Thought-provoking Louie an intelligent generational debate
by Sara Michelle Fetters
SGN A&E Writer
AFTER LOUIE
Northwest Film Forum
March 23-25 and March 29
VOD March 30
New York City artist Sam Cooper (Alan Cumming) is at a crossroads. He’s about to turn 60, and while his friends want to cel-
ebrate his birthday he’s so consumed with a video he’s crafting on the life and times of fellow ACT UP and AIDS activist William Wilson (David Drake) he’s unable to process practically anything else. Becoming lost in drink and chain-smoking himself into oblivion, Sam hooks up with the much younger Braeden Devries (Zachary Booth), mistaking him for a prostitute.
see AFTER LOUIE page 5
Beijing Queer Chorus concert a memorable and bittersweet evening
by Miryam Gordon
SGN A&E Writer
BEIJING QUEER CHORUS
CAPTAIN SMARTYPANTS
SENSIBLE SHOES
EAST SHORE
UNITARIAN CHURCH
March 10
Seattle had a chance to hear from 21 or so wonderful LGBTQ singers from Beijing, China who are a delegation from the Beijing Queer Chorus. They performed here for one evening, Saturday, March 10, at the East Shore Unitarian Church in Bellevue. They performed six songs, including “Shenandoah” (an American folk song), in English, and sounded lovely and enchanting.
see BEIJING CHORUS page 3
30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists announced
LOS ANGELES, CA – [On March 6] Lambda Literary, the nation’s oldest and largest literary arts organization advancing LGBTQ literature, announced the finalists of the 30th Annual Lambda Literary Awards – or the “Lammys,” as they are affectionately known.
The finalists were chosen from nearly 1,000 submissions and over 300 publishers. Submissions came from major mainstream publishers and from independent presses, from both long-established and
new LGBTQ publishers, as well as from emerging publish-on-demand technologies. Visionary and Trustee Award honorees, the master of ceremonies, and celebrity presenters will be announced in April. The winners will be announced at a gala ceremony on Monday, June 4th in New York City.
“Celebrating our 30th year of Lambda Literary Award finalists is to recognize that this organization has been at the center of contemporary queer literature for decades,”
see LIT AWARDS page 6
Family drama Big Rock makes solid connection
by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer
BIG ROCK ONWARD HO PRODUCTIONS (AT WEST OF LENIN) Through March 31
Several years ago, Onward Ho Productions mounted Sonya Schneider’s Royal Blood, which was a funny family dramedy
with some dark overtones. Starring an irascible Todd Jefferson Moore, it addressed aging relationships and difficulties with adult children. Moore again stars in Schneider’s new world premiere production of Big Rock, now at West of Lenin. Again, his character is irascible and idiosyncratic, but different from the caustic character in the former play.
see BIG ROCK page 3
After Louie – Photo courtesy of The Film Collaborative
Evan Whitfield as Hamish and Meg McLynn as Signe in Big Rock – Photo by Chris Bennion
Photo courtesy of Beijing Queer Chorus
BEIJING CHORUS
They were brought in to work with and perform at the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus on March 17 and 18. (Web site: https:// www.pdxgmc.org/) PGMC hosted Beijing Queer Chorus in their first public tour of the U.S. and they were able to stop for a night in Seattle because of this visit. This September, PGMC will become the first LGBTQ Chorus to ever tour China.
Many of the delegation that came here had never been to the United States. They seemed very excited about this opportunity. When they walked to their stage positions, the audience gave them a huge standing ovation, which pleased and awed them. Their chorus is both male and female. Those who came to the U.S. were about 9 women and 11 men. They all seemed to be in their 20s and 30s.
Beijing Queer Chorus was founded in 2008, just ten years after “hooliganism” (aka homosexuality) was decriminalized and seven years after it was declassified as a mental disorder in the China. The chorus (at that time known as the Shiny Jazzy Chorus – which we were told had something to do with rainbows in Chinese) began with 30 members, many performing in masks to protect their identity. They bravely stepped out as the very first LGBT chorus to perform in China. In April 2014, the chorus “came out” by changing their name to the “Beijing Queer Chorus.”
After making connection with former Seattle Men’s and Women’s Choruses Associate Artistic Director Eric Lane Barnes, he went to China to work with them and then came home and vigorously worked to help a delegation come to the GALA gathering of choruses in July 2016 in Denver, Colorado.
During the evening event, we heard that there are now at least five Gay choruses in China and Taiwan, which makes their progress extremely fast, though still courting a lot of dangerous repercussions. Indeed,
even taking pictures of the singers can result in danger if one singer is not “out” to family and business associates. So, taking the stage can be a real risk for them, and we ought not to forget that struggle to be free to love who we wish.
The evening was also bittersweet because before the BQC took the stage, we were entertained by both Sensible Shoes and Captain Smartypants in what was their last performance before going on an extended hiatus. Barnes has, as many know, been the leader of the “pocket choruses” and when he stepped down from his position as Associate Artistic Director at SMC/ SWC, he stayed as their leader and we did not think that would change. However, he recently decided to step down from that role so he could give his full attention to his new role as Artistic Director of Diverse Harmony, Seattle LGBTQA youth choir
and young adult ensemble. No immediate replacement has been made and therefore they need to regroup and figure out what else can happen.
Many folks will miss Shoes and Pants dearly, and we hope that they will reappear with a new vision and a new leader who can help them make a new future. We appreciate all the past volunteer work from these smaller choruses where participants had to add an extra day every week for rehearsal and perform all over on many extra dates to spread the joy of the Choruses and deepen their mission.
At this concert Sensible Shoes performed first, then Captain Smartypants, and then the Beijing Queer Chorus performed four songs. The Shoes and Pants each performed two songs, one representative of the funny songs Eric Lane Barnes has written for them over the years and
one with the balanced harmonies that have made them so much appreciated. Subsquently, Shoes and Pants sang two songs together and BQC presented the finale.
The songs the BQC sang (besides “Shenandoah”) were “Jasmine Flower” (a Chinese folk song), “A Snowflake’s Happiness” (a poem set to music), “Four Rhymes of Nostalgia” (a Taiwanese poem set to music), and “Rainbow.”
The translated lyrics to “Rainbow” are: “I’ve traveled many places / I’ve seen clouds and rivers / The world is huge, I am still wandering, and the journey is long / I see flowers of spring, rains of summer, autumn nights and winter snow / And I see rainbows in the sky.”
It was a pretty full house, and a very warm reception for this historic event.
The last song, sung by BQC, was “Sihai” (a Mongolian folk song).
Again, Moore’s character, Harris Sands, grapples with an adult child, Signe. But this version unfolds more quietly and with more subtle backstories. Harris is a famous poet who feels that he has lost his ability to write and has hibernated into a small cabin on a spit of an island off the Pacific Northwest. Signe (Meg McLynn) is an artist who works in “found” materials, and apparently makes “boxes” of some kind, but has also found a fair amount of success. However, she has long been estranged from her father.
Harris tells Hamish (Evan Whitfield), the local handyguy/fix-it/delivery/odd-job man, to pick his daughter up and bring her to the island for a visit. He isn’t sure why she’s coming, but seems to hope for the best. We soon learn that Signe is running away, too, from an opening night of a new art exhibit that she’s terrified is going to get terrible reviews.
Both of these broken souls look to Hamish for support. He looks to them for inspiration and hopes Harris will teach him how to write poetry. There is a lot of longing in this well-written play. Connection is precious and hard to come by. Hamish, himself, doesn’t quite know what he wants, but he seems to want connection, too.
