So you’re an LGBT person attending Emerald City Comicon 2016 this year, a celebration of comics and pop culture here in Seattle from April 7-10. There’s quite the schedule to pore through (and it's not the easiest site layout to do it), so we’ve pulled out the most...
Leslie Jordan’s so good he could even give an interview while chasing down his mother’s dog after it had secretly slipped the bonds of the condo Leslie had bought for his mother. Like he did with me.
Gender Justice League Executive Director and trans rights activist Danni Askini has announced her candidacy for the 43rd district of the Washington state House of Representatives, a seat being vacated by Brady Walkinshaw. A win for Askini would make her the first...
You may not know the name Levi Hastings but, if you’ve picked up a copy of The Stranger, the Mercury, or City Arts magazine lately, you’ve probably seen his work.
The latest RuPaul's Drag Race cast was announced last night during Logo TV's NewNowNext Awards. To almost no one's surprise, the cast for Season 8 included a familiar face from the Seattle Drag Scene: Miss Robbie Turner. Turner, who's cover story during the filming of...
The folks at Three Dollar Bill Cinema are fresh off of marking the 20th anniversary of the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, their annual celebration of queer film. For their 21st festival, they have a radical change in store: a new name.
Cover photo by Autumn De Wilde Most people first heard the music of Mary Lambert when she co-wrote and performed on Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ track Same Love a few years ago. Most people saw her perform for the first time on the 56th Grammy Awards in 2014, in a...
It's telling that the Oscars, the system Hollywood has devised to honor their own has, for the second year in a row, thrown diversity completely out the window. What does it say about your system, Hollywood, when the only person of color on your award stage is the...
As anyone who’s struggled with addiction knows, the process of hitting rock bottom, admitting there’s a problem, and ultimately journeying through recovery looks different for everyone. On Sam Lansky, Deputy Culture Editor at Time magazine and author of the just published memoir The Gilded Razor, being sober for seven plus years looks pretty damn good.
Nick Sahoyah, a regular in the Pacific Northwest standup comedy scene, and frequent guest at comedy nights and festivals all along the West Coast, is excited to debut his brand new short film, Poster Boy!. At least, once he’s finished making it, that is. “Yeah, I’m...
Late last year, I had the honor to design the cover for Gay City Vol 6: UpClose Personal, to 6th in a series of anthologies published by Gay City Arts representing the best in local and national queer writing, poetry, photography, and visual art. I wrote the following...
The leaves have turned. The air has grown crisp and cold. The holidays are here. For some, this can be a joy-filled time spent with family, friends, and loved ones. Others, though, are not so lucky. The holidays, for some, can be a stark reminder of the aggression,...