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8 ▼ m a rch i S . 1 8 0 8 T ju st o u t ARSVP national news 1 9 9 6 / 1 9 9 7 Europride Copenhagen June 22-30, 1996 Eastern Med/Greece Cruise Aug. 9 -16 & 16-23, 1996 Club RSVP Puerto Vallarta Nov. 9 -16, 1996 C c u - P ie d ' Mardi Gras Cruise (G A Y P E E -A ) Unique selection of gay books, magazines, calendars & cards Prints from the SO H O Gallery of S.F. Popular Gay Movie Titles (rental only) • Novelty Items Feb. 8 - l5, 1997 Caribbean Sailing 3 3 1-1125 • 2544 N E B roadw ay Portland. O R 97232 4 percentage o f proceeds donated to local A I D S organisations March l -8, 1997 South America Cruise March 19-27, 1997 RSVP VACATION PARTY April 10 at 7 p. m . (with RSVP Celebrity Guest) Call now to attend! U ltimate T ravels Rainbow Endowment donates $50,000 The Rainbow Endowment, the nonprofit orga nization that contributes funds collected from use o f the Rainbow Card, the VISA credit card targeted to the gay and lesbian community, announced that it has donated over $50,000 to six organizations serving that community. The announcement was made by M artina Navratilova, spokeswoman for the Rainbow Endowment. The beneficiary organizations are the AIDS Information Network, Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation, the Community Research Ini tiative on AIDS, the National Breast Cancer Coa lition, the National Lesbian and Gay Health Asso ciation and the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Each group received $8,500. “Initial cardholder support o f the Rainbow Card has been tremendous,” said Navratilova. “Each of us working on the Rainbow Card program are grateful for the overwhelming support that w e’ve received from the lesbian and gay community and the opportunity to give back to our community in such a significant way. These early contributions are a tribute to all o f the cardholders who have responded so enthusiastically to the Rainbow pro gram and to the needs o f the com m unity.” I220-8866 j or 800/446-41 17 Fax: 220-0744 621 SW Morrison, Suite 43S Portland, Oregon 97205 P 0 8 T L 4 W P A R EA :7T. IM B 4 0MBU5IMESS ASSOCUTIW«^ We put the “real” back into real estate. Gantt challenges Helms again Harvey Gantt, a North Carolina architect and the former mayor o f Charlotte, announced in February that he will run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Jesse Helms. Gantt lost his 1990 bid to unseat Helms; during that campaign Helms un leashed a racially charged ad campaign attack against Gantt. Gantt, 52, is running on a platform o f economic security, investment in job security, wages, educa tion, health care and the reordering of priorities in an era of smaller government. His first task this election year is to win the Democratic primary. He faces Charles Sanders, a physician and businessman who resigned last May as chairman o f the pharmaceutical company Glaxo Inc., to run for the Senate. The North Carolina primary takes place May 12. In this age of real estate conglomerates and high technology one thing often gets overlooked - you and your individual needs. National lesbian PAC debuts From the day we opened in 1979, the agents at Bridgetown Realty have never lost sight of the very real personal, emotional and financial considerations that go into buying or selling a home. It’s our business to guide you through the transaction process and keep you informed in real terms you can understand. A group o f lesbians meeting in W ashington, D.C., in January launched the first national politi cal action committee that seeks to involve more lesbians in politics and bring lesbian issues to the forefront o f the political arena. T he N a tio n a l L e sb ia n P o litic a l A ctio n C om m ittee’s immediate plans are to raise as much money as possible to contribute to candidates in the November election. “ I have big plans for this organization to be come very, very large between now and Novem ber,” Mindy Daniels, N LPAC’s volunteer execu tive director, told The Washington Blade. “After the elections, we will evaluate our internal struc ture and [consider] branching out into other func tions [such as] education and the training o f new leadership. Ultimately we would like to have a board o f directors that is representative nationally. But the main focus in an election year is raising money and getting it back out.” At Bridgetown Realty you are not just a number...you re treated as a real person. We're proud to say we’re putting the “real” back into the business of real estate. Bridgetown Realty For Those Who Appreciate Superior Service Red Lion Lloyd Center KXX) NE Multnomah Portland, OR 97232 Bolton Plaza 21570 Willamette Drive West Linn, OR 97068 503 / 287-9370 503 / 655-8015 Black gay and lesbian conference held The Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum hosted the ninth annual National Black Lesbian and Gay Conference in February in Dallas. Ap proximately 500 lesbians, gay men and bisexuals attended the event. Several honors were presented at the annual Awards Banquet. The late Essex Hemphill was posthumously awarded the James Baldwin Black Quill Award. The award for Organization o f the Year was presented to the Lesbian Support Group o f W ashington, D.C. Bishop Carl Bean, founder o f the Unity Fellowship Movement, received the first Carl Bean Spirituality Award. Keith Boykin, executive director o f the Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum Keynote speakers included Patricia Fleming, national AIDS policy director; Mandy Carter, p'j- litical activist; and New York health activist Jacquie Bishop. GLAMA calls for nominations The Gay/Lesbian American Music Awards is soliciting nominations for its annual awards to be presented in October in New Y ork City .Ten awards will be presented. Recordings by self-identified gay, lesbian or bisexual artists released for sale in the United States between June 1, 1995, and May 31, 1996, are eligible for nomination. GLA M A was begun in 1995 by M ichael Mitchell and Tom McCormack. It is the only national music awards program to honor the work o f gay, lesbian and bisexual recording artists. “Many artists have been overlooked by major labels and radio because they’re gay or the content o f their material is expressly queer. We want to bring this music to a larger audience,” M cCormack said. The deadline for entries is May 31,1996. Final nominees will be announced on Aug. 8. To receive an entry application, send a self- addressed, stamped, business-sized envelope to GLAMA, 244 Fifth Ave., Suite 2049, New York, NY 10016, 1-800-956-5262 or (212) 592-4455. SNL lays an egg Saturday Night Live, the long-running televi sion show that prides itself on pushing the limits o f acceptable humor, crossed the line during its Feb. 24 show. During the “W eekend Update” segment o f that night’s show, cast regular Norm MacDonald, com menting on the recent death sentence o f John Lotter, who was convicted of murder in the death o f Brandon Teena, a 20-year-old transexual man and two o f his friends, said, “In Nebraska, a man was sentenced for killing a female cross-dresser [sic] who had accused him o f rape, and two o f her friends. Excuse me if this sounds harsh, but in my mind, they all deserved to die.” F o llo w in g the sh o w , m e m b e rs o f T he Transexual M enace-NYC contacted NBC, the net work that broadcasts Saturday Night Live. A l though several people at the network responded to the complaints, NBC declined to issue an apology or a retraction, stating that it is not network policy to do so. Compiled by Kristine Chatwood