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OKLAHOMA IS NOT OK Bill would bar state-funded medical care for Trans people, another would force Trans people under 26 to detransition
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Two bills radically restricting medical care for Transgender people have been introduced in Oklahoma. The first, SB 250, would bar any state-funded gender-affirming medical care for Trans people. The second, SB 129, would bar gender-affirming care for Trans people under the age of 26.
see OKLAHOMA page 18
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Fatlesque Fest NW WSU student arrested celebrates body diversity for University of Idaho in the burlesque scene murders Emcee GiGi Holiday – Photo by Georgia Skerritt
by Georgia Skerritt SGN Intern Last weekend Seattle played host to the inaugural Fatlesque Fest Northwest, a three-day cultural festival focused on celebrating body diversity in the world of burlesque performance.
The only all-fat burlesque festival in the Pacific Northwest, it is a product of vulnerability and humanity in action. The mission statement on its website reads, “Fatlesque Fest NW is on a mission to disrupt perceptions surrounding burlesque while providing
see FATLESQUE page 6
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by Lindsey Anderson SGN Staff Writer It was a crime that rocked not only the small north Idaho town of Moscow but the whole country. Between 4 and 4:25 a.m. on November 13, four college students from the University of Idaho were brutally
murdered in their beds. For nearly seven hours, the bodies of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves, and Madison Mogen remained in their rooms until they were discovered by a roommate, who then called 911.
see MOSCOW page 4