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“GET YOUR KNEE OFF OUR NECKS” MARCH ON WASHINGTON, D.C. AUGUST 28
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the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the Yolanda Renee King, families and lawyers of 57th anniversary of the March on Wash- loved ones who lost their lives at the hands of ington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, police. The families of Jacob Blake, George An estimated 50,000 people from all 1963, where Martin Luther King Jr. gave Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Ahmaud Aubrey, Oscar Grant, Donacross America attended the “Get Your his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. The speakers included Martin Luther tre Hamilton and others spoke to the audiKnee Off Our Necks” March on Washington. It was hosted by Rev. Al Sharpton at King III and his granddaughter, 12 year old ence, sharing their grief, resilience and the by Chris Rojas SGN Contributing Writer
appreciation for witnessing so many people coming together to honor the lives lost. There were so many people who had lost family members to the police that near the end, it got a little heated because there
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Transgender cousin Seattle Police of Jacob Blake receives sweep homeless from anti-LGBT threats Cal Anderson Park “We have a message that we are going to spread regardless of the hate we are going up against,” said Elliot Chafetz
Protesters respond with garbage, molotov cocktails at East Precinct
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by Renee Raketty SGN Staff Writer It was difficult enough for Elliot Chafetz, 20, to tell his own family he was not only Transgender but Gay as well. However, Chafetz found himself thrust before the
public eye when his cousin, Jacob Blake, was shot at seven times and hit in the back four times by a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer, paralyzing him from the waist down. The media had come knocking, literally, outside his Seattle-area home.
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by Renee Raketty by SGN Staff Writer The Seattle Police Department and crews from the Seattle Parks Department swept Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill shortly after 10am on Tuesday, September
1, of its unhoused residents and shut down volunteer-led mutual aid efforts that had provided services. The Shelterhouse area and nearby bathrooms were fenced-off and the windows and doors covered with metal plates. Sev-
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Broadway Advocacy Coalition Artivism Fellowship applications now open NEW YORK (August 27, 2020) – The Broadway Advocacy Coalition (BAC) has announced that applications are now open for the inaugural BAC Artivism Fellowship. The Fellowship is designed to support artist-activists using their tools to have an impact on the world around them, providing financial support, mentorship, networking opportunities and education workshops. The inaugural class of fellows will specifically support Black women, cisgender and transgender, who are focused on issues related to systemic racism and criminal justice reform. Applications are open to artists based in the United States who center their work in stories and narrative. The fellowship, which will begin in December 2020 and run through May 2021, will support a group of women over the course of six months and will culminate in a digital presentation of their work. The nominating committee for the fellowship includes Zakiyah Ansari, Amber Iman, Andy Jean, Imani Mflame and Liza Jessie Peterson. Applications are due by September 22, 2020 at 11:59PM ET. BAC is an arts-based advocacy nonprofit dedicated to building the capacity of individuals and organizations to use storytelling to dismantle racism and the systems that perpetuate it. The Broadway musical Wicked is proud to be the lead sponsor of the BAC Artivism Fellowship. For more information, visit https://
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Durkan Digest: Bringing more equity to our COVID-19 response with testing in West Seattle
Mayor Jenny Durkan announced free citywide testing at the Chief Sealth HS Athletic Complex in West Seattle – Photo courtesy of Mayor Jenny Durkan
SEATTLE (August 28, 2020) – For the past several months, our region has been facing several crises unlike anything we have ever seen before. As our City works to respond to continued calls to reimagine policing and community safety and invest in true community health and opportunity, we must remember that we are still in the middle of an unprecedented global public health crisis. This past week, building on our citywide testing launch in June, Seattle Fire Chief Scoggins and I announced the launch of a fourth citywide testing site: a walk-up location at Chief Sealth High School Athletic Complex. I know the West Seattle Bridge closure has presented a significant challenge for residents on the peninsula. This new location is key to advancing testing equity for the community and city. Building off of the new Rainier Beach walk-up testing site, the City expects to administer approximately 4,000 tests daily and more than 75,000 tests monthly across all four sites, which will be critical headed into the fall. In addition to physical distancing, face coverings, and good hygiene, easy and accessible testing is a critical to saving lives. Our existing testing sites are testing thousands of individuals each day, and have tested more than 150,000 people since opening in June. In just under two weeks, the Rainier Beach walk-up site has conducted nearly 6,000 tests in one of Seattle’s most diverse communities. The City of Seattle testing sites account for more than 15% of all tests performed statewide since June. Under the leadership of Chief Scoggins, we have pioneered innovative testing programs that have been replicated across the state and country. In the initial days of the
crisis, we created a site to test first responders exposed to COVID-19 and deployed our firefighters to test seniors and workers at long-term care facilities, where the virus had spread rapidly due to the lack of testing. While I know there was sufficient confusion regarding this week’s guidance from the CDC and the White House Task Force on coronarvirus, individuals should continue to follow the guidance [from] Washington State and Public Health – Seattle & King County [that you should] be tested if you have been exposed to COVID-19. Testing at these City of Seattle sites is free, so if [you] are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or have been exposed to a family member or individual with COVID19, please visit www.seattle.gov/mayor/ covid-19/covid-19-testing to get tested. I know these times are incredibly tough for individuals, families, and small businesses in Seattle. As we move forward, I will continue to do everything possible to get the region the resources we need to get through this pandemic. As always, please continue to write me at Jenny.Durkan@seattle.gov, reach out via Twitter and Facebook, and stay up to date on the work we’re doing for the people of Seattle on my blog. Stay safe and healthy.
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City of Seattle surpasses $19 million in federal aid for ongoing food assistance for Seattle residents With the most recent CARES act funding, the City of Seattle has surpassed over $19 million in federal aid to support programs that help address food insecurity for residents who continue to be impacted by COVID-19.
Last week, Mayor Durkan and the City Council agreed on programming for an additional $13 million in food assistance. Mayor Durkan has directed an additional $9 million toward grocery vouchers, $670,000 toward the Community Food Fund, and over $2 million toward Seattle’s food banks. So far this year, the City has spent $11.6 million towards its innovative grocery voucher program launched in March. [More at https://durkan.seattle. gov/2020/08/city-of-seattle-surpasses19-million-in-federal-aid-for-ongoingfood-assistance-for-seattle-residents.] Mayor Durkan announces $1 million investment in youth mentorship and educator diversity programming Mayor Jenny A. Durkan announced that the City’s Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL) will invest $1 million toward youth mentorship and educator diversity programs developed by ACE Academy. Earlier this summer, Mayor Durkan announced a $5 million commitment of resources from the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise levy and the previous Families and Education levy. Using $1 million in funding from DEEL, ACE Academy developed the Family, Academics, Motivation, and Environment (FAME) programs. FAME has four components to engage over 300 Black students, educators, community volunteers, and parents. [More at https://durkan.seattle. gov/2020/08/mayor-durkan-announces1-million-investment-in-youth-mentorshipand-educator-diversity-programming.]
