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Campus, according to psychology major Jennifer
8 Peters, who was disappointed that her fellow
students said nothing about their presence for
the first 20 minutes. “They felt like they had
support from the people in the cafeteria,” she
told Just Out.
But in another sign of solidarity, Peters says
that students began yelling, “Get them out!” and
that the men eventually left. “All it took was for
people to say something, and they were gone.”
C o m m u n it y C o l l e g e s
E n c o u n t e r B ig o t r y
A
n employee at Mt. Hood Communi
ty College reports a great deal of
anti-gay activity on the Gresham campus
this month.
Graffiti was found scrawled in a mens
bathroom stall April 2, says Rebecca J.
Kenney, Queers & Allies Student Or
ganization co-adviser. The statements:
“G.A.Y.: G ot A ID S Yet?” and “This
school is full of fags. Kill ’em all.”
“This moves beyond ‘kids will be
kids,’ ” says Kenney, who works as direc
tor of continuing education. “Our stu
dents’ morale, self-esteem, self-confi
dence, personal safety and potentially
even their lives are at stake.”
According to Kenney, the gay student
who discovered the graffiti “was shaking”
the entire time he was in the bathroom. She says
that campus security was notified and that cus
todians reacted immediately to remove the hate
language.
“Most likely hundreds of students saw this
horrible message and responded either in fear, in
agreement or with apathy,” Kenney wrote in an
e-mail to colleagues. “We must put our heads
together and find a way to positively, and imme
diately, galvanize efforts to stop this behavior on
our campus.”
Another incident occurred April 10 in
response to the Day of Silence Project, a nation
wide protest of anti-gay harassment in schools.
Kenney says two men walked into the campus din
ing room wearing black sweatshirts emblazoned
with the word “Homo” and a slash through it as
well as the message “Homos repent! Trust Jesus.”
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Roundtable to discuss an alleged anti-gay
assault on a straight man by two officers
Jan. 24. He reiterated that detectives are tak
ing the matter seriously.
Assistant Chief Andrew Kirkland, who is
overseeing both the internal and the criminal
investigation, estimated prosecutors will
receive details about the case within two to
three weeks. He said he has met with the FBI
on several occasions to discuss the matter as
well as the long delay before supervisors took
any action.
“I don’t want there to be any doubt that
we’ve not dotted every ‘i’ and crossed every‘t’ in
this, and that’s why we’ve been extremely thor
ough,” Kirkland said. “It’s much broader than
just the assault itself; it’s everything that hap
pened afterwards.”
R o u n d t a b l e L ia is o n Q u it s
But this led to an impromptu, silent
counterprotest in which pro-gay
bystanders held signs with the words
“Hate Monger” and a slash through
them. “By demonstrating such poise,
courage and intelligence, our M HCC
students have well represented this fine
college and all who come here each day
for an equitable education within a safe
environment free of bias, bigotry,
Anti-gay graffiti was found scrawled in a men’s bathroom
harassment and hate,” Kenney says.
stall April 2 at Mt. Hood Community College
As security guards escorted the men
off campus, the sexual minority support
ers followed close behind. “I thought you faggots K r o e k e r M e e t s
were going to be silent today," Kenney heard
w it h R o u n d t a b l e
one of the bigots say.
The two men also were spotted the same day
I Portland Police Chief Mark Kroeker met
I April 9 with the Sexual M inorities
at Portland Community College’s Sylvania
TH E MARK OF
RESPECT.
A
ssistant Chief Mark Paresi, the Portland
Police Bureau’s liaison to the Sexual
Minorities Roundtable, announced April 15 he
will be chief of the North Las Vegas Police
Department. The 28-year veteran will join the
Nevada force June 1. .
“Paresi is a remarkable leader with a com
mitment to...form ing partnerships with the
sexual minorities community,” says C h ief
Mark Kroeker, who also soon might skip town
for the head post in Los Angeles. “Though
this is a great loss to the Portland Police
Bureau, I’m confident he built a solid founda
tion for others to follow.”
Roundtable co-chairman Norm C osta says
Paresi has been a strong supporter o f sexual
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