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Sam Pape is a freelance journalist and born-and-raised Portlander. They cover arts and culture, with an eye for all things weird and nerdy. When they’re not writing, you can probably find them playing Magic: The Gathering or attending a sweaty screamo show. Follow them on Twitter at @slamfate.
A virtual event organized by Basic Rights Oregon, Unicorn Solutions, and Oregon Department of Human Services aims to help find more affirming homes for queer foster youth.
Starday is both a nostalgic throwback to the sorts of dives us Old Portland curmudgeons so deeply miss, and a reminder that such places are still out there if you know where to look.
In 2021, Local Lounge—the iconic (if nondescript) gay bar at Northeast Martin Luther King and Fremont known for regular karaoke, drag shows, and dance parties—shut its doors, joining the growing list of beloved queer spaces in Portland that have closed in recent years (Embers, Rebel Rebel, and the Roxy, to name a few). However, just […]
What do you get when you cross drag queens, queer history, and lots of alcohol? No, not a drama-filled post-Rusical episode of Untucked. In Portland, you get Drunk Herstory. Drunk Herstory is the brainchild of Shandi Evans, who created the event with fellow drag queen Average Lavigne just before COVID hit. Since making their post-pandemic return, […]
What do you get when you cross drag queens, queer history, and lots of alcohol? No, not a drama-filled post-Rusical episode of Untucked. In Portland, you get Drunk Herstory. Drunk Herstory is the brainchild of Shandi Evans, who created the event with fellow drag queen Average Lavigne just before COVID hit. Since making their post-pandemic […]
In May 2023, national suicide prevention and LGBTQ+ advocacy group the Trevor Project released a study of mental health among LGBTQ+ youth. The picture it painted was bleak. Among the findings, 41 percent of LGBTQ+ youth considered suicide in the past year, over half reported being unable to get the mental health care they wanted, […]
The story starts with a problem as old as time (or at least the ’70s): A broken Hitachi. “Damn! That’s the third one this year!” a wide-eyed Elise complains to her three friends at brunch. “Did I read a book? No. Did I catch up on work? No. I rewatched Butches in Chains five times […]
In this interview, Grace Freud revealed that she imagined her Girl God comedy duo counterpart, April Clark, into existence.
Last year, our sister publication the Stranger lauded Girl God as the “Most Famous Trans Comedy Duo of All Time”—which, according to our research, appears to still be accurate.
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