The Downstairs Gallery showcases works from BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and disabled artists When Daren Todd opened The Downstairs Gallery in August, he was surviving, accepting opportunities after the coronavirus pandemic took both his bartending gig and his promisi ...
6 Jan 2021 - Andrew Jankowski
Portland activists push for greater inclusion of Black trans and queer voices in the movement In June 1969, police clashed with Black transgender women and other LGBTQ+ groups during the Stonewall uprising, galvanizing generations of activists and inspiri ...
2 Jul 2020 - Hanna Merzbach
A Portland show, Igniting Voices, will explore an evolution of the experiences of presenters ages 16 to 76 Marilyn Lowles was 51 when she realized her gender identity. As someone assigned male at birth, she was living as a man at the time. Her wife sugges ...
14 Feb 2020 - Sarah Hansell
The former Basic Rights Oregon fundraiser explains people power, the art of persuasion and ‘the right respect’ For 20 years, Cathy Abbruzzese diligently dialed the phone for Basic Rights Oregon, raising money the hard way: $20 and $50 at a time. Her effor ...
3 Jan 2020 - Emily Green
Anthony Hudson’s full-length production, ‘Looking for Tiger Lily,’ follows the quest to find validation as a Native artist and be at peace with a complex identity July 21, 2020, update: The world premiere of “Looking for Tiger Lily" has been postpone ...
8 Nov 2019 - Danielle Frost
For years, his former in-laws have prevented him from being part of the boy’s life, in defiance of repeated court orders When Micah was first placed in his grandparents’ care at 6 months old, all involved agreed it was in the child’s best interest. His t ...
16 Aug 2019 - Emily Green
Since it opened in 2017, the primary care clinic serving Portland’s LGBTQ+ community has seen more than 1,000 patients and has added two mental health providers Prism Health, Portland’s first allopathic health clinic focused on primary care for the LGBTQ+ ...
21 Jun 2019 - Ellena Rosenthal
The ensemble’s executive director, Richard Jung, talks about the show and the chorus’s role in the LGBTQ+ rights movement Fifty years ago this month, the struggle for gay rights in the U.S. changed course forever, thanks to a group of gay, lesbian, bisexu ...
14 Jun 2019 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
The 1969 uprising in New York City inspired a movement that continues today, but oppression of the LGBTQ+ community’s most marginalized persists, as well At the heart of the story of the Stonewall Rebellion are homeless LGBTQ+ youths, transgender people o ...
14 Jun 2019 - Kathleen Hinkel
Stark Street was once the heart of LGBTQ+ culture, but now ‘we can go anywhere,’ says Walter Cole, better known as the legendary drag queen Darcelle XV PORTLAND, 1964 and 1965: Mayor Terry Schrunk declared war on bars frequented by gays and lesbians follo ...
11 Jan 2019 - Sarah Hansell