QPDX.com

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{{Infobox newspaper

| name = qPDX.com

| image = Logo1-sq-sm.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Official qPDX.com logo

| type = Weblog

| format =

| foundation = 2005

| price = Free

| owners =

| circulation =

| headquarters = Portland

| chiefeditor = Alley Hector

| publisher =

| maneditor =

| assoceditor =

| staff = Perry Eising, Lyska Mondor

| language = English

| ISSN =

| website = [http://www.qpdx.com qpdx.com]

}}

qPDX.com is a news and events website dedicated to covering the LGBT communities of Portland, Oregon.{{cite web|title=PDXSTUMP introduces qPDX.com|url=http://pdxstump.com/site/qPDX/456587c952cebabb233717f9|work=PDXSTUMP|access-date=21 June 2011}} The site is in blog format and features event listings, personal and classified ads, photo archives, movie reviews, sports news, entertainment and nightlife coverage, gossip, political and social commentary, and gay rights coverage.{{cite web|author=Dave|title=Dave Knows Portland talks to QPDX.com|url=http://portland.daveknows.org/2010/06/16/june-17-qpdxs-alley-hector-and-perry-winkle-visit-morning-submission/|work=Dave Knows Portland|access-date=21 June 2011}}{{cite web|last=Lynn|first=Logan|title=Logan Lynn talks about his qPDX.com review|url=http://loganlynnmusic.com/tag/qpdx/|work=loganlynnmusic.com|access-date=21 June 2011}} Principal writer Alley Hector established qPDX as a column for OregonLive.com in 2005,{{cite web|last=Hector|first=Alley|title=December 2005 QPDX Archives|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/qpdx/2005/12/index.html|work=OregonLive QPDX Archives|publisher=OregonLive.com|access-date=21 June 2011}} before the project became independent as qPDX.com in the wake of the crisis in LGBTQ news media in 2008, which resulted in local writers for rival publication JustOut walking out of JustOut's offices.{{cite web|last=Mirk|first=Sarah|author-link=Sarah Mirk|title=Ex-Just Out Staffers Fight to Claim Unemployment|url=http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2009/05/14/ex-just-out-staffers-fight-to-claim-unemployment-checks|work=JustOut|access-date=27 June 2011}} qPDX.com quickly became the leading source of information on grassroots activism and homophobic assaults in the city. qPDX.com is staffed entirely by volunteers, and is one of Portland's principal sources of queer related news.{{cite web|last=Prado|first=Ryan|title=JustOut covers QPDX Writers Alley Hector and Perry Winkle|url=http://blogout.justout.com/?tag=qpdx|work=JustOut|access-date=21 June 2011}}