There are a lot of short scenes moving the story along, which entail a rich tapestry of sounds, song, and light to set moods and pass time. Director Laurel Pilar Garcia keeps the pacing alive with a feeling of not know quite what will happen next. Julia Welch’s beautifully crafted set gives us the front of the cabin, a tiny bit of ground and a huge rock that characters can climb
or love. Jessica Trundy’s subtle light shifts establish day or evening or night, and Robertson Witmer’s delicate sound design fills set changes with aural comforts.
Schneider’s characters are a bit heightened in their reality, and the two Sands are definitely “artistic,” but their emotional changes happen in real enough time to give a solid sense of grounding. We do want to know if Signe and her dad ever find understanding and if Signe can unbend enough to let Hamish be her friend.
The trio of actors embody their char-
acters beautifully. Whitfield has played a number of characters on Seattle stages with a certain diffidence and lack of confidence. Here, that aspect fits an enchanting arc of developing awareness as Hamish learns what he values and what he’d like to change in his life. Moore knows how to dominate a stage with his presence. McLynn gets to show her range as Signe starts off so icy we don’t know how to like her and proceeds to fall apart and gain our sympathy. You may not want to be invited to a holiday dinner by this family, but spend-
ing this evening with them should prove a pretty good time. For more information, go to www.onwardhoproductions.com or https://www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/3323413 or call 800-838-3006.
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Evan Whitfield as Hamish, Meg McLynn as Signe, and Todd Jefferson Moore as Sands in Big Rock – Photo by Chris Bennion
Photo courtesy of Beijing Queer Chorus
Nonsensical Pacific Rim: Uprising a frustratingly dull battle royale
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer
PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING
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It’s been ten years since heroic Jaeger Marshal Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba) sacrificed himself to close the Breach underneath the Pacific Ocean and stop the monstrous Kaiju coming through to destroy humanity. Now his son, Jake Pentecost (John Boyega), a former Jaeger pilot who has recently run afoul of the law and been brought back into Pan Pacific Defense Corps (PPDC) service thanks to the intervention of his adopted Kaiju fighting war hero sister, Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi), finds himself forced to lead a group of untested cadets in a new battle to save the Earth. He and his former Gipsy Danger co-pilot, Nate Lambert (Scott Eastwood), will have to train them to be hardened Jaeger warriors faster than expected, a new Kaiju threat suddenly emerging as if out of nowhere.
There’s more plot, but I’m just not in the mood to go into it right now. Just know that the giant monsters have returned and humanity’s last line of defense once again are the giant robots they’ve manufactured to stop them, a bunch of kids quickly pressed into service when all of the adult pilots, save Jake and Nate, all end up dead. There are other various subplots, the major one involving a cybernetics company run
by the domineering Liwen Shao (Tian Jing) who wants to replace human Jaeger pilots with drones, while another concerns the ongoing Mutt and Jeff relationship between scientists Dr. Newton Geiszler (Charlie Day) and Dr. Hermann Gottlieb (Burn Gorman), but neither holds a candle to the central conflict. Big Monsters. Big Robots. They battle. That’s honestly all any potential viewer needs to know.
I can’t say I was euphoric in my praise for Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 opus Pacific Rim, the film a loving, over the top homage to Japanese classics like Godzilla and Mothra, but I still enjoyed it a fair amount. There was so much joy in that motion picture, so much creative effervescence, del Toro making it easy to cut his undeniably silly film a substantial amount of slack mainly because it was just so much unabashed fun to watch. It had energy and pizzazz, a sense of cinematic style that was at various times eye-popping in its playful virtuosity. While a long way from the likes of Pan’s Labyrinth, The Devil’s Backbone or last year’s Best Picture-winning The Shape of Water, del Toro’s film still had an energetic spark I responded to, and as such it holds a comfortable place in my heart I don’t foresee it vacating anytime soon.
Returning only as a producer and in a position billed as “visual consultant” in the end credits, sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising isn’t nearly as much fun to sit through as its predecessor was. While certainly not with-
out its moments, even with four credited screenwriters, the second chapter in the Kaiju versus Jaeger story still comes across as unfocused, slapdash and more than a little silly (and not in a good way). It’s oftentimes dramatically inert to the point even the death of a key character provoked little more than a yawn out of me, and by the time it was over and the inevitable postcredits stinger teased the potential for a third motion picture, I was so oddly bored by it all it’s a wonder I hadn’t fallen asleep.
I will say that new director Steven S. DeKnight, a television veteran who has worked on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel” and the first season of “Daredevil,” does a nice job of making sure his debut motion picture doesn’t take itself too seriously, adding a number of diverting comedic moments with a relaxed subtlety that’s rather nice. He also stages one stunning battle between Gipsy Danger and mysterious, anonymous rival Jaeger in the middle of a frozen wilderness that’s spectacular, tension and suspense building throughout the sequence in a way that’s pleasantly effective.
The other thing that is nice about the sequel is Boyega. After making an instant impression in 2011’s Attack the Block and moving quickly on to charismatically portray Stormtrooper-turned-Resistanceleader-Finn in both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, not to mention also delivering a devastating performance in Kathryn Bigelow’s viscerally
unsettling Detroit just last year, DeKnight makes the exact right decision to keep him front and center throughout his film no matter what might be happening in the story at any one given time. He’s a bona fide movie star, having so much fun amidst all of the cacophonous nonsense he almost makes purchasing a matinee ticket to give this sequel a look worthwhile. Boyega is terrific, and if this movie ends up being something of a surprise hit make no mistake it will be in large part all thanks to him.
I can’t say those are the only positives I can come up with to say about Pacific Rim: Uprising, the most notable one spotlighting the ebullient impression young newcomer Cailee Spaeny manages to make even though her character is hardly all that memorable. But this sequel just doesn’t do anything worth talking about in any sort of detail, and there are a number of instances where I started to wonder if all involved were just making things up as they went along. Even with the fate of the world dangling precipitously from the metal fingers of Gipsy Danger’s sword-wielding hands, I just didn’t care about almost anything that was happening. Kaijus and Jaegers might be back fighting but that didn’t mean I felt anything sitting in the theatre watching them wrestle for supremacy, the end result a hopelessly dull battle royale that left me sadly dissatisfied.
Pacific Rim: Uprising – Photo courtesy of Universal
current generation have hope for a more welcoming and inclusive future.
The pair strike up an uneasy relationship, Braeden continuing to let this psychologically wounded man pay him for sex, getting the approval of his HIV-positive boyfriend Lukas (Anthony Johnston), the pair currently in an open relationship, to do so. Complicating matters further, Sam’s best friend Jeffrey (Patrick Breen) has just married a talkative, flippantly outspoken millennial named Mateo (Wilson Cruz), while at the same time the artist’s longtime gallery has dumped him for not being able to produce anything new of value in months. While Maggie (Sarita Choudhury), a woman who was there in the 1980s and ‘90s standing beside him and William as part of the ACT UP movement, is ready to help him prepare for his birthday party, even she is growing tired of his seemingly insufferable inability to psychologically evolve with the times. Soon Sam comes to realize it’s he who might be stuck in place, and the best way for him to start to take steps towards embracing the present might just be to help those like Braeden and Mateo understand what he faced in the past and how it’s helped this
A generational drama overflowing in intelligence, warmth, heartache and a great deal of anger, director Vincent Gagliostro’s After Louie is a talky, thought-provoking story of a man looking back at his life and unable to differentiate between success and failure. It is a commentary on how past and present collide in ways that aren’t always immediately apparent, and how a youngster’s view of a current situation can oftentimes be the polar opposite of those old enough to be their parents or grandparents. This is the core dialogue Gagliostro and co-writer Anthony Johnston’s literate screenplay focuses on, making the movie a fascinating historical debate overflowing in honest insight and authentic human emotion. If only all of that dialogue was as continually interesting as it so achingly wants to be. Some of these monologues and verbal sparring sessions get a little repetitive, hammering home points and observations that have already been made rather succinctly. There are also times their theatricality feels more appropriate for the stage than they do the silver screen, and even though this movie isn’t based on a play one would certainly be forgiven for thinking it might have been. It can
all become more than a little exhausting, Gagliostro showcasing a moderately heavyhand that sometimes noticeably stifles the inherent emotion fueling a given scene in a significant way.
