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he Bend City Council will vote April 21 on
a proposed civil rights ordinance outlawing
discrimination against gay, lesbian and trans
people in housing, employment and public
places such as restaurants. The hearing will start
at 7 p.m. in the historic Tower Theatre,
837 N.W. Wall St.
According to Basic Rights Oregon, coun
cilors have been flooded with hundreds of
e-mails urging them to approve or kill the hill.
The Portland-based organization has been col
laborating with a group of community leaders
and activists in Eiend to build coalitions, gath
er support and draft a nondiscrimination ordi
nance inclusive of sexual orientation and gen
der identity.
“This is the biggest thing we’ve had,” Coun
cilor Chris Telfer said. “Usually we’re lucky to
get a handful of responses. This is huge.”
Councilor John Hummel, who sponsored the
ordinance, said some opponents go too far in
their vilification of homosexuality. “There is
nothing wrong with disagreeing with govern
ment. But 1 don’t see how the debate is helped by
the nasty, derogatory nature of some of the
responses.”
T he Tower Theater was at capacity
March 31 for the first round of testimony, most
of which was in favor of the proposed ordi
nance. For four hours the council listened to
personal stories about discrimination; parents’
concerns for the lives and well-being of their
queer children; business interests who want to
keep Bend a place where everyone feels wel
come to visit, live and work; and clergy per
spectives about the inherent value in every
individual.
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L uncheon H onors
F air W orkplaces
he 11th annual Oregonians Against Dis
crimination Luncheon was held April 14 at
the Hilton Hotel.
Fair Workplace Project Awards were pre
sented to Kaiser Permanente for creating a
queer-friendly environment and to Support
Diversity-Bend Together, a Central Oregon
group that was formed in the aftermath of an
anti-gay hate crime. The event raises money
for the Basic Rights Education Fund, which
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focuses on queer issues involving workplaces,
schools, youth, hate crimes and families.
L esbian G roup
F orecasts F uture
he Lesbian Community Project is invit
ing past, present and future members to a
meeting 2 p.m. April 24 at the Y W C A ,
1111 S.W . 10th Ave. T h e organization,
which was formed in 1986, presents a broad
range of educational, social, political, spiritu
al and financial activities promoting justice,
peace and good will toward all.
“We are to decide the future of the organi
zation and need community input to do so,”
board member Donna Luckett said. “LCP is
almost 20 years of age and has impacted the
community in many ways through the years.
Now is a time o f examining purpose, need
and focus.”
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For more information call 503-227-0605, e-mail
lcfy@xffrt.net or visit imyw.xfyrt.net/~lcp.
D ay of S ilence ,
N ight of N oise
n estimated record-setting 250,000 stu
dents will not speak for an entire school
day in a nationwide effort to peacefully
protest the discrimination and harassment
faced by gay, lesbian, hi and trans youth.
This year’s Day of Silence will take place
April 21. More than 50 Oregon schools will
be participating, including kids from Albany,
Arlington, T he Dalles, Roseburg, Seaside,
Springfield, Tillamook and Woodburn.
A ccording to the Gay, Lesbian and
Straight Education Network’s 2003 National
School Clim ate Survey, more than four out of
five queer students experience verbal, sexual
or physical harassment at school and nearly
30 percent report missing at least a day of
school in the past month out of fear for their
personal safety. T h e Day of Silence is one way
students and their allies are making anti-gay
bullying, harassment and name-calling un
acceptable in U .S. schools.
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Sue Caulfield of Kaiser Permanente accepts the Fair Workplace Project Award during the
Oregonians Against Discrimination Luncheon on April 14 at the Hilton Hotel; inset,
Multnomah County Commissioner Diane Linn (left) catches up with former Oregon Gov.
Barbara Roberts