Tabling Fair
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Trans Pride Seattle’s tabling fair welcomes local community groups, organizations, artists, small businesses, and others to share their work with local TwoSpirit, Trans, & Gender Diverse (2STGD) communities!
The tabling fair also allows 2STGD community members to learn about local programs, events, services, and opportunities.
Organizing group Asian Trans Sisters poses in front of their table at TPS 2024. Photo by Andie Deroux.
Who Can Table?
Due to space limitations in the park and the City of Seattle fire codes, we only accept tabling applicants who align with Gender Justice League’s mission and values. Further: Trans Pride Seattle is by and for Trans people. Besides sponsors who receive a table as part of their sponsorship, we prioritize tabling applicants in this order:
1. Trans-led groups
2. LGBQ+ and BIPOC-specific groups
3. Trans-owned small businesses; and services that serve 2STGD people. We especially encourage tabling applications from groups focusing on health + wellness, mental health, and harm reduction resources used by + relevant to 2STGD people; public education campaigns; and booths directed at 2STGD youth and elders.
FAQ: What if I don't fit into any of those groups?
Organizations and groups that do not fall into the above categories may still register for a table, but please be aware that (1) Registration does not guarantee a table (unless you register as a sponsor), and (2) We reserve the right to decide who we welcome into our space. In particular, cis people who are allies are asked to recognize the autonomy of our community to make the choices about what resources, organizations, and groups take up space at our event (Trans Pride Seattle). One of the biggest critiques that we have held of other pride events is the pinkwashing that occurs as corporations, cis-led organizations, and allies have increasingly taken over queer and Trans spaces.
Lavender Rights Project’s table at Trans Pride Seattle 2024. Photo by Mel Ponder.
We do NOT accept tabling from:
- Major corporations (other than employee resource groups and unions)
- Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana, or Firearms related companies or organizations
- Groups with a history of discrimination against 2STGD people, people of color, or people with disabilities
- Groups that are under a strike from an organized and recognized labor group
The tabling fair also welcomes community and mental health partners to conduct community surveys, provide free HIV testing, book consultations and appointments for preventative health screenings, and provide other helpful services.
Pricing + Registration
Full table ($400): A full table is 6′ long, comes with 2 chairs, and includes an overhead, open-air canopy.
Half-table ($200): A half-table reserves half of a full table (3′ of a 6′ long table) shared with another tabling group. A half-table includes 1 chair, and an overhead, open-air canopy.
Full scholarships are available for groups that are both Trans + BIPOC-led and have an annual budget of less than $100k.
Partial scholarships are available for Trans-led groups with an annual budget of less than $100k.
We do not provide scholarships for for-profit entities and businesses (even if they are Trans-owned), groups that do not provide a social service, and any groups that are not Trans-led.
FAQ: Why does a table cost $400?
We contract with an outside vendor who we rent tables, canopies, and chairs from, who also then sets everything up for us on the day-of. Believe it or not, this is significantly less expensive than purchasing our own and storing them year-round in a storage unit—plus hurting our bodies lugging them all around!
$400 is actually an underestimate of the cost we end up paying to the vendor per table. We do not make any profit off of the tabling fair—in fact, we usually lose money. In 2024, we ended up paying our vendor around $500 per table; meaning we lost a significant amount of money on the tabling fair.
Entre Hermanos’ table at Trans Pride Seattle 2024. Photo by Alex Garland.
Payment is due on or before June 1st. Groups who have not paid by June 1st will have their tabling registration canceled and refunded by June 30th.