Seattle has a notably large LGBTQ community,[1] and the city of Seattle has protected gay and lesbian workers since the passage of the Fair Employment Practice Ordinance in 1973. Seattle's LGBTQ culture is celebrated at Seattle Pride, which began in 1977 as Gay Pride Week.[2] Gay cabaret traveled in a circuit including Seattle and San Francisco since the 1930s.[3] Seattleites have operated gay-friendly clubs and bars since the 1930s, including The Casino in Underground Seattle at Pioneer Square (which allowed same-sex dancing since 1930), and upstairs from it The Double Header bar was in continuous operation since 1933 or 1934 until 2015 (thought to be the oldest continuously-operating gay bar in the United States).[4][5]
Seattle's gay shopping and recreation area is centered on Capitol Hill with rainbow-painted crosswalks, bars, bookstores and other venues.[6][7]
In 2013, Seattle overtook San Francisco as the United States city with the most households composed of gay or lesbian couples (2.6%), and was the only U.S. city with more than 1% of the households being lesbian couples.[8]
- ^ Sainsbury & Brash 2014, p. 521 "12.9% of the city's population identifies itself as gay or lesbian and there doesn't tend to be much sexual-orientation-based hostility among the rest of the population."
- ^ Schielke 2015.
- ^ Haggerty 2013.
- ^ Chrystie Hill (April 12, 2003), "Queer History in Seattle, Part 1: to 1967", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink
- ^ Kery Murakami (June 22, 2007), "No longer at the center of Seattle's gay scene, bar still serving outsiders", Seattle P-I
- ^ Gay Market Guide 2005.
- ^ "Seattle's Top LGBTQ Hotspots & Resources". Visit Seattle. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ Gene Balk (September 27, 2013), "Seattle overtakes San Francisco as No.1 city for gay couples", The Seattle Times
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