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    June/July 2013 print edition

    Jun 13 • 378 Views • No Comments

      CLICK HERE to download the issue as a PDF.     Have you hugged your activists lately? Where are you celebrating your Pride this summer? At a parade? A picnic? A party? The options are legion, as are the hours, days, years invested in planning...

  • According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, the United States, Canada, and the Czech Republic have seen the greatest increase in acceptance of homosexuality.

    A global perspective: LGBT equality around the world

    Jun 13 • 263 Views • No Comments

    By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly It’s easy to get impatient with the pace of progress for LGBTQ rights in the United States, but as older activists explain — and a June 4 report by the Pew Research Center confirms — public opinion is actually shifting rather...

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    Equality in the eyes of God: Two local ministries provide models of LGBTQ...

    Jun 13 • 189 Views • No Comments

    By Nick Mattos, PQ Monthly Editor’s note: This is part two of three in a series on maintaining a sense of community. Read part one here. The queer community is at a point of critical transition. For LGBTQ spaces, businesses, and communities, the questions...

  • Chip Sherman (right) and Orion Bradshaw in “Antony and Cleopatra.” Photo by Kristen Padilla

    ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ — a classic with a twist

    Jun 13 • 251 Views • No Comments

    By Leela Ginelle, PQ Monthly “I have been so moved by stories of closeted homosexuality, or closeted gender identification,” director Cassandra Schwanke says of her motivation for mounting a same-sex adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Antony and...

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    All Pride, all the time — festivals, parties, and more!

    Jun 12 • 1676 Views • No Comments

    By Daniel Borgen, PQ Monthly This year, more than any other, marks one of the most profound in terms of changes on the Pride landscape.  Much of the old guard has stood down (or gone out of business), and new-ish veterans are leaving their marks all over our...

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Something to Believe In? Third Rail’s ‘A Bright New Boise’

Jun 19 • 69 Views • No Comments

By Leela Ginelle, PQ Monthly “A Bright New Boise” opens on one of life’s great indignities: the job interview. Will, a middle aged man, is hoping to...

Jace McFeron shows off his PHAME Honor Tour T-shirt. Photo by Erin Rook, PQ Monthly

Claiming the spotlight: PHAME gives adults with disabilities the stage

By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly When Stephen Beaudoin first heard about Pacific Honored Artists, Musicians, and Entertainers (PHAME) — an arts...

Jun 13 • 306 Views

While choruses like the PGMC and Soromundi were created to serve as safe spaces to socialize for gay men and lesbians, respectively, they welcome participants representing a diversity of sexual orientations and gender identities.

Out loud together: LGBTQ choruses

By Leela Ginelle, PQ Monthly The first LGBTQ choruses emerged almost 40 years ago. While the movement began with the Anna Crusis Women’s...

Jun 13 • 261 Views

Chip Sherman (right) and Orion Bradshaw in “Antony and Cleopatra.” Photo by Kristen Padilla

‘Antony and Cleopatra’ — a classic with a twist

By Leela Ginelle, PQ Monthly “I have been so moved by stories of closeted homosexuality, or closeted gender identification,” director...

Jun 13 • 251 Views

“The Secret Portal” is amongst the works local photographer Holly Andres is presenting at her show, The Homecoming, at Salem’s Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery through Aug. 4.

Arts Briefs: June/July 2013

Local photographer and national treasure Holly Andres presents “The Homecoming,” a retrospective of her large-scale photographic work...

Jun 13 • 167 Views

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Queer Heroes NW 2013: Amanda Brings Plenty-Wright

Jun 15 • 177 Views • No Comments

By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly The second annual Queer Heroes NW, a collaboration between the Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN) and Q...

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Portland Pride Festival 2013 Waterfront Entertainment Schedule

By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly We’ve already given you a macro-level perspective on Pride (check out our comprehensive...

Jun 15 • 659 Views

The Drugstore Kit

Goodies: A few kits to spice up your Pride sex life

By Erin Rook and Nick Mattos, PQ Monthly Who doesn’t like a few new toys? Whether you’re shopping for a gift or...

Jun 13 • 180 Views

(Clockwise from top left) Musicians Aiden James (photo by Jeremy Lucido), Dirty Looks, Mattachine Social (photo by Holly Andres), and Lucas Silveira of the Cliks promise to rock your world at Portland Pride 2013.

Pride performers on love, music, and community

By Nick Mattos, PQ Monthly While there are a vast number of things to love about Pride Week in Portland, the music is...

Jun 13 • 422 Views

Catch Vicci Martinez at Hot Flash’s Big Gay Pride Party in Portland on June 15.

Vicci Martinez hopes to give Portland hot flashes

By Trish Bendix, PQ Monthly It’s been 13 years since Vicci Martinez released her first album. In that time, the...

Jun 13 • 968 Views

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