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• GAY PORTLAND
• MOVG TO LGBT PORTLAND, OREGON? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• BOBBY FOUTHERARTIST AND WRERWW: I NOTICED A LOT OF WRG ABOUT YOU DON’T FOC ON WHAT I MIGHT LL YOUR “JOURNEY WH QUEERNS.” IS THAT TENTNAL?BOBBY FOUTHER: I DON’T FOC ON MY JOURNEY WH QUEERNS, I JT DO THE WORK. [LGHS] I’VE HAD LOTS OF DIFFERENT EXPERIENC WH MY LIFE, SO CLAIMG ONE THG OVER ANOTHER JT NEVER REALLY SERVICED ME. I’VE FALLEN LOVE WH DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BUT DIDN’T SERVE ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN CLAIMG NAM OR THGS LIKE THAT. IT’S NOT RELEVANT TO ME. NOW, JT LET ME REPHRASE FOR WHAT I’M GETTG READY TO SAY. I DON’T THK THAT DON’T MEAN PEOPLE’S ISSU AND PUBLIC AWARENS AND SOCIAL CHANGE IS NOT VALUABLE, SO I’VE WORKED ON PLENTY OF ISSU AND THGS LIKE THAT, LIKE FOR BROTHER TO BROTHER, WHICH WAS A GAY BLACK AGENCY YEARS AGO THAT MORPHED TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT THGS FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT GENERATNS. BUT I DON’T FOC ON ALL THAT. I JT DO THE DAMN WORK.WOULD YOU SAY YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN AT PEACE WH YOUR INTY?MY MOM TRAED MY SISTER AND I THAT OUR INTI BELONG TO , SO HAS REALLY NOTHG TO DO WH ANYONE ELSE ON THE PLA. SHE ALWAYS RPECTED LIKE THAT, SHE ALWAYS GAVE ADVICE LIKE THAT. I KNOW WHEN I WAS REALLY YOUNG, MY MOM SAID, “YOU N DO AND BE ANYTHG YOU WANT TO BE. JT REMEMBER THERE’S NSEQUENC FOR EVERYTHG YOU DO.” AND THAT WAS THE LSON, SO I REFULLY SET OUT TO TRY EVERYTHG I ULD. SHE WATCHED ME CLIMB UP THE TREE AGA—THAT’S MY LTLE JOKE TO MYSELF. IT’S LIKE I KNOW MY MOM, I’D LOOK AT HER AND SAY, “OK, MOM, I’M GETTG READY TO JUMP OFF THE BRANCH!” SHE’D SAY, “OK, BABY!” AND I KNOW SHE WAS LOOKG AT ME, SAYG, “I WONR WHEN THIS BOY’S GONNA REALIZE HE A’T GOT NO FEATHERS.”YOU’VE BEEN PART OF SO MANY ARTISTIC MUNI: DANCE, THEATER, VISUAL ART, FASHN—BEE THAT’S HOW I GREW UP. I’M OM THAT WORLD, YOU KNOW? I WAS TALKG TO SOMEONE ABOUT GOG TO DRAG SHOWS ON SUNDAY, AND WAS LIKE, “WELL, ’S NOT THAT I LOVE DRAG QUEENS OR ANYTHG LIKE THAT, ’S JT THAT’S LIVE THEATRE THAT HAPPENS ON A WEEKLY BASIS THAT’S PLETELY IMPROVISATNAL.” BUT PEOPLE DON’T LOOK AT LIKE THAT. IT’S NOT MY JOB TO NVCE ANYONE OF ANYTHG. I WOULD DIE TRYG TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD. ANYWAY, WAS THAT WHAT YOU ASKED ME? [LGHS]A LOT OF WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT VOLV MUNY, PECIALLY WH THE LENS OF THE PAST YEAR. HOW HAVE YOU MATAED YOUR SENSE OF MUNY, WH ALL YOUR MUNI, AND HOW HAVE YOU GROWN THEM THE PAST YEAR?CONTRARY TO SOME OF MY SENR IENDS, I AM ON TOP OF SOCIAL MEDIA, LIKE FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. I HAVE A LTLE FOLLOWG, AND THAT’S HOW I STAY MUNY, PARTICULARLY SCE I’VE END UP THIS WHEELCHAIR AND I N’T GET OUT AND ABOUT THE WAY I ED TO. LIKE, I ULDN’T PROTT, BEE IF PEOPLE FALL DOWN, I’M TRAPPED. AND I’M 70, I’M NOT NNG OUT OF NOTHG, OK? SO BEME MY ONLE PROTT, WHERE I DO MY LTLE POLIL POSTS AND PIEC AND ARTWORK. I GET WHERE I N F , AND UALLY I’M THE PERSON PEOPLE LL WHEN EVERYTHG ELSE IS MSED UP. IF THE PERSON DIDN’T GET THE JOB DONE, THEY LL MR. BOBBY. IF THEY SPENT THE MONEY OR DON’T KNOW WHERE WENT, THEY LL MR. BOBBY. IT’S JT BEEN LIKE THAT FOREVER. I’M THE PERSON WH THE SAFETY PS. - ANDREW JANKOWSKI.MORE: .JUSTIN BUCKLES IMAGE: AARON LEE. (AARON LEE)JT BUCKL
• PORTLAND GAY BARS
• PORTLAND’S GAYBORHOODS
• A GAY GUI TO PORTLAND

