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ON THE COVER “Cycloptic (Robin's Egg Blue),” 2011

by Jimmy Pickering Jimmy Pickering was raised in a trailer park and never really fit into his surroundings. His imagination and ability to draw helped him escape a world of shag carpets, faux-wood paneling, and the hell of school bullies, and set him on a path of creativity.

Pickering studied film, character animation and production design/art direction at Cal Arts and is an award-winning artist, author and illustrator. His work has appeared in books, galleries and theme parks around the

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his issue of Just Out comes out on October 7, the same day as Basic Rights Oregon’s annual fundraising gala, this year titled “Ignite!” Usually my thoughts toward this, and similar events, are focused on taking pictures and comfortable shoes. This year I’m kinda wondering if BRO will time the two-tier event with an announcement of their plans to pursue, or not pursue, a marriage equality ballot measure in 2012. As LGBTQ activists, friends and supporters gather in the Portland Art Museum, somewhere on the city streets there might still be a gathering of the Occupy Portland crowds, scheduled to take to the streets on October 6. Will Occupy Portland be a one-day happening, or could the energy carry over into a longer occupation like the original happening in New York City, now several weeks old and growing in size and momentum daily? Does Occupy Portland, and the overall national movement built on distrust and frustration, signal weeks and months of contentious and turbulent unrest both locally and nationally—unrest and reaction that could last deep into the 2012 election cycle? Could the energy, the organization and the moxie truly be there for a new American revolution—and would there be a place at the table of this new movement for gays rights activism? I trust that Basic Rights Oregon is keeping a close watch on the mood of the country and the state. With a nation poised on the brink of social and

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n a different note, I’ve taken a new route in increasing distribution for Just Out, while staving off the high costs of fighting—and losing—the constant problems of vandalism and theft that come with a network of outdoor boxes. Effective with this issue, I’ve set up a pilot program of availability in a select group of Fred Meyer locations. The stores that will carry Just Out, in the racks usually found in the grocery entrance, except Stadium (where it’s at the bottom of the escalators), are: • Beaverton-Hillsdale: (1) 11425 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale (2) 700 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale • Stadium: 100 NW 20th Place • Glisan: 6615 NE Glisan • Interstate: Interstate and Lombard • N. Portland: 6850 N. Lombard • Hollywood: 3030 NE Weidler • Hawthorne: 3805 SE Hawthorne

» NEWS & COMMUNITY 5 Letters & NORTHWEST news in brief 10 Leading the way

Portland Housing Bureau awarded funds for homeless living with HIV/AIDS, plus AIDS Walk Portland recap

12 Beyond Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Portland’s Dr. Mary Ann HumphreyKeever weighs in on repeal

15 Come Out, Portland

Your local guide to National Coming Out Day events

20 No Place Like Home

Esther’s Pantry on the hunt for a new space

» Profile 15 Out of This World

Jupiter Hotel GM Al Munguia puts PDX hospitality on the map

18 The State of Q Center

Exec. Director Barbara McCullough-Jones examines her first four months at the helm

» CULTURE & Lifestyle 21 Out & About

If these locations prove successful, I have the option of adding more stores.

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28 Fall Dance in Full Swing

s often happens, let’s close with a word about the next Gay Skate, as this is one of my favorite monthly events. Our next event is on Monday, October 17 and it’s our annual Halloween Kick-off Costume Party night. This is your chance to debut your work of art and work out all the kinks before the main events later in the month. Plus we have prizes. And celebrity judges. Good prizes, famous judges—judges so famous that you might not have even heard of them yet. As always, we ask that you bring donations of food and personal use items for those folks who rely on the services provided by Esther’s Pantry, a food bank serving those affected by HIV/AIDS. Hope to see you there.

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financial turmoil, attention must be paid. We must be prudent in asking people to join in fighting our battle, as allies and friends, for we all shoulder many burdens of our own.

Bryce Black prepares for liftoff post Project Runway

OBT’s Petrouchka/Carmen offers new perspective on two classics

30 Gender Roles

Defunkt theatre queers a classic with creative casting

32 No Guts, No Gory

Inaugural “Zomb and Monster Pub Crawl” takes the scare to the streets

» COLUMNISTS

25 Living Out Loud 26 Lady About Town 34 Ask a gay 35 REMEMBER TO BREATHE

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BY MARTY DAVIS Since the young woman is now on the cusp of making a gazillion bajillion dollars for her her experiences, I sincerely hope that the story told is proven to be truthful. That said, in the far back of my mind there’s this tiny little nagging vision of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthony touring America as Roxy and Velma in the newest revival of Chicago.

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page 3 ’m late, I’m behind, I am procrastinating— again. I’m writing this column on the morning of production—writing and thinking, as an unsettling cloud of dreary news-overload weighs heavily on my mind. I am uncertain of my ability to organize my thoughts into a semblance of a coherent column.

The news has been sad and puzzling—and tragic the last few days.

While I normally have a pissy and rude attitude to those people who too often proudly announce that they don’t read or watch the news, yesterday made me almost envy them. From trying to understand and grasp the complexity of the politics of the Occupy Movement, the expected-yet-untimely death of Steve Jobs to the freedom of Amanda Knox—combined with the deep sadness over the local murder of Cody Myers—yesterday seemed like a better day for Seinfield reruns than news updates.

I was surprised at the attention Steve Jobs received as news of his death spread. The attention on Facebook was daylong—and for the most part thoughtful and respectful. It was good to see a business leader admired for his innovation and success. Like everyone else I know, I never met Steve Jobs.

But his life, his work, his success impacted virtually everyone. In a day and age where icons and leaders are most often rock stars or Kardashians, it is heartening to see a person of solid foundation receive accolades for his life’s achievements. I think everyone needs leaders and role models to admire and emulate—and Steve Jobs seems to have been this person. I know that I, as a manager and a business owner, would certainly like to be thought of as more like Steve Jobs and less like Steve Carell.

Just as I never knew Steve Jobs, I also have no more knowledge than anyone else about the reality of the Amanda Knox story.

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world. He lives on the Orforgotten, only a handful of us egon coast with his partner remain in this world or return and their three dogs. to it altogether and this state, “Cycloptic” is from Pickerour original state of being is ing's newest exhibition, 180º negativity, viewed as delusional Delirium. His artist's stateby the ‘normal.’ This world of ment is as follows: imagination is often perceived “As children we are in a as delusional and those who constant state of imaginaremain in it are in a state of tion—Santa, ghosts, fairy permanent delirium. 180º Detales, anything our minds can lirium celebrates those viewed create, we see. Yet something as refusing to grow up, those 180º Delirium runs through Oct. 29 at Benjahappens as we grow, these who have Peter Pan dreams. visions are replaced with For me, what this show con- min Benjamin Gallery, 1720 NW Lovejoy.

For more information on the artist, visit popularity, self-image, careers; tains is my constant state it’s a world of limits. The strange thing is the of delirium, the place I find comfort in, the jimmypickering.com. For more information on the exhibition, visit benjaminbenjamin.com. imaginative state of our childhood is all but imagined friends in my head.”

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To The Editor: In reading Aaron Spencer’s “They Came From Mars (Seattle, actually)” [Vol. 28, No. 20, Sept. 16, p. 13], I was struck by a phrase he used to describe MCC Portland. He wrote: “The Rev. Nathan Meckley of the LGBTQ-welcoming Metropolitan Community Church of Portland.” Referring to MCC Portland as “welcoming” is kind of like referring to Just Out as “[an] LGBTQwelcoming newspaper.” For 43 years this month, Metropolitan Community Churches all over the world have been offering a place for those who wish to find or reclaim the Christian identity that has been stripped away or denied them. MCC has been “marrying” same-sex couples for 43 years, offering commitment ceremonies of couples’ choosing, from private ceremonies with witnesses only, to full blow-out weddings with bridesmaids, groomsmen, gowns and tuxes. One time I

met a man there, who works at another “welcoming” church. But he said that he attends MCC once in a while, “So I can sit through worship with my arm around my partner.”

This is not to slam the term “welcoming,” nor to discount those congregations who are doing the good and difficult work of changing the culture of their denominations one congregation at a time. They are true heroes and are constantly being challenged to push the status quo further and further in the pursuit of justice. I think MCC deserves a little recognition for being the pioneer, the all-ornothing church that has LGBTQ persons on its board of directors or as clergy, as Sunday School teachers, ushers, Elders, choir directors, in any position, and we welcome our straight friends and allies, too. You see, we are a welcoming congregation.

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Correction In Just Out's September 2 story on the Portland burlesque scene, we incorrectly stated that the Rose City School of Burlesque was established in March 2008 [Vol. 28, No. 19, p. 30, “Crowd-Esque”]. In fact, it was March 2010. We regret the error.

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DoveLewis Recognizes Dickey, Quirk with Awards at Annual Fundraiser DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital held its annual My Wet Nose Soirée benefit Saturday, October 1 at the Governor Hotel, recognizing two prominent contributors during the gala.

Bill Dickey, owner of Morel Ink, and Dr. Craig Quirk, owner of Rose City Veterinary Hospital, were both honored with Dove Awards for their continued support of the mission of DoveLewis.

“It's an honor to be recognized by one of the top nonprofits in Oregon,” said Quirk.

Quirk’s recognition also served as a birthday present of sorts for the centennial of Rose City Veterinary Hospital, which celebrated 100 years of service to the Portland metro area this summer. As a member of the DoveLewis Board of Directors, and as president of the Portland Veterinary Medical Association, Quirk works closely with both organizations.

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A town hall forum held the evening of Wednesday, October 5 for Portland’s LGBTQ community sparked discussion on the interplay between faith and sexuality.

About 60 people attended the forum at the Process Work Institute, which was held in response to the Q Center’s dialogue with conservative mega-church Mars Hill. Q Center and Mars Hill plan to hold monthly discussions after the church encountered opposition to its plans to open a location in Southeast Portland. Mars Hill, like most conservative evangelical churches, preaches that homosexuality is a sin.

The forum was intended to foster dialogue between those who approved of Q Center’s actions and those who did not. Q Center spokesman Logan Lynn and psychotherapist Stephen Karakashian spoke at the beginning of the event in support of Q Center. Just Out columnist Daniel Borgen spoke in personal opposition. No representative from Mars Hill attended the forum.

Most of the people who spoke during the event supported Q Center’s approach, like Karla Ablack-Manning, who talked about how her fundamentalist Christian mother grew to accept her and her partner: “When people get to know us as people, it can change how they perceive us even if it doesn’t change their beliefs,” she said.

Forum moderator Dawn Menken asked three times for perspectives from the “other side,” that opposed, and several stood up to express their concerns.

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“I don’t want a dialogue with them at all,” said Myriam Rahman. “If they’re not going to accept me, if they’re going to judge me, if they’re going to think I can’t be who I am, I don’t want to have that conversation at all.”

“It’s so nice hearing that everyone’s so open, but I’m not there,” she said.

Many of the people in the room spoke about their experiences with fundamentalist Christianity and how it had hurt them in the past as sexual minorities. At one point, a man spoke up from to the crowd to apologize for causing the same kind of pain as a pastor for 30 years. The man, who gave only his first name, Dave, came out as gay one year ago.

“For 43 years I saw myself as the sexual equivalent of an alcoholic,” he said. As he spoke, he leaned on a beach ball sitting on his lap. He said he carries the beach ball with him now as a reminder of what it felt like to be in the closet—like trying to keep a beach ball below water.

Three weeks ago, Dave said, he went to a gay bar and danced with a man for the first time.

“Was that what my high school prom was supposed to feel like?” he asked, to resounding applause.

He then tossed the beach ball into the air, and everyone bounced it around the room.

Just Out will continue to cover the dialogue between Q Center, Mars Hill and the LGBTQ community at large.

— Aaron Spencer

Confluence Recovers Stolen Trailer in Time for New Season Thanks to the honesty and courage of one Salem resident, the Confluence Chorus is celebrating the recovery of its stolen trailer as it prepares to open its 2011-12 season.

The recently purchased cargo trailer was stolen from the parking lot of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Salem sometime between Sunday, September 11 and Thursday, September 15 and recovered during the last week of September, said Confluence public relations officer Karen Winget.

“It was found in Salem loaded with ATV equipment in the driveway of a home,” Winget said.

The alleged thieves apparently offered to sell the trailer to a neighbor for $200. Suspicious of the low selling price, the neighbor went to Trailers Plus with the vehicle identification number to see if the trailer might be stolen.

“It amazes me because that takes courage,” Winget said. “They live right next door to this person.”

Confluence had purchased the vehicle from Trailers Plus, so the information turned up quickly and the dealer called chorus members, who reported the discovery to the Marion County Sheriff ’s Office.

Insurance covered most of the cost of purchasing a new trailer, but the chorus had to pay the deductible out of pocket. The old trailer has been impounded by police and

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will be auctioned off by the insurance company. But that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean all the chorusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; problems are solved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The problem we still have is we have a very small nonprofit budget and [the deductible is] really putting a strain on our budget,â&#x20AC;? to the tune of $400-$500, Winget said.

The group accepts donations through its website, but Winget said the best way to offer support is to attend one of the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performances. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mostly we want people to come to our concerts,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how we make most of our revenue.â&#x20AC;?

Confluenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next performance is October 15 in Salem. The chorus will be in Portland on Saturday, December 3 for its â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holiday Wishesâ&#x20AC;? concert at Metropolitan Community Church. For more information or to make a donation, visit confluencechorus.org. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Erin Rook

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Local United Methodist Clergy Vow to Marry Same-Sex Couples More than 70 United Methodist clergy in Oregon and Idaho risked sanction by signing an October 1 statement vowing to preside at the marriages of all prepared couples, regardless of gender. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are United Methodists, called to inclusiveness, instructed to be faithful to the example of Jesusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ministry to all persons, and charged to deny every semblance of discrimination,â&#x20AC;? the statement begins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Spirit of God calls us to affirm that we will not discriminate in the exercise of our pastoral duties.â&#x20AC;?

Because marriage is one of those pastoral duties, the clergy further pledge to â&#x20AC;&#x153;meet, counsel and celebrate with any prepared couple who comes to us for Christian marriage.â&#x20AC;? That statement stands in direct defiance of the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official position, which prohibits marriage for same-sex couples.

But the Oregon-Idaho Conference is not new to this fight, nor is it alone. The conference has previously offered resolutions committed to non-discrimination, welcoming all sexual minorities, confronting heterosexism, and to open membership in its churches, and has petitioned the General Conference to include same-sex couples in its definition of marriage. The local conference is joined in this most recent effort by more than 1,000 clergy members across the nation.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sign that times are changing, the Rev. Marcia J. Hauer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Attitudes about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered rights are changing in our country. The Oregon Republican party has taken negative language out of their platform statement and Basic Rights Oregon continues to press for recognition of samegender marriage,â&#x20AC;? Hauer said via email.

The full statement and list of signers can be found at oimfsa.org. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Erin Rook

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2717 NE Broadway Portland, OR 97232 The Vampire Bridegroom (Dark Scribe, 2011) is a collection of spine-tingling vampire, zombie and werewolfian poetry, inspired, said Helder, by childhood nightmares about â&#x20AC;&#x153;becoming a vampire or being possessed by Satan.â&#x20AC;? He said these dream symbols were created in order to confront his fears of â&#x20AC;&#x153;becoming gay.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Vampire Bridegroom is my ultimate response to the horror genre as a gay poet,â&#x20AC;? explained Helder. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Personally, I believe the horror genre is a healthy outlet for fears and anxieties about gay life: fear of AIDS and its association with blood, fear of being rejected by religious communities, fear of being alienated from friends and family, fear of hate crimes, and even fear of being assimilated into straight cultureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all of these translate beautifully into horror stories.â&#x20AC;?

Helderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past work includes his Pop-Up Book of Death, and co-editing credit of the Bram Stoker Award-winning anthology of queer horror, Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet.

All sales of the bookâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;$14, cash or check onlyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;go to Q Center. The event will also include a Q&A session, and will run from 7 to 8 p.m.

If you miss out on this opportunity to check out Helder in theâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;livingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;flesh, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have another chance Saturday, October 22. Helder will be signing his kid-friendly horror comics Canus and Canus 2, about a cyborg dog created by a mad scientist. This event runs from 2 to 4

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In other local publishing news, the 31st edition of Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Moonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Gaia Rhythms for Womyn (Mother Tongue Ink, 2011) has been released. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Moon 2012â&#x20AC;&#x201D;this year dubbed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chrysalisâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;is a beautiful collection of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creative work, including poetry, painting, inspirational creative writing and more.

The iconic datebook and astrological moon calendar contains 150 original works from contributors worldwide under the theme â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chrysalis,â&#x20AC;? reimagined from Tarot Card #12â&#x20AC;&#x201D;The Hanged One. The works are to represent birthplace/deathplace, and where old forms dissolve and new life begins.

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Beaudoin Receives Skidmore Prize for Leadership at PHAME PHAME Academy continues its climb as a valuable nonprofit organization in the Portland metro area, most recently with the announcement of executive director Stephen Marc Beaudoin being awarded the Skidmore Prize. Beaudoin was one of four winners of the award, sponsored and

nwnews administered by Willamette Week, which recognizes outstanding young adults who devote their time and work to charitable nonprofit organizations.

The Skidmore Prize comes with a $4,000 personal grant, and the chance to speak at a City Club of Portland Friday Forum.

PHAMEâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Pacific Honored Artists, Musicians and Entertainersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;was founded in 1984 to support the development of skills and self-esteem in adults with developmental disabilities through education and participation in performing and fine arts. Beaudoin took over as the nonprofitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive director in 2010. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My greatest hope with this recognition is that it will raise awareness not only of PHAME and our inspiring student artists, but of the need for positive recognition, support and encouragement of adults with developmental disabilities everywhere,â&#x20AC;? said Beaudoin.

Since Beaudoinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arrival, PHAMEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget has nearly doubled, and the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual summer production of Grease at Mt. Hood Community College this year attracted almost 1,000 attendeesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;three times as many as in years past. But, as Beaudoin pointed out, achieving success has not been a solo effort. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I'm buoyed in my work by a first-rate board of directors, a remarkable staff, a big and growing corps of dedicated donors and

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PHAME was also recently honored with a City of Portland â&#x20AC;&#x153;Making a Differenceâ&#x20AC;? award in the nonprofit category. These awards are given to recognize people, businesses and nonprofits that make outstanding contributions that have helped improve the lives of those with disabilities. Recipients are selected by the Connecting Communities Coali-

tion under the leadership of Commissioner Amanda Fritz. PHAME staff will accept the award at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Connecting Communities event Thursday, October 20 at the Lloyd Center Doubletree Hotel.

With all the accolades rolling in to PHAME this year, Beaudoin was quick to point to the resiliency of the students as the focal point for the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The student artists and performers at PHAME are a source of constant joy and inspiration,â&#x20AC;? said Beaudoin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel completely

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Community Events in Brief • Darcelle XV Showplace (208 NW Third Ave.) hosts Super!Drag! Friday, October 7, a benefit performance for Bradley Angle House. Darcelle, Poison Waters and others will drag up as their favorite superheroes in commemoration of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

The special happy hour show runs from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., with doors at 6. Admission is $15 per person, and the event is for those 21 and over. Tickets are available at bradleyangle.org, or at the door.

For more information, email rebecca@bradleyangle.org, or call 503-232-1528 ext. 204.

• The Harmony of the Rose Awards Dinner and In-Town Show will be held at Darcelle XV Showplace Wednesday, October 12 from 6 to 9 p.m.

Emceed by Gem Empress 33 of Boise, Terra Mi Su, and Empress 38 of Denver,

nwnews Stephanie Paul, this coronation ceremony in- Memorial Student Union Building (1825 cludes cocktails, dinner, the awards and then a SW Broadway, room 355). fabulous show.

