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Just briefs
1990 visibility campaign off and
running
The Lesbian Community Project Visi
bility Committee has selected this year’s
theme: a photo of a large number of women,
one in 10 of whom are not lesbians! The
response to the idea has been extremely
enthusiastic.
The purpose of the visibility project is to
increase public awareness of lesbians as real
people — not as some myth or distortion.
Having a picture of 100 or more women, 10
percent of whom are straight, is designed to:
(1) create confusion as to who is and who
isn’t a lesbian (chuckle, chuckle);
(2) create a safe vehicle for lesbians to
participate in the project (after all, we can all
be one of the 10 percent who are straight,
right?);
(3) distort the usual statistics (nine out of
10 are lesbians, rather than one out of 10);
(4) ask the question “why should it matter
anyway?;
(5) respond by stating that unfortunately it
does matter, i.e. lesbian teachers can lose their
jobs, lesbians mothers can lose their children.
The message will be disseminated through
ads in The Oregonian, as well as smaller
publications. Depending upon the amount of
funds raised, the Committee is hoping to place
ads in outlying community papers too. It is in
places like Klamath Falls, La Grande, and
Bend that “No on 8’’ was lost; an ad campaign
such as this could have an effect on some
voters.
Women wishing to get involved in the
LCP Visibility Project or wanting to join the
many women who have already signed up to
be in the photograph, call Donna Red Wing at
the LCP office, 223-0071, or Deborah Betron
at Bridgetown Realty, 287-9370. The Lesbian
Visibility Committee needs assistance in
several areas.
— Deborah Betron
Team Portland Surpases Goal of
Registering 100 Athletes
Team Portland has surpassed its goal of
registering 100 gay and lesbian athletes for
Gay Games m . Participants are registered in
virtually all o f the 27 sports. In addition to
individual registrants, Portland will be
represented by teams in basketball, volleyball,
softball, and bowling. There will be a large
contingent of swimmers and a sizeable group
for track and field events. The final deadline
for registration with Vancouver is May 31,
1990. The registration fee is now $54 (US).
Interested parties should contact the
registration coordinator, Tyler at 289-2226.
The next goal for Team Portland is to raise
sufficient funds from the community to outfit
all team members with matching uniforms for
the opening and closing ceremonies. Local
businesses are now being contacted with the
Team’s fundraising proposal. The selection of
uniform color and design is also underway
and anyone with an interest in having input
into these decisions should contact the
uniform committee chair, Jill Schuldt at 228-
1596.
Team Portland will hold its second
Registration Faire on April 18 from 6 pm to 8
pm at the YWCA, 1111 SW 10th. All Team
Portland members and interested parties are
invited to attend. This will be an opportunity
for athletes to connect with others in their
sport and to form teams for practice and
workouts. Registration materials and
information will also be available. The event
is being organized by Lennie Sobocinski who
can be contacted at 282-0228 for further
information.
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The group is considering making available
a team jacket. This would be a “letterman”
style jacket with the team name and the
individual’s name printed for a cost of about
$70. Persons interested should contact Adrian
at 1-543-3686.
Massachusetts rights lobbyist in
Portland
The Lesbian Community Project and the
Right to Privacy PAC are delighted to present
an evening with Barbara Boring, who
successfully lobbied the passage of the lesbian
and gay rights bill in Massachusetts last year.
Boring will discuss organizing and legislative
strategy, and bring us up to date on the
referendum effort.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear a
success story. Boring’s appearance will occur
on Saturday, March 10, from 7 to 9 pm, at the
Bijou Cafe, 132 SW 3rd. For more
information, call Cathy Siemens at 287-9370.
Dogged protester to get police
review hearing
After almost one and a half years, Jack
Bowsky, will finally be heard by the police
internal investigations audit committee
regarding a protest of police bureau personnel
donning latex gloves while arresting gays and
, lesbians who participated in the demonstration
which closed the Burnside Bridge in the
aftermath of the passage of Ballot Measure 8
in November 1988.
The basis of Bowsky’s complaint is
statements made by David Simpson, chief
information officer of the Portland Police
Bureau, while answering reporters’ questions
regarding the use of latex gloves. A video
tape shows Simpson saying that the arresting
officers donned the gloves because they knew
that they would be coming into contact with
lesbians and gays. He further stated that the
officers have to protect themselves, because
they do not know how AIDS is spread.
Two months after the arrests, Carl
Goodman, Michael Petrelis and Bowsky met
with Captain Roberta Webber, then the liaison
to the gay community, and asked for a
retraction of Simpson’s televised statements.
The three pointed out the unnecessary harm
done by the police in perpetuating the myth
that AIDS can be transmitted by touching
gays and lesbians. Police Chief Richard
Walker responded to the request for a
retraction by stating that Simpson’s comments
“are accurate and honest and not
inappropriate.”
In the meantime Petrelis and Goodman left
Portland, but Bowsky pursued the matter. On
December 17, 1989, the police investigation
auditing committee accepted Bowsky’s
challenge and assigned his complaint to their
screening subcommittee. On February 1,
199Q, Bowsky gave testimony to the review
subcommittee and the following day he was
notified that the citizens advisors will conduct
an investigations hearing on March 1 when he
may testify. The Portland City Council has
also scheduled a hearing on the matter on
March 8, at 1:45 pm.
At this point, the tenacious Bowsky’s
demands are: ‘T o restart sensitivity training
about the gay and lesbian community as a part
of [the Portland Police Bureau’s] effort
toward community policing. Also, that the
gay and lesbian community sit with Chief
Walker on policy-making in order to clarify
the misunderstandings concerning whether
gloves are optional as universal precautions to
infectious disease, and to help educate ha on
why Simpson’s comments were inappropriate
and incorrect.”
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