Politics Supreme Court Delivers Major Victory To LGBTQ Employees The Supreme Court says the federal ban on discrimination "based on sex" also applies to gay, lesbian, and transgender employees. Nina Totenberg
National Aimee Stephens, Transgender Woman At Center Of Major Civil Rights Case, Dies At 59 "Aimee didn't set out to be a hero and a trailblazer, but she is one," the ACLU said. Her Supreme Court case asks if federal law barring sex discrimination in employment applies to transgender people. Vanessa Romo
Education Archdiocese called for resignations of gay teachers from Kennedy Catholic High School, attorney says Two teachers who resigned from Kennedy Catholic High School last week spent several months under the threat of losing their jobs upon sharing their same-sex engagements with school officials, their attorney told KUOW. Liz Brazile Ashley Hiruko
Politics Utah Becomes Latest State To Ban Discredited LGBTQ 'Conversion Therapy' A host of medical experts have rejected the practice — aimed at changing a patient's sexual orientation — as "futile and destructive." In Utah, the ban took effect with a regulatory change Tuesday. Colin Dwyer
Health World's largest study of trans youth shows gender identity equally strong for trans and cis youth The study comes out of the University of Washington. Paige Browning
Law & Courts LGBTQ workers in Washington are protected, no matter what SCOTUS rules Queer Washingtonians have had job and housing protections since 2006 Paige Browning
A Former Slur Is Reclaimed, And Listeners Have Mixed Feelings When is it okay for NPR to use the word "queer"? Juliette Rocheleau
Arts & Life Poppy, Chef Jerry Traunfeld's final Seattle sensation, is closing. Now what to do with all these cookbooks? Jerry Traunfeld, one of Seattle’s influential chefs, is calling it quits. His popular restaurant Poppy will close Sunday after 11 years. He recently sold the restaurant and plans to move to Palm Springs, California later this year. Ruby de Luna
Crime Who is Paige Thompson, the Seattle woman accused of hacking Capital One? On Monday, federal investigators raided a small house on Beacon Hill and arrested a 33-year-old woman named Paige A. Thompson. Isolde Raftery
Arts & Life Curiosity Club FAQ: An interview with KUOW producer Kristin Leong Is KUOW's Curiosity Club thawing the Seattle Freeze? Club member Amanda Carter Gomes talks with Curiosity Club producer Kristin Leong and finds out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting...curious. Kristin Leong Amanda Carter Gomes
