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 Last Sunday SMYRC and others kicked off Portland Pride Week with a big gay bicycle ride featuring female bike dancing troupe the Sprockettes. Thanks to qPDX user Rhienna for contributing the photos. [slickr-flickr search=”sets” set=”72157626976583156//” items=”30″ type=”galleria”]   Everyone but me, Mr. Blue, in our 2007 rainbow TeamAwesome parade contingent with teenager girl roller skating banner bearers I was looking for some pictures of Portland Pride of yesteryear and realized that I haven’t been doing this for 4 years but 6! And I’m talking about covering Pride, not just attending it. That’s been an even longer road…shoot…17 years. Sweet Jesus. It must be the nostalgic Cancer in me but in the spirit of more psyching up for this weekend I thought it might be fun to revisit some qPDX recaps while you’re still stuck at your weekday desk. (Or I could just be indulging my own vanity…whatever). So follow me back in time…. 2005 Re-Pride – This was the first year of qPDX as well as my first year at OregonLive. I was fresh-faced and unsullied by cynicism. I’d only started qPDX a month or so before and I was just excited to have a venue. I also remember by boss trying to be fatherly but really just being condescending by making sure I felt safe enough to start a blog about queer topics and use my real name. Weird. Continue reading »   Legendary sissy bouncers Katey Red (L) with Big Freedia Full list of Friday night events: https://archive.qpdx.com/events-this-week/2011-06-17/ Get Primped for Pride – A pre-funk where the goal is to get girly before you go out. Sexy beats by RoyGBiv and manicures from Nailed by Ally at the Eclexion Boutique (825 NW Glisan). T*Party picnic – This family friendly event is actually one of my faves and a perfect mellow beginning to the weekend. Fill your belly with real food before entering the liquid diet phase amongst trans family and allies. There’s nothing cuter than little kiddos in drag, trust me. Poison Waters & friends Happy Hour show – Another earlier in the day events means you can cram even more Pride into your Friday as legendary drag diva Poison Waters presents sequins, rhinestone’s, feathers and heels and laughs. Q Center Concert series Pride edition “Hip to be Q” – Forget square, in this town it’s hip to be queer and this all ages event has an incredible lineup that will surely last hours upon hours. So here’s to hoping the kids these days have attention spans long enough to catch performances by singer/songwriter and rock icon Kaia Wilson, stoner drag twinsies ChiChi and Chonga, sexy Rose City Sirens, and flamboyantly dirty Fannie Mae Darling among others. Continue reading »   Dykes on Bikes are the traditional start to every Pride parade... I’m not sure if you really need to know this as you won’t want to miss a thing, but hey, information is power. But I reiterate, don’t come late or leave early because the parade begins with the Dykes on Bikes, hot, loud and sexy, and the end features bears and their opposite, cleanly shaven white party boys (and Cosmetology Careers Unlimited woohoo!) You’ll most def want to stay until at least #82 of the 112 group lineup, cuz, you know, that’s us. And we’re fabulous. And we have a superhero marching with us… And don’t ask me why the first 8 entries are letters and the rest numbers. I really have no idea. It’s some Pride NW mystery code, and if you crack it the gay-lluminati will give you a prize or something… Continue reading »  Whether your marching with your favorite org or just want to be sure to get a good seat on the route it’s important to have the Pride Parade route details. The map is below for easy reference or you can download a PDF version for printing. Some may be disappointed that the route no longer goes by either the tradition gayborhood on Stark Street nor the high traffic section of SW Broadway along Pioneer Courthouse Square but it’s mercifully short for us workin’ bitches and drag queens in heels. So it’s a blessing and a curse.
Continue reading »   BabyPuppySailorSuit showing off his 4Loko bling. For a full list of Thursday events: https://archive.qpdx.com/events-this-week/2011-06-16/ Preludes to Pride at the Record Room – Wanna start off slow for a big climax? Lounge it out at the Record Room (8 NE Killingsworth) with DJ Shoshana spinning Charo to Chicks on Speed, T-Rex to XX, Little Milton to Biggie Smalls amongst real, actual records that you can peruse, and a beer and wine bar. Queerlandia! – Remember, we’re not just gay, we’re Portlanders too, which means we’re a little offbeat and super awesome. It also means we like to combine our FREE club nights and killer DJs with performances (in this case ChiChi and Chonga, Devan McGrath, electro hip hopper Baby Puppy Sailor Suit and more) and arts and crafts from the likes of Field Work Objects and Jewelry, Becca (underwear), Greg LeMieux (DIY bliss objects). And, of course, gay Feng Shui with Rob Loucks. Continue reading »   Drag nurses at LA Pride Images, video and stories from Pride celebrations already happening worldwide just to get you psyched! (And one unfortunate story about riots and anti-gay protestors to remind us the fight isn’t over). The West
Continue reading »   Best Pride 2010 backup crew! Photo by Diana Edwards So many (tiny) dogs. FryBrickLineFight v.s So-So-Burger line. What will you wear? Why do dykes on bikes always wear black? When is the Dyke March (Hint: either at 5pm or 6pm, depending on who you ask.) Official Weather. UnderU for Men sale. Why it’s not OK to be sexist, racist, or aggressive during Pride. Lovetribe snuggle tent skepticism. Splendora Gabor’s candyfloss hair. It’s not over until the drag queen sings. And: If you find a bar that does dollar mimosas (like the fabulous Invasion did a few years ago!) you tell us by tweeting something @qpdx. Some random musings on the nature of Portland Pride. All you need to know will be revealed, but don’t quote me. I said don’t. Continue reading » We may be waiting on the complete list of Waterfront entertainment (Cafe Stage) but we can gear up for the official Pride NW celebration with this list of headliners:
(The lineup is subject to changes/additions)
  The 2008 qPDX Pride Guide ad This Wednesday the Willamette Week, the alternative newsweekly that was given the rights to publish the Pride Guide this year, released the 2011 official Portland Pride Guide. Unfortunately, you won’t see us in it. qPDX has had an ad in the Pride Guide for the last 4 years so it feels a little sad to be left out this year, but it just had to be. Ultimately, it was about cost, but there are a few things that gave us pause, including the implication that Willamette Week wouldn’t necessarily run articles concerning the LGBT community without striking a business deal. Continue reading » |
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