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• Sheriff: Man stabs mother in Shoreline

  21-06-2017 23:51
  
  A 65-year-old woman was sent to the hospital fighting for her life Wednesday afternoon after reportedly being stabbed by her son, according to the King County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• Photos from the Rally for Charleena Lyles

  21-06-2017 23:51 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia Knauf"I'll never see my sister again,” Lyles’ younger sister, Tiffany Rodgers told the crowd, crying. “Her kids will never see her again… I just want to grieve right now. I can’t even do that because I’m so angry. I'm scared of our so-called protectors. I was before, but I definitely am now." Nate Gowdy
  Hundreds of community members gathered at the Brettler Family Place housing complex in Laurelhurst on Tuesday for a rally to demand justice for C
  
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• Sunday could be hottest day Seattle has seen all year

  21-06-2017 23:48
  
  The National Weather Service warns of a genuine heat wave across Western Washington this weekend. 
  
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• Drunk Man Eaten Alive By a Pack of Dogs

  21-06-2017 23:47 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThis is a free stock photo of a dog. If you want to see the real video, well...
  He was walking home on a dusty road. He was drunk and had a beer bottle in his hand. After walking over a muddy puddle that reflected the leaves of the trees and the cloudy and dusky sky, a pack of stray dogs attacked him. They came at him from every direction. They pulled him down, he rose up and stumbled about. They pulled him down again, and he managed to rise up again. They pulled him down a thir
  
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• Will Jody Hall Conquer Cannabis Like She Did with Cupcakes and Coffee?

  21-06-2017 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lester BlackShe’s here, she’s queer, and she’s an edibles pioneer. Lester Black
  Jody Hall does business like a Wild West settler: For two decades, she's been setting up shop not where the customers are but where the customers will be. She worked at Starbucks in the early 1990s, when most Americans couldn't pronounce "latte" and the chain had 30 stores. Then she created Cupcake Royale in 2003, before people could imagine spending $4 on a small cake.
  Cupcake Royale now has six
  
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• Ed Murray still deciding whether to re-enter mayoral race

  21-06-2017 23:19
  
  Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is conducting his own poll to determine whether he will re-enter the mayoral race after dropping out in May, a spokesperson confirmed to SeattlePI.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Mother Tries Her Best Not to Beat Up Jerks Who Make Fun of Her Kid

  21-06-2017 22:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  I’m a queer mother to a very liberal, accepting family but I’m freaking out a bit and I need your help.
  My child, let’s call them Sweetie, is a 7-year-old (assigned male at birth) who has always loved sparkles, rainbows, high heels and all things femme. Sweetie has been insisting for about a year that they’re not a boy, and just last week told me and their siblings that they’re a girl.
  This is not the problem. We all love Sweetie and accept them for wh
  
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• Seattle income tax would cost up to $6 million per year to administer and enforce, analysis shows

  21-06-2017 22:31
  
  The income tax proposed for Seattle would require 40 to 50 new staff members at a cost of $5 million to $6 million per year, according to a City Council analysis. The tax is projected to raise an estimated $125 million per year.
  
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• See Ya, Wouldn’t Wanna Be Ya: Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Steps Down

  21-06-2017 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Yesterday Uber CEO and founder Travis Kalanick resigned amid multiple scandals at the ride-sharing company.by Amber CortesB-Bye now, sayonara, farewell, toodle-oo! MONEY SHARMA VIA GETTY IMAGES
  Well, it finally happened. Yesterday Uber CEO and founder Travis Kalanick resigned, amid multiple scandals over the past few years involving sexist jokes and comments by prominent employees and board members, and a corporate culture of misogyny that has plagued the company since the bombshell letterdroppe
  
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• TUFFEST Announces First Wave of Artists, Including K-Hand, Russell E.L. Butler, and Taylar Elizza Beth

