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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT “HANDS SOLO: PIANOMAN” ACT THEATRE BULLITT CABARET Through July 20 It was pure enjoyment and delight to see and hear longtime Seattle pianoman and cabaret artist Victor Janusz in his one-man show “Hands Solo: Pianoman,” directed by Lori Larsen, at ACT Theatre’s Bullitt Cabaret last Friday. Victor Janusz is a multi-talented actor and musician who has been playing the piano at public venues and private events around Seattle for many years – including gigs at The Sheraton, The Camlin Cloud Room, Nordstrom and currently at Salty’s on Alki’s weekend brunches. (He also has a jazz band – the Victor Janusz Trio.) It was a great privilege to see and hear Janusz recount and reenact in both hilarious and poignant detail important moments in his life – with his loving parents, his siblings, his childhood piano teacher, his high school English teacher, his life in LA in the ‘70s and his initial confusion about his sexuality (with a nod to his loving sister
and to pianoman Elton John), his studies as an actor in New York, his work as a pianoman at Nordstrom (with his audience of mannequins), his experience meeting and playing piano for then presidential candidate Barack Obama, his loving tributes to his parents and to his lover and partner, Lance Butler, who passed away in 1993 (they wanted to get married), his hopes for the 168 married couples (including two same-sex married couples) whom he has had the privilege of accompanying in their nuptials, and his passion for Marriage Equality – all expressed through monologue and song with his own piano jazz accompaniment, his stories sometimes illustrated with photographs projected above the stage. It was great fun to see Janusz move in and out of character as he portrayed and interacted with the notable people who have been a part of his journey. Like the mega-talented Lily Tomlin, Janusz moved in and out of character with great dexterity as he introduced us to them, and then they engaged him and he engaged them in conversation, and his banter with the audience was lively and congenial. “Hands Solo: Pianoman” in-
by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer We know the songs. We watched the videos. We studied those moves. They’re all legendary. Five years have passed since Michael Jackson left us, but his music and mega superstar persona live on. And thanks to Cirque du Soleil, fans can experience the King of Pop’s musical high-
lights five nights a week at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Michael Jackson ONE opened June 29, 2013 exclusively at the Las Vegas hotel-casino to capacity crowds, and continues packing them in at the 1,800-seat venue. This is a different production than what Seattle audiences saw in 2011 when Michael Jackson THE Immortal World Tour came to Key Arena;
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cludes both original songs written by Janusz (among them, “Mannequin Blues”) and songs written by other artists that speak to him, including Phoebe Snow’s “Poetry Man.” Janusz is a talented singer who makes each song his own – so much so that I sometimes didn’t
immediately recognize a song because the song had already become a Janusz song – not a Beach Boys song – and I was drawn into the song and I would listen to hear each nuance and note so as to be drawn closer to both Janusz and the song’s meaning.
This walk down memory lane with Janusz was intimate and heartwarming with much laughter and great jazz piano and song along the way. Janusz has a big heart and a great sense of humor and his reflecsee JANUSZ page 4
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there are a few similarities, but it’s really an entirely separate concept, and the intimacy of the theater adds a lot more excitement to the show. Unlike Immortal, where some of MJ’s biggest hits were mysteriously omitted, ONE plunges deep into the multiple Grammy winner’s catalog and features everything from his early days with The Jackson 5 to material off 2001’s Invincible. As with any Cirque show, there’s constant movement and much happening during the 90-minute performance, including dancing, acrobatics, trampoline maneuvers, juggling and whimsical skits. ONE also showcases the artist’s original recordings; there is no singing or reinterpretation of Michael Jackson’s classics, it’s his voice heard pouring out from the speakers inside this fine acoustic theater. The story centers around a quarDiamond St. James Black being crowned La Femme Magnifique WA 2014 tet of “misfits” – Clumsy, Shy, Miss La Femme Magnifique Smarty Pants, Sneaky – that enter by Shaun Knittel Washington 2014 Diamond St. the world of Jackson by immersing SGN Associate Editor James is scheduled to compete themselves in his music, and then RIP THE RUNWAY in the mother of all Pacific magically embody his characterisFASHION SHOW Northwest Drag Pageants – La tics, inspiring messages and energy. NEIGHBOURS NIGHTCLUB see Runway page 4 July 20 see ONE page 9
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continued from cover Shy is an innocent, pig-tailed girl who transforms into a courageous, ninja warrior-like young woman when she puts on Jackson’s sunglasses, while Sneaky goes from a klutzy nerd to a slick-skilled dancer when he slips on the icon’s famed silver-glittered glove. Similarly, the other misfits change personalities when they come in contact with objects from MJ’s long line of fashion statements. Many of the song selections are sliced in half or thirds, although a few are played in their entirety. Directed by Jamie King, who collaborated on numerous tours with everyone from Madonna to Christina Aguilera to Jennifer Lopez, each track is matched with sharp choreography, jaw-dropping stunts, or aerial displays from the 63-member Cirque troupe that keeps the room captivated at all times. “Beat It” is highlighted by bunjee jumping and swinging from high platforms, “Smooth Criminal” revisits the music video with dancers dressed in Japanese gangster suits showing off some fancy footwork , and “Human Nature” includes contortionists twisting and spinning themselves in interesting positions. It was also a neck-tilting experience when at various moments the audience looked up to see aerial performers dangling above our heads in thin air; during “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” they glided and floated grace-
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fully while donning LED-lit outfits. Two standout scenes from the show are “Billy Jean,” where a line of male performers are also illuminated in cool LED lights and dance in perfect synch as they disappear and reappear before our eyes; and “Man in the Mirror,” near the finale, where a guy sees illusions of himself at various stages of life while staring into a mirror. If you watched the documentary This Is It, you’ll notice the exact opening sequence of futuristic soldiers in total synchronization during “They Don’t Care About Us”; this is how it was rehearsed for Jackson’s last announced tour. “Thriller” takes elements from its innovative video, such as the dancing zombies, and incorporates them into a trippy Courtesy of Cirque du soleil
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tions on his life and the lessons he’s learned are full of hope and resilience in the face of life’s challenges. Janusz has taken important moments in his life and shaped them with love, wit, and poignant reflection into an extraordinary musical cabaret to share with his audience, and we who have had the privilege of spending this evening with Janusz are richer for that experience.