The show, dubbed “Fall Into Fashion!” will Tickets, $20, are available at rosecourt.org. celebrate bodies of all types, genders, gender identities and abilities. Poison Waters will • “Ignite—The Basic Rights Oregon Event” emcee the event, which will also include will be held Friday, October 7 in the Portland performances by the Sisters of Perpetual Art Museum’s Kridel Grand Ballroom (1219 Indulgence, feminist comedian Carmen SW Park Ave.). The annual fundraising gala Trincee and Kari Anne McDonald. will include dinner, dancing and live enterVisit pdx.edu/wrc for more information. tainment. All proceeds go to BRO’s mission to educate Oregonians about marriage equal- • The Oregon Chapter of Integrity USA ity, and to advance trans and racial justice. presents a special prayer service focusing on The gala features entertainment from sing- the LGBTQ community Friday, October 7. er-songwriter Laura Gibson, DJ Lunch Lady “Evensong for the Feast of Saints Sergius & and more. Tickets are $75.

Bacchus” starts at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen’s BRO’s advisory group is expected to meet Episcopal Church (1432 SW 13th Ave.). in late October to make a recommendation on Attendees will sing chants and hymns by whether or not BRO should begin gathering candlelight, and meditate on inspiring Bible passignatures for a freedom to marry ballot initia- sages. The Rev. Gabriel Lamazares will officiate. tive for 2012’s general election. Advice from Email oregonintegrity@gmail.com for more the group, along with input from the LGBT information. and allied community, will be used by BRO’s board of directors to make a final decision in • Salon Q holds an LGBTQ community late October or early November. networking and socializing event Tuesday, For more information about “Ignite,” or to find October 11 at Tucci (220 SW A Ave., Lake out more about the nonprofit’s marriage equality Oswego), a new Italian eatery. Attendees can push, visit basicrights.org. enjoy artisanal wines and a menu created with regional ingredients.

• The Portland State University Women’s The event is free, and runs from 7 to 11 Resource Center presents its inaugural Love p.m. Come support a hot new restaurant in Your Body Fashion Extravaganza Thursday, Lake Oswego, and meet up with new friends.

October 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Smith For more information, visit salonqpdx.com.

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• The Second Annual “Hullabaloo” benefit show hits Miller Hall at the World Forestry Center (4033 SW Canyon Road) Thursday, October 20 from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Featuring Darcelle XV, live music from The Usual Suspects and performances by improv comedy group The Unscriptables, the event benefits JOIN—a Portland nonprofit dedicated to helping the homeless transition into housing. Tickets are $50, which includes dinner and Northwest beer and wine.

Visit joinpdx.com for more information.

• As part of the Fifth Annual Portland Latin American Film Festival, Lester Hamlet’s LGBTQ-oriented Casa Vieja—Old House—will screen Friday, October 21 at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd.) at 5:45 p.m. The film will re-screen Sunday, October 23 at 6:50 p.m.

For more information, visit pdxlaff.org.

• Lincoln City plays host to the inaugural Blue Ball, a benefit for the Coastal AIDS Network Saturday, October 22 from 7 to 11 p.m. Held at Eden Hall (6645 Gleneden Beach Loop Road), the event features a silent auction, dancing and a no-host bar and appetizers. Tickets are $20.

Email coastalaidsnetwork@gmail.com for more information.

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Just days before more than 10,000 peo- Project, who deliver great results for people ple converged upon downtown’s Pioneer living with HIV/AIDS. And, the Portland Courthouse Square for the 25th Annual Housing Bureau has a strong team writing AIDS Walk Portland, the office of Port- these grant applications.” land Housing Commissioner Nick Fish anSpecifically, the new funding will supnounced that $1.37 million in new funding port a collaborative project forged by CAP had been awarded to the Portland Hous- and WorkSource Portland Metro—which ing Bureau to support homeless people is funded by Worksystems, Inc.—in an living with HIV/AIDS. initiative called SpringThe funds come from board to Stability, Selfthe U.S. Department Sufficiency and Health of Housing and Urban (S4H). The initiative Development (HUD), provides rent assistance, and are expected to be case management and available in early 2012. employment services, Along with Los Anincluding employment geles, Dallas and Boston, training. In addition, the Portland is among only grant will help CAP’s eight communities in the housing program for nation to receive funds people living with HIV/ through HUD’s Housing “Portland is a national AIDS in Oregon and Opportunities for Persons leader in working with Southwest Washington With AIDS (HOPWA) to develop housing plans people living with HIV/ program, part of the and find homes for up to Obama administration’s AIDS who are experiencing 60 more people per year.

National HIV/AIDS homelessness.”

“It is a national disStrategy and the Federal grace that people liv-Nick Fish, Portland Strategic Plan to Prevent Housing Commissioner ing with HIV/AIDS and End Homelessness. experience high levels A total of 46 projects were considered dur- of unemployment and homelessness,” Fish ing the competitive funding process. says. “This new funding will help us quickly So what’s the secret to Portland’s success? stabilize people’s housing with flexible rent “This award signals HUD’s recognition assistance and then connect them to ‘mainthat Portland is a national leader in work- stream’ employment and benefits services to ing with people living with HIV/AIDS who help them access the income they need to be are experiencing homelessness,” Fish says. self-sufficient.”

“Portland has strong partnerships with comCommissioner Fish’s office reports that munity organizations like Cascade AIDS more than 600 people living with HIV/ submitted photo

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The grant also ensures three additional years of operation for Working Choices, a program offering workshops, one-on-one assistance and networking groups for HIVpositive job seekers.

This is all great news for CAP, whose annual AIDS Walk Portland took to the streets October 2 with lofty fundraising goals. With participation hovering around the 10,000 mark—roughly the same as in the last three years—CAP’s fundraising totals handily eclipsed the 2010 sum of $379,000, as $450,000 had been tallied as of press time.

Speakers at pre-walk events included Mayor Sam Adams, former Governor Barbara Roberts and Beaverton Mayor Denny Doyle.

For CAP executive director Michael Kaplan, the event’s continued growth is a testament to the visibility and awareness that CAP works so hard at promoting throughout the year.

“In many of the midsize cities across this country, AIDS Walks have had a tough time, and several have seen declining results over the past several years,” Kaplan says. “As such, to see an increase for the third year in a row, and such a substantial increase this year, really means a lot.”

Funds raised through AIDS Walk go to support the work of CAP, primarily, but also in 2011 support local agencies like Martha’s Pantry, the HIV Day Center and Our House of Portland.

Particularly inspiring has been the story of this year’s number one fundraiser, 11-

year-old Alazar Manning. With a goal of $9,000, and topping Kaplan as the highest fundraiser for 2011, Manning launched an effort based on raising awareness that HIV is spreading seven times faster in the black population than in the white population.

Manning raised $9,050, narrowly besting Kaplan at the deadline.

“It makes me feel proud,” Manning says.

His walking group, The A-Team, raised approximately $9,300 for AIDS Walk Portland. Manning also received donations from actress Angela Bassett and musician Kenny Loggins following a campaign to enlist celebrity sponsors for the cause.

“I couldn’t be more thrilled,” Kaplan says of Manning’s accomplishment. “He’s amazing! To see an 11-year-old young man come at this with such passion and energy gives me hope for how we get to the other side of this epidemic.”

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Beyond Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Portland’s Dr. Mary Ann Humphrey-Keever weighs in on repeal

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In 1987, after nine years of service and as a newly promoted major working as an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity officer— ironically enough—Humphrey-Keever was forced to resign for being a lesbian following what she says was the revenge of a former colleague and friend at PCC, whom she’d unwittingly forced out of his position. He was also a reserve lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps.

It wasn’t until Humphrey-Keever visited a psychiatrist to help her resolve her distrust of peers, and mankind in general, that an epiphany hit: “Perhaps you could be a pioneer, a spokesperson,” Dr. Kenneth Paltrow suggested to Humphrey-Keever during a session. “You could even write a book.”

And so began a 20-plus year campaign for awareness. Humphrey-Keever and her partner Debra—who have been registered domestic partners since 2008, together for 26 years and, as a political statement, have been married a whopping three times, whenever and wherever they can—became poster children for any issue in the Pacific Northwest that had to do with gays in the military. She co-founded Veterans for Human Rights in 1992, and has led the Color Guard holding the American flag at the start of Portland’s Pride parade for the past 18 years. She also led a contingency of 2,000 gay and lesbian servicemembers in the 1993 March on Washington.

Humphrey-Keever’s work undoubtedly played a big role in the eventual repeal of DADT. Now that it’s over, she says, the real challenge will be for servicemembers to learn how to confront the inevitability of continued discrimination.

“There will be the guys in the military who find out someone’s a lesbian and say, ‘You haven’t had the right guy yet,’ [or there’s] ‘the guy who hasn’t found the right girl.’ There will be that because that seems to be how we still think,” HumphreyKeever explains. “I don’t see that as going away immediately. I think it’s a process.”

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Just a few weeks removed from the historic repeal of the U.S. military’s ban on gay men and women serving openly, emotions continue to run high, its soldiers of change standing tall. Among those personally affected by the legislation brave enough to lead the fight against it is Dr. Mary Ann Humphrey-Keever.

Humphrey-Keever’s book, My Country, My Right to Serve, was published by HarperCollins in 1990—a full three years before the Clinton administration’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was signed into law. The book pieced together the riveting stories, as told to Humphrey-Keever, of 42 ex-servicemembers whose military careers were destroyed by the ban on gays serving, and became a cornerstone of dialogue on reversing the law. Upon its publication, My Country, My Right to Serve was bestowed the Oregon Literary Arts Association Award for creative nonfiction, as well as a nomination for a Lambda Award, among other accolades.

Humphrey-Keever, 67, is a longtime faculty member at Portland Community College’s Rock Creek campus, where she teaches physical education. She was working at PCC in the ‘80s, too, while simultaneously serving a commission position in the Army Reserve.

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Keever puts it, this crucial step forward is “chipping away at the inconsistencies in our humankind.”

“The more we stand there and don’t stand down, that’s the important part about what we’re doing,” she says. “We’ve been [in the military] all along. Now we can just be real.

It’s a win-win for everyone.”

Dr. Humphrey-Keever, who as of press time reported that 600 copies of the 21-year-old My Country, My Right to Serve have sold in the last 6 months, is starting a new book, focusing on marriage equality. For more information on her life, visit drhkzsite.com.

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sexuality already, says she hopes that young gay soldiers will use their heads when disclosing their identities.

“I think a lot of people in the military will use their best discretion and choose their friends [wisely],” she says. “They’ll be out but they won’t be crazy. I think that was a fear of the Congress that was behind all of this and some in the military saying, ‘It’s going to be a pink military now.’ No, it’s not!

People that go into the military go in for a reason. It’s not to meet other men, it’s not to meet other women. It’s for the opportunities that the military offers.”

Perhaps most importantly, HumphreyKeever explains that for those Midwestern gays and lesbians seeking a sense of purpose in unforgiving, rural towns—outside of the more liberal East and West coasts—the military is now a much more viable option for a career than it was under DADT. She reiterates, however, that simply because the policy has been repealed doesn’t mean that deep-seated prejudices will be erased. “[Potential enlistees] may feel that they can find more people in the military that they can feel comfortable with because they’re coming from all over the country,” Humphrey-Keever says. “That’s opened up an opportunity for that gay person who’s isolated somewhere. It doesn’t mean it won’t be homophobic. If you’re a homophobic asshole in society, you’re gonna be the same way in there. You just have to follow regulations.”

Logic—as well as top officials in the U.S. military—tells us that the repeal of DADT will have an inconsequential effect on military readiness and overall morale in the ranks. As Humphrey-

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Come Out, Portland Your local guide to National Coming Out Day events

By Aaron Spencer

This year’s National Coming Out Day, set for October 11, marks perhaps the easiest time yet for individuals to come out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer.

The event, founded in 1988, encourages sexual minorities and their straight allies to celebrate their pride and focus on advancing LGBTQ rights. The date was originally chosen to coincide with the anniversary of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1987.

But today, six states and the District of Columbia have legalized same-sex marriage.

Nearly 650,000 couples identified as same-sex partners in the 2010 census, an 80 percent increased from 2000. The It Gets Better Project is 22,000 videos strong in support of bullied queer teens. Chaz Bono is on Dancing with the Stars. The world has never been more welcoming toward those who are out.

Still, recent headlines serve as a reminder that timing is critical, and of the reality that intolerance persists to sometimes tragic effect.

Last month, Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14-year-old from Buffalo, N.Y., committed suicide after being bullied for being out.

“In general, I do think the more people who are out the more others will come to know LGBT people and the more we can advance the movement,” says Dawn Holt, president of PFLAG Portland, “but there are definitely times when it’s in one’s best interest not to come out.”

For those who are ready, Portland has a bevy of events where you can be out and proud.

Night of 100 Dinners The Saturday before National Coming Out Day, Portland’s Q Center is holding a fundraiser in homes across Oregon. Strictly speaking, during the “Night of 100

Dinners,” hosts will provide the meals and guests are encouraged to donate to the queer community hub. But more loosely, hosts can cook the meal, have it catered or hold a potluck. The dinner party can be for any number of guests, but each host has a goal of raising $200.

Sat., Oct. 8; visit pdxqcenter.com for information on attending or hosting a dinner; $20 minimum donation per person encouraged.

Count On Me/National Coming Out Day 2011 Community Event The nonprofit that runs Portland Pride, Pride Northwest, is holding an event at Skidmore Fountain on National Coming Out Day to launch the “Count On Me” campaign. The effort is meant to raise awareness of resources available to the LGBTQ community to combat and deal with violence and harassment.

Partners in the campaign include the Sexual Minorities Roundtable, the Mayor’s Office of Safety & Peacekeeping, Equity Foundation, Basic Rights Oregon, Cascade AIDS Project, the Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Resource Center and the PFLAG Portland Black Chapter.

Tues., Oct. 11, 6 p.m.; Skidmore Fountain at SW Ankeny St. and First Ave.; pridenw.com.

National Coming Out Day Prayer Breakfast Start your National Coming Out Day with a prayer breakfast hosted by the Community of Welcoming Congregations, the Oregon nonprofit collective of LGBTQ-welcoming spiritual organizations. The event is an opportunity for LGBTQ individuals to come out as people of faith, says the Rev. Tara Wilkins,

CWC president. Local religious leaders will be on hand to speak.

Tues., Oct. 11, 8:30-10 a.m.; Augustana Lutheran Church, 2710 NE 14th Ave.; free, but donations encouraged; welcomingcongregations.org.

Coming Out Day Intergenerational Event LGBTQ senior citizens will share coming out stories with LGBTQ homeless youth the evening of National Coming Out Day. Outside In, the nonprofit for homeless youth, and Gay & Grey, a program for LGBTQ seniors by the nonprofit Friendly House, are partnering for the event. Outside In’s program Queerzone targets the many youth who have been kicked out of their homes for coming out to their families.

Tues., Oct. 11, 6-8 p.m.; Outside In, 1132 SW 13th Ave.; free; outsidein.org.

Portland State University’s National Coming Out Week Portland State University’s Queer Resource Center has a week full of events to commemorate National Coming Day, from a coffee klatch to karaoke. All of the events will be held in Smith Memorial Student Union and are open to the public.

Mon., Oct. 10, noon-7 p.m.: The QRC will hold an open house in its offices. Learn about programs offered, have some snacks and “Guess the Straight” during a game show-styled presentation that debunks stereotypes.

Tues., Oct. 11, noon-9 p.m.: A trans coffee hour (noon-1 p.m.) in the QRC offices provides an opportunity to meet and mingle with genderqueer people. Then head to the Queeries Coming Out Panel in rooms 228-29 to

hear students tell their stories (2-3 p.m.). Afterward, from 3 to 5 p.m., you’ll have a chance to share your own coming out story, whether it’s on camera, written or through art. You’ll also be provided with supplies to make a special coming out T-shirt. The space will be reserved for transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals from 4:30 to 5 p.m. And from 7 to 9 p.m., stay to watch Paris is Burning, the 1990 documentary about drag nights among New York’s underclass.

Wed., Oct. 12, 3-7 p.m.: Attend a panel on health care for transgender people from 3 to 5 p.m. in room 236. Afterward, stay for “Toys in the Closet,” an informative program on condoms, lube and more.

Fri., Oct. 14, 7-10 p.m.: End the week with a dance party and karaoke outside the student union at the South Park Blocks.

Mon., Oct. 10-Fri., Oct. 14; 1825 SW Broadway; free; qrc.pdx.edu.

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For Munguia, the variMunguia, 49, relocated ety has been there since to the Rose City following the beginning. Just a few a distinguished run workdays after accepting the ing for corporate hotels job, Munguia got a taste along the West Coast. of this freedom with his Originally a student of first booking: Darklady’s political science and interannual Masturbate-anational relations, Mun- “We just don’t care whether Thon charity event. guia had global ambi“That moment to me you’re gay or straight, black tions—namely to work for was really [one of ], ‘I the United Nations. But or white, hipster or busientered a whole new diduring college, he accepted ness suit-by-day. We want mension,’” Munguia says. a position as a telephone “We would never touch people to be able to come operator at a hotel—a dethis—excuse the pun— cision that would change and feel accepted and free at Marriott.” the trajectory of his career. to be whoever it is that they As a gay man, Munguia “It was a way of paying set to ensuring that the may be and however it is the rent, and it just sort of Jupiter’s marketing efforts got in my blood,” Mun- they define themselves.” would welcome the LG-al munguia, jupiter hotel BTQ traveler. One of the guia explains.

After climbing the corfirst phases of that apporate ladder at hotel chains like Marriott, proach was to connect with Community Holiday Inn and Starwood, Munguia sought Marketing, Inc. to begin the company’s to further his resume—and creativity, and di- Travel Alternatives Group (TAG) training. versify the hotel experience for guests. For the For a hotel to become TAG certified, staff former high school disco dancing champion— and management undergo diversity training, yes, really—the general manager position at specifically as it applies to the LGBTQ the Jupiter couldn’t have come at a better time. community. The Jupiter Hotel became Port-

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Similarly, Portland Latino Gay Pride—co-founded by Munguia’s late partner José Ornelas—is a perennial partner, and an organization that until this year held its primary base of operations at the Jupiter. The hotel has also served as host site for the Rose City Softball Association’s Cascade Cup and Pride Northwest functions.

“We have a saying: ‘As in God’s house, all are welcome at the Jupiter,’” Munguia says. “We just don’t care whether you’re gay or straight, black or white, hipster or business suit-by-day.

We want people to be able to come and feel accepted and free to be whoever it is that they may be and however it is they define themselves.”

This June Munguia’s efforts were recognized on a grander scale, when Governor John Kitzhaber appointed him to the Oregon Tourism Board. As a member of this administrative body, it’s Munguia’s duty to review spending strategies and allocate funds for grants to increase the state’s viability as a tourist destination. The board’s suggestions and decisions are then implemented

by Travel Oregon.

Since Munguia’s appointment came after the 2011-12 strategies were established, his input is likely to be felt more in the coming years of his four-year term.

“As a Latino, I bring that perspective of, ‘What do we need to do from the Oregon perspective to really make Oregon attractive to this segment of the population?”

Munguia explains. “And then as a gay man, I bring that perspective of, ‘What are we as a state doing to promote LGBT tourism to the state?’ Those are going to be my big focuses.”

Under Munguia’s wing, Oregon’s widely touted hospitality isn’t just hype. It’s fact.

land’s first TAG-approved property, and is also a member of the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA).

“It really is about awareness,” Munguia says. “It’s about those micro-aggressions that we use on a daily basis that we may not really be conscious of in our speech, or in our body language as we interact with people.”

Upon TAG certification, staff and management take an exam designed to assure they can deal effectively and positively with issues sensitive to the LGBTQ community— and, most importantly, says Munguia, have been trained not to make assumptions.

“We all grow up with prejudices, and preformulated ideas as to how people want to be treated,” he says. “The certification just lets the LGBTQ traveler know that this property is aware of who they are.”

