LGBTQ culture in Portland, Oregon is an important part of Pacific Northwest culture.

History

Portland vice scandal The Portland vice scandal (sometimes called the vice clique scandal, the vice crusade in contemporary reports, or inaccurately the YMCA scandal) refers to the discovery in November 1912 of a deviant group in the U.S. city of Portland, Oregon. Nearly ...

* Burnside Triangle *

Jeannace June Freeman Jeannace June Freeman (June 22, 1941 – December 19, 2003) was the first woman ever sentenced to death in the U.S. state of Oregon, and remained the only woman sentenced to death in Oregon until 2011. Her conviction was upheld by the Oregon Suprem ...

's murder of lesbian partner at

Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint The Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint is a state park on the Crooked River in Oregon, United States. It is on the border of Deschutes and Jefferson counties. History The facility is named in honor of Peter Skene Ogden who first enter ...

(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 Stark Street, formerly known as Baseline Road, is an east-west-running street in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The street is named after Benjamin Stark, and is divided as Southeast Stark Street and Southwest Stark Street by the Willame ...

to commemorate

Harvey Milk Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Milk was born and raised i ...

Events

Portland's annual

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is primarily organized by Pride Northwest. Peacock in the Park is another annual event, running from 1987 to 2005, and, again, from 2014 to the present. The

La Femme Magnifique International Pageant La Femme Magnifique International Pageant is an annual drag pageant. In Portland, Oregon, the event has been hosted by Darcelle XV. See also * Drag pageantry Drag pageantry is a form of pageantry for female impersonators, drag queens, an ...

is an annual drag pageant. Oaks Park Roller Skating Rink has hosted Gay Skate monthly for 30 years, as of 2021. Queer Horror is an ongoing bi-monthly film festival that is shown at the Hollywood Theatre. The Portland Queer Film Festival, formerly known as the Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, has been running for more than twenty years and takes place at Cinema 21. The Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival screens LGBTQ documentaries. In 2011, Hands Across Hawthorne was organized in response to an attack on two men who were

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on the

Hawthorne Bridge The Hawthorne Bridge is a truss bridge with a vertical lift that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, joining Hawthorne Boulevard and Madison Street. It is the oldest vertical-lift bridge in operation in the United States and the o ...

, with over 4,000 attendees. The record-setting Drag-a-thon was held in 2023.

LGBTQ establishments and nightlife

Current

Currently operating LGBTQ drinking establishments and nightclubs include:

Badlands Portland Badlands Portland, or simply Badlands, is a gay bar in Portland, Oregon. Established in 2024, the bar operates in the space that previously occupied Embers Avenue (1969–2017), in Old Town Chinatown. Description The gay bar Badlands Portland ...

(2024),

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, Portland, Oregon, Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, and the Puerto Vallarta bar is located in ...

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 neighbo ...

Santé Bar Santé Bar is an LGBTQ-friendly bar in Portland, Oregon. Description Santé Bar is an LGBTQ-friendly bar along the North Park Blocks in Northwest Portland, Oregon, northwest Portland's Pearl District. The business is owned by Veronique Lafont, a ...

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(1979),

Silverado Silverado may refer to: Places *Silverado, California, United States, an unincorporated community *Silverado Canyon, Orange County, California, near the above community; associated with Silverado Creek *Silverado Trail, a scenic route in Napa Va ...

, and

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 ...

(2015). Silverado and Stag are also

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s, along with Fuzzy Navels.

Back 2 Earth Back 2 Earth is an LGBTQ-friendly bar in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Owner Dan Henderson opened the bar in northeast Portland's King neighborhood in June 2023, in the space that previously housed Local Lounge. Back 2 Earth hosts a var ...

opened in 2023.

Coffin Club The Coffin Club, formerly Lovecraft Bar, is a horror-themed, LGBTQ-friendly bar in Portland, Oregon, United States. Description and history Lovecraft Bar, named after H. P. Lovecraft, opened on January 1, 2011. The horror-themed bar often host ...

(formerly Lovecraft Bar) has also been described as an LGBT-friendly bar. The Sports Bra, established in 2022, is an LGBTQ-owned bar focused on

women's sports Women and girls have participated in sports, physical fitness, and exercise throughout history. However, the extent of their involvement has varied depending on factors such as country, time, geographical location, and level of economic develo ...

