programs
Gay City's mission is to promote wellness in LGBT communities by providing health services, connecting people to resources, fostering arts and building community. Learn about our programs below or explore by clicking on the menu items to the right.
Addiction & Recovery
Speed, Sex and Sanity is a collaboration between Gay City and Project NEON. It is an innovative program using arts and media to engage gay and bi men affected by methamphetamine use. In addition, Gay City frequently hosts substance free social events, such as Liberate, our all-ages Pride Weekend dance party, and our Word Play spoken word events.
Community Resources
Part of building a healthy community is connecting LGBT people to the incredible resources available in Seattle and beyond. Gay City manages Seattle's LGBT Resource and Referral Line, which provided more than 1,800 referrals last year.
Gay City Arts
We're a proud supporter of queer and queer friendly arts through our Gay City Arts program. We include a variety of artistic programming as part of our mission to promote health and build community. Our Gay City Anthologies provide a creative forum for previously unpublished comic art, fiction, poetry, and photography that serve to promote Gay City's mission. Gay City Arts also presented the Seattle premier of The Infection Monologues, a touching, humorous, and thought provoking performance that challenged the way we think about the contemporary HIV experience.
Gay City LGBT Library
The Gay City LGBT Library has a collection of over 3,500 books and growing that cover a wide range of LGBT topics.Books, CDs and DVDs are donated by community members, and can be checked out by community members for free with a valid ID. The library is staffed by volunteers, who are available for everything from answering a simple resource question to helping you pick out just the right book to read.
Gay City Sports
Organized athletics help to improve overall health on many levels: physical, mental, and social. Fortunately, the Seattle area has a vibrant LGBT sports community. Gay City adds to the mix with Team Gay City, our annual Seattle to Portland Classic bicycle team, and the Seattle SNAP, a Gay City sponsored sober ECSA softball team.
Gay City University
GCU is our longest running program. In its sixteenth year, GCU is an educational series which provides opportunities for growth and learning to gay, bi and trans men. A broad range of classes on subjects including health, finances, relationships, sexuality, and community are offered at GCU. We host monthly GCU Night School events, as well as our annual day-long Gay City University.
HIV/STI Testing
Gay City is the leading provider of free HIV and STI testing and counseling in King County, operating in English and Spanish six days a week. We provided nearly 2,500 HIV tests last year, reaching a record number of gay, bi, and trans men who have sex with men. We continue to reach historically marginalized, underserved, or high risk populations: 40% of those tested last year are men of color, 41% are age 30 or under, 11% tested for the first time, and over one-third are uninsured.
Queerituality
A monthly reading and discussion group for gay, bi, and trans men, Queerituality is focused on exploring our distinct spiritual experience, heritage, and gifts as queer men. Dozens of men meet regularly each month for reading, conversation, films, and outings around the growth of their queer spirituality.
Tobactivism
Gay City is the state contractor charged with addressing tobacco-related disparities among LGBTQ people living in Washington state. Though this contract, we offer our Out to Quit program, which includes smoking cessation classes, support groups, and media campaigns highlighting the impact of tobacco on our communities.
Volunteerism
The Gay City Volunteer Crew is Gay City’s all-ages volunteer group that is committed to creating fun volunteer activities, cross-generational discussions, and community building events. The life blood of the organization, the Volunteer Crew gives the community we serve and opportunity to get involved; whether behind the scenes through data entry, or right up front working the front dest of the Wellness Center.
More Info
For more information on any of these or any other Gay City programs, contact us at info@gaycity.org / (206) 860-6969.
