Really, who HASN'T hired a stripper for a Homelessness Conference?

[brooklynite]

Seattle Times

After dancer strips at Seattle conference on homelessness, agency director suspended

The director of King County’s coordinating agency for homelessness is on paid leave following a dancer’s strip show at the agency’s annual conference on Monday.

Performer Beyoncé Black St. James danced topless in a sheer bodysuit, gave lap dances and kissed attendees, according to a staffer at a local housing nonprofit who attended the conference in South Seattle.

Kira Zylstra, organizer of the conference at South Seattle College, has been placed on leave as of Thursday, according to Denise Rothleutner, chief of staff for the King County Department of Community and Human Services.

The department declined to comment further because of the active investigation, Rothleutner said in the email. Zylstra was not available for comment. Her suspension was first reported by journalist Erica C. Barnett on her website.

[dewsgirl]

1. Hmmm which side of the aisle, do you think her politics fall on?🙄

I tried to look it up, she very well could be one of ours. Maybe I spoke to soon. 🙄

[brooklynite]

5. Um, King County WA?

Definitely Democratic

[dewsgirl]

6. Yes the more I read, I realized that was stupid. What was she thinking?

[Wounded Bear]

2. Well, it's not something I would think of for entertainment at that venue...

[PatSeg]

3. I'm speechless

It happens a lot these days though.

[sdfernando]

4. Perhaps...just perhaps

Ms. Beynocé Black St. James was merely donating her clothes to the homeless ???

[getagrip_already]

7. Not that it means much...

But Ms. St James is a trans woman of color, and a rather substantial one at that.

You can find a link to the performancd on instagram.

Definately not your typical lunch speaker. She did have rather large pasties, so not exactly fully topless.

But at least they were being inclusive.

[jberryhill]

13. From the "this thread is useless without pictures" department

I'll wait.

[getagrip_already]

14. here is the link..... NSFW

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4c17NLgUw9/

[jberryhill]

15. Ummm... wow?

Well, it's good to know that in this age of people glued to their smartphones that there is still a place for quality live entertainment.

[PCIntern]

18. Wow is the word I guess.

[aikoaiko]

8. Well, she is pretty awesome in the Lizzo manner of presentation.

[Aristus]

9. See? In Pierce County, we don't get that sort of thing...

Always overlooked in favor of Seattle...

[gopiscrap]

12. yeah I agree (being a Tacoma resident)

[Generic Other]

16. Oh my!

Protesters are the main entertainment at Pierce County political events.

[gopiscrap]

20. absolutely...I know from experience

[SharonClark]

10. Was it payback by her for soon losing her job?

from the linked article...
Zylstra has led All Home, King County’s coordinating agency homeless services, since January 2018. But her job could soon become obsolete as Seattle and King County prepare to replace All Home, which has been criticized as weak and ineffective, with a new regional authority on homelessness. Zylstra was paid about $123,000 a year, according to a county spokesperson.

[jberryhill]

11. It was an interpretive art performance portraying the plight of the clothesless

[Generic Other]

19. It rains a lot here

We are deprived of entertainment. She should have done an umbrella dance.

[lunasun]

17. If Queen Latifah and Joan Crawford has an illigitamite love child Dept of human services

Homeless conference must of needed something to bump up the crowd why how so many ?s
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