Pacific Northwest girls should be excited! The women of Seattle Women’s Pride 2014 are celebrating the vibrancy that well makes them proud to be queer in Seattle.

Washiontonian Vicci Martinez is the star of the stage headlining a stellar line up of performers and local activists Jennifer Hopper, Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu and Marsha Botzer making the Emerald City’s women proud.

You might remember out lesbian Vicci as the American singer/songwriter from Tacoma, Washington, who was the third runner up on NBC’s singing competition series The Voice in 2011. She still rocking and is now signed with Republic Records. More >

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Queer women are so gosh darn beautiful, and if there’s one way to dispel the myth that we are all in one the same, it’s by looking at a bunch of us and seeing how different we are. These are some of our favorite magazine covers with queer women in 2013. From politicians to actors to singers to athletes to businesswomen, we know how to strike a pose and get tongues wagging.

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Vicci Martinez from season 1 of “The Voice” performs an acoustic version of her single “Come Along” which features Cee Lo Green.

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Vicci Martinez

BY THE SEATTLE LESBIAN

Members of Seattle Women’s Chorus (SWC) have a lot to celebrate in 2013 and they’re doing it with a song — many songs in fact. Celebrate! highlights the 10th Anniversary Season for Seattle Women’s Chorus and they are thrilled to welcome Tacoma native and finalist from NBC’s “The Voice,” Vicci Martinez, on stage with them for one night only, Friday, February 8, 2013.

Highlighting some fantastic musical divas from the past few decades, Seattle Women’s Chorus will give audiences a curtain-to-curtain celebration that is sure to bring the house down. The selected songs are written by some of the great female singer-songwriters of the modern era. This chorus of almost 200 women is prepped to set the Benaroya Hall stage on fire with tunes like, “Constant Craving” (k.d. lang), “Rumor Has It” (Adele), “Give Me One Reason” (Tracy Chapman), and “Natural Woman” (Carole King). Vicci Martinez, known for her rockin’ acoustic guitar and electrifying performances, will join the chorus on stage for a few songs and will showcase her impressive musical talents.

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Vicci Martinez vaulted onto the music scene following her third place finish on Season 1 of NBC’s “The Voice.” As part of Team Cee Lo Green, Martinez wowed audiences with her renditions of Florence + The Machine’s “Dog Days are Over” and Pat Benetar’s “Love is a Battlefield.”

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