Saving the film are the actors, Cumming in particular. This is a sensational performance, the veteran character actor masterfully crafting a three-dimensional figure whose pain is viscerally palpable. Sam, so caught up in his own disillusionment and grief, almost belligerently refuses to understand why thirty and twenty-somethings are seemingly unable to grasp just how far things have come in the past thirty-plus years. He doesn’t get how they take for granted that the freedoms they enjoy haven’t actually been there all along, doesn’t comprehend why they don’t look at AIDS in horror and instead look at it as a disease that can be treated with casual indifference.
Cumming is spectacular. He balances so many varying emotions with almost effortless refinement. His anger, his vitriol, his despair; all of that resonates. But so does his joy at discovering new insights and wonders Sam hadn’t allowed himself to think about before. Cumming knows how to showcase all of this with a subtle gracefulness that is natural and entirely unforced. His chemis-
try with Booth is simply off the charts, all of which helps the themes at the center of Gagliostro and Johnston’s script come to the forefront with astonishing power that left me somewhat speechless by the time the film had come to its conclusion.
There’s a lot to love about After Louie. Its heart is undeniably in the right place. It has a conversation about the differences between generations, especially as it pertains to the fight for LGBTQ equality, that is vital and important. Gagliostro shows himself to be a confidently assured filmmaker interested in telling clever, thought-provoking stories grounded in reality. If the finished film can sometimes come across as a little didactic and slightly melodramatic, the stellar acting, especially from Cumming, makes those missteps feel relatively insignificant. This is a good movie. Here’s hoping interested viewers take the time to see it.
After Louie is screening at Northwest Film Forum (1515 12th Ave.) March 23 @ 7:30pm, March 24 & 25 @ 4:15pm & 7:15pm and March 29 @ 7:15pm. Tickets: $12 general; $9 student/senior; $7 member. https://nwfilmforum.org.
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After Louie – Photo courtesy of The Film Collaborative
BOOKS
LIT AWARDS
said Lambda Literary Executive Director Tony Valenzuela. “This year is no different with another stellar list of authors demonstrating through their work that LGBTQ books tell richly textured stories about who we are in all our incredible diversity.”
Now in their thirtieth year, the Lambda Literary Awards celebrate achievement in LGBTQ writing for books published
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in 2017. The awards ceremony on June 4, 2018, will be held at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012). The red carpet and specially ticketed VIP cocktail reception will be held before the ceremony.
The after-party, open to all with a general admission ticket, will follow at Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012). For more information and to buy tickets, please visit Lambda’s website –www.lambdaliterary.org
67 literary professionals, including
30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists
NOTE: The number of finalists in a category is determined by the number of submissions in that category.
Lesbian Fiction
Difficult Women, Roxane Gay, Grove Press
Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press
Marriage of a Thousand Lies, SJ Sindu, Soho Press
Not One Day, Anne Garréta, Deep Vellum Press
Something Better than Home, Leona Beasley, Eleven Light City Press
Things to Do When You’re Goth in the Country, Chavisa Woods, Seven Stories Press
We Were Witches, Ariel Gore, Feminist Press
The Year of Needy Girls, Patricia A. Smith, Kaylie Jones Books
Gay Fiction
After the Blue Hour, John Rechy, Grove Press
The Clothesline Swing, Ahmad Danny Ramadan, Nightwood Editions
The End of Eddy, Édouard Louis, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Fimí Sílè Forever, Nnanna Ikpo, Team Angelica
The Heart’s Invisible Furies, John Boyne, Hogarth
Less, Andrew Sean Greer, Lee Boudreaux Books
Outside Is the Ocean, Matthew Lansburgh, University of Iowa Press
This Is How It Begins, Joan Dempsey, She Writes Press
Bisexual Fiction
The Gift, Barbara Browning, Coffee House Press
Homecoming Queens, J.E. Sumerau, Sense Publishers
Next Year, for Sure, Zoey Leigh Peterson, Scribner
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl, Andrea Lawlor, Rescue Press
The Penalty for Holding, Georgette Gouveia, Less Than Three Press
Transgender Fiction
The Black Emerald, Jeanne Thornton, Instar Books
Long Black Veil, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Crown Nerve Endings: The New Trans Erotic, Tobi Hill-Meyer (ed), Instar Books
Resilience: Surviving in the Face of Everything, Amy Heart, Sugi Pyrrophyta, and Larissa Glasser (eds.), Heartspark Press
Transcendent 2: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction, Bogi Takács (ed), Lethe Press
LGBTQ Nonfiction
After Silence, Avram Finkelstein, University of California Press
Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left: A History of the Impossible, Malik Gaines, NYU Press
Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Curbside Splendor
Born Both: An Intersex Life, Hida Viloria, Hachette Books
booksellers, book reviewers, librarians, authors, academics and previous Lammy winners and finalists volunteered countless hours of reading, critical thinking, and invigorating discussion to select the finalists in 23 categories.
Tickets for the Lambda Literary Awards ceremony, pre-ceremony VIP cocktail reception and after-party are on sale now. Early bird tickets at discounted prices are available until April 6th. Tickets for the ceremony and after-party are $150 ($125 early bird). Tickets that include the VIP cocktail reception
are $250 ($225 early bird). For information, visit Lambda’s website www.lambdaliterary. org and join the conversation by following the hashtag #Lammys on Twitter. Lambda Literary Awards corporate sponsors will be announced soon. To inquire about sponsorship, contact Tony Valenzuela, Executive Director at tvalenzuela@lambdaliterary.org.
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Haymarket Books
Mean, Myriam Gurba, Coffee House Press
Out for Queer Blood: The Murder of Fernando Rios and the Failure of New Orleans Justice, Clayton Delery, Exposit Books
Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community, John Chaich and Todd Oldham, AMMO Books
Bisexual Nonfiction
Hunger, Roxane Gay, HarperCollins
Truth Be Bold: Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS, Julene Tripp Weaver, Finishing Line Press
What the Mouth Wants, Monica Meneghetti, Caitlin Press Inc.
Transgender Nonfiction
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity, C. Riley Snorton, University of Minnesota Press
Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray, Rosalind Rosenberg, Oxford University Press
Lou Sullivan: Daring to Be a Man Among Men, Brice Smith, Transgress Press
Surpassing Certainty, Janet Mock, Atria Books
What About the Rest of Your Life, Sung Yim, Perfect Day Publishing
Long Shadows, Kate Sherwood, Riptide Publishing Love is Heartless, Kim Fielding, Dreamspinner Press
The Mystery of the Curiosities, C.S. Poe, DSP Publications Night Drop, Marshall Thornton, Kenmore Books
Ring of Silence, Mark Zubro, MLR Press
Street People, Michael Nava, Korima Press
Tramps and Thieves, Rhys Ford, Dreamspinner Press
Lesbian Memoir/Biography
Abandon Me: Memoirs, Melissa Febos, Bloomsbury, Inc. Afterglow, Eileen Myles, Grove Press
The Fact of a Body, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, Flatiron Books Kiss Me Again, Paris: A Memoir, Renate Stendhal, IF SF Publishing
The Pox Lover: An Activist’s Decade in New York and Paris, Anne-christine d’Adesky, The University of Wisconsin Press
Gay Memoir/Biography
A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim’s Hajj of Defiance, Parvez Sharma, BenBella Books
Creep: A Life, a Theory, an Apology, Jonathan Alexander, Punctum Books
House Built on Ashes, José Antonio Rodríguez, University of Oklahoma Press
In the Province of the Gods, Kenny Fries, University of Wisconsin Press Keeping On Keeping On, Alan Bennett, BBC Books
Lives of Great Men: Living and Loving as an African Gay Man, Chike Frankie Edozien, Team Angelica Publishing
Night Class: A Downtown Memoir, Victor Corona, Soft Skull Press
The World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster, and the Year that Changed Literature, Bill Goldstein, Henry Holt and Company
Lesbian Romance
Close to Home, Rachel Spangler, Bywater Books
Crescent City Confidential, Aurora Rey, Bold Strokes Books
Goldenrod, Ann McMan, Bywater Books
Tailor-Made, Yolanda Wallace, Bold Strokes Books
Vagabond Heart, Ann Roberts, Bella Books
Venus and Lysander, Yoshiyuki Ly, Solstice Publishing Wishing on a Dream, Julie Cannon, Bold Strokes Books You Make Me Tremble, Karis Walsh, Bold Strokes Books
Gay Romance
At the Corner of Rock Bottom & Nowhere, L.A. Witt, Self-Published Come to The Oaks: The Story of Ben and Tobias, Bryan T. Clark, Cornbread Publishing Inc.
