Myra Breckinridge (Book Cover Art/Gore Vidal) just out portland and exist openly away from

and exist openly away from the pressures of public scrutiny

and unapologetic glamour

As the ’70s gave way to disco

Holy Cow on 11th Street was one of SoMa’s most reliable portals into late-night queer chaos — a club where dancers

there was The Loading Dock — the city’s legendary leather bar built right on the loading dock of an old dairy along Orange Blossom Trail

Myra Breckinridge (Book Cover Art/Gore Vidal) just out portland and exist openly away fromMyra Breckinridge Book & Queer Legacy Long before mainstream culture had the vocabulary for gender fluidity, Gore Vidal dropped Myra Breckinridge in 1968a satire so sharp, sexy, and subversive it practically detonated on arrival. Through Myra, a trans heroine with a razor wit and a taste for Old Hollywood glamour, Vidal tore apart Americas ideas about gender, power, masculinity, and the fantasies that hold them all together. For queer readers, the