ISSUE 6
C E L E B R AT I N G
VOLUME 51
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KING COUNTY COMMUNITY BITES BACK AGAINST BOOK BANS
by Lindsey Anderson SGN Staff Writer The Riverview School District is characterized by students, educators, and alumni as a “caring” and “tightknit” community. “Despite not living in the district, I feel like a member of the Riverview community,” gushed teacher Dan Armstrong in a recent promotional video for the district.
see BOOK BAN page 4
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Montana Republicans set to deny medical procedures to Transgender patients So-called “medical conscience” bill would also jeopardize reproductive care
Queer country rock icon Brandi Carlile thanks Seattle in Grammy acceptance speech
Photo courtesy of Montana State Legislature
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer The Montana state House of Representatives has passed a bill that would allow medical providers to deny specific procedures to Transgender patients and to patients seeking reproductive care.
Sponsors of HB 303 claim that it is a measure for “preservation and protection for medical conscience.” In fact, the bill would allow medical practitioners, health care facilities, and insurers to deny what the bill calls “lifestyle and elective procedures.”
see MONTANA page 18
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by Daniel Lindsley SGN Staff Writer Ravensdale-born singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile has won this year’s Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for “Broken Horses,” from her seventh studio album, In These Silent Days. Competing for the award
were Ozzy Osbourne’s “Patient Number 9,” the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Black Summer,” Turnstile’s “Blackout”, and the War on Drugs’ “Harmonia’s Dream.” “Oh my god, this is amazing!” she said on stage after accepting her golden gramophone.
see CARLILE page 5