is only the beginning for Tree. She wakes up back in Carter’s dorm room, her phone ringing its birthday message with a walk of shame back to the sorority house certain to follow. The college coed is apparently cursed to live through her birthday over and over again, each morning beginning the same and each night building to the moment a masked killer finds a new way to end her life. Yet, as crazy as all of this is, Tree does realize there’s an opportunity here to solve her own murder, and in doing so potentially live long enough to see a tomorrow she’s starting to believe will never, ever come.

The year’s second Groundhog Day variation, the high school-set Mean Girls variation Before I Fall being the other, Happy Death Day is an exuberantly plotted, surprisingly funny piece of pop entertainment that takes the slasher film and playfully spins it around like a blood-soaked top. Director Christopher Landon (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse) takes

a one-off than as a full time gig. I thought, this is a great opportunity to spread my wings. It was a great reality check. I knew I needed to really be involved helping Keith more than I usually did, taking on a lot more so that I could gain the skills in order to apply for the position this year. And now here I am.

Sara Michelle Fetters: What was your vision for this year’s festival? I mean, it’s only the second year of the name change to TWIST Seattle Queer Film Festival, after all. Did you feel any pressure?

Danny Tayara: Well, that name change last year was a pretty big deal, so there was definitely some pressure to keep the momentum we generated in 2016 going into this year’s festival. Personally, I definitely wanted the programming for this year’s festival to reflect the name, “Seattle Queer Film Festival.” In that regard, I was looking for more Trans content, I was looking for more content directed by women and Trans filmmakers. I wanted to have a wide range of films and programs that really, truly reflect our community.

Sara Michelle Fetters: As part of that, one of the things that struck me were the number of features, docs and shorts from directors of color. Was that an emphasis?

Danny Tayara: Definitely. Absolutely.

I think the filmmakers and the films are out there, it’s just a matter of doing the research to find them and select them. Because the more we program their films, the more that encourages content that represents minority communities. It sort of feeds into itself.

Sara Michelle Fetters: You’ve also managed to program a handful of fairly high profile features, films like Freak Show and BPM. Were those hard at all to acquire?

Danny Tayara: It was great, landing films like those. I think TWIST has established itself. I mean, we’re in our 22nd year.

Filmmakers really enjoy their experience here in Seattle. We’ve got a guest from Freak Show coming. We’ve got a guest from Saturday Church coming. One of the co-directors of the opening night film, The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin, is going to be here. People really enjoy this festival, and I think filmmakers are just happy to screen with us. That doesn’t mean I get everything that I want, but I can still try, and this year I managed to get a lot of

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Scott Lobdell’s (Man of the House) gleefully silly script and has a grand time making something obnoxiously witty out of it.

While maybe a bit more convoluted than it needs to be, potentially overstaying its welcome a tiny bit thanks to the need to toss in an extra surprise or two for no real reason other than it can, this film nonetheless is an absolute blast that’s remarkably difficult to dislike. I think I loved it, and it’s safe to say I almost can’t wait to see this comedic horror yarn for a second time at the earliest possible opportunity.

The strength of the movie is its focus.

Landon and Lobdell smartly keep Tree right at the center of the action, the entire story seen through her eyes. More importantly, they do not ogle to the character, do not try to make her some sort of bitchy caricature of a sorority queen bee but instead cagily craft a complicated character who changes and evolves over the course of this never-ending day. Tree honestly looks at herself in this mirror and comes to grips with the young woman she’s allowed herself to become, using the shadow of past tragedy involving her mother three years prior as an excuse to transform into a person entirely unlike the adolescent and teenager she used to be. It’s unexpectedly heartfelt and poignant, this examination, Lobdell’s script craftily morphing in a multitude of ways, all of them having everything to do with Tree, the way she looks

at the world and how she learns to view it anew with fresh eyes each time she dies.

In virtually every scene, Rothe is terrific. A relative newcomer who can be seen in relatively minor, if still significant, roles in films as varied as La La Land and Wolves, the young actress is tasked to do all of the emotional heavy-lifting. Tree has to go from mean girl to reformed girl to final girl throughout the course of the narrative, everything building to the moment where she unmasks her killer and hopefully finds a way to turn the tables, thus ending the nightmare she’s been mysteriously a part of. Rothe takes to the spotlight instantly, and even when things descend into campy implausibility, her performance is so rich, so bewitching, she could have been doing handstands while reciting the alphabet backward and I’d likely still have adored every single second of what it was she was doing.

While no Groundhog Day or Edge of Tomorrow, this does not make Happy Death Day any less fun. A colorful, exuberantly energetic riff on everything from Scream to Happy Birthday to Me to Let’s Scare Jessica to Death to Halloween to Black Christmas, Landon’s latest is a crisply intoxicating lark that’s a bloody good time. One of 2017’s most unforeseen gems, this freewheeling bit of slasher craziness is an amusing genre miracle worth seeing.

Scene from BPM – Photo courtesy of Twist Film Fest

what I wanted. That’s made me very happy.

Sara Michelle Fetters: It also seems like there is a real emphasis on forums and panels for this year’s festival.

Danny Tayara: There is. Yes. Thank you for noticing that. It was never a huge priority for this festival to have panels.

Some years, we didn’t have any at all. I feel like I was kind of one of the people pushing for more panels, because as a filmmaker, what I appreciate is meeting other filmmakers and meeting directors who have something to teach me. You can learn a certain amount from Q&As but panels are a particular kind of way to access content that you can’t get in any other way.

