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Here’s what a September celebration of Pride looked like on Capitol Hill.
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An usual Labor Day weekend celebration of Gay Pride on Capitol Hill was not exactly socially distanced but the two-day festival stretched its celebration across five blocks of Broadway on Saturday and Sunday leaving plenty of space for choices on just how you wanted to mix and match your proximity to other humans.
Marking the era, masks were fashionable and, just like the good old days, a good time “was had by all.”
“It may have been different than expected but love was felt everywhere, community came together safely and fun was had by all,” Seattle PrideFest organizers wrote in thanks to supporters and volunteers for the Labor Day weekend festival. “Please remember to support our local talent, businesses, drag queens and vendors ALL YEAR long.”
CHS reported here on the Capitol Hill event pulled together as Seattle’s annual Pride celebrations in June were canceled and postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Organizers hope the September weekend was a one-time only version and the Broadway festival can return to its usual June timing next year.
2021’s slate of Pride events, meanwhile, will continue on Capitol Hill in October as Seattle Pride, organizers of the downtown parade and celebration, will come to Volunteer Park for a free, “rain or shine” LGBTQIA “reunion.”
All Together Now will feature music and performer in Volunteer Park on October 9th. Chong the Nomad headlines and DJ Marco Collins will host along with Betty Wetter for a day of Drag Queen Bingo and karaoke. More details will be released soon but you can learn more here.
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Excellent pictures – than you for sharing. I know I speak for everyone when I say that I appreciate the newfound visibility of Black Trans Women, the most marginalized of all.
Our movement was single-handedly responsible for silencing yt supremacists this past year, if only for a little while. Stay in your mixed-use high-rises, oppressors! It is Our Time.
I’m all for Black trans visibility but what’s “oppressive” about mixed-use high-rises? I don’t think housing can ever be made affordable in Seattle without increasing density through raising height limits and allowing more mixed uses (though I’m sure someone here will explain in excruciating detail why I’m wrong).