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LGBT Culture In Portland, Oregon
LGBT culture in Portland, Oregon is an important part of Pacific Northwest#Culture, Pacific Northwest culture. History * Portland vice scandal * Burnside Triangle * Jeannace June Freeman's murder of lesbian partner at Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint (1961) * "Lesbian Roommate" obscenity trial * Resolution Number 31510 * WomanShare and other lesbian land movements * Ballot Measure 8 (1988), ruled unconstitutional in 1993 * 1989 Hate Crimes Law * Tanner vs OHSU domestic partner lawsuit, 1991 * 1992 Springfield anti-equal-rights ballot measure passes * 1992 statewide anti-gay Measure 9 rejected * 1994 statewide anti-gay Measure 13 rejected * 2000 statewide anti-gay Measure 9 rejected * 2004 gay marriages briefly take place in Multnomah County, ruled illegal 2005 * 2004 statewide constitutional Measure 36 gay marriage ban * 2007 statewide anti-discrimination bill * 2018 The City of Portland renames a 13-block stretch of Southwest Stark Street to commemorate Harvey Milk Eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holding Hands
Holding hands is a form of physical intimacy involving two or more people. It may or may not be romantic. Cultural aspects In Western culture, spouses and romantic couples often hold hands as a sign of affection or to express psychological closeness. Non-romantic friends may also hold hands, although acceptance of this varies by culture and gender role. Parents or guardians may hold the hands of small children to exercise guidance or authority. In terms of romance, handholding is often used in the early stages of dating or courtship to express romantic interest in a partner. Handholding is also common in advanced stages of a romantic relationship where it may be used to signify or seek solace and reassurance. Same-sex couples may avoid holding hands in public due to homophobia. In 2012, an average of 74% of gay men and 51% of lesbian women responded to an EU Fundamental Rights Agency survey saying they avoid holding hands in public for fear of harassment or assault. These r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sports Bra
The Sports Bra is a women's sports-focused bar in Portland, Oregon. The bar opened for business on April 1, 2022. Description Located at 25th Avenue and Broadway in northeast Portland's Sullivan's Gulch neighborhood, The Sports Bra is an LGBTQ-owned bar focused on women's sports. The menu includes burgers, buffalo wings, and Vietnamese-style baby back ribs. The all-ages bar hosts official Portland Thorns FC viewing parties. Jaylon Thompson of ''USA Today'' has called the business "a unique concept" with an owner who "aims to build community, empower and promote women in sports". According to Erin Rook of LGBTQ Nation, The Sports Bra "may be the world's first women's sports bar". Similarly, Lizzy Acker of ''The Oregonian'' said the business at the time "might be the only women's sports bar in the world". History Local chef and former basketball player Jenny Nguyen opened the bar in April 2022. She conceived the idea after watching the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coffin Club
The Coffin Club, formerly Lovecraft Bar, is a horror-themed, LGBT-friendly Bar (establishment), bar in Portland, Oregon. Description and history Lovecraft Bar, named after H. P. Lovecraft, opened on January 1, 2011. The horror-themed bar often hosts LGBT events and has been described as the city's "best known Goth subculture, goth nightclub". In 2017, ''Food & Wine'' said the bar is "decorated as such with skulls, tentacles, a coffin, and, of course, images of pulp horror master, H.P. Lovecraft. Expect burlesque shows, tarot readings, horror movie nights, lots of goth and new wave music and plenty of fog." The business announced an expansion in 2016. In 2018, Shannon Gormley of ''Willamette Week'' wrote, In 2019, the newspaper said, "Modeled after the imagery of the famously problematic early 20th century horror writer, the Lovecraft is a testament to old-school Portland subcultures and gothy nostalgia. Decked out in horror iconography and glowing pentagrams, the club hosts n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strip Club
A strip club is a venue where strippers provide adult entertainment, predominantly in the form of striptease or other Erotic dancing, erotic or exotic dances. Strip clubs typically adopt a nightclub or Bar (establishment), bar style, and can also adopt a theatre or cabaret-style. American-style strip clubs began to appear outside North America after World War II, arriving in Asia in the late 1980s and Europe in 1978, where they competed against the local English and French styles of striptease and erotic performances. As of 2005, the size of the global strip club Industry (economics), industry was estimated to be US$75 billion. In 2019, the size of the U.S. strip club industry was estimated to be US$8 billion, generating 19% of the total gross revenue in legal adult entertainment. SEC filings and state liquor control records available at that time indicated that there were at least 3,862 strip clubs in the United States, and since that time, the number of clubs in the U.S. has gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stag PDX
Stag PDX, or simply Stag, is a gay-owned nightclub and strip club in Portland, Oregon's Pearl District, in the United States. The club opened in May 2015 as the second all-nude gay strip club on the West Coast. Description The gay-owned bar at 317 Broadway in northwest Portland's Pearl District has been described as "more gentlemen's club than night club" and "Northwest lounge-meets-library-meets-executive locker room". ''Willamette Week'' said the original Christopher David-designed club looked "like the private rooms where today's grandpas once held stag parties, with brown leather couches, Victorian wallpapered sitting rooms, Edison bulbs hanging from nautical rope, and dark, aqua walls covered in snowshoes and ancient oars and framed kitsch—plus a taxidermal white buck behind the bar." Vendors used to design the interior were "part of the community", according to the original owner Jerrick Hope-Lang, who said, "They wanted to have a very masculine, Pacific Northwest feel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silverado (gay Bar)
