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Helpline counsels gays, lesbians
Ottering information and support
By Greg Hough
f meralH C ontributor
A statewide telephone .111
swering mtvii i' used in Ivugeno
has averaged 20(1 (.ills per
month in its Inst four months
of (.(imiM'ling members of flic
gay .mil lesbian ((immunities
It's totally .1 lot s.od Kvu
Phillips < 11r«■< toi .uni volunloor
( oordinator of the (lav .md I .ns
In.m I Inlpline w hii h w.is or
gani/.od h\ tin* 1 .a vender Met
noik .i l(x .iI guv .mil lesbian
support group
"Wo really .iro the onh lino
in town th.it .i homosexual per
son ( .m ( .ill to (lisi uss then
sexuality." Phillips s.ikI
Wore Irving to break down
li.urieis of isolation m the guv
( ommunilv to give people .u
( ess to help
Phil I ips said the I lelpline of
fn e has a stall of 2r> phone
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And some downright bizarre.
l or instance, one ancient Finnish recipe calls tor adding a
strip ot tish skin to your coffee after brewing. Yet another, from
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into a cup packed with brown sugar.
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nnnmiuni purehase reijuired
workers and 111 other volun
tens lather uni* nr two profile
are answering phones during
the line's hours, whir li .ire t
fi m to 8 a.in. every day
The line was opened in July
.liter rei riving a mail liiiiyi grant
of $8,000 from tlie t;hii ago Re
source Outer, which Phillips
said is sort ol a gay and Irsln
an I inted W'ay
The grant helps pav for an
Him number that the Helpline
offers statewide, plus a spe< ial
service which allows deaf pro
pie to communicate with
Helpline volunteers through a
l elei ommuuK ations Devil e for
the I leaf m.ii hine These and
other Helpline services will re
ifuire ongoing fundraising ai
tivities. Phillips said
Phillips said that 1 It) men
i ailed I lelpline number
|tiH t 2428) in ()< tober. tw ice
tile number of women who
called Overall, she said, about
one-fourth more men have
< ailed
Phone volunteers work any
of three shifts during I lelpline
hours Phillips said The major
it\ of calls come between 4
p m and 1(1 p in . she added
(liir of the most i ommon is
sues that i alters discuss with
volunteers is the problem of
"coming out of the closet and
expressing their sexualilv. Phil
lips said
\ person's bisexual it\
comes up as an issue a lot
Phillips said "People will call
to say their married, but
they've always been attracted
to their own sex and they want
to know what that means
Phillips said heterosexuals
also i.dl the Helpline using it
to inquire about friends or tela
lives w ho are gay
"Many of the gays and lesbi
ails w ho call are dealing with
isolation and depression
Phillips said "We do referrals,
events mlorm.il ion. w here to go
to have lull. II they re disabled,
we give them disability aeeess
informal ion
I biiversily senior Stii liael
I’eelei w ho is in dim tor elf the
(,ay and Lesbian Alliam e
((LM.A) on i ampus. woiks
three to six hours a rveek as a
I lelpline phone volunteer
Peeler said that during his
lirsl shift in Septembet I
thought I'll only work throe
hours Hut the phono wouldn't
stop ringing, and I muted up
being there seven hours
Peeler, who is an English mu
jor. said lie's talked with nailers
about a wide array of issues
from loeating the local gay bars
to dealing with parents who
won’t ai i opt .1 teenager's ho
mosexualitv
"One guv said lie’ll broken
tip with Ins ox-lover and was
just sitting around, real do
pressed." Peeler said "I spoke
with him about an hour-and-a
half, to the point where the
conversation started to lighten
up a bit
Peeler said lie's spoken to
several callers who were con
sidering suit ido
"I've heard they told their
mothers they're gay and their
mothers aren't talking to
them.” Peeler said "Or that
their roommate wants to kill
them Or that because they're
in the t Inset thex have to sneak
around ami have sleazy sex
"If I don't feel good about
where the t aller is headed. I'll
sta\ on the line as long as 1
can." Peeler said "We actively
part it ipate in listening to the
caller, making sure we know
the\ know exactly where their
situation is and what lile\ can
do. I ligure that most people
who take the time to call us
will be willing to go to great
lengths to work something
out
Phillips said most of the t alls
have come from the Eugene
and Portland areas, anil th.it
she is t ontm ting newspapers
ami stations in small towns
around the state seeking then
cooperation in promoting the
servii e
"He ha\ e a small public itx
budget, but we are able to pul
t lassitieds in many of the
straight papers." Phillips said
A harder task Phillips said
is getting radio and television
stations in the Eugene area to
run a ptthlii servile announi e
men! loi I lie I lelplme
"I've written to .ill the sla
lions." Phillips said "Hut as
tar as I i an tell, not one has run
the PSA We've had to rely on
livers stickers, referrals, am
thing we can to gel the word
out.'
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