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Home *Dragolicious, *Resist. Protest. Obstruct. Inform., 2019 Elections, Arts & Entertainment, Capitol Hill News, DJ Dance Party, Drag, Elections, Gay News, News, Nightlife, Queer News, Seattle Drag, Seattle News, Seattle Politics, We Love The NightlifeDrag Stars To Turn Out For Kshama Sawant Benefit At Chop Suey Tonight

Drag Stars To Turn Out For Kshama Sawant Benefit At Chop Suey Tonight

May 23, 2019• byMichael Strangeways

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The race for the District 3 Seattle City Council seat is highly contested in this year’s city elections with incumbent Kshama Sawant facing a number of challengers for her seat which represents a wide variety of Seattle neighborhoods including most of the very diverse Central District but also the very rich environs of Madrona and Madison Park. It also includes Seattle’s traditional LGBTQ neighborhood, Capitol Hill and this year’s race for the seat includes three LGBTQ residents including Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce head Egan Orion and Zachary DeWolf, currently on the Seattle School Board.

But, Sawant is choosing to fight for LGBTQ voters in the district. Included in her platform:

Fully Fund LGBTQ Services: Fund an LGBTQ Center. Expand mental health services, and fund social alternatives to over policing. Make corporate landlords pay for homeless services with a tax on vacant luxury units. Fight for an improved Medicare-for-All that includes gender-affirming surgeries, hormones, and LGBTQ healthcare.

End Harassment and Fight Hate Crimes: Establish an independent elected office to investigate workplace sexual and gender harassment, with full powers to hold corporations accountable. Fund a 24-hour hate crime hotline. Fully fund education and anti-bullying material in schools and workplaces. Fight Trump! Regardless of federal policy, Seattle should reject companies that have discriminatory practices and policies.

But, the Sawant campaign isn’t just stopping there…they’re reaching out to LGBTQ voters and supporters with a fundraiser event tonight at Chop Suey starting at 7:30pm. ALL OUT FOR KSHAMA SAWANT: DRAG SHOW & CONCERT has a line-up of performers including:

 

Thadayus & The Electrofunks * Atasha Manila * DonnaTella Howe * Mizz Honey Bucket * DJ Reverend Dollars *

Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the doors – go here to snag tix.

And, here’s more from the Sawant Campaign:

What’s at stake this year is who runs Seattle – Amazon and big business or working people. Since Kshama was first elected in 2013, our movements have won powerful victories, like the $15/hour minimum wage and landmark renters rights. At the same time, rents have skyrocketed, and our city has increasingly become a playground for big developers and the wealthy. Working people, especially LGBTQ and communities of color, have been economically evicted from Capitol Hill, the Central District, and from Seattle.

Our movements for affordable housing have just begun. Big business is determined to use this election year to try and defeat us. They will use big corporate cash to try and get Kshama out of City Hall. We can’t let them buy this election! We need more, not fewer, working-class representatives like Kshama who don’t take a penny from corporate interests, and fight unambiguously for working and oppressed people. Join us May 23rd to go all out and fight for the city we need:

Tax Amazon and Big Business to Fund a Massive Expansion of Social Housing: Build tens of thousands of high-quality, publicly-owned, permanently-affordable homes, as an alternative to the failed for-profit market. The affordable housing and homelessness crisis disproportionately affects LGBTQ community members and people of color. We need rent control and a tenants bill of rights.

 

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About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.

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