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2 3 j u s t o u t » august 18 . 2000 jr O U tn basis Also offers hepatitis A /B testing, treatment, vacci nations and community education for gay and bisexual men (Sixth Floor. 426 SW Stark St 503-248 3700) ( 11 / 00 ) Multnomah County HIV Health Services Center is a full-service medical clinic, providing an on site pharmacist and nutntiomst. medication management, mental health services, wellness program and case man agement Se habla español ASL and foreign language interpretation available. (8 am-5 pm Monday-Fnday. Thursday until 8 pm. Fourth Floor. 426 SW Stark St. 503-248-5020 ) ( 11/00) Our House is a residential care facility for those living with and dying from AIDS. (2727 SE Alder St.. Portland. OB 97214 503 234-0175.) (11 /00) Willamette Valley: Community Ii 5015 COYOTE is an association for sex workers in Eugene (POBox 12244. Eugene. O B 97401.)(11/00) AFTER 8 works for political change and provides infor mation and referral for lesbian, gay, bi and trans people in Benton and Linn counties and sponsors a Harvey Milk Awards Dinner in November (7 pm second Tuesday. 101 N W 23rdS t.. Corvallis. POBox 1828. Corvallis. OB 97339 541-752-8157.)(\\/00) second Tuesday of every month at a confidential location in Yamhill County. (503 554-0701.H 1 1/00) Valley AIDS Information Network's 24 hour hot line provides HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and STD information, support and referrals English hot line; English and Spanish matenals Speakers for schools, recovery and adult groups. (Benton County and Albany: 541 752-6322. Oregon toll areas: 800-588 2437) ( Imperial Sovereign Court of the Willamette Empire meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm at the 300 Club. (300 Liberty St. SE in Salem. Bob 503-371-8395. e-mail bobphil@uswest net or Impenal Pnncess IX. Lydia Octavia 503-463 8585.) 11 / 00 ) ( 11 / 00 ) WISH (Women's Initiative to Stop HIV) meets in Lesbian and Gay Parenting Group for parents of children 3 or younger, meets the second Saturday of each month in Eugene. (Aquene 541- 344-5847.) Eugene (541-682-4013.H) 1/00) ( 11 / 00 ) COMMUNITY Men's Support Group, sponsored by Sweet Spirit Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), meets every second Thursday of each month at 7 pm to share con cerns. discuss gay issues and support the MCC com munity. Open to the public. (434 18th St. David: 503-363-4828. Joseph: 503-363-3392.) U 1/00) Partnership Project provides social work and nurs ing case management to people living with HIV/AIDS. Get help coordinating all aspects of health care as well as financial management, food and housing assistance, and emotional support (8 30 am-5 pm Monday-Fnday 503-230-1202 ) ( 1 1/00) The Plus Club House Party provides an open social gathenng for people living with HIV and AIDS to mingle and network. The group meets in pnvate homes at 2 pm on the third Sunday of the month (Bnan 503-249-7030) ( 11 / 00 ) Project Quest offers health appointments, nutntional information, support groups and sports activities for peo ple living with HIV and AIDS. (Suite 200. 3117 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.. e-mail: pquest@teleport com 503-493-0288) (11 /00) WIAR (Women's Intercommunity AIDS Resource) is a multiservice program for women and children affected by HIV/AIDS WIAR offers individual counseling, support groups, advocacy and other support services Drop-in support group every Tuesday at 11 am; HIV prevention support group for HIV-negative women with HIV-positive partners every second and fourth Monday at 6 pm. Nurture Night for women and their chil dren every third Wednesday of the month Child care provided All programs and services are confidential (9 am-5 pm Monday-Fnday. 503-238 4420. 888-303 4420 ) (11 700) Washington County Health Department provides free needle-free HIV testing services for gay and bisexu al men at Beaverton Community Health Clinic.(6-8 pm Monday 12550 SW Second St 503-846-4734.) (11/00) Metro: General It's My Pleasure offers a wide array of services to the community including a resource bulletin board, free housing listings and a free lesbian dating service (3106 NE64th Ave 503 280-8080i d 1/00) Love Makes a Family Inc. is a nonprofit agency Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC) a working for social change and supporting lesbian, gay, bi and trans families We do advocacy, outreach, education and referrals regarding schools, same-sex marriage, adoption, parenting and more. (503-228-3892, Lmfamily@teleport. com. 2 (11/00) national lesbian organization, now has a chapter in Portland for lesbians 60 and older who are interested in changing the social disease of ageism. We meet on the second Wednesday of the month at 1 pm. (Call 503-286-3575 or 503-331-0415 for more information.) Mediation Pilot Program provides mediation for people who think they've expenenced unfair treatment because of their sexual onentation in situations involving the workplace, housing and public accommodations. A confidential, free service sponsored by the city of Portland. (503-274-9886.) ( ( 11 / 00 ) ( Rainbow FLAGS is a support group for gay. lesbian 11 / 00 ) and bisexual foster and adoptive parents and is open to anyone who is supportive of this population fostering and adopting children. Meets second Tuesday of every month. (503-281-8616 .H U 700) Rural Organizing Project is a network of human and the annual Pnde event. (503-295-9788. wwwgaypdx.com/pnde.) (11/00) dignity groups taking action at the local and state level. (PO Box 1350. Scappoose, OB 97056. 503-543-8417. office@rop. org.) (11700) Single Parents by Choice, a group for men and women, meets on the third Saturday of every month for a potluck social. Child-friendly space. (5-7pm at Fnends Meeting House. 4312 SE Stark St. Karen 503-460-0888. David 503-284 4 153.)( 11 /00) Metro: Political Metro: Professional Basic Rights Oregon is a pro-GLBT civil nghts orga nization committed to promoting fairness and ending dis- cnmmation in the state of Oregon. NO ON 9! It's dan gerous for our kids, and it's dangerous for our schools. Help Basic Rights Oregon stop the OCA s latest attempt to discriminate m our Oregon Tradeswomen Network is a nonprofit group dedicated to promoting success for women in the trades through education, leadership and mentor oppor tunities. Child care provided; everyone is welcome; free meetings. (6 pm on the third Thursday of each month at State Office Building. 800 NE Oregon St.. Boom 120. 503 943-2228.) (11/00) Coastal Oregon AIDS & HIV Straight Spouse Support Group provides support and information for men and women formerly or currently partnered with gay. lesbian, bisexual or trans mates. (7 pm Wednesdays. Gil 503-243-5067.) ( 11/00) Women surviving abuse group meets the third Thursday of each month at the office of the Lesbian Community Project. (6-7 pm. 1001 E Burnside St. 503-233-3913.) (11/00) Portland Area Business Association (PABA) is Coastal AIDS Network is a community- a professional networking organization serving the les bian and gay community and those who support our aims and purposes. Monthly events and gatherings. (503-241-2222. wwwpaba.com.) based organization providing HIV/AIDS pre vention education and support services on the central Oregon coast. (2830 NE Highway 101. Lincoln City, OB 97367 541-994-5597.) (11/00) ( nonprofit organization offenng net working and direct services to les bians with cancer (503-642-1007.) Womed about HIV? Free information and testing is available through the Off-site testing is also available; contact John at 541-278-5432. (431 SE Third St., Pendleton.) ( 11 / 00 ) Tracy Chapman sings out Sept. 1 at the Showplace at Portland Meadows Late Awakenings, a support group for lesbians who came out later in life, meets 7 pm on the first Tuesday of every month at the LCP office. (1001 E Burnside St . call for more information 503-233-3913.) (1 1/00) Washington AIDS & HIV Cascade AIDS Project Vancouver Project provides nonmedical services to individuals and communities in Southwest Washington. These services include; support groups, emergency financial assistance, volunteer pro grams. information and referral (Suite M l00. 1104 Mam S t. Vancouver 360-735-9170.)