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ability for future generations to meet their
he Portland chapter of the Lesbian and
needs as well.”
Gay Immigration Rights Task Force will
Shibley assumed her duties within the
hold a legal clinic for queer and HIV-positive
Kulongoski administration in February. She
immigrants and their partners 6:30 p.m.
oversees a Portland-based state office that pro
April 24 in Room 338 of Portland State Uni
tects public health through a wide scope of
versity’s Smith Memorial Center, 1825 S.W.
environmental and public safety programs.
Broadway. The meeting will feature a presenta
Among her responsibilities are drinking water
tion,
social time and free consultations with
quality standards, health care licensure, emer
lawyers.
gency medical services, radiation protection
T he purpose is to educate and inform people
and environmental services, including pro
affected by discriminatory immigration laws
grams for managing lead-based paint and clean
about
their rights. T he Immigration and Natu
ing up clandestine drug labs.
ralization Service does not recognize same-sex
Shibley broke new ground for sexual minori
couples as family and, therefore, do not provide
ties
when
she
became the states | for their ability to remain together in the U nit
"Through work
first openly gay [ ed States.
elected official in
and progress and
For more information call 503-471-1568 or e-mail
the 1980s. She also
a high public
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served several years
as Oregon’s first
presence, we can
openly gay or les
ivil
ights orum
achieve a day
bian state legislator.
to
ddress
Since then, her
when this is just
political career has
ousing
iscrimination
taken her to Wash
an everyday
ousing advocates and providers, social
ington, D.C., to
o c c u rre n c e .w h e n work with both the
service agencies and civil rights supporters
the phrase 'lesbian Clinton admini will gather April 25 at the DoubleTree Colum-
bia River Hotel for the forum “Fair Housing:
stration and Vice
Moving Forward in Uncertain Times.”
legislator' w ill be
President Al Gore’s
The event, in honor of National Fair Hous
hid for the White
as passé as I
ing Month, will feature speakers, educational
House. After a per
workshops
and a plenary to discuss future strate
sonal
hiatus
in
Ger
believe 'lady
gies.
Also
featured
will he a new exhibit on the
many, she returned
law yer’ now has
history of housing discrimination in Oregon and
to Portland in 2002
to join Kulongoski’s a scene from the new play Time Out o f Mind,
become"
which examines the powerful role played by the
campaign
and,
— Gail Shibley now, his adminis Ku Klux Klan in the state during the 1920s.
The forum is sponsored by tbe Fair Housing
tration.
Council of Oregon, which enforces federal, state
Throughout this time, Shibley has remained
and local laws banning housing discrimination.
mindful of her public position as a positive role
These laws protect renters and homebuyers from
model for sexual minorities. “The fact that I am
discrimination based on sexual orientation, race,
female and lesbian makes it all the more easy to
religion, national origin, gender, familial status,
appreciate communities in this state who don’t
disability, source of income, marital status and age.
feel they receive the attention and focus and
The nonprofit organization educates housing
understanding that is important, particularly
providers,
tenants, social service groups and local
when it comes to public and environmental
governments about fair housing rights and
health," she says.
responsibilities and responds to complaints from
At the same time, Shibley is committed to a
people who believe they have been discriminated
future when a person’s sexual orientation isn't
against. The most frequent complaints received
newsworthy. “Through work and progress and a
on the agency’s hot line are from individuals with
high public presence, we can achieve a day
disabilities and families with children.
when this is just an everyday occurrence... when
the phrase ‘lesbian legislator’ will be as passé as I
For more information call 503-412-6000.
believe ‘lady lawyer’ now has become.”
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