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Tina Podlodowski will Seattle is feeling the Bern as presidential candidate Bernie build an election system Sanders opens Capitol Hill that works for everyone office, staffs with 20 people

campaign rally at the Paramount Theatre for her bid to become the next Secretary of State. If elected, Podlodowski will be the state’s first openly LGBTQ person elected to the position as well as the first Democratic Secretary of State in more than 50 years.

Po d l o d ow sk i faces incumbent Kim Wyman, the fifth consecutive Republican to hold the position, in a race that promises to be expensive and, if Podlodowski has it her way, will highlight the argument that the current election system does not Tina Podlodowski – Courtesy of Podlodowski Campaign work for everyone; something Bernie Sanders – Jacquelyn Martin/AP via salon.com she promises to change if elected Secretary.

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by Shaun Knittel in Washington in Seattle’s LGBTQ neighThe Secretary of State is an important SGN Associate Editor SGN Associate Editor borhood of Capitol Hill earlier this month. job. The Secretary of State is the state’s chief The kickoff event, much like a lot of Sanders’ voting officer, chief corporations and nonDemocratic Presidential candidate Bercampaign event, was met by a large crowd On Wednesday, Lesbian activist and profits officer, and directs the State Library nie Sanders opened his first campaign office former Seattle City Councilmember held a see podlodowski page 5 see bernie sanders page 7

A COMMENTARY ON HOMELESSNESS the forefront of the local dialogue in the last year, leading local leadership to declare an unprecedented “State of Emergency” to aid those living without shelter.

There’s no question we face a crisis, so, what steps can Seattle take, in the short-term, to help? The City is funding a new approach to address the impacts to people living in encampments and the communities where we find these encampments. It’s a pretty low-tech service, and Lisa Herbold – www.seattlemet.com I hope you agree that it’s common sense. But, first, here’s some backby Lisa Herbold ground: Seattle City Councilmember

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Link Light Rail expansion to Capitol Hill & UW / Husky Stadium begins March 19

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer

The wait is over!

Six months ahead of schedule and $200 million under budget, Sound Transit’s Link Light Rail expansion to Capitol Hill and University of Washington will officially open to the public on Saturday, March 19 at 10 a.m.

Demolition for the project began in both neighborhoods in 2009, recycling nearly 3,000 tons of bricks, wood and Special to the SGN Who are the people living unsheltered metal from the CapiUniversity of Washington station – Photo by Albert Rodriguez and where did they come from? tol Hill site alone. (The A new harm reduction approach for I often get this question from people who Capitol Hill station is located at Broadway & 679,000 pounds, began digging below the people living unsheltered tell me they believe that homeless people E. John St.) Two years later, as tunnel boring surface artifacts from the 1880s were disThe issue of homelessness has risen to machines measuring 21 feet and weighing see homelessness page 7

see link light rail page 6

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Celebrating 41 Years!

A GLIMMER OF HOPE

Republican vs. Democrat – thewarrioronline.com

by Janice Van Cleve Special to the SGN Some might look at the primary elections of March 15 with dread. Trump swept Florida, Illinois, and North Carolina, and he is tied in Missouri. Rubio is out. Even if all of Rubio’s followers joined Cruz (an unlikely possibility), Trump would still be far ahead.

What an awful choice for Republicans!

Trump is an opportunistic egomaniac and Cruz is a universally hated zealot.

Yet there was one bright spot for the Republicans. John Kasich won his own state of Ohio handily. His victory speech was rational, adult, compassionate, humble, and sincere. Granted it is a low bar, but compared to the two whack-jobs, he sounded very presidential. While he only has 142 delegates and is far behind the other two, if he stays in the race, he lends a creditable alternative to the field.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton swept Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, and Ohio and is leading in Missouri. Her victory speech

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was very presidential. She graciously recognized Sanders’ vigorous campaigning while deftly differentiating herself from him – with solid plans instead of dreams.

Her best quote was, “It is one thing to run for president; it is quite another to be president.” She knows what the White House is like and what dealing with foreign governments is like. She outlined three priorities: (1) improve the lives of the American people, (2) keep America safe, and (3) bring us together again as a nation.

No wonder party participation has been declining, while more and more people identify as independents. No wonder people have been making the argument that “there is not a dime’s worth of difference” between Democrats and Republicans. No wonder our political landscape has become so polarized and trust in government has soured into cynicism. Washington D.C. has degenerated into a petty struggle for power rather than a place where smart adults solve problems.

This campaign season has been the most vigorous in half a century. Trump, Cruz, and Sanders gave voice to the radical fringes on both sides. Regardless of what one thinks of them, they have provided a needed service. It is important that the fringes be heard. We are not one monolithic nation.

There is real and justified anger out there.

People are fed up with being talked down to and lied to by politicians on both sides.

When people feel they are not heard, they hunker down, walk away, or radicalize.

So I have hope. I have hope that the Democrats will nominate Hillary Clinton.

If by some wild stretch of the imagination the Republicans nominate John Kasich, the two of them will elevate Campaign 2016 out of the gutter where it has been. The fringes have been heard, and they rejoice in hearing their true feelings at last being spoken.

That service may have helped blow off some pent-up steam. Now maybe we can get serious and elect somebody who can actually do the work. OK, it is a far-fetched hope, but we are not done yet.

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Labor Council recommends Pramila Jayapal in 7th Congressional District

Pramila Jayapal – Photo by Mike Kane via www.seattlemet.com

by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer The Martin Luther King County Labor Council (MLKCLC) has recommended Pramila Jayapal in the race to succeed longtime congressman Jim McDermott in the 7th Congressional District.

The MLKCLC’s vote came at its March 16 delegate meeting, after a candidate fo-

rum featuring Jayapal and her rivals for the seat, state Rep. Brady Walkinshaw and King County Council President Joe McDermott.

The Washington State Labor Council will make the final decision on endorsing a candidate in the race, but it usually follows the recommendations of local labor councils.

The MLKCLC is made up of 150 unions and other labor organizations and represents about 100,000 workers. The group in-

vited Jayapal, Walkinshaw, and McDermott to participate in a forum before making its decision in the race.

The 7th Congressional District includes Seattle north of Madison Street, West Seattle, Vashon Island, Edmonds, Shoreline, Kenmore, and parts of Burien and Normandy Park.

Jayapal is currently the state senator from the 37th Legislative District and has won a reputation as a staunch pro-labor advocate in a chamber controlled by Republicans. Walkinshaw represents the 43rd District, and McDermott represented the 36th District before winning a seat on the County Council.

The candidates, all Democrats, differed very little on policy issues. Instead, their presentations were aimed at convincing the union delegates of their progressive credentials.

Jayapal, founder of Hate Free Zone, an immigrant rights organization later renamed OneAmerica, spoke about her experience working with the MLKCLC on the 2003 Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride.

She also promised to be a “bold progressive fighter for the middle class,” who would “take on the corporations that squeeze working people.”

Her record proves her ability to deliver on her promises, she said, pointing to work on Seattle’s $15 per hour minimum wage ordinance and her sponsorship of the state Voting Rights Act and DREAM Act in the Senate.

Walkinshaw, whose mother was a Cuban immigrant, also spoke to the issue of immigration reform. Recalling summer jobs picking berries in his native Whatcom County, he promised to prioritize the rights of farmworkers.

“It’s about progressive policy,” McDermott said, emphasizing his 15 years of experience in elected office.

Although the issues were serious, the forum also had its lighter moments. McDermott got the biggest laugh of the evening when he was asked if he’d ever voted for a Republican.

“I dated a Republican once,” he replied, “and I’ll never make that mistake again.”

Jayapal also got a laugh with a story about her father. She was sent by her family in India to the United States at the age of 16 to go to school, she recalled. She wanted to be an English major, but her father wanted her to major in business.

“You don’t have to go to school to study English,” her father told her. “You already speak English!”

Under her father’s influence, she graduated as a business major and got a job at the investment firm Payne Webber.

“It taught me what I did not want to do,” she said.

Jayapal has already accumulated several important union endorsements, including the United Food and Commercial Workers, United Auto Workers, and the American Federation of Government Employees.

The powerful Boeing Machinists Union (IAM 751) gave a dual endorsement to Jayapal and Walkinshaw.

Walkinshaw and McDermott are openly Gay. Jayapal has been a longtime ally of the LGBT community, mobilizing OneAmerica to support marriage equality in the 2012 Referendum 74 campaign.

At its March 16 meeting, the MLKCLC also endorsed openly Lesbian Tina Podlodowski for secretary of state and current state Sen. Cyrus Habib for lieutenant governor.

Labor Council opposes anti-Trans initiatives

by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer

At its March 16 delegate meeting, the Martin Luther King County Labor Council (MLKCLC) adopted a resolution opposing “any and all initiatives that would deprive Transgender people of their right to use gender-appropriate facilities, including I-1504, I-1505, I-1506, I-1507, and I-1508.”

The resolution was proposed by Pride at Work, an LGBT labor organization affiliated with the AFL-CIO. The MLKCLC includes some 150 union locals and other labor groups representing 100,000 workers in King County.

Initiatives 1504 through 1508 have been filed by a group calling itself “Just Want Privacy.” The group is run by Joseph Backholm, executive director of the Family Policy Institute, a local franchise of James Dobson’s Focus on the Family.

Backholm previously authored Referendum 74, an unsuccessful 2012 attempt to repeal marriage equality.

The five initiatives mirror legislation introduced by Republican legislators, aimed at repealing rules on public restroom use adopted by the state Human Rights Commission (HRC). The HRC said Transgender people may use restrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their gender identities.

Republicans wanted to make genital configuration the basis for excluding Trans people from gender-appropriate restrooms.

In January, when the anti-Trans bills were introduced, the MLKCLC opposed them and urged the Washington State Labor Council (WSLC) to lobby against them.

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Only one of the anti-Trans bills ever came up for a vote, and it was defeated by the state Senate by a narrow 25-24 margin.

Backholm’s group has until July 8 to collect 246,372 valid signatures to qualify each of his initiatives for the November ballot.

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Not all of them may be headed for a vote, however. It’s a common tactic to file multiple initiative titles and then push for the one that seems to be picking up the most support. Initiative maven Tim Eyman, for example, has already filed 64 separate

initiatives.

In its March 16 resolution, the MLKCLC noted that enforcement of laws excluding Trans people from gender-appropriate restrooms “would deprive Transgender union members of fair and equal treatment in their workplaces” and that “such laws would require union members who are employees of Washington schools and other public facilities to be complicit in illegal and unjust discrimination against Transgender individuals” because they might be required to enforce laws excluding Trans people from restrooms.

The MLKCLC also expressed concern that Republicans would use the initiatives as a tool to mobilize conservative voters in an attempt to win the gubernatorial race in November and take control of the state government.

“The right-wing forces backing these initiatives hope to use Transgender rights as a wedge issue to mobilize their political base and win control of the state government, after which they will pass ‘right to work’ laws, defund public schools, roll back civil rights protections for the LGBT community, and reverse decades of social progress,” the labor group warned.

The MLKCLC also committed to urging the WSLC to prioritize defeating any antiTrans initiative that makes it to the November ballot.

In the past year, Pride at Work has hosted two trainings for labor leaders on how to protect Trans union members, one at the WSLC’s Seattle office and one at the WSLC annual convention.

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and State Archives. In Washington state, the Secretary of State is also second (behind the Lt. Governor) in the line of succession to the Governor.

The turnout at the campaign event was impressive. However, it wasn’t impressive because of the number of people that showed up in support of Podlodowski, but more so because of the diversity of support she seems to garner. As a member of the media and a political activist myself, I can tell you that when attending these types of events you see the “usual suspects,” meaning the same faces saying the same things to the same people again. While many of the “usual suspects” were in attendance on Wednesday, I also met and spoke with a number of people that had worked with Podlodowski in the past as an activist, or in government, or met her when she was running a nonprofit organization. After spending just five minutes talking to a few of her supporters it became obvious to me that these people don’t just respect the politician and the office – they really and truly admire her as a person, a community leader, and believe she is the only choice for Secretary of State.

