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Preserving Pride: Come Out Seattle documents and celebrates our city’s LGBTQ+ history—spaces, stories, and memories.
World AIDS Day Remembrance
Today, we honor four LGBTQ+ bar owners whose leadership shaped Seattle’s nightlife—and whose lives were cut short during the AIDS crisis. They built places of safety, joy, and connection when bars were our refuge and our family. Their impact still echoes in every space that welcomes us today. Their legacies live on.
Patrick Harrison — Tugs Belltown (1951–1995)
https://washingtondigitalnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=SGN19950526.1.19
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/8dff42589e124c89a5e83f95ab4dd6b3
Scott Rodriguez — The Cuff Complex (1965–2000)
https://washingtondigitalnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=SGN20001201.1.52
John David “Dave” Morgan — Sparks (?-1985)
https://washingtondigitalnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=SGN19850726.1.2
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/8dff42589e124c89a5e83f95ab4dd6b3
Chester “Chet” Michael Herald Jr. — Madison Pub (1939–1997)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/
https://washingtondigitalnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=SGN19860704.1.10
Thank you to Come Out Seattle for Preserving LGBTQ+ Bar & Tavern History
https://www.comeoutseattle.org/
08/06/2025
Seattle’s Legendary ‘Mo’: How the Mocambo Bar Shaped the City’s LGBTQ+ Community!
SGN:: The origins of Seattle's LGBTQ community: The Mocambo (1951–1978) The Mocambo, located at 203 Yesler Way, was the "go-to" bar for men from the early 1950s to the late 1970s.
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