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minority concerns. He gives him credit for
helping the city of Salem start a similar panel
earlier this year and for attending a Septem
ber 2001 vigil in honor of Loni Okaruru, a
trans hate crime victim.
“He was instrumental in helping us remove
the street preachers off the waterfront site dur
ing Pride and working with Central Precinct to
put together a method that they could not dis
turb our community event any longer,” Costa
told Just Out. “He has helped us have a respon
sible voice in Portland."
Roundtable co-chairwoman Roni Lang,
who also serves on the C h ie f’s Forum along
with Costa, says Paresi fully supports the
elimination of hate crimes and is an advocate
for queer youth. She hopes his replacement
will be as dedicated to the cause.
"He has continually kept us abreast of
changes in the bureau that would help us with
our mission,” Lang says. “He listens and helps
direct us toward our goals.”
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I ) ortland State University once again is play-
I ing host to a series of events designed to
educate students, staff and the general public
about sexual minority issues.
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Peroutka represented the Human Rights Alliance
at Catholic Marist High, where students partici
pated without the support of administrators.
A lso part o f the rally were teachers, school
district officials, University o f Oregon stu
dents and representatives from Youth for Jus
tice and the Eugene Human Rights Com m is
sion. Organizer Sifra Morrison, who’s active
in Sou th ’s gay-straight alliance, estimated
several hundred people participated most or
all o f the day, some displaying cards explain
ing the reason for their silence.
“This is to say that it’s not OK for people not to
feel safe in their learning environment,” she said.
“It’s time for communities to really take action.”
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Students gather for a “ Breaking the Silence Rally” on April 10 at South Eugene High School
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bout 75 people gathered for a rally April 10
at South Eugene High School. The event
was the conclusion of the Day of Silence Proj
ect, a nationwide protest of anti-gay harassment
in schools.
Among the speakers was Elise Self, co-chair
woman of Eugene’s Parents, Families and
Friends of Lesbians and Gays. She revealed she
remained silent for two years after her daughter
came out as a lesbian.
“It is incumbent on those of us who experi
ence the unspoken privileges of being heterosex
ual to help break the silence and to speak out
daily against the oppression that our G LBT loved
ones experience,” Self said. “As a representative
of PFLAG and as a mother I stand with them and
in support of them to break the silence.”
Caitlin Thompson spoke about her experi
ence launching a gay-straight alliance in
1999 at Churchill High, where administrators
were supportive but students regularly tore
down posters and threw away fliers advertis
ing the club. She characterized Eugene public
schools as having “a long way to go before we
are all safe."
Diana Young came to Eugene from South
Albany High, where Principal Christie Plinski
decided April 4 to ban the Day of Silence because
it "would disrupt the instructional environment,”
Queer Awareness Week will take place in
Smith Memorial Center, 1825 S.W. Broadway.
Unless otherwise noted, all of the events will be
held in Room 238:
• Guess the Straights: How good is your gay-
dar? Come and see whether you have what it takes
to spot a heterosexual (noon April 22, Parkway
Commons North).
• Queer History: Ann Mussey teaches you
the history you didn’t learn in high school
(7 p.m. April 22).
• Queers of Color Brown Bag Lunch: Patti
Duncan will be the facilitator (noon April 23).
• Heterosexual Privilege Workshop: Gatr
reth Lindwall overviews the benefits bestowed
and assumed for straight people (7 p.m. April 23).
• Movie: But I’m a Cheerleader, written by
former Oregonian Brian Wayne Peterson (noon
April 24).
• Gender/Trans W orkshop: Aimee Wil
son and Jack Keegan discuss the rights and
experiences of trans people in the workplace,
health care system and fam ilies (7 p.m.
April 24).
• Safe Space Network/Sexual Diversity
Taskforce: An appreciation luncheon for those
involved in making PSU a safer environment
for queer students (noon April 25).
• B/D/S/M 101: Morgan Wolfe and Steven
Nelson will co-facilitate this class (7 p.m.
April 25).