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G arvey ’ s C rew H ouse 22 NW 2 3 r d A v e n u e local news SPRING CLEANING SALE , 6 - ^ ^EVERYTHING shorts, tees, fleece, shirts, sweat shirts, pants, jackets & accessories FR ID A Y, JUN E 20 K K K O F F CONCERT WIN A TRIP FOR TWO TO SAN FRANCISCO - H A LL O W E E N WEEKEND! POR LESBIA N • GAY « BISEX UA L ♦ TRANSCENDER Buy your raffle tickets from sellers in the bars and at the Pride Northwest Festival booth. Drawing will be held June 21st, 5:00 p.m., Waterfront Park's Silver Stage. PR ID E P A R A D E & F E S T I V A L Prize provided by Travel Agents International. SA TURD A Y, JUNE 21 « PARADE, R A LLY & FE S TIV A L You can register your parade contingent at the parade staging area in the North Park Blocks (N.W. 9th and Couch), 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 21. At 11:00 a.m. the parade will begin winding through the heart of downtown Portland to Waterfront Park where the festival continues until 6:30 p.m. SUNDAY, JUNE 22 « COMMUNITY FORUM Pride Northwest and Brother to Brother host Pride Parade Grand Marshal Keith Boykin for a lively lecture/discussion and reception at the In te rsta te Fire h o u se C ultural Center (IFCC), 5340 N. Interstate, at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday. Light refreshments will be provided. Boykin is Executive Director of the National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum, a nationwide nonprofit organization that advocates for and empowers black lesbians and gays. He is also the author of the nonfiction book, One More River to Cross: Black & Gay in America (Doubleday, 1996), which was recently selected as a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. As Special Assistant to the President of the United States in the Clinton admin istration, Keith was the highest ranking openly gay or lesbian person in the White House. Pick up a ‘97 Pride Program for a Pride Month Calendar of Events and read Just Out tor more details about Pride '97 activities. Sponsored in part by Produced by Ju st out For additional information call Pride Northwest, Inc. at 503/295-9788; e-mail us at: pdx.PrideNW@aol.com; or write: Pride Northwest, Inc., PO Box 6611, Portland, OR 97228. PHOTO BY LINDA KLIEWER Enjoy Thomas Lauderdale with Pink Martini and a host of opening acts (Spinsters Parlor, LMNOR Carol Steinel, and the Galloway & Luckett Band). Beer Garden, food booths, and music all open at 6:15 p.m. At last year's Tournament of Choice, ‘‘The Furies" took second place in their division LCP softball tournament on for August The Portland-based Lesbian Community Project is sponsoring the Tournament of Choice, its annual softball tournament, from Aug. 1 to 3. The games will be held at Prairie Fields in Brush Prairie, Wash. For additional details and vendor applications contact LCP at 282-8090. Gathering designed for families The Northwest LGBT Families Conference will be held Aug. 8-10 at the Living Enrichment OSU student receives honor Nathan Guzman, a student at Oregon State Uni versity, is the recipient of the Pride Foundation/ Greater Seattle Business Association’s Daniella Altfeld-Moreno Scholarship, which is awarded to gay or lesbian Latino/a youth with a “preference for young people involved in athletics.” Guzman is among 27 recipients of an array of 1997-98 scholarships awarded by the Seattle- based Pride Foundation and GSBA. The scholarships “work to strengthen the les bian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the Pacific Northwest by promoting education and recognizing leadership.” Guzman is co-director of OSU’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alliance and an active member of the Hispanic Cultural Center. He is a member of the university’s crew team and has been honored for his achievements in swimming and water polo. For more information about the scholarship program, contact Pride Foundation at 1-800-735-7287. Yamhill County group Workshops addressing an array of issues re pushes for access lated to gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans families will be presented. Those interested in planning or attending the gathering should contact Love Makes a Family at 228-3892, or e-mail lmfamily@teleport.com. Consumers, providers and health officials in Yamhill County are meeting regularly to develop improved access to services for people living with HIV/AIDS in that largely rural county. The group, called the AIDS/HIV Services Round Table, is concerned about what it views as a lack of access to services outside the Portland area. Ruby House hits Some services in Yamhill County are avail able through the Four County Consortium, funded financial pothole by Ryan White CARE Act allocations. The Douglas County AIDS Council is seeking HIV/AIDS services are primarily funded with donations to support Ruby House, a nearly de- federal dollars through Ryan White. That funding cade-old Roseburg facility serving people living is in turn allocated by an appointed planning with HIV in rural Oregon. council. Due to governmental budget cuts, the council “Even though 15 percent of people with HIV/ says service payments for Ruby House foster care AIDS in the Portland area live in rural areas, there have dropped from an average of $40,000 to are no people from rural areas on the planning $25,000—a reduction it says leaves Ruby House council,” says Joy Hal me, a rural outreach worker. “close to insolvency.” “Our needs seem to get lost among the needs or Ruby House is described as the “oldest AIDS beliefs of those who are represented at the table.” home” in operation outside the Portland area. It is To get involved with the AIDS/HIV Services the only facility that provides housing for dis Round Table, contact Carol Hansen at the Yamhill abled people living with HIV between Eugene County Health Department at 538-7302 or and Medford. (503) 434-7525. To help, call (541)440-2761 or e-mail dcac@teleport.com. Compiled by Inga Sorensen