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* [[Alan L. Hart]] – one of the first [[Trans man|trans men]] to undergo [[hysterectomy]] and [[Castration|gonadectomy]] in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Morgen |title=Alan Hart (1890-1962) |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/hart_alan_1890_1962_/#.YBhjXC2ZMdU |website=Oregon Encyclopedia |access-date=February 1, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Alan L. Hart]] – one of the first [[Trans man|trans men]] to undergo [[hysterectomy]] and [[Castration|gonadectomy]] in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Morgen |title=Alan Hart (1890-1962) |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/hart_alan_1890_1962_/#.YBhjXC2ZMdU |website=Oregon Encyclopedia |access-date=February 1, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Todd Haynes]] – film director<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Scott |first1=Aaron |title=The Ladies’ Man |journal=Portland Monthly |date=March 15, 2011 |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-culture/2011/03/the-ladies-man-april-2011 |access-date=February 1, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Todd Haynes]] – film director<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Scott |first1=Aaron |title=The Ladies’ Man |journal=Portland Monthly |date=March 15, 2011 |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-culture/2011/03/the-ladies-man-april-2011 |access-date=February 1, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Jinkx Monsoon]], drag queen<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jankowski |first1=Andrew |title=Portlanders Can Now Book a Stay at the Home of Drag Superstar Jinkx Monsoon |url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2018/10/05/portlanders-can-now-book-a-stay-at-the-home-of-drag-superstar-jinkx-monsoon/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=Willamette Week |date=October 5, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Konrad Juengling]] – LGBT activist and writer<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet Konrad Juengling: the pro-LGBTI activist who is now ‘coming out’ as Atheist |url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/meet-konrad-juengling-the-pro-lgbti-activist-who-is-now-coming-out-as-atheist/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=[[Gay Star News]] |date=October 20, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Konrad Juengling]] – LGBT activist and writer<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet Konrad Juengling: the pro-LGBTI activist who is now ‘coming out’ as Atheist |url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/meet-konrad-juengling-the-pro-lgbti-activist-who-is-now-coming-out-as-atheist/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=[[Gay Star News]] |date=October 20, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Rives Kistler]] – first and, then, only openly LGBT state supreme court justice in the U.S.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Peter |title=Kistler: 'Leave personal life at home and do your job' |url=https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/421773-322030-kistler-leave-personal-life-at-home-and-do-your-job |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=Portland Tribune |date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Rives Kistler]] – first and, then, only openly LGBT state supreme court justice in the U.S.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Peter |title=Kistler: 'Leave personal life at home and do your job' |url=https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/421773-322030-kistler-leave-personal-life-at-home-and-do-your-job |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=Portland Tribune |date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>
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* [[Thomas Lauderdale]] – musician<ref>{{cite news |title=Pink Martini’s gay bandleader Thomas Lauderdale commits to Sunday’s outdoor show rain or shine |url=https://dallasvoice.com/pink-martinis-gay-bandleader-thomas-lauderdale-commits-sundays-outdoor-show-rain-shine/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=Dallas Voice |date=March 24, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Lauderdale]] – musician<ref>{{cite news |title=Pink Martini’s gay bandleader Thomas Lauderdale commits to Sunday’s outdoor show rain or shine |url=https://dallasvoice.com/pink-martinis-gay-bandleader-thomas-lauderdale-commits-sundays-outdoor-show-rain-shine/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=Dallas Voice |date=March 24, 2012}}</ref>
* [[William Luce]]{{cn}}
* [[William Luce]]{{cn}}
* [[Jinkx Monsoon]], drag queen<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jankowski |first1=Andrew |title=Portlanders Can Now Book a Stay at the Home of Drag Superstar Jinkx Monsoon |url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2018/10/05/portlanders-can-now-book-a-stay-at-the-home-of-drag-superstar-jinkx-monsoon/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=Willamette Week |date=October 5, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Michael J. McShane]] – United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jaquiss |first1=Nigel |title=U.S. District Judge Michael McShane Pens Remarkably Candid Essay About Love and Loss In 1980s Portland |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/01/30/u-s-district-judge-michael-mcshane-pens-remarkably-candid-essay-about-love-and-loss-in-1980s-portland/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=Willamette Week |date=January 30, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Lynn Nakamoto]] – [[Oregon Supreme Court]] judge<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Peter |title=Lynn Nakamoto: Justice for all |url=https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/294471-171602-lynn-nakamoto-justice-for-all |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=Portland Tribune |date=February 23, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Lynn Nakamoto]] – [[Oregon Supreme Court]] judge<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Peter |title=Lynn Nakamoto: Justice for all |url=https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/294471-171602-lynn-nakamoto-justice-for-all |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=Portland Tribune |date=February 23, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Chuck Palahniuk]] – author<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dundas |first1=Zach |title=A Hazardous Outing |url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-2498-a-hazardous-outing.html |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=Willamette Week |date=September 30, 2003}}</ref>
* [[Chuck Palahniuk]] – author<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dundas |first1=Zach |title=A Hazardous Outing |url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-2498-a-hazardous-outing.html |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=Willamette Week |date=September 30, 2003}}</ref>

