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Dispute leads to two summer camps for HIV-affected youth........................ page 6
Wildfang sinks its teeth into the tomboy market............................................. page 9
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PERSPECTIVES
From left to right: Portland’s LGBTQ soccer club the Netrippers is aiming for the 2013 OutGames. University of Portland students demonstrate for an LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination policy (photo by Julie Cortez, PQ Monthly). Frank Dixon is elected president of the Democratic
Party of Oregon (photo by Jules Garza, PQ Monthly).
LOCAL
Lonesome’s Pizza in downtown Portland has removed an
anti-trans slur from its menu item after receiving complaints
from the community. The menu, which is full of unconventional names like “Hasselfodd vs. velcro headboard restraints,”
had described the restaurant’s breadsticks as “tranny stix”
and linked to an image of co-owner Nic Reddy (aka Nik Sin)
dressed in drag. Within a day of receiving the complaints,
Reddy and co-owner Noah Antieau removed the description
and apologized. “The absolute last thing we ever want to do is
upset somebody who’s already got a rough road. The idea of
doing that makes us all feel pretty horrible. So, if you’re transgender, we’re all apologies,” Reddy said. For more on these and
other news stories, visit the blog at pqmonthly.com.
A group of University of Portland students recently
launched “Redefine Purple Pride,” a campaign urging the
Catholic university to adopt an LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination policy. The push to add sexual orientation and gender
identity to the school’s policy came after an annual Fireside
Chat on Feb. 18 with UP President Fr. Bill Beauchamp, in
which he responded to student concerns about the lack of
protections for LGBTQ students, staff, and faculty. The group
has launched a Change.org petition with more than 1,700 signatures and held a silent protest on Feb. 28 with more than
100 people. The University’s non-binding Statement of Inclusion opposes discrimination based on sexual orientation, but
activists say that isn’t enough. While most Catholic schools
argue that the Church’s position on homosexuality prevents
them from adopting LGBTQ-inclusive protections, a number
of Catholic colleges and universities have done so.
In other education news, the Gresham-Barlow School
District recently reaffirmed its decision to not extend the
contract of openly gay North Gresham Principal Tom Klansnic past the end of this school year. Klansnic’s attorney, Judy
Snyder, has told a number of media outlets that she believes
the well-liked principal is being pushed out because of his
sexual orientation. The district won’t comment on personnel issues, but has emphasized its commitment to a workplace free from discrimination. Snyder has notified the district that Klansnic is considering filing a discrimination suit.
In advance of the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of
two same-sex marriage cases, marriage equality supporters
will hold demonstrations across the nation as part of March 4
Marriage. In Bend, folks will march through downtown from
10 a.m. to noon on March 23, starting at the corner of Wall
St. and Newport (signs are encouraged). In Portland, people
will rally from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on March 26 outside the Mark
O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse. Demonstrations will take
place in Washington, D.C. on March 26 and 27. For a map
of events across the country, visit unitedformarriage.org.
The Democratic Party of Oregon also welcomed a new
leader recently with the election of Frank Dixon to the prespqmonthly.com
idency. Dixon served as the party’s vice-chair for six years
and founded its GLBT caucus. He also founded Veteran’s
for Human Rights. Learn more at dpo.com.
NetRippers FC, Portland’s LGBTQ soccer club, is hoping to
send two teams to the 2013 OutGames in Antwerp, Belgium
(not to be confused with the Gay Games). To make the trip,
the club will have to raise $10,000 before May 1. Learn more
about the team and its fundraising efforts at netrippers.org.
Just Out, the LGBTQ magazine that launched in Portland last June, announced it was ceasing publication in
February after a nine-month run. Owners and publishers
Eddie Glenn and Jonathan Kipp attributed the closure to
a lack of income in a letter sent to advertisers. Just Out was
previously published as a bimonthly newspaper by Marty
Davis, who sold the name to Glenn and Kipp after going
out of business in December 2011.
Portland-based domestic violence agency Bradley
Angle recently released the results of its 2012 LGBTQ Needs
Assessment Survey. Of the 172 people who completed the
survey, 37 percent self-identified as a survivor of domestic violence. However, 82 percent said they had been in a
relationship where a partner “ignored, put down, or disregarded their emotional needs” and 75 percent said they
had avoided talking to a partner out of fear of their reaction. Also noteworthy: More than half or the respondents
said they had been unable to meet their basic needs (such
as food, bills, and housing) in the past six months. Bradley
Angle plans to repeat the survey sometime this summer.
For more information about Bradley Angle’s LGBTQ programming (including support services and healthy relationship classes), visit bradlyeangle.org.
Want to make your voice heard in halls of power? Two
opportunities are coming up. On April 3, Causa is organizing and LGBTQ Lobby Day in Salem. Participants will meet
at 10 a.m. at Causa’s Salem office (inside the First Congregational Church, 700 Marion St. NE) for a training. To join
them, RSVP to [email protected]. On April 15,
the Oregon Alliance to End Violence Against Women will
descend on Salem for Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault,
and Stalking Awareness Day, providing information, training, and support to individuals interested in speaking with
their legislators about the issues. For more information,
visit alliancetoendviolenceagainstwomen.org.
Author and educator Tim Wise will speak on racism and
privilege in America at Portland State University on April 10.
Wise is the author of “Dear White America: Letter to a New
Minority” and regularly appears on outlets such as CNN and
ABC’s “20/20” to discuss race. Tickets are required and are
free for PSU student, faculty, and staff. Public tickets are $5.
TransActive Education & Advocacy — a Portland-based
nonprofit providing services for trans and gender nonconforming children and their families — is hosting an
open house April 17. Community members will have an
opportunity to meet TransActive’s staff, learn about Community Education and Client Services programs, the “In
a Bind” binder exchange program, and Family Advocacy
projects while networking with others interested in serving the needs of this population. Call 503-252-3000 for the
location and to RSVP. Learn more at transactiveonline.org.
TransActive and Q Center are collaborating on a new
project called Community Connect, a drop-in program for
transgender, genderqueer, intersex, and gender non-conforming youth and their families. An advocate will be
on-hand during drop-in hours — Thursdays from 4 p.m.
to 8 p.m. at Q Center (4115 N. Mississippi Ave.) — to provide resource referrals for counseling, hormone therapy,
legal name/gender changes, and more.
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Doctors recently announced that a Mississippi toddler
has been functionally cured of HIV. According to media
reports, the child was treated with high doses of anti-retroviral drugs within 30 hours of her birth. Typically, HIV-positive mothers are treated during pregnancy to prevent transmission of the virus, but this child’s mother was not diagnosed until shortly before delivery.
Researchers are also looking to bee venom as a potential
cure for HIV. According to U.S. World News and Report, a
study published in the journal Antiviral Therapy showed
that a toxin found in bee venom called melittin can kill HIV
by puncturing the viral envelope. Researchers believe the
discovery could lead to the development of a preventative
vaginal gel and even an intravenous vaccine.
WORLD
The Mexican Supreme Court has ruled that anti-gay hate
speech — including words such as “maricón” — are not protected as freedom of expression because they can be used
to encourage, promote, and justify intolerance toward gays.
There was a lot of buzz about the Queen of England
taking a stand for gay rights by signing a new Commonwealth charter, until people realized that the text makes
no explicit mention of sexual orientation. It reads: “We
are implacably opposed to all forms of discrimination,
whether rooted in gender, race, colour, creed, political
belief or other grounds.”
The Roman Catholic Church has a new Pope. Jorge
Mario Bergoglio was elected March 13 to replace retiring
Pope Benedict XVI. Bergoglio chose the title Pope Francis,
after Saint Francis of Assisi. The new Pope is the first to hail
from the Americas, the Southern Hemisphere, or the Jesuit
tradition. Like Pope Benedict XVI before him, Pope Francis is
opposed to extending marriage rights to same-sex couples.
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CAMP KC VS. CAMP STARLIGHT
Dispute leads to two summer camps for HIV-affected youth — at the same time
Michael ThierHawke (left) and Kevin Cook
By Kelsey Rook
PQ Monthly
Camp Starlight has welcomed children and youth
affected by HIV/AIDS to its week-long summer camp for
the last 15 years. For many campers and their families, the
last week in August offered a respite from the overwhelming stigma of HIV/AIDS, as well as an opportunity for play,
spiritual growth, community building, and support. But
last month a dispute came to light over who can best serve
these children, and how.
In mid-February, two press releases exposed the falling
out between a group identified as the Camp Starlight Commission — made up of longtime volunteers and founders of
Camp Starlight — and Cascades Aids Project (CAP), which
has provided fiscal support and acted as “home base” for
Camp Starlight since 2005. There will now be two camps for
kids affected by HIV/AIDS — Camp KC and Camp Starlight,
both taking place the last week of August and both claiming
to be a continuation of the long-running Camp Starlight.
Late last year, CAP announced changes in its programming for families and children that included a change in
name and leadership for Camp Starlight. At that time,
PQ Monthly had been running weekly interviews online
with campers and volunteers. The blogs referred to the
camp as “CAP’s Camp for Kids.” PQ Monthly first learned
of the schism between CAP and a group calling themselves
the Camp Starlight Commission after an interview with
Michael ThierHawke was posted on the blog on Feb. 11.
ThierHawke, a camp counselor with Camp Starlight
since 2009, alerted the Camp Starlight Commission — a
group of camp founders and volunteers who split from CAP
late last year — that his interview was being used to promote CAP’s Camp for Kids. The commission claimed that
CAP’s Camp for Kids was not merely a new name for Camp
Starlight, but rather a new camp altogether.
In December 2012, the Camp Starlight Commission was
incorporated as an Oregon nonprofit under the business
name “Camp Starlight” and is currently applying for 501(c)
(3) nonprofit status, according to Camp Starlight co-director Randall Bodkin.
Bodkin said the split between members of the commission and the camp’s fiscal sponsor, CAP, came to a head last
fall. “In the months leading up to October 2012,” he said,
“the relationship between our organizations had become
increasingly strained.”
According to Bodkin, CAP announced their intent to
disband the Camp Starlight Commission and incorporate
Camp Starlight into CAP’s programming for kids and families, known as Kids’ Connection, at an October 2012 meeting. Bodkin said this signaled an end to the mutually-beneficial relationship established seven years prior, which
included CAP’s help with fundraising, grant writing, publicity, and staffing for Camp Starlight.
A Feb. 18 press release from the Camp Starlight Commission announced the termination of their relationship with
CAP and noted, “These changes will permit supporters of
Camp Starlight to make donations directly to Camp Starlight.”
Mary Marshall, CAP’s interim executive director and
director of finance and operations, sees the division differently. “CAP’s ‘Camp KC’ is primarily a change in name with
a few administrative changes we feel are needed,” she said.
“We view Camp KC as a continuation of Camp Starlight,
which has been a program of CAP for the last eight years.”
The new name, Camp KC, reflects the integration of the
camp into CAP’s Kid’s Connection programming, which
“provides HIV-specific support to children, youth, and
families who are HIV- infected or -affected,” according to
the CAP website.
CAP representatives says their leadership and fiscal
support of Camp Starlight provided the stability and
funds essential to keeping the camp running for the last
eight years, and it was apparent that Camp Starlight was
camps p age 9
KAROL COLLYMORE TAKES THE HELM AT EQUITY FOUNDATION
By Erin Rook
PQ Monthly
Karol Collymore, 35, started work as the new executive director of Equity Foundation March 11. The foundation — which gives out scholarships to LGBTQ students,
supports community organizations, and engages in shareholder actions — had been without an executive director since
Peter Cunningham’s departure
late last year.
“We are delighted Karol will
be bringing her considerable talents to the Equity Foundation,”
Board Chair Carl Creasey said in
a Feb. 27 release.
Collymore has 13 years of
experience in non-profit, political, and government roles,
including her work with the
American Heart Association,
Pro-Choice Oregon, and MultKarol Collymore
nomah County Chair Jeff Cogen.
She ran for county commissioner in 2010 and was most
recently director of development at Raphael House of Portland.
She chatted with PQ Monthly about why Equity’s work
is important to her and what she hopes to bring to the
organization.
PQ Monthly: How do you identify?
Collymore: I’m a black woman with a Panamanian
background. It’s where I was born and where my family is
from. I also want to say that I am a progressive. As much
as that means to people anymore, I’m not sure. But my
worldview is large and continually expanding. Moving
forward and creating community means progression,
expansion, inclusion, moving forward. That’s too many
words, but it’s what gives me the capacity and passion to
do this work.
PQ Monthly: What attracted you to Equity Foundation?
Collymore: Equity was founded 24 years ago with a
sole mission to eliminate prejudice and discrimination in
Oregon. My personal and professional mission has always
been to work in spaces where fighting for diversity and
equality is a primary goal. When I saw an opportunity to
put my passion to work in this community, I jumped at
the chance.
PQ Monthly: What’s one thing about Equity Foundation
that isn’t widely known?
Collymore: Equity Foundation is a catalyst for change
in Oregon. Your donation turns right around and benefits
several non-profits that make change for the LGBTQ community. A donor gives one gift and that gift joins a pool that
turns into a wave of support for so many other wonderful
organizations.
PQ Monthly: What’s one thing about you that isn’t widely
known?
Collymore: I started a small movement a few years ago
called Portland’s Progressive Dinner Party. My friends and
I would host parties at our homes for organizations that
had budgets less than $500,000. The entry fee was $20 and
a bottle of wine. They were such a good time, we made new
friends, and it was a great way for us to make an impact on
our community through good food and fun. The other thing
that is not widely known: I love yacht rock.
PQ Monthly: What are your goals for the organization’s
future?
Collymore: My goals include raising Equity’s endowment to $1 million in three years, to grant scholarships
that impact the recipients in significant ways, and use our
platform to bring light to the organizations and causes that
support eliminating discrimination. Our giving range is as
varied as HIV/AIDS prevention, support of isolated LGBTQ
youth, and expansion of the arts focused on African American plays. We can tell those stories so donors and the community know the impact of Equity across Oregon.
PQ Monthly: How can the community help you in the
months ahead?
Collymore: Equity Foundation has been a part of the
community for 24 years. What impacts us most is community involvement and support. Support us, help us tell
the story of the organizations we help, come to our events
and learn about the vital work we are doing with in the
greater Oregon communities. Our door is always open; I
want to know what we are doing right and where improvement is needed.
PQ Monthly: Is there anything you’d like to add?
Collymore: Follow us on Twitter at @Equity_Oregon
and like our page on Facebook. We’ll be sharing our stories,
inviting grant and scholarship applications, and accepting
gifts in ways that will be easy for the community to access.
Thank you so much for the opportunity to share.
For more information on Equity Foundation, visit equityfoundation.org.
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WILDFANG SINKS ITS TEETH INTO THE TOMBOY MARKET
By Erin Rook
hair and a fondness for creepy crawling creatures like snakes and insects. Wildfang’s site
doesn’t include a size chart, so knowing the models’ dimensions and the size they are
modeling gives some fit hints.
It’s becoming clear that 2013 is the year of the tomboy. After a lifetime of scouring
Tops tend to range in size from extra-small to large, sometimes in women’s, other
men’s and boys’ departments in search of masculine clothes that fit a female form, queers times in men’s. Jeans run from 25 to 31. Most shoes can be found in women’s sizes 6-10.
whose fashion needs straddle the gender binary have an increasing number of options.
