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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1998)
fTTTiTI n ew s Let Me Earn Your Business. B irthday B olsters R ide for a R eason When buying or selling real estate, I represent your interests! Experienced , Innovative , Up to-Date A birthday bash and fund-raiser will be held in memory of John L. Adams, the late founder of C .C . Slaughters, a Portland gay bar. Donations raised via the July 26 event, which celebrates Portlander John Casas’ birth day, will support Team Positive and the second - S te v e B u c h e rt, R ealto r Office: 228-9801 • Mobile: 970-3801 e-mail: bucherts@hasson.com According to organizer Katharine Babad. the event is for “the widest definition of women and females of all genders, sexual orientations and backgrounds” who have facial hair, which may or may not be visible. This gathering is not open to partners. The fully-accessible and nonsmoking event is sponsored by the Lesbian Community Project. A $1 donation is requested. For location infor mation, contact LC P at 282-8090 or send e-mail to dark-red@juno.com. C all for P resentations 25 NW 23rd Place, Portland, OR 97210 NO P O I N T S NO O R I G I N A T I O N NO A P P L I C A T I O N F E E S Show your inner Care Bear, support Ride for a 7% 30 Y E A R F I X E D 7. 10 A P R * With hundreds of loan program s available , we'll find the perfect loan for you! Brooke Hovey Jeff Hamel $ 0 Down Programs $ Stated Income $ First Time Homebuyers $ Hard-to-Do Loans $ Refinance/Cash Out $ Free Pre-Qualifying $ Bankruptcy/Foreclosure Appointments at your convenience M o rtg ag e O p tion s_________________ (503) 970-4653 6 9 5 0 SW H am p to n S t., S u ite 102, T ig a rd , O R 97223 O regon L eather P ride W eek C oming U p •Rates subject to change. Call for current rates. ELLIPTICAL FITNESS Why settle for 2nd best when you can have the original? Precor invented the concept. TRAINER Precor holds all the patents. Precor is suing all the imitators. Precor is in all the clubs. PRECOR O nly Precor has power elevation C J E F X 5 .2 1 » O nly Precor is silky smooth and completely quiet. The Standard by which all others are judged. O nly Precor lets you keep your foot flat throughout the range of motion. NO IM PACT ■ y o u feel "weightless, like you're walking on the moon '» O O 1 -8 0 0 -6 5 9 -0 4 2 1 11 sc S S n « a va. 120 « Walking Running StairClimbing Crosscountry Skiing 3 0 0 Your Fitness Experts annual Ride for a Reason, a four-day bike ride held in August that is designed to raise funds for HIV and A ID S services in Washington and Oregon. The birthday fund-raiser will be at C .C . Slaughters, 219 N.W. Davis St. in Portland from 3 to 7 p.m. For more information about the party, call Casas at 284-4469. For more details about Ride for a Reason, call 1-888-89-BIKES or go to the Web site www.rideforareason.org. Available Exclusively At A O regon Leather Pride Week will be held August 7 to 16 in Portland. The weekend-to-weekend gathering will fea ture an array of events including a hands-on demonstration of sadomasochism techniques, a community activist roundtable, and the Mr. and Ms. Oregon State Leather Contest. The events will take place at a number of Portland gay bars. The festivities are being produced by Blackout Leather Productions of Oregon Inc., a nonprofit, all-volunteer leather events produc tion company founded with the goal of provid ing support and service to the state’s sexual minorities community. To request a complete rundown of Oregon Leather Pride Week happenings, contact Blackout Leather Productions of Oregon via e- mail at BlackoutWA@aol.com. A ttention Q ueer F emmes T here will be a “femme lipstick and nail pol ish swap” on August 8 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Queer femmes will have a chance to trade lipsticks, hear a report on a femme conference in San Francisco and talk about femme gender. Attendees of the potluck brunch will also exchange information on local femme resources— everything from bookstores to where to buy a replacement for a broken garter snap. The fully-accessible and nonsmoking event is sponsored by the Lesbian Community Project. A $1 donation is requested. For location infor mation, contact LCP at 282-8090 or send e-mail to dark-red@juno.com. B runch for W omen with F acial H air «44-0S1S 11SSS SW iM V .- M H tM t Hwy. ■ M w rta n Town S w a n omen and females with facial hair will gather August 9 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for brunch. W conference called Do Ask, Do Tell: Outing Pacific Northwest History is slated for October 23 to 25 at the Washington State Historical Museum in Tacoma, Wash. It is sponsored by the Washington State Historical Society with support Reason from the Portland-based G ay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest, among others. The conference will provide a forum for those interested in the history of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people in the Pacific Northwest. Organizers encourage anyone who is involved in collecting, interpreting and present ing various aspects of this history to submit pro posals for individual presentations or complete sessions at the conference. They welcome proposals for presentations on any aspect of gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans his tory in the Pacific Northwest, but are particular ly interested in addressing issues that deal with: collecting history— working with communities to collect artifacts, document historic sites, con duct documentary research and gather oral his tories; interpreting history— crafting a coherent story out of diverse sources and varied experi ences, identifying broad patterns, and linking local history to larger historical trends; and pre senting history— developing educational mate rials, exhibits, walking tours and interpretive programs that make history accessible to stu dents and the general public. One-page proposals for presentations should include contact information for the speaker, a short description of the proposed topic and a brief statement of the speaker’s qualifications. Send to Do Ask, Do Tell, Washington State Historical Society, 1911 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402. For more information, call Gary Schalliol at (253) 798-5879. O regon B usinesswomen G athering in P ortland R egistration is already underway for the sec ond annual Oregon Women Business Owners Conference, which will be held September 10 and 11 at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel. More than 250 women business owners from around the state attended last year’s conference in Eugene. The conference will provide education and information for women in business. Panels and speakers will address an array of topics, includ ing how to form partnerships with other busi nesses and work effectively with various forms of media. A special feature of this conference is the CyberGarden, an all-day drop-in academy where attendees get hands-on guidance about the Internet. For registration information, call Positive Gatherings at 285-8456. ■ Compiled by INGA SORENSEN