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Resource Report - 41 Capital City Pride · Resource Report

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Hello and welcome to Resource Report, where we
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share with you important information about local
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nonprofits and resource organizations that support
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the community we share, produced by Pathways
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to Agency. I am your host, Rainmaker. Today's
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guest is Natalie Coblentz, President and Creative
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Director of Capital City Pride. Here's Natalie.
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I am here at KAOS Radio Station with Natalie
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Coblentz, President and Creative Director of
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Capital City Pride. How are you doing, Natalie?
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I'm doing really great. Thank you for asking.
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How are you doing? I'm hanging in there, man.
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It's been a day, but I'm good. All right. So
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can you please reintroduce yourself, your position,
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and how did you come to be here at Capital City
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Pride? Sure. My name is Natalie Coblentz, and
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I'm the President and also Creative Director
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of Capital City Pride. And how I came here was
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by car from San Francisco about eight years ago.
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Right on, right on. San Francisco. Cool. So with
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Capital City Pride, what are the mission, vision,
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and goals? The mission for Capital City Pride
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is, Pride's mission is to create a safe and empowering
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stage to uplift, celebrate, heal, and inspire
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our vibrant LGBTQIA2 plus and BIPOC community
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while being environmental stewards who create
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allyships with local businesses to boost our
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local economy and broadcast a culture of belonging
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and love. Awesome. I love that so much. Thank
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you. It took me a whole weekend and a couple
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pots of coffee to create it. Oh, that sounds
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cool. Just like a creative director. That's right.
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Yeah. And our goals for Capital City Pride is
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to just make Olympia as queer and happy as possible.
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Right on. Right on. Only for those that resonate
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with that, though, yes? Well, we hope to resonate
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with everyone. Yes, indeed. Like, that's the acceptance
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part, because not everybody's going to go that
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way. But it's important that everybody is comfortable.
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Yes. Yes. That's that's where we're going. Comfortableness. Mhm.
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Yes. Comfortableness and acceptance. That is
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the vibe. Absolutely. Awesome. OK. So. You know,
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there were some extra little pieces in the LGBTQ
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and numbers and pluses and everything. And some
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of those are actually new for me. Can you... let's start
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with explaining that for those who don't know.
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Sure. Well, L is lesbian. G is gay. B is bi.
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T is transgender. Q is queer. I is intersex.
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A is... Well, there's a lot of people who think
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that A is a whole bunch of different things.
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Some people think it might be allyships or...
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Asexual. Asexual. There's a few other ones in
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there right now that are popping off the top
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of my head. Let's see. The 2S plus is Two -Spirit.
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Oh! I shoulda figured that one out. But yeah,
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that makes sense. And for those who don't know,
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Two -Spirit, that comes from the Native American,
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right? Yeah. Indigenous culture for sure. Awesome.
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Um, and is that all of it? Oh my gosh. There's like, a plus,
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right? There's a plus because it's like, infinity,
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which is wonderful, because there's not just two
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um, binaries you know preferences of gay and lesbian,
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because now we know that being a part of the
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gay community isn't just about our sexuality,
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but it's about how our person feels as a human.
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You know, the characteristics in which we have-
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It could go from- Oh, there's such a.. it's just
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a full spectrum, which is why the rainbow is
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what, you know, is the.. The symbol. The symbol
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of the queer community. Yeah, I love that. It's
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like all inclusive. Yeah, we- I mean, that's the
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whole point of being in the in Pride. Sure. And
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it's like also.. not just do we have... like, there's
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been proven biology too. You could be born male
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or born female, right? But then there's certain
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biological differences with your genomes, right?
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That actually... like, you may be born, you know,
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considered male, for example, but when you look
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at your genomes, it actually shows up that you
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got more female going on. Oh, absolutely. And,
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you know, it's not something that's seen on the
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surface, but something like that can show up
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later in life, or early in life, just a person's
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preferences and what they're interested in. It's
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really an interesting science and sociological
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kind of thing to explore. Yeah, it's not just
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XY or YX. It could be XXY or YXY. There's a whole
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bunch of variety of ways that it could be, and
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we love all of them. Mhm. And it's just interesting
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how these themes have come up through history
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and also in different cultures. Oh, yeah, definitely.
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There's many other cultures that actually...
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um, honor non -binary people and they focus on
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those third genders, and there's fourth genders,
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and I don't know how much because I'm not a science
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expert, um, but I think that there's.. I can't remember,
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but I heard somewhere that there might be like
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32... People have significantly- scientists have
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finally figured out from now, I mean later it
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could be more, but they've been able to trace
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at least 32 different genders Wow. That's amazing.
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Yeah. There's a bunch of podcasts on it. Oh,
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yeah. And, you know, it's not just human beings
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either. This shows up in the animal kingdom as
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well. Oh, yeah. We actually have a really amazing
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social media marketing manager, Lila. And she
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if you go to our Instagram, she's been putting
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up all the different animalia families that have
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the variety of. LGBTQ history within them, like
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I think right now there's one up on about the
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giraffe is the gayest animal on the planet. Interesting!
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Interesting. You know, and I don't know how that
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just made me think of it, but like, there's one
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of the different, um, countries or whatever in
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Africa, the giraffe is a symbol of friendship.
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Well that... I mean, yeah gays are friendly. Yeah.
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OK, right on. So what is the history of Capital
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City Pride? OK, yeah. So Pride in Olympia is...
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started around... the first march was 1991. And
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it was where the queers took the streets. And
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it was a very small march, about 100 people,
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and they were standing up for their rights. As
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they should. And about a couple of years later
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in the early 2000s. Capital City Pride was incorporated,
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finally a business or a nonprofit that would
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be able to provide proper festivals for the community.
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And that started with Anna Schlecht leading the
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way. Anna Schlecht is a local queer woman that
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started the, you know, the whole nonprofit. She
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started it as Rainbow Community Center, and then
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it spun off into a bunch of different things
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because there wasn't any LGBTQ center here in
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Olympia like they are in other major cities.
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And so she was trying to create that for a while.
