Stonewall News Northwest reached out to 68 candidates in 30 state legislative district races in 5 Washington State counties. We posed six questions gauging their positions on equality, inclusivity, instilling civility in discourse and bridging community divides. Many candidates shied away from these questions, but others stepped up. Ten responded,
This week: UNGA shenanigans, Türk’s warning, Turkey’s crackdown widens, Hungary unwinds Orbán, Fiji’s HIV emergency, NYU Langone and UPMC fold, Grindr vs. MISTR at CGI This update is provided by Fabrice Houdart, consider supporting his important work. UN High-Level Week is in full swing in NYC,
Practical Magic 2 returns viewers to the Owens family, where being a witch is less about superpowers and more about an inheritance they cannot escape. Sally and Gillian are back in the old house, older now, carrying forward everything that the first film set in motion. The story begins when
FRUIT FLY JOSH SILVER ©️2026 Crooked Lane Books 384 PAGES Fruit Fly is Josh Silver's debut adult novel, and it's one of the most gripping and unsettling books I have read in years. This is not a cozy read. It is bold, dark, and unafraid to
Including Stonewall News Northwest, SGN/Seattle Gay News, Just Out and more, the Stonewall Archive spans over 35,000 pages across thousands of issues from Seattle to Portland and Spokane dating back to 1971. Welcome to the Pacific Northwest’s largest online high-resolution color LGBTQ+ publication archive. Jump to
"Look what I found!” It is a common experience at the ranch for a young child to arrive at our reception desk with a rock in their hand, proudly presenting their discovery as though they have uncovered something of extraordinary importance. Sometimes it is a smooth jade, sometimes it’
I want to let you in on a little secret: I’m getting older. So are all of you. Minute by minute, time marches on, and all we can do is try to keep up to the best of our abilities. Getting old isn’t easy, and we often don’
The description of gender-affirming care is “an individualized spectrum of social, psychological, and medical services that support people in aligning their physical expression of identity with their internal sense of gender.” Washington state law protects access to gender-affirming care for both youth and adults. However, where do parents
You try, and you try. Once, twice, you go back at that thorny issue, the dream you have, the punchline that’s not hitting quite right. Sometimes, time is all you need to make it better, or a new approach, or a second look. And then there are days when
This week: Ecuador restricts adoption by LGBTQ+ parents, UN shenanigans, the ABA and DEI, lessons from “ex-gay” changes of heart, a “lesbian picnic,” Chris Pappas, Alice Weidel, and much more… This update is provided by Fabrice Houdart, consider supporting his important work. Welcome back. I hope you are ready
DOGS OF VENICE STEVEN ROWLEY ©️2025 G.P. Putnam’s Sons 80 PAGES This book might be short, but it's packed with heart. I picked it up on a quiet afternoon and finished it before dinner — and honestly, I wasn't expecting it to stick with me
Rejection cuts straight to my bones. Perhaps because it's a demon I've been fighting for decades. So when a letter arrived in the mail a few days ago discouraging me from submitting a full grant proposal to a major funder in the religion news space — the
Journalist Lucy Stutesman of Washington State University has earned her place in The New York Times Corps talent-mentorship program. Twenty-one college students are selected from across the country to participate. The program began in 2022 and is designed for undergraduates who are pursuing journalism. Stutesman will be paired
This week: Transgender Americans migration, Grindr’s price point, The Disappearers, La Bola Negra, John Galliano, Milo Yiannopoulos, Burning Man, UNGA and much more… This update is provided by Fabrice Houdart, consider supporting his important work. Well, my friends. This is it. C’est la rentrée—except, of course, for
Apparently, there’s no “Friendship Divorce Court”- and I have questions. After my recent article about how to make a new friend- spoiler alert: invite them over to play Legos - almost a dozen people asked me to write about the opposite: How do you break up with a friend? Frankly,
Stonewall News Northwest reached out to 68 candidates in 30 state legislative district races in 5 Washington State counties. We posed six questions gauging their positions on equality, inclusivity, instilling civility in discourse and bridging community divides. Many candidates shied away from these questions, but others stepped up. In Clark
