In 2021, Lol Lounge—the inic (if nonscript) gay bar at Northeast Mart Luther Kg and Fremont known for regular karaoke, drag shows, and dance parti—shut s doors, jog the growg list of beloved queer spac Portland that have closed recent years (Embers, Rebel Rebel, and the Roxy, to name a few). However, jt the nick of time for Pri Month ftivi, the new gay bar is set to open on Friday June...
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- MISS GAY PRI OF PORTLAND 2023 PREVIEWS PORTLAND PRI FT, PARA
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- JT TIME FOR PRI, A POPULAR PORTLAND GAY BAR REOPENS
- JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
- FRIDAY, JUNE 18PRI PARTY 2021 AT THE BIG LEGROWLSKILTLE LNS PRODUCTNS, WHICH GAVE A START TO MANY OF THE ROSE CY’S NEWBIE BURLQUE DANCERS AND DRAG KGS AND QUEENS, HOSTS A DAYTIME PAT PARTY WH POP-UP PERFORMANC, ALONG WH AN EVENG BARET SHOW GOG AS LATE AS LEGALLY ALLOWED. WCH PRCE, TOX!C AND OTHER ARTISTS SUPPLY LIVE MIC. THE BIG LEGROWLSKI, 812 NW COUCH ST. NOON. $10-$50. 21+.[VIRTUAL] CHASG RABOWSTHE PORTLAND GAY MEN’S CHOS, ACPANIED BY THE LOW BAR CHORALE’S HOE BAND, BUTS A NEW PROGRAM OF STANDARDS OM GAY POP HERO, CLUDG WHNEY HOTON, GLORIA GAYNOR, CHER, DOLLY PARTON, LADY GAGA AND CARLY RAE JEPSEN. CHASG RABOWS STREAMS AGA ON FATHER’S DAY AT 3 PM SHOULD YOU AND YOUR DAD WANT TO STAN THE GREATS TOGETHER. SEE FOR STREAMG RMATN. 8 PM. FREE. ALL AG.SATURDAY, JUNE 19
- MOVG TO LGBT PORTLAND, OREGON? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
MISS GAY PRI OF PORTLAND 2023 PREVIEWS PORTLAND PRI FT, PARA
Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * gay shows portland *
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Beg gay is often a soberg experience, but are gay people really that sober? Natnal surveys have tackled this qutn as much as they n by parg straight and gay drkg rat and the verdict is more black-and-whe than rabow: LGBT people drk more. LGBT people are also twice as likely to abe booze and what 's worth, gay men and lbians together dra most of the natn's vodka supply.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
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Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi Ave., 503-234-7837, Mnelli was good to the gays, and now 's time for you to return the favor by bleedg your bt performance at the Q Center's Cabaret wh a Q.
Stag PDX, one of Portland's two gay strip clubs, offers s weekly TESTIFY drag bnch that tends to reel yuppie gays om Northwt. Hawks and Steam are Portland's last two gay bathho, and Sunday nights are bisexual nights.
Related: I Spent a Night One of Portland's Last Gay BathhoComg Out. Major profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay. Last Febary, Maxen nnected wh lebacker Carl Nassib, who beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay 2021, as he navigated a path forward.
JT TIME FOR PRI, A POPULAR PORTLAND GAY BAR REOPENS
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So if somebody asks, ‘When did you know you were gay? And the gay newspaper down there is the Bay Area Reporter.
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JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
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Eagle (835 N Lombard) Eagle is unr new management, but that hasn’t affected the vibe at this North Portland gay bar. Eagle has pool, a vered smokg pat, and no-ills drks, and s primarily appeals to gay men who like Tom of Fland and Robert Mapplethorpe, if you know what I mean. It’s technilly the Pearl District, but is an easy walk om the Old Town gay bars.
Sndals (1125 SW Stark) At 40 years young, Sndals is among Portland’s longt-nng LGBTQ+ bars and is the last vtige of downtown’s long-gone Vasele Alley gay district. Circu Breaker (Tonic Lounge, 3100 NE Sandy) Circu Breaker terpts the natnal gay party circu that’s associated wh Pri season and Whe Parti, creatg a safe environment for fetish exploratn and exposn. For Men wh Beards & Body Hair Bearracuda PDX (Bossanova Ballroom, 722 E Burnsi) Bearracuda is part of an ternatnal work of over 60 gay parti celebratg bears—you know, big boys wh facial and body hair.
FRIDAY, JUNE 18PRI PARTY 2021 AT THE BIG LEGROWLSKILTLE LNS PRODUCTNS, WHICH GAVE A START TO MANY OF THE ROSE CY’S NEWBIE BURLQUE DANCERS AND DRAG KGS AND QUEENS, HOSTS A DAYTIME PAT PARTY WH POP-UP PERFORMANC, ALONG WH AN EVENG BARET SHOW GOG AS LATE AS LEGALLY ALLOWED. WCH PRCE, TOX!C AND OTHER ARTISTS SUPPLY LIVE MIC. THE BIG LEGROWLSKI, 812 NW COUCH ST. NOON. $10-$50. 21+.[VIRTUAL] CHASG RABOWSTHE PORTLAND GAY MEN’S CHOS, ACPANIED BY THE LOW BAR CHORALE’S HOE BAND, BUTS A NEW PROGRAM OF STANDARDS OM GAY POP HERO, CLUDG WHNEY HOTON, GLORIA GAYNOR, CHER, DOLLY PARTON, LADY GAGA AND CARLY RAE JEPSEN. CHASG RABOWS STREAMS AGA ON FATHER’S DAY AT 3 PM SHOULD YOU AND YOUR DAD WANT TO STAN THE GREATS TOGETHER. SEE FOR STREAMG RMATN. 8 PM. FREE. ALL AG.SATURDAY, JUNE 19
Daddybone (Tonic Lounge, 3100 NE Sandy) This seasonal party is ls of a place to troduce your dad to gay events, and more of a party for people who fd themselv yellg “Daddy” more than once a day. The Alliance, The Gay Agenda (Alberta Street Pub, 1036 NE Alberta) Cora Lus is among Portland’s funnit edians, and she mak regular space for fellow LGBTQ+ edians outsi tradnally gay bars on a monthly basis wh her Gay Agenda show, and weekly for her Alliance show (the latter of which is -hosted by Jake Silberman). Thursgays (QuarterWorld, 4811 SE Hawthorne) Meet gaymers monthly for pball and ar gam, or play bgo hosted by Flawls Sha, who hosts karaoke at Capol Bar, trivia at Victoria Bar, and drag at CC Slghters.
MOVG TO LGBT PORTLAND, OREGON? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
Portland Lbian Choir, Portland Gay Men’s Chos, Queer Opera (Vari lotns) For s, the Portland Lbian Choir and Gay Men’s Chos have provid dienc a stage to support gay and lbian choral sgers. In recent years, however, Queer Opera at PSU has provid people beyond the gay/lbian bary wh stag to share their unique voic.