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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 2001)
_____ june 15.2001 • just out 5 e R IN BOW VOL any student will be warned that enlistment, followed by an accusation of even a single pursuit of an act of love, could result in the lifelong consequences of receiving a less- than-honorable discharge from the armed forces. 11! L- I L' Would you like to see Portland Police Chief Mark Kroeker march during the Pride 2001 parade June 1 7? E verett J aros t Portland \X7e appreciate your W “Just Wondering” poll about Pride parade par ticipation. The Board of Pride Northwest Inc. thought there would be To the E ditor : enough community inter am writing to respond to your very informa est to ask Just Out to print tive article on street youth written by Natalie our policy on parade par Shapiro (“Living on the Edge,” April 20]. It ticipation by “any” person and/or group: referred to people who use injection drugs as “Pride Northwest Inc. and its agents reserve “intravenous drug users.” the right to ask any participant to alter his or her I want to take this opportunity to clarify the behavior, dress or placard if it appears to be a different methods of injection drug use. It is not hindrance to the progress of the parade, to place limited to using injection drugs intravenously. other participants or spectators in physical dan Intravenous injection, also known as main ger or to oppress, demean or stereotype any per lining, is the primary choice for those who inject son because of gender, race, age, physical differ drugs because it goes directly into the blood ences, mental capability, religious convictions, stream. However, it is also the most dangerous political beliefs, sexual orientation or differing fonn of injection in terms of overdose risk and economic resources and means. Failure to com- potential spread of bacteria and other blood ply will result in removal from the parade.” borne pathogens. Many board hours have been spent through Intramuscular, or muscle popping, is another the years on this issue. However, the Pride North way injection drugs are used. Muscle popping west board remains committed to organizing an puts users at a high risk for abscess formation anrfbal LGBT Pride Weekend that supports, cel because of the nonparticle-free drugs that are ebrates and exercises our entire community’s free used—and if an injector does not hit the muscle expression. (Check out our Internet site, correctly. www.pridenw.org, for further information.) Finally, there is subcutaneous injection, or Thank you, Just Out, for your ongoing skin popping. This is similar to a tuberculosis sponsorship! test in which the drug is injected between the Make it happen in the Northwest! June 16 body s skin and fat layers. and 17 at Portland’s Waterfront Parie! We tend to use the term “injection drug user” because it encompasses all of these tech niques. Thanks for allowing me to clarify this. C armella E ttinger , N orm C osta , R aphael A rellano -B arrera , The Injection Drug Users’ Harm Reduction M ichael K ennedy , R ich K ibbons , Program at Outside In is in its 12th year of oper K aren E K roll , E rik S mith , ation and is dedicated to improving the health of those who inject drugs and their partners and C hristopher W ebster , B rad W hitney , L inda K. W illiams families. We also provide drug and alcohol refer Pride Northwest Board rals for our clients. If any of your readers have other questions please feel free to contact me at ksage@outsidein.org or 503-535-3826. One last note: We now provide for the not only would like to see him in die parade, I exchange needs of those who are using hor think they should take it a step further: We mone syringes. This will be of particular inter should make him master of ceremonies riding at the est to any of your readers in the transsexual ‘head of the parade along with Darcelle and a few community 18 and older. flawless drag queens. Oh, and decked out in leather, Needle point Double Vinyl Stickers $4.95 each 4"x4” adhesive Add $1 shipping & handling T-Shirts cracking a big old leather whip! We would pro chim him the first “COP OUT’ in Portland his tory! Oh, well, one could only wish, right? in sizes M. L. XL $12.99 each plus shipping in XX $19.99 each plus shipping • Special Embroidered Shirts with emblems in all sizes: on a white shirt $21 99 each plus shipping on a black shirt $22.99 plus shipping • Hand Towel - while, embroidered $X.95 each C hris S chlegel When placing orders please specify either Portland I • Embossed image on a while shirt Rainbow Cock or Eeline • • • To order call toll free: KXX-22X-22(W< or HXH-RED-COMB RtX egardless of how people feel about the police chief, I think we should wel come him in our parade. How can we expect him to “be there for us" defending our rights if we tell him to stay away from our celebration? R p-MlXuciiofv, POB 3264 • Prescott. AZ X63O2 L yle M. T ucker Lake Oswego think it would be great! He has helped us in many ways, over and above the call of duty, as in setting up the monthly roundtable between gays and lesbians and the uniformed community and community leaders to work on fighting problem areas within our commu nities. If he wishes to walk in our parade I’d be honored to walk with him! I B ishop J acob M adsen Keizer • • • I plan to be out of town for Pride. I’m glad I won’t get to see Kroeker in the parade. Gary Bondurant L.A.C. P hil W agoner Portland • • • I O WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!!!!!!! N J ames T ompkins Portland mind-body healing with energetic acupuncture K risten S age Outside In Injection Drug Users’ Harm Reduction Program Coordinator Welcome to Oregon To the E ditor : VI e are writing in response to the June 1 let- ' ▼' ter “Change of Heart.” As far as what Jim Price has to say about our letter, we think he’s got his point of view all wrong. My husband and I have been together for almost two years now and have experienced some bad times but also good times. We both agree that being our age and taking these "blows" make the younger couples stay together longer and the older couples fall apart for one simple reason: Older couples are used to their own ways, and if some "blow" disrupts their way, they can’t handle it. We base this on one simple fact: We have a 50+ friend who is single and loves it because he knows if someone interrupted his way of being, he wouldn't be able to take it. So that is all we have to say. Oh yeah, and Portland could be a little nicer to us newbies. J im and J amie Portland C hristopher 503.502.5939 qigong@qwest.net transition Bob Hays, 1955-2001 V an Francisco native Robert B. O Hays died May 30. He was 46. . He received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Vassar College and a master’s and doc torate in social psychology at University of Oregon and com pleted a postdoctoral fellowship at University of Utah. Hays was a highly productive and accomplished behavioral scientist, achieving internation al recognition for his research. He wrote the first paper identi fying that many young gay and bisexual men were at risk for HIV during a time when gov ernment authorities thought the risk had diminished. He co-developed, implemented and evaluated the Mpowerment Project, the only HIV preven tion program that has been shown through scientific research to be. effective in reducing young gay men’s risk behavior. He conducted this research in Eugene; Phoenix; Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara, Calif.; Albuquerque, N.M.; | and Austin, Texas. He is survived by his sisters, Susan Hays Meredith and Mar garet of Mount Shasta, Calif., and Katharine of Santa Rosa, Calif.; brothers, Samuel of El Portal, Calif., and John of San Francisco; and par ents, Irene of Santa Rosa and Samuel of El Portal. A memorial celebration will be held June 28 in San Francisco. 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