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Image of CAMP registration card, from Gay City and Boyz in the Woods, 1996
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CAMP registration card, from Gay City and Boyz in the Woods, 1996

This card advertises a weekend camping trip focused on gay men, organized by Gay City and Boyz in the Woods. It promises "gay exploring and merry-making," arts and play, and homo spirituality. The illustration on the front shows two scantily-clad idealized male figures driving logs down a river. Gay City, now called Seattle's LGBTQ+ Center, was founded in 1995 by…
ID Number:2002.23.6.27.1
Date:1996
Image of LMA Marriage News, 1996
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LMA Marriage News, 1996

Pictured here is the November-December 1996 issue of the "LMA Marriage News," the newsletter of the Legal Marriage Alliance of Washington, a group founded in 1995.This item is one of many gathered by the Seattle-born author, artist, and chronicler of local drag culture, Donald Charles "Don" Paulson (1933-2012), in a collection he "dedicated to everyone who ever participated in a…
ID Number:2002.23.6.31.1
Date:1996
Image of The Right to Marry order form, 1996
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The Right to Marry order form, 1996

This flier describes the video "The Right to Marry," a documentary film about the struggle for legal marriage equality for same-sex couples, created by the Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples in Seattle and produced and directed by Demian. The bottom of the flier is an order form to purchase a copy of the video.This item is one…
ID Number:2002.23.6.33.1
Date:1996
Image of Action Alert: U.S. Congress aims to outlaw same-sex marriage, 1996
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Action Alert: U.S. Congress aims to outlaw same-sex marriage, 1996

Pictured here is a flier opposing "The Defense of Marriage Act," legislation proposed in Congress to create a federal definition of marriage excluding same-sex couples. The flier was printed and distributed by the Legal Marriage Alliance of Washington, a group founded in 1995.This item is one of many gathered by the Seattle-born author, artist, and chronicler of local drag culture,…
ID Number:2002.23.6.33.2
Date:1996
Image of Q-Safety Patrol brochure, 1997
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Q-Safety Patrol brochure, 1997

This brochure describes the activities of Q-Safety Patrol or Q-SP, which was founded in 1990 to respond to violent hate crimes against queer people in Seattle. Q-SP volunteers patrolled streets to offer escort and reassurance to anyone in need, and physically respond to violence if necessary. The brochure also advertises Q-SP's other services - self-defense classes, distribution of food and…
ID Number:2002.23.6.38.1
Date:1997
Image of Poster forthe Anti-Inaugural Ball at Red & Black books, January 21, 1989
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Poster forthe Anti-Inaugural Ball at Red & Black books, January 21, 1989

This poster advertises "Another Anti-Inaugural Ball," a party organized by Seattle's Red & Black Books and held the weekend of the inauguration of George H. W. Bush as U. S. president. The party included entertainment by local band Rumors of the Big Wave and was emceed by comedian Peggy Platt. Opened as a collective in 1979, Red & Black Books…
ID Number:2002.23.7.56.1
Date:1989
Image of Lesbian and Gay Democrats of Greater Seattle newsletter, January 1986
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Lesbian and Gay Democrats of Greater Seattle newsletter, January 1986

This 1986 newsletter of the Lesbian and Gay Democrats of Seattle includes an announcement of their January 13 meeting at the Off Ramp Cafe, featuring newly-elected King County Councilman Ron Sims discussing the new King County Fair Employment Ordinance. The newsletter also includes notes of thanks to various individuals, from organization President Don Moreland, for their support of lesbian and…
ID Number:2002.23.7.58.1
Date:1/1986
Image of Let People Live! poster, 1978
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Let People Live! poster, 1978

This poster urges voters in Seattle to reject Initiative 13, which proposed to overturn Seattle’s nondiscrimination clauses covering sexual minorities, and Initiative 15, which would allow the use of deadly force to apprehend an unarmed suspect. The movement against Initiative 13 coalesced into three major local organizations: Seattle Committee Against Thirteen (SCAT), Women Against Thirteen (later Women Acting Together), and…
ID Number:2002.23.8.6.1
Date:1978
Image of Vote no on 13 poster, 1978
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Vote no on 13 poster, 1978

The poster pictured here urged voters in Seattle to reject Initiative 13, which intended to overturn Seattle’s nondiscrimination clauses covering sexual minorities. The movement against the Initiative coalesced into three major local organizations: Seattle Committee Against Thirteen (SCAT), Women Against Thirteen (later Women Acting Together), and Citizens to Retain Fair Employment (CRFE). According to "The SAGE Handbook of Political Geography,…
ID Number:2002.23.8.6.2
Date:1978
Image of Discrimination Response System poster, circa 1985
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Discrimination Response System poster, circa 1985

This poster advertises a service in Seattle called the Discrimination Response System which addressed discrimination "within the GBLTQ community such as carding Blacks and Drag Queens in some gay bars, etc." The program was supported by the local chapter of Black and White Men Together (BWMT) a gay, multiracial, multicultural organization founded in 1983. Caption information source: http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews34_25/page7.cfmCaption information source:…
ID Number:2002.23.8.6.3
Date:Circa 1985
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