Known as "Madame Peabody's School of Dance," it is the only place where gays and lesbians can dance together.ġ959: John Eccles attempts to start a Northwest chapter of the Mattachine Society, a gay-rights organization his discussion group in Tacoma lasts about a year.ġ967: Bar owner MacIver Wells tips off The Seattle Times, which breaks the story of police extortion of gay bars. ![]() The tavern has served a predominantly gay clientele since World War II, and is reputed to be the oldest continuously operating gay bar in the nation.ġ946: The Garden of Allah, Seattle's first gay-owned bar, opens.ġ950s: The Casino, an after-hours club below the Doubleheader, becomes a hot spot. Pioneer Square bars, cafes and steam baths were probably the locus of gay life in Seattle from early on.ġ893: In its first sodomy conviction, King County sentences Charles Wesley to "seven years at hard labor" for "intent to know" Eddie Kalberg, "a male person."ġ934: The Double Header Tavern opens in Seattle's Pioneer Square. ![]() Prepared by the Northwest Lesbian and Gay History Museum Projectīeginning in the 1890s, a small gay scene existed in many urban centers.
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