TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY K.B. DIXON
The bad news is, like most large events, Portland Pride’s Waterfront Festival and Parade has been cancelled again this year because of Covid. The good news, however, is that the organizers have stepped in once more with an impressive slate of Zoom, YouTube, and in-person events, including a virtual parade, to hold the sequin-starved over until next year. A list of those events, beginning on Saturday, June 12, and running through the 2021 Virtual Pride Parade, on Sunday, June 20, can be found at the Pride’s website. Among the items scheduled you’ll find: Zoom drag queen bingo; virtual Pride couch concert; two days of queer films outside at The Lot at Zidell Yards; Portland Gay Men’s Chorus virtual concert; a premiere from Resonance Ensemble of a collaboration between composer Mari Esabel Valverde and librettist Dane Figueroa (Lady Dane) on a work about transgender sisters of color. Check the link for details and a complete schedule. (Unfortunately, I see, the Diva Drag Brunch is already sold out.)
The photographs here are from celebrations past. They allude, I hope, to celebrations future.
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Motorcycle, 2013

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Top Hat, 2013

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Love, 2013

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Fan, 2017

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Trio, 2014

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Stars and Stripes, 2014

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Throne, 2016

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Hello, 2016

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Sax, 2016

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Tut, 2016

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Robe, 2017

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Leather, 2017

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