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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 25, Volume 41, June 21, 2013

The struggles and triumphs of a Lesbian-Trans couple

by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer

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Darcy Padilla

I first met Diane and Jacob Anderson-Minshall in Palm Springs, California, at the yearly Bold Strokes Books authors’ event held there. To me they seemed like the perfect couple, well-balanced in personality, career, and energy.

Diane exudes gregariousness, being an editor/writer for The Advocate among many other publications, while Jacob’s subtlety seems to ebb forth like a warm tide. When Diane identified herself as Lesbian and Jacob as her Transgender husband, I was taken aback. Not because of any medical procedure, but because I have met very few people who radiate a personal harmony, an energetic serenity, more than Jacob did from the very first moment I met him.

Over the weekend I had the pleasure of listening to them read from their upcoming memoir, Queerly Beloved (Bold Strokes Books; tentative release date 2014). I found myself intrigued, not only by the obvious challenges they’ve faced over the last 20 years, but how they handle the day-to-day obstacles life throws in everyone’s path. I

wanted to know more about them and was highly pleased when they agreed to do an interview with SGN. Eric Andrews-Katz: What were your given names at birth?

Jacob Anderson-Minshall: I was born Susannah Christine Minshall, but preferred to be called Suzy. I was born a girl but my parents let me be a tomboy.

They didn’t force me into gender roles.

Eric: Describe the family you were born into and the life you had growing up.

Jacob: My parents are both scientists, and I am a middle child.

My older sister is two years older, and the other is 10 years younger than I. We lived in Pocatello, Idaho (then it was the second- or third-largest city in Idaho with a population of about 40,000). We moved five miles outside of Inkom, Idaho (population 800) when I was about eight years old. While my family was Catholic, Inkom is more conservative and more Mormon of an area.

Eric: Were there childhood inJacob and Diane Anderson-Minsall

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

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THE BLING RING Opens June 21 I’m not sure what to write about Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring. The movie is as observationally distant as many of her previous films, especially Somewhere and, to a lesser extent, Lost in Translation, looking at its vapid, materialistic, fame-

Tom Stoppard uses two Bard classics to explore communication and censorship

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Corey Spruill in Dogg’s Hamlet/Cahoot’s MacBeth

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer DOGG’S HAMLET/CAHOOT’S MACBETH SOUND THEATRE COMPANY Through June 23 Sound Theatre Company mostly produces plays in the summer months, a time when many of the stages around town that rent space have more flexible openings. Many of the company’s shows are in the downstairs theater at the Armory (formerly known as the Center House) at Seattle Center. Such is the case with STC’s newest work, two one-act plays by Tom Stoppard that comprise a complete evening of theater: Dogg’s Hamlet and Cahoot’s Macbeth. (l-r) Taissa Farmiga, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Katie Chang, and Claire Julien in The Bling Ring

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theater and stage Humor in hard times Book-It takes a funny/sad look at one family’s Great Recession

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Evan Whitfield (r) in The Financial Lives of the Poets

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE FINANCIAL LIVES OF THE POETS BOOK-IT REPERTORY THEATRE Through June 30 Book-It Repertory’s newest adaptation is of the novel The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter. Many people reported that the book was laugh-out-loud funny, and much of the tone of the novel – and its

continued from cover These two one-acts include strange moments of created language, which might be referred to as “Dogg.” Dogg is regular English, but not with its regular meanings. So, for example, “asparagus” doesn’t mean the vegetable, it means “truck.” In fact, much of the first act, while the audience sees a play clearly centered in a British boarding school where the students are preparing to perform Shakespeare’s Hamlet, it’s almost like visiting a foreign country. You won’t be able to understand a lot of the casual interactions between the characters, until the actual Shakespearean lines are spoken.

Then, it’s almost a relief to hear the Shakespeare! At least it’s English you can understand. Often, Shakespeare’s language is perceived as difficult, but Stoppard has created an effect whereby it’s so hard to interpret the English words the characters say that Shakespeare’s words end up feeling easier.

The most fun part of the piece happens when a delivery driver named Easy (Luke S. Walker) comes to deliver pieces of the set and speaks regular English to the kids in the school. He, too, hears regular English words, but clearly can’t communicate with the students.

It’s a slight piece, done nicely, and it’s fun to watch adults play the kids of the school.

The trio of Fox Rain Matthews, Matt Fulbright, and Noah Duffy (as a girl) bring the most joy.

TOIL AND TROUBLE The second act appears completely different from the first, in the beginning. A group of actors is preparing to perform Macbeth in the living room of an apartment in cold-warera Czechoslovakia. They are interrupted by an officious police inspector who thinks what they are doing is subversive. As that act moves along, suddenly Easy appears, and this time he is speaking Dogg. The actors “catch” the language and begin speaking it themselves, confounding the inspector (a nicely supercilious Robert Hinds).

Without knowing that Stoppard was born in Czechoslovakia or knowing much about totalitarian regimes, the plays might be harder to identify with. But the suppression of art and thought in the second play makes the setup of the first play much more essential to the evening, and creates a unique experience of the interplay of language and freedom. Stoppard also cleverly uses the Shakespearean lines to emphasize the theme he is presenting.

Matt Fulbright and Elinor Gunn acquit themselves well in the second act as Macbeth and Lady, and Caitlin Frances holds command as the hostess of the apartment, showing clearly the distress and outrage at the governmental interference. Director Teresa Thuman masterfully supervises the chaos of the final scene of Cahoot’s when the actors succeed in flummoxing the inspector. For more information, go to www. soundtheatrecompany.org or http://www. brownpapertickets.com/event/362445, or call 1-800-838-3006.

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But his venture was combining poetry with financial advice. That sounds doomed from the idea stage!

The exploits of Matt Prior (a beleaguered and hapless Evan Whitfield) stem mostly from an inability to distinguish between good impulses and bad ones. A good one is to try to take care of his family. A bad one is to use the last of his cash to purchase a large amount of marijuana and sell it to fund the re-fi on his house.

Along with losing his house and job, Matt

SHAPE-SHIFTER A large ensemble lends great support to the production. Specifically, Betsy Schwartz gets the Chameleon Prize for portraying at least seven different characters, all of whom have totally different costumes – including hair! She makes each one distinct and memorable. Trick Danneker disappears inside a young druggie who bonds with Matt. Richard Nguyen Sloniker switches up from a dangerous character to a guy who is also struggling just to get along.

Costume designer Peter Donnelly has his hands full with all the characters and costume changes, while lighting designer Marnie Cummings and sound designer Matt Starritt help create much of the mood on a spare, whimsical set of typewriter keys by Andrea Bryn Bush. Directed by Myra Platt, the play is full of identifiable characters and situations and leaves us with a little hope at the end that even clueless families can learn and grow.

For more information, go to www.book-it. org or call (206) 216-0833. This production is performed in the University District at the Jones Playhouse, a UW facility, at 4045 University Way N.E. Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters. ken holmes

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tongue-in-cheek look at a family falling down the rabbit hole of the current economy – comes through in the stage adaptation by Myra Platt.

This nutshell rendering of a 99-percenter who desperately wants to act like a onepercenter combines the somewhat heartbreaking details of a house in foreclosure – a process that includes losing paperwork and a downsized “business reporter” who then tries a doomed online venture, as many have tried entrepreneurship in these times.

thinks his wife might be having an affair.