As for forums, we’ve brought back our “How to be a Trans Ally” forum from Translations. It was so successful. We ended up doing two of them at Translations, there was so much demand. For TWIST, it will be facilitated by Aidan Key. He’s the founder of Gender Diversity, the foundation that runs the Gender Odyssey Conference.

Then there’s the SaturGay Morning panel, the first Saturday of the Festival.

We’ve also got SaturGay Morning Cartoon programming, which will be happening both Saturdays. The first weekend also includes the panel of Queer Women Comics, talking about the intersection between comic books and film from a queer, gender queer and Trans women perspective.

There’s so much happening right now,

especially with Professor Marston and the Wonder Women coming out.

Sara Michelle Fetters: From an outside perspective, did you feel any additional pressure due to all that’s happening in the world right now? I mean, just in light of recent political events. Just today we hear that women’s reproductive rights are getting thrown backwards by the Trump Administration saying that businesses don’t have to put birth control in their medical plans, and the Justice Department wants to rescind protections for Transgender people at the work place.

That’s just the most recent end to a long list that has gotten longer and longer since February. Did you feel any of that when you were programming this year? Were these things that were in your mind as you were putting the schedule together?

Danny Tayara: Yes. Definitely. I think everybody comes to the festival for a variety of reasons. I personally come to events like this, events like TWIST, to celebrate my identity and to celebrate our community. To be in a community with others. I also, on certain days, do want to elect to educate myself with documentaries or workshops and panels, things like that, to help me know more about what might be happening in the world right now. I made an effort to program the Festival in a way that,

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All-star cast spearheaded by Bette Midler brings out the Freak in all of us

by Sarah Toce SGN Contributing Writer TWIST: SEATTLE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL FREAK SHOW (AT AMC PACIFIC PLACE) Sunday, October 22 @ 7pm Freak Show is based on the awardwinning cult novel of the same name by James St. James. The coming of age heart warmer relays the timely tale of Billy Bloom, “a boldly confident and eccentric teenager who faces intolerance and persecution at his ultra-conservative high school, and decides to fight back on behalf of all the misunderstood freaks of the world.”

The kicker in the equation? His overbearing mother, Muv, is played by real-life gay rights icon, the incomparable Divine Miss M herself, Bette Midler.

In addition to Midler, actors Alex J. Lawther, Abigail Breslin, Laverne Cox, AnnaSophia Robb, Ian Nelson, Celia Watson, Willa Fitzgerald, and Larry Pine star.

The film was produced by actress/director Trudi Styler’s production company, Maven Pictures, and Drew Barrymore’s company A Flower Films Production, in association with Bruno Wang Productions.

Styler, 63, studied Drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the UK and was a leading player with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her credits include spots on “Empire,” “Love Soup,” “The Night Of..., “Falling Water,” and a new Netflix original she can’t yet divulge. Styler has been married to British music legend Sting, 66, since 1992. The power couple share four adult children.

“In keeping with the message of the movie, most of the music I chose to support the narrative was composed by LGBTQ artists, for example our own Eliot Sumner, Boy George and Perfume Genius,” Styler said. “The cast features the great gender rights activist Bette Midler and Laverne Cox, herself a notable transgender activist.”

When Connecticut-raised Billy (Lawther) is shipped off unexpectedly to live with his father (Pine) in his Southern mansion, a whole bunch of crazy transpires.

Not one to trade in his face glitter for a letter jacket at his new high school, Billy takes an alternate road to finding new friends

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continued from page 7 kind of depending on your mood or what you’re into that day, you can self-select. You can find programming that best fits what your needs are right there and then.

Hopefully, the festival is accessible for anybody. Whether you’re looking to kind of wind down and let go and forget about what is happening in the world right now, you can definitely go chill out and have a good time. Then there’s our more educational track like the “How to be a Trans Ally” workshop. We also have a bunch of documentaries this year and have brought back our “Five at Five” programming, documentary films at 5pm at Northwest Film Forum that you can see for only $5.

Sara Michelle Fetters: I love that deal.

Danny Tayara: Yeah. It’s a great deal.

And we’ve got some outstanding documentaries this year in my opinion.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Going back to the name change, how did that go over last year? How do you think festival goers responded?

Danny Tayara: I think it went well. As with anything, you can’t please everybody,

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and, more importantly, himself. Part Mean Girls, part Napoleon Dynamite, part Clueless, Styler’s take on Freak Show is an intersectional/multi-generational story that aches to be told.

“Before we started casting the film, I met James for dinner and just found him delightful – so full of spirit, and enthusiasm,” she said. “It was a real treat to meet him and see how committed he was to remaining true to himself – like Billy. We talked about how we had both felt like outcasts when we were growing up. We talked about our childhoods and why it was so important to make a movie that touched upon sex and gender tolerance.”

Lawther garnered fame starring as the young Alan Turing in the Academy Awardwinning 2014 film The Imitation Game.

“I found Alex just through the normal casting process you go through…we considered over a hundred boys for the part, and I actually saw some great young actors who could have done a good job of Billy, but when Alex came in and auditioned he brought a vulnerability to the character that made Billy sensitive and appealing underneath all the apparent confidence and selfpossession,” Styler said. “I’d been looking for those extra layers to come through, and Alex brought depth to Billy from day one.”

Breslin was cast as Alex’s very unlikely rival, Lynette.