Linking the entire community to the experience of the Jupiter was a cornerstone strategy for Munguia, and has established the property as a makeshift headquarters for many regional organizations and annual fundraising events. The Oregon Bears’ BearTown has turned to the Jupiter as host hotel For more information about the Jupiter Hotel, and event epicenter. visit jupiterhotel.com.

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Barbara McCullough-Jones’ introduction to Portland’s LGBTQ community, and her position as a leader at Q Center, was put to the test almost immediately upon her arrival in the Northwest. That same week in early June, the Portland City Council voted unanimously to approve trans-inclusive health care for city employees, and Pride was just days away. Gay bashings in Old Town were all over the news. She had little time to adjust.

McCullough-Jones’ poise in the face of an expectant LGBTQ population, however, has been impressive, as new user-friendly integrations have been implemented into the Q Center system to encourage more individual leadership among those in the community.

And while the debate over Q’s decision to foster a dialogue with the evangelical Mars Hill Church has dominated media stories involving the center, McCullough-Jones, 53, hasn’t lost the focus of sustaining and growing Q as it heads into 2012.

How has her influence been felt within the community? How has she improved the infrastructure of Q Center since taking on her role as executive director? Read on.

Just Out: How have you been handling this busy start at your new position?

Barbara McCullough-Jones: For the first three months, I did what I called a listening tour, meeting with individuals, donors, different organizations and different businesses to get their sense of who they perceive Q Center to be, what they think we ought to be, and trying to learn more about those unspoken expectations people always carry. It was really time well spent. I learned a lot about other organizations, learned a lot about Q Center and our position in community, and the places where there are possibilities for collaborative work, partnerships, or programs.

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JO: What kinds of concerns did you hear most on this listening tour that had gone unspoken before?

BM-J: Probably the best thing [I learned] was that Q Center has a very good reputation in the community. For a young organization, it has a really great foundation in that there’s a lot of people that look to Q Center as a place to gather and to organize.

But one of the consistent things I heard was that they would like to see Q Center pro-

vide more leadership in terms of not just waiting for folks to come here and organize, but helping put out some of those ideas and some of those ways that our community and our allies can organize and use Q Center as that hub.

One of the things that came out of this tour is that we now are able to talk about four core program areas that we work in.

Those are health and wellness, education and training, advocacy, and arts and culture.

What we were able to then identify is that we support over 40 different affinity groups that meet at Q on any given month. Once we started identifying those groups, and marketing that more as “this is what Q Center does,” now we’re getting calls from people saying, “I didn’t know all that was going on there. Now I wanna do this group.” We opened ourselves up and created some internal processes that allowed a smoother path for folks who want to raise their hand and have an idea to come in. Now we have a much more systematic way of integrating those ideas into what Q Center presents to the community. I’m really happy with that.

JO: When we last spoke, you mentioned that one of the larger ways Q can be effective is as a model for smaller community centers statewide. In what ways have you instituted pathways to ensuring that kind of leadership?

BM-J: Within our service area, we’ve started a partnership with [Portland Community College], specifically the Rock Creek Campus. They’re launching a [queer] resource center October 11. They came [to Q] and learned a lot about how to operate a center in their academic context, which is different

“For the first three months, I did what I called a listening tour, meeting with individuals, donors, different organizations and different businesses to get their sense of who they perceive Q Center to be, what they think we ought to be, and trying to learn more about those unspoken expectations people always carry. It was really time well spent.”

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from what we do. One of the ways we’re going to look at collaborating with them is [that] we have the Kendall Clawson Library here, which has a lot of resources. Our library committee is going to go through and look at what we have that might be duplicate copies, or that might be better suited for that age group, or for an academic setting, and we’ll help build a library extension out of Q Center. That’s one of the ways we’re looking at developing partnerships, to do this as a pilot project at that campus and then stretch that further.

JO: What are your thoughts on the debate about extending the invitation to talk with Mars Hill Church? What do you say to those people who feel betrayed that there’s a dialogue at all?

BM-J: There’s such a variety of experiences and opinions when it comes to issues of LGBT community and the faith community.

There’s a whole spectrum of where people fall on that line. Probably the two most vocal, emerging segments of our community have been those who ask, “What the hell are you even doing talking to these people? They’re never gonna change their mind.” The other part of our community that has come forward has been LGBT people in the faith community who’ve said, “This is an olive branch; this is the dialogue we should be having.” Now, maybe we’re not going to change their mind because of the way they interpret the doctrine they follow. That’s the basis of who they are.

But, if we as people who live in the same community can find some common ground, won’t that lead us to more peaceful coexistence? In my view, the answer is yes.

I think people who have a lot of hurt and anger and pain around issues of faith— which are completely understandable, totally justifiable—they ought to have an outlet to express that as well. And Mars Hill needs to hear that.

“One of the consistent things I heard was that they would like to see Q Center provide more leadership in terms of not just waiting for folks to come here and organize, but helping put out some of those ideas and some of those ways that our community and our allies can organize and use Q Center as that hub.”

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who had agreed to come and meet with us here. First of all, I didn’t think they would. I didn’t think they’d meet, and I didn’t think they’d come here. I thought when they came, they’d fold their arms, sit there and still act like, “I think you’re the most disgusting thing on the planet.” My big takeaway was none of that happened. So there is hope; there’s hope for dialogue and for moving people’s hearts and minds. That, to me, was the proof that we did the right thing.

JO: What would you say are the essential goals for Q Center in 2012?

BM-J: Financial stability. We’re still on very rocky times as a country. We just need to be really smart about the way we do business, and how we grow or how we stabilize during that time. Second to that is to continue to find ways to reach out and be more inclusive of our community and our allies in the way that Q Center does business, and what our place is in the community. Third is finding more ways to develop allied relationships, and focus on getting outside of ourselves. Maybe a little less preaching to the choir and more finding more members of the choir [laughs].

We have an infrastructure. We need to figure out how to support it and how to make it stronger. Leadership development is JO: What did you take away from that high on our agenda—to get people in the [September 7] meeting, and what do you room to have these tough conversations like hope to take away from future discussions Mars Hill. It’s time. with Mars Hill?

BM-J: My big takeaway was here’s this Visit justout.com for a full transcript of our very evangelical person [the Rev. Tim Smith] interview with Barbara McCullough-Jones.

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The community resources will likely have to relocate when the building housing them is sold (it went on the market in July). The current home of Estherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pantry and Todâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corner, which provide supplemental items to people living with HIV/AIDS, is owned by Providence Health and Services and has been offered rentand utilities-free for more than five years.

The services moved into the Providenceowned medical offices after Friends of People With AIDS took over for Metropolitan Community Church in 2006. Our House started running the programs in 2007. Estherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pantry has supplied foodâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and Todâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corner, personal care itemsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to individuals living with HIV/AIDS since 1985. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would like to express our gratitude for all the years [Providence has] provided this facility free for us,â&#x20AC;? Miya says. Now that Estherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pantry and Todâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corner are looking for a new home, Our House is calling on the community to help with the relocation by making additional donations, hosting food

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Miya says Our House currently has a commercial Realtor on the hunt, but encourages community members to contact him if they know of a suitable home. The organization, which serves about 700 people annually, is hoping to trade up, so to speak.

Our House seeks a larger space (about 5,000 square feet) that is close in and near bus and MAX lines. Also on the wish list: ADA accessibility, a telephone/internet connection, air

conditioning and heating, 20 off-street parking spaces, a 500-square-foot reception area, enough electrical outlets for 10 refrigerators and a washer-and-dryer hookup. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Currently, the space that we have is a little small and kind of difficult to navigate through.

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Though Miya doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know for sure when (or, technically, if ) Estherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pantry and Todâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corner will have to move, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing everything he can to ensure continuity of service. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just trying to be proactive,â&#x20AC;? Miya says.

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SWAGGER all-inclusive dance class! (6:00 p.m., Center Space Studio, 420 SE 6th, $8 drop-in, $35 5 classes, theotherspacellc.com) OUT Dancing Intermediate/Advanced Nightclub 2-Step Lessons. (6:30 p.m., Ankeny Street Studio, 975 SE Sandy, $10, outdancing.info) It’s a bird... It’s a plane... It’s Super!Drag! Darcelle, Poison and friends “go superhero” for Bradley Angle in celebration of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (6:30 p.m., Darcelle XV, 208 NW 3rd, 21+, $15, bradleyangle.org)

Drinking with the Divas! Join the Divas at Mary’s for drinking and debauchery! (10:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+, No cover!)

SAT OCT 8 The Adventure Group joins the NW Forest Service on a Trail Maintenance party. Meet outside Starbucks at Hollywood Fred Meyer.

(8:00 a.m., 3030 NE Weidler, RSVP to Fred at 503 545-6217) The Adventure Group joins the Portland Frontrunners on an Esplanade walk with optional brunch. Meet by Vera Katz’ statue (9:00 a.m., 1 SE Main, adventuregroup.org) Storytime with Maria, a monthly event for kids and their families. Maria Lowe reads stories, sings songs, and brings activities to storytime to match the ages and attention spans of your future bookworm. (9:3010:30 a.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) Men’s Eco-Hike: Catherine Creek. (10:00 a.m., $8-20 sliding scale, For more info, or to RSVP, call 503-223-8822 x1 or visit manifestpdx.org)

Portland Black Pride presents Blackbuster Movie & Game Night. This month’s feature is Cover (2007). (7-11:00 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th)

A Lecture by Dr. Jane Goodall. (1:30 p.m., Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, Redmond, $20-75, chimps-inc.org)

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Northwest Gender Alliance monthly meeting.

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MTF Support Group. For more information please contact sujvary@comcast.net. (7-9:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) Evensong for the Feast of Saints Sergius & Bacchus. A special prayer service focusing on the LGBT community, with chants and hymns by candlelight. (7:30 p.m., St Stephen’s Episcopal, 1432 SW 13th)

Salon Q. (4-7:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) Embers presents L4L.PDX for lesbians 35 and older. Dance, laugh, relax, enjoy! (5:00 p.m., Embers, 110 NW Broadway, 21+ $5 cover)

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(5-8:30 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, pivotpdx.org) Join the ISCWE for the 30th Annual Western Show. (6:30 p.m., Southside Speakeasy, 3529 Fairview Industrial Dr., Salem, 21+, $5 suggested donation) Q Center presents Night of 100 Dinners in honor of National Coming Out Day 2011. For more information, visit pdxqcenter.org.

Eugene Hot Flash! Hot Flash caters to seasoned lesbians who are too old for the “scene” and too young to stop dancing. (7-11:00 p.m., The City at Kowloons, 2222 MLK, Eugene, 21+, $8 cover) Annie’s Name Change Bash!

Mattachine Social performs live with Tammy Whynot and Tommy Suitcase to raise funds for Crush’s kitchen manager’s name change. (8:00 p.m., Crush, 1400 SE Morrison, 21+) June & Jean Millington “Play Like A Girl” CD Release! (8:00 p.m., Star Theater, 12 NW 6th, 21+, $21-30) Oh, ScratchPDX, “unique” performance art show that you are... we’ve missed you! (9:00 p.m., Hipbone Studio, 1847 E. Burnside, $10, scratchpdx.com) Sinful Saturday Halloween Party. (9:30 p.m., Local Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+, $5 cover) ChiChi & Chonga present the NOTORIOUS Neon Death Party, with DJs Roy G Biv and Mr. Charming. (10:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1025 SW Stark, 21+, No cover!)

XXXotica. (10:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+, No cover!)

Burlesque S’il Vous Plait, a classic burlesque show with a contemporary variety twist! (9:00 p.m., Crush Bar, 1400 SE Morrison, 21+, $7, BurlesquePlease.com)

Maricon @ Matador. (10:00 p.m., Matador, 1967 W Burnside, 21+)

Toga Party! (9:00 p.m., CC Slaughters, 219 NW Davis, 21+, No cover!)

The Portland Marathon. Cheer on some of the Amazon Dragons as they compete! (For more information, visit portlandmarathon.org)

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The Lovely Suzanne hosts Drag Tag Give-aWay, a night to help young people enter the world of drag. (9:00 p.m., Escape, 333 SW Park)

The Adventure Group goes on a moderate hike on Elk Meadows trail and Packer’s Cookie Stop. Meet outside Starbucks at Hollywood Fred Meyer. (8:30 a.m., 3030 NE Weidler, call Jack at 503-413-0831)

The Dum Dum Girls perform live, with Crocodiles and Colleen Green! (9:00 p.m., Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, $13 adv/$15 dos) MANTRAP, with DJ Lunchlady. (9:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+) DEEP CUTS: A queer dance night for the music enthusiast. (9:00 p.m., Rotture, 315 SE 3rd, 21+, No cover!)

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High Voltage “Gals Gone Wired” at Disjecta for annual celebration of women in digital arts It’s a positively charged premise: a showcase of electronic music and digital art created by women. They like to call it sound art. Who are “they”? A Pacific Northwest collective of “gals gone wired.”

That’s right, the Electrogals are back for a week of concerts, audio installations, workshops and lectures.

The 2011 festival, hosted by Disjecta Interdisciplinary Arts Center, plugs in with a rare Portland appearance by San Francisco-based composer, performer and media artist Pamela Z, known for audio experiments that mix live digital delay vocal processing with percussion objects, spoken word and sampled sound. Also on the bill: Tender Forever, Lovers, Marisa Anderson, Briana Marela and Natasha Kmeto.

As dynamic as the concerts themselves are the creative processes involved in said sound art. At this year’s event, a Composer in Residence installation will allow attendees the chance to see and hear a composer (Electrogals’ founder Heather Perkins, among them) as she works on an original piece of music. Other gallery offerings will feature works from around the world, including—how’s this for surround sound?—listening stations housed in vintage hair dryers.

Lectures will spotlight “time-banking,” thanks to U.K. artist Stephanie Rearick, the history of electronic music with Bonnie Miksch and a demo on making music with an iPad. Now in their fifth year, the ladies of Electrogals are set to prove they’re as dynamic as ever. Electrifying, indeed.

Oct. 10-15; $20, Disjecta Interdisciplinary Arts Center, 8371 N. Interstate Ave.; $20 general, $15 students/seniors for concerts, $5 suggested donation for each workshop and lecture, $50 for festival pass, gallery installations are free; electrogals.com.

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Q Patrol Committee Meeting. (1:30-2:30 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) Butch Crew PDX social group. (3-5:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi, pdxqcenter.org) The Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence present All Hail the Queen Bingo. Come dressed as your favorite queen or king, with prizes, performances, and great food!

(4-7:00 p.m., Embers, 110 NW Broadway, 21+, $15 for a 10-game bingo pack) OutKayaking holds a Potluck BBQ, an opportunity to meet other paddlers and discuss upcoming trips. (4-8:00 p.m., RSVP to kyle@outkayaking.org or 503-989-6333 for location and directions) Repent! The Church of the Poison Mind welcomes all sinners. (4-9:00 p.m., Silverado, 308 SW 3rd, 21+, Free) Men’s Faith & Sexuality Group. This safe, welcoming forum is for men who’ve experienced a conflict between their faith and sexuality. (4-5:30 p.m., For more information or to RSVP, call 503223-8822 x1 or visit manifestpdx.org) The ISRC presents the After Voting Show.

(7-10:00 p.m., Darcelle XV, 208 NW 3rd, 21+, rosecourt.org) Phoenix Variety Revue. (7:30 p.m., Kelly’s Olympian, 426 SW Washington, 21+, $7, PhoenixVarietyRevue.com) Superstar Divas Mega Show! (8:00 p.m., CC Slaughters, 219 NW Davis, 21+, No cover!)

Gaay Aalto Sundays. (10:00 p.m., Aalto Lounge, 3356 SE Belmont, 21+, No cover!)

MON OCT 10

Portland State University Queer Resource Center’s

Coming Out Week Events: Mon Oct 10 Open House, featuring a “Guess the Straight” panel Noon-7:00 p.m., Smith Room 401 Tues Oct 11 Coming Out Panel & Share Your Coming Out Story On Film 2-5:00 p.m., Smith Room 236 Movie Night: Paris is Burning 5-7:00 p.m., Smith Room 236 Wed Oct 12 Opening the Door to Trans Health Care 3-5:00 p.m., Smith Room 236 Toys in the Closet, with It’s My Pleasure 5:30-7:00 p.m., Smith Room 236 Thurs Oct 13 Love Your Body Fashion Show 7-9:00 p.m., Smith Ballroom Fri Oct 14 Karaoke & Dance Party 7-10:00 p.m., Park Blocks or Cafeteria

For more information, visit qrc.pdx.edu or call 503-725-9742 Free Rapid HIV testing & STD screening for guys into guys. (5-8:30 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, pivotpdx.org)

The Volunteers of PCPA present Emma Lily, a staged reading of a new play with music.

(Noon-1:00 p.m., PCPA Antoinette Hatfield Hall Rotunda Lobby, 1111 SW Broadway)

Brews & Blues, a fundraiser for Eileen Brady, with special guests The Dan Duval Trio. (5:30 p.m., The Guild Public House, 1101 E Burnside, $50 suggested donation)

Burger night at Starky’s! (6-9:00 p.m., Starky’s 2913 SE Stark, 21+)

Salon Q. (7-11:00 p.m., Tucci, 220 SW A Ave., Lake Oswego, salonqpdx.com)

LGBTQ affirming Pentecostals: express your charismatic style of prayer and worship in a safe, nonjudgmental environment at the LGBT In-Gathering. (7:00 p.m., Caldwell’s Colonial Chapel, 20 NE 14th, please enter from the parking lot doors)

Pride Northwest presents Count on Me: National Coming Out Day 2011. (6:00 p.m., Skidmore Fountain, Downtown Portland, pridenw.org)

OUT Dancing Beginning Nightclub 2-Step lessons. (7:30 p.m., Ankeny Street Studio, 975 SE Sandy, $10, outdancing.info)

Glory Box, a funny, sexy and charged performance of Tim Miller’s journeys through the challenge of love, marriage equality for gay Americans, comes to town for one night only! (7:30 p.m., Reed College Mainstage, 3203 SE Woodstock, TimMillerPerformer.com)

Pub Quiz with Polly! (7-9:00 p.m., CC Slaughters, 219 NW 3rd, 21+, No cover!)

Come to the Bisexual Social to discuss issues of bisexuality in an informal and supportive setting. Call Laury for more information at 503285-4848. (7:30 p.m., The Deli, 441 N Killingsworth) MaryOke! Hamburger Mary’s has more songs than you can shake a high heel at (and a cash prize for the best performance). (9:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+, No cover!)

Kristen Ford and Kara Kulpa bring their Boston musical stylings (and inarguable hotness) to town. (9:30 p.m., Alberta Streeet Pub, 1036 NE Alberta, 21+)

TUES OCT 11 National Coming Out Day Prayer Breakfast.

(8:30 a.m., Augustana Lutheran, 2710 NE 14th, For more information, please call 503-665-8741) National Coming Out Day at PCC Cascade Campus! (10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., PCC Cascade Student Untion, 705 N Killingsworth) Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are! National Coming Out Day Lunch. (Noon-1:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) LGBTQI & Disabled support group. (1-2:30 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) Towel Tuesdays. Let the boys of CCs serve you in nothing but their towels. (5-7:00 p.m., CC Slaughters, 219 NW 3rd, 21+, No cover!)

Jamie Bosworth

Bottomless Mimosa Brunch! Get ready for that hang-over medicine, Mary! (10:00 a.m.3:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th)

it’s not happening.

OutKayaking leads a Full Moon Paddle in Ridgefield. Paddle into the sunset and paddle back under the full moon. (6:00 p.m., Ridgefield Kayaking, Ridgefield, WA, outkayaking.org) Anawim Christian Fellowship. (6:30-8:30 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) Portland Lesbian Choir Open Rehearsal.

