121 results for: Clubs and Organizations
Button pin, "From All Walks of Life: A 10K Pledge Walk to Benefit AIDS Care and Education," Seattle, September 27, 1987
This pin was handed out at the annual Northwest AIDS Foundation sponsored 10K walk to benefit AIDS care and education.
ID Number:2014.56.9
Date:1987
Northwest AIDS Foundation pin to promote and encourage safe sex, ca. 1990
This pin was given out by the Northwest AIDS Foundation as part of a campaign to promote safe sex.
ID Number:2014.56.11
Date:Circa 1990
Northwest AIDS Foundation pin to promote and encourage safe sex, ca. 1990
This pin was given out by the Northwest AIDS Foundation as part of a campaign to promote safe sex.
ID Number:2014.56.12
Date:Circa 1990
Button pin to promote safe sex, ca. 1990
The Northwest AIDS Foundation held a promotion of posters, pins, and other ephemera to promote safe sex. They used a series of road signs like this curvy "S" to educate and inform.
ID Number:2014.56.13
Date:Circa 1990
ACT UP T-shirt with somber facts about AIDS on the back, owned by Philip Bereano, co-founder of ACT UP Seattle, ca. 1990
ACT UP stands for AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power and advocated for immediate and significant action to fight the AIDS crisis. ACT UP's radical style unleashed a new era of direct-action gay and lesbian political activism. This shirt was donated by ACT UP Seattle co-founder Philip Bereano.
ID Number:2014.56.RefTshirt
Date:Circa 1990
Dorian Society gavel presented in 1971 to President Nicholas Heer who founded the society in 1967
Nicholas Heer moved to Seattle from New York in the 1960s to begin a teaching job at the University of Washington. He was instrumental in the formation of the Dorian Society, Seattle’s first formal gay rights organization. He became its first President in 1967 and received this gavel in appreciation for his service to the organization.
ID Number:2014.92.1
Date:Circa 1971
Award of Recognition Certificate presented to President Nicholas Heer for his service to the Dorian Society, 1971
Nicholas Heer moved to Seattle from New York in the 1960s to begin a teaching job at the University of Washington. He was instrumental in the formation of the Dorian Society, Seattle’s first formal gay rights organization. He became its first President in 1967 and received this certificate in appreciation for his service to the organization.
ID Number:2014.92.2
Date:1971
Two ribbons won by Ric Weiland at the Northwest Gay/Lesbian Sports Festival, 1991
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee hired by Bill Gates and Paul Allen at the newly founded Microsoft company. He retired in 1988 at age 35 and devoted his time to using his wealth to support the LGBTQ+ social justice…
ID Number:2016.10.9
Date:1991
Runner number from "Run with Pride," ca. 1988-1992
The Seattle Frontrunners, one of the oldest, largest LGBTQ running clubs in the world, has organized a "Run With Pride" event every year since the 1980s. This number was worn by Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006). In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee hired by Bill Gates and Paul Allen at the newly founded Microsoft company. He retired in 1988…
ID Number:2016.10.10
Date:Circa 1988-1992
Pennant from "The Prom You Never Went To," 1988
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the local LGBTQ community. "The Prom You Never Went To" was first held in 1983 and became an institution in the local gay and lesbian…
ID Number:2016.10.11
Date:1988