Tabling | Trans Pride Seattle

Tabling Fair

The Trans Pride Seattle tabling fair hosts dozens of local community groups, organizations, businesses, and social services that represent a depth and breadth of services and interests in our community. The tabling fair is an amazing opportunity for 2STGD community members to learn about local programs, events, services, and opportunities.

We also partner with community health and mental health partners to conduct community surveys, provide free on-site HIV testing, book consultations and appointments for preventative health screenings, and more.

Table at Trans Pride Seattle '25

Organizing group Asian Trans Sisters poses in front of their table at TPS 2024. Photo by Andie Deroux.

The deadline to apply for a table is May 1, 2025, so that we can finalize our tabling list and communicate to tabling applicants ahead of the event date. Payment is due on or before June 1, 2025. Groups who have not paid by June 1st will have their tabling registration cancelled and refunded by July 1, 2025.

Who Can Table?

Every year we receive hundreds of tabling registration applications, and due to space limitations in the park and the City of Seattle fire codes, we can only accept so many. We ask registrants to keep the following information in mind:

We only accept tabling applicants who align with Gender Justice League’s mission and values.

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.

Guarantee your table by becoming a sponsor!

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
Political candidates for office

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 ($450): A full table is 6′ long and comes with an overhead canopy, two chairs, lighting for the table, and table set up and break down labor.

Half-table ($225): 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, an overhead canopy, lighting for the table, and table set up and break down labor.

Full scholarships are available for groups that are both Trans + BIPOC-led and have an annual budget of less than $100k. A full scholarship table is a half table for a 100% discount (free).

Partial scholarships are available for Trans-led groups with an annual budget of less than $100k. A partial scholarship table is a half table for a 50% discount ($112).

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 so much?

We contract with an outside vendor who we rent tables, canopies, and chairs from (in addition to lighting, extension chords, generators, and other equipment/supplies), who also sets everything up for us on the day of the event. 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.

$450 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 about $500 per table to our vendor.