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== Portland LGBT Pride Festival & Parade == == Portland LGBT Pride Festival & Parade ==


Portland's Waterfront Pride Festival and Parade is produced every June by Pride Northwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2017/06/rainbow_flags_drag_queens_prou.html|title=Rainbow flags, drag queens, family ties: A visual history of Portland's Pride Parade|first=Grant|last=Butler|date=16 June 2017|website=oregonlive.com}}</ref> Portland's Pride Weekend is normally scheduled the third weekend following Memorial Day, or the weekend after the conclusion of the ]. The Portland Pride Festival is held at ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/363480-243772-loud-and-proud-portland-pride-festival-celebrates-love-acceptance|title=Loud and proud: Portland Pride festival celebrates love, acceptance|first=Lyndsey|last=Hewitt|work=]}}</ref> and provides visibility for almost 200 LGBTQ and allied community organizations, businesses and other exhibitors, as well as musical, comedy and other performances throughout the weekend. Portland's Waterfront Pride Festival and Parade is produced every June by Pride Northwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2017/06/rainbow_flags_drag_queens_prou.html|title=Rainbow flags, drag queens, family ties: A visual history of Portland's Pride Parade|first=Grant|last=Butler|date=16 June 2017|work=]}}</ref> Portland's Pride Weekend is normally scheduled the third weekend following Memorial Day, or the weekend after the conclusion of the ]. The Portland Pride Festival is held at ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/363480-243772-loud-and-proud-portland-pride-festival-celebrates-love-acceptance|title=Loud and proud: Portland Pride festival celebrates love, acceptance|first=Lyndsey|last=Hewitt|work=]}}</ref> and provides visibility for almost 200 LGBTQ and allied community organizations, businesses and other exhibitors, as well as musical, comedy and other performances throughout the weekend.


Pride Northwest's Portland Pride Parade is held on Sunday morning during Pride weekend and features a yearly theme. Over 150 organizations and businesses follow the parade route, beginning at the at Burnside St. and ending at the Waterfront. Tens of thousands of spectators line the parade route during its almost three-hour span. Pride Northwest also sponsors the Portland ], the Trans Pride March, during Pride weekend. Pride Northwest's Portland Pride Parade is held on Sunday morning during Pride weekend and features a yearly theme. Over 150 organizations and businesses follow the parade route, beginning at the at Burnside St. and ending at the Waterfront. Tens of thousands of spectators line the parade route during its almost three-hour span. Pride Northwest also sponsors the Portland ], the Trans Pride March, during Pride weekend.

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Pride Northwest, Inc. is a 501c3, community-based regional LGBT Pride organization, based in Portland, Oregon, whose mission is "to encourage and celebrate the positive diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans communities, and to assist in the education of all people through the development of activities that showcase the history, accomplishments, and talents of these communities."

Portland LGBT Pride Festival & Parade

Portland's Waterfront Pride Festival and Parade is produced every June by Pride Northwest. Portland's Pride Weekend is normally scheduled the third weekend following Memorial Day, or the weekend after the conclusion of the Portland Rose Festival. The Portland Pride Festival is held at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, and provides visibility for almost 200 LGBTQ and allied community organizations, businesses and other exhibitors, as well as musical, comedy and other performances throughout the weekend.

Pride Northwest's Portland Pride Parade is held on Sunday morning during Pride weekend and features a yearly theme. Over 150 organizations and businesses follow the parade route, beginning at the at Burnside St. and ending at the Waterfront. Tens of thousands of spectators line the parade route during its almost three-hour span. Pride Northwest also sponsors the Portland Dyke March, the Trans Pride March, during Pride weekend.

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  2. Butler, Grant (16 June 2017). "Rainbow flags, drag queens, family ties: A visual history of Portland's Pride Parade". The Oregonian.
  3. Hewitt, Lyndsey. "Loud and proud: Portland Pride festival celebrates love, acceptance". Portland Tribune.

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