SGN Jul 13, 2018 - Part 2

Arts & Entertainment

Remembering Tab Hunter

by Sara Michelle Fetters and MK Scott SGN A&E Writer and Contributing Writer

We were saddened this past week with death of Tab Hunter on July 8, 2018 at age 86.

Since we both interviewed the Hollywood legend, SGN honors his memory by running each interview side by side as a tribute to Tab.

In May 2015, Sara Michelle spoke with Tab, a week before the screening of the Jeffrey Schwartz documentary, Tab Hunter Confidential at the Seattle International Film Festival In the interview, Sara Michelle

focused on his studio days and having to hide his sexuality, and working with Divine.

In August 2016, with the film’s DVD release, MK focused on coming out, past relationships with Henry Wilson, Tony Perkins, and his leading ladies.

MK recalls that Tab mentioned that he once had a horse ranch near Seaside, OR.

So, we are pleased to share our interviews with Tab Hunter – it was an honor to get to know him.

GreenStage 30th anniversary season kicks off July 13

18th annual Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival to be held July 14-15 at Volunteer Park

GreenStage will kick off its thirtieth season of free Shakespeare in the Park Friday, July 13 with the first of more than 60 performances scheduled in more than

20 area parks running through August 18. Three women will direct our four plays, all of which are “bad boy” plays. We’re excited

ISSAQUAH, Wash. – Village Theatre is excited to announce the lineup for The 18th Annual Festival of New Musicals, a series of five staged readings of musicals currently in development. The Festival will take place in Issaquah August 10-12, 2018. Readings in this year’s Festival will include: Elysium, the moving story of a family dying under the weight of their own secrets; The Passage, a coming-of-age mystery about a boy battling a monster holding his father captive; Teddy & Max, an examination of feminism through the lens of a sis-

ter singing duo in the ’60s; Hansel & Gretl & Heidi & Günter, a hilarious family adventure of what happens after Hansel and Gretl escape; and The Homefront, a rock musical about female factory workers at the end of World War II. The Festival will also feature the Northwest Songwriters Showcase – a concert presentation of original music by some of the Puget Sound’s most talented musical theatre writers, including: Rheanna Atendido, Scotto Moore, Lauren Marshall, Orlando Morales, and more.

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ISSAQUAH, Wash. – Known for developing such new musicals as Next to Normal, Million Dollar Quartet, and It Shoulda Been You, Village Theatre is pleased to announce an open call for writers to submit new works to artistic leadership. Village Theatre will accept script submissions until August 3, 2018 to be considered for The Festival of New Musicals and/or the Beta Series. Authors may submit a libretto sample for consideration, and full scripts will be accepted via invitation only. As a commitment to inclusivity, Vil-

lage Theatre encourages submissions with diverse stories, experiences, musical styles, forms, content, and points of view.

To submit a script, works must fit the following criteria:

• The piece must be a musical. Nonmusical plays, plays with music, traditional opera pieces, and children’s theatre or theatre for young audiences, will not be accepted.

“These five shows are drastically different and speak to the world today, exploring themes of identity, loss, motherhood, equal rights, and what it means to be an American,” says Associate Artist Director, Brandon Ivie. “Most excitedly, three of these shows will be receiving their first reading ever and two of the shows – Teddy & Max and The Homefront – have come through our Writers Residency program.”

The Festival of New Musicals provides an essential platform for writers to incorporate a key component of live theatre – the audience. Each new musical will be rehearsed during the week, then presented to the audience in a staged reading format, performed in full using scripts. Many of these shows go on to further development in Village Theatre’s Beta Series as well as on the Mainstage.

The readings are not open to the general public; however, those interested in seeing these new works at the Festival may become Village Originals Members to gain access to this event and other exclusive Village Theatre benefits and events. Contact Village Theatre at (425) 392-2202 or visit https://villagetheatre.org/issaquah/ vo-festival.php for more information.

Summary of Staged Readings

ELYSIUM

Music by Ben Chavez

Book & Lyrics by Yianni Papadimos

Elysium is the story of an Ohio family dying under the weight of its own secrets. When Katie returns to her childhood home for her father’s funeral, she reunites with Tabby, the sister she hasn’t seen in years. Their reunion was supposed to be a peaceful one filled with memory and mourning – however, a terrible storm brings the arrival of an unexpected guest. As the whiskey pours, questions about a brother and father unconditionally loved by a town are finally answered.

THE PASSAGE

By David Darrow

Albert, a sixth grader, has a monster living in his basement. When it captures his father, he enlists his brave new friend, Cassie, to embark on an epic journey into the depths of his home. The Passage is a coming-of-age story about two children confronting a reality stranger than anything they could imagine.

TEDDY & MAX

Book & Lyrics by Brian Crawley

Music by Zoe Sarnak

Teddy and Max are two young sisters from Queens who form a singing duo in the late 60s. Joining the vanguard of the era’s singer-songwriters, they question everything – from their given names (Theodora and Maxine) to the roles others expect them to play. Teddy & Max examines the decisions female performers were able to make for themselves in that era – sometimes a little ahead of women in other professions – how the culture supported and obstructed them, and of course how their decisions look to us through the frame of feminism today.

HANSEL & GRETL & HEIDI & GÜNTER

Book by Hannah Kohl

Lyrics by Daniel Maté

Music by Will Aronson

Gretl – yes, that Gretl – is now a single mom living in modern day Chicago, still suffering the post-traumatic stress of her fairytale childhood. She can’t resist stuffing her kids’ pockets full of pebbles, spraying them with deer musk to hide their human scent from witches, and imposing a strict no-sugar policy. Her tragically modern kids, Heidi and Günter, are fed up, and dream of the impossible: a normal childhood. But when long lost Uncle Hansel shows up at their doorstep, they are plunged into an unexpected adventure that brings the family together in a hilarious and touching tumble of past and present.

THE HOMEFRONT

Book by Jenny Stafford

Music & Lyrics by Sam Salmond

The Homefront is a rock musical about female factory workers at the end of World War II. As soon as the war was won, the women were fired in order to make room for the men returning home. This is the story of one woman’s journey at the earliest stages of a feminist revolution in the American workforce, as she fights to get the women hired back at the factory – while balancing her relationship with her husband, a returning war veteran. What happens when our progressive ideals meet reality? What are we willing to give up – and who are we willing to overlook – in order to get what we want?

About Village Theatre’s Village Originals Program

Village Theatre’s mission stipulates a dedication to the development of new musicals that achieve national exposure. The Village Originals program of readings, workshops, and developmental productions represents one of the strongest commitments to new musicals in the nation, developing such musicals as Pulitzer Prize-winner Next to Normal, Tony Award winner Million Dollar Quartet, Drama Desk Award-winner Cupid & Psyche, Stephen Schwartz’s Snapshots, and the Drama Desk Award-nominated It Shoulda Been You, After the Fair, and Making Tracks. Village Theatre is one of the few resident theatres to provide regular opportunities at every step of musical development, from first table reading to full-scale premiere production. Each season, new works are included as part of Village Theatre’s five-show Mainstage lineup alongside the

classics. Anchored by the Annual Festival of New Musicals and the Beta Series, the Village Originals program is dedicated to the continued growth and evolution of musical theatre, and a determination that the form will remain vibrant and relevant for generations to come.

