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Official Seattle Pride Guide 2019 SEATTLE PRIDE ORGANIZATION Kevin Toovey President and Chairman of the Board Jeff Cornejo Vice President and Director Christine Lyon Treasurer and Director Ramone Myers Secretary and Director Stephanie Bailey Director of Volunteer Services Directors at Large Beth Goldfinger, Alex Ruble, Dr. Kevin Wang PUBLICATION CREDITS Teresa Griswold Project Manager, Design & Copy Editor

About the Cover Photo: The photo on the front cover and shown here in its entirety is of a July 1, 1978 gay rights march through downtown Seattle, four years after the city’s first Gay Pride Week.

About 3,000 RON DE ROSA / THE SEATTLE TIMES people marched through downtown to oppose the anti-gay ballot measure, Initiative 13, which would have repealed discrimination protections for employment and housing.

The initiative was defeated 63 percent to 37 in the November election.

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Welcome from Mayor Jenny A. Durkan......................................................................6

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Welcome from Seattle Pride........................................................................................4 Welcome from Governor Jay Inslee............................................................................8 Grand Marshals.........................................................................................................10 Parade Announcers...................................................................................................12

SEATTLE PRIDE DIRECTORY Volunteer Park Pride Festival.....................................................................................40 Parade Route Map.....................................................................................................41 We Are Pride Sponsors..............................................................................................42

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Event Listings............................................................................................................43

STONEWALL 50 + SEATTLE PRIDE 45 Being Seen: Seattle Pride History with David Neth...................................................15 1969 Stonewall Riots: A Call to Action......................................................................17 LGBTQIA+ Activist Marsha P. Johnson.....................................................................18 The Return of Lavender Country...............................................................................20 Community Organization Spotlight: Bailey-Boushay House.....................................22

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Beyond the Makeup and Glitz: Going Deep into Seattle’s Drag History..................29

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Community Organization Spotlight: Seattle Counseling Center..............................37

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Community Organization Spotlight: Pride Foundation.............................................25 Community Organization Spotlight: GenPRIDE........................................................33 Community Organization Spotlight: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.......................35 The Accidental Ally: A Personal Account of Finding the ‘All’ in Ally.........................65 Gathering Places: A History of Seattle’s Gay Bars.....................................................69 Community Spotlight: The Wildrose Bar...................................................................73 Community Organization Spotlight: PFLAG Seattle.................................................74 Faces of Seattle Pride................................................................................................76 5 Decades of Pride Timeline.....................................................................................78

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Welcome This year, we celebrate two events: The 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, and the 45th anniversary of gay liberation week in Seattle. Both of these events impacted our community and have contributed to the large celebrations we see all over Seattle every June.

However, they have both also been catalysts to more than celebration. Thanks to the Stonewall riots, our community gained the courage to fight for our rights and equality. Thanks to Seattle’s gay liberation week, we now have a city that is well-known nationwide for embracing LGBTQIA+ individuals with open arms.

Being a member of the LGBTQIA+ community has always required some understanding that we represent a much larger political identity. It simply has never been safe to be trans, homosexual, intersex or otherwise. Stepping outside the societal “norms,” even as something beyond our control, is a risk. It is even more of a risk for those who are intersectional minorities, such as being a person of color or as a member of a religion which does not support LGBTQIA+ rights (or even, in some cases, do not support LGBTQIA+ people).

But, like many social justice movements, the history of the LGBTQIA+ community often gets neglected by younger generations. Where Pride Parades now seemingly serve as a celebration of queer culture and embracing individuality and identities of all kinds, the origins are much heavier. The evolution of LGBTQIA+ culture comes from the impactful movements, demonstrations, marches, and legislation over the past 50 years. Older generations have endured nearly unfathomable circumstances, including the AIDS epidemic, and we owe everything we have gained in the last five decades to their bravery and suffering.

So, in 2019, Seattle Pride has chosen to honor our roots and our history, with a celebration to express our gratitude for those who led the fights on that historic night, creating a catalyst for the lives we are able to live today. In the 2019 edition of The Official Seattle Pride Guide, you’ll read about the history of Pride, stemming from Stonewall, and about the history of Pride in Seattle. We’ve also selected a handful of organizations which have served the LGBTQIA+ community in Seattle for decades to share some of their stories. These organizations have helped us in our progressive movement and deserve our endless gratitude.

The best way to honor our history is to know it and recognize it.

While this year’s Pride Guide contains valuable information on the past 50 years and just as valuable information about the 2019 Pride Season here in Seattle, there is no possible way to represent five decades within this publication. But we have done our best to do it justice. Thank you for taking the time to read, and hopefully learn about the origins of LGBTQIA+ rights in this country and our state.

With endless love,

Alex Nugent Editor-in-Chief The Official Seattle Pride Guide

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Welcome to Seattle Pride!

Whether you’re visiting the Pacific Northwest for the first time to celebrate Seattle Pride or you’re a local who participates every year – we’re all part of a larger LGBTQIA+ community coming together in solidarity to celebrate the present, envision the future, and honor our past.

The Seattle Pride Parade is the fourth largest in the country, attracting an estimated 400,000 of us — members of the LGBTQIA+ community, friends, and allies. Our annual celebration has come a long way since our first Seattle Pride Parade 45 years ago, when a small group of brave gay rights pioneers marched in protest to LGBTQIA+ discrimination — one of many such marches around the country spurred by the Stonewall riots of 1969.

This year as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, the 45th anniversary of Seattle Pride, and reflect on our collective progress over the past halfcentury, let’s also be mindful that no matter how far we have come, the march continues in realizing a future in which authenticity is embraced, diversity is honored, mutual respect is practiced, and equal rights is achieved throughout our region, and the world — and sustained for future generations.

Let this vision for a bright future inspire us all to lead by example — to be inclusive, to support one another, and to thank those who came before us, paving the way for all we have to celebrate today. We also hope you will support our sponsors who make our events possible and to show your pride through your participation.

Please join us for the Volunteer Park Pride Festival on June 8, the Seattle Pride Parade on June 30, and the many other community celebrations planned throughout the month which are highlighted in the pages of this helpful Guide and at SeattlePride.org.

With love and solidarity,

Kevin Toovey President Seattle Pride

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Welcome

June 2019 Hi, I'm Jenny Durkan, and I’m excited to welcome all of you to Seattle for our City’s 45th Pride celebration.

This year, we’re celebrating two important anniversaries in LGBTQIA+ history. The first is a movement that started 45 years ago right here in Seattle with the first ever gay liberation week in 1974. The second is the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, a series of demonstrations and protests after a police raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York City. Led by community, including Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, two trans women of color, the Stonewall Riots represent the moment in our history where our community came together to push back against unfair and unjust treatment.

In the past 50 years, our community has made incredible progress, securing nationwide marriage equality, antidiscrimination employment laws in 24 states and territories, the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and widespread acceptance of LGBTQIA+ celebrities, elected politicians, and public figures.

Despite these strides, however, our work together is not yet done. LGBTQIA+ people still face hate and discrimination. With a federal administration obsessed with stripping away the rights of our community, it is more important than ever that we come together to support one another and stand up for justice, dignity, and equality everywhere – and love. We must especially support our trans and non-binary friends, neighbors and family who have been singled out by the White House’s unjust and unconstitutional attacks on trans servicepeople. We stand with you, and we will not rest until no one is marginalized – not by race, nationality, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

Here in Seattle, we’ve acted to help create a future where everyone is treated equally, and where our young people all have the same opportunities to succeed. Policies like free and affordable high-quality early learning, free ORCA transit passes for high school students and seniors, and two years of free college for all Seattle Public High School students are critical to eliminating the opportunity gap for our young people. Empowering our LGBTQIA+ youth with the tools to plan their own futures is one of the most important things we can do to ensure the equality, dignity, and freedom of our young people.

This year’s Pride is an opportunity for us to come together to honor the significant gains we have made in our shared history and celebrate the future we are building for generations of LGBTQIA+ people to come.

Welcome to Seattle Pride. Thank you for adding your voice to the movement for a more inclusive and equitable future, and for equal rights for all.

And one other very important thing: have a lot of fun!

Happy Pride!

Sincerely,

Jenny A. Durkan Mayor of Seattle 6 Seattle PRIDE Guide

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Greetings from the Governor June 30, 2019

I am pleased to extend warm greetings to all of those attending Seattle Pride Parade 2019, an event that looks back with respect, honor, and gratitude for those who began the fight for equality while also looking forward with ambition, motivation, pride, and hope.

This year’s Seattle Pride Parade commemorates two important anniversaries in LGBTQIA+ history: a movement that started in Seattle 45 years ago with the first gay liberation week in 1974, and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, a series of demonstrations and protests by the LGBTQIA+ community to defend their rights to exist in society.

With the help of these historic events, undeniable victories in LGBTQIA+ civil rights have been achieved, including marriage equality nationwide, anti-discrimination employment laws in 24 U.S. states and territories, the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and acceptance of LGBTQIA+ celebrities, elected politicians, and public figures. But these advances are only the beginning of the road to equality nationally and worldwide, and we still have a long journey ahead to reach a place where no one is marginalized by race, nationality, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity.

Washington has a long history of embracing diversity and advancing equality, and we will continue to advocate boldly on behalf of all Americans and the broader LGBTQIA+ community.

It is more important than ever that we stand up for dignity, inclusion and respect – for the LGBTQIA+ community, women, immigrants, refugees, communities of color, people of all faiths, and people of all abilities. We are a diverse and welcoming state that values the perspective and contributions of all our communities, and as long as I’m governor, I’ll defend the values and policies that are at the very core of Washington’s identity.

I applaud Seattle Pride, Washington’s LGBTQIA+ community, and their many allies for their ongoing leadership and advocacy. Through your collective efforts, you have all done so much to advance equality and make our state a more welcoming place to call home. I’m proud to stand with you and know that, together, we will build a bright future of hope and opportunity for all Washingtonians.

Very truly yours,

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Jinkx Monsoon Portland-born native Jerick Hoffer graduated summa cum laude with a degree in theatrical performance from Cornish College in Seattle, but is better known for their overbearing and impudent persona, Jinkx Monsoon, the season five winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Not going for the academic hype, Jinkx just wanted to be famous. Jinkx is all about contrasts and what RuPaul describes as “a stage left, off center kind of quality.” As early as 2006, Hoffer appeared as the lead dancer in the world’s largest drag queen chorus line, which made the Guinness Book of World Records, and in 2012, Jinkx had advanced to roles in Seattle theaters, playing Moritz in “Spring Awakening” (produced by Balagan Theatre) and Angel in “RENT” (produced

by The 5th Avenue Theatre), among others. A trained singer, Hoffer is half of the musical duo The Vaudevillians, a 1920s revival act, and is one of the brightest stars on the drag circuit today.

U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle (United Territories Of Pacific Islanders’ Alliance) is a grassroots organization, trans-led, and memberbased whose work is driven by the expressed needs and aspirations of Pacific Islanders in the 2SLGBTQI+ community.

Their mission is to create sacred spaces to strengthen the minds and bodies of QTPIs (Queer and Trans Pacific Islanders) through community organizing, community care, civic engagement, and cultural stewardship. Since 2009, U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle has worked to create an inclusive, supportive, and vibrant space for members of our community to meet their basic needs, build pathways toward new expanded career and life opportunities, foster a sense of common purpose, and also to advocate for social justice, education, and overall wellness among QTPI members and the larger LBGTQIA+ community.

Seattle Children’s Gender Clinic Seattle Children’s Gender Clinic is honored to be selected as a 2019 Seattle Pride Parade Grand Marshall. Founded in 2016, Seattle Children’s Gender Clinic is the Puget Sound region’s only multidisciplinary clinic that serves transgender and gender diverse youth. This year, their multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, and social workers will see more than 500 patients, up to age 21, and their families.

They are proud to support youth with compassionate, expert health care through their gender journey. At a time when transgender and gender diverse youth commonly experience harm when trying to access health care, either through verbal or physical violence from their provider, refusal of care, or being told that their own identities are not real, Seattle Children’s Gender Clinic is committed to:

Camp Ten Trees

• Fully accept and treat each individual with respect

Camp Ten Trees is a Seattle nonprofit organization that runs the Pacific Northwest’s only sleepaway camp programs for LGBTQIA+ youth. In addition to traditional camp activities like swimming, arts & crafts, and hiking, campers engage in workshops exploring identities, social justice, and more — all in a loving and supportive community of their own. Since the beginning, no camper has ever been turned away for financial reasons. This year, in addition to the usual Summer Camp sessions for LGBTQIA+ teens and youth of LGBTQIA+ families, Camp Ten Trees will be hosting a new camp session specifically for transgender and non-binary youth — the first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest! It’s not just a camp, it’s a revolution!

• Give each individual personalized care

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• Follow the very latest best practices for transition-related treatments, including puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones • Base our treatments on the most current research • Connect our youth and their families to other important services in the community as needed, including ongoing mental health services and gender-affirming surgeries.

Seattle Children’s embraces this opportunity to raise awareness in our community about the importance of helping youth who are gender diverse receive the very best in high quality, genderaffirming health care.

Bailey-Boushay House In 1992, Bailey-Boushay House (BBH) was officially established in the Madison Valley neighborhood of Seattle and became the nation’s first nursing care residence for people living with HIV/AIDS. It opened with 50 team members, 35 beds, and two programs. Since that time the programming and services have evolved. Today, a huge area of focus is the Housing Stability Project. Bailey-Boushay House is working to establish permanent housing for those who are living with HIV/AIDS and are homeless.

BBH staff meets people where they are in the community (such as shelters) and inhouse to provide them with the tools and skills to get off the streets and to teach them the basics of taking care of a home. Bailey-Boushay House has provided a sense of community and care for thousands of people who live, not just here in Seattle, but across the Pacific Northwest from Alaska to Idaho. Learn more at Bailey-Boushay.org.

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Jenny A. Durkan | Mayor, City of Seattle Mayor Durkan is the 56th Mayor of Seattle and the first woman to lead the City in nearly a century. She entered office on November 28, 2017. She is focused on the housing affordability crisis, helping those experiencing homelessness, creating economic opportunity for all, and providing free college tuition to Seattle’s high school graduates, while also delivering on essential city services. Jenny is one of eight children, and was raised in Seattle. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame, taught school and coached girls’ basketball in a Yupik fishing village in Alaska, and then earned her J.D. at the University of Washington School of Law. She and her partner, Dana, have two sons.

Fifty years ago, LGBTQI+ patrons and allies at NYC’s Stonewall Inn demanded an equal life free of persecution, and stood up for justice in an unjust society. This year, we asked people of Microsoft to share actions they are taking in pushing LGBTQI+ inclusion forward. You can see some of their responses on these buttons.

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Parade Announcers Westlake Stage at 4th & Pine Gaysha Starr For over 25 years, Seattle’s own Gaysha Starr has entertained and captivated audiences with their quick wit, glamorous looks, NATE GOWDY and memorable performances. A self-identified single LadyBoy (S)he is the store manager of a luxury retailer in Bellevue, Wash. and proud parent of a one-year-old rescue pup, Nico. They have hosted such events as the 2019 Gay Washington Pageant, Three Dollar Bill Cinema “It’s Good To Be Queen” Dinner & Auction, the 2019 Filipino Open House at the Muckleshoot Casino and was Seattle Red Dress, CoHostess at 415 Westlake. To book Gaysha Starr visit them at gayshastarr.com Follow them on Facebook at gayshastarr.

DonnaTella Howe From Bacon Strip to Rainbow Bingo, hosting DonnaTella vs.

Humanity at Gamma Ray Games, and events with Team Diva Real Estate, including Divas Take The Hill, DonnaTella is a party girl around town. A new class of queen mixing substance and style, each performance is unique and memorable.

She has completed reigns as Miss Gay Seattle, Imperial Princess, Czarina of Capitol Hill and recently Olympia XLV representing throughout Western Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Canada as Empress of Seattle, making herself available to appear and perform wherever she is needed to support the community. Follow her on Facebook at donnatellahowe.

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Thadayus Wilson

Arson Nicki

Thadayus is Seattle’s Hyper Galactic Merking.

His love of drag started when he moved to Florida to dance for Disney. Since returning to Seattle, Thadayus has performed at The 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre, and all over Capitol Hill’s performance art scene. After eight years of drag exploration, he has embraced extreme masculine performance art (hyper drag) with original music, 2D galactic, aquatic looks, and funny lip sync numbers. He hosts PROUD, a showcase featuring queer singers with a different theme challenge for each show, at Le Faux Playhouse. For more information and upcoming performances, visit Thadayus & The Electrofunks @_Thadayus on Instagram.

Described as an aggressively transgressive post-drag artist, Arson Nicki reigns over a beautiful and dynamic Seattle realm.

DYLAN M. AUSTIN PHOTOGRAPHY Their gender adventurous, thought-provoking drag and impeccably curated DJ sets make for unforgettable nightlife. They produce and perform at Fresh once every three months at 18th & Union, and they are the resident DJ at Tush every last Thursday at Clock-Out Lounge. Follow them on Instagram @arsonnicki and find quick links to more of their work at linktr.ee/ arsonnicki.

4th and Bell Stage Ms. Briq House Ms. Briq House is a cultural innovator, an advocate of sexual liberation through education, and experiential instructor of MAX SHAW PHOTOS intimacy. A proud size 16 goddess, she is among this year’s Top 50 Most Influential Burlesque Figures in the world list. Executive Producer of the Sunday Night Shuga Shaq: An All People of Color Burlesque Revue at Theatre off Jackson. Held the second Sunday of every month, it is the only POC Burlesque Revue in the PNW. She also produces Quink Social Club: A Kink friendly social exclusively for People of Color. Follow her on Instagram/Twitter @Ms.Briqhouse and visit msbriqhouse.com for more.

