IN AND OUT: Being LGBTQ on Vashon Island is an interactive, collaborative exhibit and series of programs and films that examine and celebrate the long, quiet history of LGBTQ+ people on Vashon-Maury Island. The exhibit opened on June 7, 2019 as part of the island celebration of Pride Month and is open through Sept. 6, 2021.
Since the 2000 census, Vashon Island has had the largest per capita concentration of Gays and Lesbians in Washington State. We feel there is a crucial need for this exhibit: despite the importance and prevalence of the LGBTQ+ community on Vashon, no acknowledgement, book, or educational piece has yet been created to put the community in context. There is not really a formally or informally organized LGBTQ+ community on Vashon, more a spread of disparate individuals who, while they may know each other, have never witnessed themselves represented publicly as an identified community. This exhibit will tell the history of the LGBTQ+ community on Vashon-Maury Island.
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Thank you to our Presenting Sponsors
Thank you to our Supporting Sponsors
PSE is a partner/sponsor of Vashon Pride