Her supporters include young and old, LGBTQ, and communities of color to name a few. Equally as important, other supporters of Podlodowski’s bid for Secretary of State include current or former elected officials, nonprofit leaders, activists and more.

I suppose it is fitting that her campaign slogan is “Every Voice, Every Vote” considering the scope of support she has already received from the public.

As Secretary of State, Podlodowski says she will break down barriers to voting by increasing the number of drop boxes, expand voter pamphlets, make postage prepaid and use technology to remind voters to return their ballots.

“Everyone’s vote is their voice in democracy, and in our government statewide,” Podlodowski said to supporters on Wednesday, adding, “so we need to make sure that everyone is participating and that every vote is getting counted.”

And that is not just campaign rhetoric, Podlodowski is correct. Last November, voter turnout was down to a record-low 38 percent. And only 75 percent of eligible voters in the state registered to vote.

Podlodowski says the Secretary of State should do what they can to get both of those numbers up. She is aiming for as close to 100 percent as possible.

The Secretary of State is responsible for selecting and implementing the voting systems used by all 39 Washington counties.

According to Podlodowski, encouraging greater participation in democracy is one of the most important aspects of the office.

Podlodowski isn’t just merely pointing out the things she thinks the current Secretary of State, Wyman, currently the only

member of the Republican Party elected to statewide office on the West Coast of the United States, is doing wrong – she is looking for ways to get more Washingtonians engaged in the voting process.

Podlodowski has stated that having ballots available in multiple languages, offering same-day voter registration and pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds are some of what she will peruse if elected. Additionally, she says that by making ballots postage free voters on a fixed income will be able to vote without worrying about having to find, then buy, stamps.

Currently, Podlodowski says that both overseas and military voters are allowed to return ballots by email, and she is interested in offering that option to everyone.

How will she pay for this?

Podlodowski says she has already figured out how. Her opponent, Secretary Wyman, fought for a Republican Presidential primary that is costing taxpayers $11.5 million. Podlodowski says that those dollars could have paid for prepaid postage for primary and general election ballots, one permanent ballot drop box for every 15,000 county residents, and drop boxes on college campuses.

Podlodowski also says she supports same-day voter registration and automatic voter registration. The current Secretary of State does not.

Tina Podlodowski says her campaign, at the end of the day, is about the matter of making voting safe, secure and accessible for all, as well as ensuring there is an equitable, modernized voting system in place.

Voting, however, is not the only issue for this candidacy. The Secretary of State is also the state’s chief corporations officer.

The Secretary of State’s office is one of the first points of contact for corporations and charities that want to register with the state.

The Secretary of State has a significant role in helping find ways for small businesses and women-owned and minority business to thrive in Washington state.

In addition, the Secretary of State provides information on corporations and charities to the public and gives advice on how to donate wisely in order to avoid being the target of a scam.

The Secretary of State is also charged with the preservation of the irreplaceable records and stories that comprise our state’s history – everything from government records to photos and maps to genealogy and newspapers. However, Podlodowski says the state is running out of space to store paper records which will require the Secretary of State’s office to find innovative ways to utilize technology in order to preserve these important records for generations to come.

Additionally, the Secretary of State administers the Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) that assists crime victims (specifically victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking and stalking) who have relocated to avoid further abuse.

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Podlodowski is a Puget Sound Business Journal “Woman of Influence” with 30+ years of leadership in technology, government and management which has saved taxpayers millions of dollars, improved public safety and health, and revolutionized technology.

After a successful career as a senior manager at Microsoft, Podlodowski won an at-large seat on the Seattle City Council with 65% of the popular vote. While in office she championed the complete redevelopment and modernization of the City’s financial management system, saving taxpayers millions of dollars. She also pioneered in-district council meetings to engage a more diverse group of constituents in the city’s decision-making process.

As a senior vice-president at Porter Novelli, Podlodowski led national efforts to improve public health and safety. Her work with stakeholders at all levels of government drove forward progress on environmental justice, women’s health, HIV/AIDS and childhood immunizations. Her clients included the Centers for Disease Control, Office of Environmental and Public Health, the Association of State and Territorial Health Directors, and the National Association of City and County Health Officials.

Podlodowski also revitalized two regional non-profit organizations. At Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Puget Sound she grew a nationally recognized mentoring program to one of the 10th largest in nation. For Lifelong AIDS Alliance she increased the reach and scope of prevention and education efforts to over 380,000 Washingtonians.

After the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, Podlodowski helped form the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility, which successfully enacted sensible gun background check legislation with the passage of I-594 in 2014.

According to her campaign, “Tina’s strong belief in equality for all guides her work in leadership roles with Washington Citizens for Fairness, the Pride Foundation and The Human Rights Campaign. She is a former member of the Visiting Committee at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington, and was awarded the “Spirit Award” from the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle. Her political and philanthropic work has been profiled in The New York Times, The Washington Post, People, and Vanity Fair.”

So far Podlodowski has done well in her campaign for Secretary of State. Her campaign released a February polling memo that showed she was trailing Wyman by just three points, 35% to 38%, a statistical tie.

The memo also said that only 23% of Washington voters know Wyman well enough to rate her, of those people only 12% rate her favorably, and Wyman has little room for growth within her own party.

Shortly after she announced her candidacy, Podlodowski announced in February that she raised more money in the first three

weeks of her campaign than Secretary of State Wyman raised in the past four years.

Since launching her campaign on January 13, at that time, Podlodowski reported raising $118,000 – more than any previous Secretary of State has raised in the first fundraising period. The total includes nearly 300 individual donors. Public campaign finance reports indicate since January 3, 2016, Wyman had raised $116,903.73 and spent $52,133.92 of those funds, leaving only $64,769.81 on hand. While this is all good news for Podlodowski and her supporters it is important to note that one thing is for sure – this is set to be the most expensive race for Secretary of State ever. That means that Podlodowski is going to have to raise a lot more money over the next few weeks. And even then, at this point, the race for Secretary of State is still up for grabs.

Still, the family, friends and colleagues that were in attendance at the Paramount campaign event on Wednesday say she is the one. The list of who’s who among politicos (past and present), City of Seattle employees, nonprofit leadership and more that were all present at the event was impressive for sure. The truth is Podlodowski knows that she must get out and meet with people to talk about what is really at stake in this election. Although admittedly a little tired from all of the hard campaigning she has already engaged in, she knows the toughest days are ahead but says she is up for the challenge.

On March 1, Podlodowski launched her Every Voice Every Vote tour, meeting with small business owners, community leaders, young professionals, and students in Pierce, Clark, and Thurston Counties. In the coming weeks, she will visit with citizens in small businesses, coffee shops, diners, community centers, and homes in all 39 counties across Washington to discuss ways to increase engagement and participation in our democracy.

“I want to hear first-hand from Washingtonians about the challenges they face starting and running small businesses, and their ideas for how to improve our elections,” said Podlodowski. “As Secretary of State, I will reduce bureaucratic red tape and break down barriers to voting by increasing the number of drop boxes, expanding voter pamphlets, making postage prepaid, and using technology to remind voters to return their ballots.”

So far, participants from the events have expressed concerns and offered ideas about how leadership from the Secretary of State’s office could tackle difficult issues they face.

To track the Every Voice Every Vote tour follow #EveryVoteWA and Podlodowski (@ VotersforTina) on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. All public events are also listed on the Voters for Tina event schedule at her official campaign website www.VotersForTina.com.

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Patty Murray wants to crack down on wage theft Introduces Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act

sions (HELP) Committee, submitted her Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act on March 16.

The bill would give workers the right to receive full compensation for all of the work they perform, as well as the right to receive regular pay stubs and final paychecks in a timely manner.

It would also offer employees a way to recover their stolen wages in court and make resources available to enhance the enforcement of wage and hour laws.

“Too many people across the country go to work every day to support themselves and their families, only to have their bosses cheat them out of their hard-earned pay,” Murray said in a statement.

“This bill would help even the playing field for the vast majority of businesses that are treating their workers fairly, and it would empower more workers by making sure their paychecks reflect the hours and hard work they put in on the job. Boosting economic security for more workers is an important step in our efforts to help the economy grow from the middle out, not the top down.”

Under existing law, workers can only recover wages equivalent to the federal minimum wage or – for overtime hours – 1.5 times their regular wage.

For example, an employee who is hired at $9.00 per hour can only recover $7.25 of every $9.00 he or she is owed. Murray’s bill would help workers recoup the full compensation that employers have withheld from them.

The bill covers a number of areas. It would: 1) require employers to pay all wages owed to an employee; 2) require employers to disclose the terms of employment and provide regular pay stubs to all employees; 3) require employers to pay final paychecks within 14 days of separation or by the payday for the pay period, whichever is earlier; 4) impose a civil fine of $2,000 when employers violate minimum wage and overtime protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); 5) increase the damages that employees who are victims of wage theft are entitled to;

6) strengthen protections for employees who are illegally fired by their employer as retaliation for filing a complaint concerning wage theft or cooperating with a Department of Labor (DOL) investigation; 7) establish a civil fine of $1,000 for an employer’s first violation of the FLSA record-keeping provision and $5,000 for each subsequent violation; 8) increase the statute of limitations for employees to bring a claim against their employers, from two years to four years (and from three years to five years for willful violations); 9) make it easier for employees to take collective action to recover their stolen wages; 10) direct the DOL to refer to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution those employers who comprehensively engage in wage theft by willfully stealing employees’ wages, falsifying records to hide the truth, and retaliating against employees when they try to speak up for themselves or cooperate with a DOL investigation; and 11) create a grant program at DOL to assist DOL in its education, trainings, and enforcement of this act through partnerships with organizations on the ground that fight wage theft.

According to Murray’s office, research suggests that wage theft can cost workers across the United States billions in wages every year.

A 2009 study of workers in low-wage industries in New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago found that in any given week, two-thirds of workers experienced at least one pay-related violation. Common examples of wage theft include forcing workers to work off the clock, refusing to pay the minimum wage, denying overtime pay to workers even after they work more than 40 hours a week, stealing workers’ tips, or knowingly misclassifying workers to avoid paying fair wages.

this city, this region.” Indeed, a trip from downtown Seattle (Westlake Center) to the University of Washington station is expected to take just 8 minutes. Currently, express Metro bus routes on a good day between the two districts takes a minimum of 15 minutes to get from one to the other, while non-express routes are about double that time. On Friday afternoons and evenings, or Husky football game days, traffic congestion can delay the commute up to an hour.

At each station, riders are greeted by eye-catching art installations. Leo Saul Berk’s work at the UW stop, Subterranean, includes hatch-patterns in bold blue shades that were cut into the walls and ceilings, which add to the experience of being somewhere deep down below. On Capitol Hill, Mike Ross’ Jet Kiss converts two pink and fuchsia-painted Navy jets into organic forms that almost touch each other, or kiss, high above the train platform. Another art piece at Capitol Hill, Ellen Forney’s Crossed Pinkies and Walking Fingers is easily visible when entering the west side of Broadway.

On the opposite side, pistachio and whitecheckered tiles add a touch of color to a wall next to the stairwell that leads down to catch the train.

This is the second public transportation project in Seattle to launch within a month, as the First Hill Streetcar began operating in late January. The streetcar connects the communities of Capitol Hill, First Hill, Central District, International District/ Chinatown and Pioneer Square. Riders can get from 12th and Jackson at the Little Saigon stop, to Pine and Broadway in about 10 minutes; from start to end, the Pioneer Square platform, a block away from King Street Station, to Seattle Central Community College is about a 15 to 20 minute ride.

Launch day on March 19 calls for a dual celebration that will take place 3.1 miles apart at the Capitol Hill and UW stations.