Seattle Public Library operating 7 locations for curbside pickup of books; patrons can place new holds starting Aug. 24 This week, the Seattle Public Library announced that it will be operating seven locations for curbside pickup of books and materials by appointment. [These] locations are open for Curbside Service from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday: • Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, 98104 • Broadview Branch, 12755 Greenwood Ave. N., Seattle, 98133 • High Point Branch, 3411 S.W. Raymond St., Seattle, 98126 • Lake City Branch, 12501 28th Ave. NE, Seattle, 98125 • Ballard Branch, 5614 22nd Ave. NW, Seattle, 98107 • Douglass-Truth Branch, 2300 E. Yesler Way, Seattle, 98122 • Rainier Beach Branch, 9125 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle, 98118 Patrons with existing holds are receiving emails about the process for picking up holds, including how to schedule an appointment for pickup. Patrons who requested items for pickup at a branch not offering curbside service have been notified of a default pickup location at this time. [More at www.spl.org/about-us/newsreleases/curbside-service-opens-at-sevenlibrary-locations.] Courtesy of Mayor Jenny Durkan
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Defund “anarchist” cities, Trump says Seattle might lose federal funds by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer The White House announced on September 2 that the Trump administration will defund so-called “anarchist cities” where local officials have annoyed the President. New York City, Washington, DC, Seattle, and Portland are the initial targets. The move was widely seen part or Trump’s “law and order” reelection campaign theme. Trump has signed a five-page memo ordering all federal agencies to send reports to the White House Office of Management and Budget that detail funds that can be taken away from the listed cities and redirected to other purposes. “My Administration will not allow Federal tax dollars to fund cities that allow themselves to deteriorate into lawless zones,” Trump said in the memo, which twice mentions New York Mayor Bill de Blasio by name. “To ensure that Federal funds are neither unduly wasted nor spent in a manner that directly violates our Government’s promise to protect life, liberty, and property, it is imperative that the Federal Government review the use of Federal funds by jurisdictions that permit anarchy, violence, and destruction in America’s cities.” In the memo, federal agencies are directed to list “all Federal funds provided to Seattle, Portland, New York City, [and] Washington, DC.” Attorney General Bill Barr is given two weeks to develop a list of “anarchist jurisdictions” that “permitted violence and the destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable measures” to restore order. The memo does not require Barr to include the four cities, possibly for legal reasons. The memo gives White House budget director Russ Vought 30 days to issue guidance “to the heads of agencies on restricting eligibility of or otherwise disfavoring, to the maximum extent permitted by law, anarchist jurisdictions in the receipt of Federal grants.” Seattle is on the list for tolerating the CHAZ/CHOP “autonomous zone” on Capitol Hill. “On July 1, Seattle declared the protest zone dismantled. But such failed leadership continues to harm the people of Seattle as, in recent weeks, rioters have engaged in violence and destruction of property across Seattle, resulting in at least 59 police officers being injured and multiple businesses and vehicles vandalized,” the memo says. Portland made the list for nightly clashes that have included activists smashing the windows of Mayor Ted Wheeler’s condo building, launching fireworks at its windows, and lighting fires both inside and outside the residence. Wheeler, who refused Trump’s offer of federal assistance in a recent letter, announced Tuesday he will find a new home to spare his neighbors from further protests. New York is named because of a spike in reported crimes after city officials cut police funds. The City Council approved a budget in July that cuts $1 billion from the NYPD’s $6 billion annual budget and eliminates $537 million in capital spending. The memo alleges that “in New York City, city officials have allowed violence to spike.” “In light of this unconscionable rise in violence, I have offered to provide Federal law enforcement assistance, but both Mayor de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo have rejected my offer,” Trump says in the memo. “While violence has surged, arrests have plummeted. In a 28-day period dur-
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ing the months of June and July, [New York City] arrests were down 62% from the same period in 2019. Amidst the rising violence, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Council agreed to cut one billion dollars from the New York Police Department (NYPD) budget, including by cancelling the hiring of 1,163 officers.” The memo also cites NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea’s June disbandment
of plainclothes units. “Police officials have cited this decision as a factor contributing to the rise in violence,” the memo says. In Washington, DC, “Mayor Muriel Bowser allowed rioters and anarchists to engage in violence and destruction in late May and early June, requiring me to call in the National Guard to maintain law and order in the Nation’s Capital,” the memo says. “As a result of these State and local
government policies, persistent and outrageous acts of violence and destruction have continued unabated in many of America’s cities, such as Portland, Seattle, and New York,” the memo alleges. According to an unnamed administration official, the list may be expanded with additional input from Trump’s Justice Department.
Cities targeted by President Trump unite in response
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio – Photo by Hans Pennink / AP
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser – Photo by Carolyn Kaster / AP
SEATTLE (September 3, 2020) – Mayor Jenny A. Durkan joined New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, and DC Mayor Muriel Bowser to respond to respond to President Donald Trump’s threats to revoke federal funding from cities. The mayor also released her own statement in response: “Seattle and cities across America have faced unprecedented challenges with a global pandemic, an economic crisis, and a civil rights reckoning. We have lost a record number of American lives, jobs and businesses. “At every turn we badly needed leadership from the president. Yet we have the opposite. No protection for our health care workers, first responders, our small businesses, or our local governments who have been on the frontlines of these crises.
“For four years, he has raged at cities and threatened them. Consistently courts have had to reign him in, to tell him he did not have the powers of a despot and is not above the law. Now his bluster continues by threatening to deny federal funding (including COVID-19 funding) for millions of Americans. “The president’s actions continually harm cities and the millions of residents who live in our nation’s cities. At a time when our nation desperately needs healing, a cure to the virus, and a federal government to lead us through this crisis, the president invents yet another way to divide. “President Trump cannot defund Seattle – it is unlawful. Surely the attorney general has advised the president of the United States that he does not have the power to
decide who gets funding based on his political interests. “This is the latest attempt to distract from the fact that COVID-19 has infected over 6 million Americans, killed 185,000 people, and destroyed the American economy. The only anarchy zone in America, where the rule of law is disregarded, is at the White House. “America’s cities will not be distracted by his actions. We will continue to work to bridge divides, rebuild our economy, address gun violence and systemic racism, and make our cities more just and equitable.”
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King County Council passes historic investments to improve educational outcomes for students
SEATTLE (September 2, 2020) – On Tuesday, the King County Council unanimously passed the implementation plan for the Puget Sound Taxpayer Accountability Account (PSTAA), which will invest approximately $318 million over 15 years to improve educational outcomes for King County students. “Education and early learning are critical to our children’s success, but too many miss out on opportunities because of persistent, systemic inequities due to race and income,” said King County Council Chair Claudia Balducci. “This fund, carefully crafted with both expert educators and community partners, will provide early learning facilities, K-12 educational supports, and a Promise program to launch students into postsecondary learning and careers.” The implementation plan guides how the funds will be invested across three strategies:
1. early learning facilities, 2. the King County Promise, and 3. K-12 community-based organizations. It also provides recommendations for governance of the funds and evaluation of the outcomes. Early learning facilities will receive 52% of the funding and will fund construction and renovations of early learning and early intervention facilities, as well as homebased childcare services. The King County Promise will receive 38% of the funding and will provide services that support young people starting in high school through postsecondary acceptance and completion. K-12 community-based organizations will receive 10% of the funding and will initially fund a pilot called “Love and Liberation,” where Black-, Indigenous-, and people of color–led organization will provide programs to youth in their communities that focus on positive racial and ethnic identity development.