  21-06-2017 21:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalCharismatic, unconventional rapper Taylor Elizza Beth. April Sol
  TUF, a Seattle collective that champions work by female, non-binary, and trans electronic musicians, DJs, and visual artists, announced its first wave of artists for the second annual TUFFEST, which happens August 26 at Judkins Park. The bill so far includes Detroit hard-techno veteran K-Hand, emotionally resonant Seattle MC Taylar Elizza Beth, Oakland techno-house renegade Russell E.L. Butler, and Chicago house-music
  
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• Naomi Klein to the Left: Enough About Trump

  21-06-2017 21:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Naomi Klein says Trump's agenda isn't new. It's been around for decades and is moving along very quickly and efficiently.by Charles Mudede
  Naomi Klein's new book No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need can be read as a remix/synthesis of two her most popular books: No Logo and The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.The main ideas in these books connect with the key features of Trump's business/political/entertainment enterprise. He is a capit
  
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• My First Time at the Wildrose: An Oral History of One of the West Coast's Last Lesbian Bars

  21-06-2017 21:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney Brownstone PHOTOS COURTESY OF BRYHER HERAK
  "The Wildrose got its start in the early 1980s, when a collective of five women began scouting locations for a new lesbian bar. They wanted to open a women's bar that was light, served good food, and was a place where women would feel comfortable bringing friends and family, straight and gay. They settled on the location of the Sundance Tavern, a sports bar frequented by Seattle University students on the corner of 11th Avenue and East Pike St
  
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• Seattle power outage snarls traffic between Ballard, Belltown

  21-06-2017 21:13
  
  A power outage along Elliott Avenue has darkened traffic signals along the Seattle arterial.
  
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• Poll Finds Nearly Half of Seattleites Support Changing Single Family Zoning

  21-06-2017 21:06 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverLittle boxes on the hillside. sandiegoa/getty
  Something I missed this morning in that KUOW/KING 5 poll asking about the mayoral race and several local issues: They asked about single-family zoning!The poll of 900 people (800 of them registered voters) asked respondents: "The city may rezone some parts of the city to allow multi-family homes in areas where only single-family homes are today permitted. Do you support this zoning change? Or oppose it?" Of those who took a stand, mor
  
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• Sheriff: UW student likely drowned in Lake Chelan

  21-06-2017 21:05
  
  The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office identified the missing man as a 23-year-old South Korean national on a student visa to study at the University of Washington.
  
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• Pride weekend will be a good time, but not for drivers

  21-06-2017 20:43
  
  Seattle Pride weekend is shaping up to be a good time for just about everyone, except possibly those who plan on driving a car anywhere.
  
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• Second Mayoral Poll Shows Durkan, Hasegawa Leading

  21-06-2017 20:28 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverJenny Durkan was among the top two candidates in two polls released today. nate gowdy
  A second poll released today shows former U.S. attorney Jenny Durkan is likely to make it through the August 1 primary for mayor of Seattle. But who makes it through the two-candidate primary with her remains anyone's guess.The Seattle Times reports that a poll by Wilson Strategic for the news site Washington State Wire puts Durkan in the lead and state Senator Bob Hasegawa in second place. That
  
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• Scrutiny intensifies over safety at US nuclear weapons lab

  21-06-2017 20:21
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The safety record at the U.S. laboratory that created the atomic bomb is facing intensifying criticism as work ramps up to produce a key component for the nation’s nuclear weapons cache. A series published this week by the Center for Public Integrity cites numerous internal reports and other documents outlining federal […]
  
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• Connelly: Two early polls show strength of Durkan for Seattle mayor

  21-06-2017 20:16
  
  Seattle is headed for a wide-open, fluid race for Mayor, as the Emerald City heads for a mid-summer August 1 primary.  Two early polls show strength of former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan,  recognition for former Mayor Mike McGinn.  Ex-State Rep. Jessyn Farrell is copping endorsements from Democratic groups. Will Ed Murray run as a write-in?
  
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• With government shutdown looming, Olympia heads into a third OT session

  21-06-2017 19:53
  
  With lawmakers gridlocked over on a new budget and education funding, Gov. Jay Inslee Wednesday called a third special legislative session. Without a new budget, parts of the state government could shut down on July 1.
  
