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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1991)
ju st out ▼ J u m 1 09 1 ▼ 13 national briefs C A L IF O R N IA : Domestic partners o f city employees are now eligible for all benefits avail able to spouses o f heterosexual employees. Said Mayor Agnos, “ I hope that what we have done will be a model for others.” One thousand heterosexuals, 1000 homosexu als and 1350 children are expected to be added to the city’s insurance plan. Eight hundred o f the children live in lesbian and gay families. Other cities that extend health benefits to gay families include Seattle, Washington: Berkeley, Laguna Beach, Santa Cruz and West Hollywood, all in California; and North Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This year West H ollyw ood’ s Fabulous Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade, the nation’ s largest, will be telecast live across the country, via satel lite. The broadcast is being offered absolutely free o f charge to cable outlets in all areas. ‘ T o gether in Pride” is on Sunday, June 23. Call your local cable station to request they run it. IDAH O: Under a newly-passed regulation, Idaho emergency medical technicians now can ask for the HIV status o f accident victims. For the most part, HIV testing is not confidential in Idaho. The Idaho Department o f Health and Welfare keeps a list o f all people who test posi tive for communicable diseases such as AIDS. D ell Richards IL L IN O IS: The gay and lesbian market- research firm Overlooked Opinions has found that 51 percent o f gays and lesbians are honoring the boycott o f Miller beer, called in protest o f parent corporation Philip Morris sizeable dona tions to anti-gay U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms. Overlooked Opinions says that works out to 5,479,254 gay and lesbian beer drinkers nation wide. In addition, 18 percent o f those surveyed are still boycotting Coors beer, which discriminated against gays in previous decades but now funds community events. M A IN E : M onfort, Inc., which operates a pork-processing plant has agreed to pay $3,700 each to 27 people who were denied jobs after testing positive for HIV antibodies. The firm will also cease HIV testing and hire the 27 plain tiffs for the next 27 openings at the plant. State officials argued that pre-employment physical exams violate the state Human Rights Act. Monfort disagreed, but settled anyway. M IN N E S O T A : Gay Minneapolis City Council Vice President Brian Coyle told report ers in April that he has known he is HIV-positive since 1985. Coyle acknowledged acquiring the virus via sexual activity, probably in 1981. He said he went public “ to show...people with the virus that it is possible to be HIV positive and remain productive.” He plans to run for re-elec tion in 1993. NEW Y O R K : SAGE (Senior Action in a Gay Environment) and G L A A D /N Y (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation/New York) have won their first battle in the long war against the invisibility o f senior lesbians and gay men. Modern Maturity has confirmed that the June and July issue will include 1) a short edito rial “ explanation” on the past printing o f vir ulently homophobic letters; 2) an article by Ray mond Berger, author o f Gay and Gray, on trusts and survivorship for lesbian and gay couples, and 3) an article on new disability “ critical case" procedures which are relevant to seniors fighting critical illness, including people with AIDS. A meeting has been set up between SAGE and Modern Maturity's executive editor to discuss ongoing coverage o f lesbian and gay seniors. NO RTH C A R O L IN A : A Duke University administrator, Larry D. Nelson, has been disci plined for violating the school’ s non-discrimina tion policy when he referred to a job applicant as homosexual after observing his mannerisms dur ing the application process. Nelson was sus pended for four weeks without pay. He was ordered to attend a course designed to heighten his sensitivity toward gender issues and perform community service work in order to be rein stated. Paul Varnell TE X A S: An estimated 300 parents and chil dren are expected at the twelfth annual confer ence o f The Gay and Lesbian Parents Coalition International in Houston, Texas June 14, 15 and 16, 1991. The tri-level conference will offer varied agendas for the parents, youth and chil dren. For information call (202) 583-8029 in