Among the festivities planned are live music (DJs, instrumental, jazz, hip-hop), selfguided station tours, free commemorative items (while supplies last) and food for purchase from local food trucks. These events

are free to everyone and will begin at 9 a.m. (although the first train rides don’t begin until 10 a.m.) and continue until 5:00 p.m.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx will be joined by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Acting Administrator Therese McMillan, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, U.S. Representative Jim McDermott, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee, King County Executive Dow Constantine, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff and other officials at Husky Stadium for the launch.

ORCA cards can be used for Link Light Rail and First Hill Streetcar, or single ride tickets can be purchased at kiosks outside each station or platform. The streetcar stations, however, do not have machines with E-Purse options to reload your ORCA card.

For more information on Saturday’s opening festivities, where you can also receive an all-day free ticket, go to ulink2016. org.

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by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Washington’s Sen. Patty Murray has introduced legislation to crack down on wage theft.

Murray, the ranking member on the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-

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covered, including 31 shoes and pieces of boardwalk at the University of Washington site. (The UW station is located adjacent to Husky Stadium on Montlake Blvd NE.) At its deepest, the tunnel is 300 feet underneath Volunteer Park.

With the additional stations, light rail service will now run daily between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and the University of Washington east of the UW Medical Center; it’s all one long line. Platforms for both Capitol Hill and University of Washington stations are below ground; in fact, catching the train at the UW, right next to Husky Stadium, requires an elevator descent or two escalator rides to about 100 feet below street level where the trains pass through.

King County Executive Dow Constantine attended a brief media preview on March 15, stating that the new expanded service would be “a better way to get around

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of supporters looking to volunteer and canvass votes ahead of the March 26 caucuses.

Stephanie Formas, a spokesperson for Hillary Clinton, told The Seattle Times that her campaign has had staff in Washington since January and opened a Seattle office weeks ago. Clinton is expected to open more campaign offices around the state in the coming days.

Joan Kato welcomed supporters at the Capitol Hill campaign office at 617 E. Pike St., and reminded everyone in attendance about the importance of Washington delegates to the Sanders campaign. Kato currently works at Sanders’ national headquarters.

Sanders has since opened another office in Northgate with more local offices expected to open soon.

Kato told media that there are 20 Sanders staffers in the state and everywhere she’s been during the organizing tour a field or-

ganizer has been left behind to coordinate canvassing efforts around Washington.

According to the Sanders campaign, people are being asked to volunteer for the Democratic Socialist’s campaign, get out and caucus on March 26, sign up as precinct captains and get educated about the surrogate affidavit process for absentee caucusing.

Strategic canvassing is expected to occur throughout the state all the way up to the Democratic caucuses, as well as phone banking.

Bernie Sanders campaign reached out to Seattle Police Department LGBTQ Liaison Officer Jim Ritter, the officer who created the SPD SAFE PLACE program, to sign the Pike St. campaign office up for the program.

The decals are in the window as folks walk by. Ritter, along with Social Outreach Seattle (SOSEa), a social justice organization that has led the community response efforts against anti-LGBTQ bias crimes, spoke to Sanders staffers about the program, what is expected of them as a member of SPD

SAFE PLACE, and more.

The Washington Democratic caucuses are held March 26 and will start at 10 a.m.

Republicans in the state will allocate their delegates during the primary May 24.

Sanders is expected to do quite well in Washington. Seattle ranks No. 1 among the 50 biggest U.S. cities for per-capita contributions to Bernie Sanders.

According to The Seattle Times, “itemized donations from Seattleites to Sanders campaign totaled $596,578 through Jan. 31.

That pencils out to a rate of $893 per 1,000 city residents, handily beating out No. 2 San Francisco and No. 3 Portland.”

By law, donations of $200 or more are required to have name, occupation, ZIP code and other information. However, nearly three-quarters of Sanders’ $94 million in individual contributions fall below that threshhold.

Small individual donations that total $200 in a campaign cycle also must be itemized. Of the $27 million in itemized individual donations, $1.7 million came from

homelessness

Council passed an amendment to the State of Emergency spending plan to allocate $200,000 specifically to address the impacts to communities and individuals that arise when people live outside.

These funds are to “remedy conditions directly associated with unsanctioned camping” and can pay for hand-washing stations; portable toilets and showers; containers for disposing of used needles with collection service; and trash collection service.

Following the Council’s vote, I met with the Human Services Department, Seattle Public Utilities, the Mayor’s Office, and REACH (the provider that does outreach to individuals living outside) to discuss how to develop and implement this new approach. My first priority in the short term is to provide for garbage collection and sharps containers collection service. All parties agreed that it would be most practical to begin a new collection service to pick up the garbage bags that REACH distributes to persons camping in unsanctioned places as part of their outreach.

Similarly, outreach workers currently distribute sharps containers. Seattle Public Utilities will soon be able to pick them up, too. This means safer and cleaner places for everyone. The second priority for these funds will be to explore mobile washing stations and toilets like those used in San Francisco.

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move here seeking the services we have in Seattle. Yet, the data shows that people here who are homeless overwhelmingly come from this community. Approximately 87% of the homeless people in King County report their last known address in King County, and 97% are from Washington state. These are our neighbors.

Also, the idea that Seattle provides so many services that we are a magnet to homeless people must be questioned. In 2014, of about 50 cities, Seattle ranked 21st for providing shelter, with 30% of our homeless residents unsheltered. Boston, on the other hand, shelters 96.7% of their homeless residents.

The 2016 One Night Count revealed that King County has at least 4,505 men, women, and children sleeping outside or in cars without shelter. This number is an increase of 19% over last year’s count. Further, South and Southwest King County areas report a 53% increase in people living unsheltered.

Homelessness in Seattle! How did it get this bad?

The reason that homelessness is increasing is linked to the rise in housing costs and stagnating wages. The Journal of Urban Affairs found that an increase of $100 in median rent corresponded to a 15 percent increase in the numbers of people who are homeless. Rent increases in Seattle are among the highest in the nation and you need a $27 an hour wage to afford an average apartment in Seattle. Although our local economy is in recovery, only the top 5% of earners have seen their wages rebound to pre-recession recovery.

In addition, Federal support dollars have evaporated in the last two decades.

Comparing the 1999 budget to the 2016 budget reveals that Federal human services grants to Seattle have decreased 43%. 62% of the City’s Human Services budget used to come from Federal funding and now it’s only 26%.

The Mayor’s declaration and the Council’s support for a State of Emergency is designed to bring more resources to bear on the problem. Seattle cannot solve this emergency alone: federal assistance and support from the private market is critical.

Seattle, we have a problem. What to do?

Washington.

The Seattle Times says Sanders and his staff couldn’t have picked a better location: • The top three city ZIP codes for percapita donations cover the entire neighborhood.

• With $1,791 per 1,000 residents, 98112 leads the way • Which includes 15th Avenue East on Capitol Hill as well as Madison Valley, Madison Park and Montlake.

Seattle has embraced Bernie Sanders more than any other big city. Now let’s see if that remains the same after March 26.

For information about participating in the Washington State Democratic Caucuses, visit http://www.wa-democrats. org/. For information about registering to vote in the U.S. Presidential election this November, visit http://www.dol.wa.gov/ driverslicense/voter.html or http://www. kingcounty.gov/depts/elections.aspx

The Homelessness State of Emergency is an opportunity to develop a new public health approach for those people living unsheltered. The City has 3 sanctioned encampments and 1 RV safe lot. However, there are about 171 unsanctioned encampment sites. 200 tents (approximately 400 people residing in them) were counted in the East Duwamish Greenbelt alone.

The City’s policy for removal of these encampments is based on the hazards of the location, public safety issues in the area, and significant public health concerns. These

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factors are balanced with the availability of resources, and it means that many encampments will not be removed. And even if the City had the ability to remove all of the encampments, the City doesn’t currently have resources to provide shelter for everyone living in encampments. This means we must address the serious impacts to people living in encampments and impacts to the communities where we find encampments.

The failure to address these impacts is a clear gap in our response.

For this reason, I proposed and the

$200,000 to pick up garbage you say?

A back of the envelope calculation tells me that we might be able to pay for staff and trucks and gas to visit encampments about twice a week to pick up garbage and sharps for an entire year. This will help address the very real public health threats to individuals and communities while we work to bring people inside.

This is something the City has never done before. I hope – in addressing the cleanliness of these encampments – it can shift the conversation from urging that we shut down all encampments immediately, without regard for the lack of places for people to sleep, to how our encampment response can be focused on the needs of people living there and support efforts to help these people access limited shelter and housing options.

For more information about who is homeless, see this infographic: http://allhomekc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ AllHomeInfographicFull.png

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Arts & Entertainment Seattle Men’s Chorus presents

Everything Broadway

Introducing Janis Joplin!

An interview with The definitive guide to show tunes!

Kacee Clanton

SEATTLE MEN’S CHORUS EVERYTHING BROADWAY RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER March 19 (Preview) MCCAW HALL April 2-3 Seattle Men’s Chorus (SMC) brings the “Great White Way” to Seattle’s McCaw Hall

Kacee Clanton stars as Janis in the critically-acclaimed Broadway musical hit, A Night with Janis Joplin at the 5th Avenue Theatre – Photo by Earl Gibson

(321 Mercer St.) with Everything Broadway on Saturday, April 2 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 3 at 2 p.m. This long-awaited concert was hand-picked by Dennis Coleman to be part of his final season with SMC. For his penultimate appearance at the podium he conducts 250 Gay men singing Broadway’s biggest hits and hidden gems. It’s the definisee smc page 3

by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE March 25 - April 17 Janis Joplin is hailed as Rock ’n’ Roll

Royalty and for very good reasons. Her voice, style and sheer vibrant personality broke barriers of the male dominated world, propelling her life into a fast-paced stardom, which included her performance at the famous Woodstock Festival. The 5th Avenue Theatre is presenting the acclaimed see kacee clanton page 4

Field’s brilliance makes Parade a march for truth Doris easy to say hello to and justice

Sally Field in Hello, My Name is Doris – etonline.com

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS Now playing If nothing else, director Michael Showalter’s (The Baxter) film festival favorite, Hello, My Name Is Doris, is a sensational showcase for star Sally Field. Co-writing the script with Laura Terruso, upon whose short film, Doris & the Intern, all of this is based, the movie is a glorious reminder that Field is a bona fide two-time Academy Award-winner who, not all that long ago,

was considered one of America’s greatest living actresses. They have gifted her with a role equal to her talents, and as such she goes above and beyond in order to bring the titular Doris to life.

Doris (Field) is a sixty-something single woman who has spent the past 40-plus years caring for her mother out on Staten Island, allowing her younger brother Todd (Stephen Root) the freedom to get an education, get married and start a family of his own. She works as an accountant at a Manhattan clothing company, disappearing more and more inside the cubical she’s

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Jeff Orton, Tori Spero and company in Sound Theatre Company’s Parade – Photo by Ken Holmes

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer PARADE SOUND THEATRE COMPANY (AT 12TH AVENUE ARTS) Through March 26 Parade is such a cheery name for a musical! However, it is the wry, unsettling, ironic title of a true-life musical story of Southern

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small-town bigotry and a still-unsolved murder mystery! Written by Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry, this 1998 Tony winner is being presented by Sound Theatre Company and is the first musical mounted at 12th Avenue Arts.

First, the history: In 1913, Leo Frank (Jeff Orton), a New York Jew who moved and married in Marietta, Georgia, is a town outsider. When 13 year-old Mary Phagan see parade page 5

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by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV LE COQ D’OR PARIS CHÂTELET ARTHAUS MUSIK Blu-ray DVD And now for something different: a satirical, fantasy opera, Le Coq d’Or, the last opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. At well under two hours, this production (recorded in 2003 but not released on Blu-ray until 2012) in Paris at the Châtelet is a show that delights with elaborate, exaggerated costumes and excellent musical values. But it does not seek to move the emotions in the manner of most Western opera. It is a satire of military incompetence, aristocratic stupidity and political corruption, set “in a certain far-off kingdom” but symbolically referring to Russia and its early 20th century conflicts with Japan. It was originally forbidden performance by the Russian censors and was never seen staged by the composer, who died a couple years after completion.

