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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.
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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
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"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"
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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
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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.
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Valerie Miner and Paula Kamen (inset) will speak
the 2 1st annual Gender Studies Symposium
from March 13 to 15 at Lewis & Clark College
L
ewis & Clark College will present its 21st
annual Gender Studies Symposium from
March 13 to 15.
“Sexualities and Gender: Stories and Revi
sions” will be held in Templeton Student C en
ter, 0615 S.W. Palantine Hill Road. All events
are free and open to the public.
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