Lisa, a stressed and increasingly hopeless wife and mother (Jennifer Sue Johnson), might be flirting with an old boyfriend to relieve tension, but mostly doesn’t seem able to continue supporting her husband through a prolonged downturn. She’s also a bit tonedeaf about needing to move the kids to a public school and other money-saving actions.

A lot of the dialogue in the play is funny and sad at the same time, a difficult feat of entertainment that works well here. Some of the lighter moments involve a gang of teen punks who rap and smoke and take “Slippers” (Prior’s street name) under their wing drug-wise.

Luke S. Walker in Dogg’s Hamlet/Cahoot’s MacBeth

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‘Mimosas with Mama’ fits nicely at Unicorn courtesy briandanielpeters.com

the Grill. What I do mean to say is that the cast is clearly reinvigorated by the change of scenery, and that is a good – not a bad – thing.

The first noticeable difference (other than the mounted animal heads and pinball machines everywhere) is the stage. It is a legit stage with an adjacent dressing room large enough for the whole cast. We took a peek after the show and it looked like a drag queen had exploded, with glitter over here and clothes over there, and … well, you get the picture. All joking aside, it is a professional setup they’ve got going at the Unicorn, and it has clearly inspired everyone involved.

The musical numbers were mostly upbeat, the costuming appropriate, and there is a (pleasant) surprise around every corner.

The game show is still a part of the program and I counted it making nearly $60 in five minutes. It’s genius! I don’t dare spoil the theme or what you must do to play for those who have yet to play it, but let’s just say that it was a hit last Sunday, as I imagine it always will be.

to get to the bottom of that because this drag queen is one talented cookie. In all honesty, it works to her advantage. Many virgins of the show, and first-time brunch eaters on the Hill, are in for a pleasant surprise when she saunters onto the stage. They think, “Oh my, what a pretty drag queen.” Because she is.

And then they might think, “I wonder what she will do? I’ve never seen her before.” Because they haven’t. And then BAM! She is dancing and dollar bills are flying and she is swaying and the audience is cheering and … oh God, I need a cigarette.

You see, Tipsy Rose Lee is a choreographer in real life. And entertaining audiences is what she does for a career, so, in Mama’s house, Tipsy is right at home. She is so good, and her dancing is so professional, that I would go so far as to say the show would not be the hit it is without her. She can shimmy and shake until the sun goes down and then some. Tipsy Rose Lee is a star.

I always enjoy seeing new queens perform. Now, mind you, I have no clue how long Isabella St. James and Bukkake London have been performing drag entertain-

Mama Tits is one of those drag queens everyone loves to hate. She says what she means, but nobody ever really can tell if she means what she says. Confused?

So are the rest of us. But that’s the way she likes it, I think.

Mama Tits

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor I’m going to come clean: I didn’t set out to review “Mimosas With Mama” for this week’s SGN. Some friends and I stopped by to support DJ Disco Vinnie, who, obviously, DJ’s the show. But that’s just it. Neither he, nor anyone else in the show, just “does” one thing. Something happened when the cast (who is also the crew) moved from nowclosed The Grill on Broadway to Unicorn/ Narwhal (1118 East Pike St). The brunch that jumped out of nowhere and suckerpunched Gays nursing their almost-always Sunday afternoon hangovers at the Grill has turned into a genuine show. And while they haven’t gone all Sunday-morning Church Lady on us (there are still jokes like “Sweatin’ like a tweaker writing a check” and the word “fuck” is still heard frequently) the truth is if you thought you knew what “Mimosas With Mama” looked and sounded like before, you’re in for a surprise.

The cast of DJ Disco Vinnie, Mama Tits, Tipsy Rose Lee, Isabella Extynn St. James, and Bukkake London earned a review from this writer June 9. In fact, the employees at Unicorn equally earned my business, the future patronage of my friends, and this review, just as much as the cast of the show did. It is rare to be able to write this as a reviewer, but everything was perfect.

It feels good to write that. Because it is true.

THE UNICORN EXPERIENCE Let’s start with the menu and staff at Unicorn/Narwhal (the showroom downstairs,

complete with carousel stage and dressing room). Upon entering the acid trip that is Unicorn, you are greeted with a smile, directed where to purchase or pick-up your will-call ticket, and then given instructions on what to do if you would like to order breakfast (there’s also a delicious breakfast buffet), and receive your complimentary mimosa. The one (tiny) thing I would change is that during the show, they do not have a cocktailer or server. Instead, you are asked to go to the bar and order your food/ drinks that way (possibly missing a key moment of the high-energy show). However, the likely reason for this is because the show literally uses all of the space, and a server would almost certainly get in the way. So I, like everyone else in the dining-roomturned-showroom, gladly got up to order at the bar. Simply put, the staff is fun (and sexy!), the food is above-average breakfast fare, and the service is prompt but not pushy. Unicorn/Narwhal is doing it right, at least where Sunday brunch is concerned.

The show is not spectacularly different – in fact, the cast is still performing the 30-minute(ish) Hairspray. Mama Tits is still, well, Mama Tits. Tipsy Rose Lee can still dance you right out of your dollars (and pants), and newcomers Isabella St. James and Bukkake London are continually showing audiences why they earned a spot on the showbill. But something is different: They are having fun again.

Now, let me say right here and now that that statement has nothing to say about Matthew Walsh and The Grill on Broadway.

We, meaning almost anyone who visited the joint over the past two decades, had fun at

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MAGNIFICENT MAMA Mama Tits is one of those drag queens everyone loves to hate. She says what she means, but nobody ever really can tell if she means what she says. Confused? So are the rest of us. But that’s the way she likes it, I think. This queen has done a lot over the past two years (she obviously has been entertaining audiences for years, but the last two have been a doozy). From starring in her own one-person show to hosting Le Faux at Julia’s on Broadway and the thenonce weekly, Thursday night Elektro Pop at the Baltic Room, people have seen Mama’s tits all over the place.

Mama Tits has built a strong following (both Gay and straight!) through blitzkrieg Facebook posting and constant in-yourface self-promotion. But she’s good. She is really, really good. And when you are as good as Mama Tits and the rest of the cast of “Mimosas With Mama,” you can toot your own horn because in today’s eat-your-ownchildren world of competitive drag and drag shows, only the strong survive.

And Mama Tits ain’t nothin’ to shake a stick at! She comes out swinging, throwing jokes like knockout punches and sweating like George Foreman fighting Muhammad Ali. In fact, they all do. DJ Disco Vinnie is like the Mad Hatter of DJs; he is dressed to match his outrageous fun-loving personality (Vinnie is always “on” when entertaining). The banter between Vinnie and Tits is hysterical. We’ve all been to a show where the two co-hosts, or host and DJ, can’t get along, cut each other down (and mean it), and whatever else dumbass childish thing they come up with to irritate the audience.

Well, these two are not that. When Vinnie truly surprises Mama Tits with a sound effect or witticism on the mic, it is not only slap-your-knee funny, it is appropriate and his timing is impeccable. Plus, there is no doubt about it – DJ Disco Vinnie is a Gay man, who happens to be a fabulously Gay DJ, who plays Gay music. And there is nothing wrong with that, hunty!

ment. Point is, they’re new to me. More often than not, new queens fall flat. The makeup is bad, the costuming is not yet put together well, and they lack a certain finesse that’s needed to know the difference between cunty and camp. Isabella and Bukkake have got what it takes. Both queens’ stage presence is on point and, although all I can speak on is last Sunday, they painted the house down! Funny, high-energy, and on the ball, these two queens are an act you’re going to want to keep your eye on because they are going places.