About Village Theatre

Based in Issaquah, WA, with operations in Everett, WA, Village Theatre is a leading producer of musical theatre in the Pacific Northwest. Producing entertaining, quality productions since 1979, Village Theatre has grown into one of the region’s best-attended theatres, with approximately

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• Emerging, mid-career, and writers of experience levels are all encouraged to submit, but must be of professional-level writing skill.

• At least three demo recordings must be available. Demos do not need to be professional/studio quality, but must have clear lyrics, melody, and accompaniment.

• A full-length script must be available upon request (at least 80 minutes).

• All content must either be wholly original, based on work in the public domain, or authors must have underlying rights and/or permissions to use any pre-existing material. No exceptions.

• The musical must still be in development. Shows that have appeared on Broadway or are licensed by a major licensing house will not be considered.

20,000 subscribers and 220,000 projected total attendance each season. Through its Village Originals program, Village Theatre is nationally recognized for its contribution to the development of new musicals, having supported the creation of over 160 new works to date. Village Theatre also takes pride in nurturing tomorrow’s audiences through its Youth Education and Outreach programs, KIDSTAGE and Pied Piper, serving over 58,000 young people and their families annually.

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If the script fits the above criteria, authors are invited to submit a 15-20 page libretto sample of consecutive pages and three to five songs (including all songs in the libretto sample). A title page is not needed, and scripts longer than 20 pages will not be reviewed. Only digital submissions will be accepted. Hard copy submissions will be returned unopened. To learn more, or to submit your script, please visit https://villagetheatre.org/issaquah/ vo-submitscript.php.

(For additional information about Village Theatre and Village Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals, see related article in this week’s SGN.)

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An interview with Tab Hunter

by Sara Michelle Fetters

SGN A&E Writer

The 41st annual Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) kicked off [on May 15, 2015] with a gala screening of the Paul Feig comedy Spy starring Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jude Law and a very, very funny Jason Statham. What follows is a 25-day smorgasbord of wonderment, over 400 features, documentaries and shorts from the world over scheduled to screen at venues throughout Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Films big, small and gloriously in-between will make their appearance, offering up literally something for everyone as the world’s largest, best attended film festival marches happily forward in all its glorious, unabashed cinematic excess.

TAB HUNTER

Of all the visitors, filmmakers and dignitaries scheduled to appear during the festival, it’s quite likely the one that gets me most excited is Hollywood icon Tab Hunter. At one point he was considered a studio golden boy, appearing in big budget musical productions like Damn Yankees and seeing his shirtless image plastered on posters around the globe while also having a number one single with the release of “Young Love” in 1957. But by the 1960s the worm had turned, the days of the “Studio System” on their way out, leading to the actor being outed by paparazzi and in many ways ending what had been a successful career as leading man and romantic lead.

He worked off and on for the next 20 years appearing mostly on television and in a series of lower budgeted B-movies, never again rising to the same iconic heights of his youth. It was meeting and working with legendary gonzo filmmaker John Waters on the 1980 underground classic Polyester that ultimately brought Hunter back into the limelight, however; the film giving him a first opportunity to truly be himself in front of the camera like no production before ever had. In 2005 he penned the eye-opening memoir Tab Hunter Confidential, the autobiography a beautifully well-written and intimately raw account of his life and times in Hollywood working as a closeted actor. It took a little convincing, but celebrated director Jeffrey Schwarz (Vito, I Am Divine) was able to convince the actor that now was the time for a documentary based

on his memoir. Sharing the title of the autobiography, the film is a revelation, digging even deeper into Hunter’s story while also sharing fascinating interviews – both archival and new – with notable filmmakers and celebrities including Clint Eastwood, Debbie Reynolds, Connie Stevens, George Takei, Noah Wyle, Rock Hudson, John Waters and celebrated Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne. It’s magnificent, Schwarz composing a fascinating historical journey that’s almost impossible not to be mesmerized by.

him that talked me into doing the book in the first place and, for that, I thought, what the hell, I’ll give it a shot because at least this way they’ll have the truth from the horse’s mouth and no one can make me look like a horse’s ass after I’m dead and gone.

So, that was the book, and I always thought it was going to stop there, but then it became a bestseller and Allan, after a little bit of time, came back to me and suggested we should make a documentary out of it. I rolled my eyes at him and initially said no, but he came back saying how it would be

A week before his scheduled arrival at the film festival, I had a chance to speak with Hunter via phone. Here are some of the highlights from that conversation:

Sara Michelle Fetters: When you were approached to take part in this documentary, when it was suggested you should help transform your memoir into a film, what went through your head? Was this something you thought was a good idea? What sort of convincing did it take to get you onboard with the idea?

Tab Hunter: It was Allan’s thought, my longtime partner Allan Glaser, and it was

this story of a person’s journey from youthful age, dreaming of being in pictures, going into the Golden Age of Hollywood and then finally a story of overcoming prejudice and stigma. He thought it could be very helpful to young people who might be confused and unsure of who they are and what they want to be in their lives. He really felt my story could do people some good. How could I say no to logic such as that?

Sara Michelle Fetters: In many ways, I don’t think the film could be more timely, what with what’s currently going on at the Supreme Court as well as the conversations we’re having in this country right now

in regards to teenage bullying as it relates to sexuality and gender expression. In retrospect, you could say that the book came out at the perfect time when it did in 2005. Now, here in 2015, you can say the same thing about the movie.

Tab Hunter: Timing is always everything, without question, but it is interesting that both the book and the movie seemed to get released right when we’re having these really hard, profound conversations in this country about a lot of the issues you just mentioned. Director Jeffrey Schwarz really worked very hard on the film and I trusted him implicitly. We [Allan and I] had done interviews with him on the Divine documentary and it was never a question he’d be the one to handle this film as far as we were concerned.

When I first saw it [the film], I couldn’t believe what he’d done. I was just blown away. It was a very good feeling. I was so pleased to see how it turned out. Then, to have it released now by HBO, when so much is going on in the country right now involving so many of the issues we talk about in the film, I just feel so lucky, and I do hope young people watch it and hopefully are able to learn something about their own journeys and that they understand that there is hope and happiness waiting for them if they reach out and grapple for it.

Sara Michelle Fetters: It’s not just the archival interviews, which are fascinating, but it’s the interviews he managed with many of your contemporaries right now. Were you ever surprised at what people had to say about you?

Tab Hunter: Allan told me upfront that he wanted to bring in many of the people that I knew and had worked with over the decades, but he also said he wanted to interview people he said were inspired by my story but that I didn’t know, people like Portia de Rossi, Noah Wyle, Lainie Kazan and so many others. I trusted him, and I wanted to make sure he had the freedom to tell the story he felt needed to be told, but I honestly didn’t know what to expect until I saw the finished film.

But as far as being surprised? I can’t say I was. I mean, at this point, it’s pretty much all been said, both good and bad. I was appreciative, for certain, and I’m gratified by many of the remarks, but I honestly can’t say I was surprised. What actually meant the most to me was seeing my mother, my

brother, my good friend Dick Clayton who helped get me started in this industry, there would be no Tab Hunter if not for him, it was those things, those inclusions, that’s what touched me the most. The way Allan presents them all I was very pleased with. Those moments mean a lot.