“I love Abigail’s performance as Lynette! She managed to bring such a brashness and superficiality to the screen, she’s fearless,” Styler shared. “We’ve all known those kinds of kids at school who seem to have zero empathy with anyone and are determined to be top dog at whatever cost. As adults we can see that Lynette is a product of her limited society and probably been spoilt rotten by her parents, and so perhaps she can’t be blamed for how she’s turned out. Lynette is the epitome of extreme conservatism, and I think what’s shocking to the audience about her attitude is that there is a general expectation in society today that young people will tend to be liberal-minded and tolerant – but we can’t assume that. When young people are not exposed to people who challenge them with their differences, they’re at risk of becoming ignorant grown-ups as well.”

Styler and the crew had four weeks to prepare for production and an ambitious

total of 22 days to shoot the feature. Ultimately, funding was secured because of Midler’s involvement.

“Muv became the linchpin to our finances and the very great Bette Midler accepted the role of Muv,” Styler shared.

“From that we were able to really start the Freak Show machine turning and to get the movie in the can by the night before Thanksgiving.”

Midler wasn’t sure she wanted the part; she hadn’t worked in film in over four years.

Ultimately, Styler called her and asked her to read the script. She did – and immediately signed on.

For Styler, this project had a profoundly personal connection to her own childhood.

“When I first began to work on the movie, as a story about bullying it resonated with me on a deeply personal level,” Styler shared. “I was bullied myself as a child and teenager, as my face bore the scars of being run down by a truck when I was only two years old. My own children also suffered from being bullied, especially my daughter Eliot who has only recently talked about what a hard time she had at school.”

There’s a direct message throughout Freak Show that is perhaps relevant now more than in recent years.

“The message of Freak Show is that we are all one in our shared humanity, a humanity which encompasses and connects all colors, sexes, races, and religions,” Styler said. “That is one of the most important

lessons we must communicate to young audiences today.”

Styler’s theatrical inspirations include Perks of Being a Wallflower, Mean Girls, Clueless, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Party Monster, and Hedwig.

“From the classic teen comedies to the more avant-garde, experimental films. We wanted our film to combine the best of both,” Styler shared.

Celebrated costume designer Colleen Atwood is a nine-time Oscar nominee as well as three-time Oscar winner for Into the Woods, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Chicago. She boasts an additional 60 nominations and 30 awards in recognition of her talent, including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. She brings her unique blend of talent and vigor to Freak Show.

so we did get a couple of comments on the name change, people who didn’t like it so much. But for the most part it went over really well. I think around the transition from “Lesbian and Gay” to “Queer,” we did get a little bit of pushback. We felt a little bit of tension. But we felt that Seattle is a city that’s progressive and can handle change; change in a way that includes more people, because that’s what we’re going for.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Did you notice if it became more difficult to let people know about the festival? Because of the name change from Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival to TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival?

Danny Tayara: No. Actually it was easier, if you can believe it. Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival was a mouthful, so Seattle Queer Film Festival rolls off the tongue a little bit better. It was a year of kind of saying, we’ve renamed, we’re rebranded, but we’re still the same great festival. We’ve always had a diversity of content. It’s just now we’re more explicit about it.

Now that we’re in the second year of the name change people get it right away.

They’re not like, “Oh, you changed your name” or “What is this festival? I’m confused.” They get it. They understand. I

think we did a pretty good job of using our language in a way that helped people through that.

Sara Michelle Fetters: You’ve been here for five years now.

Danny Tayara: Affirmative.

Sara Michelle Fetters: What does working for Three Dollar Bill Cinema mean to you?

Danny Tayara: What’s it like working here? Wow. Nobody has ever asked me that before.

This is my dream job. I love working here. I love what I do. I love that my job is to talk to queer people, watch queer movies and talk about queer movies. Outside my job, I make queer movies, and so this is like, it’s just my life, you know?

It does feel like a big part of my identity.

I’m really grateful for it, and I’ll be here for a while. I’m not going anywhere. It also, it gives me, I’m trying to think of the right word. I guess it gives me the ability to provide a platform for voices that are otherwise not heard or not celebrated. It feels good to be able to bring content to the Seattle queer community that they wouldn’t have heard of otherwise.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Where do you want this Festival to go from here? Where do you see it going next?

Danny Tayara: I’d like to have more special and dynamic programming. I feel like I kind of jumped in last minute this year in this role, so having more time next year in the lead up to the festival, I feel like that is going to give me more room and more time to develop some like really unique programming that’s engaging in different ways as opposed to just sitting in the theater. As always, I would love to see more films featuring and directed by women and Trans folks and people of color and all variations in-between.

Sara Michelle Fetters: At the end of the day, what do you want people talking about in regards to this year’s festival?

What do you hope the chatter is?

Danny Tayara: I hope that the films open windows and doors in people’s minds.

I hope people talk about racism and antiracism. I hope people realize how much work these filmmakers put into their films.

I hope that meeting these filmmakers faceto-face really brings that to light. I hope people find the theater to be a safe space to be themselves, that they feel that sense of family and community the festival has been generating for over two decades now. And I hope people enjoy themselves and are entertained. After all, isn’t that what most of us go to the movies for in the first place?

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Scene from Freak Show – Photo courtesy of Twist Film Fest

Freak Show will play at TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival on Sunday, October 22 at 7pm at the AMC Pacific Place (600 Pine St, 4th floor). The film has a run time of 91 mins. The guest in attendance will be Ian Nelson. Tickets are $20/$22 for non-members and $15/$17 for members (excludes taxes) and available online/or walk-up at the TWIST 12th Avenue Arts Box Office or at the Pacific Place Box Office day of, if available. The Closing Night Gala takes place immediately following the screening at Il Fornaio Atrium Café at Pacific Place. https://www.threedollarbillcinema.org/

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and activist whose contributions to social change persisted long after the Stonewall riots subsided. She and friend and fellow activist Sylvia Rivera founded Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries to provide resources, care and advocacy for homeless queer youth. The two are credited with encouraging the development of a trans community, separate from the larger LGB community, yet with attention to intersectional issues like racial justice, homelessness and criminal-justice reform.