RISING STARS Mama’s co-host throughout the show is the amazing and always-delightful Tipsy Rose Lee. Audiences love her, although most have never seen her. Somebody ought

HAIRSPRAY STILL KILLS I was both anticipating and dreading the 30-minute Hairspray. It was one of those, “Will it live up to the hype?” moments.

Well, suffice to say, it did! Everyone single person in the joint loved it. And I like the fact that, during that segment of the show (which is worth the $15 ticket alone) you can’t hand the tip to the drag queen – instead you ball it up and throw it to the middle of the floor. At the June 9 show, it was raining dollar bills.

Each cast member plays more than one character, at least, and unless I’m counting wrong, Disco Vinnie plays five!

According to the show’s advertisement, “Our team has taken the original John Waters film, the movie musical, and the Broadway production of Hairspray and deconstructed all three shows to them weave together our own 30(ish)-minute version.

There are 14 characters in our production and only five cast members – you have to see it to believe it!”

You really do have to see it to believe it!

But once you do, you’ll be glad you did and, just as I am doing now, you will find yourself telling people to buy a ticket and catch this show. This is not a drag show – this is a production. And as far as I am concerned, “Mimosas With Mama” is the place to be Sunday afternoons in Seattle.

“Mimosas With Mama” is performed every Sunday at Unicorn/Narwhal, with music at 1 p.m. and show promptly at 1:30 p.m.

Tickets are $12 in advance (www.brownpapertickets.com/event/388136) or $15 at the door. “Mimosas With Mama” invites anyone who is celebrating anything, to celebrate it with them!

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Surviving with style Gilda’s Club Seattle supports community members living with cancer

my nonprofits,” she says. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012, and long before she was diagnosed, her then-three-year old daughter Jordyn was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 1994 that took her life almost two years later. It was three years later that she started fundraising for cancer research.

Then, in 2003, her father died from melanoma, the second of two cancers he had.

en him a view of the world that is exciting, educational, and multi-dimensional. For the fashion show, he made a fur coat and suit for Jana, and it is definitely a showstopper that will make you pause and look twice. When doing her catwalk, Jana looked like a stunning movie star. Asked to use three words to describe his style or design, Tan says, “Strong, confident, and independent!” You

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Combining fashion with philanthropy is not a new concept, but this show is unique in a sense that it instills positivity, and all models also get to keep their custom-made designs after taking confidence strides with style on the runway.

Her quote: “All of my experiences with cancer have given me a passion, a purpose and a goal … to continue to help fund cancer research until it is as common as diagnosing a cold or broken bone.” This incredible woman is built of steel, and she has a smile that will brighten any gloomy day!

Tan Tran of From Door to Cubicle (F.D.T.C.) is the designer for Jana. He grew up in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a culturally rich locale that provides him with endless inspiration. Being able to study in Australia and the United States, as well as traveling to Hong Kong and Singapore, has giv-

can see more of his work at http://tantraninternational.com/apparel/intro.html.

diane / jacob

We were both 22 at the time. A friend of a friend introduced us, but there was no big “click.” A few months later he came up [to where I lived in Idaho] and we hit it off.

Eric: How long were you two together [as a couple] before the subject of Transgender was brought up?

Jacob: We were together 15 years before the actual subject was broached.

Diane: I started becoming aware about six months before he told me, so I had six months to process and worry. I went into emergency mode: “What do I need to do?”

“Who do we need to see and figure it out?”

I wasn’t thinking about myself as much as what Jake needed as part of his gender dysphoria (formerly called “gender identity disorder”). I just wanted to solve the issue immediately. The feelings came later.

Eric: How do you differentiate between the feelings of attraction to women, as a biological woman, versus the attraction as your true self as a man?

Jacob: I don’t think it was like that. It was really of more being honest with myself about my true identity. I was always uncomfortable in my skin and was not always good at figuring out why that was. At that time – I was about 35 – Diane was working on an anthology called Becoming: Young Ideas on Gender, Identity, and Sexuality, and she recommended it to me. I started reading and in some of the stories I heard parts that I was identifying with – people were writing and capturing my feelings. I started to say, “Maybe if I was born in a different time I would identify as Transgender. At first I felt that maybe if I were younger I would identify as a “boi.”

Diane: B-o-i is a political spelling used by women as a way to identify themselves, on a scale of masculinity, as a gender-Queer person.

Jacob: Diane was also – at that time – writing for Bitch magazine and they assigned me a number of Transgender subject books to review and write about. I did think that if maybe I was younger I might identify more with being “Transgender” or some other word, but I thought that at my age it wasn’t open to me anymore. Over more time and after hearing more stories, I identified more, and that’s when I said I was Trans.

FASHION AND COMPASSION Participating in the Surviving with Style Designer Fashion Show and Luncheon gives every participant a fresh perspective about designers, fashion, and models. It is a show with a soul – fashion with compassion and passion! For more information about Gilda’s Club Seattle, visit www.gildasclubseattle.org. See you next year at the 17th annual show!

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Jana Dukelow and Tan Tran

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are snapshots of their stories with those of their designers.

At times, when people think about fashion and models, it can be perceived as shining and even shallow, and out of reach. If that happens to be your opinion, you should have attended Gilda’s Club 16th annual Surviving With Style Designer Fashion Show and Luncheon at the Westin Seattle Hotel on June 13. The event featured 22 models and 18 designers, with proceeds to benefit Gilda’s Club Seattle.

What is Gilda’s Club Seattle? Its mission is to ensure that no one has to face cancer alone. They provide a free program of services for men, women, teens, and children living with cancer, along with their family members, partners, and friends. A nonprofit, Gilda’s Club Seattle offers support and networking groups, educational lectures, workshops, and social events in its Seattle clubhouse and out in the community with the Gilda’s on the Go Program. I was simply amazed to learn that their services are free!

What is unique about this fashion show?

I was able to speak with Rose Dennis, chair of Gilda’s Fashion Show Committee, and learned that it was her idea to involve local designers to design outfits for models who had battled cancer, or are still fighting it. Combining fashion with philanthropy is not a new concept, but this show is unique in a sense that it instills positivity, and all models also get to keep their custom-made designs after taking confidence strides with style on the runway. Every model’s story is truly inspiring – hearing them will motivate you to pick yourself up every time you think life is tough or unfair. To me, they are not just survivors, but heroes. I had the honor of meeting and speaking with two of the 18 models backstage before they transform into runway models to light up the runway. Here

KATHRYN KAFKA DEGGINGER Kathryn was diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast in 2004 and with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast in 2009. In between the two breast episodes, her doctors were concerned that she might have ovarian cancer. She says, “I have no uterus, no cervix, no fallopian tubes, no ovaries, and have only one real breast, but I am all girl!” She wants every woman to know that regular screenings for all female cancers are vital because every detection really is your best friend – healthy people get cancer too. Her quote: “I know that I am in charge of my own health and I don’t take good health for granted.

The designer for Kathryn is Justin Zachary Bartle, who has participated in many fashion charity shows and now designs for high-profile individuals and socialites in the greater Seattle-Bellevue area. His work has been shown at the Academy Awards, the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, and at various nonprofits such as Gilda’s Club. For this show, he designed a simple yet chic and elegant dress for Kathryn that accentuates her figure and radiates beyond beauty. You can see more of Justin’s work at http://justinzachary. com/site/main.html.