GAY PORTLAND

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MOVG TO LGBT PORTLAND, OREGON? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

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BOBBY FOUTHERARTIST AND WRERWW: I NOTICED A LOT OF WRG ABOUT YOU DON’T FOC ON WHAT I MIGHT LL YOUR “JOURNEY WH QUEERNS.” IS THAT TENTNAL?BOBBY FOUTHER: I DON’T FOC ON MY JOURNEY WH QUEERNS, I JT DO THE WORK. [LGHS] I’VE HAD LOTS OF DIFFERENT EXPERIENC WH MY LIFE, SO CLAIMG ONE THG OVER ANOTHER JT NEVER REALLY SERVICED ME. I’VE FALLEN LOVE WH DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BUT DIDN’T SERVE ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN CLAIMG NAM OR THGS LIKE THAT. IT’S NOT RELEVANT TO ME. NOW, JT LET ME REPHRASE FOR WHAT I’M GETTG READY TO SAY. I DON’T THK THAT DON’T MEAN PEOPLE’S ISSU AND PUBLIC AWARENS AND SOCIAL CHANGE IS NOT VALUABLE, SO I’VE WORKED ON PLENTY OF ISSU AND THGS LIKE THAT, LIKE FOR BROTHER TO BROTHER, WHICH WAS A GAY BLACK AGENCY YEARS AGO THAT MORPHED TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT THGS FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT GENERATNS. BUT I DON’T FOC ON ALL THAT. I JT DO THE DAMN WORK.WOULD YOU SAY YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN AT PEACE WH YOUR INTY?MY MOM TRAED MY SISTER AND I THAT OUR INTI BELONG TO , SO HAS REALLY NOTHG TO DO WH ANYONE ELSE ON THE PLA. SHE ALWAYS RPECTED LIKE THAT, SHE ALWAYS GAVE ADVICE LIKE THAT. I KNOW WHEN I WAS REALLY YOUNG, MY MOM SAID, “YOU N DO AND BE ANYTHG YOU WANT TO BE. JT REMEMBER THERE’S NSEQUENC FOR EVERYTHG YOU DO.” AND THAT WAS THE LSON, SO I REFULLY SET OUT TO TRY EVERYTHG I ULD. SHE WATCHED ME CLIMB UP THE TREE AGA—THAT’S MY LTLE JOKE TO MYSELF. IT’S LIKE I KNOW MY MOM, I’D LOOK AT HER AND SAY, “OK, MOM, I’M GETTG READY TO JUMP OFF THE BRANCH!” SHE’D SAY, “OK, BABY!” AND I KNOW SHE WAS LOOKG AT ME, SAYG, “I WONR WHEN THIS BOY’S GONNA REALIZE HE A’T GOT NO FEATHERS.”YOU’VE BEEN PART OF SO MANY ARTISTIC MUNI: DANCE, THEATER, VISUAL ART, FASHN—BEE THAT’S HOW I GREW UP. I’M OM THAT WORLD, YOU KNOW? I WAS TALKG TO SOMEONE ABOUT GOG TO DRAG SHOWS ON SUNDAY, AND WAS LIKE, “WELL, ’S NOT THAT I LOVE DRAG QUEENS OR ANYTHG LIKE THAT, ’S JT THAT’S LIVE THEATRE THAT HAPPENS ON A WEEKLY BASIS THAT’S PLETELY IMPROVISATNAL.” BUT PEOPLE DON’T LOOK AT LIKE THAT. IT’S NOT MY JOB TO NVCE ANYONE OF ANYTHG. I WOULD DIE TRYG TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD. ANYWAY, WAS THAT WHAT YOU ASKED ME? [LGHS]A LOT OF WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT VOLV MUNY, PECIALLY WH THE LENS OF THE PAST YEAR. HOW HAVE YOU MATAED YOUR SENSE OF MUNY, WH ALL YOUR MUNI, AND HOW HAVE YOU GROWN THEM THE PAST YEAR?CONTRARY TO SOME OF MY SENR IENDS, I AM ON TOP OF SOCIAL MEDIA, LIKE FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. I HAVE A LTLE FOLLOWG, AND THAT’S HOW I STAY MUNY, PARTICULARLY SCE I’VE END UP THIS WHEELCHAIR AND I N’T GET OUT AND ABOUT THE WAY I ED TO. LIKE, I ULDN’T PROTT, BEE IF PEOPLE FALL DOWN, I’M TRAPPED. AND I’M 70, I’M NOT NNG OUT OF NOTHG, OK? SO BEME MY ONLE PROTT, WHERE I DO MY LTLE POLIL POSTS AND PIEC AND ARTWORK. I GET WHERE I N F , AND UALLY I’M THE PERSON PEOPLE LL WHEN EVERYTHG ELSE IS MSED UP. IF THE PERSON DIDN’T GET THE JOB DONE, THEY LL MR. BOBBY. IF THEY SPENT THE MONEY OR DON’T KNOW WHERE WENT, THEY LL MR. BOBBY. IT’S JT BEEN LIKE THAT FOREVER. I’M THE PERSON WH THE SAFETY PS. - ANDREW JANKOWSKI.MORE: .JUSTIN BUCKLES IMAGE: AARON LEE. (AARON LEE)JT BUCKL

