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U nitarian Universalists, including their support
of sexual minorities, a better fit for their spiri­
tuality. First U nitarian C hurch sponsors a con­
tingent for all U nitarian fellowships.
“O ne of the most moving things,” Kathryn
says, “is walking in the Gay Pride parade. I
always say 1 won’t cry.”
She will complete her PFLAG board term
this year but expects to remain active. She is
also a member of the Gay and Lesbian Caucus
of the Oregon Education Association. She sees
a safe atmosphere for “our kids” as one of the
biggest issues.
“It has been an interesting journey,” she
says, and there’s no question she’s permanently
sharing our road.
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describes his interests as “music, bikes,
pen pals, friends, movies, forts and/or
clubhouses, squirt guns, mischief, mild ine­
briates in m oderation— like coffee and beer"
and volunteering at the Sexual M inority
Youth Recreation C enter.
Five is most comfortable being identified as
queer because “the term allows for gender fluid­
ity and changes in sexuality.” W ith two years of
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his slight, white-haired retired teacher
acquired her last name by marrying her
husband, Allen, but a warrior she is.
The mother of four grown children— a son and
three daughters— she describes herself as “a grade
schtxil teacher with a passion for math.” She still
substitutes in the Hillsboro school district.
The Warriors moved from Iowa to Salt Lake
City in 1962. Additional moves brought them
further west, and they settled in Toledo, where
the children attended and graduated from Tole­
do High School while Kathryn taught in New­
port. Her son came out during his sophomore
year in college. His mother was later distressed
to leam he had not felt safe coming out in high
sch<x)l because there was no support.
O n a visit to Portland, Allen learned about
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and
Gays and visited whenever possible. T he W ar­
riors later moved to Hillsboro, where Kathryn
taught until retirement. Both became active in
PFLAG, and Cach served the organization as
president. The Oregon Citizens A lliances first
Ballot Measure 9 emerged during Kathryn’s
term of office.
Deeply religious, she had grown up
Methixhst but reached disagreement with the
denom inations theology. T he couple found the
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college and a career background in social work
and photography/processing, this Northeast
Portlander answers the standard “W hat do you
do.7” with the attitude of many in the current
job market: “Why? Are you hiring?”
Raised in Alaska and California, Five came
out at 19 and stopped paying attention to
mainstream gay culture because he felt it had
nothing to offer him. “It’s boring and redun­
dant and encourages mediocrity,” he says. "I
like the creative people in Portland, queer and
not, who do things for everyone and work to
create an all-inclusive community.”
Five is helping organize the 3-year-old Port­
land Zinc Symposium with a theme of “It
Takes All Kinds"— reflecting the idea that
“queer zines need spotlighting in the zine cul­
ture,” too. His current projects include a series
of personal zines called Letters from a Bicycle,
co-editing the soon-to-be-released Fagazine and
submitting to a job zine called Throw Away
People, written by social workers and providing
humor and political commentary on the social
work system and its failures.
W hy is Five doing it? He says simply,
“Because it needs to be done."
— MF
bby Haywood, 31, is a lesbian from
Raleigh, N .C., with an older sister, a
younger brother, a bachelors degree
in music from Meredith College and 35 piano
students between the ages of 6 and 15.
“N o one has any problems with my sexuali­
ty. I am open,” Haywood shares. “All of the
families 1 teach are aware of my sexuality, and
I take my partner with me to all of the
recitals...I had a student ask me last week
what my partner’s name was and if she was
nice. T he question isn’t ‘How can a lesbian
teach piano lessons?’ but ‘How can a black
woman teach piano lessons?’ ”
Haywood and her partner, Jamie Bolyard of
the Lesbian Com m unity Project, share a home
in Southeast Portland with their two cats,
Wasabi and Raleigh. “I love Jamie. She is the
first frieod and lover 1 have ever had. She is
smart, classy, talkative, sweet, sensitive and
very nice to look at, too.”
Haywood studies music therapy at Maryl-
hurst University and is planning a career as a
child and family psychologist.
“I have been playing the piano since 1 was 5
years old...classical music is my passion. 1 like
C hopin for his heart, Beethoven for his har­
monies and Lionel Richie for his soul. W hen 1
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