PORTLAND GAYBORHOODS “So, where is the gay neighborhood here Portland?” That is a qutn that we get asked A LOT here the fabulo PDX regn. And, well, one thg that mak PDX so darned fabulo is the answer to that qutn. “There isn’t one, bee we are here, we’re queer and we are…
Contents:
- PORTLAND’S GAYBORHOODS
- WHY PORTLAND CAN'T HAVE A GAYBORHOOD
- GAY PORTLAND, OREGON TRAVEL GUI
- GAY TRAVEL GUI OREGON: PORTLAND, CRATER LAKE & PACIFIC COAST
PORTLAND’S GAYBORHOODS
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Women seekg women ma their way to the the Buick Café on 12th and Washgton, while gay servicemen home om the war would equent Rathskeller on SW Taylor Street. Through the 1960s and ’70s, queer-centered gatherg plac ntued to flourish, spe an attempt by the cy, unr then-Mayor Terry Schnk, to shut down six gay bars by tryg to prsure the state liquor missn to revoke their the ’80s and ’90s, a stretch of what’s now Harvey Milk Street was home to many LQBTQ+ bars and gatherg spots.
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WHY PORTLAND CAN'T HAVE A GAYBORHOOD
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GAY PORTLAND, OREGON TRAVEL GUI
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PORTLAND GAYBORHOODS. “So, where is the gay neighborhood here Portland? We realize that may not be helpful for the newbie town who may want to know where to start their journey through gay Portlandia, so that spir, I prent the Portland GayBorhood Gui.
In the relatively recent past, the gay scene was centered que firmly downtown the Stark Triangle, where a clter of bars occupied the junctn of Stark and Burnsi.
In each GayBorhood article, we will highlight the events, nightlife, bs and muny rourc available. Let know what is gog on your own GayBorhood! PORTLAND GAYBORHOOD GUIDE.
GAY TRAVEL GUI OREGON: PORTLAND, CRATER LAKE & PACIFIC COAST
Queer travelers explorg Pacific Northwt wh our Gay Portland, Oregon Travel Gui: LGBTQ+ iendly hotels, events, bars, snas & more * gay triangle portland *
Ask five Portlanrs where to fd the “gayborhood” and you probably will get five different answers. Havg regnized that Portland’s LGBT muny is largely centralized, one small part of the cy serv to be mentned when talkg about the “gay area.
” The Gay Triangle (now more appropriately the Burnsi Triangle) once was the epicenter of the cy’s queer scene.
This formerly seedy ltle sectn of the cy was home to a bathhoe and multiple gay clubs. Cy to have an openly gay mayor.