Sara Michelle Fetters: I’m always a little flabbergasted, looking at your story and that of fellow closeted stars like Rock Hudson and Richard Chamberlain, by what it took to survive during this portion of Hollywood history, what it took for you to be a star.

Tab Hunter: But that’s what life is, isn’t it? It’s about survival. About the choices you make. Look, a lot of people are really out there and are very active in their feelings and I am so impressed and inspired by that ability. During my time in Hollywood, I was just the opposite. I was very quiet. I was very reserved. I had to be what they [the studios] wanted me to be or they’d just go find somebody else. It was that simple. Those wonderful movie moguls of the time, they knew what it took to build and make careers, and if you wanted to be a star then you did what they said no questions asked.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Because they also knew how to destroy careers.

Tab Hunter: Exactly. They had the power. But, then, they were your boss and you did your job, that’s all there really was to it. Now, I did turn down a few films and that didn’t exactly make me the most popular guy on the lot at times, but they also knew which films to put me in that would show me off the best. But I did finally wear out my contract, and that was actually when everything changed for me as far as my career was concerned, it wasn’t the moguls going out of their way to destroy me or anything.

The studio era? In my opinion it was a wonderful time, even with its flaws. It’s a whole different ballgame now. It’s all large corporations, all of which that seem to think spending more money makes better motion pictures which is unconditionally untrue. Like it was during my day, it’s still all about the material. Material, material, material; great material is how you make a great motion picture.

Sara Michelle Fetters: And, you should know, because you were actually there when everything changed, when the Studio System came to an end during the late 1950s, early 1960s, and the new wave of filmmakers and studio heads began taking control. You saw it firsthand.

Tab Hunter: I did. That’s a very good point. You also have to realize television was really starting to take command of the audience’s attention during that time, and that really did hurt the motion picture industry, more than I think today’s young people and moviegoers comprehend or understand. Those moguls knew what they wanted. Today, these large corporations, they rarely have any sort of idea as to what it is they want. There are too many people adding their input. The writer and the director and the producer, they no longer have any control. They’re forced to go along or they [the studios] will just find someone else to take their place. I mean, ego is a killer, and with all these corporate boardrooms trying to make decisions overriding the filmmaker’s wants and intentions I think there’s a lot of ego getting in the way today.

Sara Michelle Fetters: If you can’t sell the plot of a film in five words, or if it isn’t about a superhero or a name franchise, or if it won’t play in China, then there’s no reason to make the movie at all.

Tab Hunter: Right. Concentration spans seem to be only two minutes long anymore or, at least, that’s how these corporations think. It’s not good for the industry, and I think that’s why the majority of the good films you see have to be made independently outside of studio reach. Not all, as with anything there are exceptions, but the majority. I don’t see how anyone can disagree with that.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Back to your story, do you ever allow yourself to think what could have been? What might have happened with your career had the Studio System not come to an end, had you not been outed? I mean, when Damn Yankees came out, in all honesty you were one of

the biggest stars in the world at that point. Would remaining there have been worth the cost it would have required to do so?

Tab Hunter: My mother was a wonderful, strict, old-fashioned German woman, and she always said something doesn’t sit well with a lot of people even though it’s absolute true: Accept things as they are, not the way you want them to be. Whoa. I mean, think about that for a second. What a statement! So true.

Sara Michelle Fetters: You also got the opportunity to work with some incredible directors, George Abbott, Stanley Donen, Raul Walsh, William A. Wellman, Sidney Lumet, John Huston, just to name a scant few.

Tab Hunter: Wonderful directors. For me, the greatest ones that I had the pleasure to work with were the ones who came out of live television. Sidney Lumet. John Frankenheimer. Arthur Penn. They just knew how to get the best out of you. We’re talking really fine directors. But then, I go over to Italy and I’m working with Luchino Visconti. I mean, my gosh, this man was brilliant! I was very lucky to work with the directors I did, no question.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Could you have gone to Italy, worked with Visconti, had your story not had the arc that it had?

Tab Hunter: He wanted me for Senso back in 1954, but my agent at the time didn’t even know how to pronounce his name let alone give me the script, so that never happened. When I met with Luchino years later he told me this story and I rolled my eyes. If only I had known! I mean, that film! It’s stunning. But I would get the chance to work with him later on. He was a master. One of the best.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Then there is John Waters. In many ways, your story wouldn’t be complete without him. What was that like? Getting that call from him? Working with Divine and all the rest on Polyester?

Tab Hunter: John is your friendly undertaker. He truly is a sweet, if mischievous, man. He was wonderful to work for. He was terrific. He had his group and they were devoted to him, willing to do anything. It was guerilla filmmaking at its finest. In many ways I owe so much to him. To this day, I can’t help but smile every time I see John. I enjoy him so very much.

But, making Polyester, you just had to embrace the moment. It was a very exciting time. It really was. It was the first film I’d done in ages, I was doing dinner theater at the time and I had two weeks off so I thought, what the hell, I’ll do this little picture for this guy with the crazy mustache and see what happens. I had read the script and it frankly sounded like a lot of fun. I was also a major fan of Divine’s. I mean, who can forget Mondo Trasho? Such a talent.

Sara Michelle Fetters: What does your story say to the young Gay kid in middle America who’s afraid to tell anyone what’s going on with themselves, or the young Transgender girl in the Northeast terrified they’re not going to let her use the right bathroom and she’s going to have to face unimaginable ridicule? How does this story apply to them? How can they relate?

Tab Hunter: I’m not one to give advice. I never have been. But I can tell you that people have to be truthful to themselves. You have to go down the road as openly as you can. You have to have an open mind. Geraldine Page once said to me, if people don’t like you that’s their baggage. I thought that was fabulous. Not only did I apply that to my life, I also pass it on to every person that I meet. If others don’t get the message, that’s not your problem, that’s theirs. As long as we accept this journey positively, we have to be positive, anything is possible. There are three words I think are very important to a person’s health: mental, physical and, number one, spiritual. I think we always have to be aware of those words no matter what path we’re on. As long we take care of those things, are aware of them, nurture them, then we stay on the path and can live a healthy life. If others take issue then, like Geraldine said, that’s their baggage, not yours.

This article was originally published in the Seattle Gay News, May 15, 2015.

Tab Hunter talks about his recent documentary, now out on DVD, Tony Perkins, Divine and Grease 2

by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer

It was May 2015 when Tab Hunter made a surprise appearance at the Opening Night of the Seattle International Film Festival. If all too brief, Hunter also made at splash at the screening of his documentary, directed by Jeffrey Schwartz (Vito, I am Divine), during the next evening. Now after a summer on Netflix, you have an opportunity to own this treasure and see why Tab Hunter, now 85, is still beloved. I recently had a chance to chat with Tab, by phone.

MK SCOTT: Hi Tab! In 2013 I actually interviewed Jeffrey Schwartz when he was in town promoting I Am Divine and I know he had interviewed you for that and that’s when he told us that “Oh my next big film is going to be all about Tab Hunter.” And so it’s like, as soon as it came out, it’s like, we were excited.