The story begins, after a brief prologue by an Astrologer, with the King seriously considering obviously stupid advice by his two sons on how to deal with hostile neighboring countries. The prologue’s Astrologer chimes in with the gift of a magical golden cockerel, who will alert the King whenever danger threatens his borders, thus allowing the King finally to achieve true rest from constantly irritating fears. The King promises him anything he desires. Meanwhile, wars soon descend, and the sons are killed while the King’s army is humiliated.

The Queen of Shemakha magically appears on the battlefield, seduces the King, and returns with him as his bride-to-be. The Astrologer re-appears to demand his prize; he wants the Queen. The King won’t allow this and kills the Astrologer. The Queen’s true nature has her rejecting the King’s advances and apparently enlisting the golden cockerel to kill the King. The Astrologer, no longer dead, announces to the audience that only he and the Queen are real mortals; all else is mere fantasy.

Many loose ends in the satire go un-

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Tickets to SMC’s Everything Broadway concerts at McCaw Hall are $25-$78 and available at http://www.seattlechoruses.org/ or over the phone at (206) 388-1400. SMC’s Seattle Box Office is open Monday through Friday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Friends and Family Preview tickets ($10.00 each) are now available for SMC’s March 19 preview concert at 7 p.m. at Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center (400 S 2nd St., Renton) are available online, by

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explained. None of the characters is likeable, and the end offers no satisfaction. So, what makes this opera fun?

First of all, there’s the music, so full of RimskyKorsakov’s famed skills at orchestration, with all sorts of orientalisms and unusual instrumental combinations. The vocal writing, while only occasionally melodic, is skillful and expressive.

Secondly, all the singers are superb, especially the coloratura soprano, Olga Trifonova, who rivals the world’s best in a long aria rather like that of Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos. Also superb is tenor Barry Banks, who makes the incredibly high part of the Astrologer seems effortless and lovely. He resorts to falsetto on only one incredibly strong high note.

Adding to the delights are the costumes and direction by the all-Japanese team, headed by Ennosuke Ichikawa. Everything is tinged by satirical comedy…the subtle kind that takes a while for the viewer to “get” as comedy. Costumes are extremely colorful and purposely overdone, sometimes with complexity on top of complexity.

The acting is “Super Kabuki,” Ennosuke’s attempt to update Kabuki of the Edo period to appeal to modern audiences. The extremely stylized gestures add to the sometimes comical feeling of fantasy.

The superb conducting by Kent Nagano supports every aspect of the show. He leads the Orchestre de Paris and the excellent Chorus of Mariinsky Theatre of St. Petersburg.

The total package is a little weird in several regards. While the technical standards are top-notch, both in sound and picture, the show begins, unlike most opera videos, with no credits, no shots of the opera house or the audience, not even the usual entrance of the conductor. You’d never know it was

a live performance if it weren’t for the curtain calls and the printed statement that it is indeed “live.” There are no “extras” or “behind the scenes” videos about the production. But the accompanying booklet is quite good and includes interesting remarks by the composer, especially his comment about the unusual use for the Astrologer of a “tenor-altino,” a lyric tenor who has easy high notes and “a strong falsetto, for the part is written in the extremely high register.” He also shows realistic concern for the singers: “The dances performed by the King and Queen in the second act must be carried out so as to not interfere with the singers’ breathing by too sudden or too violent movement.” And no “cuts” are allowed!

For anyone willing to take a more cerebral approach to an opera, this disc provides considerable riches both musically and visually.

Reviewer Rod Parke can be reached at rmp62@columbia.edu.

calling the box office at (206) 388-1400, or at the door on the day of the preview.

The SMC Outreach Concert to benefit CADA (Citizens Against Domestic and Sexual Abuse) is scheduled for Langley, WA on April 23 at 7 p.m. at the South Whidbey High School Performing Art Center (5675 Maxwelton Road, Langley, WA.) Tickets are available through CADA at www.cadacanhelp.org. General Admission: $35; VIP: $150, in addition to a ticket to the main concert event, the VIP ticket includes a preconcert reception at 4:30 p.m. with a benefit performance by Captain SmartyPants at 4:30 p.m. with catered food, hosted wines and cocktails at a private waterfront home in Langley-By-The-Sea featuring a benefit performance by Captain SmartyPants, plus catered food, hosted wine and cocktails.

The Annual FREE Children’s Concert is at McCaw Hall (321 Mercer St.) on Saturday April 2 at 2 p.m. Tickets are free, advance online reservations are recommended at Free Children’s Concert.

About the Seattle Men’s Chorus/ Seattle Women’s Chorus The internationally renowned Seattle Men’s Chorus (founded 1979) and Seattle Women’s Chorus (founded 2002) comprise the largest community chorus organization in North America. Both choruses stand out as the largest LGBT-identified men’s and women’s choruses in the world. Flying House Productions, the home of SWC and SMC, is among the Pacific Northwest’s largest, most vibrant and successful music organizations, with an annual audience of more than 30,000 patrons in Seattle’s most prestigious venues.

Our Mission is to entertain, enlighten, unify and heal our audience and members, using the power of words and music to recognize the value of gay and straight people and their relationships.

Our Vision: A world that accepts and values its gay and lesbian citizens.

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worn down, but also hiding a heart of gold, Reed’s character is able to fill in all kinds of information about how the system works or doesn’t in state programs that have seen all kinds of budget cutting over the last decade.

But a foster care story on stage needs a specific family and here we meet Karlie (Hannah Mootz) and her high school boyfriend Peter (Drew Highlands) who have recently lost their daughter, Luna, to the foster care system, by becoming meth addicts! When Caroline looks to place the child with Karlie’s mother, Cindy (Anne Allgood), Karlie becomes very upset and insists that her child would be better off with a random foster family than with her mother.

The ostensible reason is that Cindy is very Christian and Karlie says she’s afraid Cindy will want to inculcate Luna into dogmatic Christianity. And Cindy is indeed very dogmatically Christian. Act One

makes us think that Caroline might be prejudiced against dogmatic, apocalyptic Christianity, and it looks like she will hatch a scheme with Karlie and Peter to help them get Luna back. Perhaps not all is quite as it seems.

But then add in Caroline’s nasty boss (Alex Matthews), who turns out to be friends with Cindy’s pastor Jay (Adrian LaTourelle), and some office politics enters in as well. And, for good measure, Caroline is potentially a bit too invested in a young woman who has “graduated” from foster care and is headed off to college, Lourdes (Pilar O’Connell).

Some of those elements put the plot into movie-of-the-week territory, as some audience members muttered during intermission. We kind of already can guess that Lourdes’ situation isn’t going to go that well, which is too bad, because it would be less cliché to have Lourdes actually beat her background, as some foster kids can and do.

Pastor Jay is quite a reasonable and fine character, here, and rescues the Christianity part of the plot from pissing a lot of Christians off at the play. Matthews’ role is not necessarily cliché, but the workplace tension doesn’t add to the rest of the story being presented.

Part of Act Two adds in another element of sexual abuse that probably credibly propels many young people, including possibly Karlie, toward drug abuse. So, its inclusion can be seen as Gilman’s effort to give a 360 degree picture of the different aspects that come into play with drug abuse, young parents, children who need to be removed from parents, and social workers placing those children.

Audience members who have not been exposed to foster care much, and maybe that includes a vast majority of Seattle Rep

subscribers, will gain a great deal of useful information about the plight of children in the system, and also the plight of the overworked, stressed and undersupported social workers who have to make these very personal and life-changing evaluations about children and those who care for them.

Braden Abraham’s staging is generally well presented, especially with very quick set changes that slide out and miraculously change to slide back in, so location changes are virtually instantaneous. Michael Ganio’s design allows the play to keep moving quickly, which is crucial because sometimes the scenes do bog down. Kevin O’Donnell’s sound design is also an important scene change element that helps give the audience an auditory respite.

The cast is strong, with some of my favorite actors. They all bring as much reasonableness and earnestness of character as they can. Because they are so watchable, the evening succeeds, but later on, in reflection, I think there is a wish that Gilman might have restrained herself from adding in all those elements. If the family drama stayed more focused on the family, and deepened the conflicts, the whole play might pay off better.

Instead, it tends to fall apart when picked at just a little bit. The impression of movie-of-the-week overtakes the drama and reduces the play to more of a sermon than an immersion.

For more information, go to www.seattlerep.org or call 206-443-2222.

bliss for me. It wasn’t the firecracker show that this one [A Night With Janis Joplin] is, but it gave me a foundation for who Janis was as a person. When this show came along, I got a call saying they wanted me to audition. I thought, “Still with the Janis, thing?” and thought that it wouldn’t happen again. I knew that it was going to be a fireball of a show and thought “OK, I have to do this.” This show may go on to Broadway, and it did! It chased me, more than I chased it, but I’ve been lucky that it happened at all.

Andrews-Katz: What is the most challenging thing about evoking the spirit of Janis Joplin?

Clanton: Being truthful every second.

That’s an easy question. She was just raw, and she told the truth all the time. We – as actors – are told not to imitate, but to emulate who she was. None of us sound like her, or look like her; it’s all about telling the truth. I think you have to be very vulnerable to do what she did in front of 1,000 people a night. That is the most challenging thing, spiritually speaking, beyond the physical work.

Andrews-Katz: What is it that makes Janis Joplin such an influential personality?

Clanton: To a lot of people she was this Chick that screamed. She changed the world of music for white women; we didn’t sing the Blues before then. I know for me, as a Blues singer, if it wasn’t for Janis blazing the trail in that man’s world, I don’t know where I’d be today.

Andrews-Katz: Was Janis a tragic figure or did she have tragic things befall her?

Clanton: I actually don’t see her as either. I don’t see her as a tragic figure. She threw her life away because of drugs and alcohol, and that is always a tragedy. She was an evolving woman that died at 27, and at

27 years of age, you are just starting to learn about yourself. She once said, “I have to do all of my learning in front of everybody” that was just her path. I don’t know if tragic things happened to her, everybody has shit happening to them, but like all of us, she was treated poorly by a lot of people. Some of it she triggered and it was done cruelly.

When she was at Boston University she was voted “Most Ugliest MAN on Campus,” and that is a tragedy when people put you down that way. It’s difficult to recover from that. On the other hand, if she hadn’t gone through those experiences, she wouldn’t have had that core strength. She could always say, “Fuck You” because she had been through all of that. I see it more as a triumph in a lot of ways.

Andrews-Katz: When asked what she thought about while singing, Janis answered: “I’m not really thinking much, just sort of, trying to feel.” What do you think she meant by that?

Clanton: That’s all about telling the truth and being in that story, whatever song you are singing is the story. It’s not just a bunch of notes on paper. Musicians see notes on paper and singers feel the rhythm. We have to feel the storyline and understand the emotions behind the lyrics, and what emotions are evoked from what particular groove that band is playing. She was trying not to overthink. The only way to perform was for her to wear her emotions on her sleeve. That made it truthful for her and allowed her to become one with the groove. She would become one with the song without fear or concern for what people thought of her.

Andrews-Katz: If Janis were alive today she would only be 73 years old. What do you think her life would have been like?

Clanton: People really really want to know that. I think people ask that because she had such a huge impact for a career lasting only three and a half years. She changed the rules of Rock ’n’ Roll and paid the dues for women. It’s hard for me to imagine her being alive, but honestly, I don’t think she would be much different. I think she would still be telling the truth all the time. I think she’d still be a Bohemian Gypsy of sorts, and she’d still be all about the “feel” and still on that track trying to figure out the truth. That was her thing. I like to picture her – like I picture myself – in an African moo-moo, on a beach somewhere with my long grey hair down to my knees, sitting there, feeling the sunset. That’s how I see her and myself.

