I Portlander rescues Seattle TV program by Jay Brown A member of the Portland Chapter of Pa rents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Wil liam Shepherd, was recently interviewed for a public affairs program on a Seattle television station. Mr. Shepherd was invited to appear on a segement of the program Friends and Louers because the program’s producer was unable to find a father of a lesbian or a gay man who would talk about being the parent of a gay child. “There was no father in Seattle willing to appear on our show,” said Ellen Lockert, pro ducer of the KING-TV program. “None of my friends knew anyone. And none of the advo cacy groups could find anyone to do it, either.” Concerned with relationships of all kinds, Friends and Louers is moderated by sociolo gist Pepper Schwartz, co-author with Phil Blumstein of American Couples. Relation ships recently examined on the program include working couples, breaking up, ado lescent sexuality, and working wife and house-husband. Mr. Shepherd was interviewed for a forth coming segment "Growing Up Gay.” Mr. Shepherd and his wife, Ann, are the parents of long-time civil rights activist, Susie Shepherd. The Shepherds are founding ; members of the Portland Chapter of Parents of Gays. Asked to comment on his Seattle experi ence at a recent meeting of Parents/FLAG in Portland, Mr. Shepherd said he was surprised that, "in the whole city of Seattle, there was no person willing to have his mug on TV.” “For parents of gays, the reprisal factor is awful,” Ann Shepherd said during discussion concerning problems facing parents of gays and lesbians. Mr. Shepherd said moderator Schwartz asked general questions about his reactions to “having a gay child” and for suggestions -for parents on how “to love a gay child.” KBOO news internship offered Community Radio KBOO is beginning an intensive four month non-paid internship program in public radio news production. Five participants will be selected in a com petitive aplication process to take weekly classes and become a working member of the KBOO News Department The course of study will cover writing for radio, interviewing technique, voice, story formulation, and radio production. Classes will be held Tuesday mornings between 930 and 1130 a.m. Interns will spend an addi tional three hours each week working on the daily newscast Internships will be supervised by KBOO Information Director Ross Reynolds. He has worked in community radio news for the past eight years and WCUW Worcester, Mass., KMXT Kodiak, Alaska, Pacifica National News Washington, D.C. He has attended the National Public Radio News Reporter Work shop and his work has been heard on the Alaska Public Radio Network, National Public Radio, and Pacifica National News. Applicants tor the internship program must be able to type and have a broad knowl edge of international, national, and local af fairs. They will be expeced to spend five hours each week on the program. The Internship program will begin Sep tember 18th and run through December 21st For information and an application form contact Ross Reynolds at KBOO, 20 S.E. 8th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97214. (503) 231-8032, (503)231-8187. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. volunteers. A group of people in the lesbian and gay community have been meeting recently for the purpose of exploring ways to provide a telephone referral service during daytime hours. The group, Community Services Committee (CSC), met for the second time on August 14 and agreed that a staff person be hired to provide such a service. The com mittee members further agreed that the person hired be associated with an existing community service organization, such as Phoenix Rising, MCC, CCSM, etc. “There is a pressing need for this kind of a service." said Deborah Betron, co-chair with Joe Maher, of CSC. “The community can certainly handle this. We need to get working on it” The extended referral service, although now in the initial planning stages, may be operational by January, according to Betron. As envisioned by CSC, the service would be operational between the hours of 10 a.m. and five p.m., with a forwarding number after nor mal business hours. CSC is encouragng full community partici pation in this project The next meeting of CSC will be on Tuesday, September 11, at 730 p.m., at MCC, NE 24th and Broadway. New telephone referral in works by Jay Brown The Portland telephone book contains three listings which might help a gay or les bian seeking contacts with the local community. Might is the operative word here, because two of the number (Gay Civil Rights Reports Portland Town Council 227-2765 and Gay Speakers Bureau Town Council Founda tion 227-8290) are no longer in service. Another listing is operational between the hours of 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. (Gay Hotline Counseling Center for Sexual Minorities 227-8290). The Counseling Center for Sexual Minorities (CCSM) has been providing tele phone outreach since the mid-seventies. Ac cording to Daryl Lindley, CCSM co-chair the hotline receives an average of five calls per evening. CCSM is staffed by a cadre of NEWS 4:30 PM PUBLIC AFFAIRS M-F 9:30 AM MUSIC NIGHT & DAY , , Lotions ,, Oils »• Soaps ,, Moisture Creams »• Cards ,, Just Out, August 31-September 14 13