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g jM S t M t ! October 18.2002 PH O T O BY MARTY DAVIS justt>lTl ■ help wanted Just Out is looking for a unique person to round out our staff. The job available is for a hybrid office and distribution manager. But wait, there’s more! When not answering phones and tending to customer service needs, our new super employee will bolster and assist staff in an editorial assistant capacity. The office/distribution manager portion of this job can be filled by any number of capable applicants. However, the unique person we’re seeking will have addi tional skills, interest and experience in writing, reporting, proofreading, reviewing and many other responsibilties associated with newspaper production. A desire to work in and for the community is crucial, with occasional evening and weekend hours required. Please e-mail responses to justout@justout.com or mail to: P.O. Box 14400, Portland, OR 97293-0400 attention: Marty Davis Everyone has a first time. (T h ey just bought th eir first h om e.) 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Direct ed by Portland filmmaker Sarah Marcus, it will include a series of interviews with lcx:al queer youth on what they need to feel comfortable at work, such as “not being told that discrimina tion is [their] fault,” Ediza said. Service providers that work with sexual minority youth also will contribute to the project, sharing their own methods of creating a more queer-friendly workplace. The video will help employers understand the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity and the role that being queer plays in the workplace. Ediza hopes the video will find its way into the hands of businesses everywhere, though she knows that awareness of queer issues is not a top priority for many companies. The film also features music by Portland artist and teacher Sarah Dougher. Working It Out will be marketed nationwide, and all proceeds will go to SM YRC after pro duction costs are recovered. The video will sell for $75 to nonprofit organizations and $100 to all other businesses. Marcus and cast members will speak during a special fund-raiser screening 2:30 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Guild Theater, 1219 S.W. Park Ave. Admission is $15 at the door and $5 for youth; however, no one will he turned away for lack of funds, according to Ediza. w B ia s C r im e s G o U n r e p o r t e d ortland’s queer community still is not reporting a major number of bias crimes, according to Detective Brian Grose. A bias crime is intimidation— verbal threats, physical aggression or tampering with property— perpe trated against someone based on race, color, reli gion, national origin or sexual orientation. The average monthly number of reported bias crimes between 2000 and 2002 was 13, with gay, lesbian, bi and trans people being the biggest victims “by far," Grose said. Last month, only one bias crime was reported. According to Portland Police Bureau statis tics, reported bias incidents fluctuate randomly P throughout the year and do not follow seasonal patterns. However, there was a spike in reported incidents in September 2000 and 2001. (The bureau reports that the statistics are unrelated to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.) Several changes in the Bias Crimes Unit— including Groses assignment in July 2001— could have an effect on the number of arrests made. “Detective Grose has done an excellent job establishing trust relationships with various minority leaders in the Portland area and has committed to improving the police response to these crimes,” Lt. Keith Morse said. According to Grose, the majority of bias crimes perpetrated against sexual minorities go unreported. He attributes the inconsistency to victims’ fear of being exposed as gay and mis conceptions about the police force. “Meetings take up more of my time than [dealing with] bias crimes do,” he said. To report a bias crime, call Detective Brian Grose at 503-823-0897. A c t iv is t s Q u e s t io n W est H o lly w o o d C h ar g es ctivists expressed deep concern Oct. 4 about the West Hollywood, Calif., district attorney’s decision not to file hate crimes charges against three suspects arrested in connection to last month’s brutal assaults— with baseball hats and metal pipes— on former Eugene actor Trev Broudy and another gay man. The addition of hate crimes charges could add two years to the suspects’ sentences if they are convicted. “Hate crimes are different from other violent crimes in that they are intended to frighten and intimidate an entire community,” said Seth Kil- boum, Human Rights Campaign national field director. “If the men arrested this week have been involved in hate crimes, we want to see them prosecuted accordingly. HRC is calling on the district attorney to reconsider the charges and send a strong message that hate crimes must not he tolerated.” District Attorney Steve Cooley has said in a statement that after a thorough review of the evi dence, his office has determined that the motive for the crimes was robbery. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, West Hollywood Deputy Sheriff Don Mueller said that “based on our inter view with the suspects and the information they admitted to, we believe that there is evidence to go forward with a hate crime charge." Only 26 states and the District of Columbia include sexual orientation in their hate crimes statutes. A total of 19 states have hate crimes laws A