Femme Magnifique International – in Portland, Oregon Labor Day weekend at the Oregon Convention Center. The contestants are considered the best in their craft and if lucky enough to be crowned winner, join the elite group of queens known as the “Most Beautiful and Glamorous Female Impersonators in the World.” Well, as one could imagine, it takes money to build the costuming that can help a girl win such a thing. So it is customary for contestants to throw a fundraiser or two to help get them – and their team – down to Portland and back (hopefully with the crown and sash in tow). In keeping with tradition, Diamond St. James presents Rip the Runway Fashion Show, July 20 from 6-10 p.m. at Neighbours Nightclub (1509 Broadway). The drag/fashion show will be hosted by the legendary Ebony LaFace. According to Diamond St. James, performers such as Iyona Black and Aleksa Manila (and a slew of others) are scheduled to strut their stuff on the runway and lip-sync their way to your donations – all in the spirit of helping Diamond
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Making its Seattle debut at ACT Theatre this month, “Hands Solo: Pianoman” was first workshopped in 2008 at the 6th Annual International Cabaret Conference at Yale University, had its world premier at New York City’s The Duplex (2010), and had a very successful engagement at the Arthur Newman Theatre in Palm Springs (2012). Lori Larsen has served as director and dramaturg for “Hands Solo: Pianoman” in all its incarnations. “Hands Solo: Pianoman” continues this weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, July 18, 19 and 20, at 7:30 p.m. at ACT Theatre, Bullitt Cabaret (700 Union St.). Tickets: $25. 292-7676; www. acttheatre.org.
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little skit, where performers sashay up the theater aisles past startled guests. About 1,150 costume pieces are utilized during ONE, most of them designed from neoprene, a rubbery fabric often used for making wetsuits. An ensemble worn by a woman writhing around a pole during “Dirty Diana” has 7,000 Swarovski crystals beaded onto it. The title of the production, ONE, comes from Jackson himself, who believed that all people are unique and equal, regardless of race or religion. Michael Jackson ONE is a treat for the ears and a feast for the eyes. Everyone knows the music and millions have his songs or full-length albums downloaded onto their MP3s. But rarely do we have the privilege to celebrate it and enjoy it beyond our living rooms. Well, when in Vegas, if you really wanna be startin’ somethin’, take in ONE! Back-to-back performances run Saturday through Wednesday at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., and Sunday at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Ticket prices are between $69 and $155, plus LIMITED Golden Circle seating, and are available for purchase 120 days in advance of performance date. There are no shows on Thursdays or Fridays. Reservations are strongly encouraged and can be booked at www.cirquedusoleil.com/mjone or www.mandalaybay.com, or by calling either 1-800-632-7400 or 1-800-745-3000. If available, tickets can be purchased at the Michael Jackson ONE box office at Mandalay Bay. There is a gift shop adjacent to the theater to buy souvenirs before or after the show.
continued from cover St. James achieve a monumental win for drag in Washington state. Past winners have hailed from Portland, Tacoma, Denver, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Seattle, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and contestants have competed from as far south as Mexico City and north to Vancouver, British Columbia. Oregon leads with 17 international winners and Hawaii second with 11, Washington has 8 international winners, who include Coco Vaughn 1986, Gaysha Starr 1994, LaVanda Dela Rosa 1996, Lily Armani 2010, Lady Chablis 2011, Athena Kiss (Plus) 2011, Amora Dior Black 2013, and LaTrina Bidet (Plus) 2013. On Sunday, tickets will be available at the door for $15, which includes the show and a food buffet. Rip the Runway Fashion Show is a 21+ event.
