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El Encuentro,” said Jeffrey Hedgepeth, Pride
Foundation grants manager. “And as a Seattle-
based organization, we are proud that our city is
hosting the event this year.”
Scholarship details and other information are
available by calling 888-633-8320 or visiting
UAVw.llego.org.
W orkshop W ill E xplore
I nternalized H omophobia
ortland Process Posse will present an all-ages
1 interactive workshop on “Unlearning Inter
nalized Homophobia” from 2 to 6 p.m. June 13
at the Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center,
2100 S.E. Belmont St.
The intention is to create a safe space for
queers to begin a dialogue exploring how the
messages they’ve internalized affect their lives,
relationships and work. From this understanding
they will learn and share strategies for eliminat
ing internalized homophobia and heterosexism.
“From a very early age we learn overt and
subtle homophobic and heterosexist messages
through incredibly varied modes and mediums,”
organizer Silke Akerson told Just Out. “These
accumulated messages often become unidentifi
able as they are incorporated into our very con
cept of self. This workshop will make explicit
these often unconscious and unexamined mes
sages through presentation, large group dialogue
and sharing of personal experiences in small
groups.”
For more information call Sarah at 503-288-4274-
R eception H onors
S outhern O regonians
T
he Jackson County Human Rights Coali
tion will celebrate community efforts to
establish understanding, acceptance and fairness
during a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. June 10 at
Furniture Depot, 498 Oak St. in Ashland. The
suggested donation is $20 a person.
The coalition will recognize citizens of the
Rogue Valley who demonstrated exceptional
courage in promoting human rights last year.
Among the honorees are Les Krambeal and Gor
don Owsley, a couple who raised awareness about
the challenge of being gay and growing old in an
article published by the Medford Mail Tribune.
To RSVP call Ginnie Deason at 5 4 1 -773-351 1.
V eterans M arch
on C ongress to C all
for E nd to G ay B an
' ive veterans and activists from Washington
state joined dozens of others who stormed
Capitol Hill on May 25, calling on their elected
representatives to repeal the military’s ban on
gay, lesbian and hi servicemembers.
The delegation included Michael Kilmer
and Judi Carey, president and vice president of
the Puget Sound chapter of American Veterans
for Equal Rights, as well as retired Coast Guard
Chief Petty Officer Nick Jackman of Shoreline
and Rear Adm. Alan M. Steinman of Dupont,
one of three high-ranking officers who came out
in The New York Times last December.
It was the largest organized lobby effort
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Michael Kilmer and Judi Carey of Seattle joined queer veterans May 25 in marching on
Congress to call for an end to the military’s gay ban
around “don’t ask, don’t tell” since its inception
in 1993. In all, more than 60 people from 22
state delegations met with more than 90 Repub
lican and Democratic congressional offices.
U .S . Rep. Eleanor H olm es N orton,
D-D.C., a staunch supporter of gay rights,
welcomed the queer veterans at a morning
reception May 24. She said they “have made
a special sacrifice that other veterans are not
asked to make. When you are willing to die
for this country, the last thing I want to know
is...your sexual orientation.”
According to a December Gallup poll, 79
percent of U.S. citizens support gays serving
openly. The Urban Institute has reported that
1 million gay, lesbian and bi veterans live in the
United States.
“There is overwhelming support to repeal
‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ ” said C. Dixon Osbum,
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network execu
tive director. “The end...is closer at hand than
at any other time in history.”
U.S. Rep. Marty Meehan, D-Mass., a mem
ber of the House Armed Services Committee,
called the lobby day part of a growing move
ment to topple the ban. “The momentum...is
growing, and the days of anti-gay discrimination
in our armed forces are limited,” he said. in
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