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Sarah Shay Mirk reported on transportation, sex and gender issues, and politics at the Mercury from 2008-2013. They have gone on to make many things, including countless comics and several books.
“We did partially move to Portland for the free photocopies,” says Manzano. “It was a big draw.”
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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 we emerge out of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re all re-evaluating and re-imagining things, and that includes queer life and how we observe Pride. Here’s the second entry, […]
[Editor’s Note: The following comic by Sarah Mirk features interviews from Queer Portlanders as they reflect on the parallels—and major differences—between COVID-19 and the early years of the HIV epidemic.]
The following comic is by Sarah Mirk. Since Sarah finished this comic, a judge ruled that Portland police could not tear-gas protesters for a two-week period. Sarah Mirk Sarah mirk Sarah mirk Sarah mirk Sarah mirk Sarah mirk Sarah mirk Sarah mirk Sarah mirk Sarah mirk
Plan B emergency contraception isn’t truly over-the-counter at many Portland pharmacies.
The grassroots revolution of teen sex-ed in Oregon, and nationwide.
A convenient conversation flowchart
Four bike-share cities lend advice to Portland.
A Q&A with Roe v. Wade‘s lawyer, 40 years later.
Portland takes aim at the fact that 80 percent of restaurant workers have no paid sick days.
Forty years ago today, lawyer Sarah Weddington got the verdict she wanted in the landmark abortion right’s case Roe v. Wade. This morning, I spoke with her in downtown Portland as she prepared to greet a crowd of 1,000 people at a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette. Despite Roe v. Wade’s protections that abortion […]
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