Love and Other Hot Beverages, Laurie Loft, Riptide Publishing Midlife Crisis, Audra North, Riptide
Six Neckties, Johnny Diaz, Amazon CreateSpace
Stealing Home, Tom Mendicino, Kensington Publishing / Lyrical Press Wild, Adrienne Wilder, Self-Published Working It, Christine d’Abo, Riptide Publishing
LGBTQ Anthology
¡Cuéntamelo! Oral Histories by LGBT Latino Immigrants, Juliana Delgado Lopera, Aunt Lute Books
Greetings from Janeland: Women Write More About Leaving Men for Women, Candace Walsh & Barbara Straus Lodge, Cleis Press
Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers, edited by Cat Fitzpatrick & Casey Plett, Topside Press Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology, Joamette Gil, P&M Press
Queer Africa 2: new stories, Makhosazana Xaba & Karen Martin, Modjaji Books
To My Trans Sisters, Charlie Craggs, Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Trans Homo...Gasp! Gay FTM and Cis Men on Sex and Love, Avi Ben-Zeev and Pete Bailey, Transgress Press
Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility, edited by Reina Gossett, Eric A. Stanley, and Johanna Burton, The MIT Press
LGBTQ Children’s/Young Adult Ashes to Asheville, Sarah Dooley, Putnam
Autoboyography, Christina Lauren, Simon & Schuster
Dreadnought: Nemesis – Book 1, April Daniels, Diversion Books
Girls Like Me, Nina Packebush, Bedazzled Ink
Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing, Kay Haring (Author) & Robert Neubecker (Illustrator), Dial Books Like Water, Rebecca Podos, Balzer + Bray
The Sidekicks, Will Kostakis, Harlequin Teen
We Now Return to Regular Life, Martin Wilson, Dial Books
LGBTQ Drama
Composure, Scott C. Sickles, Produced by the Workshop Theater
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Tom MacRae, Jonathan Butterell & Dan Gillespie Sells, Samuel French
The Gulf, Audrey Cefaly, Samuel French
How Black Mothers Say I Love You, Trey Anthony, Playwrights Canada Press
Indecent, Paula Vogel, Theater Communications Group
LGBTQ Erotica
His Seed, Steve Berman, Unzipped Books
The Master Will Appear, L.A. Witt, Self-Published
Mistletoe Mishap, Siri Caldwell, Brussels Sprout Press
Unspeakably Erotic, D.L. King, Cleis Press Witches, Princesses, and Women at Arms, Sacchi Green, Cleis Press
LGBTQ Graphic Novels
Condo Heartbreak Disco, Eric Kostiuk Williams, Koyama Press
Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home, Nicole J. Georges, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner
My Brother’s Husband, Volume 1, Gengoroh Tagame, Pantheon
My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Emil Ferris, Fantagraphics Books
Spinning, Tillie Walden, Macmillan/First Second Books
LGBTQ SF/F/Horror
An Excess Male, Maggie Shen King, HarperCollins
An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon, Akashic Books
Amberlough, Lara Donnelly, Tor Books
Autonomous, Annalee Newitz, Tor Books
I Stole You, Kristen Ringman, Handtype Press
Night Visitors, Owen Keehnen, OutTales Publishing
The Lost Daughter Collective, Lindsey Drager, DZANC Books
The Prey of the Gods, Nicky Drayden, HarperCollins
LGBTQ Studies Behind the Mask, Alfredo Mirandé, University of Arizona Press
The Ethics of Opting Out, Mari Ruti, Columbia University Press
Lavender and Red, Emily Hobson, University of California Press
Punishing Disease: HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness, Trevor Hoppe, University of California Press
Time Slips, Jaclyn Pryor, Northwestern University Press
Unmaking Love, Ashley T. Sheldon, Columbia University Press
The War on Sex, David M. Halperin and Trevor Hoppe, Duke University Press
Welcome to Fairyland, Julio Capó Jr., University of North Carolina Press
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Lambda LitFest
Los Angeles 2018 –Call for submissions
Lambda Literary is proud to announce open submissions for the 2nd Annual Lambda LitFest LA happening Saturday, September 29, 2018 through Saturday, October 6, 2018. Lambda LitFest is a Los Angeles County wide festival featuring readings, workshops, pop-up events, entertainment and timely discussions about LGBTQ literature and publishing.
We are currently seeking literary programming proposals for the Week of LitFest events.
These events will be curated by the community and will take place between Sunday, September 30, 2018 and Friday, October 5, 2018. They will occur throughout the greater Los Angeles area at venues secured by proposed parties. All programming should embrace the racial, ethnic, gender, dis/ability, socioeconomic, and geographic diversity of our LGBTQ LA communities.
Your proposal can be for a reading, a workshop, a Literary Death Match type competition, etc. Get creative with it and have fun!
To see a list of last year’s Week of LitFest events visit www.LambdaLitFest.org.
Accepted proposals will be included in the official 2nd Annual Lambda LitFest LA program guide.
The 2nd Annual Lambda LitFest LA program schedule:
• September 29th, 2018 – LitFest opens
for a full day of Lambda-curated programming at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in DTLA • September 30th-October 5th, 2018 –Community-curated events throughout LA • October 6th, 2018 – Lambda-curated closing events
For more information or if you are ready to submit a proposal, please visit our proposals submission page at www.LambdaLitFest.org. Proposal deadline is May 1, 2018! We look forward to hearing from you!
Join the conversation by following #LambdaLitFest. Learn more at www. LambdaLitFest.org and connect with us on Facebook and Twitter.
About Lambda Literary Lambda Literary believes Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer literature is fundamental to the preservation of our culture, and that LGBTQ lives are affirmed when our stories are written, published and read. LL’s programs include: the Lambda Literary Awards, the Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices, LGBTQ Writers in Schools, Lambda LitFest LA, and our web magazine the Lambda Literary Review at www.LambdaLiterary.org. For more information, call (323) 643-4281 or e-mail admin@lambdaliterary.org.
Thirsty Girl Productions presents The 4th Annual Seattle Boylesque Festival
4TH ANNUAL
SEATTLE BOYLESQUE FESTIVAL
THE TRIPLE DOOR
April 13 & 14
After last year’s saucy sell-out success, Thirsty Girl Productions brings you The 4th Annual Seattle Boylesque Festival April 13 and 14 at The Triple Door (216 Union St.). There will be two shows nightly at 7pm (doors at 5:30pm) and 10:30pm (doors at 10pm). Tickets: GA seating $25 advance/$30 at the door; VIP seating $40 advance/$45 at the door. The Triple Door is wheelchair accessible. For more informa-
tion, call (206) 838-4333; www.thetripledoor.net.
