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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 2002)
PI 2 jM Sft awft Muñe 7.2002 PORTLAND GAY MEN’S CHORUS Out and proud Pride Northwest honors outstanding achievements by J im E very year Pride Northwest honors several individuals and organizations for their out standing contributions within the sexual minorities community. Consideration for the Spirit of Pride Awards is based on visibility, volunteerism, leadership and service to the wider community. This year’s honorees include two organizations and two individuals: the Portland Leather Alliance, the Sweethearts of Portland, Tyler Walker and Damon Woodcock. A one-time-only Pride Champion Award was created to honor Catherine Stauffer. Also saluted this year is Pride 2002 Grand Marshal Katie Potter. T he Portland Leather Alliance fosters a pos itive community for safe, sane and consen sual alternative adult sexualities. The all volunteer group of nearly 400 people directs all profits to charities and causes. “We are a pansexual organization support ing full human rights for all— regardless of. sexual preference, gender, age, race, religion, politics, marital status, occupation, nation of origin, disability or any other designation which might be used to classify a person,” says PLA, which will offer a Leather Fantasy Presentation at 5:45 p.m. June 15 on the R adosta Unity Stage. “We believe that personal choices, such as those involved in mutually consensual loving and sexuality, deserve respect and a supportive environment in which to flourish.” PLA also organizes several annual events. The Kinkiest educational conference took place in March, and Leather Pride Week will he held Aug. 2 to 11. T he Sweethearts of Portland was estab lished in 1989 to raise money for non profit organizations and needy individu als. Beneficiaries include Our House of Port land, Esther’s Pantry, the HIV Day Center, Cascade A ID S Project, the Princess Diana Fund, the Tijuana A ID S Foundation and many other charities. The Sweethearts meet 6 p.m. on the third Monday of every month at Embers, 110 N.W. Broadway. They will perform 3:10 p.m. June 16 on the Triangle Stage. yler W alker, a 17-year-old who graduates from Springfield High this month, was voted Oregon’s best cheerleader two years in a row. Since coming out of the clos et in 2000, he says that his friends and fami ly have been supportive and that his status PHOTO BY V o ic e s of Pride The Chorus will present musical works by well-known gay composers including Bernstein, Handel, Schubert, Foster, Copland, Bourland and Porter. In addition to these favor ites, PGMC will also reprise its landmark 20,h anniversary song cycle Millennium Mosaic”. This work focuses on the lives of our G LB T youth and their view of the society they come from, are living in and the future they are headed to The Portland Leather Alliance is one of four Spirit of Pride Award winners ward. Wednesday, June 12, 2002 @ 7:30 p.m. K a u l A ud ito rium , R eed C o lle g e AY PRIDE IS A RO U N D TH E CORNER... NEED TO SPRUCE UP THE HOME? To P u rc h a s e T ic k e t s C o n tact: O nlin e @ w w w .p d x g m c .o rg P G M C @ 5 0 3 -2 2 6 - 2 5 8 8 or Gay Interior designer will consult with you It is more affordable than you think! Gary McClaskey Designs ( 503 ) 577-7908 pdxdesignguy@aol.com
