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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1986)
Cascade AIDS Project Bike for Life The Cascade AIDS Project (C A P .) is pro ducing its first annual "B ike-for-Life” this m onth. CAP’S goal is to raise $25,000 for AIDS education and support services and provide a great day in the sun fo r hundreds of riders. The event will take place Saturday, July 26. All participants w ill gather at Terry S chrunk Plaza (3rd and S.W. M adison) at 9 AM. The B ike-for-Life event w ill get underway at 9:30 A M . The route w ill cover tw o courses. The first is a 10 m ile route for the interested but not overly zealous riders through East Portland. For m ore avid biking enthusiasts, a second 35 m ile route runs along Marine Drive, with a beautiful view o f ML Hood and the Colum bia River. B oth routes will start at Terry Schrunk Plaza dow ntow n and end at Mt Tabor Park, where there will be a barbeque and refresh m ents fo r all participants. A m ap o f the B ike-for-Life route can be obtained when you register to ride. To regis ter, call the C A P . office at 223-5907. There w ill be a $5 registration fee, payable at regis tration, w hich includes a B ike-for-Life T -s h irt Prizes are being presented to the three rid ers with the m ost m oney pledged. First prize w ill be a week long vacation fo r tw o in Hawaii! Second and third prizes will be new bicycles. Register now and start getting those pledges! A fter the ride, participants w ill gather at Mt. Tabor Park (G roup Area B) for a barbeque and refreshm ents as C A.P s guests. All WOMEN thne WOODS at B R EITE N B U S H HOT SPRING S A u g u s t 8 , 9 & 10 AND friends o f C A P . are invited to join the party and are being asked to make a $2 contribu tio n to help cover food costs. There is still a need for volunteers to be m onitors along the bike route, as well as people to help serve at the barbeque. If you do not intend to ride but would like to help, contact the C A P . office at the above number. C A P . would like to make this First Annual B ike-for-Life an overw helm ing success. W ith your support we can make this Portland's largest fundraising event in the battle against AIDS. A'' proceeds will go to support the PAL Project, th*» B rinker Fund and CAP education ARC patient receives disability benefits In what appears to be the first reported case o f its kind, an adm inistrative law judge has ruled, in Portland, O regon, that a person w ith AIDS-related com plex (ARC), is never theless entitled to Supplem ental Security Incom e (SSI) from the Social Security A dm inistration. The case o f Cherri Beirley was heard be fore V irgil E. Vail, Adm inistrative Law Judge fo r the Social Security A dm inistration’s O f fice o f Hearing and Appeals on A pril 9,1986. In a decision issued on May 29,1986, Judge Vail found that the claim ant was “ disabled” under Section 1614 (a)(3)(A ) o f the Social Security A ct" and that the disability had con tinued from the date o f the claim ant’s appli cation in June o f 1985 through the date o f the hearing. Reports from Ms. Beirley's physician in d i cated that in his opinion, the condition would continue fo r at least 12 m onths, one o f the conditions necessary to support a finding of eligibility. "W hat this means," said Beirley’s attorney Ben M errill, ‘ is that until now persons with ARC have been held not to qualify for SSI because they d id n ’t have frank AIDS — the presence o f the anti-virus (a positive HTLV-III test) and an opportunistic infection. But ARC incapacitates people ju st the same. They are unable to w ork because o f their ARC sym p tom s. W hat Judge Vail found was that even though Ms. Beirley’s condition was not found to fall w ithin the recognized SSA conditions fo r autom atic qualification o f eligibility fo r SSI benefits, the reality o f the situation was that the effects o f her sym ptom s made it im possi ble fo r her to qualify fo r the w ork force. And the bottom line is: She’s eligible for benefits.” Judge Vail’s decision reads in p a rt “ I find that the effects o f these persistent m ultiple sym ptom s, and especially the claim ant’s extreme fatigue, have effectively reduced her residual functional capacity to the point where the claim ant would be unable to com plete sustained work activ ity during a regular work day or work week. It w ould follow, therefore, that there are no jobs w hich exist in significant num bers in the regional or national econom ics which the claim ant could perform including her past w ork as a cashier, bartender and waitress. Accordingly, the claim ant has been disabled under the standards o f the Social Security A ct com m encing on April 15,1985.” M errill was careful to point out that “ this doesn’t mean that a person with ARC can benefit by piggybacking the benefits under the system. For example, a person will have to choose between SSI and State aid pro gram s such as disability or welfare. But it does give ARC people a