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Thom Kincheloe of the Gay and Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation says an estimated
2,500 people caught a glimpse of “The Long
Road to Freedom” exhibit that was on display
March 21-31 at the World Trade Center in down
town Portland.
“We are calling it a big success. Lots of people
got an opportunity to learn more about the gay
and lesbian rights movement,” says Kincheloe,
program coordinator and development associate
for GL A AD’s national field office, which is situ
ated in Portland. “People of all ages were there. It
was terrific.”
Based on the book of the same name, The
Long Road to Freedom exhibit examines the gay
and lesbian movement since 1967, using covers,
articles, photographs, interviews and advertise
ments from The Advocate, a national gay and
lesbian newsmagazine.
Portland was the first stop on the 1996 “Long
Road to Freedom” 10-city tour. The exhibit,
which was sponsored locally by the Equity Foun
dation and GLAAD, included clippings detailing
Oregon’s ballot measure campaigns, as well an
Advocate cover featuring Portland resident Donna
Red Wing, the publication’s 1992 Woman of the
Year and GLAAD’s national field director and
spokeswoman.
“The Long Road to Freedom exhibit is pro
foundly important to Portland,” says Red Wing.
“We have weathered three serious statewide anti
gay initiatives. Those campaigns of hate and
bigotry have attempted to define us. Now it is
time for us to tell our own stories and to define
ourselves.”
Portland Mayor Vera Katz acknowledged the
exhibit by issuing a proclamation that said the
City of Portland “strives for diversity and inclu
sion of all levels,” and declared March 24-31,
1996, to be The Long Road to Freedom Week.
The tour is partially underwritten by Joseph E.
Seagram & Sons Inc. and will make stops in
Minneapolis, Boston, Philadelphia and Detroit,
among other cities.
The first tour, in 1994-95, attracted more than
60,000 visitors. It began in New York City in
June, during the 25th anniversary of the Stone
wall rebellion, an event that is widely considered
to mark the beginning of the modem gay-and-
lesbian-rights movement. The earlier tour in
cluded stops in Miami, Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco, Seattle and Chicago.
MHRC approves resolutions
The Metropolitan Human Rights Commis
sion approved on March 12 two resolutions ex
pressing its opposition to a series of proposed
ballot measures that it contends would negatively
impact upon the civil and human rights of the
people of Portland and Multnomah County.
Those ballot measures would, in part, restrict
th e ’ rig h ts o f gay, lesbian, bisexual and
Burns garners Mr. Portland
Leather title
Barry Bums seized the title of Mr. Portland
Leather 1996 during the Contest Weekend held
Feb. 23-25. Bums will represent Portland in the
International Mr. Leather competition in Chicago
from May 23 to 27.
Bums is an established presence in the Port
land leather community. He serves on the board of
NLA Portland, and is a member of the host chap
ter steering committee for Living in Leather XI.
He is a frequent soloist for the Portland Gay
Men’s Chorus; a volunteer for Esther’s Pantry; a
founding member of CHAPS (a men’s SM educa
tional group); and a contributing editor for “The
Leather Quill,” NLA Portland’s newsletter.
Hill to chair civil and
human rights council
Longtime human rights advocate Sharon Hill,
a Southern Oregon native, has been elected chair
of the Oregon Council on Civil and Human Rights.
The mission of the council, which, in part,
advises the state’s labor commissioner on civil
and human rights issues, is to provide “leader
ship, advocacy and education in coordinating
statewide efforts to promote justice and equity for
all people in Oregon.”
Additionally, it serves as a “focal point for
various groups and agencies in the state involved
in similar efforts to network, learn from each other,
and unite around common issues and concerns.”
Hill, 39, is a community organizer working for
such causes as tenant and consumer rights,
women’s rights, lesbian and gay rights, and health
and economic justice issues. She currently sits on
the board of Right Watch, a research group sup
porting civil liberties, and is a community mem
ber of Right to Privacy’s political affairs commit
tee.
“There is so much positive work going on
throughout Oregon with respect to human rights
issues,” says Hill, who began her two-year term as
chair in March. “At this point, I think the council
will really examine where we fit in. W e’ll be
asking ourselves and others, ‘What can we offer?
How can we help?’ ”
From 1988 to 1993, Hill was a board member
for Phoenix Rising, a social service and mental
health agency serving the sexual minorities com
munity. She has a master’s degree in public health
administration from Portland State University,
where she is currently in the doctoral program for
public administration and policy. She works as a
legislative assistant to Oregon state Rep. Avel
Gordly.
Hill has been a council member since 1991. As
chair, she succeeds Rodney Page, former head of
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, who accepted
the posts of deputy general secretary for the Na
tional Council of Churches and executive director
of Church World Services in New York City.
Compiled by Inga Sorensen
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