Men and Woman of the Year
SANDRA K. PINCHES, Ph.D.
om Norton, Susie Shepherd and
Keeston Lowery were named Men
and Woman of the Year 1987, at a
presentation hosted by Sanford Director
and Darcelle XV on May 31. The Man and
Woman of the Year is an annual event
aimed at recognizing people in the com
munity based on the following criteria:
Civic Awareness, Social Abilities, Com
munity Commitment, and Commitment to
One's Chosen Field, according to Sanford
Director.
The nominees (and nominating organi
zations) for Man and Woman of the Year
1987 were Gail Kennedy (Imperial Sover
eign Rose Court), Judy Tallwing
McCarthey (Lesbian Community Project),
Keeston Lowery and Susie Shepherd
(Right to Privacy PAC), Tom Norton
(Portland Gay Mens Chorus), Anita Floyd
and Philip Austin (Pride of the Rose), Ray
Johnson and Kathleen Bambeck (Cascade
Union of Educators), Linda Robinson
(Portland Forum), Cherry Hartman (City
Week), Renee LaChance (Phoenix Rising),
David Diehnel (Lavender Network), Anita
Floyd and Jim Case (Brinker Memorial
Fund); Parents and Friends of Lesbians
and Gays nominated its entire membership
in lieu of individual nominations; Live and
Let Live Club (Gay AA) nominated a wo
man and man who remained anonymous.
Judges for Man and Woman of the Year
1987 were Daniel Tegart, Tom Imdieke,
Sandy Vroman, Geri Craig, Tom Nuss-
baum and Bari C.
Congratulations to all participants.
Portland is fortunate, indeed; your caring,
compassion and commitment enhance the
lives of all in the community.
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City Hall
n eagle-eyed reader notified Just
Out that last month’s What’s going
on here? contained an error in the
story concerning the Portland City
Council’s new City personnel policy; the
reader (a City employee) comments:
“ What the City Council passed on May
7th was an Ordinance, amending the City
Code, not the Charter as stated in the arti
cle. A Charter amendment is passed by a
vote of the people; a Code amendment is
passed by the City Council through an
ordinance.”
While we’re on the subject, let’s hear it
for Earl Blumenauer, Mike Lindberg and
Bud Clark. They all stood their ground
under Bob Koch’s redneck attitude. In
fact, at one point during the hearing on
June 10 when Commissioner Blumenauer
tossed the ball back to Koch, it appeared as
if Koch’s collar would explode. I got a
headache just watching him.
Commissioners Blumenauer and Lind
berg and Mayor Clark are committed to
human rights; they refused to be intimi
dated by Bob Koch. Joe Lutz or Drew
Davis. Letters of thanks to Blumenauer,
Lindberg and Clark are very much in order.
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Condom consumer action
working
ull page ads for Ansell Internation
al’s Lifestyles condoms appeared in
gay newspapes in ten major markets
during June. The copy is similar to
Lifestyles ads which have been running in
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S p ecializin g in issu e s of:
Recovering Alcoholics
Co-dependency
the mainstream press for several months:
“ I enjoy sex, but I’m not ready to die for
it,’ ’ but with an accompanying photograph
of a man instead of a woman.
The ads mark the first appearance of
condom advertising in gay publications,
according to Joe Di Sabato, President of
Rivendell Marketing.
Di Sabato has been attempting to get
condom manufacturers to advertise in the
gay media for the past five years, but says
that he has encountered nothing but homo
phobia all along the ay. (See JO 5/87.)
Di Sabato reports that the Lifestyles ads
placed in the gay papers were “ a one-shot,
interim buy” for “ goodwill,” and that
Ansell will be introducing a new line of
“ extrastrength” Lifestyles in September.
In a recent conversation with me, Di Sabato
said, “ None of the condom manufacturers
are admitting to being inundated with pro
duct wrappers, but we are getting results.”
On a local note, the Oregon State Health
Division recently placed an enormous or
der with Ansell International after consult
ing with Di Sabato. Robert McAlister, a
state health educator, says the condoms
will be distributed through STD clinics,
AIDS organizations, county health clinics
and other appropriate agencies; accom
panying the condoms will be AIDS pre
vention material and a brochure titled
Using a Condom.
Hypocrisy in action
he Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision,
ruled that the U.S. Olympic Com
mittee could prohibit San Francisco
Arts and Athletics from calling their
games the Gay Olympics. In the decision,
Justice Lewis F. Powell rejected SFAA’s
claim that “ Olympic” is a generic word,
disregarding evidence that “ Olympic” is
acceptable when used with many other
groups and activities.
‘In 1978. Congress passed the Amateur
Sports Act which, among other things,
granted the US Olympic Committee
(USOC) exclusive use of the word
“ Olympic.” The USOC sought this
favored treatment from Congress since it
was impossible to seek trademark protec
tion for a word that had been around for
centuries.” (A Sense of Pride: The Story of
the Gay Games II. Roy M. Coe. Pride
Publications. San Francisco)
“ It is a major insult,” said Ben Schatz,
an attorney with the National Gay Rights
Advocates. “ This decision tells us that the
Supreme Court is not sympathetic to the
gay community: it is discriminatory.”
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