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hold the event on the university’s campus, also
arranged to have three security officers on hand,
according to David Martinez, the group’s advi
sor.
“The university didn’t feel it necessary to
have more,’’ he explained, adding that the offi
cers always have a direct line to the campus
security headquarters in case problems erupt.
Gordon and his partner expected protesters
when they arrived but were hoping they could
have a good time without that kind of hassle.
“I’m glad there wasn’t any,” Gordon says.
One of Portland’s best-known drag perform
ers, Misha Rockafeller, served as hostess for the
90-minute event. She mingled through the seat
ed crowd, a wireless microphone in hand, seek
ing answers to questions about sexual prefer
ences and practices.
Audience members often seemed uncom
fortable and were unwilling to provide the
details she and others likely wanted to hear.
Several men who did answer spoke of romance,
emotions and “sensitive touch" when queried
about their sex lives.
Those expecting “amazing stories of real tops
and bottoms,” as promised by the Tunnel of Love
promotional poster, likely returned home disap
pointed.
But not everyone was displeased.
“We’re really excited that the community
turned out in such large numbers,” Sidwell says.
“This is really unprecedented for a health
care-related community forum,” he adds about
the 600 who attended.
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W
embers of the Salem-area sexual minori
ties community will soon have an oppor
tunity to be heard by the Human Rights and
Relations Advisory Commission.
The commission’s Education and Outreach
Committee is holding a series of monthly meet
ings with minority communities in the Salem
area. On May 23, the committee will conduct a
focus group with gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans
community members. The meeting will deter
mine how the commission can be used as a
resource by these groups.
The commission works to identify sources of
tension in the community and then works to
resolve the problems through informal media
tion, according to Maggie Tuttle, acting com
munity resources analyst.
The Education and Outreach Committee is
the commission’s most active subgroup. The
committee previously met with representatives
from the African American, Latino and Native
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Sidwell feels the event really is revolutionary
for Portland. Gay Life is looking forward to
planning a fall event, he says, and is hoping
more people will get involved.
learn more about G a y L ife HEALTH N E T
WORK activities or to volunteer, send an e-mail to
gaylifehealth@yahoo. com.
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American communities and will continue to
reach out to other minority groups in the future,
Tuttle says.
Salem’s human rights ordinance, which pro
hibits unlawful employment, housing and public
accommodation practices, currently does not
have any provisions relating to discrimination
based on sexual orientation. Tuttle says the
commission is working to redress that oversight.
The 12-member commission can help
minority groups and “act as a voice to let the
city council know what issues are out there,”
says Tuttle.
The commission is part of the Department of
Community Services at the city of Salem.
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