With over 30 performers from all over the United States and Canada, this year’s two-day extravaganza promises to be the sexiest weekend of 2018.
The Festival kicks off Friday, April 13th with local Burlesque starlet and hostess, “The Showgirl Scholar,” Sailor St. Claire. This opening night features over a dozen performers revving up to get your motor started for a weekend of gender-bending Boylesque! Featured performers include: Burlesque Hall of Fame performers 2 to Fly (NYC), Mod Carousel (Seattle), RedBone (San Francisco), EmpeROAR! Fabulous (Seattle), Paris Original (Seattle) and Ernie
Von Schmaltz (Seattle). Also gracing the stage is a nationwide handful of hunky hotties: Ben Franklin (NYC), Jupiter Everhard (Bozeman MT), JD Hickcock (Houston TX), Devonaire (NYC), Al Lykya (Seattle), Burning Loins (Denver CO), Moscato Extatique (Seattle), Apollo Vidra (Seattle), Kiki Mustang (Seattle) and Phathoms Deep (Breaux Bridge LA).
The Saturday night spectacular is emceed by Seattle’s own infamous and always hilarious Ernie Von Schmaltz and features cast of international all-stars including: Izohnny (Portland, OR), 2 to Fly (NYC), Devonaire (NYC), Joshua Dean (NYC), Luminous Pariah (Seattle), Isaiah Esquire (Portland OR), RedBone (San Francisco), Trojan Original (Seattle), Johnny Nuriel (Portland OR), Indy Fire (Denver), Bobby Barnaby (Austin TX), Mr Valdez (Colorado Springs, CO), Dutch Loven (Victoria BC), Haywire (Minneapolis MN), Pistol Holliday (Amarillo Texas) and Curtis Carlyle (Portland OR).
Saturday’s late show benefits Burlycon Burlesque Convention, a non-profit organization of burlesque performers, producers, fans and aficionados. www.thetripledoor. net; www.boylesquefestival.com
Courtesy of Thirsty Girl Productions
Photo courtesy of Thirsty Girl Productions
Creepy Strangers preys on an audience’s deepest fears
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer
THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT
Now playing
At their wit’s end, Kinsey’s (Bailee Madison) frazzled parents Cindy (Christina Hendricks) and Mike (Martin Henderson) make the difficult decision to send their angry, antisocial daughter to a strict boarding school. Wanting to spend as much time together as a family as they can before the new term begins, the entire family, including eldest son Luke (Lewis Pullman), all pile into the SUV to head upstate. They’re going to spend the following day at a secluded trailer park that’s usually only full during the tourist-heavy summer season, so the fact no one is around when they arrive late in the evening is hardly surprising.
But they’re not alone. Three strangers wearing masks are also at the park, and they are going to play a little game with Kinsey and her family. The object? Survive the night, as these three nameless, faceless assailants plan to hunt all four of them down, one by one, until Kinsey, her brother and their parents are dead.
The Strangers: Prey at Night is something of a pseudo-sequel to 2008’s cult favorite horror film The Strangers. Taking over the reins from original writer/director Bryan Bertino (who returns as a co-writer alongside The
Forest scribe Ben Ketai), 47 Meters Down filmmaker Johannes Roberts crafts an eerie, unsettling mood that grows increasingly suspenseful as the violence escalates and Kinsey and her family begin to run out of options. He crafts a slick, retro-style thriller that recalls the early days of Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven and John Carpenter, and building tension with a stripped-down efficiency that’s in no small part due in large part to cinematographer Ryan Samul’s (We Are What We Are) electrifying camerawork. It’s a solid variation on scare tactics utilized so magnificently in Bertino’s original film, and as such this new escapade featuring the bloody handiwork of Dollface, Pinup and The Man in the Mask is surprisingly easy to enjoy.
Not that this sequel is as effective as that 2008 shocker was. Thanks to the home invasion concept, Bertino’s original took place in such a confined space the fact neither of that film’s protagonists found an easy way to escape their torment was easy to believe. By opening things up, by having an entire trailer park as the setting, it isn’t always plausible that the three masked killers are able to stay one step ahead of their prey with such apparent insight and ease. As secluded and as empty as it might be, it’s just too large an environment not to think that someone in Kinsey’s family wouldn’t find a way to escape and bring back some form of help, and as such the suspense factor is brought down substantially because of this.
Thankfully, because Bertino and Ketai put so much emphasis on crafting threedimensional characters, because Kinsey, Cindy, Mike and Luke are all collectively flawed, each wanting to do what’s best for the entire family even if they don’t always know how to do it, caring about their collective fate still happens immediately. I was invested in their survival, so when death came calling it did so with devastating impact. Roberts manages to make each moment matter, each cut, bruise and injury feeling increasingly catastrophic, and when members of the family do succumb to their assailants (as they must, this is a horror movie after all), the pain the survivors feel is breathlessly palpable.
It also helps that the filmmaker is fond of long, extended takes of brooding menace that allows the idea that danger and death could be lurking in every corner of the frame to be omnipresent once the carnage begins. Roberts is also not especially prone to utilizing jump scares, the ones that do exist coming from a place of narrative and of character, which increases their effectiveness considerably. Best of all is his use of sound. The bumps in the night. The whispers of the wind. The echoes of soft footsteps shuffling along the asphalt. An axe scraping against the concrete. All of it matters in ways that are sinister in their insidious malevolence, my heart palpitating continuously in earnest anxiety for the entire length of the film’s climactic act.
There are a number of little things that
did annoy me. Adrian Johnston’s (I Am Not a Serial Killer) electronic score, reminiscent of John Carpenter’s classic compositions for Assault on Precinct 13 and Escape from New York, is terrific, but it is also frequently undercut by a number of 1980s pop songs, the film oddly inserting them at a number of inopportune moments diluting the inherent tension of the situation substantially. It should also be said that, unlike the original thriller, the plausibility factor is decidedly low. More, it decreases exponentially the longer this deadly game of cat and mouse continues, and as mentioned earlier there were a number of moments where I felt Kinsey or her brother could have escaped their attackers and gone after help with relative ease.
But even if this sequel isn’t the low budget, handsomely mounted modern grindhouse cult classic Bertino’s 2008 effort has over the last decade proven to be, that does not make it any less disturbingly entertaining. Roberts treats the material with intelligence and respect, allowing his actors the opportunity to craft flawed, deeply human characters who believably do everything they can to selflessly ensure their loved ones have a chance to survive the night. Make no mistake, The Strangers: Prey at Night got under my skin, and for that fact alone I do think horror aficionados should make the time to give this long in coming follow-up a look.
