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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 2002)
■ _ _ _ ma/cni.2002 ' J i r t M r t g um ;* ü iv j m m e w s School who was voted Oregon’s best cheer leader two years in a row; and Damon Wood cock, a trans Portland Police Bureau officer who received a $205,000 job stress settlement upon his resignation. SERT I nquiry E nds he Portland Police Bureaus 11-month probe into allegations of sexual harassment by the Special Emergency Response Team has come to an end. Investigators found no “prohibited dis crimination” occurred during the secret hazing rituals of the elite 29-member unit, which responds to hostage and other crisis situations. Lesbian offi cer Liani Reyna, 32, accused team mates of forcing her to sing a lewd cheer, to partici pate in crude skits and to take home a “birthday idol” consisting of two men per forming oral sex. She claimed the d isc rim in a tio n stemmed from her gender as — Steve Brischetto well as her sexual orientation. Investigators proposed disciplinary action for 10 officers, six sergeants, two lieutenants and two captains— including Reyna. The bureau T "After a year, they've denied anything improper happened to officer Revna. They've offered her no relief whatsoever, and instead they've notified her that she may be the subject of discipline herself" Ik Celia Lyon 5 0 3 - 4 9 5 -5 7 7 4 celialyon@aiA. com wants to send her a letter of reprimand for par ticipating in the skits, according to her attorney, Steve Brischetto. “T he message we got was, ‘Thanks for let ting us know, and by the way, you might get disciplined,’ ” he told the Portland Tribune. “T he real question is going to be how high up the discipline has gone and who is being disciplined.” Brischetto called the investigation “ridicu lous” and “a whitewash.” He vowed to pursue a pending Bureau of'Labor and Industries complaint as well as a lawsuit. “After a year, theyVe denied anything improper happened to officer R eyna,” Brischetto said. “They’ve offered her no relief whatsoever, and instead they’ve notified her that she may be the subject of discipline herself.” Healthy Habits meets from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Saturdays, and Trans Support meets from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on the first Saturday of every month. The doors had been shut for two months because of executive director Llyn Zephyr’s health problems. Interviews are under way to find her a co-director. To volunteer e-mail LEZephyr42@aol.com or call 360-695-1325, ext. 332. S exual M inorities R oundtable M eets he next meeting of the Sexual Minorities Roundtable will be held from noon to 2 p.m. March 2 at Central Library, 801 S.W. 10th Ave. Agenda items will include a review of the partnership agreement with the Port land Police Bureau T V ancouver D rop -I n C enter R eopens he Sexual Minority Services Project at 309 W. 12th St. in Vancouver, Wash., will reopen its drop-in center March 1. Hours are 4 to 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 2 to 6 p.m. Saturdays. Two new support groups will resume March 2. T YOUR POWER dai TEAM Terri Popejoy RE/MAX - EQUITY GROUP, INC. 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