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• With government shutdown looming, Olympia heading into a third OT session

  21-06-2017 19:53
  
  Gov. Jay Inslee is expected to announce the year’s third special legislative session at a 1:30 p.m. news conference Wednesday.
  
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• Man who came to girlfriend’s aid was killed by suspected drunken driver on I-90 near Issaquah

  21-06-2017 19:51
  
  The suspect, a Lake Forest Park man, was booked into King County Jail early Wednesday on investigation of vehicular homicide.
  
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• Man who came to girlfriend’s aid killed by suspected drunken driver on I-90 near Issaquah

  21-06-2017 19:51
  
  The suspect, a Lake Forest Park man, was booked into King County Jail early Wednesday on investigation of vehicular homicide.
  
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• Road rage in Kent: Subaru strikes Jeep three times

  21-06-2017 19:19
  
  The driver of a Subaru tried to stop a Jeep from passing on the shoulder of Highway 516 in Kent, according to the Washington State Patrol. Both drivers were issued traffic tickets.
  
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• Polls: Durkan, McGinn leading in Seattle mayoral race — unless Murray jumps back in

  21-06-2017 18:55
  
  One poll released Wednesday shows Jenny Durkan leading in the race for Seattle mayor, with Bob Hasegawa battling for second place. Another poll has Mike McGinn out ahead of the pack.
  
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• Poll: Durkan has lead, Hasegawa next in Seattle mayoral race — unless Murray jumps back in

  21-06-2017 18:55
  
  Jenny Durkan has a lead in the Seattle mayoral race, according to a new poll. But she would lose votes if Mayor Ed Murray were to re-enter the Aug. 1 primary race, the poll says.
  
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• Flu vaccine ineffective for people 65 and older last winter

  21-06-2017 18:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The flu vaccine did a poor job protecting older Americans against the illness last winter, even though the vaccine was well-matched to the flu bugs going around. U.S. health officials on Wednesday released new vaccine data showing it did a so-so job overall. The vaccine was about 42 percent effective in […]
  
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• Man is struck by 2 trains in Portland, Ore.

  21-06-2017 18:41
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. — Authorities say a man suffered life-threatening injuries after he was hit by two trains in Portland, Oregon. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Portland Police Sgt. Chris Burley says the man was hit late Tuesday by an eastbound Union Pacific freight train and then hit by a westbound Amtrak train. Burley says the man was […]
  
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• How Seattle drivers get it wrong, left-lane campers and beyond

  21-06-2017 18:25
  
  We've all got our gripes with Seattle traffic. Here are just a few.
  
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• ‘Congestion for sure’: Sounders, Mariners games to clog commute

  21-06-2017 17:36
  
  Seattle Sounders’ kickoff and Mariners’ first pitch should take place within half-hour of each other, likely adding to an already complicated commute, WSDOT says.
  
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• The Morning News: Hundreds Rally for Charleena Lyles, Ossoff Loses, Durkan and McGinn Top Mayoral Poll

  21-06-2017 17:28 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverA memorial outside the apartment building where police killed Charleena Lyles Sunday. Ana Sofia Knauf
  Calling for Justice for Charleena Lyles: Hundreds of people gathered for a rally outside the housing complex where 30-year-old Lyles lived and was killed by police Sunday. Lyles called to report a burglary and two officers responded. The encounter began calmly and then escalated quickly. A transcript of audio from the scene released by Seattle Police includes one officer saying "
  
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• Hundreds Rally and March After Police Shooting of Charleena Lyles

  21-06-2017 17:19 via thestranger.comnews
  
  by Heidi GrooverTwo Seattle Police officers killed Charleena Lyles, 30, on Sunday. Ana Sofia Knauf
  Two days after Seattle Police killed Charleena Lyles, a pregnant mother who had called them to report a burglary, hundreds of supporters gathered outside the apartment complex where the shooting took place to honor Lyles and demand justice. Several family members, sometimes through sobs, spoke to cameras and the crowd. After the rally, the crowd filed out of the complex for a three-mile, peaceful m
  