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JANA DUKELOW Jana is the single mom of four wonderful kids. In addition to her parental duties, Jana works in sales for a local clothing wholesaler, heads up a nonprofit that raises money to support cancer research at Seattle Children’s Hospital and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and sits on the board of trustees of Seattle Children’s.

“My interests and hobbies are wrapped up in those of my kids for now and working on

cidents that helped you recognize your true identity?

Jacob: Looking back, there are a lot of things, but I had been blind to them myself for many years. I used to hang out with and play with other boys, but after we moved to Inkom, they saw me as a girl, and therefore different. So they stopped playing with me.

People had more restrictive ideas of what was appropriate behavior for girls vs. boys.

It was that period, when other people were focused on my gender variance, when I had the most problems.

Eric: What were your coming-out experiences like?

Jacob: When I first came out as a Lesbian, I thought that all those feelings that I didn’t understand were what made me a Lesbian. I was always thinking that being a tomboy was being a Lesbian and that that was the “Lesbian experience.” I didn’t admit it to myself until I was 35 the other possibilities. When I started to look back there were all these incidents. At one time I convinced the other boys that I was a boy (I insisted and convinced them so I could hang out with them). I was just me, and no one told me I wasn’t a boy until we moved to the [Inkom] farm. Because I was only hanging out with boys at school, I was taken to the school psychiatrist. I wasn’t allowed to hang out with them anymore.

I am thrilled that there are kids now who are three or four years old and know they are Trans[gender]. They vocalize it. There are people who come out later in life, like I did, with my same experiences and they don’t recognize themselves for whatever reasons. I think we [Trans people] all recognize it at different points in our lives, but just don’t know how to vocalize it. It’s really hard to understand [those feelings] that make you feel different. Once you identify that, it all makes sense.

Eric: How did you first meet Diane?

Jacob: We met at the Boise, Idaho, Pride parade.

Diane Anderson-Minshall: It was only the second Gay Pride parade in the state.

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another year or so. That way the body can adjust to the hormones. For many decades they recommended that you moved to another city and started life over. But now you go away for a month or so and come back a different person.

path, but they are sometimes denigrated and discriminated against for not having it.

Also, I should add, more Trans men these days are having metoidioplasty, a procedure that creates a micropenis from the clitoris.

The penis question feels like a way that

to a work injury a couple of years before I transitioned, so since my workload was by computer (in print as a freelance writer) I immediately became Jacob [in the byline].

In other ways it was definitely harder when we lived in a small community. Everyone knew my family. Everyone knew me. Everyone knew my dog! It was real obvious to them even when I looked like a boy because they knew me as Suzy. It’s a constant coming-out process.

Eric: What was the first thing you did as your true self as a man?

Jacob: Cut my hair and get a new outfit.

For the longest time when we went to buy clothes, Diane would steer me to the girls’ area. I was so happy that I could finally go to the men’s section and buy a wardrobe!

Diane: I wanted to put rules on what kind of man he could become. I kept saying things like, “Hey, a lot of men shave their chests, you know.” And I’d see certain guys and shout, “Not that!” Finally, he said, exasperated, “Well, what kind of man can I be?” and I thought for a minute and said, “Ryan Seacrest.” He was the perfect inoffensive metrosexual. So after that we began using that to make decisions on clothing and other things. Our new mantra became WWRSD – What Would Ryan Seacrest Do? Eric: What was your emotional path like when your wife of many years tells you they need to make this type of transition?

Diane: There was a lot of overcompensation. When Jake first transitioned we were worried about keeping it a secret. I was the editor of Curve magazine, and we wondered how people would respond to him, or how people would interpret my work and us, and how it would affect my career. But there were no worries.

Jacob: At first I would wake up and she would be bawling her eyes out. That’s how she dealt with things when I was sleeping.

There was a lot of crying in bed at night.

Diane: There’s dealing with packing up his girl clothes and adjusting to having mitigate his maleness, like shaving his legs. As a woman, he had these long, gorgeous thin legs that any woman would love to have.

Now he’s growing hair out on them. I would have a crying fit thinking about this beautiDiane and Jacob Anderson-Minsall ful woman becoming a man. I would try to keep things private since he had so much to Eric: Have you fully completed your non-Trans people judge you, asking “Are deal with already. transition with all surgeries, including phal- you really a man?” – and by not answering Jacob: Plus the hormones make everyloplasty? it, I challenge you to accept my manhood on thing crazy!

Jacob: There are a lot of Trans people my word, not on my genitals. who will never have “full” bottom surgery As for my transition, it’s been a seven-year Diane Anderson-Minshall has been a and consider themselves fully transitioned. process. It’s a whole new way of looking at journalist most of her life. After being an editor for On Our Backs, Girlfriends, and Curve magazines, she became the executive editor of The Advocate and editor-in-chief of HIV Plus Magazine. In May 2013, she was named an Official Community Honoree of LA Pride, Los Angeles’ annual LGBT pride celebration (June 7-9). Jacob Anderson-Minshall is a freelance writer who has written several published essays and has penned the nationally syndicated column “TransNation.” He has recently been accepted onto the board of the Lambda Literary Foundation. Together they write the “Blind Eye Mystery” series (Bold Strokes Books).

The idea of being “done” with transition a new world. It changes how everyone treats A version of this article was originally simply isn’t a concept that many Trans peo- you and is a constant learning experience. I published at the Bold Strokes Books webple understand. For some there is certainly don’t think it’ll ever be “done.” site: http://boldstrokesbooksauthors.wordan end point, but for many others it is an onOn the other hand, the minute I said “I am press.com/2013/05/10/making-transitions going process, kind of like life itself. now Jacob” and started doing the Real Life I don’t talk about which surgeries I have Test, I started passing in my life in many Read the rest of this interview online at or haven’t had because that’s unfair to other ways. I wasn’t working at that time, due www.sgn.org.

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Eric: At what point did you decide that making the transition was the right decision for you?

Jacob: Immediately – that’s the funny thing. I told Diane I felt Trans and I wasn’t sure if I was going to transition. Diane was very much a “go forward and try to solve your problems” kind of person. Once I finally said it out loud, Diane said that it wasn’t a stopping point, but it was a beginning point of finding out if that’s what I wanted to do.

Eric: Were/are your family and friends supportive?

Jacob: Almost everybody is in a supportive place now. There were struggles and the interesting thing for us is that some of the people we thought were going to be supportive had reservations, and vice versa.

There was a distinct gender difference input. Most men were congratulatory, while most women said, “How could you do that to Diane? Can’t you just be a different ‘kind’ of woman?” or “But you’re so happy! You’ve had this marriage and everything is going right, so why would you be unhappy?” They didn’t understand back in 2005.

Eric: Diane, how did you react when Jacob first discussed it with you?

Diane: I saw it coming long before Jacob did. I saw the wheels turning about six months before. We’d been together for 15 years, and I knew him. I knew he was becoming more interested in Trans narratives, and those identified as “Transgendered” or “gender-Queer questioning.” It mirrored the other people who had come through having similar movements, and I saw other Lesbian feminists having similar thoughts – so it wasn’t completely unheard of. By the time Jake actually said, “I think I’m Trans,” I was ready for it to happen in one way or another.

