Blog – GenPride

GenPride Movie Club

GenPride has partnered with Scarecrow Video to create our new 'Movie Club' featuring free online screening, presented by Seattle’s Scarecrow Video and followed by a lively after-movie discussion. Each month features a different LGBTQIA+ centered film, here are the upcoming selections: Friday,...

GenPride Writers Lab

Calling all authors! Join us for the Fall series of GenPride’s twice-monthly Writers Lab, starting September 13.If you have already taken some writing classes, such as GenPride’s Writers Workshop with Ingrid Ricks, this FREE twice-a-month practice lab might be perfect for you. The...

GenPride Newsletter September 23

Newsletter Contents: Community Programming: GenPride Writers Lab resumes CPR & First Aid Class for Caregivers [in-person] GenPride's Movie Club - Friday evening, Sept 23 Dementia Legal Planning for LGBTQIA+ Elders Re-Connecting Together Support Group [in-person] Qigong class starts October 7 Services and...

What You Should Know About Monkeypox

What you should know about Monkeypox Seattle - King County Public Health posts the latest information here: kingcounty.gov/monkeypox. So far, most cases of monkeypox in King County have been reported among men who had close intimate contact with other men, sometimes...

GenPride Newsletter September 16

Newsletter Contents: Community Programming: GenPride Writers Lab resumes! CPR & First Aid Class for Caregivers [in-person] LGBTQIA+ Support Group for Alzheimer's & Dementia Caregivers GenPride's Movie Club kicks off with 'PRIDE - the Movie' Do More, Feel Better study seeks participants Qigong resumes in October Apply...

GenPride Newsletter September 13

Newsletter Contents: Community Programming: GenPride Writers Lab resumes! LGBTQIA+ Support Group for Alzheimer's & Dementia Caregivers GenPride's Movie Club kicks off with 'PRIDE - the Movie' Do More, Feel Better study seeks participants Qigong resumes in October Yoga & Stretching`` Strength & Balance Subscribe to the...

LGBTQ seniors fear discrimination when searching for housing – PBS Newshour

Many LGBTQ+ seniors who live in long-term care communities and senior housing are fearful of being mistreated, refused care, neglected, or abused—with some even re-closeting themselves for safety. In many states, it's still legal to deny access to housing and public resources,...

GenPride Newsletter September 2

Newsletter Contents: Community Programming: Trans Pride Seattle 2022 GenPride Writers Lab resumes! LGBTQIA+ Support Group for Alzheimer's & Dementia Caregivers GenPride's Movie Club kicks off with 'PRIDE - the Movie' Qigong resumes in October Yoga & Stretching`` Strength & Balance Subscribe to...

GenPride Newsletter August 26

Newsletter Contents: Community Programming: Senior Companion Volunteer Opportunity Dine Together with AgePRIDE Trans Pride Seattle 2022 Qigong resumes in October Yoga & Stretching Strength & Balance Subscribe to the Pride Place Newsletter Services and Information: Wellness with Pride: COVID-19 and LGBTQ+ Communities...

Summer Construction Updates

GenPride is thrilled to see the construction move forward on Pride Place, where we're partnering with Community Roots Housing to be the bottom floor community center and service provider! Watch our progress video to see the exciting developments of the past few...

Pride Place Newsletter #1

Welcome to our first Pride Place Newsletter! You’re in the right place – this newsletter is the best way to get information on Pride Place news and updates, including when to apply for residency and how to prep for your application. You...

GenPride Newsletter – July 15

Newsletter Contents: Powerful Tools for Caregiving Class LGBTQIA+ Support Group for Alzheimer's & Dementia Caregivers Art in the Park: Free Outdoor Watercolor Workshop Covid-19 resources available through GenPride Transgender Legal Clinic through QLaw Low-Income Energy Assistance Program GenPride Qigong starts summer session...

5 Races to Help You Celebrate Pride Month

In honor of pride month, here are some of the best races you can run this summer and fall. BY CAITLIN NA GIDDINGS JUN 10, 2022 Each year I participated in the Pride Run, it featured high-energy fields, festive costumes, and a...

Welcome to Pride Place, the state’s first LGBTQ senior housing community

By Marc Stiles – Senior Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Jun 9, 2022 Updated Jun 10, 2022, 7:37 am PDT This Pride Month, the Seattle LGBTQ community can celebrate that it will soon have a newly built senior center to call its own. The GenPride center...

GenPride Hannah Gadsby at The Moore Ticket Giveaway!

GenPride Hannah Gadsby at the Moore Ticket Giveaway! GenPride will be holding a free raffle/giveaway from now until June 6 (Monday). The prize we are giving out will be 2 tickets to Hannah Gadsby on Saturday, June 11 at 6 pm. We...

Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen – Pillars of Pride Honoree

Fredriksen-Goldsen, Ph.D., a professor and Director of the Goldsen Institute at the University of Washington and is a nationally and internationally recognized scholar and activist addressing health inequities across underserved, resilient communities. Karen is the founder of GenPride, Shanti Seattle, and Rainbow...

Bill Thieleman – Pillars of Pride Honoree

Bill is a founding member and has always brought his cheerful spirit and empathetic heart to their work and community of members of all ages. He has engaged and gently educated younger singing members helping to enlarge the circle of acceptance and...

Lynda Greene – Pillars of Pride Honoree

Lynda Greene, the Executive Director at the Southeast Seattle Senior Center located in one of the most diverse zip codes in the nation, 98118. Lynda has been a pioneering, proactive, and powerful ally for the LGBTQ community. The Southeast Seattle Senior Center...

Domenico ‘Nic’ Minotti – Pillars of Pride Honoree

Domenico 'Nic' Minotti is a longtime supporter of Gay City and is in his eleventh year as a member of the Board of Directors of Gay City. With more than a decade of service on our Board and as a volunteer, Domenico...

Joel Aguirre – Pillars of Pride Honoree

Joel's role as the PrEP Navigator is to help members of the Latino Community to access available health services with an approach to people at high risk of getting HIV. Additionally, He is the host of the radio program “Mucho Gusto” transmitted...

GenPride Movie Club

GenPride Writers Lab

GenPride Newsletter September 23

What You Should Know About Monkeypox

GenPride Newsletter September 16

GenPride Newsletter September 13

LGBTQ seniors fear discrimination when searching for housing – PBS Newshour

GenPride Newsletter September 2

GenPride Newsletter August 26

Summer Construction Updates

Pride Place Newsletter #1

GenPride Newsletter – July 15

5 Races to Help You Celebrate Pride Month

Welcome to Pride Place, the state’s first LGBTQ senior housing community

GenPride Hannah Gadsby at The Moore Ticket Giveaway!

Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen – Pillars of Pride Honoree

Bill Thieleman – Pillars of Pride Honoree

Lynda Greene – Pillars of Pride Honoree

Domenico ‘Nic’ Minotti – Pillars of Pride Honoree

Joel Aguirre – Pillars of Pride Honoree

GenPride Statement of Solidarity Against Racism

Rainbow Housing Report

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