“I’m particularly proud of working with former Councilmember Larry Gossett to draft language that allows funding to go to ‘Love and Liberation,’ a groundbreaking pilot that will explicitly empower organizations with staff and leadership that have relevant lived experience or expertise in this area, and reflect the communities to be served,” Balducci said. The PSTAA was created by the Washington state legislature as an amendment to the 2015 state transportation revenue package. It directs that a portion of Sound Transit–related funds be used for educational services to improve educational outcomes in early learning, K-12, and postsecondary education. The funds are allocated to counties located within the Sound Transit district, which then decide how to allocate them for educational purposes. King County’s decision-making process began with a July 2017 special King
County Council Committee of the Whole meeting in Kent. Since then, the council has engaged in careful deliberation and an extensive community process. In December 2017, the council passed Motion 15029, sponsored by Councilmember Balducci, to study educational needs in King County and possible strategies to meet those needs. In August 2019, the council passed Motion 15492, deciding how the funding would be allocated across the three strategies. A broad, diverse set of community stakeholders provided input throughout the three-year process. The Committee of the Whole considered each motion, meaning all nine councilmembers were involved and worked together to find consensus at each stage of the process. Courtesy of King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci
Jayapal: Reinstate USPS sorting machines
Washington congressional delegation demands DeJoy immediately reinstall mail-sorting machines after 40% were dangerously disconnected in the Seattle-Tacoma area SEATTLE (August 28, 2020) – Eight members of the Washington congressional delegation demanded that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy immediately reinstall the sorting machines that have been dangerously shut down and removed from postal facilities across the state, causing delays to critical deliveries and potentially threatening the ability of millions to receive prescriptions, medical supplies, payments, veteran’s benefits, small business assistance, bills, ballots, and other mail in a timely fashion. The lawmakers also requested answers to several questions related to the Trump administration’s coordinated sabotage of the USPS, and its direct impact on the lives and livelihoods of Washingtonians. The letter – led by US Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and signed by US Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and US Reps. Adam Smith (WA-09), Rick Larsen (WA-02), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Denny Heck (WA-10), Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and Kim Schrier, MD (WA-08) – follows reports that 40% of highspeed mail sorting machines in the SeattleTacoma area have already been disconnected. The USPS’s head of maintenance, Kevin Couch, has also given orders that the machines should not be reconnected. “We urge you to immediately reinstall USPS sorting machines removed in Washington State and across the country to help ensure the timely delivery of essential medication and checks to vulnerable Americans and protect mail-in voting capabilities,” the lawmakers wrote. “To protect our constituents’ ability to receive timely mail service and to ensure their participation in our vote-by-mail system, we ask that you urgently act to ensure that there is no slowing of mail delivery as we enter the last weeks before the November election.” The lawmakers requested that DeJoy respond to the following urgent items within 10 business days: • Please provide the location and operating status of all machines decommissioned in Washington State since May 15, 2020, including the date it was dismantled, destroyed, or removed. Please also provide an analysis of the impact of these removals on on-time mail delivery, including election mail. • Will any additional machines in Washington be decommissioned prior to November 3, 2020? If so, please provide a list by
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location and type of machine. • Please provide the location and operating status of all machines slated to be decommissioned and/or removed after November 3, 2020. • Please provide a detailed analysis of how the removal of 15% of letter-sorting machines, as reportedly proposed in an internal USPS document, would impact delivery times in Washington State. • Please provide the rationale for Mr. Couch’s order to postal workers not to reinstall decommissioned sorting machines, despite your stated intention to reverse operational changes. Today’s letter to DeJoy comes less than one week after the House of Representatives passed the Delivering for America Act on August 22 with a bipartisan vote.
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The legislation fully restores Postal Service operations to what they were at the beginning of this year, prohibits the removal of mailboxes and mail-sorting machines from post offices, and blocks the closing of USPS facilities, as well as the reduction of their hours. Additionally, it requires all official election mail to be treated as first class, bans prohibitions on overtime pay for postal workers, and reverses DeJoy’s harmful policies that have delayed mail delivery. The legislation also provides $25 billion in urgently needed emergency funding. Earlier this month, Rep. Jayapal chaired an emergency Congressional Progressive Caucus hearing with witnesses including Mark Dimondstein, who is the president of the American Postal Workers Union; and David C. Williams, who served as USPS
Inspector General and vice chairman of the USPS Board of Governors before recently resigning upon DeJoy’s takeover of the Postal Service. The hearing uncovered several alarming findings – from DeJoy’s corrupt financial conflicts of interest and direct political interference into the USPS by Trump’s Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to a coordinated scheme that would ultimately destroy the Postal Service while undermining our elections. The delegation’s full letter is available [at http://jayapal.house.gov/wp-content/ uploads/2020/08/Mail-Sorting-Machines_ WA-Delegation.pdf]. Courtesy of Rep. Pramila Jayapal
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Anti-LGBT hate group hires homocon Richard Grenell by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Homocon and friend of Donald Trump Richard Grenell has a new job. He is joining the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) as special advisor for national security and foreign policy. In his new role, Grenell will be a featured on Jay Sekulow Live, a syndicated radio talk show. “Acting Director Grenell will be joining the ACLJ as of today, and will be appearing regularly on Jay Sekulow Live, which airs each weekday at noon Eastern,” ACLJ Executive Director Jordan Sekulow, son of Jay, said in a statement. “He brings his broad foreign policy, national security, intelligence, and political experience to this new role, and we are honored to have him on the team.” Grenell parlayed his career as a foreign service officer in the George W. Bush administration into a job as a media consultant and became a major donor to Trump’s campaign. This bought him an appointment as US
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Ambassador to Germany from 2018 to 2020. In February he was appointed acting director of national intelligence, a cabinet-level post. As ambassador, Grenell offended his German hosts within hours of presenting his credentials to the president of Germany
when he tweeted that “German companies doing business in Iran should wind down operations immediately.” The tweet was widely perceived as a threat, with the foreign minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, commenting that
“this man was accredited as ambassador only yesterday. To give German businesses such orders…that’s just not how you can treat your allies.” In March 2019, Wolfgang Kubicki, vice president of the German Bundestag and deputy chairman of the Free Democratic Party, called for Grenell to be expelled from Germany. Kubicki said, “Any US diplomat who acts like a high commissioner of an occupying power must learn that our tolerance also knows its limits.” The ACLJ, whose name is meant to mock the ACLU, was founded by Pat Robertson and is run by Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow. According to Right Wing Watch, Sekulow used the ACLJ to funnel some $60 million to himself and his family. The group’s telemarketing arm, Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism (CASE), is instructed to shake down even poor targets for “sacrificial” donations. Sekulow is the author of a book that warns against the “sordid gay lifestyle,” and he testified before Congress in support of a proposed federal ban on same-sex marriage.
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White House press secretary again distorts Trump administration’s abysmal LGBTQ record and falsifies administration’s policy attacking LGBTQ parents of children born overseas via surrogacy
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NEW YORK (August 31, 2020) – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, [responded] to additional falsehoods made by White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany today about the administration’s policy against same-sex parents of children born to overseas surrogates and about the administration’s record of attacks against LGBTQ people – 172 and counting in GLAAD’s ongoing research. The latest falsehoods came during a White House press briefing today, in an answer McEnany gave to Chris Johnson of the Washington Blade. Johnson asked about latest ruling against the administration’s policy denying citizenship to children
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appealed the litigation to a higher court. Johnson asked, “The Justice Department continues to appeal these cases. How can the administration claim to be proud of its LGBTQ record when it’s litigating against these couples?” McEnany today responded: “So that pertained to surrogacy and had nothing to do with the sexual orientation among [sic] the parents. This administration and president will proudly stand on a record of achievements, like leading an initiative to end the criminalization of homosexuality throughout the world, launching a plan to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, and easing a ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.” Johnson followed up: “Your interpre-
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tation of that law is not correct. There are statutory and constitutional concerns…” McEnany cut him off saying, “Again, if anything further, I refer you to the State Department.” GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis responded, here and on Twitter: “The White House press secretary is wrong and so is the administration’s policy, which has in fact only targeted same-sex parents. “McEnany also again falsified the Trump administration’s LGBTQ record – 172 attacks and counting in policy and rhetoric. The administration’s ‘global initiative’ went nowhere. Its plan for AIDS is horrifically underfunded and not serious. And the administration should be calling to completely lift the outdated and discriminatory ban on blood donations from gay and bi men. Press Secretary McEnany should update her LGBTQ talking points.” Ellis continued: “We will continue to call out the truth about the administration’s attacks against LGBTQ people in rhetoric and policy. We’ll continue to call it what it is: abysmal. We’ll continue to question why McEnany thinks it’s a record to be proud of.” This is the second time in two months that McEnany has made the false claim about the Trump administration’s LGBTQ record as something to praise. GLAAD’s Trump Accountability Project tracks antiLGBTQ policy and rhetoric from President Trump’s first day in office – 172 attacks and counting. It will be updated for these latest falsehoods, and its ongoing and unnecessary legal challenges to LGBTQ parents and their children. GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been accomplished and creates a world where everyone can live the life they love. For more information, please visit www.glaad.org or connect with GLAAD on Facebook and Twitter. Courtesy of GLAAD
