• Femme for Femme Community Night (FREE in-person event)

    Femme for Femme Community Night

    Come celebrate Portland’s Femme for Femme community at She Bop! This is a FREE, private event by and for queer, lesbian, bi, and/or pansexual fem(me)s who love fem(me)s. Anyone who considers themselves fem of center is encouraged to join us. We will have refreshing drinks, games, and gifts to take home!

  • Queer Your Orgasm!

    Marla Renee Stewart

    Having an orgasm the same way every time can get redundant. If you're bored with your masturbation routine, this class with Marla Renee Stewart is for you! In this workshop, we're celebrating our pride by learning ways to queer our orgasms, whether on our own or with someone else.

  • Queer Safer Sex

    Stella Harris

    Sex education rarely addresses queer sex, and that leaves people trying to figure it out on their own. In this class, Stella Harris will break down sexual risks based on body parts and acts, rather than gender or identity, covering everything you need to know to have a comprehensive safer sex negotiation.

  • Queering Up Your Relationships

    Bex Mui

    Building relationships isn't always easy, and it can be especially tricky for us in the LGBTQIA+ community who aren't seeing ourselves all around us in this hetero and cis-normed world. In this class, Bex Mui, MEd (she/her) will share a variety of relationship structures, ways to build healthy, consensual queer connections, and give…

  • Industry spotlight

    Shine Louise Houston’s newest porn adventure

    Between the adult industry and the queer community, Shine Louise Houston is household name. She has been creating erotic queer cinema for almost a decade with Pink & White Productions, and is known as the mastermind behind The Crash Pad, a long running porn series about a secretive San Francisco apartment where queer…

  • Musings

    Shine Louise Houston’s latest queer venture

    Many in the adult industry are familiar with Shine Louise Houston’s work. She’s the founder of Pink & White Productions, which has been in operation for 10 years. She’s the mastermind behind The Crash Pad, a porn series about a secretive San Francisco apartment where queer folks go to have spectacular sex. Her other films, Superfreak, The Wild…

  • Industry spotlight

    Industry Spotlight: Courtney Trouble

    Gifted with a Polaroid instant camera at age 8, Courtney Trouble was destined to be an artist. As a teenager in Washington, they spent their days in their high school’s dark room — and their nights running in grunge and riot grrrl circles. Trouble attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, where they continued pursuing print and digital…

  • Industry spotlight

    Industry Spotlight: Shine Louise Houston

    Shine Louise Houston grew up in Southern California, where the beaches were all the rage. As a boogie-boarding tomboy, her earliest career aspirations included veterinarian, archaeologist, and designer — but her first venture as an entrepreneur involved completing other kids’ science homework for $2 a packet. Houston graduated from San Francisco Arts Institute with a Bachelors…

  • Awards, nominations, and press,  Community,  Musings,  News

    Portland Queer Girl City Guide

    Have you seen Autostraddle’s Queer Girl City Guide to Portland? This in-depth guide lists all kinds of queer-friendly restaurants, bars, coffee shops, strip clubs, hair salons, and tattoo shops in PDX, as well as events — such as queer dance nights, Portland Pride, and a plethora of other rad LGBTQ functions. There’s a lot of…