Andrews-Katz: If you could play any role – regardless of any limitations – what would it be and why?

Clanton: That probably changes for me, depending on the moment. I would love to be Maleficent [Clanton inserts an evil laugh]. I want to play the rock version of Maleficent. One of my goals is to get investors and make a musical. Maleficent was a Bad Ass! She was part fairy and part Harley Davidson driver! She’s that Biker Fairy that means well, gets her wings clipped because of some Dude, and then goes on a rampage.

In the end she is good at her core. Yeah. I want to wear those damned horns! My Kingdom for some Ram Horns!

Production photo of Seattle Repertory Theatre’s Luna Gale – Photo by Alan Alabastro

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer LUNA GALE SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE Through March 27 Playwright Rebecca Gilman is an “issues-oriented” writer. She takes on hot-button, current, modern issues and writes plays about them. Her ability to have her characters speak in real-people dialogue is terrific and admirable. That is all on display with Seattle Rep’s mounting of Luna Gale, a Gilman play about the foster-care system with all sides of the dilemma on stage.

There is much to appreciate in the staging. Pamela Reed, as Caroline, the longtime social worker who has seen so much that her instincts kick in when evidence doesn’t, is terrific in the role. Practical,

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Broadway musical, A Night With Janis Joplin, and the Seattle Gay News was thrilled to interview Kacee Clanton, the singer and actress playing the legend.

Eric Andrews-Katz: Who were your earliest influences in becoming a performer?

Kacee Clanton: Wow, there are so many! Nat King Cole, Etta James, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone…. I think they really introduced me to [music]; but on the other side of that coin, I was listening a lot to Karen Carpenter, Barbra Streisand, Joni Mitchell, and a lot of more “folky” white singers. I grew up in a Christian home that was full of a lot of Gospel Music like the Edwin Hawkins Chorus. They sang that song “Oh Happy Day.” My Mom was into black Gospel Choir Music, and I think that gave me my really soulful side. I was a little white girl in a country town, but we listened to a whole different thing in my house. It really taught me a lot musically speaking; it was organic and all rhythm-based. To this day when I arrange vocals on a record, they always end up sounding like the Edwin Hawkins Chorus.

Andrews-Katz: How did you first get introduced to Janis Joplin?

Clanton: They kind of came for me.

I was a singer and someone approached me about this theatre doing a show called “Love, Janis.” They thought I’d be great at it, but I wasn’t an actor. They persisted, saying that I reminded them of Janis. I went to the audition (never having done theatre) and got this huge role – Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Get a Theatre Education. Ignorance was

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Kacee Clanton has appeared as background vocalist for Joe Cocker and Luis Miguel among others. After her 2001 performance in “Love, Janis,” Ms. Clanton continued on to join the Broadway cast of A Night With Janis Joplin (as the alternate lead) in 2013.

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After Georgia’s governor, John Slaton (Jordan Jackson) looks into the case and commutes Leo’s sentence from death to life imprisonment and transfers Leo to another prison, a mob breaks in and hangs Leo back in Marietta.

The notoriety of the case gave rise to two opposing organizations: the KKK and the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish defense organization. It is still a well-known case to many Southerners, today.

The musical focuses on the relationship between Leo and his wife, Lucille (Tori

Spero). They begin in a careful marriage, with a stiff-necked and awkward Leo (Orton plays him as irate and unbending about his innocence and outraged that anyone would believe the lies). As the musical goes on, as Lucille demonstrates her courage and ability to work to save his life, Leo begins to appreciate her and fall in love more deeply.

Several songs show the progression of their relationship.

The heartbreak of the case is more acute after Leo’s sentence is commuted and Lucille believes that there could be more ways to get the case overturned with more work.

The “mob” takes that possibility away and applies the “justice” of the original death sentence.

Director Troy Wageman, choreographer Scott Brateng, and music director Nathan Young had a huge job to tackle in creating this multi-character musical with gorgeous music that does not match what the singers sing! (The rich, complex score seems sometimes to directly contradict matching the

singers’ notes – a daunting challenge for the performers.) They pull it off with a clean, minimal staging (set by Richard Schaefer) with the actors sitting on the sidelines throughout the entire production, and a two-sided audience that becomes the jury during the first act trial.

The enthusiastic cast does everything it can to propel the story forward, aided by sometimes jaunty music that helps keep the piece from bogging down into sobbing misery. Some of the younger women, newer to Seattle audiences, have recently graduated from producing entities like Village Kidstage. Standouts in the smaller roles include Ben Wynant as a young suitor, Guyer, Victoria Rosser as a maid, and Ann Cornelius as Mary’s mother.

But the bulk of the performance rests with Orton and Spero who allow plenty of room to grow into and fulfill their love as the musical progresses. Spero shows development of strength and grace through adversity that shines. Lange does well at being

a bad guy who doesn’t care if there is real evidence or not to convict.

The musical remains pertinent for many reasons, but artistic director Teresa Thuman remarked that she didn’t realize exactly how pertinent it would be at this moment, as mob-incitement looks increasingly like it could infuse our presidential campaign season. This musical could be a great teaching moment, even to young teens, reminding us that truth does matter, and just because a majority thinks something doesn’t necessarily make them right.

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When Bette Met Mae documentary revisits the first meeting between Bette Davis and Mae West

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer WHEN BETTE MET MAE DVD only release Imagine if Madonna and Barbra Streisand met for coffee at Starbucks. The paparazzi would be circling the coffee shop like sharks, social media would be flooded with Tweets and Gay men would be on high alert for all the juicy details, from what the divas ordered to what they discussed.

Such was the time when two female movie titans met for the first time, Bette Davis and Mae West. On November 13, 1973 the actresses were introduced when West Hollywood designer Charles Pollack hosted an intimate cocktail party. Though they regarded each other’s work highly, the opportunity never presented itself for these dames to meet in-person until that evening. When Bette Met Mae is a newly released DVD documenting the conversations the women had over cocktails, recorded on tape by Wes Weadon, who served as the bartender.

The meeting is re-enacted by Karen Teliha (Davis) and Victoria Mills (West), both bearing uncanny resemblances to the actual stars, who lip-sync the words convincingly to the recorded dialogue. Besides Pollack, Weadon and the screen icons, a few other individuals were in attendance; West was escorted to the soiree by Stan Musgrove and Glenn Shahan, while Davis’ personal assistant Vik Greenfield was also there, too.

“I can’t believe I’m meeting you,” gushes Davis sitting next to West. Throughout the one-hour video, it’s mostly Davis who speaks; partly because she’s been drinking all day, but also because she appears to be the most star-struck. Even then, the ladies spend the bulk of time exchanging compliments on their films and gutsiness; West

was a firm businesswoman, who demanded to be paid and given credit for writing many of her scripts, not to mention being the lead vehicle in her movies and stage productions. Meanwhile, Davis co-founded the Screen Actors Guild with Olivia de Haviland and fearlessly stood up to the big studios to improve working conditions and profits for fellow actors.

The women also candidly talk about men; West adored them, Davis had grown tired of them. Very openly, Davis admits to being mistreated by men and losing trust, and eventual interest, in them. In contrast, West boldly states, “I always have a man” and recounts having to hide them at times.

Another interesting topic was their Gay following and impersonators; Davis recalled speaking at Town Hall in New York City and afterwards greeting a cluster of men who had attended dressed as her character in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

West discussed the opposition to her live theater production “The Drag,” which featured 17 female impersonators and choir boys; it was a financial success, earning $30,000 on opening night, though it was frowned upon by critics and the general public for its inclusion of the homosexual lifestyle.

West becomes more talkative in the latter part of the DVD, although it’s really Davis who commands the room. A seated dinner also takes place, but Weadon ran out of tape and so that’s when the conversation and the video ends.

When Bette Met Mae isn’t a glamorous video; it’s simply actors restaging the first meeting between Davis and West using authentic audio from that night. There’s also brief narrated history by Weadon and quick interview clips from those who knew or worked with each of the entertainers. It’s interesting to watch, and at 63 minutes you

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Initially gripping Door ultimately not worth opening

Sarah Wayne Callies stars as Maria in The Other Side of the Door – usatoday.com

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR Now playing Maria (Sarah Wayne Callies) and Michael (Jeremy Sisto) are Americans living in India. They are grieving the loss of six-yearold son Oliver (Logan Creran) in a tragic car accident while doing the best they can to keep their family together for the sake of youngest child Lucy (Sofia Rosinsky). Maria is struggling, however, feeling as if her eldest’s death was her fault, and as such she’s psychologically crumbling to the point she’s considering taking her own life.

Housekeeper Piki (Suchitra Pillai-Malik) wants to help. She knows a way Maria can leave her grief behind, has a way for the ailing mother to say goodbye and let

go of her grief. If she takes Oliver’s ashes to a secluded temple, if she leaves them on the steps, closes the door and waits inside, at night, he will come and speak to her, mother and son allowed one last moment to converse before his spirit steps over into the afterlife. Only thing: no matter how hard he asks, no matter how much he begs, don’t open the door, as the plane between the living and the dead must remain sealed until a new morning dawns.

If things went as planned, then The Other Side of the Door wouldn’t exist. Needless to say, Maria fails to keep the door closed, thinking she’s opened it long after Oliver’s spirit has departed. But it was all a trick, and now his ghost has returned home with her.

From there the usual The Haunting meets Poltergeist tropes apply, the spirit opening doors, making friends with little Lucy and finding a way to get Maria to treat it as a liv-

ing, breathing entity. Meanwhile, another paranormal force is following Oliver, its intentions as far as the living members of the Thompson family not entirely clear.

Written by director Johannes Roberts (Storage 24) and Ernest Riera, there’s not a lot that happens here that is unexpected.

But it’s well made and nicely acted, especially by “The Walking Dead” veteran Callies and cute-as-a-button youngster Rosinsky.

The film is also elegantly shot by frequent Alexandre Aja collaborator (who produces here) Maxime Alexandre (The Hills Have Eyes, Mirrors), while Joseph Bishara’s score might just be the Insidious and The Conjuring composer’s best work yet. There’s plenty to like, and as straightforward and as obvious as many of the narrative elements were, I still found myself intrigued to see how the film was going to deal with many of its more nebulous supernatural tangents.

But the movie is achingly by-the-numbers, so much so that, even with the filmmaking elegance, the much needed tension or suspense are in something of a short supply considering the subject matter and genre. Even more egregious, the movie subverts its own mythology with a pivotal third act twist that only seems to happen so that Roberts and Riera can end things on a supposedly chilling note. Problem is, not only is what transpires unintentionally laughable, it also brings to mind a number of better, in some cases classic, thrillers that The Other Side of the Door has no business drawing comparisons to. On top of that, the last scene is an easy out that anyone with half-a-brain will see coming from a mile away, making it more worthy of a couple of

solid eye rolls than anything close to a terrified shriek.

I’m not sure what to make of Roberts, yet. His SyFy Channel creature-feature Roadkill was silly but also surprisingly entertaining, its cutthroat nature showing him to be a director unafraid to throw a punch some in the viewing audience might potentially find unconscionable. Even better was his British alien invasion meets Assault on Precinct 13 survival flick Storage 24, and while that film wasn’t much more than an earthbound Alien clone, it was so handsomely mounted and nicely acted I was willing to cut it a fair amount of slack lack of originality be damned.

With The Other Side of the Door, I got the feeling that Roberts was hoping to move into Mario Bava meets William Friedkin territory. Thing is, he can’t keep control of the material in the same way they both typically did, allowing the clichés and the melodramatic familiarity the screenplay sadly revels in during the third act to erode much of the goodwill generated by the first twothirds of the motion picture. But the acting is strong, as are the technical facets, and I do appreciate the fact Roberts would rather scare with genuine emotional complexities than with a bunch of silly, sleight-ofhand jump scares. All of which makes him a genre filmmaker I’m keen to keep my eye on; and even if this effort isn’t quite up to snuff I still feel like he’s got a picture in him that potentially will be.