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She had friends that were assisting and helping
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her. And before, you know, back then in the early
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2000s and late 90s, the Capital City Pride was
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mostly about protests. It wasn't the arts festival
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that it is today. It wasn't as much of a celebration.
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Yes, right, yeah. Okay. It was mostly talking
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to the community and it was actually considered
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this the biggest small town pride and there was
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a documentary made about it that you can find probably
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on YouTube, um, and she's in there and a bunch
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of other creators of the the non -profit itself.
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Oh wow, right on, cool. And what- So if one were
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to go look for that, like, what would they want
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to search? The Biggest Small Town Pride. Oh,
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OK, cool. Right on. Thanks. And so let's talk
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about the impact that Capital City Pride makes
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in our community. Sure. Yeah. So currently this-
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I took over pride about six years ago. And that's
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when about COVID happened. Right? That's a great
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time to start, isn't it? That's a great time
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to start. It was the, you know, it was kind of
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like the torch was passed from Anna Schlecht
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to me. And these are, I mean, there's a variety
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of humans who helped with Pride. It just wasn't
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Anna Schlecht. There's Gina Thompson and Kai
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Abrahamson and a whole bunch of people before
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them. So when it was, when COVID happened and
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Anna passed it to me because no one else that
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we knew of really wanted to continue with it...
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And you did. I did, yeah, because I value queer
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life and I feel like joy should be felt. And
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I wanted to create happiness in this community
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when life was so dark and sometimes still is.
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And it is. And so over the COVID time, I started
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out with a virtual Pride called VirtuOLY. And
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I collected submissions of people from all over
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the world who wanted to reflect on their coming
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out story. And for the Pride weekend on Facebook,
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I played all of the videos. Or I think it was
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like, Instagram connected to Facebook Live, or
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something like that when I was really geeky because
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that's all... Social media. Yeah, social media.
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It was happening virtually, and people were sending
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things and it was- they sent, poems, music, a
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variety of different arts. And then after that,
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when we started to crawl out of our homes, me
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and Roxy Boggio, who is a wonderful human, decided
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to go to Lamplighters when Lamplighters was on
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4th. And we did with Eerie, we did a... a Pride
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celebration there and so what we did was, because
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I didn't really know anyone, because remember,
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like, I didn't come from here, I came from San
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Francisco, so I was, I was like i don't know who
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to pick and I just put a sign up sheet on the
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wall at at lamplighters and people came and they
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saw they signed up. I had no idea what or who
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the queer community was here, but I was about
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to find out during this event. Um.. and then we
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had about maybe 600 people that showed up. And
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they were all college kids till maybe like, in
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their late 20s. But that's who showed up to dance,
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to be on stage, to read their poetry, to do all
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their stuff. We had bands. It was live streamed.
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And it was really beautiful. And then after that,
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we only had that like, you know, 600. 800 people
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there. I've grown it every year with the help
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of others of course at first it was a guy, Kai Abrahamson
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that helped me we went to the port because the
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Port Plaza was free, and we were like, we can do
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stuff here, and we got booths, and with the money
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from the booths, we were able to pay the artists,
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so we only had about 30 booths at that time, I'm
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not sure how many people came but now- Only 30?
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We only- That's still a lot, man! It's still a lot, and
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they were all LGBTQ artists, which we really wanted
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to focus on- That's rad! -crafters local people
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make, it all about Olympia specifically, and you
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know, as time went by, a couple years really now
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we have like 10 stages, various uh, shows over
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that three -day weekend. We start out on Friday
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with the block party, Saturday is our music and
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art festival, and then Sunday is the parade with
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Dyke Day in the Park, and then we also have nighttime
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events, and also we take over the Capitol Theater
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and so in order to be able to do that I had to
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build a lot of bridges with community members
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in the Downtown Olympia Alliance. And I had to
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build those bridges because, what some people
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in the city had told me was, they weren't sure
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who was going to take over Pride after Anna left.
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And they were nervous, and they were kind of worried
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about how Pride was going to turn because it
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can go any which way. Because feelings are everywhere.
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But because life is so dull throughout the whole
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year, For us, LGBTQ members, all the things that
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we're fighting, I felt that it was important
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and the board felt that it was important that
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we celebrate the things that we have accomplished
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and also focus on how we can do better, you know?
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And so now we have about 40 ,000 people that
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come to our event over the weekend. Oh my God,
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that's a lot. It is a lot. Wow. And we're up
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to... I think it's 170 booths, still all local,
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still mostly queer and allies or resources for
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the LGBTQ folks. And we have a community stage.
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We have, you know, bands. We have a Latin stage
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now. And we have health care, which is great.
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We have people like if you wanted to get HIV
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tested, you could get HIV tested at Pride. Oh,
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wow. And so you have community that's here to
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help you. just be there for you. That's the whole
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goal. It's also a dry event, which some people
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laugh about. But for me, when I was looking at
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all the queers, I saw that there was a lot of
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demise and alcoholism and drug use. And I wanted
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to provide a space that held true to love and
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not darkness. And so that's why I opened up Pride
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the way that it is today. That's beautiful, man.
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Thank you. And I know this is silly, but just
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this last year, we got a letter from a community
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member who thanked us for having a dry event.
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And it just really made me feel like my goal
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is met. Like I finally created a fun, dry Pride
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for a family to come to. That's not silly, man.
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That's huge. It is. It's huge. That's so huge.
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That is like... You achieved that. Yeah. And
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we grassrooted it, too. We didn't take corporate
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money. And some people we do... you know, the... it's
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been really hard for us to grow. And we've definitely
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listened to the community. We've listened to
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what they said, you know, like who they will
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allow us to take money from so that they feel
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comfortable to be there. And we do our best to
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honor that. Right on. That's awesome. Yeah. It
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makes you wonder, well, you achieved the goal.
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What's the next level? That's the thing. This
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past year, we've started doing more for the community
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because we do have various events throughout
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the months and we have the one event itself.
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For sure. We're totally going to talk about those,
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too. But yeah. But this year, I was really happy,
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too, because we saw that. The ArtsWA does the
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WAM program, which is the Wellness and.. Wellness
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through the Arts for the Military. And we had
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noticed, that because a handful of the board members
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and people that work for Pride are military folks.