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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer WITCHING & BITCHING Now playing Wanting to be a better father to his son Sergio (Gabriel Delgado), José (Hugo Silva) has the not-so-bright idea of staging a downtown midtown jewel heist. When things go spectacularly wrong – one of his crew, dressed up as SpongeBob Square Pants, no less, ends up with a few more holes inside his carcass than his yellow cartoon doppelgänger typically sports – and suddenly José is on the run, his kid happily by his side. A hijacked cabbie and a kidnapped banker later, José, Sergio and the remaining member (Mario Casas) of their ragtag group of thieves are in the secluded and lonely border town of Zugarramurdi, a small enclave known for its history of witchcraft. It is here they run across cagey matriarch Maritxu (a terrific Terele Pávez) and her small coven of like-minded, spiritually craven compatriots. Like-minded, save her willful granddaughter Eva (Carolina Bang), the youngster infatuated enough with the dashing José she might be willing to leave her sorceress brethren behind just as long as he’ll sweep her into his arms and kiss her passionately. Overlong and oddly paced, prone to losing focus, Spanish firebrand filmmaker Álex de la Iglesia’s (The Last Circus, The Day of the Beast) latest Witching & Bitching is nonetheless a gloriously grotesque and bloodily silly genre mishmash that’s like the giddy bastard stepchild of Quentin Tarantino’s
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Reservoir Dogs, Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn and Dario Argento’s Suspiria. It is a comedic, gore-drenched, blatantly misogynistic free-for-all that manages to emasculate its male characters at the exact same time it marks them as superior to their female antagonists. More often than not it is also remarkably entertaining, whether that is in spite of its imprecise, borderline disgusting, sensationalistic narrative shortcomings or instead because of them I cannot say. In his typical, fluidly controlled and over-the-top style, de la Iglesia manages to make sense of all this chaos and absurdity far more assuredly than most would anticipate, making watching the film an easier experience than it has any right to be. Even when subplot upon subplot upon subplot crashes into the middle of the
proceedings (José’s ex-wife and a pair of bumbling police detectives are the least of the extraneous characters who find themselves in the middle of things) the director maintains complete control, the blackly comic funny bits outweighing the negative elements by a decent margin. Things ultimately come to a head during a moonlit pagan mass of some sort where Sergio is the prime target in a transformational event the less said about the better. It is here where de la Iglesia’s sensibilities finally get the better of him, at least partially, the climax feeling as if it were pulled from genre favorites as wildly disparate yet oddly similar as John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China and Ronny Yu’s The Bride with White Hair. It’s excessive in the extreme, and any chance the director might have had to make some sort of
overarching satirical points about gender, sexism and male-female inequality is lost in all the special effects laden pandemonium. At the same time, Witching & Bitching cannot be dismissed entirely. Silva is a strong, magnetically masculine presence, while Bang is a ferociously sexy force of nature impossible to take your eyes off of. The great Carmen Maura pops up in a key role that must be seen to be believed, giving things more complexity and nuance than they by all accounts deserve. But don’t get me wrong, this is as macabre and as disgusting – both good things – a piece of genre entertainment fans of this type of thing could hope to see this year, de la Iglesia proving once again he’s a Spanish filmmaker of singular sensibilities worth continuing to keep an eye on.
Bawdy Sex Tape a funny marital comedy by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer SEX TAPE Now playing Before they were married, Jay (Jason Segel) and Annie (Cameron Diaz) had a lot of sex. About a decade after their nuptials, not to mention a pair of cute-as-a-button children, boy Clive (Sebastian Hedges Thomas), girl Nell (Giselle Eisenberg), it’s no surprise the twosome just don’t have the time to get playful
in the bedroom as they once did. To reignite that spark Annie comes up with the alcoholinduced bright idea of making a playful video of the both of them acting out all the positions diagrammed in The Joy of Sex, three hours of carnal bliss subsequently ensuing. Jay was supposed to erase the video. He forgot. A couple of accidental miscues later and suddenly a bunch of people, including Annie’s mom Linda (Nancy Lenehan) and best friends Roddy (Rob Corddry) and Tess (Ellie Kemper), inadvertently find themselves in possession of iPads containColumbia Pictures
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ing the pair’s naughty canoodling. The duo are now in the position of having to run all across town in a fervent attempt to erase every copy before someone uploads it to the Internet where it will undoubtedly remain for perpetuity, coming to stark, somewhat sudden realizations about the status of their own marriage in the process. Sex Tape reunites stars Diaz and Segel with their Bad Teacher director Jake Kasdan, and in all honesty the results are even more positive here than they were that moderately successful first time around. The movie doesn’t offer up a lot that’s new or unexpected, and its observations about life, love, marriage and parenthood are hardly original, but that doesn’t make the overall comedy itself any less enjoyable. Thanks to the energetic and infectious chemistry of its two stars, as well as some more than able, oftentimes ingenious support from Corddry, Kemper and especially an all-in Rob Lowe, the film is quite funny, that in and of itself enough to make it worthy of a look. The script, originally conceived by Kate Angelo (The Back-up Plan), co-written by Segel and frequent partner Nicholas Stoller (The Muppets, The Five-Year Engagement), is an amiable hoot most of the way, and while there are some sitcom-like idiosyncrasies that can be a bit trying, overall there’s a nice, almost effortless simplicity to Jay and Annie’s escapades that’s sublime. At times the movie almost
feels like a sex-obsessed riff on the 1985 Jeff Goldblum/Michelle Pfeiffer classic Into the Night (absent that one’s bracing, darkly satirical wit, I sadly must admit), everything taking place in a rough 24hour period where anything and everything can occur no matter how insane. There are some lumps, some of them obnoxiously frustrating, while the central “villain” (it’s really hard to call the individual that, but I can’t think of another term that fits) of the piece doesn’t end up being anywhere near as surprising or as crazily earth shattering as I think the filmmakers intend. The early portions are particularly annoying, the movie starting on something of a leaden foot that it sadly takes a little time to get past. Get past it it does indeed, however, Sex Tape evolving into a series of reasonably inspired vignettes featuring Jay and Annie going place to place trying to get back the corrupted iPads. Both Segel and Diaz gamely go for broke, neither afraid of looking like complete and total idiots as they come up with increasingly insane ideas they think are required in order to keep their video off the Internet. It all culminates in the hightech corporate headquarters of a loquacious porn kingpin, the resulting revelations happening in his presence both hysterical and touching, both virtually happening at the exact same time. Like I said, this is a funny movie, and at the end of the day ultimately that’s the only positive that matters.
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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE PURGE: ANARCHY Now playing There are less than three hours until this year’s Purge commences. Disgruntled marrieds Shane (Zach Gilford) and Liz (Kiele Sanchez) are trapped out on the downtown streets when their car is mysterious sabotaged, apparently by a gang of masked toughs looking to get their hands bloodied. Eva (Carmen Ejogo) and her teenage daughter Cali (Zoë Soul) are home, aghast and horrified by a goodbye letter left to them both by elderly patriarch Papa Rico (John Beasley). Mysterious soldier Leo (Frank Grillo), known to most as Sergeant, is getting ready to go out into the night, armed to the teeth, ready for war, not to lay waste indiscriminately, but instead to exact revenge against a wealthy suburbanite who did his former family a horrific wrong.
