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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 2002)
iustrm ■ V The Vol. 19 N o . 21 September 6, 2002 FEATURE LIGHTS! CAMERA! (LOTS OF GAY) ACTION!: Sensory Perceptions invites you to the sixth annual Portland LG BT Film Festival 24 NEWS NORTHWEST • Lesbian cop alleges sexual harassment, files For damages; Basic Rights Oregon honors longtime volunteer pp 9-17 NATIONAL • Two trans women brutally gunned down in D.C.; gay students fight back; Arkansas bases foster parenting policy on “junk science” pp 18-21 WORLD • Australian newspaper outs member of Parliament; Quebec bookstore closes its doors; Amsterdam celebrates Pride PP 22-23 ARTS AND C U L T U R E CULTURE • Leather Week builds community p 36 MUSIC • Sleater-Kinney rocks p 37 CULTURE • Dinner at My House for Our House fund-raiser series celebrates 10th anniversary p 39 SPORTS • World Series scores a grand slam p 41 FILM • Portland native directs The Trip p in T homas B ri m u IN publication for the OUT population F ounded 1983 • J ay B rown and R enee L a C hance P GUEST COM M ENTARY 42 THEATER • The House of Cunt returns p 43 DIVERSIONS • Friends Ride benefits foundation; bowlers strike a pose P 48 WHAT'S POPPIN'T • Robin Williams creeps us out in One Hour Photo p 47 COLUMNS Walk of life Are gay and bisexual people still committed to Cascade AIDS Project? n 1983 at a Southeast Portland living room, 14 gay men and a grandmother gathered to assess the personal and community dev astation unfolding around them, as friends, sons and lovers got sick and died. With virtually no services available to those suffer- *JtL ing with fatigue, night sweats, weight loss, yeast infection, skin lesions and a rare pneumonia, they decided to take action. The organi zation that was to become Cascade AIDS Project was Kim. I wasn’t in Portland in 1983 and actually did the hulk of my HIV work in Texas until 1998, when I moved here. But the story of C A P ’s founding and early years is not unlike hundreds of AIDS organizations around the country— founded, staffed and funded by gay people and focused on supporting and educating gay men. O f the people with A ID S C A P served in those early years, virtually all of them were gay or bisexual white men. The same was true regard ing our prevention education outreach. Not surprisingly, the agency often thought, acted, advocated and marketed as much as a gay commu nity center as it did a health and human services organization. O f course, as we knew would happen, AIDS didn’t stay exclusively a gay issue for long. Quickly, organizations like C A P began to see others with and at risk for HIV. And as a result, a broader base of volunteers, staff, funders and donors followed. Others outside our community joined gay men and women in their heroic efforts. Fast-forward to 2002. Who does CA P reach today.7 O f the 25,000 people we educated aKiut HIV prevention last year, 50 percent were youth, 40 percent were women, and 27 percent were people of color— a dramatic shift from our early years. And of the almost 1,600 people with HIV we served, 18 percent were women, 27 percent were people of color, and 39 percent were heterosexual— another dramatic shift. C A P is proud of the remarkable diversity and inclusiveness evi denced by those numbers. In recent years, we’ve intentionally increased our efforts to be the kind of AIDS organization that anyone would think to use for either prevention information or support services. Our mission calls for us to be everyone’s Cascade AIDS Project— not just for people who like me who are white, gay and male. So, in light of all this newfound diversity, is CA P still committed to gay and bisexual men.7 Do gay people still hold an important place in the mission of the agency.7 Or has C A P tossed gay men overKiard in a race for more politically palatable and marketable constituencies.7 Those are fair and important questions. Let’s ltxik at the demographics of who CA P reaches again from a dif ferent angle. O f the almost 1,600 people with HIV we served last year, 61 percent were gay or bisexual men— more than three out of five. In spite of all the press aKiut the “new face” of HIV, the clear majority of our clients are gay men. The same is true for new HIV and A ID S cases reported in Oregon— the clear majority continues to be gay or bisexual men. And of those 