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FEAT URE
6000 NIIGH000S: Gay and lesbian Oregonians
are laying the foundation to build a stronger
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NEWS
NORTHWEST. Oregon Citizens Alliance loses
again; scholarship programs honor four students;
gay politician runs for Washington House seat;
Anisah Miley joins the team of leaders who
are creating Creating Change; images from
Vancouver’s annual Pride party
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NATIONAL . Gay libertarians removed from
letter; AT&T shareholders reject reversal;
Arkansas legalizes same-sex sodomy
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W ORLI • A roundup of worldwide Pride;
Clinton suggests solution to AIDS crisis
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CULT URE
FILM • New Japanese film with obsessive dyke;
Britain’s Channel 4 launches Metmsexuality
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ART • Local lesbian artists draw from the spirits
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BOONS • Another self-indulgent memoir from
a famous lesbian; The Female Eunuch redux;
the gripping An American Family
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CRLTORE • Just Out goes wine tasting
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BIVERSIONS • Prison Camp 2002; Slave Master
William Patrick Dunne; Gay Day at Oaks Park;
La Pocha Nostra fetishizes; what’s on the
boob tube; Etheridge books a Portland date!
So does Morrissey
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WHAT'S POOPIN'T • 13 Conversations About One
Thing is the new big thing
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COLUMNS
MS. BEHAVIOR • When straight friends go gay;
what to do with her glove
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THE 60SPEL ACC0RBIN6 TO MARC • Get off my
skinny back
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A turning point
Lon Mabon’s failure is our opportunity
• Increasing our base of support throughout Oregon. We will be
n Friday, July 5, Dan Yonker, Amy Hojnowski and 1 sat
training more than 250 activists as citizen lobbyists, continuing to add
on the steps of the Capitol building in Salem, waiting.
to our database of more than 100,000 progressive voters and working
On the surface, we were waiting to see if the Oregon C it
with our coalition partners in urban and rural areas to educate and
izens Alliance would file petitions for another anti-gay
advocate
for basic rights.
ballot measure.
We have assembled the best and brightest team here at BRO,
But that’s not the whole story. We were waiting because we knew
increasing our field staff and retaining one of the most respected lobby
that the events of that day would determine how Basic Rights Oregon
ists in Oregon. We will use the coalitions we have built during our bal
and thousands of our supporters would be spending our summer.
lot measure campaigns to show the overwhelming support for fairness
And we were waiting because we had come to believe that if the
and civil rights in our state.
O C A failed, Basic Rights Oregon would be able to seize the
A proactive agenda is critical in Oregon, which once was a lead
moment to do more than just fight back against negative attacks on
er in civil rights legislation. However, people still can be fired in
our rights.
this state for being perceived as gay, lesbian, bi or trans. A dozen
Lon Mabon never showed up that <^y, and as we drove home, it
states,
plus the District o f Colum bia, have passed civil rights laws
dawned on us slowly that we just might look back on that day as a
that ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. We’ve fallen
turning point in the history o feiv il rights for Oregonians. This
could be the moment where we take back the power to frame the
behind.
Oregon could be the next state to join this group, reasserting our
debate on our rights, where we begin to push forward to end dis
national
leadership and showing our values of fairness and acceptance.
crimination and gain full equality under the law.
And we could be the third state in the country to
The great news is that BRO is strong enough to lead
include gender identity in that legislation.
the way.
This
could
be
the
During the past year, as I’ve met with so many of
And that’s a fortunate thing, because there is much
our supporters, the one concern I’ve heard over and
to be done in the next couple of years. Oregon still lacks
moment where we
over again is the desire for Basic Rights Oregon to
a statewide law that prohibits discrimination on the
basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. We must
take back the power move civil rights forward. 1 couldn’t agree more, and
I’m thrilled that we have this chance to turn the
pass such legislation as soon as possible.
to fram e the debate
tide.
Students are harassed in our schools, whether
It’s going to take your help to be successful, and I
they are or are perceived to be gay, lesbian, bi or
on our rights, where
want to challenge you here and now. W hatever
trans. We must enforce the new Bullying Bill that
we
begin
to
push
time, energy and money you would have put into
was passed by the state Legislature last year. In addi
fighting an O C A ballot measure, I want you to
tion, the state must require schools to adopt non
forw
ard
to
end
make a commitment to doing twice as much this
discrimination policies that include sexual orienta
summer.
tion and gender identity.
discrimination and
It’s all too easy to get stuck in a defensive posture
Same-sex relationships are still not equal under the
gain
full
equality
and not give just as much of ourselves to work for our
law to those of heterosexual couples. We will be working
own desperately needed civil rights. We have to stand
hard to remedy this unfair situation and to educate the
under the law
up for ourselves, on our own terms.
public about our lives and our families.
I hope that you’ll call Basic Rights Oregon or, when
How will Basic Rights Oregon accomplish these
we call on you, that you’ll rise to the occasion. We’re offering you a
goals? It won’t be easy, but we know what needs to be done; fortunately,
chance to make history with us, and I’m hoping you’ll find that offer
we’re well on the way.
irresistible.
• Building a powerful ElectPAC. Our goal is to raise $100,000 to
It’s powerful to speak out against our opponents, but it’s transfor
change the face of the Legislature by electing candidates who support
mational
to speak out for ourselves, to tell the truth about our lives, to
basic rights during this crucial election.
let our honesty and dignity pave the way for the legal changes we
• Creating a legislative agenda that prioritizes our goal of full
need.
equality. This is critical because it’s been many years since we’ve had
The time is now to demand full equality for all Oregonians, regard
the leadership in the Legislature to get a hearing on a proactive equal
less of who they love or how they identify. Join this movement— we
rights bill.
want you by our side all the way. JP 1
• Drafting legislation and gaining commitments from sponsoring
representatives. We will enter the 2003 session with legislation in hand
ROEY THORPE is executive director of Basic Rights Oregon. For more
and sponsors signed on. We are determined to pass civil rights legisla
information call 503-222-6151.
tion by the end of the next session.
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