None of them should have met, but when Eva and Cali’s ramshackle apartment building is laid waste by an expertly trained team of commandos and Shane and Liz manage to secure themselves in the back seat of the Sergeant’s souped-up armored vehicle, this man of action with a personal agenda finds himself at a moral crossroads. Not so much dropping his plans as putting them on the backburner, it becomes up to him to find this group a safe place to hide until the Purge comes to an end. But with groups of all kinds tracking their every move, survival becomes increasingly unlikely, and soon it’s almost as if the full force of the New Founding Fathers themselves are targeting the five for execution for reasons they can’t begin to comprehend. The Purge: Anarchy is the somewhat quickly produced sequel to last summer’s self-contained surprise horror hit The Purge, a movie that posited that in the wake of an unimaginable spike in violence, the populace of the United States voted in
leaders who in turn crafted a new Constitution that changed the governing landscape considerably. One night a year, for 12 hours and 12 hours only, anyone and everyone can engage in just about any crime they can imagine, including murder, the idea being that by doing so, overall criminality will go down as people won’t feel the need to do such violent wrongdoing the remaining 364 days until the next Purge. Returning writer/director James DeMonaco takes his somewhat ingenious, undeniably schlocky B-grade premise and runs with it in entirely new directions, opening up the world he created in order for the viewer to get a broad, more highly immersive perspective on just what it is that’s going on during this 12-hour night of misery. It allows him to make his, not exactly subtle, satirical points about gun culture and rightwing ideology in firmer, more exacting terms, in many ways poking fun at the very audience who will potentially be buying tickets. Not that many of them will notice. What they’ll be looking forward to is nothing more than an expertly plotted, hyperviolent journey into adrenaline-fueled darkness filled with blood, guts, amazing stunts and incredible action, and on that front I’m hard-pressed to believe any of them will be disappointed. This is without a doubt DeMonaco’s attempt to transform this sequel into something of a low rent Aliens, filling the screen with a ton more villainous activity while having a heroic military man lead a ragtag group of survivors to uncertain safety. It’s explosive, obviously nihilistic and undeniably sensationalistic stuff straight out of the Roger Corman school circa the 1970s, and for those who enjoy that sort of thing this second chapter of The Purge story is intoxicating. Expertly shot and ed-
ited, niftily scored to within an inch of its life, utilizing a solid group of recognizable character actors familiar from both the big and small screens (Grillo was recently seen in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, while Ejogo, Gilford and Sanchez are all veterans of popular television shows), DeMonaco shows a confidant hand orchestrating the mayhem, bringing these grotesqueries to life with noteworthy skill. On that front, the movie is an undeniable success. It makes the insanity of the scenario feel oddly plausible, using the inherent menace lurking within it in ways that are emotionally unsettling even as they are almost equally fascinating on an intellectual level. But as social and political commentary? As a satire of the world we are currently living in and how it is spiraling in increasingly violent, confrontational directions? As a look at the political climate, the bourgeois intractability of the elite and the lack of power the middle and lower classes sadly have? It’s way too obvious and much too heavy-handed, lacking anything close to subtlety, banging the viewer over the head with its themes in a manner bordering on insulting. Not that I minded. I liked the first film for what it was and, somewhat surprisingly, I enjoyed this sequel as well. I had a grand time going on the expedition Leo took Eva, Cali, Shane and Liz upon, finding myself increasingly curious just how far the rabbit hole they were going to be forced into descended before sunlight could be cast upon the survivors, hopefully engulfing them in its comforting embrace. The Purge: Anarchy is an unapologetically violent exercise in sensationalistic mayhem, that fact is not up for debate; and for my part I’m fine with this, part of me even a tiny bit curious exactly where DeMonaco and company might be interested in taking things next.
Braff’s Here an honestly affecting place to be WISH I WAS HERE Now playing Aidan (Zach Braff) is a struggling Los Angeles actor who hasn’t had a decent role since appearing in a dandruff shampoo commercial ages ago. His beautiful wife Sarah (Kate Hudson) has a wellpaying job at the Water Department but her cubemate Jerry (Michael Weston) is a sexist foul-mouthed jerk who doesn’t seem to understand just how obnoxious he actually is. The pair have two clever children in the form of Grace (Joey King) and Tucker (Pierce Gagnon), their tuition at the local Hebrew private school paid for by Aidan’s judgmental and domineering father Gabe (Mandy Patinkin). Admittedly, it isn’t the life Aidan expected he’d be living, he and his younger brother – something of a minor genius, in actuality a rather lazy slacker – Noah (Josh Gad) dreaming as kids they’d be something akin to superheroes saving the world on a nightly basis. But when Gabe gets sick all of them are forced to put their lives in perspective, coming to grips with the fact that reality and fantasy don’t always mix and
that the dreams of youth often give way to the practicalities of adulthood – which, as Wish I Was Here takes great pains to point out, isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In fact, discovering the adult life one is living for what it really is can lead to astonishing revelations regarding family, love and commitment that are far more powerful than any dream or fantasy could ever live up to. Reveling in how we mature, understanding the relationships we take the time to establish and explore, learning to relate to one’s children as affable generals leading them into a world of unlimited discovery, all of that and more can be there for the taking; making the decision to embrace the challenge and go for that particular brass ring the only choice that truly matters. Written alongside his brother Adam, the film is Zach Braff’s first trip back behind the camera since he released cult existential coming-of-age comedy favorite Garden State back in 2004. While the overall tone and emotional tenor has certainly matured, the motion picture itself offers up many of the same positives and minuses as its predecessor. Showing a knack for human insight, having an idiosyncratic, almost whimsical eye for creative detail, the filmmaker still can’t resist slipping into sitcom pabulum from time to time, the narrative thrust sadly
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most of every moment and every scene with magnetic enthusiasm. While what she says isn’t always as insightful or as knowing as the Braff brothers hope it is, Hudson makes her lines connect with sparkling authenticity, a seminal moment in a hospital room between her and Patinkin downright stunning and deserving of every tear. The movie made something of a minor name for itself for being the first high-profile project to be mostly funded via Kickstarter in the wake of the success of Veronica Mars, some trying to make the case a star and filmmaker of Braff’s caliber shouldn’t have to go this route in order to get his features off the ground. I’m more neutral as far as that debate is concerned, and if there are people willing to give money in order to see films like this come to life I can’t begrudge them if they feel the need to donate. More than that, I’m extremely happy to live in a world in which Wish I Was Here exists. Little missteps aside, moments of melodramatic excess notwithstanding, there is a pleasing sincerity to Braff’s story I responded to body and soul. I was moved by Aidan’s journey, found that it spoke to me far more often than it did not, his revelations having a profound simplicity to them I was thoroughly captivated by. I cherished my time spent watching this movie. More importantly, I can’t wait until I get the opportunity to watch it again.
