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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1996)
6 ▼ m a y 17, 1 9 9 6 ▼ ju s t o u t _5t. CENTER FOR LESBIAN RELATIONSHIP THERAPY V innovative workshops, groups & couples therapy A M E R IC A N C H O R EO G R A PH ER S Sponsored by Philip M orfm Com panies Inc. Kao Rhiannon, Ph.D., Nelly Kaufer, MA, and Cheryl Wilton, MS FORCING FLYING DANCE... 57 y u rs combined experience specializing in lesbian therapy UPCOMING WORKSHOPS MAY 18 Couples: Requirements o! healthy relationships M O CALIFORNIA Gay and lesbian Christians can now purchase books, brochures, audio tapes and music CDs from the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Resource Center. Inter ested shoppers can request a free copy of the Resource Center’s catalog by writing to UFMCC, 5300 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 304, Los Ange les, CA 90029. Fax requests to (213) 464-2123. Items available through the catalog include books on “queer theology,” a video on dealing with grief, and pamphlets that discuss HI V/AIDS and homosexuality and the Bible. m 1 0 '2 4 regon BALLETB THEATRE assisting lesbians in creating sa tisfying & enduring relationships 248-0759 ay \ C all 2-B A LLET T icketmas 'TEH 790-A R T S JUNE 22 Sexual Intimacy: Loving me & you J u s t Y x ir L o c a l W trld C I L K nk I C o m pa ny 248-0018 / a ss ▼ ▼ ▼ San Francisco Bay area artist Frank Pietronigro has produced a commemorative full-color print honoring lesbian and gay diversity. The poster, called “Equality and Justice for All,” shows 12 gay and lesbian couples of different cultural back grounds and ages. Twenty percent of all proceeds from sales of the 18-inch-by-24-inch limited edi tion print will be donated to Visual AID, a San Francisco-based organization that provides fi nancial assistance to artists with life-threatening illnesses. To purchase a copy, write to Masterworks, PO Box 193163, San Francisco, CA 94119, or call (415) 777-8242. TIME I s n ’ t it The only way to shake a drug or alcohol addiction is to be honest. A nd that takes trust. The Triangle Project is a safe, respectful, and confidential treatment program for members o f the gay and lesbian community. A nd because your counselor is gay, you can talk honestly TO OUT YOU lPROBLEM? about all the issues in your life. ▼ ▼ ▼ A Southern California school district has banned a federally funded, county-approved AIDS education program from local high schools, ac cording to the American Civil Liberties Union’s “Newswire.” Last November a lecturer from the Catalyst Foundation for AIDS Awareness and Care answered a student’s question about oral sex during a presentation at Quartz Hill High School near Lancaster. In January the Antelope Valley Union High School District banned Catalyst. 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EQUIPMENT A 1 800 659-0421 - national news - OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK l 644-0615 11665 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy Beaverton Town Square The Birdcage, the Hollywood remake of the 1979 French film La Cage aux Folles, is the first gay-themed film to gross more than $ 100 million. The movie reached the $100 million mark in its first six weeks of release. The film stars Robin Williams and Nathan Lane. ▼ ▼ T At its annual convention in April, the Califor nia State Democratic Party voted to adopt a platform calling for lesbians and gay men to be allowed to serve in the military “without ques tion or restriction,” reports The Washington Blade. The more than 1,500 delegates voted unani mously to include the plank in the party platform. California Democrats will now attempt to convince the Democratic National Convention to adopt the California platform as the platform of the national Democratic Party. FLORIDA A nasty letter written by an employee of the state Department of Transportation in response to a request for a pledge for a Miami-to-Orlando AIDS Ride has sparked controversy and raised a fear that Florida tourism could suffer a negative impact, reports the (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Senti nel. Leanne O ’Connell, a youth traffic safety pro gram coordinator, wrote her letter on official DOT letterhead. In the letter, she states that AIDS “was created as a punishment to the gay and lesbian communities across the world.” She goes on to say, “As far as the gays and lesbians of the world.. .let them suffer their consequences!” The state’s response to O ’Connell’s letter has been somewhat tepid. She was reprimanded and sent to counseling. The DOT sent a letter of apology to the AIDS ride coordinators. That re sponse was not enough to satisfy the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care. The physicians’ group announced that it was cancel ing plans to hold its 1997 conference in Fort Lauderdale. The group’s president said he intends to urge other medical groups to boycott Florida. IOWA Supporters of current policies that protect Des Moines school employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation presented the school board with a petition April 23 urging the board to keep the sexual orientation protections in the nondiscrimination policy, according to a Des Moines Register story. The petition contained 5,850 signatures. Earlier in April a conservative Christian po litical action committee, Concerned Parents of Des Moines, presented the board with a 1,000- signature petition urging that the words “sexual orientation” be removed from the school district’s employment policies. The school board has taken the issue under advisement. LOUISIANA New Orleans has lost more than $1 million in federal grants for AIDS programs because city officials incorrectly completed the grant applica tion forms, reports Southern Voice. As a result, the city will receive no federal AIDS money this year. In the past, New Orleans has received ap proximately $1.5 million annually to fund ser vices such as transportation, housing and mental health. MASSACHUSETTS A judge has ordered a Brockton woman who advertised on the Internet that she had a cure for HIV to remove the ad from the World Wide Web. The ad claimed “In six weeks you are HIV nega tive,” and offered the cure in a book for $24 or through a 900 number for $ 1.99 a minute. The so- called cure is a compound of wormwood, cloves and black walnut hulls. The state attorney general obtained a tempo rary restraining order against the woman and is now seeking a permanent injunction against the ad. OKLAHOMA A self-proclaimed prophet, his wife and an . accomplice were con- victed April 24 on charges of conspir ing to manufac ture homemade bombs that they intended to use to bomb gay bars, g o v ern ment agencies, abortion clinics and civil rights groups in Southern U.S. cities, ac cording to a Reuter report. Willie Ray Lampley, his wife, Cecilia, and John Dare Baird were found guilty by a federal jury in Muskogee. They will be sentenced within two months. TENNESSEE A Nashville woman pleaded guilty to know ingly exposing her two female roommates to HIV by having sex with them without telling them she was HIV positive. Thomasina Goodman’s room mates learned her HIV status from a public health official. They then filed charges against her under a 1994 Tennessee law. She will be sentenced later in May on the two felony counts. Compiled by Kristine Chatwood I