Heady Writing From the Streets of Eugene, Oregon
Thoughts on the Impacts of Stochastic Terrorism On Trans People Content Warning: Please be advised that the following essay contains references to physical assault, sexual assault, extreme transphobia and homophobia, anti-trans and anti-gay language,...
A Bill Modeled After Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law Introduced in the Oregon Legislature
On Nov. 20, the Eugene community gathered for a candlelight vigil following the night prior where a white 21-year-old shot and killed five and wounded over two dozen at Club Q, a queer nightclub in...
It’s August and that means Eugene Pride! The event weekend kicked off on Friday with two pre-Pride parties—one at the Monkey’s Paw in Springfield at 8 p.m. and another at Cowfish Dance Club in...
Guest Author: Nikolai Serban Evangelicals have long accused our community of having a secret plan to take over America, recruit their children, and destroy their Christian Family Values, replacing them with ambiguous yet always...
Editor’s Note: This film festival review includes spoilers. The 17th Annual DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon returned to Eugene and was mostly held virtually this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic....
It is neither here nor there why the great rainbow decided to take Betty White. Asking why someone as influential and yet still in possession of their essential humanity has been stripped from us—in...
In a city with just one Queer bar and less than a handful of LGBTQ+ organizations, Eugene lacks the expansive Queer community, resources, and spaces that our brethren in Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle...
On Nov. 9, late into the evening, the Newberg School Board voted 4-3 to remove Superintendent Dr. Joe Morelock. Two days later, on Nov. 11—Veterans Day—the community responded in protest outside of the district...
There are those who like the doctors, and those who do not. I was a strange sort of child, and enjoyed going to the doctors. I liked knowing what was going on with my body, and still do. Unlike other sciences, the medical field was one that felt closer to truth. I could trust the diagnostics, the examinations and suggestions, because cold, hard facts backed their claims. I felt as if my person was more mine the more I knew of its functions, so regardless of what afflictions put me there in the first place, I found comfort in those bleak offices.
