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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1994)
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A llen he national field office o f the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is now located in Portland. GLAAD, an internationally recognized and re spected organization that fights misin formation and homophobia in the media, ebrate its 10th anniversary next year. The national field office, previously located in New York City, is staffed by Donna Red Wing, former executive director o f Portland’s Lesbian Community Project. For the past 10 months, Red Wing has been working with GLAAD in New York. But, she says, she is happy to be back in Portland and feels that the new location o f the field office makes GLAAD less intimidating and more accessible to residents of rural areas. “With the national field office previously in New York City, we decided that, in going to smaller cities and rural communities, it can be intim idating to people to have speakers com ing in from New York City,” Red W ing said. “W hen w e’re going in to talk in H unts ville, Ala., they can relate better to someone from Port land. They feel like the cities have something in common. I have the sense that New Donna Red Wing Y o rk and L os A n g e les [where another main G LAAD office is located] feel a little unreal to people who d on’t live there. “ Portland is more accessible,” Red W ing said. “Plus, it’s where I want to live.” Red Wing says that, as national chapter coordi nator for the GLAAD organization, she spends 50 to 60 percent o f her time traveling. “The board said they felt like I could do my work from anywhere,” she said. Since its formation in New York in 1985, GLAAD has grown into a federation o f more than 10,000 members and 10 chapters: New York; Los Angeles; San Francisco; W ashington, D.C.; At lanta; Kansas City; Chicago; Dallas; Denver; and San Diego. GLAAD was founded to improve atti tudes about gay men and lesbians in an effort to end violence and discrimination. The group tries to improve the way that gay men and lesbians are portrayed in popular culture— news, music, mov ies and television— and represented in reference works and educational curricula. The group uses three strategies: mobilization— building coalitions, monitoring the media and re sponding to items; cultural advocacy— media ac tivism and reforming curricula and reference works; and education— visibility cam paigns, posters, speakers bureaus, diversity trainings and consulta tions. “We are working to develop a strong national presence,” Red W ing said. Last year, the boards of the Los will cel Angeles and New York offices merged to create a stronger and more unified force. “Just the simple act o f merging made us a multimillion dollar organization,” Red W ing said, adding that the Los Angeles office works closely with the entertainment industry, while the New York office focuses its efforts on the media. “This way, w e’re working on those issues together.” In its effort to shape public images and attitudes about gay men and lesbians, GLAAD uses both a national voice, through the chapter offices, and local voices, represented by the m ore th a n 20 o u tp o s ts around the United States. Oregon is now home to three outposts, Red W ing said. The fledgling groups, which have five to 10 members, are located in Portland, Eu gene and Salem. People who are interested in joining a G LA A D outpost or who want to start their own group may contact Red W ing at the national field office, 1130 SW M orrison Ave., Suite 607. The phone num b er is (5 0 3 ) 224-5285 and the fax num ber is (503) 224-5480. The national field office is a ls o a c c e s s ib le v ia e l e c t r o n i c m a i l , at drredwing @ aol .com. Outposts are generally sm aller than chapters, Red W ing said. Chapters are defined as groups with 25 or more m embers, that have m edia m oni toring committees and can sustain projects. Out posts are usually five to 10 people who want to start working, and often work out o f a m em ber’s home. “My sense is that Portland will eventually be come a chapter,” Red W ing said, adding that the 20 or so outposts formed in the past year are an important elem ent o f G LA A D ’s work. “Many are in rural communities that haven’t had a voice before,” Red W ing said. “It’s great, because now we have eyes and ears in those areas. We can help support their work, and they can help the national organization, as well.” For example, she said, when GLAAD mounts a letter-writing cam paign to one o f the major networks, it makes more o f an impact if letters are arriving from the heartland as well as from Los Angeles and New York. “They sit up and take notice,” Red W ing said. Closets in Central Oregon? founding m em ber o f the W om en’s Project in Arkansas; Kathleen Sadaat, form er affirm ative action director for O regon; and Tim M cFeely, head o f the Human Rights C am paign Fund. The series will also include a photographic essay o f the lives o f O regon gay men and lesbians. The events are free, and all will be held at either the Central O regon Com m unity C am pus Hitchcock A uditorium or the Central O regon Environm ental C enter in Bend. A com plete list o f speakers and events, as well as addresses and tim es o f events, is available by contacting the new group, called Beyond the Closet, Inc., at PO Box 9174, Bend, 97708, (503) 593-8718. A new organization in Bend will bring a series o f nationally renow ned speakers to that Central O regon city this fall. T he series, called “Illum i nating Intolerance,” will feature Mel W hite, a form er speech w riter for Jerry Falw ell and Pat Robertson. W hite cam e out several years ago, and now travels the country w arning o f the dangers of the radical right and its oppression o f lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. W hite’s presentation, Keeping the Religious Right from Doing More Wrong, is set for 7:30 pm M onday, Sept. 19. O ther speakers will include a form er m em ber o f the Aryan N ation, w ho will speak about hate groups in the U nited States; Suzanne Pharr, a Martha L Allen