Mayor’s office announces another $250,000 for Queer and Trans refugees; Interim Chief Sayles files OPA complaint against detective for pro-Trans views

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson attended the Seattle LGBTQ Commission meeting on Thursday, Aug. 20 at Seattle City Hall, where she announced that her team was able to secure an additional $250,000 worth of city funding that will be put towards the plight of LGBTQIA+ refugees fleeing to the city. Mayor Wilson told a full conference room of city officials and community members that she came with no prepared remarks, but that in spite of the “very big budget challenges coming up”, her and her office were still comm