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And so we were like, why isn't there a military
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program for LGBTQ military vets? And we started
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that this year. There should be, man. I mean,
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military LGBTQ have it, in my opinion, based
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on what I have seen, the worst. Exactly. Exactly.
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That's how I felt, too. I mean, there are so
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much stigma and discrimination in the military.
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That's what I've heard. And so Meg Rosenberg
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decided to be the most awesome person who took
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the grant on and has been leading... I think it's
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every second Tuesday and fourth Tuesday, you
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can go to a WAM program. It's held at various
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different locations, but it's consistent and
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people group up and go through- they learn how
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to heal through theater arts. Wow. Yeah. So it's
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really, I just really love that part. So if someone
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wanted to look up about that, what would they
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look up? Like how's it spelled and whatever?
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It's W -A -M. It's our Pride Goes WAM program.
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And you can even write to WAM at capitalcitypride
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.net. Okay. Where do you find that on your website?
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There should be a page on there. If you go up
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to the top, there's like Festival, Shopping,
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you know, like all that stuff, it should have
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WAM. Okay. Okay. We'll check it out. Thank you.
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Yeah. So that's that is some major impact that
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y 'all have made. I agree. Yeah, I was I just
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keep looking for how can we help more? I mean,
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the festival's fun. I love... you know, I'm an
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artist myself. So I really enjoy being able to
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create spaces for artists to grow and heal on
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stages because we're all suffering from traumas.
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And I feel like art is a is a healing. It is
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self -expression. Yeah. Yeah. And so, and you
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know, I learned that really a lot from the burlesque
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community. When I was in San Francisco, they
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were the ones, the queer burlesquers were the
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ones, that really taught me that most trauma can
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be healed on stage. Right on. Yeah. So let's
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talk about those events. You've got the annual
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events, Pride in Everybody. Queerotica, Sip and
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Seek, and the aforementioned three -day Pride
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Fest, K & Q of.. that's King and Queen of Capital
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City Pride Fest, Murder and a Show, Queer Prom....
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You got a lot of stuff. There's so much stuff.
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We have a lot of stuff. It's amazing. There's
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so many different things. Let's take them each
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one at a time. Okay. Well, let's see. We go by
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the year. Okay. So... because that's how we write our
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grants. And so that's how I remember it. But
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we have, like, say, after Pride, well, first,
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oh, my gosh, how can I say it? In March, March
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is health and wellness for the LGBTQ community.
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That's what it says in the calendar. So that's
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what we did. Because we don't want to go outside
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of what the calendar says. We want to make it
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true. So that's when we started to have a health
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and wellness, which we now call Community Care,
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before it used to be All Bodies for Everyone
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or, All Bodies are Pride. Okay. And so we've turned
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that into Community Care Fair. And what that
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is, it's another way to connect with the community
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where we have all of the different medical institutes
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come to a specific location or the ones that
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would like to collaborate with us. And like,
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well, I don't want to say any names on the... but
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we have a bunch of the medical institutes come,
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and they will do talks and also provide services
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for the Queer community. And that's another space
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where you can get tested if you need any sort
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of service, or if you have any questions about
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insurance, or what you can get through. whichever
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medical institute that you go to, and we have
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a lot of support by the medical institutes, especially
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for the trans community and so Eva Coblentz is
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actually the producer who runs that event, and
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she first started it at Pride itself, and we noticed
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that not a lot of people went to it because a
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lot of people wanted to be out and about and
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listening to the music, and we originally had
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it at the community... The Senior Center Downtown
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in Olympia. That's right. We rented out that
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space, the whole space, and we had a bunch of
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things there, but not a lot of people visited
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it because they wanted to be out in the festival.
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And so that's when we changed it. We're going
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to have it in March. And so it's going to be
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a good event. And there's going to be more information
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about it, of course, online. You can figure it
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out. But it'll be free, as most of our events
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are. And you can come and, you know, get a health
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care checkup or just see what is offered to
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you that you might not even know. Right on, cool.
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So that happens in March. And then in May, um, in
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May we usually have like, Angel Ramirez who's
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Lucy Elle Balls she's our resident drag queen.
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She does a.. she used to do a Sip and Seek, which
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was a pub crawl, but we've decided to not go that
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route anymore, and that we're going to do a simple
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Bingo. Okay. So in May, you might find a Bingo, just
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so that, you know, it doesn't have to cater to
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drinking. So the website will be updated by by
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next May. Oh yeah, it'll be updated by the end
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of this year. Right now you still have sip and seek on there.
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Correct. Yes. Okay. We're changing it, we've decided,
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we've made some changes. Okay, okay. And then um,
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after that of course, is the Pride festival- oh
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a new thing that happened, again Meg Rosenberg
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from the WAM program, we worked together because
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I had been working together with Window Seat
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Media for a whole two years to do the Pride History
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Storytelling Project. I remember about that,
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and I had had an internship with Window Seat
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Media before that occurrence, and I worked with
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Elaine Vrandenberg and Meg Rosenberg, yeah. Yeah,
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they're a great duo, but Meg since has then left,
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and so we're providing. opportunities for people
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which we always do and so we took the information
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that we gathered from that two years and we took
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the downtown area and we provided every weekend
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a historical LGBTQ walking tour. So you- Meg led
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the walking tours, and at first, like, one person
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showed up, but then as soon as they figured out
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what was happening, the next event we had more
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than 15, and then it grew, and then it grew, and
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so we also had a a Queer.. we had a Queer bike
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ride history tour too, so you could walk
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or bike so that happens during Pride. Um.. the June
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month, and then we usually take.. honestly, we take
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a little bit of a break just to gather ourselves
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and to go through whatever it is that we can
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to heal because it takes a lot of work and a
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lot of physical strength to be able to pull off
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that three -day event, because there's only about
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five of us that do it. Wow. It's Luna Delight.
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That's right. Luna Delight's our volunteer coordinator
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as well as one of the main stage hosts. Roxy
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Boggio is one of our audio techs who works all
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weekend long with me. Andy Morano does the Environmental
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Stewardship and Trash Talkers group. And Eva
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Coblentz does the sponsorships and all of the...