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stalling out every single time he does. All the same, when things work they do so marvelously. More than that, Braff has a gift for staging sublime moments of intimate, insightful maturation that are difficult to resist, showcasing Aidan’s evolution with a knowing candor that hits close to home. The moments he spends with his two children are by far some of the strongest the film has to offer – one out in the secluded rock-strewn corners of the California desert outstandingly so. The bits chronicling Noah’s ineptitude and overall lackadaisical approach to life and what he wants from it don’t resonate near as well as the other elements of the narrative do; and while Gad isn’t bad, I can’t say I found him particularly pleasing a presence, either. A supposed relationship with a ComicCon costume enthusiast (a massively underutilized Ashley Greene) goes nowhere other than to put an exclamation mark on a rather tired joke, while gags involving the brother’s geek street cred are too obvious to be even slightly funny. On the flipside, Braff’s handling of Hudson is magical, the filmmaker reminding us all just how talented the former Almost Famous Oscar nominee truly is. After over a decade in romantic comedy hell, a confinement mostly of her own making, it must be said, the actress comes alive in ways I can’t recall seeing in quite some time, making the
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Nine new LGBT documentaries awarded support from Arcus Foundation Fund at Sundance Institute NEW YORK, NY – On July 16, the Arcus Foundation announced a lineup of nine Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenderthemed documentary films that are to receive support from the newly established Arcus Foundation Fund at Sundance Institute. Established in 2013, the Arcus Foundation Fund provides direct grants to support independent, high potential documentary film projects focused on LGBT issues. The grants are given to projects in various stages of development, production, and distribution. The Fund also provides creative, tactical, and financial support to filmmakers who wish to self-distribute their films, retain the rights to their work, and devise their own audiencebuilding strategies through Sundance Institute’s #ArtistServices Program. “Filmmaking has always been a powerful medium for directly engaging audiences on complex issues and informing public conversations that drive social progress,” said Jason McGill, Vice President, Social Justice Programs. “LGBT people have benefited tremendously in recent decades by courageously becoming more visible in and accepted by their families, faith communities and workplaces. We see great potential to reinforce this visibility and acceptance through documentary films that reveal and celebrate the diverse lived experiences of LGBT people. The Arcus Fund at Sundance Institute reflects our commitment to ensuring that their lives are increasingly demystified and supported.” The Arcus Foundation Fund is housed under the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program. Eligible film projects were awarded funding based on the following criteria: quality of information and storytelling effectiveness; the pressing nature of the contemporary social issue; global subject relevance; potential for reach and impact; creative and artistic innovation; and potential for completion. For more information on Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program, please visit: www.sundance.org/documentary.
DEVELOPMENT From This Day Forward (U.S.) Director: Sharon Shattuck Filmmaker Sharon Shattuck explores love, sexuality, art, and commitment in a verité portrait of her family just before her own wedding. When her artist father, Michael, comes out as a Transgender woman, Sharon and her sister are in their awkward middle school years. Dealing with family and societal pressures, Michael (now called Trisha) and his wife Marcia, decide to separate. After a few heartbreaking months, they realize they still want to be together. Decades later, as Sharon is planning her own wedding, she delves into her parents’ relationship using interviews, home movies and Trisha’s artwork. The film will explore what it takes to stay together against incredible odds.
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Sylvia & Marsha (U.S.) Director: David France Sylvia & Marsha celebrates the first modern Transgender activists who together, co-founded STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) and set in motion a profound cultural shift carried on today by Trans people asserting their rights. PRODUCTION/ POST-PRODUCTION Blue ID (Turkey) Directors: Burcu Melekoglu, Vuslat Karan Former Elite Model and actress, now Trans man, Rüzgar Erkoçlar, struggles under the spotlight in traditional, conservative Turkey for self-realization and acceptance. Constrained by identification cards color-coded for gender, will he finally be considered for a Blue ID?
Brick (U.S.) Directors: Jessica Dimmock, Christopher LaMarca Five fathers and grandfathers risk losing their families to live as Transgender women within the Pacific Northwest’s hypermasculine culture.
adventurers. They are also among the estimated 2.4 million Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Americans over the age of 55 in the United States, many of whom face heightened levels of discrimination, neglect and exclusion. But Before is not a film about cold statistics and gloomy realities, it’s a film about generational trailblazers who have surmounted prejudice and defied expectation to form communities of strength, renewal and camaraderiewhether these communities be affable senior living facilities, lively activist enclaves or wacky Queer bars brimming with glittered trinkets and colorful drag queens.
