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We’re well into Pride Month, and the main event is kicking off on June 22 at Drake Park in downtown Bend. In addition to an impressive lineup of entertainment and speakers, this year’s event will also join Pride celebrations across the nation in marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots—the 1969 protests that are […]
Donning colors of pink, red and purple, women of all backgrounds and appearances acted out Eve Ensler’s riveting writings at this year’s mid-February performances of “The Vagina Monologues“, held in both Bend and Madras. Having a performance in a place beyond Bend is just one way the show producers aimed to make it more inclusive. […]
Brenda Ferns lives in Bend and is a mother to five children including Levi—her 14-year-old trans son. She remembers how around the age of five he would come to her and confide that he wanted to be a boy. “At that point, I wasn’t educated on (the transgender experience)…I hadn’t even really heard of it,” […]
I moved to Bend in the summer of 2003, the very same month an attack on a gay man outside The Grove on Bond Street shook this community, and myself, in the process. I had grown up in a very liberal part of the world—in high school, the next town over from mine was even named […]
Bend Pride We visited the Pride celebration this past weekend in Drake Park, and Bend sure has changed since 2005 when the Human Dignity Coalition and a few dozen brave folks threw the first public Pride celebration in McKay Park. Back in those days, many locals were hesitant to join the party, out of concern […]
It’s been just over a year since same-sex couples in Oregon won the legal right to marriage and, as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to issue a landmark decision on marriage equality sometime this month, fingers are crossed for a particularly festive Pride season. But whether or not the Supreme Court declares that same-sex couples […]
In 2005, about a dozen people gathered at McKay Park for the first ever LGBT Pride celebration in Bend. It was a modest affair—more family picnic than public spectacle. But a first step, none the less. Members of the local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community were just starting to step out of their roomy, […]
Central Oregon’s LGBT Pride Week kicked off Sunday with a BBQ and picnic in Farewell Bend Park and continues tonight with events for all ages and inclinations. Here’s the rundown of all the ways to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Central Oregon Pride (as well as the Bend’s non-discrimination ordinance) and the 45th anniversary of […]
Long showers, green lawns, freshly laundered clothes—these are the luxuries that come with affordable water and sewer rates. But what if those rates weren’t so affordable, or if you could save money by using less? In a work session tonight, members of the Budget Committee and City Council discussed possible water and sewer rate increases […]
Portland drag queen Poison Waters returns to Bend this weekend to host her 11th annual drag show benefitting the Human Dignity Coalition, Oct. 12 at Liquid Lounge. The prolific performer, who co-hosts for Darcelle XV & Company shows and regularly serves as the emcee for non-profit fundraising events, will be joined by performers from Portland […]
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