When we profiled Oregon Rep. Cyrus Javadi last October, he had recently left the Republican Party and joined the Democrats. A year later, he is running for reelection as a Democrat. Javadi won the Democratic nomination for House District 32 in May without an opponent. He will face Republican Max
Somewhere in Spokane, there’s a Hobbit House. Tucked inside a residential neighborhood, it’s anything but ordinary. A tiny round door, whimsical landscaping, and layers of handmade details have transformed an otherwise unassuming front yard into something that feels pulled from another world. For Ryan Oelrich and Robert Thompson,
For Jake Breiter, an apple is never just an apple. It might be the snack in a child’s lunchbox, a bright red shape on a classroom worksheet, or the fruit from a favorite children’s book. But it can also represent temptation, sin, and the complications that come with
Queer history is not background. It is infrastructure. It is how communities survive erasure, recognize themselves, and pass forward the knowledge required to live openly and fully. When queer media disappears, it is not just stories that are lost—it is strategy, memory, and proof of possibility. The newly digitized
Stonewall News Northwest interviewed three key members of Just Out who share their history with the publication and what they're doing now. Just Out co-founder and publisher (1983-1999) Renee Lachance, art director Rupert Kinnard and second publisher (1999-2011) Marty Davis talked with Stonewall News Northwest.
When Liz Dyer talks about Real Mama Bears, she doesn’t describe it like a nonprofit. She talks about it like a kitchen table—one that keeps expanding as more chairs are pulled up, more stories spill out, and more mothers recognize they’re not alone. What began in 2014
In Ridgefield, just north of Vancouver, Ken Spurlock begins many of his paintings the same way: by covering the canvas in black. From there, color pushes forward — circles, ovals, crosses layered in acrylic, marker, and collage. Some marks disappear. Others remain. He describes this process as mark making — the idea
For more than twenty years, Chuck Gumpert has been painting toward something that can’t quite be named—only felt. His large-scale abstractions and impressionistic landscapes hold tension and release in equal measure, moving between darkness and light, chaos and calm, angst and peace. They are paintings that don’
Spokane bars host gathering for 2SLGBTQIA+ legal debrief by Gonzaga Law’s Lincoln LGBTQ+ Rights Clinic and the Spectrum Center To understand a gay bar is to understand far more than what’s on the food and drink menu. A gay bar is not defined by alcohol, lighting, or music,
On East Sprague Avenue in Spokane the SAN Pride Center Food Pantry carries forward a four-decade legacy of compassion, community, and care. Operated by the Spokane AIDS Network (SAN), the pantry provides groceries, hygiene items, and connection to anyone in need — continuing the organization’s mission to empower people
For Christopher Mathie, painting has always been a way of being fully alive. Since 1992, he has worked as a full-time artist, creating seascapes, abstracts, and explorations of the human form. His canvases are layered not only with color and texture, but with personal history—stories of queerness, courage,
