"Seattle homeless agency under fire for hosting trans strip show as ‘cultural presentation’"

Controversy has erupted in Seattle after a county agency tasked with combating homelessness hosted a “transgender strip show” for unsuspecting attendees at a recent conference.

All Home is the agency that coordinates services for the homeless populations of King County. December 9 saw its annual conference, focused this year on “unpacking the current structures of power and the decision-making process within government, philanthropy and non-profit institutions,” and examining the “legacies of structural racism in our systems, and co-design(ing) a path towards liberation with black, indigenous, brown and other marginalized communities affected by homelessness.”

The intersectionality rhetoric gave a clear indicator of the event’s politics, but the event schedule listing of a “Lunch with Cultural Presentation” could have hardly prepared attendees for Spokane-based “trans woman” performer Beyonce St. James performing a strip show in a “revealing bodysuit” with “silver pasties,” according to The Seattle Times. The dancer also kissed attendees and performed lap dances.