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PH O T O BY MARTY DAVIS
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Detective Brian Grose (left, at the O ct. 8 Sexual Minorities Roundtable meeting) says several
changes in the Bias Crimes U nit could affect the number of arrests made
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orksystems inc., a national organization
that advocates for employees throughout
the nation, is teaming up with the Sexual
Minority Youth Recreation Center on a special
project to benefit queer kids on the job.
Working It Out, a 22-minute documentary
and training video targeted at straight service
providers, will educate businesses on how they
can be allies to young queer employees, accord
ing to project ccxirdinator Nerissa Ediza. 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.
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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
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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
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