Seattle Gay News

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson attended the Seattle LGBTQ Commission meeting on Thursday, Aug. 20 at Seattle City Hall, where she announced that her team was able to secure an additional $250,000 worth of city funding that will be put towards the plight of LGBTQIA+ refugees fleeing to the city.

Seattle’s annual Leo Party roared back into Neighbours Nightclub on Sunday, Aug. 9, proving that 24 years in, the beloved event remains one of the city’s must-attend traditions.

Throw on your darkest outfit, pull on your black boots, and apply your makeup, because after 25 years, one of the most beloved cult classics in Queer and goth cinema is roaring back to the big screen. Gypsy 83: The Director’s Cut has arrived — bigger, bolder, and more complete than ever. Todd Stephens’ 2001 goth road-trip film never quite received the recognition it deserved — and he knows this all too well.

The best popcorn film of the summer is writer-director David Robert Mitchell’s wildly entertaining Spielbergian throwback, The End of Oak Street. Like some surreal, creative melding of a 1960s episode of The Outer Limits, Jurassic Park, Poltergeist, and Gremlins, this wickedly shrewd sci-fi slice of creature-feature terror is a crowd-pleasing adrenaline blast.

There’s a particular kind of magic that happens when a small town decides to throw open its doors — not just to visitors but to everyone. Walla Walla has long been celebrated as one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier wine destinations, but beyond its acclaimed vineyards lies a welcoming community that embraces creativity, diversity, and authentic hospitality.

Bobby Finger’s new novel, Four Squares, is a beautifully woven story about Artie Anderson, a Gay ghostwriter living in New York City, and the two very different chapters of his life: one set in 1992, the other in 2022. Through these two timelines, Finger explores themes of community, grief, aging, and the surprising ways love can find us. In 1992, Artie is just turning 30. It’s a difficult time for Gay people, who are shadowed by the AIDS crisis.

Barely a week after the US Supreme Court decided that states may ban Transgender girls from participating in girls’ school sports under Title IX, the Heritage Foundation quietly released a report calling for something far more sweeping: the destruction of Title IX itself. The report argues that Title IX — the landmark civil rights law that opened school athletics to generations of girls — has gone too far.

In an unanimous vote, Seattle City Council on Tuesday, Aug. 11 approved a budget amendment that will see $300,000 worth of city funding put towards local LGBTQIA+ organizations to address the influx of Trans and gender diverse refugees coming to the city. In addition, Seattle City Council voted 7-1-1 (with Councilmember Bob Kettle voting no, and Councilmember Maritza Rivera disqualified from voting due to owning a rental property) to ban “junk” rental fees for tenants.

Bryson Butler has filed a lawsuit against the Washington Department of Corrections and its contractor, American Behavioral Health Systems, for alleged homophobic harassment, discriminatory practices, and coercive religious materials he encountered while completing his mandatory WDOC substance use rehabilitation program. Butler.

Since 2003, US leadership has been the defining force in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. At the height of the crisis, death tolls reached into the millions and healthcare systems collapsed under the weight of overwhelming need. President Festus Mogae of Botswana even warned that his nation faced extinction. American intervention turned the tide. That legacy is now at risk.