Seattle gay district

West Seattle is one of our favorite gayborhoods. Many younger Capitol Hill expats bought their first homes in Ballard. Here’s a quick primer on where to go and what to expect, from Queer Bar to Neighbours. Seattle’s LGBTQ+ scene is matched only by San Francisco’s.

And not once have we felt unsafe being loud and proud living in Seattle. We reached out to many folks in our community and asked which were their favorite neighborhoods. Summer features two annual Pride festivals. That is our instinct and it was definitely the data in the census that proved that.

Seattle welcomes everyone in a city that is safe and friendly to all. In fact, it is hard to keep up with all of the neighborhood Pride events that happen every year. It is also the home to the CD Arts Forumone of our favorite Black-centered arts organizations in the city.

So now we are just going from what we generally can tell by bars opening, stores with queer owners, etc.

LGBTQ Seattle Guide and

Below I go into detail about the impact of this gentrification. Every Pride season, Capitol Hill is where the Pride festivals are hosted. Here is the list! Oh, and of course West Seattle has its own Pride festivities. The best gay bars, dance clubs, gay-rated hotels, gay saunas and gay cruise clubs in Seattle.

Her family goes back in the neighborhood for four generations and has a huge legacy in our city. Team Diva got its start in a tiny office on the corner of Olive and Belmont and from there, a queer real estate empire was born. The Central District is the historically Black neighborhood of Seattle and still remains the heart of the community today.

Ballard is definitely a hub for our community. For this post we asked the community which neighborhoods were their favorites for going out, living in, and of course, be out and proud in. You would be surprised to learn that Ballard was once an affordable neighborhood.

Aside from Capitol Hill, there are gay-friendly and gay-owned establishments just about everywhere in town. Ok, here we go! Check out the guide and video that our team member Lindsy created about the Central District. Our favorite neighborhood is and will always be Capitol Hill.

Kim and I have lived all over this city. Just east of downtown, the Capitol Hill neighborhood has long been the city’s gay epicenter, with rainbow-painted crosswalks and many ways to dive into the LGBTQIA+ scene. And in this post, I am excited to share some of the top neighborhoods that our Diva Dwellers love!

From there a huge and thriving community has grown. Below there is more detail about this.