Lgbtq

Education

Trending: higher education budget cuts

Declining college enrollment is playing out on a national scale. Students everywhere are weighing the cost of a degree. But when Seattle Pacific University announced 40% cuts due to enrollment issues…faculty pointed out the several years of anti-LGBTQ+ controversy that may be hurting the university wallet. Seattle Times staff reporter Nina Shapiro has been keeping up with this story. She’ll fill us in higher education’s financial woes.

Health

'Hold That Pose' offers queer and trans youth a place to dance, build community, and find resources

Politics

50th anniversary of landmark LGBTQ rights law in Seattle

In 1973, a Seattle city council member named Jeanette Williams made history. She sponsored a council ordinance that made it illegal to discriminate against gay people in the workplace.

Health

This Pride Month, Seattle advocates call for more protections for LGBTQ+ youth

Young people who identify as queer or trans are at a greater risk of experiencing homelessness and being victims of violence.

Arts & Life

Catch model-walking, voguing, and other competitions at this cowboy-themed Seattle ball

This isn’t your typical 1950s-style ballroom. This type of ballroom is a mashup of model-walking, voguing, and other performance arts.

Arts & Life

A love story delayed: Ukrainian couple seal their vows after years of discrimination

After years facing discrimination, harassment, violence, and abuse, a gay Ukrainian couple was officially married in Bellevue in April.

Politics

Jayapal reintroduces Transgender Bill of Rights

U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Seattle) is once again trying to codify federal protections for transgender and gender non-conforming people across the country.

National

Parents raise concerns as Florida bans gender-affirming care for trans kids

Florida's medical boards have voted to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Families with trans children and medical providers who care for them are worried about the impact.

SPU trustees ask judge to dismiss LGBTQ hiring lawsuit

Today four members of Seattle Pacific University's board of trustees asked a judge to throw out the case against them.