. Rebel Rebel is in Old Town Chinatown. 2022 also saw the opening of the lesbian bar

Doc Marie's Doc Marie's is an LGBTQ-friendly bar in Portland, Oregon. Description and history Doc Marie's is an LGBTQ-friendly bar in the Osborn Hotel building in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood. Owned by Olga Bichko and Nikki Ferry, the business ...

Gay bathhouses A gay bathhouse, also known as a gay sauna or a gay steambath, is a public bath targeted towards gay and bisexual men. In gay slang, a bathhouse may be called just "the baths", "the sauna", or "the tubs". Historically, they have been used for se ...

operating in Portland include

Hawks PDX Hawks PDX is a gay bathhouse located in Portland, Oregon's Hazelwood neighborhood, in the United States. Previously, the business operated in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood. Description and history Hawks PDX is a gay bathhouse in t ...

(2012–present) and Steam Portland (since 2003). The drag venue

Darcelle XV Showplace Darcelle XV Showplace is a drag venue in Portland, Oregon, opened and formerly operated by drag performer Darcelle XV. History The club opened in 1967. In June 2020, the venue was nominated for national historic registry status by the State Adv ...

was established by

Darcelle XV Darcelle XV (November 16, 1930 – March 23, 2023) was the stage name of Walter Willard Cole, an American drag queen, entertainer, and cabaret owner and operator in Portland, Oregon. Guinness World Records had certified him as the oldest drag q ...

in 1967 and continues to host shows regularly. Monthly Blow Pony dances were established in Portland by Airick Redwolf in 2007. Inferno monthly dance parties hosted by Hot Flash Productions owner/operators DJ Wildfire (Jenn Davis) and Armida Hanlon that first began in Portland in 2004 and are now held regularly in Portland and Seattle. Portland also hosts

Bearracuda Bearracuda is a series of dance parties catering to the bear community. According to ''The Advocate'', Bearracuda "is the largest attended bear dance party and most prolific gay dance event in the U.S.", with events in 40 cities globally. The serie ...

dance events regularly. Queer-owned restaurants include

Cheese & Crack Snack Shop Cheese & Crack Snack Shop is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. The business started as a food cart on Hawthorne Boulevard (Portland, Oregon), Hawthorne Boulevard before moving into a brick and mortar shop in the Southeast Portla ...

(established 2012),

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, Mis Tacones (established as a pop-up in 2016, relocated to a brick and mortar space in 2022), and Taqueria Los Puñales (established 2020).

Former

Defunct establishments include

Crush Bar Crush Bar (sometimes simply Crush) was a gay bar and restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Buckman, Portland, Oregon, Buckman neighborhood, in the United States. Established in 2001, the bar was scheduled to permanently close at the end of 2023, until ...

(2001–2024),

Egyptian Club The Egyptian Club, also known as Egyptian Room and referred to colloquially as E-Room, was a lesbian bar in the Richmond, Portland, Oregon, Richmond neighborhood of southeast Portland, Oregon, United States, operating from 1995 to 2010. Owner Kim ...

(1995–2010), Gail's Dirty Duck Tavern,

Red Cap Garage Red Cap Garage, sometimes abridged as Red Cap, was a gay bar and nightclub that operated in Portland, Oregon, from 1987 to 2012. The bar was connected to two others called Boxxes and the Brig. It hosted drag queen shows, live music, special events ...

(1987–2012),

Starky's Starky's Restaurant and Bar, or simply Starky's (sometimes stylized as Starkys), was a gay bar and restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Kerns neighborhood, in the United States. Established in 1984, the venue became a fixture in Portland's gay commu ...

, and

Three Sisters Tavern Three Sisters Tavern, sometimes abridged as Three Sisters and nicknamed "Six Tits", was a gay bar and strip club in Portland, Oregon, United States. The bar was founded in 1964 and began catering to Portland's gay community in 1997 following the ...

