Here you can find interviews with folks engaged in some aspect of Portland’s public sex cultures over the last fifty years. More interviews will be added as the project expands. Are you interested in sharing your stories? Get in touch!
1970′s
A gay man who grew up in Gorham describes learning to cruise in Portland’s department store bathrooms as a young teenager.
1990′s
Wendy and Erica talk about their political relationships to Portland’s anti-cruising ordinances and dyke public sex.
Shayne Timberlake describes his teenage years cruising Portland’s Eastern Promenade and his current relationship to public sex and cruising online.
A gay man describes the kinds of experiences and spaces he has cruised in Portland, L/A and Bangor.
2000′s
Andrew describes his childhood queer sexual awakening and the primary role public spaces played in understanding and honoring his queer sexuality.
