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Remember your first trip
to the CANDY STORE?
Students ignore protesters (right)
during the Night of Noise rally
April 9 at Pioneer Courthouse Square
Experience the
excitement all over
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S tu d en ts C elebrate
D ay o f S il e n c e
S u c c ess
Sw eets, Etc.
total of 250,000 students in 2,500
middle schools, high schools, col
leges and universities participated
April 9 in the Day of Silence Project.
The event, sponsored by the Gay, Les
bian and Straight Education Network,
is an opportunity for sexual minority
students and their allies to highlight
everyday oppression by deliberately
staying silent for an entire day.
“It was a lot harder than 1 expect
ed,” a student at Portlands Franklin
High School said. “1 wanted to scream
at every person who said ‘that’s so gay,’
but 1 had to keep quiet. It made me
grateful that I don’t live in a world where I have
the north side of Lincoln High Schrxil, 1600 S.W.
to keep complete silence every day.”
Salmon St. The parade steps off at 12:30 p.m.
Chelsea, a student at Beaverton’s Sunset
To reserve a spot, participants must visit the
High School, also found the day challenging.
Pride Northwest Web site for the printable appli
She summed up her experience this way: “There
cation. The registration fee is $25 a contingent.
was some harassment, some dialogue, but a
A ll parade applications received by
majority of students don’t care either way.”
May 31 will have their lineup position deter
At Forest Grove High School, where 80 out
mined by lottery. All late registrants will be
of 1,900 students participated, “People noticed,”
placed in the lineup on a first-come, first-
served basis. Organizers anticipate about 130
Just Out was told. At Portland’s Grant High
Schrxil, one English class dedicated the entire ! contingents this year.
The 2003 grand marshal will be the Sexual
period to a discussion of acceptance.
Minority Youth Recreation Center. This year’s
After their day of activism, 200 Day of Silence
participants and their allies gathered at Pioneer
theme is “Lions and Tigers and Queers, Oh My!”
Pride Northwest meets at 6:30 p.m. on the first
Courthouse Square for a Night of Noise to cele
brate ixjt loud. The rally featured dancing, per and third Mondays of every month in Room 333 of
Portland State University’s Smith Memorial Cen
formances by students and inspiring speakers
including Bonnie Tinker of Love Makes a Fami ter, 1825 S.W. Broadway. Everyone is welcome.
ly, Melissa Shepherd of Basic Rights Oregon and
For more information visit www.pridenw.org or
Chris Tuttle of G LSEN ’s national office.
When a preacher showed up with a large e-mail parade chairman Rich Kibbons at
parade@pndenw. org.
cross to spout his anti-gay agenda, the youth took
it in stride and simply cheered louder than his
predictions of a fire-filled eternity. One student
S h ib l e y T a k e s o n N ew R o le
looked around at the gathering and said, “Looks
like good company for a party someplace hot.”
aving completed her stint as political
director for Ted Kulongoski’s successful
gubernatorial campaign last fall, Gail Shibley is
settling into her position as administrator of
F o l l o w t h e Y e l lo w
Oregon’s Office of Public Health Systems.
B r ic k R o a d
“My passion has always been in the area of
sustainability,” she says, “one rooted in pro
ride Northwest will encourage and celebrate
the positive diversity of the sexual minori tecting the environment and making sure that
the decisions we make today don’t impair the
ties community with its annual parade June 15.
The event begias at 10:30 a.m. with registra
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