CarLarans Unifying and uplifting voices within the QTPoC (Queer and Trans People of Color) community, CarLarans is an electro/hip-hop KENDRA K BOUDOIR artist, musician, host, and community activist. CarLarans is the creator and host of The Beat! — a local, nightlife talk show featuring interviews and performances from rising stars in Seattle’s queer music scene.

The show is presented and filmed in collaboration with Queerspace Magazine.

His newest album RAW HNNY, released April 2019, is now available on all music platforms. Visit CarLarans.com for all the details on upcoming shows, releases, and everyday happenings in the life of Seattle’s queer black crooner, CarLarans.

4th and Denny Stage Londyn Bradshaw As a Miss Gay Seattle and Miss Gay Washington titleholder, Londyn works with the Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle raising funds for charitable organizations while performing drag. She uplifts the drag community with inclusive involvement of new talent

and varying perspectives. Watching Londyn perform is electrifying. Londyn graces the stage of West End Girls, Lashes, Thirsty Thursday, Heels!, Tuesday Temptations, Tush, and Rapture. This will be the second year Londyn will be a Seattle Pride Parade announcer. Follow her on Instagram at @l.bshaw.

Cookie Couture Seattle’s own bustling blonde businesswoman, Cookie Couture, is the producer and host of monthly drag events Queen4Queen KINGMON CREATIVE (third Thursdays at Pony) and West End Girls (last Saturdays at Skylark), as well as R Place’s RuPaul’s Drag Race viewing parties and their massively popular local drag competition showcase: So You Think You Can Drag! Follow Cookie’s escapades on Instagram at @cookiecouturequeen.

When Cookie’s not applying metric tons of make-up to her face, she enjoys spending time with her family, hanging out with her bulldog, and laughing at her own jokes.

LatinRose Never forgetting where she comes from, Ruth Soto (aka LatinRose), expresses her roots in all she does. She has been a member of Latin Grammy BRANDY ROSS Academy since 2017 and is the last and reigning Seattle Pride Idol. LatinRose has won multiple awards and was inducted into the Univision Seattle Latin Music Awards Hall of Fame. She is working on her fifth album which will be up for a Grammy consideration for 2019. She is also a social justice activist for the Latin and LGBTQ+ communities. Her newest endeavor is sharing a show “Spanglish” on the Latinohitsfm music app and website, Monday through Friday from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. with her fiancé.

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Being Seen: Seattle Pride History with David Neth

by Zachary DeWolf In Native culture, we talk about creating a positive world for the next seven generations. This ethic goes back to the Great Law of Iroquois Confederacy— inviting us to consider the ways that our actions today will impact our relatives seven generations into the future.

I believe that, while David Neth may not have known this principle in the early 1970s, he did understand the importance of his activism and its ability to make a difference for future queer young people just like him.

I sat down with Neth in his home in the Central District near Seattle University in early April 2019; it had been four years since we last connected about the history of Pride in Seattle.

Neth, reflecting back on the 45 years that have passed since the first Pride celebration in Seattle and 50 years since the earth-shattering riots at Stonewall in New York, recalled the atmosphere of Seattle in 1974, and how historic that first Pride Week truly was.

Between 1969 and 1975, Seattle was a city alive with resistance. In March of 1970, United Indians of All Tribes’ Bernie Whitebear occupied Fort Lawton to establish it as a cultural and social services center for Seattle’s Native community; in 1974, Teri Bach and eight other women challenged sexism at Seattle City Light by becoming journeyman lineman and fostering gender integration; and, in 1969, gay club owners, who had been paying off the police to leave their establishments alone for decades, finally came forward to the press about the corruption.

These were fights for basic rights that were being denied. At that time, Seattle Police Department’s vice squad considered homosexuality to be a part of the same public-order crimes they focused on, such as gambling, narcotics, and sex work—and they policed our community with that lens.

Police departments and school districts were even sharing public service announcements warning boys to be “careful when you meet a stranger

Completing the circle at the International Fountain in 1974. COURTESY OF DAVID NETH

because one never knows when the homosexual is about.”

These were the stories that shaped how Neth understood himself—but it was because of Stonewall he saw himself finally growing up and becoming an old gay man. After watching the scenes of LGBTQ people demanding acceptance in New York, Neth felt seen.

Armed with this newfound awareness and strength, Neth and his friends got to organizing in the early ’70s.

In 1973, they connected with the Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities, shortly thereafter opening a new gay community center in a $100/ month rental home on 16th Avenue East. Around this time, the Queen City Business Guild was organizing gay-owned businesses, too. Seattle was brimming with both struggle and progress and felt primed for a cultural disruption.

It wouldn’t be easy, though — integrating into the anti-war protest scene, for example, proved difficult.

Protesters who were evangelizing for peace on the other side of the world would beat up their gay neighbors who tried to join them; by talking about their oppression as gay people, the protesters believed, the LGBTQ folks were hurting the anti-war arguments.

But it wasn’t just Seattle and New York who saw queer folks rising up and demanding more. Momentum from the Compton Cafeteria riot and the horrific New Orleans UpStairs Lounge fire created a ripple across the country. And while the Seattle gay pride day in 1972 didn’t really make an impact, Neth and his friends didn’t give up. Instead, they decided to do more than just operate a community center. They decided to make people see this community.

In early April 1974, Neth and his friends

Seattle’s first Gay Pride Week organizer David Neth standing next to the Gay Pride Week poster in 1974 while setting up at Seattle Center’s International Fountain. COURTESY OF DAVID NETH

began devising a plan to dedicate a whole week of programming for the community to come together — to come out of the gay clubs and be visible — forcing people in Seattle to see them.

“Gay is Proud” became a rallying cry and the theme for Pride Week.

Being seen — making the invisible visible — is what drove them to organize so passionately. Starting on Monday, June 25, 1974, the group organized a panel discussion, next a trans* event with the “gay community association of UW,” a memorial service for the UpStairs Lounge fire, a picnic on Saturday, and “zany dance and frivolity” on Sunday at Seattle Center.

“Our whole Pride budget was $556.

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Celebrating Pride 1974 at the International Fountain. COURTESY OF DAVID NETH

spray painted on sheets and sewed them together,” Neth says, adding that “we specifically decided to put ‘lesbian’ first on the banner because our communities were making them invisible.”

It was Sunday’s second event in the evening that caused the most stir.

The original poster says, “trashing of an oppressive institution,” which meant “reading” (as in ”reading is fundamental”) or throwing shade. The police read it as physically damaging property and were intent on finding out what institution they were going to trash.

After dancing at the fountain at Seattle Center, they headed back to Pioneer Square and came upon the police station when Neth was arrested for jaywalking.

Walking the halls in handcuffs at the station, Neth remembers policemen glaring at him, snarling, and calling him “faggot.” He would come to find out the arrest wasn’t just part of harassing him and his queer friends as business as usual. This arrest served a specific purpose.

The police wanted to know what they were going to trash, and when he didn’t have an answer, they let him go but not before they asserted their power.

This wasn’t how their first Pride Week was going to end. After being released, Neth and “about nine or 10” of his friends went to the Wallingford Police Substation, where they all proceeded to make out with one another at the front desk. When they inevitably were kicked out of the Substation, they continued their affectionate exchanges on the precinct’s front lawn.

In recalling this particular memory,

Neth brings us back to today.

“It’s easy to ignore what happened to get us here to 2019. More often than not, young people are not isolated anymore.

They’re insulated from discrimination — they’re not going to lose their job, get arrested for jaywalking outside of a gay bar, and they might not have been thrown out of their home for being gay.”

One way Neth describes how LGBTQ folks today can be seen, especially younger generations more insulated from the harmful effects of homophobia, transphobia, and sexism, is by voting.

“At the very least, they can vote.

Beyond that, it’s fine. Just vote. Use your voice to be part of the community you enjoy being a part of.”

Being seen has not changed as a central desire for our communities, whether black or brown communities, native communities, trans communities, older queer communities, or disabled communities. In order for us to be seen, we have to recognize we are worth seeing, and I couldn’t think of a better way to elevate our queer voices — and be made visible — than by voting. #Vote Zachary DeWolf is a Director on the Seattle Public Schools Board and Program Manager for All Home, an organization coordinating homelessness efforts in King County. He is a citizen of the Chippewa Cree Nation of Rocky Boy, Montana, an LGBTQ activist and community leader, and a housing and racial equity advocate living in the Central District with his husband Derek and their dog Maya.

1969 Stonewall Riots: A Call to Action

by Alex Nugent The LGBTQIA+ community is no stranger to discrimination, hostility, violence, or restrictive legislation. These indignities have haunted us since the inception of the United States, causing us to often cower and stay hidden, forcing us to keep our identities, our love, and our hopes to live out the American Dream to ourselves. Too often, we have been alienated from our families, neighborhoods, workplaces. And even worse, we have suffered incarceration, beatings, unemployment, homelessness, and even death.

The 1950s and ’60s were arguably among the most difficult decades to be LGBTQIA+ in America. In 1952, the American Psychiatric Association classified homosexuality as a mental disorder, and during the same timeframe, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) maintained records of known homosexuals, keeping track of their whereabouts, people they were affiliated with, and workplaces, and were assisted by the U.S. Postal Service keeping track of where any mail with homosexual content was mailed. These crackdowns on tracking members of the community came from the national paranoia surrounding the fear of communism following World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. Homosexuality was, at the time, considered “sexual perversion,” and the idea was anyone who was mentally capable of committing sexual perversion would therefore be considered a security risk and capable of being blackmailed by anti-American entities (specifically, communists). In addition, every state prior to 1962 upheld laws prohibiting sodomy (all of which had been inherited from colonial-era legislation). Wearing clothing designed for the opposite gender was outlawed as well. Those who were arrested were often exposed in local or national newspapers, so keeping LGBTQIA+ relationships and affiliations private was a necessity.

While there were “gay bars” where the community could convene and have some semblance of normalcy,

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the FBI’s running list of locales where LGBTQIA+ individuals frequented led to police raids on those bars. Anyone without identification and anyone found “cross-dressing” were subject to immediate arrest and punishment, often accompanied by abuse from the authorities. These individuals were constantly at risk of true expression of self and identity, their rights and safeties compromised by legislation and societal expectations. While activism did exist, it often went unrecognized and disregarded by the country as a whole and was relatively tame in comparison to the anti-war and civil rights groups that existed at the time.

That all changed in the early morning hours of Saturday, June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn, widely known throughout the community as the gay bar in Manhattan, New York City, (due to being the only gay bar in the city where dancing was allowed between members of the same sex). Owned by the Mafia, the Stonewall Inn had been raided by police previously, but the owners of the bar often knew when the raids were going to occur and would pay off the police for the tips. However, when the police raided the bar (allegedly on the grounds of the Stonewall not having a liquor license) on June 28th, the tip hadn’t been received, and therefore came unexpectedly to the patrons enjoying their evening.

The standard for police raids was to line up everyone in the building.

Identification was demanded. Women were taken to the restroom by female officers to verify their gender. Liquor was often seized. After arrests were made and the police left, business typically would

resume for the remainder of the evening, as these raids were often conducted early in the night.

The Stonewall Inn was raided around 1 a.m. After the patrons were all lined up, those who did not fit the profile for arrest were escorted outside the building.

Typically, individuals who were not arrested would leave the scene entirely.

This night, however, most of those who were escorted out remained outside the door — a crowd of hundreds quickly building with anticipation and attracting others who were outside in the early morning hours. While the crowd was growing, the police were also bringing out those who were being arrested, filling the patrol wagon and squad cars with those individuals.

By almost all accounts from June 28, 1969, the crowd remained quiet, but tense, while watching the scene unfold.

Then, police dragged out a butch lesbian, who upon seeing the crowd yelled a call to action: “Why don’t you guys do something?”

With that question, the revolution erupted spontaneously in the form of a massive riot. The community who had been long-known by the police and others as a group to never give anyone trouble had collectively decided to start fighting. The riot lasted until 4 a.m., and it was anything but peaceful.

Bottles, bricks, loose change, and virtually any loose object within reach was thrown at the building, the police, and their vehicles. Realizing quickly how outnumbered they were, the small group of police comprised of only eight officers who initiated the raid, six men and two women, retreated and barricaded

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LGBTQIA+ Activist Marsha P. Johnson

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Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising wouldn’t be complete without remembering one of the most prominent figures in the LGBTQIA+ revolution: Marsha P. Johnson.

Marsha P. Johnson (born Malcolm Michaels Jr. on August 24, 1945) was a self-described drag queen, transvestite, and revolutionary. After leaving her home upon graduating high school, Johnson quickly became involved in activism and rebellion in Greenwich Village of NYC. Living on the streets from 1966 on, Johnson was widely known to engage in “survival sex,” which led to — by her approximation — over 100 arrests. She also suffered from extreme mental health complications, often described as schizophrenic. Known to have dual personalities, Marsha was considered “kind and warm-hearted,” while her male persona, Malcolm, was described as aggressive and could even become violent. She was hospitalized several times as a result of mental breakdowns. The difficult life she lived, however, did not stop Johnson from pursuing activism for the LGBTQIA+ community. If anything, being exposed to the most vulnerable members of the queer community gave her even more drive to pursue liberation.

Johnson was known to be a regular at the Stonewall Inn once they began allowing drag queens and lesbians into the bar. (Initially, the Stonewall only allowed gay men inside.) On the evening of the infamous police raid, however, Johnson stated that she was not present when the riots began and did not help initiate them. All accounts of the riots, including her own, stated that she showed up around 2 a.m. and participated in the escalation on the first night and was actively involved in the riots on the second night as well. On the second night of the Stonewall riots, it was reported that she was seen dropping a bag of bricks onto a police patrol car, smashing the windshield.

Her activism was not limited to Stonewall, and she helped start both the Gay Liberation Front, as well as STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) which she began with another prominent trans activist at the time, Sylvia Rivera, with whom Johnson was incredibly close. Through STAR, Johnson and Rivera connected with other LGBTQIA+ community members, focusing on people of color. The organization was known to be radically political, while also working to provide housing and shelter to LGBTQIA+ youth and sex workers living on the streets in Lower Manhattan.

Toward the end of her life, Johnson was also an AIDS activist with ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power).

Johnson’s death occurred suddenly, and her body was found floating in the Hudson River on July 6, 1992. Though initially ruled a suicide, those who knew Johnson argued the finding, claiming that she was not suicidal. It was also known that when her body was found, there was a large wound to the back of her head, suggesting possible foul play. The case was reopened in 2012, but no suspects were identified, and the case has not been resolved as to how Johnson’s life ended.

There is no doubt that Marsha P. Johnson’s life and activism led to societal change for the LGBTQIA+ community in New York City, and the remainder of the country.

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themselves inside the Stonewall Inn while awaiting backup — which didn’t arrive until almost 3 a.m. Rioters outside continued their attack, attempting to set the building on fire with the police inside, breaking windows, and bludgeoning the front door with a parking meter ripped from the sidewalk.

When the Tactical Police Force (TCP, a dedicated portion of the NYPD whose primary job was to end anti-war or race riots) showed up on the scene, it still took them an hour of fighting to fully disperse the crowd of hundreds.

In the day that followed the initial riots, the Mafia owners did their best to clean up the Stonewall Inn so as to resume business that evening. News of the previous night had spread among the community, and when Saturday night came, the Stonewall was packed.

The crowd inside spilled quickly onto the streets, eventually growing to over 2,000. Still amped with energy from the night before, it was only a matter of time before riots broke out again when the police showed up. This time, backup from four precincts were called, and when the TCP showed up again in full riot gear, the crowd spread over a five-block area. The riots continued until 5:30 Sunday morning. After two nights of NYPD fighting to maintain control of the unexpectedly explosive demonstrations,

by Sunday evening the mood had calmed, and Sunday night at the Stonewall had few disturbances, though some individuals were still energized and tried to overturn a police car and a few were arrested. The community had stood up for itself, finally, and had essentially won the first major battle for their civil rights.

There has been little rest among the LGBTQIA+ community since the Stonewall riots. Often called the “Stonewall Uprising,” those nights represented an explosively impassioned need to end the suffering faced by yet another minority group in the United States. Taking direction from much of the activism started by the Civil Rights Movement, we had come to understand that keeping quiet and hoping for peaceful change was no longer an option.

In the 50 years since Stonewall, our community has fought endlessly to be recognized as equal citizens across the United States, demanding protections against discrimination and violence, refusing to be treated as anything less than human. Of course, no revolution comes about perfectly.

The intersectionality of the LGBTQIA+ acronym has been called into question

countless times, and it took years for everyone represented by those letters to work more closely together (and make no mistake, there is still work to be done). In the early days of fighting for equality, many of us stood separate from one another: gay men and lesbians focused on their agendas primarily, leaving the trans and drag communities to fend for themselves. Through the AIDS epidemic, Pride celebrations, progressive legislation, and decades of coming to an understanding that we are all stronger when we work together, the separation has faded significantly. However, while marriage equality across the nation was undoubtedly one of our largest victories, in the years since 2015, there have been horrendous rollbacks of protections for our trans community: infamous “bathroom bills,” exclusion from serving in the U.S. military, and loss of protection for trans children in school have all created a seemingly uphill battle after years of what felt like relief and victory in the United States.

But if we have learned anything from Stonewall and the momentum it created that shaped the following five decades, once our community decided to fight back, we have not stopped. And seeing the victories we have gained in that timeframe, there is no reason to give up hope.

Pride Parades were initiated as anniversary marches in solidarity and remembrance of the Stonewall riots.

The first pride marches in U.S. history were held on the first anniversary of Stonewall in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles in 1970. The way they have transformed over the past five decades showcases specifically the optimism that is at the core of LGBTQIA+ culture: from solidarity to celebration, and even ensuring in celebration that the history is honored and respected, the level of resiliency that the community has displayed has been endless. We should always be grateful for the courage that came from June 28, 1969, and for the freedoms that we have gained as a result of that impassioned bravery.

