Steve Bull once raced agast time to try to save the memoirs of one of Mae's gay rights pneers. His trip led him down memory lane.
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- JT TIME FOR PRI, A POPULAR PORTLAND GAY BAR REOPENS
- 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
- 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
- MISS GAY PRI OF PORTLAND 2023 PREVIEWS PORTLAND PRI FT, PARA
- RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN
JT TIME FOR PRI, A POPULAR PORTLAND GAY BAR REOPENS
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... * gay dance party portland *
Bars, Strip Clubs, Dancg CC Slghters & Rabow Lounge (219 NW Davis) CC Slghters & Rabow Lounge is your prototypil gay bar. 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.
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
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.
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.
'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
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. 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 30, unr the new name of Back 2 Earth. Gaybaret! [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.
Saturday, June 19Portland Frontnners’ Pri RaceI get that we’re not all back the gym and might want some social exercise opportuni, but nng on pavement is absolutely homophobic. Whether that’s bee of downtown doom mongers or the ongog panmic is unknown, but ’s at least a her take on a pre-rerd para than last year’s Zoom talent show and archival footage of the Gay Pri 1999 para. Legislators have troduced hundreds of transphobic and homophobic bills, and 2022 is on track to set a ghoulish rerd.
MISS GAY PRI OF PORTLAND 2023 PREVIEWS PORTLAND PRI FT, PARA
Portland Gay Men’s ChosArlene Schnzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway.
$19-$56, tickets at Portland Gay Men’s Chos performs new mic and pop standards, butg their lockdown-era digal show “Chasg Rabows” for a live dience. Gaylabratn: DANCE!
Celebratg s 10th year, Gaylabratn is the official dance party of Portland’s Pri Ftival. A Queer Latx Dancy PartyCandy, 904 NW Couch St.,, 9 pm Sunday, June Martez hosts Candy’s Pri Month gay Latx dance party. Badlands (aka historic gay bar Embers) isn’t open yet, but Pri Northwt clos out Pri season wh a block party centered on an gmented realy mural.
RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN
Portland creative lreate Joaqu Lopez hosts, wh performanc by the Portland Lbian Choir, the Portland Gay Men’s Chos, and drag artists.
Hollywood Theatre’s Movie Madns Universy offers a crash urse the history of yaoi om Thailand, South Korea, Japan, the Philipp, Taiwan and Vietnam, examg several films associated wh this romantic, upliftg gay more of Willamette Week’s 2022 Pri Gui here!
(All photos urty of Airick Redwolf)Back 2007, gay nightlife Portland was mostly segmented to two parts—clubs for gay men and clubs for gay Blow Pony galloped onto the the time, a monthly queer-centric dance party open to all inti was a revelatn. ) The first Blow Pony was held on the send Saturday March 2007, at the now-funct Eagle on Wt Burnsi Street near what was known as Vasele Alley, a strg of gay bars along Southwt Stark Street.