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Election nights is tomorrow! Here are the important things to know! • Ballots must be in by Official Ballot Boxes by 8PM, so don't wait, get your ballots in ASAP! Oregon is at just 36% of ballots returned, so get that ballot in the box!

Today for Bisexual Awareness Week we are highlighting the common myths associated with this sexual orientation. pridenw.org/pridenwblog/my…

Text Image 2: Bisexual bi·​sex·​u·​al | bī-ˈsek-sh(ə-)wəl | adjective 1. characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to people of one's own gender identity and of other gender identities *(Merriam-Webster Dictionary) 2. also/or characterized by the inability to sit straight]

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This week is Bisexual Awareness Week! We will be sharing info about what bisexuality is and the common myths associated with this sexual orientation. Have any questions you want answered? Let us know in the comments! #bisexualawarenessweek #bisexualawareness #pridenorthwest

Happy Gay Uncles Day! This visibility day was created as a way to celebrate and increase the visibility of gay people as a way to encourage more folks to come out. This day we also celebrate our aunts and piblings (the term used for non-binary folks)! #guncle #pridenorthwest

If you lost something at the Portland Pride Waterfront Festival this weekend, reach out to Kari Anne at khorton@pridenw.org to see if it was turned into us.

Pride Northwest has been awarded the 2021 Gay Travel Awards winner in the Pride (US) category! The Portland Pride Waterfront Festival and Parade is one of the largest display of LGBTQ+ artistic, cultural, and community contributions, we look forward to seeing you this June 18-19!

Listen to Pridescape's final episode of the year. This extended episode features Iden Campbell, founder of Twelve6, which focuses on suicide prevention, especially among BIPOC LGBTQIA2S+ folks. Content Warning, this episode discusses suicide. twelve6.org

Trans Awareness Week, observed the week of November 13-19, raises awareness of the trans community through advocacy and education and leads up to Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors and memorializes victims of anti-trans violence on November 20 fb.me/e/2DoqO9wJI

What is Asexuality? Asexuality is the lack of sexual attraction to others, or lack of desire for sexual activity. Asexuals are not afraid of intimacy and do not hate sex, although some are sex averse, some are not. Asexuals exist on a spectrum.

Today is International Intersex Awareness Day! Intersex is an umbrella term that describes bodies that fall outside the strict male/female binary. There are lots of ways someone can be intersex. To learn more go to intersexday.org

It's AceWeek! Asexuality is an umbrella term, and exists on a spectrum. Asexual People - also known as “ace” or “Aces” may have little interest in sex but still desire an emotional intimate relationship. In the Ace community there are many ways to Identify. #AceWeek

Today is International Pronouns Day! Always ask someone if you don't know the pronouns they use. For more info on pronouns go to pronounsday.org/resources

CALL FOR ART! LGBTQIA2S+ Youth between the ages of 14-22 years old are invited to submit their artwork to the Pride Northwest LGBTQIA2S+ Youth Artwork Contest. To submit your artwork and contest rules go to pridenw.org/artwork-contest

Pridescape, the official podcast of @PDXPrideNW interviewed author Patricia J. Gallegos about her young adult #LGBTQ debut novel, THE VIEW FROM MY WINDOW. Tune in via link below. hubs.ly/H0T9csv0

These are some of the LGBTQ+ trailblazers being honored through the first and only LGBTQ+ mural in Portland, Oregon, which Pride Northwest, Inc is supporting and sponsoring. To learn more about them visit pridenw.org/neverlookaway