TAB HUNTER: Yea, well, I was very pleased that Allan [Allan Glaser, Tab Hunter’s partner of almost 34 years] was able to hire Jeffrey because Allan liked his work and they work very well together so it just turned out really well, you know, I was very, very pleased.

MK: So, what do you like about working with Jeffrey?

TH: Well, mainly I just, you know, Jeffrey (Schwartz) is a really good editor and that’s what I appreciate most. You know, Allan set up all the interviews with all the different people and Jeffrey was there to see that it all went okay and I was just, they work very well together, I just opened my mouth and talked.

MK: And so now, about just a little over a year later, Tab Hunter Confidential is now finally on DVD and also being on Netflix over the summer.

TH: Yea, Netflix and DVD and now I think they are doing something with also Turner Classic Movies later on.

MK: Oh, fabulous! Okay and I know that your 2005 book was of the same name and, in fact, I had actually gotten your book in 2005 and right around the same time I also happened to have gotten The Man Who Made Rock Hudson [by Robert Holfer] which was the book about Henry Wilson.

TH: Yea, well, that’s a piece of garbage from what I understand. I don’t like people – you know, people have a tendency to want to write whatever the hell they want when somebody’s dead and gone, and I don’t respect that.

MK: You came out publicly in your book. The question is, for many of us, what took you so long?

TH: Well, I just didn’t want to talk about my life. I mean, I feel, you know, what the hell? This is a journey, we are all on a journey, and that’s the important thing. What kind of a journey are you on? And you better have a direction, and you better have a purpose, and you better be thankful, and just not be negative, but be positive. And I figured, look, this is my trip and when I’m dead and gone, I don’t want some schmuck writing anything about me, you know, and putting a spin on my life that never knew me. You know, get it from the horse’s mouth, not from some horse’s ass after I’m dead and gone.

MK: When did you personally know that “Oh, oh, okay, I’m Gay”?

TH: Well, I never confronted it. The word was never used when I was a kid, and so, therefore, every time something would, would surface, I would just run the other direction. I’m, I’m basically a pretty quiet person. I was taught by a very old fashion German mother, you know, nothing for show and just go down the road doing the best you possibly can. So I don’t, I’m not one of those in-your-face type of individuals, and I never really have been. What I did, I just write, and talk about the journey, my journey.

MK: Now in the film you talk more about your relationship with Tony Perkins. Tell us more about Tony.

TH: Well, Tony was an actor who I met when he was doing Friendly Persuasion [1956] and I saw Tony for a few years. And then I didn’t see Tony again for many years until we wanted him for our film, Lust In The Dust, and I went back to see Tony and presented him with a script, but he, he unfortunately didn’t want to do the film and I saw Berry [Tony Perkin’s wife, Berry Berenson] and met his children and that was all very, very nice, and I was really shocked when I heard later he had passed away.

MK: I heard you also had an aspiration to be a figure skater.

TH: Well, I used to skate as a hobby, I mean, skating was one of my favorite things, you know, I competed. But when you’re competing in skating, you know, me, I did singles, but also pair skating. I had two very, very good, you know, partners in pair skating, Joyce Lockwood and I forget the other girl’s name right now, Hope, oh Hope Anderson. But I didn’t like it because the, because I didn’t like the judging system, because it’s just your own accomplishment. And I prefer,

I went back to my horses, because when you work with a horse you work with an animal that has a life of its own, and the competition there lead me on to becoming a judge and giving riding clinics all over the country and buying and selling horses, and, that to me was much more important.

MK: Speaking of skating, tell us more about Ronnie.

TH: Well, Ronnie [Robertson] was one of the finest skaters I’ve known. I mean, you know, he was in top, top Olympic competition and one of the best male skaters around. You know, comparable to Evan Lysacek and Dick Button and, you know, people like that, I mean, really first class.

MK: Now you posed for lots of beefcake shots, back in the ’50s and ’60s, so what was that experience like?

TH: Well, I think what you do, those are all those fan magazines presenting you to the public. And when you’re under contract to a studio, you do as the studio asks you to do, or you lose your job, and they get someone else who can do what they ask. So your job as a young actor, well, I mean, wow, how can you say “no” when they’re paying you a weekly salary, and they’re giving you all this exposure in the magazines and so forth? So that is your job, and either do it to the best of your ability or get the hell out and let someone else do it that does a better job than you.

MK: Okay, then let’s go back to Henry Wilson. Okay, I think you just said that, you know, a lot of the stuff that was in the book, about Henry Wilson, in regards to The Man Who Made Rock Hudson book, so a lot of that was garbage?

TH: Well, well people love to exploit all

to see how they speak to audiences in the era of #metoo. All performances are free; contributions are enthusiastically accepted.

The plays are:

Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare, directed by Ameilia Meckler Bowers.

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Gordon Carpenter, directed by Erin Day.

The Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare, directed by Jennifer Crooks. These Backyard Bard plays are abbreviated versions using just four actors and designed to fit into smaller neighborhood parks.

Performances will be held at the following locations: Camp Long, Cowen Park, David Rodgers Park, Delridge Playfield, Discovery Park, Fall City Park, High Point Commons, Lake Burien School Memorial Park, Lake Wilderness Park, Lincoln Park, Lower Woodland Park, Lynndale Park Amphitheatre, Magnuson Park Amphitheatre, Othello Park, Pratt Park, Salmon Bay Park, Sander Park, Seward Park, View Ridge Playfield, Volunteer Park, Wallingford Playfield.

Visit http://greenstage.org/ for complete schedule.

[NOTE: The Three Musketeers will be performed at the Volunteer Park Amphitheatre on Saturday, July 14 at 7pm. Henry IV, Part 1 will be performed at the Volunteer Park Amphitheatre on Sunday, July 15 at 2pm. The Two Gentlemen of Verona will be performed on the Conservatory Lawn in Volunteer Park on Sunday, July 15 at 4pm. The Winter’s Tale will be performed on the Conservatory Lawn in Volunteer Park on Sunday, July 15 at 5pm.]

Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival at Volunteer Park (July 14-15)

In its eighteen years the Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival has become the unofficial kickoff event of the city’s robust outdoor theater season. This year’s festival will bring 17 free performances by nine different local theater companies to three stages in Volunteer Park July 14-15. Schedule and other details at http://greenstage.org/sotf/

Courtesy of GreenStage

Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Wooden O free outdoor

Seattle Shakespeare Company presents free outdoor Wooden O productions of King Lear and The Merry Wives of Windsor, starting Thursday, July 12. Both productions will appear at park venues throughout King and Pierce Counties (see schedule below). This summer marks the 25th Anniversary for Wooden O productions in the parks.

George Mount, Artistic Director of Seattle Shakespeare Company and founder of Wooden O, will direct King Lear featuring David Pichette in the title role. R. Hamilton Wright will play Gloucester, and Vanessa Miller, Jonelle Jordan, and Nabilah S. Ahmed will play Lear’s daughters Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia.

London during the swinging 1960s comes to the parks in Corey McDaniel’s production of The Merry Wives of Windsor The production features Charles Leggett playing Falstaff, Eleanor Moseley as Mistress Page, Annie Lareau as Mistress Ford, Reginald Jackson as Master Ford, and Vince Brady as Master Page.

