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Lt. Tracy Franks spraying Chief Molly Douce with fire extinquisher during Pride Parade, Seattle, June 30, 2002
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 largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park, drew a crowd of about 200. Three years later, Mayor Wes Uhlman officially endorsed the city’s pride celebration, declaring June 25 to July 1, 1977 to…
ID Number:2000.107.2002.CD01.02.03.001
Date:2002
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Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, founders of Daughters of Bilitis, Seattle, April 5, 1973
Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin were nationally known journalists, authors and activists. In 1955, they founded Daughters of Bilitis (DOB), the oldest American lesbian organization. Founded as a social and advocacy group in San Francisco, DOB worked hard to combat harassment and laws that criminalized gay behavior. Martin’s efforts helped lead to the American Psychiatric Association’s late 1973 decision that…
ID Number:2000.107.19730405.1.35A
Date:1973
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Cheryl Chow bowling at campaign event, May 1993
Cheryl Chow was the daughter of restaurant owner and King County Councilwoman Ruby Chow, and opera singer, US Army veteran and chef Ping Chow. Born in Seattle, Cheryl Chow attended Franklin High School and Western Washington University. Early in her career, she taught physical education at Hamilton International Middle School, was principal of Sharples Junior High School (now Aki Kurose…
ID Number:2000.107.19930525.13.14
Date:1993
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Harvey Fierstein, Evan Stults, and Dennis Coleman around piano, Seattle, June 22, 1993
In June 1993, the Seattle Men’s Chorus celebrated Gay Pride Week with weekend concerts featuring the works of composer Cole Porter. The show, called “Swellegant Elegance: The Life and Music of Cole Porter,” was performed for 3 nights at the 5th Avenue Theatre, conducted by chorus music director Dennis Coleman. The chorus asked Harvey Fierstein, well-known gay actor and playwright,…
ID Number:2000.107.19930622.2.02
Date:1993
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Marchers in Pride parade on Capitol Hill, Seattle, June 27, 1993
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.This photo of the 1993 Pride parade shows a group of women, some wearing t-shirts printed with "I'm not a BOY," carrying a banner reading "Women…
ID Number:2000.107.19930627.4.05
Date:1993
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Group posing on car during Pride parade, Seattle, June 27, 1993
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.This photo of the 1993 parade shows a group of Pride participants traveling the parade route on Capitol Hill seated atop an Eldorado. A banner on…
ID Number:2000.107.19930627.4.21
Date:1993
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Dykes on Bikes at start of Pride parade, June 27, 1993
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.In 1993, the annual Pride parade on Capitol Hill roared to life with the Dykes on Bikes, a band of eclectic motorcyclists. This photo shows a…
ID Number:2000.107.19930627.5.15
Date:1993
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Hands Off Washington demonstration, July 15, 1993
In 1993, the conservative activist organization Oregon Citizens Alliance (OCA) attempted to influence Washington state politics by gathering signatures for ballot initiatives that would have restricted the civil rights of LGLBTQ citizens in Washington. The Washington Citizens for Fairness/Hands Off Washington (HOW) campaign was a grassroots gay rights effort organized in 1993 to defeat this attempt, casting the OCA as…
ID Number:2000.107.19930715.1.25
Date:1993
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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
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Mayor Norm Rice marching in Pride parade, 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:2000.107.19940624.1.18
Date:1994