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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 2000)
june 16. 2000 * K’[ ij ; ì i ; ivi ^ lin e w s Stop by on your way to the H ometown P ride nude beach Not everyone will skip Eugene's pride celebration in favor of bigger events in larger cities by Jo n a th a n Kipp ith “T he New Millennium” Organizers also recognize that the pride as its theme, this year’s in event conflicts with Portland’s Peacock in the stallment of an annual cele Park, an annual scholarship fund-raiser held in bration for sexual minority Washington Park. The event is Portland’s sec residents of the mid-W il ond largest gay event and a popular one for peo lamette Valley will take place June 25 in ple throughout the region. Eugene. Another factor is the conflict with the pride T he ninth annual Eugene-Springfield Les celebration in San Francisco. bian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Pride Day Celebration will run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Maurie Ja cobs Park. A $5 dona tion is being request ed. “You can go to gay pride and then shop,” jokes Kim Sm ith, a longtime pride-goer. (T h e park is steps away from Eugene’s popular Valley River Center Mall.) T he event is spon sored by the Equality Project to foster a sense of community in A pastoral setting for Eugene-Springfield pride the area. Organizers promise “old friends, new friends, food, enter Not so long ago, some organizers, including tainment, music and dancing.” Brown, thought the Eugene-Springfield pride Alan Brown, the event’s coordinator, says it event might not come together at all. But Tim is going to be a much simpler celebration this Matteson, a previous coordinator of the festival, year than in the past. says it always looks that way as the event nears. T he Eugene-Springfield community needs to Some individuals and groups stepped forward be pulled together and unified, Brown says. at the expo and volunteered to take on tasks, Since the demise o f Lavender Network, a relieving Brown of some of the challenges at hand. Eugene-based monthly periodical that had served as a cohesive factor in the area, the annu This year’s event will be more interactive, al pride celebration is the only thing to pull the Matteson says. community together, he adds. T he OUTdoor Group will preside over vol leyball and tug-of-war tournaments, for exam ple. The Rainbow Wranglers Square Dance Club will give minilessons a few times during the day. Day Harriet Merrick, chairwoman of the board of directors of Basic Rights Oregon, is scheduled to speak about upcoming political issues, including r ^ A / ^ UNe25r, 2ooo 1Ü the Oregon Citizens Alliance’s Student Protec sa t u r ò *7 £ S at tion Act, which is expected to appear on Ore J acobs ME^ ¿ 0N,no» gon’s November ballot. M A u n e J * c\ (LA U RIE Local organizations will, as usual, have eatotdM «sasst-s Tow booths at the event for people to visit. Musi cians will perform from 4 to 7 p.m. K t - — "* A children’s play area will be set up to mu** .SSS« , omncinç accommodate families, and the Kid’s Bubble Parade will kick off at 11:30 a.m. “A lot of lesbian mothers bring their kids,” says Smith. Interested community members met at a Eugene’s pride celebration attracts mostly Queer Expo in May to give their local pride cel women. About one-third of the attendees are ebration a “shot in the arm,” according to Kim male, Smith says. Smith, a member of the OUTdoor group who “I think it reflects the demographics,” he helped organize the shindig. explains. The expo served as an open forum to share More than 1,000 people are expected to ideas and concerns. Some who attended pro attend the alcohol-free event this year. posed a more child-friendly event for families. A play, I Paint your Face, Louise, will follow Smith says it was also suggested that the event the celebration at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available could be made more enjoyable for preteens. on a sliding scale ranging from $3 to $10. The Brown feels that the Eugene-Springfield play is produced by Little Apple Productions. community seems disconnected to many gay men and lesbians, so they have a lackadaisical ■ For more information about the EUGENE- attitude about activism and social organizing. 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