Vivian McCall

Vivian McCall is a staff writer for The Stranger covering queer culture and politics in Seattle and beyond. In her private life, she is a musician and Wii U apologist. If you’re reading this, you either love her or hate her.

Vivian McCall

Recent Articles

Roll for Initiative!

Seattle's LGBTQ+ Center's D&D Drop-In Games Offer a Fun Space for Queer Youth to Play with Identity

Slog AM: SPS Won't Yet Say Which Schools Are Closing, WA Performs More Abortions Now, Jamaal Bowman Loses New York Primary

Slog AM: Scarecrow Video Is in Danger, Most Americans like DEI, Happy Juneteenth

Slog AM: No New Rules for Denny Blaine, Gaza Death Toll Hits 37,200, Chiquita Held Liable for Paramilitary Killings

The Future of HIV Treatment Is Injectable

Promising Drugs Could Expand Treatment–If We Get Out of Our Own Way

Letters to Our Younger Trans Selves

What We Wish We Knew

Get Lost in TRANSlations

Seattle Film Festival Celebrates Trans Existence and Creativity This Weekend

50 Years of Queers

Gay Betrayals! Rich Prudes! Queer Futures! And an Absolutely Stuffed Pride Calendar!

Slog AM: BIPOC Organizations Embarrass Maritza Rivera, Western Heat Wave, Probably No FDA MDMA for Us

What’s Next for Denny Blaine?

Maybe New Rules, but Certainly Fewer Thorns

Slog AM: Adrian Diaz Out as SPD Chief, Library Cyber Attack, Israel Intensifies Rafah Strikes

Slog AM: Denny Blaine Meeting Postponed, Nelson Accused of Conflicts in Gig Worker Minimum Wage Bill, a Historic Recognition of Palestinian Statehood

Community Dislikes Plan to Divide Denny Blaine Park Area into Nude and Clothed Zones

“This Is an Entirely Made-up Problem”

Mayor Bruce Harrell Met with Denny Blaine Donor at a Key Moment During Controversial Playground Proposal

KUOW Identified the Anonymous Donor as University Village Owner Stuart Sloan

What Biden’s New Title IX Rules Mean for Trans Athletes in Washington

State Law Already Protects Them, but Federal Protections Would Be Cool

Slog AM: Council Approves Police Union Contract, UW Student Workers Went on Strike, the Orcas Take Another Boat

All Aboard the Furry Cruise

A Historic Steamship Trip for the Fandom

Slog AM: Biden Is Coming to Seattle, Israel Seizes Rafah Border Crossing, TikTok Sues the US over Ban

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Vivian McCall

Recent Articles

Seattle's LGBTQ+ Center's D&D Drop-In Games Offer a Fun Space for Queer Youth to Play with Identity

Promising Drugs Could Expand Treatment–If We Get Out of Our Own Way

What We Wish We Knew

Seattle Film Festival Celebrates Trans Existence and Creativity This Weekend

Gay Betrayals! Rich Prudes! Queer Futures! And an Absolutely Stuffed Pride Calendar!

Maybe New Rules, but Certainly Fewer Thorns

“This Is an Entirely Made-up Problem”

KUOW Identified the Anonymous Donor as University Village Owner Stuart Sloan

State Law Already Protects Them, but Federal Protections Would Be Cool

A Historic Steamship Trip for the Fandom

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