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Continue reading »  Learn basic principles of self defence with your queer and trans peers. In the wake of the incidents of violence that happened over Pride weekend that we’ve referred to a couple of times, one of the victims, Audrey, decided to take steps towards organizing a series of self defence workshops geared towards queer and trans people. The classes are taught partly by Jaddua Ross, who has been studying martial arts for a long time and are geared towards any experience level. Continue reading »  BOYJOY and DJ GIRLFRIENDS are special guests! It’s time to get out your best, most gaytriotic partywear and saunter down to Holocene for some of that yum, yum Gaycation Fruit Flavour! This is truly a special GayCay, featuring DJ’s Snowtiger and Mr. Charming, along with up-and-coming pop hunks BOYJOY. We love BOYJOY since we first saw them at the Athens Boys Choir gig @ Dunes! One third of BOYJOY, DJ Girlfriends (Portland Is Burning, Fruitcake, Rotture, Lubejob, Ascension…this whole fucking town, basically) will also be rocking the decks with his trademark mix of oldskool dance and fresh ‘tude. He’s getting hotter every week and I love he played Adonis’ “No way Back” at Rumpspankers, as well as Pump up the Jam. Just sayin’ BE THERE! 21+, $3, 9pm-late, at Holocene, 1oth and Morrison.  Get Jocky!
Its july 4th weekend dammit. Put your cold, alcoholic beverage down for a moment, bust out those cleats and fly old jerseys and get your jock on. Rose City Softball, the area’s premiere GLTB Softball league is hosting Cascade Cup on Satuday at Buckman Field (NE 12th and Everett Ave). If you’re into sweaty balls, you will have plenty of opportunities to indulge. The weekend starts with a Friday trip to the nude gay beach at Sauvie’s. There will also be a twister board on the beach (porno, anyone?). The events also include male strippers at Boxxes on Friday night, a block party Saturday night at CC Slaughters and an after party at Scandals. Continue reading »  Sam Adams with Beau Breedlove. Photo by Byron Beck Every time we think this horrific saga might just end, there’s another wonderful wrinkle. Local station KGW aired an interview with Breedlove wherein the young man expresses anger over more of Sam Adams lying and evasion. Continue reading »  Sarah Gottesdiener of the Gay Deceivers As if your Thursday not-quite-weekend night wasn’t full enough with special guests at Delicious and free HIV testing with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence there’s some kickin’ live music as well. Play/Start, the Gay Deceivers, and The I’s take the stage at the E Room tonight (3701 SE Division) at 8pm. (you probably have time to make it downtown to dance afterwards…) Continue reading »  A queer guide to Sauvie's Island! Sun, sand, swimming, summer….Sauvies! You’ve heard about it, but you’ve never been? Well here’s your ultimate Summer Guide To Sauvie’s Island! In fact, 2/3rds of QPDX.com will be at the naked gay beach on Sauvies just today, so i’ll take some pictures of the signs so you can find it easier. If the “Naked” aspect makes you hesitant, not to worry. Lots of dykes wear shorts and go topless, lots of dudes wear shorts, and yes, some go naked. The area we are describing is queer/trans friendly so chest surgery scars etc are a relatively common sight. Continue reading »  PNCA Queer Art Show I often lament Portland’s lack of a dedicated contemporary art museum, but like most projects, PDX espouses a more DIY attitude. We may not have an institution but we have plenty of local contemporary art, much of which is helmed by queers. Three upcoming shows around town have have queer themes, though all are very different. Continue reading »  Stop violence in and against our community! For all of you who were waiting to find out the news about the Queer Town Hall that is being organized to discuss the recent acts in/against our community and the police response to said events, there is now a date, time and location set. Here the deets: Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 Here a google maps link. We hope to see as many of there as possible - of course we will be covering the meeting the best we can and reposting the news here, but the more the merrier. Lets hope this is a strong beginning to addressing these sensitive issues… I have only been in attendance once or twice but I’ve been excited about new queer upstart Delicious for some time now. Not quite a brand newbie but still so fresh and so clean resident DJs Jimme Jamma and Stormy have been tearing up a nicely mixed, but refreshingly male energized, Crown Room (205 NW 4th) for a couple months now. And that would be enough for a good party. But the boys always have special guests as well. This Thursday features a favorite former PDX DJ Puppet from the infamous Booty that really paved the way for Portland’s queer dance scene along with live laptop performer Gejius. Check out his video for Slip’n'Slide below:  Double Down makes for a nice pillow too, ha! Another opportunity to have a ruckus good time this weekend is to head to Holocene on Saturday night for Double Down, which will no doubt be the gathering place for everyone who didn’t head out to Seattle or San Francisco! $5, DJ’s and dancing, drinks and debauchery.