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booths and then I'm the director and there's
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uh Forest Embers does all of our comedy, so we're,
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we're the, we're the masters of this idea and
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um, everyone else, you know, is uh.. Helping out. Helping
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out. And so after that, because all that's, all
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that is upon us, we take a break for June and
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then in September, Pride helps other events. So Pride
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helps Porch Fest, Pride helps Dream Roll, and
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some of the Pride group helps South Sound Block
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Party. Because what Pride also does is they do
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in -house training, and there's a lot of AV techs.
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So we'll take those people who want to learn
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how to do AV tech work, and we'll take them to
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the different festivals and teach them on site
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right then. What's AV tech, for those who don't
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know? Audio and Visual Technician. Awesome, thank
24:54
you. Um... So after September- I'm going through the
24:58
months, after September, then it's what? November?
25:01
January February March April May June July... October. October.
25:04
Can't forget October. I know October's the best so this, this October,
25:08
um.. we used to have Prom but we moved it to December
25:12
because October is too busy, but- and- Halloween!
25:16
Halloween. So Murder and a Show is actually going
25:20
to be this year in October, October 31st at Wild Child.
25:24
And that's a fun one because that's a theater
25:26
drag performance. And they do a lot of multimedia
25:29
with it. And we provide people with opportunities
25:32
to be able to grow with inside of this group,
25:35
just like a theater group would. And so they're
25:38
going to have a show and you're going to have
25:39
to figure out who's murdered and how. So is it
25:42
like interactive, interactive show? It'll be
25:45
an interactive show. Yep. Oh, audience participation
25:49
for a live theater. Yeah. Oh, man, that's so
25:53
rad. I'll have to come check out that because
25:56
I really love theater. Yeah. That sounds cool.
25:59
Yeah. And then after that, it's November. And
26:03
in November, we know that a lot of people need
26:06
assistance or help because maybe some people
26:08
don't have family and they live locally. And
26:11
so we provide Queersgiving at the Friendship
26:16
Hall that the YWCA owns, and we go over there
26:20
and we do like, a movie and a dinner, and so it's
26:23
really no frill, it's free for Queers to come,
26:26
and we just watch LGBTQ holiday movies, and like,
26:31
have pie- They have those? They do! and so we, we
26:34
watch them every year because there's a variety
26:36
of them, and they are not good, but we still watch
26:40
them to support them. Interesting. Like, what
26:44
are some titles? Oh, my gosh. There's just, I
26:48
can't remember any of the titles, but there's
26:50
one with, like... They're that bad, you can't remember.
26:53
Yeah, it's all about the same old, like, she
26:57
hadn't come out to her family, and she's going
26:59
home, and she brings her friend, but her friend's
27:01
really her girlfriend, and then dot, dot, dot,
27:03
you know. Just, like, a lot of items like that.
27:08
So bad it's just a funny movie after that. It's
27:11
just a funny movie, and it's and it's relatable,
27:13
and a lot of people don't necessarily see themselves
27:16
in movies, especially in romantic. Representation
27:19
is important. Representation matters, and so that's
27:23
why we have that there, and so we just gather
27:25
and watch a couple movies and eat some food. Nice.
27:27
It's free! That's awesome. Yeah. Yeah. After November
27:31
we have December, and we are really booked. So
27:35
we have Homo for the Holigays, which is a drag
27:39
queen focused home um, entertainment show that
27:42
also happens at Wild Child and that's just fun.
27:45
It's just fun, it's a bunch of drag queens getting
27:48
together on a holiday event for anyone who might
27:51
not have a place to go for Christmas. And then
27:53
we are going to move our Prom to December, because
27:58
we wanted to have a winter ball. But there is
28:00
another event that I forgot to mention that we
28:02
do monthly, which is Fringe. And it's a Queer
28:06
two -stepping event. And it has become so popular.
28:09
We've been doing it down at the Dance Parts Studios.
28:13
And it's free and also dry. And so people really
28:16
are there just to dance. And so it's very, very
28:20
popular. And so we're going to take... them, Fringe,
28:24
and move them into the Prom, and see if we can
28:28
do a Queer Prom this year that has Queer Two
28:31
-Stepping. Because every year it's changed theme.
28:34
First year it was just Prom. Second year it was
28:37
Halloween Prom. And this year it will be Queer
28:40
Two -Stepping prom. Oh, fun. Yeah. So who knows
28:43
what it'll be the year after. That keeps it fresh.
28:46
Yeah. Having it a little different each time.
28:48
Yeah. But it's still the Prom. It's still the
28:50
Prom and it's themed. So you get to dress up.
28:52
That's rad. Yeah, there's not a lot of Queer
28:55
events out there where you get to dress up and
28:57
look good and get your picture taken. So some
29:06
of these things that were on the list of events
29:09
that I found you didn't name. And so I'm just
29:12
going to throw them out there and you can let
29:14
me know like what's happening with those events.
29:17
How are they changing or whatever? Yes. So let's
29:21
see, we had... we talked about how the Sip and Seek is
29:25
going to be changed. What about the Queerotica?
29:29
Queerotica is another invention that I absolutely
29:33
love. We already had it this year. I forgot to
29:36
tell you that was in March. And we had combined
29:39
the Health and Wellness or Community Care with
29:41
Queerotica. It was a sleepover camp that happened
29:44
at Millersylvania. And it was really, really
29:48
amazingly kinky. Okay! And so, um, but originally, the original
29:53
idea that we had for Queerotica was for it
29:56
to be a gallery of art presented by visual artists
30:02
or mixed media artists or sculptures, and so we
30:06
had- kind of every year like, every year everything
30:08
changes, so every year it kind of got a little
30:11
bit different, got a little bit different, and
30:12
then finally it was like a sleepover camp, and
30:15
we- the producer of that did very, very well, um,
30:19
but it was unsustainable, and so we were just
30:23
throwing money at it. And so we can't really
30:26
have that, especially because we don't have a
30:29
lot. So we had to switch it up. And I'm currently
30:34
in the looks for maybe another nonprofit that
30:38
wants to collaborate with us so that we can continue
30:41
the Queerotica because it's all about body expression
30:45
and body power. And just to make sure that we
30:48
have the right people who are in the meetings
30:53
for that, that, that want to make it about visual
30:56
art, because the thing is, is you know all of us
31:00
non -profits have to write grants so how I look
31:03
at it, is every event checks a box and so we needed
31:08
one that was specifically for visual artists
31:11
and that's what Queerotica needs to kind of go
31:15
back to. Yeah right on, right on. Let's see.. there
31:19
was Pride on Ice Oh, yeah. Pride on Ice is really
31:23
fun. It does happen, but we never know the days
31:25
because the days are given to us by the city
31:28
of Olympia. And it's at the ice skating rink.