Her contributions were cut short, as Johnson’s body was found in the Hudson River on July 6, 1992. The death was quickly ruled a suicide but a number of friends blasted that finding, especially considering a head wound Johnson suffered, a report she had been harassed near the river and a witness who claimed overhearing a man bragging about murdering “a drag queen named Marsha.”

Twenty-five years later, a new documentary is seeking justice for Johnson.

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, directed by David France, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his 2012 AIDS documentary How to Survive a Plague, follows the Anti-Violence Project’s work to gain traction for a new investigation into Johnson’s death. With archival footage, the documentary brings to life one of the trans community’s earliest pioneers, using Johnson’s life and death to speak to systemic issues like ongoing violence against trans women of color.

France spoke to Philadelphia Gay News about the historic yet timely film.

PGN: What brought you to this story?

DF: I knew Marsha personally from her role in gay life in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. She was widely known and widely celebrated, in part because she was a central figure in the Stonewall uprising. But the exact details of what she had done and what she had accomplished politically were largely lost to time.

I knew enough about her that I knew that a story that excavated her political contributions would be really important.

PGN: How did you get connected to the Anti-Violence Project’s Victoria Cruz?

DF: Marsha died in 1992 and it was a terrible year for crime in New York. I was reporting for the Village Voice at the time and covering this wild uptick in anti-LGBT crimes. I knew that at the time the police department was not responding adequately to the epidemic, nor were politicians or newspapers, but the Anti-Violence Project –

Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson – Photo by Diana Davies / Courtesy of Netflix

compelling to follow. But also somebody who had a great personal connection to the case and to the history of Marsha and Sylvia Rivera.

PGN: I understand there were roadblocks throughout the process of getting access to files and records. Do you think that was connected to anti-trans bias?

DF: We went back to the people who were working on the case 25 years ago and their biases from the time seemed to remain fully intact. To them, Marsha was an insignificant victim of crime, a person whose case could be easily dismissed or glossed over. There was no appetite on their part to look back on her case, although they remembered it. One officer Victoria talked to immediately remembered the name Marsha Johnson and that she was a trans woman found in the river. It’s not that it was

Victoria Cruz in The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson Photo courtesy Public Square Films

which is a 30-year-old initiative to advocate for LGBT crime victims – was very aggressively investigating cases in a way to force police to take crimes against us seriously.

So when I began my work on the documentary, I turned back to the Anti-Violence Project to ask if they would go back to this old case with me. They assigned me Victoria Cruz, which was like incredible luck to find somebody who was so gorgeous and

a small case in their mind but they treated it as though it was a meaningless case, and continued to. Certainly they didn’t want Victoria stumbling into discovering things they should have discovered or discovering things they knew about and buried. And that’s why she hit obstacles there. Victoria proves that it was a massive cover-up. And that it was a cover-up of the death of a significant historical figure just adds to the

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tragedy of it. But hers was one of, I’m sure, scores of cases that year alone that were covered up.

PGN: There’s no finite closure on Marsha’s death by the conclusion of the film; was that challenging for you, personally and/or professionally?

DF: It’s frustrating in some regard because everybody deserves to have their killers brought to justice. The bigger question Victoria helps us discover in the course of her research is that the cause of Marsha’s death is much greater than any individual or individuals; she fell victim to systemic prejudice against trans people, especially trans women of color. Those fundamental problems that existed in 1992 are still with us today and account for year after year of new records of trans women of color being killed and their cases generating too-little public sympathy. I think that her focus on the systems that created the cops that created the cover-up that let the killing go unanswered is the bigger, more important discovery. She does justice for Marsha in that way.

PGN: Marsha has been gone for more than 25 years. How did you work to bring her to life, to show modern audiences who she was as a person?

DF: Well, luckily, there was a good quantity of archival footage in which Marsha and Sylvia both narrated their own lives. I didn’t want to have a film filled with talking heads, academics, historians, contextualizing Marsha and Sylvia.

I wanted them to speak for themselves, to have a voice, to tell us who they were and what they wanted and what was really in their soul. There was enough footage I was able to unearth after two years of archival research.

PGN: The film addresses the recent trends in violence against trans women of color. What is the message there? Is there a call to action?

DF: Absolutely. I think the film makes that call to action really plain. In a really important way, we all are responsible for Marsha’s death and we are all responsible for this current wave of crime against the community. We all have to own that and do

something about it, individually and collectively. That’s, I think, the lesson we learn from the film.

PGN: The film is going to be released on Netflix. [EDITOR’S NOTE: The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson premiered on Netflix October 6.] How do you think distributing the film this way will impact viewership?

DF: I don’t know Netflix’s numbers off the top of my head but I’ll tell you this: On October 6, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson is dropping in 190 countries simultaneously. It’s been translated into 18 languages from day one. In that way, Marsha is going global, which is exactly what she deserves. It’s the best possible platform for reaching into the furthest corners of the earth with this story of empowerment.

PGN: In this LGBT History Month, what do you think the LGBT community of 2017 can learn by looking back on Marsha?

What is her legacy?

