Seattle Protects Polyamorous, Pansexual, Asexual Residents

Seattle Just Protected Polyamory, So Who Protects The Kids?

On September 15, the Seattle City Council voted unanimously to add “family and relationship structure” to the city’s civil rights code. Polyamory, asexuality, aromanticism, chosen family, and multigenerational households are now protected classes, covered in employment, housing, business licensing, public accommodations, city parks, and how police are trained to treat residents. It takes effect in June 2027. It gave polyamory civil-rights protec…

Busy day for the Seattle City Council: Resolution against anti-trans school and sports ballot measures, Broadway BIA, gun violence intervention contract support, and pansexual protections

It is a busy Tuesday in the Seattle City Council chambers with the full council meeting for final votes on a long roster of important items: Let’s Go Washington opposition: The Seattle City Council will consider a resolution Tuesday afternoon opposing statewide Let’s Go Washington anti-trans public school and youth sports initiatives on the ballot for voters this November. Sponsored by Councilmembers Alexis Mercedes Rinck and Dionne Foster, the…

Seattle Protects Polyamorous, Pansexual, Asexual Residents

Seattle's City Council unanimously voted to add non-monogamy, pansexuality and asexuality to its civil rights protections, effective mid-2027.