31:31
And so I think it's really fun. We throw in a
31:33
couple of DJs and every once in a while you can
31:36
go. They give us two nights and it's like I said,
31:39
every year it's different, but it's usually in
31:41
November and December. And it's a DJ that gets
31:44
it for I think it's like two hours and they
31:48
play their music. And it's whatever the DJ wants.
31:51
And so the city pays for that. And so it's a
31:55
great way for community members to be able to
31:58
DJ for a family -friendly event. And it's just
32:03
so cute. It's just so cute because you just get
32:06
to see, like, whenever I do it, because I'm also
32:08
a DJ, I like to go there and I always pretend
32:10
like I'm in New York and I'm at that ice skating
32:13
rink in New York and all the people are, like,
32:15
dancing around and, you know, just having fun.
32:17
That is so fun. Yeah, it's just a way for us
32:19
to give back to the community, especially the
32:21
kids, since we don't have a variety of children's
32:25
events specifically. Right. Okay, cool. What
32:30
is this Eat the Rich business? Okay, so Eat the
32:33
Rich is another changing theme. So we do a New
32:38
Year's party, and every year we create a theme.
32:41
Just like with our Pride Festival, every year
32:43
it's a different theme. This year it was We Exist,
32:45
We Persist. And usually it's about whatever's
32:48
happening in politics. And so this year, the
32:51
New Year's Eve, or last year, the New Year's
32:53
Eve theme was Eat the Rich, because that's how
32:55
we were feeling. This year we haven't set a theme,
32:58
but it's on New Year's Eve, and it's at... Wild
33:02
Child, and we take over the whole thing. It's
33:07
a totally private event, and we do bands, DJs,
33:11
burlesque, drag, and dinner. Oh, that sounds
33:15
a lot of fun. Yeah. Wow. It's like, it covers
33:18
all the bases. So you start out with dinner and
33:21
you have a drag show with your dinner. And then
33:23
after that, it turns into music, a live band.
33:26
And then after the live band, it turns into a
33:29
DJ and you get to dance the night away. And then
33:32
at midnight, there's a burlesque act. Oh, cool.
33:35
Yeah. I love that. It's an interesting progression.
33:39
Yeah. I love how it incorporates everything.
33:42
It's one of my favorite events. Nice. And people
33:45
can come and be there for the full event, or people
33:49
can come and experience a part of it that they
33:52
prefer and not have to stick around. They can
33:54
go do like another party they're going to or
33:57
whatever. Yeah. Yeah. So it's like there's variety
34:00
and opportunity. That's cool. I like that. And
34:04
then you have some monthly, regular ongoing monthly
34:08
things. And you did mention, tell me about the
34:11
Free Range Drag that's still on the website.
34:12
What's going on there? Okay. So we, Capital City
34:16
Pride, doesn't own Free Range Drag, but we added
34:19
it to our website because one of our producers,
34:24
Luna Delight. runs it and so we were just being
34:28
nice and helping her with her event even though
34:30
it needs no help. Okay. But yeah, it happens every
34:34
month at Cryptotropa. You can look it up. Yeah.
34:37
It's uh, at the Crypt. Oh, okay. Cryptotropa that's
34:41
where it is every week. Or every month. Every
34:44
month. Okay. And people can find that on the
34:47
website, but for those who may not be able to
34:50
have access, do you know what day or whatever
34:53
it is? I wish I did. I don't know. But you would
34:56
ask the Crypt, not us. Oh, okay. And they would
35:00
know because Free Range Drag is its own production
35:02
company. Okay. And they're really great, and they
35:05
allow newbies, newbies that want to do burlesque
35:09
or drag, they allow them on the stage and they
35:11
kind of train them up to be on the Pride street.
35:14
Oh nice. Yeah. Cool, uh, wonderful support there.
35:18
What is the Lipstick and Flannel. Oh my gosh.
35:22
Lipstick and Flannel is a DJ event that I created
35:26
that is Queer cruising. And it's specifically
35:30
for the ladies because we... What happens is
35:35
I get asked to create a bunch of events. I get
35:38
emails from people. Can you do this? Can you
35:40
do that? And can you do this? So there's an event
35:42
that happened. I think it's in Tacoma or in Seattle.
35:45
It's called Hot Pants. I don't know if you've
35:47
ever heard of it. But it's for 30 plus women
35:51
or Queer women or non -binary or trans women
35:55
to come and cruise. And so I created that event.
36:01
Define cruise. You know, like if you're looking
36:05
around to pick someone up. Okay. Not everybody
36:08
knows all the terminology, man. We want to make
36:10
sure everybody gets it. Yeah. So that event was
36:13
created for that. And it slowly wound down from
36:20
being popular to... Not necessarily it wasn't
36:25
unpopular, but people kind of stopped coming.
36:26
People were having less interest. Yeah. So it
36:29
went from, you know, like 40 people to 15 people
36:31
and it was all the same 15 people. Oh, okay.
36:34
So the place that I was having it, they were
36:35
like, why don't you take a pause? And so right
36:38
now we're on a pause until we can gain interest
36:40
again. But we have had emails for me to pick
36:42
it back up. So I'm kind of like waiting for the
36:45
right moment to have that event again. All right,
36:48
right on. Good to know. And then the Diva Drag
36:51
Brunch. The Diva Drag Brunch, again, isn't a
36:55
part of Pride. It's by Jeff Buckley, and he's
36:58
from Portland. And he used to be an Evergreener.
