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n an unassuming, red-brick and white
look on his face is any clue, loves his work. He
building in downtown Portland, the De
holds a master’s degree in applied spirituality
Paul Treatment Center for adults offers
and is a certified alcohol and drug counselor.
hope and empathy to the addicted. Inside,
T h e Harvey M ilk Group is McKee’s brain­
in the admissions office, the staff is friend­
child. (T h e group is named after Harvey Milk, a
ly but not overbearingly so. It’s a comfortable
gay activist— and now legend— who, while
and casual place.
serving on the S a n Francisco Board of Supervi­
A t this particular moment, several hetero­
sors in 1978, was gunned down.)
sexual men have just come out of a group coun­
M cK ee says he realized De Paul had no
seling session and
substance
abuse
are stopping by the
treatment designed
office on their way
specifically
for
out. They range
queers and felt the
from roughly 18 to
agency needed to
50 years old. One
address this gap in
man has a spunky
service if it were to
demeanor,
while
continu e with its
another looks like
VS
practice of inclu­
he’s got worries on
t ' t
siveness.
his mind.
In a friendly
De Paul has been
manner, he dubs
welcoming people
the center’s Execu­
working to achieve
tive Director Sheila
freedom from drug
North “our vision­
abuse and alcohol
ary,” and says the
addiction for 25
Harvey Milk Group
years. W hile De
has her complete
Paul’s services are
support. (North has
available to all, its
budgeted $100,000
primary mission is to
annually
to its
serve those who lack
development.)
the means to pay for
The
need is
treatm ent.
More
particularly press­
than 90 percent of Eddy M cKee
ing, chimes Terry
the people receiving
Le Jeune, a licensed
care at De Paul have no insurance or other
clinical social worker and out lesbian who came
financial resources to cover the cost o f treat-
to De Paul from Phoenix Rising Foundation, a
ment.
private nonprofit organization that for many
Founded by the Society o f St. Vincent De
years served the queer and questioning popula­
Paul after a request for services by the city of
tion via a host o f services, including counseling.
Portland, the treatment center first provided
Phoenix Rising no longer provides counsel­
short-term transitional housing for late-stage,
ing services; now De Paul and one other group,
homeless alcoholics leaving detox.
A S A P Treatm ent Services, are the only addic­
In 1978, De Paul Treatment Centers became
tion treatm ent providers that serve the queer
independently incorporated with no particular
community.
religious affiliation.
A sexual m inorities group makes sense, says
De Paul is now reaching out to queer folk.
M cKee, because queer people face issues in sub­
Eddy McKee is De Paul’s director of nonresi-
stance abuse treatm en t th at heterosexuals
dential services and a gay man who oversees the
don’t— issues such as “unresolved self-hatred
Harvey Milk Group, a fledgling assembly of gay,
and internalized shame around sexuality,” he
trans, lesbian and bisexual adults in treatment
explains.
for substance abuse and related issues.
A ccording to Barbara Gibbs, De Paul’s direc­
McKee is enthusiastic and, if the beaming
tor o f developm ent, reputable addiction treat-
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