Disgusting Grimsby a riotous satirical punch to the gut

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY Now playing The Brothers Grimsby isn’t a good movie. In fact, it’s rather terrible, screenwriter (working with fellow screenwriter Phil Johnston) and star Sacha Baron Cohen delivering as idiotic a scenario as any the Borat or The Dictator impresario has dreamt up yet. On a purely structural level, this spy comedy is an even more massive narrative abomination than his ugly, thoroughly unpleasant Brüno sadly proved to be, and as such finding nice things to say about the film should be a difficult proposition indeed.

Emphasis on “should,” because, and I’m almost embarrassed to admit this, Cohen and director Louis Leterrier’s (The Incredible Hulk, Now You See Me) ace in the hole here is the fact that The Brothers Grimsby, for all its readily apparent shortcomings, is very, very funny. Apparently, an avalanche of laughter can make up for just about anything. Who cares if the film walks a thin line between satire and racism (or satire and homophobia, or satire and misogyny, or satire and…well…you get the idea…) when the viewer is choking back tears as they uncontrollably lose their lunch over some of the more inspired gags? Truth be told, this movie could be Cohen at his most uncontrollable genius, something I can’t believe I’m saying, his bold, take-no-prisoners style of offensive comedy a satirical neon sign that says more about the heartless dumbing-down of society than many would like to admit exists.

The plot of the film revolves around elite British spy Sebastian (Mark Strong) who inadvertently is reunited with his long-

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lost brother Nobby (Cohen) 28 years after the pair were separated as orphans. Where he was given an elite education and chose to devote his life to selflessly serving his country, his elder sibling remained in their working-class hometown of Grimsby and in turn never aspired to more than being an unwed, unemployed, chain-smoking, harddrinking, soccer-loving father of nine who wants nothing more out of life than the status quo.

From there, the two find themselves thrust back into one another’s lives, Sebastian trying to stop an international terrorist plot against wealthy philanthropist Rhonda George (Penélope Cruz) while Nobby goes out of his way to lend his assistance wanting nothing more than to be in his brother’s life. They are erroneously marked for assassination by the British government, aided by a sexy intelligence operative (Isla Fisher) with the hots for her fellow spy and up to helping a herd of elephants procreate with some well-timed fellatio. It all culminates at a World Cup soccer match where England is a major player (which might just be the film’s most enormous fictionalization), during which a certain Republican Presidential candidate ends up getting infected with AIDS courtesy of a well-timed bullet and the assistance of a Harry Potter superstar.

I’d say “spoiler alert” in regards to some of that, except, honestly? there really isn’t anything to spoil. These jokes are telegraphed long before they happen, causing a feeling of general unease to waft through the theatre because everyone sitting there knows they are going to happen. More so, as in bad taste as everything is, these and other moments still manage to prove to be agonizingly funny all the same, making one laugh harder and longer than they are prepared for, even as they sit there realizing they should be walking out of the auditorium in complete disgust.

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Cohen has a knack for this. Even if his central gag is directly lifted straight out of the anus of Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, he still has a way of coming up with ideas and sequences that feel far more inspired than they really have any right to be. He pushes boundaries way past their breaking point, offending everyone and anyone, taking no prisoners as he sets his sights once again on pointing out just how crazily uninformed people at large living their day-today lives continually prove to be.

This time around, though, he seems just as concerned with showcasing how governments, corporations and the wealthy elite strive to keep them that way, so much so the simple idea of killing off billions of rubes around the globe to potentially save the planet at large in some corners comes off as sounding like a decent idea. Granted, this is the same plot of last year’s Kingsman: The Secret Service, so it isn’t like Cohen is reach-

ing for anything new. Yet somehow, someway, he still manages to make this trope feel brand new, allowing for a final moment of brotherly love that’s figuratively (and literally) a kick up the butt.

There are a couple of solid action sequences, something that shouldn’t come as a surprise considering the presence of Leterrier; and the film is another reminder that Strong is a much better leading man than he typically gets credit for being. But I’m not going to kid around: Cohen and Johnston’s script is the bottom of the barrel, each piece barely connected to the one that preceded it. Yet, I laughed. A lot. Almost for every single one of the film’s fast-paced 83 minutes, all of which ultimately makes The Brothers Grimsby a rambunctiously uncouth satire that’s as disgusting as it is riotous. Not sure that’s a recommendation, but there it is all the same.

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STOUT: Ringside seats and original eats reshape it to a more cowpie-esque configuration and you’ll have a mental picture of what I’m talking about. They practically melt in your mouth and are completely satisfying without any frills. But for you frill fanciers, STOUT offers several unique dipping sauces to slather them with. You’ve got your Poblano cheese, your Jameson honey mustard, Spicy Mexican Chocolate and strangest of all, Peanut butter and Bacon to name a few.

In addition to the pretzels we also started off with some Sliders off of the Fresh Specials menu. We opted for the Jameson BBQ which was quite good but if spicy isn’t your thing you might choose another. These little suckers had some serious kick to them. The Classic Deviled Eggs are also quite good

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too pretty to eat.

If the words “Happy Hour” are what it takes to perk your ears up you can catch theirs Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. and again Monday through Thursday from 9 p.m. until closing. During these magical hours you can knock 2 bucks off all the appetizers, grab yourself some 4-dollar flatbreads to munch on and knock another 2 dollars off of any draft beer, specialty cocktail or glass of wine.

I would highly recommend this spot for the after-work, grab-a-beer-with-the-buds type of crowd. It would also be a good first date spot with its casual atmosphere but classy menu.STOUT proves the point that you can dress casual and eat formal at the same time.

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Now I am not exactly a big sports guy but if I were, STOUT (1530 11th Ave., at the corner of 11th Ave. & E. Pine St.) would definitely become one of my regular haunts.

Why? Because this place was designed for grabbing a pint and watching whatever the big game of the day might be. You can’t swing a dead cat by its tail without hitting a big screen television in the place. Cast your eyes in any direction and they’ll be digitally fed ‘til contentment with one sporting event or another. There really isn’t a bad seat in the house. Plenty of room to root and rah and knock a few back with your fellow sports fanatics.

If you’re worried about not being able to find a suitable beer so as not to offend your delicate beerdrinking tastes, don’t sweat it. This place has you covered. I’m counting somewhere in the neighborhood of 80 different varieties to choose from. And I mean, they’ve got some of the most far out names I’ve ever encountered. Scuttlebutt Homeport Blonde, Leavenworth Whistling Pig Wheat, Wandering Angus Wanderlust,

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called home for decades. In short, she’s lonely, a fact made more apparent when mom succumbs to old age leaving her with few companions other than best friend Roz (Tyne Daly), a cantankerous, plain-spoken widow looking after her free-spirited teenage granddaughter Vivian (Isabella Acres).

With Todd urging her to sell the Staten Island house and move into the city closer to both him and to her job, Doris isn’t so certain this is something she wants to do.

While his insistence on this matter has put her understandably on edge, it is the arrival of a new art director, John Freemont (Max Greenfield), that has her completely out of sorts. Doris can’t explain it, but she’s attracted to this much younger man, so much so he has her feeling like a twitterpated schoolgirl willing to do just about anything to get him to notice her.

Hello, My Name Is Doris easily could have drowned in silliness. It could have gone off the rails in ways both obnoxious

Gigantic Pipewrench IPA, Iron Fist Chocolate Mint Stout and Wells Banana Bread to name just a few of the more colorful titles.

Now I’m not a huge fan of beer but I’m okay with it. I’ve been known to grab a Corona every once in a while but never felt much of a need to expand my pallet in that area. But I have to admit, the selection that’s available in this place gives me a powerful urge to do some sampling.

But let’s get to my favorite part, the grub.

I do like to eat. My taste buds are one of my favorite senses to stimulate which probably means I can look forward to buying my plane tickets in pairs once my metabolism slows down. But until then I see no reason not to indulge myself. Plus, I love trying new things. It’s so hard to find original eats anywhere these days. Anything beyond the American staples such as burgers or steaks is hard to come by it seems. STOUT however doesn’t seem to have any fear about taking such chances. They’re not afraid to offer up some new twists on old themes which gives the meal a sense of adventure for firsttimers. My favorite of these I would have to say are the warm pretzel rolls. Ermagurd!

These things were good! Take a pretzel and

for gearing up for the main course. I went with the Peppercorn Crusted NY Steak and Frites which I only managed to get about half of it down because I was so full at this point. STOUT. Very aptly named because that’s exactly how I was feeling when I eventually rolled myself out of there. One thing STOUT really has a good sense of is presentation. Every plate that came to the table had artistry to it. Some of them were almost

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and uncomfortable, saturating itself in ageist observations bordering on offensive. But Showalter and Terruso never cross over that line, instead depicting things with a refreshing, unhurried candor and authenticity that is as touching as it is humorous. They’re also not afraid to let things get awkwardly bleak, the reality of Doris’ situation always on display no matter how quirky or absurd things might be on the road to becoming. This gives events a quiet eloquence that brought a quiet tear to my eyes, a knowing wink of understanding that makes our heroine’s journey of self-discovery even more poignant as it moves along.

Field, so delicate, so charming, so willing to let Doris’ insecurities shine as she sheds her emotional baggage, learning things about herself she never dared to believe were there until these feeling for John began to wash over her, is stunning. This is the Places in the Heart and Norma Rae Oscar-winner at her best, giving herself over completely to a role to the point her movie star persona vanishes entirely and only Doris remains. A scene between her and Root

in their family home late in the film is marvelous, while an important moment of honesty involving Greenfield in a diner took my breath away entirely. But the actress is astonishing throughout, and no matter how simplistic things might get or how superficial events become there is never a point where Field isn’t amazing, delivering the kind of performance I’ll be thinking about for the remainder of 2016.

As for missteps, unfortunately there are a few of them. Scenes between Doris and a therapist (Elizabeth Reaser) specializing in helping hoarders deal with their addiction never goes anywhere consequential, while a subplot involving Todd’s self-centered, materialistic wife (a grating Wendi McLendon-Covey) is just plain bad. Supporting actors Natasha Lyonne, Kumail Nanjiani and Rich Sommer do little but pop in occasionally to deliver a wisecrack or two, none of them utilized in a fashion that potentially could have made their appearances means something as far as the bigger picture is concerned. There’s also too much contrived coincidence as it pertains to a sub-

plot involving John and his perky girlfriend Brooklyn (Beth Behrs), but saying more on that front spoils some of the climactic developments so I’ll just admit to being left a little colder on this front than I honestly would have liked and be done that.

But a closing montage inside Doris’ home is touching, while any moment between Field and Daly, especially one late at night after what was supposed to be a happy Thanksgiving has gone painfully awry, is a reason for celebration. Best of all is the last scene itself, Showalter navigating things in such a way that he’s able to pay off early jokes in a way that feels cathartic and genuine, yet is still humorous, while also allowing for an aura of jovial possibility that’s positively joyous. In the end, though, it is Field and Field alone who makes Hello, My Name Is Doris what it is, my affinity for the motion picture growing in leaps and bounds the more I think about her almost effortless brilliance which brings both the character, and the movie itself, to vivacious life.

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SATURDAY - March 19

Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/11-3/23). www.wsmlo.org Grand Opening Capitol Hill Link Light Rail Station. 9am-5pm; trains running at 10am. Broadway & E Denny Way 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.

Yoga With Andrew Conner. 9:30-11am. Amor Spiritual Center, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Saturday. A love offering is suggested but no one will be turned away.

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 10:30am. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sun @ 6:30pm. More info: crystalmeth.org.

Polish Home Assocation 54th Annual Spring Bazaar.

12-6pm. 1714 18th Ave. Annual event organized by the Ladies Auxiliary features booths selling Polish crystal bowls and vases, Boleslawiec pottery, amber and silver jewelry, crafts, books, Easter eggs, and much more.

