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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1989)
just briefs womanlreh Upcoming OREGON Trips: • Deschutes River Trip June 18-23 • Eagle Cap Wilderness Llama Pack Trip July 22-29; Sept. 4-9 D IS N E Y LA N D PACKAGE RT AIR — ALASKA AIRLINES 2 DAYS ADMISSION TO DISNEYLAND 2 NIGHTS ACCOMMODATIONS 2 DAYS COMPACT CAR RATE FROM . .. $353 PPDO OTHER TRIPS: Bicycling in China July 29-Aug. 22 1411 E Olive Way Trekking in Kashmir P.0. Box 20643 July 19-Aug. 6; Seattle, WA98102 Sept. 6-24 (206)325-4772 Safaris, Travel Tours, Sea Kayaking & More! Free brochures available W A IK IK I Psychological Services RT AIR — 7 NTS HOBRON HOTEL AIRPORT TRANSFERS $452 PPDO THRU JUNE 15 $480 PPDO JULY - AUG SAN FRANCISCO — SPECIAL RT AIR ALASKA AIRLINES 2 NTS BEDFORD HOTEL AIRPORT TRANSFERS THURS-FRI-SAT DEPARTURE $257.00 PPDO — CAR OPTION $24 a DAY for Women, Men, and Couples / Kristine L. Falco, Psy.D. Licensed Clinical Psychologist 3903 SW Kelly, Suite 210 Portland. OR 97201 223-8071 A U PTO W N THERAPEUTIC MAS SAGE Wayne Boulette Travel Counselor The recently formed Right to Privacy Foundation announces the first in a series of dinner forums on Thursday. June 22, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Mallory Hotel. Multnomah County Commissioner Gretchen Kafoury will speak on “ 20 Years After Stonewall.” Admission to the forum is $15 per person and includes dinner. The monthly events are intended as forums for persons to discuss issues important to the gay and lesbian community. Topics for future forums include formation of a national gay and lesbian student union association, gay and lesbian youth, the Gay Games, gays and the law, and lesbian and gay business entrepreneurs. In addition. Right to Privacy will host its annual Garden Party on July 15 with prominent guest speakers and music by Musica Femina. For more information concerning the monthly forums and the Garden Party contact Right to Privacy, Inc., PO Box 8325, Portland, OR 97207. Inc., and/or stop at the RTP booth at the Lesbian and Gay Pride celebration at Waterfront Park on Saturday, June 17. Rick Kelso — RSVP 1 9 9 0 C R U ISES — NOW OPEN FOR SALE CARIBBEAN — YUCATAN MEXICAN RIVIERA — FRENCH CANADA AND KEY WEST HALLOWEEN CALL FOR BROCHURE Monthly dinner forums slated Welcome additions Portland's fastest growing gay and lesbian neighborhood, the area surrounding Southeast Hawthorne between 12th and 20th Avenue, is finally beginning to provide residents with more choices than convenience stores. Just in time for lesbian and gay pride, a complex housing two bookstores and an espresso café has opened at 19 th and Hawthorne. The complex in the Routledge Building now houses Paper Moon, a used books store owned by Andrea Drinnard, new books store Ladd's Editions, owned by Dori Rosenblum and Maureen Moreland, and Espresso Etc., owned by Karen Harding. Ladd 's Editions is a gay - and lesbian - positive bookstore. The store shelves contain an ever growing selection of psychology, self- help, personal growth titles, and books for lesbians and gays, both fiction and non fiction. “ As people with social conscience, we have attempted to reflect this in the books we order for the store,” said Moreland and Rosenblum, both former educators. “ We are willing to take risks for our beliefs.” A grand opening for the complex is planned for the first weekend in June, with readings, book signings and music by Musica Femina. Community forum A lesbian and gay community forum to discuss the struggle for gay and lesbian liberation in the coming year will take place at 7 p .m ., on June 20, in the hearing room on the second floor of the Portland Building. The forum will be an opportunity for community members to express their visions and network with others. A planning meeting for the June 20 meeting will be held on June 8, at 7 p.m. in Room A of the Portland Building. Both meetings are open to everyone. ^ Come out and dance Come out with unity and pride for the annual lesbian and gay pride celebration, to be held this year on Saturday, June 24, front 8 p.m. to I a m , at Neighbors of Woodcraft Hall. 1410 SW Morrison. The party, a benefit for Phoenix Rising Foundation, the Lesbian Community Project, and Lesbian and Gay Pride, Inc., will feature Kate Sullivan and Company with special performances by the Portland Lesbian Choir and the Portland Gay Men's Chorus. Spirit of Portlandia Awards and other recognitions of community service will be presented by LCP and Phoenix Rising. Tickets to this all-ages party are on sale now for $ 15-$ 10 sliding scale and are available at A W'oman’s Place Bookstore, the LCP office, Phoenix Rising, In Her Image Gallery, The Cup and Saucer Café, Catbird Seat Books, and Laughing Horse Books. Admission at the door w ill be $ 17-$ 12 sliding scale. Free childcare will be provided and all children 13 and under will be admitted free of charge. The Echo renovates Echo Theatre, a non-profit arts center on SE 37th Avenue has been the recipient of $14,000 in grants to help renovate the space. $8,000 came from the Fred Meyer Charitable Trust, $4,000 from the Collins Foundation and $2,000 from the Oregon Arts Commission. The Echo, home of Do Jump Movement Theater, has also been host to dozens of alternative events and benefits over the years, most recently The Love that Dares Valentines Party, The Dyketones, Romanovsky and Phillips, and Rumors of the Big Wave. It has served and will continue to serve the needs of the various communities in Portland at very affordable rates. The theatre’s upcoming renovation will require donations of materials as well as volunteer hours. Persons interested in helping make the Echo a new, improved facility should call Howie at 2 3 1 -1232 to get involved. A grand re-opening of the space is scheduled for the fall. ▼ Welcome to our world Rita Guzman and Sara Packer welcome their newborn adopted son, Simon Benjamin Guzman Packer, bom on April 28. 1989. Sara and Rita thank all their wonderful friends for their love and support. ^ * Oregon’s complete lesbian & gay connection VISTA TRAVEL SERVICE 224-5000 200 S.W. M A R K E T • P O R TLA N D . OR 227-6047 M-F 8-6 SAT 9-12 1 800 245-5557 NORTHWEST VETERINARY HOSPITAL FAX: 503-299-6831 SUSAN D. MORGAN, V.M.D. T O L L FREE USA - - 1520 NW 20th Avenue 8 V Juno l 4WW Portland. OR 97209