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june 7 ,2 0 0 2 Ave., plays host to “Redefining Modem Par plays host to Portland’s (over-21) gay and bi enting,” a gay parenting workshop presented African American crowd 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. by And Baby magazine at 7 p.m. June 12. Talk June 13. Dubbed “ Ebony Knights at the Fez,” about adoption, insemination, surrogacy and this event of the first-ever Black G ay Pride college funds with perfect strangers. (But at features DJ Alex spinning old- and new-school least they’re queer!) grooves along with entertainment, food, drinks, Radical Women serve up a Cuban buffet prizes and more. Free admission; cash bar. June 12 just before showing Qay Cuba, an Lesbian photographer and all-around icon insider’s view of Cuban society’s evolution on Tee Corinne presents a slide show based on her gay rights by San Francisco journalist and film new book, Intimacies, at 7 p.m. June 14. Go to maker Sonja de Vries. Only $6 for all this at the Bread and Roses Center, 819 N. Killingsworth St., starting 6:30 p.m. The Africa: Peace with Justice Tour arrives at Lutheran Inner City Ministries, 4219 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., ffom 7 to 9 p.m. June 12 to present A ID S and Debt: How U .S . Investments Con tribute to the Health Crisis in Africa. Sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, speakers include Dr. Molefe Tsele, general secretary of the South African Council of Churches, and Nunu Kidane, Africa program director for the Internation al Development Exchange. Get in tune with the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus Voices of Pride concert 7:30 p.m. June 12 at Reed College’s Kaul Auditorium, The Portland G ay M en’s Chorus predicts rain June 3203 S.E. Woodstock Blvd. The guys perform music by gay composers, including Bernstein, Mother Kali’s Books in Eugene, 720 E. 13th Ave., Handel, Schubert, Foster, Copland, Bourland and and let this author of the Cum Coloring Book Porter. Tickets are $12 to $20 ffom 503-275-8352 sweep you into her world of darkroom-altered, or 503-226-2588. tender and sexual black-and-white images. On June 14, the Portland G ay Men’s Cho Find Portland poet Diana Cohen playing host to a Gay Pride Literary Reading 7 p.m. rus spends the night shaking its collective June 13 at Ebrders, 708 S.W. Third Ave. It’s an bootie during the third annual Rainbow Ball evening of readings by Oregon writers, including at the Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W. Burnside St. David Oates, Myra Lavenue and Amy Schutzer. Awards go to best disco-era costumes. Those 21 and older are admitted starting at 9 p.m. for The Fez Ballroom, 316 S.W. 11th Ave., $10. 503-226-2588 or www.pdxgmc.org. The Rose City Softball Association All- Star team plays its annual Grudge Match against the Portland Police noon June 15 at Delta Park’s Championship Field, North Den ver Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boule vard. $5 to see the fund-raiser, with proceeds going to Camp Starlight. Dykes, bi chicks, trans women and, really, just all kick-ass girls who now, have or will in the queer brand of standup to the all-ages venue at 8 p.m. June 16. $10 in advance from the club or $14 at the door. Like to write? Here’s your chance to share your life’s story or at least the fictional mirage in which you live. Gay, lesbian, bi and trans writers speak out during the fourth annual Queer Scribbles Open Mike 7 p.m. June 19 at the Lloyd Center Barnes &. Noble. Readers sign up before the event and can declaim up to five minutes of material s ffom any genre (which, assumedly, includes ® your steamy memoirs, your manifesto du jour 5 and other assorted ephemera). Free, open to the public and welcoming diverse voices. 503-249-0845 or crm2077@bn.com. Gay men serenading women basketball players? Now, that takes a lot of balls. See for yourself when the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus performs the national anthem at the Portland Fire game 7 p.m. June 2 0 at the Rose Garden. Special group discount tickets are $8 to $30, with $5 ffom each benefiting Pride Northwest. 503-797-9649 or kelly.clary@ripcity.com. Before or after that Fire game, you have to eat, right? Well, June 20 is Basic Rights Ore gon’s Bites for Rights, during which a ton of eateries statewide will donate 15 percent of 12 and 14, so you might as well attend its events your bill to the political organizing group. Visit www.basicrights.org/events.htmbbites for a future like girls are invited to the Lesbian Avengers’ annual Dyke March. Gather at 6 p.m. complete list of restaurants. June 15 in the North Park Blocks (Northwest This just in: Word has it the city of Port Couch Street and Park Avenue). The seditious land is acknowledging Pride Month June 22. 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