DF: Her legacy is tremendous. She and Sylvia were the first to conceptualize the idea of a trans community. It was born from their minds, a theory they developed, and, in doing that, they set in motion a revolution in the way we understand gender. That revolution is coming to full bloom now and would not be what it is today if it were not for them. All of us owe something to them for that revolution they touched off.

The film has shown at festivals around the world, and what I heard from people in the transgender community in particular is the importance of knowing how significant their foremothers were and how they fought what they fought for and what they achieved. The idea of there being heroes and heroines in the trans community is something in too-little supply. These are definitely heroic figures and their stories deserve to be in the canon of other worldchanging individuals. That’s an empowering development for the community, the transgender community in particular, but I think for the entire LGBT community.

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TO GET A CALENDAR LISTING: To have your meeting or event considered for the Community Calendar, please mail, fax, or drop off details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1707 23rd Ave., Seattle, WA 98122.

SGN phone: (206) 324-4297. 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 visible or hidden disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www.scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities. html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists.

NOTE: 10-digit dialing has come to the Seattle area.

The (206) area code must now be used to dial local calls. Location of meetings/events is in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

SATURDAY - October 14

TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival (10/12-10/22) twistfilmfest.org A Gathering of Men in Edmonds. 8:15-11:30am.

Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. 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. (206) 4488518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 10:30am. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sun @ 6:30pm.

“Parenting While Queer” - A Conversation with LGBTQ Parents About Identity & Family. 2-3pm community resource fair; 3pm program. Plymouth Church, 1217 6th Ave. Seattle families come in all colors of the rainbow! This event is bringing together parents from across the LGBTQ spectrum to share about their home lives - from navigating inquiries from curious strangers, to adventures in explaining how babies are made, to everyday tasks of teething and curfew negotiations. The event includes a resource fair from 2-3pm with LGBTQ community groups and family organizations. Tickets: $5 or use the code “twoqueer” for two free tickets. townhallseattle.org “Come Together” Fundraising Celebration & Dinner - with Cleve Jones, author & AIDS & LGBT Rights Activist and Linda McVeigh, retiring CDCHC Executive Director extraordinaire. VIP Reception: 5:30-6:30pm; Main Event including dinner and program 6:30pm. Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI), 860 Terry Ave N. Tickets: $135 includes dinner and program.

A benefit for Country Doctor Community Health Clinics.

Georgetown Art Attack. 6-9pm. 2nd Saturday each month. Reflects the industrial-strength character of the neighborhood. For information stop into Georgetown Records at Airport Way S & S Vale or visit www.georgetownneighborhood.com Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouthcenter.org.

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

Ballard’s Second Saturday Artwalk. 7-10pm. Pick up maps at participating shops & galleries located in the Ballard business district (Ballard Ave NW & NW Market St area). Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Enjoy an evening of art as local galleries & businesses showcase artists from Ballard & beyond. (206) 784-9705; visitballard.com “Fired Up” - Seattle Women’s Chorus in Concert.

8pm. St Mark’s Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave E. SWC brings heart and soul to songs of protest and social justice.

Tickets: $48, $38 & $25. www.seattlechoruses.org or 206-388-1400. (Also 10/13, 10/20 & 10/21 matinee & evening.)

“VJ & His Autumn Crooners.” 9pm. Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St. Singer/Pianoman Victor Janusz and Saxophonist Medearis Dixson host “Autumn Crooners” starting off with their own sultry set, inviting Singers Marilyn Deering, KC Compton, Arwen Dewey, Alejandro Acosta, Singer/Pianist Liz Latham, and Egan’s fave Dan Czaran to serenade you! Sambas, standards, reverie. Warm up your Fall at Egan’s charming Supper Club. ALL AGES. Tickets: $12 advance; $15 day of. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3093506

SUNDAY - October 15

TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival (10/12-10/22) twistfilmfest.org Center for Spiritual Living. 8:25, 9:45, 11:30am. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www. cslseattle.org Ravenna United Methodist Church. 8:30am “Seattle’s most dangerous Sunday school” - 9:45am Worship. 5751 33rd Ave NE. (206) 525-7988.

Seattle Unity Church. 9am & 11am Sunday Services.

200 8th Ave N. (206) 622-8475; www.seattleunity.org.

Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am Zazen Instruction, 9:30am Zazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. (206) 323-1659, www.seattlesotozen.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 9:30am. Glacier Lanes, 9630 Evergreen Way, Everett. 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

October 14 thru October 22 sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Our Seattle: Meet the Candidates. 4-6pm. Rainier Arts Center (formerly Rainier Valley Cultural Center), 3515 S. Alaska St. & Rainier Ave S. In partnership with the City of Seattle Democracy Voucher Program, Town Hall Seattle, The Municipal League of King County, The Washington Bus, The Seattle Public Library, Rainier Beach Action Coalition.

Seattle Poly Potluck & Discussion Group. 5-8pm. (contact for new location) Meets 3rd Sunday each month. For people interested in polyamorous, open, and ethically non-monogamous relationships. $5 donation; please bring a potluck dish. This event is open to the public. Look for us on Facebook or Meetup.

Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. 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 (206) 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am. crystalmeth.org.

Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com.

[EXCEPT no bowling June, July & August.]

Integrity/Puget Sound. 7pm Worship & Fellowship.

St. Mark’s Cathedral, Thomson Chapel, 1245 10th Ave E. (425) 226-2746.

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

MONDAY - October 16

Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30am Worship, 11am Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King Way, Tacoma. (253) 627-0129, www.fumctacoma.org University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, 10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & Education Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. (206) 525-7074. universitylutheranseattle.org University Unitarian Church. 9:30am & 11:15am Sunday Services. (Late June-Aug 9:30am only.) 6556 35th Ave NE. www.uuchurch.org for details.

