Join us for a walking tour of our city’s past and present queer culture — including the history of the struggle for gay rights and current challenges faced by the LGBTQ community. Learn about old “camp” sites, haunts and hideouts of Vaseline Alley, gay bathhouses, gay liberation, Portland’s gay press and more. Guest speakers include infamous drag queen Darcelle (Walter Cole), David Kohl (Historian, Gay and Lesbian Pacific Northwest Archives) and Dr. Ann Mussey (Professor, PSU, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies), as well as speakers from Cascade Aids Project and Basic Rights Oregon.
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the oh so (queer) history of portland
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sign up now for queer tour of portland — june 23
If you haven’t checked it out yet, on Saturday, June 23rd the Dill Pickle Club is teaming up with PICA for The Oh So (Queer) History of Portland, a walking tour of our city’s past and present queer culture. The tour aims to educate participants as to the history of the struggle for gay rights [...]
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