(6:30 p.m., Ainsworth UCC, 2941 NE Ainsworth, plchoir.org) Queer gaming nerds! Come to Magic: the Queer Gathering. (7-9:00 p.m., In Other Words, 14 NE Killingsworth) Quizzy! (7-9:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, All ages) Karaoke with Theo. (10:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+, No cover!)

Profile Theatre’s production of Terrence McNally’s Lips Together, Teeth Apart runs through Oct. 23. For more information, visit profiletheatre.org.

THURS OCT 13

Hip Hop Heaven. (9:00 p.m., CC Slaughters, 219 NW 3rd, 21+, No cover!)

Gay & Grey, a program of Friendly House, presents the 2nd Thursday Social for GLBTQI elders, their families, friends, and allies. (1-3:00 p.m., Village Inn, 1621 NE 10th, contact Kara at 503-224-2640 for more information)

Red Cap Garage presents HOTT MESS, a mashup of Portland Drag Race and Miss Thing. Who’s the hottest mess in town? (10:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+, No cover!)

Pride Professional Alliance presents The Role of Therapy in Gender Transitioning: An Educational Experience. (6-7:30 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi)

FRI OCT 14

Fitness Boot Camp for Trans Guys. (6-7:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi, $10, sweetmomentum-fitness.com)

CAP presents ¡Concientízate!, a celebration of Latin@ art, culture and music to commemorate National Latino AIDS Awareness Day. (6-10:00 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, cascadeaids.org)

Spinna DeVinyl early weekend dance party.

(8:30 p.m., Local Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+, No cover!)

Naked Pool! (9:00 p.m., The Eagle Portland, 835 N Lombard, 21+, No cover!, facebook. com/theeagleportland) Costume MaryOke! Arrive in costume or dig through our box of props (and win a cash prize for the best performance). (9:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+, No cover!)

Oregon Bears Happy Hour. (5-7:00 p.m., Fox & Hounds, 217 NW 2nd, 21+, No cover!)

SWAGGER all-inclusive dance class! (6:00 p.m., Center Space Studio, 420 SE 6th, $8 drop-in, $35 5 classes, theotherspacellc.com) Dirty Queer, Portland’s favorite X-rated open mic, is a haven for queer erotic entertainers of all sorts. Come early to get a good seat!

(6:30-8:30 p.m., In Other Words, 14 NE Killingsworth, 18+, $1-$5 suggested donation, dirtyqueer.com)

The ISRC presents the Out of Town Show. Join visiting folks for performances by Monarchs from around the Circuit as well as special request performances. (6:30 p.m., Embers, 110 NW Broadway, 21+, rosecourt.org) OUT Dancing Intermediate/Advanced Nightclub 2-Step Lessons. (6:30 p.m., Ankeny Street Studio, 975 SE Sandy, $10, outdancing.info) We Were Here opening night, followed by a Q&A with director David Weissman. (Regal Fox Tower, 846 SW Park, please check with theater for show time) Thank Goddess it’s 2nd Friday. TGI(2)F is a alternative for woman-identified persons to meet and connect in a playful, sensual environment. RSVP strongly encouraged. (7-11:00 p.m., $5-10, for location, visit lovetribe.org, join the tribe and find TGIF on the calendar.)

MTF Support Group. For more information please contact sujvary@comcast.net. (7-9:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) Northwest Dance Project presents NEW NOW WOW! (8:00 p.m., Lincoln Performance Hall, 1620 SW Park, $24-39, nwdanceproject.org)

Mary’s Charity Bingo. This is NOT your typical “church basement bingo.” (7-9:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, All ages, $20 buy-in)

Glee Night! (8:00 p.m., The Eagle Portland, 835 N Lombard, 21+, No cover!, facebook.com/ theeagleportland) Chromeo performs live with Mayer Hawthorne & The County. (8:00 p.m., Roseland Theater, 8 NW 6th, All ages, $26)

WED OCT 12 LBGTQI Seniors Lunch, free to seniors age 60 and over. (Noon-1:00 p.m., Metropolitan Community Church, 2400 NE Broadway, 503-3672220, mccpdxfood@gmail.com) Old Lesbians Organizing for Change. (1-3:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi, for more information, call 503-286-3575) Free Rapid HIV testing & STD screening for guys into guys. (1-3:30 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, pivotpdx.org) The ISRC presents an Awards dinner & In-Town Show. (5:30 p.m., Darcelle XV, 208 NW 3rd, 21+, $20 for dinner and show, rosecourt.org) The Link, a social networking group for HIV+ GLBT men, meets for Pizza Talk. Come for free pizza (yum) and a presentation on topics relevant to HIV+ men. (6:00 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, pivotpdx.org) Inter-Personal Violence Support Group.

(6-8:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi)

Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Brian Slade in Todd Haynes’ iconic film, Velvet Goldmine

Todd Couple Filmmaker Haynes hosts a doubleheader of inspiration Fans of acclaimed filmmaker Todd Haynes are in for a reel treat. The man behind androgynous glam classic Velvet Goldmine, ‘50s melodrama homage Far From Heaven and, most recently, Emmy-winning HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce will visit the Hollywood Theatre for an evening behind the screens.

In a doubleheader of moviemaking presented on (whoa) 35mm, the Portland-based auteur—who rose to cult fame with his 1988 Barbie doll-acted short film on the life of Karen Carpenter—revisits two titles that have influenced his signature world view: 1970 gangster flick Performance and 1958 Hitchcock entry Vertigo.

In the former, none other than Mick Jagger plays an (again, whoa) all-but-retired rocker who opens his bohemian flat to an East London thug out to lie low after a recent hit. It’s a stylized time capsule of cockney hoodlums, free love, identity and rock ‘n’ roll, in which Jagger’s character proclaims, “The only performance

that makes it, that really makes it … is the one that achieves madness.”

Cue the evening’s next film, the masterpiece of obsession and anxiety starring James Stewart and Kim Novak.

Like Performance, Vertigo paws at identity and (in)sanity.

Together, they offer a glimpse into the screen visions of a New Queer Cinema pioneer; if the first is an obvious precursor to the sex-fueled neo-psychedelia of Haynes’ Goldmine, the second is the blueprint (black-and-white print?) for his painstaking tributes to Old Hollywood.

Haynes will introduce each film, in a night that marks the start of En Route, the Hollywood Theatre’s new series spotlighting artists and their inspirations—and perhaps yours.

Sat., Oct. 15, 7 p.m. (Vertigo), 9:45 p.m. (Performance); Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd.; $10 for both films; hollywoodtheatre.org.

—Amanda Schurr

oregon’s lGBTQ newsmagazine

october 7, 2011

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Party Zodiac: Libra. (9:00 p.m., The Eagle Portland, 835 N Lombard, 21+, No cover!, facebook.com/theeagleportland)

MON OCT 17

MANTRAP, with DJ Lunchlady. (9:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+)

Burger night at Starky’s! (6-9:00 p.m., Starky’s 2913 SE Stark, 21+)

Get BENT... DJs Jodi Bon Jodi and Roy G Biv invite you to join them for a hot, sweaty, queer-as-fun dance party. (9:00 p.m., The Foggy Notion, 3416 N Lombard, 21+, $3 cover, facebook.com/bentpdx) Cross Over: Da Takeover. Hit the dance floor with DJ Mike Morris where Hip/Hop & R&B are queen! (9:00 p.m., Local Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+, $5) The ISRC presents the Friends of Suzzane Show. Join the Rose Court with an all-ages alcohol-free show. (10:00 p.m., Escape, 333 SW Park, rosecourt.org) Drinking with the Divas! Join the Divas at Mary’s for a night of drinking and debauchery!

(10:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+, No cover!)

SAT OCT 15 The Adventure Group goes on a difficult, strenuous hike to Nesmith Point. Meet outside Starbucks at Hollywood Fred Meyer. (9:00 a.m., 3030 NE Weidler, RSVP to Evan at 503701-7922) The Adventure Group joins the Portland Frontrunners on an Esplanade walk with optional brunch. Meet by Vera Katz’ statue (9:00 a.m., 1 SE Main, adventuregroup.org) Women’s 55+ Breakfast Club & Coffee Talk.

(10:00 a.m., Detour Cafe, 3035 SE Division)

The Salem Film Festival takes place Oct. 14-21.

For more information, visit salemfilmfestival.com.

Burlescape! A tantalizing taste of the burlesque and boylesque world! (9:00 p.m., Crush Bar, 1400 SE Morrison, 21+, $7 cover) Deacon X’s Fetish Night. (9:00 p.m., Whiskey Bar, 31 NW 1st, 21+, $10 cover, deaconxfetishnight.com) DJ Brad. (9:00 p.m., Local Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+, No cover!)

Come on out to Ecstasy Inferno’s CANDY SHOP, Portland’s sticky and sweet ‘90s dance party.

(10:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+, No cover!)

Maricon @ Matador, a night for homos and their homeys. (10:00 p.m., Matador, 1967 W Burnside, 21+) XXXotica. (10:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+, No cover!)

SUN OCT 16

Daddies and Papas is a social group for GLBT men raising young children. (10:00 a.m.-Noon, Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi)

The Adventure Group goes on a moderate hike to Serene and Rock Lakes. Meet outside Starbucks at Hollywood Fred Meyer. (9:00 a.m., 3030 NE Weidler, call Jeff at 503-234-4800)

PFLAG Portland Black Chapter Meetup.

(Noon, SMYRC, 3024 NE MLK, facebook.com/ pflag.portlandblackchapter)

Bottomless Mimosa Brunch! Get ready for that hang-over medicine, Mary! (10:00 a.m.3:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th)

Free Rapid HIV Testing for guys into guys.

(5-8:30 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, pivotpdx.org)

The ISRC presents the Victory Brunch. Join the newly elected Rose Court Majesties for a celebratory brunch. (11:00 a.m., Embers, 110 NW Broadway, 21+, $25 for an all-you-can-eat buffet, rosecourt.org)

The Imperial Sovereign Rose Court presents A Journey Through Shakespeare: A Night of Elegant Re-creation. Come celebrate the step-aside of Rose Emperor 37 Mr. Chad Hammer & Rose Empress 52 The Endearing Tsunami Foxx as the ISRC crowns a new court. (6:00 p.m., Crowne Plaze Hotel, 1441 NE 2nd, $50, rosecourt.org) FIDO, Friends Involved in Dog Outreach, presents Fall for FIDO Dinner Auction, to help fund the FIDO dog food bank, AniMeals, and Clackamas County Dog Services. (6:00 p.m., Pacific Crest Ballroom, 610 SE McLoughlin, Oregon City, $30, fido-clackamas.org) Lincoln City’s 13th Annual Glass Gala. (6:00 p.m., The Inn at Spanish Head, Lincoln City, $75, oregoncoast.org) Halloween Queer Horror Poetry Reading from The Vampire Bridegroom. Book signing to follow.

(7-8:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) Northwest Dance Project presents NEW NOW WOW! (8:00 p.m., Lincoln Performance Hall, 1620 SW Park, $24-39, nwdanceproject.org) Rebel GRRRL’s First Anniversary!

Shake it out, grrrl-style with Claw vs. Claw, Cochinos, Xxxsplosionzzz, and DJs Slutshine and Brodeya. (9:00 p.m., Sloan’s, 36 N Russell, 21+, No cover!)

Bear Paw Beer Bust! (9:00 p.m., Eagle Portland, 835 N Lombard, 21+, oregonbears.org) GAYCATION! DJ Mr. Charming and special guests invite you to Portland’s premier all-inclusive homo dance party, featuring queer talent from across the nation. (9:00 p.m., Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 21+, $3, groups.facebook.com/gaycation) Hamburger Mary’s presents Get Lei’d, a celebration of Ian’s and Godiva’s birthdays! (9:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+, No cover!)

Come on out to the Barking Lot Sale to benefit the Oregon Dog PAC. There’s dog adoptions, “Ask the Pet Trainer”, pet blessings, and a pet costume contest! (Noon-5:00 p.m., Lucky Lab Brew Pub Patio, 1945 NW Quimby) Momma Baby Mama: Story of a Knocked Up Lesbian book signing and Q&A. (2-4:00 p.m., In Other Words, 14 NE Killingsworth) Repent! The Church of the Poison Mind welcomes all sinners. (4-9:00 p.m., Silverado, 308 SW 3rd, 21+, Free) Men’s Faith & Sexuality Group. This safe, welcoming forum is for men who’ve experienced a challenging conflict between their faith and sexuality. (4-5:30 p.m., For more information or to RSVP, call 503-223-8822 x1 or visit manifestpdx.org) Tranz Guyz discussion group. (6-8:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) A Rocky Horror Pastie Show. Come see Rocky Horror as you’ve never seen it before: burlesque style! (6:00 p.m. preshow, 7:30 p.m. full production, Kelly’s Olympian, 426 SW Washington, 21+, $5 pre-show, $10 full production, PhoenixVarietyRevue.com)

Just Out presents a Halloween Gay Skate! This special edition of Gay Skate includes a costume contest and prizes galore! Proceeds benefit the Just Out Scholarship Fund. (7-9:00 p.m., 1 SE Spokane St., $6 plus a food donation for Esther’s Pantry) Pub Quiz with Polly! (7-9:00 p.m., CC Slaughters, 219 NW 3rd, 21+, No cover!)

OUT Dancing Beginning Nightclub 2-Step lessons. (7:30 p.m., Ankeny Street Studio, 975 SE Sandy, $10, outdancing.info) MaryOke! Hamburger Mary’s has more songs than you can shake a high heel at (and a cash prize for the best performance). (9:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+, No cover!)

TUES OCT 18 Towel Tuesdays. Let the boys of CCs serve you in nothing but their towels. (5-7:00 p.m., CC Slaughters, 219 NW 3rd, 21+, No cover!)

Free Rapid HIV testing & STD screening for guys into guys. (5-8:30 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, pivotpdx.org) Men’s Fit Club: Free Intro! (6:30-8:00 p.m., For more information, or to RSVP, call 503-2238822 x1 or visit manifestpdx.org) Late Awakenings is a support group for women who question their orientation or who come out and identify as lesbian later in life.

(7:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) Mary’s Charity Bingo. This is NOT your typical “church basement bingo.” (7-9:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, All ages, $20 buy-in) Wide Pride: Fat Liberation 101. (7:00 p.m., Fat Fancy, 1013 SW Morrison) Lord of the Rings In Concert. The Fellowship of the Ring will be projected while the combined forces of the Munich Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Chorale, and Phoenix Boys Choir bring the music of Middle-earth to life. (7:30 p.m., Rose Quarter, 1 Center Court, $35-95) Glee Night! (8:00 p.m., The Eagle Portland, 835 N Lombard, 21+, No cover!, facebook.com/ theeagleportland) GIRLTOPIA. (9:00 p.m., CC Slaughters, 219 NW 3rd, 21+, No cover!)

WED OCT 19 LBGTQI Seniors Lunch, free to seniors age 60 and over. (Noon-1:00 p.m., Metropolitan Community Church, 2400 NE Broadway, 503-3672220, mccpdxfood@gmail.com) PABA Biz Builders Lunch. (Noon, Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi, paba.com) Free Rapid HIV testing & STD screening for guys into guys. (1-3:30 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, pivotpdx.org) Inter-Personal Violence Support Group.

(6-8:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) Andy Batt

Melissa Ferrick performs live with Kate Graves!

(9:00 p.m., Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, $15)

Gaay Aalto Sundays. (10:00 p.m., Aalto Lounge, 3356 SE Belmont, 21+, No cover!)

Here Now Director David Weissman’s latest doc is a must-see film We Were Here, directed by David Weissman, centers around a small group of people living in San Francisco who survived HIV/AIDS during the epidemic’s earliest years. Guided by the endearing, harrowing—and sometimes funny—narrative of a diverse cast of storytellers, We Were Here navigates sensitive waters while documenting some of our community’s most devastating years.

In 1981, HIV/AIDS infected about half of San Francisco’s gay male population, killing thousands of otherwise healthy young men. We Were Here provides a timeline—a chronology through the eyes of five people who lived through it while watching friends and lovers die. The group recounts enduring painful, deadly drug trials, unthinkable civil rights violations and discrimination, an apathetic government, and a dearth of information and support—all while facing the potential unraveling of the community they built and loved.

But that’s what this movie is really about—love. As heartbreaking as it is to watch the ceaseless death and destruction, We Were Here offers inspiration and hope as we watch our community come together during tragedy to nurture one another—it’s a community that turns into a family, the story of a sea of selflessness in the most horrific of times. Never mired in self-pity, Weissman’s portrait gives audiences grace and love in spades.

The film also broaches a subject and era our community seems afraid to talk about, in what spotlights a very real generational gap. Above all else, We Were Here shows how we can and do take care of one another.

Starts Fri., Oct. 14, with Weissman on hand opening night for a Q&A, check theater for showtimes; Regal Fox Tower 10, 846 SW Park Ave.; $8.50-$10.50; 503-221-3280 or fandango.com.

—Daniel Borgen The Feminist Queer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Reading Group discusses Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley. (6:30 p.m., In Other Words, 14 NE Killingsworth) Q Patrol Training. (7-9:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) Beary-oke! (9:30 p.m., Scandals, 1225 SW Stark, 21+, No cover!)

Queens of the Night, hosted by Alexis Campbell Starr! (10:00 p.m., Local Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+, $3 cover) Karaoke with Theo. (10:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+, No cover!)

THURS OCT 20 Darcelle hosts the second annual Hullabaloo, a hilarious and entertaining benefit show for JOIN: Connecting the Street to a Home. (6:30 p.m., Miller Hall, World Forestry Center, 4033 SW Canyon Rd, $50, joinpdx.com)

SASS Patrol! A sassy and fun cabaret of local dance, drag and song by ChiChi & Chonga, Cattitude, The Julians, Feyonce, Fannie Mae Darling and more! (8:00 p.m., Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th, 21+, $7-15 sliding scale) FAMILY FEUD! A special Superstar Divas Mega Show! (8:00 p.m., CC Slaughters, 219 NW Davis, 21+, No cover!)

A still from We Were Here

Kathi Martuza and Brian Simcoe perform in Petrouchka / Carmen, running Oct. 8-15. For more information, visit obt.org.

Spinna DeVinyl early weekend dance party.

(8:30 p.m., Local Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+, No cover!)

Naked Pool! (9:00 p.m., The Eagle Portland, 835 N Lombard, 21+, No cover!, facebook. com/theeagleportland) Costume MaryOke! Arrive in costume or dig through our box of props (and win a cash prize for the best performance). (9:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+, No cover!)

Hip Hop Heaven. (9:00 p.m., CC Slaughters, 219 NW 3rd, 21+, No cover!)

Red Cap Garage presents HOTT MESS, a mashup of Portland Drag Race and Miss Thing. Who’s the hottest mess in town? (10:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+, No cover!)

FRI OCT 21 Oregon Bears Happy Hour. (5-7:00 p.m., Fox & Hounds, 217 NW 2nd, 21+, No cover!)

The Moms Group, a support group for LGBTQ mothers. (6:30-8:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi)

Poison Waters & Friends Happy Hour Show.

(5:30-7:00 p.m., Al’s Den in the Crystal Hotel, 303 SW 12th, 21+, No cover!)

Adult Young Adult Book Club discusses A Tale Dark and Grimm, The Graveyard Book. (7-9:00 p.m., In Other Words, 14 NE Killingsworth)

SWAGGER all-inclusive dance class! (6:00 p.m., Center Space Studio, 420 SE 6th, $8 drop-in, $35 5 classes, theotherspacellc.com)

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Pivot Film Fridays! (7:00 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, Free, pivotpdx.org) MTF Support Group. For more information please contact sujvary@comcast.net. (7-9:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) The Feminist Film Society. This month’s film: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. (7:00 p.m., In Other Words, 14 NE Killingsworth, inotherwords.org) The Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence present We CAN for the Arts: A Benefit for the Creative Advocacy Network. (8:00 p.m., Crush, 1400 SE Morrison, 21+, $5 cover) Chuck Pyle performs live in Eugene. (8:00 p.m., Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St., Eugene, $17, chuckpyle.com) Sugar Town! October’s Sugar Town is an Outfit Party! Assemble a ensemble of orange & black and dance your SOUL out. (9:00 p.m., Saratoga, 6910 N Interstate, 21+, $3-5 sliding scale) Gear Up, Suit Up, Saddle Up: The Eagle Portland welcomes the Northwest Gay Rodeo Association. (9:00 p.m., The Eagle Portland, 835 N Lombard, 21+, No cover!, facebook.com/theeagleportland) The Oregon Bears present Sordid Lives, a beary Halloween party with DJ Brad. (9:00 p.m., Local Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+, No cover!)

