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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.
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Would you like to see Portland Police Chief Mark Kroeker
march during the Pride 2001 parade June 1 7?
E verett J aros
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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
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‘head of the parade along with Darcelle and a few
community 18 and older.
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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?
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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!
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B ishop J acob M adsen
Keizer
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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
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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. Remembrances may be made
to STOP AIDS, 2128 15th St., San Francisco,
CA 94114.
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