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Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll talks about racism Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll stepped to the podium with one thing on his mind: racism in America and what we can do to help. He spoke candidly and passionately for over 14 minutes on the topic, took no questions, and then walked off stage. https://www.seahawks.com/news/wordfor-word-the-transcript-from-pete-carrolls-press-conference-on-racism Here is the transcript from the August 29, 2020 press conference in its entirety. Pete Carroll: This is a really big day around the country. It happens to be Jackie Robinson day. Happens to be the day after Chadwick Boseman passed away, who portrayed and taught all of our young people about Jackie Robinson and the story in the new movie that they put out, which has been extraordinary. And it’s just a really big day in a lot of ways. And so I want to talk to you guys about some stuff that’s on my heart. And because of the environment that I live in, here, and work with our guys, it kind of starts here. I’ve been coaching for a really long time. I mean, I’ve been coaching for ... since I was 13 years old, I was coaching Pop Warner kids. So that’s over 50 years, and I’ve had the good fortune of spending a career in the midst of an environment and a culture that isn’t normal for the outside world. We’ve been in a world of diversity forever and as far as I can go back. And so I’ve had the good fortune of different lessons than other people have had. And, with all of those years, I’ve never learned more than I’ve learned, really, in the last 20 years, in particular, at SC and then here. But, in particular, in just the last six or so years, with what we’ve gone through and what we’ve dealt with, has been just enlightening in so many ways. And it seemed like a lot of the years that we spent coaching, nothing really happened, didn’t learn a whole lot, but in this last half dozen years or so, I’ve realized how crucial it is to keep growing and to keep learning and to keep competing, to figure out how you can do things better, and, in essence, that everybody needs to continue. Everybody needs to be coached up, ongoing. We don’t ever have it. We always have a chance to get better and to learn more and represent more, specifically, and all of that. And so I’m still curious, and, as I stay curious, I keep growing and learning because of the environment and the people that I’m around. And I know, in this world of coaching, there’s a lot of coaches out there, men’s and women’s coaches, in all different sports, that are in leadership positions that really have an impact on a lot of people. And this is a calling, today, for all coaches, specifically, to take that leadership opportunity and address all of the situations that we can address with our players and the people that are around the programs. At least there, at least I can touch on coaches and get to them, I think. And, this summer, we did a podcast, Steve Kerr and I did, really with the thought of let’s see if we can get on the topics that people aren’t willing to talk about. Let’s see if we can talk about race, and we can talk about diversity, and we can talk about inclusion, and let’s see how far we could go with the guests that we had. And we had a whole array of guests. And there was one day that it was Steve and Gregg Popovich and myself, I thought, okay, this is three white guys talking to the world about what it’s like to grow up and live in a world of diversity and see if we couldn’t share some of our experiences that we’ve had, in our awareness of what people need and where they’re coming from, and that other people that don’t have the opportunity to be in that
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This is about racism in America, that white people don’t know. They don’t know enough, and they need to be coached up, and they need to be educated about what the heck is going on in this world. kind of environment might need to know. And, in essence, we wanted to kind of enlighten and educate, if we could, based on the experiences that we had. And sorry, Steve, but I don’t think we went far enough. I loved the time, but we didn’t quite get as deep as we needed to, as far as we needed to, and then as things just kept popping and all of the issues have come to light, we were on the right topic. We just didn’t get there. And, today, I want to try to get there. Coming back to camp, this year, we entered with so many issues, so many things going on. COVID, the pandemic, George Floyd, social issues, political issues, so many things were at hand. It’s just been an incredible offseason and camp, and now we’re finally together, working. But never before this year has it been so deep and so rich in the exchanges with our players, in how they’ve taken this opportunity to teach us more and deeper about what the life of a black man is like in America, black men and women. And they’ve been compelled to speak out, more than ever. There has been less fear and less concern of what’s going to happen. I love our environment is such that our guys are willing to say what they can say. And they’re okay about that, which we need to hear, because this has been a process of truth telling and reality checks, that just brings me to a point where, as we’re speaking about all that’s going on, and this is about racism in America, that white people don’t know. They don’t know enough, and they need to be coached up, and they
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need to be educated about what the heck is going on in this world. The black people can’t scream any more. They can’t march any more. They can’t bear their souls any more to what they’ve lived with for hundreds of years because white guys came over from Europe and started a new country with a great idea and a great ideals and wrote down great writings and laws and all of that, about democracy and freedom and equality for all. And then it ain’t happened. That’s not what happened because we went down this other road, here. We followed economics and which white guy’s making money, and they put together a system of slavery. And we’ve never left it, really. It’s never gone away. And the really amazing thing that I’ve learned is black people know the truth. They know exactly what’s going on. It’s white people that don’t know. And it’s not that they’re not telling us. They’ve been telling us the stories, and we know what’s right and what’s wrong. We just have not been open to listen to it. We’ve been unwilling to accept the real history. We’ve been taught a false history of what happened in this country. We’ve been basing things on false premises, and it has not been about equality for all. It has not been about freedom for all. It has not been for opportunity for all. And it needs to be because this is a humanity issue that we’re dealing with. This is a white people’s issue to get over it and learn what’s going on in to figure it out and start loving everybody that is part of
our country and that want to come to our country, wherever they want to come from. Our players are screaming at us, “Can you feel me? Can you see me? Can you hear me?” They just want to be respected. They just want to be accepted, just like all of our white children and families want to be. It’s no different because we’re all the same. And there’s a lot of people that don’t see it that way, but there’s a lot of people that do. And I’m hoping that, from this point forward, maybe there is a new door to open for us, and we can walk through it together with the thought of doing what’s right. What’s right is treating people equally. We know that. Forefathers knew it. They wrote it all down. They just didn’t do it. They got caught up in making money, and they figured out a way to do it. And it meant persecuting and abusing an entire race of people. So with the media as it is, with all of the exposure, it ain’t like 1860s. It’s not like 1960s. When civil rights came through, we had three channels to watch. Well, the media is on it. Nothing happens that we don’t know and don’t see, now. Everybody has a voice, and we all are seeing the truth of how black people are being treated in our streets. And, really, law enforcement is a huge issue to our guys because they’re frightened for their lives. They’re frightened for the lives of their loved ones and their children. They’re frightened because they don’t know what’s going to happen because of what we continue to see. So they’re crying out, again, and calling for us white people to figure it out and to listen and to fix all of the obvious problems that we know. I don’t need to listen for you, you guys. We all know it’s out there. We’ve got to do the right thing. And we got to do the right thing by caring for people and loving people because they deserve it, simple as that. It’s that simple. So, coaches, I’m calling on you, all coaches. Let’s step up. No more being quiet, no more being afraid to talk to topics, no more I’m a little bit uncomfortable. I might lose my job over this because I’ve taken a stand here or there. Screw it. We can’t do that anymore. And maybe if we do, we can be a leadership group that stands out, and maybe others will follow us.
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didn’t have fevers to avoid the spread of COVID-19, but that quickly broke down and people entered the large area from all continued from cover directions. simply wasn’t enough time for every person While the heat of the day caused some to be named. The emotion in the voices of people to pass out and even have heat unknown families cut through the noise just strokes, the crowd of thousands of people wanting a tiny piece of acknowledgement only grew as the day went on. By time the that their brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, march started the entire Lincoln Memorial sons and daughter’s lives mattered. and reflecting pool area were filled. The One of the attendees, Carolyn Jenkins crowd was so large that as the first marchwho had been at the first march in 1963 said ers reached the destination of the MLK “To witness, one more time, it was a beauty, memorial, the tail end of the march was but a sadness. … All these years later, 57 still at the reflecting pool. years later, we as a people, not only Blacks, There were a handful of Seattle protest not only Hispanics or Asians, people who organizers that raised money to fly to DC are non-white, the dream has not been ful- from Morning March Seattle and the Every filled for us”. Carolyn says she still has hope Day March as well as a caravan of people though, because the youth has the passion to that made their way across the country. transition the dream into a reality. As one of the Seattle protest organizers Early on the line to get in wrapped said while marching in D.C., “This is not a throughout the park easily stretching over fucking photo op.” There has been a lot of a mile long. In the beginning organizers animosity both in D.C. and Seattle towards were checking everyone’s temperature and journalists and even other organizers around giving green wristbands to people who what should be photographed, filmed and
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documented. A lot of the fear from Seattle organizers comes from the police and right wing trolls scouring footage to try to identify people and arrest them or target them. A handful of the Seattle protest organizers have had to find new places to live after being doxxed and fearing for their lives, now resorting to wearing body armor. For some photographers or journalists this movement is simply a stepping stone in their portfolios, while to others it’s their way of supporting the movement by amplifying black voices and providing a counternarrative to what SPD and commercial news puts out. Journalists are supposed to remain neutral but when they are targeted by police it becomes more than a story for them and instead a major part of their lives. What many people who aren’t close to this movement don’t realize or can’t seem to understand is that these aren’t just distant voices in the news, these are real people with real families whose lives have been shattered by the loss of their loved ones. While out in D.C. I heard from people
who had lost someone or were there when someone was killed, experiencing the tragedy of police violence first hand, many whose names aren’t widely known. When you meet people face to face and hear their unknown stories, when you see the families who have lost family members and friends walk by you, their grief lingers on you like a heavy cloud. For many people around the country this weight has been put on the shoulders of a few in isolation, some going out every night, every morning or doing whatever they can to make their voices heard, in an attempt to put an end to police brutality. As I heard from numerous people, and for myself, it felt like by being surrounded by thousands of people who have been fighting for justice in their own ways in their own cities; and it felt like a huge relief to see that other people do care and that the weight is being lifted by many. We are not alone in this fight for justice.
