It included an open house hosted by the Stonewall Recovery Center, a discussion on transsexuality at the University of Washington Hub Ballroom, and a memorial service for victims of the 1973 UpStairs Lounge arson attack in New Orleans.

The city's Gay Community Center opened on June 28 and was followed the next day by a 200-person picnic at Occidental Park in Pioneer Square.

[4] The band also later performed a reunion show at Seattle Pride in 2000, following a resurgence of interest when their album was archived at the Country Music Hall of Fame.

With a broader acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community came a rise in organized "anti-gay forces" determined to repeal many ordinances that protected LGBTQ+ rights.

[6] The Parade route remained in place until the early 1980s when it began trading years with Capitol Hill, until it was "permanently" moved to Broadway.

[12] The organization is best known as the producer of the Seattle Pride Parade,[13] held on the last Sunday in June to honor Stonewall, marking the start of the gay rights movement in the United States.

[22] The 2008 PrideFest had record numbers at the Seattle Center with over 50,000 people attending on a 95 degree day in June, with over 100 vendors and dozens of sponsors participating.