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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 2003)
nTTìTTTW^lnetusbrie/s Sum m er is simply the best time to put your home on the market. Call the best realtors for the job. Celia & Terri for Power Team! Buyer—let's get out there & find you a home...Call us now! m Steve Wagenhoffer waits to testify before a Portland Public Schools committee Oct. 8; inset, supporters brought along signs to express their feelings S chool D istrict O fficials H ear A bout S cout B ias Portland Public Sch(x>ls board committee l \ reviewed the district’s position related to nonschool group activities in its buildings Oct. 8. The discussion was placed on the agenda in response to a formal complaint filed hy Steve Wagenhoffer, a gay man who believes the Boy Scouts of America’s presence at Jim Bridger Ele mentary Schixil is creating a hostile learning environment for his two sons. List month they were sent home with a brochure recruiting kids to join the anti-gay group— as long as they’re “morally straight.” The district later apologized for handing the literature to the students hut continues to allow the Scouts to distribute materials at the school. President Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act pro hibits federally funded elementary and sec ondary schools from denying Scout organiza tions equal access to campuses. The Community and Staff Relations Com mittee heard testimony in support of Wagenhof fer from Andrea Meyer of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon; Rtx?y Thorpe of Basic Rights Oregon; Larry Smith of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network’s Ore gon chapter; Joyce Liljeholm of the Oregon Safe Schixds and Communities Coalition; Ronnie Tinker of Love Makes a Family; and Ginny Laferriere of Portland Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. Only two people sided with the Boy Scouts. Live Makes a Family will hold the next meeting of its Sexual Minority Parent Advisory Group from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Nov. 3 in the L-2 Conference Rtx>m at the district’s headquarters, 501 N. Dixon St. Attendees will learn how Boy Scout activities at Portland Public Schixds affect their families and will watch the docu mentary Scout’s Honor. For more information call 503-228-3892. L ake O swego C onsiders B an on D iscrimination he Lake Oswego City Council will hold a public hearing on a proposed nondiscrimi nation ordinance that includes sexual orienta tion and gender identity 6 p.m. Oct. 21 at 380 A Ave. If passed, the statute would cover employ ment, public accomrruxlation and hixjsing. “Most l<x:al governments don’t have their own nondiscrimination policies, following state T r \ C ELIA LYON TER R I POPEJOY (SCO) 260-6231 (503) 3 30-0400 Bella Casa Realty Inc. 1523 S E Ankeny, Portland, O R 9 7 2 1 4 * 5 0 3 -2 3 1 -S E L L ( 7 3 5 5 ) à You...A Good Singer . who likes all styles of music and fun performances! Us...a good choir that loves all different styles of music and loves performing! We need each other!! Bridges Vocal Ensemble is looking for singers of all parts. and federal laws instead,” said Jessica DuBois, Basic Rights Oregon field director. “But those laws are not inclusive and protective enough. An increasing number of kx:al governments are creating their own nondiscrimination ordi nances and adding sexual orientation and gen der identity.” DuBois is encouraging Lake Oswego resi dents to tell the council why it’s not OK to he fired or he denied an apartment just because a person is gay or trans. Even if attendees don’t live in the city limits or care to testify, she adds, their presence will he a powerful statement. For auditions or more info, please contact Brid ges Vocal E n sem ble Portland's semi-professional gay at lesbian singing group singing hoi jazz and other styles of music. 5 0 3 -2 3 3 -9 5 5 4 b rid g esvo calen sem b le«iyah o o .co m hUp://community.oregonlive.com/cc/bridges For more information call 503-222-6/5/. I T he H ouse T hat B ean B uilt he Human Rights Campaign dedicated its national headquarters Oct. 11 in down town Washington, D.C. The project resulted from the work of HRC co-founder Terry Bean, a gay Portland businessman who served as co- chairman of the successful “Building Equality" capital campaign, with constmction coming in on schedule and under budget. “H RC’s new headquarters is a symbol of the progress that we are making in this country," executive director Elizabeth Birch said. “As we dedicate our new home, we say to America that we are strong and passionate and will not rest until we have achieved full G LB T equality.” The new headquarters, located at 1640 1 Rhixle Island Ave. N.W., is now home to all of the programs of HRC and the HRC Foundation, the organization’s educational arm. The building was the former home of B’nai B’rith— a promi nent organization in the Jewish community. “It is so very fitting that this building has passed from one civil rights organization to another," Birch said. “HRC is extremely proud of our new buildings heritage, and we are com mitted to living up to the passionate and fair- minded legacy that is passed to us through this new headquarters.” The dedication, which tixik place on Nation al Coming Out Day, was attended by Tipper Gore and D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams. 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