Outside In receives awards
Outside In, Portland’s unique social
service agency, recently named outstanding
urban clinic by the Oregon Primary Care
Association, has also received Metropolitan
Community Action’s Program of the Year
Award.
The Outstanding Urban Clinic award
recognizes services provided by Outside In ’s
primary care and prenatal care clinics. The
clinics provided more than 3,300 free or low-
cost patient visits to pregnant teens on the
streets, Hispanic migrant families, gays and
lesbians, foreign students, prostitutes and drug
users in downtown Portland last year. The
dedicated staff and volunteers of Outside In’s
clinics have provided non-judgmental and
hassle-free medical services in a powerful
effort to change lives, prevent the spread of
disease, and end cycles of abuse and addiction
for clients unwanted in or unable to pay for
traditional care settings.
Outside In ’s Program of the Year Award is
in recognition of the agency’s Transitional
Housing Program for homeless youth. The
innovative program assists homeless youth in
making significant changes in their lives by
furthering their education, getting jobs and
achieving independent living. Last year, of
the 56 homeless youth who entered the
program, two-thirds did not return to the
streets.
Outside In is a United Way agency.
Soiree to benefit Lesbian and
Gay Pride 1990
Pride during the holidays is the theme of
an early evening party at the Dakota Café.
The After Work Pride During the Holidays
Soiree on December 15 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm
is a highlight of the Give a Gift to the
Community campaign to benefit Lesbian and
Gay Pride, Inc.’s presentation o f Lesbian and
Gay Pride 1990 and the Gay Hotline.
The Soiree, hosted by Howie Baggadonutz
and featuring guest pianist Joe Anderson and
a light buffet, will introduce the Fairy Brigade
— teams dressed as fairies who are
distributing gift-wrapped collection boxes to
locations throughout gay and lesbian Portland.
The Fairy Brigade will be soliciting donations
for the Give a Gift to the Community
campaign later in the evening at local bars and
taverns.
Other Give a Gift to the Community
campaign fundraisers include a community
awards banquet on March 17.
Volunteers are needed on all committees to
plan “Look to the Future.” The theme of
lesbian and gay pride celebrations throughout
the world in 1990, “Look to the Future” was
chosen by the International Association of
Lesbian and Gay Pride Coordinators at the
association’s recent convention in Vancouver,
B.C.
Tickets for the After Work Pride During
the Holidays Soiree at the Dakota Café are
$10 and are available at A Woman’s Place
Bookstore and all Ticketmaster locations. To
volunteer or for more information, call 232-
8233.
AIDS awareness program
targets men of color
A program to raise consciousness about
HIV disease in a gay and bisexual people of
color context was presented in Portland
recently by Phill Wilson of The National Task
Force on AIDS Prevention. The Task Force is
a project of the National Association, Black
and White Men Together (NABWMT) and
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provides education to its members and other
gay and bisexual men of color.
The Task Force’s program provides safer
sex workshops and AIDS 101 to facilitate risk
reduction and is conducting a survey through
a grant from the Centers for Disease Control.
The Task Force is also helping local organiza­
tions create working relationships in the
whole community.
Men of color “are less likely to be
involved in AIDS organizations” than are
white men, Wilson says. “Gay and bisexual
black men usually live in their own ethnic
environs” but the Task Force provides a safe
space.
“There is tremendous denial,” Wilson
emphasizes. “Men of color are not prepared
to add AIDS [oppression] and can’t deal with
the issues of homosexuality.”
Wilson does see changes; he sees men
doing things which were thought impossible
not very long ago. ‘T h at’s very positive,” he
says.
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Phill Wilson was recently selected co-chair
of the 1990 Board of Directors of the Black
Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum. He will
serve as co-chair with Ruth Waters, a former
board member of Connexus. The Forum will
present the Third Annual National Black Gay
and Lesbian Conference iq Atlanta, February
16-19. For more information, write The
Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum,
3924 W. Sunset Blvd., Suite 1, Los Angeles,
CA 90029.
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Valentine gala to benefit
Phoenix Rising
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It’s not too early to begin planning for
Phoenix Rising’s gala St. Valentine’s Day
party in February. The semi-formal, black tie
optional event will benefit Phoenix Rising’s
counseling services and reaffirm same-sex
relationships.
Stephanie Holloway, executive director of
Phoenix Rising, is asking for volunteers to
plan this major fundraiser. Specific time and
place are yet to be confirmed, but the event is
being planned for an “extra special and classy
facility.” The gala will feature food, dancing,
fun and a silent auction for weekends at the
beach and other romantic getaways.
Volunteers wishing to assist with Phoenix
Rising’s Valentine’s Gala may call 223-8299.
Phoenix Rising is Oregon’s only gay and
lesbian mental health service center. The
agency offers individual and group counseling
for lesbians and gays on a wide variety of
issues as well as sponsoring workshops,
classes and retreats.
Phoenix Rising is a United Way agency.
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3000 for 10 inching toward goal
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retire back debts, $3750 has been received
from 182 contributors. Contributions have
ranged from $3 to $200, with an average of
just over $20. This puts us one-eighth of the
way toward our goal.
Your response to our appeal has been most
encouraging and the comments accompanying
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