The Strangers: Prey at Night – Photo courtesy of Aviron Films
1533 13th Ave. - 323-1525
SEATTLE
BATHS
SEATTLE
BATHS
CLUB Z - (men)
1117 Pike near Boren - 622-9958
CLUB Z - (men)
HOT HOUSE SPA & SAUNA - (women)
SW corner of Pike & 11th
1117 Pike near Boren - 622-9958
(stairs behind Wildrose) - 568-3240
HOT HOUSE SPA & SAUNA - (women)
STEAM WORKS - (men)
SW corner of Pike & 11th
1520 Summit - 388-4818
(stairs behind Wildrose) - 568-3240
STEAM WORKS - (men)
RESTAURANTS & BARS
1520 Summit Ave - 388-4818
88 KEYS - 315 2nd Ave. S. - 839-1300
RESTAURANTS & BARS
BALTIC ROOM - 1207 Pine St. - 625-4444
THE BOTTLENECK LOUNGE
2328 E. Madison St. - 323-1098
C.C. ATTLE’S BAR & GRILLE
88 KEYS - 315 2nd Ave. S - 839-1300
1701 E. Olive Way - 726-0565
BALTIC ROOM - 1207 Pine St. - 625-4444
THE BOTTLENECK LOUNGE
RETAIL SHOPS
DIESEL BAR - 1413 14th Ave. - 322-1080
GLO’S - 1621 E. Olive Way - 324-2577
BABELAND - 707 E. Pike St. - 328-2914
HOT MAMA’S PIZZA - 700 E. Pine St. - 322-6444
CASTLE SUPERSTORE #17
JAZZ ALLEY - 2033 6th Ave. E. - 441-9729
1017 E. Pike St - 204-0126
JULIA’S - 300 Broadway Ave. E. - 860-1818
KREMWERK - 1809 Minor Ave. #10 - 682-2935
DOGHOUSE LEATHERS
MADISON PUB - 1315 E. Madison - 325-6537
1312 E. Pike St. - 257-0231
EMERSON SALON - 909 E. Pike St. - 323-7437
NEIGHBOURS - 1509 Broadway - 324-5358
OUT WEST - 5401California Ave. SW
FANTASY UNLIMITED
THE PINE BOX - 1600 Melrose Ave - 588-0375
POCO WINE ROOM
2027 Westlake Ave. - (206) 682-0167
1510 1st Ave - (206) 624-1784
1408 E. Pine St. - 322-9463
HASHTAG - 3540 Stone Way N - 946-8157
POKE BAR - 1542 12th Ave - 402-5178
PONY - 1221 E. Madison St. - 324-2854
HERBAN LEGENDS - 55 Bell St - 849-5596
PURR - 1518 11th Ave. - 325-3112
HERB(N) ELEMENTS
R PLACE - 619 E. Pine - 322-8828
11013 Lake City Way NE - 535-8769
LAUGHING BUDDHA TATTOO
RE-BAR - 1114 Howell at Boren - 233-9873
ROOT TABLE 2213 NW Market St. - 420-3214
1534 Broadway - 329-8274
THE CANTERBURY - 534 15th Ave. E. - 322-3130
2328 E. Madison St. - 323-1098
CHANGES IN WALLINGFORD
C.C. ATTLE’S BAR & GRILLE
2103 N. 45th - 545-8363
1701 E. Olive Way - 726-0565
SEATTLE EAGLE - 314 E. Pike - 621-7591
NEW YORK EXCHANGE
SHORTY’S 2222 2nd Ave - 441-5449
225 Broadway E. - 726-3300
STOUT -1530 11th Ave - 397-3825
TOULOUSE PETIT
ONYX LEATHER - 1605 12th Ave. #8 - 328-1965
THE CRESCENT - 1413 E. Olive Way - 720-8188
THE CUFF COMPLEX
THE CANTERBURY - 534 15th Ave. E - 322-3130
CHANGES IN WALLINGFORD
2103 N. 45th - 545-8363
THE CRESCENT - 1413 E. Olive Way - 720-8188
THE CUFF COMPLEX - 1533 13th Ave. - 323-1525
DIESEL BAR - 1413 14th Ave. - 322-1080
GLO’S - 1621 E. Olive Way - 324-2577
HOT MAMA’S PIZZA - 700 E. Pine St. - 322-6444
JAZZ ALLEY - 2033 6th Ave. E - 441-9729
JULIA’S - 300 Broadway Ave. E - 860-1818
KREMWERK - 1809 Minor Ave. #10 - 682-2935
THE LUMBER YARD - 9619 16th Ave. SW - 695-2007
MADISON PUB - 1315 E. Madison - 325-6537
NEIGHBOURS - 1509 Broadway - 324-5358
OUT WEST - 5401California Ave. SW
THE PINE BOX - 1600 Melrose Ave - 588-0375
POCO WINE ROOM - 1408 E. Pine St. - 322-9463
POKE BAR - 1542 12th Ave - 402-5178
PONY - 1221 E. Madison St. - 324-2854
PURR - 2307 24th Ave E - 325-3112
QUEER BAR - 1518 11th Ave - 687-7491
R PLACE - 619 E. Pine - 322-8828
RE-BAR - 1114 Howell at Boren - 233-9873
ROOT TABLE 2213 NW Market St. - 420-3214
SEATTLE EAGLE - 314 E. Pike - 621-7591
SHORTY’S 2222 2nd Ave - 441-5449
STOUT -1530 11th Ave - 397-3825
TOULOUSE PETIT
601 Queen Anne Ave N - 432-9069
UNICORN - 1118 E Pike - 325-6492
WILDROSE - 1021 E Pike - 324-9210
ZIPPY’S GIANT BURGERS
5633 Airport Way S - 466-5954
9614 14th Ave SW - 763-1347
OZ - 3831 Stone Way N - 251-0630
601 Queen Anne Ave N - 432-9069
UNICORN - 1118 E Pike - 325-6492
PANACHE - 225 Broadway E. - 726-3300
RUCKUS - 1465 E Republican St - 257-4805
THE FANTASY SHOP
9630 16th Ave. SW - 762-3299
TABOO ADULT VIDEO
9813 16th Ave SW - 767-4855
TRUE LOVE ART GALLERY & TATTOO
1525 Summit Ave - 227-3572
UNDER U 4 MEN
709 Broadway Ave. E - 324-6446
UNCLE IKE’S
2310 E Union St - 1-800-GET-DRUGS
501 15th Ave E - 1-800-GET-DRUGS
9822 15th Ave SW - 1-800-GET-DRUGS
WILD AT HEART
1111 NW Leary Way - 782-5538
BELLINGHAM
LOVER’S
193 Telegraph Road - (360) 752-1862
RUMORS CABARET
1119 Railroad - (360) 671-1849
DES MOINES
ADULT AIRPORT VIDEO 2
21635 Pacific Hwy S - 206-878-7780
SECRETS 22862 Pacific Hwy S - 206-878-8480
EVERETT
ADULT AIRPORT VIDEO
11732 Airport Road - (425) 290-7555
LOVER’S - 112 SE Everett - (425) 353-3607
LOVER’S - 3402 Broadway - (425) 252-8754
KENT
WILDROSE - 1021 E. Pike - 324-9210
ZIPPY’S GIANT BURGERS
5633 Airport Way S - 466-5954
9614 14th Ave SW - 763-1347
OVER’S - 25801 104th Ave. SE - (253) 852-1720
RETAIL
SHOPS
THE FANTASY SHOP 604 Central Ave. S - (253) 850-8428
CASTLE SUPERSTORE #17
1017 E. Pike St - 204-0126
NASHVILLE’S SPORTS BAR (Drag Shows) 114 - Railroad Ave. N - (253) 852-0909
DOGHOUSE LEATHERS
LA CONNER
1312 E. Pike St. - 257-0231
EMERSON SALON - 909 E. Pike St. - 323-7437
HASHTAG - 3540 Stone Way N - 946-8157
NEW YORK EXCHANGE
225 Broadway E. - 726-3300
THE HERON INN & WATERGRASS DAY SPA 117 Maple Ave. - (877) 883-8899 info@theheron.com
ONYX LEATHER - 1605 12th Ave. #8 - 328-1965
OZ - 3831 Stone Way N - 251-0630
PANACHE
OLYMPIA
225 Broadway E. - 726-3300
RUCKUS 1465 E Republican St. - 257-4805
DARBY’S CAFE 211 5th Ave. SE - (360) 357-6229
THE FANTASY SHOP 9630 16th Ave. SW - 762-3299
LOVER’S 3959 Martin Way E, Suite D - (360) 456-7300
TABOO ADULT VIDEO 9813 16th Ave SW - 767-4855
TOYS IN BABELAND - 707 E. Pike St. - 328-2914
JAKES - 311 4th Ave. E - (360) 956-3247
UNDER U 4 MEN
709 Broadway Ave. E. - 324-6446
PORT ANGELES
UNCLE IKE’S
MAPLE ROSE INN 112 Reservoir Rd - (800) 570-2007
2310 E Union St - 1-800-GET-DRUGS 501 15th Ave E - 1-800-GET-DRUGS 9822 15th Ave SW - 1-800-GET-DRUGS
NYNE BAR AND BISTRO 232 W. Sprague Ave. - (509) 474 -1621
DES MOINES
ADULT AIRPORT VIDEO 2 21635 Pacific Hwy S - 878-7780
EVERETT
ADULT
KENT
TACOMA
LA CONNER
CASTLE SUPERSTORE
6015 Tacoma Mall Blvd. - (253) 471-0391
CLUB SILVERSTONE
OLYMPIA
739½ St. Helens Ave. - (253) 404-0273
THE FANTASY SHOP 2301 6th Ave. - (253) 272-6640 LOVER’S 7002 Tacoma Mall Blvd., #F - (253) 475-2271 THE MIX - 635 St. Helens Ave. - (253)
PORT ANGELES
RAINBOW CENTER 2215 Pacific Ave. - (253) 383-2318
SPOKANE
TRI-CITIES
TUKWILA
TACOMA
Activities
TO GET A CALENDAR LISTING: To have your meeting or event considered for the Community Calendar, please mail, fax, or drop off details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1707 23rd Ave., Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: (206) 324-4297. 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: 10-digit dialing has come to the Seattle area. The (206) area code must now be used to dial local calls. Location of meetings/events is in Seattle unless otherwise noted.
