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A New New Route for
Pride Parade
As Just Out went to print, details still had
not been released regarding a new route for
this years Pride parade. News o f a second
change broke just weeks after an early March
announcement by Pride Northwest organiz
ers that the 2010 parade would all but bypass
Downtown Portland— including high-profile
Pioneer Courthouse Square— in favor o f Stark
Street and Old Town.
Word o f the first change prompted criti
cism over what would essentially redirect Pride
weekend’s main event from more mainstream
visibility to an LGBTQ^centric route that
would showcase mainstays like Hobos and
Embers.
When contacted about the initial deci
sion, Pride NW Parade Chair Pat Olson was
adamant that it boiled down to the financial
bottom line: new city procedure would cost
the nonprofit almost four times what it used
to in fees. “Originally, we paid $650 for our
permit,” Olson explained. “With the new law
the city has to recoup a percentage o f the cost.
So [with] the barricades, the street closure, ev
erything ... our cost would have been roughly
about $2,300 dollars.”
Olson wouldn’t comment on the specifics
o f the second change, but said the cause was
a matter of practicality, not politics. Allison
Madsen, who handles the Pride parade per
mitting for the City of Portland, confirmed
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that the latest revision was due to “logistics
and a conflict with existing events.”
As o f press time, Pride Northwest had not
responded to repeated requests to obtain the
newest parade route. Just Out will continue to
follow this story in print and at blogout.jus-
tout.com. This year’s Pride parade is planned
for Sunday, June 20.
-A m anda Schurr
queerPDXGRLconnection
Seeks Members
After failing to find a community o f lesbi
ans interested in the same laid-back approach
to socializing, Ana Orozco decided to form
one. And so, on March 29, queerPD XGRL
connection was born.
“I was discovering that a lot o f my lesbian
friends were having a hard time finding things
to do outside the bar,” Orozco said. The newly
established group— headed up by Orozco, her
partner Chrys Barklow and friend Michelle
Colangelo— plans to host a variety o f “crazy,
ridiculous and off-the-wall” activities ranging
from tricycle racing to speed dating.
While Orozco said she’s heard o f other
lesbian activities networks, she wanted to
create a group that was “more open and more
free” and encouraged a mix o f singles and
couples, and o f older and younger women.
She hopes queerPDXGRLconnection
will attract lesbians who can dedicate one
day every month or so to activities, and who
are willing to share their enthusiasm with
others.
Being so new, the group is also open to
suggestions and input from potential mem
bers. No events will be scheduled until more
people join.
“It’s going to be changing a lot,” Orozco
said. “I had a bunch o f ideas but I’m taking
suggestions as far as what people want.”
The best way to get involved is to join the
queerPDXGRLconnection page on Face-
book. Orozco said the non-Facebook crowd
can contact her via her personal email ad
dress: ana.orozco@hotmail.com.
- Erin Rook
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