Celebrating 47 Years! Issue 17 Volume 49
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ALL ABOUT THE AMP REMEMBERING THOSE WE LOST
FULL SPECTRUM
LGBTQ+ REPRESENTATION IN THE CANNIBIS INDUSTRY
SEATTLE A&E VENUES AIM FOR AUTUMN RE-OPENINGS
BOOK-IT REPERTORY THEATRE
OSCAR PREDICTIONS SARA MICHELLE FETTERS PREDICTS THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS
Seattle Gay News S E AT T L E ’S L GB T Q
THE EFFLUENT ENGINE
N E W S & E N T E R TA I N M E N T W E E K LY
NIKKITA OLIVER by Renee Raketty SGN Contributing Writer
Nikkita Oliver speaks with the SGN about running for a citywide Seattle City Council position
Nikkita Oliver (who uses “they” pronouns) was introduced to Seattle voters in 2017 when they ran unsuccessfully for Seattle mayor. They finished a narrow third in the race, garnering almost 17% of the vote. However, confronting racial and economic injustice meant far more than stump speeches and campaign positions — these were things they confronted in their personal and professional life.
They talk about their identity as biracial, Queer, and gender-nonconforming and their positions on all the important issues facing Seattle
see NIKKITA OLIVER page 6
Photo by Alex Garland
British anti-Trans group gets nonprofit status
Remembering those we lost: The AMP Project 2021
Photo courtesy of Pride in London
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer A British anti-Transgender group known as the LGB Alliance has been granted “charity” status — the equivalent of nonprofit status in the US. In British law, a charity is established to provide a public benefit to at least a substantial section of the population. In return, it is entitled to legal tax benefits.
The Charity Commission, the government department that registers and regulates charities in England and Wales, confirmed to Pink News that it approved the LGB Alliance for listing in the register of public charities. The Commission acknowledged that the group is controversial and admitted that there were “a number of objections to the registration of LGBA as a charity.”
see ANTI-TRANS page 21
Photo courtesy of the AMP
by Josephine Baird SGN Contributing Writer Mark Allen Amick, Keith Eric Anderson, and Hiram Salisbury. What do these people have in common? Each of these names belongs to a person who lived in Washington state who died from HIV. But the similarities don’t stop there. Mark, Keith, and Hiram all had lives they
should have been able to live to the fullest. They each have an important story, and they each have loved ones they left behind. One of those loved ones is Chukundi Salisbury, the younger brother of Hiram Salisbury. Remembering his brother, Chukundi said, “He loved to do his hair. Loved to dance, to laugh, and to cook for his family. He loved life.” Hiram died from HIV in January of 2005.
see THE AMP page 5