Community
Queer Heroes NW has
named Frank Roa of
Hermiston one of its 30
heroes. Roa says there
are no LGBTQ or peo-
ple of color in leader-
ship roles or community
government in Morrow
County. He says he and
his community are not
accepted and prejudice
and racism are a huge
issue where he lives
and works in Eastern
Oregon.
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Bend & Beach
Oregon Coast Pride, the 5th annual event in
Lincoln City, is scheduled for September 6 to
9. The celebration will include a kick off drag
show at BK Mulligans and continue at Chi-
nook Winds Casino with The Big Gay Variety
Show, featuring one of America's funniest
lesbians Jennifer Lanier. Comedian and singer
Lisa Koch is headlining the festival.
Read more about Roa
on the Community
page at JustOut.com
www.OregonCoastPride.com
Bend hosts its 8th Annual Bend Pride
June 9. Stars and Rainbows, a local queer
social group, is working in collaboration with
Human Dignity Coalition to plan the family
friendly event at RiverBend Park.
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Heroes Northwest
The 30 queer heroes will be featured at the
Q Center throughout June, as well as in
Q Center’s booth at the waterfront Pride
festival.
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The portable display will be hitting the road
and making the rounds all over community
centers, schools, churches, and businesses.
www.humandignitycoalition.org
Frank Roa is one queer Hero. The executive
director for Umatilla Morrow Alternatives
(human dignity group) has lived in Eastern
Oregon since he was 4.
www.pdxQcenter.org
Staff Photo
The Q Center and the Gay & Lesbian Ar-
chives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN)
are partnering on a multi-media celebra-
tion of local LGBTQ pioneers and lead-
ers, Queer Heroes NW. The project will be
unveiled this month.
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Brownstein's Memoir
Local musician, comedienne, writer and queer icon Carrie Brownstein might just have some inter-
esting things to say in her upcoming memoir. The forthcoming tome from Riverhead Books has yet
to have a pub date or a title but the internet is already abuzz with the news.
Brownstein started her career with the Olympia-named Sleater-Kinney, an alternative rock band,
and continued other musical projects forming her current band Wild Flag with fellow indie-credi-
ble members Mary Timony, Rebecca Cole and Janet Weiss. She is also a co-creator and star, along
with SNL’s Fred Armisen, of the hit IFC homage/spoof on our town, Portlandia, as well as former
music writer for The Believer and Monitor Mix blog for NPR.
June 2012