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The Return of Lavender Country

by Jake Uitti Patrick Haggerty, front man for the openly out country band, Lavender Country, which produced the world’s first gaythemed country album, has kept a stiff upper lip through decades of hardships foisted upon him largely because of his sexual orientation. But the stalwart musician breaks and begins to cry when he talks about his father, whom he calls the “Patron Saint of All Sissies.”

“My father saw what he had on his hands,” says the 74-year-old Haggerty, fighting back tears. “He saw quite early that I was destined to be the biggest sissy in the country — and I was. And he loved me, and he had my back, and I could tell you story after story and all of them would make you bawl. But the point is: my dad’s permission to be who I was — to wear twine wigs and go to the Catholic youth talent show in drag and run for head cheerleader and wear ballerina outfits all day — was incredible.”

Born in 1944, Haggerty grew up on a dairy farm in a small Washington town.

He milked cows barefoot. He had 10 brothers and sisters. He listened to Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn. And in 1973, he released his now-infamous self-titled country record, Lavender Country, a body of work that, he says, ensured he wouldn’t have a career in the genre.

Nevertheless, it was a sacrifice he was willing to make.

“We were all taking those risks at that time,” he says, “That was the point. That was the requirement to get in the club.

You had to risk everything to be out. That was the deal. I think it’s really important to respect that history.”

In 1964, Haggerty joined the Peace Corps. But two years later, working then in India, U.S. officials discharged him for homosexual behavior. He credits his own political radicalization to this experience.

“I’ll spare you the gory details,” he says, “but I got kicked out for sucking dick. And it affected me big time. I went into the Peace Corps a country boy who was petit bourgeois, aspirant, middle-ofthe-road democrat, and I ended up two years later transformed into a screaming Marxist bitch.”

In 1970, Haggerty went to Cuba to work a stint in sugar cane fields. He studied Che Guevara, Marx, Trotsky, and Lenin. Later, back in Seattle, he marched and protested, living with a diverse group of radical artists and activists. And in 1974, he was invited to play Seattle’s first

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Pride Festival.

“I can remember that experience as clearly as the day is long,” he says. “We were ecstatic that 400 people came out.

We were so thrilled that they showed up.

I played Lavender Country and it was a huge success.”

It wasn’t until the turn of the century, however, that Haggerty began to receive his due recognition. In 2000, the Journal of Country Music published a wellcirculated article that detailed country music’s lineage of gay songwriters and Haggerty was, of course, named prominently among them. (The author of the piece was quickly fired after publication, Haggerty notes.)

The article led to some well-earned notoriety, which included a performance at Seattle’s Pride Festival in 2000. But, Haggerty says, that show didn’t go nearly as well as in 1974. His band was pushed aside, he says, in favor of a more popular performer and had to reduce its set from an hour to only a few minutes. Even in 2000, despite the popular article and despite decades of love for activism and the arts, the pioneering queer cowboy hadn’t found his big break.

“We were trapped,” Haggerty explains.

“It wasn’t straight up bigotry. It was the fact that Gay Pride in Seattle and all over the country wanted to push prominent singers, and because we were gay, we couldn’t be prominent. It wasn’t the fault of any one person, but all the gay singers

were trapped in that circle.”

In 2014, that all changed. A fan decided to put Haggerty’s salaciously titled song, “Cryin’ These Cocksucking Tears” on YouTube. And people began listening in droves. So much so that North Carolina’s Paradise of Bachelors record label reissued Lavender Country.

Since, Haggerty’s band has toured the country coast-to-coast several times over, and the front man is finally seeing the success he’s deserved since those days of cheerleading tryouts and talent shows.

“Here’s really what happened,” Haggerty says. “50 years ago we made Lavender Country and the straight white men in the industry were not about to hear it. They were way too bigoted, way too homophobic, and most of them way too racist to touch it with a 10-foot pole. In the time between, I know I didn’t change. Lavender Country didn’t change.

Those men changed. They’ve kicked Lavender Country out of the fucking gay ghetto because they have the power, and this time they came on the right side of the line.”

Some have compared Haggerty’s story to that of the now-famous ’70s Detroit singer-songwriter, Rodriguez, who lived in relative obscurity for decades despite having two immensely popular albums in South Africa. In just the past few years, Haggerty has performed three cross-country tours and given interviews to outlets like Rolling Stone.

Lavender Country has also been turned into a ballet in San Francisco, and there are rumors of a Hollywood biopic. “It’s blowing sky-high!” the songwriter says, adding that he’ll soon release his second LP, Blackberry Rose.

But, above all else, it’s Haggerty’s courageous concept of love that remains his life’s through-line.

“I’ve been with my husband for 31 years,” says Haggerty, choking back fresh tears. “You can bet on the fact that I love him. And the second thing I have to say is this: ‘The true revolutionary is motivated by deep feelings of love.’

That’s a Che Guevara quote. And I think that’s beautiful.”

Jake Uitti is a writer living in Seattle. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and Alaska Beyond Magazine. He is grateful for this opportunity and loves noodles.

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Community Organization Spotlight

Bailey-Boushay House Other innovations at Bailey-Boushay House include the first HIV Outpatient Program in the Northwest and the first emergency homeless shelter in the country exclusively for people living with HIV/AIDS. Bailey-Boushay House has been affiliated with Virginia Mason Medical Center since it opened. In 2007, AIDS Housing of Washington/Building Changes transferred full ownership of Bailey-Boushay House to Virginia Mason.

What is your organization’s mission for serving the LGBTQIA+ community?

Is this the same as when your organization was founded? If not, how does it support the original mission?

Bailey-Boushay House was established by a caring community that responded with compassion to serve individuals with AIDS at the end of life. We turned toward, not away from, those in need.

Our mission has not changed. We help people with HIV/AIDS and their loved ones receive the skilled, respectful, and compassionate care that everyone deserves.

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Please provide a brief description of the services your organization provides currently, and any services that may have been provided in the past (if different). If applicable, please also provide a brief history of your organization.

Bailey-Boushay House (BBH) in Seattle opened in 1992 as the first facility in the United States built from the ground up to serve people with AIDS at the end of life. In those early times, a death occurred nearly every day at Bailey-Boushay House.

Thanks to medical advancements, BaileyBoushay House has grown to offer a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services to help people with HIV/AIDS. Our services address the holistic needs of clients, whose challenges often include chemical dependency, mental illness and depression, homelessness, incarceration,

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and chronic diseases such as Huntington’s disease and ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease).

Bailey-Boushay House is a national model for excellence in HIV/AIDS care through skilled nursing, medication management, support services, and end-of-life care.

Another major area of focus is our Housing Stability Project, an initiative to serve homeless individuals who are HIV positive. Approximately 30 percent of Bailey-Boushay’s more than 400 outpatient clients are homeless, and many are struggling with substance abuse and mental health problems while also managing daily treatment for HIV. Through our Housing Stability Project, our staff meets people where they are in their lives and offers them resources to help them get off the streets. We also teach them the basics for taking care of a home.

These core beliefs guide our work: First, everyone deserves to live and die with dignity. Second, we can learn from the people we serve and always find ways to do better.

What obstacle(s) has your organization faced in the past? Present? Have those difficulties evolved over time/progress in society?

There have been, and to this day continue to be, inadequate community resources (as well as public and private funding) to meet the needs of all individuals in our community who are living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic diseases, who are homeless and have very few places to turn for help.

Can you give an example of an individual/group who has benefited from the services provided?

The overnight emergency homeless shelter program at Bailey-Boushay House began in November 2018 and provides a warm, comfortable place for as many

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as 50 men and women with HIV/AIDS to sleep, shower, do laundry, and enjoy breakfast every day of the week.

What are your organization’s hopes for the future of the LGBTQIA+ community’s growth and progress?

Are there obvious areas where improvement could be made by your services?

We will continue assisting HIV-positive individuals to access care and to succeed in treatment. We also hope to continue expanding services designed to help our homeless clients transition into affordable housing.

What type of outreach/fundraising/ awareness is done to gather outside help? Are there ways for people to get involved?

The Chefs’ Dinner has raised more than $4 million to benefit Bailey-Boushay House over the past 26 years. Local celebrity chefs generously donated their food, time, and talent. Patrons have enjoyed an evening of gourmet appetizers, a multi-course meal, and live and silent auctions.

Also, Bailey-Boushay House is supported by donors who give directly to BaileyBoushay House and/or through the Virginia Mason Foundation. Donations may be tax-deductible.

We welcome individuals who are interested in volunteering at BaileyBoushay House. We need people from all walks of life and life experiences.

Learn more about our services and opportunities to get involved at baileyboushay.org.

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Community Organization Spotlight

Pride Foundation Please provide a brief description of the services your organization provides currently, and any services that may have been provided in the past (if different). If applicable, please also provide a brief history of your organization.

Pride Foundation was founded in 1985, in the midst of the HIV/AIDS crisis, by a small but courageous group of people who came together to create a source of light and hope during a period of profound darkness.

As the only LGBTQ+ community foundation serving the Northwest region of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, Pride Foundation fuels transformational movements to advance equity and justice for LGBTQ+ people in all communities across the Northwest.

We envision a world in which all LGBTQ+ people live safely and openly as our whole selves in the communities we call home.

Together, we have invested more than $70 million in transformative community change in pursuit of this vision.

What is your organization’s mission for serving the LGBTQIA+ community?

Is this the same as when your organization was founded? If not, how does it support the original mission?

Grants: Pride Foundation provides critical funding to the remarkable community organizations that are actively addressing the needs of and expanding opportunities for LGBTQ+ people in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

We offer grants through three areas of funding: Community Grants Program, Rapid Response Fund, and the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative.

Scholarships: Pride Foundation provides essential financial resources and community support to inspirational LGBTQ+ and allied student leaders across the Northwest.

Since awarding our first scholarship in 1993, we’ve awarded more than $5

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million to more than 1,800 students in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

Pride Foundation Scholars are leaders in their communities with incredibly varied educational goals and lived experiences — and are oftentimes overcoming a lack of support system, tremendous societal barriers, and significant financial need in order to pursue their dreams.

Policy Advocacy: In the current political climate, it is critical that foundations engage in public education and advocacy efforts, in addition to, and in support of, grantmaking. Together, we must use every strategy at our disposal to advocate for a better world.

It is these advocacy and public education efforts that helped humanize our community during the HIV/AIDS crisis and win marriage equality. Pride Foundation will continue to work on the

ground across our region to defend and advance our progress through policies, initiatives, and legislation that will impact our communities for years to come.

Initiatives: From public education campaigns to focused funding programs, Pride Foundation leads innovative and strategic initiatives tackling the multitude of issues facing our communities across our region. These initiatives, along with our advocacy work, complement our thoughtful and intentional grantmaking in advancing our mission and strategy.

What obstacle(s) has your organization faced in the past? Present? Have those difficulties evolved over time/progress in society?

We are living during a time when the gains in recognition, access, and equity that the LGBTQ+ community has fought for over decades are being met with unrelenting efforts to roll them back.

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These efforts continue to especially target people of color, trans and gender diverse people, immigrants, and women — and the resulting harm is even greater for those in our community living at the intersections.

During the fight for marriage equality, which was achieved nationally in 2015, came unprecedented funding from large national funders and excitement among individual donors that drove forward our movements for justice.

However, after marriage equality was passed in 2015, we heard many questions along the lines of: “Are We Done Yet?” At that time, much of the funding was diverted away from our communities and many of those supporters moved on. The challenge was then to explain the multitude of barriers left between full lived and legal equality that our communities have always faced and continue to face to this day.

And the challenges did not stop there.

Since then, LGBTQ+ communities in particular have been challenged by the current political climate since the 2016 elections and the blatant attacks on our communities by the Trump administration.

Threats to trans communities, attacks on immigrants and refugees, an uptick in white supremacy, and increase in hate fueled by toxic political rhetoric has proven challenging in new and terrifying ways. Just in the last two years, we have seen protections rolled back for trans and gender diverse students nationally, a ban on trans people serving in the military, LGBTQ+ asylum seekers being turned away at our borders, and so much more.

Can you give an example of an individual/group who has benefited from the services provided?

We have numerous stories and examples of ways our work has benefited individuals and other organizations within the community. Please visit our website and read one of the stories listed below: • Building Visibility and Community for LGBTQ Older Adults In Rural Areas • “I’ll Never Take the Rainbow Flag Down Again” • A Young Man’s Journey to Change the Reality of LGBTQ Students in Montana

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• Going Beyond Politics to Create a Movement • A Unique Approach to Ending Youth Homelessness in Anchorage and King County What are your organization’s hopes for the future of the LGBTQIA+ community’s growth and progress?

Are there obvious areas where improvement could be made by your services?

In recent decades, the LGBTQ movement has made significant progress while withstanding profound and persistent backlash. Despite the gains that have been made, the issues most impacting the lives of people of color within our community have not always been prioritized.

As a result, LGBTQ+ people of color, as well as immigrants, women, transgender, gender diverse people, and people with disabilities have not always experienced substantial improvements in their lived experiences.

Addressing white supremacy and racism experienced by LGBTQ+ communities is a persistent and urgent issue that Pride Foundation has been working on explicitly for the past decade.

Our movement is shifting and we are working to ensure that Pride Foundation continues to be at the forefront of this change. There is growing prioritization to address the ways racism impacts our community in order to make progress that will benefit our whole community.

Pride Foundation is committed to continuing to support this shift and

contributing to further focusing on those in our communities whose lives and experiences have not been at the forefront.

Ultimately, it is our vision that every single person in our community will have the same access to resources, opportunities, success, happiness, and a full life in all of the places we call home.

What type of outreach/fundraising/ awareness is done to gather outside help? Are there ways for people to get involved?

There are many different ways to support your community and invest in a better, safer, and more equitable world for LGBTQ+ people now: • Become a donor: When you donate to Pride Foundation, you join thousands of supporters building a better, safer, more equitable world for LGBTQ+ people and families. Every gift, whether $1 or $1,000, makes an impact for real people and ripples outward into our communities.

• Become a volunteer: There are many ways to get involved as a volunteer at Pride Foundation throughout the region and our volunteer roles vary throughout the year.

• Attend a Pride Foundation event: From large galas to intimate dinner parties, these events across the region are the first introduction to Pride Foundation for so many within our communities and are an excellent way to give and get involved in the work to build a better world.

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Beyond the Makeup and Glitz: Going Deep into Seattle’s Drag History

by Jake Utti Legendary Seattle drag queen, Aleksa Manila, recalls stories of the early Pioneer Square nightclub, The Garden of Allah. The bar, which opened in 1946 and closed a decade later, catered to Seattle’s queer community and featured both male and female “impersonators” as entertainment. In an era when it was illegal to be gay, the watering hole provided the closest thing to a safe place for queer people to socialize and it was at the forefront of the burgeoning Emerald City drag scene.

“I think about those days,” says Manila, 2004’s Miss Gay Seattle and former Empress of Seattle’s Imperial Court. “You had these female impersonators — or, drag queens — and they were pioneers.

They went against the grain and challenged everything for the sake of art and being proud of their identity. I think about how much of that has influenced how open we are now, culturally.”

Seattle’s queer community has pushed itself forward inch-by-inch since those early years. Even before the historic 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, queens in Seattle had created institutions like Miss Gay Seattle and the Imperial Court.

In a city where there had once been laws stating performers had to wear giant pins identifying their birth genders, now there were nightclubs filled with drag shows hosted by queens playing to packed rooms.

In the ’90s, bars like the infamous Neighbours Nightclub hosted daily drag shows. Communities within these establishments flourished. The entire city of Seattle changed because of it.

It became famous for its queerness.

Activists and artists, musicians and business owners from Pioneer Square to Capitol Hill and beyond began to shape the city’s cultural identity. And drag was at the center of it all.

“Neighbours is where I came out,” says Manila. “It was one of the first nightlife places where I found myself. It gave me a platform to perform as a drag queen.

And it did the same for Seattle drag legends like Chocha Fresca, Vesta Bule, Kahlua Ice, Gaysha Starr, Toni James, Sean Paul and Miss Smokee. Who would have thought we’d all share Neighbours’ wooden stage with hometown favorite Kristine W, the legendary Eartha Kitt, and iconic Lady Gaga.”

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Marcus Wilson, better known as the drag performer, Ursula Android, who hosted the popular show, Pho Bang, for five years, says the Emerald City drag scene has changed dramatically over the years. Wilson, who moved to Seattle in the mid-1990s, says he’s observed a big improvement in the quality of the city’s drag over the decades.

“I think how much drag has evolved from when I moved here when Seattle drag was mostly Imperial Court pageant queens and pretty run-of-the-mill Cher and Whitney Houston wannabes,” Wilson says. “Since then it has come to inspire and incubate such incredible, unique, next-level performers like Dina Martina, Jackie Hell, Jinkx Monsoon, and BenDeLaCreme.”

In many ways, of course, dressing in drag is fun. It means extravagant clothes,

makeup kits, dancing, singing, and performing. That’s part of it, for sure, but another reason drag has subsisted in Seattle so securely is because it is, at the heart, an act of defiance. In this way, drag, maybe above all else, is a political act. And cities like Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, B.C., and San Francisco have helped foster its politics.

“Drag gets rid of barriers,” Manila says. “There’s so much more to it than just the shows. There will always be a political aspect to drag, whether that’s the performer’s intention or not. Going against the norm is an act of rebellion.”

Wilson agrees, saying Seattle has done a great deal to elevate the art form.

“Seattle,” Wilson says, “more than just about any other city in the country, has produced so many drag performers that can do more than just

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lip-synch, ‘throw shade,’ and make YouTube makeup tutorials. We have so many queens that sing, write their own material, are choreographers and professional seamstresses. I think that’s the real difference between being a true professional drag artist and just playing dress up.”

When talking with local drag performers, the traditional idea of mentorship often quickly arises.