Set designs for both productions will be by Craig B. Wollam. Costumes for King Lear will be by Jocelyne Fowler and Margaret Toomey will design costumes for The Merry Wives of Windsor. Evan Mosher and

Robertson Witmer will design sound for King Lear and Kyle Thompson will design sound for The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Wooden O performances are free and open to the public, but donations are encouraged after the show. For more information, visit http://www.seattleshakespeare.org/

[NOTE: King Lear will be performed in Seattle on Saturday, July 14 at 2pm at Volunteer Park Amphitheatre and on Sunday, July 29 at 6pm at Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion. The Merry Wives of Windsor will be performed in Seattle on Sunday, July 15 at 7pm at Volunteer Park Amphitheatre and on Sunday, July 29 at 2pm at Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion.]

King Lear

An aging monarch’s last act could destroy his kingdom. After ruling for many years, Lear decides to divide his lands and wealth between his daughters. Underestimating their love and loyalty, Lear finds everything that defined him as a king ripped from his hands. Only after wandering purposeless and tossed about in a storm of pain and madness, the once mighty ruler begins to discover his own humanity.

The Merry Wives of Windsor

On the make in the sleepy suburb of Windsor, the fat knight John Falstaff hopes to score a pretty penny by seducing two of the town’s wealthy wives, Mistress Page and Mistress Ford. But it’s the women who know how to play the game better. They soon orchestrate a scheme to scam the scammer. A warmhearted and antic romp with some of Shakespeare’s most clever and comic characters.

WOODEN O 2018 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

King Lear

July 12 at 7pm – Issaquah Community Center Open Space

July 14 at 2pm – Volunteer Park

July 15 at 7pm – Luther Burbank Park (LBP) Amphitheatre

July 19 at 7pm – LBP Amphitheatre

July 21 at 7pm – Klahanie Park

July 22 at 7pm – LBP Amphitheatre

July 25 at 7pm – Lynndale Park Amphitheater

July 26 at 7pm – Lynndale Park Amphitheater

July 27 at 7pm – LBP Amphitheatre

July 28 at 7pm – LBP Amphitheatre

July 29 at 6pm – Seattle Center Fisher

Pavilion

August 2 at 7pm – LBP Amphitheatre

August 3 at 7pm – LBP Amphitheatre

August 4 at 7pm – LBP Amphitheatre

August 5 at 7pm – LBP Amphitheatre

August 10 at 7pm – LBP Amphitheatre

August 11 at 7pm – LBP Amphitheatre

August 12 at 2pm – LBP Amphitheatre

The Merry Wives Of Windsor

July 12 at 7pm – Luther Burbank Park (LBP) Amphitheatre

July 13 at 7pm – LBP Amphitheatre

July 14 at 2pm – LBP Amphitheatre

July 15 at 7pm – Volunteer Park

July 18 at 7pm – Lynndale Park Amphitheater

July 19 at 7pm – Lynndale Park Amphitheater

July 20 at 7pm – LBP Amphitheatre

July 21 at 7pm – LBP Amphitheatre

July 22 at 3pm – Edmonds City Park

July 25 at 6:30pm – Richmond Beach Community Park

July 26 at 7pm

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Ant-Man and the Wasp a breezily adorable good time

by Sara Michelle Fetters

SGN A&E Writer

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It’s been almost two years since Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), otherwise known as Ant-Man, went to Germany and assisted Captain America and his team against Iron Man and his supporters. After cutting a deal with the U.S. government he’s been under house arrest since he returned to America, ordered to not have any contact with inventor Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) or his headstrong daughter Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), a.k.a. the Wasp, both of whom are currently wanted by the FBI. But with only three days until his ankle bracelet is removed and he can go back to being a free man, Scott has an all-too-real vision of Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), Hank’s wife and former crime-fighting partner, lost decades ago when she shrank herself past the point of no return and ended up lost inside the Quantum Realm.

Scott contacts Hank and Hope, leaving them a message about what he believes was a rather messed-up dream. What he doesn’t

know is that the two of them have been working on a plan to head into the Quantum Realm on a mission to see if Janet is still alive. Now, with this information from Scott, they think they’re finally ready to put their theories into action. But unbeknownst to all of them they’ve been under surveillance by the mysterious Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), and for reasons of her own she wants access to the Quantum Realm, too. Stopping her from gaining untold power will require both Scott and HopeAnt-Man and the Wasp - to set aside their differences and work together as a team, and there is no guarantee the two of them will be able to do it.

Transpiring at roughly the same time as the events depicted in this past May’s Avengers: Infinity War, it will come as little surprise that Ant-Man and the Wasp is a far more lightweight affair than its Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) forebear was.

Director Peyton Reed, who also helmed 2015’s Ant-Man after picking up the reins when filmmaker Edgar Wright decided to depart, stages things with a playful exuberance that’s easy to get caught up in. He and his large screenwriting team (which includes Rudd) have composed a scenario that, at its core, is rather adorable. While there is a life-and-death struggle at the center of all of this, in all honesty the stakes as far as this sequel are concerned are really rather low. It’s all kind of silly, and considering the ways in which the film plays with perspective and size with such jovial high spirits it’s likely this ridiculousness is completely by design.

I wish the movie did more as it pertains to Janet Van Dyne being trapped inside the Quantum Realm. It’s like this entire subplot is just some massive red herring designed to pique the audience’s interest and little

else. While there’s plenty of mystery as to what happened to Janet and what spending thirty-plus years inside the Quantum Realm might do to a person, it’s clear Reed and company aren’t interested in exploring any of that, at least not right now. Instead, it’s all just some sort of vague mystery that holds emotional sway over Hank and Hope for rather obvious reasons, and it’s a pity that it never meant all that much to me whether or not their plan would be successful and that they might be able to find Janet in order to bring her back to the modern world alive.

What I did like was the film’s central antagonist, Ghost. She’s not quite a villain. She’s also unquestionably not a hero. Instead, she’s a tortured youngster who was struck down by science-gone-wrong at an age before she could completely understand what had happened to her and why. Ghost’s relationship with her only mentor and guardian is surprisingly affecting, and by the time things came to their rather foregone conclusion I truly cared if she was going to succumb completely to her dark side and become too dangerous an adversary for either Scott or Hope to be able to stop. John-Kamen is excellent, the young British actress making an immediate impression as she brings a level of introspective pathos to her performance that’s wonderful. It’s a shame the movie doesn’t make more use of her.

Much like the first Ant-Man, Reed also makes sensational use of his primary cast, and not just Rudd, Douglas, and Lilly, the latter of whom once again steals just about every scene she’s a part of with electrifying ease. Abby Ryder Fortson returns as Scott’s smart-as-a-button daughter Cassie, her chemistry with Rudd as the pair mischievously engage in their father-daughter

banter sublime. Michael Peña is also back as the fast-talking, story-telling Luis, and his obvious affection for the character can be felt in every single syllable he utters. Then there is Laurence Fishburne as one of Hank’s former science partners, Dr. Bill Foster. This is an unusually strong and complicated supporting character, at least as far as the MCU is concerned, Fishburne delivering a heartfelt, movingly authentic performance I was utterly captivated by.

