The Casino at 172 S Washington St (1930-1946) was nicknamed "Madame Peabody's Dancing Academy for Young Ladies" and was one of the few places on the West Coast where same-sex dancing was allowed. From online reviews, it's unclear its current patrons recognize it as anything more than a sports bar. The Double Header at 407 Second Ave S (1934-present) is listed as the oldest continuously operating gay bar in the country. The Equality Parade is the largest gay pride parade in central and. Today, Seattle Pride consists of a month of events and parties celebrated in June, ending with a parade through downtown. People take part in a gay pride parade in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday, June 8, 2019. It began as a small, local group of activists and has since grown into a massive commemoration of LGBTQ+ rights. Seattle's first gay-owned gay bar, it was frequented by men and women and featured female impersonators and vaudeville entertainment. The photos in the slideshow above give a glimpse of that scene. The first Seattle Gay Pride Week was celebrated in June 1974. One colorful bar from Seattle's past was called The Garden of Allah (1946-1956), at 1299 First Avenue. The Seattle Gay News (SGN) is one of the largest Gay/Lesbian/LGBTQ newspapers in the world, serving the Washington and Pacific Northwest USA with arts. The map shows that, prior to the 1970s, Seattle's LGBT culture was centered not on Capitol Hill, but in Pioneer Square. A gay sergeant with the Seattle Police Department has sent a scathing letter to Seattle’s Capitol Hill Pride, after it banned officers from attending the 2021 parade due to last summer’s riots and concerns about white supremacy.
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The coalescence of yesterday's Supreme Court decision overturning DOMA and Seattle's Pride parade this weekend inspired University of Washington map specialist Matthew Parsons to describe for us a historical map showing LGBT-friendly establishments in Seattle from the 1950s to the 2000s. Here's the premise: for every city, there's an infinite number of possible maps that tell an infinite number of stories. marched in its first Pride Parade in Seattle, hundreds of Starbucks Pride.
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Today on KUOW Presents, we hear an episode of 99% Invisible about maps. We stand as an ally to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer.