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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1995)
ju st out ▼ d ecom ber 1. 1 0 0 5 ▼ 17 local news Oregon AIDS Hotline has plenty of info Those interested in obtaining information sheets about the latest AIDS treatments can do so by contacting the Oregon AIDS Hotline, which also stocks materials about alternative treatments avail able in Oregon, experimental treatments, women and AIDS, the pros and cons pertaining to AZT use by pregnant women, and an up-to-date reading list about various HIV/AIDS-related issues. The hotline is open Monday through Friday from 10 am to 9 pm, and weekends from noon to 6 pm. It can be reached by calling (503) 223-2437 or 1-800-777-2437. Harvey M ilk Awards Dinner hailed as success An estimated 265 people turned out for the sixth Harvey Milk Awards Dinner, sponsored by After 8, a Corvallis-based educational and advo cacy group that promotes gay, lesbian and bisexual visibility and rights. Corvallis Mayor Helen Berg offered the open ing remarks during the Nov. 18 event, which was held at the First Congregational Church. Tom Ammiano, past president of the San Francisco School Board and member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, was the keynote speaker and gave an address entitled “Comedy and Politics: Surviving the Religious Right.” Lois Van Leer, associate minister of the First Congregational Church and a longtime sexual- minority-rights advocate, says, “W e’re all so in volved in such serious work around this issue that it’s nice to be able and laugh about it once in a while.... The dinner was a great success.” Portland residents Barbara Bernstein and Elaine Velazquez, creators of numerous video projects that detail gay and lesbian civil-rights struggles, and Ed Reeves, a Portland attorney who founded Oregon Speak Out Project (which has evolved into Northwest Speak Out Project), were honored for their “outstanding contributions to the gay, lesbian and bisexual communities in Oregon.” A tribute was also given to honor Donna Red Wing, national field director for the Gay and Les bian Alliance Against Defamation. Red Wing, who lives in Portland, is a nationally known grass roots activist and is currently recovering from surgery to remove a brain tumor. Apply for HIV/AIDS grants by Dec. 8 The Research & Education Group and Art/ AIDS is currently seeking applications for two grants, the Paul Michael Starr Education Fund and the Living with HIV Fund, totaling $60,000. A Paul Michael S tarr Education Fund grant of $10,000 w ill be awarded to an orga nization providing HIV and AIDS edu cation. The Living with HIV Fund will fund up to three pro posals ranging from ? au^ $tarr $ 10,000 to $50,000 for the implementation of out- of-hospital programs and services. Applications can be obtained by calling Anne Clark at The Research & Education Group at (503) 778-5694. Dec. 8 is the deadline for submit ting proposals for either grant. See Vue Lodging— where mountain meets the sea 95590 H ighw ay 101 6.2 miles south o f Yachats, O regon 97498 (541) 547-3227 UPHILL TECHNOLOGY. DOWN HILL PRICING. Coma in and t«st ride the new 1995 models from Trek. Mountain Bikes and Gty Bikes starting at $259. O P E N T U E S D A Y -S U N D A Y 2 3 0 -7 7 2 3 • 2 0 2 5 SE H a w th o r n * B e r n a d e t t e B reu A n t iq u e s & o r n a m e n t 2 14 SW St.trk Street Portland, O R 97204 Mon - Sat 1 I am - 6pm (503) 244-1 S I 2 PARKING AVAILABLE Two receive honors The Oregon Commission for Women has se lected Bend resident Myrlie Evers-Williams and Oregon lawmaker Kate Brown (D-Portland) as its 1995 Women of Achievement. Evers-Williams is the chairwoman of the Na tional Association for the Advancement of Col ored People; Brown serves in the state House of Representatives, where she is heralded as a hu man-rights leader. Page set to leave EMO in April The Rev. Rodney Page, executive director of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon since 1981, will step down from that position on April 12, 19%. Page, who was very outspoken against anti-gay ballot measures 9 and 13, will move to New York City to serve as the deputy general secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ and the executive director of Church World Service and Witness. C R K A fIV ITyaO V K 'C O N FIG IO N » H IIM O R « O K N KSS « Ilf IT«FQRGIVENESS*SPKRIT«I SAFETY«TEAM-WORK>SIN< CO M PASS I O N • LI Ft • BALAI AL*SKLF-RESBKCT »INSPIR HVERSITY« HEALTH • EM POl CT«HONESTY«ACCEPTANCI Compiled by Inga Sorensen ÏÏQDDDûg a ffid fe0 DùûQOûo GflaMmg tifo® oflgjObQ eßü®fe@ Sooo t e l? £fë)0DÎ7 (SQODûlIOQOmÔGiV Speak to Your Brothers MenTalks*Volunteering*Oiitreach HIV Testing*Speaking of Sex... 503 - 223-5907 Actor passes aw ay Portland actor Rob Buckmaster, best known for his portrayal of the title character in triangle productions!’ version of Paul Rudnick’s Jeffrey, died Nov. 2 at the age of 31. The cause was AIDS- related lymphoma. His other roles at triangle included Jeff in The Sum o f Us and Whizzer in Falsettos. Buckmaster is survived by his partner, Fred Ross; parents, James and Corline of Montana; and brothers, Jim of New York City and Brad of Washington state. The family suggests that re membrances be contributions to the Equity Foundation’s Rob Buckmaster Memorial Fund.