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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1993)
ju st ou« T aprii 1. 1 0 0 3 T 13 Marc Abrams Grant helps rural youth The Association of Gay and Lesbian Youth Advocates was recently awarded a $ 17,800 grant from Portland’s Meyer Memorial Trust. The money will go to the group’s Outreach to Rural Youth project. The outreach project provides speakers and educational materials for schools and other youth projects primarily, in eastern Washington. The goal is to develop a network of supportive educa tors and other professionals working with youth. Outreach to Rural Youth works with schools, juvenile justice centers. Job Corps sites, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays chapters, and many other organizations. AGLYA also operates the Lambert House, a gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth center in Seattle. U of 0 honors Randy Shilts The University of Oregon Alumni Associa tion will honor writer Randy Shilts with an Out standing Young Alumni award April 17. Shilts, who graduated from the U of O School of Journal ism in 1975, is the author of The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk; And The Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic, and the forthcoming Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military. Shilts is currently a national correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle. He has also worked as a television correspondent. "The Alumni Asso ciation says it selected Shilts for the award be cause of his “maverick spirit and dedication to one of the world’s most demanding social causes.” Much of his reporting has covered AIDS and gay issues. The U of O School of Journalism alumni quarterly recently announced that Shilts had en dowed the school with $30,000 for a scholarship fund. It is not yet clear what the requirements arc for the Randy M. Shilts Scholarship. Shilts cred its a supportive atmosphere at the school, and the defeat of Ballot Measure 9 for his decision to donate the $30,000. As a student, Shilts was open about his intent to report on gay and lesbian issues. The 41-year-old Shilts has just confirmed that he is HIV positive. He learned of his infection in 1985 as he finished And the Band Played On. “We cannot tolerate prevention and testing cuts,” Sparkplugs said in a written statement. “We need more money across the spectrum from prevention to care.” Activists arc also interested in House Bill 2232, which would allow parole and probation officers to share HIV-infection information with other authorities in a probation, parole or post- prison violation proceeding in which it appears that body fluids may have been transmitted from one person to another. The state Health Division has introduced some amendments to the bill, according to a memo from Health Division HIV Program Manager Robert McAlister to Spark plugs. The amendments require that “disclosure always be preceded by a review of the facts by a three person panel, including someone from the Health Division,” according to the memo. The lobby day will start with a morning press conference at the Names Project Quilt display at Willamette University. Participants will meet with legislators throughout the afternoon. Activ ists from around the state are organizing carpools to attend. Organizers arc hoping for strong repre sentation from rural districts. For more information, call the Cascade AIDS Project in Portland at 223-5907, ext. 151 or at (800)777-2437; HIV/AIDS Resources, Inc. in Eugene at 342-5088, or Galon in Coos B ay at 269- 4183. Dinner planned to remember Dill Sloat Mary Ann Humphrey, author of My Country. My Right to Serve, will be the keynote speaker at the Right to Privacy’s William Sloat Memorial Dinner benefit on April 10. Sloat was an active member of RTP’s political action committee. Eugene’s all women improvisation troupe, Wymprov, will perform at the dinner, which is chaired by Alan Brown, Jean Tate and Mike Schwartz. “We’ll be able to remember a well- loved friend," said Brown, “in the context of the present struggle for civil rights.” A no-host cock tail hour at 5:30 pm starts the evening, dinner will be served at 6:30 pm. Tickets are $40 and can be reserved by calling 688-1601 in Eugene or 228-5825 in Portland. Reservations can also be accepted by fax to 228-1104. m Senate passes harassment rule The Oregon Senate recently passed a bill es tablishing a procedure for handling sexual harass ment within its ranks. The new Committee on Sexual Harassment will investigate complaints about senators, staff members and lobbyists through public proceedings. Disciplinary actions vary for the three groups. Debate was heated on the issue, with some senators favoring a private grievance procedure. Complaints cannot be considered regarding ha rassment that occurred before the bill’s passage. Those wishing to make a formal sexual-harass ment complaint have one year, from the date of the incident, in which to file. The House is contemplating taking similar action. P-FLAG conference announced The Portland chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays has scheduled a regional con ference for Saturday, May 1. Organizers are expecting chapters from all over Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia and Alberta to attend. Portland Police Chief Tom Potter and his daughter, Officer Katie Potter, will speak at the event. Workshops will cover everything from les bian and gay teens, to spouses, to the AIDS epidemic. The theme is “Our Place at the Family Table.” Registration is $40. The daylong confer ence will be held at the Travelodge Hotel, 1441 NE 2nd Ave. For more information, call 232- 7676 or write Portland P-FLAG Convention, PO Go to Salem Box 8944, Portland, OR 97207. The lesbian, gay and bisexual community has another opportunity to urge legislators to pass Senate Bill 34, which would extend civil rights AIDS lobby day planned protections based on sexual orientation. A hear On March 1, Sparkplugs, a coalition of AIDS ing is scheduled for 5:30pm, Wednesday, April 7 activists and service providers, organized Oregon’s in the State Capitol Building, Hearing Room C. firstAIDS lobby day at the statecapitol. Approxi Anti-gay activists arc expected to attend, so com mately 25 people met with 18 legislators. The munity members may want to arrive at 4:30 pm to group has organized a second lobby day on April get good scats. 8, and they hope to quadruple the number of Compiled by Irene K. 11 is lop participants. 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