37:01
That's my understanding. And Roxy Boggio is the
37:04
DJ AV tech for that event. And as you know, Roxy
37:08
Boggio is part of Pride. And so this is just
37:10
another way for us to assist them with Queer
37:13
events. And it happens Sundays at Wild Child.
37:18
But I'm not sure which Sunday. Okay. I'll have
37:20
to ask Wild Child. Yes. Yes. Okay. You know, not
37:24
everybody in our community is open and welcoming
37:27
as much as we would love them to be. But it's
37:31
important to acknowledge. Have you had any negative
37:35
experiences? Has Capital City Pride have had
37:38
any pushback with the city? Has there been anything
37:41
that you've had to navigate? Well, there are
37:44
some things that I've had to navigate, not necessarily
37:47
from the city of Olympia. I mean, there are some
37:50
like strange things that, that happen with communication.
37:56
But to be honest, the city is really supportive
37:59
of the Capital City Pride that. we're running
38:02
currently today. I've honestly made the point
38:06
to befriend every single person, myself, to be
38:12
able to build that bridge. And that's in our
38:14
mission, is to be able to build the bridge. And,
38:17
you know, they're honestly, because of the Inspire
38:20
Olympia grant, that's how we're funded, they
38:23
have really assisted us with... creating these
38:26
events. I think that um, the most pushback that
38:31
we've gotten from our event is from other Queers
38:35
who might not be.. some people.. for like two years
38:39
ago, thought that we were a corporate Pride because
38:42
we grew so big so fast, but it was just really
38:45
us pushing with love and care to create and volunteer
38:49
because you know, our our non -profit is a volunteer
38:53
non -profit There's no one that makes a paycheck.
38:57
So we're just all volunteering to create these
38:59
fun spaces. And we work probably more than we
39:03
should. And we don't pay ourselves like we should.
39:06
And so we do a lot. And a lot of the community
39:11
thought that we were a corporate Pride. And so
39:13
for a second, there was some... rumors, and there
39:18
were some youth that came through and you know,
39:22
were posting flyers around our Pride while it
39:26
was going, and it was like, Capital City Pride
39:27
is a murderer! and all this stuff. What? I know! Because
39:31
we had- That's extreme! It is extreme. And it happened
39:34
because um, what had happened was- is that, we didn't
39:40
know at the time, but we had accepted grant money
39:42
from Planned Parenthood. Oohhh. Apparently Planned Parenthood
39:48
accounting software was made by someone who was
39:54
in with some sort of war that was happening.
39:57
And so therefore, because of this, that and this,
40:00
and we accepted money from them, all of a sudden
40:03
we were murderers. And, you know, we tried to
40:06
hold- Guilty by association. Guilty by association. We
40:09
don't take any money from Planned Parenthood
40:11
anymore because we learned our lesson. But we
40:15
do... what's the term? We- when- We don't accept
40:20
money from everyone, and we don't allow anyone
40:23
to be a booth member. We vet both our booth members
40:27
and our sponsors very, very well. And they go
40:30
through a rigorous process of answering a whole
40:33
bunch of questions. And, you know, most of the
40:36
people that are sponsors and our booth members
40:38
are returning. And so if we ever have a new one,
40:41
we really take. the time to think about who is
40:45
this person and where do they come from. And what
40:47
are their associations? Yes. Um, so that was, that
40:51
was unfortunate during that time. But other
40:56
than that, there really hasn't been any pushback.
40:59
The city and people from downtown have honestly
41:03
been really welcoming because, to be honest,
41:05
with our business, they get business. And so
41:07
part of our mission is to grow the economy in
41:11
the downtown business areas, and that's exactly
41:14
what we do. And also because of the fact that
41:17
we don't serve alcohol, and if you do want to
41:19
drink, you have to go to somewhere else to drink
41:21
to be able to come to the festival if you need
41:24
that. That's awesome. Oh, I'm so glad we got
41:27
there. Yeah. Yeah, that's good to know. And very
41:31
clarifying, I'm sure, for a lot of people who
41:34
maybe, you know, have different ideas or don't
41:37
really know about it, you know, because a lot
41:40
of things can happen through word of mouth. Yeah.
41:42
You know, when you're playing the telephone game,
41:44
for example. Rumors spread and, you know, there's
41:48
misconceptions. And I think it's really important
41:51
to shed light and clarify these things for people.
41:55
Yeah. And we're, I mean, honestly, my email's
41:58
right on the website and you can just write to
42:02
pride@capitalcitypride .net. And if you have
42:05
any questions, or if you are, you know, you're
42:08
not sure what's up with something, you can always
42:10
call us or talk to us or email us. And we'll-
42:13
I always answer. There's been a lot of times,
42:16
honestly, that a lot of the things that we.. the
42:20
issues that pop up are, someone said someone
42:23
did something to them and we shouldn't have them
42:25
as an artist. Mmm. There's a lot of inter... Unfortunately,
42:31
there's a lot of interpersonal situations, but
42:34
it's a lot of couples that have relationships
42:38
that maybe.. one of was abusive or presented to
42:42
be abusive and maybe they're an artist, or we
42:44
don't know, we have to ask, we have to go through
42:46
this all the time, um where they'll say, hey, this
42:49
person is awful because they did xyz to me, we
42:52
don't want them on stage, like it's not safe for
42:54
me, if this person is there. There's a lot of things
42:57
like that you have to navigate. There's a lot
42:59
of things like that we have to navigate. Every
43:01
year, I think it happens, if not once or twice.
43:04
And so we really have to mediate the situation,
43:08
and for the most part, the people who don't have
43:13
good responses to when we ask them what's up,
43:16
they're just not back. Okay. People make their
43:21
choices. People make their choices, yeah. Okay.
43:24
Well, thank you for clarifying that. Yeah, no
43:27
problem. All right. So, you mentioned earlier
43:38
about audio and video tech. programming and like,
43:44
training and learning. So what programs do you
43:47
offer there regarding that? On your website,
43:50
it shows Audio and Tech, Event Magic, Design
43:54
and Branding, Get Your Art On and Learn the Books.
