Box 61 folder 8, Mayor Uhlman Subject Files, Records Series 4287-02, Seattle Municipal Archives. Letter from Keith Luttenbacher to Mayor Uhlman, July 5, 1977. (Spoiler: there isn't really one), Meduza, 12 September 2017, Retrieved 26 March 2018. This year’s Seattle Pride Parade will be held in downtown Seattle on Sunday, June 24. 416, PONARS Eurasia, George Washington University, January 2016. Ultimately, Mayor Uhlman’s endorsement of Gay Pride Week gave added significance to the city’s first Gay Pride March, held in 1977. Bryant.” Local opponents of gay rights were incensed by the mayor’s proclamation, and reactions ranged from letter-writing campaigns to published threats of recall to picketing outside City Hall. Keith Luttenbacher, in his Jletter, was one of many who wrote thanking Mayor Uhlman for his support, “especially after the negative press due to Ms.
Mayor Uhlman gave the event official endorsement in 1977, declaring June 25 to July 1 to be Gay Pride Week in the City of Seattle. Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week June 24-30, 1974, with a variety of activities at private and public venues around the city.