(1964–2004), which also operated as a strip club. The gay bathhouse Club Portland closed in 2007. Embers Avenue, established during the 1970s, and

Escape Nightclub The Escape Nightclub, also known as Escape Club or The Escape, was an all-ages LGBT-friendly nightclub in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. History In 2016, it was announced in the ''Portland Tribune'' that the space formerly occupied was ...

both closed in 2017. During the

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Hobo's Hobo's Restaurant and Lounge, or simply Hobo's, was a restaurant, gay bar, and piano bar in Portland, Oregon's Old Town Chinatown, in the United States. Housed in a building with rare access to the Shanghai tunnels, the establishment served as a ...

and

Local Lounge Local Lounge was a gay bar in Portland, Oregon, operating from 2010 to 2021. Description Local Lounge was a bar on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Northeast Portland, Oregon, northeast Portland's King, Portland, Oregon, King neighborhood. The ...

closed in 2020 and 2021, respectively. In late 2021, Daniel Bund opened The Queen's Head, an English-style pub and lounge hosting drag shows and burlesque performances frequently. The bar closed in 2022.

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operated from 2022 to 2024. Misfits Bar and Lounge, which closed in 2025, was described as a "laidback queer hangout". The Roxy was an LGBT-friendly

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along Southwest Harvey Milk Street. The restaurant opened in 1994 and closed in March 2022. Sullivan's Gulch Bar & Grill (formerly known as Joq's Tavern, or simply Joq's) has also been described as an LGBT establishment. Shine Distillery and Grill, which closed in 2023, was described as a gay bar. The City Nightclub, an all ages drug and alcohol free gay and lesbian nightclub, was established in 1983 by Lanny Swerdlow. According to author Linnea Due, it was the only all ages gay and lesbian club in the United States. An attempt by the Portland Police Bureau in 1996 to shut down the club sparked a demonstration which was covered on MTV News: Unfiltered. Ultimately, the club shut down in December of 1996.

Barbarella

Located at Northwest 5th Avenue and Davis Street in

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, Barbarella (sometimes Barbarella PDX) was a nightclub in a building which previously housed a "grimy" music venue called Someday Lounge, followed by the

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-inspired Fifth Avenue Lounge. The bar was part of an

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-based chain of nightclubs. Andrew Jankowski of ''

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'' described Barbarella as "a dance club with dirt-cheap drinks, themed parties running from the '50s through the '80s and an overall vibe best described as 'a straight person's idea of a gay bar'". He compared the bar to neighboring

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Ground Kontrol, but without the video games, and said, "Barbarella's aesthetic is as delightfully

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and low-budget as a bar named after a campy sci-fi cult classic should be." Jankowski wrote:

On paper, Barbarella should be a sensation, particularly with central eastsiders who rarely deign to cross the river into the Old Town entertainment district. Sure, the lack of specialty drinks feels like a missed opportunity, and even the bartender recommended against ordering food. But with no cover charge and wells at or below $2 each, you'd imagine the place would be packed with people headed to or from the arcade bar, the gay strip club or the scores of other party spots in the neighborhood.

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'' described Barbarella as a "video/dance dive bar" with dance parties, disc jockeys, and

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events in its 2019 overview of "gay Portland". The venue had two dance floors and a loft. The interior featured lava lamps,

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machines, and

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furniture. There was a painting of a topless woman on one wall, as well as two "tributes" to

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, who starred in the 1968

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'' Barbarella''. According to Jankowski, "The only 21st-century features are the video projections and gently rippling rainbow

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behind the pre-existing sheet-metal grates." Barbarella opened on February 14 (

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), 2019, and closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The venue had hosted

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Drag

In addition to Darcelle XV, drag performers from Portland include

Alexis Campbell Starr Alexis Campbell Starr is an African-American drag queen based in Portland, Oregon. She is a resident cast member at Darcelle XV Showplace and has performed at CC Slaughters and other events and venues. She is active in the Imperial Sovereign Ros ...

Asia Consent Asia Consent is an American drag performer from Portland, Oregon, who is known for winning the sixth season of ''The Boulet Brothers' Dragula''. Career Drag performer Asia Consent won the sixth season of ''The Boulet Brothers' Dragula''. Duri ...

Bolivia Carmichaels Daniel P. Elliott, known professionally as Bolivia Carmichaels, is an American drag performer based in Portland, Oregon. Since 1995, she has performed at LGBTQ establishments such as CC Slaughters, Darcelle XV Showplace, and the defunct Embers ...

