Trans Pride Seattle

{{Short description|Transgender event in Seattle, Washington, United States}}

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Trans Pride Seattle is a pride march, arts and cultural festival, and resource fair advocating for transgender rights during LGBT Pride weekend in Seattle, Washington, United States.{{cite news |last1=Haun |first1=Riley |title=Trans Pride Seattle back for 2023 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/what-pride-means-for-transgender-seattleites-in-2023/ |access-date=June 11, 2024 |publisher=The Seattle Times |date=May 31, 2023}}

History

File:CM Sawant declaring "Trans Pride Day" with Danni Askini (27865441452).jpg

Trans Pride Seattle was first founded in 1997 as a march and protest in Capitol Hill.{{cite news |last1=Yandel |first1=Jeannie |title=Seattle Hosts First Transgender Pride Event In 16 Years |url=https://archive.kuow.org/news/2013-06-28/seattle-hosts-first-transgender-pride-event-in-16-years |access-date=June 11, 2024 |publisher=KUOW - NPR |date=June 28, 2013 |archive-date=June 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612005349/https://archive.kuow.org/news/2013-06-28/seattle-hosts-first-transgender-pride-event-in-16-years |url-status=live }} It was revived 16 years later by Gender Justice League on June 23, 2013, in Cal Anderson Park.{{cite news |last1=Stead |first1=Jordan |title=Trans Pride march & celebration |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/slideshow/Trans-Pride-march-celebration-65469.php |access-date=June 11, 2024 |publisher=Seattle PI |date=June 28, 2013 |archive-date=June 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612005349/https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/slideshow/Trans-Pride-march-celebration-65469.php |url-status=live }}{{Cite book |last=Mayo-Adam |first=Erin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WwHoDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Trans+Pride+Seattle%22&pg=PT191 |title=Queer Alliances: How Power Shapes Political Movement Formation |date=July 14, 2020 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-1-5036-1280-8 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=McCall |first=Vivian |date=June 23, 2023 |title=An Oral History of the First Seattle Trans Pride |url=https://www.thestranger.com/pride-2023/2023/06/23/79048037/an-oral-history-of-the-first-seattle-trans-pride |access-date=June 13, 2024 |website=The Stranger |language=en}}

The pride has grown to tens of thousands of attendees. In 2024 they required attendees to wear masks, and had ASL interpreters for the stage events. They also live streamed the events for those who may be unable to attend.{{cite web | last=Wells | first=Patheresa | title=11 Years of Trans Pride in Seattle: Celebrating the Strength, Diversity, and Beauty of Two Spirit, Trans, and Gender-Diverse People | website=South Seattle Emerald | date=15 June 2024 | url=https://southseattleemerald.com/2024/06/15/11-years-of-trans-pride-in-seattle-celebrating-the-strength-diversity-and-beauty-of-two-spirit-trans-and-gender-diverse-people/ | access-date=14 July 2024}}

References

External links

{{Official website|https://transprideseattle.org}}

Category:LGBTQ culture in Seattle

Category:Transgender topics in the United States