As we mark another Pride Month, we are, once again, turning our platform over to family, friends, and neighbors to amplify more voices in the struggle for equality.
by Matt Baume • Jun 17, 2021 at 5:00 pm
Supreme Court: No to gay dads, yes to gay cakes. Joel Carillet / Getty Images
Supreme Court bans gay rights. The court has ruled in favor of a Catholic charity that wants to stop foster kids from going to homes with same-sex parents. The ruling’s unanimous, so happy Pride! The silver lining here, and it’s a thin one, is that it’s a fairly narrow ruling it could have swung open the door to dismantling other protections, and instead it just cracks the door open halfway. Sponsored Weekly Markets in Columbia City, Lake City, Magnolia, U District, West Seattle, & Capitol Hill.
80s Sitcom Stars You May Not Know Have Died Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
By Brian Boone/April 9, 2021 7:26 pm EDT
Of all the wonderful eras of television, the 1980s might have been the golden age of the situation comedy, or at least a certain kind of sitcom. The TV landscape was still by and large dominated by three broadcast networks, who presented programming that appealed to as broad an audience as possible. Most comedies of the era could be safely consumed by adults and little kids alike, because they were generally clean, understandable, and offered jokes that were easily digested. They also all kind of looked the same, shot on a set with multiple cameras and a laugh track-sweetened studio audience telling viewers at home when to laugh.