43:57
Is all of that still relevant? All of that is
43:59
still relevant. It's small, but it's growing.
44:02
We currently have two people on staff who, one
44:05
is our social media marketing manager and another
44:08
one is our outreach communication. And they collect
44:12
stipends for doing things like the MailChimp
44:15
or Instagram. And how we work that, is we teach
44:18
them how to run a brand guide. Because if you
44:20
ever go to any other company, they're going to
44:23
ask you to follow their brand guide if they're
44:25
a company. Right. And so we teach them, you know,
44:28
how- what's important about it, and how to stay
44:31
in those markers. And some people are really
44:33
quick with it and some people aren't. But we've
44:36
had now two social media marketing managers.
44:38
And this is the first time we've had an outreach
44:41
manager. And then with audio visual programming,
44:46
like I was telling you before, in our summer months-
44:49
That was Design and Branding that you were just
44:51
describing? Yes. Okay. Thank you for clarifying.
44:55
Yeah. So that's Design and Branding. Audio
44:59
and Tech? Audio and Tech is during the summertime,
45:02
post, the festival, when we help other festivals,
45:07
and sometimes even during our festival we'll
45:10
take on people, like, we'll do a shout out on Instagram
45:13
and we'll say, hey does anyone want to.... and so
45:17
they'll come on, and maybe they have, you know,
45:19
maybe they're a level one AV tech and we'll
45:23
give them hands -on training and also hands -on
45:26
experience, because I think that's the most important
45:29
part and some people you know, they really get
45:32
into it and they really want to be there and
45:34
they're there right away and they have their
45:35
part, and some people, they try it out and they're
45:38
like, actually this wasn't for me, and so it's
45:40
good that we give that opportunity for them to
45:42
be able to see what it what it could be before
45:44
they join the union or before they do something
45:46
else. Or like, go get a job doing that. Yeah. Yeah, exactly.
45:50
Okay, Event Magic. Event Magic is a group of wonderful
45:58
humans who help and assist with the projects
46:02
that we have that are not the festival. So like
46:05
say.. it's a way for us to train up producers. So
46:10
a lot of producers aren't.. They're like, oh, I
46:13
want to throw a party. And it's like, great.
46:15
Well, what do you want to do? And they're like,
46:17
oh, I'm just going to get some artists and it'll
46:18
be fine. So it's really- That sounds easy, doesn't
46:21
it? Oh, yeah. I'm just going to get some artists.
46:24
Yeah. Yeah. OK. So there's a lot of logistics
46:27
there. There's a lot of logistics, from insurance
46:30
to promoting to just making a press release.
46:33
A lot of people don't know how to make a press
46:35
release or keep a budget or they don't know how
46:38
to use Excel. Things you do need to know how
46:41
to organize everything, you know, in a little
46:44
package. Event planning is really a big thing.
46:47
It's huge. Yeah, it's not just let's gather our
46:50
friends and have a party. Right. And so that's
46:53
what we do with the Event Magic, is we really
46:56
try to make producers. And also producers that
47:00
can flow in and out from not only us to other
47:03
people, you know, like they can go do an event
47:06
over at the theater or they can do an event over
47:08
at another show. And all the information that
47:12
we teach them is all the information that they'll
47:15
need to know. And if they do, you know, fulfill
47:18
it and their show is sustainable, then that's
47:22
the goal for that event. Awesome. And then we
47:27
talked about Get Your Art On. Yeah. So Get Your
47:30
Art On. There was like, say, for instance, this
47:32
year for the Pride Parade, we had a contest that
47:36
was to create more art and more floats in the
47:40
parade. So it's not just a march. We had a cart
47:43
contest. And so that helped pay for this. So
47:47
it was, we provide up to, I think it was eight,
47:50
but only five people applied, but we provided
47:54
them with a $250 stipend. Each one got that amount
47:57
of money to be able to produce a cart. I made
47:59
the carts. They just had to create something
48:01
on top of the cart, and they had a theme, which
48:05
was the theme of the festival, and then it was
48:08
voted on by the community, and then whomever
48:11
won got $500. Wow. So that's Get Your Art On.
48:15
Oh, cool. So we try to look for things like that.
48:18
There's also opportunities like, say, for instance,
48:20
someone wants to be able to design different
48:22
things at the festival itself. This year, we
48:25
got our art on with the Lacey MakerSpace and
48:28
the YWCA. And we had some students there who
48:32
we taught how to create signage. And because
48:35
of that, that was them getting their art on.
48:37
And they were very happy because it was shown
48:39
at the festival. And when the children came to
48:41
the festival, they were like, looking for the
48:43
thing that they created. Oh, yeah. I saw flyers
48:47
around that and signs over at the YWCA building.
48:49
That's where our office for Pathways to Agency
48:52
is located. I've got a little bitty basement
48:55
office down there. And so I see that stuff. So
48:59
that's what that was. Cool. Yeah. Right on. And
49:02
then Learn the Books. Learn the Books. So what-
49:05
we partner with a lot of people and if someone
49:09
comes to us and says, hey, I really want to try
49:12
to see if I can do accounting or, I really want
49:15
to figure out how to do budgeting. We partner
49:18
with an accountant and we've been able to kind
49:21
of like pass through those people to him because
49:24
he's looking to teach them the books, essentially,
49:26
is what he calls it. And so. How to do budgeting,
49:30
how to do QuickBooks, how to do accounting. That's
49:34
pretty much what he works on. Taxes. Taxes. Quarterly
49:38
information. Just all the money stuff. Right
49:42
on, right on. And are these programs, these experiences
49:46
available for student internship credit? We haven't
49:50
surpassed that. yet but it is something that
49:53
we're looking into we do have students that have
49:55
come to us from Evergreen and have gotten credits
49:58
by being with us, but we also encourage it. We
50:03
have like, written letters to their professors
50:04
and let them know like, what they do, and how good
50:07
they were. Right on. Good to know. Good to know.
