Ain’t No Party Like a Street Party
Downtown gay bar ushers in Pride weekend
August is Pride Month in Eugene, and to kick it off, Spectrum is hosting a pre-Pride Street Party Friday, Aug 9. Spectrum is more than … Continue reading
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One Home at a Time
Creating housing for the many people who can’t afford high rents and property prices in Eugene
Jeremy Mims, who goes by his drag name Labaux, lives in a little pink house in north Eugene with his Chihuahua, Lucy. Inside, a Marilyn … Continue reading
Pride Grows
This year’s Pride festival features first-ever march and street party
The Eugene-Springfield Pride in the Park Festival is Saturday, Aug. 10, at Alton Baker Park from 11 am to 6 pm. It’s projected to be … Continue reading
HIV Alliance Comes of Age
Celebrating 25 years of education and advocacy for its clients
It’s a tribute to perseverance and love in the face of fierce societal turbulence and often-intense private feelings of stigmatization among the people who walk … Continue reading
Beyond Binary
Local tech firms are making space for LGBTQ representation
Andy Darnall, co-founder of NuRealms who identifies as queer, genderqueer and afab (assigned female at birth), praises the game-development industry’s inclusivity. A part of what … Continue reading
Sequins and Eggs
Primping and brunching with a queen
It’s 10 am Sunday and Cornel Hardiman throws on a playlist full of Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera and old-school Tina Turner. He’s reaching for … Continue reading
(Pride) In the Name of Love
Eugene minor league baseball team aims to ‘strike out hate’ with Pride Night
Candace Gingrich, who uses they/them pronouns, loves baseball. A Chicago Cubs fan, they had plans to propose to their partner at the end of the … Continue reading
Trumping the Supremes
President’s second Supreme Court pick could impact LGBTQ issues
As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump worked an audience like an orchestral conductor. With a stroke of the hand he summoned chants of “ten feet … Continue reading
New History for Future Generations
Lesbian Oral History documents gay women in Eugene
In the basement of the Knight Library at the University of Oregon, the knowledge and history of Eugene’s lesbian community is being retold and archived … Continue reading
Eugene Pride Events Roundup
2018 brings new official and unofficial Pride events to Eugene!
The Eugene/Springfield Pride Festival is held each August partly so that it doesn’t have to compete with other celebrations in bigger cities on the West … Continue reading