SO MANY SHOES...
i Varceiie
1995
A study conducted
in 18 cities including
Portland indicates
women with HIV are
dying faster than men with HIV. T he study doesn’t
know why this is happening hut speculates that
women may he waiting longer before seeking treat
ment. A nother study shows that 30 percent of
1,600 gay and hi men in Portland are engaging in
“extremely high-risk sex on a regular basis—
despite the millions of dollars that have been
poured into safe-sex education campaigns."
T h e good news is that H IV /A ID S organi
zations in th e Portland area receive $1.5 m il
lion from 1995 Ryan W hite C om prehensive
A ID S Resources Em ergency Title I grants.
T he had news is th a t Portland qualified for
the m oney after reporting 2,000 or more
cum ulative cases of A IDS.
& Company
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Ju st O ut
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“W e’ve got more OCA-hacked legislators in office. Tire Republicans control the entire Legisla
ture. There are lots of reasons to he wary,” state Rep. Gail Shihley tells Just Out. Ironically, it’s
Democratic state Rep. Kevin M annix who sponsors House Rill 2317, stating that Oregon should
“favor" heterosexual marriages. Tire possibility that Hawaii may allow same-sex marriages causes
other states to take “preventative measures." Tire hill dies early in the legislative process.
“Our goal is to out-educate, out-organize and out-vote the O C A ,” comments Basic flights O re
gon executive director Julie Davis. W hile the O C A is considering another anti-gay ballot measure
for 1996, BRO is thinking about sponsoring a proactive initiative for gay rights. But after a feasi
bility poll returns unfavorable results (those voting against anti-gay measures may not necessarily
vote for pro-gay measures), BRO declines to proceed.
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owned businesses. Men and
women work together
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sures and AIDS, hut a rift
A fter the m urder of M edford lesbians Michelle Abdill and
seems to develop when
Roxanne Ellis, many friends and family share their memories
there’s not a crisis at hand.
with Just O ut: “ T hey were so dynam ic. If som ething had to he “Are women ux) sensitive
done, they would do it,’’ com m ents C herie G arland, president
and radical .r ’ asks Just Out.
of the Rogue Valley chapter of Parents, Families and Friends
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Just O ut editor A riel W aterw om an dies o f c o lo n cancer. “I am so very sorry per
sonally and as a m em ber o f our c o m m u n ity to lose A riel th e w om an, and to lose
A r iel’s in cisiv e m in d, b u oyin g hum or, d eterm in ed h o n esty and sen sitiv ity to w hat
really m atters in th e w orld,’’ w rites Lee Lynch.
Bob R alphs dies of cardiac arrest at age 45. R alphs is best k n ow n for his B igot
Busters, w h ich p reven ted p eop le from sig n in g O C A petitions.
Dr. John F. A b e le , w h o started P h o en ix R ising w ith $ 3 0 ,0 0 0 from his o w n prac
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Portland attorn ey Bill S h ep h erd dies at age 81. H e and his w ife, A n n , becam e
strong supporters o f gay rights after th eir daughters cam e out to th em in th e mid-
1970s. S h ep h erd played a key role in stop p in g th e en trap m en t o f gay m en by Port
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us over th e years, [and] A n n ’s k itch en table has b een th e h ea lin g place for cou n tless
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