I’m not sure what Walton Goggins is doing here other than to add a layer of pointless danger to the proceedings that this sequel frankly doesn’t need, while the less said about the ineptly written FBI agent Jimmy Woo that Randall Park is forced to play the better, his cloying comic relief neither humorous nor endearing. But I do still love the way Reed utilizes all of the visual possibilities at his disposal, the frequent changes in size and scale adding a layer of creative whimsy I couldn’t help but love. There’s also a great opening flashback with Hank and Janet that blew me away, and I can only hope that if Pfeiffer is signed on to appear in more of these MCU adventures she’ll get to do more than flash that megastar smile for what can only be described as a glorified cameo.

But I enjoyed Ant-Man and the Wasp, and I do adore the fact that, other than its requisite post-credit stinger scene, the whole story is one single self-contained effort that doesn’t really require the viewer to know a heck of lot more about the MCU other than the fact that each story has a few superheroes in it. This is a breezy, fastpaced sequel that goes out of its way to provoke buckets of laughter and massive sighs of wide-eyed awe in pretty equal measure. It’s a fun film, and other than that I have little more to say.

Explosively absurd Skyscraper a tower of farcical nonsense

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

SKYSCRAPER

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After a horrific tragedy takes a part of one of his legs below the knee, former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader Will Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson) is now a freelance security specialist who does risk and safety assessments for skyscrapers. As great as he is at his job, Will is still surprised when his former FBI teammate Ben (Pablo Schreiber) gets him a job to analyze the Pearl, a 225-story technological marvel of futuristic engineering overlooking Hong Kong, dreamt up by visionary industrialist Zhao Long Ji (Chin Han). After months of work, Will’s now come to China to deliver his final report, his wife Sarah (Neve Campbell) – a brilliant naval surgeon who saved his life ten years prior – and twin children Georgia (McKenna Roberts) and Henry (Noah Cottrell) joining him on the trip. What Will doesn’t know is that it’s all a trick. International thug Kores Botha (Roland Møller), an enforcer for a number of secretive criminal syndicates, wants something that Zhao has hidden inside the Pearl, and he’ll do anything to get it.

This includes setting the building ablaze while Sarah, Georgia, and Henry are all still inside and Will is offsite checking security protocols. With all of the fire prevention features inexplicably turned off it’s only a matter of time before the building reaches the point of no return. But with his family caught in the middle of this maelstrom, Will is suitably determined to do whatever it takes to get them all out alive, and if that means tapping into the lethal skills that made him one of the FBI’s best – skills he was hoping to never utilize again – in order to take down Botha, then that is exactly what it is he’s going to do.

If nothing else, this new Towering Inferno meets Die Hard meets Taken meets The Fugitive bit of big-budget loopy Hollywood craziness Skyscraper is a terrific commercial for duct tape. Goodness gracious but does Will go through tons of the stuff, using it for everything from bandaging wounds to helping his bionic leg stay secure. Heck, at one point he even fashions a low-rent version of the high-tech climbing gloves Tom Cruise had to climb the Burj Khalifa in Mission: Impossible –Ghost Protocol. There’s so much duct tape in this movie it wouldn’t surprise me at all to find out the manufacturer was one of the primary financiers for the project, and I’m almost shocked the company didn’t get some sort of on-screen presenting credit like Hasbro does for the Transformers and G.I. Joe adventures.

As for the rest of the thriller, it’s as absolutely absurd as that synopsis likely made things sound. Writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber’s (We’re the Millers, Central Intelligence) latest is a big piece of slickly produced high-concept hooey that gets more ludicrous and less coherent as it moves along. The film is a giant epic overflowing

in melodramatic action pyrotechnics that’s even stupider and far more silly than I ever could have imagined it was going to be, a large part of me kind of thinking this was the whole idea right from the start.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Heck, for the first half or so I was totally onboard with just how ridiculous all of the shenanigans involving Will’s quest to save his family trapped inside the Pearl was turning out to be. Even though I knew immediately who the secret bad guys were, there’s something kind of magical in watching Johnson scale a massive construction crane so he can make a physics-defying leap 100 stories above the ground to get back into the burning skyscraper. It’s the kind of vertigoinducing theatrics gigantic screen multiplexes were built for, and Thurber stages many of the film’s massive fiery set pieces with suitably thrilling aplomb.

But at a certain point the escalating absurdity just weighs things down to the point where the fun begins to wane. Unlike even pale Die Hard rip-offs like Sudden Death with Powers Boothe or Under Siege with Tommy Lee Jones, let alone superior ones like Speed with Dennis Hopper, the villains populating this story are either shockingly underutilized or frustratingly subpar. Møller, so terrific in A Hijacking and Land of Mine, is spectacularly unmemorable as Botha, and for large swaths of the story I almost forgot he was even a part of the action. As for the various other members of his team, they’re just cannon fodder standing around to be taken out by Will in a variety of creative ways, none of them having a singular signature moment worth talking about. Only young Taiwanese star Hannah Quinlivan makes an impression portraying Botha’s deadliest assassin Xia, but as she’s purposefully kept on the sidelines for most of the narrative even her

badass killer fails to make a lasting impact. Look, Johnson could do the type of things asked of him here in his sleep, and the fact he throws himself into it all with such determined conviction – even if the character of Will Sawyer isn’t all that far removed from the likes of Luke Hobbs (the Fast and the Furious franchise), Davis Okoye (Rampage), Beck (The Rundown), or so many other action heroes the actor has portrayed over the years – is honestly kind of commendable. More importantly, he has lovely chemistry with Campbell, the two sharing a number of authentically intimate emotional beats that couldn’t help but make me smile. As for the one-time Scream superstar, other than resurrecting Sidney Prescott in 2011’s excellent Scream 4 she’s purposefully been pretty picky as far as big screen appearances have been concerned, choosing instead to tackle meaty roles on television in programs like “House of Cards” and “Welcome to Sweden.” As such it’s nice to see Campbell back at it in a movie like this, and I appreciate that Thurber’s script gives her far more to do than just be a stereotypical damsel in distress.

None of which matters because by the time things reached their conclusion I just didn’t care about anything that was going on anymore. Thurber either needed to go for broke and create the most insane, over-the-top spectacle he could dream up or instead play things with far more intelligence and not treat the audience as if they only had half a brain and the attention span of a newt. At a certain point the increasing inanity of the situations Will and his family face become too incredulous to do anything but unintentionally laugh at, all of which makes Skyscraper a towering farcical misfire built upon a foundation of misbegotten nonsense.

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Seattle Police Department LGBTQ Advisory Council Monthly Meeting. 6-8pm. Seattle Police Department East Precinct Community Meeting Room, 12th Ave & E Pine St. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months. An opportunity for the GLBT community to speak openly with the SPD to dialog on public safety issues, plan officer training on sexual-minority topics, suggest ways to improve communications & procedures, explore protection strategies to minimize Gay-bashing incidents, & address other related concerns. The Sexual Minority Community Advisory Council has been established by the SPD to increase relationships & communication between the community & the SPD. Members of the GLBT community are invited to attend. kim.bogucki@seattle.gov

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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

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Different Drummers. 7:15-8:30pm. Every Tuesday. Hand drumming classes for Gay men. For info & location call Dennis at (206) 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com Men’s Discussion Group. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Tuesday. Peer group for Gay & Bi men. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma 7:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Tuesday.

