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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But the event also offers a chance to reflect on how much thgs have changed sce the Stonewall rts New York Cy 50 years ago this June kickstarted the morn gay rights ’s a look back at 10 pivotal moments Portland Pri history. In 1975, a group of about 200 people gathered the South Park Blocks near Portland State Universy for Gay Pri Fair, a five-hour event that featured arts and crafts, food and followg year, the fair moved to Wateront Park, and featured 15 booths. 1977: “Gay Pri Day”In 1977, Portland got s first Pri Para, and ntroversy epted when Portland Mayor Neil Goldschmidt proclaimed a “Gay Pri Day, ” promptg a number of church to publish an open letter The Oregonian offerg to help gays and lbians repent.
The proclamatn also lnched a move to have Goldschmidt relled, claimg he had “famed Portland” by turng to “a haven for homosexuals. ”The first para drew between 300 and 400 marchers, rryg signs that read “We are your children, ” and “Defend the rights of gays – fend the rights of all. Meanwhile, about 200 opponents of gay rights gathered Lrelhurst Park to prott the “Gay Pri Day” Lawler, The Oregonian1982: Uny Through DiversyBy the early 1980s, Portland’s Pri celebratn had bee an annual tradn, and this year was renamed Lbian and Gay Pri Week to be more clive and to emphasize the role of gay bars the event’s anizatn.
Acrdg to The Oregonian, the msag on the signs rried that march echoed the theme: “Put the right wg back the closet”; “End gay bashg”; and “Stop the raids on undocumented workers. ”Marv Bondarowicz, The Oregonian1983: The new shadow of AIDSAbout 2, 000 people marched through downtown Portland to kick off this year’s Lbian and Gay Pri Week, to a theme of “Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are, ” a riff on a song om “The Wizard of Oz. Marc Kawanishi, The Oregonian1989: Rememberg StonewallTo mark the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall rts New York Cy, which lnched the gay rights movement, nearly 670, 000 people turned out for pri paras across the untry, cludg massive gathergs San Francis and New Portland, the theme of the para was "Stonewall 20 -- A Generatn of Pri, " and featured the Portland Gay Men's Chos among the 1989 march also me at a time of polil urgency, g after the passage the prev fall of Measure 8, a ballot iative that repealed then-Gov.