Some lament the lack of face-to-face communication in the modern internet era. Others recall stories of what the city’s dynamic used to be like, how wearing a certain color socks in a particular bar could save your life. And how you had to pass that information on in whispers. Wilson says, regardless of era, it’s important to know the city’s history and be willing to help the younger generation.

“Supporting and encouraging younger, forward-thinking performers to bloom while simultaneously revering, honoring, and including local legends and drag veterans are the keys to having a vital and multi-faceted scene,” Wilson offers.

“Ageism in drag is as sad as it is stupid.”

Today, Seattle is one of the fastest growing cities in the country. Unintended consequences necessarily come when any large ecosystem experiences great change. But as the city continues to move forward, Manila asks that officials work with communities as they decide on the city’s social and economic future.

“I know the idea of gentrification is such a heated topic right now,” Manila says. “But my hope is that the city changes as the community changes. With it, not against it.”

Considering the future of Seattle’s drag scene, specifically, many see it bright.

Wilson notes that there are more drag queens in the city than ever. RuPaul’s Drag Race has sparked an explosion, which in turn helps to inspire other drag communities. Manila, too, sees things positively. The horizon is good because drag — in Seattle and around the world — is an essential part of a vibrant, lush community.

“Drag has influenced politics and popular culture everywhere,” Manila says. “We’re witnessing how our culture is expanding. Drag is celebrated and it continues to grow.”

Jake Uitti is a writer living in Seattle. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and Alaska Beyond Magazine. He is grateful for this opportunity and loves noodles.

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MISS SAIGON ....................................................................................................OCT. 29 – NOV. 3 INDIAN INK THEATRE COMPANY MRS. KRISHNAN’S PARTY ....................................................................................NOV. 15 – 24

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GLOBAL PARTY ..................................................................................................................NOV. 15

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Community Organization Spotlight

GenPRIDE: Generations Aging with Pride and expressing the urgent needs of this community. Our social events are well attended, and we are moving LGBTQIA+ senior programming into other parts of the city to be closer to where seniors live.

One of the biggest challenges facing GenPRIDE is keeping up with the growing demand for services while operating on a shoestring budget.

Building organizational capacity and infrastructure to create the kinds of programs that LGBTQIA+ seniors want is our primary focus in 2019.

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Please provide a brief description of the services your organization provides. What created the need for these services?

King County’s LGBTQIA+ seniors experience additional difficulty in finding appropriate housing, accessing services, and connecting with community. A 2018 study by University of Washington’s Dr. Karen Fredriksen Goldsen found that most LGBTQIA+ seniors in King County “were not accessing needed senior or housing services because the services were felt to be non-LGBTQ affirming.”

The same 2018 study found that only 15% of LGBTQIA+ seniors access services for seniors, and that “among the LGBTQ older adult participants, 52% feel that they lack companionship, [and] 54% feel isolated from others.”

Thankfully, the LGBTQIA+ story is one of resilience and change-making.

GenPRIDE’s work empowers King County’s 27,000+ LGBTQIA+ seniors to live with dignity and pride by: • Providing cultural sensitivity training to nursing home staff, medical professionals, and others working with LGBTQIA+ seniors • Supporting family, partners, and friends caring for LGBTQIA+ elders

• Connecting LGBTQIA+ seniors with services related to healthcare, housing, etc.

• Creating programming (such as technology, educational workshops, and fitness classes) that enrich the lives of LGBTQIA+ seniors and keep them connected to their community.

What is your organization’s mission for serving the LGBTQIA+ community?

GenPRIDE empowers older LGBTQIA+ adults to live with pride and dignity by promoting, connecting, and developing innovative programs and services that enhance belonging and support, eliminate discrimination, and honor the lives of older members of our community.

What obstacle(s) has your organization faced? Are you finding acceptance from the community in the work being done?

The community has been turning out in great numbers to support us. In September 2018, we hosted the Mayor, several city and county representatives, and over 100 people from the community to hear the latest findings in the report referenced above. Since then, GenPRIDE has been successful in doubling our grant funding by showing up at City Hall

Can you give an example of an individual/group who has benefited from the services provided?

Michael, a 57-year-old gay man with long-term HIV, told the group at one of our recent Community Conversations that this was the first time he had participated in an LGBTQIA+ group in 10 years. He has been terribly isolated with the loss of so many of his friends to AIDS. He felt supported and heard for the first time in years.

One of our training participants said this about Eldercare Equity Training©: “I was worried if I asked questions there might be some finger-waving, chastising my ignorance, but your presenters were patient and in no way made me feel uncomfortable. I really appreciated that.”

Michelle, a 64-year-old lesbian, came to the GenPRIDE center to generally learn about our services. She shared about her personal life as a caregiver for her 72-year-old partner and the difficulties she was having in caring for her when her own health wasn’t the greatest.

We connected her to caregiver respite resources that will help her continue to care for her partner by getting no/lowcost assistance.

What are your organization’s hopes for the future of the LGBTQIA+ community’s growth and progress?

Are there obvious areas where improvement could be made by your services?

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The LGBTQIA+ elder community needs to come together to support one another as we age. Much like how the community pulled together during the AIDS crisis, it is essential that we regroup and start paying more attention to each other.

Loneliness and isolation are so much higher in our community, and we must form a social safety net for one another.

GenPRIDE plans to form a team of volunteers who will reach out to those in our community who need companionship and someone to call with their questions or concerns. We hear from people every week who have no one left in their lives to call on for the simplest of things. This is heartbreaking to hear these stories.

One of the areas improved by our services are the healthcare and assisted living facilities we train to make their facilities more welcoming and inclusive to the LGBTQIA+ elder community.

Many LGBTQIA+ elders live in hiding when they move into an assisted living facility because they fear discrimination.

When there are no obvious signs of LGBTQIA+ awareness, many choose to return to the closet because they fear being mistreated. The good news is that most facilities in our area are very open to LGBTQIA+ people and want to be welcoming — they just aren’t sure how to do that in an intentional way. Our Eldercare Equity Training© gives them the tools they need to become a safer, more inclusive environment.

What type of outreach/fundraising/ awareness is done to gather outside help? Are there ways for people to get involved?

GenPRIDE reaches out to various organizations, businesses, and others who care about the growing needs of the aging LGBTQIA+ community. Many of them join our efforts by becoming partners and enthusiastic participants in our mission. GenPRIDE is holding its first annual fundraiser on June 7, 2019 to showcase the important work that is being done for our community. Direct donations are always appreciated and allow us more flexibility to provide innovative programs that are not part of the usual government grant funding.

There are numerous ways people can get involved — from donating inkind services, teaching a workshop, volunteering at outreach events, or even answering the phones and assisting with office support. Please join us!

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Community Organization Spotlight

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

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Please provide a brief description of the services your organization provides currently, and any services that may have been provided in the past (if different). If applicable, please also provide a brief history of your organization.

We are the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization comprised of individuals dedicated to the support, education, and development of the community. The Sisters have created and assisted with many fundraisers, helped foster inclusivity amongst a diverse community, worked on harm reduction and have, for many years, returned collected funds in the form of annual grants to other local and statewide grassroots organizations.

What is your organization’s mission for serving the LGBTQIA+ community?

Is this the same as when your organization was founded? If not, how does it support the original mission?

In 1979, The Mother House in San Francisco announced the reason for our existence which is the origin of our mission statement. The Abbey of St. Joan was established in 1996.

We are an order of 21st century nuns dedicated to the promulgation of universal joy and the expiation of stigmatic guilt. We work to raise money for AIDS charities, fight for queer rights and visibility, do safer sex outreach, and strive diligently to keep our sense of humor, never taking ourselves so seriously that we forget to have fun.

We gladly welcome all races, creeds, genders, and sexual orientations.

What obstacle(s) has your organization faced in the past? Present? Have those difficulties evolved over time/progress in society?

The Sisters printed the world’s first safe sex pamphlet and organized the first AIDS benefit. When we are asked, “Why are you mocking nuns?”, we answer: “We are nuns!” We do all that traditional nuns have done for centuries. We have raised lots of money for AIDS and other social causes. We visit the sick, feed the hungry, and generally service the community. We are 21st century nuns!

Historically, the Sisters have been rather controversial. Even being labelled heretics of the Church by the Pope. If only we had social media back then to share our bliss in such an acknowledgement. We are Perpetual Sisters and difficulties have changed over

the years of our service to communities around the world. For the Abbey of St. Joan, Seattle, and more specifically, the Capitol Hill area has changed quite a bit.

We have become more diversified as well as more gentrified. At the intersection of those changes, the Sisters have had to champion changes and navigate some unique situations in recent years. Some of those challenges have been good and some might say some changes have been bad. One thing that has happened is that we have liberated our ministry and do public manifestations all over the Puget Sound area.

The Sisters are focused on the ever changing needs of the HIV affected community. Treatment, survival, and eradication of this disease is moving forward, and we strive to keep up with those changes. Hopefully, we can champion HIV once and for all in the near future.

The biggest challenge that faces our community currently is the incredible difficulties that our transgender community members are facing. We must commit to rectify the many wrongs that have been done and continue to happen.

We as a society are better than this, and the Sisters proudly stand alongside our transgendered community.

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Can you give an example of an individual/group who has benefited from the services provided?

The Sisters have worked with most of the local LGBTQIA+ community in the Seattle area, as well as have provided grants for many local organizations. We have proudly supported BABES Network, Orion Center, The Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle, Lifelong, Gay City, POCAAN, Entre Hermanos, Southeast Seattle Senior Center, Senior Center of West Seattle, Greater Seattle Business Association, Rainbow City Band, Seattle Men’s Chorus, Seattle Women’s Chorus, Ingersoll, Gender Justice League and so many more.

What are your organization’s hopes for the future of the LGBTQIA+ community’s growth and progress?

Are there obvious areas where improvement could be made by your services?

The Sisters would like to see a brighter future for every person, especially those who are vulnerable, to feel love, to feel safe, to feel supported and have a greater sense of community. You are loved!

What type of outreach/fundraising/ awareness is done to gather outside help? Are there ways for people to get involved?

There are many events throughout the year that we host, participate in, and often, we support other organizations’ events, as well. Please visit our website at theabbey.org or like our Facebook page at facebook.com/theabbeyofsaintjoan.

The Sisters can also be reached via email at Sisters@theabbey.org.

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Community Organization Spotlight

Left: Seattle Counseling Service’s Maiden House building. Right: Another historic location on Broadway and Pike.

Seattle Counseling Service Please provide a brief description of the services your organization provides currently, and any services that may have been provided in the past (if different). If applicable, please also provide a brief history of your organization.

Started as part of the Dorian Society in Seattle, Seattle Counseling Services (SCS) later expanded to become an independent organization in 1969.

We began in a rented house with one telephone and several volunteers who were ready to answer the phone, talk with people who dropped by, and offer counsel and support.

Over the last 50 years, we have sought ways to provide a continuum of care for clients. SCS works with other King County Behavioral Health Providers to advocate on behalf of the LGBTQ community in the mental health and addiction services system. We are incredibly proud of the resource SCS has become to our communities. SCS provides an array of mental health and addiction services for members of the LGBTQ community and their significant others, including individual, family, and couples therapy,

psychiatric evaluation, medication management, support groups, comprehensive outpatient addiction treatment, and harm reduction services.

Our services have expanded to include substance use disorder services, support groups, harm reduction programs, HIV prevention programs, peer-led outreach, and immigrant, refugee, and undocumented outreach. We’ve listened to how our LGBTQ community needs have changed, and we are always working to grow and better adapt to meet them. Through these changes, we continue to be committed to providing high-quality, accessible, culturally competent care to all that seek our services and to serve, advocate, educate, and advance the behavioral health and wellness of our LGBTQ community.

What is your organization’s mission for serving the LGBTQIA+ community?

Is this the same as when your organization was founded? If not, how does it support the original mission?

Seattle Counseling Service is a community resource that advocates, educates, and serves to advance the

social well-being and behavioral health of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender and Queer communities.

Seattle Counseling Service is a community-based organization that has been dedicated to promoting health and wellness within the LGBTQ community across Seattle and King County since 1969. The mission statement has only changed to reflect the ways in which we name ourselves as community members for example, our original mission statement described us as Homosexuals.

Needless to say, as our self-identification as a community has changed, we have changed the names to stay current, but our core mission has remained the same.

What obstacle(s) has your organization faced in the past? Present? Have those difficulties evolved over time/progress in society?

The challenges SCS has faced in the past reflect the challenges our LGBTQ community has faced over the past 50 years — from the early days when it was not safe to have signage outside, to identify our location or our mission — when clients faced the potential for loss of employment, housing, or even their

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Seattle Counseling Center’s current building. COURTESY OF SEATTLE COUNSELING CENTER

lives if they were to “come out” publically — to the HIV/AIDS crisis, to advocacy for marriage equality and LGBTQ civil rights to current challenges of economic inequity — SCS has been a support for LGBTQ community members facing these challenges.

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Despite these challenges, or perhaps because of these challenges, SCS has developed a resiliency that has sustained our ability to weather many challenges.

SCS has continued to ensure that all clients who wish to engage in services, may do so, regardless of their ability to pay for care. It is critical that SCS is able to provide culturally competent behavioral health care for all in need. This means it can be challenging at times as the publically funded behavioral health care system is woefully underfunded, hence the need to turn to our larger LGBTQ community for support in order to meet the complex needs of our clients.

Can you give an example of an individual/group who has benefited from the services provided?

SCS served over 2,500 individual community members in 2018. We continue to see a high demand for services across our community. A large majority of our clients live at or below the poverty line and need to be able to access care using Medicaid or sliding fee scale options. We are especially concerned about making sure our services are available and accessible to community members who are less visible — including refugee and asylum-seeking LGBTQ folks who would benefit from mental health and addiction services, and active drug addicts, who would benefit from outreach and engagement into

harm reduction (safer use) strategies.

What are your organization’s hopes for the future of the LGBTQIA+ community’s growth and progress?

Are there obvious areas where improvement could be made by your services?

For our 50th anniversary, SCS is launching an Anti-Stigma Initiative that will focus on encouraging members of the LGBTQ community to reach out for help/support/ resources around behavioral health issues. It can be daunting to ask for help when dealing with anxiety or depression, or drug/alcohol issues for example. As LGBTQ community members, we want to address issues of stigma that may stop or derail someone from reaching out to get help when they need it. We believe all of our community members are entitled to receive culturally competent and responsive care when they need it.

What type of outreach/fundraising/ awareness is done to gather outside help? Are there ways for people to get involved?

Seattle Counseling Service holds four signature fundraising events annually and has a presence throughout the entire year at LGBTQ and health conferences and events to raise awareness and increase visibility for our services available to community. Anyone can host their own awareness and fundraising event with their friends to benefit Seattle Counseling Service too, and we love it when folks get further engaged with us to volunteer at events, including Pride! To get more involved, you can email development@ seattlecounseling.org.

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2019 Local Pride Events SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Phinneywood Pride Rainbow Hop The 7th annual PhinneyWood Pride Rainbow Hop celebrates love and solidarity with our LGBTQ families and friends. Kick off Pride month with face painting, arts and crafts, and other exciting activities! Participating businesses along the “Hop Route” will host activities that promote inclusiveness and fun.

The event map with all the activities will be available in mid-May. Get your map stamped at each stop. Kids who collect 6 stamps or more on their map can exchange it for a ticket to the Woodland Park Zoo. Phinney-Greenwood Neighborhood, 6532 Phinney Ave N, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM, FREE, all ages, phinneycenter.org

Stonewall to Bainbridge To commemorate Stonewall Uprising’s 50th anniversary, Bainbridge Pride is proud to host its very first seminar featuring multiple invited leaders from the LGBTQIA community to discuss their own personal stories as well as participate in an in-depth discussion about our community’s history since Stonewall.

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, 550 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, FREE, but please RSVP to stonewall2bainbridge.brownpapertickets.com

Bacon Strip: Pride Pageant Drag Show The Big Gay Variety Show! A monthly theater show serving up laughter, costumes, outrageous acts, drag performances, and bacon! First Saturday of the month. Seattle Weekly voted Best Drag show of 2017!

The Palace Theatre & Art Bar, 5813 Airport Way S, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $22, 21+, palaceartbar.com

In Living Color Join ALLEGORY’s Stories That Shape the Soul Storytellers for the debut of IN LIVING COLOR. Stories from the LGBTQ Community dive deep into the in’s and out’s of what it really means to be part of a family, born-in or chosen. LGBTQ Storytellers share a life-changing experience and how sexual orientation impacted their lives and relationships.

Black Box Space inside Center Theater, 305 Harrision St, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, from $22, allegorysoulstories.com

Bonbon New show Bonbon celebrates the season of love with a contemporary twist on classic cabaret and features a cast of highly athletic dancers and sultry singers. Leave the outside world behind as you sit nestled underneath the historic Pike Place Market in an intimate, romantic theatre setting. Your hunky and hilarious host Jonny Boy will guide you

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through a multimedia spectacle of exquisitely choreographed dance and music.

Can Can Culinary Cabaret, 94 Pike St, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (17+, bar 21+) & 9:30 PM – 11:30 PM (21+ only), $50 – $100 tickets.thecancan.com

The Blue Dress Party Organized by The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the Abbey of St. Joan, Blue Dress Party celebrates the medical advances in the prevention of HIV through the use of PrEP (Preexposure Prophylaxis), the little blue pill that is changing the strategies to preventing HIV. This event is about raising funds that can be used for outreach, education, and access to hard to reach communities, which is the critical next step in extinguishing this epidemic for good.

The event will take place on the Hiyu, Seattle’s premier floating venue, on Lake Washington.

