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Tom Soppe leads the Burnside Triangle Advisory Group public history tour Sept. 28
ments Sept. 18, including the creation of a
domestic partnership registry and equal-access
guarantees for trans people, the Register-Guard
reported.
Even conservative member Gary Pape
strongly endorsed the measures. “This is not pro
viding rights— it’s providing protections, as has
been so well stated.”
Gay Councilor Scott Meisner said he
thought Eugene was a pretty enlightened
place— until he started hearing from opponents,
including some who are afraid that sexual preda
tors will gain access to womens restrooms by
cross-dressing. “As 1 read some of the public
comments or the e-mails we receive, I realize I’m
somewhat naive.”
Next up is a public hearing scheduled for
Oct. 14. The City Council then will vote on
whether to adopt or amend the revisions
Oct. 28.
D on ' t K now M uch
A bout H istory ?
he Burnside Triangle Advisory Group held
two public tours Sept. 28 and 29 highlight
ing more than 100 years of gay and lesbian his
tory in the neighborhood.
W hat is now the W ashington Hotel at
Southw est W ashington Street and 11th
Avenue was built by architect Lionel Deane,
who was arrested in the sensational same-sex
vice scandal o f 1912. T he crackdown, pro
pelled by an intense reform crusade to “root
out the homosexual perversion,” ruined the
political and professional careers o f several
prominent Portlanders. T he hotel tavern was
a gay watering hole during the ’70s with such
manly names as the A xe Handle and the
Timber Topper.
Also on Washington, at 12th, was the
Buick Cafe, a lesbian meeting place as far back
as the 1940s. The place was hopping during
the queer watershed period of World War II. A
city police report noted that the Buick was the
last-chance stop for women who were un
successful acquiring a partner early in the
evening at the Music Hall.
The Music Hall showcased original vaude
ville acts that featured both male and female
impersonators who sang their own songs. Police
reports talked about going to the shows over and
over again so they “would be accosted.”
Rich’s Cigar Store at 724 S.W. Alder St.
was one of only two stores in town that car
ried The M attachine Review, the newsletter of
the nation’s first major gay rights organiza-
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tion, despite pressure from the sheriff not to
carry “ indecent material.”
The Silverado, 1217 S.W. Stark St., is Port
land’s oldest surviving queer bar. During the
’50s, police made a little extra cash by entrap
ping and arresting men for public sex offenses.
Officers then would blackmail the patrons and
receive money in exchange for dropping the
charges.
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obert Noel, the lawyer convicted in con
nection with the fatal dog mauling of San
Francisco lesbian Diane Whipple, has been
transferred to the Coffee Creek Correctional
Facility in Wilsonville.
In an inter
view from Deuel
Vocational Insti
tution in Tracy,
about 90 minutes
from San Francis
co, he said he
signed a release to
be moved to one
o f six W estern
states, including
Oregon. He will
be held in medi
um security at his Robert Noel
new prison, according to California Depart
ment o f Corrections spokeswoman Margot
Bach.
Coffee Creek is primarily a women’s facility
but has a reception center for male inmates.
Noel will stay there as long as it takes to go
through processing before being sent to his
“mainline” prison.
Noel and his wife, Marjorie Knoller, are
expected to be released on parole in about a
year. She is serving time at a women’s prison in
Chowchilla, Calif.
Noel said the couple likely will live in
South Lake Tahoe when they are released.
He said he does not want to return to San
Francisco.
Even if Noel did return to the Bay Area, few
people would recognize him now. He shaved off
all his hair and looks markedly different from his
mug shot. He explained that inmates normally
cut each other’s hair, but because he’s in protec
tive custody he decided it would make the most
sense to cut it all off.
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