Counseling Center undergoes changes/Transexual Support Group/Counseling Center locates building

Multiple clippings about the Seattle Counseling Service (SCS). The longest includes information about their loss of funds for 1975, leading to fund raising efforts. Additionally, a short clipping details the start of a trans support group. The last clipping mentions that SCS acquired a new building with help from the Seattle Mental Health Services. 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: vh53ww13r
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
Institution: University of Washington Libraries
Publisher: Northwest Gay Review
Date Issued: circa 1974 to circa 1975
Genre: Clippings
Subject(s): Charna Klein
Chuck Harbaugh
Chuck Strago
Dick Snedigar
Joe Braid
Pat Haggerty
Robert Reinhart
Sam Deaderick
Seattle Counseling Service
Seattle Mental Health Services
Places: Washington > King County > City of Seattle > Seattle
Topic(s): Counseling
Fund raising
Self-help groups
Transgender people
Transsexual people
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
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