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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1985)
Lesbian and Gay Pride '86 on the move defray the cost o f sending the delegation to the national conference. As incorporation progresses, the board o f directors will be able to write grants and solicit tax deductible con tributions. B ut to begin, the com m unity m ust help now. Two m em bers o f Lesbian and Gay Pride 85 Steering C om m ittee w ill be attending the fou rth annual Conference o f Lesbian/Gay Pride C oordinators O ctober 11-13, in F t Lauderdale, F L Delegates Cathy Schmitz and Mark Pan w ill be gathering and sharing inform ation and experiences with other plan ners from all over the nation. They plan to report to Portland in a com m unity meeting in November. In the m eantim e, plans for Lesbian and Gay Pride 86 are already in the works. After several aborted attem pts, a year-round plan ning com m ittee with a board o f directors is finally getting o ff the ground. Incorporation and application fo r tax-exem pt status will fo l low shortly. C om m unity participation in the planning process is high on the list o f priorities with people who are currently involved in Lesbian and Gay Pride. “We could use everyone’s input in m aking the celebration o f our pride happen year round," says Cathy Schmitz. "And Mark and I w ould apprecite any suggestions and con cerns which we m ight address at the confer ence. We w ill be going to workshops on m edia relations, networking with other cities, fundraising anti-gay bias, and others, but we need to know som e specifics from our com m unity." Lesbian and Gay Pride is also requesting financial assistance from the com m unity to The A m erican Red Cross, w ith sponsor ship by the C ounseling Center fo r Sexual M inorities (CCSM, the Gay and Lesbian Hot line) and Parents and Friends o f Lesbians and Gays, w ill hold a w om an-only blood drive aim ed at the lesbian com m unity on Thurs day, O ctober 10. The drive w ill be held in the gym nasium o f the downtown YWCA, 1111 SW 10th, fro m 3:00 p.m . to 7:00 p.m. A ccording to Lynda Oakley, Blood Services C onsultant fo r the Red Cross, the reason for co n d u ctin g such a drive is that the lesbian co m m u n ity is considered an "untapped re source as a group. We re always looking for those kind o f groups, whether it’s a business th a t has never had a blood drive, a church affiliation, anything along those lines. From the Red C ross's standpoint there’s no other reason fo r having a blood drive except to get blood donors. People w ill often go with an affiliation, such as their own business, or their own church o r their own social group, where they w on’t go to ju st a regular com m unity drive, so it’s a way to get m ore people from a co m m o n group.” A dditionally, this drive w ill serve as an op po rtu n ity fo r wom en who wish to be suppor tive o f th e ir gay male friends w ho cannot, at 4th Lucille Hart dinner October 5 Geraldine Ferraro. Entertainm ent includes The Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, Jan Barret, and Portland’s own singing representative, Margaret Carter. “The AIDS crisis makes it m ore im portant than ever that we increase our political visibil ity and im p act” said Eddie Hickey, Right to Privacy spokesperson. “The realities o f in creasing funding for m edical rsearch, educa tion, and patient care demand that the Right to Privacy PAC continue to support candi dates who seek the m axim um governm ental assistance fo r our com m unity. As members o f the com m unity, Right to Privacy asks your support in m aking this statement to political leaders at the dinner and throughout the com ing election year." Tickets fo r the dinner are $70 at the door, or $60 in advance. Most individuals will re ceive a $50 tax credit for political contribu tions, leaving a net cost o f $ 10 for this very special event For m ore inform ation call 244-3468 o r write the Right to Privacy PAC at 2164 NW Aspen, Portland, OR 97210. The Fourth Annual Lucille Hart Dinner is scheduled for Saturday, O ctober 5, at Port land’s Benson Hotel, beginning with cock tails in the Crystal Room at 6 JO PM., followed by dinner at 7 JO P.M. in the Mayfair Room. Vera Katz, O regon’s Speaker o f the House, w ill serve as m aster o f ceremonies, with opening remarks by Secretary o f State Barbara Roberts. The highlight o f the even ing will be the presentation o f the 1985 Lucille Hart Award for service to the lesbian and gay com m unity. This year’s guest speaker w ill be Robert Walden, who portrayed Joe Rossi on televi sion's Lou Gremt show, and currently stars in the Showtim e hit. Brothers, a sitcom which revolves around the lives o f three brothers, one o f whom is gay. Walden has proven him self to be an adept and entertaining political speaker, having travelled w ith and spoken fo r Blood drive taps lesbians U of O students elect lesbian president A lesbian won a landslide victory as student body president at the University o f O regon in Eugene fo r the 1985-86 academ ic year. Lynn Pinckney, a second year law student received cam paign support not only from the Law School and the Lesbian and Gay Alliance, but also from cam pus fraternities. Pinckney’s election m ay have been in part a student response to on-going