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eral doors also appear to have been welded shut. Community volunteers were providing hot meals, personal protective equipment and a wide variety of services here since mid-August when protesters took control of the buildings. In response to the sweep of the park, the volunteers spent the day picking up trash – including diapers, compost and meat the SPD had confiscated and left on the sidewalk. Later, approximately 50 protesters with the group ENDD – dressed in all black – marched that garbage over to the East Precinct at 12th Ave & E Pine St. An online video streamer, Malcontentment Tango, broadcast the action as protesters threw bags of the garbage over the massive barrier (referred to by some in the
neighborhood as the “Blue Bunker”) that surrounds the building. A few minutes later, two molotov cocktails can be seen being thrown over the walls. Fire and smoke leapt into the air as protesters retreated and officers emerged to extinguish the flames. When the Seattle Gay News arrived on the scene, smoke was in the air and fresh graffiti could be seen. “Pigs Eat Trash” and “Sweep This” were spray painted on the walls. Police had declared the area an unlawful gathering and had begun to swarm the area with patrol cars blaring their lights and sirens. The SPD later released a statement that said that a machete, hatchet, homemade spike strips, an unexploded mortar, and multiple makeshift shields had been recovered during the sweep of the park earlier in the day. An investigation into the weapons is ongoing.
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His mom, the sister of Jacob Blake’s father, has been outspoken about the violence that has befallen her nephew and his children, three of which had witnessed the shooting. Chafetz accompanied his mom for a press conference outside the Seattle City Hall on August 27. He addressed the assembled crowd, introducing himself as “a trans male living in the world today.” Once he returned home, Chafetz sat down to watch his remarks which were streamed by several Seattle area media outlets, including KOMO TV and KUOW radio. He was stunned by what he read in the comments. “A lot of people, immediately -- when I introduced myself as a Trans male -- said, ‘Trans male? What the f*ck is that? There is no such thing. No one is ever truthful when saying they are Trans,’ stuff like that,” he recalled. He was also intentionally misgendered by viewers in the comments. “Throughout the rest of the comments, I got one or two [people] calling me “he” and the rest of them where, “She doesn’t know what she’s talking about”; “Who is this girl?” Chafetz spoke to the Seattle Gay News
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at a community healing event in support of Black lives at Jimi Hendrix Park in Seattle on August 28. His mother, Nicki Blake Chafetz, who was standing next to her son, stepped in to add that “there were violent comments, too.” A review of streaming comments revealed this to be true. On one stream by KUOW, one person commented: “I wish he was protesting near my house.” On KOMO TV, another wrote, “I’d kick him in the nuts,” while still another said: “Wait til they outside their house!”
“Honestly, I know my mom – it affects her very deeply. I know that for a fact,” Chafetz explained. “My instinct when I saw these comments was not doubt for myself but doubt for the nation because I really don’t know how I’m going to educate these people. I don’t know how to tell them that this is what a Trans man is over the internet because there is no way I can educate them – that to them would not sound like me enforcing my agenda. “I know for a fact that these people are going to keep saying what they are going to
say, but they are on the wrong side of history. We have a message that we are going to spread regardless of the hate we are going up against. We know that they are going to spread hate. Personally, you can think whatever you like about me, but don’t talk bad about my cousin.” Cellphone video of Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey shooting Blake, 29, while holding onto his shirt as he leaned into his vehicle has been shared widely over the internet and led to riots in cities across America, including here in Seattle. The family has strongly disputed the police’s version of events and alleged members of the media have sought to smear their relative’s name. Chafetz encourages others to join in the effort to end police brutality and promote racial equity. “There are several ways to get involved,” he said. “Even if you don’t want to get involved in physical protests for fear that it could get violent or for fear that it could turn into a riot; you can still reblog posts. You can still post on Instagram or Snapchat or anything that you have and spread the message that Black Trans lives do matter; that Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back and he deserves a voice.”
Remarks by Julia Jackson, Jacob Blake’s mother, made on August 25 EDITOR’S NOTE: In response to Jacob Blake being shot four times in the back by Kenosha, Wisconsin police officer Rusten Sheskey on August 23, 2020 resulting in him being paralyzed from the waist down and sparking nationwide protests, Julia Jackson made the following statement:
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But it’s not just for coaches. I just know that I might have a better ear listening to me when I’m talking to coaches. It’s about education. It really is. It’s not about education in the books so much, anymore. We all know that history was screwed up. We all know that. It’s we have to learn really what’s going on, so we can feel our people, so that we can respond. We know all the issues that we need to address. Yeah. Okay. So what do we do about it? How do we act on it? How do we help? Can you imagine how long black people have hung together, with the faith and the hope that something’s going to change, and it’s going to be better? Unbelievable endurance, unbelievable competitiveness to just keep hanging. I don’t know. I mean, I’m so moved by all of that. I can’t even imagine how they’ve been able to do it under these circumstances. They’ve been terrible. But they’re still hanging, and they’re still hoping. And racism’s going out the door. It’s got to be gone. It’s got to be out the freaking door and get rid of it. It’s got to go. And we’ve got to figure out the way to get that done. And it needs to be spoken to all the different issues, whether it’s education,
whether it’s health considerations, whether it’s voting rights, whatever. All of the different elements that are so screwed up, we need to go attack every one of them. We know what they are. They’re out there. We’ve got to stop the people that are getting in the way. And here’s one point. What can we do? Well, we’ve got 60 days. The March on Washington was all about commitment. Well, why not take these 60 days and make a commitment to vote and march together to get everybody in this country to vote, so that everybody has the voice, and everybody that needs to speak out gets heard, and we don’t let anybody squelch any aspect of the voting potential, not one fricking vote. And we need to start now. We need to start voting, start the process, register, get voted. All of our players will be officially registered today. That’s a start. 60 days to march, a commitment to vote. Can we get that done? We can. We can do that. At least that’s proactive, right now, because the hardest part is what do you do? How do you help? Well, first we get educated. We start working on ourselves and try to understand really what’s happening. My guys have taught ... It’s unequivocal. There’s no question what’s happened. They’re living scared to death, and it never was okay. It’s just now that we see so vividly what is going on, we have to
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How dare we hate what we are? We are humans. God did not make one type of tree or flower or fish or horse or grass or rock. How dare you ask him to make one type of human that looks just like you? I’m not talking to just Caucasian people, I am talking to everyone. White, black, Japanese, Chinese, red, brown; no one is superior to the other. No one is superior to the other. The only
Supreme Being is God himself. Please let’s begin to pray for healing for our nation. We are the United States. Have we been united? Do you understand what’s going to happen when we fall? Because a house that is against each other cannot stand. To all of the police officers, I’m praying for you and your families. To all of the citizens, my black and brown sisters and brothers, I’m praying for you. I believe that you are an intelligent being just like the rest of us. Every body, let’s use our hearts, our love, and our intelligence to work together, to show the rest of the world how humans are supposed to treat each other. America is great when we behave greatly. Thank you.