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. A vibrant drop-in workshop for those of any spiritual belief. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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

WEDNESDAY

- July 18

Mature Friends Walk Around Greenlake. 11am. Meet up at 10:50am with a group of older men gathered at the north end of the parking lot that is next to the boathouse along the southwest side of Greenlake. Every Wednesday. Walk around Greenlake followed by lunch at a local restaurant. www.maturefriends.org

Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Volunteer Park Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Wednesday. (See related listing Monday at noon for details.) For info, call (206) 393-3400;. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride. 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 (206) 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org Positively Living. 5-7pm. Lifelong, 1016 E Pike St., 3rd Fl. Every Wednesday. Social and support group for the HIV community with various topics for discussion and conversation. Anthony, 206-957-1600. Sponsored by Lifelong.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group for GLBTQ+Youth (14-20) serving Snohomish County & surrounding communities. 6-8pm. Phone or email for location. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett. Brenda,

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(425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com

Queer Seattle Book Club. 6pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E (upstairs). Every Wednesday. This month’s title: “The Grow House” by Nick DiMartino. https://faculty.washington.edu/swittet/SGLBookClub/ Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma DiscussionNorth. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Every Wednesday. Call (206) 525-7295 for location. www. LotusSisters.org.

Center for Spiritual Living. 6:30pm-Meditation, 7pmService. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org

Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park, 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Wednesday. Meet at Black Sun sculpture across for museum. (See Saturday at 9am.)

Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm. Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. Every Wednesday. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www. ingersollcenter.org

Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org

Mature Friends Pinochle Group. 7:30pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org

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 - July 19

Orca Swim Team Workout. Morning. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

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. (206) 720-5566 or 888-2921912; www.babesnetwork.org.

Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Green Lake Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 7201 E Green Lake Dr. N. Every Thursday. (See related listing Saturday at noon for details.) For info, call (206) 393-3400;. Wheelchair-friendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride. Safe and Sober (AA). 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle LGBTQ Employees for Equality (SEqual). 12noon. Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 5th Ave, Room 4070. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Open to the public.

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 Gallery Opening - Paperworks by Jim Nawrocki. 6-9pm, Grumpy Old Man’s Comics, Art & Collectibles, 1732 NW Market St. Several other artists also featured. (206) 257-0557, www.facebook.com/LaMontArtsLLC

B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (425) 747-4937.

Radical Women Revolutionary Feminist Meeting. 6:30pm dinner ($8.50 donation), 7:30pm meeting, New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S. Info at (206) 7226057, www.radicalwomen.org or facebook.com/RWseattle. (Save the date: Social and movie night July 27.)

Seattle LGBTQ Commission. 6:30-8:30pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave, Room 221. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Seattle LGBTQ Commission is made up of 15 volunteer members who work to ensure that the City of Seattle fairly & equitably addresses sexual minority concerns. Meetings open to the public. (206) 684-4514. www/seattle.gov/lgbtq Seattle Tennis Alliance Summer Social Doubles. 6:30-8:30pm. Lower Woodland Tennis Courts, 5773 W Green Lake Way N. Most Tuesdays & Thursdays. Courts #5, 6, 7 & 8. June-August. Weather permitting. Pre-pay online if possible. seattletennisalliance.org

Boys Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. (206) 322-2515 ext 16. www. lamberthouse.org

GLBT Legal Clinic. 7-9pm. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. QLaw Foundation holds a monthly legal clinic addressing the legal needs of LGBT individuals & couples. Volunteer attorneys provide FREE 30-minute consultations. For information and to schedule an appointment, call (206) 235-7235. Clinic volunteers return calls on Tuesdays between 12noon-3pm. For information, visit www.q-law.org/legalclinic

PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. First United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Wheelchair accessible. We offer support and education in a safe, confidential, and welcoming atmosphere and serve East King County communities including Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Issaquah, Mercer Island, Sammamish, Bothell, Woodinville, Duvall, Snoqualmie, and Carnation. The first half of each meeting is dedicated to support, the second half is usually a guest speaker. See http://community.pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue. Contact us at info@ bellevue-pflag.org or (425) 483-6642. PFLAG Bellevue/ Eastside is a support and advocacy group, uniting members of the LGBTQ community with friends, families, and allies. PFLAG does not promote one political or religious view and is inclusive to people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and faiths. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ gayfathersseattle

Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. Ongoing support group open to Gay and Bisexual men. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org [NOTE: Please contact the facilitator prior to attending.]

FRIDAY

- July 20

Ageless in Recovery (AA). 12 noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. A drop-in AA group for 55+. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Kubota Gardens Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 9817 55th Ave S. Every Friday - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at the corner of 55th Ave S and Renton Ave S. Hot coffee and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.” For info, call (206) 393-3400;. Wheelchair-friendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride. Road to Recovery (SLAA). 12 noon-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. Ongoing 12step group for sex and love addicts. (206) 322-2437; 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 (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

LGBTQ & Allies 18+ Free Friday Night Drop-In Volleyball. 6-7:45pm. Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave E. Every Friday. 206-684-4753.

Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org

Congregation Tikvah Chadashah. 7pm. Call/see website for location. Puget Sound’s Gay & Lesbian Jewish Congregation where all are welcome holds Shabbat services the 2nd Friday each month. An oneg Shabbat follows services. (206) 355-1414; www.tikvahchadashah.com.

Game Night. 7pm-11pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. Card games, board games and fellowship. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.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. (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org

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

Destiny/Unity AA Meeting in Tacoma 7:30-8:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Friday. LGBTQ-friendly AA meeting. (253) 474-8897. (Also meets Mondays.)

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201 - in the O’Neill Room. Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www. seattle-al-anon.org; (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

SATURDAY - July 21

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) Alki Beach Pride. 11am-6pm, 59th Ave SW & Alki Ave SW. Celebrating the LGBTQ community of West Seattle. Come visit the Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle and the Olympic and Rainier Empire at the Purple Cabana! Info at www.alkibeachpride.org.

KItsap Pride Festival - Pride in the Park. 11am-5pm, Evergreen Park, Bremerton (from Bremerton Ferry walk left on 1st then right on Pacific to park). Live entertainment featuring Tiffany Wilson, plus community stage, beer garden, drag queen storytime and performances, kids’ area, art walk, more. Info at kitsappride.org. Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. Meets 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: www.longhair.shorturl.com

Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck. 2pm, Cuff Complex, 13th Ave & E Pine St. Please bring dish to share that will serve 8 or more. Cuff requires ID for entry (21+). www.seattleprimetimers.org (venue info at http:// cuffcomplex.com).

SUNDAY - July 22

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) No Safeword Writers Group. 1pm. See website for location. Meets 2nd & 4th Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful. For info & location, www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org

Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 1:30-3pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201. Meets 4th Sunday each month in the Ian MacKintosh Room. This month’s topic: “What Benefit Can Being Positive Have In Our Lives?” Coffee and tea available. www.seattleprimetimers.org

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQAllyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, (206) 279-8169.

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/AnotherGay-Social-Club/ Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html

BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org.

