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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1989)
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(The bill would include sexual e are living in a time when it s still fashionable among Christian people, orientation within categories protected by the law.) as well as others, to, at best, trivialize gay intimidation men Republicans John Minnis and Kelly Clark and lesbians — at worst to persecute them. neither of whom are members of the subcom A great number of clergy are gay and lesbian. Of course, church members are too. The church mittee, monopolized the proceedings with dubious questions and commentary aimed at would probably collapse if all of us were to trivializing the need for including protections disappear. The issue is not who s homosexual against intimidation of gays and lesbians. and who’s not, but who’s open about it.’ ’ Minnis repeatedly asked, “ How do you — Rev. Carter Heyward, an ordained prove sexual orientation?” He said that from Episcopal priest and open lesbian, comments his experience as a policeman, he could envi on the state of religion at the consecration of sion a prosecutor asking an assault victim to Bishop Barbara Harris, her friend and prove his or her sexual orientation. He said that colleague, in Boston. Harris became the first such questioning would appear to be an inva woman to be consecrated as bishop in the sion of privacy. Episcopal Church of the United States, which is Clark said again and again that he wants civil part of the worldwide Anglican community of rights relating to sexual orientation “ legislative, 70 million members, (Bay Windows, February not in the courts.” Clark repeatedly asked, 16-22,1989) “ What signal does this bill send to the courts” that sexual orientation defines a suspected class ? P For more on the legislature, see the legisla tive report on page 11. Voices in the wilderness B J A Y B R O W N r. Mary Ann Humphrey, a lesbian whose difficulties with the military were recounted in 2 l Just Out interview last August, will be among the guests on NBC’s Sally Jessy Raphael Show on gays in the military on March 3rd. Other guests include Miriam Ben-Shalom, Ellen Nesbitt and Perry Watkins. During the past year Humphrey has conducted interviews with more than 100 gay military members and veterans for an oral history on the subject. Humphrey is also seeking a publisher for the book. Intimidation hampers Salem student group G ays and lesbians at Chemeketa Community College in Salem are experiencing diffi- or AIDS to be transmitted sexually, both ulties in establishing a student group — but not partners must engage in unsafe sex. Either because of administrative resistance. Notices partner can prevent unsafe sex by insisting on use of condoms or other forms of safer sex. The and posters publicizing meetings of the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Student Alliance have been Hudson case sends the dangerous message that systematically removed from bulletin boards on if people practice unsafe sex, it’s someone the college campus. else’s fault if they become infected — they According to Greg Asher, the group’s faculty don’t bear any responsibility to protect advisor, intimidation is also a major factor in themselves. attendance at Alliance meetings. After two There are other troubling implications: The menacing-looking Skinhead types attended a decision discourages voluntary testing by meeting last fall, attendance at Alliance meet making it legally safer not to know you’re ings dropped dramatically. “ At the next meet infected. And it endangers the confidentiality ing, I sat there by myself,” Asher said. protections needed to encourage voluntary test The Gay Lesbian Bisexual Student Alliance ing and medical treatment. If Rock Hudson’s secretary can be required to reveal his of Chemeketa Community College meets every other Wednesday in Bldg. 3, Room 281 at 3:30 employer’s diagnosis, would other people’s friends and family members be under a similar pm. For more information call Greg Asher at obligation? 399-5197. — Benjamin Schatz, an attorney with National F Gay Rights Activists, comments on a jury award of $21.5 million to Marc Christian, lover of the late Rock Hudson. (USA Todav, February 20, 1989) Help house the homeless M easure 26-3 on the special mail ballot for the March 28 election will impose a tax of . 15 percent on transfer of ownership of real property in Multnomah County. The tax will be ABA resolution encourages gay paid when transfer is recorded. Revenue is dedicated to housing needs of homeless and rights other low-income, special-needs persons. The resolution encouraging federal, state, measure exempts certain real property transfers, and local governments to enact legis including those where the sale price is less than lation prohibiting discrimination against gays $40,000 and provides for appeal if exemption is and lesbians in employment, housing, and denied. Funds in the Homeless Housing public accommodations was approved by dele Program will be administered by the Housing gates at the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Authority of Portland under a county-approved semi-annual meeting in February according to a annual plan. report in Bay Windows. The resolution, which An estimated 15,000 households at or below passed by a vote of 251-121, was defeated by the poverty level in Multnomah County are in narrow margins at ABA conventions in 1983 need of housing assistance. Many of these and 1985. people are homeless; increasing numbers of women, children, and youth are homeless. Legislators trivialize dangers to Among the homeless are many gay and lesbian youth who have been thrown away by their gays and lesbians families. And increasingly, people with AIDS wo Oregon legislators must have won are in dire need of housing assistance. high praise from the Oregon Citizens Vote “ yes” on Measure 26-3 and help house Alliance as they badgered witnesses during the the homeless. • A T
