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apnJ 17. 1998 * Ju st out , Financial planning is a long term client-advisor relationship P o r t l a n d H a t e C r im e built upon two-way communi R e p o r t s D e c l in e he number of reported hate crimes in Portland has dropped nearly 43 percent for the first nine months of 1997 compared with the same period the previous year. Reports dropped from 133 in 1996 to 93 last year. Reported hate crimes involving sexual ori entation dropped from 42 in 1996 to 31 in 1997. Race-related reports declined from 66 in 1996 to 47 last year. Hate or bias crimes are those motivated by prejudices based on race, color, sexual orienta tion, political affiliation, religion, national ori gin, or physical or mental disability. cation. By listening to you, I can T understand your individual needs, concerns and goals. Then, together, we make de cisions that prepare you with the solutions, strategies and honest answers that take you toward achieving those goals. D o m e s t ic P a r t n e r B e n e f it s Gretchen Miller Kafoury I m m in e n t in V a n c o u v e r T he City of Vancouver will extend employ ee benefits to domestic partners starting May 1. The policy, which applies to both same-sex and opposite-sex couples, provides the same benefits to domestic partners of city employees that are currently given to spouses and depen dents. Those benefits include health and life insurance, sick and bereavement leave, and other offerings. An employee who wants to claim a domestic partner is required to sign a confidential affi davit. Vancouver joins four other cities and one county in Washington that offer benefits to domestic partners. The others are Olympia, Seattle, Tumwater and King County. Q ueer G ro u p S ettles w it h T T r a n s se x u a l A c t iv is t *he Seattle-based Gay Community Social Services and Portland activist Margaret Deirdre O ’Hartigan have negotiated a settle ment that brings to a close a case involving O ’Hartigan’s allegation G C S S violated a Seattle human rights ordinance prohibiting discrimina tion against transsexuals. The late-March settlement comes nearly four months after the Seattle Office for Civil Rights issued a “Notice of Reasonable Cause Finding” that G C S S arbitrarily excluded a pro tected class— transsexual women— from meet ings of the Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network. O ’Hartigan says she was denied admittance to SBW N meetings in 1993 and 1994 under an SBW N policy in effect from 1991 to 1994 that excluded transsexuals. Under the terms of the settlement, G C S S has, in part, paid O ’Hartigan $3,500, and its board members and staff will be required to attend a training session on nondiscrimination law provided by the Seattle Office for Civil Rights. Via a March 25 press statement, O ’Hartigan says the settlement ends a process begun nearly five years ago when she was initially denied admittance. She says at the time, the Seattle Human Rights Commission refused to act on her discrimination complaint. O ’Hartigan filed the complaint herself and also overturned a finding of “no reasonable cause” issued in May 1996. “Five years is a long time to wait for justice,” says O ’Hartigan. “What is most alarming is the thought that many people victimized by dis crimination may not have the tenacity or the ability to pursue justice by themselves, as 1 did. What the conclusion to my complaint will hopefully convey is not only that discrimination against transsexuals won’t be tolerated in Seattle, but that people need to persevere regardless of the obstacles placed in their path.” Finally, someone to do the homework. M il l e r K a f o u r y t o R e c e iv e S h eph erd H o no r L ongtime local politico Gretchen Miller Kafoury, currently a Portland city commis sioner, has been named the recipient of this year’s Bill and Ann Shepherd’s Award. She will receive the honor during the second annual Shepherd’s Award Dinner, slated for May 1. Miller Kafoury has been a human rights advocate for many years. As an Oregon state representative in the 1970s and 1980s, she pushed for gay and lesbian rights protections. Later, as a Multnomah County commissioner, Miller Kafoury worked on a countywide nondis crimination ordinance. She began serving on the Portland City Council in 1991; that year, she and other com missioners unanimously approved a historic ordinance that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing, employment and public accommodations. Miller Kafoury has said she will retire from the council at the end of her current term, which closes Dec. 31. The Shepherd’s Award Dinner will be held aboard the Portland Spirit. The evening will feature a “Monte Carlo” theme. Tickets are $75 each. For more information or to reserve tickets, call the Metropolitan Community Church of Portland at 281-8868. O u t s id e I n T e a m s U p w it h CD C to F ig h t STD s T he Portland-based social service organiza tion Outside In and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working together to develop outreach campaigns designed to study and test at-risk and homeless youth in Multnomah County for HIV and chlamydia. With the C D C ’s support, Outside In has put together an interdisciplinary team of medical and public health institutions to plan and implement the outreach campaigns. The players include Oregon Health Sciences University’s Division of Adolescent Health and the National College of Naturopathic Medicine. The state health division and Multnomah County Health Department will be involved in the planning, training and evaluation of the project. The outreach team targets sites throughout the county where homeless and at-risk youth can be reached in casual settings. Young people will get free tests as well as education and will be provided with counseling and resources after receiving their test results. Youth testing posi tive for chlamydia can be treated at Outside In. ■ Compiled by I n c a S orensen E ric D. Q: What do the 1 % of small businesses that succeed have in common? 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