Ndili limodzi mwa anthu okhala ndi LGBT m'dzikoli, mzinda wamtunda wa Portland umakhalanso ndi mbiri yolimba ngati mzinda wamakono. Sakanizani mapulogalamu a chibwenzi ndi mapulogalamu omwe mumakhala nawo nthawi zonse, ndipo mudzapeza anyamata ambiri omwe amadziwika ngati bwalo lachibwana ndi ndale, ndi chiwerengero chochuluka cha amuna omwe ali pachibwenzi kapena poyera, anthu ena ochepa, komanso ambiri a anyamata osiyanasiyana kutseguka kwa kugonana popanda anthu ambiri pa msinkhu, mtundu, thupi lathunthu, ndi zina zotero.
Ndi mzinda wokongola kwambiri wopezeka kugonana kokondweretsa ngati muzindikira chimbalangondo, nayenso.
Portland ili ndi malo awiri omwe amachitira anyamata. Kuchokera pa I-84, kuchoka pa 1 kapena 2 (malingana ndi momwe mukuchokera), Steam Portland yokongola (2885 NE Sandy Blvd., 503-736-9999) ndi yabwino kwambiri, yoyera, komanso yotchuka gay sauna. Tsegulani nthawi yozungulira, kampaniyi yapadera imayambitsa kusakanizirana kwa alendo ndi anthu ena - ili kumbali ya East Side, pafupi ndi madera a Hollywood ndi Lloyd Center, ndipo ndi galimoto yokhala ndi mphindi 10 kapena taxi kuchokera kumzinda. Nthambi ndi malo apakati, monga momwe mzinda umafanana ndi Portland - umakhala wotanganidwa pamapeto a sabata, koma monga saunas ambiri, makamu ambiri nthawi zina amatha masabata. Gulu la anthu pano liri losakanikirana bwino, kuchokera kwa ophunzira kupita kwa akatswiri pakati pa 30s ndi '40s kufika zaka zambiri.
Mzinda wina wa kugonana wa chiwerewere wakhalapo kwa zaka zingapo, ndipo ndi msuweni ku gulu lina lofanana ku Las Vegas : Hawks oyera, otetezeka, ndi okonzeka bwino (234 SE
Grand Ave., pa SE Ash St., 503-946-8659) ili pafupi ndi Burnside Bridge kuchokera kumzinda, mu Inner Southeast Industrial. Gulu logonana labwino komanso lodziwika bwino likutsatira kwambiri mafani a S & M, kugonana kwa magulu, ndi kusewera. Pakati panu mudzapeza malo olemekezeka, zigawo zitatu, malo osungirako madzi, gawo la masewera a madzi, zimbalangondo ndi maphwando okhwima, ndi zinthu zina zosangalatsa.
Zina zowonjezera pa malowa-monga banga ndizitsulo, mchere wa mkungudza, chipinda cha nthunzi, ndi mafakitale omwe amagwiritsa ntchito mafakitale omwe amagonana ndi achiwerewere kapena zolaula za '70s ndi' 80s. Antchito ndi okoma mtima komanso othandiza, nawonso.
Portland imakhalanso ndi mavoti ovomerezeka mwalamulo pamtsinje wa Columbia pamtsinje waukulu wa Columbia, kuphatikizapo Collins Beach ku Sauvie Island, yomwe ili ndi mphindi 40 kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa mzindawu, ndipo Rooster Rock State Park (yotchedwanso "Cock Rock "), yomwe ili mumtsinje waukulu wa Columbia ndipo inafika mphindi 30 pa I-84.
Komanso onani Portland Gay Nightlife Guide kwa zambiri pa gay scene scene.