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T he teachers booked
M ichael Johnston, de
scribed hy the group as a
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fonner gay man who has
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AIDS, to speak Oct. 7 at '■■■y-
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the Portland Conference
Center, according to The
Oregonian. A week later,
the newspaper reports, a
second workshop will fea
ture a representative from
the National Association
of Research and Therapy of
Homosexuality, an organi
zation that espouses psy
chological treatment for
gays and lesbians.
The
teachers insist ? fixait,
Portland’s schools don’t
give students the truth
about homosexuality. In
response, the workshops
are designed to provide evi
dence that homosexuality
lit
is a choice and can be
changed.
The
teachers,
also
known as the Committee
of Concerned Educators,
say they have no formal
relationship with the O re
gon Citizens Alliance, Lon ^
Mabon or the Yes on 9
Campaign. In e-mail corre
spondence with Just Out, Thomas Bruner, Cascade AIDS Project executive director,
the group attempted to addresses the crowd during the 14th annual AIDS Walk on
Sept. 2 3 at Pioneer Courthouse Square.
clarify its stance:
“We are not asking that anyone participate
Social Security cards in the mail. "I didn’t think
in any form of therapy. If they wish to try and
it would make that big of a difference to register
change their orientation, as many thousands
and change names,” Casey Moffett-Chaney
have, they should have the right to do so. They
said.
should not censor the studies that demonstrate
But it did change her feelings. “I can’t
that change is truly possible. T he schools should
believe how different I feel,” she added.
not censor the scientific studies, as they have,
The couple will celebrate their 18th anniver
that could demonstrate to schoolchildren who
sary next spring and will celebrate with a large
are feeling same-sex attraction that they can
wedding.
indeed change. Everyone needs to know that it
has in no way been shown that there is any ‘gay
gene.’ The common myth is that homosexuality
th
alk an
is genetically predetermined. This is simply sci
normous uccess
entifically false. People need to know this, and
you should let them know after you have
ascade AID S Project not only raised a lot of
checked out the studies.”
money at its 14th annual AIDSWalk on
The e-mail’s author refused to identify him
Sept. 23, it set a record.
More than 3,500 people took part in the
or herself but was speaking on behalf of the
event. Although C A P ’s goal was set at
group. T he teachers, who weeks earlier asked
$175,000, a spokesman said $200,000 in cash
their colleagues to come out of hiding and stand
and in-kind donations was raised by corporate
up to the school district, also declined "to be
sponsors, teams and individuals.
interviewed in person by Just Out.
The walk’s expenses completely were under
Contact the Committee o f Concerned Educators
written by 16 corporate sponsors, said Thomas
at measure9info@yahoo.com.
Bruner, the organization’s executive director.
T h e 5K and 10K walk started and ended at
Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square, where
omestic artner
walkers socialized, visited booths, ate and
enjoyed entertainers under sunny skies.
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AIDS Q uilt on D isplay
he First Congregational United Church of
A. Christ is displaying a portion of the AIDS
Memorial Quilt through Oct. 28 at 1126 S.W.
Park Ave.
Most of the 128 panels memorialize Portland
citizens— among them Just Out co-founder Jay
Brown. A “memorial banner” from the Portland
Gay Men’s Chorus also is on display.
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