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The City Nightclub takes
another legal hit
Multnomah County Circuit Judge George Jo
seph declared The City Nightclub, an alcohol-
free club catering to sexual minority youth, a
“ specified crime property” during June 14 court
proceedings.
Club owner Lanny Swerdlow says he fears
Joseph’ s action could lead to his eviction from the
building, which is located on Northwest 13th
Avenue just o ff West Burnside.
“ L et’ s just say that I ’ m not in the best o f spirits
right now,” Swerdlow tells Just Out. “ I ’ m putting
up the best fight I can, but I ’ m up against a lot.”
The City Nightclub is heralded by supporters
as a lifeline for many queer youth, particularly
those who come from difficult circumstances.
Detractors, however, view The City as a haven for
unrestrained drug activity and other illicit hap
penings.
The City o f Portland has taken aggressive
action to close the club down. This past Decem
ber, Nancy E. Ayres, senior deputy city attorney,
filed a civil suit against the building’ s owner,
AD S Investment Limited Partnership, which is
controlled by the Schnitzer family. (For a detailed
look at the controversy, see “ A Tale o f T w o
‘Citys,’ ” in the June 7, 1996, Just Out.)
The suit maintains the club violates the city’ s
Specified Crime Property Ordinance, more loosely
known as the “ drug house” ordinance, which
prohibits the use o f a building for the distribution
o f a controlled substance.
Joseph’ s declaration essentially makes that
charge official. “ I have two-and-a-half years left
on my lease,” says Swerdlow, who believes he
may now get evicted because his lease stipulates
there is to be no criminal activity on the premises.
“ I ’ m not sure what w ill happen at this point,”
he says.
Other motions for summary judgment are slated
Epitope HIV test receives
FDA approval
The federal Food and Drug Administration
has given Epitope Inc., a Beaverton biotechnol
ogy company, approval for the final piece o f its
oral H IV test, known as Orasure.
The approval clears the way for SmithKline
Beecham, a drug company that is Epitope’ s part
ner, to sell the test to health professionals nation
wide.
Orasure can screen and test for H IV antibod
ies from a single oral specimen. The test is viewed
as a safe alternative to drawing blood for tests
because H IV is not transmitted through casual
contact with saliva or other oral fluids. Orasure is
the first approved product in the United States
that can confirm the presence o f H IV antibodies
without blood tests.
Men’s conference to be
held in Portland
The 21st Men and Masculinity Conference is
to be held July 25-28 at Lewis & Clark College in
Southwest Portland. The theme is “ Women and
Men: Visions o f Justice.”
The gathering will feature several workshops
and panel discussions. Keynote panelists include
human rights activists Roberto Reyes-Colon and
Kathleen Saadat, Multnomah County Chair Bev
Stein, Portland Police Chief Charles Moose, and
openly gay state Reps. George Eighmey and Gail
Shibley, who is running for Portland City Coun
cil.
On July 26 at 7:30 pm a debate and dialogue
entitled “ What N ow for Men: Converging and
Diverging Paths” will feature Robert Bly and
Michael Kimmel.
to be heard in mid-July. A trial is scheduled forf
August.
Swerdlow, a longtime neighborhood and com
munity activist, has been operating for-profit so
cial venues geared toward queer youth since the
1970s. He estimates that thousands o f sexual
minority youth have passed through The C ity’ s
doors during the past 13 years and have experi
enced there a sense o f safety and community not
found elsewhere.
“ I would feel so badly for the kids i f The City
Nightclub closed down,” says Swerdlow. “ They
would have no place to go.”
When asked whether he would simply open up
another club for queer youth i f city officials are
indeed successful in their bid, Swerdlow replies:
“ I don’ t know i f I ’ ll have the resources to do it
[because] the legal costs may be so high.”
Inga Sorensen
The National Organization for Men Against
Sexism, the parent organization o f the confer
ence, describes itself as pro-feminist, gay affir
mative and anti-racist, and strives to enhance
men’ s lives.
Sten announces council bid
Erik Sten, who was unsuccessful in his M ay 21
bid for the Portland City Council seat o f outgoing
Commissioner M ike Lindberg, has announced
his candidacy for the council seat recently va
cated by Earl Blumenauer, who was elected to
Congress.
“ W e ’ ve shown that in Portland, politics is a lot
more about people than money,” says Sten, who
was a dark horse in the previous race and relied
heavily on grass-roots/volunteer support. “ It’ s
clear from this campaign that people see better
schools, affordable housing and safer neighbor
hoods as critical issues that affect our quality o f
life, our families and our children’ s future.”
Walk for Healing held
Supporters o f the struggle to protect Native
American sacred lands and spiritual sites held a
Walk for Healing on June 1 in Warm Springs, Ore.
The First Nations Survival Support Network
helped organize the event, which was designed in
part to protest recent logging activity in and
around the Anpo Native American Cultural Youth
Camp and Ceremonial Grounds, and Enola Hill
forest.
Group members charge that the U.S. Forest
Service has “ continued to stand by an arbitrary
definition o f what is scared and spiritual, and has
shut Native Americans, environmentalists and
the public out o f all legal recourse.”
Compiled by Inga Sorensen
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