LGBT culture in Seattle

Seattle has a notably large LGBT community,^[1] and the city of Seattle has protected gay and lesbian workers since the passage of the in 1973. Seattle's LGBT culture has been celebrated at Gay Pride Week which began in 1977.^[2] Gay cabaret traveled in a circuit including Seattle and San Francisco since the 1930s.^[3] Seattle had gay-friendly clubs and bars since the 1930s including The Casino in Underground Seattle at Pioneer Square which allowed same-sex dancing since 1930, and upstairs from it, The Double Header, in continuous operation since 1933 or 1934 until 2015, was thought to be the oldest gay bar in the United States.^[4]^[5]

Seattle's gay shopping and recreation area is centered on Capitol Hill with bars, bookstores and other venues.^[6]

In 2013, Seattle overtook San Francisco as the United States city with the most households composed of gay or lesbian couples (2.6%), and was the only U.S. city with more than 1% of the households being lesbian couples.^[7]

Events[]

Seattle Pride, 2017

Notable LGBT events in Seattle include the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival and Seattle Pride.

Media[]

Seattle Gay News is an LGBT newspaper. Waxie Moon is a documentary about the performer of the same name.

Organizations[]

Notable LGBT organizations in Seattle include Equal Rights Washington, Gay City Health Project, Gender Justice League, Pride Foundation, the Seattle Men's Chorus, and Lambert House LGBTQ youth center.

The Northwest Network founded by lesbians in 1987 support survivors of abuse and foster empowerment in the LGBT community. ^[8]

Places[]

Exterior of Cuff Complex, 2012

Other LGBT establishments include: C.C. Attle's, Club Z, Crescent Lounge, The Lobby Bar, Neighbours, Purr Cocktail Lounge, and (R Place closed in 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic and high-rise of rent).

References[]

^ Sainsbury & Brash 2014, p. 521 "12.9% of the city's population identifies itself as gay or lesbian and there doesn't tend to be much sexual-orientation-based hostility among the rest of the population."
^ Schielke 2015.
^ Haggerty 2013.
^ Chrystie Hill (April 12, 2003), Queer History in Seattle, Part 1: to 1967, HistoryLink
^ Kery Murakami (June 22, 2007), "No longer at the center of Seattle's gay scene, bar still serving outsiders", Seattle P-I
^ Gay Market Guide 2005.
^ Gene Balk (September 27, 2013), "Seattle overtakes San Francisco as No.1 city for gay couples", The Seattle Times
^ "Who We Are". The NW Network. Retrieved 2020-01-27.

Sources[]

Schielke, Aaron (2015), Not For Tourists Guide to Seattle 2016, Skyhorse Publishing, ISBN 9781510700253
Haggerty, George (2013), Encyclopedia of Gay Histories and Cultures, Routledge, p. 158, ISBN 9781135585068
Gay Market Guide, Hyperion, 2005, p. 62, ISBN 9780974895734
Sainsbury, Brendan; Brash, Celeste (2014), Lonely Planet Seattle, Lonely Planet, ISBN 9781743218273

[FOOTNOTESainsburyBrash2014521-1] Sainsbury & Brash 2014, p. 521 "12.9% of the city's population identifies itself as gay or lesbian and there doesn't tend to be much sexual-orientation-based hostility among the rest of the population."

[FOOTNOTESchielke2015-2] Schielke 2015.

[FOOTNOTEHaggerty2013-3] Haggerty 2013.

[4] Chrystie Hill (April 12, 2003), Queer History in Seattle, Part 1: to 1967, HistoryLink

[5] Kery Murakami (June 22, 2007), "No longer at the center of Seattle's gay scene, bar still serving outsiders", Seattle P-I

[FOOTNOTEGay_Market_Guide2005-6] Gay Market Guide 2005.

[7] Gene Balk (September 27, 2013), "Seattle overtakes San Francisco as No.1 city for gay couples", The Seattle Times

[8] "Who We Are". The NW Network. Retrieved 2020-01-27.

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