( 11/00) Willamette Valley: AIDS & HTV HAAP, the Oregon State Penitentiary HIV/AIDS Awareness Program is an inmate based program providing peer education, information referrals and support to all inmates regardless of HIV status or sexual orientation Many programs are depen dent on community volunteers (HAAP. OSP Activities Department. A ttn Karen Campbell. 2605 State St.. Salem. OB 97310 503-378-4207 ) ( U 100) HIV Alliance of Lane County provides education, prevention, client services and health care Registered nurse available. Lunch/dmner program Spanish Ian guage assistance available (1966 Garden A ve. Eugene 5 4 1 -3425088 htvaHOhrvafkance o rgJd 1/00) Positive Connection PLWH of Yamhill County is an HIV consumer services advisory group that meets the r. I LGIRTF (Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force) Portland Chapter provides support and information to gay and lesbian immigrants and their part ners and works to change discriminatory U S immigra tion laws. (PO Box 12526 Portland. OB 97212, www.lgirtf org. lgirtfpdx@hotmail.com. 503-471-1568.) Coastal Oregon: Community Southern Oregon: Community Live and Let Live Club holds 12-step meetings and social activities for the lesbian and gay recovery commu nity. Call for current meeting times and activities. (2940-A SE Belmont St. 503-238-60917(11/00) Abdill-Ellis Lambda Community Contar offers support groups and resources for the sexual minonty community and its friends. Comprehensive monthly newsletter, Phzm, details local groups and events (Mailing address: PO Box 927 Ashland. OB 97520. Location 281 Fourth St . Ashland. OB 97520. 541 -488 6990, lambdacntr@aol.com. www.aelcca.org.) Committee and Federal Club, the largest national gay and lesbian political organization, lobbies Congress, pro vides campaign support and educates the public Meets monthly to plan events. (4545 SW Northwood St 503-244 6 9 5 1 )(11/00) viding an opportunity to meet other gay. bi and question ing men in a playful, safe, sacred environment. Strive to understand intimacy and sexuality from a more spintual perspective in monthly meetings. (503 231-5755 ) Klamath Aroa Lambda Association (KALA) is The Lesbian Avengers is a direct-action group dedi cated to the survival and visibility of lesbians, bisexual women and trans dykes Meetings are every Sunday at 5 pm (503-452 5408) (11/00) Northwest Gender Alliance is a transgender social and support group welcoming all those dealing with gen der identity issues, including transsexuals, cross dressers and mtersexed, regardless of sexual orienta tion Monthly social activities, open meetings and newsletters (503-646-2802 PO Box 4928. Portland. OB 97208-4928 e-mail: nwga@teteport com, www nwgapdx org/.) (11 /00) Gays (PFLAG) provides support, education and advo cacy. (7-9 30 pm second Tuesday at First United meets to discuss their sobriety Sundays at 10 am at Good Samaritan Hospital. (1040 N W 22nd Ave.. Sixth Floor, meeting room B.) (11 /00) Rainbow Al-Anon meets Thursdays at 6 pm at the MCC Church, NW 24th Avenue and Broadway (503-222-5756.) (11700) ( a m i l i a e meee4 E p í a n r i a a j L a a k t a n a s u J » • • * n i » i r P ■ iin v iV a ■ n v r n v m i i v i k f i o i i n i w w 11 / 00 ) The Lunch Bunch plays host to AA meetings for gays and lesbians but is open to everyone Meetings daily at noon except Sundays at 1 pm. (Metropolitan Community Church of Portland, 2400 NE Broadway, enter on the north side of the building.) (11/00) Men Nurturing Men is an expenential gathenng pro D a ra n fe ( North Coast Pride Network serves the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities in the Columbia Pacific region; publishes a quarterly newsletter; maintains a resource center, which plays host to board meetings; and presents “ Gertrude’s Wilde Social Mixer" in Astoria on the third Monday of each month. (Mailing address. PO Box 1317. Astoria, OB 97103. Besource center Suite 209. 10 Sixth St.. As tona. Monday social: 5 30-9 pm at Café Uniontown. 