25,000 people C A P educated last year, some 40 percent were gay or bisexual men— a large number considering our estimated incidence in the general population. Further, gay and bisexual people are solidly rep resented at every level of our agency— 60 percent of state hot line callers, 45 percent of agency volunteers, 40 percent of staff, 40 percent of Kiard members and Kith our Kiard president and executive director. Is C A P still committed to gay and bisexual men.7 Yes. Are gay and bisexual people still committed to CAP.7 Maybe. But if they are, I sure couldn’t tell it from the crowd at AIDSWalk, the largest annual AIDS fund-raiser in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Don’t get me wrong. I love babies, straight families with toddlers, heterosexual co-eds from Portland State University and the like. But I also know that when 1 scan the crowd, it looks amazingly straight to me. It’s not aKiut not appreciating who’s there— 1 do. It’s about wondering where the rest of you are. I know some of you were burned or disappointed during C A P ’s sometimes messy, tumultuous history through the mid-’90s. That was also almost eight years ago now, and by any standard, our organizational turnaround has been widely hailed as impressive. I know some of you see C A P as a fat-cat agency, with a big budget, lots of staff and an administrative cost rate rumored to be huge. In fact, our administrative and fund-raising costs combined are less than 18 per cent of our total budget— below nonprofit industry standards. I know our aggressive marketing to communities other than gay or bisexual men has irritated some of you. But compassion isn’t a limited com modity, as if caring for one group means having to care less for another. Our arms at CAP have gotten bigger in recent years, more inclusive— not less. I want to reach our $220,000 goal for AIDSWalk02 as much as any one does. But whether you raise tons, a little or no money, I want you to be there with us Sept. 21. In addition to money, AIDSW alk is about reminding our community that this issue still matters, that gay and bisexual men are still being diagnosed every day and that for all the progress we’ve made we still have lots of work to do. While C A P has a responsibility to make sure that message gets heard, so do you. It takes both of us. Stay with us. It’s not over. JH 1 Join honorary chairman Danny Glover for AIDSW alk 02 on Sept. 21 in Pioneer Courthouse Square. Register at 503-223-WALK or mvw.casecadeaids.org. THOMAS B ru n er is the executive director of Cascade AIDS Project. M S. BEHAVIOR . Summer bummer p 35 LIVING OUT • Auntie Sally Kinds with kids 48 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARC • Marc becomes an athletic supporter P 49 Ju s t o u t 1« p u b lish ed on the first an d th ird F ri d ay o f each m onth. (kipyriiihi Cl 2002 by Just ( I ik . 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Mail-in ballots are due Sept- 17- J P • Gays and Friends for Animal Rights, also known as Queers for Steers, protested San Francisco's first gay rodeo, although it was promoted as “ a gentler sport than its straight counterpart." • Los Angeles Police Chief Willie Williams met for an hour Aug. 5 with members of the city's lesbian and gay community, sharply distinguishing himself from his bigoted predecessor, Daryl Gates. • At least 40 people were assaulted June 28 in St. Louis' Forest Park after the annual Gay and Lesbian Pride Festival Hundreds of youths mobbed people who were attempting to return to their cars at the conclusion of the event. • "B y participating in 'From All Walks o f Life,' we come together to walk for care and com passion. We walk hand in hand for justice and equality and against the forces of bigotry and hatred." declares the Rev. Rodney I. Page. Ecumenical Ministries o f Oregon executive director. He and Oregonian columnist Sara Perry will serve as honorary chairpersons for the sixth annual pledge walk. • The Nobody for President Campaign '92 lands in Portland on Sept. 10 with legendary W oodstock master of ceremonies Wavy Gravy and northern California eco-rockers Clan Dyken. • The Portland Lesbian Choir will be performing during Artquake at 6:30 p m Sept. 5 on the Cabaret Stage, Southwest Madison Street and Broadway It will be joined by the Portland Gay Men's Chorus. 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