Last year, Pride Northwest-the nonprofit that plans Portland's Pride Parade and the accompanying waterfront festivities- moved the city's summertime celebrations of queerness from June to July. The years before that saw even greater disruptions as queer communities measured pandemic safety, celebrated remotely, and / or resisted a renewed tide of haters set on slashing our rights.
Plenty of bars in Portland plan queer nights, drag brunches, and pride celebrations. Rainbow signs in windows are legion. Perhaps related to that, this Pride has a bajillion parties-many more than we've seen in recent years. The further we get from mandated lockdowns, the more community gatherings are coming back.
We also find ourselves in the second year of Portland's new two-month Pride model, where we start celebrating in June and finally (FINALLY) promenade come July. That does leave more room for parties, giving us a feeling of an Endless Queer Summer-the theme of this year's guide.
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