LGBTQ culture in Portland, Oregon

LGBTQ culture in Portland, Oregon is an important part of Pacific Northwest culture. Portland ranked fourth in The Advocate's 2026 list of the fifteen safest American cities for LGBTQ+ travel, and in 2025, Lonely Planet featured Portland as one of the top fifty most queer-friendly cities in world in The LGBTQ+ Travel Guide. Of all the large metropolitan areas in the United States, the Portland metropolitan area has the second-highest percent of LGBTQ adults per capita, with the Williams Institute reporting that 6.0% of Portland adults identify as LGBT as of 2021. The majority of the Portland area is located in Multnomah County, which has the highest concentration of lesbian couples of any U.S. county of the same size or larger as of 2024.