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Seattle Rezones Rainier Beach Site, But Affordable Housing Remains Years Away

Rainier Beach gained new zoning capacity for affordable housing, yet no housing project is currently on the horizon. Here's what's planned for the site now.

Sapphic social media personality plans Queer, crafty summer camp on Whidbey Island

Summer camp holds a sacred place in the hearts and minds of many Queer people, especially in the Pacific Northwest. For many in the LGBTQIA+ community, it was the first experience with freedom, a chance to explore identities, and a week to slow down, enjoy nature, do some crafting, and make lifelong memories. Unfortunately, for many, the magic of summer camp ends with childhood. However, one community organizer and craft enthusiast is working to recreate the magic for adults across the West Coast. Natalie K

Celebrate Pride 2026, South End Style

Looking for Pride plans beyond downtown? Our guide rounds up South Seattle's biggest LBGTQIA+ celebrations, from White Center and Columbia City to Georgetown, Hillman City, and beyond.

Seattle City Hall celebrates its 14th annual Pride flag-raising ceremony

An amalgamation of Seattle’s top public officials, LGBTQIA+ organizations, and community leaders came together on sunny and bright June 1 to celebrate the 14th annual raising of the Pride flag at City Hall. The tone of the event was somber and reflective, as well as passionate and defiant, as one by one, speakers rose to address the pressing struggles Queer and Trans people are currently facing both in the city and across the country. “As we are witnessing an unprecedented wave of backlash across the US tar

Christopher Leahy refuses to attend arraignment for first degree murder charges of Juniper Blessing

On June 4, 31-year-old Christopher Leahy was scheduled, but refused to attend, his arraignment on charges of murder in the first degree with a deadly weapon in a King County Superior courtroom. Leahy is accused of killing 19-year-old Trans woman and UW student Juniper Blessing, who suffered 40+ stab wounds before bleeding to death in her off-campus student housing laundry room according to the King County Medical Examiner. Leahy’s defense counsel was granted a request for a competency evaluation by King

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“Beyond Mysticism: The Modern Northwest” and SAM confronted: A Seattle art critic reveals how Gay artists went hidden in plain sight

The Seattle Art Museum is a 93-year-old institution with a history as varied — and as complicated — as the artists whose works have graced its exhibition halls throughout the years. But hidden underneath the museum’s public façade lies a Queer history that remains unknown. After Lucía Yvette Moliné-Gonzalez’s op-ed in the SGN in March about the Gay artists that were featured in SAM’s “Beyond Mysticism: The Modern Northwest” exhibit, the SGN contacted multiple parties, including Seattle art critic Matthew Ka

Black and Brown Youth in the South End Find Their Voices Through Spoken-Word Poetry

Stonewall’s 2026 Pride guide to 105 PNW Pride events in WA, OR, ID, and MT

A 2026 Pacific Northwest Pride Guide with over 100+ events!

The Force isn’t with the kid-friendly Mandalorian and Grogu

While watching Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, the first theatrical Star Wars adventure since 2019’s misbegotten The Rise of Skywalker, I tried to put myself back in my 1977 kiddie shoes. It was immediately clear to me that director and cowriter Jon Favreau intended his film — a feature-length sequel to the Emmy-winning Disney+ television show The Mandalorian — to be something children were going to enjoy far more than their parents. It skews very young, keeps the plotting simplistic, and fills the sc

Pressure: Andrew Scott anchors a powerful D-Day drama

D-Day was one of the most important military operations of World War II. On June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched the Normandy landings in northern France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control. Known as Operation Overlord, the invasion brought together American, British, Canadian, and other Allied troops in a massive air, sea, and land assault across five beaches. It was not only a battle of soldiers and weapons. It was also a battle against time, tides, and weather. The success of D-

The Electric Sculptures of Black Artist Tom Lloyd Illuminate the Frye

An exhibition at Frye Art Museum called "Tom Lloyd" is a fascinating exploration into the career of Lloyd, an early pioneer of light art who has remained obscured from broader art history.