Eric: There must be many steps taken before the final step in making the transition.

What are the steps needed?

Diane: I was comfortable with the binary “male” and “female” but no so much in the in-between. I was hoping we weren’t going to stay in that in-between space, as it was hard for me to navigate. I thought it would be harder than the whole losing a wife and gaining a husband. And I wanted Jake in therapy.

Jacob: We were in the San Francisco Bay Area and part of the Kaiser HMO plan; it took a referral to get into the gender studies program. WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health) and the Harry Benjamin Standards of Care lay the steps out exactly what should happen, when, and under what circumstances a person should move onto the next part of transitioning. Seeing a therapist is first, preferably someone used to being part of the gender program. My therapist had been working with transitional people for over 20 years, and she knew the ups and downs of everything going on with me. We had no idea how much we lucked out with her as our doctor. She told me, “If anyone in the Kaiser facilities ever treats you differently, tell me immediately and I’ll take care of it.”

They immediately made me feel completely comfortable there.

The amount of therapy you need depends on the individual. They judge on where you are, making evaluations to determine that [what you’re feeling] isn’t something else; that it isn’t a mental health issue, or that someone is trying to hide their identity for legal reasons. You have to pass that test before moving forward.

The next step is the Real Life Test – living in the preferred gender role. The rules have changed now [in this day and age], and that’s a good thing. It can be dangerous for someone going from male to female, dressing and living like a woman but still being a biological male. Today there are shorter periods of time to wait between dressing and living [as the preferred gender] and starting the hormones. It now depends on when your therapist thinks you’re ready.

Top surgery for female-to-male [transitions] can happen sooner, but the bottom surgery is usually suggested to wait for

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer WORLD WAR Z Opens June 21 I’ll admit right from the start that I have not read author Max Brooks’ World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. I cannot comment on how director Marc Forster’s (Quantum of Solace) adaptation World War Z, scripted by Matthew Michael Carnahan (The Kingdom), Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods), and Damon Lindelof (Prometheus), with a story by Car-

busters for proof on that count), Forster and company go in a direction that’s far more intimate and personal, staying true to their main character’s central narrative in a way that’s moderately surprising.

I understand this wasn’t always the case.

The movie was delayed more than six months for extensive reshoots, apparently instigated by producer/star Brad Pitt, the whole last third completely rewritten and re-engineered after test audiences didn’t respond kindly. A reported $200 million or more was spent on this behemoth, columnists suggesting Pitt and Forster locked

It has undeniable urgency that is mesmerizing, the air of tension hovering above the proceedings enough to keep me happily glued to my seat for nearly every second of its almost two-hour running time.

and the central concept of former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane (Pitt) dragged back into service to investigate the outbreak’s beginnings while longing to get back to his beloved wife (Mireille Enos) and kids (Abigail Hargrove, Sterling Jerins) is not exactly complex. What’s more, there are times when, as Lane trots around the globe, going from Korea to Israel to Nova Scotia in what feels like the blink of an eye, it isn’t entirely clear what his qualifications for this assignment are, or why he’s seemingly the only one on the planet capable of succeeding. While his observation skills are second-to-none, it isn’t as though he’s a trained soldier (he could be, I guess, but nobody ever says so, even in passing) or a super-smart scientist (the fact of which is repeated throughout), so it’s anyone’s guess as to why he’s the key man in solving the WHO IS THIS GUY? riddles of the Zombie Apocalypse.

Not that I mean to say all is perfect. CharBe that as it may, this film worked for me. acter development takes a back seat to the Lane thinks on his feet and makes decisions world-shattering zombie Armageddon, on the fly, never wavering from his mission

nahan and J. Michael Straczynski (Underworld: Awakening), compares. But according to those I know and trust the only thing the movie version has in common with its literary counterpart is the title, and the fact that it treats a zombie outbreak as a universal pandemic. The similarities stop right there.

Honestly? I’m OK with that. Truth of the matter is that I got a major kick out of World War Z, the zombie-infused procedural playing much like an adrenalized B-grade reinterpretation of Contagion or The Andromeda Strain and I can’t say I was bothered by that one little bit. The movie hits the ground running and then refuses to let up, moving along with pinpoint precision building to a quietly chilling conclusion that some will undoubtedly consider slight but that I felt was emotionally honest and borderline refreshing. In an age when bombast and chaos rule (see Man of Steel, Star Trek Into Darkness, or countless other similar-scale block-

heads and the way things in the film climax have more to do with the former than they do with the latter – the director almost given his walking papers if some reports are to be believed.

But I can only talk about the movie itself, and whatever internal conflict there might have been and however chaotic, behind schedule, and over-budget the shoot might have proven to be, there are precious few signs of this madness in the finished product. The movie moves with precision and tenacity, its strength of focus its single greatest asset. It has undeniable urgency that is mesmerizing, the air of tension hovering above the proceedings enough to keep me happily glued to my seat for nearly every second of its almost two-hour running time.

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MIXED EMOTIONS Thing is, I’m not sure that makes the movie entertaining. For that matter, I’m not certain it’s even good. I did not like spending time with these kids. I didn’t enjoy being a part of their world. What they were doing, their outlook, how easily they allowed themselves to be manipulated, the complete lack of a moral compass, all of it ate at me in a way I can’t entirely put a finger on. It was ugly and distasteful, and what it ends up saying about the human condition is a theorem that part of me would rather not be forced to contemplate.

On the other hand, Coppola does just that and more with such ease, with such subtle exactitude, with such principled precision, the overall effect might just border on genius. Nothing feels out of place, no single scene out of whack or without context. The voyeuristic carnality of it all – our innate need to watch, to see, to experience our own base desires and wants through the success, failure, and excesses of others – all of that is tapped into and fed. More, much like Spring Breakers and Pain & Gain, and to an additional extent last year’s Killing Them Softly, Coppola has given the American Dream a serious wakeup call, showcasing the dark underbelly of modern me-first society in a way that taps directly into the current

continued from cover obsessed central group of teenage reprobates with the same disaffected malaise they themselves project. It’s aggressively nonjudgmental, the film choosing to view its protagonists with a detached superficiality that doesn’t connect emotionally but still manages to pack a major, uncomforting wallop all the same.

And that’s probably the point. A somewhat fictionalized recounting (based on a 2010 Vanity Fair article by Nancy Jo Sales) of how a gang of suburban Los Angeles teens managed to casually steal more than $3 million in clothing, jewelry, and cash from a group of well-known targets including Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson, and Audrina Patridge, the movie looks at the growing prevalence of Internet-based youth culture and its infatuation with celebrity in a way that feels disturbingly authentic. Coppola doesn’t mince words, doesn’t take sides, and doesn’t try to prove a point, allowing the shallowness of the act and the vainglorious myopia fueling it to speak for itself.

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while still holding out hope he can find a solution. More, the movie comments on zombie conventions and then gleefully subverts them, one one-handed survivor in particular going against the grain of genre cliché in a way that feels daringly authentic.

But the best thing about World War Z is how willing it is to get quiet, how open it is to slow things down and not let events get overrun by spectacle. While there are some gigantic moments, while certain sequences of zombie chaos – most notably an invasion inside a walled-off Israeli stronghold – are stunning, Forster, Pitt, and company allow the movie to take breaths, allow it to grow calm even as mayhem and madness do their best to overwhelm the proceedings. In a summer where destruction and devastation have ruled, they’ve had the temerity to craft a mega-budgeted blockbuster that remembers to keep the human element at the forefront, the heart of the piece beating with a strength and resilience that I borderline adore.

ephemerally small-minded zeitgeist that’s but catch me a bit off-guard. sadly too often all the rage.

