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Tomorrow Night: Get Your Gaytriotic On @ Gaycation

BOYJOY and DJ GIRLFRIENDS are special guests!

It’s time to get out your best, most gaytriotic partywear and saunter down to Holocene for some of that yum, yum Gaycation Fruit Flavour!

This is truly a special GayCay, featuring DJ’s Snowtiger and Mr. Charming, along with up-and-coming pop hunks BOYJOY. We love BOYJOY since we first saw them at the Athens Boys Choir gig @ Dunes! One third […]


Play/Start and the Gay Deceivers tonight

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Sarah Gottesdiener of the Gay Deceivers

As if your Thursday not-quite-weekend night wasn’t full enough with special guests at Delicious and free HIV testing with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence there’s some kickin’ live music as well. Play/Start, the Gay Deceivers, and The I’s take the stage at the E Room tonight (3701 SE Division) at 8pm. (you probably have time to make it downtown to dance afterwards…)

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This week tastes Delicious…

I have only been in attendance once or twice but I’ve been excited about new queer upstart Delicious for some time now. Not quite a brand newbie but still so fresh and so clean resident DJs Jimme Jamma and Stormy have been tearing up a nicely mixed, but refreshingly male energized, Crown Room (205 NW 4th) for a couple months now.

And that would be enough for a good […]


Breaking news: Michael Jackson dead

UPDATE: It seems like it really is true. The LA times now reports that Jackson was pronounced dead by doctors. BBC News is also reporting his death, along with MSNBC, and the Associated Press. CNN has so far not confirmed his death.

Previously:

It’s a rough day for 80’sd idols. We’ve just heard that after Farrah Fawcett died of a long standing battle with cancer, Michael Jackson has died of cardiac arrest, says TMZ.com. CNN, however, reports he was taken to the hospital following cardiac arrest but will not confirm his death.

More details to follow in a few  minutes.

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Rock girls or club boys, the choice is yours

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QBoy will be at Crown Room Thursday June 18th

I know we’re all barely recovered from Pride, but tomorrow already sees two great competing nights out.

The queer party at the Crown Room (205 NW 4th), Delicious, has been a laid back dance party sensation for a few months now, but this Thursday the party steps it up with rhymes coming all the way from the UK with a live performance by queer rapper QBoy.

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Pride 2009 in review

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Sam Adams' bike contingent at Pride 2009

Now that we are all finally recovered from our hangovers it’s time to reflect on the weekend. It was a wild success that saw the gorgeous Miss Sabel Scities win Portland’s Drag Race, 115 floats, thousands of attendees, very few protesters and about a million parties.

Below are my weekend highlights but we really want to hear yours, so comment below!

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Gender-bender recap and photos

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The River City Riders

A great way to kick off Pride, last night’s Gender Bender at the E Room had all the right trappings. There were various forms of drag and performance, fund-raising and drama. Oh, and some really amazing outfits that you can check out in our extensive Gender Bender photo gallery.

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14th Annual Gender Bender Variety Show Photos are up!

A review will follow as soon as we get our of the vise-tight grip Pride has on us this weekend, but here for your viewing pleasure is our Photo Gallery!

It was an eclectic mix, and much fun was had! Thank you to all the performers and organizers of this event! Make sure you attend next year!

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Pride celebration Main and Cafe Stage schedules

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Uh Huh Her

There’s a million and 1 Pride related parties and events but the Waterfront Village celebration itself sports some talented performers, and all at donation prices. And now that you can carry your beer throughout the booths in the lovely lighthearted PDX sunshine, it might be hard to pull yourself away.

Here are a few acts that make our hit list followed by a complete lineup:

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Pride Weekend…Friday’s Pride happenings

Portland is Burning for BOYJOY at the Someday Lounge

Portland is Burning for BOYJOY at the Someday Lounge

Thank gawd it’s Friday! Day 2 of Pride weekend. Are you ready? Because, girl, you’ve got a long way to go…

Dirty Queer

Pride edition of this naughty poetry reading at In Other Words bookstore should be extra spicy.

Trans Family Picnic
6-dusk, Peninsula Park, bring food and games to share. BBQs provided. Anyone Genderqueer/trans identified, drag afficionado, and/or allies are welcome.

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