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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 2004)
Continued from Page 7 The event is free and open to all interested people 23 and younger. However, adult trans youth advocates and allies may attend with prior approval and registration. The event is sponsored by SM Y R C ’s Trans Youth Group, a social, support and empower- ment group for trans, genderqueer and question ing youth. It meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tues days at SMYRC. For more information e-mail Christa-Margaret Nelson at transyouthgroup@smyrc.org or visit unvw.smyrc.org/transyouthgroup. Jacobowitz and Mary Beth Kurilo. Salem meetings, held every other Tuesday evening, are facilitated by Victoria Heilman and Kay Peterson. Hambleton has been working for six years to provide services to lesbians with cancer and other life-threatening conditions. In addition to the support groups, it helps with home and hos pital visits, transportation, cooking, cleaning and yardwork. Hambleton also places a major emphasis on educating health care providers about how to provide culturally sensitive care to the les bian community. “ Removing the Barriers” workshops directed at providers begin in April. Teri B unker, F N P H oard C ertified Fam ily N u rse P ractitio n er Chronic and Acute Health Care Needs Family Practice/Primary Health Care for Women. Men and Children of All Ages Most Insurance Accepted 503 / 460-0405 2821 NE 58th Avenue • Portland, OR 97213 C ross street at Sandy Blvd. For more information or to volunteer, call 503-335-6591, e-mail hambproj@easystreet.com or visit www.hambletonproject.org. HILLSDALE VETERINARY GROUP L.A. O fficials O rdered to R egulate B athhouses Nicki Eybel and her furry friend invite you to check out the queer-friendly Rainbow Preschool during an open house Feb. 21 R ainbow P reschool H olds O pen H ouse he queer-friendly Rainbow Preschtxd is having an open house for children and families from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at 1244 N.E. 39th Ave. It is located in but not affiliated with Bethlehem Lutheran Church, which is a wel coming congregation. The schcxd for 3- to 5-year olds opened in October and has two teachers with masters degrees in early childhood education. Lesbian co-founder Nicki Eybel believes young chil dren are active learners, and her goal is to cre ate an open-ended environment that allows them to create community and make sense of the world. T For more information call 503-284-1739. G roups S upport G rieving W omen HI he Hambleton Project, which serves lesbians I with cancer and other life-threatening diseases, is sponsoring three free support gnxips led by professional therapists. A bereavement group for lesbians and bisex ual women who have lost a loved one will start in April. This educational/support group will meet in the Hollywood District on Thursday evenings for eight consecutive weeks. It will be facilitated by Beth Ruml, who has worked in hospice for more than 12 years and has exten sive experience in grief work. The group will help provide insight and hope for the future and allow participants to leam about the process of grief and feel the support of others on a similar journey. Two groups sponsored by Hambleton offer support to lesbians and bisexual women who are living with cancer. Both also welcome partners and other caregivers. Many lesbians believe they benefit from talking with other lesbians about their experience with cancer. Southeast Portland meetings, held every other Sunday, are led by professional therapists Kim hortly after a similar idea was floated in M ultnom ah County, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unani mously Feb. 3 to require public health offi cials to strengthen S T D prevention efforts am ong men who have sex with men at bath- i houses and sex clubs, T he Associated Press reports. T he motion, sponsored by Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, gives workers 90 days to rec om m end improvements for programs and guidelines for how the county and cities can coordinate licensing and permitting for the clubs. The motion cited a 2002 study that found 11 percent of men at two Los Angeles-area bathhouses tested HIV-positive, compared with 5 percent of men who had been tested at a pub lic clinic or community-based testing center. T be high rate of HIV among queers in bath houses “suggests that our HIV/A1DS and ST D prevention and treatment efforts must be strengthened to address the environment in which high-risk sexual behavior occurs," the motion stated. “Serious infectious diseases continue to be transmitted at these venues while we sit here today, while we wait for this report to be com piled,” said Karen Mall, A ID S Healthcare Foundation prevention and testing director. “I urge this body to act quickly to develop a sound public health ordinance in order to ensure clients have consistent, accessible pre vention and HIV and S T D screening services in these venues.” Just Out reported in January that Cascade A ID S Project wanted the Multnomah County Health Department to consider regulating commercial sex establishments in response to a spike in syphilis, gonorrhea and HIV among queer men. “ I don’t know if gay men are going to be able to change these norms without some pres sure from the health department,” said Philip Knowlton, C A P men’s prevention and well ness coordinator. “I’m not saying close down the clubs or send in the sex police, but I am saying we all have to get serious about stopping barebacking in public spaces and promoting safer sex.” T he suggestion resulted in a flurry of angry letters to the editor, and C A P eventually set tled on encouraging sex clubs to adopt volun tary standards for restricting barebacking. 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