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i JMíCñJá. rTTTTTÏÏTTTTlnewsbne/s Coniiniicd from Page 11 basis, often completely alone. The gath ering is aimed at parents, kinship providers, educators, caseworkers, men tal health practitioners and anyone who wants to make a difference in a young cluld’s life. One workshop will focus on legal issues tor gay, lesbian, bi and trans par ents, including adoption, assisted reproduction and surrogacy. Other queer-specific sessions will foctis on talking to kids about sex and sexuality, adoption and identity for teens, com ing out as a gay parent and defining parenting roles. The conference will be held at the Howard Johnson Hotel, 3105 Pine St. The fee is $165 a person, $280 for par enting partners and $150 for Attach Portland City Council candidate Sam Adams meets ment Disorder Institute members. Debbie Caselton, Sensory Perceptions development director, after speaking at a Portland Area Business For more information call 800-556-7829. A ssociation luncheon March 10 D e b a t e P it s A d a m s v s . F ish O penly gay City Council candidate Sam Adams will debate opponent Nick Fish during City Club of Portland’s weekly Friday Fonim from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. March 26 at Multnomah Athletic Club, 1849 S.W. Salmon St. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Pundits have bemoaned how the two leading contenders tor City Council seem to wear the same pair of rose-colored glasses when lixiking at Portlands future. From concern for business, the economy and jobs to education and child care, from affordable housing and safer commu nities to more effective government, Fish and Adams often take similar positions. Political sci entist and Reed College professor Peter.Stein- berger will moderate a debate to determine what sets these two apart and how they will distin guish themselves for voters. Luncheon tickets are $16 for members, $18 for nonmembers. General seating is free for members, $5 for nonmembers. To make luncheon reservations call 503'228~7231 or visit www.pdxcitycluh.org by 2 p.m. March 24. Congratulations to All the Newlyweds From the Doctors and Staff at Eyes on Broadway The results lend credence to previous studies in humans that described anatomical differences between the brains of heterosexual men and asic Rights Oregon will hold its 11th annu homosexual men, as well as sexually unique ver sions of the same cluster of brain cells in males al Oregonians Against Discrimination and females. “Same-sex attraction is widespread Luncheon 11:30 a.m. April 14 at the Hilton Hotel, 921 S.W. Sixth St. The event raises across many different species,” Roselli said. money for the Basic Rights Education Fund, Kay Larkin, who performed laboratory which focuses on queer issues involving work analysis for the study, said scientists now have a places, schools, youth, hate crimes and families. marker that points to whether a ram may prefer other rams over ewes. “There’s a difference in The keynote speaker will be Matt Hennessee, the brain that is correlated with sexual partner Portland Development Gimmission chairman and preference rather than gender of the animal Quiktrak president and CEO. Tickets cost $50. you’re looking at.” For reservations call 503-222-6/51. About 8 percent of domestic rams display pref erences tor other males as sexual partners. Scientists don’t believe it’s related to dominance or flock hier archy; rather, their typical motor pattern for inter S t u d y : B io l o g y C a u se s course is merely directed at rams instead of ewes. H o m o s e x u a l i t y in S h e e p “They’re one of the few species that have been systematically studied, so we re able to do esearchers have confirmed that a male very careful and controlled experiments on sheep s preference for same-sex partners has sheep,” Roselli said. “We used rams that had biological underpinnings, the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine an consistently shown exclusive sexual preference nounced March 5. A study published in the Feb for other rams when they were given a choice ruary issue of the journal Endocrinology demon between rams and ewes.” The study is the first to demonstrate an asso- strates that not only are certain groups of cells dif ferent between genders in a part of the sheep brain ¡ ciation between natural variations in sexual controlling sexual behavior, but brain anatomy partner preferences and brain structure in non and hormone production may determine whether human animals. Scientists will work to further adult rams prefer other rams over ewes. characterize the rams’ behavior and study when during development these differences arise. “This particular study, along with others, strongly suggests that sexual preference is bio They would also like to know whether sexual preferences can be altered by manipulating the logically determined in animals, and possibly in prenatal hormone environment, for instance by humans," said the study’s lead author, Charles E. using dmgs to prevent the actions of androgen Roselli. “The hope is that the study of these in the fetal sheep brain. 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