SATURDAY - March 24
Washington State Leather Pride Week 3/15-3/25 www.wsmlo.org
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. (206) 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.
Positively Living Coffee Social. 9:30am-12 noon. Cupcake Royale, 1111 E Pike St. Every Saturday. Casual social get-together for the HIV community. Anthony, 206-957-1600. Sponsored by LIfelong. March for Our Lives Seattle. 10am. Meet at Cal Anderson Park/Miller Playfield. Between Nagle Pl. and 11th Ave at E Pine St. and march to Key Arena. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/seattlemarchforourlives
11th Annual Three Dollar Bill Cinema Dinner & Auction. 5pm. Block 41, 115 Bell St. Support Three Dollar Bill Cinema film festivals and programs, including Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival, Three Dollar Bill Outdoor Cinema, and Twist: Seattle Queer Film Festival. Tickets: $150 - with VIP option for $250. (206) 323-4274; www.threedollarbillcinema.org.
Cascade Flag Football Association Rookie Orientation. 6pm. RPlace, 619 E Piine St. www.facebook.com/ cascadeflagfootball.
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.oasisyouthcenter.org. (Also Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)
Washington State Mr. & Ms. Leather & Bootblack Contest. 6pm doors; 7pm contest. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. $10 donation at the door. www.wsmlo.org
Cascade Flag Football Association Preseason Game & Skills Clinic. 7:30pm. Cal Anderson Park/Miller Playfield, 11th Ave & E Olive St. www.facebook.com/ cascadeflagfootball.
SUNDAY - March 25
Washington State Leather Pride Week 3/15-3/25 www.wsmlo.org Center for Spiritual Living. 8:25, 9:45, 11:30am. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Ravenna United Methodist Church. 8:30am “Seattle’s most dangerous Sunday school” - 9:45am Worship. 5751 33rd Ave NE. A reconciling congregation, fully inclusive and affirming of LGBTQ persons. (206) 525-7988. 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!” (206) 622-8475; www.seattleunity.org. Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am Zazen Instruction, 9:30am Zazen. 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. (206) 323-1659, www.seattlesotozen.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett 9:30am. Glacier Lanes, 9630 Evergreen Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org
Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30am Worship, 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
University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, 10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & Education Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. All are welcome. We choose love. (206) 525-7074. universitylutheranseattle.org
University Unitarian Church. 9:30am & 11:15am Sunday Services. (Late June-Aug 9:30am only.) 6556 35th Ave NE. Interweave is the official name for LGBTQ groups in the Unitarian-Universalist family as a common thread of identification. UUC’s Interweave group meets the first Friday every other month (Oct, Dec, Feb, April & June) usually at UUC for a potluck, a summer picnic or whatever else we might dream up. Drop in & join us. www.uuchurch.org for details.
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
community calendar
Christ.” “We seek to share God’s love with all people regardless of race, age, gender or sexual orientation.”
All are welcome. (206) 322-7500.
East Shore Unitarian Church. 10am Sunday Service. 12700 SE 32nd St, Bellevue. An open & affirming congregation. (425) 747-3780.
Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 911
Stewart St. A downtown faith community centered in justice. An open & affirming congregation. (206) 682-3620.
Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am Workship. 1217 6th Ave. Love your (LGBTQ) neighbor as yourself. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.org
Queen Anne United Methodist Church. 10am Worship. 1606 5th Ave W. (206) 282-4307.
Unity Church of Kent. 10am. 218 State Ave S, Kent.
A welcoming congregation open to people of all races, religions, creeds & lifestyles. Join us any Sunday for an inspirational message, joyful fellowship & a fresh spiritual outlook. (253) 854-9747.
University Congregational United Church of Christ. 9am all ages education; 10am Worship. 4515 16th Ave NE. UCUCC is an open & affirming congregation. (206) 524-2322; www.universityucc.org.
Wallingford United Methodist Church. 10am Worship. 2115 N 42nd St. A progressive congregation. In 1984
Wallingford UMC became the 9th reconciling Methodist church in the U.S. (206) 547-6945 (office); (206) 2855077 (George).
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. (206) 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org
St. Clement’s Episcopal Church. 10:30am Worship. 1501 32nd Ave S. Great music. Dynamic preaching. Holy communion. Encountering the transformative and unconditional love of God in Christ. Join us! www. stclementseattle.org
Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $3 shoe rental. (425) 785-4729.
S Bayview St. Where people of all genders and sexualities, and families of all shapes & sizes are welcome and celebrated. A welcoming and affirming community since 1987. welcometablecc.org
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. (206) 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, (206) 920-6117, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. Find us under “Dharma Buddies” under Meetup.com or DharmaBuddies.org. (Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group at www.LotusSisters.org.)
St Paul’s United Church of Christ. 11am Worship. 6512 12th Ave NW. An “open & affirming” congregation. “We celebrate our diversity in religious background, sexual orientation, race, age & abilities.” (206) 783-6733; www.stpauluccseattle.com.
St Paul’s Episcopal Church. 11:15am (also 7:30am, 9am, 5pm). 15 W Roy St. We are an accepting, progressive, Anglo-Catholic parish, renewing its people for their Christian lives in today’s world through worship, spiritual formation, engagement in the arts, and acts of compassion. www.stpaulseattle.com
Washington State Mr. & Ms. Leather & Bootblack Contest - Victory Brunch and Emerald and Community Service Awards. 11:30am. Purr Cocktail Lounge, 2307 24th Ave E. Awards presentation begins at noon. Several other organizations and groups will be presenting their annual awards at this event, including Seattle Men in Leather, Generic Leather Productions of Washington, Seattle Girls of Leather, Seattle Women in Leather and Sea-Pah, to name a few. [NOTE: Contest will be held Saturday, March 24, 7pm, at The Cuff Complex.]
