Seattle's First Annual Dyke March, June 26, 1993
Date1993
Mediumpaper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (HWD): 16 15/16 × 11 in. (43.021 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1997.391.561
Text EntriesThough the first official Seattle Dyke March wasn’t held until 1994, this poster advertises a similar event held in 1993 at Lincoln Reservoir Park, following the lead of early dyke marches held in Washington, DC, New York, and San Francisco. Participants walked around the then-open Lincoln Reservoir, near Broadway Playfield, which was renamed Cal Anderson Park in 2003 In honor of Washington’s first openly gay legislator, who died with AIDS in 1995. From 1999 until 2023, participants gathered at Seattle Central College’s plaza at Broadway and Pine on the Saturday of the city’s pride weekend, followed by a march. Seattle Dyke March is the longest-running pride event that has continuously taken place on Capitol Hill and has a unique focus on political activism and dyke-identified speakers and performers and has continued to welcome all queer women. In 2023, march organizers found a new, unpermitted route around Volunteer Park, explicitly avoiding the police presence found on Capitol Hill during Pride and which can be deemed necessary by SPD for permitted events.
Red poster with an image of writing on cement, including “Kelli Kelli Kelli,” a heart with the initials “CM +RG” in the center, and “love a dyke.” Typed text says “dykes: pump up the pride,” advertising “Seattle’s first annual dyke march” on June 26, 1993, “meet at Broadway Playfield, 7:30 pm.”
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