Washington, D.C. W ASH IN GTON , D.C.: The Third National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights has been scheduled for April 1993. More than 650,000 people attended the sec ond march in 1987. The first march was in 1979. The next planning meeting for the ‘ 93 march will be in Chicago, August 3. A steering com mittee and working group« will be established at that time. People interested in attending the meeting should phone the March on Washington Interim Planning Committee at (800) 832-2889. Fax: (202) 332-0207. Former North Carolina Democratic Senate nominee Harvey Gantt, who came within five points o f defeating anti-gay Sen. Jesse Helms in last year’ s election, extended his thanks to the lesbian and gay community at the annual Lead ership Conference o f the Human Rights Cam paign Fund held in Arlington, V A in early May. Gantt told the Campaign Fund that his campaign came close to victory “ because constituencies like yours went to work and m obilized your members.” The Bush administration has unobtrusively included in next year’ s National Institute o f Health budget a $3 million request to begin work on a survey o f American sexual behavior. The survey proposal was criticized by some gay ac tivists and sex researchers as likely to encounter high rates o f non-compliance and denial, produc ing underestimates o f homosexuality and other sexual activities. Consistently low respxmse rates on those items in a recent pilot program led to the cancellation o f plans for a nationwide HIV sero- prevalance survey. Paul Varnell In a formal reply to Congressman Gerry Studds, the Pentagon today defended its policy o f excluding gays from military service as reflect ing “ societal attitudes” about homosexuality. “There is a fundamental difference between this policy and the racial segregation that existed in the military before 1948. Racial discrimina tion is unlawful because it judges people based upon the color o f their skin. Societal attitudes about homosexuals, however, derive from con duct that defines the class, not from a neutral characteristic such as skin color.” The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has called for the firing o f Los Angeles Police C hief Daryl Gates in the wake o f the widely publicized video-taped beating o f a black motor ist. Citing 24 incidents o f alleged px)lice violence against Los Angeles homosexuals last year, NGLTF said, "The problem is systemic and re quires a systemic respxmse.” Herbal Education Sat. June 15, lOam-lpm Take an herb walk in Forest Park. Identify medicinal and edible plants. A great experience for people both beginning and continuing their herbal education. Cost $15. Sun. June 16 and 23, llam-2pm:Two day workshop to focus on STRUCTURAL CONNECTIVE TISSUE, and one plant that can heal it. The first session will cover how to get the medicine out o f the plant and into/onto the body. We carpool to harvest Hypericum perforatum in the second class. Cost $35-65 sliding scale. Sun. June 30, 11am to 1pm: Take an urban herb walk in Northeast Portland. Bring a small notebook and a pen. Cost $5. Sat. June 29, 10am to 1:30pm Your animal’s health and well-being is the topic of this lecture. We will cover the whole picture of animal health using nutrition, herbal remedies and communication. Cost $20-$40 Sat. July 6: The most asked for class! Communicating with Animals. What arc our animal friends talking about? How can we learn to understand them? Come hear answers to these and many more questions. Cost $15. Ariel Water woman, LMT Clinical Herbalist For info and to pre-register call 249-0564 Fees waived for women of color. CIRCLE HEALTHCARE CLINIC A C U PU N C TU RE • CHIROPRACTIC • MASSAGE NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE JAN C CHIROPI D.C. PHYSICIAN KIPM. HARD, D.C. CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN M SUZAN NATUROPA PHYSICIAN BROOKE WINTER, l.Ac. ACUPUNCTURIST VALERIE M. LYON, M.S., L.M.T. MASSAGE & BODY CENTERED THERAPY ELIZABETH CARLSON D.C.,L.M.T. CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN . 28TH ST., PORTLAND, OR 97232 (503)230-0812 IS YOUR PET PART OF T HE FAMILY? Tender, loving care for the furry and feathered m em bers o f your family! Complete Diagnosis and Treatment • MedicaL/Surgical Facilities Compassionate, Trusting Care BIRDS, CATS IH X ìS and other small pels Dr. Patricia E. Huff, D.V.M. Dr. D eborah Sheaffer, D.V.M. 2 5 1 9 E. BURNSIDE, PORTLAND CALL 233-5001
