Looking back at Pacific Northwest Queer history in October

Take a stroll through Pacific Northwest Queer history in these October issues from Spokane, Portland, and Seattle.

, and Stonewall News Northwest

September 29, 2026 . 8:00 AM

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Spokane, 33 years ago...

Stonewall News Spokane

October 1993 | Vol II, No 10

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Portland, 42 years ago...

Just Out

October 1984 | Vol I, No 1

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Seattle, 47 years ago...

Seattle Gay News

October 1979 | Vol 6, No 18

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With over 35,000 pages across thousands of issues from Seattle to Portland and Spokane going back to 1971, welcome to the Pacific Northwest’s largest online high-resolution color LGBTQ+ publication archive. This archive is comprised of newer issues published in PDF and older paper issues scanned to PDF in 300dpi full color. The scanning process is ongoing.

The online archive includes:

Spokane - Stonewall News Spokane/Stonewall News Northwest
Seattle - Gay Community Center/Seattle Gay News/SGN
Portland - Just Out
Ocean Shores - Coastal Pride
Spokane - Q View Northwest
Portland - Willamette Bridge

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Visit the online archive at: https://www.stonewallnews.net/pdf-issues

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Looking back at Pacific Northwest Queer history in October

Spokane, 33 years ago...

Portland, 42 years ago...

Seattle, 47 years ago...

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