Non-profit social/charitable organization whose purpose is to provide funds and services to other non-profits within the gay and lesbian community of Seattle and King County Washington. Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle, Olympic & Rainier Empire
Seattle’s LGBT, allied business and professional chamber of commerce.Ī local volunteer steering committee of the Human Rights Campaign. Multicultural gay men’s health organization and the leading provider of HIV and STD testing in King County. We support the community through educational speakings, support groups and social events.Ī political advocacy organization for the LGBT community of Washington State.
Ultimately, Mayor Uhlman’s endorsement of Gay Pride Week gave added significance to the city’s first Gay Pride March, held in 1977. Bryant.” Local opponents of gay rights were incensed by the mayor’s proclamation, and reactions ranged from letter-writing campaigns to published threats of recall to picketing outside City Hall. Keith Luttenbacher, in his Jletter, was one of many who wrote thanking Mayor Uhlman for his support, “especially after the negative press due to Ms. Mayor Uhlman gave the event official endorsement in 1977, declaring June 25 to July 1 to be Gay Pride Week in the City of Seattle. Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week June 24-30, 1974, with a variety of activities at private and public venues around the city.