Dorian Columns, September 1969

A newsletter detailing the upcoming events and announcements about Dorian House. This includes the counseling services available as well as an announcement of the new leaders on the Board and info about board members staffing Dorian House. This item comes from the Seattle Counseling Service Records at the University of Washington. SCS was the first mental health agency for LGBTQ people in the United States. Started as part of the Dorian Society in Seattle, SCS later expanded in 1969 to become an independent organization, initially funded with a $3,000 grant from the Erickson Educational Foundation. Over its long history, SCS offered individual and group counseling, support groups, and services such as HIV antibody test counseling and the first same-sex domestic violence program. SCS was notable for its longtime collaboration between cis and trans LGBTQ people. In 1974, Marsha Botzer started a trans support group at SCS, which eventually evolved into the Ingersoll Gender Center. SCS ceased operations in 2022.

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Identifier: dn39x200b
Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
Institution: University of Washington Libraries
Publisher: Dorian Society of Seattle
Date Issued: Sep. 1969
Genre: Newsletters
Subject(s): Charles Z. Smith
Dorian House
Elaine Smith
John Hampson
Luvern Rieke
Mineo Katagari
Robert Deisher
Places: Washington > King County > City of Seattle > Seattle
Topic(s): Counseling
LGBTQ+ people
Religion
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: No known copyright
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