South Lake Union Dock, 860 Terry Ave N, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $65 – $125, eventbrite.com/e/ blue-dress-party-tickets-53803131615

SUNDAY, JUNE 2 Capitol Hill Clean Sweep: Pride Kickoff A local favorite! Clean up Capitol Hill for Pride month! Volunteers from around the neighborhood gather in the morning at Cal Anderson Park for coffee, pastries, and instructions before being dispersed to scrub the streets. Join 300+ volunteers, some who come out every year, to participate in this allvolunteer event produced by the Capitol Hill Chamber and PrideFest. They will feed you, give you a free t-shirt (first come, first served),

give you cleaning supplies, and pair you with neighbors to go out. Best of all, you’ll help make the Hill sparkle in preparation for Pride Month. After the clean-up, volunteers will be treated to music and lunch in the park.

Cal Anderson Park, 1635 11th Avenue, 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM, FREE with preregistration, all ages, caphillchamber.org

In Living Color Join ALLEGORY’s Stories That Shape the Soul Storytellers for the debut of IN LIVING COLOR. Stories from the LGBTQ Community dive deep into the in’s and out’s of what it really means to be part of a family, born-in or chosen. LGBTQ Storytellers share a life-changing experience and how sexual orientation impacted their lives and relationships.

Black Box Space inside Center Theater, 305 Harrision St, 2:00 PM, from $22, allegorysoulstories.com

Bonbon New show Bonbon celebrates the season of love with a contemporary twist on classic cabaret and features a cast of highly athletic dancers and sultry singers. Leave the outside world behind as you sit nestled underneath the historic Pike Place Market in an intimate, romantic theatre setting. Your hunky and hilarious host Jonny Boy will guide you through a multimedia spectacle of exquisitely choreographed dance and music.

Can Can Culinary Cabaret, 94 Pike St, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $40 – $95, 17+, bar 21+, tickets.thecancan.com

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2019 Local Pride Events Sunday FUNday: Kitsap Pride @Â Eleven Winery Drink great wine while supporting Kitsap Pride!

Eleven Winery will be donating 100% of their tasting fees and 10% of all bottle purchases to Kitsap Pride on Sunday, June 2.

Eleven Winery location only, 7671 NE Day Rd W, Bainbridge Island, Noon – 5:00 PM, tasting options include $8/glass or $12/tasting flight (choice of 5), 21+, elevenwinery.com

The World’s Tiniest Tea Dance

Certified Organic, Locally Handcrafted, and LGBTQ+ Owned.

Seattle’s longest running afternoon dance party is each and EVERY Sunday, rain or shine!

Bump up against a bevy of beautiful men on the patio or squeeze out every last drop of weekend fun on the dance floor. Sexy disco, feel good beats, and camp classix from your resident host: DJ King of Pants (Beefcake!) and DJ Sling Dion (Different Drummer) and the gorgeous James Darling!

Pony, 1221 E Madison St, 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM, 21+, ponyseattle.com

MONDAY, JUNE 3 Connexions for QTPOC Mondays Seattle • Bellevue

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Connexions is a free, open group for QTPOC (queer and trans people of color). It is a space for making connections, healing, processing, and sharing resources. This support group is ongoing every Monday evening from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM, is FREE and open to SCS clients and the greater community. No RSVP required.

Seattle Counseling Service, 1216 Pine St, seattlecounseling.org

Queeraoke Mondays Queeraoke is at queer/bar every Monday at 8pm! Queer/Bar has the rocking karaoke DJ: Baby Van Beezly ready to make your rockstar fantasies come to life every Monday. Weekly MX. queens will make special appearances to host and introduce you like the diva you are!

Get your prefunk on with our power hour from 8:00 – 9:00 PM, $5 margs, mules, and mojitos, along with delicious sunset fried chicken specials. queer/bar, 1518 11th Ave, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, FREE, 21+, thequeerbar.com

RuPaul’s Drag Race: Season 11 Tour The 11th season of EmmyŽ Award-winning “RuPaul’s Drag Race� has proven itself to be the most fashionable, fearless and jawdropping spectacle in “Drag Race� herstory!

Try not to gag while you watch your favorite Season 11 Queens work that runway and show off their fiercest looks. Presented by Voss Events in collaboration with World of Wonder and VH1.

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The Moore Theatre, 1932 2nd Ave, Doors 7:00 PM, Show 8:00 PM, $42 – $120 not including fees, all ages, stgpresents.org

Horizon House is proud to be a diverse and welcoming community.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 4 Fernet-Branca Presents: Bingo with Bosco!

A vibrant retirement community in downtown Seattle Call us to schedule a visit: 206-382-3100

Come play BINGO with us every Tuesday and meet the QUEEN! Prizes galore.

The Atlantic Crossing Pub, 6508 Roosevelt Way NE, 7:00 PM – 11:59 PM, $1 wings, $5 Fernet Branca or Menta, $4 Rainier or PBR, 21+, theatlanticcrossing.com

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 Get Spoked! Womxn, Trans, Gender Non-Binary VRP/Open Shop Every first Wednesday of the month, join Bike Works for an open shop specifically for folks who identify as women, trans, or gender nonbinary to come together in an inclusive space to repair bikes for the community or get help from an experienced mechanic to work on your own bike.

Celebrating Stonewall

JUNE 21 - 22 BENAROYA HALL

Bike Works, 3709 S Ferdinand St, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, 18+, bikeworks.org/event/womxntrans-gender-non-binary-volunteer-repair-party

THURSDAY, JUNE 6 Pride Family Fun Day Celebrate Pride at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) with a special welcome to the LGBTQ community. Bring the family to enjoy crafts, story time, film screenings and live performances for this Free First Thursday event.

Museum of History & Industry, 860 Terry Ave N, 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM, FREE, all ages, mohai.org

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2019 Local Pride Events Together for Justice and Equity Reception Join Equal Rights Washington to celebrate their 15th anniversary as stewards, servants, and leaders in the LGBTQ movement towards justice and equity. Great progress has been made, but there is still so much left to do.

Help Equal Rights Washington outline their roadmap for the work ahead at their annual Together for Justice and Equity Event.

Continuing our work together, we will secure the future we want to see for our LGBTQ friends and families in Washington State.

Metropolist, 2931 1st Ave S, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, $40 – $75 single ticket, equalrightswashington.org

FRIDAY, JUNE 7 MX. A Queer Variety Show MX. is queer/bar’s weekly, drag variety show!

Catch our cast of fierce queens and dancing divas on the queer/bar stage, every Friday at 9:30pm. Hosted by the infamous Seattle queen: La Saveona Hunt, the show stars the incredible talents of local drag sensations: Stacey Starstruck, Bosco, Andrew Scott, Kitty Glitter, and Solana Solstice. queer/bar, 1518 11th Ave, 9:30 PM, 21+ tickets at thequeerbar.com

Inaugural Benefit for GenPRIDE Celebrating 50 years since Stonewall. Join us as we celebrate the generations that moved our community from Stonewall to marriage equality. Enjoy amazing entertainment, delicious food and beverages. Learn about GenPRIDE’s work to honor and value Seniors in our community.

The Sanctuary at Admiral, 2656 42nd Ave SW, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $25 – $50 Individual; $250 – $500 Groups, gapseattle.org/ celebratestonewall

FRIDAY – SATURDAY, JUNE 7 – 8 Building an Inclusive Church Is your church or community ready to start the discussion about inclusivity or find ways to refresh their current inclusivity statements?

Join us for this day and a half training! The Building an Inclusive Church (BIC) training will be led by staff from ReconcilingWorks and will help you design and implement a journey for your faith community to publicly and intentionally welcome people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions.

Luther Memorial Lutheran Church, 13047 Greenwood Ave N, Friday: 5:30 PM registration, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM training, Saturday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM training, $100 registration fee, RWKS.org/BIC

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SATURDAY, JUNE 8 Volunteer Park Pride Festival Experience Seattle Pride’s return to where it all started on Capitol Hill, with a celebration of LGBTQIA+ arts, performance and culture in the iconic Volunteer Park. The festival will feature live music, a beer garden, food trucks, small, local craft fair, and games. We’ll also have non-profit organizations from our community and Seattle Pride sponsors who make this and the Seattle Pride Parade possible.

Volunteer Park, 1247 15th Ave E, Noon – 7:00 PM, FREE, all ages, seattlepride.org

COCKTAILS

CAPITOL HILL

1400 10TH AVE. SEATTLE 206-556-4853

COMING SOON

KIRKLAND

KIRKLAND URBAN 425 URBAN PLAZA STE 285

HAPPY HOURS

DAILY 3–6PM SUN–THURS 9:30–11PM FRI–SAT 10PM–12AM

BRUNCH

NATE GOWDY

ISAN THAI RESTAURANT & BAR

SOIRESTAURANTS.COM

SATURDAY, JUNE 8 There Goes the Gayborhood!

Panel Discussion In the face of rapid redevelopment, how do we save the places that anchor Seattle’s LGBTQ communities but may lack the architectural significance typically required for landmarking?

A panel of preservationists, small business owners, and activists will discuss important community places and the challenges we face in making preservation more inclusive.

Seattle Central Library, 1000 4th Ave, 10:30 AM – Noon, FREE, advanced registration appreciated, all ages, historicseattle.org

Hannah Gadsby The overnight success of Hannah Gadsby was more than ten years in the making with her award winning stand-up shows, a sell out fixture in festivals across Australia and the UK. She played a character called Hannah on the TV series “Please Like Me” and has hosted three art documentaries, inspired by comedy art lectures she created to accompany collections at major galleries.

The Moore Theatre, 1932 2nd Ave, Doors 6:30 PM, Show 7:30 PM, $39.75 – $59.75 not including fees, all ages, stgpresents.org

e, WA • Pirate Sh ip Cruises Seattl

Family Treasure Cruise

Adult Pirate Party Cruise (21+)

1. 5 hour interactive 1 hour 45 minute party pirate adventure cruise with games and for all ages! great music!

Call to book Queen Anne’s Revenge for your private event up to 48 guests.

• Corporate Events • Team Building • Birthday Parties

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ONE TEAM.

ONE LOVE.

SUNDAY, JUNE 9 Sound & Soak (QTPOC + allies Womxn & Non-Binary) A morning of live sound meditation and soaking for queer folks at Hot House Spa in Capitol Hill. This is a POC centered space that also welcomes white queer allies. Per Hot House policy, this workshop welcomes queer folk who identify as womxn, and non-binary and trans folks who feel aligned to womxn centered spaces. Cost includes private access to the spa (hot tub, sauna, steam room, showers, and relaxation space) as well as live healing music to support relaxation, healing, and joy.

Hothouse Spa & Sauna, 1019 E Pike St, Ste HH, 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM, $25 – $50 sliding scale, 18+, oshun-swim-school.coursestorm. com/category/sound-soak-spa-workshops

Camp Ten Trees’ Dinner & Auction GAYla

MARINERS PRIDE NIGHT

Launch Pride Season in Seattle by supporting youth from our wondrous LGBTQ+ communities! Camp Ten Trees’ 2019 GAYla promises to be a night to remember with delicious food and exciting entertainment provided by A Sensible Theater Co. Bringing together our community in the fun spirit of the fan favorite, “THE GOLDEN GIRLS!” Dust off your best ’80s dresses, floral prints, and tropical tones as you prepare for an unforgettable evening of Florida vibes in Seattle, “Golden Girls” style!

Seattle Design Center, 5701 6th Ave S, 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $115+, camptentrees. ejoinme.org

The World’s Tiniest Tea Dance

FRIDAY, JULY 5 – 7:10 P.M. Ticket + Mariners Pride Cap + Pre-Game Party + $5 GSBA Scholarship Donation $46 View Level $61 Main Level

MARINERS.COM/PRIDE

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Seattle’s longest running afternoon dance party is each and EVERY Sunday, rain or shine!

Bump up against a bevy of beautiful men on the patio or squeeze out every last drop of weekend fun on the dance floor. Sexy disco, feel good beats, and camp classix from your resident host: DJ King of Pants (Beefcake!) and DJ Sling Dion (Different Drummer) and the gorgeous James Darling!

Pony, 1221 E Madison St, 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM, 21+, ponyseattle.com

Hannah Gadsby The overnight success of Hannah Gadsby was more than ten years in the making with her award winning stand-up shows, a sell out fixture in festivals across Australia and the UK. She played a character called Hannah on the TV series Please Like Me and has hosted three art documentaries, inspired by comedy art lectures she created to accompany collections at major galleries.

The Moore Theatre, 1932 2nd Ave, Doors 6:30 PM, Show 7:30 PM, $39.75 – $59.75 not including fees, all ages, stgpresents.org

MONDAY, JUNE 10 IRUO Roundtable Community Meeting A quarterly meeting by individuals and organizations invested in the issues that impact LGBTQ immigrants, refugees, asylees, and undocumented folx.

Location varies per agency host. 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, to join, please contact iruo@seattlecounseling.org

Connexions for QTPOC Mondays Connexions is a free, open group for QTPOC (queer and trans people of color). It is a space for making connections, healing, processing, and sharing resources. This support group is ongoing every Monday evening from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM, is FREE and open to SCS clients and the greater community. No RSVP required.

Seattle Counseling Service, 1216 Pine St, seattlecounseling.org

Queeraoke Mondays Queeraoke is at queer/bar every Monday at 8pm! Queer/Bar has the rocking karaoke DJ: Baby Van Beezly ready to make your rockstar fantasies come to life every Monday. Weekly MX. queens will make special appearances to host and introduce you like the diva you are!

Get your prefunk on with our power hour from 8:00 – 9:00 PM, $5 margs, mules, and mojitos, along with delicious sunset fried chicken specials.

SEASONAL EXHIBITS FOR YOUR PALETTE Join us for lunch or weekend brunch to enjoy artistically inspired dishes crafted from local ingredients, and see the personal story of Dale Chihuly through his collections.

COLLECTIONSCAFE.COM L O C AT E D AT C H I H U LY G A R D E N A N D G L A S S 305 HARRISON ST / SEATTLE WA 206.753.4935

queer/bar, 1518 11th Ave, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, FREE, 21+, thequeerbar.com

TUESDAY, JUNE 11 Fernet-Branca Presents: Bingo with Bosco!

Come play BINGO with us every Tuesday and meet the QUEEN! Prizes galore.

The Atlantic Crossing Pub, 6508 Roosevelt Way NE, 7:00 PM – 11:59 PM, $1 wings, $5 Fernet Branca or Menta, $4 Rainier or PBR, 21+, theatlanticcrossing.com

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 Pride Business Luncheon Kick off PRIDE at one of Seattle’s most elegant venues, Embassy Suites in Pioneer Square.

GSBA’s Pride luncheon will be an exciting event with a business expo followed by a thought-provoking presentation.

Embassy Suites Pioneer Square, 255 S King St, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, $70 members, $80 non-members, thegsba.org

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gifted kids who love to learn

THURSDAY, JUNE 13 Queer Art Walk Now in its 5th year, the Queer Art Walk — just like Capitol Hill’s regular art walk, but more

A KindergArten through 8th grAde independent school

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Acceptance.

queer, features queer art and artists from across the Hill. It is an engaging and fun way to connect and celebrate Capitol Hill’s vibrant, artsy neighborhood during Pride Month. A partnership between the Capitol Hill Art Walk and PrideFest. Map of all participating venues available for download and print the week before event.

Love.

Capitol Hill, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE, all ages, capitolhillartwalk.com and pridefest.org

FRIDAY, JUNE 14 Rainbow Bingo - Western Style

Respect.

Join the fun, friendly, and fantastic Rainbow Bingo crew at the Southeast Seattle Senior Center for prizes and pandemonium to raise money for the center’s programs and activities.

Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $25 – $28, sessc.org

MX. A Queer Variety Show

Learn more about our 62+ Nonprofit Life Plan Community by calling Lea Miller, Director of Marketing 206.281.5744 or visit BayviewSeattle.org

MX. is queer/bar’s weekly, drag variety show!

Catch our cast of fierce queens and dancing divas on the queer/bar stage, every Friday at 9:30pm. Hosted by the infamous Seattle queen: La Saveona Hunt, the show stars the incredible talents of local drag sensations: Stacey Starstruck, Bosco, Andrew Scott, Kitty Glitter, and Solana Solstice. queer/bar, 1518 11th Ave, 9:30 PM, 21+ tickets at thequeerbar.com

SATURDAY, JUNE 15 Run & Walk with Pride 4k/10k Run Walk with Pride invites friends, family and neighbors to join in the magic with a running/ walking event to celebrate Pride. This annual community event is presented by Seattle Frontrunners, an LGBT running club. As a tradition, the club awards 100% of proceeds from Run Walk with Pride to a local, non-profit.

Event starts at Seward Park, 5895 Lake Washington Blvd. S., 9:00 AM, $20 – $35 registration fee, all ages, runwalkwithpride.org

Seattle Reign Pride Night Seattle Reign FC celebrates Pride with a home match against DC’s Washington Spirit.

Cheer the home team on for an afternoon of rowdy fun.

Cheney Stadium, 2502 S Tyler St, Tacoma, WA, 1:00 PM, $17 – $30, all ages, reignfc.com

SUNDAY, JUNE 16 The World’s Tiniest Tea Dance Seattle’s longest running afternoon dance party is each and EVERY Sunday, rain or shine!

Bump up against a bevy of beautiful men on the patio or squeeze out every last drop of weekend fun on the dance floor. Sexy Disco, feel good beats, and camp classix from your resident host: DJ King of Pants (Beefcake!) and

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2019 Local Pride Events DJ Sling Dion (Different Drummer) and the gorgeous James Darling!

Pony, 1221 E Madison St, 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM, 21+, ponyseattle.com

Pull for Pride Nationwide deadlift-only fundraising event benefiting select organizations that provide direct support to LGBTQ youth struggling with homelessness.

Strive & Uplift, 1404 NW 49th St, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, seattle.striveanduplift.com

MONDAY, JUNE 17 Connexions for QTPOC Mondays Connexions is a free, open group for QTPOC (queer and trans people of color). It is a space for making connections, healing, processing, and sharing resources. This support group is ongoing every Monday evening from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM, is FREE and open to SCS clients and the greater community. No RSVP required.

