Elanor Broker, Author at Portland Mercury

Theater Review: Nikki Kuhnhausen Was an American Girl

Mikki Gillette’s new play draws from deep conversations with Kuhnhausen’s mother to show her daughter’s real life.

Elanor BrokerApril 18, 2023 12:30 pmApril 18, 2023 8:54 pm

The 2019 murder of Nikki Kuhnhausen rocked our region’s queer community, cutting through the myth of our progressive blue bubble and laying bare the violence of transphobia. A new play from Mikki Gillette, “American Girl” draws from deep conversations with Kuhnhausen’s mother to show her teenager daughter’s real life.

Books

In A Dream of a Woman, Casey Plett Crafts Trans Stories Rooted in Portland

Elanor BrokerNovember 15, 2021 9:54 amJuly 12, 2022 9:51 pm

arsenal pulp press/photo by Joanna Eldredge Morrissey Casey Plett is often overlooked as an Oregon writer. With her recent collection A Dream of a Woman, Plett continues to be at the leading edge of trans storytelling, but her collection is also one of the deepest and most insightful works to date crafting trans stories rooted […]

Pride 2021: Queer Beginnings

Watching the Anti-Trans Legislation Wave From Oregon’s Blue Bubble

Elanor BrokerJune 18, 2021 1:01 pmJune 4, 2024 12:16 am

A lot has changed for LGBTQ+ people in Oregon since 2007, when demonstrators gathered outside the Capitol to rally for marriage equality. Craig Mitchelldyer / getty images Happy Pride, Portland! This week, the Mercury is running a series of opinion pieces and personal essays from LGBTQ+ Portlanders on the theme Pride 2021: Queer Beginnings. As […]

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