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Seattle physician improves healthcare for LGBTQ patients

Seattle physician improves healthcare for LGBTQ patients | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

A family doctor with the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle is helping providers understand health disparities to create equitable care for the LGBTQ community. Faculty physician Dr. Kevin Wang’s personal story of struggle inspired his journey to improve the quality of medical care for LGBTQ patients.

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Why this CEO favors the struggles and perks of self-reliance in building his Seattle startup

Why this CEO favors the struggles and perks of self-reliance in building his Seattle startup | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

While the path can be tougher and slower, Join It CEO Mitch Colleran leans toward going his own way, ducking the help of better known organizations and institutions. When he launched his Seattle-based…

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'Pride in a Box' helps people celebrate the LGBTQ community from home

'Pride in a Box' helps people celebrate the LGBTQ community from home | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Pride in Kitsap won't be the traditional festival in Evergreen Park this year, but celebration of the LGBTQ community will continue in a new socially-distanced way.

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Pride online: 10 virtual ways to celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in Seattle

Pride online: 10 virtual ways to celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in Seattle | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

June is Pride Month, a time when the LGBTQIA+ community comes together to celebrate and express themselves. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing measures, the large and lively parades that draw crowds by the thousands won't be happening in Seattle this year. Instead, they'll take place on screen. From livestream drag shows to book clubs, keep reading to see how to celebrate Pride virtually this month in Seattle.

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Grace and love carried me through my coming out as a gay priest

Grace and love carried me through my coming out as a gay priest | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

I met the face of an unconditionally loving God in the gaze of my own mother, to whom I came out to as a young priest.  

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VIDEO: Thrive Together with Queer/Bar

The GSBA is a bedrock for small businesses to be sustainable and thrive." For Joey Burgess, owner of Capitol Hill's Queer/Bar, GSBA represents a pillar of the neighborhood business community through its newest program, the Capitol Hill Business Alliance.

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2TravelDads share their adventures and travel tips

2TravelDads share their adventures and travel tips | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
A Suquamish couple's love for traveling with their kids has turned them in to a social media sensation.
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Jonathan Van Ness Invites Colorado of Masterpiece Cakeshop Case to Wedding in Seattle

Jonathan Van Ness Invites Colorado of Masterpiece Cakeshop Case to Wedding in Seattle | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
The star will wed a Seattle couple in Seattle during Pride
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Study: LGBT Community Centers Serve More Than 40,000 People Each Week

Study: LGBT Community Centers Serve More Than 40,000 People Each Week | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

For many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, LGBT community centers are a critical and sometimes the only local source of targeted social, educational, and health services. According to a new report released Tuesday from MAP and CenterLink, The 2018 LGBT Community Center Survey Report: Assessing the Capacity and Programs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Centers, these centers are often understaffed, underfunded, and under resourced, yet they serve more than 40,000 people each week and provide targeted referrals to nearly 5,500 people.


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Skyline grad Bradley Kim, a defensive back at Air Force, comes out as gay

Skyline grad Bradley Kim, a defensive back at Air Force, comes out as gay | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Kim, who shared his story on his Instagram account and through an interview with Outsports, is the first active football player at a service academy to publicly come out.
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Seattle’s Pride Parade goes ‘Beyond Borders’

Seattle’s Pride Parade goes ‘Beyond Borders’ | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Though there was much to celebrate at the parade, opposition to the separation of immigrant families surfaced as a major concern. “We can celebrate this beautiful day and look out for our brothers and sisters who are struggling — there’s room for both,” said one paradegoer.
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'Dungeons & Dragons' Selling Pride Shirts to Support LGBTQ Center

'Dungeons & Dragons' Selling Pride Shirts to Support LGBTQ Center | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Dungeons & Dragons fans can show off their support of the LGBTQ community by buying a new shirt that supports a great cause. Wizards of the Coast is holding a fundraiser to support the Lambert House, a Seattle based center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth. Supporters can buy a shirt featuring the iconic D&D ampersand decked out in rainbow colors to support the fundraiser.


