During the COVID-19 pandemic, the term "unsung hero" was tossed around a lot, as average yet extraordinary people struggled to find alternative means of survival because the government failed to protect them.

For us introverts, post-COVID King County is a peculiar time and place to explore questions like: Are we still queer without the physical acts of sex? Who have we been this last year without bars, parades (Seattle Pride is going virtual again this year),

How can arts heal after the pandemic? First, we must acknowledge that, while there are vaccines and we are in various stages of reopening, the virus is not yet defeated. There might not be a post-COVID era for many years—or ever.

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When I first saw The Celluloid Closet in the late '90s, I was blown away. It was a perfect documentary from start to finish, directed by a team of Gay directors, Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein. I so much wanted to

What's the biggest Queer-friendly event you've probably never heard of, and even less likely seen?

Close your eyes and slip into a dreamy realm of endless opportunity. This is what it felt like to be immersed in the radio play The Celestial Omnibus by E.M. Forster, which was written in 1911.

Renee (Tommie-Amber Pirie) and Valerie (Sarah Allen) set out on a road trip to a secluded cabin in the woods for a shindig with a couple of friends about to tie the knot. The two have been dating for some time, and they're at that point in their relations

It had literally been 15 months since I'd covered any event that wasn't virtual, so I was excited to attend the RuPaul tour's live drive-in event. Rescheduled from its original September 2020 date, "Drive 'N Drag Saves 2021!" turned out to be the best RuP

Even though it carries an R rating, The Djinn would be a pretty decent "gateway horror" flick for older kids who enjoy reading the works of Alvin Schwartz or R.L. Stine. Set in 1989, the film follows Dylan Jacobs (Ezra Dewey), a mute 12-year-old who has j

As a film lover of a Transgender experience, it was hard not to enjoy the diverse offerings and events this year at Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival, produced by Three Dollar Bill Cinema, the geniuses behind the annual Seattle Queer Film Fe

Like a combination of a grimy 1990s police procedural and the long-running series of horror films from which it is spun off that helped bring the term "torture porn" into the cinematic lexicon, Spiral: From the Book of Saw is a mixed bag of gruesomely blo