Baha’i Prayer & Fellowship Circle. 10am. Pearl Warren Bldg, 606 12th Ave S. Meets the 3rd Sunday each month. Share prayers, readings, thoughts & music. All backgrounds, all faiths welcome. (206) 391-2188.

Central Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 1710 11th Ave (just north of E Pine St). (206) 322-7500.

East Shore Unitarian Church. 10am Sunday Service.

12700 SE 32nd St, Bellevue. (425) 747-3780.

Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 911 Stewart St. (206) 682-3620.

Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am Workship. 1217 6th Ave. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.org Queen Anne United Methodist Church. 10am Worship. 1606 5th Ave W. (206) 282-4307.

Unity Church of Kent. 10am. 218 State Ave S, Kent.

(253) 854-9747.

University Congregational United Church of Christ.

9am all ages education;10am Worship. 4515 16th Ave NE. (206) 524-2322; www.universityucc.org.

Wallingford United Methodist Church. 10am Worship. 2115 N 42nd St. (206) 547-6945 (office); (206) 285-5077 (George).

All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am Worship.

500 Broadway E. (206) 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month.

This monthly informal auto enthusiasts event starts with breakfast at this location with a show & tell and continues to a chosen point of interest. Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile.. ethylforever@hotmail.com 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 + $3 shoe rental. (425) 785-4729.

Visit us online www.sgn.org

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation.

10:30am. 7141 California Ave SW. (206) 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church Seattle. 11am Worship. Chapel at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. (206) 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org.

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

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

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

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

6512 12th Ave NW. (206) 783-6733; www.stpauluccseattle.com.

St Paul’s Episcopal Church. 11:15am (also 7:30am, 9am, 5pm). 15 W Roy St. www.stpaulseattle.com Holy Covenant International Christian Community Church. 12pm. 4525 19th Ave NE. holycovenantccc@ gmail.com Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery.

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 (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org SLAA New Beginnings. 12 noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. Meets daily (except Saturday). SLAA is a 12 Step/12 Tradition-oriented Fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to overcome sex and love patterns of addiction. www.sasgcc.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/Weds/ Fri: Evenings; Tues/Thurs: Mornings. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Preregistration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. orcaswimteam.org Rain City Soccer Club - Kickabout. Sunday afternoon usually at 3pm. Location varies. Join us for Seattle’s mostly-weekly mostly-LGBTQ pickup soccer game. To

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SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www. strengthoverspeed.org.

Seattle Women’s Commission Meeting. 5:30-8pm.

Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave Rm 221. Meets 3rd Monday each month (except December). SWC is a 20-member volunteer advisory board that advises the Mayor, City Council, & all City of Seattle departments on matters concerning women & women’s rights. Meetings open to the public. (206) 684-4537. [NOTE: No meeting in December.]

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am, Sun @ 6:30pm. crystalmeth.org.

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. Seattle Unity Church, 200 8th Ave N. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

PFLAG/Bremerton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 700 Callahan Dr, Bremerton. Meets 3rd Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

PFLAG/Everett Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First Congregational Church of Everett, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Meets 3rd Monday each month. (See related listing above.)

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

(206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org 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. www.washingtongenderalliance.com Queers, Crackpots & Fallen Women AA. 8-9pm.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. www.sasgcc.org

TUESDAY - October 17

Orca Swim Team Workout. Morning. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

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

(206) 622-5555.

AIDS Clinical Trials Unit HIV Research OPEN HOUSE. 3-6pm. UW AIDS Clinical Trials Unit, Harborview Medical Center, 2nd Floor West Clinic (Desk B). https:// www.facebook.com/events/235878370272006/ We approached the scientists & staff behind many of the new cutting-edge research studies in HIV prevention, treatment and cure and asked them to make themselves

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available to YOU. You’ll be able to find out more about local HIV research studies for both those living with HIV and those who do not have HIV, and have the bright minds leading these local investigations on hand to answer your questions and respond to your concerns.

Free food. Door prizes. RSVP to 206-773-7129.

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 Seattle Police Department LGBTQ Advisory Council Monthly Meeting. 6-8pm. Seattle Police Department East Precinct Community Meeting Room, 12th Ave & E Pine St. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months. An opportunity for the GLBT community to speak openly with the SPD to dialog on public safety issues, plan officer training on sexual-minority topics, suggest ways to improve communications & procedures, explore protection strategies to minimize Gay-bashing incidents, & address other related concerns. The Sexual Minority Community Advisory Council has been established by the SPD to increase relationships & communication between the community & the SPD. Members of the GLBT community are invited to attend. kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www. strengthoverspeed.org.

Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. (206) 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org 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. (206) 545-3521.

Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

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

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

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

Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at (206) 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for Gay & Bi men of all ages. www. sasgcc.org Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

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

Every Tuesday.

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. www.sasgcc.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline (206) 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

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

WEDNESDAY - October 18

Mature Friends Walk Around Greenlake. 11am. Meet up at 10:50am with a group of older men gathered at the north end of the parking lot that is next to the boathouse along the southwest side of Greenlake. Every Wednesday. Walk around Greenlake followed by lunch at a local restaurant. www.maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley (206) 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group for GLBTQ+Youth (14-20) serving Snohomish County & surrounding communities. 6-8pm. Phone or email for location. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett. Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com 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.

