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When they have the space and budget, Judy on Duty also pulls off some impressive art installations, like the shiny black cars parked on the dance floor during the annual Time-Based Art Festival.

Twirl

various locations

This monthly North Portland daytime disco usually roosts at the World Famous Kenton Club but also pops up at the Get Down.

There is a range of draft beers on tap, snacks served at the bar, talented DJs to keep the party going, and an outside area if you're looking for somewhere quieter. ranch, bleu cheese, honey dejon, chipotle, ketchup, mustard, tarter, bbq, teriyaki. The city’s oldest surviving bars were havens in an openly homophobic era, while its newest venues join a chorus of voices against an increasingly transphobic national climate.

Part cocktail bar and part dance club, it’s an approachable introduction to LGBTQ+ nightlife, which is why it’s most Portlanders’ first gay bar. A talented cast of drag queens keep people entertained night after night, plus male dancers at the regular Midnight Show.

Bear, Fetish, Outdoor Seating, Dancing

Eagle is Portland's number one bear and leather bar, for the gays of these communities and their admirers.

Saturday karaoke nights are particularly popular, plus a daily happy hour with great value drinks. A full bar serves great drinks along with a delicious menu featuring an all-day breakfast and popular brunch.

Drag

Darcelle is the oldest drag club in the country, whose namesake holds the world record for the oldest working female impersonator.

Featured Events: weekly Friday & Saturday revues, Sunday Funday Brunch, and Catch a Rising Star

Scandals

Est. Food trucks serve up fusion cuisine to high-end restaurants focusing on farm-to-table fare, making this city a foodie’s delight. dipping sauce: spicy with blue cheese, teriyaki & bbq with ranch

2015 | pearl district

Stag’s interior—dark leather and bordello velvet, antler trophies and graffitied antique paintings—feels like a gay après-ski chalet strip club.

Featured Events: sunday afternoon jazz, Sister Bingo

Eagle Portland

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Jacques Strappe

various locations

Christopher Sky founded this “trashy-chic” queer dance party weeks before the pandemic hit Oregon, but the party goes on.

2012 | Sumner

This queer oasis in the Parkrose-Sumner neighborhood—blocks from a popular bingo hall and the scenic Catholic shrine the Grotto—is the PDX airport’s closest destination for a long, gay layover. Here’s hoping a fairy godmother will swoop in and save it at the last moment.

Featured Events: Towel Tuesdays, Underwear Wednesdays, Trans-uhh-Licious thursdays

Badlands

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Find your safe place and vibing tribe in this funky little city.