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Seattle Dyke March marches on as the Seattle Dyke Alliance and its ‘double carabiner’ logo

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A scene from the 2023 march

After making major changes to the longstanding Seattle Dyke March last year, the volunteer-run organization is moving forward with a new name and new growth. But the annual Capitol Hill Pride event remains a core. The Seattle Dyke Alliance is looking towards celebrating this summer’s march and its 30th anniversary.

“We wanted to change our name because we are trying to show that we’re trying to do more in the community than just the march,” said Nikki Riggin, communications manager.

The new name comes with a new “double carabiner” logo that slyly shows connected couplings in the shape of a heart.

“In the future, we hope to be a hub of resources for dykes throughout the Seattle area and collaborate with other organizations in the region,” the group says of the new logo.

After years of hosting the march on the neighborhood’s streets, organizers moved fully it into Volunteer Park in 2023. Continue reading →

The last Seattle Dyke March (as we know it) moves off Broadway and into the streets around Volunteer Park

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A rider in 2022’s march

By Kali Herbst Minino

Capitol Hill Pride weekend tradition the Seattle Dyke March is moving off Broadway into Volunteer Park to distance itself from the Seattle Police Department and to set a new course for its future role in the city’s LGBTQIA+ celebration.

“The Seattle police have a very, very long, long history of corruption,” organizer Jill Mullins tells CHS. “They don’t make a lot of people in the community feel safe.”

The Saturday, June 24 march will now begin in the park and pass along 13th Ave E, 14th Ave E, and E Mercer.

Organizers at Seattle Dyke March, the group that puts on the march and other LGBTQ+ community events, changed their rallying point of nearly 30 years for a mix of logistical reasons rooted around avoiding police involvement. Continue reading →