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L ofton -C roteau
C overage H onored
he 14th annual Gay &. Lesbian Alliance
I* Against Defamation Media Awards will
recognize Diane Sawyer and Rosie O ’Dinnell
for their coverage of Portlanders Steve Lofton
and Roger Croteau, who are fighting Florida’s
gay adoption ban.
“This year’s honorees share G L A A D ’s com­
mitment to changing hearts and minds through
the power of the media," executive director
Diane Sawyer
Joan M. Garry said Feb. 20. “Rosie’s courageous,
principled decision to advocate on behalf of gay
and lesbian parents brought tremendous visibil­
ity to an important issue for our community.
And
Diane
Sawyer’s
insight
and
sensitivity...has helped mainstream audiences
better understand our stories and our lives/’
T he awards honor individuals and projects
in the media and entertainment industries for
their fair, accurate and inclusive representa­
tions of queers and the issues that affect their
lives. With more than 100 corporate sponsors
and 6,000 attendees, they raise about $2.5
million for G L A A D ’s work.
Rosie O ’Donnell
Ceremonies will be held April 7 in New York
City, April 26 in Los Angeles and May 31 in
San Francisco. Eric McCormack (Will & Grace)
and Stockard Channing ( The Matthew Shepard
Story) also will be honored.
A dams J oins C hiropractic
C ollege B oard
S
am Adams, chief o f staff for Portland
Mayor Vera Katz, recently joined the
board of trustees of Western States C h iro­
practic College for a three-year term. He also
serves on boards for the Portland Oregon
Visitors A ssociation, Innovation Partner­
ship, Cascade A ID S Project and Basic Rights
Oregon.
“I am honored to be asked to serve on this
board,” Adams said. “Western States has many
strong attributes as an institution of higher edu­
cation, and 1 look forward to contributing to the
further success of the college."
Adams, who is gay, is Katz’s top aide and
supervisor of her staff. He also serves as the
liaison to Multnomah County, Metro and
the city Office of M anagement and Finance,
the City A ttorneys office and Governm ent
Relations.
Western States— a fixture in the Portland
community since 1904— will celebrate its cen­
tennial next year. The only chiropractic college
in the Pacific Northwest and one of only 16 in
the United States, it teaches a curriculum focus­
ing on evidence-based procedures to treat
patients.
For more information call 800-64 / -5641 or visit
www.wschiro.edu.
P ortland P ride 2003
H eadliners A nnounced
ride Northwest has revealed who will be the
top draws for Portland Pride 2003, which is set
for June 14 and 15 at Waterfront Park. This year’s
theme is “Lions and Tigers and Queers, Oh My!"
The keynote speaker will be writer and edu­
cator Jamison Green, who accomplished med­
ical and legal transition to male in 1991, having
begun transition in 1988 at the age of 40. He is
the author of the landmark 1994 report Discrim -
motion Against Transgendered People for the San
Francisco Human Rights Commission and the
book Becoming a Visible Man, which will be pub­
lished by Vanderbilt University Press this fall.
He led FTM International from 1991 to 1999
and now serves as chairman of Gender Educa­
tion &. Advocacy Inc. and director of the Trans-
gender Law &. Policy Institute.
Green conducts trainings on trans awareness
for corporations, law enforcement agencies, gov­
ernment agencies, religious institutions and pro­
fessional groups such as physicians, psychologists
and attorneys. He also speaks to thousands of
college and university students annually in
classroom lectures and public events worldwide.
The headliner musician will be Sophie B.
Hawkias, whose Top 10 Adult Contemporary
track “As I Lay Me Down” became the longest-
running single (67 weeks) in the history of any
Billboard chart. Her 1992 debut album, Tongues
and Tails, went gold, featured the Top 5 hit
“Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” and earned
her a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist.
The New York City native, who is bisexual,
was discovered after she gave singer Mark Cohn
a 50-song demo tape she had recorded at a home
studio while its owner worked the graveyard
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