50:10
You mentioned some people in groups already,
50:13
but who do you work, or partner with? Oh, my gosh.
50:16
So we partner with a lot of people, to be honest.
50:20
Like I said, I've taken the time to build those
50:22
bridges. And every time Inspire Olympia or any
50:25
of the grants organizations have meetings or
50:29
mingles, I'm there. And so unless I'm sick or
50:33
if I'm on something else, I'm always there mingling.
50:35
So we partner with Hummingbird Bird Studios,
50:37
we partner with the YWCA, we partner with TCMedia,
50:41
we partner with Film Oly, the Bridge Music Project,
50:45
we partner with the Olympia Symphony... What is
50:52
it..? Oh there's another one, Big Brother Big Sister,
50:57
we've partnered with them in the past, we've partnered
50:59
with a lot of humans They are really supportive
51:02
and they're very huge allies. And also when we
51:06
get into the Armory, we'll be one of the Armory
51:08
Eight in the Creative district. Oh, cool. Nice.
51:13
Yeah. Oh, how is that looking? I mean, there's
51:16
been a bunch of different organizations that
51:18
are going to be moving into the Armory. What's
51:20
the timeline looking like now? It's supposed
51:22
to be 2027. That's the word on the street. Right
51:26
around the corner. Yeah, but it's not all of
51:28
the Armory. It's going to be the main building
51:30
Armory, and then they have an annex, and that'll
51:33
be open maybe in the next... Two years post.
51:36
Okay, right on. And then how can people get involved?
51:42
You take donations. You just mentioned that nobody
51:45
gets paid. So I can't ask about jobs necessarily.
51:49
But there's volunteering. Well, if I may, it's
51:52
not that that's not necessary. I'm sorry if I
51:55
said that it was incorrect. People do get paid.
51:59
The stipends. They get stipends. Yes. If we have
52:04
the money. We give it out. We're a philanthropical
52:06
Pride. So we when I said we don't get paid, I
52:10
meant there's no Executive Director making a
52:11
salary. That's what I meant. OK, so I'm sorry
52:15
about that clarification. Thank you for clarifying.
52:18
Yeah, people do get paid. We pay all of the artists
52:21
and we pay all of the stage crew and everyone.
52:24
And that's literally where all of our money goes.
52:26
And so like just this instance, this last Pride,
52:32
we hired 15 stagehands and they made $25 an hour,
52:37
$250 a day. So at the end of the weekend, they
52:41
all got $750. And that was their stipend? That
52:44
was their stipend. But honestly, $25 an hour
52:48
for stagehand work is right on the nose. That's
52:50
pretty good. Yeah. So we do pay people whom have
52:55
experience. Okay. And how can, do y 'all take
52:59
donations? We absolutely take donations. You
53:03
can click the donation button or go to capitalcitypride
53:05
.net forward slash donate, I think it is. You
53:09
can donate $1. You can become a member of the
53:12
Pride community, which is something that we just
53:15
kind of started, which means if you want to pay
53:17
annually $15 a month, you can go to any of our
53:21
events with your membership card and you won't
53:24
have to pay at the door. So that's something
53:25
to look forward to. There's all ways that you
53:29
can donate. You know, you can donate your time.
53:32
We have a volunteer button. You can click that
53:34
and you'll be connected with Luna Delight, who's
53:36
our volunteer communicator. And she usually is
53:41
very technical. She just sends out like, when
53:43
are you available? And so it's like, you don't
53:46
have to, don't be afraid, you know, to click
53:48
that button. You don't have to go to a bunch
53:50
of meetings. It's, are you available during these
53:52
times? But for the most part, we do pay out who
53:55
works. If people are doing hard labor, we're
53:57
going to pay you. Right on. Good to know. And
54:00
do you accept in -kind donations, like non -monetary
54:03
items, for example? We do. Like you mean people's
54:08
time? Well, there's that. I was thinking like,
54:11
you know, if you're getting ready for the three
54:13
-day Pride Festival and like maybe, I don't know,
54:16
somebody wants to help out by giving y 'all like
54:19
a case of waters or something for the people
54:23
working, you know.. Absolutely. ...Or that kind of thing. Or
54:27
like, for like, putting together like the parade.
54:31
And, you know, I've got all of these old art
54:34
supplies left over from processions. of the species
54:37
and stuff. I'm just pulling things out of my
54:41
head. Examples. Anything like that. We don't
54:44
get any art materials because we don't really
54:46
need them. But we do get, say for instance, for
54:49
two years, Hummingbird Studios donated food for
54:53
the volunteers and the crew for our festival,
54:55
which was really great. It was very much needed.
54:58
Wild Child doesn't charge us for our events there.
55:01
That's another in -kind gesture. And the parade
55:04
itself, the people who run the parade, don't
55:07
want to get paid. They want the money to go towards
55:09
the stage crew. And so that's another. But yeah,
55:12
people do give in kind gestures. It could be
55:15
food, mostly food and mostly hours. Awesome.
55:18
Right on. Good to know. Final question. Is there
55:30
anything else you would like to share? Our website
55:33
currently isn't up to date, but we are looking
55:35
for a website person who would like to do it.
55:38
And that would be one of the design teachings
55:41
that we could teach you. Okay. You know, unless
55:44
somebody came with some amazing experience, right?
55:47
If they had experience, we're more than happy
55:49
to do a stipend. All right. Good to know. I just
55:53
want to say how much I appreciate you allowing
55:55
me to be here in this room and holding space
55:58
for Capital City Pride. I know that we do our
56:01
best to represent all the Queers and maybe we
56:04
don't hit all the notes, but we're hoping to
56:06
and we want to. So you can write us on Facebook
56:09
or wherever it is that you feel comfortable with
56:12
and we'll be here for you. Thank you so much,
56:15
Natalie, for your time. No problem. I'm so glad
56:25
I got to sit down with Natalie and clarify things
56:28
and find out about their interesting events and
56:31
programs. If you would like to learn more, donate,
56:34
or get involved, please visit capitalcitypride
56:37
.net. Natalie and the team look forward to connecting
56:41
with you. That's it for today's Resource Report
56:51
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