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Seattle Gay Book Club. 6pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E (upstairs). Meets every Wednesday. This month’s title is __________. www.sasgcc.org Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Meets every Wednesday. Call (206) 525-7295 for location. www.LotusSisters.org.

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

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

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. No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersollcenter.org HIV/AIDS Newly Diagnosed or Newly Dealing. 7:309pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave, Suite 200. Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month. Ongoing support group for anyone who is HIV+. www.sasgcc.org Mature Friends Pinochle Group. 7:30pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Meets the 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. (See related listing above.)

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 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 - October 19

Orca Swim Team Workout. Morning. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Open meeting of AA. www.sasgcc.org BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

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

Seattle LGBTQ Employees for Equality (SEqual).

12noon. Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 5th Ave, Room 4070. Meets the 3rd Thursday of every month.

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 Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 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.

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am, Sun @ 6:30pm..

Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities. 6:308:30pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave, Room 221. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. SCSM is made up of 15 volunteer members who work to ensure that the City of Seattle fairly & equitably addresses sexual minority concerns. Meetings open to the public. (206) 684-4514.

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation Contemplative Service. 6:30pm. 7141 California Ave SW. (206) 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club Monthly Potluck & Meeting. 7pm. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Bottom Dwellers promotes safe & responsible scuba diving & other outdoor activities for the GLBT community & friends at all experience levels. For info & location, www. bottomdwellers.org.

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilita-

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tion of a male volunteer. (206) 322-2515 ext 16. www. lamberthouse.org “Get Mad!” (10/19-10/22). 6:30pm doors; 7pm show.

Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. (See Friday listing at 7pm for details.) www.gaycity.org/arts/ GLBT Legal Clinic. 7-9pm. Meets the 3rd Thursday each month. QLaw Foundation holds a monthly legal clinic addressing the legal needs of LGBT individuals & couples. Volunteer attorneys provide FREE 30-minute consultations. For information and to schedule an appointment, call (206) 235-7235. Clinic volunteers return calls on Tuesdays between 12noon-3pm. For information, visit www.q-law.org/legalclinic PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm.

First United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. http://community.pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue; info@bellevue-pflag. org or (425) 483-6642.

21st Century Bowling. 7pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Thursday. Regular league bowling.

Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com. [EXCEPT no bowling June, July, August.]

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. www.sasgcc.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium.

Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male.

Debauchery. Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Meets 3rd Thursday every month. Queers stripping for Queers in a hot, anti-oppressive space, raising money for organizations that serve the Queer community. The show features stripteases, lots of audience interaction & even birthday lapdances on stage! Be sure to bring plenty of dollar bills - a portion of the proceeds goes to non-profits providing health & social services within the Queer community. Tickets: $10 in advance; $15 at the door. Pay-what-you-can also available. www.lilydivine.com Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)

[Summer break June 19-Sept 2]

FRIDAY - October 20

AA Ageless in Recovery. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. A drop in AA group for older & wiser people 55+. www.sasgcc.org Re-Parenting Ourselves. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. A peer support group for adult children of any addiction. www. sasgcc.org SLAA Road to Recovery. 12noon-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. Ongoing 12 step group for sex & love addicts. www.sasgcc.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday.

(253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www. strengthoverspeed.org.

Cascades Rainbow Community Center - in Mount Vernon. 6:30-10:30pm. 1508 N 18th St, Mount Vernon.

Every Friday. Weekly social get-togethers including potlucks and movie nights for LGBTQAI folks in Skagit County and beyond. The Center has the largest LGBTQAI library in Skagit County with an online catalog of their collection. Visit www.cascaderainbow.org and on Facebook for complete details. (360) 840-8499.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

“Get Mad!” (10/19-10/22). 6:30pm doors; 7pm show.

Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Madness is a complicated, ever-shifting identity, at times coersively assigned to those of us whose minds and ways of being defy the norms, and at other times proudly (re) claimed for ourselves. Madness can come as a breaking point when we’ve endured too much trauma, but that same rupture can liberate us into new possibilities. “Get Mad!” celebrates madness in all its complexity through spoken word, performance art, film, and trans-media magic. Directed by Kaylen Rosen and featuring performances by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinna, billie rain, Vita B., and Jess Horn, and co-hosted by AnastaciaRenee. Tickets: $15 General Admission, $12 Students, Seniors, Folks with Disabilities, $20 sponsor ticket, FREE Radical Hospitality ticket. www.gaycity.org/arts/ 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. (206) 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.

GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets the 3rd & 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun.

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

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

Every Friday. (See related event Sunday at noon for details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org

SATURDAY - October 21

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org PNW G/B/Q Longhaired Men. 2pm. Locations vary.

Check the website or call for details. An informal social group for longhairs, growers, longhair admirers & their friends. We gather for brunch on the 3rd Saturday each month to socialize, chat & often go out afterwards for coffee or some activity. Please join us! For information & to RSVP: www.longhair.shorturl.com Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck. 2pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave (behind Seattle Central College). Enter via the north parking lot and get a permit for free parking. Meets 3rd Saturday most months. Cost: $4 per person (please try to bring exact change) to help pay for the meeting room rental.

Please bring a dish that will serve eight or more to share.

On or within walking distance of Metro routes 8, 10, 11, 49, 60, Capitol Hill LINK Light Rail station, Capitol Hill streetcar. www.seattleprimetimers.org “Get Mad!” (10/19-10/22). 6:30pm doors; 7pm show.

Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. (See Friday listing at 7pm for details.) www.gaycity.org/arts/ Pink Pistols Seattle. 7pm. West Coast Armory Indoor Range. 13216 SE 32nd St, Bellevue. Monthly range meet (target shooting/practice). Contact us on Facebook (Pink Pistols Seattle) for more information and to confirm details. If cost/transportation is an issue for you, please let us know. We can work with you to enable you to attend. We have members that can provide introductory training. Whether you are interested in joining our group (any skill level) or simply want to experience something new, join us. pinkpistolsseattle@gmail.com

SUNDAY - October 22

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

No Safeword Writers Group. 1pm. Meets 4th Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful. For info & location, NSWG@sexpositiveculture.org; www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org (Also meets 2nd Tuesday, 7pm.)

Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201, in the Ian MacKintosh Room.

Topic: What’s the difference between Loneliness and Aloneness? This meeting is open to all members and the general public. On Metro routes: 8, 10; transfer to 8 or 10 or walk from 12, 48, 49, 60, Broadway streetcar and Sound Transit Link light rail. www.seattleprimetimers.org “Get Mad!” (10/19-10/22). 6:30pm doors; 7pm show.

Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. (See Friday listing at 7pm for details.) www.gaycity.org/arts/

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQAllyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, (206) 279-8169.

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/AnotherGay-Social-Club/ 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 COLAGE unites people with LGBTQ parents and caregivers into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities - www.colage.org Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994.

DIFFA/Northwest (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). (206) 763-8885; www.diffanorthwest. org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, (206) 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, (206) 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, (206) 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911.

Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

Celebrating 43 Years!

Equal Rights Washington - (206) 324-2570; www. equalrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freelyspeaking.org Gay City promotes wellness in LGBTQ communities by providing health services, connecting people to resources, fostering arts, and building community. Gay City Health Project’s Wellness Center provides anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing. 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, (206) 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 - (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - (206) 363-9188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. (206) 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, (206) 328-8979.

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - (206) 322-2515; www.lamberthouse. org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

LGBT MS Connection - (206) 250-5002; LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - (206) 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: (206) 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: (206) 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www. nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: www.raincityjacks. org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples. org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www.tacomaolderlgbt.org. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band. com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: (206) 388-1408, (206) 323-0750. www.seattlechoruses.org.

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County - www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies, including Alaska Airlines, Amazon.com, Amgen, AT&T, Bank of America, Deloitte, Macy’s, Microsoft, Russell Investments, Safeco Insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Xerox. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle Out & Proud Grays Harbor Coalition - http://outandproudgh.org PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: (206) 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: (206) 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proudand-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: (206) 568-7777, qpnd@nwnetwork.org, www.nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: (206) 325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflagseattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: (425) 483-6642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community. pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington State: www. pflagwsc.org.

PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), (206) 850-2070, www.aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, (206) 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, (206) 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, (206) 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, (206) 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), (206) 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Northwest Two Spirit Society, https://www.facebook.com/ groups/nw2spiritsociety/, Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing,

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M-F, 10am-5pm, (206) 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; QBASS - Queer Black Alliance of the South Sound, (253) 256-1846, weareqbass@gmail. com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, (206) 322-7061, (206) 255-8951; Somos Seattle, somosseattle.org; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle, www.utopiaseattlewa.org Pierce County AIDS Foundation - (253) 383-2565; www.piercecountyaids.org Pride Foundation - (206) 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. (206) 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - (206) 682-6711; www.q-law.org; Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - (206) 235-7235.

Queer Geek! - queergeekseattle.org SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www.voteseamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - BiSeattle.wixsite. com/SBWN and on Facebook.

Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. (206) 323-1768.

Seattle LGBTQ Commission - (206) 684-4503.

Seattle Out & Proud - (206) 322-9561; www.seattlepride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org

Visit us online www.sgn.org

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - (206) 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.SouthSoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www. puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance. org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@ gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www.seattlegaybasketballassociation. com; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam. org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www.seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@ aol.com, www.teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www. theprideleague.com, Century 21 League; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, (206) 367-4064, www. teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender

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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 Diversity: www.genderdiversity.org; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: (206) 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: (206) 329-6651, www. ingersollcenter.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; [trans] ACTION: Trans* & Gender Non-Conforming Sex Workers’ Support Group - a safe, peer-led space. mail@utopiaseattle.org; Trans Resource & Referral Guide: kctransguide.org; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: ALISS - Aging Lesbians in South Seattle - Lesbian Group at the Southeast Seattle Senior Center. This is a gathering primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc. org; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. (206) 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: (206) 722-0729; 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 Bisexual Women’s Network: BiSeattle. wixsite.com/SBWN; Seattle Girls of Leather: www. sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.org; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks. org, (206) 461-4493. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/ STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way; (206) 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: (206) 957-1665; www.llaa.org/HEYO; www.

MatthewsPlace.com; The Mockingbird Society: (206) 323-KIDS (5437), www.mockingbirdsociety.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter. org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) Drop-In Center & Young Adult Shelter: 1609 19th Ave @ E Pine St., (206) 726-8500; www.psks.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www. pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www. facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, (206) 326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - (360) 698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Roots Young Adult Shelter: 1415 NE 43rd St., (206) 632-1635; www.rootsinfo.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; (206) 451-SAFE, (206) 451-7233 (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): (206) 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): (206) 524-7301 ext 111; www. streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: (206) 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, (206) 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, (509) 396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): (206) 522-8412; YouthCare/ Orion Center Young Adult Shelter: 1828 Yale Ave @ Stewart St. (206) 622-5555; Youth in Focus: (206) 723-1479; www.youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): (206) 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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