Gay area of seattle

Seattle's gay shopping and recreation area is centered on Capitol Hill with rainbow-painted crosswalks, bars, bookstores and other venues. You would be surprised to learn that Ballard was once an affordable neighborhood. The Central District is the historically Black neighborhood of Seattle and still remains the heart of the community today.

Oh, and of course West Seattle has its own Pride festivities. [6][7] InSeattle overtook San Francisco as the United States city with the most households composed of gay or lesbian couples (%), and was the only U.S. city with more than 1% of the households.

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 not once have we felt unsafe being loud and proud living in Seattle. That is our instinct and it was definitely the data in the census that proved that.

In fact, it is hard to keep up with all of the neighborhood Pride events that happen every year. And in this post, I am excited to share some of the top neighborhoods that our Diva Dwellers love! Our favorite neighborhood is and will always be Capitol Hill.

Below there is more detail about this. Summer features two annual Pride festivals. Check out the guide and video that our team member Lindsy created about the Central District. From there a huge and thriving community has grown.

The Seattle Gay Bar

The best gay bars, dance clubs, gay-rated hotels, gay saunas and gay cruise clubs in Seattle. It is the only bar in all of Seattle where you can watch womens sports. Many younger Capitol Hill expats bought their first homes in Ballard.

Aside from Capitol Hill, there are gay-friendly and gay-owned establishments just about everywhere in town. Ballard is definitely a hub for our community. Ok, here we go! Her family goes back in the neighborhood for four generations and has a huge legacy in our city.

Moving To LGBTQ Seattle

Below I go into detail about the impact of this gentrification. Kim and I have lived all over this city. 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.

Seattle welcomes everyone in a city that is safe and friendly to all. Specifically we all are in love with Rough and Tumble. So now we are just going from what we generally can tell by bars opening, stores with queer owners, etc. It is also the home to the CD Arts Forumone of our favorite Black-centered arts organizations in the city.

We reached out to many folks in our community and asked which were their favorite neighborhoods. Every Pride season, Capitol Hill is where the Pride festivals are hosted. 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.

West Seattle is one of our favorite gayborhoods. Here is the list!