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Pride Month, like most if not all designated awareness months, ought to just be imbued into the everyday fabric of society. Pride in who you are, what you believe, how you identify, and how you show up is really about the freedom to be whoever and whatever the hell you want to be, with whomever […]
It’s Pride season, babies! And the Portland Mercury is once again celebrating and boosting all things LGBTQIA+ with our 2026 Queer Issue, which you can find right now (in print!) at more than 500 spots all around the city. (Want to make sure you never miss one of our monthly print issues? Subscribe here and […]
What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Queer Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds. Violence is never the answer. Well, “never” is a strong word. Surely violence has […]
What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Queer Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds. On their first night as a Women’s National Basketball Association franchise, the Portland Fire […]
What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Queer Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds. Partner dancing, at least traditionally, follows a strict gender binary: who leads and who […]
What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Queer Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds. I don’t have the data to back it up, but based on anecdotal evidence […]
What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Queer Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds. In 2022, Portland experimental guitarist Marisa Anderson visited the bohemian musicologist Harry Smith’s archives […]
What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Queer Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds. Pride is year round, as the saying goes, but for Pride Northwest it’s doubly […]
What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Queer Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds. Pride can be so booty shorts and body beats. And we love that… most […]
What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Queer Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds. Wine often feels shrouded in rigidity—the jargon, the inaccessible prices, the impossibly thin glassware […]
What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Queer Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds. Though he has attended Portland Pride celebrations since relocating here in 2017, chart-topping rapper […]
What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Queer Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds. Street Books Queer Book Drive JUNE (COMMUNITY) Portland’s favorite bikemobile lending library and harm […]
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