Burlesque, poetry slams, camp drag shows, kink night, and the Inferno women & the Trans* party series are just some of our top picks.īuzzing, eclectic and wonderfully queer, Gay Seattle is waiting for you with open arms…Īre you relocating? This guide will help travelers discover the queerer side of the city. Queer spirit is still strong here, as testament by the broad lineup of annual LGBT events including the Seattle Boylesque Festival and Seattle Pride, headlined by PrideFest at the Seattle Centre where 50,000 people turned up to see over 100 performers appeal across five stages.Įven if you are not able to visit for these flagship events, there is all but guaranteed to be something every night of the week to pique your interest. Not only are there more gay clubs, bars, and bathhouses here than you could possibly visit in one trip – but there are rainbow flags proudly flown across the city to remind you that the entire city is a sanctuary for self-expression and that you are welcome absolutely everywhere you go.
In making the event free for the Black Queer community, the organizers of this event are extending a courtesy so rarely extended by providing a free and safe space to express joy, share story and be in community.When it comes to the local gay scene, well where do we even start. “They often face shame not only from the cis-heteronormative community, but within the queer community at large as well. “Black trans and queer peoples are among the most marginalized and persecuted peoples with the LGBTQIA2S+ community,” the commission wrote in a letter posted to Twitter. Capitol Hill Pride organizers Philip Lipson and Charlette LeFevre told the Seattle Human Rights Commission that it viewed a separate pride event’s reparation fees for white attendees as a form of “reverse discrimination.” Capitol Hill Pride Festival The city’s Human Rights Commission, however, sided with the event organizers.
“We will never charge admission over the color of a person’s skin and resent being attacked for standing in those values,” it continued. “We consider this reverse discrimination in its worse form and we feel we are being attacked for not supporting due to disparaging and hostile e-mails,” Capitol Hill Pride directors Philip Lipson and Charlette LeFevre wrote in a letter shared to Twitter. The event aims to lift up the “voices, narratives, and contributions” of black and brown LGBTQ members. “White allies and accomplices are welcome to attend but will be charged a $10 to $50 reparations fee that will be used to keep this event free of cost for BLACK AND BROWN Trans and Queer COMMUNITY,” the event description continued.īut the admissions fee prompted the group Capitol Hill Pride to call for the city to look into whether organizers were committing an ethics violation by only having white attendees cover the cost of hosting the event. “All are free to attend HOWEVER this is a BLACK AND BROWN QUEER TRANS CENTERED, PRIORITIZED, VALUED, EVENT,” organizers wrote on the page of the event, which is called “TAKING BACK PRIDE.”
The event, which will be held on Saturday in Jimi Hendrix Park, is being hosted for black and brown members of the LBGTQ community and aims to lift up their “voices, narratives, and contributions,” according to organizers. San Francisco Mayor London Breed, police groups opt out of Pride parade over uniform banĪ Pride event in Seattle is charging white attendees up to $50 in “reparations fees” - prompting backlash over whether the organizers were promoting “reverse racism.” Inclusive? Adams condemns exclusion of NYPD officers from Gay Pride Parade