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The Nation and The LGBTQ Community Mourn The Passing of Justice Ginsburg

September 18, 2020 • The nation, or at least the compassionate progressive citizens of this country, are in...

Summer Taylor Dies After Being Struck By Driver During Protest

July 7, 2020 • Summer Taylor one of two protesters struck by car during a police brutality rally on I-5 in...

Seattle Loses A Pioneer Activist; SGN Editor George Bakan Dies at 79

June 9, 2020 • The LGBTQ community of Seattle and Western Washington lost a pioneering advocate and...

Former Community Leader Shaun Knittel Dies, Aged 39

January 1, 2020 • The Seattle LGBTQ community woke up to shocking news on the first day of 2020 as the news...

A Toast To The Late Great Burt Reynolds… #F*ckFacebookCensorship

September 6, 2018 • Hollywood icon/leading man BURT REYNOLDS passed away today at age 82 after years of illness....

A Toast To 2 Great Booksellers: Debbie Sarow and Barbara Bailey

September 6, 2018 • As a passionate lover of books, I think it’s important to acknowledge that Seattle has...

A Toast…To The Legend Known As Aretha Franklin

August 16, 2018 • We lost a legend today, Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul passed away aged 76. She was never...

Remembering Tab Hunter

July 13, 2018 • TCM to Remember Legendary Actor Tab Hunter on July 20  Programming Tribute to Include The...

Stonewall Turns 49…And, Honoring A Queer Pioneer We Just Lost: Dick Leitsch

June 28, 2018 •   Today, June 28th, is the actual anniversary date of the Stonewall Uprising the 1969 New...

Remembering Peggy Platt On KUOW…And, At A Memorial Service

April 12, 2018 • For fans of Seattle comedian/actress PEGGY PLATT, you have a couple different options to...

Shocker: “Storm Chasers” Star Dies Of Suspected Overdose On Atlantis Cruise

January 24, 2018 • Cruising the high seas on a big gay ocean liner is a very popular LGBTQ travel...

AIDS Research Pioneer Dr. Mathilde Krim Dies At 91

January 16, 2018 • The founding chair of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and...

A Very Lovely Lady Has Died

November 25, 2016 • Obviously, we’re going to raise a toast to a VERY lovely lady we lost...

October 24, 2016 • A Toast To Pete Burns…Who Defined Fluidity For A Generation of LGBTQ People

Community Leader, Sonorra McMath, Passed Away Last Month.

January 14, 2016 • SGS learned entirely too late that a powerhouse queer woman of color, Sonorra...

Pacific NW Pitchman For “Vern Fonk” Has Honked His Last Honk

August 18, 2015 • For Pacific Northwest fans of cheesy locally made television...