They’ve got a street named after Harvey Milk, legally-mandated, gender-neutral bathrooms, Gus van Sant, and Darcelle XV, Guinness record holder for the world’s oldest drag queen. Portland was the first major city in America to elect a gay mayor (sorry, Pete Buttigieg, but Sam Adams has you beat by four years). It’s just the whole city.”Ībout 5 percent of Portlanders identify as LGBTQ, and together, they’ve built a queer culture that’s woven deeply into the fabric of the city. First-time, queer visitors to Portland often ask where the gayborhood is.
