Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013, June 16, 2000, Page 20, Image 20

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W H O A M I?
In the Gosp« accounts
esjs asks his discjples, “Whoj
do people say that i am?"They
-espone trai many see him as a
propneu He then asKs them,
“Bet what aOoet you? Who do
you say that I am?** To which
^ete- replies. “You are the
Christ.’"
t isn't dea- exaedy when
or how Jesus came to fully
--c e -s ta -c w-'o -e was. but I
n-o~ zre ti-r»e o* - s
-
tre o-car urti - s ceath on
r'e cross -e >ec out a dear I
ano unfafcer-ng vs on of ** s
m ss o*-. Unperturbed r*at - s
— str> tfirea:e-ea :re -r>der-
^ ------ gs of tre cc-— ant -e -
g c_s a -t.-c-t.e s. -e s:occ
-e e -te s s y
and fea-essly]
i p ■'st trese opposed :c —
Urtm atey ~e faced c e -ta -
tear* by danng to hze them -
e --s a € -'. tr>e very ce -:e - o*|
the - p o w e r^ -e c - y zr -g we
know with certaincy is that he
pnayec ^-e-c-e-t'» 2 nd ce e>ec
— se* n a- - t - * 2 :e and
ess e-òa -e a t o -s - c wvtr Gcc
who------e ca e-c ^atner.
r*cse w~o deny tre
c v - rv c* esus ac— e tre
a -tre -tc t> c* - s ñe arc :re
m erert trjth c* - s :eac- -g
s^a.-> of _s ong for tre same
c a - p of pc-txese - our
but a-e - - a r e to acr eye it ir
sc te of c ge-t effort. We
w o- c co we tc as«, the sa~e
c-estío- as es-s "W ho oc
pecoe say tra:
am*** A.— I
w -p the -e rc*-s extre-— sts
say tra: a— ? O - r*e cc~ o g -
raphers? O r my friends and
fainiy? D o I know my own s tK
C a - w«e neai n -ooe to c scover
w—o we a-e ur ess. ve es^s.
we a-e -f ~ a :e w th tre ye->
scorze of ov.r ce “g?
As gay mer we a-e Pom
into a world that mtsunder-
sta~es and c^te- -a:es -s.
UnwrtDrg-y we 2Pcc: so— e
aspects o* ~ s csto-tec vew
arc few o* as e«e- teta y ^-ee
Ow-se yes of tre c sastro^s
consequences For ce~t-~&s
we have pee- oe-se-t-tec a~p
repressed \pw *e ca-e :c *e
c*pe~v o -t a-e we > ng *es
r a t bong oess -g tc cv.-W-.es
a~c otre-'s’
C-eatec ga> by a cvhg
Gcc. t s or<> py
n r^e
gpcc-ess of tra: c e r*a: we
a-e ra.-s'c-— ec a-c oeco~e
r-w*y 2-tr*e“tC- — a»e < x c o r -
sce-e>P new rov. might —one
• w^ v - the p-ese-ce c*
Goc's
T v A 'o * '/— 22»—r~unc*
COLORADO
1 n !*>:. i-med with a 52.0CC loan from his
i rarer.**- 7\rr Gill started Quark Inc., a desk-
tec arc Internet software company. The pn-
vjctfv Sec company became an industry leader
*rr. "X em fksets m rune countries.
Sow. a v r k ^ through his philanthropic
x ^ r e a o - T . the Gdl Foundation, Gill has cre-
acec 2 p r o v a l k giant scholarship program for
Cciorado gav arc lesbian vouths.
by the U.S. Supreme Court- G ill donated $1
million to th at fight.
O ver the last several years, the Gill Founda­
tion, which has an endow m ent of $62 million,
has given away S ll million- T he foundation
concentrates on issues related to gav men, les­
bians, AIDS, arts, social justice and the educa­
tion of other gay donors on how to use their
money most effectively.
Tne r .:c o .Vtoumom Nous reported May 7
rKaf ~ jc GiS Foundation’s program could hand
ouc a o-arrer of a million dollars annually in
schoianbup money.
FLORIDA
~he rr.crarr. is a joint venture between the
O JL Foundation and several schools in Col-
.TSJO. l—nalo. 20 collepes were invited to join
* .r. r e foundation- The program was designed
-r
• Car ~e:
“g
• Ne.*i Cabinets
• Kitcnens
• Batfis
• Cou^te” Toes
• F 'o c n r z
s400
OFF
sre-c ire gene-re
Kitchen
= e~coe
“ ocdcak horn the University of [Vnver, the
revesar* of Northern Colorado, Colorado
'- c * -~c Colorado State University.
neg-nnrv: r. - X I . participating schools will
2d*'
- - XV2 a \ear from the foundation.