“We have had to place bets where we thought we could sell items,” McIlroy says. “You’ll
One of these progressive new outfitters is Portland-based Wildfang (from the German see us carry all the popular sizes and what I can promise is we will listen to our commufor “tomboy”). Helmed by former Nike employees Emma McIlroy, 29, and Julia Parsley, 32, nity and give them what they want.”
with creative direction from fellow Nike alum
When it comes to price, customers can
Taralyn Thuot, Wildfang has a team of 20-plus
expect to pay anywhere from $28 to more
tomboys working to create not only a clothing
than $100 for a top. Most bottoms are between
company, but a sense of community.
$100 and $150. Shoes tend to be closer to $150
“We don’t think tomboy is a trend. She’s
— it’s the only place on the site where prices
always been with us – from Audrey Hepburn
ever exceed $200.
to Patti Smith – and she always will be,” McIl“Everything we bought we put through the
roy says. “The only difference is that social
filter of ‘Would I pay that, for that?’ And when
networks have allowed tomboys to find
the team answered ‘yes,’ then we bought it,”
each other, and high-end fashion has finally
McIlroy says. “You’ll see a range of price points
started to pay attention.”
depending on the item and a real focus on
Though the retailer’s launch corresponds
craftsmanship in our clothing.”
with the rise of related outlets like Tomboy
Despite the company’s newness, the
Tailors and Saint Harridan (which focus on
excitement and anticipation are palpable.
making more formal menswear work for femWildfang created its Facebook page on Feb. 1
inine bodies), inspiration struck McIlroy and
— a month and half before items were availParsley three years ago in the men’s departable for purchase online — and by the March
ment of a well-known retailer on NW 23rd Ave.
15 beta launch, it had nearly 6,000 likes and
“I was salivating over a graphic tee with
an outpouring of enthusiastic comments
Kate Moss on it,” McIlroy says. “Jules was
from future customers around the world.
eyeing up a men’s blazer with patches on the
People who had never seen or worn Wildelbows. Jules turned to me and said, ‘Why
fang’s products (aside from a glimpse of the
don’t they make this stuff for us?’ And right
company’s crush-worthy celebrity models)
Photo by Lindsey Byrnes
there in the men’s department Wildfang was
have been raving since day one.
Wildfang models Laurel Pantin, Megan Rapinoe, Nadia Sarwar, Hannah Blilie, and Kate Moennig.
conceived.”
“I love you already!”
The online shop brings together items from men’s and women’s lines, vintage items, and
“I’ve been seriously waiting for this my whole life!”
a variety of shoes and accessories. The site launched in beta mode — open only to those who
“I would love to be your #1 fan!”
signed up in advance — on March 15. A full launch is expected by later this spring.
Based on Facebook comments alone, it’s clear the company’s fanbase has already
“Three years ago no one was playing in this space. The consumer demand is real and gone global. Though Wildfang does not currently ship internationally, fans are making
obvious — you see it everywhere: on Pinterest, on Tumblr,” McIlroy says. “In addition, their interest known from such far-flung locales as Ireland, Australia, South Africa, Beirut,
high-end fashion has played a lot in androgyny recently. We love that other people are Bolivia, Greece, Mexico, Holland, and England.
starting to serve tomboys. Frankly it’s about time.”
It certainly didn’t hurt that the company hit the ground running with a strong social
The clothing currently available on Wildfang’s site is mix of classically masculine pieces media presence and a visual branding campaign featuring a number of iconic tomboys
(a striped crew neck sweater), items with a sexy feminine edge (a sheer sleeveless west- including Kate Moennig (best know for playing Shane on “The L Word”) and local celebs
ern-style shirt), punk-inspired elements (a black studded jacket), and vintage originals.
Hannah Blilie (drummer for Gossip) and Megan Rapinoe (the out athlete who helped lead
“Remember, tomboy is a spectrum. There are lots of different tomboys — from the the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team to gold at the 2012 Olympics).
prep to the rocker and the sophisticate to the jock,” MvIlroy says. “We are going to try and
“We are here to serve the tomboy. We want to serve her style and her spirit. We don’t
create looks for all of them. We’ve bought some menswear brands and some womenswear define her sexuality,” McIlroy says. “We just want to build a community of badass tombrands and are styling them to ensure they look great on the female form.”
boys. Our company is a very diverse one and I think our consumer base will be too.”
A poignant illustration of this blending of masculine and feminine sensibilities is WildHungry customers combined with a limited inventory means the indecisive will likely
fang’s jewelry collection, which includes a line of deceptively dainty-looking heart pen- be left in the dust. On the flip side, early adopters are almost guaranteed biter-proof style.
dants engraved with brash expressions ranging from the relatively tame “in it to win it”
“Well, we’re a start up with a small budget so we haven’t got a huge inventory, which
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in need of a leadership change.
“As one of the old volunteer commissioners, I saw the need for the changes CAP
asked for and have signed on to the new
management process as a volunteer,” Kevin
Cook, a Starlight volunteer since 2001, said
in CAP’s Feb. 15 press release.
While the two organizations have clearly
parted ways, they have released conflicting
information about the split. Both Camp KC
and Camp Starlight claim to be continuations of the “original” Camp Starlight and
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highlight their staff’s composition of individuals previously affiliated with the Camp
Starlight of 1999-2012. The Camp KC planning committee includes Cook, Noah Kling,
and Trevor Scott, all former Camp Starlight
Commission members. The Camp Starlight
Commission’s returning staffers include
Angie Raffaele, co-founder and camp director since 1999; Dr. Rebecca G. Block, mental
health supervisor at the camp since 2000;
and Melanie Smith-Wilusz and Kit Noble,
both co-founders of Camp Starlight.
The division between the competing
camps has grown to a turf war of sorts,
as both groups will host their summer
camps during the same week this summer,
Aug. 25-30. Marshall said this scheduling changed the nature of the two camps’
co-existence from “an opportunity for the
kids to have two camp experiences each
year to a situation where they are divided
between two competing camps.”
But Bodkin said Camp Starlight simply
wants to continue its camp festivities
during the traditional last week of August,
as it has for the previous 14 years. He takes
issue with the fact that Camp KC will be
held at the same campgrounds where
Camp Starlight has been held since 2003.
He noted that the contract securing the
campsite was signed last fall as part of
CAP’s regular support of Camp Starlight.
“We are saddened by CAP’s decision
to claim ownership of the rental contract
for our usual campsite and dates,” Bodkin
said, “and we are shocked that CAP would
misuse Camp Starlight’s good name and
history with [the campgrounds] to secure
the campsite for themselves.”
W hile these factions move forward
with planning for their upcoming summer
camps, families are faced with the difficult decision of where to send their children this summer. In the meantime,
both groups have obtained legal counsel,
though both Marshall and Bodkin said
they hope to avoid litigation and resolve
any issues amicably.
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YOGA FOR ALL: LOCAL TEACHERS HELP
CULTIVATE SAFE SPACE INSIDE AND OUT
‘Can you explain the line between man and woman?’ ‘No,’
she said. ‘Me neither,’ I replied. ‘I can promise you that the
people you find at Fat Yoga will be kind and accepting, or
they’ll be ousted. Past that, I refuse to draw the lines for
size, gender, or anything else. We need to be all-accepting and all-inclusive.’”
BIBI MCGILL, ASCENSION YOGA
“I can promise you that the people you find at Fat Yoga will be kind and accepting,” says local yoga teacher Anna Ipox. “We need to be all-accepting and all-inclusive.”
By Nick Mattos
PQ Monthly
Yoga isn’t just popular —numerous scientific studies and
thousands of years of anecdotal evidence have shown that
it’s also an effective means to cultivate physical and mental
health. However, some would-be yoga practitioners avoid
starting a practice because of fear that their particular constellation of gender, sexual, ethnic, or economic identities would leave them feeling like misfits in yoga class. To
correct this misapprehension, local teachers such as Amy
Ipox and Bibi McGill help their students cultivate healthy
bodies and minds by creating safe spaces — both within
their classes and within the hearts of their students.
ANNA IPOX, FAT YOGA
Twelve years ago, Anna Ipox fell in love with the physical
practices of yoga. As someone mindful of both social justice and her own physical size, Ipox embarked on a search
to find yoga spaces and classes that fit her needs.
“I struggled to find classes that were affordable, not
cliquish, and that didn’t include culturally appropriative
things like chanting or speaking in Sanskrit,” she recalls.
Health concerns ultimately made Ipox realize two
things: first, she needed to get serious about yoga practice,
and second, that many other people were looking for the
same things she was and having the same difficulty locating them. Ipox headed off to teacher training, and while
immersed in practice experienced the flash of inspiration
that has since sparked a movement: Fat Yoga.
“People have absolutely been looking and waiting for
some form of fat fitness — something that didn’t have dieting or shaming at the core of the experience,” Ipox notes.
To achieve this, Ipox modified some traditional postures
and practices to embrace the realities of bigger bodies,
and brainstormed methods to ensure that the individuals assembled felt embraced and celebrated in exactly the
bodies they occupy.
The result: the revolutionary studio Fat Yoga, which in
less than a year has become a safe haven and community
center for body-positive people of all sizes. Ipox affirms
that absolutely all body sizes are welcomed and affirmed
in Fat Yoga classes. She also notes her classes are highly
queer- and gender-affirming, and that a huge variety of
folks from every point on the sexual and gender spectrums enjoy greater health and community through participation in Fat Yoga. Even beyond the physical dimension, Ipox acknowledges that economic factors are often
a significant barrier of entry for folks interested in practicing yoga. In response, Ipox makes her class passes
extremely affordable, ensuring that practitioners can
enjoy Fat Yoga as often as they’d like.
The fruit of Ipox’s inspiration is growing — a Fat Yoga
teacher training is planned, as well as further explorations
of applying the Fat Yoga ethos and methodology for pregnancy, children, and seniors. However, Ipox ultimately feels
that yoga is for all; as such, there are certain ways in which
she is insistent that Fat Yoga classes not specialize further
in regards to student demographics.
“It’s interesting — in order to bring it broader, it
becomes narrower,” Ipox muses. “I was just at a women’s health event to speak about yoga and someone asked,
‘Will you ever offer women’s-only classes?’ I asked her,
While specialization serves an important function for
some yoga instructors, others feel that in order to actualize their vision of how yoga should be presented, all classes
should be open and accessible to all students — in other
words, that demographic-specific “safe spaces” are secondary to creating a universal “safe space” within their classes.
Bibi McGill, a Portland-based yoga teacher and musician, started practicing yoga in 1998; she found that the
inward focus of yoga practice cultivated by skilled teachers naturally created a space where she, a woman of color,
felt fully accepted.
“Honestly, I wasn’t looking to be rejected,” she says. “I
went [to class] to focus on myself, not on what else was
going on. I didn’t experience any sense of being unwelcome.”
After pursuing teacher certification in 2004, McGill
began teaching in 2006; core to her approach of the philosophy is a sensibility that classes can and should be safe
spaces for everyone. This sensibility has a firm rooting in
yogic philosophy; as one example, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, a treatise on the philosophy dating from between 100
BCE and 500 CE, makes no mention of gender or sexuality,
instead noting that all people are equally able to achieve the
goals of yoga through diligent practice. In addition, other
yogic texts imply that excessive identification with such
identity markers as gender, sexuality, or the state of one’s
body can actually be a significant hindrance to manifesting the ultimate goals of yoga practice; instead, one must
continuously go inward, gradually shifting one’s identity
from exterior descriptors to a core identity of oneness with
everyone and everything.
On the practical level, McGill makes her classes a space
for all to cultivate safe spaces within, which naturally manifest a safe space for others in the class.
“My classes are multi-level,” she notes. So, in addition to
athletic yoga practitioners she will also “have people who
are in their 60s or 70s and less active, as well as folks on
the heavy side.” However, she assures that “everyone can
come to my class and get through it; I give lots of modifications to make sure each pose is safe and effective.… I just
treat each student the way I would like to be treated, and
give everyone the individual attention to make sure they
get what they need.”
“In my opinion,” McGill adds, “if you’re a teacher or a
studio owner and you want to accommodate a specific
demographic or group of people, that’s great! Do it! If that’s
what it takes to get people to do yoga or attend a specific
class, go for it — I’m not opposed to it at all. That said, personally, I want to see a little bit of everyone in my class —
tattooed rockers, businesspeople, hippies, every size, every
color, everyone. I’m not going to have a class for just dancers, or rockers, or any other specific group. I simply work
to ensure that anyone and everyone can feel welcome in
my classes.”
Fat Yoga is located at 6340 SE Foster, Portland; go to
FatYoga.org for schedules and rates. For more information
on Bibi McGill and her yoga offerings, check out YogaBibi.com.
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By Shaley Howard
PQ Monthly
With over 250 active
skaters, the Rose City Rollers (RCR) has become one
of the largest roller derby
leagues in the nation. For
those unfamiliar with the
sport, it’s a fast-paced contact sport in which roller
skaters — in the case of
RCR, all female — battle
it out on a flat track. The
women br utally push,
elbow, and jam their way
around the track in games
called bouts.
It’s a combination of
tough chicks, violence, sarcasm, and raunchy sexual
i n n u e n d o s w i t h p l a yers sporting names such
as Licker N Split, Frank N
Hurter, Ivana Thrasher, and
Scald Eagle. What’s not to
love?
The idea for a Portland
roller derby league arose in
2004 as Kim Stegeman (AKA
Rocketmean) and Jeffrey
Wonderful sat in a SE Portland bar enthusiastically
discussing the resurrection
of roller derby nationwide.
A skater herself, Stegeman
thought: “We can drink,
roller skate, and hit each
other. I’m made for this!”
With a lot of hard work and
passion, Portland’s RCR
“We pour our blood sweat and tears into this for each other, for weeks and weeks, prior to bout day,” says Scald Eagle (center), seen here with her fellow Guns N Rollers in a February bout with Salem-based derby team Cherry City.
was born.
“I knew instantly that
how much they ‘should’ weigh, how tall they should be, or
For Scald, who is openly gay, image is about far more
with my extensive ice hockey and athletic background, how they are supposed to look. We talk about how strong, than the flamboyant makeup she wears in the rink.
this was the sport for me,” says all-star skater Scald Eagle, quick, and flexible we need to be. Muscle is heavy, and the
“I hope fans see a good sport, a team player, and
who in her “civilian” life is Hillary Buscovick, a craftswoman more of it you have the more powerful your hits will be. authenticity,” she says. “My main mission when I step
specializing in restoration and remodeling. Scald became We talk about how strength, determination, and teamwork on the track during a bout is to be myself and give it my
involved in the RCR back in 2010 after watching the movie are beautiful. Every body type can achieve success in this all for my teammates, coaches, and fans. We pour our
“Whip-It.”
sport, which is one of the coolest things about derby. As blood sweat and tears into this for each other, for weeks
“Within three days I had the gear and I was YouTubing long as you can keep up and be smart on the track, big girls and weeks, prior to bout day. It’s about giving as much as
‘how-to’ videos,” she recalls. “I made the Fresh Meat try- and tiny girls alike can be super effective. Women want to I can for them in those crucial moments and sacrificing
outs Aug. 12, 2010, got drafted to my home team, Guns N watch because it’s easy to identify with the players in this my own personal needs at any given time for the needs
Rollers, by December of that year, and by February 2011 I sport compared to many other sports; yes, because we are of the team. That is what is so fulfilling to me and also
was playing with RCR’s travel teams, Axels of Annihilation, women, but also because every body type is well repre- what makes this so much fun.”
and our all-star team, the Wheels of Justice.”
sented on our floor.”
