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2 Girls, 1 Podcast

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Lyska Mondor (L) and Alley Hector love each other, and you, enough to do a podcast together. Photo by Ally Picard.

I’ve had it in my head for awhile now that I want to start a podcast. I want you to take qPDX with you wherever you go, on your iPod on the bus, whatever.

Maybe I just like the sound of my own voice (metaphorically) but […]

Written by || Tue, Oct 4th 2011 at 10:08 AM || Tags: , , , , , , || Category: Community, Film, Gossip & Celebs, Nat'l / Int'l News, Politics & Activism || One comment - (Comments are closed)

Leisha Hailey and girlfriend kicked off Southwest airlines for kissing

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Don't mess with journalist Alice Pieszecki...I mean actress and musician Leisha Hailey

I may get disappointed, but I’m never terribly shocked, when discrimination happens. What is a little more surprising is when it happens, very publicly, to the famous, influential, beautiful. But it did happen when actress and musician Leisha Hailey was kicked off a Southwest airlines flight for kissing her girlfriend then raising a fuss when asked to stop. Hailey took to Twitter to voice her outrage:

I have been discriminated against by Southwest Air. Flt. attendant said that it was a ‘family’ airline and kissing was not ok…This is an outrage. I demand a public apology by @SouthwestAir and a refund. Hate is not a family value. I will never fly this airline….We were escorted off the plane for getting upset about the issue. @SouthwestAir endorses homophobic employees. No one made her accountable. Since when is showing affection towards someone you love illegal? I want to know what Southwest Airlines considers as ‘family’.

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Written by || Tue, Sep 27th 2011 at 10:58 AM || Tags: , , , , || Category: Business, Nat'l / Int'l News || 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

The ghost of Portland Pride’s past

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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.

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Written by || Thu, Jun 16th 2011 at 09:18 AM || Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , || Category: Pride, Video || 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

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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Written by || Tue, Jun 16th 2009 at 02:09 PM || Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , || Category: Community, Gossip & Celebs, Imbibe, Jock, Local News, Music, Night Out!, Pride, Shopping, Stage, Style || 2 comments - (Comments are closed)