WATSON, MANN SHINE POLISHED PRODUCTION Of the established faces, the two most It should be pointed out that the movie notable – and noteworthy – are Harry Potlooks amazing. In what sadly is his final ter alum Emma Watson and Judd Apatow film, cinematographer Harris Savides (Zo- regular Leslie Mann. Each make the most diac), working with Christopher Blauvelt of what they’re given to do, Watson in par(Meek’s Cutoff), paints things with a pierc- ticular, her casual, cursorily haughty caingly clinical lens, the digital sheen of wast- dence fitting her character (based on realed youth gorgeously magnified within each life “Bling Ring” participant and “Pretty and every frame. The picture is also vividly Wild” reality star Alexis Neiers) to perfecedited by Sarah Flack (Away We Go), the di- tion. Each actress manages to ground things ametrically polarized pieces fitting together in a tactile honesty that makes the events in a way that manages to keep the central cascading toward tragedy around them tangents center stage while allowing the resonate on a deeply unsettling level, both background commentary to come through parent and child living in a world detached with upsetting clarity. from normalcy, yet one that at the same time The cast, by and large, comprises new- felt all too commonplace. comers. Katie Chang and Israel Broussard I can’t admit to liking what The Bling slip into the insubstantial shells of the in- Ring has to say about modern youth culture. stigating ringleaders with sinister transpar- I also can’t say I felt my time sitting in the ency. It’s easy to understand how the former theater watching Coppola weave her ignocould so easily stage-manage the latter, his minious web was something I enjoyed. But lack of confidence coupled with her self- when I step back, when I choose to look at centered views on privilege and wealth the picture on a grander scale, part of me melding to craft the almost perfect teen- can’t fathom the thought of having been burgling field general. They’re terrific, tap- anywhere else. And an even larger part of ping into Coppola’s views on this event with me can’t wait to sit through it all – every canny understanding, Chang and Broussard despicable, skin-crawling, self-loathing mobreaking through in a way that couldn’t help ment – again.

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Cyndi Lauper: Singer, songwriter, ally The ’80s superstar talks about her new tour and activism on behalf of LGBT youth

by Deanna Duff The Seattle Lesbian

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Girls just want to have fun – and change the world in the process! Pop icon Cyndi Lauper is currently celebrating the 30th anniversary of her debut album, She’s So Unusual, with a concert tour that has fans breaking out their 1980s jelly bracelets, denim jackets, and scrunchies in celebration.

The popularity of Lauper’s early hits – such as “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and “Time After Time” – is a remarkable achievement in pop music’s ever-changing landscape. Part of Lauper’s enduring success is embracing the past while continuing to look forward. Her newest project is the hit Broadway musical Kinky Boots, the uplifting story of a British shoe factory that avoids bankruptcy by specializing in flamboyantly fabulous, drag-queen-worthy shoes. In June, Kinky Boots won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Score for Lauper’s work writing the music and lyrics. It’s an especially meaningful recognition because Kinky Boots also reflects Lauper’s longtime advocacy on behalf of the LGBT community.

In an exclusive chat with The Seattle Lesbian shortly before her June 16 appearance at Tacoma’s Pantages Theater, Lauper talked about the tour, her social advocacy for homeless LGBT teens through her True Colors Fund, and why she can envision living in Seattle – with umbrella required!

Deanna Duff: The She’s So Unusual Tour celebrates the anniversary of your debut album. What’s it like revisiting the album and playing it live after 30 years?

Cyndi Lauper: To go back and listen to what you did 30 years ago and worked so hard on – but had so much fun doing – is pretty cool. It’s like you literally get to go back and feel what you were feeling at the moment you recorded that record. We even found some old demos and listened to them, too. It is fun to recreate that moment in time. There is not a single song that I look forward to perform more than the other. I just look forward to enjoying that ride with all my fans again. It will be like sitting on your bed, putting the record on, and we are all going to go back there together. In the fall, Sony is going to release a 30th Anniversary CD and it will include live concert audio and some other fun surprises!

Duff: Any teasers for people planning to attend the concert?

Lauper: We will be performing the entire She’s So Unusual album from beginning to end. I will be performing [the songs] with the original arrangements, so it will be like they were 30 years ago. Of

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course, I will be tossing in a few surprises at the encore, but that’s something you will have to come and find out for yourself. Also, I will have one of my favorite bands, Hunter Valentine, on the road with us [as the opener]. They kick butt.

than or not as worthy as any other group.

Plus, if one group of people is discriminated against today, who is to say that the group you are a part of isn’t going to be the group singled out tomorrow?

Duff: Congrats on the huge success of

“Where I come from you do not stand by and let your family and friends’ civil rights be stripped away. You have to speak up, get involved, and do whatever you can to ensure that everyone is treated equally.”

Duff: “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” is consistently ranked one of the greatest pop songs ever. Have there been any unusual places where you unexpectedly heard it playing?

Lauper: There are just too many. I don’t think I can narrow down to just one. “Girls” is still one of my favorite songs to perform live because the audiences always react so strongly. It’s a feel good song with a great message for women, so that’s why it has the staying power it does, which I’m very proud of.

Duff: You’re a longtime, devoted advocate of the LGBT community. Were there certain people or experiences that inspired your passion?

Lauper: It is simple – I am friend and family. Where I come from you do not stand by and let your family and friends’ civil rights be stripped away. You have to speak up, get involved, and do whatever you can to ensure that everyone is treated equally.

Equality is what this country was based on.

We just have to help it reach its full potential.

Duff: Your True Colors Fund does amazing work. Can you speak a bit about the mission to end LGBT youth homelessness?

Lauper: When up to 40 percent of all homeless youth identify as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender – yet only up to five percent of the general youth population does the same – you have an epidemic.

These [LGBT] kids are being thrown out or forced out of their homes at an alarming rate. There was a significant void on the national level. There has never been a national organization whose sole focus has been to address Gay and Transgender youth homelessness.

So, the True Colors Fund launched the Forty to None Project last summer after spending a year traveling the country and really learning about the issue and the solutions that were needed. The Forty to None Project fills that void with our education, advocacy, empowerment, capacity building, and inclusion programs, as well as research. There is a lot of work to be done, and we welcome everyone to get involved and learn more at http://fortytonone.org. This is a fixable problem and we can do it together.

Duff: Part of the True Colors Fund’s goal is to engage everyone.

In what ways are LGBT issues the issues of our entire society?

Lauper: If one of us is not equal, then none of us are equal. I do not want to live in a society where one group of people is considered less

your new Broadway musical, Kinky Boots – winner of six 2013 Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Score for your writing of the music and lyrics. How fantastic was that night?

Lauper: The Tonys was a magical night.

The show won so many awards including Best Musical. Billy Porter won Best Actor in a musical. That was so important to me – and to take that statue home for Best Score was humbling. The first time I ever performed was in front of my family, acting/singing all the parts of my mom’s Broadway cast recordings. So to be there full circle, being accepted by the Broadway community, was a thrill for me. What’s also amazing is that the audiences are coming.

