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SEATTLE TRANS COMMUNITY UNITES IN JOYFUL REBELLION by Lindsey Anderson SGN Staff Writer To an outsider, the festivities at Volunteer Park may have seemed like nothing more than a joyous celebration. Children danced in the rain to live music and performances. Vendors passed around free food to people in bright pastel clothing. But Friday’s festive community celebration was an act of resistance. The event gave Trans people the opportunity to show how beautiful, resilient, and determined they are to resist conservative politicians’ attacks.
see TDOV page 5
Photo by Lindsey Anderson
Southern states pass laws banning gender-affirming care for minors
Clarion West champions equity, inclusion in speculative fiction workshops
Photo by Megan Jelinger / Reuters
by John McDonald SGN Contributing Writer Transgender youth are being increasingly left with few health care options as more and more states ban gender-affirming care. Data released by the Human Rights Campaign indicates that 50.4% of Transgender
youth (aged 13–17) have either lost or are at risk of losing access to age-appropriate, medically necessary gender-affirming care in their state. More than 180 bills targeting Trans and Nonbinary people have been introduced in state legislatures across the nation.
see TRANS RIGHTS page 17
Photo courtesy of Clarion West
by Daniel Lindsley SGN Staff Writer As the home of major writing conventions, publishers like Fantagraphics, organizations like Hugo House, and much more, Seattle has a rich writing scene.
Since the 1970s, the writers’ workshop Clarion West has made its home here as well — and in the general surge of postpandemic activity, the nonprofit has been weighing its options for expansion and testing more inclusive workshop methods.
see CLARION WEST page 7