THURSDAY, JUNE 20 Georgetown Community Drag Bingo Join Sylvia and Puddin Pie for Drag Bingo that is free play with amazingly campy casino prizes and stuff from Sylvia’s closet!

Palace Theatre & Art Bar, 5813 Airport Way S, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, palaceartbar.com

Seattle LGBTQ Commission Meeting The Seattle Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Commission advises the Mayor, Council and departments about issues of concern affecting the LGBTQ communities. Meetings are open to the public and all are encouraged to attend. Public comment period is at the beginning of each meeting.

Seattle Counseling Service, 1216 Pine St, seattlecounseling.org

Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave, Boards and Commissions Room L-280, (City Hall doors lock at 6:00 PM. If you are unable to get in, please use the intercom located on the left hand side of the entry doors.) 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, teens, adults, seniors, seattle.gov/lgbtq

Queeraoke Mondays

Take Me Out

Queeraoke is at queer/bar every Monday at 8pm! Queer/Bar has the rocking karaoke DJ: Baby Van Beezly ready to make your rockstar fantasies come to life every Monday. Weekly MX. queens will make special appearances to host and introduce you like the diva you are! Get your prefunk on with our power hour from 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $5 margs, mules, and mojitos, along with delicious sunset fried chicken specials. queer/bar, 1518 11th Ave, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, FREE, 21+, thequeerbar.com

Rock & Roll Queer Bar with DJ Toast!

RRQB is back at the Pony, tonight and every third Monday of the month. Come rock out to the jams by Debbie, PJ, Patti, Tina, and all the bad-asses you love. DJ Toast (aka John) will play the tunes while Michael serves you some beverage realness.

Pony, 1221 E Madison St, 9:00 PM – 2:00 AM, 21+, ponyseattle.com

TUESDAY, JUNE 18 Fernet-Branca Presents: Bingo with Bosco!

Come play BINGO with us every Tuesday and meet the QUEEN! Prizes galore.

The Atlantic Crossing Pub, 6508 Roosevelt Way NE, 7:00 PM – 11:59 PM, $1 wings, $5 Fernet Branca or Menta, $4 Rainier or PBR, 21+, theatlanticcrossing.com

Strawberry Theatre Workshop welcomes Pride with Richard Greenberg’s “Take Me Out”.

Winner of the 2003 Tony Award, “Take Me Out” explores what happens when a superstar player on a major-league baseball team announces that he is gay.

Beer GARDENS

SUNDAY JUNE 30 3 LOCATIONS 9:30 AM - 4 PM

WESTLAKE PARK 4th & Pine

12th Ave Arts Mainstage, 1620 12th Ave, 7:30 PM, $36, all ages, strawshop. brownpapertickets.com

FRIDAY, JUNE 21 Take Me Out Strawberry Theatre Workshop welcomes Pride with Richard Greenberg’s “Take Me Out”.

Winner of the 2003 Tony Award, “Take Me Out” explores what happens when a superstar player on a major-league baseball team announces that he is gay.

12th Ave Arts Mainstage, 1620 12th Ave, 7:30 PM, $36, all ages, strawshop. brownpapertickets.com

JIFFY LUBE LOT On 4th Between Virginia & Lenora BELL ST. PARK 4th & Bell 21+ EVENT VA L I D I D R E Q U I R E D

OutDancing Every third Friday of the month, Century Ballroom hosts OutDancing, one of the longest running nights for the LGBTQ social dance community in Seattle.

Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St, 8:00 PM line dancing lesson ($10), 8:30 PM – 12:00 AM Dance, $10 or free with lesson, 21+, centuryballroom.com

Sling Dion’s Different Drummer Different Drummer recreates the soundtrack to our sexual histories. From the darkroom of your dreams, comes the synth/disco/italo/

P L E A S E D R I N K R E S P O N S I B LY S E AT T L E P R I D E .O R G

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2019 Local Pride Events bathhouse dance party paying respect to the queers who invented dance culture. Where everything is old and sounds new, or is new and sounds old.

Pony, 1221 E Madison St, 9:00 PM – 2:00 AM, 21+, ponyseattle.com

MX. A Queer Variety Show

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MX. is queer/bar’s weekly, drag variety show!

Catch our cast of fierce queens and dancing divas on the queer/bar stage, every Friday at 9:30pm. Hosted by the infamous Seattle queen: La Saveona Hunt, the show stars the incredible talents of local drag sensations: Stacey Starstruck, Bosco, Andrew Scott, Kitty Glitter, and Solana Solstice. queer/bar, 1518 11th Ave, 9:30 PM, 21+ tickets at thequeerbar.com

Over the Rainbow - Rainbow Bingo Come on out and join in the fun! Sylvia O’Stayformore is getting behind the controls of the Bingo-matic! Are you Ready? ARE YOU READY? To play BINGO?! Join in on a fun evening of costumes, great food, snacks, and bingo fun with cash prizes.

Senior Center of West Seattle, 4217 SW Oregon St, Doors open at 6:00 PM, Starts at 7:00 PM, $20 non-members, $12 members, 21+, sc-ws.org/events/rainbow-bingo/ (note: this event is sold out, call/email to be put on a waitlist)

Leather Pride Underwear Night Tonight’s underwear night is all about Leather/ Fetish. We will be joined by the Seattle Men in Leather community.

The Lumber Yard Bar, 9619 16th Ave SW, 9:00 PM – 2:00 AM, thelumberyardbar.com

Summer of ’69

ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

We see the world in full color. Inclusion takes us to new heights, and we’re excited to fly higher together. Boeing is proud to stand with the LGBTQ community and build a future where everyone can soar.

Woodstock. The moon landing. Vietnam.

Stonewall. In the summer of 1969, current events churned into a psychedelic era of rebellion and change. Seattle Men’s Chorus transports us back to this vibrant year through the chart-topping, culture-defining music that blared through turntables and transistor radios.

Joining with a coalition of LGBTQ choruses across the country, they will also present a thrilling new musical theater work that tells the stories of the Stonewall riots and the birth of the struggle to live life out loud.

Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, 8:00 PM (features certified-ASL interpretation), $25 – $75, all ages, seattlechoruses.org

SATURDAY, JUNE 22 Seattle Women’s Pride Seattle Women’s Pride is THE Pride party for lesbians (and their friends) in Seattle! The theme for 2019 is THE YEAR OF THE WOMAN! You want comedy? That’s what you’ll get!

AND SO MUCH MORE! Your ticket gains you

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entrance to the comedy show, music, dancing, and all the PRIDE you can stand! Bring all your friends and make some new ones.

The Riveter, 1517 12th Ave, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $25+, 21+, seattlewomenspride.com

Summer of ’69

Celebrate love and

smiles

Woodstock. The moon landing. Vietnam.

Stonewall. In the summer of 1969, current events churned into a psychedelic era of rebellion and change. Seattle Men’s Chorus transports us back to this vibrant year through the chart-topping, culture-defining music that blared through turntables and transistor radios.

Joining with a coalition of LGBTQ choruses across the country, they will also present a thrilling new musical theater work that tells the stories of the Stonewall riots and the birth of the struggle to live life out loud.

Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, 2:00 PM, $25 – $75, all ages, seattlechoruses.org

Take Me Out Strawberry Theatre Workshop welcomes Pride with Richard Greenberg’s “Take Me Out”.

Winner of the 2003 Tony Award, “Take Me Out” explores what happens when a superstar player on a major-league baseball team announces that he is gay.

12th Ave Arts Mainstage, 1620 12th Ave, 7:30 PM, $36, all ages, strawshop. brownpapertickets.com

1st Annual Pride Pickleball Palooza Smash Pickleball hosts its first ever Pride Pickleball Palooza. Pickleball is a great way to enjoy a sport that people of varying athletic abilities and ages can play. More details to come.

PRIDE IS HEALTHY

smashpickleball.com

SUNDAY, JUNE 23 The World’s Tiniest Tea Dance Seattle’s longest running afternoon dance party is each and EVERY Sunday, rain or shine!

Bump up against a bevy of beautiful men on the patio or squeeze out every last drop of weekend fun on the dance floor. Sexy Disco, feel good beats, and camp classix from your resident host: DJ King of Pants (Beefcake!) and DJ Sling Dion (Different Drummer) and the gorgeous James Darling!

Pony, 1221 E Madison St, 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM, 21+, ponyseattle.com

MONDAY, JUNE 24 Connexions for QTPOC Mondays Connexions is a free, open group for QTPOC (queer and trans people of color). It is a space for making connections, healing, processing, and sharing resources. This support group is ongoing every Monday evening from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM, is FREE and open to SCS clients

kp.org/wa ©Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington

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2019 Local Pride Events and the greater community. No RSVP required.

Seattle Counseling Service, 1216 Pine St, seattlecounseling.org

Queeraoke Mondays Queeraoke is at queer/bar every Monday at 8pm! Queer/Bar has the rocking karaoke DJ: Baby Van Beezly ready to make your rockstar fantasies come to life every Monday. Weekly MX. queens will make special appearances to host and introduce you like the diva you are! Get your prefunk on with our power hour from 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $5 margs, mules, and mojitos, along with delicious sunset fried chicken specials.

Celebrate who you are.

Every time you step out your front door.

queer/bar, 1518 11th Ave, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, FREE, 21+, thequeerbar.com

TUESDAY, JUNE 25 Fernet-Branca Presents: Bingo with Bosco!

Come play BINGO with us every Tuesday and meet the QUEEN! Prizes galore.

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The Atlantic Crossing Pub, 6508 Roosevelt Way NE, 7:00 PM – 11:59 PM, $1 wings, $5 Fernet Branca or Menta, $4 Rainier or PBR, 21+, theatlanticcrossing.com

WEDNESDAY – SUNDAY, JUNE 26 – 30 Seattle Alternative Pride 2019 by Nark Magazine Nark Magazine and Bottom Forty present Seattle’s Alternative Pride Festival Weekend 2019, Pride is for Everyone! A weekend of fun, togetherness, and debauchery celebrating the beautiful scenery, communities, and vibrant cultures of Seattle across many different events of varying degrees from block parties to boat cruises to endless raves to drag to brunch and more.

Multiple events throughout the week, universe.com/pride2019

A S W E H O N O R T H E 50 T H A N N I V E R S A R Y O F S T O N E WA L L , WE’RE THRILLED TO BE A SPONSOR OF S E AT T L E P R I D E , A N D T H E M O N T H-L O N G W O R L D P R I D E C E L E B R AT I O N I N N E W Y O R K C I T Y.

We’re proud of our continued commitment to diversity in the workplace and beyond—here and across the U.S. and Canada.

Kremwerk Timbre Room Complex Pride Weekend The Kremwerk & Timbre Room Complex is your destination for Seattle’s Pride 2019!

Three spaces, 4 bars, patio parties, drag, and dancing with more than 10 events in one weekend.

Kremwerk + Timbre Room, 1809 Minor Ave, VIP All Weekend Pass starting at $50, 21+, kremwerk.com/pride2019

THURSDAY, JUNE 27 Qu-ART Queer community art night and draw jam every fourth Thursday! They have pens and pencils, but you gotta bring your own paper or other supplies. You can come knit, draw, write, etc. Those experiencing an art block

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encouraged to come too! It’s pretty much a free for all. No skills or confidence required.

There are light refreshments, but bring your own bevvie. Come hang and create with other queers in a space filled with safe and supportive folks.

Push/Pull, 5484 Shilshole Ave NW, Ballard, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE, pushpullseattle. weebly.com

THURSDAY – SATURDAY, JUNE 27 – 29 Midnight Snack: Pride — A Late Night Drag Show Pride at Kremwerk presents Midnight Snack: Pride — A Late Night Drag Show with Cookie Couture, Cucci Binaca, Kylie Mooncakes, One, Siren and extra-special guest Vivacious (NYC, RuPaul’s Drag Race 6).

Kremwerk + Timbre Room Pride 2019, 1809 Minor Ave, Thu – Sat, Door 10:00 PM, Show 11:00 PM, $10/$15/$20, 21+, kremwerk.com

Introvert Pride Festival We’re here. We’re queer. We’re quiet. Copious is proud to take part in Seattle Pride by providing a safe space to cuddle up with a good book, listen to some amazing music geared towards inner calm and personal productivity, and celebrate Pride in a new way.

Bring some friends down, chill out, and be among other cool introverts.

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Copious Love Productions, 2220 NW Market St, Thu – Sat, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM, FREE, copious.art

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FRIDAY, JUNE 28 MX. A Queer Variety Show MX. is queer/bar’s weekly, drag variety show!

Catch our cast of fierce queens and dancing divas on the queer/bar stage, every Friday at 9:30 PM. Hosted by the infamous Seattle queen: La Saveona Hunt, the show stars the incredible talents of local drag sensations: Stacey Starstruck, Bosco, Andrew Scott, Kitty Glitter, and Solana Solstice. queer/bar, 1518 11th Ave, 9:30 PM, 21+ tickets at thequeerbar.com

Trans Pride Seattle A march and celebration for and by the trans community in Seattle presented by the Gender Justice League. The Trans Pride March assembles at 5:00 PM at the courtyard north of Seattle Central Community College and steps off at 6:00 PM with festivities following in Cal Anderson Park from 6:45 PM – 10:00 PM. After Party information will be announced from stage at the event. transprideseattle.org

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Every Friday and Saturday night when the clock strikes twelve, it is time to gather beneath the sidewalks of normalcy and enter the dark, glittering underbelly of the Market.

It’s time to peek under the infamous petticoats at Can Can and get a taste of Seattle’s hottest burlesque stars at The Midnight Show.

Featuring a rotating cast of the most seductive singers, dancers and performers in Seattle.

The Can Can Culindary Cabaret, 94 Pike St, 11:45 PM, $30 – $40, 21+, purchase tickets at thecancan.com

Bearracuda Seattle Gay Pride 2019 A fun, friendly party for bears, cubs, and other wildlife, Bearracuda is back at their original home for one night to celebrate Pride in Seattle and kick off the weekend. Lights by Pacific NW Laser, hot go-gos and 100s of guys all night.

Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison St, $12 advance tickets, 21+, bearracuda.com

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FRIDAY – SATURDAY, JUNE 28 – 29 Neighbours Pride Celebrate Pride with your “neighbors.” More details to come.

Neighbours Nightclub and Lounge, 1509 Broadway, neighboursnightclub.com

FRIDAY – SUNDAY, JUNE 28 – 30 Queer/Pride Festival Join one of the most anticipated Pride events of Seattle this summer! Queer/Pride Festival is an annual 3-day street festival during Seattle Pride Weekend, in the heart of Capitol Hill.

Enjoy nightly performances on two stages of the hottest in drag and LGBTQIA+ talent from

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all over the country, 4 refreshing bars, dance your glitter off all day long with DJs and GoGos, and meet the stars at the Meet & Greet events!

11th Ave Between E Pike St & Pine St (in front of queer/bar), Friday: 6:00 PM – Midnight, Saturday: 2:00 PM – Midnight, Sunday: 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM. Queer/Bar and Mini/ Bar will be open until 2:00 AM each night of the festival, based on a first-come, first-serve capacity. $30 – $199, 21+, queerpridefestival.com

Wildrose Pride 2019 Celebrate Pride Wildrose style with booty shakin’, contests, music and more to be announced.

The Wildrose Bar, 1021 Pike St, 21+, thewildrosebar.com

SATURDAY, JUNE 29 Seattle Pride Quads Grass Volleyball Tournament Kraken Volleyball Club and SVC host the 10th Annual Quads Pride Grass tournament to celebrate Seattle Pride. This event is a fundraiser for the Kraken VC Scholarship fund, which enables inner-city youth to participate in club volleyball. All teams/participants are welcome, as long as they follow the team eligibility rules.

Judkins Park, 2150 S Norman St, 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM, $120/team (4 athletes) & $30/ additional athlete, seattlepridequads.com

PrideFest Capitol Hill Celebrate Stonewall 50, share your love, and play together at the biggest festival day on Capitol Hill all year long! Return to the place where Pride was held for decades and enjoy a 5-block festival overflowing with food, vendors, entertainment (5 stages worth!), and the most diverse crowd you’ll see all year long.

Best of all, it’s free. Hope to see you there!

Broadway from John to Roy, as well as Denny Way and Cal Anderson Park, Noon – 9:00 PM, So much fun and all for FREE, all ages, seattlepridefest.org

Family Pride and Queer Youth Pride A family-friendly event for kids and their parents with activities like drag queen storytime and great kids’ entertainment.

Queer Youth Pride (4:00 PM – 7:00 PM) is cosponsored by Gay City and includes activities, engagement, and talent produced by and for Queer Youth.

Cal Anderson Park, 1635 11th Ave, 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM, FREE, all ages, seattlepridefest.org and gaycity.org

Elysian Pride Elysian Brewing is hosting a Pride celebration.

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2019 Local Pride Events Music, food, beer… all of the best ingredients to celebrate Pride weekend! More details to come.

Elysian Brewing, 1221 E Pike St, 21+, elysianbrewing.com

Julia’s Queen of the Brunch This is Seattle’s only disco extravaganza themed brunch show featuring highlights from Priscilla Queen Of The Desert. We’ve reinvented ourselves to focus on traditional drag stylings of the disco-era. Our over-thetop costumes, giant wigs and outrageous performances make this the only drag show you should see in Seattle!

Pride Cruise 2019 Join the popular cruise on the The Islander Yacht + The Spirit of 76 (simultaneously) and cruise the luscious waters of Lake Union.

Featuring music TBA. A sell-out event, buy tickets early.

Dedicated to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, Sounders FC’s annual Pride match is a fan favorite. The Sounders will face off with the Vancouver Whitecaps the day before the Seattle Pride Parade, giving fans a chance to celebrate Pride all weekend long. Additional details to come.

