Gay pride portland 2022
June 3,
3 p.m. @ Shemanski Park
Come along on a bicycle parade commemorating Pride Month and World Bicycle Day brought to you by Downtown Portland and The Street Trust! This pleasurable community event is hosted by celebrated Portland drag queen Poison Waters!
Join us in Shemanski Park at p.m. on World Bicycle Day, June 3rd.
This family-friendly event is for everyone! We’ll enjoy a stately (i.e. slow) parade of two fabulous miles that will take us past spots from Portland’s rich 2SLGBTQIA+ history. The parade will cease with a dance party at the Cart Blocks Food Cart Pod @ Ankeny West featuring some surprise guests.
Special thanks to ride ambassadors from BikePOC PNW! BikePOC PNW actively creates space for BIPOC folks to cruise bikes, build community, forge life-long friendships, and challenge the status quo.
Need a bike? There are BIKETOWN stations a block in either direction–in front of the Portland Art Museum and at Director Park.
ROUTE DETAILS
Our two-mile route will feature mini dance party stops in three street plazas and take us by points of interest
The first Pride marches took place on June 28, , one year after the Stonewall Uprising. Pride gatherings have continued annually since. Oregon’s first Pride celebration was an indoor dance in that was organized by The Second Foundation of Oregon. The state’s first outdoor Pride celebration, the Gay Pride Fair, was in at the South Park Blocks. marks 50 years since this first outdoor celebration!
Oregon’s first Pride parade took place in , with a route going through downtown Portland that ended at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park. It was organized by civil rights activist (and former Multnomah County employee) Kathleen Saadat. In , Multnomah County announced the Kathleen Saadat Award, given to a local 2SLGBTQIA+ person who advocates for marginalized communities as Saadat has.
For many years, Portland’s Pride was on the third weekend of June to avoid overlap with larger West Coast cities. This resulted in local scheduling conflicts with celebrations like the Delta Park Powwow and Juneteenth. In , the organizers moved the parade and festival to July. Acr
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Portland Pride Waterfront Festival and Parade
June ,
Saturday Noon-6PM
Sunday AM-6PM
More info:
Tom McCall Waterfront Park
98 SW Naito Pkwy, Portland, OR
Portland Pride Parade &#; 11AM Sunday, June 19
The parade steps off at NW Couch St and NW 8th Ave, traveling east down NW Couch St. Once the parade reaches Naito Pkwy it turns south and proceeds down to the Portland Pride Waterfront Festival.
Parade Grand Marshal: Bolivia Carmichaels
Bolivia Carmichaels has long been an LGBTQIA2S+ community treasure, particularly in the Portland metro area. Brainchild of lifelong Portlander Daniel Elliott, “Bolivia” was born at the famed City Nightclub in Since that time, she has become one of the