ju st out T Ja n u a r y 1. 1993 T 9
BRADLEY J. WOODWORTH
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Artwork recreates isolation
Portland artist David Olstein has created an
installation designed to give the viewer the sense
of the isolation felt by people living with HIV.
The 140-square-foot structure features a vial of
the artist’s HIV-positive blood, an X-ray of his
skull and a five-by-three-foot enlargement of the
HIV virus.
Olstein wants viewers to actively participate
and be integrated into the exhibit. Upon entering
the structure, viewers are asked to wear surgical
gloves, isolation masks and orange stickers read
ing “Biohazard.” No more than six persons will be
allowed into the structure at a time.
“As a ‘positive’ person,” Olstein said, “I’ve
come to understand a certain continual sense of
shock, a loss of control over the world around me,
as if alienated from my own body.”
The exhibit opens First Thursday, Jan. 7, at
Gallcri 8, at 314 SW 9th Ave.The opening recep
tion starts at 6 pm. The gallery is also open
Mondays through Fridays from 2 to 6 pm.
This is Olstein's First major installation. The
work utilizes his background as a student at the
Rhode Island School of Design and Pacific North
west College of Art and as a journeyman electri
cian. He has worked on many sets for the Portland
Gay Men’s Chorus and Storefront Theatre.
Bigots get boycotts for
Christmas
Citizens in Springfield, Ore., and Colorado
are about to pay the price for voting to forbid civil-
rights protection for their gay and lesbian resi
dents. The Multnomah County Board of Com
missioners has joined the cities of Atlanta, Ga.,
and Seattle, Wash., as well as countless individu
als in boycotting Springfield and Colorado.
The Multnomah County Board of Commis
sioners voted Dec. 10 to forbid “the spending of
any County funds for travel to or from or activities
within any state or locality that has constitutional
or charter provisions, laws or ordinances which
prohibit the adoption or enforcement of laws or
ordinances protecting the civil rights of individu
als based on their sexual orientation.”
The resolution, which was sponsored by Com
missioner Pauline Anderson, passed unanimously.
Anderson describes it as “very compatible with
the philosophy of the present board.” That board
also spoke out against Ballot Measure 9. Ander
son said that although the boycott is mostly sym
bolic, such boycotts are the most effective way to
protest official bigotry in other states and cities.
She points as an example to the boycott of Ari
zona protesting that state’s refusal to declare
Martin Luther King Day to be an official holiday.
The resolution reads in part, “...it is incum
bent on all citizens to take a stand against overt
hatred directed at persons because of sexual ori
entation, race, color, sex, national origin, religion,
age, disability or condition...the public good is
best served by not spending money in states or
municipalities which discriminate against certain
citizens.”
The commissioners decided to allow two ex
ceptions to the resolution. Law-enforcement offi
cials will continue to travel wherever they need to
prosecute criminals, and four county library offi
cials will be permitted to attend a January confer
ence in Denver because their travel arrangements
have already been made.
Anderson says she has received only one call
in support of the boycott and about a dozen
opposed. The phone number for the Multnomah
County Board clerk is 248-3277. Officials from
neither Colorado nor Springfield have contacted
the commissioners about the resolution.
Seattle’s resolution also passed unanimously,
but it exempts Aspen, Boulder and Denver. Those
cities have pledged to uphold the anti-discrimina
tion laws that they had before the election. Seattle
Mayor Norm Rice has been directed to compile a
list of places where gay men and lesbians are
denied basic civil-rights protection in the United
States.
Atlanta’s resolution forbids the use of city
funds for trips or conventions to Springf eld. Ore.,
Colorado and Concord, Calif.
“Atlanta has always been in the forefront of
civil-rights activism,” said Atlanta City Coun
cilor Bill Campbell. “We felt this was something
we just had to take a strong stand on.”
Oregon Citizens Alliance spokeswoman
Loretta Neet continues to insist that any money
lost will be made up for by conservative “Chris
tian” tourists. Springfield’s law might not last
until summer vacations, though. A local musi
cian, Willie Nichols, is gathering signatures for
an initiative petition to repeal the anti-gay charter
amendment there. Nichols has until mid-
February to turn in 2,339 signatures.
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A record number of Oregon’s children have
been murdered by abuse in 1992. In the first 11
months of this year, 23 children were killed, just
one less than the state’s record in 1987. Two more
1992 deaths are still being investigated.
The jump in reported deaths by child abuse
could be partially due to improved reporting.
Those who work with children are more educated
about and alert for signs of abuse than they were
several years ago. The record number of reported
deaths by abuse in 1987 followed the start of a
uniform reporting system in 1986.
All the families in this year’s cases were
having financial problems. Drug and alcohol
abuse were also common factors. Nationally,
experts believe that in 60 percent of the homes
where parents abuse drugs, they also abuse chil
dren.
Parents who realize they are in danger of
abusing their children may find themselves lost in
a crowd. The Relief Nursery in Eugene, which
provides intervention and counseling for abusive
and potentially abusive families, has a waiting list
of 250 persons. One of this year’s fatalities was
a young girl on that waiting list; she was murdered
by abuse four days before her family was due to
enter the program. Calls to Portland’s Waverly
Children’s Home’s Parent Help Line are up from
last year, according to coordinator Sue Cook.
That help line counsels troubled parents on how to
deal with their children.
“Any parent has [the] capability [to abuse],”
said Cook. “They get frustrated, and they don’t
realize they have the potential to kill their child.”
Many people don’t know that shaking a child
can cause brain damage or even death. “Shaken-
baby syndrome" was the cause of death in five
cases this year. Often the cause of death seems
more deliberate. In 1992, two children were
poisoned, two were drowned, one was shot, an
other was stabbed and a Sweet Home toddler was
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Many people enjoy winter because it’s a time
they can stay indoors and be cozy, but for others,
it’s a time when they must face cold drafts and
skyrocketing utility bills. The Inner City Weath-
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donations to help weatherize low-income homes.
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