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g Ju s t M il * august 2 .2QC2 u m 1 wasr Continued from Page 7 C aring For People L ivin g With H IV /A ID S In v ite s y o u to o u r 2 0 0 2 fu n d r a is e r at Creation Gallery & Design • 8419 SE Clatsop Court August 24 l-5pm military might take any additional action to dis cipline the sailors. It has many options available in pursuing its own case against the service- L arson S lams T riangle members, including administrative action or XL-AM shcx:k jock Lars Larson is on the court-martial. A 1993 executive order by Presi prowl again. His latest target: the Burnside dent Bill Clinton also provides for hate crimes Triangle. sentence enhancement in conjunction with any The city recently "designated the neighbor- charges brought by the military. ho<xJ as a cultural and entertain Anti-gay sentiment within the ment district frequented by sexual Navy is well documented, accord minorities. The Burnside Triangle ing to Servicemembers Legal Advisory Group then was formed so Defense Network. In March the community members, activists and group found in its annual policy business owners could make recom report, Conduct Unbecoming, that mendations about its future. officials had done little to curb it. Apparently, nobody bothered During 2001, SLDN document to tell Larson. W hen he learned of ed 271 incidents of anti-gay harass an upcoming meeting, he flew off ment in the branch, finding that the handle. steps taken to address the problem “Defining areas based on sexual Lars Larson are “woefully inadequate.” The preference just seems to be inher report went on to note, “Navy lead ently aimed at dividing people,” Larson declared ers have done nothing to implement or comply last month. He went on to imply that it’s only a with Pentagon directives to prevent or curb matter of time before the gay, lesbian, hi and harassment." trans community adds bestiality to the list. “There should be no place in our nation’s mil “The GBLT— whatever it is— gay, lesbian, itary for anti-gay animus,” said C. Dixon Osbum, bisexual, transgender and, you know, I’m waiting SLDN executive director. “The Navy must train for ’em to— I mean, if you believe Pete Singer at all of its servicemembers to treat everyone, civil Princeton University, who is one of their leading ian or military, with dignity and respect.” wacko scholars, he believes that sex with animals Members of Vancouver’s queer community is just one of those strange taboos that we all are watching the case closely. have to get over one of these days,” Larson said. “We are pleased that charges were laid,” said “1 kid you not. Wait till they add that one. OK? Jim Deva of the Gay Safety Committee, which It gets that crazy. Maybe we’ll have the Sex with works with the police department to make the Animals District in the city one day.” city a welcome place for sexual minority resi Amalia Alarcón-Gaddie, Metropolitan dents. “We expect the sailors to return for trial Human Rights Center manager, has been work in Vancouver, and the community will he ing with the Bureau of Planning on the Burnside watching closely to see that justice is done.” Triangle redevelopment. She didn’t hear Larson’s diatribe hut wasn’t surprised to learn that he is O rganizations H onor spreading more misinformation via the airwaves. L ofton -C roteau F amily “The [queer] community has made a cultural contribution to the city of Portland,” Alarcón- he Family Pride Coalition will honor Port Gaddie said. “All this is doing is acknowledging landers Steve Lofton and Roger Croteau that cultural contribution and including the with the inaugural Families of Courage Award voice of the people that have supported that during the seventh annual Family Week from area’s businesses in the plan to fix that area up.” Aug. 3 to 10 in Provincetown, Mass. A couple Larson has made a series of attacks on the queer for more than 20 years and the parents of five community this year. In February he tore into children, they are one of three plaintiff families Bridge 13, which educates high schoolers about in a historic federal court case fighting Florida’s sexual orientation and gender identity, and in June gay adoption ban. he gave out the telephone number and e-mail The suit, filed by the American Civil Liber address of an Oregon Department of Transporta ties Union in 1998, is a challenge to a law passed tion employee who listed Gay Pride Month in a by the state Legislature in 1977. In March diversity calendar distributed to state employees. Lofton and Croteau were featured on A B C ’s Primetime Live special about gay adoption featur ing Rosie O ’Donnell. S ailors C harged “We feel so fortunate to have the opportuni in A ttack ty to celebrate Steven and Roger and their chil- wo U .S. sailors charged in a July 13 attack on a Vancouver, British Columbia, resident might have been motivated by anti-gay sentiment, activists and media reports indicate. According to Vancouver Police Department Detective Scott Driemel, “There were some comments made about the [victim’s] sexual orientation,” which might lead to hate crimes sen tencing. The man, who sustained bruis es, scrapes and a shoe print on his face, has been released from medical care. Kenneth Drake, 23, is charged with assault and assault with pepper spray, while Joe Hummel, 24, is charged with canning a concealed weapon, assault and assault with a knife. The sailors— stationed aboard the U SS Carl Vinson, part of the Navy’s Bremerton, Wash., command— are scheduled to appear Aug. 27 in a Vancouver court. Cmdr. Karen Sellers of the Navy’s Two sailors stationed aboard the USS Carl Vinson in Northwest Regional Command Bremerton, Wash., allegedly participated in an anti-gay declined to comment on whether the attack on a man in Vancouver, British Columbia K Creation Gallery is the most unique art gallery in Portland. 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