Kinky Boots, a story that at the root of it all is about acceptance, is what the audiences are responding to. Maybe we are becoming a kinder, more gentle nation after all.

Duff: How many shoes are in your personal collection and what are your “kinkiest”/favorite pairs?

Lauper: I do have a lot of shoes. Some I love for the art but they usually kill my feet.

And there are some I love because they are just nice to my feet. I love them all!

Duff: You’ve been to the Northwest over the years. What are some things or places you’re looking forward to during the upcoming visit?

Lauper: I can’t wait to be back. The tour [started June 12] and I am super-excited. I just wish I would have some time to visit other than seeing the venue and my hotel.

But the food in Seattle and the people of Seattle are great, as is the music. It’s a super town. It’s definitely one of my favorite cities because it definitely has its own vibe. I could live in Seattle, but unlike most residents of that great city, I would use an umbrella!

This interview was originally published in The Seattle Lesbian (www.theseattlelesbian.com) and is reprinted here by permission.

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See the Pride Events calendar in this week’s SGN for a comprehensive list of Pride-related events.

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Fremont Fair (6/21-6/23). Celebrate the summer solstice with “quirkas delibertas” - the freedom to be peculiar. www.fremontfair.org Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 3238382. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGay HikingGroup/ Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am-Zazen Instruction, 9:30amZazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. Follow the traditional forms of the Soto school of Zen in a spirit of warmth & inclusion. Anyone interested in meditation, whether new or experienced in Zen practice or other traditions, is welcome. 323-1659, www.seattle sotozen.com Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday.

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Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com Seattle Sunday Bowlers. 10am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $4.25 + $1 shoe rental. 329-1515.

Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies.

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6177, or Mike Chin (509) 990-0007. Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www. dharmabuddies.org Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org

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others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday.

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Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday.

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See the Pride Events calendar in this week’s SGN for a comprehensive list of Pride-related events Fremont Fair (6/21-6/23). Celebrate the summer solstice with “quirkas delibertas” - the freedom to be peculiar. www.fremontfair.org City Wide Precinct Advisory Council - 2013 Mayoral Candidate Public Safety Forum. 9:30am-12 noon.

Bertha Knight Landes Room, Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave (at E. Cherry St) - entrance on 5th Ave. Meet the candidates for Mayor of Seattle and learn about their qualifications. RSVP requested to seattlecpac@ gmail.com.

Emerald City Softball Association GSWS Berth Tournament. 9am-5:30pm. Celebration Park, 1095 S 324th Pl, Federal Way. Winning teams represent Seattle at Gay Softball World Series in Washington DC. www.emaeraldcitysoftball.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

Revolution 101: Lessons of the Spanish Civil War. 1pm. New Freeway Hall. 5018 Rainier Ave S. From 1936-1939 Spanish workers & peasants almost established a worker-controlled government in a mass uprising, but they were betrayed by their leaders. A review of Felix Morrow’s book “Revolution & Counter-Revolution in Spain” explores the debates between anarchists, socialists & others, how fascists triumphed & lessons for today. Brunch is served for $7. Sponsored by Freedom Socialist party. 713-8056, adrienne.w@earthlink.net Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details.

Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouth center.org. (Also meets Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks. For more information visit www.rainbow bridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com

June 22 thru June 30

Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 121:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported.

The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattleal-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/ Weds/Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

MONDAY - June 24

See the Pride Events calendar in this week’s SGN for a comprehensive list of Pride-related events.

SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County.

Every Monday. An informal group of Gay men living in Snohomish County meet for dinner at Snohomish

County restaurants. For information, location & to RSVP contact Ricardo at socialdinnerclub@ yahoo. com or phone (360) 722-1664.

Healing Words. 6:30-8pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Drop-in group open to all who are healing from trauma, addiction, or just the challenges of life in general. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

Pozitively Me! 6:30-8pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E. Pike St. Every Monday. A group and conversation about HIV for Gay & Bi men newly diagnosed and for Gay & Bi men facing the challenges of living with HIV longterm. www.gaycity.org.

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.Freely Speaking.org Imperial Court of Seattle General Membership Meeting. 7pm. R Place, 619 E Pine St, 3rd Floor.

Meets 4th Monday each month. (Board of Directors meeting follows at 8pm.) Meetings open to the public.

The Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle and the Olympic & Rainier Empire, Seattle’s premier drag society, is a social & charitable organization that sponsors numerous shows & balls thruout the year to provide entertainment, showcase community talent & raise money for community organizations. www.facebook. com/ISCSORE; www.imperialcourtofseattle.com.

No Safeword Writers Group. 7-9pm. Meets 4th Monday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful.

For info & location, NSWG@ sexpositiveculture.org; www.nosafewordwriters group.org (Also meets 2nd Sunday, 1-3pm.)

Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

PFLAG/South King County Monthly Meeting. 7pm.

Unitarian Universalist Church, 25701 14th Pl S, Kent.

Meets 4th Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those sexual minorities. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with

See the Pride Events calendar in this week’s SGN for a comprehensive list of Pride-related events.

Lesbian & Gay Child Care Task Force Monthly Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Meets 4th Tuesday each month. The Task Force, in conjunction with Child Care Resources of King County, offers referrals to GLBT-welcoming child care centers & provides training, support & curriculum materials to child care providers. (To access this, call 329-1011 & ask for the “Gay-welcoming” child care programs in your zip code area.) The task force meets monthly to assess their progress in achieving their goals.

Homeless Services for Youth, Ages 14-22. 1-4pm.

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Kang Wen Clinic - Chinese Medicine for Chronic Viral Disease, Integrated Cancer Treatment & General Chronic Diseases. Tuesdays 2-6pm; Wednesdays 9am-5pm; Thursdays 3-7pm. 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday & Thursday - HIV treatment. Every Wednesday - Cancer treatment. Holistic care including acupuncture & Chinese herbal medicine in a compassionate setting. Insurance accepted. Sliding fee scale for low-income without insurance. 322-6945. www. kangwenclinic.org Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions?

Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBT MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor.

Meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Shelly at 206-2505002 or LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com.

Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/ love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Seattle Tennis Alliance Social Doubles. 6:30-8pm.

Meadowbrook Playfield, 10533 35th Ave NE (tennis courts at 32nd Ave NE). Every Tuesday & Thursday thru Sept. STA is Seattle’s premier Gay & Lesbian tennis club. $3 for members & first-time guests, $5 for returning guests. http://sta.clubexpress.com.

Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Dickson room).

Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction.

Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older.

7-8:30pm. University Congregational Church, 4515 16th Ave NE, Pilgrim Room. Every Tuesday. Open group for Lesbian women, 40 & older, in every stage of coming out or being out. Lots of social activities in addition to Tuesday meetings. 545-3521.

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Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Tuesday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)

Different Drummers. 7:15-8:30pm. Every Tuesday.

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com Ageless. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for maturing Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

7:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Tuesday.

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday.

(360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com.

(See Wednesday listing at 7:30pm for details.)

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FRIDAY - June 28

See the Pride Events calendar in this week’s SGN for a comprehensive list of Pride-related events.

WEDNESDAY - June 26

See the Pride Events calendar in this week’s SGN for a comprehensive list of Pride-related events.

Kang Wen Clinic - Chinese Medicine for Chronic Viral Disease, Integrated Cancer Treatment & General Chronic Diseases. Tuesdays 2-6pm; Wednesdays 9am-5pm; Thursdays 3-7pm. 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday & Thursday - HIV treatment. Every Wednesday - Cancer treatment. Holistic care including acupuncture & Chinese herbal medicine in a compassionate setting. Insurance accepted. Sliding fee scale for low-income without insurance. 322-6945. www. kangwenclinic.org Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12:30pm.

