The Garden of Allah was a mid-20th century gay cabaret that opened in 1946[1][2] in the basement of the Victorian-era Arlington Hotel in Seattle's Pioneer Square.
The Garden catered to all factions of the LGBT community, though heterosexual patrons, tourists and military personnel on leave also visited.
[1] Patrons report that the cabaret became like a "family" or "support group",[3] and Don Paulson, author of An Evening at the Garden of Allah: A Gay Cabaret in Seattle, noted that he believes the sense of community and group consciousness produced by the Garden was what made the gay rights movement of later decades possible.
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