If you have never been to Portland’s Gay Pride Festival, make this the year you just do it. In a city renowned for its diversity and free thinking, this is a great way to show your support. Plus, as festivals go, it’s a fun one.

It runs from June 13-14, with the parade starting things going at noon on Saturday. But, hold on to your boas: Just to keep it interesting (um, more interesting?), for the first time ever the celebration will kick off with a race. Oh, but not just any race… The parade will begin with the one-mile Portland Drag Race. Use your imagination, but expect rhinestones, feathers, and wigs.

For the second time, PGE, by purchasing enough carbon offsets from the Climate Trust of Oregon, will help make the Gay Pride Festival carbon-neutral. It’s one example of the festival’s message this year, “United We Stand.” So, let’s.

Ciao,
Emily

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