Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013, February 16, 2001, Page 8, Image 8

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relationship. The city concluded that the con­
nection was in violation of the Civil Rights
Ordinance, which includes sexual orientation as
a protected class.
The Scouts’ policy allows for troops to reject
homosexuals as leaders. The ban does not specif­
ically mention gay Scouts, but legal experts say
they likely can be dismissed, too. The policy was
upheld in a highly publicized U.S. Supreme
Court case last June.
BRO A nnounces H onorees
ori Buckwalter and Powells Books will be
honored during the eighth annual Oregoni­
ans Against Discrimination Luncheon on
April 18 at the downtown Portland Hilton. The
event helps draws attention to Basic Rights Ore­
gon’s Fair Workplace Project.
Buckwalter is being recognized for advancing
gender identity inclusion in Portland’s Civil
Rights Ordinance. After several years of effort,
her work paid off when the City Council
changed the ordinance Dec. 13.
Powell’s Books will be recognized as a fair
workplace. It went above and beyond in its ded­
ication to defeating the Oregon Citizens
Alliance’s recent ballot measure, according to
Basic Rights Oregon. The company donated
office space and phone lines and played host to
fund-raisers for the No on 9 Campaign.
For more information contact CM Hall at
503-222-6151.
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T
he Sexual Minorities Roundtable will hold
its regular quarterly meeting 2 p.m.
March 3 at Multnomah County’s Central
Library, 801 S.W. 10th Ave. The gathering is
open to the public.
Regular members of the roundtable plan to
unveil a proposal that, if approved, will be pre­
sented to Portland Police C hief Mark Kroeker.
It is expected to include a list of suggested
actions he could take to rebuild his relationship
and trust with the sexual minorities community.
A small committee is authoring the action
plan. The group is utilizing the notes taken dur­
ing the forum sponsored by Just Out and the
roundtable last December in which Kroeker met
with members of the
sexual
minorities
community.
The proposal will
be discussed and
voted on during the
meeting.
Kroeker
agreed to attend the
forum after 10-year-
old tapes were found
containing his con­
troversial remarks
about gays, A ID S,
women and child
discipline.
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Minorities
Roundtable
will help Portland
Police Chief
Mark Kroeker
rebuild trust
with the community
disgruntled officer ended up attending the
Portland Police Bureau’s diversity training
he so adamantly opposed in the December edi­
tion of Rap Sheet, according to Assistant Chief
Mark Paresi. Rob Blanck, who writes for the
police union’s monthly newspaper, was “talked
to” by the bureau’s brass and agreed to attend
the training.
He wrote in his column, “Poyntblank Per­
spectives,” that the city would be violating Title
VII if it required diversity training that conflict­
ed with an employee’s religious beliefs. He called
on his fellow officers to protest the diversity
training by refusing to attend.
“T h e militant gays and lesbians...have
gained power by intimidation and rhetoric like
no other group in the history of our nation,”
Blanck wrote. “We, as employees, are being
indoctrinated into the so-called diversity.”
A
S hepherd to R eceive
H umanitarian A ward
nn Shepherd, still recovering from a serious
stroke last Thanksgiving, has another rea­
son to continue her struggle back to good health.
Rick Stoller, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
executive director, recently informed her family
that she is the organization’s unanimous choice as
Humanitarian of the Year. The honor will be pre­
sented during its annual awards banquet Feb. 22.
Shepherd, 82, co-founded the Portland
chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Les­
bians and Gays and has fought on behalf of the
sexual minorities community since the early
1970s. She recently was named grand marshal of
Pride 2001’s parade and celebration, “Bridges of
Pride,” which is scheduled for June 17.
For m ore information call 5 0 3-22H I054.
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he Portland Bisexual Alliance is looking
for workshop presenters for the Oregon Bi
Conference 2001. T h e event will take place
April 14 at Portland State University.
Proposals must be submitted for consideration
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