“What I get out of derby every day is what makes life
One of the best parts of the RCR is that the women who
The league gets its message of empowerment out there worth living,” Scald adds. “I am passionate about it and I
skate come in all shapes and sizes. It’s a sport that accom- early through the Rosebuds, a junior derby team made up can’t imagine doing anything else right now. I am so alive
modates all women. Back in the 70s, Stegeman says, it was of girls from 12 to 17 years of age. These youth also benefit when I’m out there, and I’m confident that I will look back
just campy, tough-chick villains vs. the Farrah Fawcett-type from the example set by the strong adult athletes of the RCR. on this time of my life with zero regrets. Check it out if you
skaters. Today’s skaters receive a ton of body image accep“[The Rosebuds] don’t always fit into boxes that media haven’t already, both to watch and to play. It’s a blast and
tance and get the chance to express their alter egos. These and their schools tell them to fit in to,” Stegeman says. the door is all ways open to newcomers!”
women are the athletes they want to be, on their terms.
“Seeing these women embody and personify the kind of
“Roller derby is the most accepting sport I’ve ever been image and athlete they want to be is such a positive role
For information on Rose City Rollers bouts and tryouts,
a part of,” says Scald. “No one around here talks about model for these young girls.”
visit rosecityrollers.com.
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FEMEN PUSHES ‘NEW FEMINISM’ VIA TOPLESS PROTEST
By Nick Mattos
PQ Monthly
Feminist activist group
Femen has garnered international attention for their nude
and topless protests of government organizations and
churches in the name of a “new
feminism”— but many question whether they are indeed
a renaissance of the women’s
movement.
Founded by a group of Ukranian college students in 2008,
Femen first organized to protest the country’s booming sex
trade. While their first protests
were fully clothed (and mostly
ignored), Femen spokewoman
Inna Sevchenko explains that
the group decided to pursue a
vastly more eye-catching strategy: showing skin.
“We realized we had to
do something really radical,”
Sevchenko explains. “We don’t
have people to promote or help
us, or big money. Everywhere
— from TV channels to magazines — you see naked girls selling something. We are trying to
say, ‘You should not show your
body like that; you should use
it to protest and fight.’”
International feminist activist group Femen demonstrates on behalf of queer rights in France.
Protest and fight they have.
Femen went on to stage dramatic actions against sex traf- men,’” notes Sara Merritt, a student with a background in
ficking and sex tourism in cities such as Kiev, Odessa, and gender studies. “If that’s their primary goal, then I’m confiZaporizhia. Due to their eye-catching tactics and adroit dent they’ll be successful. Whether doing those things actuuse of social media, Femen became a household name ally creates social progress, though, is what I am skeptical of.”
Party promoter Cameron Kude, on the other hand, views
in the Ukraine; shortly thereafter, other European cities
began to see independent cells of Femen holding demon- Femen and their strategies as a vivid lashing out against the
strations against government organizations, churches, and oppression of women’s bodies and rights.
“I think the topless tactic is brilliant,” Kude says. “It
businesses. As of early 2013, at least 13 countries have seen
topless protests from groups utilizing the Femen model, immediately confronts our culture and media with the
demonstrating around issues such as the sex industry, basic fact that females are oppressed. If men protested topqueer rights, governmental policies that impact women, less, there would be no controversy.”
That said, Kude doesn’t see Femen as a new form of femaccess to reproductive healthcare, female genital mutilation, and abuses against women carried on and protected inism. “Feminists have been burning their bras for decades
and fighting for normalcy and acceptance of the natural
in the name of religion.
Femen claims that their protests represent a “new fem- female form. I think its an extreme form of feminism, but
inism,” bringing together a push towards female equality the mere fact that I [and others] see it as extreme says a lot
with a postmodern understanding of media, politics, and about how oppressed women continue to be.”
Some feminists don’t see Femen as a “new feminism”
the manipulation of the male gaze. However, local queer
activists hold mixed feelings, both about the efficacy of as much as a continuation or rehash of past philosophies.
“There’s not a lot in their actions or statements that
their tactics as well as whether they truly represent somedoesn’t remind me of some of the more militant (and septhing new in the feminist movement.
“In their manifestos and statements, Femen says that their aratist) factions of the Women’s Movement of the late ‘60s
intent is to bring ‘disorder, neurosis, and panic to patriarchal and early ‘70s,” says Pride NW Executive Director Debra
Photo by Margaux Aubin, courtesy of Femen
Porta, adding that part of this may be due to the youthfulness of the group. “Most of the time, when I see the rise
of these kind of efforts … the first thing I see is a common
thread of little to no real connection or communication
between those currently on the front lines and those who
came before them. There’s a very strong generational component; this group isn’t doing much of anything different
from what’s been done before, so where does their expectation of success come from? I’ve sometimes seen a tendency
towards the attitude that ‘the prior generations failed, sold
out, turned their backs, or weren’t prepared’ when it comes
to such movements. It’s a mutual disconnect, as well; the
elders have an equal responsibility to connect with the current frontlines, which they often don’t do.”
Porta ultimately believes that Femen, and the feminist
movement at large, can become even more of a force to be
reckoned with — if all factions from young to old choose
to work together and learn from one another. “The reality
is that if the generations were to actually form strong ties,”
she says, “perhaps we could build on our successes rather
than completely reinventing the wheel every 20 to 30 years.”
For more information on Femen, go to femen.org/en.
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By Erin Rook
leader for the whole crowd rather than just a
sexual object.”
While she may not be building the same fanDance, like all art, has the power to create
tasy of sexual availability that Stevie is, Hofstein
alternate realities, to transport audiences to a
is likewise using her body to create an ambiance
world conceived at the intersection of the perand an experience for the crowd.
former’s intentions and the viewer’s desires.
“What I enjoy most about dancing is the
This power is not dependent on the amount of
opportunity to connect with my community
skin shown, the allure of the movements, or the
and facilitate fun,” Hofstein says. “I try to find
sophistication of the venue.
the most miserable person in the room and
In Portland, there is no shortage of ways to
make them smile by being a complete ass. Queer
use that power to create sexy fantasies on stage
dance parties for me aren’t about who you’re
— from stripping and pole dancing to burlesque
with or what you’re wearing. It’s about having a
and modern dance. But despite the similarities
safe space to be a fool, be a little raunchy withamong these styles, each type of performance is
out fear of violence, shedding the chains of the
colored by a distinct public perception, power
double-life a lot of second class citizens are
dynamic, and politics. Add queer identity to the
forced to live and just fucking be yourself.”
mix and these types of body (if not sex) work take
That commitment to authenticity extends to
on additional layers of complexity.
her openness about her dancing gigs. Hofstein
To explore the diverse experiences of queer
fights the stigma against sexual performance
dancers and strippers, PQ Monthly talked to
art by standing proud behind what she does,
a few performers from different backgrounds:
insisting that there’s nothing to be ashamed of.
a stripper, a go-go dancer, and a performance
“I’m very out about go-go dancing and I’m
artist who isn’t afraid to get naked.
very
out about being out when I dance,” she
Leila Hofstein go go dances at queer nights (photo by Ty Chance). Kaj-anne Pepper creates dance, drag, and performance art.
says. “My 14-year-old sister and both of my par“STEVIE”
ents are on Facebook and have access to all of my photos. Transparency is really important to me because of our culture of shame and oppression around sex and sexuality. Just
Stevie (not her real name), 36, is a femme lesbian who has worked as a stripper on and because I express myself dancing scantily clad does not mean I’m constantly wasted, irreoff for the past 15 years, primarily at mainstream strip clubs that cater to straight men.
sponsible, or an otherwise unsavory human being.”
“I first worked as a cocktail waitress at Flashdancers, a NYC strip club, when I was 15.
Hofstein, who has taught children’s art and enrichment activities for the last decade
I was fired when they found out I was underage. I didn’t start dancing naked until about and works as a tattoo artist by day, hopes to normalize sexuality so that younger generaage 20 or 21, in Chicago. There, I worked at a peep show because the idea of being behind tions “can have an easier time being all facets of themselves without fear.”
glass made me less nervous,” Stevie says.
But dancing is even more personal than that for Hofstein. It represents a triumph over
These days, she works at a woman-owned establishment where the crowd includes pain and physical limitations. After two years of unmedicated diabetes brought her close
straight women and queer and trans folks. Still, she’s selective about who she discloses her to death, Hofstein spent months on bed rest and more than a year with a cane. Despite
own identity to; careful not to disrupt the hetero male fantasy that ultimately pays the bills. persistent nerve pain in her legs, Hofstein returned to dancing to regain her sanity.
“[T]he main part of my job isn’t dancing, it’s providing a momentary fantasy — and
“I’m in constant pain and likely will be for the rest of my life, but if I didn’t dance; the
that involves appearing ‘available.’ Guys are always fishing to see if I have a ‘boyfriend’ rest of my life wouldn’t be worth it to me,” she says. “It’s what saved me and kept me from
or whatever, because part of the fantasy is that I’m their girlfriend for that night, or that giving up when it felt like I’d never get ahold of my disease or have normalcy again.”
five-minute lap dance,” Stevie says. “I wouldn’t talk about my relationship the same way
I wouldn’t talk about politics, or depression, or something that would just totally kill the
KAJ-ANNE
vibe. It’s all about keeping it light and sexy and fun. And then, leaving it behind.”
She maintains a pretty strict division between the two worlds in which she works.
Kaj-anne Pepper, 28, is a dancer, choreographer, and performance artist whose creDespite Portland’s sex-positive reputation, stripping still carries a stigma that has both ative work often involves varying degrees of undress.
social and economic consequences.
“I’ve done sexy dancing as a go-go dancer at Blow Pony and I’ve danced there often in
“I’m out to friends and family but not at my day job or school. I am very picky about drag. Those shows were particularly fun, nasty, and frivolous,” Pepper says. “[Queer strip
who I talk to about stripping, because I’ve found from experience that you never know night] Hedonistic Decadence [was] technically my first ‘stripping’ job. But, in my work
who has hangups about it, and those hangups will be taken out on you in unfortunate as a dancer and choreographer I’m often stripping my clothes off and rolling around.”
ways, like getting fired from another job,” Stevie says.
The illusions he creates in his work are not always easy to understand or digest, his
Though she enjoys aspects of the work — the camaraderie with other strippers, the nudity not necessarily intended to arouse. So the reactions he gets are varied and depenconstant flattery, a built-in way to stay fit — she says the biggest perk is being able to make dent on the makeup of the crowd.
a lot of money in a short amount of time, which allows her to spend most of her time on
“My style of drag isn’t necessarily always going to be ‘pretty’ or ‘passing’ and I have
things she cares about.
found drunk straight guys to be very threatening when they are attracted to the queens,
“Sometimes it’s like having a trust fund,” Stevie says. “I like getting out of my head, too. the clowns, and the freaks and not knowing how to deal with that except with anger or
I’m an introvert and a nerd and I spend a lot of time alone, reading and writing. I need this unwelcome advances,” Pepper says. That said, “If Mary’s Club wants to hire a drag queen
job because it gets me moving around and socializing. Stripping has taught me to come stripper and can provide security, LET’S GO!”
out of my shell, how to get the party started, how to be diplomatic and friendly and easySometimes, presenting people with a fantasy they didn’t know they had can be powerful.
going with anyone. How to charm a difficult person. Handy tools.”
“I also think performing ‘queer’ to a group of heterosexual folks can be really transgressive and empowering too,” Pepper says. “But it’s a fine line between being the star versus
LEILA
being the sideshow attraction.” Being a main stage attraction, however, is another matter. Especially when the audiLeila Hofstein, 28, is a queer (“disco butch”) go-go dancer who frequently performs at ence brings their manners — and their tip dollars.
Blow Pony and other queer dance nights.
“PDX is sometimes too cool and too broke to wanna tip their queens and dancing
“I feel really strongly about only dancing in queer spaces,” Hofstein says. “I feel cele- ladies,” he says. Still, he would gladly give another performance at the next queer strip
brated rather than fetishized by the people I’m dancing for. It’s more like being a cheer- night. “If given the chance, at the next Hedonistic Decadence I’m getting filthy.”
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Year after year, an old friend of mine gave
up alcohol for Lent. I, in turn, would always
mock him, mostly because I considered the
prospect of that sort of self-imposed punishment ridiculous, and not just because I
can’t imagine giving up the good stuff for
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so much pleasure.
“It’s about self-control,” he told me.
“It’s about proving I’m in control.” I never
caught on.
This year, on Fat Tuesday, my friends
and I went to a going away party at Hobo’s
before embarking on a big, messy night
out. (Sidebar: Fat Tuesday itself turned out
to be a bust; I was in bed with a belly full of
Chinese food before midnight.) That night,
I got to chatting with a new lady friend,
Julia (not Roberts, sadly). Over the past few
months, I’ve enjoyed many a drag moment
with her, and once you’ve shared those precious moments with me, I’m yours forever
— so is my counsel, for better or worse. Julia
and I talked about Lent and all the things
we’d ever tried — successfully or no — to
abstain from.
Our chat up in that dark, velvety
attic-balcony prompted me to make a tipsy,
off-the-cuff pledge. This year, I’d go 40 days
without Grindr — and all of its wicked, electronic stepchildren. Julia convinced me
Lent provides the perfect arbitrary starting
and stopping point, and plus you have all
that built-in camaraderie. Everyone’s giving
up all manner of everything — cheeses,
meats, vodkas. Not surprisingly, every male
in the room predicted my failure and did to
me what I used to do to that old friend who
gave up booze.
I’ll spare you the dramatic reveal and
give it to you right here: I lasted two weeks.
It’s not that I’m all that surprised — I’ve
long known I have the self-control of Lindsay Lohan, but I did think making it very
public and, well, loud would convince me
to try a little harder, hold out a bit longer. I’d
prove it to myself and everyone else. And,
in those first days, having some measure of
accountability was helpful. It felt nice not to
lose hours to those endless electronic black
holes. There was no checking my phone at
11 p.m., messaging a bit, and having hours
(and my battery life) slip away. Added
bonus: I didn’t have to worry about crabs
for weeks.
Just before
my temporary
Lenten conversion I had,
much to the
chagrin of everyone close to me (including Therapist), struck up a friendship with
my old live-in ex-boyfriend. If you do not
know me, let me assure you: I am the most
stubborn person alive, and I will do things
to defy you just to prove I can, to prove I am
in complete control. It’s certainly not one of
my finest qualities — it’s the sort of mess
one pays a professional to help sort out.
In this case, though, my actions weren’t
the result of a childish, something-to-prove
tantrum. They weren’t meant to affirm I do
what I want. I genuine believe — I always
have — that when you share your life with
someone, especially for years, there’s some
small part of you that will always love them.
