Queer Guide 2024

[Find the Mercury‘s Queer Guide in print—available in more than 500 spots citywide!—eds.] Historical moments in queerness arrive in many forms. One of them arrived this spring, when movie audiences watched a roided-out lady bodybuilder smash a scumbag’s face into a coffee table before she and her long-suffering girlfriend put his corpse into the trunk […]

[Find the Mercury‘s Queer Guide in print—available in more than 500 spots citywide!—eds.] Portland’s comedy scene is, hands down, one of the best in the nation, and that includes a tsunami of LGBTQ+ comedians and queer based (and adjacent) comedy shows. Seriously… there are so many! Here’s a roundup of some of the best—and most […]

[Find the Mercury‘s Queer Guide in print—available in more than 500 spots citywide!—eds.] RuPaul’s Drag Race has had so many seasons and spinoffs that an entire generation doesn’t remember a time before RuPaul sent scores of drag superstars sashaying away. Portland drag artist Gary Barnes, who performs as Mona Chrome, is a member of that […]

[Find the Mercury‘s Queer Guide in print—available in more than 500 spots citywide!—eds.] Pride is in July again this year, but the queer fun lasts all summer long (and beyond). That’s why our roundup of summer queer events gives you plenty of dance parties, drag shows, and more, as we count down to Pride Weekend. […]

[Find the Mercury‘s Queer Guide in print—available in more than 500 spots citywide!—eds.] Community Oaks Park Pride Oaks Park celebrates the Portland queer community with a day of discounted rides, limited-edition treats, pride-themed carnival game prizes, special performances, and more. Did I mention free cake and balloons? You can stop by a vendor fair, play […]

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