On the List Gay Bonus: $10k for ‘It Gets Better’, Seattle Gay Scene party, Sisters turn 15

This selection of upcoming events was so gay it deserved its own On the List. Below, details on how gay cupcakes helped Dan Savage raise $10,000, how a little gay Web site grew up to be a big gay Web site and how the Sisters of Perpetual of Indulgence are celebrating their 15th birthday.

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Cupcake Royale’s promotion to raise funds for the It Gets Better Project was a big success. Thursday afternoon as Capitol Hill’s July art walk gets underway, owner Jody Hall will present Capitol Hill writer and advocate Dan Savage with a big check to support the project that works to stamp out bullying of LGBT youth:

You’ve heard us talk about our mega bake sale for The Gay cupcake last month, right? During the prideful month of June, we wanted to use our super powers for good and we set a goal to raise $5,000 for the It Gets Better Project. Turns out the community went wild for the idea and gobbled up The Gay cupcake so we decided to double our donation.

This Thursday, we’d like to invite you to come celebrate with us as Cupcake Royale founder Jody Hall presents Dan Savage with a check for $10,000 for the It Gets Better Project. Jody, Dan and a Pride Foundation scholar will all say a few words about the personal importance of this project. And if you didn’t get a chance to sample The Gay during the month of June, it will be making a limited reappearance for this event.

Thursday, July 14th at 4:30pm
Cupcake Royale, 1111 E Pike Street

Also Thursday night, the Lobby Bar is host to the Seattle Gay Scene 4-year anniversary bash. We’ve been supporters of SGS from the start because, hey, we have a soft spot for online-only underdogs (and the fact they were willing to try out our advertising self-serve tools didn’t hurt the relationship, either). Stop by Thursday night to give the guys a birthday smooch.

Help Celebrate www.SeattleGayScene.com‘s 4th Year Anniversary in the first of THREE big events in July at the fabulous Lobby Bar on Capitol Hill. (Event 2 will be at Re-bar/Event 3 is at The Baltic Room).

Come for our SeattleGayScene.com community Meet ‘n Greet fun time – bring your business cards and brochures, and prepare to collect a bunch!

Our very special guests: Ms Sylvia O’Stayformore! Ms Jinkx Monsoon! DJ Skiddle and DJ George Delmar! The SGS Cru!

Drink Specials! Some sort of dessert! Photo ops! Video ops! Lots of plugging of our sponsors and friends! Some cool giveaways and swag!

Our eternal love and thanks for your support!

Exclaimation Marks!!!!!!

Last, but definitely not least made-up, Seattle’s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — The Abbey of St. Joan contingent is celebrating 15 years of fun and service with a “traditional” quinceañera:

Can you believe we’ve been dragging our pasty white, glitter-encrusted mugs around Seattle and the far reaches of Washington State for 15 years?

What could be a better way, then, to celebrate our Anniversary Spectacular than with our very own Quinceañera!

In the finest Latin tradition of being the center of attention, we are painting sugar skulls and twisting crepe flowers in anticipation of these exciting celebrations (naturally we will be repeating all of this next year for the finest tradition of being the center of attention known as the “Sweet Sixteen” party):

Thursday the 14th: Latin-themed Bear-eoke! The Cuff Complex (1533 13th ave), 8:00 pm – Midnight.

Friday the 15th: Fiesta in the Park! Seattle Central Community College. (Time to be announced) Games for kids and adults alike!

Saturday the 16th: Anniversary Celebration and the 2011 Grant Awards! Chapel Bar (1600 Melrose), 8:00 pm – ?. The theme of the evening is “Dia de la Monja Muerte” (Day of the Nun Dead). Come for the cake, stay for the Grant Awards! It’s that special time of the year when we give thousands back to the community from The Sisters’ Charity Grant Fund!