Stanton Stephens
Adé A Cônnére is a familiar face in Seattle’s queer community, “a staple of just about every gay Seattle thing worth doing,” Adrian Ryan wrote in 2014. Most recently, the Denver, Colorado–born drag performer dipped their toes into a new medium: political activism.
In 2014, Cônnére—who is also an artist, thespian, and singer—was attacked after leaving a benefit show on Capitol Hill. Now they advocate for transgender and gender-nonconforming people in Olympia. With hate crimes on the rise and signatures gatherers working to put a new anti-trans bathroom bill, Initiative 1552, on the ballot, resilient voices like Cônnére’s are more important than ever.
