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LIPDX, the New Blog That Will Showcase Portland’s Queer Female Community

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LIPDX Team

A new soon-to-be-addictive tumblr blog, Lesbians in PDX, is launching this Wednesday, January 18. LIPDX, as it’s called, is run by Portlanders Alex, Rachael, and Ashley, who have brought the fun of the already popular Lesbians in San Francisco up north to our lovely queer city. To get a glimpse at what’s to come, check out lesbiansinsf.tumblr.com, and just imagine how great it will be when it’s our own community showcased.

I had a chance to speak with Alex from the LIPDX Team about the blog and its upcoming launch.

qPDX: What is lesbiansinPDX all about? 

Alex: LesbiansinPDX will be a tumblr blog that showcases the real and diverse queer women of Portland.  It works through community participation. Those who want to be on the blog contact us and we set up a photo shoot. All we ask is for 3 fun facts.  It is a great way for the community to get to know one another.  It’s a fun way to show the world what lovely queer ladies there are in the beautiful city of Portland.

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Written by || Tue, Jan 17th 2012 at 08:33 AM || Tags: , , , , , , , , , , || Category: Community, Style || 5 comments - (Comments are closed)

Portland Dyke March/Trans March..confusion vs. clarity

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Last year's Dyke March

Confused by the various information circulating about the Portland Dyke March. Did you hit up their official Dyke March site only to notice that the information is from 2008?

So here’s the deal, yo.The Portland Dyke March will be happening again this year, after a change and leadership and the sort-of split from the Trans March that (mostly) became the Gender (Free) For All March last year. Last year, many of the organizers of the Trans March decided that a march was needed that celebrated gender freedom as opposed to strictly trans rights, and even though there are many trans dykes, the march felt “tacked on” to the Dyke March.

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Written by || Mon, Jun 14th 2010 at 03:32 PM || Tags: , , , , || Category: Community, Local News, Pride || One comment - (Comments are closed)