Growing Up Coy (U.S.) Director: Eric Juhola Growing Up Coy is a feature documentary that follows a landmark Transgender-rights case in Colorado where a 6-year-old Transgender girl named Coy has been banned from the girls’ bathroom at her school. Coy’s parents hire a The New Black (U.S.) lawyer, and the family is thrust into the Director: Yoruba Richen international media spotlight, causing The New Black is a documentary that their lives to change forever. tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the Gay rights Out in the Night (U.S.) issue in light of the recent Gay marriage Director: Blair Doroshwalther movement and the fight over civil rights. The story of four friends, out for a night The film documents activists, families and in New York City, who became known as clergy on both sides of the campaign to a “Gang of Killer Lesbians” when they legalize Gay marriage and examines hodefended themselves. mophobia in the black community’s institutional pillar – the black church – and reveals Out Run (U.S.) the Christian right wing’s strategy of exDirectors: Johnny Symons, S. Leo Chiang ploiting this phenomenon in order to pursue Out Run follows Ladlad, the only LGBT an anti-Gay political agenda. political party in the world, on its historic quest to elect a Transgender woman to the About the Arcus Foundation Philippine Congress through an unconvenFounded in 2000 by Jon Stryker, the Artional strategy by mobilizing a national cus Foundation is a private grantmaking network of working-class Gay and Trans- institution dedicated to the idea that people gender hairdressers to be their grassroots can live in harmony with one another and campaign organizers. the natural world. Arcus’ work is based on the belief that respect for diversity among DISTRIBUTION peoples and in nature is essential to a posiBefore You Know It (U.S.) tive future for our planet and all of its inDirector: PJ Raval habitants. The Foundation works globally The subjects of Before You Know It are and has offices in New York City and Camno ordinary senior citizens. They are go-go bridge, UK. To learn more, visit: www.arbooted bar-hoppers, love struck activists, cusfoundation.org. troublemaking baton twirlers, late night Internet cruisers, seasoned renegades and bold Courtesy of the Arcus Foundation
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Meetings Events Activities
FOR A CALENDAR LISTING: Send details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1605 12th Ave, Ste 31, Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. Fax: 3227188. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization. DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm. ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with visible or hidden disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www.scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities. html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists. NOTE: Phone numbers accompanying listings are within area code (206) & locations of meetings/ events are in Seattle unless otherwise noted.
SATURDAY - July 19
Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org. Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org PNW G/B/Q Longhaired Men. 2pm. Locations vary. Check the website or call for details. An informal social group for longhairs, growers, longhair admirers & their friends. We gather for brunch on the 3rd Saturday each month to socialize, chat & often go out afterwards for coffee or some activity. Please join us! For information & to RSVP, 309-0510 or www.longhair.shorturl.com Wiggin’ Out Party - A Food Drive for Chicken Soup Brigade. 4-9pm. The Cuff Complex, 13th Ave & E Pine St. Wear your favorite wig and lets WIG OUT! Door prizes, snacks and so much more ... Entry: a grocery bag of non-perishable food items. Music by DJ Lonnie Devine and Richard Stinard. Co-hosted by Scott Allin, Rick Valdez, Lee Serrano and The Cuff. www.facebook. com/events/1439019763013068 Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouth center.org. (Also meets Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.) Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks. For more information visit www.rainbowbridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com
lowed by a Poly Party. For more information & location, www.scn.org/~spg Rip the Runway Fashion Show. 6-10pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Hosted by Ebony LaFace. Features LaFemme Magnifique Washington Diamond St James, Iyona Black, Aleksa Manila, Tanya, Maylasia Black. A fundraiser in support of Diamond St James’ bid for the LaFemme Magnifique International title in Portland this Labor Day Weekend. $15 suggested donation includes buffet. 21+. Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Integrity/Puget Sound. 7pm-Worship & Fellowship. St. Mark’s Cathedral, Thomson Chapel, 1245 10th Ave E. Integrity is an international ministry of Gay & Lesbian Episcopalians, their friends & families, dedicated to education, support & service within the Church & the GLBT community. (425) 226-2746. Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.
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SUNDAY - July 20
For information on GLBT-friendly religious/spiritual organizations in the Greater Seattle area, call or email Rick at the SGN office: 206-324-4297; sgn2@ sgn.org. Center for Spiritual Living. Services 8:25, 9:45, 11:30am. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info 527-8801 ext 203, www. cslseattle.org Ravenna United Methodist Church. 5751 33rd Ave NE. 8:30am “Seattle’s most dangerous Sunday school;” 9:45am worship. A reconciling congregation, fully inclusive and affirming of LGBTQ persons. 525-7988. Wallingford United Methodist Church. 8:30am & 11am-Worship (10am during summer). 2115 N 42nd St. A progressive congregation. In 1984 Wallingford UMC became the 9th reconciling Methodist church in the U.S. 547-6945 (office); 285-5077 (George). Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 323-8382. http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGayHikingGroup/ Seattle Unity Church. 9am & 11am-Sunday Services. 200 8th Ave N. “Come join our Gay & Lesbian-friendly, spiritual family at Seattle Unity Church. Our mission is to bring love, miracles & spiritual awakening into everyday life!” 622-8475; www.seattleunity.org. University Congregational United Church of Christ. All ages education 9am, Worship 10am. 4515 16th Ave NE. UCUCC is an open & affirming congregation. 5242322; www.universityucc.org. Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am-Zazen Instruction, 9:30amZazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. Follow the traditional forms of the Soto school of Zen in a spirit of warmth & inclusion. Anyone interested in meditation, whether new or experienced in Zen practice or other traditions, is welcome. 323-1659, www.seattlesotozen.org Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30amWorship, 11am-Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King Way, Tacoma. This reconciling congregation welcomes with warm hands, warm hearts & open minds GLBT persons seeking a spiritual home. (253) 627-0129, www. fumctacoma.org Central Lutheran Church. 10am-Worship. 1710 11th Ave (just north of E Pine St). An open & affirming church, which in Lutheran churches is called “Reconciled in Christ.” “We seek to share God’s love with all people regardless of race, age, gender or sexual orientation.” All are welcome. 322-7500. East Shore Unitarian Church. 10am-Sunday Service. 12700 SE 32nd St, Bellevue. An open & affirming congregation. (425) 747-3780. Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!