Downstairs enjoy traditional Polish dishes served by the young generation of waiters clad in Polish folk costumes.

Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org PNW G/B/Q Longhaired Men. 2pm. Locations vary.

Check the website or call for details. An informal social group for longhairs, growers, longhair admirers & their friends. We gather for brunch on the 3rd Saturday each month to socialize, chat & often go out afterwards for coffee or some activity. Please join us! For information & to RSVP, 309-0510 or www.longhair.shorturl.com 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.rainbowbridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com “Bat Out of Jersey” - Jerome Elliott with Victor Janusz. 7pm. Egans Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St. Jerome Elliott shares his wild ride from Jersey high school theater nerd to Palm Springs cabaret artist. Seattle renaissance man & music director Victor Janusz opens with a short set. Tickets: $16 advance thru Brown Paper tickets; $18 at the door. 789-1621; www. ballardjamhouse.com.

Gay City Arts Presents “Marching in Gucci: Memoirs of a Well-Dressed AIDS Activist” (3/10-3/13 & 3/17-3/20). 7pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. A multimedia solo performance by Chad Goeller-Sojourner that chronicles his coming of age as a black Gay activist in the 90s in New York City. Tickets: general admission $15, sponsor $20, student/senior $12. gaycity.org Washington State Mr & Ms Leather & Washington State Bootblack Contest. Doors 6pm; contest 7-9pm.

The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave @ E Pine St. www. wsmlo.org

SUNDAY - March 20

Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/11-3/23). www.wsmlo.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Lynnwood. 9:30am. Brunswick Majestics Lane, Lynnwood. 9:30am Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month.

Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@hotmail.com Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. 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! $6.50 + $2 shoe rental. (425) 785-4725.

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

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509)

990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. www.dharmabuddies.org. (Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group at www.LotusSisters.org.)

Seattle Center Festal: Seattle’s French Fest: A Celebration of French-Speaking Cultures. 11am-6pm.

Seattle Center Armory. Presents music, dance, food and fashion to highlight French influence around the world and in our region. www.fenpnw.org Washington State Mr & Ms Leather & Washington State Bootblack Contest Victory Brunch & Leather Emerald Awards. 11:30am-brunch; 12 noon-awards.

The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave @ E Pine St. www. wsmlo.org Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm.

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.seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays an almost weekly recreational scrimmage game for LGBTQ players in Seattle. Perfect for individuals 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 Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & General Meeting - NEW LOCATION. 2-4pm. Ballard NW Senior Center, 5429 32nd Ave NW. Meets 3rd Sunday most months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people. $4 door fee covers hall rental. Take Metro bus route 44 to end of the route near the Locks. ‑SPT is a social club for Gay men & their friends. www.seattleprimetimers.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 Seattle Poly Potluck & Discussion Group. 5-8pm.

Center for Sex Positive Culture (Main Space), 602 15th Ave W. Meets 3rd Sunday each month. For people

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interested in polyamorous, open, and ethically nonmonogamous relationships. $5 donation; please bring a potluck dish. This event is open to the public. Look for us on Facebook or Meetup.

Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. 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 Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am. More info: crystalmeth.org.

Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731. [NO June, July, August - resumes after Labor Day] Gay City Arts Presents “Marching in Gucci: Memoirs of a Well-Dressed AIDS Activist” (3/10-3/13 & 3/17-3/20). 7pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. A multimedia solo performance by Chad Goeller-Sojourner that chronicles his coming of age as a black Gay activist in the 90s in New York City. Tickets: general admission $15, sponsor $20, student/senior $12. gaycity.org Drag with Dicks-Ney - A Night of Drag Inspired by American Animation. Door 7:30pm, show 8:30pm.

Unicorn, 1118 E Pike St. The *KINGS* and *QUEENS* of Dapper Down Productions have decided to recreate and PERFORM songs and stories that a certain “WORLD RENOWNED ANIMATOR” has made famous through their many movies and iconic cartoons! $5 advance through Strangertickets; $7 at the door. 21+. www.dapperdownkings.com Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

March 19 thru March 27 information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Women’s HIV+ Support Group in Tacoma. 2-3:30pm.

Pierce County AIDS Foundation, 3520 S Pine St, Tacoma - 3 blocks east of Tacoma Mall. Meets 3rd Monday each month. (253) 383-2565.

Seattle Women’s Commission Meeting. 5:30-8pm.

Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave Rm 221. Meets 3rd Monday each month (except December). SWC is a 20-member volunteer advisory board that advises the Mayor, City Council, & all City of Seattle departments on matters concerning women & women’s rights. Meetings open to the public. 684-4537.

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am, Sun @ 6:30pm. More info: crystalmeth.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.FreelySpeaking.org Lotus Sisters South End/Columbia City Meditation & Dharma Discussion. 7-8:30pm. Meets 3rd Monday each month. Call 206-725-3608 or 434-5521 for details and location; www.LotusSisters.org. (Not wheelchair accessible.)

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

PFLAG/Bremerton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 700 Callahan Dr, Bremerton. Meets 3rd Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 3257724.

PFLAG/Everett Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First Congregational Church of Everett, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Meets 3rd Monday each month. 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 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 Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday. For information email info@washingtongender alliance.com Queers, Crackpots & Fallen Women AA. 8-9pm.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

TUESDAY - March 22

Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/11-3/23). www.wsmlo.org 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.

Workshop for Job Seekers. 1-2:30pm. Ballard Branch Library, 5614 22nd Ave NW. Meets every Tuesday 3/22-4/26. With different topic each week. Topic this week: Identifying & overcoming barriers. www.spl.org/ ballard-branch/ Amor Open Meditation. 5-6pm. Amor Spiritual Center, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Tuesday.

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, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. 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 LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, MONDAY - March 21 James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor.

Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/11-3/23). Meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe www.wsmlo.org environment for the LGBT community to express their SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and Suite 201. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; for one another. Contact Shelly at 206-250-5002 or www.sasgcc.org LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com.

Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family

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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 Rainbow City Performing Arts/Rainbow City Marching Band Info Session & Social Gathering. 7pm.

Rhein Haus, 912 12th Ave. Stop by, say hi, meet some of our current & returning members & ask any questions you have. Totally casual, no obligation. www. rainbowcityband.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.

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.Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. 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.)

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

Seattle Poetry Slam. Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm. Rebar, 1114 Howell St. Every Tuesday. A spoken word poetry event that features a weekly open mic, feature poet, and slam (poetry competition). Come out and express yourself. LGBTQ- & QTPOC-friendly; all genders welcome. $5. 21+. seattlepoetryslam.org

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FRIDAY - March 25

WEDNESDAY - March 23

Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/11-3/23). www.wsmlo.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. www.mature friends.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 The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm.

All Pilgrims Church, 500 Broadway E. Meets every Wednesday. This peer recovery group provides a safe & supportive faith community to share your recovery journey with, God answers our prayers & sends us a boat.

Sometimes rowing furiously for yourself & sometimes for others. All are welcome.

Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. 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 Tech Talks by Lesbians Who Tech Seattle. 6pm. Ada Developers Academy, 1215 4th Avenue. Join us for a night of talks for developers and designers in the Seattle tech scene. Speakers from our community will give 10 minute talks about the technology they are working on, being a technical founder of a startup, and more. This event is focused on more technical talks, but all are welcome to come and enjoy the networking and opportunity to hear our speakers share their knowledge. www.lesbianswhotech.org.

Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Meets every Wednesday. Call 525-7295 for location. 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.)

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Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. 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 Amor Chorale Rehearsal. 8-9pm. Amor Spiritual Center, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Thursday.

Calling all sopranos, altos, tenors & basses. The Amor Spiritual Center currently has openings for singers in its Chorale group.

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)

HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:00pm. FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group. 7pm. Entre Hermanos, 1105 23rd Ave. 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.entre hermanos.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. www. ingersollcenter.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.washingtongenderalliance.com.

THURSDAY - March 24

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. 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 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.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

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Plate of Nations (3/25-4/10). (See Saturday 3/26 listing for details.) www.plateofnations.com AA Ageless in Recovery. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. A drop in AA group for older & wiser people 55+. www.sasgcc.org Re-Parenting Ourselves. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. A peer support group for adult children of any addiction. www. sasgcc.org SLAA Road to Recovery. 12noon-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. Ongoing 12 step group for sex & love addicts. www.sasgcc.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 Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. 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 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.

Through the Ashes. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. A peer based support group for survivors of trauma, incest, sexual assault, child abuse & domestic violence. 322-2437.

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

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm.

Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. Every Friday. (See related listing Sunday at noon for details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am.

Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets the 3rd & Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun.

Suite 201. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group www.sasgcc.org (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender Girl4Girl presents “LUST” - A Night of Desire. 9pm. who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; Factory Luxe, Rainier Brewery, 3100 Airport Way S. www.sasgcc.org Features GoGos, DJs & more. Sorry guys, this is an B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Question- all women’s event. Tickets $15. Cash only bar & cover. ing Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for 21+. (Next event is 4/15.) location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside SATURDAY - March 26 Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth.

(425) 747-4937.

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Pres- Plate of Nations (3/25-4/10). Fifteen local venues with byterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon global menus on MLK Way S in the Rainier Valley offer @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am, Sun @ 6:30pm. More info: $15-$25 meals to share with 2 or more people, showcascrystalmeth.org. ing some of Seattle’s best international cuisine. www.

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation - Con- plateofnations.com Sponsored by the MLK Business templative Service. 6:30pm. 7141 California Ave SW. Association.

935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org SUNDAY - March 27 Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues Plate of Nations (3/25-4/10). (See Saturday 3/26 listing that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a for details.) www.plateofnations.com. male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 12:30pm. SASG, PFLAG/Tacoma Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Andrew’s 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Subject: Waht makes older Episcopal Church, 7410 S 12th (at Jackson), Tacoma. guys attractive? Metro routes 8, 10, 43. www.seattlepMeets 4th Thursday each month. PFLAG/Tacoma: (253) rimetimers.org 383-2318. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

No Safeword Writers Group. 1pm. Meets 4th Sunday Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique listing at 6pm.) & commentary on each other’s work, information about “Talking Back: Voices of Color” Reading & Discus- publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing sion. 7-8:30pm. New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave writers. For info & location, NSWG@sexpositive culture.

S. Meets every other Thursday. Using selections from org; www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org (Also meets 2nd “Talking Back: Voices of Color” sessions will explore Tuesday, 7pm.) issues of racism, race relations, building multi-hued Rain City Jacks. 4th Sunday each month at 1pm; 1st coalitions & working across generations to build a move- & 3rd Tuesday each month at 7pm. West Queen Anne/ ment of resistance. This anthology features writings by Interbay. Location & membership details provided upon youth, feminists, political prisoners, immigrants & history request. RCJ is a traditional jack-off club. Membership makers. Everyone is welcome. 722-2453, fspseattle@ required. Adult men only. Enroll at the door. www. mindspring.com raincityjacks.org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th 1-888-809-5035.

Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery COMMUNITY RESOURCES group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQ Allyship.

Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & org, allyship@yahoo.com, 279-8169.

Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. www.gfas.org or our message board Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/gayfathersseattle

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BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.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.equal rightswashington.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) - 3639188; 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.

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.mature friends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nwbears.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.

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.flying house. org.

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.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; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proudand-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: 568-7777, info@ nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: 206-325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflag seattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: 425-4836642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community.pflag. org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington state: www. pflagwsc.org.

PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multi-

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culturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, 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) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Sistah Sinema, www. sistahsinema.com, info@sistahsinema.com; TrikoneNorthwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www. trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-6850164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle.

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 - 682-6711; www.q-law.org; Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235.

Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBTfriendly 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.

Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. 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 - 684-4503.

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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.

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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 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.emeraldcitysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; 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.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance. org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@ gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners:

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Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, 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.

