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Dates for Portland pride
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Legislative package aimed
at wemen’s health issues
It may seem a bit early to some, but the
planning is already underway for Portland’s 1995
lesbian and gay pride parade.
A package of 17 bills, known as the Oregon
Women’s Health and Wellness Act 1995, is cur
rently being considered by state lawmakers.
Among the bills is House Bill 2943, which
creates a $500 fine for perpetrators of domestic
violence and sexual assault. The money would go
into a fund to support shelters and crisis centers in
Oregon. Backers say the bill is needed because in
a recent one-year period, 10,000 Oregon women
and families were turned away from shelters due
to lack of available space. House Bill 2947 would
require lottery economic development grant re
cipients to have affirmative action plans in place,
while House Bill 2945 and House Bill 2946
would prohibit the use of gender to influence
setting life and auto insurance rates.
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Information 236-8771
Organizers say the annual parade and festival
is tentatively set for June 17, with a dance slated
for the night before. The event will be held at
Waterfront Park.
Organizers say there will be no fees to partici
pate in the parade, though donations are requested.
They also say the fees for the booths at the festival
site are lower than in years past.
The international theme for 1995 gay and
lesbian pride events is “From Silence to Celebra
tion.” For more information, call the Pride Phone
Line at 295-9788.
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Portland attorney Lisa Maxfield and Portland
realtor Fred Ross have been named the new co
chairs of Right to Privacy, Oregon’s oldest and
largest gay and lesbian rights advocacy organiza
tion.
“It’s like the work Lon Mabon does,” says
Maxfield, an attorney with Ransom, Blackman &
Weil. “Except we both have other full-time jobs
and do this for free.”
Ross, a realtor with Cronin & Caplan, adds:
“The time is right for full civil rights protection
for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. The work is
paying off.”
The pair head up an 18-member board of
directors, composed of 12 women and six men
from Portland, Eugene, Bend and Klamath Falls.
Right to Privacy is actually two organizations—
Right to Privacy Political Action Committee,
which formed in 1981 and last year raised and
contributed $ 100,000 to candidates and campaigns
supportive of sexual minority rights, and Right to
Privacy Inc. which is involved in education and
lobbying efforts.
Business owners receive
appreciation awards
Two Portland business owners are being rec
ognized for their work on behalf of people with
H1V/AIDS.
Rip Rupinski, owner of Travel Agents Inter
national, and Debbie Peters, owner of Pet Set,
recently received Appreciation Awards from the
Friends of People with AIDS Foundation.
The awards are presented to people in the
community “who have gone above and beyond
the call of service.”
Rupinski is responsible for the foundation’s
receiving “bonus travel dollars” through a pro
gram that says for each $ 100 spent, one dollar will
be donated to the group as a bonus dollar. The
money has allowed the foundation to provide
travel for clients and families in order to give them
much-needed time to share their love and support.
Peters started the foundation’s Pet Fund “so
that people who are HIV-positive can have assis
tance with the care of their pet friends.”
House Bill 2948 would allow women to self-
refer to a provider of their choice for their gyne
cological and maternity care rather than waiting
for a referral by a “gatekeeper” physician. A
breast cancer research measure (no bill number is
available yet) asks the U.S. Congress to maintain
current funding for breast cancer research; House
Bill 2953, meanwhile, would allow federal funds
to be appropriated to Oregon for the establish
ment of a cancer-tracking system.
The package was introduced by Kate Brown
(D-Portland).
Bill seeks to strengthen
right to determine
disposition of remains
Oregon state Rep. George Eighmey (D-Port-
land) has introduced a bill which would give
citizens the right to choose how their remains are
disposed of.
“Most people think that if you say ‘1 want to be
buried,’ that is enough,” says Eighmey. “That
isn’t the case.”
Current state law allows citizens, in their wills,
to request how their remains will be treated. The
final authority, however, rests with the next of
kin.
Eighmey says the legislation. House Bill 2524,
would also allow the appointed representative of
the deceased’s estate to decide how the remains
are treated in the absence of any personal request.
“Right now if someone dies, relatives that
person hasn’t seen in years may be able to decide
what happens to the remains. These relatives may
not be familiar with or may not care about the final
wishes of the deceased.”
T wenty-eight members of the House and three
Senate members have signed on to HB 2524.
Compiled by Inga Sorensen