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The task forces next step is to document
actual cases of discrimination in the lives of
East County residents. Those willing to tell
their story can do so in writing or in person. A
public hearing will be held in late April so offi­
cials can hear firsthand accounts from people
who have been discriminated against because of
their sexual orientation, source of income or
gender identity.
The task force is working with the largest
employers as well as other municipalities in the
area in an attempt to gain widespread support
for the ordinance before it goes to the Mult­
nomah County Commission. No opposition has
been reported thus far.
But the Portland Bisexual Alliance is con­
cerned about the potential wording of the pro­
posal. The group called a community meeting
March 30 after the task force unanimously voted
to use the language in Portlands Civil Rights
Ordinance as a starting point.
The city added gender identity and source of
income to the list of protected groups in its ordi­
nance last December. Critics opposed the word­
ing because they say it still allows landlords to
discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation
and is inconsistent with state law.
Also at issue, the alliances Sven Bonnichsen
says, is how the Tanner v. Oregon Health Sci­
ences University decision could affect Portland’s
anti-discrimination ordinance if a legal challenge
arose. He says the judge in the 1998 case made it
clear that the state constitution has a “no special
rights” passage.
Bonnichsen says the Portland model might
not be an appropriate one because of concerns
about its constitutionality. Task force co-chair
Kris Burr says she will recruit an attorney to look
into the matter.
For more information about providing testimony or
the taskforce, call the Metropolitan Human Rights
Center at 503-823-5136 or send e-mail to
mhrc@ci.Portland.or.us. The Portland Bisexual
Alliance can be reached at pdxbialliance@aol.com
M ayor ’ s L iaison M oves O n
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im Roth, the volunteer liaison between
the sexual minorities community and
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Kris Burr serves as the co-chair of Multnomah
County’s Civil Rights Task Force
Portland Mayor Vera Katz, moved home
recently to her native Detroit. The mayor’s
chief of staff, Sam Adams, says his office will
look at the issue of her departure later this
spring. He didn’t specify whether a replacement
would be named./
Rot'n started volunteering during Katz’s
mayoral campaign in 1991. When Katz won
the election, Roth started doing liaison work.
Adams said she helped keep two-way com­
munication and information flowing between
the mayor’s office and the sexual minorities
community.
Adams said Roth did a great job for the
mayor’s office and was especially helpful in her
efforts related to the domestic partnership reg­
istry and the reaction to Portland Police Chief
Mark Kroeker’s tapes last fall.
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rganizers recently announced Lane
County’s Pride Day celebration will he
June 30 at Washington-Jefferson Park in
Eugene. The Equality Project will sponsor a
committee meeting from 1 to 3 p.m. April 22
in the EWEB Community Room at
Fourth and High in Eugene.
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ccording to The Oregonian, Colum­
bia County Judge Ted Grove will
order an injunction in the Sauvie Island
nude beach case.
The order is expected to affect legal
nude sunbathing this summer, hut he did
not say specifically that he would put a
ban on nudists. Grove intends to hold a
hearing before he releases the specifics
on the injunction.
Two homeowners sued the state,
which has sanctioned the nude beach
since at least the 1970s, and the judge
heard the case earlier this winter. Teri
Powers and her husband, Glen Mark,
say that nude sunbathers are a nui­
sance and that day visitors trespass and
engage in sexual acts on their property.
The plaintiffs own a home 425 feet
away from the nude bathing area. The
couple have been fighting with the
state over the issue since 1992. jn
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