Meredith Channel promotes our welcoming club, “I found out about SFR through an announcement in the SGN.
“Third time’s a charm” - Sabina Havkins, Phileo McAlexander and Greg Fischer unite in June of 1985 to provide the “kickstart” needed to get the club going and officially begin the Seattle Frontrunner club that continues on to this day. 1984ĭick Todd, Kit Warfield and Sue Schafer reincarnate a small SFR group. The Lesbian Resource Center sponsors Seattle’s First Gay Pride Run, which transitions into the now famous, annual Run & Walk with Pride organized by Seattle Frontrunners. 1982įirst Gay Games (I) held in San Francisco promoting Frontrunners and gives way to other Frontrunner clubs springing up around the U.S. 1980Ģnd Frontrunner group forms in New York City. Bud Budlong and other “joggers,” inspired by Patricia Nell Warren’s book The Frontrunner, named the group Frontrunners. It was listed as an Introduction to Jogging group in the bi-monthly publication of Lavender U. The first Frontrunner Club was started in San Francisco by Jack Baker & Gardner Pond.
