Poll shows
discrimination
unacceptable
1988, when he returned to Portland after a long
absence.
In an interview with The National Alliance , a
New York City newspaper published by the
New Alliance Party, Moore made reference to
“ a long and complicated criminal history.”
Since his release from federal prison in January,
oth sides o f the campaign on Measure 8
he has been active in the Portland lesbian and
collided late last month in the southeast
gay community.
office o f Oregonians for Fairness. While OFF Moore recently served as a media coordinator
staff creased 30,000 envelopes for a mass mail
for the Names Project: Oregon/Southwest
ing, fielded requests for 150 lawn signs from
W ashington and in February helped with
Ashland and signed up volunteers to register
Sanford Director’s birthday fund-raiser.
voters in bars, the voice o f virulent anti
During the 1988 Oregon primary season he was
homosexual activist Paul Cameron seeped from
active in the Dukakis for President campaign. •
the radio, urging listeners to vote for the repeal
measure.
The Oregon Citizens Alliance, which is seek- |
ing to repeal Gov. Neil Goldschmidt’s execu
tive order protecting gays and lesbians in the
state executive branch from discrimination
new research study about AIDS
based on sexual orientation, has already
prevention will be started this fall in
purchased radio spots pepperd with the “ no
Portland. Gay and bisexual men will participate
special rights” argument that was used to
in a series o f group interviews on how they are
gather petition signatures. Meanwhile, OFF
coping with the threat o f the epidemic and on
staff are busy fund-raising for their own battery
strategies they are using to minimize their risk
o f radio and print ads.
for the disease.
“ M edia probably will make or break this
Social psychologist Kerth O ’Brien from
cam paign,” said Cathy Siemens, deputy
Portland State University is collaborating with
campaign manager.
the staff o f Cascade AIDS Project on the
research. “ We know by now that HIV — the
Recent poll results look promising for
human
immunodeficiency virus — is behavior-
M easure 8 foes. An Oregonian poll
ally transmitted,” said O ’Brien, the study’s
published September 13 showed that 54 percent
principal investigator, “ and gay men have
o f voters oppose the measure and 36 percent
made changes to cut down on behaviors that are
favor it. A poll conducted for OFF basically
risk-related. W e’re trying to find out what helps
confirm ed those results, as well as showing that
them to maintain that level o f change over time.’ ’
82 percent o f voters do not believe discrimina
tion on the job is acceptable.
Tom Koberstein o f CAP added that changing
o n e’s health habits is something that can have
“ It’s not so much that they are particularly in
its costs unless a person thinks of new habits in a
favor o f gay rights, but they are opposed to
discrimination,” Siemens said.
O FF also has gathered an arsenal of endorse
ments from labor, religious and political
groups. Ecumenical Ministries o f Oregon, the
AFL-CIO and the Oregon Education Associa
tion all have announced their opposition to
M easure 8. The voters’ guide will contain argu
ments against the measure from the American
Florist.
location,
Friends Service Committee, the Oregon Public
Estábil
of potential,
Employees Union, the ACLU and the vice pres
from $27,OCX))
$23,
ident o f U S. West Communications.
Arguments for the measure in the voters’
guide are endorsed by groups ranging from
Anxious and Motivated. Make offer.
Form er Homosexuals for the Passage o f Ballot
Band floor, lots of room. Needs TLC.
M easure 8 to the Oregon Association of
Terms.
Evangelicals. A statement from Oregon
The “Class” Portland Establishment.
Business for Responsible Public Policy sets the
tone o f most of the pro-Measure 8 arguments by
Our community’s favorite restaurant/1
ignoring lesbians and describing homosexuals
lounge. Major renovation completed.
as “ a sexually deviant group seeking special
Time to make money! Own your own
privileges and legitimacy.”
business and be who you are! Terms.
Upcoming events sponsored by OFF include j
Interested in HUD or bank repos,
• A community meeting, October 5 at 7 pm, at
Metropolitan Community Church
contract terms or blind assumptions?
• A benefit performance of Hair , October 16, at
Call me today.
Portland Civic Theatre
We are busy! If you need to sell your
• A spaghetti dinner and talent show
property or business, CALL ME NOW!
performed by Queers United Against
Closets, October 23.
Call the OFF office at 231-3913 for more
information or to volunteer.
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AIDS impact study
A
B u yin g a B u sin e ss?
S e llin g a B u sin e ss?
T h at’s M y jlu sin e ss!
— Anndee Hochman
NAP taps Oregonian
Bridgetown
Realty
elegates to the national nominating
Kathy Tysinger 1431 NE Weidler
convention o f the New Alliance Party
Res. 665-2936 Portland, OR 97232
chose Harold Moore as candidate for vice presi
dent on the general-election ballot in Oregon.
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M oore’s name will appear along with that of Dr.
Lenora B. Fulani. the first black woman to be
on the ballot in all 50 states and to receive
matching funds from the federal government.
M oore, 43, is a native Oregonian. He has
been a staff reporter for Just Out since January
D
R e sid e n tia l or
C om m ercial.
City or Country.
positive way. “ This study will look at health
behaviors and psychological health together,”
he said, “ and based on our work, we think
th at’s an asset.”
According to information farm the Oregon
State Health Division, 425 persons in Oregon
have been diagnosed with AIDS as of September
QUAC meets OCA
hen a mere ten members of Queers
United Against Closets paid a surprise
visit on the Oregon Citizens Alliance Saturday,
Septem ber 10, they got more than a welcoming
committee.
That date had been set as O CA ’s special
conference on tax issues. (They hate more than
queers; they hate the disproportionately high
rate o f taxes we pay.) The ail-day meeting was
slated for the Holiday Inn at Wilsonville.
QUAC arrived in time for its three prepaid
registrants to settle in the meeting room before
the OCA regulars got there. (Heaven forbid that
QUAC should rely on hearsay evidence as to
what was said inside!)
Five QUACers set up not-at-all-
discreet posters just inside the parking lot to
meet and greet OCA participants as they arrived.
Hardly anyone showed. Hardly anyone at all.
A fter about fifteen minutes, a man who
showed no identification but who said he was
assistant manager o f the Holiday Inn said we
would have to leave, that we were trespassing
and that we were bad for business. We told him
that discrimination was bad for business any
where, but he didn’t get the message. We then
asked where the property lines were, as we
wanted no trouble, but he refused to answer. We
asked again, and he told us to leave again.
W
QUACers confront OCA
saying he had called the Clackamas County
S h e riff s Department.
Being the law-abiding ducks that we are, we
moved the cars of those who had not paid for
registration and took our posters to an area just
o ff 1-5 that we felt was off Holiday Inn property.
A police car pulled up with one deputy
inside. Then came another, and yet another.
Before long, our five QUACers from inside
were being escorted out by three fine men in
uniform , just as cordial as they could be. Our
people’s money was refunded, we got to read
some hilarious brochures — which lose their
hum or when one realizes that OCA takes itself
seriously — and we drove off to Bums Brothers
for coffee with the truckers.
O h, yeah — the really weird part was that
there were only ten OCA members present.
Why the ten o f them required three nice
sheriff’s deputies — who should have been out
spending precious tax dollars fighting drugs,
violence and other crimes — to remove five
peaceable QUACers from their poorly-attended
meeting will always be a real mystery.
— Susie Shepherd
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