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Pride 2018 Issue 26, Volume 46, June 29, 2018

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Pride Calendar

Compiled by Rick McKinnon SGN Copy Editor

HAPPY LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH FROM SEATTLE GAY NEWS! SATURDAY, JUNE 30 Let’s Talk About It! – The Black Community & PrEP 11am-2pm. The 2100 Building (2100 24th Ave S). A roundtable discussion in The Art Room, 3rd Floor. Facilitated by Russell D. Campbell of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Lunch provided. RSVP to Vanessa Grandberry at (206) 461-6910 ext 12.

SATURDAY, JUNE 30 “Speaking Out!” – Diverse Harmony and Spectrum in Concert – with special guest Arnaldo Inocentes!

7:30pm. Seattle First Baptist Church (1111 Harvard Ave). Join Diverse Harmony and Spectrum, the a cappella choir, with new Artistic Director Eric Lane Barnes for “Speaking Out!” with special guest ARNALDO INOCENTES! Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Queer-straight alliance youth chorus. Our 58-member chorus presents music that opens the hearts and minds of communities and provides a safe environment for youth of diverse

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backgrounds to share their love of music and be accepted for who they are. Tickets: $20 general; $5 youth 22 & under. In advance at www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/3496826 and at the door. www. diverseharmony.org SATURDAY, JULY 7 SUNDAY, JULY 8 Emerald City Softball Association – 2018 Emerald City Classic www.emeraldcitysoftball.org (See details under TOURNAMENT menu) SATURDAY, JULY 7 Rainbow Health Fair 12-4pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E Pike St. Services will include Gender Affirming Hormone Care, Massage, Acupuncture, Mammograms, and more. Anticipating there will be more demand for hormone care than they can meet, there will be an online form for requesting an appointment.

SATURDAY, JULY 14 Seattle Latinx Pride 2018 10am-5pm. El Centro de la Raza, Roberto Maestas Plaza, 2524 16th Ave S. Entertainment, dancing, food, community resources, vendors, and much more! Let’s celebrate our LGBTQ and Latino/a/x identities. Everyone is invited! latinxprideseattle.com; www.somosseattle.org

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SUNDAY, JULY 16 Gay Day at Wild Waves 11am-7pm. Wild Waves Theme Park, 36201 Enchanted Parkway S, Federal Way. The Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle and the Olympic & Rainier Empire presents the 4th Annual Gay Day at Wild Waves! This is a family friendly event that takes place in the picnic area at Wild Waves and Enchanted Village, but you get access to the entire park! For more information, visit. https://m.facebook.com/ISCSORE SUNDAY, JULY 29 Emerald City Black Pride BBQ 1-6pm. Jimi Hendrix Park (2400 S Massachusetts St, behind Northwest African American Museum). Free food and entertainment. Visit their Facebook page (@ECBlackPride) for updates. Sponsored by the Center for Multicultural Health.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 Pacific Northwest Black Pride Celebration www.nwblackpride.org

OUT-OF-TOWN (July & August)

SUNDAY, JULY 1 SUNDAY, JULY 8 Victoria, BC Pride A week of events and activities culminating in the annual Pride Parade and Festival on Sunday, July 10. www.victoriapridesociety.org FRIDAY, JULY 13 SUNDAY, JULY 22 Tacoma Pride Festival The Tacoma Pride Festival honors the LGBTQA community by fostering pride in who we are as valuable, creative members of a diverse population in the South Puget Sound region by curating cultural events, establishing partnerships, and hosting Tacoma Pride, formerly Out in the Park, an outdoor street festival (see details below) in downtown Tacoma. For a complete schedule of events, visit http://tacomapride.org/ SATURDAY, JULY 14 Tacoma Pride 2018 – Rainbow Center’s Annual LGBTQA Pride Event Noon-6pm. Pacific Avenue at S 9th St. Tacoma Pride, formerly known as “Out in the Park” is a FREE, ALL-AGES, familyfriendly and ASL-interpreted street festival featuring over 100 community resource,

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food and street vendors, live performances by musicians, cirque performers, vaudeville and drag acts, as well as guest speakers and dignitaries. This year’s stage lineup features SISTERS, Mirrorgloss, The Little Donuts. Second stage host DJ Lady V. Also performing ISCOT, Glitterati, Jay 5. Mainstage hosts Jenuwine Beaute and Ladie Chablis. Beer garden. Local vendors.

Kids Zone. http://tacomapride.org/ SUNDAY, JULY 15 Bellingham Pride Parade & Festival Pride Parade starts at noon at the corner of Halleck St & Ohio St, travels along Cornwall Ave and ends at Depot Market Square (1100 Railroad Ave) which runs until 4pm.

Featuring vendors, children’s activities and appearances by local and state dignitaries.

Come join the fun! http://www.bellinghampride.org SATURDAY, JULY 21 Kitsap Pride 2018 The Kitsap Pride Network invites you to participate in Kitsap Pride 2018 at the Evergreen Rotary Park (1500 Park Ave) in Bremerton, 11am-5p,m. This regional Pride event brings upwards of 2,000 people from the Bremerton and Kitsap Peninsula area and beyond for an afternoon celebration.

Includes entertainment stage, activities for children, and food and non-profit and forprofit vendors and community information tables participating in the celebration. http://kitsappride.org/ SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 Vancouver, BC Pride http://www.vancouverpride.ca

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Pride ​ ocal couple featured L on limited edition Smirnoff vodka bottles for Pride

Shannon and Ashley at 2018 Pride

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by Tim Peter SGN Contributing Writer To celebrate Pride month, Smirnoff selected 34 couples as part of their “Love Wins,” “Your Picture on The Smirnoff No. 21 Bottle,” Contest, including local couple Shannon Darrow and her partner Ashley.

After Shannon and Ashley heard about the Smirnoff contest, they sat down with a bottle of wine one night, picked their favorite photo of themselves together, and submitted it. Several months passed, and they didn’t think about the contest again,

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until they got an email announcing they were winners.

Aside from the picture they submitted, they happen to have a cute love story.

“Our moms are super close friends, and they introduced us,” says Shannon. “Being a doctor here in Seattle and having an ER nurse that travels as my partner has been an amazing experience. We both love Seattle and everything the city has to offer. We hope to start a family here next year. When we aren’t traveling for pleasure, we are often found in El Salvador working in free clinics making sure that people have proper

access to health care.”

Congratulations to Shannon and Ashley.

You make Seattle proud!

Shannon and Ashley’s picture can be found on limited edition “Love Wins” Smirnoff No. 21 vodka bottles while supplies last. One dollar from every sale of these limited edition bottles will be donated to the Human Rights Campaign.

Their picture on the “Love Wins” bottle was also featured in the Smirnoff Pride ad on the inside back cover of Seattle Pride’s 2018 Official Seattle Pride Guide!

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Happy Pride, Seattle!

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DAYS AND NIGHTS BEGIN HERE Come celebrate Pride with Lowell’s in the heart of Pike Place Market. Start your day with one of our fresh Pacific Northwest breakfasts, paired with one of our hand-crafted, house-infused eye-openers.

Can’t join us for breakfast? Jump-start your evening at Lowell’s. Catch the sunset over Elliot Bay with a spirited cocktail and savory dinner after the Pride parade and celebration.

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