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of Embers, Lien says the couple
were looking for a new venture
that was not Internet-based. “We
wanted to be part of the commu
nity where customers could come
in and feel and experience
designer fashion. This is really
important because many of our
products are made of unique
fabrics like bamboo, soy, hemp
and milk fiber,” says Lien.
Under U 4 Men carries the
complete line of C-IN2 men’s
wear as well as products from 18
other designer and fashion lines
including Papi, Boiish, G-Storm,
Larry Laughead (left) and Steven Lien bring men's underwear to
Pulse, Wax, Artificial Flavor, Just
a new level of chic.
Us Boyz and Julio from Spain.
The concept for the store developed when Lien
“The store will definitely appeal to the gay male,
and his partner of 20 years, Larry Laughead, trav
where a spouse can purchase a gift tor his signifi
eled through Europe and Asia. “Men’s underwear
cant other that he’d like to see him in. We also
stores similar to what U.S. women have with
have SHOWit technology products for guys hitting
Victoria’s Secret are fairly common there,” he says.
the clubs who want to show off a little,” Lien adds.
Lien and Laughead are supporters of Basic
This new downtown boutique is sure to be a
Rights Oregon and the Human Rights Campaign
destination, whether you’re looking for underwear,
and were “one of lucky 3,000 couples who got
swimwear, sleepwear, male body care or live, in
store models! ©
married in Multnomah County.” A former owner
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Portland Ranks as
Fourth-Gayest City
The release of new data in October allowed a
researcher from University of California’s Williams
Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public
Policy to make new estimates regarding same-sex
couples and the queer population in the United
States.
According to the report, the number of same-sex
couples grew by more than 30 percent from 2000 to
2005. The report states that this rapid increase most
likely results from larger numbers of same-sex
couples willing to report the nature of their relation
In the hands of queer college students, odd Fridays
ship to the Census Bureau.
at the Escape Nightclub will never be the same.
The study also shows that Portland ranks fourth
among the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas with
more accurately understand and represent sexual
the greatest estimated percentage of gays in the | minorities.
adult population. Gay, lesbian and bisexual adults
represent an estimated 8.8 percent of the popula
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Who knows how to party better than the
Wash. San Francisco ranks first with 15.4 percent,
followed by Seattle and Boston.
college crowd? As of November, the Greater
Senior research fellow Gary Gates used data on
Portland Intercollegiate Queer Society has taken
over the Escape Nightclub on the first, third and
same-sex couples from the U.S. census and the
fifth Fridays of every month.
American Community Survey to generate estimates
on state and local queer populations. Analyses from
This is about more than just fun. The society
receives $3 of the cover charge each person pays as
the National Survey of Family Growth found that
he or she walks in the door. According to society co
4.1 percent of adults between 18 and 45 identify as
gay, lesbian and bisexual. Gates then used that per
founder and Reed College student Jeff Maguire, the
centage to arrive at 8.8 million gay, lesbian and
funds given to area college-based queer groups will
bolster their presence on their respective campuses.
bisexual adults nationwide. Assuming the proportion
of same-sex couples living in a given locality is the
Reed, Portland State University and Lewis Si
same as that of all queers in that area, Gates multi Clark College “have the most active queer groups
and don’t need money,” Maguire says, but schools
plied 8.8 by the percentage of same-sex couples to
like Portland and Clackamas Community Colleges
estimate the size of rhe population.
and Linfield College “get between $50 and $100 for
While the study does not suggest that the num
ber of gays, lesbians and bisexuals in the country is
the entire year. Now I know why these groups on
campuses have been doing so poorly.”
growing, it does reveal that more Americans are
willing to come out and be counted. It also provides
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