The History...
OFFICIAL HISTORY OF OREGONLEATHERPRIDE.ORG

The following is a history of

the events of Oregon Leather Pride

 
June 16-17, 1989
1st Leather Pride Weekend in Portland
Sponsored by ORGASM, NLA Portland

June 17, 1989
12th Portland Gay Pride Parade & Festival
Waterfront Park

Theme: "Stonewall 20 Years Later: A Generation of Pride"
Judy Tallwing-McCarthey is one of four Grand Marshals
Leather Pride Flag makes first public appearance at Portland Gay Pride,
sewn by Maggie Bragg and [name redacted] from Tony DeBlase design, carried
by NLA contingent
ORGASM has an information table and sells t-shirts
Spread Eagle Productions performs between 2-3:30 pm
Program book has a dedication to Sashie Hyatt
Kevin Koesel is on Pride Planning Committee

June 15-17, 1990
2nd Leather Pride Weekend in Portland
Sponsored by NLA: Portland, ORGASM, Knights of Malta: Cascade Chapter, and
Portland Power & Trust

August 18-25, 1991
1st Leather Pride Week in Portland
Sponsored by NLA: Portland, ORGASM, Knights of Malta: Cascade Chapter

August 16-23, 1992
2nd Leather Pride Week in Portland
Sponsored by NLA: Portland, ORGASM, and Knights of Malta: Cascade Chapter

August 14-22, 1993
3rd Portland Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by NLA: Portland and Knights of Malta: Cascade Chapter

August 12-21, 1994
4th Portland Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by NLA: Portland and Knights of Malta: Cascade Chapter

August 11-16, 1995
5th Portland Leather Pride Weekend
Sponsored by "Greater Portland Leather Association"

August 3-11, 1996
6th Oregon Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by NLA: Portland

August 1-10, 1997
7th Oregon Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by NLA: Portland and Blackout Leather Productions

August 7-16, 1998
8th Oregon Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by NLA: Portland and Blackout Leather Productions

August 6-15, 1999
9th Oregon Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by PLA and Blackout Leather Productions

August 4-13, 2000
10th Oregon Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by PLA, Blackout Leather Productions, InUniform.net, ISRC

August 4, 2000
Andy Mangels writes feature article on Leather Pride Week for Just Out
newspaper
interviews KT Chase, Michael Marks, Dustin Posner, Ruth, Paul Tucker

August 3-12, 2001
11th Oregon Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by PLA, Blackout Leather Productions, InUniform.net, ISRC

August 2-11, 2002
12th Oregon Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by PLA, Blackout Leather Productions, InUniform.net, ISRC, and
Bad Girls
Don Hood gets Portland Mayor Vera Katz to sign a proclamation for Leather
Pride Week,
making Portland the second city in the US to get such a proclamation (after
San Francisco)

August 1-10, 2003
13th Oregon Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by PLA, Blackout Leather Productions, InUniform.net, ISRC, and
Bad Girls

September 23, 2003
Leather Pride Week 2004 Community Meeting at Embers back room
7-8:30 pm - all Portland groups meet to discuss making LPW more successful
and united Leather Pride Committee is formed

August 6-15, 2004
14th Oregon Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by Oregon Leather Pride Committee, PLA, Blackout Leather
Productions, InUniform.net, ISRC, and Bad Girls

August 5-14, 2005
15th Oregon Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by Oregon Leather Pride Committee, Bad Girls, Blackout Leather
Productions, In Uniform, Oregon Bears, Portland Leather Alliance, ISRC, Oregon
Leather Fraternity (info incomplete)
Article in Just Out; 8/5/2005, Vol. 22 Issue 19, p43-43, 1/4p

August 3-13, 2006
16th Oregon Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by Oregon Leather Pride Committee, Bad Girls, Blackout Leather
Productions, In Uniform, Oregon Bears, Portland Leather Alliance, Whipper
Snappers, ISRC, Queer Fetish, Get'er Done Community Productions, PacificFriction
Article in Just Out; 7/21/2006, Vol. 23 Issue 18, p22-25, 3p

August 3-12, 2007
17th Oregon Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by Oregon Leather Pride Committee, Bad Girls, Blackout Leather
Productions, In Uniform, Oregon Bears, Portland Leather Alliance, Whipper
Snappers, ISRC, Queer Fetish

August 1-8, 2008
18th Oregon Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by Oregon Leather Pride Committee, Bad Girls, Blackout Leather
Productions, In Uniform, Oregon Bears, Portland Leather Alliance, Whipper
Snappers, ISRC, Portland Boys of Leather, Portland Leather Men, Sexual Health
for Men Coalition

July 31-August 9, 2009
19th Oregon Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by Oregon Leather Pride Committee, Bad Girls, Blackout Leather
Productions, In Uniform, Oregon Bears, The Conservatory, Pride Northwest,
Gender (Free) for All, Portland Leather Alliance, Whipper Snappers

August 6-August 15, 2010
20th Oregon Leather Pride Week
Sponsored by Oregon Leather Pride Committee, Bad Girls, Blackout Leather
Productions, In Uniform, Oregon Bears, The Conservatory, Pride Northwest,
Gender (Free) for All, Portland Leather Alliance, Whipper Snappers, ISRC, Portland Leather Men