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PSU P romotes
Q ueer A wareness
student group at Portland State University
is presenting Queer Awareness Week from
April 19 to 24-
Queers and Allies co-coordinator Lynette
Wolf promises a week full of panels, workshops
and movies to further awareness of and celebrate
the worldwide sexual minorities community.
Unless otherwise noted, all of the events are
free, open to the public and located in Smith
Memorial Student Union, 1825 S.W. Broadway.
• G uess the Het: How good is your “gay-
dar” ? Test your presuppositions and see if you
can pick out who is straight and who is not
(noon to 1 p.m. April 19, Rcxim 238).
• G enderY O U TH : Activist training with
Kristin Effland of Gender Public Advocacy
Coalition (1 to 3 p.m. April 19, Room 238).
• Movie: But I’m a Cheerleader (6 p.m.
April 19, Rix>m 238).
• Understanding Bisexuality: Featuring
Robyn Ochs, speaker, activist, teacher, editor of
The Bisexual Resource Guide and co-founder of
the Bisexual Resource Center and the Boston
Bisexual Woman’s Network (10:30 a.m. to ncxm
April 20, Room 238).
• P FLA G : Who Are They and What Do
They Do?: Carol Grier of Parents, Families and
Friends of Lesbians and Gays will answer all
your questions (1 to 1:30 p.m. April 20,
Room 238).
• How to Be a Good Ally: Even some
members of the queer community don’t know
this one. Robyn Ochs will teach us ALL how (2
to 4 p.m. April 20, R(x>m 238).
• Movie: Chasing Amy (6 p.m. April 20,
Rix>m 238).
• Day of Silence: Why is keeping your
mouth shut such a had thing? Oregon State Stu
dents Equal Rights Alliance knows why (all day
April 21, Room 238).
• Queers of Color: Speakers discuss what it
is like to he part of two communities that don’t
always accept each other (mx>n to 1 p.m.
April 22, R(x>ms 296-298).
• Same-Sex Marriage: What’s the Ver
dict?: Panelists will discuss the outcome of
Multnomah County’s ruling and what the
Supreme Court has to say (1 to 2 p.m. April 22,
Rtxims 296-298).
• Movie: Brother C Jutsider: The Life of Bayard
Rustin (6 p.m. April 22, Rtxmr 298).
• Queer Community Fair: Network with
businesses and organizations that serve and sup
port the queer community. Nonprofits wishing
to have a table at the event can buy space for $5;
businesses must pay $10 (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
April 23, Rixun 355).
• Sex Toy Dem onstration: It’s My Plea
sure shows what fun toys, games and other
goodies are out there for those willing to try
something new (ncxm to 1 p.m. April 23,
Rix>m 238).
• M ovie: Relax...It’s Just Sex (6 p.m.
April 23, Room 238).
• Aphrodite (Queer Prom): Ever won
dered what kind of Greck/Roman toga/dance
party the goddess of love would enjoy? Come
dressed any way you like and find out. Music
will he blasting care of DJ BriGuy. Advanced
tickets— $7 for college and high schtxd stu
dents and $9 general admission— are available
at the PSU box office and Ticketmaster. The
price will he $3 higher at the d<x>r. This is one
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Lewis Powell
and to Charles
Clark,
chief
judge of the
U .S. Court of
Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit. In
1984
Kistler
moved to Port
land, where he
spent several
years working
at Stoel Rives
and the Oregon
Department of
Justice before
For more information visit qa.pdx.edu.
T rans T herapist
S peaks at SMYRC
P
ortland therapist and trans educator
Reid Vanderburgh will lead a discussion
on the question, “How Do I Know W hat
G ender I A m (It A n y )?” from 6:30 to
8:30 p.m. April 20 at the Sexual Minority
Youth Resource Center, 2100 S.E. Belmont
St. T he presentation is free and open to the
public.
The event is sponsored by SM YRC’s Trans
Youth Group, which provides socializing, sup
port and empowerment for trans, genderqueer
and questioning youth. It meets from 6:30 to
8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at SMYRC.
For more information e-mail Christa-Margaret
Nelson at transyouthgroup@ smyrc.org or visit
mvw.smyrc.org/ transyouthgroup.
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G ay J ustice
U nder A ttack
A
n anti-gay attorney is running against
Oregon Supreme Court Justice Rives
Kistler, the first and only openly gay judge to
sit on any state supreme court, who is running
for election in May to retain his seat.
After earning his law degree from George
town University in 1981, Kistler served as a
judicial law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Rives Kistler is the first and
only openly gay judge to sit
on any state supreme court
^eing appoint-
ec| to r^c ^ ourt
° * Appeals in
1999 by Gov.
John Kitzhaber. Gov. Ted Kulongoski appointed
him to the Supreme Court in 2003.
Shortly before the filing deadline, Lake
Oswego attorney James Leuenherger announced
his candidacy in opposition to Kistler. Leuen
herger has represented Oregon Citizens Alliance
chairman
Lon
Mahon
and
other
conservatives.
Kistler also will he the target of a dem on
stration staged by the Rev. Fred Phelps from
7:45 to 8:15 a.m. April 19 outside the Oregon
Supreme Court building located at 1163
State St. in Salem . The anti-gay preacher
picketed at the funeral of Matthew Shepard
in 1998.
For more information visit mvw.judgekistler.com.
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