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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1995)
Just ou t ▼ juiw 2 . 1 9 0 9 ▼ 1 9 year’s bank account. OCP wants nationally known Pride speakers. LGP does not. After a couple of months of wrangling, a compromise is worked out. Author Armistead Maupin and Valerie Terrigno, West Hollywood’s first openly lesbian mayor, are invited to speak. Maupin shows. Terrigno does not. community radio covers the rally live from Water front Park. An estimated 5,000 people turn out for 1988’s Gay and Lesbian Pride festivities, which include a show featuring San Francisco comedian Tom Ammiano. All appears to run smoothly and uneventfully from 1989 to 1991. An estimated 8,000 attend 199 l ’s Gay and Lesbian Pride March and Rally. 1 9 8 6 THROUGH 1991 No major controversies to report. Katherine Forrest and Pat Bond keynote in 1986. According to Cook, 1987’s Pride activities include a Lesbian Community Project-sponsored soirée for lesbians at Portland’s Pittock Mansion. KBOO 90.7 FM 1992 Participation in Lesbian and Gay Pride sky rockets this year, due largely to Ballot Measure 9, a statewide initiative that would deem gay men and lesbians “abnormal, wrong, unnatural and per verse.” The outrageous proposal, which is spon sored by the Oregon Citizens Alliance, prompts queers to come out in droves. An estimated 15,000 lesbian- and gay-rights supporters attend the Pride Rally at Waterfront Park, which features more than 80 booths. Portland Police Chief Tom Potter, who pub licly supports his openly lesbian daughter Katie, also a Portland police officer, marches in the pa rade in uniform, which gamers him international attention. draw both years. A political flavor saturates the parade, once again because of the OCA, which has launched both local and statewide anti-sexual- minority-rights campaigns. Human rights support ers from throughout Oregon join in the parade, which begins to have more of a statewide feel. Despite the continued attacks on lesbian and gay rights, the parades and rallies are upbeat (and the weather is good, too!) The 1994 parade organizing committee receives some flak, however, for being too white male-oriented. 1 9 9 3 AND 1 9 9 4 Lesbian and Gay Pride continues to be a huge Special thanks to Tom Cook for his terrific research. WHEEL ALIGNMENTS & TIRES PERSIAN RUGS AUTOBODY 3605 SE 22nd. Ave. Portland, OR 97202 WE BUY OLD RUGS ~~ 248-9511 901 SW WASHINGTON ST. Mon-Sat 10-6 Sun 12-5 ROSE FESTl<0»Ii weekend Friday, Jana 9th ;©EY R©cl< JUJU ffiND THE TRiSE from S an Francisco U v« In Panoram a 11:00 p.m. covar $ 3 .0 0 I HIV UNIVERSITY June 5 Medical Basics Basic immunology, how to mad blood work results, living positively. June 12 Resources Saturday, Jana 10th THE BUTT BOYS, from S eattle moM : Travolta stylo: Partir 232-3600 2454 E. BURNSIDE • PO R TLA N D , OR 97214 Family Oumed & Operated Since 1952 Portland’s Finest Selection of New/Old Persian & Other Oriental Rugs, Tribal Kilims, Bags & Pillows 503 . 236.7521 ( 503 ) Go Go Danca U va In Panoram a 11:00 p.m. (hard liquor In Panoram a) covar $ 3 .0 0 101 How to get what you need from what’s available. W ho to call for each service. June 19 Long-Term Survival a panel o f long-teim survivors talk about getting there. A course of classes designed to train, inform and support people living with and affected by HIV, offered by Cascade AIDS Project. Free classes start Monday, June 5. Reservations: H lV U I n fo liiie at 503-223-6339, ext. 111.