Bend coffee shop celebrates 1st anniversary after repeated anti-LGTBQIA+ vandalism

The current iteration of Turtle Island Coffee Shop’s Pride flag hangs from a steel beam high above the entrance on Oregon Avenue in downtown Bend. Cafe co-owner Tēh Sanchez calls the flag “quasi-permanent.”

Sanchez and co-owner Beth Brady celebrate Turtle Island’s first anniversary this week. Ever since the queer and Indigenous-owned cafe opened, vandals have torn down their Pride flag every couple of months, Sanchez said.