SEATTLE — June is LGBTQ Pride Month, and if you're looking to have a celebration before the big parade, we've got a few ideas for you!
DonnaTella Howe joins us in-studio with a whole array of ideas from party attire, to decor and food and drinks.
The 45th annual Seattle Pride Parade is happening at 11:00 AM on Sunday, June 30th along Fourth Avenue in downtown Seattle. The parade is a fun, community-wide celebration advancing awareness of LGBTQ issues and promoting mutual respect and equal human rights for all. Seattle Pride is about inclusiveness – so all ages are invited to join in on the fun.
For more information and for a complete calendar of Pride events, visit SeattlePride.org, and follow Seattle Pride on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
PRIDE TRIVIA
Q: What Seattle neighborhood was known as “The Tenderloin” because of its welcoming to the gay community in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
A: Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle
Q: What was the name of one of Seattle’s early gay bars located in the Smith Tower?
A: The Submarine Room
Q: Who was the Seattle City Council’s first openly LGBTQ member to be elected?
A: Sherry Harris, who was elected in 1991
Q: Which healthcare organization has operated Bailey-Boushay House since it opened in 1992?
A: Virginia Mason Medical Center
Q: What is the name of the country’s first drop-in center for gay youth based in Seattle?
A: Lambert House, which was established in 1991
Q: Where did the first Seattle Pride March take place in 1974?
A: Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle
Q: How many people participated in the first Seattle Pride March/Parade in 1974?
A: Approximately 200 people
Q: During Seattle’s first official Gay Pride Week in 1974, around which Seattle landmark did participants hold a roller-skating sing-along?
A: Around the Volunteer Park Water Tower
Q: What is the name of the gay rights activist who organized Seattle’s first Gay Pride Week in 1974?
A: David Neth
Q: When was Seattle’s first city-sanctioned “Gay Pride Week?”
A: Mayor Wes Ullman declared the first official Gay Pride Week in 1977
Q: How does the Seattle Pride Parade rank among other large Pride Parades around the country?
A: Seattle currently ranks #4
Q: In what year did Seattle Pride expand to include bisexual and transgender identities?
A: 1977
Q: Why is the Seattle Pride Parade (and most others around the country) held on the Sunday closest to June 28th?
A: To commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion
Q: Where did the Pride flag fly in Seattle for the first time in 2010?
A: The Space Needle
Q: The funeral of which gay icon took place on the same day as the Stonewall Rebellion in June 1969?
A: Judy Garland
Q: On which primetime TV comedy series did actor Billy Crystal play TV’s first openly gay character in a recurring role?
A: Soap
Q: When is National Coming Out Day?
A: October 11
Q: Who appeared on the cover of Time magazine in 1997 with the headline, “Yep, I’m Gay?”
A: Ellen DeGeneres
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