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org

Cascade Rainbow Community Center (Mount Vernon) - (360) 840-8499 and on Facebook. COLAGE unites people with LGBTQ parents and caregivers into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities - www.colage.org

Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994.

DIFFA/Northwest (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). (206) 763-8885; www.diffanorthwest. org

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, (206) 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 Networksupport & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, (206) 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, (206) 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 - (206) 324-2570; www. equalrightswashington.org

Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org

Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freelyspeaking.org

Gay City promotes wellness in LGBTQ communities by providing health services, connecting people to resources, fostering arts, and building community. Gay City Health Project’s Wellness Center provides anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing. 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, (206) 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.

Generations Aging With Pride empowers elder LGBTQ adults to live with pride and dignity by promoting, connecting, and developing innovative programs and services that enhance belonging and support, eliminate discrimination, and honor the lives of older members of our community - (206) 393-3400; info@gapseattle.org; gapseattle.org

GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org

Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - (206) 363-9188; www.thegsba.org

HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. (206) 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, (206) 328-8979. Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - (206) 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 - (206) 250-5002; LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Lifelong AIDS Alliance - (206) 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org Lion’s Main Art Collective - www.lionsmain.org MEN: Gay City: (206) 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: (206) 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www. nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.com; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 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; Tacoma Older LGBT: www.tacomaolderlgbt.org. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.) MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band. com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: (206) 388-1408, (206) 323-0750. www.seattlechoruses.org.

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com

Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org

Olympia/Thurston County - www.RainbowCenterOly. org

Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies, including Alaska Airlines, Amazon.com, Amgen, AT&T, Bank of America, Deloitte, Macy’s, Microsoft, Russell Investments, Safeco Insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Xerox. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle Out & Proud Grays Harbor Coalition - http://outandproudgh.org

PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: (206) 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: (206) 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: (206) 568-7777, qpnd@nwnetwork.org, www.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.pflagseattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: (425) 483-6642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community. pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington State: www. pflagwsc.org.

PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), (206) 850-2070, www.aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, (206) 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, (206) 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, (206) 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, (206) 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), (206) 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Northwest Two Spirit Society, https://www.facebook.com/ groups/nw2spiritsociety/, Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, (206) 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; QBASS - Queer Black Alliance of the South Sound, (253) 256-1846, weareqbass@gmail. com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, (206) 322-7061, (206) 255-8951; Somos Seattle, somosseattle.org; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle, www.utopiaseattlewa.org; VietQ Greater Seattle, vietqorganization@gmail.com Pierce County AIDS Foundation - (253) 383-2565; www.piercecountyaids.org Pride Foundation - (206) 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Pride Lives - www.facebook.com/PrideLives/

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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. (206) 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 - (206) 682-6711; www.q-law.org

Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - (206) 235-7235.

Queer Geek! - queergeekseattle.org

Rainbow Center - Resource Center for Tacoma/Pierce County LGBTIQA community. Through education, advocacy and celebration, the Rainbow Center expands resources, and safe space for the LGBTQIA community. Sponsors Tacoma Pride Festival. (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org

Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. org; (206) 451-SAFE; (206) 451-7233.

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www.voteseamec.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. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - BiSeattle.wixsite. com/SBWN and on Facebook.

Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. (206) 323-1768.

Seattle LGBTQ Commission - (206) 684-4503. www/ seattle.gov/lgbtq

Seattle Out & Proud - (206) 322-9561; www.seattlepride.org

Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov

Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - (206) 860-3666; www.theabbey.org

Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays. (425) 339-5298.

South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.SouthSoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net

SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flag Football: www.cascadeflagfootball.org; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.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: www.seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www. seattlegaybasketballassociation.com; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, (206) 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@ camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934. Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org

Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 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.SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Diversity: www.genderdiversity.org; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: (206) 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: (206) 329-6651, www. ingersollcenter.org; Lion’s Main Art Collective: www. lionsmain.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; [trans] ACTION: Trans* & Gender Non-Conforming Sex Workers’ Support Group - a safe, peer-led space. mail@utopiaseattle.org; TRANSform Washington: transformwashington.com; Trans Resource & Referral Guide: kctransguide.org; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com

WOMEN: Aging Ballard Lesbian Exchange (A.B.L.E.): We are Lesbians 60 years (generally) and up, living (mostly) in the north half of Seattle. The purpose of the group is to connect, socialize and support each other. ruthemilyvogel@gmail.com; Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS) - Lesbian Group at the Southeast Seattle Senior Center. This is a gathering primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. (206) 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Coming Out Women Support Group of Tacoma: www. comingoutwomen.org; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthebabes.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Puget Sound Old Lesbian Organizing for Change: http:// psoloc.org, (253) 777-3357; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol. com; Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network: BiSeattle. wixsite.com/SBWN; Seattle Girls of Leather: www. sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.org; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks. org, (206) 461-4493. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

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; Coyote Central: www.coyotecentral.org; 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. (206) 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, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way; (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: (206) 957-1665; www. llaa.org/HEYO; www.MatthewsPlace.com; The Mockingbird Society: (206) 323-KIDS (5437), www.mockingbirdsociety.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www. oasisyouthcenter.org; OUT There Adventures: www. outthereadventures.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: (206) 3257724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) Drop-In Center & Young Adult Shelter: 1609 19th Ave @ E Pine St., (206) 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) 6983335; 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; Roots Young Adult Shelter: 1415 NE 43rd St., (206) 632-1635; www.rootsinfo.org;; Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): (206) 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): (206) 524-7301 ext 111; www. streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: (206) 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, (206) 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): (206) 522-8412; YouthCare/ Orion Center Young Adult Shelter: 1828 Yale Ave @ Stewart St. (206) 622-5555; Youth in Focus: (206) 723-1479; www.youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): (206) 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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Citrus

Meet Citrus, a petite 1-year-old black short-haired cat. This bashful gal will take some time and effort to warm up to a new environment, but she is totally worth it. She loves to have a kitty friend to show her the ropes and thinks maybe back rubs are nice too. She is ready for a loving home with new best friends, so meet Citrus today at Seattle Humane and fall in love!

As with all of our cats, Citrus has been spayed, microchipped, and vaccinated. She will go home with a certificate for a complimentary veterinary examination and an identification tag. PLUS, most cat adoptions include 30 days of pet insurance from Trupanion – a great way to start off on the right paw!

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Meet Mr. Pickles, a 2-year-old American Pit Bull Terrier who would love to be your go-to guy! This happy boy loves a good long walk and will happily lead you anywhere you want to go. Mr. Pickles has lots of energy and would do best in an active home where he has plenty of enrichment and exercise. He's smart and food motivated, which will make him lots of fun to train! Mr. Pickles really loves a good ear scratch and would trade lots of kisses for one. If you have room in your heart and home for this sweet boy, then come meet him today at the Seattle Humane – you'll be glad you did!

As with all of our dogs, Mr Pickles has been neutered, microchipped, vaccinated and behavior tested. He will go home with a certificate for a veterinary examination and an identification tag. PLUS, most dog adoptions include 30 days of pet insurance from Trupanion and a training rebate when you complete a dog behavior course - a great way to start off on the right paw!

Introduce to children 14 years and older. Resident dogs are required to visit Mr. Pickles prior to adoption. Cat-free home.