Portland has long celebrated s Pri ftival late June—equently overlappg wh Father’s Day to the light and / or nsternatn of many daddy lovers. Acrdg to Oregonian archiv, the tradn go at least as far back as the first cy-regnized Gay Pri Day, on June 25, 1977. (And a Gay Pri Fair the South Park Blocks on June 28, 1975!) Pri Northwt announced Tuday that ’s ready for a change. In 2023, Portland’s...
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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
A small group of 200 people marked the Rose Cy’s first public and outdoor Gay Pri celebratn, the South Park Blocks near Portland State Universy. Portland’s first Gay Pri para took place 2 years after 1977. It was renamed 1982 Lbian and Gay Pri Week, wh more than 2, 000 men and women takg to the streets of downtown 1991 para was the largt history at that pot, wh more than 6, 000 marchers, cludg supporters om small Oregon towns.