Night Avenger Dateline Oct. 2, 2004: The announcer on stage at I.C. Mummy speaks with a German accent as thick as his rococo mascara. He introduces the first drag-king and -queen wrestlers, Urtha Quake and Fanny Ma ...   More

Night Avenger The dimly lit Dunes is normally an under-the-radar music lover's refuge of indie rock and all things experimental, its mostly bare interior all but hidden by an unmarked industrial storefront on North ...   More

Special Section Sit with any group of disgruntled single women long enough and you'll hear it: "All the good men are either married or gay." While most straight men get defensive when confronted with that tired compl ...   More

Special Section At Willamette Week, we know gay events can be a bit mysterious to the average straight Joe and Jane. In our effort to help you decide what to attend, we've picked our favorites and rated them accordin ...   More

Special Section Back in the ancient past of the 1970s and 1980s, some clever queens devised the now-legendary "Hankie Code" to save time in discovering a potential shag's sexual proclivities. The code--a colored hank ...   More

Night Avenger History books offer few figures that stand as fiercely as the pirates beneath the fluttering skull and crossbones. They wrought havoc, they drank, they caroused, they fought. And though most people th ...   More