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Rainbow flag displayed in the Burnside Triangle, 2006

LGBT culture in Portland, Oregon is an important part of Pacific Northwest culture.

History

  • Portland vice scandal
  • Burnside Triangle
  • Jeannace June Freeman's murder of lesbian partner at Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint (1961)
  • "Lesbian Roommate" obscenity trial[1][2]
  • Resolution Number 31510
  • WomanShare and other lesbian land movements[3]
  • Ballot Measure 8 (1988), ruled unconstitutional in 1993
  • 1989 Hate Crimes Law
  • Tanner vs OHSU domestic partner lawsuit, 1991
  • 1992 Springfield anti-equal-rights ballot measure passes
  • 1992 statewide anti-gay Measure 9 rejected
  • 1994 statewide anti-gay Measure 13 rejected
  • 2000 statewide anti-gay Measure 9 rejected
  • 2004 gay marriages briefly take place in Multnomah County, ruled illegal 2005
  • 2004 statewide constitutional Measure 36 gay marriage ban
  • 2007 statewide anti-discrimination bill
  • 2018 The City of Portland renames a 13-block stretch of Southwest Stark Street to commemorate Harvey Milk

Events

Portland's annual pride parade is primarily organized by Pride Northwest. Peacock in the Park is another annual event, running from 1987 to 2005, and, again, from 2014 to the present. The La Femme Magnifique International Pageant is an annual drag pageant.

In 2011, Hands Across Hawthorne was organized in response to an attack on two men who were holding hands on the Hawthorne Bridge, with over 4,000 attendees.[4]

Film festivals

Queer Horror is an ongoing bi-monthly film festival that is shown at the Hollywood Theatre.[5] The Portland Queer Film Festival, formerly known as the Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, has been running for more than twenty years and takes place at Cinema 21.[6] The Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival screens LGBTQ documentaries.[7]

LGBT establishments and nightlife

1125 Southwest Stark Street in 2015; formerly occupied by Three Sisters Tavern, the space now houses Scandals, a gay bar.

Currently operating LGBT drinking establishments and nightclubs include: Crush Bar, Eagle Portland, Scandals (1979–present), Silverado, and Stag PDX (2015–present)[8] Silverado and Stag are also strip clubs. Sullivan's Gulch Bar & Grill (formerly known as Joq's Tavern,[9][10] or simply Joq's) has also been described as an LGBT establishment. The drag venue Darcelle XV Showplace was established by Darcelle XV in 1967 and continues to host shows regularly. The Roxy is an LGBT-friendly diner along SW Harvey Milk Street.

Monthly Blow Pony dances were established in Portland by Airick Redwolf in 2007. Inferno monthly dance parties hosted by Hot Flash Productions owner/operators DJ Wildfire (Jenn Davis) and Armida Hanlon that first began in Portland in 2004 and are now held regularly in Portland and Seattle.[11][12]

Defunct establishments include Egyptian Club (1995–2010), Gail's Dirty Duck Tavern,[13] Red Cap Garage (1987–2012), Starky's, and Three Sisters Tavern (1964–2004), which also operated as a strip club. Embers Avenue, established during the 1970s,[14] and Escape Nightclub both closed in 2017.[15] CC Slaughters and Hobo's closed in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gay bathhouses operating in Portland include Hawks PDX (2012–present) and Steam Portland (since 2003). Club Portland closed in 2007.

Organizations

Oregon Bears representation at the Portland pride parade, 2015
Exterior of the Q Center, 2014
Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence outside popular gay bar, Starky's, in 2009.

LGBT rights organization Basic Rights Oregon is based in Portland. Local LGBT-oriented organizations include Cascade AIDS Project, Q Center, and Bradley Angle which offers LGBTQ domestic violence services. Others include:

People

Sam Adams, 2012
Darcelle XV, 2012

Notable LGBT people from Portland include:

Publications

LGBT publications have included Cascade Voice, Just Out, PQ Monthly, and The Eagle.[53]

References

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External links

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