House of Ada on Legendary JOHN JOHNSON / HBO MAX There’s no denying the city has acquired a weird reputation. Where once Portland was a place people visited to sup on vegan delights and buy bird-adorned keepsakes, it has—for the past few years—gained a different notoriety. But our girl’s character is primed for a comeback, […]
Queer Guide 2022
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Portrait of Gay Glamour: Logan Lynn Wears Gold as a Sign of Good Health
Cover of JD Samson’s remix of Logan Lynn’s “Rich & Beautiful.” KILL ROCK STARS At the February 2020 Grammys, Logan Lynn walked the red carpet in Gucci black leather and gold Tiffany crosses the size of your palm. He’d been wearing the brand’s luxury looks for two years at that point, and would continue to […]
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A Leadership Skills Program for Gender-Diverse Oregonians Also Provides a Bonus Supergroup Vibe
The Catalyst group at a Trans Day of Visibility in 2022. Left to right: Catalyst cohort Dawn Hunter Strobel, co-facilitators Jo Doyle and Seth Johnstone, cohort Danni Mar. COURTESY OF BASIC RIGHTS OREGON In November 2021, global consulting giant McKinsey & Company released a report on the experiences of transgender people in the workplace. The […]
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A New True Crime Podcast from KGW Carefully Tells the Story of Murdered Trans Vancouver Teen Nikki Kuhnhausen
KGW’s Should Be Alive podcast documents the life and death of Nikki Kuhnhausen. COURTESY NIKKI KUHNHAUSEN’S FAMILY Our society’s obsession with true crime narratives can often lead down a dark path—whether that’s the creepy romanticizing of murderers or ugly stereotyping of victims or the blind endorsement of abusive policing strategies. What’s often lacking in those […]
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Kimber K. Shade and Isaiah Esquire Created Blackout as a Place to Be Queer and Unapologetically Black
Kimber K. Shade (left) and Isaiah Esquire (right) ASHLI BRAZELL This year’s Juneteenth, June 19, 2022, will be a day of celebration, remembrance, and hopefully change. It is the day our fair city of Portland will simultaneously commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Stonewall riots (arguably the birth of the modern gay rights movement) and […]
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The Portland Mercury‘s 2022 Queer Guide: Making Waves!
Kristine Evans Here at the Portland Mercury we are proud all year long: of being queer, of being allies, of covering issues important to the city’s queer community. So our long-held tradition of a June Queer Guide, that drops the week of the Pride Parade, is a chance to draw from stories we’ve covered for […]
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A Leadership Skills Program for Gender-Diverse Oregonians Also Provides a Bonus Supergroup Vibe
In November 2021, global consulting giant McKinsey & Company released a report on the experiences of transgender people in the workplace. The findings painted a portrait of inequity, discomfort, and often hostility and harassment. For instance, only a third of trans respondents to McKinsey’s survey said they feel comfortable being fully out at work. Even […]
Posted inQueer Guide 2022
A New True Crime Podcast from KGW Carefully Tells the Story of Murdered Trans Vancouver Teen Nikki Kuhnhausen
Our society’s obsession with true crime narratives can often lead down a dark path—whether that’s the creepy romanticizing of murderers or ugly stereotyping of victims or the blind endorsement of abusive policing strategies. What’s often lacking in those gripping stories—wrapped up in a TV series or a spooky podcast—is a deeper look at how they […]
Posted inQueer Guide 2022
Kimber K. Shade and Isaiah Esquire Created Blackout as a Place to Be Queer and Unapologetically Black
This year’s Juneteenth, June 19, 2022, will be a day of celebration, remembrance, and hopefully change. It is the day our fair city of Portland will simultaneously commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Stonewall riots (arguably the birth of the modern gay rights movement) and the 157th anniversary of Juneteenth: the day Black Americans celebrate […]
Posted inQueer Guide 2022
The Portland Mercury‘s 2022 Queer Guide: Making Waves!
Here at the Portland Mercury we are proud all year long: of being queer, of being allies, of covering issues important to the city’s queer community. So our long-held tradition of a June Queer Guide, that drops the week of the Pride Parade, is a chance to draw from stories we’ve covered for years as […]
Posted inQueer Guide 2022
Six Graphic Novels By Trans Cartoonists That You Should Read Immediately
In the documentary No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics, ’80s comic book series Gay Comix publisher Denis Kitchen called underground comics “a forum for groups and individuals to speak their mind.” He continued: “My feeling was, let all the voices out!” That quote resonates with me, as a queer person who’s spent my […]
Posted inQueer Guide 2022
Portrait of Gay Glamour: Logan Lynn Wears Gold as a Sign of Good Health
At the February 2020 Grammys, Logan Lynn walked the red carpet in Gucci black leather and gold Tiffany crosses the size of your palm. He’d been wearing the brand’s luxury looks for two years at that point, and would continue to do so—even rocking a Tiffany wrap necklace on the otherwise stark cover of New […]