And, after some time goes by, why not be
friendly? I find the prospect of shutting that
door completely and forever unspeakably
sad. So, my ex and I talked. We cozied up.
We drunk texted — and we sent sober ones.
This movie reminds me of you. That restaurant reminds me of us.
But, with closeness comes compromise
— and I’m not talking common ground. If
you’re not ready, if you’re not prepared, if
you haven’t tidily packed that part of you
away in some safe part of your psyche, you
get compromised. Old feelings and insecurities crop up. You jab him, he cuts you.
There are no kid gloves. You’re shackled
to strange, old habits that simultaneously
sting and feel comfortable. But, before the
situation spiraled out of control and we
ended up back in utter, duplicate ruin, we
called it off. Friendship and civility isn’t
in the cards, and may never be. Although
I found myself momentarily — and familiarly — devastated, it passed quickly. And I
was pleased with that measure of self-control.
And that’s how my two-week Lenten
season proved worthwhile. It sure as hell
wasn’t 40 days, but it never needed to be.
Sometimes progress is OK in fits and starts.
Sometimes breakups aren’t anyone’s fault;
some things just can’t and won’t work,
regardless of our stubbornness. Last week,
at the coffee shop where I work, I casually
mentioned to a patron my fondness for
devouring entire bags of potato chips. She
returned later with an Overeater’s Anonymous pamphlet and schedule of local meetings. I graciously accepted it and thanked
her for her concern. An older version of me
would have torn into her defiantly.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 22
Red Meat PDX: a benefit for Cascade AIDS Project celebrating gay redheads and the men who love them. Deejays,
gogo boys, and “the hottest remixes.” CC Slaughters and
Steam Portland have teamed up to give away a trip for two
to Puerto Vallarta. Yes, that’s a real thing. A five-day, fournight trip and you get to stay in a beachfront condo. Pre-sale
raffle tickets already available — check CC’s or Steam. They’ll
also be available the night of the event. 9pm, CC Slaughters,
219 NW Davis.
SATURDAY, MARCH 30
Come Out Laughing: Jason Dudley, Dana Goldberg, and
Ian Harvie = comedic powerhouse. Some of the best gay,
lesbian, and transgender comedy seen today. According to
organizers, the “cohesion and brilliance of the show plays
off of each comedian’s strength and delivers an ‘edu-taining’ slant” on the queer community. Hearts and minds open,
sides hurt from laughter. 8pm, Bob White Theater, 6423
SE Foster. $20 advance, $25 at the door. www.brownpapertickets.com.
Bridge Club welcomes Chelsea Starr, which certainly warrants a
“hot damn” and a mark on your calendar. The usual suspects —
Hold My Hand, Orographic, Gossip Cat, Little Bear — join Portland’s beloved left coast sensation, Ms. Starr. A variety of drink and
food specials await. 3pm-9pm, Produce Row, 204 SE Oak. Free
Mad for Plaid Bowling — this highly-anticipated annual event
first started as organizer Jose Rivas’ birthday party. Now droves
of people come and bowl for equality. Mix, mingle, meet new
people, support HRC. Plaid attire encouraged. Well, required.
6:30pm, AMF Lanes, 3031 SE Powell. action.hrc.org/site/
Calendar
Honey Bea Hart’s Un-Birthday. Honey and Valerie DeVille
throw a party featuring Disney, craziness, and mayhem. No
cover — the queens just ask that you buy some food and
“Guapa”: the play runs through April 13 at Miracle Theater drink and shove some dollars in their bras. 8pm, Hamburger
Group. “Single-mom Roly lives in a dusty Texas border town Mary’s, 19 NW 5. Free.
that everyone longs to escape. She’s never seen anything like
Guapa, an athlete who wants to be an international soccer THURSDAY, APRIL 4
star. When Guapa joins Roly’s family, everyone’s life is turned Scandals Celebrates 34 years on the planet. The bar’s offiupside down.” Performances are Thursdays at 7:30, Fridays/ cial anniversary party will continue its tradition of being on
Saturdays at 8, and Sundays at 2. milagro.org. 525 SE Stark. First Thursday. Absolut cocktails, DJ Robb, an art show feaTicket prices vary.
turing Robert Richter, and the venue’s usual Thirsty Thursday
drink special pricing. 6pm, Scandals, 1125 SW Stark. Free.
SATURDAY, MARCH 23
Blow Pony demands you “spring on,” kids. This month, the BP FRIDAY, APRIL 5
welcomes both Seattle and San Francisco to mix with your Pablito’s Bridgetown Bear Art Show! Tigerlily, Vancouver’s
beloved Portland faves. The Handsome Young Men (SF) and new LGBTQ bar and restaurant, will showcase Pablo Cáceres’
MGM Disco (Seattle) are among the guests. 9pm, Rotture, latest collection, “Bridgetown Bears,” throughout the month of
315 SE 3. $5.
April. This first Friday reception, Pablo himself will be on hand.
5pm, Tigerlily, 1109 Washington Street, Vancouver. Free.
TUESDAY, MARCH 26
Repeal DOMA Candlelight Vigil: On March 26 and 27, the U.S. The Honey Bea Hart Show. Honey’s heading north for five
Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the constitution- weeks, so come kiss her goodbye, get your fix, whatever you
ality of the Defense of Marriage Act. Organized by Equality need. Honey, Violet, and Valerie provide entertainment and
Southwest Washington, this peaceful show of solidarity aims an amazing dinner show. And you have two nights to see it.
to celebrate love and our right to happiness. Make signs, hold Seattle’s Velo comes down to join in the fun. Friday at 8pm,
candles, stand with your community, and take action. 7pm, Saturday at 10pm. Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5. Free. (But
tips are encouraged.)
Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse, 1000 SW Third.
SUNDAY, APRIL 7
THURSDAY, MARCH 28
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PQ PICKS
Slabtown Grrrl Front: First annual all-ages festival for “grrrls.”
Intended to highlight women and creativity, while supporting
groups that represent and support women and community.
Gay and Grey Fourth Thursday Social. Come on, come all, Bands, comedy, deejays. Proceeds go to In Other Words,
come socialize. And eat delicious foods. 4pm, Starky’s, 2913 Planned Parenthood, and more. We’ll have all the latest info.
SE Stark.
on our website. 7pm, Slabtown, 1033 NW 16. $7 per night,
Cockabilly. Rock & roll disco with homosexual tendencies. $20 bracelet for the entire festival.
Thursday nights are back. 9pm, White Owl Social Club, 1305 MONDAY, APRIL 15
SE 8. $5.
Gay Skate, sponsored by yours truly (PQ Monthly). Join Sock
Laid Out. (Sloppy Seconds.) Gay dance party. Things always Dreams, the Rose City Rollers, and all the amateur skaters
taste better the second time around. Roam between here in the city at the one and only queer skate night. Work musand the White Owl (see above). 9pm, Holocene, 1001 SE cles you never knew you had — but don’t fall. 7-9pm, Oaks
Morrison. $3.
Park, 7805 SE Oaks Park Way. $6. All ages.
Saturday, March 23
Control Top: Gay ass party. The
queer(est) experience. A new quarterly get-together blending skillful music, stunning visuals, rich
photography, and design, along
with “lots of cute people you want
to make out with.” Special guests
JD Samson (Le Tigre, Men) and Nark
(Seattle, Bottom Forty) join Portland’s
finest: Roy G Biv (the party’s architect),
Mr. Charming, and Bruce LaBruiser.
Find it on Facebook. 9pm, White Owl
Social Club, 1305 SE 8. $10.
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FIRST SUNDAYS
Bridge Club. Hours of afternoon delights. A slew of
deejays play stellar music on one of the city’s most
treasured patios. Old Boys Club regularly welcomes
special guests. 3pm, Produce Row Café, 204 SE
Oak. Free.
Every Sunday. Superstar Divas. Bolivia Carmichaels,
Honey Bea Hart, Ginger Lee, and guest stars perform your favorite pop, Broadway, and country hits.
Oldies, too! Dance floor opens after the show. 8pm,
CC Slaughters, 219 NW Davis. Free!
FIRST THURSDAYS
Dirt Bag. Keyword: Bruce LaBruiser. She’ll make all
your musical dreams come true. Indie, pop, electro,
all of it. Dance to the gayest jams. 10pm, The Know,
2026 NE Alberta. Free.
Hip Hop Heaven. Bolivia Carmichaels hosts this hiphop-heavy jam night every Thursday night at CCs.
Guest performances at midnight. 9pm, CC Slaughters, 219 NW Davis. Free.
FIRST SATURDAYS
Sugar Town. DJ Action Slacks. Keywords: Soul, polyester. 9pm, The Spare Room, 4830 NE 42. $5.
Maricón! DJs Moisti and Ill Camino redefine the Eagle
with their beloved once-monthly dance party. For
homos and their homeys. 10pm, Eagle Portland,
835 N Lombard. $3.
SECOND THURSDAYS
I’ve Got a Hole in My Soul. Three keywords, the most
important being: DJ Beyondadoubt. Others: soul,
shimmy. 9pm, Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison. $5.
SECOND FRIDAYS
BMP/GRND. Portland’s only queer dance night devoted
entirely to that tragic(ally wonderful) decade. DJs Kasio
Smashio and Rhienna. Wear 90s gear, get in on the
cheap. 9pm, The Foggy Notion, 3416 N. Lombard.
Free before 10pm, $5 after, $3 w/ themed attire.
SECOND SATURDAYS
Realness, Category Is…: Eagle Portland takes on the
ubiquitous theme night, with a new one each month.
Bridge Club boys Hold My Hand and Little Bear make the
blessed noise. 9pm, Eagle Portland, 835 N Lombard. $3.
Mrs.: The queen of theme. Most recent: Paparazzi. How’s
that for perfect? And dynamic DJ duo: Beyondadoubt
and Ill Camino. Costumes, photo booths, all the hits.
10pm, Mississippi Studios, 3939 N. Mississippi. $5.
THIRD THURSDAYS
Polari. Troll in for buvare. Back-in-the-day language,
music, and elegance. An ease-you-into-the-weekend
mixer. Bridge Club boys make the music. Bridge and
tunnel patrons have no idea what to do with us when
we pour in. 10pm, Vault, 226 NW 12. Free.
Monday, March 25
Portland’s Snatch
Game. That’s right, Drag
Race’s one-week hiatus
means some of Portland’s
biggest drag names will
put on their very own version of RuPaul’s snarky
classic. Stars on slate
include: Aretha Franklin, Reba McEntire, Divine, Cher, Amy Sedaris,
and many more. We’re afraid (and intrigued) to see what
happens when all those personalities pile into one room.
We’re not going to lie, our money’s on Bolivia’s Reba.
8pm, Scandals, 1125 SW Stark. Free!
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THIRD FRIDAYS
Ruthless! Eastside deluxe. DJs Bruce LaBruiser, Ill
Camino. The fiercest jams all night, they do what
they want. 10pm, Local Lounge, 3536 NE MLK. $3.
THIRD SATURDAYS
Gaycation all you ever wanted. DJs Charming and
Snow Tiger. Get there early so you can actually get a
drink. Sweaty deliciousness, hottest babes. THE party.
9pm, Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison. $3.
Nuttz 2 Buttz. Maricón’s kid brother. DJs Moisti, Ill
Camino. Ass-shaking contest. Hug Moisti! 10pm,
Eagle Portland, 835 N Lombard. $3.
FOURTH THURSDAYS
Cockabilly. Rock and roll disco with homosexual tendencies. The night’s charismatic hostess, Chanticleer,
proves Thursdays are back. 9pm, White Owl Social
Club, 1305 SE 8th. $5.
FOURTH SUNDAYS
Gender Abundant Square Dance. All-ages goodness.
No experience necessary! 7pm, The Village Ballroom,
700 NE Deckum. All ages! $7.
FOURTH FRIDAYS
Homodeluxe. Beloved icons Mr. Charming and Roy
G Biv invade downtown. Make their party something drunken Old Towners remember forever. 10pm,
Saucebox, 214 SW Broadway. Free.
Twerk. DJs Slutshine and II Trill. Keywords: old school.
Established fun, all night long. So much dancing. 9pm,
Local Lounge, 3536 NE MLK. Free!
Double X Dance. Bears, scruff, musk. 9pm, Embers
Avenue, 110 NW Broadway.
FOURTH SATURDAYS
Inferno! DJs Wildfire and D-Zel. Ladies, ladies, ladies.
Rotating venue — check online for the latest!
Blow Pony. Two giant floors. Wide variety of music,
plenty of room for dancing. Rowdy, crowdy, sweaty
betty. 9pm, Rotture/Branx, 315 SE 3. $5.
Hey Queen! For all the party girls. The more intimate,
shoulder-to-shoulder choice. Bruce LaBruiser and
special guests. Always fabulous. 9pm, Beulahland,
118 NE 28. Free.
LAST THURSDAYS
Laid Out, Portland’s newest gay dance party. Seriously,
the posters read: “gay dance party.” Deejays Gossip
Cat and Pocket Rock-It, with photos by Eric Sellers.
9pm, Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison. $3 after 10pm.
LAST FRIDAYS
Temple! A West Side Social. Keeping the west side
afloat. Downtown dancing goodness at everyone’s
favorite dive bar. Resident Kasio Smashio, plus guest.
10pm, The Matador, 1967 W Burnside. Free is a
very good price.
Friday, March 29
Chicken Strip. Hosted by
Kaj-Anne Pepper, it’s Portland’s
bi-monthly dose of dance floor
raunch and drag. A diverse
group performs — from Serendipit y Jones to Shitney
Houston to Melody Awesomazing. According to the organizers, this non-gender specific party is “opening a new
portal for drag and dance by and for queens and kings.” Come
on, give it a chance. Chelsea Starr and Nark make the musics.
9:30pm, Funhouse Lounge, 2432 SE 11. $4.
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TO THE ‘MOON AND BACK
Honeymoon ideas to fit every budget
Congratulations! You just pulled off
perhaps the most logistically-challenging
public display of affection of your life. Now,
it’s time to celebrate. It used to be that the
honeymoon was the time when you’d first
get to know your partner. While most of us
now know our partners rather intimately
before we tie the knot, it’s still a wonderful
opportunity to get your marriage started off
on the right foot.
However, if you’re not thoughtful in
planning and execution, the ‘moon can
cost more than the moon itself. To get you
thinking and planning in a way that fits your
hunger for romance without leaving your
cupboards bare upon return, here are a few
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try getaway is that it’s scalable
for virtually any budget — from
bumming a friend’s car and staying at an inexpensive sublet to
enjoying some of the state’s loveliest hotel accommodations, one
can stay and have more than
enough cash left over to savor
the region’s fabulous food and
wine offerings. Perhaps a spa day
is in order?
Coast Along. The Oregon
Coast’s rugged elegance is a perfect option for a Pacific Northwestern-style
beach getaway. With numerous bed and
breakfast options, whether your tastes run
towards the delightfully chintzy fun
of Seaside to the upscale finery of
Newport, you’re sure to find something in your price range.
Outside The Box. The Western
United States has some very surprising, queer-friendly, and picturesque
destinations that can make a perfect
and unique honeymoon destination.