Holy Covenant International Christian Community Church. 12pm. 4525 19th Ave NE. Outreach to the LGBT community. holycovenantccc@gmail.com Just for Today (NA). 12-1:15pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step Narcotics Anonymous group open to anyone in recovery. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room
122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org
New Beginnings (SLAA). 12 noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. MEETS DAILY (except Saturday). Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a 12-step/12- tradition-oriented fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to overcome sex and love patterns of addiction. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org
Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Green Lake Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 7201 E Green Lake Dr. N. Every Sunday starting 3/25 - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at the Wading Pool (along the north end of the lake). Hot coffee and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.” For info, call (206) 637-0400. Wheelchair-friendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride. 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: Taking Risks as Seniors. www.seattleprimetimers.org
Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/Weds/ Fri: Evenings; Tues/Thurs: Mornings. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Preregistration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. orcaswimteam.org [NOTE: Due to Spring Break at SU - No swimming Mon 3/26 thru Mon 4/2 except Wednesday 3/28.]
Rain City Soccer Club - Kickabout. Sunday afternoon usually at 3pm. Location varies. Join us for Seattle’s mostly-weekly mostly-LGBTQ pickup soccer game. We play an organized, 2-hour scrimmage on nice fieldturf surface. Sometimes there is a brief training/practice session before we play. Usually there is a “one-beer” after the scrimmage. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Seattle Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month (October-June) - EXCEPT meets 3/25 this month instead of Easter Sunday 4/1. The historic Gothic sanctuary of Seattle First Baptist Church is offered to the best jazz groups in the city to perform 100 minutes of their own popular music. FREE. For info (206) 325-6051, www.seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv Shame to Grace (SAA). 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Sex Addicts Anonymous 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 (206) 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com. [EXCEPT no bowling June, July & August.] 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.
MONDAY - March 26
Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Volunteer Park Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Monday starting 3/26 - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at Black Sun sculpture across from museum. Hot coffee and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.” For info, call (206) 637-0400. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride.
SOBER On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. (206) 3222437; www.sasgcc.org
Strength Over Speed (SOS). 2-3:30pm. 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
Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. Seattle Unity Church, 200 8th Ave N. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Lotus Sisters South Seattle/Columbia City Meditation & Dharma Discussion. Gather at 6:45pm; sit at 7pm. Meets 4th Monday each month. Short presentation with discussion to follow. Oriented to LBTQ sisters. Email us or call (206) 550-5587 for details and location; www. LotusSisters.org. (Wheelchair accessible.)
PFLAG/South King County Monthly Meeting. 7pm.
Unitarian Universalist Church, 25701 14th Pl S, Kent Meets 4th Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those sexual minorities. PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 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. (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org
Destiny/Unity AA Meeting in Tacoma 7:30-8:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Monday. LGBTQ-friendly AA meeting. (253) 474-8897. (Also meets Fridays.)
Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Every Monday. www. washingtongenderalliance.com
TUESDAY - March 27
LGBTQ+ Group. 1:15-2:15pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. Every Tuesday. A group for LGBTQ youth ages 13-24 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare. (206) 622-5555.
Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Alki Beach Walk. 2-3pm. 61st Ave SW & Alki Ave SW. Tuesday starting 3/27 - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at Statue of Liberty statue. Hot coffee and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.” For info, call (206) 637-0400. Wheelchair-friendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride.
LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. 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 (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
ALISS - Aging Lesbians in South Seattle Evening Gathering. 6:30-8pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St, Rainier Ave S & S Holly St., Social Hall. Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. This is a group primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Facilitator: Fai Coffin; Cost: FREE. Metro route 7. Wheelchair accessible. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org
LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor. Meets 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. (206) 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org
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 (206) 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. 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 (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. Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline (206) 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com. [EXCEPT no water polo mid-June through Labor Day Weekend.]
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
PFLAG/North Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. Haller Lake United Methodist Church, 13055 1st Ave NE. Meets 4th Tuesday each month. (206) 325-7724 or northseattle@pflagseattle.org. PFLAG, a national organization
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WEDNESDAY - March 28
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
Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12 noon. Roosters Restaurant, 611 Broadway E. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month. Just drop in - no RSVP required. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org
Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Volunteer Park Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Wednesday starting 3/28 - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at Black Sun sculpture across from museum. Hot coffee and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.”
For info, call (206) 637-0400. 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.
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, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com
Queer Seattle Book Club. 6pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E (upstairs). Every Wednesday. This month’s title is The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst. https:// faculty.washington.edu/swittet/SGLBookClub/ [Next month: continues with The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst.]
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
Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)
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
SEAMEC Monthly Meeting. 7pm. 1605 12th Ave, Suite 21. Meets 4th Wednesday each month. SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www. voteseamec.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 - March 29
Safe and Sober (AA). 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. (206) 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. (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 starting 3/29 - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at the Wading Pool (along the north end of the lake). Hot coffee and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.” For info, call (206) 637-0400. Wheelchair-friendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride.
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.)
Everett-Snohomish County Friendship Dinner for persons living with HIV/AIDS, their friends, and for those who want to support them. 6pm. Trinity Lutheran Church, 2324 Lombard Ave, Everett. Meets last Thursday each month. For further information, please call 360-202-3978. Sponsored by AIDS Project Snohomish County (APSC) and Gay Men’s Task Force. 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.
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
21st Century Bowling. 7pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Thursday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com. [EXCEPT no bowling June, July, August.]
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.]
Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.) [EXCEPT no water polo mid-June through Labor Day Weekend.]
FRIDAY - March 30
Ageless in Recovery (AA). 12noon-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 starting 3/30 - 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) 637-0400. Wheelchair-friendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride. Road to Recovery (SLAA). 12noon-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.)
“Let’s Talk About Sex & Your Booty” with Bryan Kutner, PhD, MPH. Rooftop Classroom, Luna Condominiums, 1321 E Seneca St. An assets-based evening of cheeky conversation about all things anal including research on stigma, pleasure and health. Brought to you by HIV Vaccine Trials Unit, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Regional Resource Network Program, CFAR, Legacy Project, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. 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
Cascades Rainbow Community Center - in Mount Vernon 6:30-10:30pm. 1508 N 18th St, Mount Vernon. Every Friday. Weekly social get-togethers including potlucks and movie nights for LGBTQAI folks in Skagit County and beyond. The Center has the largest LGBTQAI library in Skagit County with an online catalog of their collection. (360) 840-8499 and on Facebook. Cascade Flag Football Association 2018 Jersey Party. 7pm. RPlace, 619 E Piine St. www.facebook. com/cascadeflagfootball. 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 - March 31
(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) GLSEN WA Youth Leadership Conference. 8am-4pm. Seattle Academy, 1111 13th Ave. https://www.glsen.org/ chapters/washingtonstate
Youth Job Fair for LGBTQ and Allies. 12 noon-2pm. Seattle Academy Gymnasium, 1111 13th Ave. For high school age and young adults. FREE. Facebook. com/seattle.parks.teens; Seattle.gov/Parks/LGBTQ. (Co-located at Seattle Academy with 2018 GLSEN WA LGBTQ Youth Leadership Conference.)
Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Suite 140. Monthly potluck meets last Saturday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org
SUNDAY - April 1
(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride. Contact Border Riders for details and rendezvous point. Meets 1st Sunday most months. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 3pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month. K of M/ Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations. (206) 329-0886. www.facebook.com/ kofmjetchapter/ PFLAG/Whatcom County (Bellingham) Monthly Meeting. 5pm. Community Food Co-op Bakery, 405 E Holly St, Bellingham. Meets 1st Sunday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses, & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. www.whatcompflag.org; PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.
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
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) 495-8312; info@gapseattle.org; gapseattle.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.org; 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
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Pride Foundation - (206) 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. (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 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.
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; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www. puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance. org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@ gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: 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) 698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Roots Young Adult Shelter: 1415 NE 43rd St., (206) 632-1635; www.rootsinfo.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; (206) 451-SAFE, (206) 451-7233 (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); 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
