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Who Is Your Personal LGBTQ Hero?

From Scandals’ Pride Weekend Block Party.

This Year, of all Years, It’s Important to Remember That Pride Didn’t Start as a Parade. It Began With a Riot.

There is more than one way to celebrate Pride. For many, this is a month to show up and show out, to celebrate queer visibility and community. But this year, of all years, it’s important to remember that Pride didn’t start as a parade. It began with a riot.

Eight Portland LGBTQ Nonprofits

Because Pride doesn’t stop when the rainbow flags come down.

In Rural Oregon, Pride Organizers Are Fighting For Recognition—From Their Hometowns and the LGBTQ Community at Large

Trish Perry has a dream—she wants to see a Pride parade in her hometown of Bend.

At Downhouse Vintage, Nothing Is Gendered—From the Owners to the Clothing

If you believe your clothes explain you in ways you have trouble articulating, consider letting Downhouse handle your closet.

Toke Up For Pride With Six Queer-Friendly Cannabusinesses

Here’s a little Pride month history lesson for you: Back when the Plague Years were in full swing and AIDS was still a mysterious scourge, the government and medical community weren’t exactly rushing to find a cure.

Portland Democratic Socialists of America Chapter Demands Pride NW Cut Ties With Corporations and Police

The Portland Democratic Socialists of America’s Queer Caucus yesterday released a statement against Pride NW, the group that puts on the city’s Pride parade.

“As One” Is the First Story With a Transgender Protagonist in Opera, But it Still Excludes the Most Important Voices

With Portland Opera’s new production of As One, the process of self-discovery is focused inward on one character, Hannah, a transgender heroine who offers a much more radical message of love.

Portland’s Queer Opera Experience Strives For Inclusivity In a Traditional Genre

The Queer Opera Experience’s inaugural show—a rendition of La Bohème, one of the most popular operas ever written and the inspiration for the film Moulin Rouge—takes place later this month.

Portland’s Funniest Person, a Jazz Festival and 12 Other Things to Do and See in Portland July 18-24

Where we’ll be seeing the future of portland music and watching old movies this week.

Willamette Week

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