Gay Pride Celebration 1984

Lesbian and Gay Pride

Location: Waterfront Park

Theme: Put Power in Diversity

Date: June 16, 1984

All items are from Cascade Voice newspaper, June 1, 1984

Per the website Portland, OR Pride celebrations date back to the 1970s (koin.com) “Fast forward to 1984, and a formal Pride committee has been formed to plan the annual event.
Unfortunately, the organizing group went bankrupt in 1993. Pride Northwest was created the following year so that pride celebrations could still go on in the years to come.”

Per Oregonianlive.com Darcelle XV (Walter Cole) and Mitchell Underwood participate in the annual Pride Parade in 1984.© Randy Rasmussen/oregonlive.com/TNS Portland Pride Parade’s Grand Marshal isn’t just one person this year (msn.com) [see below Left]; below Right, from June 1, 1986, Just Out newspaper; bottom articles are from Just Out newspaper June 1984 https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/