Portland oregon gay pride 2022
The Queen’s Head and Rebel Rebel Are Keeping Old Town Queer
Pride isn't just for the grownups. Festivities in June can get a little drink-heavy (which we celebrate), but it's also prime time to observe the under queers in our collective, or to assemble the family and douse them in glitter. With that in mind, here's a handpicked list of 's most intriguing all-ages Identity festival events.
Gay Skate
For more than three decades, Oaks Park’s Lgbtq+ Skate has been a spot for novices and pros alike to lace up, bust a move, and like the occasional kingly performance. Due to the recent TikTok-fueled explosion of roller-skating, it’s become a twice-monthly event, and its always-high force tends to skyrocket during Pride. June 6 & 20, Oaks Park
Pride at the Museum
Aside from its cardinal (and heterosexual) sin of evoking a family-friendly Ben Stiller franchise, this OMSI event looks like a blast. Drag queen story time in the planetarium! A Lady Gaga laser show! A rainbow elephant toothpaste demo(?)! Amid the fun, you can also peep OMSI's latest featured exhibit, about everyone's favor
The first Pride marches took place on June 28, , one year after the Stonewall Uprising. Pride gatherings include continued annually since. Oregon’s first Pride celebration was an indoor dance in that was organized by The Second Foundation of Oregon. The state’s first outdoor Pride celebration, the Male lover Pride Fair, was in at the South Park Blocks. marks 50 years since this first outdoor celebration!
Oregon’s first Pride pride took place in , with a route going through downtown Portland that ended at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park. It was organized by civil rights activist (and former Multnomah County employee) Kathleen Saadat. In , Multnomah County announced the Kathleen Saadat Award, given to a local 2SLGBTQIA+ person who advocates for marginalized communities as Saadat has.
For many years, Portland’s Pride was on the third weekend of June to evade overlap with larger West Coast cities. This resulted in local scheduling conflicts with celebrations like the Delta Park Powwow and Juneteenth. In , the organizers moved the parade and festival to July. Acr
Portland's Pride season is loooooong. And this new list of parties, art shows, bike rides, history exhibits—and more—is similarly shaped 😉. The parade may be in July, but we're queer all year round.
Ongoing:
Outliers and Outlaws
Community & Activism
Did you know Eugene was once dubbed a "lesbian mecca"? Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education's latest exhibition, Outliers and Outlaws, explores the vibrant Jewish-lesbian Baleboostehs society that flourished in Eugene from the ’60s through the ’90s. The exhibition spotlights the stories of 83 women who were pivotal in the movement, and includes some lovely powerful moments, like the Freedom Seder. (It was organized around opposition to the state's anti-gay Ballot Measure 9.) Go forth to learn about the often-overlooked chapter of local history and the badass women who shaped it. (Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Learning, NW Davis, through Mon Oct 27, ) LINDSAY COSTELLO
“We Were All Living a Dream”: Reflections on Twentieth-Century Lesbian Feminism through the Photography of Don Portland&#;s Self-acceptance Festival & Pride Parade are back in in Downtown Portland. The festival&#;s mission is to elevate, celebrate, and educate the LGBTQ+ community in Oregon and SW Washington. &#;&#;&#;&#;&#;&#; &#;&#;&#;&#;&#;&#; From website: Tom McCall Waterfront Park Portland Pride Procession &#; 11AM Sunday, June 19 Parade Grand Marshal: Bolivia Carmichaels
Portland Pride Parade &#; Waterfront Festival | Featuring Grand Marshal Bolivia Carmichaels
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Portland Pride Waterfront Festival and Parade
June ,
Saturday Noon-6PM
Sunday AM-6PM
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98 SW Naito Pkwy, Portland, OR
The parade steps off at NW Couch St and NW 8th Ave, traveling east down NW Couch St. Once the parade reaches Naito Pkwy it turns south and proceeds down to the Portland Pride Waterfront Festival.
Bolivia Carmichaels has long been an LGBTQIA2S+ community treasure, particularly in the Portland metro area. Brainchild of lifelong Portlander Daniel Elliott, “Bolivia” was born at the famed City Nightclub in Since that time, she has become one of the