Matt Baume
The Stranger
Seattle, WA, United States
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Washington Democrats Defeat Transphobic Bills as Most LGBTQ Protections Clear Hurdles
If the Protections Ultimately Pass, We Could See Big Gains for the Community → Read More
M3GAN Is a Seattle Gay Icon
Behind this fun film is a real-life technology that will fundamentally change how we interact with technology, and I don’t think we’re ready for it. → Read More
Happy 115th Birthday to Pike Place! Here’s a Doughnut.
Birthday, hooray! → Read More
For Some, Traveling to Canada for Monkeypox Vaccines Is "Reasonable," Says King County Health Official
“What we’re up against is a rapidly growing epidemic that continues to be highly concentrated in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men,” Golden said. → Read More
The King of Yes
Meet Ceasar Hart: Drag king, Pride co-host, and regional king of yes. → Read More
Sea-Tac Airport Wants a New Building to Replace that Awful Walk from the Train Station
The Link light rail is hands down the best way to travel to the Sea-Tac International Airport ... until you hit the last quarter-mile, which requires a sprint through a cold, blustery, odorous, parking garage. And that journey only begins after you've decided whether to drag your heavy luggage down the long path, or else hazard a wait for a golf cart shuttle that may take forever to come.… → Read More
Seattle Cop Tells Queers They Need to "Work on Respecting" Bigots
What a mess. → Read More
If We Lose Abortion, What's Next?
We may soon find numerous other rights that we thought were safe tossed overboard. → Read More
This Week: Lots of Plants for Moms
Plants! They’re the hot new thing that everyone’s talking about. Just stick some seeds in dirt, give ‘em some water, and soon enough you’ve got a bunch of leaves out of nowhere. It’s free money!!! You’ll want to get on this once-in-a-lifetime investment opportunity before the market’s saturated with begonias, and there’s never been a better time than the week before Mother's Day. Consider… → Read More
What You Should See at the 2022 Seattle International Film Festival
Here's a big-ass list that keeps getting bigger. → Read More
This Week’s Comics: Two Church Girls and a Tech Support Worker Fight Demons
There are two truly wonderful things to know about the 1995 Power Rangers movie. The first is that the main villain, Ivan Ooze, is played by the same actor who portrayed the bad archaeologist in the first Indiana Jones movie. That’s range! But it’s nothing compared to the movie’s even weirder casting choice for Rita Repulsa, the growling evil queen. She’s played by Julia Cortez, also known as… → Read More
Why Harvey Fierstein Gave Up Anonymous Sex
That plus other things we learned while Harvey spilled his guts out to Bianca Del Rio last night. → Read More
Our Favorite Indie Video Games Coming Out This March
We've got jellyfish puzzles, a cute fox in a dungeon, and relaxsploration. → Read More
How the Show Soap Became the Most Controversial Sitcom in TV History
Soap pitted gays vs conservatives — and the gays won. → Read More
Cyrano Review: It’s a Musical, but Why? Nobody Nose
Every note is a note on Camp. → Read More
And Now, the Tender Tale of the Orca Swimming Around With a Dead Fish Balanced on His Nose
This year's Valentine's Day shout-out goes to Alder and his dead fish. → Read More
The Star of Death on the Nile Is Kenneth Branagh’s Mustache
The first ten minutes of Death on the Nile are an artistic black-and-white origin story for Hercule Poirot’s mustache. Later, we see that he sleeps wearing a custom-made face mask in the shape of said mustache. “Enough already about the mustache,” I thought, but I was wrong. It was worth it. There is a payoff to all the mustachery. The mustache is the crux of Poirot’s greatest mystery of all,… → Read More
Governor's "Missing Middle" Housing Bill Carves Out Exemptions for Rich People
Classic. → Read More
You Own It. Why Aren't You Allowed to Fix It?
It's hard to fix electronic gizmos, and the tech industry is fighting to keep it that way in Washington. → Read More
Washington Could Get European-Style Recycling. Lobbyists Are Mad About It
So there you are, holding an empty milk carton and staring at your kitchen trash can and your recycling bag, hoping for some kind of clue. You squeeze the milk carton a little. Seems like it’s made of paper on the outside, so it’s probably recyclable, right? But wait, does it have a foil lining on the inside? And what’s the rule about the plastic spout? Do you have to cut that part out before... → Read More