Seattle Counseling Services: a place you can go

A clipping from the Seattle Gay News (SGN) about the Seattle Counseling Service (SCS) and their services. SCS staff explain what's going through the minds of those who volunteer and the many reasons why people call SCS. 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: qn59q4431
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
Institution: University of Washington Libraries
Creator(s): Grant-Bourne, Katherine
Publisher: Seattle Gay News
Date Issued: May 16, 1986
Genre: Clippings
Subject(s): Diane St. Marie
Doug Fisher
Seattle Counseling Service
Places: Washington > King County > City of Seattle > Seattle
Topic(s): AIDS awareness
Counseling
Psychology
Suicidal behavior
Transgender people
Transsexual people
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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