Downtown Wenatchee has a new billboard. In response to the city [government] choosing to raise Family Month banners sponsored by a local Turning Point USA chapter instead of Pride flags, the group OUT NCW has installed a year-round Pride billboard in downtown...
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As lawmakers across the country continue to advance legislation targeting the LGBTQIA+ community, Washington state ended its 2025-26 legislative session by reinforcing its reputation as one of the nation’s most protective states for Queer communities. This...
Idaho has joined the long list of red-state legislative bodies across the country restricting the civil rights of Trans and Queer people with the passage of House Bill 752 , slated to go into effect on July 1, 2026. The bill stipulates that “any person who...
On March 20, several residents of Snohomish, Washington, were reportedly asked via text message if they supported a veto of the city’s Pride parade this year. The messaging campaign was sent from multiple phone numbers, according to Out in Snohomish, the...
Dennis Worsham is a civil servant who — although not as well recognized as Attorney General Nick Brown or Gov. Bob Ferguson — still performs a vital role as Washington’s secretary of health. Among the 24 appointed heads of state agencies tasked to implement,...
Jessa Davis is a Transgender woman and local Queer activist who, when she’s not volunteering as a member of Seattle’s LGBTQ Commission, advocates for legal protections for polyamorous people and alternative families in Washington state. On January 13, Davis’s...
Since the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling for marriage equality, the conservative right has struggled to weaponize hatred toward Gay and Lesbian communities for political gain, like it did in previous eras. Although favorable Republican views on the morality...
Like the 1996 film The Birdcage, in which a Gay couple running a Queer club must hide their queerness to appease their conservative in-laws, the former employees of Jake’s on 4th in Olympia reportedly found themselves in a similar predicament with the bar’s...
Isabel Mata is a Queer Jewish woman who, over the course of her career, has worn many professional hats: cosmetics marketer, creative consultant, mindfulness teacher, photographer, writer, and even (former) SGN staff writer, known for the column “Ask...
I first met Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr in September 2024, when she was the featured speaker at the Victory Fund’s “Victory in Pacific Northwest” event in Seattle, long after she rose to national prominence. And while I take no credit for her success and...