I’m a gay man in my fifties, comfortable in my skin, but I suffered severe bullying throughout school, which was often abetted by teachers. A recent class reunion prompted me to write a tell-all letter to the current school director regarding that trauma. His gracious response was incredibly healing. My family has accepted me since I came out in my 20s, but they don’t know the full extent of my ordeal. While I shared the...
Sitting at Shoreline Diva Espresso, Imraan Siddiqi looked tired. Diva down? Not this diva, who wore a shirt with the words “I know my rights” inside an outline of Washington State.
One really great thing to do every day of the week.
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There are stop motion praying mantises, pottery, a sexy Bop It, and the Starfish Sex Beetle.
After a failed pilot program in Madison, SPD Chief Shon Barnes is leading a department trusted with yet another controversial camera program: the network of police CCTV cameras on Seattle’s streets, which the public protested in City Hall as recently as this week. The programs have concerning parallels: In Madison, the pilot program failed to collect necessary data and ignored instructions from their City Council; in Seattle, Barnes didn’t even wait for data from the pilot ...
Protesters demanded the city investigate and hold ICE accountable, end cooperation between Seattle and ICE, and defend Seattle’s status as a sanctuary city.
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Voices from Seattle's 43rd Annual MLK Day March.