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• Hundreds of Supporters Rally and March for Charleena Lyles

  21-06-2017 17:14 via thestranger.com
  
  Here's what happened at the rally for Charleena Lyles, the pregnant mother of four fatally shot by two Seattle Police Officers.by Heidi GrooverTwo days after Seattle Police killed Charleena Lyles, a pregnant mother who had called them to report a burglary, hundreds of supporters gathered outside the apartment complex where the shooting took place to honor Lyles and demand justice. Several family members, sometimes through sobs, spoke to cameras and the crowd. After the rally, the crowd filed out
  
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• One of Africa’s largest wildlife relocations begins

  21-06-2017 16:44
  
  JOHANNESBURG — Conservationists have launched what they call one of Africa’s biggest wildlife relocations — the transfer of 7,500 animals over three years to a Mozambican park whose wildlife was nearly wiped out by civil war. The South Africa-based Peace Parks Foundation said Wednesday that Zinave National Park will receive 500 animals from Gorongosa, another […]
  
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• 90 degrees?! Record heat wave expected in Seattle this weekend

  21-06-2017 16:08
  
  After the wettest winter on record, the Puget Sound region could get into the mid-90s this weekend.
  
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• 90 degrees?! Heat wave expected in Seattle this weekend

  21-06-2017 16:08
  
  After the wettest winter on record, the Puget Sound region could get into the mid-90s this weekend.
  
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• The fatal police shooting of Charleena Lyles cries out for body cameras. But 7 years on, we still don’t have them.

  21-06-2017 15:00
  
  Seattle was one of the first cities in the nation to push for body cameras for police. But we’ll be one of the last to get them.
  
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• Micro-transit firm Chariot to join Seattle market

  21-06-2017 15:00
  
  The latest transportation option in busy Seattle will be Chariot, 14-seat minibuses for direct commuting and last-mile employee shuttles.
  
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• Charleena Lyles police shooting cries out for body cameras. But 7 years on, we still don’t have them.

  21-06-2017 15:00
  
  Seattle was one of the first cities in the nation to push for body cameras for police. But we’ll be one of the last to get them.
  
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• There's a First Time for Everything... Especially When You're Queer

  21-06-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Queer firsts are, well, they're queered by our queernessby Dan Savage"Tell me about your first time..."Three big firsts leap to mind when you ask a queer person about their "first time." The first time they realized they were queer (that stranger's ring of keys), the first person they told (that stranger in a chat room), the first time they had sex (that stranger from a hookup app).But while the big three firsts get all the attention, the firsts keep on coming. There are more firsts in queer lif
  
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• The Veteran: State Senator Bob Hasegawa Wants to Take Years of Legislative Experience to the Bank

  21-06-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  After representing the Seattle area for nearly two decades, Democrat Bob Hasegawa is making his bid for mayor. His big idea? A municipal bank that'll solve Seattle's economic woes.by Ana Sofia KnaufEDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fourth of six profiles of 2017 mayoral candidates we will be publishing before the Stranger Election Control Board announces its endorsements.{{ image:1 }}"Do you mind if I vape while we talk?" asks the Washington State senator as he sits down for an interview.He takes a lon
  
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• The Prosecutor: Jenny Durkan Embraces Her Place in the Establishment

  21-06-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Jenny Durkan has become the face of maintaining the status quo. But for many in Seattle, more of the same will not be enough.by Heidi GrooverEDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fifth of six profiles of 2017 mayoral candidates we will be publishing before the Stranger Election Control Board announces its endorsements.{{ image:1 }}
  At a mayoral candidate forum held in a dimly lit building behind a Capitol Hill church, former US Attorney and candidate for mayor Jenny Durkan takes her first question: Does sh
  
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• Sad Sam Elliott: Growing Old with The Hero