get it stopped, now. So I hope somebody’s listening because we have to create the change, and we got to be the change to get that done. And, coaches, let’s let us be the ones. Lead in your communities. We’re in communities everywhere across this country. We’re all over the place, in all the different sports. Hear me. Let’s go. Let’s get this done. And at least get our people to activate. And then there’s so many more things to do. There’s so many more things. And follow your heart and do what you can do. And, like our players talked about today, they live in fear of speaking their piece. Well, and I reminded them that not everybody’s the same. Not everybody is as bold as the next person. But if you are bold, and you want to speak out, go ahead. If you aren’t, and you want to do something else, go ahead, do your thing. It’ll help all people. It’ll help all of us. It’ll help all people of color. It’ll help all people that want to come to our country. It’ll help the poor people in our country that aren’t black or brown. It’ll help all of us if we start doing the right thing. And I will finish with this thought. There’s only one way to do this, really. You got to do it by caring. You have to care so much and show the love for the people that deserve every bit of the rights to be treated equally and treated fairly and
treated straight up honestly. So they can get in their car and go to the store and feel safe, getting out from the parking lot and going in. Because they don’t feel like that right now. That’s not the truth. And white people don’t understand that. Keep listening then whites. They are not able to be fearless. They’re not able to be like you are. And they just want to be like you. They just want to have the freedom and the comfort and the security of living a good life and loving through all of their family exchanges and opportunities. I really want to thank the people that continue to influence and do so many great things. There’s so much great work being done. And the personal friends that I have, that have helped me understand, helped me work at it, our coaching world is different than everybody else’s world, and we’re fortunate. But that doesn’t mean we all act right, and it doesn’t mean we all know. But I appreciate the inspiration that we’ve received from so many. And then, finally, I would say, it’s the inspiration from the players. We need to listen to them. They’ve got wisdom, and they’ve got power. And they’re just sensing what they’re able to do and capable of doing. And we need to hear them. And when we do that, we’ll follow the right lead and good things will happen. Thanks. I’m out.
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In detailed ruling, court orders HHS to halt key parts of health care discrimination rule WASHINGTON, DC (September 2, 2020) – Today, a federal district court judge granted Lambda Legal’s request for a preliminary injunction, putting an immediate stop to key aspects of the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) health care discrimination rule, which seeks to carve out LGBTQ people and other vulnerable populations from regulatory protections under the Affordable Care Act’s nondiscrimination provision known as Section 1557. More specifically, the court enjoined the rule’s elimination of the definition of discrimination on the basis of sex and the rule’s incorporation of Title IX’s religious exemption. The court also held that the broad coalition of plaintiffs Lambda Legal represents has standing to challenge most aspects of the rule. Today’s order immediately blocks the HHS from implementing two key parts of the health care discrimination rule that invited discrimination against LGBTQ people and providers to elevate their own religious beliefs above the needs of patients. In granting the injunction, the Court said, “[D]enying an injunction would impede the public interest by threatening the health of LGBTQ individuals at large, some of whom will likely develop increasingly acute conditions on account of their delaying necessary care or refraining from transparent communication with providers out of fear of discrimination. There is clearly a robust public interest in safeguarding prompt access to health care. The COVID-19 pandemic only reinforces the importance of that public interest and the concomitant need to ensure the availability and provision of care on a nondiscriminatory basis.” “Access to competent and respectful health care services is critical for all transgender people,” said Arianna Inurritegui-Lint, founder of Arianna’s Center and a member organization of the TransLatin@ Coalition. “As transgender women, as immigrants, and people for whom English is not our first language, being able to see a doctor that treats us with respect is necessary for our survival. Today, I breathe a sigh of relief that the judge heard us and stopped dangerous aspects of this rule from going into effect. Tomorrow, we continue to fight. Our communities face many challenges to accessing care, we don’t need more confusion.” “We are gratified that the court in an extensive and detailed decision put key aspects of the disastrous and discriminatory health care rule on hold while our challenge moves forward, particularly while in the midst of a pandemic,” said Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, senior attorney and health care strategist at Lambda Legal. “Health care is a human right and the Affordable Care Act sought to expand access to health care for everyone regardless of their sex, LGBTQ identity, or other characteristics. This administration’s health care discrimination rule is just another example of its disdain for LGBTQ lives and the law. The rule is unlawful and endangers people’s lives, plain and simple. A health care policy that is rooted in animus against LGBTQ people, particularly those who are most vulnerable among us, like transgender people and those with limited English proficiency, cannot stand. We are gratified by this early victory and will continue to fight this rule until the end.” “We will continue to fight this administration’s attempts to limit LGBTQ people’s access to safe and affirming health care. Everyone, no matter who they are or who they love, deserves the security of knowing they can safely access care for any reason and will be treated with competence, dignity, and respect,” said Carl Charles, staff attorney for Lambda Legal. “Transgender
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people especially need to know that no matter what, they have a right to receive health care and should not be turned away or treated differently because of who they are or the type of care they need. If you or someone you know have experienced discrimination when seeking health care, please contact our Legal Help Desk – we want to know immediately.” “We are very gratified that Judge Boasberg has seen the grave harm that the HHS’s unlawful, poorly reasoned rule would inflict on LGBTQ patients and health care providers like WhitmanWalker,” said Naseema Shafi, CEO of Whitman-Walker Health. “The Affordable Care Act’s protections for LGBTQ people, and others who have faced discrimination in our nation’s health care systems, are essential for a healthier and stronger US. These protections are particularly vital as we battle the COVID-19 pandemic. Whitman-Walker stands firmly on its core values of making health care a dignifying and respectful experience for any individual from any walk of life regardless of race, sexual orientation, gender identity, country of origin, or immigration status.” On June 22, Lambda Legal and Steptoe & Johnson LLP filed a lawsuit challenging the HHS’s recently published health care discrimination rule that purports to carve out LGBTQ people and other vulnerable populations from the protections of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, as well as race, color, national origin, age, and disability. The lawsuit, WhitmanWalker Clinic v. HHS, is filed on behalf of: Whitman-Walker Health; the TransLatin@ Coalition and its members (including leaders of affiliated organizations like Arianna’s Center in Florida); the Bradbury-Sul-
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livan LGBT Community Center; the Los Angeles LGBT Center; the GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality; the AGLP: The Association of LGBTQ Psychiatrists; and four individual doctors. On July 9, Lambda Legal and Steptoe & Johnson LLP filed a motion for preliminary injunction, asking the court to block implementation of the health care discrimination rule. The filing was supported by declarations from plaintiffs detailing the irreversible damage the rule would cause for LGBTQ patients. The US House of Representatives, as well as the AARP, the AARP Foundation, and SAGE, filed friend-of-the-court briefs in support of Lambda Legal’s request, and the US District Court for the District of Columbia heard oral arguments on August 3. Today’s ruling follows the injunction granted by a federal trial court in New York on August 17 in a separate case, Walker v. Azar, that blocked the HHS from rolling back the Obama-era regulatory definition of “on the basis of sex” under Section 1557 of the ACA, which categorizes sex stereotyping and gender identity discrimination as discrimination on basis of sex, and the August 18 scheduled implementation of the discriminatory rule. In 2016, the Obama administration finalized a rule implementing the nondiscrimination provisions of the ACA – also known as Section 1557 – that prohibit discrimination based on gender identity, transgender status, or sex stereotypes as forms of sex discrimination. In May 2019, however, the Trump administration announced a proposed rule change designed to roll back these protections, and notwithstanding that multiple federal courts – including most recently, the US Supreme Court – have interpreted sex discrimination protections to protect LGBTQ people.
