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• Seattle Is Not ‘Overwhelmed’ by Trans People

  09-06-2026 22:10 via thestranger.com
  
  In the middle of May, the Advocate, a national LGBTQ magazine, published a rare headline about Seattle. “Transgender Americans are fleeing hostile red states,” it read. “Seattle says it’s overwhelmed.”The headline was posted to social media, picked up by other queer outlets, and pingponged around the internet, latching onto readers’ confirmation biases on every side of the political spectrum. The story eventually bounced back to Seattle, where TV reporters pa
  
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• Gone Girl

  09-06-2026 21:53 via thestranger.com
  
  My husband and I (cis male and cis female) never had much sexual chemistry. In the beginning he said not to worry, we have a lot of time, and it could only get better. But nothing has changed. When I express my frustration with the lack of sex usually after going months without an orgasm or any sexual activity, he blames me and says he needs me to initiate more. When I try to initiate, he says I’m being too aggressive or not romantic enough or acting too entitled. I’m always do
  
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• Come Visit Us on Thursday!

  09-06-2026 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  It is happening again! Come visit us this Thursday at The Stranger’s office for our second-ever Capitol Hill Art Walk event, featuring work by Timothy White Eagle in collaboration with Adrain Chesser and Steven Miller. We’ll be exhibiting a selection of video and photographic works from Once Wild River, an exhibition about White Eagle’s year-long Green-Duwamish Watershed residency, currently on view at Mini Mart City Park (read about it here). We’ll also be serving three
  
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• Slog AM: Bill Gates Has Another Gross Epstein Connection, Costco Is Selling More Gas than Ever Thanks to the War, and FIFA Revoked World Cup Tickets for Iran’s Fans

  09-06-2026 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Someone Vandalized the Capitol Building in Olympia, Again: According to the Washington State Patrol, an “inebriated vandal” smashed 13 windows at the Legislative building with rocks before leading troopers in a car chase in a Chevy Malibu that ended in a crash. Vandalism last fall—a guy hammered his way inside, set some fires and knocked over some statues—led to the installation of a protective film on the windows that prevented damage to the interior of the building.For
  
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• Don’t Be an Idiot—Test Your Drugs

  09-06-2026 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The sun is out. So are your ass cheeks. Robyn is thumping. So is your heart. It’s summer, it’s a bacchanal. So, it’s only natural to invite some… enhancements to the party. Some MDMA here, a bump of coke there, a Perc, a bar. It’s not going to kill you. Probably. To make sure, you should test all your drugs before you use them. Do what you want. Just don’t be stupid. Fentanyl has been infiltrating street drugs and pills like Percocet, OxyContin, and Xan
  
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• The Crocodile Plots Its Future

  09-06-2026 11:00 via thestranger.com
  Venerable Seattle entertainment venue the Crocodile has been sold to a consortium of out-of-towners led by talent manager Jimmy Miller and Mike McAvoy, The Onion‘s former CEO. As reported in the Seattle Times, the group’s Comedy Tent umbrella company also runs the Upright Citizens Brigade, the film and television company Abso Lutely Productions, and Pittsburgh comedy/music club Bottlerocket Social Hall . The sale was announced June 8 at the National Independent Venue Association con
  
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