2 3 1 W Manne Drive, Astona 503-338-0161./ ( I I / 0 0 ) Human Rights Campaign— Portland Steenng The Lesbian Community Project is a multi issue, multiracial, grassroots political and fun organization working for social justice and liberation for lesbian, bi and trans women and dykes (Address 1001 E Burnside S t Mailing: PO Box 5931. Portland. OB 97228 503 233-3913.) (1 1/00) Roots and Branches and Bradley Angle House sponsor a support group for queer youth who have expen enced emotional, physical or sexual abuse in an intimate relationship. Free, confidential and safe. (503-238-0780) Metro: Recovery ( 11 / 00 ) 11 / 00 ) Portland Women's Crisis Line operates 24 hours a day. Interpretation services are available for women who speak limited or no English. (503-235-5333. 888-23S-5333.HU/00) the month. The group's threefold mission is support, education and advocacy. (6 pm coffee. 6 30 pm meeting at First Presbytenan Church. 230 NE Ninth St. 541-317-2334.) (11/00) schools O 3 II Chad at 503-232-7176. (PO Box 40625. Portland. OB 97240 503-222-6151. BasicBO@aolcom.70 1 /0 0 ) ( Family Center Outreach Office, a program of Volunteers of America located in Southeast Portland, offers support groups and drop-in services to women and children who are survivors of domestic violence (Natalie 503- 771-5503.) (11/00) Any Lengths Gay AA is a group for gay men that Heart Talk Café is a support group facilitated by Manah Ureel for those involved in or seeking healthy and intimate gay and lesbian relationships; presentations, discus sion. videos and expenential exercis es. (6-7:30 pm third Sunday $15 a person; sliding scale available Begistration: 503-727-3563)(11 /00) port and resource referral services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence (Office: 503-722-2366. ensis line: 503-654-2288.) ( 11/00) Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)—Bend meets on the third Monday of ( 11 / 00 ) Umatilla County Health Department Clackamas Women's Services offer shelter, sup Helios Counseling offers mental health services to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans communities (525 NE Oregon St.. Suite 220. Portland. OB 97232. 503-238-0780 ) ( U 100) Central Oregon: Community 11 / 00 ) Hambleton Project, Lesbian Cancer Support Network, is a AIDS & HIV Bradley-Angle House provides emergency shelter for female-identified domestic violence survivors and a support group for women battered by women. (503-232-7805. 503-289-6869. ext. 11.)(11/00) Metro: Mental Health Metro: Support Eastern Oregon Metro: Antl-vlolence 11 / 00 ) Portland Bisexual Women is a support and discus sion group for bisexual and questioning women. Women of any age. race or national origin are encouraged to attend. Locations vary. (Discussion: 7-9 pm second Fnday Social: fourth weekend of each month. 503-768-4293. PortlandBiWomen@aol.com.)(11 /00> Radical Women, active in the struggle against bigotry and exploitation, meets every second Wednesday at 7 pm at the Northwest Neighborhood Cultural Center. 1819 NW Everett St. (503-228-3090. fsp@igc.org) Pride Northwest Inc. organizes community forums HEALTH Methodist Church, 1838 SW Jefferson St. Mailing address: PO Box 8944. Portland. OB 97207. 503-232- 7676. www. teleport, com/nonprofit/pflag.) 11 / 00 ) dedicated to promoting awareness, health, understand ing and acceptance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans gender people through education and social activities. $20 donation for newsletter; no one denied because of inability to pay (541-273-2838 PO Box 43. Klamath Falls. OB 97601 kalainfo@aol.com. Willamette Valley: Health Womanspaca provides a 24-hour hot line and shelter for women and children who have been abused physical ly, sexually or emotionally and plays host to a lesbian and bisexual women's support group. (Cris/s. 541-485-6513. business: 541 485 8232. lesbian alliance: 541-302-2417.H U /00) SOCIAL m em bers.xoom .com /kala99/kalabdgin.htm .)(U/00) Metro: Arts & Music Washington Community Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) provides support, education and advo cacy. (7 pm first Tuesday at First Congregational Church, lower level conference room. 1220 NE 68th Street. Vancouver 360-695 22 0 0 .)(11/00) Help create a Latbian Art Guild Call the Lesbian Community Project for the date of the next planning meeting. For more information, call 503-223-0071 or 503-285-4339 (11/00) The Portland Lesbian Choir welcomes supportive members and volunteers (503-241 8994 7(11/00)
