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  Contgressman Early Blumenauer, who represents a large swath of Portland, poses for the No H8 campaign We love our bowtie wearing Congressman Earl Blumenauer for many reasons including his bikey liberal ways and staunch support of LGBT rights. Now we have even more photographic evidence that he’s super awesome and has great, if eclectic fashion sense that a Portland queer can get behind.
He, along with 9 other members of Congress, have posed for those iconic No H8 pictures in support of gay and lesbian equality. (And his yellow and pink bowtie goes great with the silver of the duct tape over his mouth). These 10 members of Congress may come from mostly blue states (and they were all Democrats) but there’s a Mountain and Midwest state in the mix of reps from California, Oregon, Colorado, Ohio, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. Four are men, six are women, and only one identifies as LGBT.
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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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