hom ophobic attacks by U o f O "C hristians” appearing alm ost daily in the letters colum n o f the student news paper. the Orenon Dailu Fmpratrl this tim e, donate blood. Many women in the com m un ity have expressed a desire to parti cipate in such a blood drive, and see it as a positive effort for the lesbian and gay com m unity. W hile gay men are still asked to refrain from giving blood, there are opportu nities fo r them to volunteer tim e to this and other blood drives, by calling the phone num bers listed below. The Pacific Northwest region o f the Red Cross had been on "alert” from July 8 until m id-Septem ber. Although sum m er collec tio ns are traditionally low, the Red Cross does not norm ally see such long periods o f a le rt H igh usage in the region’s 74 hospitals has been the difference this sum mer. The “yellow a le rt’’ in effect m ost o f the sum mer, means that only 50-80% o f the hospital orders for blood products can be m e t An adequate inventory, and a constant flow o f 2700 units o f blood per week are needed to keep the regional system operating smoothly. A m in im u m 100 donors are needed to sign up fo r this blood drive Sign-up sheets are available at the Primary Dom ain, and other co m m un ity locations as yet to be arranged. For further inform ation or to sign up for the blood drive, Lynda Oakley can be contacted at the Red Cross office, 284-1234, extension 258. Diana Sm ith, assistant director o f Donor Resources, can be contacted at 284-1234, extension 251. Lesbian Community Organizing Project wants you Have fun, reminisce, solve the problem s of the w orld and our com m unity: Host a house m eeting as part o f the Lesbian C om m unity O rganizing Project’s effort to learn about ac tivism in the lesbian com m unity. The Project is looking fo r women w illing to hold house m eetings for 5-8 friends during O ctober and Novem ber. Part o f the inform ation-gathering phase o f the P roject house meetings are forum s to discuss past com m unity activism and what we want for the future. The Project can provide facilitators. If you’re interested and want m ore details, please call Cathy at 238-0135 o r 233-9079, or Judith at 284-5262. O r write at P.O. Box 2212, Port land, OR 97228. Portland to host gay volleyball tournament Portland w ill host its first invitational gay volleyball tournam ent on the weekend of Nov. 8-10. Possible participants include gay volleyball clubs from Seattle, WA. and Van couver, B.C. as well as from Calgary and E dm onton, Alberta, Canada. The tournam ent * w ill also include the two Portland volleyball team s sponsored by C.C. Slaughters who com peted in a sim ilar tournam ent held this past August in Vancouver, B.C. Volunters w ill be needed to assist on vari ous com m ittees that have already been form ed. Also needed will be housing for the o u t o f tow n players. If necessary, those who wish to house participants may be required to provide a ride to and from the airport as well as to and from the tournam ent site. For addi tional inform ation, contact Gil at 234-4573 d a ys/2 3 1-8247 evenings, or S cott at 224-8311 days/282-9791 evenings. Police seek information in rest area killing C ontinuing their investigation o f the death o f Alfred V Houle, 56, o f D arlington, WA, police are appealing to Portland’s gay com m unity fo r inform ation. Houle’s body was found Septem ber 7 in the southbound sec tion o f the Baldock rest area south o f Portland. Police are asking anyone who saw Houle, his car or any suspicious activity at the rest stop between 11 p.m . S ept 6 and 7 a.m. Sept 7 to contact Investigator Robert W. Lee, (636-5604) or Detective Gregory M Willeford (238-8420). Houle’s death m arked the second violent incident at the same rest area this year. In February, a Salem m an was shot six tim es in a restroom . The victim , who later recovered, said two men entered the restroom and be gan firing. Police believe the attacks are aimed specifically at gay m en w ho cruise the rest area. Houle is described as white, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 190 pounds, with short black and white hair. He wore glasses and was clean shaven. Houle’s car was a cream colored 1985 Foid Tempo. Free paging service offered to transplant patients D uring the past few m onths, Pacific Paging/Pacific Cellular in Beaverton has been building a special clientele; namely, transplant patients w ho are w aiting fo r a once-in-a- lifetim e phone call that could change the course o f the ir lives. T hrough LifePage, a nation-w ide service sponsored by Telocator N etw ork o f America, Pacific Paging donates pagers to people in need o f a kidney, heart o r liver transplant T his service is totally free o f charge and al lows them to live active lives untethered to a phone. An outreach program is now being devel oped w hich is designed to give this excep tio nal service public exposure. In the past few m onths, 20 pagers have been distributed to transplant candidates in the Portland area in cooperation w ith O regon Health Sciences U niversity (OHSU). Pagers are im m ediately available through Pacific P aging/P acific Cellular. A dditional in form ation on how LifePage w orks can be obtained by contacting Diana Parsons, LifePage C oordinator, at (503) 644-3123. Just Out. O ctober 1985