Celebrating Pride Month 2022 | All Classical Portland

Posted on May 31, 2022

June is LGBTQI+ Pride Month! All Classical Portland wishes a happy and healthy Pride to all of our friends in the community.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) Pride Month is celebrated each year in commemoration of the June 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan–a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States.
To commemorate the month, All Classical Portland is shining an extra special spotlight on the lives and works LGBTQI+ community members, and many of the invaluable contributions they have made to classical music.

Read on for some of the highlights you’ll hear when you tune in at 89.9 FM in Portland or anywhere in the world via the live player on our website.

Programming Highlights &More

ON AIR – Throughout the month, All Classical Portland’s programming will include works written and performed by LGBTQI+ musicians.
ICAN – On Thursday, June 23, 2022, at 5:00 PM PT and Sunday, June 26 at 8:00 AM PT, the International Children’s Arts Network will feature My Magic Family by author Lotte Jeffs, as part of their Audio Book Tour. In this celebratory, reassuring rhyming story a little girl with two mommies shares the magic of her family and discovers how great all of her friends’ families are too. Listen at icanradio.org.
ARTS BLOG – Music Exploring Queer Experiences: All Classical Portland’s Music Researcher & Archivist Emma Riggle explores a short playlist of 20th and 21st century music exploring queer experiences. In this list, you’ll find songs, operas, and a symphony, some by LGBTQI+ composers, and some exploring the experiences of gay characters.
ARTS BLOG – Nine Fantastic LGBTQI+ Classical Music Groups in Oregon*: All Classical Portland intern Kelly Lantz spotlights several different LGBTQI+ organizations making space for everyone in classical musical, right here in the Pacific Northwest.

(* This blog was originally published in June 2020. Some of the organizations mentioned may not be currently performing.)

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