Hot, Healthy and Curvaceous
May 14, 2010 – 4:42 pm | Comments

By Christian Messer
Photography by Rosemary Ragusa unless noted
Makeup & Hair By Michelle Lagos
As a society, we have come to believe that it is unacceptable to ridicule people based on race, religion or disability. However there …

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id Magazine Celebrates Year One…What’s Up for Year Two?
July 23, 2010 – 11:04 am | Comments

By Christian Messer
I’d like to thank everyone who has supported id Magazine from the beginning and throughout our first year. It has been one of the most rewarding experiences for me, and given some in …

Gay Bashings Spur Community Meeting Wednesday Night
June 1, 2010 – 5:54 pm | Comments

We first heard about apparent gay bashings over the holiday weekend via Facebook and a local singer’s website…other than that we don’t have much to go on as far as details, but the summer is …

Education Only One Way Empower Fitness is Different
May 19, 2010 – 11:48 am | Comments
Education Only One Way Empower Fitness is Different

By Christian Messer
I sat down with Troy West and Jill Nelson, owners of Empower Fitness, a untypical gym in downtown Portland. I wanted to get their professional and personal opinions and experiences with weight, and …

Take My Advice, I’m Not Using It!
May 14, 2010 – 4:10 pm | Comments

By Mike Hunt
My lover has email communication with her ex on an (almost) everyday basis. I know this because she and I share a computer. She doesn’t delete incriminating information, or always close her email …

Passion Fills Women’s Fillies Footbal Team
May 14, 2010 – 4:10 pm | Comments
Passion Fills Women’s Fillies Footbal Team

By Matthew Free
Between two bold white lines of 100-yards on tightly cut green grass fields framed by two towering yellow goal post women have come to battle full contact in the grid iron across the …

China Follows U.S., Ends Discriminatory HIV Travel Ban
April 28, 2010 – 1:54 pm | Comments

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Today, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, applauded China for ending its ban preventing those with HIV from traveling into the country. Kerry co-authored legislation and led …

Obama Orders Hospitals Give LGBT Visitation Rights
April 15, 2010 – 6:58 pm | Comments

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President Obama has sent a memo to the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a new rule that would prevent hospitals from denying LGBT couples visitation rights. In the memo, the …

Do You Approve or Oppose the City using sewer project fund “savings” to jump start the Bicycle Plan for 2030?
April 14, 2010 – 9:43 am | Comments

Update: We were contacted by Roy Kaufmann, Communications Director for Mayor Sam Adams with corrections to our post. We apologize for the implication that Mayor Adams was diverting funds from the Big Pipe Sewer …

Outrageous: McMillen Sent to Fake Prom
April 6, 2010 – 4:00 pm | Comments
Outrageous: McMillen Sent to Fake Prom

Lesbian teen Constance McMillen did finally get to go the prom…a fake one. The Advocate reports that McMillen was directed to a fake prom, while her classmates went to the “real’ prom held at a …

Breaking: Choi Arrested at White House Gates
March 18, 2010 – 12:57 pm | Comments

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Lt. Dan Choi and Jim Pietrangelo have been arrested at the White House while chaining themselves to the White House gate, protesting the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy.
After a Human …