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Today Basic Rights Oregon issued a press release on the updates made to our domestic partnership law passed in the Oregon House. It creates a streamlined process for name changes, clears up confusion between the languages of domestic partnerships in Oregon and civil unions or marriages elsewhere and preserves a long-standing state practice related to taxation on employer-provided partner health care. You can read BRO’s entire statement below: Continue reading »  A daytime view of Rumpspankers Last Friday our Nopo prayers were answered when Fruitcake, a new queer dance night, took over Rumpspankers on Northeast Dekum. And if the packed house and slew of bicycles parked at the door is any indication, a repeat performance is most surely in order. Continue reading » Angela Zapata’s brother makes a tearful and emotionally moving statement to the press after the sentencing of Allen Andrade, who was convicted yesterday of first-gree murder and a hate crime.  With public defender Brad Martin, left, at his side, Allen Andrade waits for the jury to enter the courtroom in the Angie Zapata murder trial on Tuesday April 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Eric Bellamy) Of course nothing will make up for or bring back the incredibly young transwoman brutally murdered last year in Colorado. But today the AP reports that jurors have reached a verdict, and that verdict is first-degree murder according to a live blog from Denver Westword Blogs.
Continue reading »  Beau Breedlove Easter weekend saw plenty of partying, and PDX’s current poster boy was in attendance for the first time at the Palm Springs White Party. Here’s his report courtesy Queerty: Continue reading »  Angie Zapata The striking transwoman, Angela Zapata, was only 18 years old when Allen Andrade bludgeoned her to death with a fire extinguisher. The bias-motivated nature of this horrific crime could add 3 years to Andrade’s sentance when his trial begins this coming Tuesday. From the Associated Press:
In honor of recent gay marriage happenings in Iowa and New York the indomitable satire man Stephen Colbert has created a pretty fantastic anti-gay marriage commercial that aired last night on his show. I even learned 2 new amazing words: arma-gay-don and Gays-real. (Is Massachusetts P-town really our Mecca?) Believe me this is 6 minutes of internet procrastination you won’t regret. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / […] Thursday nights are generally continual favorites in Portland. Few not exclusively gay clubs choose to regularly give up their weekend slots for queer events but Thursday is up for grabs and, really, you can make it through one more day… This Thursday’s Booty: Portland’s queer party for the piratecore at Porky’s pub on North Lombard is a singles night. (The website hasn’t been updated for this event but trust me, it’s happening) And while I might generally be wary of such an themed evening Booty is probably the best up-and-coming queer weekly in town, so it’s definitely worth the trip up there on the Max. Be wary though, Booty is not so new that it hasn’t been discovered, so Porky’s tiny walls fill in fast after 10 o’clock hour. The second event are local self-proclaimed “gayest band in the universe” T-ReXXXa with Cat Hole, at the E-Room (Egyptian Club), Portland’s only ladies dive. Apparently the first 25 folks to ask for it get a free Cat Hole CD. I cannot substantiate this rumor. Show is from 8-10, with dancing (surely?) afterword. But you can probably still scoot up to Booty at the show’s end if you’re intent on catching both nights. Because the E-room hasn’t updated their calendar either, you may begin to doubt the validity of my claims that these events are actually happening. Well, here’s the Craiglist post to prove it is. Beware as it contains a swear word. Just fyi… Craiglist is another great resource for finding out what’s going on. |
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TV commercials and your ladyparts
When I first saw this bush sculpting lady-Schick commercial the other day I found it amusing, but Sarah Haskins takes the social commentary surrounding female genetalia to a much more thought-out and thorough level…