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Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 10am-Worship. 911 Stewart St. A downtown faith community centered in justice. An open & affirming congregation. 682-3620. Rainier Valley Unitarian Congregation. 10am. 835 Yesler Way. 722-4880, www.rvuuc.org Seattle Sunday Bowlers. 10am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $4.25 + $1 shoe rental. 329-1515. All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am-Worship. 500 Broadway E. Come as you are. All are welcome. A congregation of the Disciples of Christ & the United Church of Christ. 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month. This monthly informal auto enthusiasts event starts with breakfast at this location with a show & tell and continues to a chosen point of interest. Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@ hotmail.com Living Water Fellowship. 10:30am-Worship. 7204 NE 175th St, Kenmore. All GLBT welcome. Pastor Susan George. 963-0807. www.livingwaterwa. com Grace Gospel Chapel. 11am-Worship. 2052 NW 64th St. Oldest independent church ministering primarily to the Gay & Lesbian community. An exciting fellowship ... a place to believe, a place to belong. 784-8495. Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church Seattle. 11am-Worship. Chapel at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. MCC is a progressive Christ-centered faith community committed to providing a nurturing environment for individual & community growth thru Jesus Christ while celebrating unity in diversity. MCC is Seattle’s oldest Gay-friendly church. 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org. Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www.dharmabuddies.org St Paul’s United Church of Christ. 11am-Worship. 6512 12th Ave NW. An “open & affirming” congregation.
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“We celebrate our diversity in religious background, sexual orientation, race, age & abilities.” 783-6733; www. stpauluccseattle.com. Tri-Cities Mid-Columbia Pride. 11am. John Dam Plaza, Richland. www.midcolumbiapride.com. Holy Covenant International Christian Community Church. 12pm. 4525 19th Ave NE. Outreach to the LGBT community. holycovenantccc@gmail.com Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Kitsap Pride. 12noon-5pm. Evergreen Park, Bremerton - a short walk from the Seattle ferry. Featuring Patrick Haggerty & Lavender Country. kitsappride.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www. raincitysoccer.org Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & General Meeting. 2-4pm. Seattle First Baptist Church Recreation Hall, 1111 Harvard Ave (at E Seneca St - enter thru glass doors on Harvard Ave.) Meets 3rd Sunday most months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people. $4 door fee covers hall rental. SPT is a social club for Gay men & their friends. www.seattleprimetimers.org. Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/Weds/ Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org Seattle PolyFidelity Discussion Group Potluck Meeting. 5-7:30pm. Meets 3rd Sunday of odd-numbered months at a poly-friendly location. PolyFidelity welcomes persons of all sexual orientations who are interested in discussing responsible alternatives to monogamy. Fol-
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SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County. Every Monday. An informal group of Gay men living in Snohomish County meet for dinner at Snohomish County restaurants. For information, location & to RSVP contact Ricardo at socialdinnerclub@yahoo.com or phone (360) 722-1664. Seattle Women’s Commission Meeting. 5:30-8pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave Rm 221. Meets 3rd Monday each month (except December). SWC is a 20-member volunteer advisory board that advises the Mayor, City Council, & all City of Seattle departments on matters concerning women & women’s rights. Meetings open to the public. 684-4537. Healing Words. 6:30-8pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Drop-in group open to all who are healing from trauma, addiction, or just the challenges of life in general. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org. Pozitively Me! 6:30-8pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E. Pike St. Every Monday. A group and conversation about HIV for Gay & Bi men newly diagnosed and for Gay & Bi men facing the challenges of living with HIV longterm. www.gaycity.org. Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) PFLAG/Bremerton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 700 Callahan Dr, Bremerton. Meets 3rd Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. PFLAG/Everett Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First Congregational Church of Everett, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Meets 3rd Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday. (253) 474-8897. Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday. For information email info@washingtongender alliance.com Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.
TUESDAY - July 22
Lesbian & Gay Child Care Task Force Monthly Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Meets 4th Tuesday each month. The Task Force, in conjunction with Child Care Resources of King County, offers referrals to GLBT-welcoming child care centers & provides training, support & curriculum materials to child care providers. (To access this, call 329-1011 & ask for the “Gay-welcoming” child care programs in your zip code area.) The task force meets monthly to assess their progress in achieving their goals.
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Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBT MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:30-8pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor. Meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Shelly at 206-250-5002 or LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com. Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Seattle Tennis Alliance Social Doubles. 6:30-8pm. Meadowbrook Playfield, 10533 35th Ave NE (tennis courts at 32nd Ave NE). Every Tuesday & Thursday thru Sept. STA is Seattle’s premier Gay & Lesbian tennis club. $3 for members & first-time guests, $5 for returning guests. http://sta.clubexpress.com. Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI). 7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Dickson room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older. 7-8:30pm. University Congregational Church, 4515 16th Ave NE, Pilgrim Room. Every Tuesday. Open group for Lesbian women, 40 & older, in every stage of coming out or being out. Lots of social activities in addition to Tuesday meetings. 545-3521. Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Tuesday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.) Different Drummers. 7:15-8:30pm. Every Tuesday. Hand drumming classes for Gay men. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & AfroCaribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com Ageless. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for maturing Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma. 7:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Tuesday. Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org UW Bookstore Sponsored Reading: Lynn Sherr reads from “Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space.” 7:30pm. Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. Sherr’s book draws from Ride’s own records, journals, letters & exclusive interviews with Ride’s friends, family, partner & colleagues. Tickets $5. wwwtownhallseattle.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. (See Wednesday listing at 7:30pm for details.)
