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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1985)
Harvey Milk School opens In NY A New York City public school fo r lesbian and gay high school students has opened in NY C ity’s Greenwich Village. O rganizers o f the three-m onth-old Harvey M ilk S chool said it was the first public school in the nation to be geared specifically to gay and lesbian adolescents, according to the n ew York Tim es. In an editorial, the MY Tim es called the school a "reasonable and con structive p ro je ct” The New York City Board o f Education is operating the school in conjunction with the Institute fo r the Protection o f Lesbian and Gay Youth. Dr. A. D am ien Martin, the institute’s executive director, described the organization as a counseling group financed in part by the city and the state o f New York. All tw enty students — fourteen boys and six girls ranging in age from 14 to 19 — say they are openly gay and have had difficulty fittin g in at traditional high schools and had dropped o u t A teacher at the Harvey M ilk School, Fred Goldhaber, said that all o f the students enrolled w ould be targets fo r abuse at regular public schools. R ichard O rganisciak, director o f offsite education program s fo r the Board o f Educa tion, said the program at the Harvey M ilk S chool was organized to provide a standard education to teen-agers excluded from the m ainstream ” at their high schools. "If these kids d o n ’t want to go to school anywhere but this one place,” he said, “ what are you supposed to do? The im portant thing is to get them back into a school, address th e ir problem and get them on the diplom a track." A ll 20 students in the Harvey M ilk program are school dropouts o r truants who have been receiving counseling. Dr. Martin said that the organization has no recruitm ent program and that the students had com e to the institute on their own initiative. Gay Olympics back in court Attorneys fo r the 1986 Gay Games II filed suit in the (J.S. C ourt o f Appeals in San Fran cisco on June 12 to lift its ban on the use of the term “ Gay O lym pics." The appeal stems from a ruling by (J.S. D istrict Judge J.P. Vukasin which also awarded the G.S. O lym pic Com m ittee $97,000 in attorneys’ fees to be paid by the gay gam es prom oters. Judge Vukasin ruled that the term Gay O lym pics was a "deliberate and w illfu l” infringem ent o f the (J.S.O.C. tradem ark. "C ongress didn’t give the G.S. O lym pic C om m ittee unlim ited use o f the word for all purposes and all tim e," attorney Mary C. D unlap said. "O lym pic is a 3700-year-old generic word.” Dr. Tom W addell, a decathlon participant at the 1968 O lym pics in Mexico City, sought to hold the first “ Gay O lym pic Gam es" in San Francisco in 1982. W addell's group was forced by the G.S.O.C. to drop the word “ O lym pics" and call the event "Gay Games.” D unlap said W addell had never sought to infringe upon the tradem ark. In fa c t she said, Waddell offered a com prom ise where every advertisem ent letterhead and T-shirt would have a disclaim er saying that there was no connec tion between the Gay Games and the O lym pics. D unlap pointed out that the G.S. O lym pic C om m ittee has given “ passive approval" to such events as the International Police O lym pics, the Special O lym pics and even the Nude O lym pics. A lawyer for the G.S.O.C. countered that a law passed by Congress in 1978 gave exclu sive use o f the word O lym pics to the G.S.O.C. and the I.O.C. "Any use of the term dim inishes the econom ic value o f the word for licensing and fund-raising purposes," the G.S.O.C. attorney said. American Friends Service Committee developing NW lesbian & gay task force The Lesbian and Gay Task Force o f the A m erican Friends Service Com m ittee (AFSC) is currently developing a regional program . The program w ill have a modest budget and a small staff (probably one person in Portland and one in Seattle). It will be a part o f the com m unity relations division o f the Pacific Northwest Region o f the AFSC, w hich includes Oregon, W ashington, Idaho and Montana, and will operate w ithin the AFSC organizational structure. AFSC's ask ing individuals and organizations in these com m unities to contribute their experience to guide the program developm ent process by com pleting a survey designed for this ¡ ' ; N ! • Nude, 1936 by Edw ard W eston THE • NUDE n 2 A P S ! 50 • courteo us YEARS 7 - 1 2 5 von uuc T n e? 4 » Parcel Pick-up & Delivery • Jumper Cable Service • Station Wagons Available • W h eelch a ir/H an d ica p p ed Transportation • Sightseeing Tours by Taxi or 15-Person Luxury Van METROPOLITAN Premiering At The PORTLAND'S OLDEST ;i| Vans F0RGET ■ J ■ J i \ & LARGEST ■ i1 J i J BACKACHE? “Every thing to make your back feel better" !'! Back cushions for car, home or office SUNNiVSIDE UP B ak ery and Pillows - Relief for headaches and backaches C A fe - Featuring original images & photographic posters by Imogen Cunningham, Marsha Burns, Judy Dater, Chérie Hiser, Marly Stone, Shad Williams, Edward Weston, Ruth Bernhard and many other contemporary and 20th century master photographers. Massage rollers and oils Books - Stress, back care Tapes - Music and self-help Orthopod - Inversion system Extra long shoe horns ^ S °^ p s In Waterfront Park’s Gallery Row (503) 224-3543 Mon-Sat, 11a.m.-5:30p.m. or by appointment N ational Gay Rights Advocates has filed a brie f w ith the C alifornia C ourt o f Appeals in a suit fo r loss o f “ co n so rtiu m " (m arital com panionship). The p la in tiff in the lawsuit is Jam es Crabtree. His lover o f ten years, Jack Allen, was stabbed by an assailant and died in C rabtree’s arm s. Leonard Graff, NGRA Legal Director, said: "There is no question that if Crabtree and Allen had been law fully m arried, Crabtree w ould be able to sue fo r loss o f consortium . O f course they were not m arried because no state perm its sam e sex marriages.” The trial co u rt had dism issed th ; suit because Crab tree and Allen were not m a rrie d Jean O ’Leary, NGRA Executive Director, said: “ h is patently unfair that this couple o f ten years cou ldn’t have the same rights o f a heterosexual couple m arried fo r a single day. W e've taken this case to furthe r expand and define the rights o f gay and lesbian couples.” O ’Leary noted that a few years ago the C ourt o f Appeals ruled that a heterosexual couple need not be m arried as long as they had a stable and significant relationship. Previous to th a t only m arried couples could sue fo r loss o f consortium Frederick Here, a San Francisco attorney experienced in civil litigation, is w orking with NGRA on this case. Chairs for office and home Pbotographic Image Gallery TUm »Salads »Sandwiches »DcssettS ¿c* w u tío4 . ‘f t t t C d U f S f& tU lfÚ ty f if t li '^j/m ernaJp'— 7am-8pm tues-sat tox * tuauc t** H A *P V * * C K « 4 * M u *4Ü 4 tté t ffttf f f t t f t ÿ it 3565 SE H a w th o rn e - 4 2 S HOW 208 S.W. 1st Brief filed for bereaved lover - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I I J ■ i purpose. If you would like to participate please con tact AFSC and they w ill send a copy o f the survey. Please c o n ta ct B onnie Tinker at (5 03) 228-4306 o r (503)281-4847 o r Sande Nelson at (503) 238-3539. Or: Lesbian & Gay Task Force, Portland AFSC O ffice, 2249 East Burnside, Portland, O regon 97214. Sundays ôam-2pm San Rafael Shopping Center 1926 N E 122nd Ave* Portland, OR 97230 (503) 255-4516 233-9405 Juif Out. July 1985