Gay Cy: Seattle's LGBTQ Center creat accs and nnectns to LGBTQ-affirmg rourc, wellns and muny.
Contents:
- CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
- GAY CY: SEATTLE’S LGBTQ CENTER TO SEARCH FOR NEW LEARSHIP
CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
SEATTLE, WA (January 31, 2022) – Gay Cy’s Board of Directors announced Executive Director Fred Swanson is steppg down om his posn after more than two s. Fred will rema volved wh the anizatn until June 1, 2022, and Bekah Telew, Gay Cy’s Director of Development, will serve as Interim Co-Executive Director durg the transn. “We have such talented and creative staff and volunteers and a learship team that unrstands what is necsary to ntue to move Gay Cy forward.
Unr Fred’s learship, Gay Cy’s programmg and impact expand signifintly. This growth clud assumg the programs of the Seattle Gay Clic 2004, ntug cril parts of Verbena’s work 2008, and assumg the programs of the Seattle LGBT Communy Center 2009. Gay Cy created new office spac to acmodate for the addnal service offergs, lnched Gay Cy Arts, created a Youth Advisory Council, implemented re equy trags for staff, and offered a home to queer anizatns Ingersoll Genr Center, Equal Rights Washgton, and Three Dollar Bill Cema.
GAY CY: SEATTLE’S LGBTQ CENTER TO SEARCH FOR NEW LEARSHIP
“Gay Cy has benefted tremendoly om Fred’s learship over his two s as Executive Director, ” said Ronn Arii, Gay Cy’s Board Co-Chair. “He has steered this anizatn through challeng, great succs, unprecented growth, and has cemented Gay Cy’s posn as a val and tegral part of the LGBTQ muny Seattle and beyond. He leav a solid posn to move forward wh the evolutn of Gay Cy: Seattle’s LGBTQ Center.
Wh the challeng of the COVID-19 panmic and the news that the buildg Gay Cy has lled home sce 2006 had been sold, Fred worked wh the Board of Directors to fd a new home for Gay Cy.
Gay Cy’s Board of Directors and staff learship will be workg through a 90-day transn plan and have formed a Learship Mol Task Force. The Task Force will llaboratively explore the next eratn of Gay Cy’s learship. The 90-day transn plan and the work of the Task Force will culmate wh an announcement of the anizatn’s new learship mol, and Gay Cy will beg implementg next steps to brg this new mol to un.