.
schools must match that money. The
■ * c h n g -_nds ma\ be given to the Gill schol-
¿rsr.r wrmer. awarded to another student or
>=•- to star: an erck^wment to fund future schol-
Eventuailv. the Gill Foundation will
- *i ir - four-sear schoLtrship to tixir stixlents at
eacr sdvoL
To re considered tre a G ill Fvxindation
<.'• .aesror
Cadent must N' openly gav. les
'
rc.'Cv.Oi. or rr.ms^ndered. Heterosexual
® d m c wK> have bee: . . . n p | issues are
**■> ffoW i ro apply Students must der.
- 'f a e r e . p abilities, maintain a .3.0 grade-
T o re i .erage and complete 40 hours of serv ice
scmjhj> on o.o and lesbcin issues
“H g r e r eo ..cat xxi is proba hi v the most
noe e rra r, ano sgrufkant breeding guxiixl tvx
•earers of xo community .irvi the country in the
-r~-r : ^ V’-- Fvxavimon Execunve Drectvx
‘ . . d e r r e : ease \ \ e re tak mg a Kxig term
Hmr.iacr ro w i a l change "
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r~ *.tr TTvà. » vtì .> • ith wxith x'tv x'e ixganiat
• ore a ro -re ttc o.xntry i here s a m\ t h aKxit
i: ue&sh .x :ne e sb u n and gav cvxnmunitv
wbu.-r re*, skewed A'w-n the txwymtxxv v*i the
p r a r c a neeo . t gav and lesbian wxith ”
GiL 4tv * *> ar
He was
te m e r r e eac » ^.us vx the gav rights nx*vv
Trent * i b a re n i at :hc Ltuversitv »x v\>lvx.Kk*
r rre
a c a rre a srnevis philanthmpist vvlxai lw
o n re r e
acao>i
anti gav rights
* * M f Amcrvcnent 2 c\vkxa»k' w x en |\is.x\l
r e r e a e r t • ’b k ñ »*> eventuailv ovtxtunxvl
ay Days is an event th at used to deepen the
worry lines of officials at Disney World.
Now, popular Disney W orld attractions such as
Typhoon Lagoon water park and the Pleasure
Island nightclub hold related parties and perfor­
mances.
According to a story in the June 3 Seattle
Post'Intelligencer, what started out in 1991 as a
single day has now grown to a tour-dav weekend
that draws more than liXVXC people— and cor­
porate sponsors.
“I don’t know if its a more accepting atti­
tude, but our parks are open to every one, every­
day,” said Disney spokeswoman Rena Callahan.
“W e want to be hospitable to every one who vis­
its our parks."
In past years, religious right-wing groups
have held protests during G av Da vs. N o demon­
strations were planned for this year’s event,
which was held in earlv June.
G
I n 1997 Julie Jacobv filed for divorce. She
A moved, w ith her two children, into the
home she shared with her female partner.
Her ex-husband sued tor custody, and in
199S the Pinellas C ounty C ircuit C ourt granted
him sole custody. T he court agreed with the ex-
husband’s argument that granting custody to
Jacoby would have made the children vulnera­
ble to teasing and harassment from classmates at
their pnvate parcchial school.
In May, the C ourt of .Appeals of Honda tor
the 2nd District reversed the earlier trial court
ruling bv a 2-1 vote. T he appellate court ruling,
w ntten bv Judge Stevan T N orthcutt. stated
that the lower court had inappropriately “suc­
cumbed to the father’s attacks on the mother’s
sexual o n en ratio n .“
Aocvxvlmg tc’* Lamhia Legal [Vrense and
Education Fuivl. the .ippeals ocxirt said the Jeci-
sxxi to grant custixh to the father “peivihred the
nxxher Kx hex sexual cxienratxxi wadxxjt evi-
dencre that it harm ed the children " The appeals
Cvxm .xlnxxuslxxl the trxalcvxit Kx tawxmg the
k x tv 'h o ld
the rather, who has te n u m e d . over
the nxxhix's hvxix' It »xdered the lower a x irt to
nvvMV'kkx custixh without reiving »xi anti-gav
preiudkvs
’’The Cixirt sent a kxveTul reminder that the
Ixvi interests vX the chikken. rxx trr.uxxval tears
.uxl preiwlxes, dxxild be paranxxm t m all cus-
tixh deosKXVk'* nix ! Stephen R ScarKxixjgh.
start attvxnev VX lam K la's regional «.’ftxre in
Atlanta Ih e cttvuit cvxirt wtvxvt * tbxxight it
ivxikl .uxl sixxild insaliate these kxt> frvxn pxissi-
Ne kixx' ieik bi.isav agumst iesbvin and gav par-
e n tv “
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