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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1987)
Live and Let Live Club Portland Gay Men’s Chorus Lesbian & Gay Pride Inc. Out of the Closet The Live and Let Live Club is a meeting place for a variety of 12-Step Recovery Programs for the Gay and Lesbian Com munity: Alcoholics Anonymous, Alanon. Adult Children of Alcoholics, Overeaters Anonymous. The Club also provides a sec ure social atmosphere for recovering persons. Social activities for the recover ing community are also sponsored throughout the year. Live and Let Live Club 2403 S.E. Ankeny Portland, OR 97214 231-3760 The Portland Gay Mens Chorus will open its ninth season with a concert in the new Performing Arts Center. PGMC be gan with about two dozen singers and is stabilized at about eighty members. Approximately three hundred people have been involved over the years. PGMC recently received its fourth grant from the Metropolitan Arts Commission. Next spring PGMC will present a produc tion of Lou Harrison’s opera “ Young Ceasar.' ’ PGMC PO Box 3223 Portland, OR 97208 227-7907 Pride celebrations have been held in Portland since the early 1970s under the auspices of several different groups. Les bian & Gay Pride Inc., the most recent is in the process of incorporation and every thing has been accomplished except 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. Lesbian & Gay Pride Inc. Statement of Purpose: LGP strives to educate the gen eral public about same sex relationships through events like the annual Pride celebration, lectures, art shows, etc. Lesbian & Gay Pride PO Box 6611 Portland, OR 97228 232- 8233 Out of the Closet is a thrift shop, man aged by Phoenix Rising and Fred Menard, which features vintage clothes, antiques and other salable items. Monies benefit non-profit organizations that encourage people to make donations in their name. Out of the Closet celebrated their first anniversary last May 5th and their major needs remain volunteers and donations of saleable clothing. Out of the Closet Thrift Shop 2857 SE Stark Portland, OR 97214 223-5299 Lesbian Aging Project Portland Lesbian Choir The newly formed Portland Lesbian Choir has performed since early 1987 at various events. The Lesbian Choir will join PGMC in a combined concert for Les bian & Gay Pride, June 27. About twenty- five singers are currently prticipating in the choir. PLC 239-7716 Portland Frontrunners The Portland Frontrunners, a gay and lesbian running club, finished 1986 with an all time high in member participation. The club won second place in the annual Starlite Run with its “ Imelda Marcos Shoe Collection” while its eleven member team in the Hood-to-Coast relay won medals. Two members completed the Gay Games II Marathon and brought home a bronze medal. Several members completed the ORRC Portland Marathon and one com pleted the New York Marathon. Members entered almost every running event in the Portland area including the OSP Run in side the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. Club members escorted and hosted Brent Earle of American Run to End AIDS as he ran through Portland on his run around America, which is still in progress. Portland Frontrunner PO Box 2164 Portland. OR 97208 Phoenix Rising Foundation The Phoenix Rising Foundation has been serving the counseling and informa tion needs of Portland’s lesbian and gay community since 1979. Their staff of professional psychother apists offer a wide range of theoretical approaches to such issues as sexual orien tation. relationships, childhood sexual/ physical abuse, depression, anger, domestic violence, parenting and personal growth. Educational services include a speakers bureau available to non-gay groups, inservice presentations to health-care staffs, and classes/seminars of interest to the gay community. Phoenix Rising also sponsors retreats, an adventure program and workshops. Phoenix Rising 333 SW 5th Avenue. Suite 404 Portland. OR 97204 223-8299 Just Out. Prid« O utd«. 4. June. 1987 The Lesbian Aging Project began in January 1984 after years of discussion and several unsuccessful attempts to start a women’s retirement home, the long-range goal of the project is a multi-level residen tial facility foraging women. On the way to this long-range project, LAP is planning other ways to assist and care for our elder sisters — a hospice, home care assistance, social events, etc. Lesbian Aging Project 32345 N.E. 59th Ave. Portland, OR 97213 The PAL Project The PAL Project (Personal Active Listener) trains volunteers to provide emo tional support on a one-to-one basis for diagnosed persons. PALs are trained to support their clients as they cope with the emotional impact of diagnosis with a life- threatening illness. Certain kinds of practi cal support services are also offered, such as in-home personal care, meal prepara tion, shopping, house-cleaning, transpor tation and companionship. In addition, trained volunteer Resource Specialists as sist clients to access such programs as General Assistance, Social Security, Medicaid, and food stamps. CAP operates support groups for PWA's. PWARC’s, seropostive persons and for the loved ones of those diagnosed. Support groups meet weekly and are facilitated by experienced counselors. The PAL Project 408 SW 2nd, #420 Portland, OR 97204 223-5907 Lesbian Community Project The Lesbian Community Project is Portland's only Lesbian organization with a multi-issue, multi-cultural perspective. LCP is building a strong Lesbian Com munity: that is inclusive and diverse: that can move forward together and acknowledge differences; and that can de velop supportive relationships with the larger community. LCP's variety of social, educational and political activities are designed to assist the Lesbian community as it meets today's challenges and as it plans for tomorrow’s possibilities. LCP is a membership organization gov erned by an elected Board of Directors. They are committed to affirmative action, cultivating leadersip, developing an active membership and financial self-sufficiency. LCP P.O. Box 5931 Portland, OR 97228 233- 9079 Black Lesbians and Gays United BLGU started in Portland in 1983. The group promotes social functions and serves as a political catalyst in the Black lesbian and gay community. One of its major goals is to serve as a support for Black lesbians and gays working toward unity in their community. Cliff Jones 231-5034 People of Color United Against AIDS POCUAA is a newly-forming consor tium of Portland and Seattle lesbian and gay minority community members. The purpose of the group is to address AIDS issues in minority communities. A major focus of the group is the development of dialogue and coalitions among the various minority communities. Amani Jabari 231-5034 Lesbian Art Movement The Lesbian Art Movement celebrates lesbian art and promotes lesbian artists. LAM provides support, information & referral, and networking opportunities for lesbian artists. LAM is eager to share the artistic talents of area lesbian artists with Portland art lovers The LAM show 1987 can be viewed at Art Down The Alley Gallery at 3764 SE Hawthorne Blvd. in Portland. Lesbian Art Movement PO Box 42624 Portland, OR 97242 (503) 234-2054 Cascade A IDs Project The Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) is a community-based, non-profit organiza tion dealing with the AIDS epidemic in Portland. CAP was founded by a group of concerned citizens and private physicians in 1983, when the first diagnosis of AIDS was made in Oregon. Currently, five staff persons and 250 volunteers provide up-to- date information about AIDS and support services for persons affected by AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) and ARC (AIDS-Related Complex) Education about AIDS and the trans mission of AIDS is the primary way to prevent the spread of the disease, at the present time. Providing such education to persons at highest risk for AIDS is a funda mental goal forCAP, As well as providing education for the general public. CAP maintains a Speaker's Bureau, publishes a variety of AIDS-related literature, and produces workshops and seminars for high-risk individuals and the public. Cascade AIDS Project 408 SW 2nd. #420 Portland. OR 97204 223-5907
