Learn about Gay Cy, and the missn and valu that fuel the anizatn. Also, learn who to ntact for qutns about servic and programs.
Contents:
- ABOUT GAY CY
- SEATTLE'S LGBTQ+ CENTER (FORMERLY GAY CY)
- THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THE CY OF SEATTLE DURG THE 1970S
- GAY CY CELEBRAT OVER 25 YEARS OF SERVG SEATTLE’S LGBTQ+ MUNY
- QUEEN CY COM OUT: EXPLORG SEATTLE'S LBIAN AND GAY HISTORY, BY THE NORTHWT LBIAN & GAY HISTORY MM PROJECT
ABOUT GAY CY
The story of LGBTQ Seattle is over 130 years the makg. In the 1880s same-sex relatns were of ltle ncern to most rints. Later, 1893, they were clared a crime, and the late 1960s, activists polilly anized around same-sex timacy. Gay Seattle fought for … * gay city seattle history *
Transient male-male timacy was not necsarily labeled as gay or homosexual by ntemporari, but was stead seen as a threat to the ials of a heteronormative fay and Christian valu of Seattle’s moral guardians. Although gay dividuals lived ral areas, ci provid opportuni for men and women to pe the supervisn of their fai and neighbors, allowg for the possibily of formg distct inti, muni, and cultur.
SEATTLE'S LGBTQ+ CENTER (FORMERLY GAY CY)
* gay city seattle history *
Bellotti then opened the Double Hear bar above the Caso Pool Hall 1934, believed to be the natn’s olst ntuoly operatg gay bar until s closure on December 31, 2015. While gay muni were already formg prr to the war, mass urbanizatn and dtrializatn durg World War II brought many people together the armed servic and fense dtri.
THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THE CY OF SEATTLE DURG THE 1970S
Gay Cy: Seattle's LGBTQ Center creat accs and nnectns to LGBTQ-affirmg rourc, wellns and muny. * gay city seattle history *
Many men wh homosexual tennci met one another the service and went and out of major port ci that had visible and veloped gay subcultur, while women wh sexual tert othe women uld meet wartime factori. While not every tavern was genr-tegrated, gay men and lbians largely belonged to the same muny and uld feel fortable visg tablishments that might ter to the oppose sex, as they had durg the Great Deprsn.
GAY CY CELEBRAT OVER 25 YEARS OF SERVG SEATTLE’S LGBTQ+ MUNY
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 … * gay city seattle history *
Drag performanc quickly beme a central feature of the gay muny, first appearg vville performanc as early as 1898, when the natnally regnized female impersonator Edward Stewart performed a Seattle Theater productn of 1492.
The Garn of Allah, a gay baret loted on First Avenue between Universy and Sene Streets that opened 1946, beme a central venue for drag performanc the postwar perd.
This venue was the first gay-owned baret Seattle, and many of s visors were heterosexual tourists and ary servicemen who me to see s famed drag performers, cludg Skippy LaRue and Jewel Box Revue. Durg the Lavenr Sre of the Cold War, the armed servic banned personnel om visg such venu, argug that homosexualy—and by associatn, drag—would place servicemen danger of beg blackmailed by munists. Gay bars Seattle were not raid or otherwise harassed by the police as often as they were most major ci wh a large gay prence, such as San Francis and New York.
QUEEN CY COM OUT: EXPLORG SEATTLE'S LBIAN AND GAY HISTORY, BY THE NORTHWT LBIAN & GAY HISTORY MM PROJECT
Seattle's LGBTQ+ Center (formerly Gay Cy) | 727 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. * gay city seattle history *
Wh the safety provid by the payoffs for patrons of gay spac, the number of gay bars creased dramatilly the 1960s Pneer’s Square and to the Central Bs District. The wily accepted begng of the Gay Liberatn movement was late June 1969 when patrons of the Stonewall Inn New York Cy fought back agast a route police raid.
Regardls, the Seattle gay muny quickly adopted Gay Liberatn: the philosophy that same-sex sexualy should be open and celebrated rather than hidn and persecuted. In a piic sponsored part by the group, atten were not allowed to wear drag, an ditn that the Dorian Society was tryg to move away om certa forms of gay cultural exprsn to achieve rpectabily the ey of hetersexual rints.
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. * gay city seattle history *
Durg the era of the civil rights movement and Vietnam War (1960s-70s), Seattle’s gay activists and lobbyists were transformg Seattle to a cy creasgly tolerant of homosexualy.
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... * gay city seattle history *
Organizatns dited to gay pri clud the Unn of Sexual Mori, the Gay Women’s Alliance, the Seattle Counselg Service, the Gay Communy Center, Seattle’s chapter of the Gay Liberatn Front, Stonewall (a dg and alhol rehabilatn center), and the Lbian Rource Center. Along wh the feat of the Briggs Iniative California, which would have banned homosexuals om teachg, the were the first mocratic feats of antigay iativ that spng up begng 1977. Proponents of Iniative 13 argued that gays were not a mory group that required legal protectn like women, blacks, Latos, Asians, Native Amerins, and other ethnic and racial groups.
The story of LGBTQ Washgton State is over 130 years the makg. In the 1880s same-sex relatns were of ltle ncern to most rints. Later, 1893, they were clared a crime, and the late 1960s, activists polilly anized around same-sex timacy. Gay Washgtonians fought for nondiscrimatn the 1970s. Transgenr activists likewise fought for * gay city seattle history *
Dpe disagreements over polil msag and tactics between the first two anizatns and CRFE, gay activists feated SOME and Iniative 13 on November 7, 1978, wh Seattle voters rejectg the iative by a near two-to-one marg. Decryg “gay patriarchy, ” they sought their own separate enclav where women uld foc on issu that affected them particular, pecially rape and sexual harassment.