WQRC Pride Block Party

Hosted by Westside Queer Resource Center and the Hillsboro Downtown Partnership.

Come celebrate Pride with us at our WQRC Pride Block Party!
We're looking forward to sharing the following with you:

• Performance by Lady Berri Matthews
• Film screenings curated and hosted by Tauraro
  • Choke Hole: Drag Wrestlers Do Deutschland (2021)
    Director: Yony Leyser | Runtime: 22 mins
    Choke Hole follows the New Orleans-born queer drag wrestling collective Choke Hole as they tour Germany.
  • Paris is Burning (1990)
    Director: Jennie Livingston | Runtime: 80 min
    Paris Is Burning is a documentary that focuses on drag queens living in New York City and their "house" culture, which provides a sense of community and support for the flamboyant and often socially shunned QTBIPOC performers. Considered one of the foundations of QTBIPOC trans/queer history.
• Craft vendors
• Face painting by Mystique's Fancy Faces
• Art/Crafting stations
• Our own local author Mel E. Lemon
• Needle exchange with HIV Alliance
  
   

Timeline of Events:

• 11:00am - Event Begins
• 11:30am - Welcome
• 11:45am - Lady Berri Matthews Drag Performance
• 12pm - Tauraro Film Screening: Choke Hole: Drag Wrestlers Do Deutschland (22 mins)
• 12:30pm - Venus Guytrap Drag Performance
• 1:00pm - Lady Berri Matthews Drag Performance
• 1:30pm - Tauraro Film Screening: Paris is Burning (80 mins long)
• 3:00pm - Event Ends
   

We will continue to update this listing. See you there!