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SCIENTISTS ARRESTED FOR CLIMATE ACTIVISM by Lindsey Anderson SGN Contributing Writer On Thursday, April 7, 2022, climate activists from around the world joined together to protest increased emissions of CO2 and bring attention to the dire climate crisis at hand. In Los Angeles, activists chained themselves to the doors of Chase Bank, drawing the attention of a hundred police in SWAT gear, even though only a handful of activists peacefully sat outside the building.
Scientists engage in civil disobedience on the steps of the Congress of Deputies in Madrid, Spain – Photo courtesy of Scientist Rebellion
see SCIENTISTS page 21
Get tested, Seattle!
National Transgender HIV Testing Day and the importance of knowing Photo courtesy of CDC
by Hannah Saunders SGN Contributing Writer April 18 marks National Transgender HIV Testing Day, a day to acknowledge the importance of routine HIV testing and status awareness, as well as preventive practices and care. HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, attacks the body’s immune system by invading cells, which it then uses to make copies of itself. HIV is most commonly
We are human animals A prowl through AMcE’s latest exhibition
Kendra Larson – Photo by Winnie Westergard / Courtesy of AMcE Creative Arts
transmitted through condomless anal and vaginal sex, or through intravenous drug use. Other forms of transmission include blood, semen, preseminal fluid, vaginal fluid, rectal fluid, and breast milk. If left untreated, HIV may lead to AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Those diagnosed with AIDS generally have badly damaged immune systems, putting them at risk for further medical conditions.
see HIV TESTING page 4
by Daniel Lindsley SGN Contributing Writer AMcE Creative Arts is hosting an exhibition at its gallery in the Miller Park neighborhood. Titled HUMAN/ANIMAL, it brings together the works of ten artists to explore “what it is to be a human animal,” with media ranging from papier-mâché to porcelain sculpture. Kendra Larson brought her work all the way up from Portland, Ore., to feature big
in the gallery’s front windows, where her animal figures of paper, plaster, wire, and paint — owls, bears, bats, and the like — displayed starry skies on their well-textured pelts and bright outpourings of color on their faces. Larson said she had worked with these media for a long time, but these were the first she had shown off at an event. The themes of animal symbolism and mysticism continued through the creations of Sarah Gordon, a British artist and textile
see HUMAN/ANIMAL page 7