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  A Record Number Of Out LGBTQ Athletes Will Compete In The Tokyo Paralympics

  At least 28 publicly out Paralympians will be competing in the summer games in Tokyo, more than double the number that took part in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, according to the website Outsports.

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  KUOW Newsroom

  Pack your weekend with events celebrating Pride, Renaissance magic, and young musicians

  ‘One of my favorite events is a movie screening of the film But I'm a Cheerleader.’
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  LGBTQ Adults Are Facing Hunger At Almost Twice The Rate As Others, New Data Shows

  LGBTQ Americans in a new Census survey reported higher rates of food and economic insecurity, indicating the community is experiencing a particularly heavy financial toll from the pandemic.

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  Speakers Forum

  Sasha Issenberg tells the surprising story of how marriage equality was won

  It has been just over six years since the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. In his new, exhaustively researched book The Engagement: America’s Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage, author Sasha Issenberg shares many of the stories and successful strategies that led to marriage equality.
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  Seattle Now

  Local designer aims to turn Seattle into fashion hot spot

  Worried you won't remember how to get dressed once lockdown lifts? Fashion desinger Jamen Lanogwa Saziru believes there's hope for Puget Sound style beyond fleece and flannel.
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  Photos: Pride And Queer Stories Through The Lens Of Black Women Photographers

  Love. Freedom. Truth. These some of the ways Black Women Photographers members describe Pride Month. Here, they share images of past Pride celebrations or projects focusing on LGBTQ stories.

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  RadioActive

  Quarantine from the closet: A love story told through missed calls

  A fictional story about two young people navigating their newfound distance during the pandemic, told through their voicemail messages.
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  Gay And Bisexual Men Are Now Allowed To Donate Blood In England, Scotland And Wales

  The shift in health policy in most of the U.K. reverses a decades-old rule that limited donor eligibility on perceived risks of contracting HIV/AIDs and other sexually transmitted infections.

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  Speakers Forum

  'Attractive for an Asian man’: Photographer reframes Asian American masculinity

  Chinese American photographer Andrew Kung is reclaiming representation of the all-American man one portrait at a time.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Cap Hill Pride Festival tells SPD to stay home

  The Capitol Hill Pride festival plans to host a march and rally the weekend of June 26-27. This year organizers are asking Seattle Police to stand back.

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