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, Coco Jem Holiday,

Flawless Shade Flawless Shade is the stage name of Tajh Jordan (sometimes Tajh Patterson), an American Drag (entertainment), drag performer and make-up artist based in Portland, Oregon. A former Miss Gay Oregon, Flawless Shade has been featured in campaigns by ...

, Isaiah Esquire,

James Majesty Majesty (formerly known as James Majesty) is the stage name of James Barker, an American Drag (entertainment), drag performer who competed on The Boulet Brothers' Dragula (season 2), season 2 and later The Boulet Brothers' Dragula season 6, seaso ...

, Lulu Luscious,

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, Nicole Onoscopi, Pepper Pepper, and

Poison Waters Kevin Cook, known by the stage name Poison Waters, is an American Drag (clothing), drag performer. Since the 1980s, Poison Waters has been an emcee, entertainer, and community activist. She is a longtime hostess at Darcelle XV Showplace and has p ...

Organizations

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organization

Basic Rights Oregon Basic Rights Oregon is an American nonprofit LGBT rights organization based in Portland, Oregon. It is the largest advocacy, education, and political organization working in Oregon to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender ident ...

is based in Portland. Local LGBT-oriented organizations include

Cascade AIDS Project Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) is a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Its mission is to prevent HIV infections, to "support and empower" people affected and by HIV/AIDS, and to eliminate stigma associated with the ...

Q Center Q Center is an LGBTQ community center and nonprofit organization in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in part by former mayor Sam Adams. The space has also housed Pride Northwest, which organizes the city's annual pride parade a ...

, and

Bradley Angle Bradley Angle is a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1975 as the first domestic violence Domestic violence is violence that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage M ...

which offers LGBTQ domestic violence services. Others include: * Amazon Dragons, a lesbian competitive

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team, founded in 1992. * Pride Northwest * A Woman's Place bookstore *

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* Dykes on Bikes PDX * Equity Foundation (merged with

Pride Foundation The Pride Foundation is an LGBTQ philanthropic foundation in the Pacific Northwest. It was founded in 1985, and has issued over $8 million in grants and over $1.65 million to the more than 50 scholarships it manages. In 1993, when The Pride Foun ...

) * Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest *

In Other Words Feminist Community Center In Other Words Feminist Community Center was an independent bookstore, independent non-profit feminist bookstore, community center and events space in Portland, Oregon. Its mission statement read: "In Other Words inspires and cultivates feminist ...

* Lesbian Community Project (1986–2008) * Love Makes a Family (1992–?), closed * Metropolitan Community Church * Northwest Gender Alliance * Oregon Bears * Portland Association of Gay Equality *

Portland Gay Men's Chorus The Portland Gay Men's Chorus (PGMC) is a gay-identified, non-profit choral group based in Portland, Oregon. The group was founded in the spring of 1980 when three founding members, inspired by a performance of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus ...

Portland Lesbian Choir The Portland Lesbian Choir (PLC) is a choir based in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The group formed in 1986. The choir has an inclusive, "non-audition" policy that applies to "women of all ages, races, gender and sexual orientations (in ...

* Right to Privacy / Right to Pride * Second Foundation (1970–1972) * Portland

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI), also called Order of Perpetual Indulgence (OPI), is a charitable, protest, and street performance movement that uses drag and religious imagery to satirize issues of sex, gender, and morality (particular ...

* Pride Northwest, annual pride parade organizers

Publications

LGBT publications have included ''Cascade Voice'', ''

Just Out ''Just Out'' was an LGBTQ publication in Portland, Oregon founded in 1983 by Jay Brown and Renee LaChance. It ceased publication as a semimonthly newspaper in December 2011. In February 2012, Glenn-Kipp Publishing, Inc purchased the Just Out bra ...

'', ''

PQ Monthly ''PQ Monthly'' was a free, advertising-supported, monthly LGBTQ newspaper and online publication for Oregon and southwest Washington and, briefly, Seattle, published in Portland, Oregon Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most po ...

'', and ''The Eagle''.

References

External links

Keeping It Queer in Portland
on

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