{"id":6087,"date":"2025-05-28T20:40:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T20:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/?p=6087"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:46:09","slug":"happy-pride-month-how-to-get-involved-get-support-or-give-support-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/2025\/05\/28\/happy-pride-month-how-to-get-involved-get-support-or-give-support-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Pride Month! How to get involved, get support or give support"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5339\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 521px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5339\" src=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Pride-Month-events-511x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Pride-Month-events-511x300.jpeg 511w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Pride-Month-events-900x529.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Pride-Month-events-768x451.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Pride-Month-events-1536x902.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Pride-Month-events-375x220.jpeg 375w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Pride-Month-events-750x440.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Pride-Month-events-1140x669.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Pride-Month-events.jpeg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colorful rainbow gay pride flag being waved in the breeze by a hand wearing a sweatband<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In recognition of the Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, which &#8211; among other factors &#8211; prompted the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gay_liberation\">Gay Liberation Movement<\/a>, June is Pride Month.<\/p>\n<p>Pride month celebrates the contributions of the LGBTQ+ community, honors those whose lives were lost to hate crimes and HIV\/AIDS, and serves as a catalyst for equity advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>This June, <a href=\"https:\/\/seattlepride.org\/\">Seattle Pride<\/a> celebrates the 51<sup>st<\/sup> anniversary of Pride festivities in Seattle, established in 1974 as a rallying cry for gay rights and queer visibility after the <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.loc.gov\/lgbtq-studies\/stonewall-era\">Stonewall uprising<\/a> of 1969.<\/p>\n<p>At the University of Washington, organized support and celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community goes back even further.<\/p>\n<p>In 1967, UW Professor Nicholas Heer co-founded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historylink.org\/File\/4154\">Dorian Society<\/a>, the first organization in Seattle to support gay rights and foster queer community. In 1969, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historylink.org\/File\/4266\">Dorian House<\/a>, operated by a UW counselor and staffed by UW students,\u00a0 began providing counseling services to gay and lesbian folks (eventually becoming the Seattle Counseling Center).<\/p>\n<p>And in the early 1970s, UW students organized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historylink.org\/File\/4266\">Gay Student Association<\/a> and the more radical Gay Liberation Front.<\/p>\n<p>More than half a century on, Seattle Pride Month is one of the city\u2019s largest and most beloved annual events. <a href=\"https:\/\/seattlepride.org\/\">Seattle Pride<\/a> continues to connect the storied past and vibrant present. \u00a0Besides presenting the Pride Parade and Seattle Pride in the Park, Seattle Pride provides year-round community engagement activities designed to celebrate and uplift the voices in their community.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a guide to some of the organizations representing, events celebrating and resources serving LGBTQIA+ communities at the UW and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6088 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/05\/UWFlag-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/05\/UWFlag-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/05\/UWFlag-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/05\/UWFlag.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pride Month Flag Raising<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>June 1\/ UW Medicine<\/li>\n<li>June 2\/ 10:00 a.m.\/UW Campus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>UW Medicine<\/strong> will be raising rainbow flags at all the medical centers on June 1. Flag raising locations at UW Medicine include Harborview Medical Center at Harborview Park, UW Medical Center Northwest Campus outside the Emergency Room by the campus bus stop, UW Medical Center at the flag pole at front entrance of hospital and Valley Medical Center at 3rd floor, main hospital building, by the fish tank next to the Infusion Center.<\/p>\n<p>Please join us for the <strong>UW Campus<\/strong> raising of the Rainbow Pride Flag, at 10:00am on Monday, June 2. The flag will be raised at the flagpole on Memorial Way, near Kane Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Pride Month kicked off early with <a href=\"https:\/\/seattlepride.org\/events\/pride-in-the-park-2025\">Seattle Pride in the Park<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/seattlepride.org\/events\/run-walk-with-pride-3\">Run &amp; Walk with Pride.<\/a> But there\u2019s much more upcoming:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uw.edu\/qcenter\/lav-grad\/\"><strong>Lavender Graduation<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>June 10\/ 5:30-7 p.m. \/ w\u01dd\u026b\u01ddb\u0294altx\u02b7 \u2013 Intellectual House<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate the achievements and contributions of UW\u2019s graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning students.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/community-connections\/lunch-learn\/\"><strong>Pride Month Lunch &amp; Learn<\/strong><\/a> <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>June 17 \/ noon-1 p.m. \/ Zoom<\/p>\n<p>Engage with the Ingersoll Gender Center, the TYP and others about their efforts to foster open, safe and inclusive spaces for all identities and orientations. Hosted by the UW Combined Fund Drive.