The Photography of Dana Schuerholz

Not well known is the important role the lesbian community played during the early years of the AIDS crisis.  Women stood alongside their gay brothers, worked behind the scenes and often served as caregivers.  Islander Dana Schuerholz was one of those on the...

Artist Don Paulson

Artist Don Paulson was Mr. Gay History Seattle, but he was more than that.  His curiosity was insatiable, and he recorded his life and others’ in paintings, drawings, books, letters and archives now housed at the University of Washington and the Museum of History and...

A Poem by curator Stephen Silha

IN AND OUT On an island with a harbor Shaped like a question mark The letter Q inhabits Many souls Queer quick quiet Questioning questioning questioning Quack I like that about Vashon Unincorporated, uninhibited Unruly uncouth Sometimes unhinged You need a ferry You...

Vashon Beachcomber Covers IN and OUT

Loud and proud, an exhibit celebrates LGBTQ life on Vashon By Elizabeth Shepherd  Last week, approximately 600 people came out of the closet on Vashon. The closet in question was not an actual one, but rather, the ingeniously constructed entry point to a new...

Brain Fisher’s “Let’s All Dance”

  Let’s All Dance is a five window print & sculpture installation by Brian Fisher adoring the windows of the Heritage Museum as part of IN and OUT.  
To island painter and printmaker Brian Fisher, a song is a very personal experience, evoking the emotional...