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l’in uuivi Sinews “The Gill Foundation is committed to addressing the needs of organizations in rural and nonurban communities, where resources often are not available to LGBT residents,” Pease said. “LGBT people live in communi ties of all types and sizes. In order to ensure our full civil rights, it is important that work is done in all parts of our country.” The Oregon organizations are: • AIDS Support and Prevention of Josephine County (Grants Pass): $6,000 gener al operating support. • Equity Foundation Inc. (Portland): $42,500 program support over two years for the OutReach program and for capacity building support. • Western States Center (Portland): $45,000 program support for the Fair Workplace Project. • Deschutes County Coalition for Human Dignity (Bend): $2,500 program support for community outreach work. don’t want to make any public comment about it—even to cancel it,” said Scott Seomin, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation entertainment media director. “Paramount Television Group executives are scrambling to salvage what remains of their reputations, and a cancellation announcement will result in sto ries about how they botched every step of their ill-advised relationship with Schlessinger." Further evidence of cancellation continues to mount. On a recent radio show, Schlessinger returned to her most vitriolic tone in months, with angrily bitter attacks on the American Library Association and on school programs that, in her words, “advocate moral acceptance of various forms of sexual behavior generally considered not too acceptable by religious types.” She also began encouraging contributions to an anti-gay group called Pacific Justice Institute, which opposes laws that prohibit harassment of gay students and teachers and which recently tried to block a gay-straight alliance from form ing at El Modena High School in Orange, Calif. “This is the most vicious version of Laura we’ve seen in a long time,” said Cathy Renna, etition argets GLAAD news media director. “The renewed rans vent mean-spiritedness in her tone suggests...Para n Oregon woman has organized a petition mount has finally and completely lost what to protest Esprit, an annual weeklong ever control it had over her.” event for members of the trans community, from gathering in Port Angeles, Wash. top the OCA “Every May, upward of 300 transvestites and other sexual deviants assemble from all over he Rural Organizing Project and Basic North America,” Sarah Mackenzies petition Rights Oregon are teaming up to ensure says. “Needless to say, the convention has the Oregon Citizens Alliance doesn’t get an ini harmed the town and the region in general by tiative on the ballot in 2002. The two groups exposing impressionable children and youth to will launch the “Decline to Sign” campaign dur- this sort of cultural pollu tion.” The Web petition re ceived only 14 signatures, some from as far away as Florida, but 709 messages were left on the Internet site. Although many espoused dis dain and even hatred for the trans community, many chal lenged those notions. Ac cording to the Internet site, the petition was submitted March 1 to Port Angeles Mayor Larry Doyle. Esprit will attract 170 people between May 14 and 20 to the small coastal town. The annual event, held at the Red Lion Inn, is spon sored by trans organizations in Portland, Seattle and Van couver, British Columbia. For more information visit the Internet site www.espritgala.org. To view the petition and comments visit the Internet site www 2 .e-thepeople. com and type in “transvestite” under the keyword search. P T 25 years of professional T expertise in representing E your best interests... 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Insiders report the "extended hiatus” is likely Paramount’s way of canceling the program without fanfare or criticism. “People close to the show say that Para mount is so embarrassed by Dr. Laura that they A ing a caucus and strategy session March 24. Materials will be available to anyone who wants to participate starting in April. Because the vast majority of signatures are gathered in churches and neighborhoods, “Decline to Sign" strategies will include creative ways to combat the OCA by talking to friends, family and neighbors in every community. To reserve your kit call 503-222-6151 or send e-mail to BROnerissa@aol.com. IRAs, Roth IRAs, SEP Plans College Planning Life Insurance* Annuities* Disability Insurance* Medical Supplemental and Long Term Care Plans* .^^WADDELL |=P&rRrFD Financial Services* Investing. With a plan? Esprit, an annual weeklong event for members of the trans community, is the target of a recent Web petition H as D r . L aura F inally B een C anceled ? 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