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/transprideseattle.org\/\"><strong>Trans Pride Seattle<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>June 27 \/ 5-10 p.m. \/ Volunteer Park<\/p>\n<p>Stop by this annual event organized by Gender Justice League in collaboration with hundreds of local organizers, volunteers, and groups who support the Seattle-area TwoSpirit, Trans &amp; Gender Diverse (2STGD) community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattlepridefest.org\/schedule\/2025\/6\/28\/pridefest-capitol-hill\"><strong>PrideFest Capitol Hill<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a>June 28 \/ noon-8 p.m. \/ Capitol Hill<\/p>\n<p>Come for a massive block party featuring music, dancing, beer gardens, local businesses and family and youth programming. This celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community will span six blocks of Broadway and Cal Anderson Park.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeHn8HV24ULOHDoX-SwHUzfDu8EFO9VQdWs30OxBC_g06Xoow\/viewform\"><strong>Walk with UW in the Pride Parade<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>June 29 \/ 11:30 a.m. (meeting time) \/ downtown Seattle<\/p>\n<p>Join the Q Center and Q Faculty and Staff Association or UW Medicine contingents to march in the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/seattlepride.org\/events\/seattle-pride-parade-2025\">Pride Parade<\/a>, starting at 4<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; Pike in downtown Seattle and ending at 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Ave. &amp; Denny Way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattlepridefest.org\/schedule\/2025\/6\/29\/pridefest-seattle-center\"><strong>PrideFest Seattle Center<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>June 29 \/ noon-8 p.m. \/ Seattle Center<\/p>\n<p>After the parade, take in day 2 of Seattle\u2019s biggest celebration with four stages of food and drink, national and local acts, arts and crafts and family programming. All events are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tacomapride.org\"><strong>Tacoma Pride Festival<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>July 12 \/ noon-6 p.m. \/ Tacoma<\/p>\n<p>The street festival will be an all ages event that will include a main stage with queer and BIPOC entertainment, a beer garden, Makers Market and so much more!<\/p>\n<p>Find many more Pride Month community events at the <a href=\"https:\/\/seattlepride.org\/events\">Seattle Pride website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Community<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4697 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/05\/OIP-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/05\/OIP-2.jpg 420w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/05\/OIP-2-375x201.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/diversity\/staffdiv\/glbtqfs\/\"><strong>Q Faculty, Staff &amp; Allies Association<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 fostering a campus climate where all queer faculty, staff and allies are valued and respected, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Promotes education and dialogue, cultural diversity, leadership and advancement, recruiting and retention, social networking, exchange of ideas and provision of LGBTQIA+ resources.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.uw.edu\/diversity\/LGBTQ\"><strong>UW Medicine LGBTQ+<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 collection of resources, events and community building for queer members of the UW Medicine community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/titleix\/lgbtq\/\"><strong>LGBTQ+ Resources at the UW<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 supports a culture of inclusion and has provided protections from discrimination and harassment for individuals based on their sexual orientation long before such rights were recognized by federal or state law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldseninstitute.org\/health\/nhas\/\"><strong>UW Aging with Pride study<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 landmark federally funded research project designed to better understand the aging, health, and well-being of sexual- and gender-diverse midlife and older adults. Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen, Ph.D., professor and director of Healthy Generations Hartford Center of Excellence at the University of Washington, initiated and has been leading the study since 2009.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6089 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/05\/Pride-Libraries-600x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/05\/Pride-Libraries-600x171.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/05\/Pride-Libraries-375x107.jpg 375w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/05\/Pride-Libraries.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.washington.edu\/\"><strong>UW Libraries<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 a wealth of <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uw.edu\/libstrat\/2023\/06\/01\/uw-libraries-celebrates-pride-month-2023\/\">LGBTQIA+ literature and resources<\/a>, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.lib.uw.edu\/research\/history-lgbtq\">LGBTQ History Research Guide<\/a> features several new additions including the <a href=\"https:\/\/offcampus.lib.washington.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/infotrac.gale.com\/itweb\/wash_main?db=AHSI\">Archives of Sexuality &amp; Gender<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/offcampus.lib.washington.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/lgbtma?accountid=14784\">LGBT Magazine Archive<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/offcampus.lib.washington.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/qupa\">Queer Pasts<\/a> and much more. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uw.edu\/libstrat\/files\/2022\/05\/Copy-of-Queer-Joy-Display-Title-list-with-trigger-wanrings-and-recommendations.pdf\"><em>Queer Joy<\/em>: <\/a>is a curated list of graphic novels, novels, poetry, manga, movies and TV, including trigger warnings along with keywords and descriptions.<\/p>\n<p>Special Collections houses oral histories from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lgbthistorynw.org\/\">Northwest Lesbian and Gay History Project<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.lib.uw.edu\/research\/lgbtqiaresourceguide\/pride\">LGBTQIA+ Archival Pride Resources<\/a><u>.