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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 2003)
Ef33?l3 out aprii 18.2QQ3 Continued from Page 5 Knock it off I’ve been to the black-tie dinner, and it is a group o f wealthy m en w ho aren’t necessarily political hut who see H R C as a status sym bol. If this crowd becom es less “exclu sive,” how will it attract these guys? I think H R C w ants to have its cake and eat it, too. To the E ditor : M ike D ruydd Portland Building blocks To the E ditor : ay Harter has some real work cut out for him if he plans to convince Oregonians that the Human Rights Campaign is changing its reputation. A fter looking at its annual report, I can easi ly identify two large, quantifiable issues that its local com m ittee has w otking against it. T h e first is the brand-new $25 m illion H R C building in W ashington, D .C . If that d oesn ’t say “ rich gay white m an,” then I d o n ’t know w hat does. Secondly, o f the $25 m illion that H R C raised in revenues during the year ended M arch 31, 2002, it gave back a w hopping $122,000 to state organizations like Basic R ights O regon. T h a t’s right— it gave back less than one-half o f 1 per cent o f all o f the money it raised! W hen I think about n ation al organizers who roll up their sleeves, work hard and precipitate change, I think o f the N a tio n al G ay and L es bian Task Force. N G L T F understands that to create change requires an investm ent in people, not an investm ent in a $25 m illion building. J H unter J oos Portland 1 answered a knock at my door the other night, and standing there was som eone from the Human Rights Campaign. Oddly enough, the per son was wearing a green O SP IR G jacket. I did some calling arixind and found out H R C has indeed hired the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group to do some door-to-door fund raising. T h is seem s odd to me for a couple o f reasons. T h e first and most troubling is that O S P IR G will take a substantial adm inistrative fee on any am ount I give at the door. Som etim es this fee can clim b as high as 30 percent. T h at m eans if I were to renew my Federal C lu b membership at my d(*>r with an O S P IR G canvasser, alm ost $300 o f what I give never even will make it to H R C . T h e other troubling fact is that O S P IR G is raising m oney for an organization— H R C — that endorsed a candidate— G ordo n Sm ith — whose political work goes directly against everything O S P IR G is trying to achieve. M aybe O S P IR G should cut out H R C com pletely and just give everything it raises to G ordo n Sm ith . T h is way, it would be clear to the people o f O regon where its m oney is going. E lizabeth F rommer Portland You are not alone To the E ditor : hanks for the great articles on sam e-sex battering and highlighting the plight o f straight m en battered by fem ale partners ["SA F E and So u n d ,” M arch 21). W hile a statistical m inority, m ale, gay and lesbian victim s o f T &OODWAY S . , 7 '' portive, call back and talk to som eone else, or try another program or another town. You deserve a better life than to he battered or controlled. M argo S chaefer Eugene tra n sition Bob Hoblit, 1 9 4 3 -2003 B o b H oblit died o f natural causes M arch 13. H e was 60. H e was b o m Feb. 15, 1943, in C asper, Wyo. A fter graduating from high school he joined the N avy, where he was trained as a dental technician. H e was honorably discharged and went o n to work at a S e a ttle gay bar. H e then m oved to Portland and started to work at D erricks, w hich he later bought, ch an gin g the nam e to the Fam ily Zoo. He ow ned it for 14 years. H oblit was an active supporter o f the gay com m unity and equal rights for all people. 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Tell the hot line volunteer if you would like to speak to a volunteer lesbian, gay or straight m ale advocate, and it is safe for you to leave a number for your advocate to call you back. Unfortunately, we don’t have the volunteer resources to provide these services on demand. If you would like to train to become a volunteer to help us make our services more available to under served populations, we welcome your participa tion in one o f our quarterly volunteer trainings. T he Lesbian Alliance has a drop-in group or individual time from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays. It is open to all lesbian, gay, transgender, genderqueer and bisexual people who are in an unhealthy same-sex relationship and have concerns about their emotional and/or physical safety. Siuslaw O utreach Services in Florence also offers services for lesbian, gay, bi and trans peo ple questioning the health o f their relationships. It can be reached 24/7 at 541-997-4444. 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