ISSUE 49
C E L E B R AT I N G
VOLUME 49
47 YEARS
F R I D AY
IN
DECEMBER 3, 2021
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NATIONAL AIDS MEMORIAL OBSERVES WORLD AIDS DAY
by Kylin Brown SGN Contributing Writer
SGN hosts part of nationwide quilt display in remembrance of George Bakan
At the beginning of December each year, people united in the fight against HIV/AIDS come together to observe World AIDS Day. The National AIDS Memorial remembers, honors, and supports stories of the pandemic to ensure they are never forgotten.
see VIRTUAL QUILT page 18
Image courtesy of the National AIDS Memorial
Missing teen’s body found in trunk
Bank tosses gender binary One Finance steps toward a gender-inclusive future
Charlie Hunts – Photo courtesy of One Finance
by Daniel Lindsley SGN Contributing Writer The process of changing one’s legal name is arduous and costly, and in financial institutions like banks, it can be even harder to do. As an excuse, companies cite “security concerns” or other reasons broadly accepted in the field. Those institutions that do allow relatively easy name changes in one area, like on a credit card or simply how someone
is addressed by customer support, rarely allow the same on printed statements, mobile apps, and the like. Charlie Hunts, senior brand manager at One Finance, is working to change that. The fintech company reached out to me to describe their vision of a digital banking system that does away with the gender binary. But what does that mean on an institutional level? “At One,” Hunts told me in a Zoom call,
see ONE FINANCE page 20
Photo courtesy of Google Maps
by Lindsey Anderson SGN Contributing Writer It was a cold night on October 22 when Dane Massie let his dogs out. With a chill in the air and the waxing moon rising overhead, the dogs kept running up to an old abandoned car at the edge of Massie’s neighborhood. Massie didn’t think much of the vehicle at first. After all, a dumped old car isn’t unusual for a north Spokane neighborhood, but the dogs kept returning to it.
Eventually, Massie and a friend decided to investigate. He popped the hood and immediately noticed that the battery was missing and the ignition was hanging out the front. And something else: “It was a strong smell,” he recalled. “It smelled like death.” Circling the car, his friend popped the trunk and discovered the source of the smell. Rotting in the back was the corpse of 19-yearold Andrew Sorenson. They immediately called the police.
see SPOKANE page 5