Q+A
COUNSELING
Marketplace
CHAZ VITALE
HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY? Queer
WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING?
I create custom tattoos and peddle
unicorn smut at Ritual Arts Tattoo and
Body Piercing. I also teach and practice
Reiki, a form of energy healing.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN
PORTLAND/OREGON? WHAT DO
YOU LOVE/HATE ABOUT IT?
I landed in the sweet-blossomed
bosom of Portlandia,12 years ago. I am
still smitten with the optimistic whimsy
of Portland. Competitive bearding, fat
pride, joggers dressed as superheroes
sprinting down MLK, dogs in nicer
formal wear than their owners, naked
bike parades, time-based arts happen-
ing in the streets, drool-inducing farm
fresh fruit.
WHAT’S YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING
MOMENT OR A PASSION YOU HAVE
THAT NO ONE WOULD GUESS?
My white hot passion for the melodic
tones of my steel-bodied, resonator
ukulele.
Photo by Horace Long
WHO DO YOU LOOK UP TO OR
REVERE IN THE GAY COMMUNITY OR
HISTORICALLY?
My current heroes range from the
witty and wise Judge Tonya Parker in
Texas, to the gutterslut glamour Divine.
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HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED DISCRIMI-
NATION WITHIN THE QUEER COM-
MUNITY?
Absolutely, and I have perpetuated it.
Shaking off the shame can make a hot
mess. There was a time that I attended
exclusive events in the name of "safe
space". Now that feels like flawed
thinking to me. Safety is not sameness.
WHAT'S AN IMPORTANT TOPIC THAT
THE LGBT COMMUNITY SHOULD BE
TALKING ABOUT AND ISN'T?
Our intersections.
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