MANTRAP, with DJ Lunchlady. (9:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+) Peep Show presents Hard Times Halloween with Little Tommy Bang Bang, with performances

by Fannie Mae Darling, SWAGGER, Sleazy B, Slim Pickins and Laura Beth, Sterling Clark, Georgia Ray Babycakes, and more! (10:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+)

Drinking with the Divas! Join the Divas at Mary’s for a night of drinking and debauchery!

(10:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+, No cover!)

Queer Documentary Night! Featuring screenings of Running in Heels and Hella Strong. (11:00 p.m., Cinema 21, 616 NW 21st, 21+, $3-5 cover)

SAT OCT 22 The Adventure Group joins the Portland Frontrunners on an Esplanade walk with optional brunch. Meet by Vera Katz’ statue (9:00 a.m., 1 SE Main, adventuregroup.org) The Adventure Group does the “4-T” urban hike (Trail, aerial Tram, Trolley and Train). Meet at the Zoo’s topside MAX train station. (9:30 a.m., SW Knights Blvd at MAX, RSVP to Evan at 503-701-7922) Men’s Eco-Hike: Salmon River. (10:00 a.m., $8-20 sliding scale, For more information, or to RSVP, call 503-223-8822 x1 or visit manifestpdx.org) First Annual Zomb & Monster Pub Crawl. (3:00 p.m., Dante’s, 350 W Burnside, 21+, For a full schedule, visit zombcrawl.com) Amazon Dragons Paddling Club Poker Fundraiser! Buy in for $40 and be a part of the $500 cash prize pool, while supporting Portland’s lesbian paddling club. (4:00 p.m., $40 buy-in, The Dean of Poker’s House, 7814 NW 10th Court, Vancouver, RSVP to jdillen@comcast.net) Free Rapid HIV Testing for guys into guys.

(5-8:30 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, pivotpdx.org) The First Annual Blue Ball, a benefit for the Coastal AIDS Network.

(7:00 p.m., Eden Hall, Gleneden Beach, $20, coastalaidsnetwork@gmail.com) Disko Warp presents Speed Up!! Episode 2 with Hi-NRG J-Pop Happy Hardcore DJs Jimni

Palace of Crystal, a dance performance created by bobbevy, runs Oct. 7-9 and Oct. 14-16 at The mOuth Studio. For more information, visit bobbevy.com.

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OUT Dancing Intermediate/Advanced Nightclub 2-Step Lessons. (6:30 p.m., Ankeny Street Studio, 975 SE Sandy, $10, outdancing.info)

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Cricket, Lucky Princess, and Initial P. (8:00 p.m., Pop Culture, 1929 Main Street, Vancouver, All ages, $5, facebook.com/diskowarpmusic) April Verch performs live in Eugene! (8:00 p.m., The Laboratory, 2645 Willamette St., Eugene, $17, aprilverch.com) Blow Pony It’s a dance party for queers, regardless of whatever may be in your pants.

(9:00 p.m., Branx, 320 SE 2nd Ave., $5, blowpony.com) Hamburger Mary’s presents Twisted: all the games your mom wouldn’t let you play! (9:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+, No cover!)

L.U.R.E. (9:00 p.m., The Eagle Portland, 835 N Lombard, 21+, No cover!, facebook.com/ theeagleportland) Fleur de Lethal presents the Fourth Annual Moulin Rouge Spectacular Spectacle! Come early (and in costume) for live drag, burlesque, and music! (9:00 p.m., Bagdad Theater, XXX, 21+, $5 general admission, $25 for two VIP admissions, facebook. com/fleurdelethal) Svetlana’s Birthday Party (and Zombie Crawl).

(10:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1025 SW Stark, 21+, No cover!)

XXXotica. (10:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+, No cover!)

SUN OCT 23 Bottomless Mimosa Brunch! Get ready for that hang-over medicine, Mary! (10:00 a.m.3:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th) Queer/Feminist Theory Reading Group.

(4-6:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississisppi) Repent! The Church of the Poison Mind welcomes all sinners. (4-9:00 p.m., Silverado, 308 SW 3rd, 21+, Free) Men’s Faith & Sexuality Group. This safe, welcoming forum is for men who’ve experienced a challenging conflict between their faith and sexuality. (4-5:30 p.m., For more information or to RSVP, call 503-223-8822 x1 or visit manifestpdx.org) Femmes Unite! social group. Please bring food you can eat and a bit more to share. (6-8:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) The Mindfulness for Living Group explores mindfulness through meditation, discussion and exercises. (6-7:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) Superstar Divas Mega Show! (8:00 p.m., CC Slaughters, 219 NW Davis, 21+, No cover!)

Gaay Aalto Sundays. (10:00 p.m., Aalto Lounge, 3356 SE Belmont, 21+, No cover!)

David Horste’s bowlerite (recycled bowling ball) BOWL-oh! Ties

Art in Context Portland Open Studios offers self-directed tours of 100 artists’ spaces Ever wonder just how an artist arts, er, creates? Portland Open Studios is your chance to get up close and personal with 100 of the metro area’s most talented folks in an annual exploration—and intersection—of art and commerce.

Map in hand, via hard copy or handy iPhone app, attendees visit artists at their leisure, within the context of the creative space. But POS isn’t just a self-directed experience, it’s an interactive one. Tour-goers can don upcycled wearable fashion, watch molten glass or fine porcelain get morphed into a vessel, visualize a landscape moments before it’s realized in paint and peer through layers of silk-screened band posters.

Of particular note for the 2011 lineup, selected by an independent jury panel including Mark Woolley, are LGBTQ artists Angela Gay, Richard Brandt, Dan Pillers, Therese Murdza and David Horste.

A Radical Faerie and self-professed “rogue lapidary,” Horste began cutting stones when he was 10 and has worked full-time in the field for almost 20 years, using nontraditional and recycled materials to create jeweled sculptures of sorts.

And from Gay’s abstract oil textures to Brandt’s post-industrial clay “artifacts from the future,” the found objects, text and childhood myths of Pillers’ shadow boxes to the vibrant mixed-media of Murdza’s canvases, POS has something for every inquisitive eye.

Supporting the arts has rarely felt so intimate.

Oct. 8-9 and 15-16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; locations vary; $15 for full-color tour guide or iPhone app, $5 for map-only ticket includes two adults, free for children under 18; portlandopenstudios.com.

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The day after Jane Lynch hosted the Emmy Awards, one of People.com’s top stories was Rosie O’Donnell and her new girlfriend making their red carpet debut. The September issue of Vogue featured an article about “green” weddings with models Julia Nobis and Kate King posing as the betrothed couple, and Kevin Keller, a gay character in the Archie comics, is getting his very own comic book.

Gays are rejoining the military, being paired on Millionaire Matchmaker and Chaz Bono is dancing with the stars.

It’s ubiquitous; the gays have gone mainstream.

As a latebian, I’ve only been “out” and part of the queer community for seven years. In that time, I’ve seen a significant shift in not only acceptance but also a “Who cares?” attitude about sexuality, especially in the media. I suppose it’s easy to think that I wasn’t as aware of gay issues before I was gay, but I believe that although it didn’t happen overnight, there has indeed been a difference over the past few years.

It’s easy to identify some of the catalysts of this change and exciting to think that it’s only the beginning of what could be the total assimilation of gays into mainstream media. I’m not suggesting this will cause a “doing away” of gay websites and publications such as this one, but rather a blending of our queer community into the larger culture.

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BY KATHRYN MARTINI In order for us to be treated equally in our culture, there must be less concern with our differences.

At one time, a lesbian who decided to come out in the media risked career suicide. Now we can find something gay related in the mainstream every day and an actress’ sexual orientation is much less relevant. There’s less focus on “lesbian celebrities” and more on celebrities who happen to be lesbians.

Trish Bendix is the managing editor for MTV and Logo’s AfterEllen.com. She and her wife Julie recently moved to Portland after spending 10 years in Chicago. It's Trish’s job to cover lesbians in the media and pop culture, and she loves that mainstream society seems to care a bit less about a woman’s sexuality.

“When Rosie’s love life is speculated about just as much as George Clooney’s, I think it’s a step forward,” she says. Although she realizes that many gay celebrities don’t want to be tabloid fodder, she finds a bizarre sort of equality when out celebrities are treated exactly the same as straight ones: “It’s normalizing when

we get to see an aspect of ourselves in pop culture," she says. "It’s validating.”

Bendix believes that factors driving this change include Prop 8 and the recent rash of teen suicides—events that have compelled public figures to stand up for their beliefs.

“Terrible things have given rise to some great things,” she says. It’s true that the fight for marriage equality has thrust gay issues into the media spotlight over the years. Publications like People magazine featuring the wedding of Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi on their covers proved a huge game changer. Bendix notes that it was probably many people’s first look inside a lesbian wedding. “And wow! It doesn’t look so different, does it?” she adds.

As the general population begins to see that the sky won't come tumbling down because queers can—and do—serve openly in the military, get legally married and dance on primetime television, we’ll begin to see further acceptance of all people, regardless of sexual or gender identity.

All of this attention on gay issues starts to desensitize people to the fact they are “gay” issues but rather lays them bare, as they truly

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are: societal issues. In order for us to be treated equally in our culture, there must be less concern with our differences. Much of this is dependent on a positive focus on queer celebrities and non-stereotypically gay characters on television (and, apparently, comic books).

When gay characters and gay actors can kiss on film and it’s not noteworthy, we will have reached a new critical mass. Positive queer role models in the media make it easier for other people to come out, especially young people so heavily influenced by what they see in magazines and on screens big and small.

The one area in which we’re not seeing more out figures is sports. Last year, Portland Monthly profiled Portland State University's Sherri Murrell as the only openly gay coach in women’s college basketball. Bendix feels that female athletes not speaking about their sexuality is a continuing problem in the field. “The only way to change is to be the change,” she adds.

Still, Bendix has great hope for the future.

“Anytime a public person is openly out and says, ‘I’m a lesbian,’ it makes my job easier,” she notes.

“It gets easier to be gayer every day.”

Trish Bendix’s column, “Morning Brew,” can be read on afterellen.com. Kathryn Martini is a Portland freelance writer, blogger and columnist.

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Trips out of town aren’t appealing only because they afford chances to escape monotony and routine, although anonymity is rather alluring—as is the opportunity to fire up Grindr outside Portland. I love travel because of the possibility of the spectacular (even if it doesn’t always happen). Say, for example, you plan a trip to New York City with your best friend at the tail end of your four-year relationship’s abrupt disintegration. While there, you meet a boy from West Hollywood and—cue fireworks—you find temporary bliss. Your trip ends, you stay in touch, said boy visits Portland. That things eventually fizzle doesn’t matter much—sometimes the adventure is more important than the ending.

In all of my travels (I say that like I’ve rounded the world a dozen times), I’ve never really picked a destination because of some big must-see event. I’ve yet to see, say, Halloween in New York or Pride in West Hollywood. Up until now, I’ve been perfectly content with events close to home—and those to our slightly bitchier north. (Hello, Seattle.) That changed last month when I went to Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco, the notorious leather and bondage festival that regularly caps the city’s annual Leather Pride Week—an event that boasts hundreds of thousands of visitors.

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BY DANIEL BORGEN the airport, San Francisco was teeming with gays of virtually every shape and size, into every fetish. Oh, what those hapless TSA agents must have seen while tending to their X-ray machines—eyes wide, permanently scarred. And I had no idea until Folsom weekend that manufacturers made luggage with giant leather “Nasty Pig” tags. “Guess what’s in that faggot’s suitcase?” was one of the more amusing games my traveling companions and I played.

The street fair itself falls on Sunday—like Pride here—so everyone is, obviously, (not) fresh-faced and rested after weekend-long parties. My cohorts assembled relatively early that morning—once everyone found their way back home—and after going face down in brunch, we made our way to Folsom Street. In my many gay years on this planet, I have seen some things. I have watched some adult films.

Having been briefed by many an experienced traveler about this particular event, I felt prepared to see some new things. That said: Conceptualizing fetishes and watching them live are very different things.

Admittedly part of the sightseeing-only contingent, the most scandal we achieved was

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hellos morphed into obligatory offers to catch up, overtures which were quickly dismissed.

As my old flames are usually wont to do, he hurried away, fleeing at top speed. Later on, thanks to Grindr’s homing beacon, I ran into John—best friend to my former partner of four years. That one-two punch reminded me that no matter our physical locations, we’re just a random occurrence away from revisiting and reliving emotions we thought we’d safely shelved and stored away.

Upon my return home, a married straight male friend opined that homophobes aren’t actually disgusted by homosexuality; they are, rather, turned off by the fact that our lives seem more intriguing than theirs. While meant in jest, there’s certainly some truth there. Being queer forces us to write our own handbook, make our own rules—for living, loving, fucking, all of it. I loved Folsom not just for its shock value; I loved that, to all those thousands of people, things were perfectly normal—the result of years of redefining identity. And while we’re rewriting all the old rules (and enjoying it), there’s little time or need for the futility of regret.

my plunging V-neck T-shirt. From the moment we passed the gate, I felt like a habitdonned nun from a convent in the Midwest.

Live sex acts, impressive (and clearly difficult) feats of bondage and famous (naked) porn stars on every sidewalk were just the beginning. I was shocked by how many porn stars my friends, ever the supporters of the arts, knew by name. I’ve never been that committed.

We saw testicles stretched to their limits with saline, rivaling cantaloupes in size.

Leather masks of every shape, size and animal-likening, paired with whips—festival participants were eager to show off their vast skill sets to passers-by. (Lucky friends back home received play-by-plays; I was dedicated to documentary filmmaking with my camera phone.) Sadly, days of studying hanky code beforehand didn’t bear the fruit we expected.

Then, in the midst of the snapping of whips and the loudest, welt-inducing of spankings, surrounded by all that newness, I barreled right into my past. I came face to face with the old lover I met in New York, new boyfriend I truly regret any shocking images I inadvertently on his arm. All I had on mine was my friend sent my nana that Sunday afternoon. Email Ryan and his brightly colored pants. Awkward daniel@justout.com.

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Bryce Black prepares for liftoff post Project Runway

By Erin Rook

“I really like the eccentric types that go overboard and put too much together. I also look a lot to references from when I was a kid, like comic books or fairy tales and any kind of superego, basically. This larger-thanlife personality is usually what I draw from, like rock stars.”

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“In that episode that I get kicked off, I scrap the dress that I had been making the first day and started over and made a new one—just because I was doubting that that was the right one—and in the end produced a dress that was not fitted well and looked a mess because I didn’t have the time,” Black says.

Had he stuck to his guns, Black says he would have done more with denim—his fabric of choice—and drawn from his tried-andtrue sources of inspiration.

Black says he owes his designs to quirky, iconic figures like Lady Gaga and David Bowie.

One such piece, which Black calls simply “The Dress,” takes cues from Ziggy Stardust with its asymmetrical bodice and feathered skirt.

“I really like the eccentric types that go overboard and put too much together,” Black says. “I also look a lot to references from when I was a kid, like comic books or fairy tales and any kind of superego, basically. This larger-than-life personality is usually what I draw from, like rock stars.”

But don’t expect to see Black rocking a cape or mask—his personal style is far more subdued. Judge Michael Kors may have called the designer’s look “preppy” (Black respectfully disagrees), but Black’s cardigans and scarves fit well with Portland’s largely laid-back fashion sense.

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he acknowledges that the city has more than its share of so-bad-it’s-almost-good fashion, in general he’d like to see people take more risks and step out of their (literal) comfort zones.

“One thing I love about Portland is that, unlike anywhere else I’ve ever been, we go crazy. There’s so much ‘bad fashion’—I call it [that] because it’s so overdone it’s almost costume—but I really appreciate it, because you can always look at things for inspiration, like what people are wearing on the street here, and edit it down,” Black says.

Unfortunately, the “casual mentality” of the Pacific Northwest has many people editing their looks too far down. Black’s most despised fashion faux pas is a prime example.

“I’m so sick of seeing girls in Ugg boots and leggings, I could just scream,” he says.

Luckily for Portland, Black is prepared to swoop in like his superhero muses to save the anti-fashionistas from themselves.

He is showing an avant-garde piece during Portland Fashion Week (Oct. 5-9) as a preview to the winter term course in experimental design he’ll be teaching at Portland Sewing. Black says those are his primary commitments for now, but that plans for his own designs or another line with StudioSKB are in the works.

Whatever Black decides to do next, he will benefit from all that Runway exposure.

“The best part about doing the Project Runway competition was just getting my work out there and my name,” Black says. “It’s pretty “I think I definitely live through my amazing because I just graduated and I just designs,” he says. “I’m like a hairstylist with showed in New York Fashion Week.” bad hair. I don’t waste the time to do myself up, I just do other people. I guess my per- To see Black’s current designs, visit projectrunsonal style is like putting your hair back in way.com and studioskb.com. For more on Porta ponytail.” land Fashion Week, visit portlandfashionweek.

That fact doesn’t keep Black from having net. To see Portland Sewing’s class schedule, visit high hopes for his fellow Portlanders. While portlandsewing.com. mylifetime.com

Gay Portlander Bryce Black may not have won the ninth season of Lifetime’s Project Runway, but the 26-year-old Lady Gagaobsessed designer represented the city and the community, returning with a bit of refinement—and a stronger sense of self.

“There’s nothing in the world like Project Runway,” says Black, who left the show on the eighth episode, which aired September 15.

“It’s not like the real world. It’s such a strange little bubble that you’re put in, and you’re cut off from your personal life back home and you’re forced in with these complete strangers to have relationships, but they all kind of want you to go home. It’s a weird environment.”

Still, that environment encouraged Black to hone a competitive mentality and engage in some productive self-reflection.

“It really forces you to look at who you are as a designer,” Black says. “[I still have] the same kind of voice and edge that I had before, it’s just [that] the sophistication level seems to be better.”

Before auditioning for Project Runway, Black studied apparel design at The Art Institute of Portland and interned with local design house StudioSKB. Though he had entered the competition confident in his abilities—saying he would win because “I can design anything”—he ultimately succumbed to a nagging inner voice.

“I think the main reason I was booted off the show was because I doubted myself so much and I was always second-guessing myself,” Black says. “More than anything, design-wise, I’ve learned that you need to stick to what you do and be true to you. I faltered too much ... and I went back and forth too much. I think doubt got the best of me.”

This struggle came to a head during Black’s final challenge, in which he was tasked with designing a dress for a non-model client (aka the “real woman” challenge).

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Fall Dance In Full Swing OBT’s Petrouchka/Carmen offers new perspective on two classics

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Love and destiny are concepts that run through narratives of all kinds, from movies to music, but they’re especially prevalent in story ballets. The two classics that Oregon Ballet Theatre is tackling this fall are no exceptions.

On October 8, OBT kicks off its 22nd season by premiering two new narrative dance works, both set to famous scores but choreographed with 21st century Brian Simcoe, Yuka Iino, Lucas Threefoot and choreographer Nicolo Fonte in rehearsal for Petrouchka audiences in mind.