The health care discrimination rule attempts to carve out LGBTQ people from the ACA’s nondiscrimination protections, and invite health care workers, doctors, hospitals, and health insurance companies that receive federal funding to refuse to provide or cover health care services critical to the health and well-being of LGBTQ people, such as gender-affirming and reproductive care. The HHS’s rule also limits the remedies available to people who face health disparities, limit the access to health care for people with limited English proficiency (LEP), and dramatically reduce the number of health care entities and insurance subject to the rule. Read today’s ruling at www.lambdalegal.org/in-court/legal-docs/whitman_ dc_20200902_opinion. If you experience discrimination in a health care setting, let us know via our Health Care Tracker by visiting www. lambdalegal.org/healthcarehelp. Learn more about Whitman-Walker Clinic v. HHS at www.lambdalegal.org/incourt/cases/whitman-walker-clinic-v-hhs. See Lambda Legal’s “Know Your Rights: Health Provider Discrimination,” a resource for transgender and gender nonconforming people by visiting www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/article/transhealth-care-discrimination. Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work. More at www.lambdalegal.org. Courtesy of Lambda Legal
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Suicide Prevention Month: A summary of data on LGBT suicide LOS ANGELES (August 31, 2020) – Research shows that anti-LGBT discrimination and victimization contribute to an increase in the risk of suicidality and that LGBT people are at disproportionate risk of suicidal ideation, planning, and attempts. In recognition of Suicide Prevention Month, the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law is providing a summary of current data on suicidality among LGBT people. Scholars are available for comment. • Research has shown a high prevalence of suicidal behavior among LGB people. ◦A ◦ 2016 review of research found that 17% of LGB adults had attempted suicide during their lifetime, compared with 2.4% of the US general population. • A recent report from the Generations Study, a nationally representative study of cisgender LGB people, found that LGBQ people who experienced conversion therapy were at higher risk for suicide behavior compared with their peers who didn’t undergo the practice. ◦LGBQ ◦ people were 92% more likely to think about suicide, 75% more likely to plan suicide, and 88% more likely to actually attempt suicide that resulted in no or minor injury. • The 2015 US Transgender Survey (USTS), conducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality, found that the prevalence of suicide thoughts and attempts among transgender adults is significantly higher than that of the US general population. ◦82% ◦ of respondents reported ever seriously thinking about suicide in their lifetimes, while 48% had done so in the past year. ◦40% ◦ reported attempting suicide at some point in their lifetimes, and 7% had attempted it in the past year. • A 2019 analysis of the USTS found that respondents who faced discrimination, rejection, and violence were more likely to report suicide thoughts and attempts. ◦Over ◦ half (51%) of respondents who had experienced four instances of antitransgender discrimination and violence
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– losing a job, eviction, homelessness, and physical attack –in the past year reported attempting suicide that year. Nearly all (98%) had seriously thought about suicide. ◦Respondents ◦ who were rejected by their family of origin were twice as likely to report past-year suicide attempts compared to those who had not experienced such rejection (11% compared to 5%). ◦Over ◦ 30% of those who were physically attacked in a place of public accommodation reported attempting suicide in the past year, compared to 7% of respondents who had not been similarly attacked. • Some factors were associated with lower risk of suicide thoughts and attempts for transgender people. ◦Respondents ◦ with supportive families reported lower prevalence of past-year and lifetime suicide thoughts and attempts. ◦Respondents ◦ who wanted and subsequently received gender-affirming surgical care were less likely to report suicide
attempts in the past year compared to those who wanted it but had not received it (5% vs. 9%). • A 2014 report found that LGBTQ youth are at heightened risk for suicidal outcomes, but risk varies based on sex and race/ethnicity. ◦In ◦ general, LGBTQ youth were three times more likely than non-LGBQ youth to contemplate suicide, make a suicide plan, harm themselves, or attempt suicide compared to non-LGBTQ youth. ◦LGBTQ ◦ females had higher prevalence of suicide thoughts, attempts, and self-harm than their male counterparts. ◦Compared ◦ to white LGBTQ youth, Asian and Black LGBTQ youth were at significantly lower odds of suicidal ideation, suicide planning, and self-harm. Alaskan Native/Pacific Islander and Latino LGBTQ youths were at significantly higher risk of a suicide attempt in the past year. • A 2019 report found that anti-bullying
HRC concludes Organizing Olympics, reaching out to over 14,000 in 5 days
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WASHINGTON, DC (August 27, 2020) – This week, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) concluded a five-day “Pride Organizing Olympics” that involved staff and volunteers reaching out to Equality Voters in key target states with 70 days to go before the November 3 election. Our staff on the ground in key states are targeting over 10 million Americans who vote on pro-equality LGBTQ issues. The Human Rights Campaign’s activities across the country demonstrate our organization’s intention to be a presence and a force on the ground in key states ahead of November’s election, making
the HRC one of the more active mobilization efforts persuading and turning out voters for the election. The HRC’s mission includes electing LGBTQ champions Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to the White House, pro-equality majorities in the House and Senate, and electing proequality majorities in state legislatures to advance and defend LGBTQ anti-discrimination protections. The HRC’s Pride Organizing Olympics concluded with: • Over 14,000 calls to voters in key states • Over 300 actions taken by over 250 unique volunteers
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• Nearly 250 commitments by volunteers for future actions The HRC intends to continue these actions and ramp up efforts in key states across the country with 70 days left until the most consequential election of our lives, with so much on the ballot in November. Among key priorities are making the Equality Act the law of the land, ending the Trump administration’s discriminatory anti-transgender policies, enshrining additional LGBTQ protections, and winning the court battle to defend protections currently on the books. In the 2018 midterms, the HRC mobi-
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laws that explicitly protect youth based on sexual orientation are associated with fewer suicide attempts among all youth, regardless of sexual orientation. “Experiences of discrimination and bullying can lead to suicidal behavior in LGBT people,” said Ilan Meyer, Distinguished Senior Scholar of Public Policy at the Williams Institute. “Policies and interventions that effectively reduce stigma and discrimination while strengthening support networks and community connectedness could help reduce the risk of suicide for LGBT adults and youth.” The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, a think tank on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy, is dedicated to conducting rigorous, independent research with real-world relevance. Courtesy of the Williams Institute
lized our grassroots army of 3.2 million members, supporters, and volunteers to work on behalf of pro-equality candidates and engage pro-equality voters primarily in six key states: Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. This unprecedented grassroots mobilization worked to recruit and train volunteers, register and mobilize voters, and grow the organization’s political organizing efforts in order to pull the emergency brake on the hateful anti-LGBTQ agenda of the TrumpPence administration and elect a Congress that would hold them accountable. In 2020, our engagement and mobilization efforts have only deepened. In addition to our expansive volunteer network, the HRC will have at least 51 full-time staff in seven priority states (Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin) and an additional 26 staff focused on a second tier of states, including Iowa. While in-person organizing has been limited by the COVID-19 pandemic, the HRC has embraced digital organizing, launching a new tool called TEAM, allowing our broad network of volunteers and steering committees to engage their networks personally, and hundreds of virtual phone banks and text banks to engage proequality voters even without the ability to interact in person. Courtesy of the HRC
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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. Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994. Channel Q 103.3 FM - LGBTQ+ Talk Radio Network News and information, pop culture and music. radio.com 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 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 Network support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, (206) 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, (206) 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911. Report domestic violence and sexual assault. Equal Rights Washington - (206) 324-2570; www. equalrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freelyspeaking.org Gay City promotes wellness in LGBTQ communities by providing health services, connecting people to resources, fostering arts, and building community. Gay City Health Project’s Wellness Center provides anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing. 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, (206) 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country. Generations Aging With Pride empowers elder LGBTQ adults to live with pride and dignity by promoting, connecting, and developing innovative programs and services that enhance belonging and support, eliminate discrimination, and honor the lives of older members of our community - (206) 393-3400; info@gapseattle.org; gapseattle.org GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - (206) 363-9188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. (206) 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, (206) 328-8979. Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - (206) 322-2515; www.lamberthouse. org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge. LGBT MS Connection - (425) 785-8593; lgbtmsconnections@comcast.net. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Lifelong AIDS Alliance - (206) 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org Lion’s Main Art Collective - www.lionsmain.org MEN: Gay City: (206) 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: (206) 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www. nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.com; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: www.raincityjacks. org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples.org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www. seattle primetimers.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.org. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.) MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band. com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: (206) 388-1408, (206) 323-0750. www.seattlechoruses.org. Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com
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community resources 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 Council: www.pflagwsc.org. Peer Seattle (formerly Seattle Area Support Groups) 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.peerseattle.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), (206) 850-2070, www.aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, (206) 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, (206) 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, (206) 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, (206) 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), (206) 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Northwest Two Spirit Society, https://www.facebook.com/ groups/nw2spiritsociety/, Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, (206) 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; QBASS - Queer Black Alliance of the South Sound, (253) 256-1846, weareqbass@gmail. com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, (206) 322-7061, (206) 255-8951; Somos Seattle, somosseattle.org; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle, www.utopiaseattlewa.org; VietQ Greater Seattle, vietqorganization@gmail.com Pierce County AIDS Foundation - (253) 383-2565; www.piercecountyaids.org Pride Foundation - (206) 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Pride Lives - www.facebook.com/PrideLives/ Pride Radio 93.3 HD2 Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. (206) 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - (206) 682-6711; www.q-law.org Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - (206) 235-7235. Queer Geek! - queergeekseattle.org Rainbow Center - Resource Center for Tacoma/Pierce County LGBTIQA community. Through education, advocacy and celebration, the Rainbow Center expands resources, and safe space for the LGBTQIA community.
