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Making furry friends
Too many dads to mention
n my commentary in the July 6 issue calling
for more community involvement, I random
ly suggested the Oregon Bears might collect
Toys for Tots at Christmas. (I was thinking of
teddy bears, natch.) Well, unbeknownst to me,
the group already had a great idea in the works.
Thanks to members’ contributions the fellas
have adopted a real live bear at the Oregon
Zoo. Through the ZooParent Program, they are
now the proud adoptive dads of a grizzly bear.
The group will be honored in the zoo’s newslet
ter, plus they get passes and a photo and other
neat stuff. They’re also planning a field trip, so
all the Bears can get to know one another.
Way to go, guys!
I
ow about a party so big they
close a street for it? From
noon until 7 p.m. July 21
Stark Street will be blocked off
from 10th to 11th avenues for a
grand party celebrating the
start of the new westside street
car serving that area. This free
event will feature lots of live
music, including Toca, Dizzy Elmer and The
Dragonflies.
A call to activism
*he Basic Rights Oregon Trans Workgroup,
which advises on issues related to gender
identity and expression, needs new members
to help shape the direction of trans-related
activism. The nonprofit organization actively is
seeking transsexual, transgender, genderqueer
and cross-dressing people of all sexes/genders, as
well as drag performers, but folks of any sexual
orientation also are welcome. Join them for a
brainstorming and planning session 5:30 p.m.
July 30 at BRO, 3430 S.E. Belmont St. Call
executive director Roey Thorpe at 503-222-6151
for more information or future meeting dates.
Speak out
Louise!
Our very own
60 minutes
T
he popular Last Word
women’s open mike is hack
at In Other Words. Start
ing 7 p.m. July 31, the event
will take place on the last
Tuesday of every month at the
bookstore, 3734 S.E.
Hawthorne Blvd. Women of
all ages are invited to bring
their own poetry, short fiction,
journal musings, personal
essays and other written and
spoken words to read for five
to seven minutes. This is the
perfect forum for young
writers, performance poets and
scribes of all backgrounds and
experience levels. In the past
the work has run the gamut of
humorous, political, sexy,
overs and Shakers,” this
| month’s episode of In the
Life, profilés people
who’ve made a difference in the
realms of finance, health, military
and the arts. Meet Walter Schu
bert, Gay Financial Network
founder and CEO; John Cameron
Mitchell, star, writer and director
of the upcoming film Hedwig and
the Angry Inch; and famed male
impersonator Stormé DeLarverié.
Now 80, the jazz singer was the
only woman to perform in the
famous Jewel Box Revue. You’ll
find this fine television program
on PBS at 11 p.m. July 31. And
hey, it doesn’t hurt to let OPB
know you’re watching.
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Plenty
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your fancy
L
eather Pride
Week kicks off
8 p.m. Aug. 3
with the annual
Fetish Ball:
Leather, Feathers
and Fur at the
Adrianna Hill
Grand Ballroom,
918 S.W. Yamhill
St. San Francisco’s
Dark Carnival will
perform knife
They’re ready to party
throwing, bullwhip
tricks, glass walking, bed of nails tricks and
more. No outfit is too wild for this bunch, and
the costume contest is sure to be hotly con
tested for a grand prize of two days at the
Gypsy Arms Bed &. Breakfast in Seattle. DJ
Lauren will spin the tunes, and Rose Court
Prince Scotty Devore Foxx and Princess
Dawna Creation will serve as hosts of the
event. Tickets are $15 at the door or $10 in
advance from Portland Leather Alliance
board members or by mail. Send check or
money order to P.O. Box 5161, Portland, OR
97208. Proceeds from the ball will go to the
Dove Lewis Animal Hospital.
Other Leather Pride events include a
Kinky Auction at C .C . Slaughters and the
Uniform Buzz Cuts Party at the Eagle and
Club XES, both Aug. 4. Don’t miss Leather
Tastings, a chance to see demonstrations by
local S/M experts, Aug. 5 at the Eagle. Or
how about a Hot Dog Social on Aug. 8 at a
private home— contact KATSpdx@aol.com
for location and directions. The big finale is
the Mr./Ms. Oregon State Leather Contest
on Aug. 11. For info on all events,
call 503-727-3148 or click on
www.pdxleatheralliance.org.
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o finally spring for HBO? How about this
one: The premium channel will air a live
concert from Madonna’s Drowned World
Tour at 9 p.m. Aug. 26. This is the Material
Mom’s first tour in eight years, which sold out
around the world in record time; the show will
air from the Palace of Auburn Hills in her
hometown of Detroit. Watch Just Out for an
eyewitness account of her Las Vegas appear
ance in September.
CONDOS
V acation H omes
H otel P roperties
A partment B ldgs .
-don’t-wanna-be-the-lesbian-poster-girl Ellen
DeGeneres will be the host of the primetime
Emmy Awards on Sept. 16. She’ll undoubt
edly be promoting her new sitcom, set to debut
this fall on CBS. Up for repeat statues this year
are Will & Grace and all four of the show’s
actors. Also getting beaucoup nods is Life with
Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows. Most bitter
sweet must be DeGeneres’ nomination for her
HBO special, which was filmed partly at her
live performance in Portland last year. Hover
ing in the wings was her soon-to-be-ex-honey
Anne Heche, who directed the special. What
DeGeneres apparently couldn’t see was Heche
cozying up to one of the cameramen on the
film, a fellow who she now is engaged to marry,
according to gossipteers. Perhaps Ellen missed
the memo about dating straight women. j[TJ
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