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Puppet Returns! Double Down features special guest DJs this Sat

Double Down Gets Raided!

Welcome back from the bay! (at least temporarily) DJ Puppet, (who founded the original Booty night!!) will be joining local heroes Mr Charming (Gaycation) and Stormy (DeLicious, amongst others) on the wheels of steel at Double Down on Saturday night! Dykes, dudes, queers, fags, drags, pirates, cats?

Shiver me’ timbers, get down and boogie and give up the Booty! Double Down Gets Raided!

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LGBTQ Alliance at U of O vandalized with swastikas

Vandalized LGBTQA offices with the swastika carpet removed by police

Oh man, this is a sad state of affairs. The LGBTQ Alliance space on a liberal campus with a thriving queer community in a hippie town in a liberal state has been vandalized by spraying enormous black swastikas on the floor and on computer gear, the Oregonian reports. No signs of forced entry to the office space have […]


Gay TV Guide

Gay TV Guide

January is a slow month for Portland gay news as you can tell. It’s rainy outside, you stay inside and wait for spring, we try and find alternative news to keep you entertained…

Enter the GLAAD Gay TV Guide.

Enjoy.


Lady Gaga will make record with Boy George

B.A Baracus: "I pity the fool that pokes me in the eye with his gay hair!" Boy George:"Do you really want to hurt me?"

Fabu gay hero Lady Gaga and slightly dusty but still gaytastic crooner Boy George are duetting it up to make the possibly gayest song in history, reports The Sun. Despite the fact that The Sun ranks near the bottom (but above the National Enquirer!) […]


Queers and local organizations respond to catastrophe in Haiti

Please support our brothers and sisters in Haiti!

Please support our brothers and sisters in Haiti!

After Pat Robertson degraded himself even further by referring to Haitians as being “cursed” after entering a “pact with the devil” responses are pouring forth in support of Haiti and in opposition to religious wankers like Pat Robertson.
Also, many websites and organizations are offering opportunities to donate money and support Haitian rescue efforts, some of them local, and some of them LGBTQ specific. Please donate – these people need our help.A massive 7.2 earthquake has virtually destroyed Haiti, leaving thousands dead and missing.

Here are some ways you can donate money to aid organizations operating in Haiti.

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Updated 1/15: David Letterman insults trans people, again…

Breaking news! David Letterman isn't funny.

Breaking news! David Letterman isn't very funny

UPDATED – see bottom
…except this time the person he’s ragging on is Amanda Simpson, who was appointed by President Obama to the U.S. Commerce Department. Queers United, a fellow blog, reports that Letterman shows a picture of Simpson on his show, and then an audience refers to her as someone who used to be “a dude” and infers a sexual relationship with Ms. Simpson before running off in disgust.

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Federal gay marriage trial news resources

Perry v. Schwarzenegger Federal Trial news resources

Perry v. Schwarzenegger Federal Trial news resources

January is a slow month for queer news in PDX, but there is a lot happening on the national level, with the Perry v. Schwarzenegger federal trial going down which may set the stage for queer rights and queer activism for the next, oh, decade at least, if not more, and providing a touchpoint for gay marriage in the US. Kristin Perry (left in photo) and Sandra Steir’s (onthe right) relationship and lack of recognition therof is at the heart of this lawsuit which may become gay America’s Roe v. Wade.

With me hanging out in Germany, my old stomping ground, and Al busy keeping the home fires burning we don’t have the gaymo-power to cover the trial, but we do have a list of news resources for you so you can stay up to date. Enjoy.

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Italy to open a prison dedicated to trans inmates

Italy to open trans only prison

Italy to open trans only prison

The BBC reported today that Italy has made plans to open a prison dedicated solely to housing trans identified inmates. The former medium security women’s prison will house up to 30 people, even though approximately 60 transgendered people are interred in other Italian prisons total, which may mean that more transgendered prisons will be opened across Italy in the future.

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Popular night GLOSS takes a break

Just a quick note to let you know that the popular lounge night “GLOSS”  @ Invasion is sadly taking an indefinite break due to Carlee’s busy schedule. We hope GLOSS will return in the future (those lavender flavoured drinks were fabu) and we’ll be sure to let you know if it does…


Unmerry Xmas: Carful of goodies stolen @ BlowPony/Rotture

Stop stealing our stuff please

We need your help! Over $3000 worth of gear was stolen from our friend’s car in front of Blow Pony /Rotture. Where you there? Did you see ANYTHING?

QPDX.com family member and avid snowboarder Diana Edwards got a nasty shock after leaving BlowPony @ Rotture/Branx last night.

QPDX’er Alley had picked up Diana from the airport after a christmas trip to Utah and […]