PrideScape Pride Northwest

In this episode, Pride Northwest Executive Director Debra Porta is joined by the Development Director of Rose Haven, Liz Starke. Debra and Liz discuss the services Rose Haven provides day-to-day as the only day shelter and community center specifically serving women, children, and gender-diverse people in Portland. The conversation also includes topics such as how the LGBTQIA2S+ community is impacted by homelessness and the barriers they face accessing services, the landscape of current needs for houseless and housing-insecure people in Portland, and the no-daytime camping ban in Portland and how that has affected houseless folks, shelters, and service providers.

To learn more about Rose Haven's crucial work in the community and how to get involved, please visit rosehaven.org. To stay updated on Pride Northwest's programs, visit pridenw.org. To contribute to Pride Northwest's Fall & Winter Community Impact Drive, of which Rose Haven is a beneficiary recipient, please check out our Impact Drive page here: https://www.pridenw.org/community-impact-drive




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Pride Northwest is excited to support Portland Backpack as part of this year's Community Impact Drive. Portland Backpack's Mission is to serve children who are at risk of hunger by providing food sacks for weekend days when food scarcity is higher. They believe that engaging the community in their efforts creates a greater impact that reached beyond reducing hunger. Learn more about this growing organization and how you can help support their efforts.


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For this PrideScape conversation, Pride Northwest Executive Director Debra Porta sat down with Madi Bourdon, local school counselor, GSA leader, and children's book author. Madi was formerly the school counselor and GSA leader for a Portland area elementary school that faced extreme backlash, doxxing, and violent threats over a planned Pride event that ultimately was cancelled for the safety of everyone involved. Debra and Madi discuss and break down what happened with Madi's former GSA and the anti-LGBTQIA2S+ vitriol over their Pride event, how she, the other organizers, and the school community were impacted, and how they were able to pivot in order to still hold a (private) Pride event for the GSA members and their families. The two also discuss the children’s book surrounding chosen family that Madi is crowdfunding for, and how people can help. Due to safety concerns, the crowdfunding page is not public, but if you are interested in contributing to Madi's book fund, please email debra.porta@pridenw.org and a link to the page will be shared with you.



As always, please check out pridenw.org for more details about Pride Northwest's year-round work supporting the LGBTQIA2S+ community in Oregon and Southwest Washington.


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In this extended episode, Executive Director of The Equi Institute Katie Cox returns to the PrideScape program to chat with Pride Northwest Executive Director Debra Porta once again. The two discuss updates from Equi and how the landscape of LGBTQIA2S+ supportive services looks currently, the work being done in the LGBTQIA2S+ housing collaborative the two organizations are founding members of, the wave of queer and trans newcomers to Oregon from conservative states, and the LGBTQIA2S+ Oregon survey project launching at 2024 Portland Pride. To stay up to date on the crucial work The Equi Institute is performing for the trans, queer, gender diverse and intersex community, and to support their efforts, please visit their website at https://www.equi-institute.org/.


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In this episode, Executive Director Debra Porta sits down with Ian Morton, the new Director of Programs at Pride Northwest. The two discuss what this new position means for Pride Northwest, goals for the upcoming year and beyond, and how this year's Portland Pride Waterfront Festival and Parade went. To learn more about Pride Northwest's programs and get involved, visit pridenw.org.


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In this episode, Pride Northwest Executive Director Debra Porta speaks with Cayla McGrail and Eden Dabbs from the LGBTQ+ Historic Sites Project, which is housed within the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability’s Historic Resources Program. The LGBTQ+ Historic Sites Project is a multi-year effort that works to identify, document, and preserve historic places and resources associated with lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer+ histories. Debra, Cayla, and Eden discuss the origins of the project, its timeline and goals, why it's important to document and preserve LGBTQ+ histories, and how you as a community member can get involved. If you are interested in submitting a site to be considered, please follow this link: https://www.portland.gov/bps/planning/historic-resources/lgbtq-historic-sites/questionnaire Additionally, you can contact Cayla at cayla.mcgrail@portlandoregon.gov.


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