Look into Santa Fe, New Mexico; Fairfield, Iowa; Salt Lake City, Utah; and
Walla Walla, Washington — a few cities
Photo by Julie Cortez, PQ Monthly that frequently get overlooked despite
being charming, romantic spots for
Is Puerto Vallarta atop your list of honeymoon destinations? Or would you —
starting out your marital bliss.
and your budget — prefer a closer-to-home view of the setting sun?
Retreat. Going to a destination
options for your special getaway, ordered retreat — be it for yoga, surfing, horseback
from most frugal to most extravagant. Let riding, or any other activity you enjoy with
us know what you choose, or if you have your lover — can be a wonderful way to get
another brilliant honeymoon idea to share, active on your honeymoon. Southern Calat PQMonthly.com.
ifornia, Arizona, and Utah are full of excelStaycation. While it’s not the most lent facilities and companies offering queerseductive of options, approaching your friendly resort options likely catering to just
time at home the same way you’d approach your interest.
planning a vacation can help you start out
Volunteer. How about giving something
your matrimonial home right. What would back on your getaway? A quick Google invesyou do in town if you were visiting for the tigation can yield a wide array of volunteer
first time? Consider hitting up a museum or vacation opportunities that enable you and
park that you haven’t seen before, or recre- your spouse to make a positive impact when
ate your first date. Don’t forget to get your you’re not “impacting” one another, if you
house — and bedroom — gussied up prop- catch our drift! Wink and thumbs up!
erly beforehand, so you aren’t compelled to
Mexication. Our sister nation to the south
tend to the housework when you should be has recently made some significant steps
tending to your beloved.
forward in their civil protection of queers —
Weekend Away. When was the last time so, give them some money in thanks. Puerto
you enjoyed Seattle with your sweetie? Vis- Vallarta is basically the epitome of a queer
iting our neighbors up north can be partic- beach vacation spot, with numerous resorts
ularly cost-effective now that the Bolt Bus and private beaches catering to a wide varioffers fares as low as $1 between Portland ety of travelers. For a hoity-toitier experiand Seattle. Find cheap hotel deals online, or ence, consider Conchas Chinas, the Beverly
book a sublet through AirBnB.com to borrow Hills of Puerto Vallarta, where you’re likely
someone else’s love nest for a few days.
to see other gay newlyweds rubbing elbows
Get Wild. While certainly tailored for the with Mexico’s upper crust.
more butch amongst us, camping can be
Wine It Down. While cheaper to get to
a transcendently romantic way to spend than Mexico, Sonoma and Napa Counties
a honeymoon. Even something as simple can be vastly more expensive once you’re
as taking a jaunt into Oxbow State Park there — but considering how many queers
or backpacking into the wilderness of Mt. make California’s world-famous wine counHood for a few days lets you start out your try their honeymoon destination, there’s
marriage with a walk on the wild side. Also: clearly quite a bit going for it. Right off the
tent sex. Tent. Sex. Need we say more?
beaten path is Western Sonoma County,
Wine It Up. The Willamette Valley is very featuring such charming locales as internaclose by, but holds many surprises even for tionally-lauded art destination Sebastopol,
the most seasoned of palates. One of the quaintly upscale Calistoga, and historic gay
biggest benefits of an Oregon wine coun- resort town Guerneville.
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EIGHT WAYS TO KEEP THE ROMANCE
ALIVE WHILE PLANNING YOUR NUPTIALS
1) Never underestimate the power of a
song. You don’t even have to show your partner
sweet surprise — a single piece of chocolate,
(although they’ll likely love it) — this is primara flower you pick yourself, or a loving text in
ily for you, to celebrate how alive love can make
the middle of the day doesn’t cost much but
you feel.
makes the recipient feel like a million bucks.
7) Call in the pros. One thing that Catholics
2) Get into nature — from a weekend getdo well in terms of wedding planning is incoraway to the coast to a quick walk in Laurelporating counseling into their plans. If you
hurst Park, something about being outside
haven’t already, this can be an excellent time to
with your beloved can bring you back to the
consider taking even a few sessions of couples
core reasons that you were together in the
counseling with a therapist. It can be dauntfirst place.
ing, particularly in this stressful time, but in
3) Give them space, and give yourself perthe long run you’ll be glad to have gotten some
mission to take space. “Absence makes the
of your groundwork straightened out before
heart grow fonder,” certainly — and a little
building your life together.
time apart can make you all the more excited
8) Let go. Of all things, love is the one that by
to come back together.
its nature will surprise you — it has a life of its
4) Establish “no-planning zones.” Often,
own, a cadence and energy that no one can box
stressful times can make couples want to pick
Photo by Julie Cortez, PQ Monthly in. Let go of your attachment to how your relaapart everything — and an extended consid- A weekend trip to the coast — with or without your betrothed — can be a quick and easy way to recharge your batteries. Haven’t yet
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peaceful abiding in how your partner and part6) Get creative. When was the first time you realized that nership look now, just as they are. Realize that, regardless of
for considering your wedding plans, and then don’t let
them creep out of their boundaries. This is a place where you loved your partner? What was the first thing you found how it appears or your fantasies around how it should look,
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THE HIGH COST OF COST-CUTTING: DANGERS
OF HAVING FRIENDS EXECUTE YOUR WEDDING
To save money, many couples now opt to enlist the help esting task — just giving a very brief talk at the beginning
of family or friends to plan and execute their weddings. of the service, then letting the assembled guests give short
While this certainly can shave hundreds or thousands off thoughts and blessings to the couple. However, as the date
the bill, it often comes with a heavy
drew closer, I found myself increasprice in terms of losing boundaries
ingly anxious about the task; instead
and straining relationships at a critof being happy for Jennifer, I started
ical time.
to resent that she had co-opted me
“When my partner and I decided
into this role.”
to celebrate our union,” says JenniAt the ceremony itself, Treadfer Gladwell (all names are changed
er’s closeness to the couple proved
at the request of the wedding party),
to make it more emotional than she
“we wanted to go as simply as possianticipated. “I always cry at close
ble — a small Quaker-style ceremony
friend’s weddings, and this was no
in a national park. Because my partexception — I was so embarrassed
ner and I are both artists, we weren’t
to be standing in front of everyone,
working with a significant budget, so
in this very official role, barely able
I decided to enlist friends to help us
to contain my own sobbing.”
out.”
The baker saw similar probOne friend was asked to serve as
lems. “While I’m confident in my
the officiant, another cooking-savvy
baking abilities,” explained Kathercompatriot was recruited to make
ine Crowder, “a wedding cake is quite
the cake, and a family member was
the challenge! Honestly, I didn’t even
chosen to handle the reception’s food
factor in that it’s really not somePhoto courtesy of Pastry Girl thing appropriate to cook in a home
spread.
“I was really honored to be asked A professional baker would gladly spare your friends and family the kitchen.”
to officiate,” says Leah Treader, “even pressure of creating your dream cake, like this one from Pastry Girl.
Crowder drafted a plan for the
though I had never done something like it before. For a cake — a three-layer chocolate-and-marionberry monQuaker-style wedding in particular, it seemed like an inter- strosity, frosted in buttercream — that ended up being
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overly ambitious for her own skill level. “The night before
the ceremony,” she recalls sadly, “I found myself laying on
the floor, absolutely devastated and crying that I couldn’t
execute this thing that I promised Jennifer. I did end up
getting something done, but I felt like it was a scene out of
‘Like Water for Chocolate.’ I was worried that all my tears
in that cake would leave the whole wedding party devastated after eating it!”
For all of the problems it posed her friends, Gladwell
and her partner were deeply pleased with the results. “My
ceremony was just beautiful,” she recalls. “I couldn’t have
been happier with it, myself. However, it was tangible to
me that some of my closest friends were so stressed out! It
added to my own stress level, but I couldn’t really address
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Most of us have felt this way at one time
or another — we’re on vacation, away from
the obligations of daily life, and the place of
that moment is the Best. Place. Ever. From
relaxing on the beach in Puerto Vallarta, to
an amazing surf in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, our community gets around. We see
opportunity where others may not — and
often that opportunity involves real estate.
So, you’ve vacationed to your favorite
place for the umpteenth time, and decide
you want to buy your own place. Where
to start? Nowadays, we’re only limited by
our imagination — and our budget. Millions of Americans now own property outside of the United States. Formerly only
for the rich and famous, foreign property
ownership often is now an integral part
of middle-class investment or retirement
strategy.
Like any major life decision, start with a
plan. When we’re on vacation, we see everything through our rose-colored sunglasses.
Life is good; everyone is happy. So a wise
plan is essential.
First, enlist a professional. Fellow Portlander Larry Holmes — he and his partner
are closing on a property in Mexico soon
— started with this advice: “Find the realtor before you start looking.”
We all surf the web for information, but
just as in the U.S., information can be conflicting or outdated. And practices vary
greatly by region.
“Assume you know nothing,” Holmes
adds. “Never assume it’s anything like it
is here.”
Fortunately, you can start your search
locally. There are Certified International
Property Specialists who are members of
the National Association of Realtors. Since
many countries require no licensing, and
brokers outside the U.S. may not bound by
any code of ethics or licensing laws, this is
a great place to start. These property specialists often focus on a country or region —
and since they are a part of your local community, they’ve got your back. Realtor.com/
international is a nice resource, too. And,
of course, talk with friends or family who
have already bought property elsewhere.
Who did they use? What would they have
done differently?
Due diligence is essential. Laws vary
greatly from country to country for foreign
nationals. Make sure your broker can recommend a full team of professionals — attor-
neys, inspectors,
etc. Cultural and
business practices vary tremendously from
the U.S.; be sure
that broker is
attuned to these
differences.
Check to see if
there are any restrictions on foreign ownership. In the United States, most property
is conveyed fee simple — an absolute title to
land, free of any other claims of title. Many
other countries offer the same rights to foreigners as they do to citizens. But others
may place restrictions or simply convey
property differently.
Using Mexico again as an example, their
Constitution defines a “restricted zone”
near borders and coastlines. Property
acquired by any non-Mexican is placed in
a “fideicomiso,” or trust. But you still have
the full right to use property and pass to
heirs as if it were fee simple.
To underscore the caution “assume you
know nothing,” remember that some places
have storied and tumultuous pasts. Just as
we do here, we want to be sure that the seller
has legal authority to transfer title. We don’t
want someone else to lay claim to what we
thought was our new dream home!
Another part of due diligence is to be
certain that your prospective property can
be used as intended. If it’s just a “lock and
leave” condo, and you don’t plan to rent it,
you probably don’t need to worry. But if you
do intend to rent it out, be sure that there
won’t be limitations on rentals, and that it’s
a viable option financially.
Everyone I have met who owns property outside the U.S. offers this advice:
BE FLEXIBLE! Don’t judge differences as
bad. In many cases, your dream location
simply has a much different history of property rights. They may operate more slowly
during certain times of the year — just like
we do when the sun reappears on July 4.
As Holmes also shared with me, “Expect
the unexpected.” Initially told he wouldn’t
need a visa to buy property, from a practical standpoint that quickly changed. For
financing and to get utilities, he learned
later a visa was necessary. We’ve all learned
that lesson, too — the right answer is dependent on asking the right question.
Finally, enjoy the quirks. That utility bill
that you expect by email or snail mail? In
Holmes’ case, it will be delivered by a guy
on a bike and slipped under the main gate.
Steve Strode is a broker with Meadows Group in Portland. He is also vice chair of the
Certified International Property Specialist Advisory Board at the National Association of
Realtors. Locally, he also serves as president of Portland Frontrunners.
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The mammography technician asked if
I’d lost weight since my last screening; the
too loose skin on my now tiny body swallowed me and I told her I had. My entire
mammogram would need to be repeated
with “smaller plates.” She also let me know
that sometimes when women rapidly lose
weight, breast lumps are easier to detect,
explaining the two my doctor recently
found. After the mammogram, I went to
the ultra-sound room where a technician
slid a plastic wand across my well-lubricated left breast, measuring and taking
pictures of round dark shadows on the
screen.
“We found two masses,” Dr. Holland,
the radiologist told me. I stared blankly at
her, feeling the last drops of strength drain
from my already depleted body. “They don’t
have characteristics of being malignant, but
we would like to schedule a biopsy, just to
make sure.” She said not to worry and lots
of women have non-cancerous tumors; it’s
just precautionary.
I told Dr. Holland my wife left me four
weeks earlier for someone she knew for six
days. Somehow it seemed important that
she knew that I just couldn’t do this now;
she put her hand on my knee, let me sob,
and was kind to me.
When I complained about the extra skin
hanging on my mid-section from three
cesareans and my breasts that looked like
deflated footballs dangling from my chest,
my wife would always say, “You’re beautiful
just the way you are.” I was a size six, occasionally an eight, but always thought if I lost
10 pounds I would look super hot like I used
to before time and circumstances took their
gravitational toll. I wonder how many times
I wished those pounds away.
“The break-up diet looks good on you,
Martini,” a friend said. I was never sure
whether or not to be flattered or insulted
when someone noticed. I was 115 pounds,
the smallest I’d been in 20 years. I signed
a contract with my therapist, and promised to eat at least twice a day and not drink
more than two glasses of wine. So far, I was
abiding by my contract about 50 percent
of the time. Eating disgusted me, but for
some reason, I gained a super high alcohol tolerance.
I made no effort to lose weight; it just kept
falling away from me, and I grew weaker,
sicker, and deeper in despair. I looked at
my body, not super hot like I imagined, but
rather like someone robbed of everything
good in her life and left an empty, decrepit,
broken vessel of a person.
My now-recently-estranged-wife drove
me to the
b i o p s y, b u t
Dr. Holland
thought it best
if she waited
outside during
the procedure. Well medicated, I tried to relax while
small needles of anesthetic, and then large
hollow needles, punctured my breast, ripping back with them small pieces of tissue
that would be examined for cancer. When
it was over, the nurse held compresses to
stop the bleeding; there would be swelling, two small scars, and someone from
the lab would call in a few days. I imagined
the results from the worst-case to less-than
worse case scenarios, not sure if six months
to live was better or worse than having my
boob mangled or losing it all together. I
watched YouTube videos on the procedures
and obsessed awhile longer, detailing elaborate fantasies that somehow I would get a
boob job out of the deal and would never
have to wear a bra again.
“Hi, this is Judith from the lab. Do you
have time to talk about your biopsy results?”
I wondered who ever said no. She slowly
explained that the more prominent mass
was normal fibrocystic changes with no
malignancy and the other a fibroid adenoma, or benign tumor.
“Aren’t you relieved?” everyone asked,
but I was quite ambivalent; it was increasingly difficult to see the good in anything,
even news that I didn’t have cancer.
I was invited to a party with some new
friends and went shopping for a little black
dress that would fit. I turned to the side
and saw myself. I looked different, definitely, and nothing like I did at 25, despite
being the same size. I bravely went to the
party, met fun, nice people and started to
see that there would one day be light in my
life again, and my body and my soul would
eventually heal.
My body will change and age and eventually fail. Nothing stays the same and no
matter what commercials may tell us, we
can’t reverse the process or take shortcuts.
Sometimes our lives break down and
somehow we keep moving forward through
each day and experience, at times with the
greatest joy and at others in the deepest
heartbreak. My grief has taught me that my
personal well-being is what’s most important, because life is both infinitely short and
messy.