Islander Yacht, 1611 Fairview Ave E, Boarding at Noon, Cruise 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, 21+, universe.com

CenturyLink Field, 800 Occidental Ave S, 7:00 PM, $29 – $80, all ages, soundersfc.com/ tickets/themematches

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Lipstick Libations A femme bawdyhouse, glam, queer, dirty, grindy burlesque experience featuring performances by co-producers Nox Falls and Violet Tendencies; special guests Briq House, Mia Maravilla and Seraphina Fiero; and your femmce and powerhouse vocalist Adra Boo. Aided and abetted by Carson St. Clair and Sapphire Savant. Dress to impress and bring crisp bills to tip your dancers.

Palace Theatre & Art Bar, 5813 Airport Way S, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $22/$30, palaceartbar.com

LGBTQ Youth Pride Dance: “Hollywood, Gays, and Glam” Lambert House youth are collaborating with the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) Youth Advisory Board to put on a very special LGBTQ Youth Pride Dance. The evening will feature great music, lighting, media display, and youth drag performances!

MoPOP, 325 5th Ave N, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM, lamberthouse.org

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Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave, 9:00 PM Saturday – 9:00 AM Sunday, lamberthouse.org

Seattle Sounders Pride Match presented by Starbucks

Seattle Central College, 1701 Broadway, Rally at 5:00 PM, March at 7:00 PM, seattledykemarch.com

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An adult-chaperoned slumber party for youth ages 13 through 22 at the Lambert House.

The overnight is available only to youth that will have attended Lambert House at least two times prior to June 29th, have gone through an orientation, and are in good disciplinary standing. There is limited space; sign up in advance at Lambert House front desk by Thursday, June 27. Email brandon@lamberthouse.org if you have questions.

Le Faux Playhouse, 300 Broadway E, 1:00 PM, $25 – $35, lefauxshow.com

The Seattle Dyke March welcomes and encourages people of all genders and identities to join in celebration at the rally and march. Incredible performers, inspiring speakers, and a space that highlights, celebrates, and embraces our community!

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Every Friday and Saturday night when the clock strikes twelve, it is time to gather beneath the sidewalks of normalcy and enter the dark, glittering underbelly of the Market.

It’s time to peek under the infamous petticoats at Can Can and get a taste of Seattle’s hottest burlesque stars at The Midnight Show.

Featuring a rotating cast of the most seductive singers, dancers and performers in Seattle.

The Can Can Culinary Cabaret, 94 Pike St, 11:45 PM, $30 – $40, 21+, purchase tickets at thecancan.com

SUNDAY, JUNE 30 Lambert House Pride Day Brunch Lambert House will host a 9:00 AM Pride Day Brunch for LGBTQ youth ages 11 through 22 and their invited adult guests (parents, older siblings, etc.). All attending the brunch are encouraged to join Lambert House in the parade.

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave, lamberthouse.org

Lambert House Pride Parade Contingent Lambert House invites LGBTQ and allied youth, ages 11 – 22, and their friends and families to join our contingent in the Pride Parade.

Meet us at Lambert House by 10:00 AM, find us in the Parade lineup, or join us as we walk past. lamberthouse.org

SUNDAY, JUNE 30 Seattle Pride Parade: Celebrating Seattle Pride 45 & Stonewall 50 Join us for the 45th annual Seattle Pride Parade in downtown Seattle. As one of the top four pride parades in the country and the largest parade in our region, the Seattle Pride Parade is a community-wide celebration advancing awareness of LGBTQIA+ issues and promoting mutual respect and equal human rights for all.

Featuring more than 150 contingents with 10,000 participants and close to a half million spectators, everything Pride revolves around this celebration. It is a fun, all-ages celebration!

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PrideFest Seattle Center

Seattle Storm Pride Night

After the Parade, the party moves down the street to the largest free Pride Festival in North America. This year PrideFest celebrates 50 years since the start of the modern LGBTQIA+ rights movement, ignited by the Stonewall Riots in New York. Come one, come all, to this free celebration, to honor the events where Pride began. Food, queer talent, music, entertainment and activism!

Tip off Seattle Pride weekend at Alaska Airlines Arena as the Storm welcomes Phoenix Mercury.

Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St, Noon – 8:00 PM, FREE, all ages, seattlepridefest.org

A block party like no other! Music and more to be announced.

The World’s Tiniest Tea Dance Seattle’s longest running afternoon dance party is each and EVERY Sunday, rain or shine!

Bump up against a bevy of beautiful men on the patio or squeeze out every last drop of weekend fun on the dance floor. Sexy Disco, feel good beats, and camp classix from your resident host: DJ King of Pants (Beefcake!) and DJ Sling Dion (Different Drummer) and the gorgeous James Darling!

Pony, 1221 E Madison St, 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM, 21+, ponyseattle.com

Julia’s Queen of the Brunch This is Seattle’s only disco extravaganza themed brunch show featuring highlights from Priscilla Queen Of The Desert. We’ve reinvented ourselves to focus on traditional drag stylings of the disco-era. Our over-thetop costumes, giant wigs and outrageous performances make this the only drag show you should see in Seattle!

Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Ed, 3870 Montlake Blvd, 4:00 PM, $25 – $63, all ages, seattlestormbasketball.com

The Cuff Complex Pride Day Celebration

Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave, 21+, cuffcomplex.com

FRIDAY, JULY 5 Seattle Mariners Pride Night Join the Mariners for Pride Night and get an exclusive Mariners Pride hat, plus entry to a special exclusive pregame Pride event in the Outside Corner. Ticket special includes access to pregame event, light appetizers, cash bar, and limited-edition Mariners Pride hat. $5 from every ticket sold through this special offer will benefit GSBA scholarship funds.

T-Mobile Park, 1250 1st Ave S, Game 7:10 PM, $46 – $61, all ages, Use promo code: PRIDE, Deadline to purchase: Noon July 5, mariners.com/pride

Le Faux Playhouse, 300 Broadway E, 1:00 PM, $25 – $35, lefauxshow.com

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Pride is universal and reaches beyond borders. We’re stronger when we celebrate Pride together. Join these Pride celebrations all around the great Northwest throughout the summer and let your voice be heard!

MAY – JUNE TRI-CITIES PRIDE MAY 26 – JUNE 1 Tri-Cities Pride is PROUD to announce the 4th annual Pride Festival! This unique pride festival is the largest LGBTQIA+ gathering in the MidColumbia region. Beautiful Tri-Cities will serve as the gathering spot for friends, family and visitors to celebrate the diversity and unity of our community starting with a Big Gay Pride BBQ on Sunday, May 26, and culminating with the main event happening June 1st with a festival that includes a drag show, food trucks, belly dancers, inflatables, and lots of booths to browse! Free Admission for all.

Tri-Cities, Washington | facebook.com/ TriCitiesPrideFestival/

BURIEN PRIDE FESTIVAL MAY 31 – JUNE 1 Back for its third successful year, Burien Pride, is a family friendly weekend that includes a little something for everyone. A kid-friendly area will include arts, crafts, games, and more. For the first time there is an extended beer garden for the 21+ crowd. And who could forget the street fair that started it all? Bands on the main stage will feature all LGBTQ+ acts including Xolie Morra & The Strange Kind, Whitney Mongé, Jamie Nova SKY, HallowQueen, and the Seattle Premiere Queen Tribute band. Burien Pride will be hosted by DJ Taryn Daly of KISW 99.9 “The Rock”! A featured performance by the Dames of Drag also returns! Drag Queen Bingo (5:00 PM – 10:00 PM on Friday, May 31,

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Tickets at discoverburien.org). Festival 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM Saturday at Town Square Park, 400 SW 152nd Street.

Burien, Washington | burienpride.com

SNOHOMISH COUNTY PRIDE FESTIVAL JUNE 1 Make it a full day at this inclusive, welcoming, family friendly, and fun event now in its third year. Celebrating the LGBTQ+, Two Spirit, adults, youth, and allies of Snohomish County, Washington, the festival includes entertainment, food and special events.

10:00 AM – 9:00 PM at Willis Tucker Park, 6705 Puget Park Drive.

Snohomish, Washington | facebook.com/ SnohomishPrideFoundation

WHITE CENTER PRIDE JUNE 5 – 9 Come out for the first ever White Center Pride! Starts Wednesday, June 5 with a Gay Skate at Southgate Roller Rink, involves lots of Lumberyard and ends Sunday. More details coming soon!

White Center, Washington | facebook.com/ events/white-center-washington/ white-center-pride/177010416517520/

SPOKANE PRIDE PARADE & RAINBOW FESTIVAL JUNE 8 Since 1992, Spokane has seen the LGBTQA community come together to honor those brave individuals that fought back against the police raids in 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in New York. The Stonewall Riots were a turning point for the gay rights movement.

Join Spokane Pride for their 28th Pride Parade that starts downtown at noon. The Rainbow Festival opens immediately following the

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parade at Riverfront Park Lilac Meadows and will include live entertainment, resource fair, family area, teen zone, and a bar for the 21+ crowd. Bring your entire family for a day of fun!

Back by popular demand, the celebration will continue with an All Ages Dance Party.

Spokane, Washington | outspokane.org

KITSAP PRIDE PICNIC JUNE 9 Kitsap Pride Network welcomes EVERYONE for family friendly picnic at Pilgrim Firs on beautiful Lake Flora. Pilgrim Firs provides lunch including a veggie option. Bring your own beverages (alcohol is allowed, but none provided), lawn chairs, and umbrellas. There’s plenty of room to set up your own area to hang out plus there are a lot of picnic tables and an indoor area if the weather doesn’t cooperate. There will be music, crafts, lawn games, and volleyball.

Port Orchard, Washington | kitsappride.org

BOISE PRIDEFEST JUNE 14 & 15 This year, Boise Pride Festival celebrates 30 years and calls the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as the whole state of Idaho, to come together and unify. Ranked top three smalltown Pride Festival by Google, Boise Pridefest hosts Idaho’s largest pride event of the year with a full week of Pride events and surprises this year, embracing another year of diversity, inclusion, and community.

Boise, Idaho | boisepridefest.org

JUNEAU PRIDE JUNE 14 – 23 In a town whose mayor officially declared June as “Juneau Pride Month”, there’s a lot to celebrate. Come out and share your Pride in Juneau with an awesome assortment of events

including Glitz event, pub crawl, community picnic, prom, and a good old-fashioned game of kickball right in the middle of it all!

Juneau, Alaska | seagla.org

TUKWILA PRIDE JUNE 15 Tukwila is one of the most diverse cities in the U.S., and they pride themselves in community and culture and are excited to announce Tukwila Pride as the first ever, right in the heart of Tukwila. It will be a day filled with music, booths, food, and so much more. Join Tukwila and help support the community in this 1st Annual Event!

Tukwila, Washington | tukwilapride.org

PORTLAND PRIDE WATERFRONT FESTIVAL & PARADE JUNE 15 & 16 Growing bigger every year, Portland, Oregon’s celebration of Pride features a two-day festival at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park with the main attraction, the Portland Pride Parade, stepping off at 11:00 AM, Sunday, June 16 traveling through Northwest Portland and along SW Naito Parkway to end at Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

Portland, Oregon | pridenw.org

ANCHORAGE PRIDEFEST JUNE 22 – 29 This June, Anchorage PrideFest commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising and a half-century of LGBTQIA+ liberation. Join in on a week-long celebration of PRIDE, themed this year as “Breaking Boundaries”. There will be laughter.

There will be dancing. Of course, there will be tons of fun with a little something for everyone including the popular Equality Parade and PrideFestival — which is slated to be more

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Bellingham, Washington | bellinghampride.org

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spectacular than last year with a beer garden and 150 vendor booths.

Anchorage, Alaska | alaskapride.org

CAPITAL CITY PRIDE JUNE 23 Washington state’s capital draws nearly 15,000 people for a parade and festival in downtown Olympia, astounding for a community of only 50,000 people. Join the celebration with parade and festival, on Sunday, June 23.

Olympia, Washington | capitalcitypride.net

JULY VICTORIA PRIDE JUNE 30 – JULY 7 Extend your 4th of July holiday by taking a trip to visit our neighbors to the north for eight days of revelry kicking off on June 30th with the annual Memorial Dragball Game peaking on July 7 with Victoria’s second biggest parade of the year including over 100 colorful groups and floats. After the parade, enjoy multifaceted Victoria Pride Festival, with two stages of entertainment, a beer garden, a food court, a giant vendor area, and kids’ camp!

Victoria, BC | victoriapridesociety.org

TACOMA PRIDE FESTIVAL JULY 12 – 21

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Celebrate Pride in the “City of Destiny” with a multi-day festival that includes a flag raising, mix pride block party and interfaith celebration all centered around the Rainbow Center’s Tacoma Pride Festival on July 13. Make a day of it and enjoy the street-side vendor booths, live music, and guest speakers.

Tacoma, Washington | tacomapride.org

BELLINGHAM PRIDE JULY 14 Celebrate diversity, promote equal rights, and have fun doing it by experiencing a parade of floats and marchers down Cornwall that will culminate in PrideFest at Depot Market Square, the second largest Pride event in the entire state of Washington. Hosting

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Kitsap Pride Network celebrates Pride with a family-friendly festival in Bremerton’s Evergreen Park with a mission to celebrate, support, and unite. Count on this year’s festivities to be bigger and better than ever with 40 booths, food trucks, vendors and great entertainment. All are welcome to come on out for activities and community.

Bremerton, Washington | kitsappride.org

AUGUST CAPITOL PRIDE, SALEM AUGUST 3 Enjoy Salem, Oregon’s annual Capitol Pride Festival at the Riverfront Park with live music, entertainment, food, beverages and much more! Come one. Come all. Everyone is welcome! Bring the family to this kid-friendly celebration and make a day of it!

Salem, Oregon | capitolpride.org

VANCOUVER PRIDE PARADE AUGUST 4 Attracting crowds of more than 650,000, the Vancouver Pride Parade is renowned on the international stage as one of the largest and most successful LGBTQ+ events in the world. The parade will highlight 130+ parade entries with lots of amazing floats. Come for the amazing floats, fun colors, and to show what Pride means to you. Bring your passport.

Leave your weed at home.

Vancouver, BC | vancouverpride.ca

ALKI BEACH PRIDE AUGUST 10 Yaaasss! It’s going to be a big one! Get your rafts and paddleboards, grab your pails and pals, and join Alki Beach Pride for another amazing year of fun and entertainment at this epic beach event.

Alki Beach, West Seattle | alkibeachpride.org

EUGENE/SPRINGFIELD PRIDE FESTIVAL AUGUST 10 August is a beautiful time to visit Eugene and join the fun. Day-long entertainment invites at beautiful Alton Baker Park on the Willamette River with live music, vendors, food, craft beer, and activities. Come out and relax at the park with community and celebrate the diverse expression of PRIDE! Eugene, Oregon | eugene-pride.org

The Accidental Ally: A Personal Account of Finding the ‘All’ in Ally

by Teresa Griswold How does one actually become an ally?

For me, it came about accidentally. My brother is a gay man, and I agree with Lady Gaga that he was ‘born this way’, so that is not the accidental part. It is the part about me becoming actively involved in supporting equal rights for the LGBTQIA+ community. Even though I love my brother and accepted him from day one, I did not grasp his struggle to be accepted in society, to be able to enjoy equal rights and marriage, or for me to know to take it on as an ally, which is a straight person who advocates on behalf of LGBTQIA+ people.

My brother and I came of age in the 1970s in rural Idaho, and he did not come out to me until 1991. By then some of the world (and I) had woken up enough to welcome and accept LGBTQIA+ members for who they are — incredible human beings just like everyone else.

As a teenager in the ’70s, I was naïve and tended to view the world through rose-colored glasses. The Vietnam War, equal rights, and rebellion were happening all around me, but I was happy enough just to stay in a protected cocoon. Sure I wore a P.O.W. (prisoner of war) bracelet in solidarity to support our soldiers, but that was the extent of my activism. In fact, when a friend in junior high wore a camouflage army jacket decorated with sewn on, embroidered patches of colorful peace signs, flowers, and the red, white, and blue American flag to public school in Louisiana in 1971 and got sent home for insubordination, I secretly wished I could be that brave. As far as knowing that men could love men, that had not even entered my sphere of awareness.

It was not until 1982 that my first gay friend came out to me. We worked in Yellowstone National Park together, and

Throwback to 1997’s Shaming of the Sun CD pre-release party at the Crocodile Café in Seattle with the Indigo Girls. From left to right: Amy Ray (Indigo Girls), Tom Rice, Teresa Griswold, Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls), and Marty Griswold. COURTESY PHOTO

he was handsome, charming, fun, and yes, I had a crush on him. He told me he was gay in an easy conversation. I was open-hearted and accepted him, but my thinking was along the lines of, “Wow. My friend is gay. This is big.” To be honest, I had to stretch myself to be fully OK with it, which I did.

We both moved to the San Francisco Bay Area a few years later, and that is where we would go out to gay bars and where I met more people in the LGBTQIA+ community, feeling connected by the experience of it. When my brother came to visit, my friend asked me if he was gay, and I told him I did not know.

But when you are a kid and you fight with your brother over Barbie dolls, you sort of know without knowing.

It wasn’t until almost a decade later that my brother came out to me, and I was so happy to know all of who he was, the whole person. It made us closer because he did not have to hide a part of himself from me, and I was able to love him completely.

The sad truth though, is that in the ’80s I was not fully on-board with the gay lifestyle. I was judgmental and even made a comment once when I saw two lesbians kissing that it “grossed me out.” It is hard for me to admit that, and I do ask the community to forgive my ignorance, because I know better now having experienced wholeheartedly that

love is love, and there is nothing gross about it.

My awareness came to me after my brother came out. I enjoyed the company of his friends and boyfriends, and I saw love in action — open hearts of care and support for each other through the AIDS crisis, through the fight for equality, through it all. Celebrating my brother’s wedding in 2004, during a brief time in Oregon when same-sex marriage was legal, was one of the highlights of my life.

Even so, I hesitated to display a photo of my brother and his husband in my home.

It would force me to have conversations around acceptance, and I did not know if I was ready for that. But I was.