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Sponsors Tacoma Pride Festival. (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org 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) i- SEE LISTING for Peer Seattle. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - BiSeattle.wixsite. com/SBWN and on Facebook. Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. (206) 323-1768. Seattle LGBTQ Commission - (206) 684-4503. www/ seattle.gov/lgbtq Seattle Out & Proud - (206) 322-9561; www.seattlepride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Sex Workers Outreach Project - https://seattle. swopusa.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - (206) 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays. (425) 339-5298. South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.SouthSoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flag Football: www.cascadeflagfootball.org; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby.com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www. seattlegaybasketballassociation.com; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, (206) 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@ camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934. Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org Three Dollar Bill Cinema - TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival; Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival; Outdoor Cinema at Cal Anderson Park. www. threedollarbillcinema.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-Discussion-Group/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; Trans Women of Color Solidarity Network: Funding the collective liberation of Trans women of color – https://m.facebook.com/ TWOCSolidarityNW/; 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, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way, with additional support groups organized in smaller towns throughout King County, (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; New Horizons: social services and shelter for homeless youth, 2708 3rd Ave (in Belltown), (206) 374-0866, http://namin.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter. org; OKAY! LGBTQ+ Outreach for Kent Area Youth: (253) 859-0699 ext 3034. OKAY! is an open support group for youth ages 13-19 who identify as LGBTQ+. A program of Kent Youth & Family Services; OUT There Adventures: www.outthereadventures.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/ Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch. org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www.facebook. com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, (206) 326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - (360) 698-3335; www.kchaf.org; 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; The Vera Project: fuels personal & community transformation through collaborative youthdriven engagement in music and art. (206) 956-8372; theveraproject.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, (509) 396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): (206) 522-8412; YouthCare/ Orion Center Young Adult Shelter: 1828 Yale Ave @ Stewart St. (206) 622-5555; Youth in Focus: (206) 723-1479; www.youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): (206) 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org
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SEATTLE (August 27, 2020) – The Seattle Public Library’s Mobile Services vehicles are once again navigating the streets of Seattle to deliver books, DVDs, and other materials to senior housing facilities, preschools that serve low-income families, encampments for people experiencing homelessness, and other patrons who have difficulty accessing library materials. The Library’s Mobiles Services unit has not made deliveries since mid-March, when library locations closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. As part of its reopening plan reopening plan for phasing in services, the Library has restarted mobile services, along with accepting book returns and opening curbside service at seven locations. “Our patrons – from preschoolers to residents in low-income senior housing – are thrilled that we are once again bringing library materials to them,” said Robin Rousu, a supervising librarian with the Seattle Public Library’s Mobile Services unit. “Many of the older adults we reach have limited technology access and are isolated. These patrons rely on our deliveries of books and DVDs for education and entertainment.” The library’s mobile deliveries include holds for individual patrons who are unable to visit a library location, collections of books for preschools, uncatalogued books
ers and staff are wearing masks and other personal protective equipment, books and materials are quarantined for 72 hours before delivery, and all delivery is contact-free. The Library’s Books by Mail service has also restarted. The library is accepting new patrons, with the same eligibility criteria as before the COVID-19 closure.
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for insecurely housed patrons, and more. The Mobile Services unit is also working with community partners to identify new locations that reach communities who need assistance with library access. “Many, many thanks to the Mobile Library staff for the huge amount of work
undertaken to deliver books last week!,” wrote one patron to the library after receiving a mobile delivery. “Done so safely, so smoothly, an amazing undertaking. This service is a godsend.” New protocols are in place to protect patrons and staff from COVID-19. Driv-
More information Visit the library’s Road to Reopening page for more information on book returns, Curbside Service, and other library services being offered while library buildings are closed to prevent the spread of COVID19. Patrons can now place new holds on physical materials. The Seattle Public Library also has many free online programs, services, and resources while its physical buildings are closed. You can find out more on our website or by contacting the library by phone at 206-386-4636. Staff are ready to answer questions and direct you to helpful resources and information during this challenging time. For more information, contact Andra Addison, communications director, at andra.addison@spl.org. Courtesy of the SPL
Seattle Public Library offers virtual arts programs for older adults beginning Sept. 5 SEATTLE (August 30, 2020) – This fall, The Seattle Public Library and Silver Kite Community Arts [will partner to offer] online intergenerational workshops, talks, social hours, and performances for the community. These opportunities provide stimulating and creative engagement opportunities, as well as social connection. “Older adults are facing unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Nancy Slote. “We are working with community partners to offer virtual programs to help older adults navigate important decisions with physical and mental health, as well as fun programs that help them connect and learn.” Visit the Library’s calendar at spl. org/fiftyplus to find and register for these upcoming events: • 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5 – Sip and Paint Watercolors. Join us for a step-by-step simple watercolor painting workshop with one of Silver Kite’s professional teaching artists. • 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 – Collage. In this class we’ll collect, cut, tear, and glue scraps and small treasures to create art. We’ll also look at the work of several collage artists and explore different techniques they use to make their work. • 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14 – Circle Dance. Dance along with us. Learn village dances from around the world during this interactive workshop. Participants can either be seated or standing during the program. • 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 – Landscape Poetry. During this workshop, we’ll explore the settings that hold special
include a Virtual English Circle, events to practice conversational English skills online. Registration is required; visit our calendar to find a class that fits your schedule. Look for more virtual events for older adults such as more programs on Medicare and a series on end-of-life planning. More information All physical locations of the Seattle Public Library are closed in accordance with public health guidelines, but the Library is beginning to phase in services such as book returns and curbside service. Find out more at our Road to Reopening page. Find out more about the Seattle Public Library’s digital resources and services at spl.org/stayinghome. For more information, call 206-3864636 or Ask Us. Courtesy of the Seattle Public Library Image courtesy of SPL
meaning through reminiscence activities. We’ll sing songs that recollect and songs we remember. We’ll share personal stores and, together, create a mural of landscape memories – captured in visual images, words, and phrases. • 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21 – Song Writing. During this interactive workshop, we’ll work together to write a song and learn about rhythm, structure, and melody techniques. • 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 – Beginning Drawing. During this interac-
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tive workshop, learn basic drawing techniques in shading, shapes, and perspective. • 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28 – Writing Our Stories. During this interactive, creative nonfiction writing workshop, we’ll engage in reminiscence activities and life story–based writing exercises together. We’ll learn basic strategies on how to tackle capturing your life stories to share with friends and family. More programs for older adults Other programs this fall for older adults
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