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The Double Header

Gay bar in Seattle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 31, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

The Double Header was a gay bar located at 407 2nd Avenue S in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Washington. The establishment opened in 1934 and closed in December 2015. It was thought to be the oldest operating gay bar in the United States. The bar was frequented by both gay men and lesbians, which was unusual for the time.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1934, 2015—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Double, Header and Seattle providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1934 and 2015.

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This entry incorporates text from “The Double Header” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.