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UW researcher wins $1 million National Science Foundation grant to study transgender youth

UW researcher wins $1 million National Science Foundation grant to study transgender youth | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Kristina Olson, who runs the TransYouth Project at the University of Washington, was awarded The National Science Foundation’s Alan T. Waterman Award — the U.S. government’s highest honor for an early career scientist or engineer.
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Closure of Seattle’s Gay and Lesbian Bars Leaves LGBTQ Residents Adrift

Closure of Seattle’s Gay and Lesbian Bars Leaves LGBTQ Residents Adrift | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions that followed has caused the vibrant Capitol Hill neighborhood to darken.

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Gay artists forgotten no more, thanks to ‘The Lavender Palette’

Gay artists forgotten no more, thanks to ‘The Lavender Palette’ | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The book features work by 13 important Northwest artists who fell into obscurity after their deaths.

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Virtual Seattle Pride Fest Has Businesses Yearning for Years Past

Virtual Seattle Pride Fest Has Businesses Yearning for Years Past | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
The pandemic and gun violence have cast a pall on what is usually a profitable month for Capitol Hill establishments.
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The AIDS crisis forged a generation of activists; now they’re supporting the LGBTQ+ community in the coronavirus pandemic

The AIDS crisis forged a generation of activists; now they’re supporting the LGBTQ+ community in the coronavirus pandemic | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The AIDS crisis brought the LGBTQ+ community in Seattle together. They advocated for LGBTQ+ rights, supported the ill, and formed community groups that live on and provide vital services today, as the coronavirus spreads through the Seattle area.

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Washington’s new LGBTQ commission head is Manny Santiago

Former Tacoma Rainbow Center director Manny Santiago has been named the executive director of Washington’s new LGBTQ Commission. It will identify the needs of and advocate for LGBTQ citizens in Washington State government.

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Through the doors of the Q Center

Through the doors of the Q Center | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

 Through the doors of the Q Center - ‘We enter the conversation of justice through the lens of sexuality and gender’

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Seattle LGBTQ police liaison trains other departments on bridging communication gaps

Seattle LGBTQ police liaison trains other departments on bridging communication gaps | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Jim Ritter serves as a full-time LGBTQ liaison for the Seattle Police Department — one of the only departments in the country to have a full-time employee dedicated to bridging the gap between police and the LGBTQ community.

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Gay City has expanded E Pike library and resource center — and Three Dollar Bill Cinema as a new roommate

Gay City has expanded E Pike library and resource center — and Three Dollar Bill Cinema as a new roommate | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Capitol Hill’s Gay City has opened its new library and resource center on E Pike. It also has a new partner in the expanded space. Gay City, which promotes wellness in Seattle’s LGBTQ community by providing health services, connecting people to needed resources, allowing for artistic expression, and building community, has maintained a growing library for years. The Michael C. Weidemann LGBT Library, at Gay City first opened in 2009, when the nonprofit inherited the LGBT Lending Library from the closing Seattle LGBT Community Center, and now houses more than 8,000 books...


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There's a New Gay Bar on Union Called Union

There's a New Gay Bar on Union Called Union | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Photos of Seattle's newest gay bar, Union, brought you by the people behind the late, great Thumper's.

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Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party Keeps the Cool in Changing, Historically Queer Neighborhood

Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party Keeps the Cool in Changing, Historically Queer Neighborhood | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Summer music festivals bring residents together and foster community pride. For Seattle’s annual Capitol Hill Block Party, this is not only true, but vital in a time when a community once home to artists and queer folks is fighting to keep its identity.
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Seattle man honored for intervening after two gay men attacked in Ballard

Seattle man honored for intervening after two gay men attacked in Ballard | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

“It takes a lot of courage to put yourself in a dangerous situation where you know other people have already been hurt and you’re trying to stop them,” said one of the victims of the December attack.

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Amazon employees pushed execs to seek LGBT-friendly city for HQ2

Amazon employees pushed execs to seek LGBT-friendly city for HQ2 | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Brian Huseman, an Amazon vice president, earlier this year sent a memo to members an employee group in an effort to reassure them that the company would keep LGBT issues in mind when selecting a second headquarters location.
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