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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
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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
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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. The
event was followed by tours of the building and a
street fair outside on 17th Street.
“What better way for H RC to commemo
rate National Coming Out Day than to dedi
cate our new national headquarters— an open
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