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The first Gay Pride Week in Seattle was held from June 24 to 30, 1974, organized by the city's lesbian and gay community. Events that week included an open house at the Stonewall Recovery Center, a memorial service for victims of the 1973 UpStairs Lounge arson attack, and a picnic at Occidental Park in Pioneer Square.
The Seattle Pride Parade runs down 4th Avenue in downtown Seattle and is held on the last Sunday in June. It attracts more than 300,000 spectators annually, with more than 200 groups marching in support of LGBTQIA+ Pride.
Seattle Out and Proud is the nonprofit organization that produces and coordinates Seattle Pride events and programs year-round. It runs the Seattle Pride Parade, the Seattle Pride in the Park Festival, the Pride Speaks speaker series, and the Vote with Pride voter engagement program.
Mayor Wes Uhlman declared the city's first official Gay Pride Week in 1977. The proclamation came as broader civic acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community was also drawing organized opposition seeking to repeal protective ordinances.
In 2007, sponsor Seattle Out and Proud was threatened with bankruptcy after the 2006 move to downtown Seattle proved far too expensive. Egan Orion of One Degree Events took over the festival just six weeks before it was scheduled to occur, compressing it from three days to one day and negotiating a debt repayment plan with the city.
Lavender Country is a local band recognized as the first known openly gay country music act. They performed during the inaugural 1974 Seattle Pride festival and returned for a reunion show at Seattle Pride in 2000 after renewed interest followed the archiving of their album at the Country Music Hall of Fame.