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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; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: 957-1665; www.llaa.org/HEYO; www.Matthews Place.com; The Mockingbird Society: 323-KIDS (5437), www.mockingbirdsociety.org; 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; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS): 7268500; www.psks.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch.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, 206-326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - 360-698-3335; www.kchaf.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; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): 524-7301 ext 111; www.streetyouthministries.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/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; Youth in Focus: 723-1479; www. youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273TALK, www.yspp.org

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Conversion therapy bans go forward in two states – Colorado and Vermont advance bills

by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Legislation banning conversion therapy has advanced in two states, Colorado and Vermont, but is still short of final passage.

In Colorado, the state House passed the measure on March 17, but it faces a tough sell in the Republican-controlled Senate. A similar measure was killed on a 3-2 partyline vote in the Senate last year.

“So-called ‘conversion therapy’ includes a range of dangerous and discredited practices aimed at changing a person’s sexual orientation or suppressing a person’s gender identity and is based on the false claim that being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) is a mental illness that should be

cured or changed,” the organization One Colorado said in a statement.

“While every mainstream mental and medical professional association in the country has discounted this practice, some Colorado legislators repeatedly made distasteful and scientifically dubious claims about sexual orientation during the committee hearing and on the floor.

“Comparing LGBT Coloradans to alcoholics and drug addicts in an attempt to claim that LGBT people should be forced to change who they are is not only offensive – it’s dangerous. Young, LGBT Coloradans are 6 times more likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers – not because of who they are but because of the rejection, harassment, and insensitive remarks

they hear every day. Subjecting Colorado’s young people to conversion therapy only increases this risk.

“This is an issue that those on both sides of the aisle can agree on. Already four states and the District of Columbia have passed similar legislation banning this harmful practice, including two states with Republican governors – Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Gov. Bruce Rauner of Illinois.

Colorado should follow their lead.”

Also on March 17 in Vermont, the state Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill to ban the practice in what was described by the Associated Press as an “overwhelming voice vote.”

The measure makes it unprofessional conduct subject to sanction by a state regu-

latory board for a medical or mental health professional to use conversion therapy on someone younger than 18.

Senate President Pro Tem John Campbell said he was surprised to learn Vermont had not banned conversion therapy already.

He called the practice abhorrent.

The bill is due for a final vote on March 18 before going to the Vermont House.

Democrats have a large majority in the House and the measure is also likely to pass there.

Conversion therapy is already banned in four states – California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Illinois. The practice has also been banned by municipal ordinance in Washington D.C. and Cincinnati.

Who is Merrick Garland, and why does the President want him on SCOTUS?

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by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer After more than a month of suspense, on March 16 Pres. Obama nominated Merrick Garland to succeed the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

While Garland has had a long judicial career and is said to be popular with his judicial peers, he is something of a mystery to the general public.

According to Obama, Garland is “one of America’s sharpest legal minds” and “brings to his work a spirit of decency, modesty, integrity, evenhandedness, and excellence.”

On the other hand, according to Terry O’Neil, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), Garland is “a cipher – a real nowhere man.”

As Chief Judge for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, where cases involving federal regulations and national security end up, Garland has had extraordinary in-

fluence over national policy. However, even in such a high-profile position, he is known more for judicial moderation than for anything else.

Garland is a significant departure from Obama’s two previous Supreme Court nominees, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. Those nominations helped broaden the high court’s diversity and at least partially redress a skewed gender balance.

Sotomayor was the first Latina confirmed to the Supreme Court and only the third woman. Kagan was the fourth woman justice.

Garland, on the other hand, is a white male judge with an Ivy League background and a career spent in the upper echelon of the Washington elite.

Garland graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and he subsequently clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Jr., known as the brains of the liberal Warren court.

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Bill Clinton nominated Garland to the D.C. Circuit in 1995, although he was not actually confirmed by the Senate until the end of Clinton’s term in office.

He is now 63, which would make him the oldest Supreme Court nominee since Lewis Powell, who was 64 when he was confirmed in 1971.

Garland may be, as Jim Newell wrote in Slate magazine, “Obama’s rope-a-dope nominee.” The theory is that Senate Republicans, who as of now are refusing even to interview any Obama nominee, would be forced to confirm Garland or be disgraced by rejecting someone so mainstream.

“Garland is so unquestionably qualified that the Republican opposition just got more politically untenable,” said Dan Pfeiffer, a former senior White House advisor who helped shepherd Obama’s first two nominees to confirmation.

LGBT groups weigh in Although NOW head O’Neil found little in Garland’s record to commend him, LGBT groups quickly endorsed him and called on the Senate to confirm him.

“Americans deserve a full Supreme Court bench, and President Obama’s nominee deserves a hearing,” said HRC President Chad Griffin.

“There is no doubt that Merrick Garland is a highly qualified candidate, and the Senate has a constitutional responsibility to give him swift and fair consideration. The Supreme Court has a sacred responsibility to uphold the rights of all citizens, and we must hold accountable any politicians who tamper with our nation’s highest court for their own gain.”

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“Chief Judge Garland was confirmed to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals with broad bipartisan support and has earned a reputation as a careful, moderate, and brilliant jurist,” NCLR Executive Director Kate Kendell said in a statement.

“He is superbly qualified to serve on our nation’s highest court. We urge the Senate to do its job and move swiftly to confirm his nomination. With so many issues of critical importance pending before the court, including those affecting millions of women and immigrants, filling the vacancy left by former Justice Scalia should be an urgent priority, and any delay would be unconscionable.”

“Despite the recent Supreme Court victory that made marriage equally available to same-sex couples throughout the United States, numerous issues that are critically important to the LGBT community are likely to come before the court again soon,” Lambda Legal warned.

“These include the constitutionality of sweeping, ardently anti-LGBT laws masquerading as religious freedom protections; the legality of anti-transgender policies designed to bar equal access to public spaces; the protection federal employment discrimination laws provide to LGBT workers; and the constitutionality of harsh and discriminatory HIV criminalization laws.

Lambda Legal often appears before the Supreme Court, and we are acutely aware of how important it is that its justices be committed to our Constitution’s guarantees of equality, justice, and fairness for all, and that the Court not face tie votes that fail to resolve open issues nationally.”

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Increasing public support of LGBT adoptions, new survey shows

by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer A new report released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows increasing national support for adoptions by LGBT parents.

The National Survey on Family Growth, which studies attitudes toward a broad range of social issues, including those affecting the LGBT community, shows support for adoption by same-sex parents is up from 55 to 75 percent among women and from 47 to 68 percent among men.

“The Department of Health and Human Services report reflects the growing support for the LGBT community that we have seen over the last decade,” said National Center for Lesbian Rights Family Law Director Cathy Sakimura.

“As more people learn about LGBT families, they have learned about loving families and that same-sex parents and their children deserve dignity and respect, just like any family. Over the last 10 years, the stories of same-sex parents and their children have been widely shared through media and social conversation across the country, and many more people personally know families with same-sex parents.”

The latest survey found a number of changes in public opinion since 2002, when the first such study was done.

For example, there was an increase in the percentages of men and women who agreed with couples living together before marriage, nonmarital childbearing, the right for Gay and Lesbian adults to adopt children, same-sex sexual relations, and premarital sex for those aged 18 or over.

There was a decrease in the percentages of men and women who agreed with divorce.

There was no change in the percentages of men and women who agreed with premarital sex for those aged 16. There was also no change in attitudes regarding marriage, living together preventing future divorce, the necessity of having children for one’s happiness, and raising children as an unmarried couple.

The survey did find that several of the attitudes studied varied significantly by age group for both men and women, with younger respondents favoring less traditional arrangements.

“While research has long shown that social and cultural attitudes vary by age, recent studies have demonstrated that attitudes about family life have also changed

with the passage of time, such as an increasing acceptance of premarital sex, cohabitation, and divorce. These attitudinal changes coincide with shifts in the demographic characteristics of the U.S. population, as well as variation in reproductive and family formation behavior among individuals,” the study found.

The survey also found that the composition of U.S. families changed significantly over the past 50 years.

“These changes have resulted from a delay in the age of first marriage, a steep rise and then decline in the divorce rate, a lower fertility rate, an increase in cohabitation, a higher proportion of births occurring outside of marriage and within cohabiting unions, and an increasing number of first births to older women,” the survey said.

First Gay wedding in Cyprus March 15.

Marios Frixou and Fanos Eleftheriades were married in a traditional Greek wedding celebration, with the district officer of the capital city, Nicosia, substituting for a Greek Orthodox priest.

The Greek Orthodox Church does not endorse same-sex marriage, but Cyprus Greek’s first Gay wedding was held March 15, 2016 – humanistfederation.com legalized same-sex civil unions last year. The law now gives Gay and

by Mike Andrew Lesbian couples all the rights of straight SGN Staff Writer couples married by the church, with the exception of adoption.

A Gay Greek Cypriot couple celebratFrixou’s mother presented the two ed the island’s first same-sex wedding on grooms with antique gold coins, which they

hung around each other’s necks.

The couple exchanged vows accompanied by their “best women” and then headed to their reception, where hundreds of relatives and friends were waiting for them.

There the couple danced to a traditional Greek wedding song while guests feasted on roast pork and presented them with cash-filled envelopes to help the couple start their married lives together.

Frixou and Eleftheriades had been together seven years before they were able to marry. They told the Greek Cypriot newspaper Neos Kosmos that they opted for a traditional ceremony to encourage others on the island to be open and proud of their own love.

“We wanted to give courage to other couples and to all gay and transgender people to accept themselves and not to be ashamed of who they are,” Frixou said.

“We’ve gotten scores of messages from people telling us how much courage we’ve given them.”

About 75% of Cypriots are Greek, and most of the remainder are Turkish. Turkey invaded the island in 1974 and continues to occupy the northern third, which it considers an independent country. No other country recognizes the partition. Cyprus is a member of the UN and EU. Gay sex was legalized by the Cypriot parliament in 1998, but only in 2014 in the Turkish zone in the north. Comprehensive antidiscrimination laws were passed in 2013, with the Turkish zone following suit in 2014.

Same-sex civil unions are not recognized in the Turkish zone.

Pope will replace ambassador who set up Kim Davis meeting

by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer

The Vatican will replace its nuncio – or ambassador – to the United States, according to reports from multiple news sources.

Current nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano submitted his pro forma resignation when he turned 75 in January, as required by church law. While the Pope is not required to accept resignations due to age, he did in this case.

Vigano was the official who embarrassed the Pope by bringing anti-Gay Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis to meet the pontiff during his U.S. tour last fall. According to the New York Times, Pope Francis was waiting for the “first respectable opportunity” to get rid of him and took advantage of his offer to retire.

According to the online Jesuit magazine America and Vatican blogger Sandro Magister, Vigano will be replaced by French archbishop Christophe Pierre.

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Vigano has been a controversial figure in the Catholic Church, not only because of his interventions against marriage equality in the United States but also because of his previous church offices.

In 2009 Pope Benedict XVI appointed Vigano secretary general of the Vatican City Governorate – essentially the Vatican’s business manager.

In that capacity, Vigano wrote two letters to Pope Benedict charging other church officials with corruption and with conspiring against him. By going directly to the Pope, Vigano was bypassing his own boss, Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone. The letters were later published in the so-called “Vatileaks” scandal.

Regardless of whether other Vatican officials conspired against Vigano before the letter went public, they certainly did afterwards. Bertone – apparently angry that Vigano had gone over his head – reassigned him as nuncio to the United States in August 2011.

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Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano – Bob Roller/CNS Photo

In September 2015 Vigano orchestrated the meeting between Pope Francis and Kim Davis. According to Davis, the Pope met with her privately and assured her of his support. According to Vatican spokespeople, Davis was one of several people in

a group introduced to the Pope, and he was not briefed on who she was or why she was being introduced to him.

Francis was said to be embarrassed by Davis’s grandstanding and blamed Vigano for the incident.

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