<\/u><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uw.edu\/uwtacomalibrary\/2020\/06\/17\/pride-online\/\">UW Tacoma<\/a> Library<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>has an excellent list of community resources, including this <a href=\"http:\/\/guides.lib.uw.edu\/tacoma\/gender\">Gender and Sexuality subject guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/rrt\/rainbow-book-month\">Rainbow Book Month<\/a> showcases LGBTQIA+ book awards and bibliographies from the American Library Association.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2702 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/CFDPride-02-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/CFDPride-02-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/CFDPride-02-900x900.png 900w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/CFDPride-02-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/CFDPride-02-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/CFDPride-02-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/CFDPride-02-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/CFDPride-02-375x375.png 375w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/CFDPride-02-750x750.png 750w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/CFDPride-02-1140x1140.png 1140w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/CFDPride-02-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/CFDPride-02-45x45.png 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Consider making a one-time contribution or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/give.wa.gov\/\">setting up payroll deduction<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/cfd\/\">UW Combined Fund Drive<\/a> member organizations working to positively impact the lives and well-being of LGBTQ+ people:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/camptentrees.org\/\"><strong>Camp Ten Trees<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 providing residential summer camp sessions for LGBTQIA+ and allied youth and for children of LGBTQIA+ families \u2014 giving them a place to build skills, strengthen resiliency and make lifelong friends (charity code: 1468090).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/entrehermanos.org\/\"><strong>Entre Hermanos<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 improving the health and well-being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Latine communities in a safe and culturally appropriate environment (charity code: 0524060).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glsen.org\/\"><strong>GLSEN: Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 supporting the 8 of 10 LGBTQ+ students who are bullied or harassed by making schools safer for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity (charity code: 1479258).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/\"><strong>Human Rights Campaign<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 envisioning a world where every member of the LGBTQIA+ family has the freedom to live their truth without fear, and with equality under the law (charity code: 0315683).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ingersollgendercenter.org\/\"><strong>Ingersoll Gender Center<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 strengthening the autonomy of the transgender and gender nonconforming communities through facilitated peer support groups, medical provider referrals and community advocacy (charity code: 0316214).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lamberthouse.org\/\"><strong>Lambert House<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 empowering lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth through the development of leadership, social and life skills (charity code: 0320828).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pridefoundation.org\/\"><strong>Pride Foundation<\/strong><\/a> &#8211;\u00a0 Pride Foundation inspires giving to expand opportunities and advance full equality for LGBTQ people across the Northwest. Since 1985, generous Pride Foundation donors have invested over 60 million in the LGBTQ movement in AK, ID, MT, OR, WA (charity code 0316716).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pflagseattle.org\/\"><strong>PFLAG<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 promoting the health and well being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, their families and friends through support, education and advocacy (charity code: 0524061).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaycity.org\/\"><strong>Seattle LGBTQ+ Center<\/strong><\/a> (formerly Gay City) \u2013 cultivates access and connections in our communities through advocacy, accessibility, intersectionality, sex and body positivity, stewardship and transparency (charity code: 0315949).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/\"><strong>The Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; GLAAD is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation (charity code 0456944).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uw.edu\/qcenter\"><strong>The Q Center<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 professionally supported resource, advocacy and mentoring center for queer students and concerns at UW, providing consulting to departments plus coordinates numerous programs, social organizations and educational initiatives for queer students (charity code: 0493258).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/\"><strong>The Gay &amp; Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation (charity code: 0456944).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrevorproject.org\/resources\/\"><strong>The Trevor Project<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 providing life-saving, life-affirming programs and services to LGBTQIA+ youth to create safe, accepting and inclusive environments over the phone, online and through text (charity code: 1479131).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recognition of the Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, which &#8211; among other factors &#8211; prompted the Gay Liberation Movement, June is Pride Month. 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