Our bodies reflect what’s happening
inside, and issues like my dress size or how
my breasts look, or if I even have them or
not, are much less vital than being kind to
others and loving ourselves through each
life lesson we encounter.
Kathryn Martini is a freelance writer and MFA candidate for creative nonfiction at
Portland State University. She can be reached through kathrynmartini.com.
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By Nick Mattos
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8 a.m. Sunday morning; his bedroom is
bright with early sun shining through the
east window. I open my eyes slowly as he
walks back into the room holding a tray — I
see a French press, a coffee mug, his crooked
smile as he sets the tray down beside the bed.
“Morning, handsome,” he says softly.
“Good morning,” I reply. “When’d you
wake up?”
“Just a bit ago,” he says. “You talked in
your sleep again last night.”
My smile dissipates. “Fuck,” I sigh.
One year ago: I’m sitting on the wide
leather couch in my psychotherapist’s office
— “Do you remember when it started?” she
asks, her legs crossed neatly at the knee.
“As far as I know, it’s been happening my
entire life,” I say, looking thoughtfully at the
floor. “My mother tells me that when we
would go to visit family and would have to
sleep in the same room, I’d talk all night.”
“Does it disturb you?” my therapist asks,
leaning back in her chair.
“No,” I reply. “I mean, I’m asleep, I have
no idea. It disturbs the hell out of the people
I’m sleeping beside, though, and that’s what
bothers me. I mean, what the hell am I telling
them? What part of me keeps talking when
the rest of me is asleep?”
She runs her thumb over the slick plastic of her pen thoughtfully. “It’s quite fascinating,” she says. “Usually, when we’re
asleep, something switches — our bodies
are paralyzed and our minds are free. However, it sounds like that switch doesn’t quite
happen.” Her eyes meet mine. “For you,
something doesn’t switch off.”
“Somniloquy.” It’s such a beautiful word, a
term that evokes poetry or the theater. However, my somniloquies, my sleep-talkings,
are virtually never drama or poetry — they’re
random, bizarre, non-sequitur exclamations
and murmurings. A dear high school friend
still reminds me frequently of lying on her
bedroom floor in a sleeping bag, inquiring
incredulously, “Did I just take pills!?” Various reports have indicated that in my sleeping hours I’ve had one-way communication with the likes of Pippi Longstocking,
Abraham Lincoln, my father, Nancy Drew,
Burt Reynolds, Mary Baker Eddy, and perhaps most cryptically and alliteratively, “The
Man in the Pan.” My own taped experiments
have indicated that I don’t sleep-talk when
alone; however, when I’m sleeping beside
someone, particularly someone I’m romantically interested in, I talk extensively. It can
be absolutely hilarious at times, sure — but
my sleep-talking has also caused me significant relationship problems, leaving me to
wake up next to a partner who’s angry and
vexed about something “I” did with no consciousness. In that regard, it’s a nightmare.
Joan Didion once articulated her coping
strategy for dealing with the unfathomable:
“Read, learn, work it up, go to the literature.” So, I immerse myself in the research
on my particular parasomnia: 5 percent of
adults occasionally talk in their sleep, with a
much smaller percentage sharing my penchant for chronic severe somniloquy. While
folk wisdom dictates that sleep-talkers are
simply speaking aloud the things that one
would say in a dream, sleep specialists find
that sleep-talking can occur at all stages in
the sleep cycle, and that the somniloquies
often have nothing to do with the dreams
that the sleeper later recollects. Fifty percent
of children sleep-talk, but virtually all outgrow by the onset of puberty; however, a very
large percentage of parents whose children
sleep-talk begin sleep-talking themselves,
regardless of whether they ever did previously.
Modern sleep science — and the courts —
accept that sleep talking is not a product of a
conscious or rational mind; as such, somniloquies are virtually never admissible in court.
Researchers have not yet pinpointed a
single cause of somniloquy. Stress, depression, fever, sleep deprivation, alcohol consumption, and mental illness have all been
pointed at as potential causes; however,
none of these explanations mesh well with
sleep-talking being so common in children.
One study, however, pointed out something critical: sleep-talking occurs more
frequently when one is sleeping in a strange
location such as a hotel room, or in children who are moved (say, from the couch
to a bed) once asleep.
“These circumstances evoke a need for
vigilance that translates into a need to stay
awake so as to protect oneself from harm,”
explains researcher Dennis Rosen, “which
often collides with the drive for sleep.” The
result: something doesn’t switch off. Is this
why I sleep-talk? When I’m asleep next to
someone, do I ever feel safe?
8:05 a.m. Sunday morning, and he is
climbing back into bed beside me, careful not to jostle our coffee mugs. “You were
saying really cute things,” he tells me, setting his hand on my arm.
Something doesn’t switch off. In my
sleep, in the quiet hours beside someone, I
talk. Do I ever feel safe? Here, in his sun-lit
bed full of wakefulness and coffee, I do —
as much as I ever will.
“What did I say?” I ask, hesitantly. He
smiles crookedly in response, and I wait to
hear the answer.
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IN THE HIP HOP FIRMAMENT
By Daniel Borgen
‘I need to meet my meat quotient’ did. We
used lettuce for the flesh-ripping sound
effect. We just tore it up in the mic; Dan
You’ve probably seen the viral videos. read that they did it in the sound design for
(Hint: YouTube “Meat Quotient” or “Sum- ‘Jurassic Park,’ so we messed around with
mertime Realness.”) Maybe you visited it. It was originally much longer—four long
Chicago and caught one of his intricate- verses, tons of storytelling. We cut it down,
ly-choreographed live shows — he plays but it’s still a pretty long track.”
both gay bars and more obscure, androgAlthough Big Dipper now seems like he
ynous hipster locales. Maybe you caught was meant for the stage—if you haven’t seen
the Details spread wherein he was labeled him yet, you will soon—it wasn’t his first
a “queer hip-hop pioneer” — a label that passion. Immediately after college, where
both baffles and humbles him. He’s only he studied theater and directing, he was
been making music since 2011.
headed down a different road. Performance
was a secret dream.
“I never felt completely
confident,” he says. “The
things I wanted to do were
always too far left in the
arenas I was working in —
especially in college, when
I was directing.
“When I left college I was
all set to pursue a career as
a director, and I did for a
while. I directed and choreographed and worked in
live theater and at events
and parties. I started to perform a bit and realized that
I really loved it.
“When I created music
and stage shows and music
videos I was in complete
control — I didn’t have to
please an artistic director or
client and I got to be completely free with my expresPhoto by Cheryl Mann
sion. That’s when I started
Big Dipper’s inaugural Portland performance is at The Eagle on April 20.
focusing all of my energy
on rap music. To me, every
“I am a fan of all the other people in that single skill I learned as a director, choreograspread,” he says. “I felt like the odd man out pher, producer — they all helped create Big
— but I’m honored.”
Dipper and help me greatly as a rapper.”
He fucks bears, forges lifelong friendAnd, as a self-declared control freak
ships with dykes, loves pop music, and who’d rather take his time putting out a
proudly stages his shows “like Britney quality product than hurry and put out
Spears concerts.” Ambitious.
something half-assed, that autonomy sits
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the well with him. But Dipper doesn’t shy away
world of Big Dipper.
from collaboration. Foley, obviously, has
“Meat Quotient,” Dipper’s latest single— been in on the game from the outset —
off of his EP, “They Ain’t Ready”— is all at once there’s also “Summertime Realness” with
messy and catchy, raunchy and completely Rikki Crowley, aka Rica Shay. And, of late,
addictive. These aren’t your grandma’s lyrics Big Dipper has spent a ton of time working
(and certainly not Britney’s): “I need some- with other producers and artists in New
thing rough and thick and wet and juicy/a York. This amalgamation is what makes his
five-course meal to make my ass so loos- music stand out: the synths, the drums, the
ey-goosey.” Made with frequent collaborator samples, the brash lyrics.
Dan Foley (of Baathhaus), “Quotient” deliber“Most of my inspiration came from nonately offers a more graphic and overtly sexual queer rappers like Kanye, Nicki Manaj, Jurasvibe than the track that made Dipper a queer sic Five, Missy Elliot — that sort of thing,” he
household name, “Drip Drop.”
says. “I had really only heard of Cazwell as far
“‘Meat Quotient’ was the second track as ‘successful’ gay MCs — so I thought I was
I made with Dan,” Dipper explains. “‘Drip doing something pretty new. Then when I
Drop’ was so bouncy and playful, we started doing press and being grouped with
wanted to do something darker, grimier, other artists, I became aware of the numermore graphic, and even more sexual — but I ous queer rappers out there. By the time I
was also trying to work a melodic hook into was in New York for the Details shoot, I loved
the mix. That didn’t stick, but the chant of
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“You can catch me in the bar I be workin’ for cash,” Rica Shay in “Summertime Realness.”
By Daniel Borgen
PQ Monthly
Rica Shay, aka Rikki Crowley, first
appeared on our radars last summer when
he collaborated and co-wrote the video
sensation “Summertime Realness” with
Big Dipper. And, let’s get serious, hearing
those rhymes spit out by 5’7”, blonde-haired,
blue-eyed Crowley, we were taken aback.
The self-proclaimed nomadic “fagabond”
can rap with the best of them. He’s also endlessly amused by the “butch” pictures publishers and bloggers insist on taking of him.
(“That’s so not me, but whatever. Fantasize.”)
We caught up with Crowley hours before
he got on a plane to see family in Alabama.
PQ Monthly: Was “Summertime Realness” your first stab at making music? Were
those your lyrics?
Rikki Crowley: That was my third time in
the studio — I started in January of last year. I
had absolutely no idea what I was doing when
I started. I’m a Taurus and I’m very stubborn
— I will never spit someone else’s lyrics. If you
want me to be on a song, record it, send me a
version, and I’ll write my own parts. So yeah,
I wrote my verse and we [Dipper and Crowley] wrote the chorus together.
With “Realness,” I also got to help style
the video and help with art direction — I
went to film school and that’s part of what
I want and like to do. We shot that video in
two days. I was in New York Friday night
dancing until like 4 in the morning, and
I was on the plane at 7 and on set just a
few hours later. I was fucking tired, but it
worked.
PQ: How did the Accidental Bear summer
tour come to be?
RC: I met Mike Enders, who runs the
blog, after “Realness.” I was in San Francisco, and I was going to leave, but I heard
Big Dipper was coming, so I stuck around
to see him. Mike saw me perform and then
later hit me up for the tour. I’m so excited
— it’s like my second time being flown anywhere like this. So far it’s five cities, and
Photo by Walt Cessna
we’d love to add more. All I want to do is
travel — however long the tour goes is how
long it goes.
PQ: Are you recording anything right
now?
RC: I have about 30 or so tracks I’m working on, but I’m being really picky. I don’t
want to release anything shitty. I am really
conceptual when it comes to art projects —
sound is a big thing to me, I want it to flow
and make sense. I want people to get that
I’m giving them a story. I want to release
something by summer, hopefully. It’s tentatively called “The Midnight Caterpillar.”
The beats are dark and grimy — I want it to
be my style, what I want to listen to on my
headphones. A lot of electronic, hip hop,
trance, techno — it’ll be a clusterfuck, but
one that makes sense.”
PQ: So you’re seemingly everywhere
right now — city after city. Will this be your
first time in Portland?
RC: I’ve been living nomadically for
three years. I called myself a “fagabond”
and was disappointed when I found out a
gay travel agency already coined the phrase.
Anyway, yeah, I went to film school, but I
don’t want to be behind the scenes until I’m
an old man — so for now, I travel and perform as much as I can.
I was in Portland, actually, a couple of
years ago with my friend Bradley. It was
November and it was cold as fuck. I remember going to this underwear party — I don’t
remember where. I’m a big exhibitionist.
Shocking, right? Anyway, I’m not comfortable unless people around me are. And there,
at that party, everyone was super cute, laid
back. We went to a club later and I go-go
danced — this drag queen came up to me
and said, “Baby, you got a little BO going. I
mean, I think it’s hot and it’s sexy you don’t
give a fuck.” And no, I don’t give a fuck.
See Rikki this summer during the Accidental Bear tour — along with Big Dipper
and Portland’s own Logan Lynn. Stay with
our blog for all the latest.
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PQ: People sometimes complain that
the queer community focuses too much
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Queers of a certain age may remem- excuse to get drunk and debaucherous.
ber Le Tigre’s music as the soundtrack to But you’ve argued that dance can be politthe booze-fueled feminist dance parties of ical. Is it inherently political or is that an
their early 20s. But former band member JD intention that has to be brought by the DJ
Samson’s current project, MEN, takes that or the crowd?
fusion of pop and politics
Samson: I think that in
to a more grown-up place.
Le Tigre we were definitely
PQ Monthly chatted
working with the idea that
with Samson in advance
being in a space with all
of her West Coast DJ tour
these incredible feminists
about the band’s second
and allies moving their
album (due out in the fall)
bodies around and being
and the evolution of her
vulnerable to the music
approach to music, poliwas inherently political, for
tics, and gender.
sure…. I think that in terms
PQ: How would you
of this record I really wanted
compare MEN’s upcomto think about something
ing album to the last one?
that someone would turn
Samson: I think I went
on at home. Something that
more introspective. Someyou could listen to on the
one was interviewing me
dance floor but that you
from France for the promo
also want to listen to by
from the first record and
yourself and in your headshe said something like,
phones and all the other
JD Samson (Le Tigre, MEN) DJs at Control Top
“You never say ‘I’ in this
places we’re queer. I think
March 23.
record, you say ‘we’ the
that was really an interestwhole time.” I was so shocked because I ing thing for me because as I grow older I
had never heard that before in a review…. I definitely have less interest in spending all
think I was hiding behind this “we” or some- the time I have at the dance club. And that’s
thing and this album is very much more per- made me really redefine what is political
sonal for me. Like there’s some love songs about dancing and what is political about
and things like that and I think it was a really just being by yourself at home and thinkbig step for me as an artist to be vulnerable ing a lot about art.
in that way, so that is cool. But then there’s
PQ: Where did the name MEN come from
also, of course, a bunch of political songs and how has its meaning shifted over time?
— one about [South African runner] Caster
Samson: The name kind of came about
Semenya and one about Pussy Riot and, you because Johanna [Fateman] and I were
know, some general feminist jams. I would DJing a lot and our agent was like, “You
say we took more chances and, in a way, it guys really need a name — you can’t just
feels like that makes the record a little all be Jo and JD from Le Tigre.” So we had been
over the place. But to me, what I really like traveling a lot on tour and talking about
about it is that it’s not 15 songs that sound how we needed to adapt to a new philosthe same. It’s a journey.
ophy, mostly for travel purposes, which
PQ: What about Caster’s story spoke to was: “What would a man do?” It was kind
you?
of about this idea that men have more conSamson: I think I’ve always been kind fidence and believe in themselves more, so
of androgynous in the way that I look and women need to pretend they’re like men
questioned in terms of who I was and what when they’re in situations where they might
I identified as. It’s always a struggle for me feel vulnerable in order to gain some of that.
to respond to people because I find that I’m It was kind of this tongue-in-cheek idea.
kind of shy and I feel so vulnerable in those Obviously I don’t think men and women
moments that I just want people to be quiet need to pretend to act like men all the time
and go away. And I really saw that in her. I to feel better about themselves, but you
think that my relationship to it is extremely get what I’m saying…. We talk a lot about
personal and emotional. I feel like I saw this this idea that anyone can call themselves a
feeling that I feel all the time in her face man, anyone can call themselves a woman
and that really drew me in and I feel like I — and we are all just human beings. And so
wanted to express that. And the song that that another part of it – it’s like men as in
we wrote about her is in the first person, so humans, and I like that idea, too.
people could think that I’m talking about
myself, but it’s her voice.
