The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! Get ready for more sunny skies and temps in the mid-to-upper 80s through the end of the week, and by July 1? We'll be greeting the 90s. which is.
When is Portland Pride? Is it in June, the globally-recognized Pride month inspired by the Stonewall riots? Or is it in July, on the newly marked Portland Pride Parade day (July 16) that caps a week of Darcelle XV Showplace and Wildfang working it to break the world record for longest drag artist performance? Respect to the queers who held Portland Pride in June since 1975, but if the hailstorm on Sunday June 18—when the.
Queer history has had some terrific chroniclers. Open a copy of the Mayor of Castro Street in a bookshop and read the first few pages—now, I dare you to put it down. (Take the Mayor of Castro Street Challenge!) It's the same with Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution; it's the same with Let the Record Show. There aren't nearly enough queer history books out there, but there are some very good ones. To.