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  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…
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 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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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Hot damn, Pride Season always comes up so damn fast, even before the sunshine in this town. Here at qPDX we’re seldom “prepared” but we were born “ready” and we’ve got a whole lot of good stuff to keep you on your toes all weekend long.
Firstly, everything Pride related can be found at Pride Central 2011, from schedules to photos to reviews. And if you think we’re […]
  Self Portrait by Brian Patrick from the 2010 contest Every year Just Out has an amateur photo contest; I was even a judge last year. Now it’s time to gear up for 2011. Here are the deets below:
Entries are limited to 10 per person. Any means of snapping that award-worthy original shot is fine: iPhone, digital camera or that old fashioned standard picture-taker, but we must receive a printed/hard copy — no digital submissions accepted. (We’d prefer you didn’t mat the image.)
On that note, no print size is too small or large — however, as we caution every year, your masterpieces will not be returned. To repeat, you won’t get ‘em back.
What you will get is recognition, one way or another. A winner will be selected for each of the six categories listed below, and all submissions will be displayed throughout the month of July at Q Center. Details on a forthcoming artists’ reception to come.
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  Perry Winkle is not just a qPDX poster child anymore but a Pride NW poster child too! March 11, 2011, Portland OR – The Board of Pride Northwest is pleased to announce its theme for the 2011 Portland Pride Parade and Festival: “Make It Happen!” As we have seen across our country and around the world in recent months, when ordinary people come forward together and speak their truths, powerful forces can be unleashed that change the shape of things to come.
“We know that real lasting change comes from the bottom up. With our 2011 theme, ‘Make It Happen,’ we honor the work of activists everywhere, from the young person taking that brave first step in coming out to those who exercise their right to peacefully resist injustice,” stated Pride Executive Board member Mark Santillo.
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