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Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org Diversity Employment Day & Career Fair. 11am-3pm. ShoWare Center, 625 W James St, Kent. The largest diversity & inclusion recruiting event in the greater Seattle area. There are over 70 confirmed employers for this event from Amazon to Microsoft and Boeing with hundreds of employment opportunities available. Business attire is required and candidates are advised to bring plenty of resumes. FREE & open to the public. Pre-schedule interviews by emailing resumes to fasttraxk@citycareerfair.com with WA in the subject line. Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12:30pm. Call for details, location & to make reservations. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months. MF is a social organi-
zation for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group & HIV/STD Prevention for Youth (14-20) in Everett. 6-8pm. CCA Building, 3331 Broadway - Bottom Floor, Everett. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@ hotmail.com Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week. Check our website for this month’s book. http://faculty. washington.edu/swittet/sglbookclub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Center for Spiritual Living. 6:30pm-Meditation, 7pmService. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info 527-8801 ext 203, www. cslseattle.org Lotus Sisters with Arinna Weisman. 6:30pm. Columbia City Church of Hope, 3818 S Angeline St. Meets every Wednesday. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@ yahoo.com; www. lotussisters.org. Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.) HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:00pm. FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group. 7pm. Entre Hermanos, 1105 23rd Ave. Bilingual (Spanish/English) Transsexual support group meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month to provide information, counseling, healthcare, sisterhood & social activities for Latino & foreign-born people in their transition. For more information contact Abby 322-7700, www. entrehermanos.org Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm. Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction
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ery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (425) 747-4937. Seattle Tennis Alliance Social Doubles. 6:30-8pm. Lower Woodland Park Courts 5, 6, 7 & 8. Every Tuesday & Thursday. STA is Seattle’s premier Gay & Lesbian tennis club. $2 for members & first-time guests, $5 for returning guests. http://sta.clubexpress.com. Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 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. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org PFLAG/Tacoma Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 7410 S 12th (at Jackson), Tacoma. Meets 4th Thursday each month. PFLAG/Tacoma: (253) 383-2318. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.) Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave. E. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org
& information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersoll center.org Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebearssubscribe@yahoogroups.com Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongender alliance.com.
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Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.” 12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org. BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org. Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) Volunteer Drop-In Night at Lifelong AIDS Alliance. 4-7pm. LAA Volunteer Services Office, 1161 11th Ave. Every Thursday. Volunteer on LAA projects - assembling safer sex kits, helping with mailings, a different project every week! Get-togethers are highly social & offer “low impact” volunteer work & an opportunity to learn more about LAA. Please call before dropping in. 957-1776. www.lifelongaidsalliance.org Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recov-
Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western dancing for the LGBTQ community. FREE. www.raincountrydance.org. Destiny Gay AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St, Tacoma. Every Friday. (253) 474-8897. Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm. Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 3rd & 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun. www.sasgcc.org
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(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) Jockstraps & Glitter. 2pm. Cal Anderson Park, 11th Ave & E Howell St. A strip kickball match benefiting The Sister’s Granting Fund, Seattle Quake RFC & Seattle Humane Society. Imperial Court of Seattle King & Queen of the Seas Pageant: “Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle.” Doors 6pm, Show 7pm. R Place, 619 E Pine St. $5 suggested donation. imperialcourtofseattle.com; facebook.com/ ISCSORE
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(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) Rain City Jacks. 4th Sunday each month at 1pm; 1st & 3rd Tuesday each month at 7pm. West Queen Anne/ Interbay. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a traditional jack-off club. Friendly, sexpositive, non-profit and private. Membership required. Adult men only. Enroll at the door. www.raincityjacks. org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5035.
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Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQ Allyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, 279-8169. American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/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. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - www.sbwn.net. Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994. DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network - support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911. Report domestic violence and sexual assault. Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equal rightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country. GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - 3639188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979. Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge. LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; LGBTMS Connection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nw bears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians.net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, www.raincityjacks. org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples. org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers.org. MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony.org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band.com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: 388-1408, 323-0750. www.flyinghouse. org. Northwest 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. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familywork sseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, https://groups.yahoo.com/group/maybebabyseattle; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup. com/proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 568-7777, deann@ nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families
of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www.seattlepflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; www.pnwpflag.org; National PFLAG, www.pflag.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@ yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@hotmail. com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; 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. Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 682-6711; www.q-law.org; Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235. Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBTfriendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond. Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook. Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschools coalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233). SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities,
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and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 684-4503. Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. 323-1768. Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays. (425) 339-5298. Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook.c om/socialoutreachseattle South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.South SoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l. simonson@gmail. com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/ EthylForever CarClub/; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops: www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic Yacht
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Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnw gra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletown squares.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 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.thepride league.com, Century 21 League; Seattle United Soccer League: www.seattleunitedsl.com; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www. teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934. Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 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 Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersoll center. org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympia ftmgroup. webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www. facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 7220729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbian concern.org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot. com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493. Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www. globeyouth.org; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206957-1665, jessicah@llaa.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace. com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag. org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise. Alexander@ multicare.org; www.facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, 206-326-9112, www. facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - 360-698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Queer Youth Space: 206-495-9963; www.queeryouth space. org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFESAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www. thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw. org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 5228412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoudGLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www. yspp.org
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