LGBTQ culture in Portland, Oregon
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LGBT culture in Portland, Oregon has a long and vast history with great relevance to those who fit the demographic in the urban area.
Events
Portland's annual pride parade is primarily organized by Pride Northwest. Peacock in the Park is another annual event, running from 1987 to 2005 and again from 2014 to the present. Blow Pony has been organized since 2007. The La Femme Magnifique International Pageant is an annual drag pageant.
In 2011, Hands Across Hawthorne was organized in response to an attack on two men who were holding hands on the Hawthorne Bridge.
Gay bathhouses
Gay bathhouses operating in Portland include Hawks PDX and Steam Portland (since 2003). Club Portland operated from 1987 to 2007.
History
- Portland vice scandal
- Burnside Triangle
- Jeannace June Freeman's murder of lesbian partner at Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint
- "Lesbian Roommate" obscenity trial[1][2]
- Resolution Number 31510
- WomanShare and other lesbian land movements[3]
- Ballot Measure 8 (1988), ruled unconstitutional in 1993
- 1989 Hate Crimes Law
- Tanner vs OHSU domestic partner lawsuit, 1991
- 1992 Springfield anti-equal-rights ballot measure passes
- 1992 statewide anti-gay Measure 9 rejected
- 1994 statewide anti-gay Measure 13 rejected
- 2000 statewide anti-gay Measure 9 rejected
- 2004 gay marriages briefly take place in Multnomah County, ruled illegal 2005
- 2004 statewide constitutional Measure 36 gay marriage ban
- 2007 statewide anti-discrimination bill
- 2018 The City of Portland renames a 13-block stretch of Southwest Stark Street to commemorate Harvey Milk
People
Notable LGBT individuals include:
- Sam Adams, first openly gay mayor of a top-30 U.S. city
- Terry Bean
- Kate Brown, first openly bisexual governor in U.S. history
- Darcelle XV
- Marie Equi
- Alan L. Hart, one of the first trans men to undergo hysterectomy and gonadectomy in the U.S.
- Thomas Lauderdale
- Todd Haynes
- Rives Kistler, the only openly LGBT state supreme court justice in the U.S. at the time of his appointment
- Tina Kotek, openly gay member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly
- Virginia Linder, first openly lesbian member of a state supreme court in the U.S. and the first openly LGBT person elected as a non-incumbent to a state supreme court
- Chuck Palahniuk
- Gail Shibley, first openly gay person to serve in the Oregon State Legislature
- Gus Van Sant
Nightlife
Currently operating LGBT drinking establishments and nightclubs include: Casey's, CC Slaughters, Eagle Portland, Escape Bar and Grill,[4] Escape Nightclub, Embers Avenue (1970s–present), Hobo's, Scandals, Silverado, Stag PDX (2015–present), and Sullivan's Gulch Bar & Grill. Silverado and Stag are also strip clubs.
Hot Flash/Inferno are monthly dance parties that began in Portland in 2004 and are now held regularly in cities across the western states, including Salem, Tacoma, Seattle, San Diego, and Phoenix.[5]
Defunct establishments include Egyptian Club (1995–2010), Gail's Dirty Duck Tavern,[6] Red Cap Garage (1987–2012), Starky's, and Three Sisters Tavern (1964–2004), which also operated as a strip club.
Film
Queer Horror is an ongoing bi-monthly film festival that is shown at the Hollywood Theatre on Sandy Blvd.[7]
Portland Queer Film Festival, which used to be known as the Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, has been running for 21 years. It takes place at Portland's historic Cinema 21.[8]
Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival celebrates LGBTQ documentaries.[9]
Organizations
Local LGBT-oriented organizations include: Cascade AIDS Project, Portland Gay Men's Chorus, Portland Lesbian Choir (1986 – present), Pride Northwest (principal organizer of the annual pride parade), and Q Center. The LGBT rights organization Basic Rights Oregon is based in Portland. Bradley Angle offers LGBTQ domestic violence services. Others include:
- Second Foundation (1970-1972)
- A Woman's Place bookstore
- In Other Words Feminist Community Center
- Pride Northwest, Inc. (1994- )
- Portland Association of Gay Equality
- Portland Town Council *CLOSED NOW
- Metropolitan Community Church
- Right to Privacy / Right to Pride
- Black Lesbians and Gays United
- Northwest Gender Alliance
- Lesbian Community Project (1986-2008)
- Oregon the Other Side (1987-)
- Phoenix Rising
- Equity Foundation *Merged with Pride Foundation
- Love Makes a Family (1992-) *CLOSED NOW
The Amazon Dragons are a lesbian dragon boat team founded in 1992 and are a competitive team that participate in 5-7 races each season, generally within the western United States and Canada.[10]
Publications
- Cascade Voice
- Just Out
- PQ Monthly
- The Eagle
References
- ^ Whitney Strub. "Lavender, Menaced Lesbianism, Obscenity Law, and the Feminist Antipornography Movement" (PDF). Strublog.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ "431 F.2d 272". Law.resource.org. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ Heather Jo Burmeister. "Rural Revolution: Documenting the Lesbian Land Communities of Southern Oregon". Pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ "Tried and True – Proud Queer Business Success". Your #ProudQueer News Source CA+OR+WA. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ^ "Hot Flash kicks off 10th year with a nod to the next generation". Your #ProudQueer News Source CA+OR+WA. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ^ Segall, Eli (2009-12-21). "Trouble ahead for the Dirty Duck – Daily Journal of Commerce". Djcoregon.com. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ "Queer Horror for the Holidays Delivers Nightmares Before Christmas". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ^ "Portland Queer Film Festival - Portland Movie Times". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ^ "Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ^ "Lesbian dragon boat team Amazons still paddling after 20 years in water". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
External links
- Keeping It Queer in Portland on AfterEllen
- Oregon Gay History on Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest
