He thought it was a good story, and – from what he told me – very accurate. It would have been-from what he described it-like a Radio Shack-type store.ĭid he think that the Seattle Magazine people had gotten it right? Did he feel he'd been quoted right? They were odds and end jobs, until he got into a position where he was able to open his own business. Louis Giguere: Basically, he was doing anything he could do, bagging groceries, working as a waiter. In the article, Peter said that when he first came to Seattle he wasn't doing any kind of permanent work. Giguere said that Peter was pleased with how he was portrayed, but that his life wasn’t quite as stable as the article made it seem. In April 2002, the Northwest Lesbian and Gay History Museum Project interviewed Louis Giguere, Peter’s partner for the last 13 years of his life. He moved to Seattle after being outed and expelled from Whitman College in the 1960s. Wichern was born in Havre, Montana, in 1946, the son of a Presbyterian minister. When reporter Ruth Wolf asked to interview members, they agreed – but only Wichern agreed to use his real name. Members appeared on radio programs and led tours of gay bars. The Dorian Society hosted drag balls and helped to establish the Seattle Counseling Services for Sexual Minorities. At a time when most gay people lived closeted double lives and most straight people didn’t know that “respectable” gays existed, the message was a radical one. Their aim was to promote socially acceptable images of homosexuality. to counteract common stereotypes attributed to gays and lesbians – drag queens, butch dykes, pedophiles and barflies. Wichern was a member of Seattle’s Dorian Society, which emerged in 1966 along with other groups across the U.S. If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to contest at 1967, Peter Wichern made a bold move: He posed for the cover of a magazine in Seattle. The titleholders are not expected to compete at regional, national, or international contests, and they may not hold another leather title during their year. The Seattle Leather Daddy and Seattle Daddy’s Boy titleholders are expected to put on or participate in several club fundraisers during the year, and they are encouraged to do additional fundraising events of their own. In a special twist, the audience at the contest also receives one ballot for each title, enabling the community itself to have a direct say in who its representatives will be. Judges for the contest are mostly local to the Seattle area, and include one drawn from the general membership of Seattle Men in Leather who is neither a member of the SML Board of Directors or a former Seattle Leather Daddy or Seattle Daddy’s Boy titleholder.
Seattle Men in Leather produces a contest program each year, containing bios of the judges, a history of the contest, and advertisements from sponsors and local businesses. Title Contest: Saturday, October 10, 2015, at The Cuff Complex. Meet and Greet: Friday, October 9, 2015, 7:00 P.M. The contest weekend includes a Friday night Meet-n-Greet, the contest on Saturday night, and a Sunday Victory Brunch. The Seattle Leather Daddy and Daddy’s Boy Contest occurs during Columbus Day weekend each year. Seattle Men in Leather will be hosting this year’s contest at The Cuff.