JD Samson performs a DJ set in Portland
PQ: Where does the album rank on a March 23 at Control Top with DJs Nark, Roy
scale of dance-i-ness?
G Biv, Mr Charming, and Bruce La Bruiser;
Samson: I think it general it’s almost White Owl Social Club, 1305 SE 8th Ave. For
dancier [than the last album] but it’s a little more from PQ’s interview with Samson, visit
bit more experimental.
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ARTS
& CULTURE
COME OUT LAUGHING: THREE FUNNY
QUEERS BRING THE FUNNY HA HA
(Left to right) Ian Harvie, Dana Goldberg, and Jason Dudey
Photo by Gen Levy
By Julie Cortez
down our community,” adds Dudey, who founded Come Out
Laughing in 2008 but thinks he scored the perfect combination of comic talents when Harvie, a trans man, and Goldberg, a lesbian, joined him about a year ago. “We don’t take
the easy punchline.… We all lift the LGBT community up.”
Their warm humor, fierce devotion to their “LGBTQ
family,” and their mutual admiration suffused the conversation as they chatted with PQ Monthly via phone in
advance of their Portland visit.
“Ian and Jason and myself, our egos don’t play into a lot
of what we do, so we enjoy being on stage with each other,”
Goldberg says. “ … We have so much faith in each other’s
skills and talents, that we actually get to sit back and enjoy
the show, which never happens when you’re [a comedian]
at a comedy show.”
Their affectionate teasing is particularly illuminating of
their friendship and their comedic styles, and is probably
best appreciated as a straight-up conversation.
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ON THEIR DYNAMIC
“Just be funny.” For the comedians on the Come Out
Laughing tour, this is a commandment to be devoutly followed — one etched in stone by the god of comedy.
Above all, Jason Dudey, Dana Goldberg, and Ian Harvie
want to make you laugh. If knowing that the folks splitting
your sides identify as gay, lesbian, and trans can help shake
up a few of your preconceived notions about gender and sexuality, that’s gravy on the GLT sandwich the trio will be serving up March 28 at Portland’s Bobwhite Theatre.
“When you’re funny, your gender identity, however that
is, becomes secondary to an audience,” says Goldberg. “…
I tell you what, if we bomb on stage, then we were a notfunny lesbian, we were a not-funny gay man, we were a
not-funny trans. But if we’re bringing the funny, which is
what we do, then we’re just funny comics.”
Their approach to “bringing the funny” does not, however, mean resorting to cheap shots at the LGBTQ community’s expense.
“Each of our styles is about honesty and our lives,”
Harvie says, “… It might be edgy because it’s honest, but
it’s not edgy because it’s picking on somebody else.”
“We’re not going to do something that slanders or brings
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all the other artists in the piece.”
“From there I started to do some major
research about the trailblazing MCs that have
been in the game for a while,” he adds, mentioning the likes of Mikki Blanco, Cakes Da
Killa, House of Ladosha, and God Des and
She. “Johnny Dangerous from Chicago has a
similar vibe to what I’m about. Fun and sexy—
he’s very sweet and smart and experienced,
and he gave me a ton of advice when we met.”
Big Dipper is known for genre-bending
in music and community — he’s famously
said he screws bears but doesn’t necessarily always socialize with them.
“If someone wants to call me a bear,” he
insists, “more power to them.”
Just what the hell does he mean by that?
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Harvie: “Despite all three of us being in relationships, I
think these two both want to do me.”
Dudey: “Totally.”
Goldberg: “Jason and I have talked about it; we both
have crushes on Ian. It’s very confusing for me, because
I actually want his sperm, but he doesn’t have any. He’s a
baby daddy option, but there’s one part lacking. So we’d
actually have to have a baby daddy for our baby daddy.”
Dudey: “I just want to share a hotel room with Ian, but
apparently I snore a lot. … Wait till you meet Ian — you’ll
fall in love with him, too. It’s the lips.”
Goldberg: “… He’s actually, I think, one of the best looking guys I’ve ever seen. Period.”
Dudey: “Wait a minute. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.”
Goldberg: “Next to Jason. I’m sorry. After Jason Dudey,
Ian is the next [most] attractive man.”
Harvie: “You guys fell for it so hard. I just threw that line
out there, and you both bit, and it just was awesome. I just
got all these awesome compliments and completely just
was fishing and got exactly what I needed. So I’m good for
today. Thanks, guys.”
And what sort of juxtaposition occurs when
where you fuck is different from where you
party?
“I guess, traditionally, and what we see
predominantly represented in any sort of
magazine, porn, gay bar — a bear is an
older, huskier, chubby man with a lot of
body hair, and specifically a beard. Normally these men present very butch and
take their masculine representation very
seriously. Traditionally, this isn’t a group of
men who listen to hip hop music.
“Now, things are changing. ‘Bear bars’
are populated with a variety of people, ranging in race and age and body size and interests and all that. My experience has been
you hear more techno, house, electronic,
or even pop music in bear bars, but never
hip hop music. On the other hand, my peers
are throwing awesome queer dance parties,
open to anyone in neutral spaces defined by
PQ: “I think the subhead of this article is going to be,
‘Wherein Ian gets his ego stroked.’”
Dudey: “Yeah, when I said none of us has an ego, I meant
Jason and I. I’m sorry.”
Dudey: “That’s the only thing Ian has to stroke.”
Ian: [Laughing] “Oh, shit.”
ON TWEAKING STEREOTYPES
Dudey: “I play a lot of ‘straight rooms’ — I hate saying
that, I just play fucking rooms is what I play. Sometimes I’m
in places like Pittsburgh, and these steelworkers, by and
large, really can’t stand homosexuality. But then afterwards,
I’ve had them laughing the whole time, and then after the
show they’ll punch me in the shoulder, like, ‘You’re fucking funny!’ And I’m like, ‘Ow! That hurt!’ Because I’m kind
of the gay next door. I’m that gay that everyone knows. …
So they listen to me. I hope I’m changing a few people’s
minds. I’ve definitely seen less homophobia in audiences.”
Goldberg: “None of us are directly stereotyped immediately when we hit the stage. No one’s just gonna assume
I’m a lesbian, and no one’s going to assume Jason’s gay —
until he starts talking — and no one is going to assume
Ian is trans.”
Dudey: [Later, after Goldberg has left the conversation]
“I love that she thinks no one knows she’s a lesbian. That’s
one of the funniest things I’ve heard all day. Wait till you
meet Dana — you’re not even going to question. And I like
the way Dana thinks they’re not gonna know I’m gay till I
start talking. You can tell when I walk on stage — just the
way my hips swivel, you can tell I’m gay.”
Harvie: “It’s the footwork; it’s the feet.”
Dudey:”It’s totally the feet. I can’t walk straight — I don’t
even know how.”
Harvie: “You have really gay feet.”
Dudey: “Right? I also have them shoved in size 8 pumps,
but that’s a whole ‘nother story.”
Catch Come Out Laughing, also featuring local comedian
Belinda Carroll, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bobwhite Theatre (6423 SE Foster, Portland). Tickets are $20 in advance
through brownpapertickets.com and $25 at the door.
people at the party. They play dance music,
hip hop music, and embrace queer hip hop
artists. It’s an underground where art and
expression and gender and genre-bending
are all encouraged.
“I usually attend a party where my friends
are spinning or I rap live at a show like that
and then I go somewhere else, a traditional
‘bear bar’ to meet men I’m interested in
sleeping with. I like to date older, beefy, hairy
men. I like a man with a past, a man with
experience. I totally play the stereotype —
I want a thick butch beefcake who will take
care of me, after I take care of him.”
“But seriously,” he continues. “I am part
of the separation too. I don’t see a bear bar
as a potential gig because I don’t think
the audience is interested in the music
I’m making or what I’m saying — they’re
just interested in me taking off my shirt.
I continue to get proven wrong, though.
I just played a bear bar the other night in
New York City. It was filled with big, beefy
men who were into my show — and I even
brought out some straight girls, too.”
Whatever the secret formula, Big Dipper
seems to have mastered it. Bears, twinks,
lesbians — Dipper has legitimate crossover
appeal. His now-frequent jaunts around the
country are proof enough of that. He’ll be in
Portland three times this year — in April at
the Eagle, again at Blow Pony in June, and
then later this summer as part of the Accidental Bear tour, along with local Logan Lynn
and “Summertime” partner Rica Shay. Big
Dipper’s April visit will mark the first time
he’ll experience Portland nightlife. So, naturally, he expects you, dear readers, to bring it.
See Big Dipper at The Eagle, 835 N Lombard, on April 20 at 10 p.m. Download his
EP at bigdipperjelly.com.
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PONDERLUST
WRITTEN ON THE BODY
By Erin Rook
PQ Monthly
I have a complicated relationship with
reflective surfaces. When we’re alone
together, I can’t get enough of them. But
make us share a public space and I’ll pretend we’ve never met. See, I’m not proud
of this thing I have with mirrors. When I
am alone and safe behind a closed bathroom door, my first impulse is to zoom into
the mirror, bringing my face within a few
inches of the glass. This is my comfort zone.
Zoomed in, it’s all pores and chin hairs and
chapped lips. Standing back, there’s a whole
face and, worse, a body to contend with.
Growing up, my granddad liked to
joke that I was going to wear out the big
unframed mirror hanging in the entryway.
It was so innocent back then, the stuff of
preteen vanity. Fixing my bangs, trying
to decide if that dimple in my left cheek
was cute or weird, thinking if I looked long
enough I’d start to recognize the person
staring back at me.
My vain preoccupations only got worse
as puberty delivered ingrown hairs, acne,
and other blemishes. Suddenly, making
sure everything was in its place became
a bigger task. I couldn’t resist the little red
bumps of ingrown hairs and diligently set
out to fix each affected follicle. Before long,
my legs were covered in tiny red dots — one
more reason to detest dressing down for
gym class. I nearly failed P.E. because of my
aversion to wearing shorts. When I caved,
I told my classmates I had chicken pox to
deter their questioning. Eventually, strangers came to that conclusion on their own.
Once I discovered the internet, I learned
I was not alone. Not only that, but I was
lucky. Forums contained stories of people
digging so deep they had to go to the hospital. Informational websites confirmed
my condition could, in fact, be “life-threatening.” There was little information about
possible remedies. It turns out, I’m a compulsive skin picker.
I know what you’re thinking — probably
some combination of “ew” and “everybody
does it.” But it’s not just a bad habit. It’s a
real disorder — like, possibly getting its own
entry in the new version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders “real.” Doctors have a number of serious-sounding names for it: neurotic excoriation, psychogenic excoriation, pathological skin picking, dermatillomania, and
just as many possible causes and comorbidities. Perhaps you’re familiar with its
cousin, trichotillomania — the one where
people pull out their hair and sometimes
eat it? It’s sort of like that. It may be related
to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or Body
Dysmorphic Disorder, or addiction. No one
really knows.
By my junior
year of high
school, my
parents had
become concerned and sent me to see
a psychiatrist. The doctor sat behind an
imposing dark wood desk while I described
the many hours each day I spent excavating my pores, searching for redemption in
sebum and peeling epidermis — the results
of each day’s dig gathering like rejected
snowflakes at the bottom of my full-length
mirror’s frame. I told her about my recurring, nagging, and entirely unfounded
fear that my dad would run us off the road
during car trips. It was one of a handful of
odd and somewhat intrusive thoughts that
slipped through from time to time. Though
there was no clear connection between
the obsessive thoughts and the compulsive behaviors, it was enough to earn me a
diagnosis of “Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified” and a prescription for Paxil.
The pills never seemed to make a difference. Nor did the many counselors and
social workers I saw over the years. Not even
the hypnotherapist who specialized in CSP
could cure me with his $280-an-hour sessions, his knowing beard, and his legal pad
full of what were surely Freudian observations.
I’ve been trying, with varying degrees of
interest and success, to stop picking since
I was 13 years old. Perhaps there’s a part of
me that doesn’t want to. It’s like I’m hooked
on the feeling. Or rather, the lack of one.
If I’m not careful, picking puts me into a
trance where time, and the world outside
my task in that moment, do not exist. When
I finally come up for air, my body twisted
into awkward positions, I have no concept
of how much time has passed. It’s like this
black hole I stumble into periodically, a
mini dissociation vacation offering respite
from the trappings of my physical reality.
Remaining present takes a constant
vigilance I’ve not yet developed. I practice
looking into the mirror from a distance,
squirming in the discomfort of a wider view.
Even away from mirrors, I must be always
on-guard. A reasonable attempt to pull off
a dangling flake of dry skin — to scratch an
itch, even — can easily turn into a tactile
fault-finding mission. My fingertips springing to action, surveying my skin’s landscape
with obsessive form, paying careful attention to every bump, ridge, and ripple. Reading my skin like braille on a sheet of paper
that was meant to be blank. The blankness
is alluring, but ultimately unachievable. But
I’m writing a new story on my body now —
hoping, this time, it will be one I can bear
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THE GOOD LIFE
Cultivating Life
YOUR SPRINGTIME GARDEN
IS CALLING TO YOU
By LeAnn Locher
PQ Monthly
It’s Monday deep will both feed the soil and deter weed
m o r n i n g a n d germination. I like the power mulch from
I’ve awakened Best Buy in Town Landscape Supply in Hillto a body that sboro. It’s cow manure-based, meaning it’s
spent a weekend high in nitrogen to help plants grow and
spring gardening. thrive. They have a certified organic comScratches from post that’s also fantastic.
shrub pruning
• Share the love by dividing plants now
show themselves and gifting friends or bare areas in your
on my wrist, and that swelling on my finger garden. Hostas and daylilies will benefit
is most likely a rose thorn that hooked with a little more room and divisions.
me while I hacked at it mercilessly. Ham• Watch out for slugs. Wet weather is a
strings present themselves, letting me know slug’s favorite habitat. Clean up ground
they’ve been put to good
debris where slugs like to
use, and as I gaze out at
hide, and bait with beer
the cleared front garden no
or iron phosphate (safe
longer filled with the debris
to use around pets). Or if
of last season’s growth, I sip
you prefer, don a headmy coffee and dream for
lamp and venture out
what’s next.
at night with a bucket
This is the time of year
of soapy water to hand
when one blinks, and the
pick and dunk the slugs
garden jumps. What’s weedyourself. Try to not laugh
free with fresh soil bared
maniacally while doing
to the sky today, will likely
so, hardcore gardener.
be full of popweed and its
• Prune ornamental
white blooms next weekshrubs and plants now.
end. While I’ve dug out
Remember you’re prunthe taproots of those firm
ing to both control and
gripping dandelions best I
promote growth, and for
could, it’s quite possible I
god’s sake get to that rose
missed a tiny bit and within
now before it explodes all
days, a telltale sign, a yellow Popweed, or Little Bittercress, is a most popular weed over the place.
bloom, will open itself on a in gardens this time of year. Did you know it’s edible?