I was not actually an ally, yet. Well, I probably was, I just didn’t know it. It was not until four years ago when I started working with Seattle Pride overseeing the production of The Official Seattle Pride Guide, that I first heard the label “ally.”

And come to find out, I was on the Straight for Equality Ally Spectrum®, though I was just beginning my journey.

Sure, I felt that love is love and was open to the community, but I had not yet talked freely about equality topics nor been a support to the LGBTQIA+ community. I knew that by becoming a part of Seattle Pride I would have to be more vocal, more involved, and stretch beyond my comfort level to become more than a friend to the community.

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And as I watched the colorful parade of rainbows, glitter, magic, and unicorns making its way down 4th Avenue that hot June day with my brother, it probably meant more to me than to him, because I knew I stood next to him not only as his sister, but also as his ally.

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Once again, I had to push through my reluctance in order to forge a better way.

Being a part of Seattle Pride, I have learned so much about the struggles and pain the community has endured, and it breaks my heart that I was so unaware of what my friends, my own brother, and others were going through and fighting for all these years. My brother even went to the National March on Washington for “Lesbian, Gay, and Bi-Equal Rights and Liberation” in 1992, and I did not even know it at the time.

When I attended my first Seattle Pride parade in 2017, I was overcome with tears of joy to see all the community come together — gays, straights, trans, lesbians, people of color, young, old, everyone. It was a beautiful festival in motion with important messages of inclusion.

And as I watched the colorful parade of rainbows, glitter, magic, and unicorns making its way down 4th Avenue that hot June day with my brother, it probably meant more to me than to him, because I knew I stood next to him not only as his sister, but also as his ally.

Learn more about becoming an ally at: straightforequality.org and pflag.org.

Teresa Griswold is a writer and designer who relishes the wild, open, natural spaces of our planet. She passionately pursues creative projects that inspire health and well-being and is dedicated to making the world a better place through kindness, powerful action, and compassionate leadership. She is an ally!

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HUNGER ISN’T JUST THE ABSENCE OF FOOD –

IT’S THE ABSENCE OF JUSTICE Eliminating hunger requires addressing its root causes in poverty and social disparities. Food Justice acts to remove the significant structural inequities that exist within both our food and economic systems and addresses the barriers to healthy and nutritious food disproportionately experienced by LGBTQ+ communities, people of color, women, immigrants, and other often marginalized groups.

Please join us in bringing equity to our state’s food system.

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Gathering Places: A History of Seattle’s Gay Bars

by Matt Baume For as long as LGBTQ+ people have existed — in other words, forever — we’ve needed a place to sit down among friends with a stiff drink at the ready.

Seattle’s history of queer congregation goes back centuries, with historical accounts indicating that the Salish Coast people recognized gender in a wide variety of ways. But post-colonial accounts of queer bars originate around the late 1800s with the arrival of a gay man who went by the name of Hanna Banana.

As documented by historian Chrystie Hill, Hanna Banana arrived in Seattle with the Alaska Gold Rush in the 1890s and performed through the 1930s in what we’d recognize today as drag. Performing at venues like The Casino, also referred to as “Madame Peabody’s Dancing Academy for Young Ladies,” she was recalled to have a particular fondness for lumberjacks.

In those days, the epicenter of Seattle queer life was Pioneer Square. Wander

down to the corner of South Washington Street and 2nd Avenue and you can still see the sign reading “Casino Dancing” outside what is now Barney’s Loans. Also nearby were The Double Header which was over The Casino, and The Spinning Wheel at 2nd Avenue and Union Street, now the site of a Target. Opened in 1934, The Double Header was the oldest continually operating gay bar in the country until it closed in 2015.

Back then, Pioneer Square was called “Skid Road” and “Fairyville” for its dense concentration of nightlife. Those hotspots did more than just serve drinks at a time when queer people could be arrested, beaten, and killed. They were a crucial point of community, organizing, and simple relief from a hostile world.

Local police, always a primary source of persecution for LGBTQ+ people, barely tolerated the district as it kept the queers conveniently contained. A steady stream of bribes was needed to keep police persecution to a minimum.

Not far away was the notorious Garden of Allah, a speakeasy during prohibition and now the site of a women’s clothing store at the base of a modern highrise.

Soldiers returning from World War II packed the house for vaudeville and drag shows by Wanda Brown, Jackie Starr, Robin Raye, Skippy LaRue, Hotcha Hinton, Paris Delair, and more in a show called The Jewel Box Revue. Women were welcome at the Garden of Allah, with a handful of butch regulars with names like Bobby and Big Nick who’d arrive in tuxedos.

A short walk away, one could also pop into The Mocambo, located approximately where a Pioneer Square subway entrance is today. The owner there was straight, but handsome enough to win the fondness of the clientele.

The Mocambo was home to the first meeting of the Imperial Court of Seattle in 1968 — which was only able to meet after bribing some cops — as well as the United Ebony Council for men of

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color, and the more academic and assimilationist Dorian Society. This was a time of more intense organizing among the queer community, pushing back against the police entrapment, medical abuse, and family ostracism that often defined the LGBTQ+ experience.

Gays intent on bar-crawling could skip over to The Golden Horseshoe — not to be confused with Disney’s Frontierland restaurant of the same name. Today, the former gay bar is a gallery for ceramics and jewelry, but back then it was one of the only places in the city where men could dance with men — in exchange for a $50 per week bribe to the police, plus another $15 per night to whatever cop was on duty.

It was difficult for these businesses to survive. Eventually, the military imposed a ban on servicemembers entering suspected gay bars; and local laws forced performers to carry gendered identification on their bodies even when on stage. Police imposed an informal “gay tax” by extracting regular bribes, and in the mid-1960s the chief of police contemplated the cancellation of liquor licenses for gay bars.

But even in the face of persecution, queer people would always need places to congregate, and as some venues closed (The Garden of Allah had difficulty adjusting to the rise of lip-syncs as recorded music grew in popularity), new ones arrived.

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The early ’70s saw the opening of one of Seattle’s most famous gay bars, Shelly’s Leg — named for the owner’s missing limb, which was amputated after a confetti cannon accident during a Bastille Day parade. The payout that Shelly Bauman received from the parade operators helped her open Seattle’s first disco. This establishment was far more open than others: “A Gay Bar Provided for Seattle’s Gay Community and their Guests,” read the sign outside the building.

It was around this time that queer liberation began to overtake old prejudices. In 1977, Mayor Charles Royer recognized “Gay Pride Week,” with a parade through Occidental Park in Pioneer Square. As queer gathering places grew in popularity, they began to migrate upwards toward Capitol Hill.

White flight and the Boeing Bust had left scores of vacant homes on the hill, and queer chosen families moved in, forming gay households and opening new bars like The Wildrose in 1984 and The Eagle in 1980 — though at first it was called “J&L Saloon” for its owners, Jim and Lance. They renovated a mid-century lounge called Le Chateau, removing the patio fire pit and building a second story balcony along the length of one wall.

“Dare to be different,” read the sign out front.

Over the last few decades, Capitol Hill evolved into the thriving gayborhood

Rest assured that while Seattle’s gayborhoods may migrate, they’ll always be a source of queer magic and that good old familiar stiff drink.

that we know today, with longstanding watering holes like Neighbours, newcomers like Pony, and evolving establishments like Purr’s transformation into Queer Bar. And now that the straight world has discovered our hamlet on the hill, it looks like it might be time for another migration.

After all, Seattle’s queer bars have always shown an impressive mobility — starting in Pioneer Square, then migrating up to Capitol Hill, and now lumbering down to a new neighborhood that heterosexuals will discover in five to 10 years. It may be tough to swallow, but the center of Seattle’s up-and-coming gay nightlife is probably best kept secret from the population at large until it’s firmly established. Don’t be offended if your queer friends skate around the topic for now. We don’t want to rat anyone out.

Rest assured that while Seattle’s gayborhoods may migrate, they’ll always be a source of queer magic and that good old familiar stiff drink.

Matt Baume is a writer, podcaster, and video-maker based in Seattle whose work focuses on queer culture, geeks, and all things strange and wonderful. He’s the co-creator of the comedy podcast & live show Queens of Adventure, featuring drag queens playing Dungeons & Dragons. Matt’s also the creator of the interview podcast The Sewers of Paris, the pop culture YouTube series Culture Cruise, and the LGBTQ news show Weekly Debrief. His book, Defining Marriage, chronicles the personal stories of people who fought for marriage equality over the last forty years.

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Community Spotlight

The Wildrose Bar Please provide a brief history of your business.

support from the Seattle community for so long?

Five women, with very little bar experience staked their claim to 1021 East Pike Street in 1984, and transformed a dusty, greasy sports bar into the Wildrose.

As time went by, the group of five women named Uli, Sylvia, Sue, Helen, and Bryher narrowed itself down to Bryher, who for years, filled the place with music, entertainment, and numerous benefits creating a solid ambiance of community spirit and support. In 1995, Bryher turned the bar over to Joanne who added her delicious, waist-expanding homemade desserts to the menu, while women lined up to take her sweet little dog, Maggie, for walks around Capitol Hill.

When Joanne felt the need to change the circumstances of her life, she sold the Wildrose to Martha, who had been one of the bar’s illustrious bartenders for more than three years, Karen, and J.D. Oakley who then sold to Shelley Brothers, the longtime technical director. That group metamorphosed into the current owners, Martha Manning and Shelley Brothers who have carried on the community spirit and support through this day.

We are so appreciative and thankful for the support our community has shown us through our 18 years as owners. Our community is very diverse, and we try to honor that with a variety of events and fundraisers.

Your business has been women-owned since 1984, which is a massive feat for “Lesbian-specific” bars/clubs across the country. How have you maintained

How do you find the bar/club scene in Seattle, particularly in Capitol Hill, has evolved in the past 35 years?

In 1984, feeling the need for a safe and fun place for women to hang out, five women transformed a dusty, greasy sports bar into what we know today as the Wildrose. The five women cleaned the place up, painted the bar pink, donned matching pink bow ties, wrapped themselves in matching pink cummberbunds, and opened the doors for business on New Year’s Eve. After 35 years of existence, and 10 owners, after hosting numerous birthdays, funerals, weddings, divorces, and benefits, the Wildrose continues to be a community gathering place, and welcomes those wanting to experience our live music, shows, Taco Tuesdays, or any day visit, to this historic LGBTQIA bar in Capitol Hill.

What community-specific events do you host/participate in?

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Our biggest event is our annual Wildrose Pride, a three-day outdoor event. We host a monthly free self defense class, Taco Tuesday, live music, open mics, fundraisers, and a variety of dj nights.

And this year, we will be the host of the Queer Stage in the Capitol Hill Block Party in July.

What obstacles have you faced as a business in the past 35 years? Do you find these have been related to the long-time pressure from society to fight against LGBTQIA+ rights? Do you find there are fewer obstacles that have come with progress?

We’ve faced quite a few obstacles over the years, but one of our biggest obstacles, both to the business and the community, is the rising cost to live or do business here. Rising rents have had a huge impact on our entire community.

What are your business’ hopes for the future of the Seattle bar/club scene, or the community of Capitol Hill?

We hope that we can continue to serve the Capitol Hill queer community for many years to come, and we continue to receive the amazing support our community has shown. We hope our community continues to stand together and be united.

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Community Organization Spotlight

PFLAG Seattle

Barb Clark-Elliott with her son Jonas COURTESY OF BARB CLARK ELLIOTT

Please provide a brief description of the services your organization provides currently, and any services that may have been provided in the past (if different). If applicable, please also provide a brief history of your organization.

PFLAG stands for Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, and the Seattle PFLAG Chapter has always provided a safe person in a safe place for LGBTQIA+ persons and/or their family members and loved ones to share their fears, heart-wrenching stories, understanding, and possible solutions or heartfelt suggestions to help them through very hard issues. Seattle PFLAG is available by telephone, and sometimes people meet “for coffee” in a safe place where the person who is either hoping for some relief from keeping a big secret or from a parent’s wondering what he or she did “wrong” or helping the person to reconnect with a loved one.

What is your organization’s mission for serving the LGBTQIA+ community?

Is this the same as when your organization was founded? If not, how does it support the original mission?

Seattle PFLAG Chapter has always and continues to assist LGBTQIA+ persons find sympathetic and helpful members to respond from their own experiences to issues such as family members who are not accepting of their truth or sexuality, gender identity, etc.

PFLAG’s Mission is: “Parents, Families,

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Friends, and Allies united with LGBTQIA+ persons to move equality forward!” By meeting people where they are and collaborating with others, PFLAG realizes its vision through: Support for families, allies and people who are LGBTQIA+; Education for ourselves and others about the unique issues and challenges facing people who are LGBTQIA+ and their loved ones; and Advocacy in our communities to change attitudes and create policies and laws that achieve full equality for people who are LGBTQIA+.

PFLAG envisions a world where diversity is celebrated and all people are respected, valued, and affirmed inclusive of their sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.

What obstacle(s) has your organization faced in the past? Present? Have those difficulties evolved over time/progress in society?

Some obstacles PFLAG has overcome include finding support meeting places that are safe and protected, requiring police protection for support meeting attendees in entering and exiting our spaces, and ushering troublemakers out of our meetings.

Can you give an example of an individual/group who has benefited from the services provided?

Some of the progress and benefits that PFLAG Seattle has enjoyed are meeting with Middle School and/or High School Gay Straight Alliances (GSAs) to let the attendees share their concerns,

questions, and suggestions about how we can improve our ability to involve them in our services and outreach. It is difficult to state how much energy and excitement comes from these younger people and their counselors.

What are your organization’s hopes for the future of the LGBTQIA+ community’s growth and progress?

Are there obvious areas where improvement could be made by your services?

An obvious area where improvement could be made in our services and outreach to the communities that have requested and need our input would be needing more PFLAG members and volunteers when we are invited to put up a PFLAG information booth when opportunities arise like Renton River Days, Seattle PrideFest, Kent Cornucopia Days, Burien, and Maple Valley Days.

What type of outreach/fundraising/ awareness is done to gather outside help? Are there ways for people to get involved?

We don’t really “do” fundraising and that is an area where we could improve.

Any discussions on how we can invite more membership and/or improve our outreach are welcome.

Here are the ways PFLAG Seattle can be reached: Call our HelpLine at 206-3257724, visit pflagseattle.org, or Email us at info@pflagseattle.org.

These responses were provided to the Seattle Pride Guide by Barb Clark-Elliott, who joined Seattle PFLAG Chapter in the late-1990s and has held differenet positions on the Board of Directors including president and secretary.

Simultaneously, she served as the “Leader” of the Renton PFLAG Support Meeting. Barb excused herself from most PFLAG duties when her husband passed away in January 2016. Barb and her son, Jonas, live in Renton. He is on the Autism spectrum (very high functioning), and they still participate in PFLAG activities when needed. Jonas came out as pansexual about 20 years ago. Later, Barb’s niece came out as lesbian and is now married to the love of her life. Barb has a very good, loving, lovable family in the greater-Seattle area.

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2003 Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill renamed Cal Anderson Park

SEATTLE PRIDE 45 1991 The red ribbon is first used as a symbol in the campaign against HIV/AIDS

1991 Lambert House established as a drop-in center for gay youth, first of its kind in the U.S.

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5 DECADES OF PRIDE 1983 Seattle becomes only the second city in the U.S. to allocate funding for AIDS

 1986 King County adds sexual orientation protections to its open housing ordinance

2006 Seattle Pride Parade moves back to downtown where it was first held 2006 Gov. Christine Gregoire signs into law Washington’s first gay civil rights bill

1990s

2000: Family Reunion 2002: Pride Around the World: Equal Rights Now 2003: Families We Make 2004: I Scream for Pride 2005: Pride Explosion 2007: Come Together 2008: Out for Change 2009: Peace Love Equality

2000s

2007 Domestic partnership for same-sex couples becomes legal in Washington State

1980s

1990: Unite for Freedom 1991: Hands Together in Peace and Pride 1992: Honoring Our Past, Reaching for Our Future 1997: Equal Rights & Community Action 1999: 30 Years Since Stonewall / Pride Changes Everything

1992 Bailey/Boushay House opens as a residential care center for AIDS patients; Bisexual and Transgender added to Pride Parade (Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/ Transgender Pride Parade/March and Freedom Rally); Entre Hermanos founded to promote AIDS awareness among Latino gays

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1983: Diversity in Action 1985: Strength through Unity and Pride 1986: Unite to Fight for Human Rights 1988: Celebrating Our Love/ Fighting for Our Lives 1989: Stonewall Rebellion — 20th Year: Proud of Our Past; Fighting for Our Future

1987 Cal Anderson appointed state representative from Seattle’s 43rd District, becoming the first openly gay member of the Washington Legislature; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) founded

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1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City 1971 First Gay Community Center opens near Pioneer Square 1974 First ‘Seattle Pride Week’ Celebration

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1975 Washington State sodomy law repealed 1977 Seattle Mayor Wes Uhlman declares first cityrecognized “Gay

1970s 1974: Gay Liberation 1977: Equal Rights for All 1979: The gay-rights theme shares the spotlight with a number of concerns including opposition to nuclear power and the movements for rights of minorities, women, and working people.

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2010 Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repealed 2013 Seattle elects first openly gay mayor

2015 U.S. Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage / White House illuminated in rainbow colors 2016 The Stonewall National Monument is designated as the first national monument to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights

2017 Seattle elects first woman in nearly a century and first lesbian mayor of Seattle

2010s

2010: Over the Rainbow 2011: Be You. Be Proud. Express Yourself 2012: The Many Faces of Pride 2013: Equality: Past, Present, & Future 2014: Generations of Pride 2015: A Lifetime of Pride 2016: The Future of Pride 2017: Indivisible 2018: Pride Beyond Borders

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Pride Week” 1979 79,000 people march on Washington DC for gay rights

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TOGETHER WE STAND PROUD

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