The original Petrouchka debuted in 1911, performed by Diaghilev’s Bal- with [our] audiences. It’s a relationship I’m lets Russes. A Russian tale of a puppet that happy to continue to build, for sure.” comes to life and falls in love, it was set to a Fonte was intrigued by the idea of rescore by composer Igor Stravinsky—his first freshing a classic by taking just the score and commission after the premiere of The Firebird, the bare bones of the story—a love trianwhich made him a superstar of the era. gle—and reimagining the work from there.

Though Stravinsky’s score is timeless, “The point was to take this magnificent OBT’s artistic director Christopher Stowell score and modernize it choreographically,” says that the original production of Pet- said Fonte, in an interview published in the rouchka “does not speak to us today... It looks Petrouchka/Carmen performance notes. like a museum piece now.”

Fonte added, “I like that this program, So Stowell invited Nicolo Fonte, one of where we’re expected to make something the country’s hottest choreographers, to cre- contemporary, something relevant today... It ate a new take on Petrouchka to mark the uses real music—it has some real value.

100th anniversary of the original ballet. Fonte [There is] some relationship to tradition, but previously choreographed Left Unsaid (2008) [it is] somehow new. And that, to me, is acand Bolero (2009) for OBT, both of which tually quite innovative.” were well received by Portland audiences.

For his own choreographic contribution, Stowell says of Fonte, “He loves working Stowell chose to reinvent Carmen, the opera with OBT [dancers] and they enjoy working that has been adapted as a ballet myriad with him equally. His work has resonated times since its premiere in 1875. Audiences

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should not expect Stowell’s version to have the markers they might associate with the tale of a fiery gypsy woman and her lover: no bullfighter costumes or lace mantillas.

Stowell treats the characters as everymen and everywomen, so to speak, as opposed to more traditional story ballet characters, who tend to be princes and princesses. He describes his version of Carmen as “very immediate and now ... so people relate [with the characters] as if these situations could happen to them.”

Both works will be performed with the full OBT orchestra, in keeping with Stowell’s commitment to continuing the time-tested partnership between live music and ballet.

Whereas recorded music is predictable, live musicians never perform a work exactly the same way twice, which Stowell says “makes for a more exciting and visceral response from everyone,” including the dancers.

Creating two new narrative works from scratch is no small feat, a fact that has become impossible to ignore as the premiere draws near. “It’s a lot of work for everyone, at full tilt at all times,” says Stowell.

As hectic as it may be inside OBT’s building these days, the company is working toward exactly what Stowell wants for it, artistically: to be creating and performing dance works that are outside the box while still building on the long history of the art form.

With the Petrouchka/Carmen program, Stowell says, “The music and narratives are reimagined for the 21st century audience in unexpected ways. ... That needs to be what we’re about almost all the time.”

OBT’s Petrouchka/Carmen performances join dozens of others on this month’s dance calendar.

BodyVox has been performing its Horizontal Leanings program since September 29 and White Bird’s season launched in early October with a performance by Pilobolus, the 40-year-old American company known for its whimsical, athletic style. Also this month, White Bird presents the West Coast debut of Israel’s Vertigo Dance Company (October 13-15) and brings back Australia’s Chunky Move (October 20-22).

In fact, there is so much dance in Portland this October that the enterprising dance

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Michael Linsmeier rehearses for Carmen.

community has put together the equivalent of a “frequent flyer” awards program for dance-goers (details at pdxdancecard.org).

The program works like this: When attending any of the participating productions, pick up a dance card and get it punched at the PDX Dance Card table. Cardholders with punches for two or more shows can redeem the card for restaurant gift certificates; those with four punches can enter a grand prize drawing.

In addition to OBT’s Petrouchka/Carmen, upcoming PDX Dance Card performances include: Polaris Dance Theatre: iCHANGE (closes Oct. 7; polarisdance.org) Bobbevy: Palace of Crystal (Oct. 7-9 and 14-16; bobbevy.com) BodyVox: Horizontal Leanings (closes Oct. 15; bodyvox.com) Northwest Dance Project: New Now Wow! (Oct. 14-15; nwdanceproject.org) White Bird: Vertigo Dance Company and Chunky Move (whitebird.org) Tracy Broyles: Mirror (Oct. 21-23 and 28-29; tracybroyles.com) Portland Center Stage: Oklahoma! (closes Oct. 30; pcs.org) Oregon Ballet Theatre’s Petrouchka/Carmen premieres at Keller Auditorium (222 SW Clay St.) Sat., Oct. 8 and runs for five performances through Oct. 15 (7:30 p.m. except for 2 p.m.

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When David Mamet wrote the Pulitzer- Would she have to act like a man, whatever and Tony-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross that means?” Kern says. “We were really inin 1984, his tale of a group of desperate real terested in what [it does] to have women estate salesmen over two days emphasized using derogatory terms about women to atthe role of masculinity in success. The up- tack men.” coming production by defunkt theatre comOn the receiving end of most of those atpany queers that narrative with creative tacks is Kerns’ character, officer manager John casting that invites a reinterpretation of the Williamson. The salesmen see Williamson as original script. less of a man because he doesn’t go out on “The original play as written, I would say, is sales “sits” and has a quieter personality. a brutal examination of real estate salesmen “They’re constantly attacking Williamson, vying for dominance and survival in a very calling him fairy,” Kern says. So he and competitive sales environment,” says Mat- Carter thought it would be interesting if the thew Kern, an artistic diactor playing Williamson rector for defunct theatre. “This is still a world in which was, in fact, gay. “It’s not “It’s not a nice story but everything that is of value like I’m up there gaying it it’s fun to watch. [Mamet’s] up, it’s just sort of who I is described in a masculine just a master of language.” am. So we’re not doing The company is prepar- way… so there becomes anything overt.” ing a performance of the this issue [of] how would a Still, aside from the play that, through mixedinsults, Kern says the woman survive in this envigender casting, adds layers original script makes it of contemporary interest ronment? Would she have easy to imagine Wilto the already timely, if to act like a man, whatever liamson is gay, especially rather macho, story. No with a woman playing that means?” changes have been made Levene, the salesman -matthew kern, to the script or the setwho most often derides artistic director, defunkt ting, but the two main the office manager. characters—ruthless Ricky Roma and oldKern points to a moment in the script fashioned Shelley “The Machine” Levene— when Levene pleads, “John, my daughwill be played by women, Grace Carter and ter…” in a final bid to garner sympathy.

Lori Sue Hoffman.

With a woman in the role, and Williamson Kern says he and Carter, the company’s reading as gay, the moment becomes an other artistic director, had considered an all- exercise in heterosexual privilege, as if female cast, but felt that a mixed-gender Levene were saying to childless Williamensemble would create more dynamic shifts son, “I have a daughter so I matter more in the relationships between the characters. than you,” Kern says.

“This is still a world in which everything Williamson’s response, fittingly, is “Fuck that is of value is described in a masculine you.” way… so there becomes this issue [of ] how In the 1992 film adaptation, Williamson would a woman survive in this environment? (played by Kevin Spacey) talks about having

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Grace Carter stars as Ricky Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross.

a wife and kids, but no such mention is made in the original script, leaving more room for interpretation.

“I think that character is mysterious in a way because he talks much less than everyone else but he has a kind of quiet power,” Kern says. “And so I think having him having secrets is interesting.”

But the relationship between Levene and Williamson is not the only one that takes a turn with women in the play’s main roles.

Kern says Roma’s relationship with timid client James Lingk (played by Spencer Conway) takes on new layers of meaning when Roma, who is trying to persuade Lingk not to cancel his property purchase, is played by a woman.

“That scene is a seduction, it’s sort of seducing [Lingk] into seeing the world the way [Roma] sees it and then getting him to buy a piece of property,” Kern says. “With a woman in that role, she’s playing the exact same intention but the audience, because we’re looking at a woman, sees something else. It’s still a seduction, but it has another layer to it.”

The play also features Tom Mounsey as Dave Moss, Garland Lyons as George Aaronow and David Bellis-Squires as Detective Baylen.

Because the casting brings up issues of women in customarily male jobs, Kerns says defunct decided to host post-show discussions featuring a panel of local businesswomen. So far, they have WillaKenzie Estate Winery

owner Ronni Lacroute and Just Out publisher Marty Davis lined up to participate on October 22, with other sessions in the works.

“It’s provocative and it’s interesting and we wanted to have some women who have been successful in areas that are traditionally male to be part of a discussion afterwards,” Kern says.

The post-show talks are not unique to the Glengarry Glen Ross performance, but a regular feature at defunct shows.

“Our post-show discussions are the most interesting in town, we like to think,” Kern says. This time, he adds, defunct sought to do something more “official” and invite people who would have insight on the themes the play addresses, rather than just members of the theater community.

Discussion of gender and sexuality is likely to come up—in fact, it’s Kern’s hope.

He doesn’t expect the dialogue to stop with Glengarry Glen Ross, either. The company’s next production, Fire Island, follows a variety of couples, gay and straight.

“We are, in our current incarnation, particularly interested in gender and sexual identity, perhaps a little more directly than in the past. It’s just where our interest lies,” Kerns says.

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I’ve been considering going on one of those all-lesbian vacations. It sounds like an awesome place to just let go.

I’ve heard that a lot of women go on those trips to get wasted and hook up like crazy.

I also know singles who have gone on the What do you think of these trips? Are they trips alone, or with a friend, in order to meet good places to meet people? new people, new friends, new lovers.

Obviously, depending on what you’re I do have some experience with les- looking for, these trips have a lot to offer. bian excursions. In fact, I’m a singles Here’s where I try to be nonjudgmental, coordinator for one of the major women’s knowing I’ll probably fail. excursion companies. And while I wasn’t a If you are a married woman—either to a big fan of them in theory, I’ve become a huge woman or a man—I recommend being honfan after experiencing a few. est with your partner up-front. Tell them For me, though, the excursions are more you’re not happy, before you head off to the about finding community, spending time in a tropics to drown your misery in bumblebee beautiful place with like-minded people and shots and women. I don’t advocate lying to some of the community projects offered by your spouse. If you’re a woman in a miserable the company I’ve gone with. heterosexual marriage who is just figuring “Hooking up” isn’t something that I’ve ever out that you might not be so heterosexual, it been into, but I also know women who use can be tricky, but if you can find a way to get the trips as places to have “no consequences” yourself to a lesbian vacation without lying, affairs. Here’s the thing, though: We’re wom- you might find the camaraderie and strength en. No consequences affairs are tricky. I know to live the life you want. some women who are in open relationships If you’re a single lady looking to find some and use the trips as sexual playgrounds. I fun, or even a mate, this is what I know: know some women who are in committed reTraveling with a pack of lesbians in a polationships and use the trips as a way to cheat tentially exotic, foreign land can be terrifion their partners without getting caught. cally exciting, and befuddling. Most of us (That rarely works, just by the way.) have never spent an extended period of time

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guys go on those trips solely for sex. Men’s tours are like giant, floating bathhouses. But the women’s trips, in my experience, are different. Many of us go for community, for community service, or for the dessert buffet.

If you’re going for sex, make sure you’re clear up-front.

Be honest with yourself. If you have a partner, talk with her. If you’re single, be prepared. Bring your safer-sex kit. Get tested.

Once you’re there, be honest with women you might be interested in. If you’re looking for a relationship, you might just find the love of your life. If you’re not, don’t pretend that you are. You just might find what you’re looking for, too.

These trips can be life altering. Rarely do we get the opportunity to live and work and play in one spot with hundreds or even thousands of gays. Planting trees and painting murals with developmentally disabled kids, rescuing puppies and petting stingrays can be incredibly bonding and empowering.

As far as being drunken hook-up fests, that’s not the way I see these trips. There are plenty of women’s weekends for that sort of thing.

with a group of only lesbians and bi-women.

The first couple of times traveling as a single, I found it like what I imagine middle and high school to be for straight people. I was overwhelmed by the fact that everyone around me was a potential mate. Just the biological truth of that is not something most LGBT people have gone through—ever.

It can make you want to hide, or to strut, or to gather a harem. It’s hard to know how it will affect you until you’re in it.

That in and of itself is a lot to handle. Add in alcohol (as much as you can consume at all-inclusive resorts), the adventure of great excursions and jacuzzi tubs in the rooms, and you’ve got a recipe for severe overstimulation.

As if that weren't enough, consider the following: All-women vacations are (get this) all women. That means that a fishbowl effect sets in almost immediately. The air is thick with estrogen, everyone is feeling their emotions— fully. Things become magnified. Attractions are powerful. Conflicts feel urgent. Drama can ensue at the drop of a bikini.

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“Hey, babe?” Sunday morning in Ladd’s Addition, and the first rain of the autumn taps against the windowpanes, cleaning the summer’s dust from my boyfriend’s apartment building.

“Good morning, handsome,” he calls from the kitchen over the drip drip of the coffeemaker and the hiss of bacon on the stove.

Through the doorway I can see him, shirtless and barefoot in his jeans, tending to our breakfast. I sit up with the white comforter over my legs, rub sleep out of my eyes.

“Just checking where you were,” I say, noticing the gray sky through the trees outside. I lay my head back down onto the pillows, close my eyes again and breathe in deeply, stretching lazily.

For the ninth year in a row, the scent of Pacific Northwest autumn fills my lungs. Every year the scent is the same—the ozone scent of the rain, the leaves turning musky in decomposition, the dust of the dog days running off the trees into the river. Every year it is the same, and every time my lungs fill with the scent it shocks me.

I hear my boyfriend walking across his bedroom floor, smell beans and bacon over the autumn. “Your coffee’s on the dresser, baby.”

“Thank you,” I tell him. I take a sip, taste that he’s put two sugar cubes and a splash of milk into it, exactly the way I always take it. I sigh, gratefully.

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BY NICK MATTOS Every year the scent is the same—the was, I didn’t even own a raincoat—I lived in a ozone scent of the rain, the leaves turning musky in decomposition, the dust of the dog days running off the trees into the river.

Along with the scent, every year autumn in Portland comes with a distinctive emotion. I look outside, see how the gray clouds make the sky seem impossibly close to the treetops.

Air blows in through the open window, runs over my bare shoulders and chills me; I shiver and I pull the blanket up to my chin. The feeling settles over me.

I think back to this time last year, walking along SE 11th Avenue in my cut-off jeans, tipsy from mid-afternoon beers. A familiar smell cut through the exhaust and dust of the street—the scent of autumn, I thought, looking up and seeing smoke rising from a chimney across the street. Gradually, like the low clouds blowing in from the west, the feeling came over me with the arrogance of Portland rain, quietly boastful that it was coming home to roost.

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and again, bringing with it the scent of rain and trees, melancholy—and I fought it, again and again, losing every time.

In this big warm bed in this small Southeast Portland apartment, with the percussion of the rain against the windows and the smell of Sunday morning breakfast, the familiar feeling comes over me—and I know that, all of these years, I have given it the wrong name. It isn’t dread that comes with the autumn, it is surrender, the world teaching me again and again that the light and the dark give forth to each other, that the rain will run over the trees and down to rejoin the river, then back to the clouds to fall again. The autumn comes, just as it always will, and I stop fighting it, breathe it into my lungs and my bones.

My boyfriend walks into the room, plates of bacon and eggs in his hand. He sits on the bed.

Today, the autumn has come, dark and sensuous, collecting slowly like the rain on the windowsill. We sit on the bed quietly, letting the cold air blow in from outside, across the skin of our shoulders, eating slowly. Outside, the clouds roll unbroken in the sky, dropping their rain across the city. We eat our breakfast and watch them roll, warm in our bed, smiling.

vintage mustard-yellow corduroy coat that was constantly soaked through with rain. I ran all over my college campus in the soaked jacket that autumn, chain smoking cigarettes and playing pretentious poetry games with art majors, eating hum bao and staying up all night trying to heal my youthful melancholy with frantic Christian Science prayer. Years later, in the middle of a Northern California storage unit, I unpacked a box and, crushed and battered beneath the dross of my late teens, was the corduroy jacket. I pulled it out, my eyes wide, and was stunned by the scent of musk, leaves, ozone. It smelled like autumn, that first autumn when I was wild and sad and free, and the feeling settled over me again.

What is the emotion that comes with the season? For eight years, when the dog days of summer cooled, I thought it was dread. A quiet sadness would creep into my bones like a threat, and I would shiver with fear that it would expand to fill the space of my life the way the clouds fill the sky in late September. I would rush frantically to numb it with parties, with projects, the ten thousand things available to those who are young and smart and Nick Mattos still has his tattered corduroy coat in a box terrified of feeling sad. Autumn came, again somewhere. Reach him at nickmattos@justout.com.

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»AIDS & HIV CAREAssist pays for health insurance premiums, prescription drugs and insurance plan co-payments and deductibles for eligible people with HIV/AIDS. Program of the Oregon Department of Human Services and the Ryan White CARE Act. (8 am-5 pm Monday-Friday. 503-7314029 or 800-805-2313. www.healthoregon.org.).

Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) educates youth and adults about HIV prevention, supports people with HIV and their families and advocates for sound HIV policy and legislation on the national, state and local levels. Spanish-language assistance available. (Suite 800, 208 SW 5th Ave., 503-223-5907, Oregon HIV/STD Hotline 800-777-2437.

CAP Vancouver offers free rapid HIV testing to men who have sex with men in Vancouver, Wash. (11am - 1pm Tuesdays, 4 - 8pm Thursdays.

3701 E. Fourth Plain Blvd. 360-750-7964) Clackamas County Public Health offers anonymous and confidential HIV testing and counseling to everyone. No needles! Free condoms!

Call for appointment or walk-in testing times. (Oregon City: 503-6558471. Sandy: 503-722-6660. Molalla: 503-723-2944. 82nd Avenue: 503-771-7944. For more information call 503-742-5382.)

Columbia County Public Health offers anonymous and confidential HIV testing, counseling and case management to anyone. Se habla español. We lend HIV books and videos and offer educational materials and free condoms. (503-397-4651 or 800-244-4870.)

Daily Bread Express provides home delivery of high-quality meals to HIV-positive individuals in need. Fresh meals delivered weekdays, frozen meals for weekends. Volunteers invited to inquire anytime. (Mara 503-460-3822.)

Esther’s Pantry in Milwaukie provides food and personal care items to people with HIV/AIDS. Call to donate or for services. (503-349-4699 www.ourhouseofportland.org/programs/estherspantry.)

Fuzeon Information Group welcomes people contemplating, using or caregiving for Fuzeon recipients. Facilitated by experienced patients, nurses and social workers. (5:30-7 pm second Wednesday, 5525 SE Milwaukie Ave. RSVP to Julia 503-230-1202, ext. 235. www.ohsu.edu/ partnership/fuzeon.html.)

Health, Education, AIDS Liaison (HEAL) offers information about alternative views of AIDS causation and HIV testing. Call for a free packet of information. (503-227-2339. bwport@comcast.net.)

HIV Day Center offers hot meals, counseling, laundry facilities, clothing, showers and hygiene supplies, computers with Internet access, phones, mail drop, recreational activities, massage and haircuts.

Volunteers invited to inquire anytime. (9 am-3 pm Monday-Friday. 2941 NE Ainsworth St. 503-460-3822.)

The Link, a social networking group for HIV-positive gay and bi men, meets every month for social events, discussions and other outings.

(209 SW 4th Ave., 503-278-3868 thelink@cascadeaids.org.)

Manifest, a nonprofit men’s wellness community, prevents and addresses HIV and STDs by empowering men to pursue their wellness passions together through programs like yoga, cycling, hiking, meditation, healing touch classes, vision teams, wellness coaching, information and referrals. (503 223 8822, ext. 1. www.manifestpdx.org.)

Multnomah County Health Department’s HIV Community Test Site offers confidential testing by appointment. Some walk-in testing.

Sliding-scale fee. Se habla español; other interpretation by appointment. (9 am-4:45 pm Monday-Friday except 12:30-4:45 pm Wednesday. 426 SW Stark St., Sixth Floor. 503-988-3775.)

Multnomah County offers free HIV rapid testing to gay, bi and trans guys. Se habla español. (5-7:15 pm Tuesday. 5329 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 503-988-3030.)

