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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 2003)
g jiia t o u t • may 16.2003 W.JiWlMli-dnewsbne/s PHOTO BY CHEYNE CUMMING U .S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (right, with Multnomah County Chair Diane Linn at Portland Pride 2002) has pledged not to discriminate in employment practices based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression Continued from Page 7 St. Stephen s Episcopal Welcoming All People Since 1863 T ill: DO W N TO W N 1 P A R IS H # IV Sunday Services • 7:45 and 10:00 am Sunday School & Childcare at 10:00 am Rev. Lawrence Falkowski, Ph.D. rector 1432 SW 13th Avenue • Portland, Oregon 97201 (503) 223-6424 Benefit the Community with your Mortgage RE/MAX S ig n a t u r e P r o p e r t ie s ! Great Loan Rates + a Donation: 25% of my origination fee donated to your charity Cascade AIDS Project Our House of Portland Basic Rights Oregon B lumenauer , W yden S ign N ondiscrimination S tatement he Human Rights Cam paign announced I May 1 that it has joined forces with the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition to secure signatures on statements from members of Congress asserting that they will not discrim inate in employment practices based on sexu al orientation, gender identity and gender expression. For several years HRC has asked members of Congress to sign statements prohibiting discrim ination based on sexual orientation, bur this is the first time gender identity and expression have been included in a single statement. Only two members of Oregon’s congressional delega tion have signed the trans-inclusive pledge, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and U.S. Rep. Earl Blume nauer, both Democrats. “This statement is an important step forward for HRC as we work for equality for our entire community," political director Winnie Stachel- berg said. “It is also an opportunity for members of Congress to follow the lead of some (if the top Fortune 500 corporations in America— includ ing Eastman Kodak Co., IBM, Intel Corp., Nike Inc. and Xerox Corp.— who have already imple mented policies prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression in their workplaces.” or any charity of your choosing Popular Hawthorne Area A b e d ro o m , 2 bath w e ll-c a re d lo r 191 1 hom e w ith w o o d llo o rs , 2 p o rc h e s, all-g a s k itc h e n w ith h ig h end a p p lia n c e s , a ll upd ated m e ch a n ic a l sys te m s , n e w e r o 'sized garag e. $ 2 8 6 .0 0 0 Tina Schafer, 503 481-6581 - Mark Humphrey Home Capital Funding 2915 S.E. Division St. Portland, OR 97202 & I i i c . , g r i , a b r Associate Broker M ulti-M ilium D ollar Producer 282-4000 x 122 RE/MAX Signature Properties e-mail: tinas@ remax.net F orum to G ather I deas for C ommunity C enter new grassrixits effort to establish a cen ter for Portlands sexual minorities com munity will be the subject of a public Speak Out Forum at 6:30 p.m. May 29 in the U .S. Bank Room of Multnomah County’s Central Library, 801 S.W. 10th Ave. The gathering, the first in a series that will continue through the summer, will provide an opportunity for individuals and organizations to discuss the need for such a facility and to brainstorm what it might look like, including where it could be located. The information-gathering forums are organ ized by an offshoot of Outside In called the Queer Committee. Originally focused on the A needs of sexual minority youth, the group now works in tandem with a larger community cen ter effort recently convened by Portland Mayor Vera Katz’s gay chief of staff, Sam Adams. Together, their mission is to “create a com prehensive and inclusive process to research and identify the community’s needs and strengths while exploring the feasibility of creating a com munity center in Portland to address them.” Organizers from both camps stress their com mitment to reach out to all members of the sex ual minorities community and its allies. The fomm complements an extensive survey that will he intnxJuced at Portland Pride 2003. A for mal feasibility study will follow, the results of which will be published in September. For more information call 503-535-3815 or e-mail lxrrtlaruL]ueercenter@yah(X). com. D yke M arch N eeds Y ou he Dyke March— an annual grassroots I gathering of about 1,000 lesbians, hi women, trans dykes and their allies in down town Portland— is seeking financial support for this year’s festivities. Usually organized by the temporarily scattered Lesbian Avengers, the event will gather by 6:30 p.m. and step off at 7 p.m. June 14 in the North Park Blocks between Northwest Park and Eighth avenues at West Burnside Street. The march receives no corporate or business sponsorship and is made possible only by fund raising and donations from community mem bers. Rental and insurance for each accessibility vehicle costs about $75, the permit fee for the march is $70, the insurance fee is $254, and copies for fliers and sign materials total about $30. After raising some of the needed funds dur ing a recent benefit at the Red & Black Cafe, the organizers now are lacking about $250— the cost of the insurance. The next benefit will be at the increasingly popular weekly event Skervy—Queer to the Bone!, which will hold a Dress Night from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. May 22 at the Cobalt Lounge, 32 N.W. Third Ave. Attendees should come sporting a lovely frock and bring supplies for making signs and costumes for the march. Admission is a $6 donation with $1 dresses available at the door. To volunteer err make a demotion contact Sarah Barnard at carobhomo@yahoo .com.
