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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.
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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
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Attorney At Law
• A general practice with emphasis in :
• employment discrimination/labor law
• commercial and civil litigation
• alternative dispute resolution
Marc Abrams is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School
He is admitted to practice before the courts of Oregon and federal
courts including the District of Oregon, the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court
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