OHSU HIV Clinic provides comprehensive health care for people living with HIV/AIDS. Services include HIV specialty care, psychiatry, counseling, addiction treatment, case management, same-day visits and online chart access. Appointments are available regardless of insurance. (503-494-8562.)

Our House of Portland provides Oregon and southwest Washington’s only network of integrated health and housing services for people with HIV/AIDS. Programs include Our House (24-hour residential care), Neighborhood Housing and Care, Community Services and Swan House. To volunteer, contact Kathryn Siebert. (503-234-0175. www. ourhouseofportland.org.)

Partnership Project provides services to people with HIV/AIDS, their families and those at risk. Programs include HIV Case Management; Supporting Healthy Options for Prevention (SHOP), behavior change counseling to motivate people to protect themselves and their partners; and HIV 101, providing basic information for people recently diagnosed.

Se habla español. (Intake Line: 503-517-3590. SHOP: Laura or Kurt 503-230-1202 or 877-795-7700. HIV 101: 503-230-1202. Positive Living: Julia 503-230-1202, ext. 235. www.ohsu.edu/partnership.)

Portland Area HIV Services Planning Council is a county decisionmaking body that identifies services needed for people living with HIV/ AIDS and allocates federal funds annually. Need volunteers from all walks of life. (20 NE 10th Ave., Second Floor. 3653 SE 34th Ave. 503988-3030, ext. 25703. www.hivportland.org.)

Positive Direction Series offers life skill workshops to people living with HIV/AIDS at Cascade AIDS Project. Topics include employment, parenting, health, women’s self-image and sexuality, budgeting and tenant education. (Shyle Ruder 503-223-5907, ext. 203. www.cascadeaids.org.)

Positive Living Series is a seven-week self-management series for people living with HIV/AIDS designed to assist you in taking care of your illness, give you skills to carry out normal daily activities and provide you with the tools to manage emotional changes. (Julia 503-2301202, ext. 235. www.ohsu.edu/partnership/fuzeon.html.)

Positive Support Association supports all persons that have been affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic here in the Pacific Northwest. The PSA maintains a comprehensive web site that people can visit to help newly diagnosed persons get help and support. The PSA is also seeking volunteers to assist in HIV/AIDS Awareness Projects, including our Peer Positive Mentorship Program. (www.positive-support.org) +alk is a five-session program for people living with HIV designed to reduce stress around talking about your HIV status and negotiating safer sex. New groups start regularly. (Ben at 503-278-3868 or bgerritz@cascadeaids.org)

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Project Quest Integrative Health Center offers conventional and alternative health care, nutrition classes, support groups and recreational sports activities for people seeking a wellness focus to living and dying, especially those living with HIV/AIDS or cancer. (2901 E Burnside St. 503-238-5203. pquest@qwest.net.)

The Research & Education Group provides access to HIV/AIDS research trials of new drugs and therapies. (2311 NW Northrup St. #105. 503-229-8428.)

The Risk Reduction Zone, a program of Outside In, provides a queer safe space that offers HIV, hepatitis C and STD prevention programs; Internet resources; peer counseling; referrals; and support groups in a nonclinical setting. (1030 SW 13th Ave. 503-535-3895.)

Social and Support Group discusses HIV issues for men at Quest Center. Meet other nice guys, share information and have fun. (7-8 pm Tuesday. 2901 E Burnside St. Terry 503-253-2292.)

Swan House is a specialized adult foster care home for low-income people with HIV/AIDS who need assistance with personal care, mobility, medications or drug/alcohol/mental health support. (Business: 503786-4829. Volunteers: 503-234-0175. www.ourhouseofportland.org/ programs/swanhouse.)

Tod’s Corner in Milwaukie provides clothing, household items, companion pet care, cremations and more to people with HIV/AIDS. Call to donate or for services. (503-349-4699. www.ourhouseofportland.org/ programs/todscorner.)

Washington County Health Department provides free needle-free HIV testing services for gay and bi men at community health clinics in Beaverton and Tigard. (Beaverton: 5:30-7:30 pm Monday, 12550 SW Second St. Tigard: 5:30-7:30 pm Thursday, 15296 SW Royalty Parkway. 503-846-4965.)

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Bradley Angle provides emergency shelter for domestic violence survivors of all genders. LGBTQ-specific services include a weekly allgenders support group facilitated by a queer-identified advocate.

Individual support and advocacy is available for self-identified LGBTQ persons experiencing physical, emotional, sexual or economic violence within an intimate relationship. Healthy Relationships classes are offered several times a year. Free, confidential and safe. (Crisis line: 503-281-2442, lupitam@bradleyangle.org, 503-595-9591 x305) Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence serves survivors of domestic and sexual violence in Linn and Benton counties and offers a 24-hour hot line, confidential shelter, legal and hospital advocacy, safety planning and support groups. (Crisis: 541-754-0110 or 800-9270197. Business: 541-758-0219.)

Clackamas Women’s Services offers shelter, support and resource referral to survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Lesbian, bi and trans friendly. Wheelchair accessible. TTD, relay calls and collect calls accepted. (Crisis: 503-654-2288. Business: 503-722-2366.)

Kids on the Block Awareness Program, a service of Impact NW, is a valuable resource for the children, parents and teachers with topics like Preventing School Violence, Appreciating Cultural Differences, Making Healthy Choices and more. Visit kidsontheblockimpactnw.blogspot. com for more information.

Portland Women’s Crisis Line offers free and confidential services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence; operates a 24-hour crisis intervention hot line that provides referrals for shelter, counseling and support groups; provides sexual assault advocates; and offers a program for sex workers. Foreign language translation is available. (503235-5333 or 888-235-5333. www.pwcl.org.)

Sexual Assault Resource Center promotes social justice by eliminating sexual violence through support, advocacy and education. Services include a 24-hour confidential crisis line, free counseling and support groups, community education and volunteer opportunities. (Crisis: 503640-5311. Business: 503-384-0480. www.sarcoregon.org.)

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Breathe Free, the Oregon LGBTQ Coalition Against Tobacco, provides education around queer tobacco use and advocates for tobacco reduction. (503-784-5813. r.e.szego@cascadiabhc.org.)

Men’s Tantric Yoga offers body/mind/spirit health in a safe, structured environment for men to explore their connection to self and to others.

Two classes weekly. (www.elementalhealing.org) Outside In operates a clinic for anyone who can’t qualify for the Oregon Health Plan as well as needle exchange services that include those who inject hormones. Provide transitional housing for youth 20 and younger and for those HIV-positive and younger than 23. Need volunteers of all ages. (10 am-6 pm Monday-Friday. 1132 SW 13th Ave. 503-535-3800. www.outsidein.org.)

Pivot is a community space for men into men. We offer a variety of programming that is both social and educational in nature, a drop in space (that’s right, sip our coffee and use our WiFi for free, we don’t mind), and weekly STD/HIV testing. Oh yeah, free condoms and lube, too. Drop by. Get into something different. (Wed - Sat 3-9pm. 209 SW Fourth Ave. 503-445-7699. www.pivotpdx.org) Planned Parenthood of the Columbia/Willamette provides confidential and affordable sexual and reproductive health care, including STD testing and treatment, 20-minute anonymous HIV tests, annual exams and condoms. Sliding-fees, insurance welcomed. Se habla español.

Health centers in Southeast and Northeast Portland, Gresham, Beaverton, Salmon Creek, Salem, Bend and Vancouver, Wash. (888875-7820. www.ppcw.org.)

Recovery Center for Family and Adolescent Research offers free counseling for parents of drug-abusing youth 15 to 20 who refuse to go to treatment. Counseling is also available for adolescents 13-17 who have both substance abuse and depression, as well as for adolescents 15-22 who use methamphetamine. All of our programs are part of a

federally funded treatment study to help qualifying parents engage resistant youth in counseling, have a family therapy focus, and are free of charge. (503‑243‑1065. www.ori.org/cfar/portland.)

Dual Diagnosis Anonymous is a peer support program based on a version of the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous with an additional five steps focusing on dual diagnosis (mental illness and substance abuse). Meets at Live and Let Live Club. (7‑8 pm Friday. 1210 SE Seventh Ave. 503‑222‑6468.)

Extended Family hosts queer-friendly Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at Metropolitan Community Church of Portland. (5:30 pm daily.

2400 NE Broadway. 503‑281‑8868.)

HIV+ AA Meeting at Rosewood Apartments invites those in recovery who are either infected or affected by the disease. (7 pm Monday and Thursday. 4810 NE Sandy Blvd.)

Lunch Bunch hosts queer-friendly Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at Metropolitan Community Church of Portland. (Noon daily, 1 pm Sunday.

2400 NE Broadway. 503‑281‑8868.)

Live and Let Live Club offers the sexual minorities community a safe place to find friendship, recovery and clean-and-sober activities.

Meeting space available for 12-step groups. (1210 SE Seventh Ave. 503‑238‑6091.)

Poz for the Cause, a 12-step recovery group for anyone infected or affected by HIV or Hepatitis C who has a desire to stop the suffering associated with alcohol and drug abuse, meets at Rosewood House.

(7‑8:15 pm Mondays. 4810 NE Sandy Blvd. Tom @ 503-916-9693 and Fred @ 503-805-5895.)

Rainbow Recovery Al‑Anon is a 12-step group of queer and questioning people who support one another in recovering from the effects of another person’s drinking. (6:15‑7 pm Thursday. 1244 NE 39th Ave. 503-292-1333, ext. 1. www.al‑anonportlandoregon.org.)

Rush Hour Reprieve is an open Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. (5:30 pm Monday-Friday. 1210 SE Seventh Ave. 503‑772‑5213.)

Sex Addicts Anonymous is a 12-step program for those suffering from addictive sexual behaviors. Any gender and sexual orientation is welcome. Weekly gay- and lesbian-friendly meeting focuses on Steps 1‑2‑3 and the spiritual solution. (7‑8 pm Tuesday. 909 NW 24th Ave., Second Floor. 503‑452‑5961. www.portlandsaa.org.)

Survivors of Incest Anonymous (SIA) meets each Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Alano Club and welcomes any sex abuse survivors age 18 and older. Newcomers are welcome! (909 NW 24th St.) Sunday Over the Rainbow, a 12-step Al-Anon group primarily for the sexual minorities community, helps family and friends of those addicted to alcohol or drugs on their own path to health and recovery. Meets in the Channing Room at First Unitarian Church of Portland. (5:15‑6:30 pm Sunday. 1011 SW 12th Ave.) The Triangle Project at Cascadia Behavioral Health Care is Oregon’s alcohol and drug addiction treatment program specifically for the queer community. Safe, respectful, confidential and effective since 1986.

Services include a group for gay and bi men struggling with meth addiction. (503‑230‑9654. www.cascadiabhc.org)

Sexual Axis is a free, two-session, one-on-one counseling program designed to help you take the stress out of safer sex and work toward reducing your risk. Help take the stress out of safer sex! Held at Pivot, 209 SW 4th Ave., 503-445-7699, pivot@pivotpdx.org The Multnomah County Health Department STD Prevention Program offers testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, HIV testing, Hepatitis C and syphilis testing to those at highest risk, and hepatitis A and B vaccinations. By appointment or walk-in. Most insurance plans accepted; sliding-scale fee. Se habla español. (9 am-4:30 pm Monday-Friday except 11:00-4:30 pm Wednesday. 426 SW Stark St., Sixth Floor. 503-988-3700.)

Pivot offers free HIV and STD testing for gay/bi/trans and all men who have sex with men (because we think that’s hot). All testing is walk in and done on a first come, first served basis. Spanish speaking testing staff available: Tuesdays 5 - 8:30PM (HIV/STD), Wednesdays 1 3:30PM (HIV/STD), Saturdays 5 - 8:30PM (HIV only). 209 SW 4th Ave. 503-445-7699, pivot@pivotpdx.org

»SOCIAL Arts & Music Confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed GALA Chorus rehearses Sundays at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Salem. (4‑6:30 pm.

5090 Center St. NE. 503‑364‑2370. confluence@aol.com. www.confluencechorus.org.)

Creative Connection is a social gathering for gay men who are artists, writers or musicians or who pursue some creative activity.

Noncommercial, nonjudgmental; supporting personal creativity for novices and professionals alike. Monthly potlucks on the second Friday. (7 pm. Carl 503‑284‑2971.)

Foreign Film Group meets every second and fourth Sunday to screen foreign films at various venues, followed by a group discussion. (pdxgayfilm@yahoo.com.)

Motherlode Music Weekend. Spend Easter in the company of delightful women...play music, have fun, learn a new instrument. N.W. Women’s Music Celebration, April 23-25, 2011. YMCA Camp Collins, near Gresham. Registration available at www.motherlodemusic.com.

Classes in guitar, marimba, drumming, singing and much more. You’ll love it! Questions? LMVogt01@msn.com Portland Gay Men’s Chorus is open to singers, support members and volunteers. (503‑226‑2588. www.pdxgmc.org.)

Portland Lesbian Choir, a nonaudition community chorus, encourages women who love to sing in harmony—regardless of musical experience, age, race or sexual orientation—to join us for singing, skill building, socializing and fun, led by Director Kirsten Hart and assistant

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director Anya Lysak. Rehearsals take place at Ainsworth United Church of Christ. (6:45‑8:45 pm Wednesday. 2941 NE Ainsworth St. portlandlesbianchoir@hotmail.com. www.plchoir.org.)

Portland Gay Symphonic Band always welcomes new members, from accomplished musicians to those who have not played since high school. (www.portlandgaysymphonicband.org.)

Rose City Gay Freedom Marching Band performs once a year during Portland Pride. (www.rcgfb.org.)

Rose City Swing is a traditional 16-piece big band performing everything from classic dance standards to contemporary swing. Membership by audition. (www.rosecityswing.org.)

Satori Men’s Chorus welcomes new members of all ages and races, regardless of sexual orientation or musical background, to join Wednesday rehearsals. No audition necessary. (503‑242‑4244. www. satorichorus.org.)

General Asian Pacific Islander Pride is for LGBTQ people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent in Oregon, providing safe and supportive opportunities to celebrate, educate and bring our communities together. (api.pride@gmail.com, api-pride.blogspot.com) Bad Girls is a social and educational leather and B/D/S/M club for self-identified women with an emphasis on safety and education.

Workshops, discussions, events and parties. Women of all orientations can connect and ask questions during the Kinky Women’s Welcoming Munch monthly. (503‑972‑2233. www.pdxbadgirls.net.)

Blackout Leather Productions is Oregon’s premier GLBTQ leather production company. We are proud to produce the Mr. & Ms. Oregon State Leather and Oregon State Bootblack contests, as well as LURE, NW Sash Bash, and other events. For more details, check out our website www.BlackoutLeather.org Bookwomen is a lesbian discussion group that meets monthly to share stories, favorite authors, top 10 lists and opinions and reviews of the assigned book. (503‑684‑0305. mikkata@comcast.net.)

Border Riders Motorcycle Club provides social opportunities for gay men interested in recreational motorcycle touring and camping.

(503‑325-2204, brmcprez@borderriders.com.)

Butch Crew PDX is a social group that welcomes everyone who identifies as butch/boi/macha/stud/tomboi/masculine of center/soft butch/bucha or any similar identity. Meet ups are the 2nd Sunday of each month at Q Center. Our core values are: Creating community, celebrating diversity & playing nicely with others. We don’t decide who belongs - you do. More information: ButchCrewPDX@gmail. com or find us on Facebook.

CHARGED+ is a free monthly club night for HIV+ men, on third Tuesdays, hosted by Zora Phoenix at CC Slaughters in Portland. (219 NW Davis St., 503-248-9135) Coqsure is a social group for people who were assigned a female sex at birth but identify otherwise (female-to-male, genderqueer, drag king, etc.). (503‑471‑1515. groups.yahoo.com/group/coqsure.)

50+ lesbian social group meets monthly. (4‑7 pm. 503‑642‑3360 or 971‑216‑1173. sutaytig@aol.com.)

FTM Pacific NW OR & WA is a discussion group for female-to-male trans men. (groups.yahoo.com/group/FTM_PacificNW) Funny Ladies, a social group for nice lesbians 35 and older as well as their friends and loved ones, holds potlucks on the second Saturday of each month. (flataps@yahoo.com.)

Gay Guys Gardening is a member supported organization focused on growing, harvesting and storing food crops. Contact Tom Winterrowd, 503-263-2696, or gayguysgardening@yahoo.com Gay Men Who Have Lost Their Partners meets at the West Cafe to provide an opportunity for conversation and socializing. The death need not have occurred recently. (7:30 pm second Wednesday. 1201 SW Jefferson St. 503‑701‑9376.)

Get Off My Axe! is a lesbian RPG gaming group in the tradition of Dungeons & Dragons, d20, etc. We play various PG-13 campaigns as suits us, sharing laughs and kicking kobolds as we go. Dust off your geek armor and join us! (LynneMe2@gmail.com) Happy Ours Productions is a grassroots group dedicated to building the visibility, community participation and collective leadership of lesbian women of color through a wide variety of social, networking, consciousness-raising and action-oriented activities, events and projects.

(503.764.9351, www.happyoursproductions.com.)

Hillsboro Munch. An informal, monthly BDSM/kink-friendly get-together representing all orientations and gender identifications.

Come chat and make friends in a casual, public venue in Hillsboro. hillsboromunch.blogspot.com Imperial Sovereign Rose Court of Oregon is the oldest gay, lesbian, bi and trans social/fund-raising organization in the state of Oregon. Meetings are the first two Mondays of each month. (www.rosecourt.org.)

Jewish Gay Men’s Group—please call for meeting time and place.

(503‑246‑5939. efraimlevi@aol.com.)

Keshet is a social connection group for queer Jews and their spouses, partners, significant others and good friends, meeting monthly for potluck dinners and special events. (Ira Forleiter, iraf@spiritone.com, or visit www.gayjewishportland.com.)

Lavender Womyn is a lesbian social group with chapters in Portland, Salem, Eugene, Corvallis-Albany, Rogue Valley, and Grants Pass. They organize several events throughout the year including potlucks, BBQ’s, bowling, bunco, game night, and more. (Visit lavenderwomyn.com or email Kim at support@lavenderwomyn.com for more information.)

Lesbian horror movie fans meet at various Portland theaters to watch movies together. Contact kawfeelover@yahoo.com for more information.

Lesbians with Degrees is a social group that was started for degreed women, but no degree is necessary. Just come and join the fun! Pool parties, Scrabble and more. (Lani 503‑233‑3557. Join listserv at LesbianswDegrees-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.)

Les Couve Groove, a lesbian potluck group for SW WA. Meets the second Sunday of every month, 5-8 p.m. in members’ homes (except for May, when we meet the third Sunday to respect Mother’s Day.) For more information, contact us: lescouvegroove@gmail.com. Y’all come!

Windandsea is a group embarking on the journey of bringing the Oregon Coast LGBT community together. Let’s get together and figure out how to enhance our coastal lives together, and have fun!

(Commonwind@yahoo.com) Oregon Men Enjoying Naturism is a social organization for gay male naturists/nudists. Social gathering second Saturday of every month.

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oregon’s lGBTQ newsmagazine

(omenpdx@omenpdx.org. www.omenpdx.org.)

PDX_FTM is a social group for female-to-male trans men and allies. (groups.yahoo.com/group/PDX_FTM.) PDX Gay Board Gamers meets monthly in Northwest Portland to play everything from old-time gems (Life, Monopoly) to new classics (Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico). Bring your favorite game along! (11:30 am-5 pm first Sunday. brunt1234@gmail.com.)

Poder Latino is a nonprofit social community voice group for gay, lesbian, bi and trans people that reaches out to Latinos and Latinas by organizing events and retreats and advocating HIV prevention. Meets every other Monday at Outside In. (6:30 pm. 1030 SW 13th Ave. Hugo 503‑997‑8615 or Audencio 503‑261‑5463.)

