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now will focus on organizing a queer contingent
for the Feb. 15 International Day of Action.
For more information call Catherine Sameh at
503-335-8306 or Barbara Tumll at 503-753-9681.
E quity F oundation
I nvests in D ignity
he Investments in Dignity Awards will he
presented from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at
the Skybridge Level Auditorium in Building Two
of the World Trade Center, 121 S.W. Salmon St.
This will be an evening to celebrate non
profits supported by Equity Foundation
through its general granting program, donor-
advised funds, Pride Festival grants, workplace
giving and Safe Schools Initiative. In 2002 the
organization gave $234,000 to more than 200
Oregon charities serving the queer communi
ty and its allies.
Equity says this years general cycle grantees
reflect a commitment to arts, culture, health serv
ices, human dignity, youth and families. The
recipients are: 2 Gyrlz Performative Arts, AIDS
Support and Prevention, Artattack Theater
Ensemble, Bump in the Road Theatre, Elder
G LBT Outreach Committee, Encore Theatre,
Friends of People with A ID S Foundation,
Human Dignity Coalition, Interstate Firehouse
Cultural Center, Love Makes a Family, Media
tion Works, A Community Dispute Resolution
Center, Oregon Uniting, Planned ParenthixxJ of
Southwest Oregon, Portland State University
Foundation, Q: A Queer Resource for Social
Change, Rural Organizing Project, Senior Hous
ing and Retirement Enterprises, Soromundi: Les-
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For more information contact
Matthew Nelson at 503-231 -5759
or inf(j@equityfoundation.org.
cott Lively, the former Oregon Citizens
Alliance legal director who recently protested
a Gay Straight Alliance in Kentucky, has turned
his attention to a young convict who received a
harsh sentence because of his sexual orientation.
The U.S. Supreme Court now is deciding
whether to take the case of Matthew Limon,
who had consensual oral sex with another male
when they were both teen-agers. Had the other
person been a girl, he would have received no
more than a 15-month sentence. Because he is
gay, he now is serving a sentence of 17 years in
a Kansas state prison.
Lively, director of the Pro-Family Law Center in
California, told ABC News it was a matter of the
greater social good. “We feel sympathy for a young
person facing a long prison sentence for this kind of
act,” he said, “but should that justify overruling a
principle of law that has benefits for society.7”
Meanwhile in Kentucky, the American Civil
Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Jan. 22 seeking to
enjoin Boyd County High from further discrim
inating against students by permitting the G SA
to meet. A hearing on the motions in the case is
expected to take place within a few weeks.
In December the Boyd County Board of Edu
cation tcxik the extraordinary step of suspending
all clubs in all K-12 schools in an effort to prevent
a group of about 30 students from forming a G SA.
The kids initially petitioned the school to form the
group in March 2002, after two former students
were kicked out of their homes for being gay.
The school’s Site Based Decision Making
Council reluctantly approved the G S A in Octo-
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Columbia County Citizens for
^ Human Dignity raised funds
and awarded grants to progressive
projects during its Winter Gala
and Awards Banquet on Jan. 18 in
St. Helens. Pam Powell of Colum
bia County AIDS Prevention and
Assistance received money to
help indigent A ID S patients
secure basic services.
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O regonians
Cathy Grimes of Columbia County Citizens for Human
Dignity (left) and Marcy Westerling of the Rural Organizing
Project (right) present a grant to Pam Powell of Columbia
County A ID S Prevention and Assistance
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embers of the queer and straight communi
ties who have gone above and beyond the
call of duty will be honored during the seventh
annual Lambda Awards 7 p.m. Feb. 22 at Med
ford’s Red Lion Hotel, 200 N. Riverside Ave.
A dance will follow from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Political Caucus of Southern Oregon promises a
fun and rewarding evening featuring a silent
auction, performance art presentations by local
theater troupes and live musical entertainment.
Cheese, fruit and desserts will be served, and a
no-host bar will be available.
Festive Mardi Gras decor will fill the room
with delightful surprises. The theme is “Got
Pride!"
The ceremony traditionally is held on the
Saturday before the Martin Luther King Jr. hol
iday in January. It was moved to February
because of scheduling conflicts.
The event costs $15 a person. Tickets are
available only at the door.
To donate items for the silent auction call Ed Bums
at 5 4 1 -779-3902. For more information visit the
Internet site tvww.geocities.com/thecaucus.
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