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.
WHY PORTLAND CAN'T HAVE A GAYBORHOOD
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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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That whole street was was our quote-unquote gay district or whatnot. 5, 2020, a long-time gay nightclub Portland, closed s doors October 2020, after 39 years of bs.
“Those plac are reprentatn of their stggle, and their stggle at the time was jt creatg safe plac for their muni and visibily of the gay and lbian muny.
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