The Portland Gay Men’s Garden Group meets once a month to explore various gardens and nurseries. Come socialize and meet other men who love plants. Contact Jim at 503-309-4342.

Portland Leather Alliance is one of the largest pansexual, nonprofit B/D/S/M, leather and fetish lifestyle organizations in the Northwest.

Regular social and educational opportunities, including KinkFest, Leather Ball and Fall Vendors Fair. (www.pdxleatheralliance.org.)

Portland LeatherMen meet every second Saturday for potluck and socializing. Meet men into a leather lifestyle and keep abreast of leather happenings. No dues, no formal organization, no officers or board, just leather socialization for the past 21 years. (360‑896‑6665.

TuckerWalter@gmail.com.)

Portland Lesbian Book Club gathers monthly to chat about a chosen book or to attend selected events. (6:30 pm third Tuesday. groups. yahoo.com/group/portlandlesbianbookclub.)

The Portland Lesbian Garden Club enjoys all things green, from the latest perennial or vegetable finds to yard design and container planting. We focus not on meetings, but on garden and nursery tours, plant/ seed exchanges, and holiday parties. All ages and levels of expertise are welcome, and for $10 a year you can have access to our entire website: www.lgcpdx.org. Give us a call at 503-909-2002 with your contact information to become a member.

PDX Lesbian Network hosts monthly card, games, pool and bowling nights, brewpub visits, hiking, kayaking, backpacking, snowshoeing, skiing, snowboarding, cross country skiing, monthly bookclub, etc. We also have an annual campout for members in Summer and parcipate in the Hood to Coast relay. This is a Network, so if you want to host an event please feel free to do so. Please find us on Facebook and request to become a member.

Portland Metro Prime Timers meets monthly on fourth Sundays.

Established in 1980 as a social group for older Gay men as well as younger men who enjoy their company. Activities include potluck meals, picnics, dinners out, Bingo, celebrations of special holiday occasions. Check out our website: web.me.com/byron.w/pdxpt. Contact: 360-254-1718 or 503-286-4613.

Rainbow Eastenders is a group of active senior gay men who meet at Rainbow Vista in Gresham to socialize, travel and attend outings, including holiday parties, ocean cruises and dining out. Come make some new friends. (11 am third Saturday. 1350 W Powell Blvd.

503‑667‑5575. ian@rainbowvista.com.)

Relationship Gardening is a support group for single, gay men who desire monogamy. ($25/week, Call 503-348-0405 for pre-screening, relationshipgardening.com) Rose City Discussion Club, the largest and oldest open pansexual/ alternative sexuality club in the Northwest, is open to all orientations, fetishes and lifestyles that are safe, sane and consensual. (rcdc@teleport.com. www.rcdc.org.)

Sappho Social Club is a group of women 40 years and older building community through social and cultural activities. (thesapphosocialclub@yahoo.com.)

SOMOS LGBTQ Latinos group is a welcoming social and educational gathering for GLBTQ Latinos. (6:30-8:30pm, Educate Ya, 200 NE 20th Ave. Suite-10, somos.info@gmail.com) Soyboys Vegetarian Men’s Group is a fun, social gathering for gay and bi men who are interested in a healthy vegetarian or vegan lifestyle.

A variety of activities and monthly potlucks on the last Saturday. (veggieguys@aol.com.)

Tuesday Twilight Tastings meets for casual tastings of fine wines and inspired food at West Cafe. (6‑8 pm third Tuesday. 1201 SW Jefferson St. RSVP to 503‑784‑4807 or 503‑227‑8189.)

Physical Recreation The Adventure Group organizes a variety of activities year round, including hiking, walking, cross-country and downhill skiing, rafting and mountain biking. (PO Box 2201, Portland, OR 97208-2201. www. adventuregroup.org.)

Amazon Dragons Paddling Club invites women 16 and older to join Portland’s only out lesbian dragon boat team. Be part of the fun and fitness with this dynamic group. (www.amazondragons.org) Turf Girlz Golf Group. www.turfgirlz.com Lesbian Equestrian Group gets together for equestrian activities in the Pacific Northwest. (Denise 503-654-3865. Lynn 503-777-2339. kelrav@rdrop.com.)

Out Dancing teaches dancing for same-sex couples at Ankeny Street Studio. Classes for different dance styles start each month: country, swing, tango, cha-cha, etc. Call for schedule. (503-236-5129. out_dancing@yahoo.com. home.att.net/~outdancing.)

OutKayaking, Portland’s gay and lesbian sea kayak group, explores the lakes, rivers and bays of northwest Oregon and southwest Washington. (www.outkayaking.org.)

PDX Pride Bowling League is recruiting for fun games Friday nights September through April. (info@pdxpridebowl.com.)

PDX NetRippers is Portland’s queer soccer organization with competitive indoor soccer, outdoor scrimmages, practices for all levels and regional tournaments. (Kyle bendoverbeckham@gmail.com. www. myspace.com/netrippers.)

Portland Gay & Lesbian Bowling Association meets Sundays from Labor Day through Memorial Day at Hollywood Bowl. Drop-ins welcome anytime. (3:30 pm. 4030 NE Halsey St. Mailing address: PO Box 42034, Portland, OR 97232. 503-693-6261. pdxbowl@yahoo.com. www.pdxbowl.com.)

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Youth Services Portland metro’s LGBTQ youth community is fortunate to have plentiful resources, support groups, social clubs and educational programs offered in the region. Through a passionate network of nonprofit organizations, empowered youth activists and a commitment to providing safe spaces, outreach and leadership skill training, the organizations that follow have put in the hours and dollars to help the youth community realize that they are not alone—and that it does get better.

—Ryan J. Prado

SMYRC

Sexual & Gender Minority Youth Resource Center 503-872-9664 + smyrc.org SMYRC creates safety and support for LGBTQ youth in Oregon through youth empowerment, community building, education and direct services.

PFLAG

PFLAGPDX.org + ClackamasPFLAG. com facebook.com/pflag. portlandblackchapter PFLAG supports LGBTQ persons, their families and friends through love, understanding, education and advocacy.

TransActive

TransActiveonline.org TransActive’s group for transgender and gender non-conforming youth meets every 4th Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at OHSU Richmond Clinic.

E-mail info@transactiveonline.org for more information.

The Trevor Project

PSU QRC

866-4-U-TREVOR (866-488-7386) or 503-725-9742 or qrc.pdx.edu trevorproject.org Portland State University’s Queer The Trevor Project is a national Resource Center 24-hour, toll-free confidential suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth.

QPOWER

The Pride Project

503-260-5792 + prideproject.org The Pride Project is a program for LGBTQ youth 21 and under in Washington County.

Outside In

503-535-3800 + outsidein.org Outside In helps homeless youth and other marginalized people move toward improved health and self-sufficiency.

The Living Room

“The Living Room, Clackamas County” on Facebook The Living Room is a program for LGBTQ youth ages 14-20 in Clackamas County.

Queer Scouts PDX

“Queer Scouts PDX” on Facebook

Portland Gay Basketball Association welcomes all skill levels. (groups.yahoo.com/group/PortlandGayBasketballAssociation.)

Portland Frontrunners welcomes gay, lesbian, bi and trans people of all abilities and interests, whether you’re a running novice or a seasoned marathoner. (Gary info@portlandfrontrunners.org. www.portlandfrontrunners.org.)

Rose City Softball Association is Oregon’s largest sports organization for the GLBT community. With open and women’s divisions at all levels, RCSA plays slow-pitch softball games on most Sundays throughout the summer at Gordon Faber Recreational Complex in Hillsboro. Join a team or form a new one! (4450 NW 229th Ave. membership@rosecitysoftball.org. www.rosecitysoftball.org.)

Rosetown Ramblers, Portland’s gay and lesbian square dance club, dances at mainstream and plus levels. (PO Box 5352, Portland, OR 97228-5352. www.rosetownramblers.com.)

Ruby Red Flippers, a group of gay and lesbian scuba divers in the Portland area, teaches new recruits and takes dives in Tacoma, Hood Canal and other Pacific Northwest waters. (rubyredflippers@yahoo. com. www.rubyredflippers.org.)

She Rocks, a supportive rock climbing group for lesbians 18 and older, organizes year-round climbing and training events chosen according to skill level. Monthly meetings are held at Bagdad Pub. (6:30-7:30 pm second Thursday. 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. www.sherocks.wetpaint.com.)

Team Portland Tennis meets Sundays at University of Portland. All levels of play welcome. (8 am-noon. www.teamportland-tennis.org.)

»COMMUNITY Support Clackamas County PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) meets every fourth Tuesday at Atkinson Memorial Church in Oregon City. (7‑9 pm. 710 Sixth St. 503-3413208. www.clackamaspflag.com.)

Late Awakenings, a support group for lesbians who came out later in life, meets monthly at Q Center. (7 pm third Tuesday. 4115 N Mississippi Ave. 503‑227‑0605.)

Central City Concern’s Women’s Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program provides employment and housing services to female Veterans who are homeless or in transition. Resume building, job search skills and general case management can help you in your quest for self-sufficiency! (2 NW 2nd Ave, 503-226-7387) Daddies and Papas, a social and support network for queer men raising children in the Portland area, offers play dates for kids, parenting tips and resources at Q Center. (10am-Noon, third Saturday of each month. 4115 N Mississippi Ave., daddiesandpapas@gmail.com.)

The Dads Group is a social support group for gay, bi, trans or questioning men who are dads or want to be dads. Meets 7-9 pm the 4th Thursday of the month at the Q Center. For more information call Brett 503-310-4723 or Terry 503-697-7004 or visit www.thedadsgroup.com.

Forest Grove PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) welcomes everyone to to its monthly program and support meetings at the Forest Grove United Church of Christ. (7 pm, third Tuesday monthly, 2032 College Way. PFLAG.FG@gmail.com. 503-

basicrights.org QPOWER is a group of young, motivated leaders committed to fighting to pass the policies and elect the candidates that will bring full equality to Oregon.

GLSEN Oregon

503-936-5614 + glsen.org/oregon The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.

Triple Point

360-695-1326 x4217 Triple Point is a drop-in and group program in Downtown Vancouver for queer youth in Clark County.

232-7676. www.grovenet.org/WesternWashingtonCounty/pflag) Gay/Bisexual Men’s Therapy Group. This weekly therapy group is meant to create a safe space where gay, bisexual, queer men and the like from the Portland/Vancouver area can intimately discuss issues relevant to their lives. Our goal is to help gay men build intimacy and trust in ways that facilitate interpersonal growth, depth, and connection.

If you are interested in becoming involved in the Gay Men’s Therapy Group, or if you would like information about fees and the initial assessment process, please contact Dr. Rich Nobles, Psychologist Resident, at Portland Psychotherapy at 503.281.4852 ext. 6. Please leave a message and Dr. Nobles will return your call shortly.

Gay & Grey is a program of Friendly House, a non-profit neighborhood center & social service agency in Portland, OR. We offer social events and outings, weekly lunches, peer support groups, resources, and case management for LGBT seniors. We also provide diversity trainings in the community and a housing assessment program to identify LGBT friendly housing options for LGBT elders. For more information or to learn how you can participate, contact Friendly House at 503.224.2640 or eracoordinator@ friendlyhouseinc.org. Also be sure to check us out on Facebook at facebook.com/gayandgreypdx GLBTQI disability group brings together the GLBTQI community with physical disabilities of all types, and friends, for activities such as movie-going, music, eating out and exploring Portland. (For information, 503-213-3801 or pdxglbtqidisabled@comcast.net) Multiple Sclerosis Self-Help Group for lesbians and gay men meets to share information and provide support in dealing with the challenges of living with multiple sclerosis. (6:30‑8 pm third Wednesday. Melissa Greeney 503‑223‑9511.)

Northwest Gender Alliance is a monthly social and support group for individuals desiring to explore and express another gender. (PO Box 4928, Portland, OR 97208‑4928. 503‑533‑8787. nwga@nwgapdx.com. www.nwgapdx.com.)

PFLAG Portland Black Chapter is a place for Black gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people to come together with friends and family and support each other. Meet ups are the 3rd Saturday of each month at SMYRC at Noon. 503.232.7676 www.pflagpdx. org, facebook.com/pflag.portlandblackchapter Portland PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) welcomes all to its monthly meetings at First United Methodist Church. (7 pm second Tuesday. 1838 SW Jefferson St. 503‑232‑7676. www.pflagpdx.org.)

Survivors of Incest Anonymous (SIA) meets each Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Alano Club and welcomes any sex abuse survivors age 18 and older. Newcomers are welcome! (909 NW 24th St.) TRANS-FEM strives to engage and unite anyone on the transfeminine spectrum through community building, social events, and activism. Meetings at Q Center every third Tuesday from 7-9 p.m.

(Flora.ivy@gmail.com or AJFauna@gmail.com) Parent Access to Gender Expression Support (PAGES) group for parents and family members of gender non-conforming and transgender children and youth age 18 and younger. PAGES provides an opportunity for parents and family of trans youth to share

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their experiences with one another in a secure and supportive setting. PAGES group meetings are free to participating family members and caregivers. Childcare is available if needed. (7-9 pm, second Monday of every month. For information and to register, 503-927-7052, family@transactiveonline.org.)

Tranz Guyz is a peer support and discussion group that meets at Q Center for people assigned female at birth but identifying as trans men/guys, intersex, genderqueer, questioning, FtM, etc.

Topics include medical and emotional health, coming out, “passing,” hormones and relationships/sexuality. (6‑8 pm third Sunday.

69 SE Taylor St. tranzguys@gmail.com; tranzguyspdx.org) Veterans for Human Rights is a non-profit Veterans Organization that promotes the full recognition and equal protection of active reserve and Veteran members of the U.S. Armed Forces. VFHR advocates for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals to serve openly in the U.S. Military. VFHR opposes all forms of discrimination and promotes patriotism. (971-2357432, vfhr.org or Facebook “Veterans for Human Rights”)

Political Radical Women are active in the struggle against bigotry and exploitation. Call us to get involved! (6:30 pm second and fourth Monday. 819 N Killingsworth St. 503‑240‑4462. rwpdx@igc.org.)

Basic Rights Oregon (BRO), the state’s largest grassroots queer rights political organization, lobbies the Legislature, educates the public and works to end discrimination through election activities.

(503‑222‑6151. www.basicrights.org.)

Democratic Party of Oregon’s GLBT Caucus participates in policy decisions and outreach, recruits and supports candidates and delegates, and gives sexual minorities access to elected officials and candidates. (503‑224‑8200. www.stonewalloregon.org.)

Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC), provides lesbians 60 and older the chance to meet like-minded women in our common struggle to confront ageism, to share mutual interests and to experience the joy of playing and working together. (1 pm second Wednesday. 503‑286‑3575.)

General Babble-On Toastmasters, Portland’s most diverse Toastmasters club, meets every Sunday afternoon to have fun while developing communications and leadership skills. Laughter and applause guaranteed. Contact 503-330-2706 or visit www.babble-ontm.org for meeting time and location.

Bisexual Community Forum is a space to meet people and discuss issues relevant to the bi community at The Deli. Everyone is welcome.

(7:30 pm first Monday. 441 N Killingsworth. Laury 503‑285‑4848.)

Catlin Gabel School is an independent, co-educational day school for children ( and families!) from Pre-School (age 4 years), Kindergarten and grades 1 through 12. (503-297-1894, catlin.edu) Deaf & Hearing Out Reach (DHOR) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building community among deaf and hearing queers and allies. Visit our Web site for programs, services, events and community resources. (503-517-8880 TTY/voice. info@dhor.org. www.dhor.org.)

Double Rainbow Foundation is available to help all queer parents who co-conceive children to be treated equally. We believe, regardless of gender, two adults in committed relationships who agree to co-create children should be given the same rights as heterosexual couples. http://www.myspace.com/doublerainbowfoundation.

Equity Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded by gays and lesbians to build communities that embrace the dignity and worth of all people. Equity has distributed more than $2.8 million in grants and scholarships throughout Oregon. (503-231-5759. www. equityfoundation.org.)

Getting Bi PDX is a women’s group that meets for discussion, coffee and planning social events. ( www.gettingbipdx.com .)

Home Free, a program of Volunteers of America for women and children surviving domestic violence has openings for compassionate people to assist in our restraining order advocacy program.

You will provide emotional support, safety planning and resource referrals. Training is provided covers dynamics of domestic violence, with an emphasis on legal issues. Last year, advocates assisted over 2,400 petitioners! Call Jen at 503.802.0494 to get more information & to take action.

KBOO-FM’s Out Loud queer news and public affairs show, featuring local guests and announcements, airs second and fourth Tuesdays.

This Way Out, the international queer show, airs on first, third and fifth Tuesdays. (6 pm. 90.7 FM Portland, 91.9 FM Hood River, 100.7 FM Willamette Valley. www.kboo.fm. kboooutloud@yahoo.com .)

Queer-friendly Northwest Veterans for Peace meets Sundays at Tully’s Coffee. (11 am. 935 NE Broadway. nwvp@teleport.com. www.peaceveterans.org.)

The Oregon Safe Schools and Community Coalition seeks to create safe schools and communities for families, educators and students statewide. (503-260-5792. www.oregonsafeschools.org.)

Polyamory Circle is a gathering for folks exploring options beyond monogamy. Discussions include open relationships, extended families and intentional communities. Everyone is welcome. (7 pm third Monday. Laury 503-285-4848.)

Pride at Work Oregon is a new affiliate of the AFL-CIO that lets union members rally support for gay, lesbian, bi and trans issues and lets the queer community support workplace rights and respect on the job. (PO Box 4731, Portland, OR 97208. 503-516-2498.)

Pride Northwest, a volunteer-run 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, seeks vendors and volunteers for the Portland Pride Festival, which is held every Father’s Day weekend at Waterfront Park.

(503-295-9788. info@pridenw.org. www.pridenw.org.)

Q Center is a space that increases visibility and fosters a connection within Portland’s queer community. (4115 N. Mississippi, 503-234-7837. info@pdxqcenter.org. www.pdxqcenter.org.)

Senior Housing and Retirement Enterprises (SHARE) has closed their doors and turned their program over to Friendly House.

SHARE activities and advocacy is now incorporated in Gay & Grey.

For assistance or to get involved please call 503-224-2640.

The Sexual Minorities Roundtable meets second Tuesdays with representatives from the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office and the Portland Police Bureau to discuss and resolve issues between the queer community and law enforcement agencies. (Noon-1:30 pm. 1111 SW Second Ave. #1526. 503-823-0027.)

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Portland’s Best Salad Rolls Nightly “Happy Hour” is the last hour Tuesday “Happy Hour” is Burger Night!

Come In And Join Us

Open Daily!

Fast Take-Out! 730 NW 21st Ave. 503.223.2182

Daily Indian Lunch Buffet

Since 1994

Monday – Thursday 4–10 pm, Friday – Saturday 4–11 pm, Sunday 4-9 pm

ABHIRUCHI

AUTHENTIC SOUTH & NORTH INDIAN CUISINE

3815 SW Murray Blvd.

(Next to K_Mart)

(503) 671-0432

Call for Take Out

233 NE Chkalov Dr. Vancouver WA 98684

(360) 260-1014

DINNER 1/2 PRICE

Buy one Dinner Entree at regular price & get 2nd Dinner Entree of equal or lesser value for 1/2 PRICE! With Coupon.

Home Deliver Available thru www.d-dish.com

www.abhiruchirestaurant.com

Open 7 days a week, Lunch 11:20–2:30 U Dinner 5–9:30

Gift Cards & Catering Available

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AIDS Walk PORTland 2011

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Bridges Café & Catering

serving breakfast and lunch daily Mon-Fri Sat-Sun

Our 3rd location

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7am-2pm 8am-3pm

bridgescafeandcatering.net

57th and Fremont

Opening up in early November Portland’s Original Wing Joint

503.288.4169 •• 2716 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd

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