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Image of Cheryl Chow taking Seattle City Council oath of office, Seattle, January 2, 1990
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Cheryl Chow taking Seattle City Council oath of office, Seattle, January 2, 1990

Cheryl Chow (1946-2013) was a Seattle educator, politician, and advocate for children. Chow was the daughter of Ruby Chow, a restaurant owner and King County Councilwoman, and Ping Chow, an opera singer, US Army veteran, and chef. Born in Seattle, Cheryl Chow attended Franklin High School and Western Washington University. Early in her career, she taught physical education at Hamilton…
ID Number:2000.107.036.20.01
Date:1990
Image of Marchers in Pride parade, Seattle, June 26, 1994
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Marchers in Pride parade, Seattle, June 26, 1994

The first Pride Week was celebrated by Seattle's gay and lesbian community in June 1974. Now called Seattle Pride, this series of events is held annually in late June to celebrate LGBTQ pride in Seattle. The slogan of the 1994 pride march was "No Discrimination," in reference to Initiatives 608 and 610, which would deny minority status or civil-rights protection…
ID Number:2000.107.19940624.1.17
Date:1994
Image of Emma Moreno in front of the Seattle LGBT Community Center, October 3, 2002
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Emma Moreno in front of the Seattle LGBT Community Center, October 3, 2002

The Seattle LGBT Community Center, a program of Queen City Community Development, opened in May 2002 at 1115 E. Pike Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The Center housed various programs, projects and services for the LGBTQ and allied communities, and reached many more through its events, activities, and advocacy. In October 2002, the Center hosted the Northwest’s first Latino…
ID Number:2000.107.20021003.CD02.001
Date:2002
Image of Gay Community Center News, Vol. I, No. 1, June 1974
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Gay Community Center News, Vol. I, No. 1, June 1974

The newsletter shown here is the inaugural issue of the Gay Community Center News (later the Seattle Gay News), a publication of the Gay Community Center in Seattle, a social-service agency for sexual minorities. This issue discusses the recent opening of the Gay Community Center in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, as well as preparations for Gay Pride Week, with events…
ID Number:2002.23.3.34.1
Date:1974
Image of Marchers in Gay Pride Parade, Seattle, June 25, 1977
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Marchers in Gay Pride Parade, Seattle, June 25, 1977

Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The celebrations included potluck dinners, the opening of a gay community center, and a sing-in and rollerblading at the top of the Volunteer Park water tower. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park,…
ID Number:2002.46.2379.1
Date:1977
Image of Gay Pride Parade rally at Westlake Mall, Seattle, June 25, 1977
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Gay Pride Parade rally at Westlake Mall, Seattle, June 25, 1977

Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The celebrations included potluck dinners, the opening of a gay community center, and a sing-in and rollerblading at the top of the Volunteer Park water tower. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park,…
ID Number:2002.46.2379.2
Date:1977
Image of Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977
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Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977

Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The celebrations included potluck dinners, the opening of a gay community center, and a sing-in and rollerblading at the top of the Volunteer Park water tower. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park,…
ID Number:2002.46.2379.3
Date:1977
Image of Gay Pride Parade rally at Westlake Mall, Seattle, June 25, 1977
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Gay Pride Parade rally at Westlake Mall, Seattle, June 25, 1977

Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The celebrations included potluck dinners, the opening of a gay community center, and a sing-in and rollerblading at the top of the Volunteer Park water tower. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park,…
ID Number:2002.46.2379.4
Date:1977
Image of Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977
Photograph

Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977

Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The celebrations included potluck dinners, the opening of a gay community center, and a sing-in and rollerblading at the top of the Volunteer Park water tower. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park,…
ID Number:2002.46.2379.5
Date:1977
Image of Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977
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Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977

Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The celebrations included potluck dinners, the opening of a gay community center, and a sing-in and rollerblading at the top of the Volunteer Park water tower. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park,…
ID Number:2002.46.2379.7
Date:1977
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