View our various 2021 tours below! You can sign up for tours when registering for the 2021 conference. All tours will take place on Thursday, October 28th! Head to the main Hilton lobby to meet up with your tour group!

TOUR-RELATED RESOURCES

Since 1994, the Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN), has been documenting and disseminating the region’s GLBTQ+ history. Visit their website to find a timeline of Oregon Gay History (https://www.glapn.org/6020timeline.html) and articles, newsletters, and videos about queer PNW history - https://www.glapn.org/index.html 

Want to check out some information about the history of Oregon’s beer scene? Watch Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Experience episode, “Beervana” - (https://www.opb.org/television/programs/oregonexperience/article/beervana-/) and check out the website for the Oregon Hops & Brewing Archives at Oregon State University - https://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/ohba.html

Want to know more about Portland’s Heritage Tree Program? This link will take you to resources, including a link to download tour guide Dave Hedberg’s book, From Stumptown to Tree Town, and three short films about Portland trees and the people who love them. - https://www.portland.gov/trees/heritage-trees-portland/stumptown-tree-town

1:00-4:30 PM  - A 25-minute walk through historic downtown Portland will land us among some of Oregon’s best brew pubs. We will visit with head brewers and other knowledgeable folks at 10 Barrel Brewing, Von Ebert Brewing, and finish at the McMenamins Crystal Ballroom with food and libations. Learn about the state’s hop industry, the industry’s adaptive reuse of historic buildings, and the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archive located at Oregon State University. So bring some walking around money and your thirst and join us for an informal and fun tour of beer worth drinking. At the tour’s conclusion, head back to the hotel or venture out on your own to visit historic Powell’s Books and/or the many great restaurants of the Pearl District for dinner. Tour leaves from the Hilton Lobby.

Capacity: 20 people

Cost: $15

Point People: Peter Kopp, University of Colorado Denver & Tiah Edmundson-Morton, Oregon State University

1:00-4:30 pm

Our route takes us about 2.5 miles (including a return to the conference headquarters on your own) with a modest elevation gain through the history of LGBTQ Portland. Hosted by Melissa Lang of the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN) and Peter Boag, WSU-Vancouver, we explore varied sites in Portland’s downtown that have held significance to our city’s lgbtq population from the late 19^th century to the present. Depending on COVID restrictions, we will also visit the Oregon Historical Society where archivists will introduce us to the rich collections of GLAPN.

Capacity: 20

Cost: $10

Point people: Melissa Lang (Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest) and Peter Boag (WSU-Vancouver)