Call for details, location & to make reservations. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community.

For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group & HIV/STD Prevention for Youth (14-20) in Everett. 6-8pm. CCA Building, 3331 Broadway - Bottom Floor, Everett.

Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@ hotmail.com Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:15pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week.

Check our website for this month’s book. http://faculty. washington.edu/swittet/sglbookclub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Lotus Sisters with Arinna Weisman. 6:30pm.

Columbia City Church of Hope, 3818 S Angeline St. Meets every Wednesday. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@yahoo.com; www.lotussisters.org.

Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.)

Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group. 7pm. Entre Hermanos, 1505 Broadway. Bilingual (Spanish/English) Transsexual support group meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month to provide information, counseling, healthcare, sisterhood & social activities for Latino & foreign-born people in their transition. For more information contact Abby 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm.

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersoll center.org Rain City Jacks. 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month, 7pm; 1st Sunday each month, 2pm. West Queen Anne/ Interbay. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a friendly, sex-positive & non-profit private club. Membership required. Adult men only. Enrollment available at the door. www.raincityjacks.org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5033.

Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo. com/group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebears-subscribe@yahoogroups.com HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:30pm.

FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

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Atrium. Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone.

For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups. yahoo.com/groups/gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm.

SASG, 303 17th Ave. E. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome.

MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongender alliance.com.

THURSDAY - June 27

See the Pride Events calendar in this week’s SGN for a comprehensive list of Pride-related events.

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-2921912; www.babesnetwork.org.

Kang Wen Clinic - Chinese Medicine for Chronic Viral Disease, Integrated Cancer Treatment & General Chronic Diseases. Tuesdays 2-6pm; Wednesdays 9am-5pm; Thursdays 3-7pm. 1111 Harvard Ave. (Every Thursday HIV treatments.) Holistic care including acupuncture & Chinese herbal medicine in a compassionate setting. Insurance accepted. Sliding fee scale for low-income without insurance. 322-6945. www.kangwenclinic.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

Volunteer Drop-In Night at Lifelong AIDS Alliance.

4-7pm. LAA Volunteer Services Office, 1161 11th Ave. Every Thursday. Volunteer on LAA projects - assembling safer sex kits, helping with mailings, a different project every week! Get-togethers are highly social & offer “low impact” volunteer work & an opportunity to learn more about LAA. Please call before dropping in.

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957-1776. www.lifelongaidsalliance.org Happy Hour Meditation. 5:30-6:40pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Every Thursday. Join us at the end of your day in a relaxed and welcoming environment. Dropins welcome. We meditate silently for 25 minutes, followed by a short open discussion. No admittance after 5:45pm to respect those who are meditating. www.healingandtransformationcenter.com Everett-Snohomish County Friendship Dinner for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS. 6pm. Grace UMC (formerly Firs United Methodist). Meets last Thursday most months. FREE. Everyone welcome. Sponsored by the Evergreen AIDS Foundation & SNOCO Gay Men’s Task Force. For information call (425) 252-7751.

Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (425) 747-4937.

Seattle Tennis Alliance Social Doubles. 6:30-8pm.

Lower Woodland Park Courts 5, 6, 7 & 8. Every Tuesday & Thursday. STA is Seattle’s premier Gay & Lesbian tennis club. $2 for members & first-time guests, $5 for returning guests. http://sta.clubexpress.com.

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14-22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org PFLAG/Tacoma Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 7410 S 12th (at Jackson), Tacoma.

Meets 4th Thursday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those sexual minorities. PFLAG/Tacoma: (253) 383-2318. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm.

Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower

Homeless Services for Youth, Ages 14-22. 1-4pm.

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Trans Pride. 5pm-gather at Seattle Central Community College (South Plaza), Broadway & E Pine St; 6pm-march to Cal Anderson Park (11th Ave & E Olive St); 7-10pm-speakers and music. www.transpride.org.

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6:30pm-appetizers & socializing; 7:30pm-dinner. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Meets last Friday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 6:45pm.

Gay City, 517 E Pike St (temporary meeting location).

Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery.

Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www. seattle-al-anon.org Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm.

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22.

322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western dancing for the LGBTQ community.

FREE. www.raincountrydance.org.

Destiny Gay AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St, Tacoma. Every Friday.

(253) 474-8897.

Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am.

SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun. www.sasgcc.org

SATURDAY - June 29

See the Pride Events calendar in this week’s SGN for a comprehensive list of Pride-related events.

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Dyke March. 5pm-rally; 7pm-march. Seattle Central Community College (South Plaza), Broadway & E Pine St. www.seattledykemarch.com.

SUNDAY - June 30

Happy Pride!

See the Pride Events calendar in this week’s SGN for a comprehensive list of Pride-related events.

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Seattle Pride Parade. 11am. 4th Ave, between Columbia St & Denny Way. Seattle Pride Fest. Immediately following the Pride Parade at Seattle Center.

Seattle Peace Concerts. 12noon-6pm. Gas Works Park. All ages welcome. FREE. Please bring food bank donations.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQ Allyship.org, allyship@yahoo.com, 279-8169.

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/ Another-Gay-Social-Club/ Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html Bent Writing Institute promotes written & spoken word in our LGBTQI communities. Bent offers affordable classes & workshops for Queer-identified people.

For more information or to sign up for a class, email bent.writing@gmail.com. Visit www.bentwriting.com or find us on Facebook. For upcoming events join our mailing list by emailing bent.news@gmail.com BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - www.sbwn.net.

Celebrating 40 Years!

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994.

DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911.

Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equalrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country.

GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) 363-9188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979.

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www.imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; LGBTMS Connection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nw bears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, www.raincityjacks.org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples.org; Seattle Men in Leather: www. seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers.org. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony.org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band. com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: 388-1408, 323-0750. www.flyinghouse. org.

Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County: www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies, including Alaska Airlines, Amazon.com, Amgen, AT&T, Bank of America, Deloitte, Macy’s, Microsoft, Russell Investments, Safeco Insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Xerox. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, info@ maybebabyseattle.org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/ proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 568-7777, deann@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; www.pnwpflag.org; National PFLAG, www.pflag.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 781-

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3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN), 322-7061; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164.

Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/ personal/glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 6826711; www.q-law.org Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235.

Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBT-friendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond. Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook.

Rosehedge/Multifaith Works - 324-1520; www. rosehedge.org Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschools coalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233).

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 6844503.

Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. 323-1768.

Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected

by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/ steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.South SoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail. com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emerald citysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/ EthylForever CarClub/; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthebabes.com; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops: www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures. org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www. puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.

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raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www. raincountrydance.org; Seattle Frontrunners: www. seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www. quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle United Soccer League: www.seattleunitedsl.com; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 741 St Helens Ave, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersoll center. org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftm group. webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www. facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women.

720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 722-0729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc. org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives. org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@ aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbian concern.org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 4614493. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth. org; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206-957-1665, jessicah@llaa.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.Matthews Place.com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter. org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag. org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www.facebook. com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, 206326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Queer Youth Space: 206-495-9963; www.queeryouth space.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www. safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (nonemergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject. org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273TALK, www.yspp.org

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