The Orlando Shooter Might Have Been a Twisted Closet Case
by Dan Savage What he said:The self-loathing-gay and ISIS-inspired-jihadist theories of this attack are not mutually exclusive.— Josh Barro (@jbarro) June 14, 2016A person can be a violently...
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Today's the Day that Decides Bernie's Next Move
by Matt Baume Wait, has Bernie been a secret Conehead this whole time?Sheila Fitzgerald / Shutterstock.comSome failed presidential candidates fade mercifully away, like Michele Bachmann. Others...
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Radiohead Have a Big Treat for Fans at Record Stores Worldwide June 17
by Dave Segal The special rich-person version of A Moon Shaped Pool, which contains 32 pages of artwork, two LPs, two CDs, MP3s or WAVs, and a Thom Yorke eyelash.On June 17—the day their ninth album,...
View ArticleThings To Do Tonight!
by Bobby Roberts Battles, Chanti Darling, MáscarasFor dollar value, those Red Bull Sound Select shows are tough to beat. Tonight's installment brings the mathy experimentalism of New York's Battles...
View ArticleA Homeless Coworker
by Anonymous I see an old coworker homeless in downtown every now and then. We used to work together some over 10 years ago. I believe he's been homeless since then. I started seeing him maybe 8 years...
View ArticleEverything as Fuck: Unbridled, Unafraid
The LGBT Community Taught Me to Know Myself by Ian Karmel What is there to say at this point? About guns, fear, homophobia, and Islamophobia? It feels hopeless, I feel helpless—and it didn't even...
View ArticleThe Waiting Room: Fried Chicken, Oysters, and Bubbly
Stick to the basics at this restaurant and you'll be happy. by Andrea Damewood IRECENTLY SAW this Portland post in my feed: "Is there anyone who isn't doing fried chicken?"It's true, there seems to be...
View ArticleWhere to Find the Best Sparkling Wine for the Buck
It's time to get your sparkle on. by MJ Skegg WHILE WINEMAKERS in Champagne are renowned for their sparkling wines, they're even better at something else: branding. The word "champagne" is synonymous...
View ArticleMonkey Business
How a Forest Grove man indicted for smuggling endangered animal parts helped bust his Malaysian suppliers. by Doug Brown THE TWO YOUNG Malaysian businessmen had traveled long hours for what was...
View ArticleDoes Anyone Know What Cleaning Up Portland's Toxic Harbor Will Cost?
The EPA just revised its estimates, and even those might be wrong. by Dirk VanderHart THERE AREN'T a great many instances where a $746 million price tag looks like a bargain. But last week, when the...
View ArticleHall Monitor: ALERT!
Surprise! Commercial property types want to duck a tax for housing. by Dirk VanderHart THE EMAIL went out this past Monday, and had the word "ALERT" bolded at the top. The city's commercial real...
View ArticleMary Roach Is Your Buddy in the Bar Bathroom of Science
She explores the popular science of war in Grunt. by Ben Coleman I DECIDED to run a little experiment of my own while reading Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, Mary Roach's latest...
View ArticleSee What Emerges at Risk/Reward
The festival of new performance takes on identity and diaspora. by Suzette Smith "WEAUTOMATICALLY try to see patterns," says Jerry Tischleder, producing artistic director of the Risk/Reward Festival...
View ArticleStupid Kids' Blood and Guts in High School
John C. Russell's queer youth manifesto still resonates. by Megan Burbank OPENINGA LITTLE over a week before Sunday's horrific shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Stupid Kids, a...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
"It looks like the Mercury has perked enough interest with their fascist reporting."MAXIN' AND VAXXIN'RE: "Why Is Portland's Cinema 21 Showing Vaxxed?" [Blogtown, June 8], Erik Henriksen's interview...
View Article"Lives Matter"
Voices and pictures from Portland's #PulsePride vigil. by Doug Brown HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE in the Portland LGBTQ community and their allies gathered on Sunday evening, June 12, to mourn for and honor the...
View ArticleOur Place
What We Find in Gay Bars and Queer Clubs by Dan Savage The shooter targeted a nightclub where people came together to be with friends, to dance and to sing, and to live. The place where they were...
View ArticleMy Encounters with '80s Porn Star Al Parker
What I learned about him—and myself—after painting his portrait. by William Lunt THE FIRST TIME I saw him was on a giant screen at a bathhouse in the summer of 1984. Sitting on a carpeted banquette,...
View ArticleMy Girlfriend and I Just Visited North Carolina
We did not get beat up—we even got to go to the bathroom! by Sarah Galvin WHEN MY GIRLFRIEND Mary Anne suggested I accompany her to Charlotte, North Carolina, to meet her family and help move her...
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Things to Do: Pride Edition
Everything you want and need to do for Pride. Boyeurism: Beyond Borders A special Pride edition of Boyeurism, featuring performances by Dr. Chance de Valmont, Hydrangea Strangea, Daniel Girón, Jayla...
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