The 2017 Pride Parade on Sunday featured 150 groups, showing support for Portland's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. It was followed by a festival on the Willamette waterfront.
Portland just celebrated what is being counted by some as it’s 42nd city-wide LGBTQIA+ gathering, a day that had it’s origins as giant cook-outs in the park and morphed into the week-long celebration, culminating with a giant parade.
And as great as #PDXPride is, I think it’s fair to say that Portland (and it’s Pride) still has many diversity issues to be addressed, mainly that Portland was and remains an overwhelmingly white city lacking much in terms of diversity, and also recognizing that groups not affiliated with large corporations have fought and struggled to get a foothold in official recognition. Congrats to organizers like those of the #PortlandTransMarch who have, year after year, established an ever-growing movement that demonstrates that #Pride is not just for white gay men
