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gressive organizations downtown,” she said. “T he
new office will allow us to do our work more pro
ductively, with lots of benefits for very little dif
ference in cost. It feels like B R O has grown up
into a vibrant, proactive, year-round organiza
tion, and the new space reflects who we are now.”
people who think queer views and news are
neglected.
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engagement, wed
ding, anniversary
and birthday an
nouncements, which
now appear as paid
ads in the Saturday
“Celebrations” section.
N ewspaper P ublishes
U nion A nnouncement
Is daily newspaper published
its first same-sex union announce
m ent Dec. 14, at long last living up to
its m otto, “If it matters to Oregonians,
it’s in the Oregonian.”
S till, Mary M cCarty and Lottie
Zorn were not pleased to find that their
wedding had been relegated under the
heading “Com mitments.” T h e cere
mony was held O ct. 21 in Vermont,
which allows same-sex couples to
enter into civil unions and receive
the same state law protections and
responsibilities as married spouses.
T h e 183-word announcement
“says that we were married; it calls
it a marriage ceremony," Zorn told
Just Out. “T here’s nothing in there that tries to
skirt around the issue o f what to call that,
because we definitely were calling it a wedding,
and we consider it a legal marriage.”
Zorn asked the paper to reprint the
announcement under the heading “Weddings”
hut was turned down. In fact, she was told that
the word “married" no longer will appear in any
same-sex union announcements.
in la n d
To voice your opinion
e-mail letters@
news. oregonian. com
or fax 503-294-4193.
BRO on
the M ove
asic Rights O regon’s
headquarters will relo
cate in mid-January from
Southeast Belmont Street to
downtown.
Although volunteers no
longer will have access to free
parking, the new office in
Suite 610 of the Board of Trade
Building, 310 S.W. Fourth Ave.,
will be located on a bus line. According to execu
tive director Roey Thorpe, the move has many
other benefits.
“T he new location will make us more visible
and more centrally located near the many pro-
B
“It wasn’t a com mitment,” she
said. “It makes us sound like we were committed
to an insane asylum.”
T he couple, who have been together for almost
two years, registered as domestic partners with
Multnomah County in September. The newspa
per revealed Oct. 27 its new policy regarding
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n an effort to keep the community informed
on the issues o f the upcoming legislative ses
sion, state Sen . Avel Gordly and Reps. Steve
M arch and Jackie Dingfelder will hold a town
hall meeting from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 11 at
Hollywood Senior C enter, 1820 N.E. 40th Ave.
“T h e state is facing a $1.4 billion shortfall,
school funding uncertainty and continued high
unemployment and hunger,” Dingfelder said. “1
want to keep our community informed on these
and other issues as well as seek input from citi
zens on ways to reach meaningful solutions to
the problems facing our state.”
O n e o f the major pieces of legislation that
might he decided on next year is a civil rights
bill that would ban discrimination based on sex
ual orientation and gender identity in housing,
public accommodation and employment. A
total o f 13 states have passed bills banning anti
gay bias; only two have included trans people.
“This town hall will be a great forum for anyone
who has questions or concerns they’d like to raise
with their representatives, including the upcoming
vote on the temporary tax increase,” said March,
who has introduced pro-gay legislation in the past.
“We are here to serve the community.” J H
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