You are invited to celebrate with us at our 2nd Annual Pasifika Benefit: AFI PASIFIKA - Flames of Resistance 2025, A Pageant!

UTOPIA PDX proudly presents this year's benefit as a pageant to find, support, uplift, and celebrate our QTPI and QTBIPOC community! We hope that whoever is chosen will have the opportunity to carry out the CUTIE PIE 2025 title into the following year and to set them up for community success!

When: Saturday, August 9, 2025

Where: AVENUE, 631 NE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97232

Time: Doors open at 6PM | VIP Food service at 6:30PM | Show begins at 7PM

The pageant is more than just a competition; it is our way of engaging with the community, uplifting our people, and sharing our love of culture with everyone! The theme "Flames of Resistance" is the model we base the pageant off of to highlight our resiliency and ways we choose to fight against any form of oppression our community faces on a day-to-day basis.

Thanks to your generous support for our fundraiser, UTOPIA PDX will have the means to hold more fun and exciting events to showcase and give our people the spotlight they rightfully deserve in a world that chooses to hide and silence us.

So come out, turn out, and fan our flames!

OUR VISION

To restore and reimagine the vital roles of QTPIs within our communities and ensure a world that values, nurtures, respects and celebrates QTPIs in our navigation of self-determination and empowerment.

OUR HISTORY

The history, stories, and strength of Queer and Trans Pacific Islanders is deeply embedded in the roots of our culture and language. European colonization of the Pacific Islands resulted in the suppression of our culture and practices, including the inclusion and expression of Queer and Trans people. We hold the creators of our islands, our ancestors who created our roots to the land and ocean, and our elders who have fought for inclusion and visibility in our spirits as we do this work.

Afi Pasifika: Flames of Resistance

2025 PAGEANT

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