  21-06-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  There's a fair amount of meta-ness going on in The Heroby Erik HenriksenThis week's entry into the illustrious genre of Indie Movies About Sad Old Men, The Hero follows Lee Hayden (Sam Elliott), a 71-year-old movie star who's keenly aware that he's about 40 years past his prime. Pros: Lee gets to hang out all day getting stoned and watching Buster Keaton movies with his buddy/pot dealer (Nick Offerman). Cons: Aside from shilling for barbecue sauce, he's not getting much work, and he's got a near
  
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• Rock Mockumentary I’m Not Fascinating Depicts the Ludicrous Plight of Icky Boyfriends

  21-06-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  This rock cautionary tale is farce-sightedby Dave SegalOriginally released in 1996, I’m Not Fascinating is the sort of cult film you’d expect from one of the founders of irreverent-to-the-max Detroit music zine Motorbooty. Director and cowriter Danny Plotnick parlays his caustic sense of humor and appetite for absurdity into a crude satire of the music industry starring hapless power(less) trio Icky Boyfriends, whose drummer Tony B. (aka Anthony Bedard) cowrote the screenplay. This b
  
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• Q&A: Mae Jemison, first woman of color in space, talks STEM gaps and science fiction

  21-06-2017 13:00
  
  Parents need to stop expecting their daughters to be clean and pretty all the time, Mae Jemison said. That’s one way they can encourage budding scientists.
  
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• Post-Apocalypse Now: The Bad Batch Director Ana Lily Amirpour Discusses Her Narrative Extremes

  21-06-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The Bad Batch is a brilliant, violent vision what the world will look like if Trump gets reelectedby Sean NelsonThe scariest thing I saw at the inaugural Overlook Film Festival, which features horror cinema from around the world, was a breathtakingly disturbing dystopian vision—all the more horrifying for its plausibility in the American present. The Bad Batch, written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour, creator of the ominous revisionist vampire western noir A Girl Walks Home Alone at Nigh
  
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• Person of Interest: Adé A Cônnére, the Iconic Seattle Artist Fighting for LGBTQ+ Rights in Olympia

  21-06-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Meet the iconic Seattle artist fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Olympiaby Ana Sofia KnaufAdé A Cônnére is a familiar face in Seattle's queer community, "a staple of just about every gay Seattle thing worth doing," Adrian Ryan wrote in 2014. Most recently, the Denver, Colorado–born drag performer dipped their toes into a new medium: political activism.In 2014, Cônnére—who is also an artist, thespian, and singer—was attacked after leaving a benefit s
  
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• My First Time—A List

  21-06-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  There's a first time for just about everything—including a threesome.by Ilvs StraussMY FIRST TIME being told by an older woman that I reminded her of that one Australian actress, Ruby was it? from Orange Is the New Black while in a swimsuit, treading water in the deep end of the YMCA pool, post morning aqua-aerobics class: Won't lie, made my day. #celesbianMY FIRST TIME not being able to figure out why I didn't want a cisgender dude friend to leave my house after we'd spent the afternoon s
  
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• My First Time with a Dominatrix

  21-06-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The first time I hooked up with a dominatrix, it didn't go quite the way I expectedby Marga GomezMy mom would spank me when I was a kid. She said it was for my own good. And she was right, because I really get off on it now.I'm grateful to my dysfunctional strict parents and years of Catholic school repression for leading me to the rough stuff in adulthood, though bondage is getting problematic these days because I have to pee frequently and I'm prone to charley horses.When Basic Instinct premie
  
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• My First Time... Who Am I Kidding? Everything's My First Time. I'm a 13-Year-Old Lesbian.

  21-06-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Except for the lesbian thing, Beezus Murphy is just like any other 13-year old girlby Beezus MurphyThe first time I told my parents I was gay.I was like 9. Sorry, no Lifetime movie moments here. I can't even remember how it went down.The first time I accidentally told the entire middle school I was gay.I told one person, and they told one person, and they told another person. By the time lunch was over, everybody knew. The next day, the middle school held a meeting about my orientation and every
  
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