chance to get SSI and, in concert with som e other program s, such as Aid to Dependent Children, may in crease their m onthly support base. Perhaps m ost im portant is the fact that ARC has been at last recognized fo r the disabilitating condi tion that it is." CAP and CHESS merge Due to the grow ing AIDS crisis in Oregon, tw o com m unity based AIDS organizations — the Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) and C om m unity Health and Essential Support Services (CHESS) have m erged to form a single organization. The new organization, operating under the nam e o f the Cascade AIDS Project, will en hance public education efforts regarding the AIDS crises and provide m ore com prehen sive support services to persons diagnosed with AIDS and AIDS RELATED COMPLEX (ARC). A ccording to Brown McDonald, CAP Ex ecutive Director, the num ber o f AIDS cases in O regon is expected to reach 100 by this sum m er and the num ber o f ARC cases is pro jected to exceed three tim es that am ount. M cD onald said, “ W ith the num ber o f cases con tinu ing to grow, the dem and fo r services is increasing rapidly. By reorganizing, we can expand com m unity outreach program s, en hance access to services and increase fund raising activities. Previously CAP provided com m unity edu cation and outreach program s, and CHESS provided em otional support services, such as S e p te m b e r 5 , 6 & 7 100 lesbians each week-end $75 to $135 hoenix rising foundation » lesoian/gjy iffrvice center 2 2 3 -8 2 9 9 We at In Touch Travel address those extra considerations desired by our special clients whose alternative life styles require privacy and discretion. A call to our private number (292-9404) will put you “in touch” with personnel who understand your needs. Let us help you find the right places and accommodations appropriate for your individual interests. 408 SW 2nd, Ste. 412 P ortland, OR 97204 64 43 S.W . B eaverton Hwy. • P o rtla n d , OR 97221 • 6 (503) 292-9404 the aw ard-w inning PAL P roject and practical sup port services (running errands, cooking m eals and shopping). The Cascade AIDS Project is now co m prised o f a 16-m em ber board o f directors chaired by Mike McGowan, an executive director, and fo u r staff persons including, D ire ctor o f E ducation — S cott Ekblad, PAL P roject C oordinator — Tia Plym pton, Practi cal S upport Services C oordinator — Paul Starr, and A dm inistrative Assistant — M ichael Pavlin. Gerald addresses SCLC conference on AIDS In a speech delivered on May 31 to the S outhern C hristian Leadership Conference's (SC LC ) n a tion al C onference on AIDS, Gil Gerald, Executive D irector o f the national C oalition o f B lack Lesbians and Gays (nC B LG ), called on the Black com m unity to recognize racism and hom ophobia as key im pedim ents to AIDS prevention and care am ong Blacks. The SCLC Conference on AIDS was the first AIDS conference organized by a m ajor national B lack organization in the United States. In his rem arks, Gerald charged that, as Blacks, “ We som ehow rem ove ourselves fro m Lesbian and Gay people and then dare to celebrate the lives and contributions o f Jam es Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Langston Hughes, Bayard Rustin, Alain Locke, Countee C ullen, Bessie S m ith, Porter Grainger, Lor raine Hansberry, W allace Thurm ond, Bruce N ugent, and Sylvester — all people we love and appreciate fo r th e ir contributions to co m m u n ity life.” NCBLG, a netw ork o f 3,000 people, is the only autonom ous Black Lesbian and Gay o r ganization in the United States with chapters in San Francisco, New Orleans, W ashington, D.C., and M inneapolis. August Faerie gathering at Wolf Creek Faeries flying naked through the woods, stargazing slum ber parties, a ritual sweat lodge, skinny-dipping, spiritual circles, a fashion show o f G oodw ill glam our, tea dances, glitter, and hugs and kisses for days on end — one can find it all at the West Coast Faerie S ym posium & T-Dance. This spiritual gathering o f radical faeries w ill take place on 80 acres o f secluded land at W olf Creek in southern O regon. W olf Creek has been hom e to gay com m unes, RFD magazine, and a Faggots and Class Struggle conference 10 years ago. The gathering runs fo r 10 days, from Saturday, A ugust 23rd, through Monday, S eptem ber 1st; one can attend fo r all o r part o f that tim e. There are no prescheduled events— ju s t a safe space into which to bring ideas, needs, joys, tears and an open heart P articipants w ill cam p in the meadow and share vegetarian meals, at a cost o f just $10- 15 per person, per day, sliding scale. Dry bulk foods w ill be provided; bring your own fruits and vegetables. And leave your watch at hom e. There’ll be a sundial set to faerie tim e. The caretaker o f the site requests a maxi, um o f 20 0 persons, so preregistration by August 1 is a m u s t For registration inform ation, write to West Coast S ym posium , P.O. Box 1851, Portland. O regon 97207. Just Out July. 1986