155 results for: LGBTQIA
Poster
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival poster, October 24-30, 1997
Begun in 1996, Seattle's Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (now Seattle Queer Film Festival) has become the largest LGBTQ film festival in the Pacific Northwest. It is produced by Three Dollar Bill Cinema, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide films by, for, and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. The 2018 festival attracted over 10,000 viewers to…
ID Number:2014.89.1
Date:1997
Poster
Lesbian/Gay Freedom March poster, Seattle, June 27, 1981
The "Stonewall Rebellion 1981 Lesbian/Gay Freedom March" occurred outside the federal Courthouse in downtown Seattle on June 27, 1981. About 1,500 demonstrators participated in the event, criticizing leaders of the country's "Moral Majority" for their conservatism, which marchers said negatively affects the jobs, pay, housing, and life-style of queer people. The event was sponsored by the Stonewall Committee, a Seattle…
ID Number:2014.89.2
Date:1981
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Things That Go Bump in the Night mailer, 1988
Sponsored by the Seattle Chapter of the Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, "Things That go Bump in the Night" was a dance party and costume contest held at the Seattle Aquarium on October 29, 1988. The event benefited Seattle Men's Chorus, Alice B. Theatre, Pride Festival Committee, Seattle Municipal Elections Committee for Gays & Lesbians (SEAMEC), and Tacky Tourist Clubs…
ID Number:2016.10.16.1
Date:1988
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Tacky Tourist Summer Vacation brochure, 1986
The Seattle Chapter of the Tacky Tourist Clubs of America published this leaflet detailing upcoming events for the summer of 1986. The events described were aimed at the gay and lesbian community and included festivities surrounding the annual Pride Parade, Seafair, and the Queen City Cruise. The Seattle Chapter also hosted other popular events during the year, such as "The…
ID Number:2016.10.16.2
Date:1986
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Mailer for Gay Nineties New Year's Eve party, 1989
This mailer announces a 1989 New Year's Eve party at Seattle's Union Station organized by the Seattle chapter of the Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, a fundraising organization for gay and lesbian causes. The party was called the Gay Nineties, a play on the nostalgic term for the 1890s. The Gay Nineties party raised money for the Chicken Soup Brigade,…
ID Number:2016.10.16.3.1
Date:1989
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Queen City Cruise advertisement, 1983
Sponsored by the Seattle chapter of the Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, the Queen City Cruise on August 6, 1983, promised "An Unforgivable Naughtycal Adventure on the High Seas!" The "Unofficial Seafair" event was held annually on Elliott Bay for several years and raised money for the Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities (now known as Seattle Counseling Service or…
ID Number:2016.10.17.1
Date:1983
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The Prom You Never Went To souvenir photo, 1990
Sponsored by the Seattle chapter of the Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, "The Prom You Never Went To" was an annual event first held in 1983 that became an institution in the local gay and lesbian community. The annual party at "Lavender Valley High School, Home of the Fighting Poodles," gave gay people an opportunity to take the people they…
ID Number:2016.10.18.1
Date:1990
Program
Sleighride program, 1990
The Seattle Men's Chorus (SMC) is an LGBTQ community chorus founded in 1979, and, along with Seattle Women's Chorus, is the largest community choral organization in North America. The chorus continues to be a treasured part of Seattle culture, touring widely, recording often, and performing with the Seattle Symphony.This program is from the SMC's "Sleighride" concert series, performed throughout December…
ID Number:2016.10.19.1
Date:1990
Program
Holiday Survival Game Show program, 1990
From 1985-1997 Alice B. Theatre was one of the hottest alternative troupes in Seattle, presenting the local premieres of plays such as "Breaking the Code" and "The Baltimore Waltz." The group's signature works were its annual productions of the spoofy "Holiday Survival Game Show" every December.This program is from the 1990 "Holiday Survival Game Show," which was performed at the…
ID Number:2016.10.19.2
Date:1990
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The 8th Annual Gay & Lesbian Theatre Festival program, 1991
From 1985-1997 Alice B. Theatre was one of the hottest alternative troupes in Seattle, presenting the local premieres of plays such as "Breaking the Code" and "The Baltimore Waltz." The group's signature works were its annual productions of the spoofy "Holiday Survival Game Show" every December.This program for the eighth Annual Gay & Lesbian Theatre Festival describes the festival's theme,…
ID Number:2016.10.19.3
Date:1991