LGBT culture in Portland, Oregon has a long and vast history with great relevance to those who fit the demographic in the urban area.
Portland's annual pride parade is primarily organized by Pride Northwest. Peacock in the Park is another annual event, running from 1987–2005 and again from 2014 – present. Blow Pony has been organized since 2007. The La Femme Magnifique International Pageant is an annual drag pageant.
In 2011, Hands Across Hawthorne was organized in response to an attack on two men who were holding hands on the Hawthorne Bridge.
Gay bathhouses operating in Portland include Hawks PDX and Steam Portland (2003 – present). Club Portland operated from 1987 to 2007.
Portland vice scandal
Burnside Triangle
Jeannace June Freeman's murder of lesbian partner at Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint
"Lesbian Roommate" obscenity trial
Resolution Number 31510
WomanShare and other lesbian land movements
Ballot Measure 8 (1988), ruled unconstitutional in 1993
1989 Hate Crimes Law
Tanner vs OHSU domestic partner lawsuit, 1991
1992 Springfield anti-equal-rights ballot measure passes
1992 statewide anti-gay Measure 9 rejected
1994 statewide anti-gay Measure 13 rejected
2000 statewide anti-gay Measure 9 rejected
2004 gay marriages briefly take place in Multnomah County, ruled illegal 2005
2004 Multnomah County Measure 36 gay marriage ban
2007 statewide anti-discrimination bill
Dr. Alan L. Hart, one of the first trans men to have surgery
Marie Equi
Terry Bean
Bud Clark, mayor who endorsed the gay/lesbian community in the 1980s
Tom Potter, first Portland Police Bureau liaison to the gay community in 1985
Gail Shibley, first lesbian in the state legislature (1991)
Barbara Roberts, LGBTQ ally and state governor in 1991
Scott Meisner
Rives Kistler, first openly gay supreme court justice
Virginia Linder, first openly lesbian supreme court justice
Sam Adams, first openly gay mayor of a large US city
Kate Brown, first openly bisexual governor in US history
Todd Haynes
Gus Van Sant
Chuck Palahniuk
Tina Kotek
Pink Martini, formed by Thomas Lauderdale; the group has worked to defeat anti-gay measures
Currently operating LGBT drinking establishments and nightclubs include: Casey's, CC Slaughters, Eagle Portland, Escape Nightclub, Embers Avenue (1970s – present), Hobo's, Joq's, Scandals, Silverado, and Stag PDX (2015 – present). The latter two are also strip clubs.
Defunct establishments include Egyptian Club (1995–2010), Gail's Dirty Duck Tavern, Red Cap Garage (1987–2012), Starky's, and Three Sisters Tavern (1964–2004), which also operated as a strip club.
Local LGBT-oriented organizations include: Cascade AIDS Project, Portland Gay Men's Chorus, Portland Lesbian Choir (1986 – present), Pride Northwest (principal organizer of the annual pride parade), and Q Center. The LGBT rights organization Basic Rights Oregon is based in Portland. Bradley Angle offers LGBTQ domestic violence services.
Others:
Second Foundation (1970-1972)
A Woman's Place bookstore
Portland Association of Gay Equality
Portland Town Council
Metropolitan Community Church
Right to Privacy / Right to Pride
Black Lesbians and Gays United
Northwest Gender Alliance
Lesbian Community Project (1986-2008)
Oregon the Other Side (1987-)
Phoenix Rising
Equity Foundation
Love Makes a Family (1992-)
Cascade Voice
Just Out
PQ Monthly
The Eagle
