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It’s a boy! Pregnant man Thomas Beatie gives birth again

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Barbara Walters pictured with Thomas Beatie and his baby daughter Susan Juliette, in November 2008.

Once a headline sensation, Thomas Beatie, the “pregnant man” just had his second child yesterday, and the headlines are nearly buried amidst Pride fervor.

From ABC news:

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Pride weekend begins…Thursday parties

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RuPaul Drag Race winner Bebe, will make a special guest appearance at the Portland Edition finale

Take a deep breath my friends, because Pride weekend is here…You might want to take this evening to relax and prepare. I’m sure I’m gonna wreck the closet tonight. Because the fun starts tomorrow and it just ain’t gonna stop for days. And each day qPDX will preview the night’s happenings, making sure to highlight our picks. So get your Red Bull and vodka together and try not to spill on that party dress, because it’s gonna be a doozy.

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Adam Lambert on the cover of Rolling Stone

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Adam Lambert on the cover of Rolling Stone. Photo by Matthew Rolston

And yes, he answers that question that everybody already knew the answer to. He’s gay! Gay just like Clay, other other runner up that’s more famous than the winner. But Adam is much bolder, hotter, and glamtastic. And Rolling Stone knows it.

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Pictures from BearTown and Latino Gay Pride

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Wrestlers duke it out at La Lucha: Latino Gay Pride

Firstly, just in time for Pride, qPDX would like to welcome a new team member, the illustrious Stephen Cassell, who jumped right into the fray this weekend. The busy man about town managed to get to both Latino Gay Pride and BearTown 14. And to share with you his whirlwind of a weekend are 3 very special photo galleries.

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Thursday: Gender Bender Variety Show @ The E Room

Gender Bender @ The E-Room, Portland, Oregon

Check out the amazing stack of queer performers lined up for Gender Bender @ The E-Room!

This Thursday the yearly spectacle of the Gender Bender Variety Show will be coming to the E-Room! It looks like a spectacle not to be missed. The E Room is usually pretty insular, by this time they have cast a wide net to get  some of the best most innovative queer performers that run the gamut from traditional drag to post-queer performance art to the E Room! It’s going to be hot, queer, and amazing, and for a good cause!

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Open Thread: Pride Week/End

It's Pride Time, thanks Colin for being my sideburn ambition

I’m starting off Queer Pride Week (I’m no longer saying Gay Pride…reclaim it queerbos) with a lot of coffee, leftover homemade Pizza for breakfast and kisses from a beautiful woman. And a bunch of mundane work. And trying to keep my shit together because there is so.much.to.fucking.do for QPDX.com this week. You?

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Unity Project’s Portland Black Pride 2009

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Black OUT marches in Portland Pride 2006

Though the wrestlers, dancers and Latin hunks were out in full force this weekend, making for an incredibly successful Latino Gay Pride in Portland, our Black Pride, put on by the Unity Project (formerly Brother to Brother) seems to be having more of a struggle.

Amid the scandal of Executive Director Alisa Simmons’ abrupt resignation, and questions about the need for Unity Project to exist, the events scheduled for this year seem a bit pale in comparison to the popular block party of last year.

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Family Pride

familyprideWhy should only grownups get to wear rainbows? Yes, some aspects of Pride are about celebrating our sexuality, but mahy are also about celebrating our identities and communities. Children are a big part of those! So whether Heather has two mommies, two daddies, or thinks she might be a boy, it’s time to get together at the Q Center (4115 N Mississippi) this Sunday afternoon for crafting, music, food and fun at Family Pride!

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Just In: Portland’s Trans March changes name, launches website

The Portland Trans March, which previously marched alongside the DykeMarch as part of Pride is moving in a different direction and emphasizes this with a name change: The Trans March is now “Gender (Free) For All”, and the march will be taking place on August 1st, outside of Pride.

PDX Trans March changes name, concept to "Gender (Free) For All"

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BearTown 14: Carnival of Bears

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BearTown 2007. Photo by Steve L.

Your Pride schedule is already filling up, I know. But for the furries and and belly-lovers among us you really don’t want to miss this weekend’s BearTown 14: Carnival of Bears put on by the Oregon Bears.

Indeed this celebration, amazingly in its 14th year, has much to much to completely profile but luckily the bears have cooked up some great highlights. (Oh yeah, and to hint yet again at the new qPDXer, and man about town, who will be covering several of these events as well…Is anticipation building yet?)

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