GIVING EVERY DAY

Local Organizations Worth Donating To

’Tis the season to give—especially after the year we’ve had.

12/03/2024 By Seattle Met Staff

Signs of the Times

Inside the Battle Between Two Private Christian Colleges for LGBTQ+ Students

It’s about more than just billboards.

10/30/2024 By Adam Willems

Forced Out

Families with Trans Kids Are Finding Refuge in Seattle

When Texas laws made life unbearable for their daughter, the Tillisons moved to Washington. They aren’t the only ones.

12/12/2023 By Sam Leeds

Feature

The Schism at Seattle Pacific University

How an anti-LGBTQ+ policy led to an existential dispute at a small Christian college, pitting students and faculty against the board—and placing the institution in peril.

06/08/2023 By Benjamin Cassidy Photography by Daniel Berman

Pride City

LGBTQ Health and Wellness Resources in Seattle

From trans, gender-affirming care to queer-focused clinics, these local organizations cut through the stigma.

11/16/2022 By Sophia Urabe and Seattle Met Staff

On View

Molly Vaughan’s After Boucher Brings Rococo to the Frye

The artist and trans activist’s work queers the drawings of French painter François Boucher.

10/21/2022 By Sophie Grossman

Pride In Our Past

Seattle’s Gay Bar Scene Is Changing—and That’s a Good Thing

We've come a long way. But there's still more work to do.

06/27/2019 By Sam Jones

Always Proud

How to Support the Queer Community Year-Round

A compendium of ways to be an LGBTQ ally beyond Pride Month.

06/13/2019 By Sam Jones

Born This Way

Conversion Therapy Survivors Still Have Wounds to Heal

Licensed therapists can no longer practice conversion therapy on minors. But new legislation can't erase the anguish of those who lived through the experience.

06/19/2018 By Hayat Norimine

Olympia Dispatch

Washington State Bans Conversion Therapy for Minors

Washington will be the 11th state to ban the practice.

03/28/2018 By Hayat Norimine

This Washington

State Will Offer a Nonbinary Gender on Birth Certificates

The rule change will take effect as of January 27.

01/04/2018 By Hayat Norimine

That Washington

Bill Introduced by Senator Murray Would Explicitly Ban Credit Discrimination Against LGBTQ

Only 15 states and DC have laws in place that prevent credit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

05/17/2017 By Hayat Norimine

Guest Opinion

Trans Women Are Women. Period.

The legislature's priority should be protection, not discrimination.

01/29/2016 By Danni Askini

City

Transgender Employee Says Pagliacci Discriminated

Dylan Paul says managers should have backed her up when a customer misgendered her

07/14/2014 By Casey Jaywork

City Hall

Clark to Russian Consul: Russian Anti-Gay Laws "Take Away Hope"

After strongly defending her decision not to support a nonbinding resolution condemning Russia's anti-gay laws, City Council president Sally Clark writes a letter to the Russian consul that does just that.

10/21/2013 By Erica C. Barnett