« T * July 2 i : 1© 93*V f u a t o u t
local news
!
Ï
N
G
?
ì
fi
i
4 NIGHT
GETAWAY
Cruise out of L.A.
to Catalina Island,
Ensenada and back
to L.A.
Departure evey
Monday— 3 nights
also available—
from $349 ppdo*
Our leisure
experts will
help you plan
your vacation,
Christmas
Vacation,
Wedding and
more! GIVE
US A CALL!
Call for an appointment
lo » '
Y ie t« '
r u h u i > i «kl« >.v.
m u A
MEMBER*
VSR
Wayne Boulette
P A R K IN G
VALIDATED
Do you live or w ork
in W ashington
County?
aimaksp a r í rmarCfÿ
W e’re here for you!!
155 North 1st
Hillsboro
Michael Scott
One SW Columbia
Suite 1010
Portland,
OR 97258
(503) 227-3639
FAX
(503) 227-0(02
1-800-248-0624
12550 SW 2nd
Beaverton
Other services include
STD exams and treatment
and a Wellness Program
for individuals who are
HIV positive.
Call 648-8851
for an appointment
Right To Privacy Inc. will hold its fourth
annual Garden Party on July 30 from 3 to 6 pm.
The event will be held in Sherwood, Ore., and will
feature guest speakers Portland Mayor Vera Katz,
U S. Rep. Elizabeth Furse, and state Reps. Gail
Shibley and Chuck Carpenter. A celebrity hat
auction will also be held. Tickets for the event are
$25 and are available by calling RTP at 228-5825.
RTP’s political action committee, meanwhile,
is accepting applications for positions on its 19-
member board of directors. RTP PAC is seeking
board members with bookkeeping and fund-rais
ing skills. Contact the above number for an appli
cation.
David Tarver
All ta rn A re in ta*faci lo cfcaogo • Soma rastrict!oat spihi
TRAVEL SERVICE
signed to serve the needs of sexual minorities.
Abele died in January.
According to Allanya Guenther, Phoenix
Rising’s executive director, about $8,000 was
raised through ticket sales and donations stem
ming from the event.
“I’m totally impressed with the foundation’s
board of directors and dinner organizing commit
tee. They broke all convention by turning the
event into a moneymaker. Typically, a first-year
event will break even at best. I especially com
mend the dinner’s co-chairs, John Baker and
Karen Lamica, along with the development com
mittee chairman, Matthew Nelson, for their tire
less efforts and leadership.”
An award bearing Abele’s name was pre
sented posthumously and was accepted by his life
partner, Warren James.
Portland Leather
Pride Weekend set
'plus air and port charges
2138 E Burnside
(503)231-4777
The Washington County Health
Department offers daily
HIV testing and counseling,
by appointment and walk-in,
in two convenient locations:
RTP hosts Garden Party,
seeks board members
Right To Privacy is a statewide organization
dedicated to advancing human rights for sexual
minorities in Oregon. RTP Inc. is the group’s
educational and lobbying arm; RTP PAC raises
and contributes money to political candidates and
ballot measures supportive of the group’s goals.
Pride Foundation awards
grants to 22 projects
The Seattle-based Pride Foundation has is
sued $50,000 in grants to 22 Pacific Northwest
community organizations for its spring 1995 grant
ing cycle. The organizations funded benefit gay
men and lesbians and allied communities in a
variety of areas including youth and family ser
vices, AIDS education, the arts, and women’s
health.
The recipients and awards include: the Port
land-based Lesbian Community Project, $2,000
to support the group’s Lesbians of Color Caucus;
Rural Organizing Project, $3,000 to mail monthly
informational packets to more than 60 small groups
working against discrimination in rural Oregon;
Community Outreach, $3,000 to fund Lesbian
Health Matters!, a grass-roots project that will
hold two clinics in Corvallis in the next year
designed to provide medical exams and health
education to rural lesbians; and the Intertribal
Two-Spirit Nation, $2,400 to print and distribute
a quarterly newsletter for Native American les
bian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The
newsletter, which goes to urban- and reservation
dwelling Native people in Washington and Or
egon, has doubled its circulation in the last year.
The Pride Foundation targets the needs of the
lesbian and gay community in rural and urban
areas of the Pacific Northwest. Since 1987, Pride
has awarded more than $600,000 to a wide range
of projects. The group plans to award an addi
tional $50,000 through its fall granting cycle.
Applications for the fall cycle will be available
Aug. 15 and due Oct. 15. For more information,
call (206) 323-3318 or 1-800-735-7287.
The Portland Leather Pride Weekend is slated
for Aug. 11-13. The celebration, which is spon
sored by the Greater Portland Leather Associa
tion, kicks off on Aug. 11 with a Meet ’n’ Greet
reception at PDX Eagle, 1300 W Burnside St. in
Portland. Several other events will be held through
out the weekend, including the Tacky Titles
Awards and a “Leather Tastings” demonstration
at Panorama, 341 SW 10th Ave. in Portland. The
demonstration, slated for Aug. 13 from 1 to 4 pm,
is described as a “fetish sampling” which offers
participants a chance to try out their “secret fan
tasies” under the guidance of “celebrated masters
and mistresses.”
Rounding out the weekend will be the selec
tion of the next titleholders to represent the Na
tional Leather Association’s Portland chapter.
The selection will be held Aug. 13 at Darcelle XV,
208 NW Third Ave. in Portland. Admission is $8;
doors open at 7 pm. This year’s contest will be
produced by RB/H productions. San Francisco
personality Andy Anderson and Jeff Rose, Mr.
Portland Leather 1993, will host the program.
Headlining the entertainment will be Tonya Rose,
Ms. Gay Oregon 22.
Contestant applications are available at
Darcelle XV; Tim’s Hideaway, 4429 SE 82nd
Ave.; Hart Video, 330 SW Third Ave.; or candi
dates can obtain applications by calling NLA
Portland at 727-3148. Applications must be re
ceived by NLA Portland no later than Aug. 5.
The Mark Spencer Hotel, located at 409 SW
11th Ave. (at Stark) in downtown Portland, is the
host hotel for the weekend. For reservations, call
224-3293; outside the Portland area, call
1-800-548-3934. Special rates are available for
those who request the Leather Pnde Weekend
An estimated 175 people attended Phoenix | rates when making reservations. For more de
tailed information about celebration events, con
Rising Foundation’s inaugural Lesbian and Gay
tact NLA Portland at 727-3148 or write PO Box
Pride Dinner held June 15 at the Portland Hilton.
5161, Portland, OR 97208.
The event celebrated the life of Jack Abele, who
helped found Phoenix Rising, one of the few
Compiled by Inga Sorensen
counseling centers nationwide specifically de
Phoenix Rising dinner
a success
ILLUSTRATION BY E. ANN HINDS
Infínity Tattoo