They’ll Come For Us Here, Too (If We Let Them)
A Bill Modeled After Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law Introduced in the Oregon Legislature
Tagged: queer
Eugene Community Holds Vigil After Colorado Springs Queer Nightclub Shooting
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...
Eugene Pride Goes Big for 2022
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 EDITORIAL: My Queer Agenda — Or ‘Project Straight-Jacket Liberation’
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...
REVIEW: Selections From the 17th Annual DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon
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....
Queer Heroes: Queeros
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...
What’s the Tea on Queer Eugene?
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...
Newberg Community Demands School District ‘Bring Back Joe’
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...
Save a needle, slap a doctor
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.
EDITORIAL: You Can Do Better, Eugene Pride. Here’s How.
Let Eugene Pride be another example for kink acceptance – and it doesn’t have to be a Folsom Street Fair-type event.