Silverado, formerly known as Flossie's, is a gay bar and strip club in Portland, Oregon's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, in the United States. Description and history Silverado, Portland's only gay strip club, after the closure of Three Sisters Tavern in 2004 and prior to Stag PDX's opening in 2015, has existed for nearly 30 years. Formerly called Flossie's, it was originally located below a gay bathhouse in what is now the Crystal Hotel. This was in the area of downtown Portland known as Burnside Triangle, or "Gay Triangle", for its many gay and gay-friendly businesses. The club relocated to 318 Southwest 3rd Avenue, in January 2008. In March 2018, Silverado confirmed the business would leave its location at 3rd Avenue on March 31, after ten years. The bar relocated to 610 Northwest Couch Street, in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, in December 2018. In his 2019 "overview of Portland's LGBTQ+ nightlife for the newcomer", Andrew Jankowski of the ''Portland Mercury'' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandals (gay Bar)
Scandals, or sometimes Scandals PDX, is a gay bar in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Description and history Scandals was established in 1979. In 2015, ''Willamette Week'' said of the bar: In his 2019 "overview of Portland's LGBTQ+ nightlife for the newcomer", Andrew Jankowski of the ''Portland Mercury'' wrote: "At 40 years young, Scandals is among Portland's longest-running LGBTQ+ bars and is the last vestige of downtown's long-gone Vaseline Alley gay district. Scandals features pool tables, a sidewalk patio, trivia, viewing parties, karaoke, and monthly live jazz. You can order food from neighboring dive restaurant the Roxy and bring it over. Every June during Pride, Scandals shuts down their section of street for an epic block party." Scandals was a runner-up in the "Best LGBTQ Bar" category of ''Willamette Week ''Willamette Week'' (''WW'') is an alternative weekly newspaper and a website published in Portland, Oregon, United States, since 1974. It features report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santé Bar
Santé Bar is an LGBT-friendly bar in Portland, Oregon. Description Santé Bar is an LGBT-friendly bar along the North Park Blocks in northwest Portland's Pearl District. The business is owned by Veronique Lafont, a queer Black woman. ''Eater Portland'' Brooke Jackson-Glidden said the bar is "known for its highballs and pretty cocktails served in coupes, ideal for a sunny day". In a 2021 overview of the city's "wildest" gay bars, she and Conner Reed described Santé as a "narrow, elegant space" with "solid" drinks, and the website's Alex Frane called the bar "cozy and low-key" in his list of "essential Portland cocktail bars where you can sip something exceptional". In 2020, he described Santé as an LGBTQ bar with "elegant" cocktails. In his 2019 overview of the city's "best in LGBTQ+ nightlife, bars, parties, comedy, and more", the ''Portland Mercury'' Andrew Jankowski described Santé as a piano bar "serving cocktails, live jazz, TV musical viewing parties, and open mics with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagle Portland
Eagle Portland is a gay bar catering to bears and leather enthusiasts, located in north Portland, Oregon, United States. Description and history Eagle Portland is a gay bar located at 835 North Lombard Street in Portland's Piedmont neighborhood. It caters to bears and men into leather. The bar is the "official home" of the Oregon Bears. According to Travel Portland, the bar sometimes hosts lesbian nights. Pat Lanagan was an owner, but the bar was sold to former manager Dan Henderson . In his 2019 "overview of Portland's LGBTQ+ nightlife for the newcomer", Andrew Jankowski of the ''Portland Mercury'' wrote: "Eagle is under new management, but that hasn’t affected the vibe at this North Portland gay bar. Eagle has pool, a covered smoking patio, and no-frills drinks, and primarily appeals to gay men who like Tom of Finland and Robert Mapplethorpe, if you know what I mean." Reception ''The Portland Mercury'' wrote "if you're looking for guys with oft plus-size waistlines and bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crush Bar
Crush Bar (sometimes simply Crush) is a gay bar and restaurant in southeast Portland, Oregon's Buckman neighborhood. Description ''Willamette Week'' Lizzy Acker described Crush as "a welcoming neighborhood gay bar for everyone". Furthermore, she wrote, "if you can't find something you like, either sidled up to the bar chatting up the bartenders, in the back watching a burlesque show, playing video poker off to the side, or outside on the sidewalk smoking cigarettes and making new friends, well, that's on you... Crush is not populated by cool girls and boys, staring at their phones trying to impress everyone with their boredom. If you want that, your options are endless. But if you're looking for a place to dance till you're naked or sing along with strangers, this is your spot." The newspaper's Aaron Spencer described the bar's atmosphere as "loungey, with bottle art and mood lighting, but unpretentious. The bar is owned by Woody Clarke. Crush's logo features images of two men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CC Slaughters
CC Slaughters is a gay bar and nightclub located in Portland, Oregon, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The Portland bar is located in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, and the Puerto Vallarta bar is located in Zona Romántica. The Portland bar closed in October 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, but re-opened in April 2021. Portland, Oregon Description and history The CC Slaughters in Portland, Oregon, located on Northwest Davis Street in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, was established in 1981. It plays different music genres every night. ''The Portland Mercury'' has described the club as having a "shiny and modern inside with no cover charge, a big dance floor and crazy laser/light show". Adjacent to the dance floor was a lounge called Rainbow Room. The bar has hosted "Ladies' Night" on Tuesdays and drag shows on Sundays, plus many events throughout the year. It hosted an annual block party during the summer and a "Platinum Ball" on New Year's Eve. In 2011, CC Slaughters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
