In this special edn of Seattle Datg Scene, datg lumnist Mara Rto talks to Melv Givens of Gay Cy, an anizatn that’s served Seattle’s LGBTQ+ muny for more than 25...
Contents:
- GAY NYC DANCER FATALLY STABBED WHILE VOGUG AT GAS STATN; HATE CRIME VTIGATN LNCHED
- THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THE CY OF SEATTLE DURG THE 1970S
- GAY CY CELEBRAT OVER 25 YEARS OF SERVG SEATTLE’S LGBTQ+ MUNY
- SEATTLE'S LGBTQ+ CENTER (FORMERLY GAY CY)
- SEATTLE GAY CISE CLUBS
- GAY SEATTLE · CY GUI
GAY NYC DANCER FATALLY STABBED WHILE VOGUG AT GAS STATN; HATE CRIME VTIGATN LNCHED
Gay Cy: Seattle's LGBTQ Center creat accs and nnectns to LGBTQ-affirmg rourc, wellns and muny. * seattle gay city *
A 28-year-old Black gay man was fatally stabbed after dancg to a Beyoncé song at a New York gas statn, leadg an vtigatn to terme whether his ath was a hate crime.
"Attacks on queer people:Colorado Sprgs shootg jos growg list of LGBTQ hate crim Ameri“They murred him bee he’s gay, bee he stood up for his iends, ” Pena said.
'Gay joy is not a crime'New York Cy Mayor Eric Adams lled Sibley’s ath a hate crime when addrsg at a public safety prs nference Monday.
THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THE CY OF SEATTLE DURG THE 1970S
Lks to primary sourc and a biblgraphy of rourc related to the stggle for gay rights Seattle the 1970s and the municipal ernment's rponse. * seattle gay city *
"Uncle Johnny:Beyonce gets emotnal at GLAAD Awards, honors gay uncle who died of HIVLGBTQ lawmakers have nmned the killg, cludg state Sen. Jt east of downtown, the Capol Hill neighborhood has long been the cy’s gay epicenter, wh rabow-pated crosswalks and many ways to dive to the LGBTQ+ scene. Jt east of downtown, Capol Hill has long been the Seattle’s gay epicenter and home to artists, hipsters, stunts and now-famo micians, not to mentn some of the bt rtrants, bars, ffee shops, live mic venu and public parks.
GAY CY CELEBRAT OVER 25 YEARS OF SERVG SEATTLE’S LGBTQ+ MUNY
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Non-prof social/charable anizatn whose purpose is to provi funds and servic to other non-profs wh the gay and lbian muny of Seattle and Kg County Washgton. Found 1994, NWLGHMP is an anizatn which rearch, terprets and munit the history of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people the Pacific Northwt for the purpos of study, tn and enjoyment. The social tumults of the late 1960s general - and the battle cry of homosexual rights sound the Stonewall (New York Cy) rts of 1969 particularly - spired a nfint sense of activism among many Seattle.
Intert groups like the Dorian Society, Seattle Gay Alliance, and the Lbian Rource Center mobilized this exuberance, and turned towards gag new legal regnns of their rights as municipal cizens.
Concentrated on the area surroundg the morn Capol Hill neighborhood, the groups formed a re around which a nstellatn of gay-centered bs and tablishments grew, iatg the area's long-standg reputatn as the center of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) life Seattle. In addn to a place to live, work, and play, this mobilizatn enabled gay and lbian activists to ga a new promence Cy polics. Spurred on by wispread police harassment, gay rights proponents ntually agated for creased protectn agast discrimatn to be rporated to municipal law.
SEATTLE'S LGBTQ+ CENTER (FORMERLY GAY CY)
Seattle's LGBTQ+ Center (formerly Gay Cy) | 723 followers on LkedIn. A Place To Be You | Wele to Seattle's LGBTQ+ Center (formerly Gay Cy), an anizatn where our staff and volunteers, our programs and servic, and our drive and spir reflect the rilience and power of Seattle’s many LGBTQ muni. We provi multiple ways for our muny to gather, nnect, and fd their voice, cludg our Wellns Center, LGBTQ Rource & Referral program, VolunQueers, and Youth Advocy programs. Seattle's LGBTQ+ Center is an anizatn that listens and rponds, and that ntu to evolve. * seattle gay city *
Williams, a gay rights advote and early sponsor of the Seattle Women's Commissn, gradually garnered sufficient support for the revisn om fellow uncil-members and Mayor W Uhlman.
