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just briefs Starlight Parade float AN OPEN DISCUSSION: AIDS Prevention and Education for G ay and Bi-sexual Men. Gay and Bi-sexual Men Are Invited to Access CAP'S Education and Prevention Program For G ay and Bi-sexual Men and Offer Suggestions for the Next 12 Months. WEDNESDAY 7-9 pm, M ay 31st, 1989 The Portland Building, Room B, Se co n d Floor 1120 SW Fifth Avenue Free Parking in the garage available, enter on Fourth Avenue side For Further Information Contact: (503) 223-5907 Our best defense against AIDS is each other. Willamette Valley Lesbians to join Pride march The annual Portland Lesbian and Gay Pride March will be held on Saturday, June 17, and lesbians from the Mid-Willamette Valley will be there! A group from Benton, Linn. Polk, and Marion Counties will be marching together under the flashy banner "Willamette Valley Lesbians." They’ll be wearing matching T-shirts and will be assembling at 11 am in the North Park blocks in Portland. The march steps off at noon. There will be a charge to help pay for the T-shirts, banner, and advertising. For further information call Rosemary at 752-1843 or Karuna at 753-1114 in the evenings. The lesbian and gay community of Oregon will be represented in the Rose Festival for the first time when 40 gays and lesbians become an animated rainbow flag in this year’s June 3 Starlight Parade. The rainbow Hag assembly, a 45 foot three tiered float carry ing the 40 people holding lighted flagsticks. promises to be the “ most creative use of lights that has ever been entered" in the Starlight Parade, according to a Rose Festival official. The lesbian and gay community float, designed by Studio Concepts for the “ From the Margins to the Mainstream Media Project" of the Lesbian Community Project, is one of several tasks undertaken to increase positive visibility of the gay and lesbian community in Oregon. The float committee has taken on quite a task and needs the help of the entire community to pull it off. The float designer. Studio Con cepts, will do the large-scale assembly but people are needed to help sew Hags, wire the lighting on the float, paint, and numerous other tasks. Major assistance is needed for fundraising and publicity. A tractor or truck capable of pulling a 45 foot flatbed is also needed. Then there is the matter of choosing the 40 gays and lesbians who will ride on the float. Try-outs to choose those people will be held at Wallace Park (NW 25th and Raleigh)on Satur day. May 20 at 2 pm. While some level of coordination is necessary, the float committee wants the people on the float to represent the diversity of the community as a whole. Any one is welcome to try-out and should pre register. For information on all aspects of the Starlight Parade float call 230-8022. In the aftermath of the defeat of Ballot Measure 8, a new organization has sprung up in Corvallis, called After 8. The purpose of After 8 is education, advocacy, and direct action to create conditions which ensure that all persons are protected from discrimination based on sexual orientation. Sexual orientation is defined as lesbian, gay, bisexual and hetero sexual. To this end After 8 will support and educate the membership and the community at large; engage in political activity including, but not limited to, local political processes, voter education, campaign/election work, legislative lobbying, and media watch; be active and fully visible participants in our community; network with individuals, organi zation, businesses, and institutions to ensure that all persons are protected from discrimina tion based on sexual orientation. 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OR 97204 (503) 243-2733 Soberfaire 89 opens Pride Week Recovering members o f Portland’s gay and lesbian community will kick-off Gay Pride Week by presenting Rose City Soberfaire Conference 89 on June 9 - 11. The conference is a forum for continuing education and aware ness into the recovery process for alcoholism and chemical dependency. Included will be issues about living with an alcoholic or chemi cally dependent person, eating disorders, and co-dependency. The theme for this year’s Soberfaire Confer ence is “ Living the Solution,” and features five speakers and thirty workshops. Food will be provided and there will be a dance on the second day of the conference. Rose City Soberfaire Conference 89 will be held at the Northwest Service Center, 1817 N W Everett, Portland. The conference begins Friday, June 9, at 5 pm, and will close Sunday, June 11, at 2 pm. Pre-registration is suggested. Flousing will be available for out-of-town visitors. For further information and registration, please call (503) 233-3955, or write Soberfaire 89, PO Box 6322, Portland, OR 97228-6322. AIDS Discrimination Awareness The message of a public awareness cam paign is that it is illegal to discriminate against people with AIDS. The campaign — AIDS Discrimination Awareness Week — from May 15-20, is being sponsored by the Metropolitan Fluman Relations Commission and the Cascade AIDS Project. The campaign will educate the public about AIDS related discrimination). It will also serve to educate people with AIDS that a newly formed clear inghouse exists to help them deal with their legal rights. The AIDS discrimination clearinghouse will be operated by CAP’S AIDS Flotline in con junction with MHRC. The AIDS Flotline number is 223-2437. Hotline staffers will be trained to handle discrimination complaints by making referrals to appropriate agencies and following up to make sure the caller receives appropriate assistance. Come out and dance with Kate Sullivan and Company “ Come Out with Unity and Pride” is the theme for an all-ages, get down rock and roll dance featuring Kate Sullivan and Company on June 24 at Neighbors of Woodcraft Hall. The event will benefit Lesbian and Gay Pride, Inc., The Lesbian Community Project, and Phoenix Rising. Tickets (sliding scale) are $ 10-$ 15. Organizers of “ Come Out with Unity and Pride” are predicitng that the event will be a highlight of pride week festivities. MCC Portland hosts regional conference Metropolitan Community Church laity and clergy from throughout the Northwest District will gather in Portland May 26-29, 1989 for their annual conference. A series of work shops, worship services, forums, business meetings, and social activities will be held at the Red Lion Columbia River. The theme for the conference is taken from Acts 18:9 — “ Be not afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silen t. . Two hundred fifty persons from Oregon, Washington, Alaska. Idaho, Hawaii. British Columbia and Northern Cali fornia. Nevada, and Utah are expected to attend. Special guests include Rev. Elder Charlie Arehart. Rev. Elder Jeri Ann Harvey. Dr. Marcus Borg, and Dr. Tom Reveley. ^ iu \i out y f 6 ^ M.i\