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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. 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