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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1988)
♦ Quilt schedule announced he Quilt, sponsored by The Names Project: Oregon/Southwest Washington, will be displayed at the Earle A. Chiles Center, University of Portland, on July 28, 29 and 30. An opening ceremony, featuring a partial unfolding and the reading of names of men and women memorialized on the 170,000-square - foot folk art piece, will be held on July 28, beginning at 7 pm. On Friday, the Quilt will be displayed between 10 am and 9 pm. A closing ceremony for both the Portland display and the 20-city national tour will begin at 7 pm on Saturday, July 30. Members of The Oregon Symphony, the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, the Portland Lesbian Choir, jazz vocalist Shirley Nanette and others will parti cipate in the closing. Bill Hudson and Cindy Williams are coordi nating celebrity involvement in the project from their residence in Malibu, California, and are approaching Oregon entertainment figures who live in California, encouraging their parti cipation in the Names Project Quilt. The Steering Committee of the Names Project: Oregon/Southwest Washington announced at its June 23 meeting that the funds raised during The Quilt’s stay in Portland will be divided evenly among the Cascade AIDS Project, Portland; Douglas County AIDS/ARC Council; Shanti in Oregon; and Southwest Washington AIDS Council, Vancouver. Funds allocated to these groups are earmarked for direct services for persons with HIV disease. All Quilt events during the three-day showing are open to the public and are free. T — Harold Moore "Just Out" receives Demo convention nod emocratic National Convention Credentials Chairman Neel Lattimore announced on June 15 that Just Out had been accorded press credentials to the convention. The Democratic National Convention is scheduled for the third week of July in Atlanta. “ Every major press organization in the country has made application to be represented at the convention,” stated Lattimore. “ We'll have 15,000 press people from 7,000 outlets from all over the world. Just Out will be one of only six gay and lesbian news teams at the convention, but we hope to maximize this converage by providing every opportunity to the six.” Just Out's application for credentials was supported by Portland City Commissioner Mike Lindberg, who said, "Just Out is a monthly news magazine that serves as a major source of information in the State of Oregon about the issues of primary concern to the gay and lesbian community.” Congressman Les AuCoin, in support of the press credentials, said, “ In the five years of its existence Just Out has grown in scope and stature. The reporting is balanced and fair.” Just Out has joined with Jackson alternate delegate Randy Sullivan to raise expense monies for the trip to Atlanta. Contributions should be made to Oregon Pride Delegation, PO Box 15117, Portland, OR 97215. Funds raised in excess of expenses will be passed on to Oregonians for Fairness (OFF), a new community-based organization fighting the ballot measure to over turn the Governor’s executive order protecting some state employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation. D United Way OKs Phoenix Rising request for funds raising goal of $40,000. It is their responsibility to raise the money needed to insure a fair and complete trial for McBride. While the state has unlimited funds to prosecute Cheryl, Friends of Cheryl McBride relies on private contributions to pay for investigators, expert witnesses, nited Way has approved a request for filings and court expenses. Their cause is to funds by the Phoenix Rising Foundation, allow the entire truth of Cheryl’s personal a Portland gay and lesbian counseling agency. tragedy to be told so that her jury can make an The approval was announced on June 27 by unbiased decision based on all of the facts of her York Haines, United Way’s vice president of case. There would be no greater injustice than a communications. life locked away from the world because the full According to Haines, $16,000 was approved truth could not be afforded. Direct inquiries or by United Way’s board of directors because contributions to Suzanne Stauss, Friends of Phoenix Rising has demonstrated a need for Cheryl McBride, P O Box 13483, Salem, broader outreach into an “ under-served OR 97309. population.” Said Haines, “ This funding request approval will improve the overall focus of United Way and has been actively supported by local corporate United Way supporters.” Helen Lottridge, director of Phoenix Rising, icketers at the Portland Feminist Women’s acknowledged the importance of the United Health Center, in addition to raising Way funding, saying that this action will serve commotion and ire, will be raising money for as an “ important step” in her organization’s the clinic this summer— in spite of themselves. mission to serve the gay and lesbian community. The Pledge-a-Picketer program, organized by clinic staff and volunteers, asks individuals to — Harold Moore pledge money — as little as one cent per picketer — for every picketer who shows up at the clinic between July 1 and September 30. “ We’ll post a thermometer on the side of the building on Saturday mornings showing the picketers how much money has been raised by their attendance,” said John Duke, volunteer escort coordinator for the health center, located at 6510 SE Foster Road. Since 1983, the health center’s Saturday abortion clinics have been picketed by anti abortion protesters, who taunt clients, staff and volunteer escorts with cries of “ murderer” and impromptu sermons on the sidewalk. A tem porary injunction forbids picketers to enter a 25-foot “ safe” zone around the clinic door. Duke said an average of five to 15 protesters may show up at the clinic on a typical Saturday morning. A contributor who pledged five cents per picketer, assuming ten picketers came each Saturday, would owe $6.50 at the end of the summer. Pledge-a-Picketer organizers will mail cards at the end of each month telling pledgers how many picketers were present and how much money they owe. Will picketers be discouraged from showing A CYCLE OF AWARENESS — Richard Zim up by the knowledge that they’re helping the merman and Shaun Cutts, two students from clinic? “ I think it will help,” said Duke. “ Any Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, thing we can do to relieve the pressure and take are biking across the United States this a little wind out of their sails. . . . ” summer, hoping to leave a trail o f knowledge Pledge sheets are available at the Portland about AIDS behind them. The two cycled into Feminist Women’s Health Center, 777-7044. Portland June 24 and hope to make it back to — Anndee Hochman Providence by August 25. Zimmerman, 20, said he and several other Brown students started a group called Students for AIDS Awareness this year after noticing that many o f their classmates were ignoring the threat o f AIDS and con tinuing “ careless” behavior. "We’d like to raise the level o f awareness of everybody," Zimmerman said. ride of the Rose, a fund established to — Anndee Hochman assist the education of gay and lesbian students and/or students who are children of lesbians and gays, turns ten years old in 1988. The fund, established in 1979, has distributed $13,500 to 17 recipients. Begun by Frank Schreckenberger, Rose Emperor V, and Kurt Meyer, Rose Empress he murder trial for Cheryl McBride has XXI, the scholarships are given based on finan been postponed until September 20, cial need, clarity of educational objectives and 1988. The location will still be Newport, the applicant’s gay and lesbian community Oregon. New evidence had become available connection. that would have required defense motions to be The Pride of the Rose awards its scholarship made at the beginning of the trial. The delay annually at Sanford Director’s Turnabout held would have created a schedule conflict for key at Darcelle XV, this year scheduled for August expert witnesses. A continuance was ordered to 14. Applications for Pride of the Rose are assure that all witnesses will be available to available at The Embers, Club 927 and Phoenix testify. Rising Foundation. Cutoff for applications is Friends of Cheryl McBride will take advantage July 29. For more information about Pride of of the continuance to accomplish their fund the Rose call 236-1091 or 639-0888. • U Pledge a plcketer 234-1276 2 0 0 8 N.E. SANDY BLVD. • PORTLAND P Pride of the Rose scholarship hits decade P McBride trial postponed T just out • 7 • July 1988