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Some quick shots from the lofted DJ booth at The Basic Rights Oregon Benefit last Saturday.

 


Homomentum kicks off Saturday with Freakeasy Speakeasy

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October's Homomentum: Freakasy Speakeasy. Photo by Kina Williams

The Halloween season is upon us, and what better way to to kick off your ghoulish gayness than with a themed cabaret. This Saturday sees the first installment of Pants Off Production’s Homomentum talent shows at the E Room (3701 SE Division) at 8pm.

Crowd favorites Cattitude, Beefcake Burlesque, Untrained, I, and Pidgeon Von Tramp of the Von Foxies will all be a part of the debut performance. Seeing what they do with a sexy/gross 1920s Halloween theme will be creepily mesmerizing.

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October is National GLBT History Month

Local filmmaker Gus Van Sant will be feaured Oct. 30th

Local filmmaker Gus Van Sant will be feaured Oct. 30th

I may be a few days late announcing October’s GLBT History Month, but a new website dedicated to showcasing our past features one of my absolute favorite historical figures today, Ruth Ellis, so I’m happy to highlight your gay Monday.

Modeled after Black and Women’s History Months, GLBT History Month highlights annually the achievements of 31 gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender Icons—one each day—with a free video, bio, bibliography, downloadable images and other resources.

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Lady Gaga’s MTV VMA performance

Lady Gaga accept the award for Best New Artist from a befuddled looking Eminem

In case any of you missed last weekend’s Lady Gaga performance on MTV’s Video Music Awards, here’s a clip courtesy the music monolith. Gaga is bringing the world of weird, queer performance art to mainstream culture. And it is amazing my friends.

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Call out to performers for new queer talent show ‘Homomentum’

homomentumPants-Off Productions is launching our next project: Homomentum: a monthly queer cabaret. The show is a bastard offspring of Kick/Ball/Change and Homos Got Talent, and we would love to encourage a diversity of performers, with a focus in dance, burlesque & performance art, to be a part of this gay new venture! Homomentum will take over the E-room (3701 SE Division) every 2nd Saturday of the month starting Oct. 10th. Each month will have a different theme, which we hope will inspire creativity! Below are the themes and a little explanation of what we have in mind (but we want to empower performers to put their own spin on it.)

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Lynnee Breedlove’s tough crowd review

Last night’s show featuring ex-Tribe 8 member Lynnee Breedlove was a welcome interim into a night of rockin’ bands. The kind of show I have not had the pleasure of attending in awhile. And while the appearance of Mighty Real tour partner Silas Howard was missed Breedlove’s opposite of stripping one-(wo)man-show was an enjoyable tribute to gender non-conformity, personal anecdote and two recently passed leaders of the gay and lesbian movement, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon.

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Kings For a Cause

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Kings For a Cause PDX ediion features the River City Riders and more!

Kings For a Cause, is an National Drag Event created by the Emeritus Mister King of the Desert USofA MI, Anson Reign, of Phoenix, Arizona that brings together Drag King troupes all over the country in a one of a kind fundraising event August 28th, 29th, and 30th. Now Portland is finally in on the action this Friday the 28th at the Hawthorne Theater (3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd).

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Gender Outlaws the Next Generation call for submissions

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The original 'Gender Outlaw'

Kate Bornstein & S Bear Bergman, eds

Deadline: 1 September 2009

Project Overview:

In the fifteen years since the release of Gender Outlaw, transgender narratives have made their way into cultural locations from the margins to the mainstream and back again. Today’s trannies and other sex/gender radicals are writing a radically new world into being. GENDER OUTLAWS : THE NEXT GENERATION (Seal Press) will collect and contextualize the work of this generation’s most forward-thinking trans/genderqueer voices—new voices from the stage, on the streets, in the workplace, in the bedroom, and on the pages and websites of the world’s most respected mainstream news sources. Edited by that ol’ original Gender Outlaw herself, Kate Bornstein and writer, raconteur, and theater artist S. Bear Bergman, GENDER OUTLAWS : THE NEXT GENERATION will include essays, commentary, comic art and conversation from a diverse a group of trans-spectrum people who live and believe in barrierbreaking lives.

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Popular night Blow Pony moves, Eagle closes doors

Blow Pony Moves, Portland Gay bar Closes

Blow Pony Moves, Portland Gay bar Closes

After the events of Pride this year and the resulting events and conversations that happened here on QPDX.com and otherwheres, we were all interested in hearing what would happen next.

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Photos from the Gender(Free) For All

Mayor Adams marches at the Gender(Free) For All August 1st

By all accounts I’ve heard so far, Portland’s first independent trans march was a wild success. Though qPDX was not able to make it a Q supporter and friend, Heat Smith, was able to snap a couple good shots (too little too late? Send us more!).

Smith was excited to be next to our intrepid mayor, Sam […]