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Tonight: Lube Job at Red Cap with great wrestling guests!

Check out LubeJob @ The Red Cap Garage tonight for an extra special little preview before Pride mayhem begins. Killer DJ lineup, and special wrestling guests!

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Breaking News: Racist, Biphobic, inflammatory stickers found on TriMet

Racist, biphobic, inflammatory sticker found on TriMet

Racist, biphobic, inflammatory stickers found on TriMet. Thank you to Keller Henry for this photo.

Just in: Keller Henry, a Portland resident and TriMet user, took a quick snapshot of a sticker found on TriMet.

My thoughts are all in a jumble about this, but I will try and make sense of it the best I can. I am a white, queer European who has been an anti-facist and anti-racist activist since I was a teen. And I love Portland. I love this city. I care about this city, and I care about the things I see on bus stops.

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Pride 2009: Show us what you got!

Pride season is definitely starting, and we want your input! Send us your opinions, news, reviews, photos and we’ll publish them on the site.

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Lesbian Art Show

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Lesbian Art Show

No, that’s actually what it’s called…And these dykey works premiere not at the lesbian haven of Last Thursday, but the rather posher, older, art sibling First Thursday when the “Lesbian Art Show” opens at Fontanelle Gallery (205 SW Pine Street) at 6pm.

Local lezzie artists Mary McAllister and Azsa West, better known for their dyke party DJing, present mixed media collage, drawings, sculpture, and installation inspired by the Dada movement of the 1920s.

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Just in: Help Dirty Queer Win a grant! Action needed today!

Help the country’s only Queer X-Rated Open Mic win a grant to fund chairs and ASL interpretation!

The crowds at the Dirty Queer two year anniversary

From Sossity:

we’re in the final running for a grant – we need one-sentence to three-sentence stories of how dirty queer has positively impacted you. please post them on the dirty queer fan page before 10:00am tomorrow June 3rd. the grant […]


President Obama declares June LGBT Pride Month

gayprideobamaToday our newly elected President made an overt statement in support of queer Americans by declaring June Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month. And actually he is not the first. President Clinton made a similar declaration in June of 2000 (conveniently positioned towards the end of his second term, well after enacting “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”)

I have included the text of the full press release. I leave it to you good people to discuss its merits, sincerity and effectiveness below.

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Peaches (and ‘Cream’) brings her bawdy electrosexual energy to Portland

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Dirty, fuzzy Peaches

Best known for her larger than life sexual personae Peaches‘ new album, I Feel Cream, is a surprisingly nuanced piece of work. Her singing and songwriting will be a welcome addition to tomorrow’s show at the Wonder Ballroom (128 NE Russell), but have no doubts that Peaches’ in-your-face sexuality will still be in full effect.

From the current Just Out issue, my full preview:

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