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For the Gay Man in your life
Smith Memorial Center. In
National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11
association with Pride
Northwest, the student orga­
Election Day, Nov. 7
nization will mark the day
with a fun and informative
gathering.
The event will feature
booths and speakers repre­
senting a variety of groups
in the Portland area as
well as entertainment for
both young and old. Orga­
nizers hope everyone will
participate.
National Coming Out
Day is held annually
throughout the country
Oct. 11, memorializing the
1987 March on Washing­
ton for Lesbian and Gay
Rights. The Human Rights
Campaign, the event’s
main organizer, says coming
Decisions wt nuke ,u the ballot box will resonate l'or
out encourages and empow­
decaries, including the make up of the Supreme
ers every sexual minority to
C ourt. Out choice: continue the path <»i progress or
make a difference and edu­
take a sharp U-turn hack tu the am ¡-gl hr politics of
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know who we are.
Portland’s celebration of
COME OUT VOTING • www.hrc.org
National Coming Out Day
will continue with a com­
munitywide
dance
7:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at the same location. Admis­ campaign letter. The envelope warns readers:
“Caution! Graphic Flier Enclosed! Portland
sion is free, hut organizers will accept donations.
For more information call 503-725-5681 or State University held free ‘gay sex’ forum under
the GUISE of AIDS education.”
send e-mail to queersandallies@mail.txix.edu.
The O C A claims that the event was free of
charge to students and that the flier is a clear
example of a presentation in the public school
oster sed
system “that encourages, promotes or sanc­
to uel the ire
tions” homosexual behavior— which would be
^ red Phelps and the GodHatesFags.com folks prohibited under Measure 9. What the letter
are not the only ones to exploit the Gay Life fails to mention is that the attendees were all
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on Earth forum.
A promotional poster, featuring Dr. Corn-
hole and Rimmo the Clown, initially was
inner rings ogether
designed to attract gay and bisexual men to a
ommunity
dvocates
safer-sex event last spring at Portland State Uni­
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he 17th annual Hart Dinner raised
versity. The event, billed as a “thrilling forum on
$63,000 for the No on 9 Campaign
gay buttsex,” drew a capacity crowd of almost
and $30,000 for Basic Rights Oregon
600.
JL on Sept. 22 at the Oregon Zoo. The
But a copy of the poster found its way into
the Oregon Citizens Alliance’s August donor benefit attracted almost 500 p^k>ple.
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Former Gov. Barbara Roberts chats with N o on 9 co-chair Ron Glanville and event co-chair
Eric Brown during the Hart Dinner on Sept. 22 at the Oregon Zoo