Gay Pride Celebration 1992

Lesbian and Gay Pride

Theme: “A Simple Matter of Justice”

Location: Tom McCall Waterfront Park

Date: June 20, 1992

Both articles above are from Alternative Connection newspaper, April 1992.

Per Pat Young’s Sept 11, 2000 draft for GLAPNtimeline June 8,000 attend the Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade.

Rainbow flags, drag queens, family ties: A visual history of Portland's Pride Parade - oregonlive.com “The city officially upgraded the march to “parade status,” increasing the amount of police and city support for the event. The number of participants continued to grow, with more than 8,000 joining in the march. Part of the reason for the spike in attendance was growing concern over a new proposed ballot measure from the Oregon Citizens Alliance, which would amend the Oregon Constitution to call homosexuality a perversion.

State Rep. Gail Shibley, the first openly lesbian politician to get elected to state office, urged supporters to get active: “We must show the people who would despise us, the respect and love for diversity that we demand of them. We must not give up and we must not give in. But we should give of ourselves and we should speak from the heart and those who have a heart will listen and respond.” Parade map from Alternative Connection newspaper June 1992, Photo credit below: Dana Olsen, The Oregonian

Check out the 1992 YouTube video here

All three above are from Alternative Connection newspaper, Above Left and Middle from June 1992; Above Right from August 1992; below articles are from Just out June & July 1992 https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/