The Dorian Group, a loose anizatn of proment gay bsmen and activists led by Charlie Brydon, proposed a revisn of the cy's Open Hog Ordance that would make illegal for landlords and home sellers to discrimate on the basis of sexual orientatn, much as already was on the grounds of race. Sponsored by equent Dorian Group ally Councilmember Williams, the revised ordance was troduced to heated bate that lasted for over a month, wh strong opposn by the Seattle Apartment Operator's Associatn clashg agast proponents like the Seattle Gay Alliance's Tim Mayor Uhlman's announcement that he would sign the law if reached his sk, the ordance was eventually passed on Augt 4, though by a tenuo 5 to 4 vote. Started the summer of 1973, the events surroundg Pri Week were growg larger and better attend, culmatg the first Gay Pri March that was schled for 1977.
Mayor Uhlman, enuraged by a close polil relatnship wh Charlie Brydon, chose to memorate the para wh a historic first, officially clarg June 25 to July 1 to be Gay Pri Week the Cy of Seattle.
SEATTLE GAY CISE CLUBS
The Seattle Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer (LGBTQ) Commissn advis the Mayor, Cy Council and Cy partments about issu of ncern affectg the LGBTQ muny. The Commissn remends polici and legislatn, brgs LGBTQ muni together wh the larger Seattle muny through long-range projects, and ensur Cy partments fairly and equably addrs issu affectg and volvg Seattle's LGBTQ muni as dividuals and as a protected class afford accsibily and cln to the servic of the Cy of Seattle. * seattle gay city *
Lol opponents of gay rights were censed by this, which appeared to them to be clear evince of the Mayor's endorsement of what they viewed as the 'amoral' homosexual liftyle. The anizatn Save Our Moral Ethics (SOME), found by Seattle Police officers David Est and Dennis Falk, spearhead a succsful signature drive to place an iative on the November ballot givg voters the choice to remove 'sexual orientatn' om the text of the Fair Employment and Open Hog part of a natnwi nservative reactn to gay activism's polil triumphs, SOME operated among a wave of anti-gay iative mpaigns, supported polilly and fancially by nservative activist Ana Bryant's Save Our Children group.
Comg a day before the feat of the siarly-themed 'Briggs Iniative' California, the vote was hailed by many activists as a hearteng rejectn of the rurgent anti-gay sentiment reprented by groups like SOME and Save Our Children. Not all the news was posive that month, however, as Harvey Milk, San Francis Cy Supervisor and the natn's first openly gay elected official, was sla by disgntled ex-Supervisor Dan Whe only a few weeks followg the Iniative 13, the LGBT muny ceased to pose any issu of cywi importance for several years.
GAY SEATTLE · CY GUI
Seattle Gay Cise Club Gui. Fd the bt gay cise & fetish clubs Seattle, Washgton. Reviews, photos, maps, facili and more. Updated for 2023. * seattle gay city *
By 1983, however, the growg public awarens of AIDS' vastatg impact upon Seattle's gays prompted a program of surveillance and tn by the Seattle-Kg County Department of Public Health, as well as further bate on what else should be done.
Cy Council Commtee of the Whole meetg, April 27, 1972Ttimony of Tim Mayhew, reprentative of the Seattle Gay Alliance Rerdg of full meetg Mut of the meetgAud Catn: Event 1173.
Meetg of the Cy Council's Human Rourc & Judiciary Commtee, October 16, 1972Ttimony of Tim Mayhew, reprentative of the Seattle Gay AllianceRerdg of full meetg Mut of the meetgAud Catn: Event 1433.
Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer people have been visible and polilly active Seattle for generatns. Their activism has yield pneerg civil rights victori. This special sectn explor the history of the LGBTQ activism Seattle and wtern lks above … * seattle gay city *
Letter to the Mayor om Lady Graytop, "Emprs" of the "Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle" advotg for official proclamatn of Gay Pri Week (May 4, 1976). Uhlman, Subject Fil (Rerd Seri 5287-02)Rerds om Mayor Uhlman's office (1969-1977) ncerng polil issu volvg the cy and the gay muny, such as alleged police harassment of gay upl and gay-owned tablishments.
Royer, Subject Corrponnce (Rerd Seri 5274-02)Letters, memoranda, and other rerds om Mayor Royer's office (1978-1989) ncerng polil issu volvg the cy and the gay muny. Royer, Legal Subject Fil (Rerd Seri 5274-03)Reports, memoranda, and other rerds om Mayor Royer's office (1978-1989) ncerng polil issu volvg the cy and the gay muny.
The documents relate primarily to health and human servic issu, such as the AIDS epimic then emergg among Seattle's gay muny. Search d rerds on our digal llectns se for terms like "gay, " for possible speakers like Tim Mayhew, and specific dat and mtee meetgs which important topics are discsed. The Tim Mayhew Collectn on Gay Rights (1964-1999), held by the Special Collectns divisn of the Universy of Washgton Librari, documents a broad range of gay anizatns Seattle om the 1960s through the 1980s.