Here are some of the celebrations happening all across Oregon. If I have missed any let me know! Continue reading »  Fruitcake, or Michael Jackson? Same diff The times are a little quieter right now, it’s true, what with Seattle pride and San Francisco Pride dueling for our attentions this weekend. QPDX.com will mostly be staying in town, due to overworked livers and overworked bank accounts, but nevertheless there are a few opportunities to party this weekend. We already wrote a little preview for the GFFA benefit happening at In Other Words tonight, which should be lots of fun…after the benefit, come rock with us and maybe do the moonwalk at Fruitcake, which is happening tonight at Rumpspankers. If you’re in town, this is where you should be! UPDATE: It seems like it really is true. The LA times now reports that Jackson was pronounced dead by doctors. BBC News is also reporting his death, along with MSNBC, and the Associated Press. CNN has so far not confirmed his death. Previously: It’s a rough day for 80’sd idols. We’ve just heard that after Farrah Fawcett died of a long standing battle with cancer, Michael Jackson has died of cardiac arrest, says TMZ.com. CNN, however, reports he was taken to the hospital following cardiac arrest but will not confirm his death. More details to follow in a few minutes. Continue reading »
The opening night party was last night, but there’s still plenty of time to catch the show. Check out my write-up from Just Out: Continue reading »
Continue reading »  Gender (Free) For All will be more colourful than this logo suggests, promise The *new* TransMarch, our friends at Gender (Free) For All, are holding a fundraiser to help offset the cost of the march/concert/awesomeness/fuck yeah this Friday at In Other Words Bookstore, 8 NE Killingsworth St. Come on drag (your interpretation!), Have fun, mingle, snack, win prizes such as sex toy stuff, tattoo stuff from adorn, massage, pet stuff, and and and. It will be fun! Srsly. Come support this fantastic, liberating cause. Put down that star wars LP you were nerdily eyeing and bring your dollars here instead. It’s way sexier. Continue reading »
We rarely do fluff here at QPDX.com, although I won’t claim that we always do *serious* reporting either. We sometimes post things just for the eye candy factor of them - but oh so rarely for the girlqueers. We know that’s a complex issue - what’s considered “hot” in dyke circles isn’t always what the mainstream intarweb can provide. So enjoy this sizzling list! And the term “butch” is used to encompass a spectrum of masculinities-there are GQ, old-skool butches and Trans identified people there too. Some of my faves are posted underneath the cut…!
Continue reading »  Heather after the attack It’s been pretty quiet around this issue in the last few days until we know what exactly will happen next and who is doing what. As far as I know, some people very involved in the community are considering a town hall style meeting, and BlowPony folks such as Airick, Jose and Heather (who got her nose broken after Blow Po) are going to the Portland Police SMRT (sexual minorities round table) with the police next month. I will most more info on the time, date etc as it becomes available. Audrey, who was the victim of transphobic and sexist harassment and told by the police that she didn’t need to file a report, has successfully filed a report against her attacker and the issue is being dealt with (we hope) by the police/courts/authorities. Continue reading » |
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