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Queer Bar Crawl: Where to Take Your Situationship, Soulmate, or Wild Card in Portland We asked, you answered—and wow, did you deliver. Portland's queer scene is stacked with perfect spots to flirt, get weird, or fall accidentally in love. Whether you’re sipping mezcal or a mocktail, it doesn’t matter if you drink or not—we’ve got you covered on your next date night bevy. Here’s the rundown of your favorite bars and what kind of date they’re made for. From DTF dives to "meet the parents" energy, we’ve got your next move mapped. 1. Hey Love Date vibe: Flirty. Tropical. No...

When You Wanna be Out but Not Seen... It’s June. Or maybe July. In Portland, who even knows when Pride is or how long it lasts? Still, your group chats are a minefield of rooftop ragers, warehouse raves, and someone’s friend’s girlfriend’s cousin’s queer BBQ that you agreed to “maybe swing by” fully knowing you will not. You keep thinking Shouldn’t I be out there? Doing the body thing? The talking thing? Letting some soft-armed stranger with a birth chart and a Bluetooth speaker wreck me? Or… hear us out…what if you did Pride your way? What if you skipped...

How Trang Nguyen and Wei-En Tan are blending Vietnamese and Singaporean heritage, queer identity, and aviation acrobatics into Portland’s most heartfelt dining experience. photos by Nic Porter

Fire Carriers: Queer AANHPI Icons Who Light the Way They rise from histories both visible and buried, shaped by migration, memory, and the fire of becoming. Their work has shifted culture, challenged systems, and carved out space where there was none. This AANHPI Heritage Month, we honor ten queer Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander visionaries who have shaped culture with the precision of a knife and the tenderness of a prayer.Kitty Tsui. Kristin Kish. Hayley Kiyoko. Lilly Singh. Helen Zia. Jenny Shimizu. Sonya Passi. Kim Coco Iwamoto. Margaret Cho. These icons wielded the tools of diaspora— language, silence,...