Gay dance clubs, muny groups, sports leagu, and numero LGBTQ+-owned enterpris are part of the cy’s queer muny. Portland was the untry’s first major cy to elect an openly gay mayor  2008. Lol LGBT stutns clu the drag club Darcelle XV and the Portland Gay Men’s Chos.

Former Mayor Sam Adams was one of the first openly gay mayors the Uned Stat. The cy has a long and storied history of advotg for gay rights.

PORTLAND GAY BARS

Portland Gay Liberatn Front (PGLF) was found 1970, shortly after the Stonewall rts. Portland is one of the untry’s gay ci. The Bt Gay Neighborhoods In Portland.

Knowg them advance will ensure that you arrive at your new home the most sued gay-iendly area of town.

PORTLAND’S GAYBORHOODS

Start wh the top gay and LGBT-iendly Portland muni to fd your fabuloly perfect new home, each wh s own dividual personaly, welg muny, and ameni you’ll adore. Now let’s take a look at where the handful of marvelo gay areas Portland are and talk about the Portland gayborhood where you might feel most at home! Thankfully, LGBT Portland plays hosts to a variety of annual events for lbians, transgenr persons, gays, and anyone else who wants to have a good time.

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A GAY GUI TO PORTLAND

Keep md that life is what you make , and wherever you choose to beg your new life gay Portland, we hope you fd the openns and secury you serve. The surt way to disver LGBT Portland is always gog to be livg  a gay-iendly neighborhood by equentg lol LGBT bs and events and jog queer muny groups and sports teams.