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OSMYN receives funding
The Oregon Sexual Minority Youth Network
has received a grant of $7,500 from the Funding
Exchange, a New York-based private foundation.
“This is a strong beginning for the support we
need to let Oregon know that gay, lesbian and
bisexual youth exist, that they come from all
cultural backgrounds, and that they want their
concerns to be heard,” said OSMYN Public Com­
munications Director Rachel Gay Ebora. This
grant brings the group’s total current funding to
$11,500. OSMYN was awarded a grant of $4000
earlier this year by the MacKenzie River Gather­
ing Foundation.
OSMYN is a multi-generational group whose
primary goals are to educate the public about the
needs of sexual minority youth, and to provide
social support and political empowerment for the
youth themselves. One dividend from the new
funding is that OSMYN Finally has a phone num­
ber. To contact a youth member of the executive
committee by voice mail, call 243-0538.
Future programs to be supported by the fund­
ing are still in the planning stage. To contribute to
the process, attend the quarterly meeting of the
OSMYN general membership on Monday, Nov.
15. The meeting is free and open to the public, and
begins at 6:30 pm at the Multnomah County
Youth Program Office, 2nd Floor, 421 SW Fifth
Ave., Portland. Youth are especially encouraged
to attend. Contact Jim Clay, 248-5464, for details.
U of 0 ends housing
discrimination
A new policy adopted by the University of
Oregon will allow unmarried gay, lesbian and
heterosexual couples access to student family
housing. The decision follows two years of litiga­
tion before the Oregon Court of Appeals, spon­
sored by the Oregon Gay and Lesbian Law Asso­
ciation, on the case Piazza vs. University of Or­
egon. The case was filed by Ann Marie Piazza, U
of O student and member of the campus Lesbian,
Gay and Bisexual Alliance, after her application
to live in student family housing with her partner
was denied. Piazza and the LGBA charged in a
brief to the Court of Appeals that the denial
violated the university’s own rules against dis­
crimination, state law, and the state and federal
constitutions.
In documents filed before the court, university
Chancellor Thomas A. Bartlett stated, “the cur­
rent rule no longer makes any distinction that...
could be related to sexual orientation ... [U]nlike
the former housing policy, the current policy is
entirely neutral as to marriage and, therefore, as to
sexual orientation as well.”
Lesbians on the loose
After a regrettable two-year hiatus, Lesbians
on the Loose (formerly Women in the Woods) is
planning another weekend getaway at Breitenbush
Hot Springs, scheduled for April 29-May 1,1994.
The group will reserve the entire camp, offering
workshops and the opportunity to cavort around a
Beltane fire with over 100 women. The many
avenues to relaxation at Breitenbush include hik­
ing trails through old growth forest, hot tubs, a
swimming hole, sauna, library and sanctuary.
LOL needs $ 11,000 to reserve the Breitenbush
facilities. They emphatically urge women to reg­
ister by Nov. 27, 1993. Registrants will be noti­
fied in January 1994 if the event will take place.
If not, money will be refunded minus a small
amount for printing and mailing costs. The regis­
tration fee is sliding scale, from $111 to $181.
(Any extra money sent will go toward a scholar­
ship fund.) The fee includes meals, lodging, use
of all facilities and workshops. The event is wheel­
chair accessible. Sign language interpreters are
available on request. For a registration form, or
for scholarship or other information, call 239-
5586. Or write: Lesbians on the Loose, PO Box
559, 1610 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232.
Gail Shibley joins
action commission
The Board of County Commissioners has ap­
pointed state Rep. Gail Shibley to a post on the
Multnomah County Community Action Com­
mission. The commission advocates for the em­
powerment of low-income citizens, promoting
equitable access to county resources and fighting
poverty, hunger and hopelessness.
Currently the commission is working to re­
place low-income housing edged out by the
planned construction of a new federal courthouse,
restructuring services for homeless adults and
improving access to services for the low-income
Latino/a community.
Shibley, who has completed two legislative
terms, has served on the House Committee on
Housing and Urban Development, the Children’s
Care Team, the House Committee on Children
and Families and the House Revenue and School
Finance Committee. Constituents and fellow law­
makers laud her as accessible, effective and fair.
The Community Action Commission meets
the second Wednesday of each month from 7-9
pm in the Mead Building, 421 SW 5th Ave., in
Portland. The public is welcome.
Compiled by Kelly M. Bryan
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