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living in Washington's Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties
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ho says a gay life is a city life?
Tucked amid the tree
groves, mountainsides and
meadows of southwestern
Washington, Alan Rose has
cultivated a secluded home that would give any
city slicker a quick case of vertigo. To Rose,
however, the country is sublime.
“My property is a sanctuary. W hen I sleep
with my window open, I can hear the coyotes
serenade me,” says Rose, who used to live in
Portland. “Now, city sounds kind of disturb me."
Somewhat nearby, Teija Heikkila and her
partner, Peggy Barron, own five acres overlook
ing the Columbia River outside Longview.
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T he two had never met prior to enrolling in
the class, hut on th e first day Rose guessed that
Heikkila might be a lesbian.
“Pm never sure if it’s my gaydar, or just my
overweening hope,” Rose says.
Since then, they have become friends. Both
say they have gleaned some useful information
from the course, but one negative, they note,
was a diversity training session.
“It was worse th a n having none at all. It was
based on so many stereotypes; it was really prim
itive,” Heikkila recounts.
As a kind of subtle response, the two decid
ed to center their class project around the sub
ject of gay m en and lesbians in rural areas.
from the bars, noise and pollution, this is the way o f life
that makes the most sense to them. Although public displays
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Teija Heikkila, Peggy Barron and Alan Rose know they
are not the only gay folk in this neck o f the woods.
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Away from the bars, noise and pollution, this
is the way of life that makes the most sense to
them. Although public displays of pink triangles
and rainbow flags are few and far between,
Heikkila, Barron and Rose know they are not
the only gay folk in this neck of the woods.
As a joint project for the Lower Columbia
Leadership Academy, Heikkila and Rose have
decided to seek out the gay and lesbian popula
tion that exists in Cowlitz and Wahkiakum
counties and determine whether the communi
ty has needs and services that may not be
acknowledged.
The academy, sponsored by W ashington
State University, is a yearlong course dedicated
to developing community leaders.
Rose has been involved for a while in com
munity organizing, mostly concerning HIV pre
vention. He says this class has offered him some
thing different, with new challenges.
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They say there has been a positive change in
social attitudes toward gay men and lesbians
recently, but rural-based queers might not bene
fit from this change as much as those who live in
the city.
This inequity may be due to a deficiency of
diversity and a surplus of conservative values in
rural areas. Gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and
trans people may he more likely to experience
isolation, prejudice and lack of community sup
port in the country th an in the city.
To see where queers stand in southwestern
W ashington, Heikkila and Rose have construct
ed a m ultidim ensional survey for the people of
their area. O n e part is fully confidential and
directed toward the gay and lesbian community;
the rest will be conducted over the phone with
area churches, businesses and schools.
By creating this project, the two say they
want to do som ething meaningful, and they
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