Ke e p u p w i t h t h e
sunny afternoon. Such is the work of a spring weeds. Vigorous attention to them now
gardener. We do what we can, the best that keeps them from setting to seed and
we can, and enjoy the moment for what it becoming a thousand times worse months
is. Just as the sky is likely to turn from sun- from now. I know it’s not what you want to
shine to rain and back again, Portland gar- hear, I’m sorry.
deners do our best to keep up in springtime.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
THE TRUTH ABOUT TIMING
Hardy Plant Society’s Hortlandia Plant &
It’s not time to plant tomatoes. Put those Art Sale will take place April 13-14, 10 a.m.
basil seeds away. Make a list of the corn, to 3 p.m., at the Portland EXPO Center. With
squash, cucumbers, and peppers you plan 105 vendors all in the same place at the same
to grow, but for god’s sake do not plant them time, giddiness of spring gardeners is palnow. This time of year is a tease to Portland pable at this excellent plant sale. Yes, there
gardeners, with reports from family mem- is art, too, but if you haven’t made time to
bers in Texas turning on their AC or tending get to all of those specialty nurseries you’ve
to their salsa gardens. While you can’t plant made lists of, chances are, they’ll be here
your “Mortgage Lifters” yet, there’s a pleth- at the sale. Admission is free; parking is $8.
ora of things you can do this time of year.
Portland’s downtown Saturday farmThey include …
ers market opens March 16, 8:30 a.m. to 2
• Use a soil thermometer to determine p.m. A great place for both plants and prowhen you can plant vegetables. For vege- duce, this is my favorite spot for taking outtables to thrive, the soil needs to be 40ºF of-town guests and for getting my week’s
or above.
supply of fresh foods. My favorites are the
• Spread compost over garden beds. A forest foragers, with early spring bringing
good three-way mix spread several inches in wood sorrel and black truffles.
LeAnn Locher is an OSU Extension Master Gardener and self-certified home arts badass. Connect with her
and others who love to dig in the garden and cook in their kitchens at facebook.com/sassygardener.
EAT, DRINK, AND, BE MARY
JUICE ME
By Brock Daniels
PQ Monthly
There is definitely
no doubt that we
eat, and enjoy food,
because it tastes
good. The fad diets of the ‘80s and ‘90s have
taught us that eating healthy doesn’t mean
crunching on peanut butter-coated, Styrofoam-textured rice cakes and chewy microwaved chicken. We have learned that being
healthy can be as delicious as it is good for
you. Juicing helps us take the health benefits of fruits and vegetables, and transform
them into a tasty and easy meal packed full
of everything we need. Do something good
for yourself. Have a juice!
Key distinctions of the two Greenleaf
Juicing Company locations at 810 NW 12th Ave
in the Pearl and NW 23rd
and Glisan are that they
only use fresh organic
produce.
“We don’t have any
other inputs into our
menu except for organic
fruits and vegetables. No
dairy, yogurt, almond
milk, or other additives
… nothing,” says owner
Garret Flynn. “So we try
to think up creative ways
to juice, blend, press,
and steam fresh fruit
and vegetable combinations.”
And that is an understatement. Keeping the
ingredients simple is
their mantra, and giving
our community access
to honest, organic, unadulterated, local raw
goods is a promise they keep. Heck, they get
at least a full pallet of fresh produce delivered daily by bicycle.
From their signature drink, The Greenleaf — a perfect combination of green
apple, lime, ginger, spinach, kale, parsley,
cucumber, and celery — to an ice-thickened, blended berry smoothie treat called
the Berry Fix where blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, and a banana blend with
strawberry-carrot juice — the possibilities
are endless. Juice and smoothies aside, the
ingenious conception of Greenleaf’s vegetable-based steamed juices epically renovate a cold-pressed juice into a mouthwatering warm soup-like meal. Avocado,
jalapeño, cilantro, green pepper, cucumber, and celery are juiced in the Spicy Avocado Soup, and then steamed like milk in
your morning latte. Unlike anything you
have ever had, just one in a lifetime would
be a shame.
Juice cleansing has a long history of
successful health benefits, and this internal body wash is making its way into our
modern diet mainstream.
“Overhaul your diet, jumpstart a healthier lifestyle, drop some extra pounds,
cleanse your body, clean-out your digestive
tract, improve mental clarity and cognitive
function, feed your hair, skin, and bloodstream with an abundance of micro-nutrients, live enzymes, vitamins, and minerals from the best source out there: raw,
unadulterated produce,” ,” Greenleaf’s website suggests.
It’s easy, too. Let Greenleaf do the work
for you. They will make and bottle the
juice, they will organize and create your
Photo by Emily Wann
specialized plan, and all you have to do is
drink. Call the juice cleanse professionals at
Greenleaf Juicing Company for more information at 971-271-8988.
With an almost unlimited number of
combinations, don’t be afraid to try your
own concoction of fruit and vegetable
juices. Start with some classic combinations like carrot and orange, and work your
way up to spinach, kale, and ginger. Before
you know it you will be taking wheatgrass
shots every morning before yoga class.
It’s simple, it’s delicious, it’s juice, and it’s
good for you.
Greenleaf Juicing Company
Two Portland locations
810 NW 12th Ave.
971-271-8988
NW 23rd & Glisan
503-407-6890
Brock Daniels, a Pacific Northwest native, has studied wine, culinary arts, gastronomy, and loves
researching new food. Brock has written a self-published cookbook titled “Our Year in the Kitchen.”
Reach him at [email protected].
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ARTS BRIEFS
THE GOOD LIFE
Hot Flash Dances hosts a fundraiser for the Portland
Fighting Fillies women’s football team at its March 23
dance party. Players will be in attendance for a live auction including a Fillies jersey and a silent auction including a date with a team member. DJ Wildfire will spin at
this bimonthly party for women at Jones Bar. Learn more
at hotflashdances.com.
Come Out Laughing brings three of its regular headliners — Jason Dudey, Dana Goldberg, and Ian Harvie — to
Portland’s Bobwhite Theatre March 28. A popular monthly
show at Long Beach’s Laugh Factory, Come Out Laughing is
launching a national tour. Dudley, Goldberg, and Harvie are
some of the top gay, lesbian, and trans comics currently on
the scene and have appeared on LOGO, Comics Unleashed,
and Wisecrack. Read more on page 31.
Bimonthly drag performance night Chicken Strip kicks
off March 29 at Funhouse Lounge. Hosted by Kaj-anne
Pepper, the lineup includes Serendipity Jones, Shitney
Houston, Melody Awesomazing, Avocado Jones & Urethra
Franklin (SF), Hellena Keller, and DieAna Dae. Dancing
and debauchery will follow the drag show, with beats provided by DJs Chelsea Starr and Nark.
Brooklyn’s Heels on Wheels Glitter Roadshow rolls into
Portland March 30 and 31for two days of workshops, performances, and dancing. On Saturday, a troupe of performers from across the “femme-inine” spectrum bring poetry,
rock ‘n’ roll, and other queer performance art to the Local
Lounge. Performers include Shomi Noise (NYC), The Lady
Ms. Vagina Jenkins (SF), Heather Acs (NYC), Damien Luxe
(NYC), and locals Sophia St. James and Sossity Chiricuzio.
DJs Roy G Biv and Shomi Noise will bring the dance party
and Bloodhound Photography will capture all the beautiful
faces. On Sunday, the performers will offer workshops and
an all-ages, sober show at Recess. The all-genders workshop
— “Femmepowerment: Strategies for Self-Confidence from
the Stage to the Street” — starts at 4 p.m., show starts at 7
p.m. Find out more on Facebook or at heelsonwheelsglitterroadshow.com.
Radical queer author Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
reads from her new book, “The End of San Francisco,” April
1 at Powell’s Books (downtown). The free-form memoir
has been in the works for six years, and explores the realities and mythologies of radical queer community in San
Francisco. The Seattle-based author is also the author of
two novels, “So Many Ways to Sleep Badly” and “Pulling
Taffy,” and the editor of five nonfiction anthologies, including “Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to
Conform,” “Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender
and Conformity,” and “That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies
for Resisting Assimilation.”
Not Enough! is hosting a reunion show April 6 at Red
and Black Café comprised of bands that formed at past festivals to raise funds for this year’s fourth annual event. The
show starts with an opening ceremony by queer worship
band Thank You Holy Spirit and includes performances
by dual-drummer band Voices, lesbian space metal from
Fucking Lesbian Bitches, and the “faggoty” punk rock of
Cockeye. The show starts at 7 p.m.
After a packed March debut, Sophia St. James’s queer
strip night Hedonistic Decadence returns to the Local
Lounge April 12. Expect pole dancing, a new layout for
better viewing, birthday dances, and drink specials. Bring
cash for tips — last month the bar ran out of ones. Find the
event on Facebook to see a list of performers.
Queer literary roadshow SISTER SPIT returns to Portland April 7 with a 7:30 p.m. show at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. This year’s performers include
Sister Spit co-founder Michelle Tea (author of award-winning memoir “Valencia” and the just-released young adult
fantasy book “A Mermaid in Chelsea Creek,” among others),
Ali Liebegott (author of the award-winning books “The
IHOP Papers” and “The Beautifully Worthless and the
upcoming novel “Cha-Ching!”), Cristy C. Road (a prolific
Cuban-American artist and writer whose new graphic novel
“Spit and Passion” comes out this fall), TextaQueen (an Aus-
tralian artist whose
work has exhibited internationally and often uses
felt-tip marker to
explore the politics
of sex, gender, and
identity), Daniel
LéVesque (a Bay
Area wr iter and
performer whose
debut novel “Hairdresser On Fire”
comes out this
year), and DavEnd
( a Sa n Fr a n c i s co-based songwriter, performing
artist, and designer
whose current project “Fabulous Artistic Guys Get Overly
Photo by Gary Norman
Traumatized Some- “Anything But Brilliant: A Love Story”
times: The Musical!” explores heterosexism and street harassment through
theater). For more information, visit radarproductions.org/
sister-spit-2013.
Lights Up! Productions presents the premiere of “Anything But Brilliant: A Love Story,” by Bobby Ryan from
March 30 through April 20 at Theatre! Theater!, which tells
the story of a middle-aged playwright whose lifelong partner has recently died. The April 13 show is a fundraiser for
Basic Rights Oregon and Oregon United for Marriage and
includes a “Know Now!” post-show discussion. Tickets are
available at brownpapertickets.com.
Applications are open for the Third Annual Portland
Queer Music Festival. This year’s event will take place at
SHINY Music Hall Aug. 2-4 and will include an all-classical night. To apply, visit facebook.com/pdxmusicfestival.
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Favorite book?
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How long have you lived in Portland?
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Favorite movie?
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What is the first time you noticed that gayness existed?
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Favorite word?
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goodies.
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What would you consider a perfect meal?
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What would be a perfect day off?
A vacation day in San Francisco or New York
Least favorite word?
Moist
Favorite swear word?
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What is your profession?
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If you could change your profession with a snap of
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What person, living or dead, would you like to meet?
Jesus
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tastic retrograde. It’s remains in dreamy/non-linear
Pisces, however. Luckily for you, multiple planets in
Aries march through your 11th house of Friendships.
This is an excellent time to consider advice from
trusted, grounded friends. Full moon March 27 can
bring romantic/creativity tickles. Hayyyy!
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ARIES
Bam! Pow! Zoom! The next 30 days = high octane.
Last month may have tangled you up/ muddied your
mind, slowing you down and creating opportunities to
clarify where you want to put your energy. You have
the power of attraction now as Sun, Mars, and Venus
lend their power to Aries. What are you gonna go get?
TAURUS
Taurus gets all k.d. lang “Constant Craving” now.
Multiple planets tiptoeing through your 12th house
(Hidden/Unconscious) in fiery Aries may have you
acting on desires you didn’t consciously realize you
had / provoke endings. Venus here may reveal secret
admirers, uncover hidden talent. Yum! Full moon in
Libra March 27 highlights work and health shifts.
CANCER
Put the WERK into work, Moonbaby. Multiple planets
in Get It! Aries grouped in your 10th house (Career)
help push open doors and give you energy to burn
the candle at both ends. Be strategic: Mars here is
über competitive and Venus here wants to mix work
with pleasure. Full moon March 27 highlights “home/
mom/family.”
LEO
“These vagabond shoes are longing to stray.” Wanderlust hits Leo like a ton of hipster glasses with a
group of planets in fiery Aries zipping through your
9th house of Travel. Starting/completing higher education, expanding your life experiences via hobbies/
cultures, even starting/finishing a book are possibilities now. Un-rut and focus on long-term goals.
VIRGO
GEMINI
Give/take, what’s yours/what’s mine, comfort zones
YES!!! Your ruler Mercury is FINALLY out of that crap- — all main themes for Virgo now— taking the forms
of finance, intimacy/sex/your values systems. Usually reation. Kids. You are on FIYAH here and your power
I side with Jessie J’s “Price Tag” song. But for you of attraction is amazeball. Be fearless. Be scrupulous.
right now, it IS about the “money money money.” Full #PleaseHammerDontHurtEm
moon March 27 and new moon April 10 are catalysts.
LIBRA
Polarization station! Thick planetary action between
the first house (Self) and the 7th house (Others) highlights issues of You OR Me vs. You AND Me, requiring
strategic balancing acts between getting your needs/
desires met and meeting the needs/desires of others.
On the + side: peeps have your back. Full moon in
Libra March 27 = amazing self-care day.
CAPRICORN
Tribe Cappie loves planning BUT (wait for it...) multiple
planets jamming your 4th house (Home/Family/ Housing) requires flexibility. However, this is a great time to
put energy into home life, do repairs, put your house
on the market or move. Full moon March 27 in 10th
house (Career) says shine on, you crazy diamond.
AQUARIUS
Aquarians are known as the mad scientists/geniuses of
SCORPIO
the zodiac. Sun/Mars/Venus in your 3rd house of ComPeople rarely discuss the deeply caring and spiritual munication just might give you the opportunity to prove
side of Scorpio. These things get highlighted as plan- that an accurate correlation. Think outside of the box
etary action in your 12th (Hidden/Unconscious/Spirit) and dazzle us with your brilliance. Networking ability and
and 6th (Service/Work/Health) houses ask you how charm are on your side now as well. #BondJamesBond
you want to be of service/feed your spiritual yearnings/revamp your daily rituals. Find “Ohm” in retreats,
cleanses, volunteerism, job shifts.
PISCES
Charm has been with you Mermaid/Man for a few
weeks. Hopefully you used it to make friends/conSAGITTARIUS
nections. Mid-March-April shifts focus onto financial
So, you know how in fantasy/sci-fi movies the bolt of surprises — hopefully in the form of windfalls/extra
magic shoots out of the wizards hand/staff/eyeballs? money — and requires you to be financially proacYeah, that’s YOU right now. Specifically in 5th house tive. New Moon April 10 lends magical boost to setways: Creative self-expression. Art. Romance. Rec- ting new money plans/intentions.
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PQ Monthly’s First Anniversary
Party at Portland City Hall; BOYeurism at Star Theater; Lezberados!
Comedy with No Bull at Bobwhite
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