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Organizers in Seattle who would have host
ed LLEGÓ ’s Encuentro conference this month
plan to host “Sigamos Adelante: The LG B T
Latina/o National Forum” from Oct. 8 to 10.
The event will provide workshops and train
ing on issues relevant to the Latino queer com
munity ltKally and nationally. The goal is to
analyze what the loss of LLEG Ó means to the
Latino queer community and to discuss organiz
ing strategies.
A similar event was held Sept. 28 in New
York, and another will he held Oct. 5 in
Miami.
LLEGÓ closed in September after 17 years of
service. It followed May’s resignation of execu
tive director Martin Omelas-Quintero, who was
with the organization for eight years.
N ational C oming O ut
D ay E vents
he Multicultural Center at Linn-Benton
Community College in Albany is holding
several activities in celebration of National
Coming Out Day, which is Oct. 11. All events
are free and will be held at the center.
• A workshop, “ 10 Ways to Fight Hate on
Campus,” will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 5.
Tafeni English will lead the workshop, which is
sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center
and Community Alliance for Diversity. RSVP
to the center, 541-917-4461, or pick up a free
resource book if you cannot attend.
• A roundtable discussion lunch will be held
from noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 11 about the impact of
disabilities in the queer community, led by
Adero Allison, director of disability services at
the college.
• A National Coming Out Day Rally, co
sponsored by the college’s Gay Straight
Alliance, will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 11.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information contact Jason Miller at
541-917-4461 or jason.miller@linnbenton.edu.
Central Oregon Community College is also
holding several events this month in Bend.
• David Tseng, executive director of Parents,
Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, will
speak at “Freedom, Equality, Safety: A Gaming
Out Rally.” The gathering will begin 5 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Rademacher Square, followed by the
rally at 5:30.
• Scholar Will Roscoe will present a slide
lecture, “Changing Ones: Third and Fourth
Genders in Native North America,” from 7 to
9 p.m. Oct. 15 at Hitchcock Auditorium. He
will cover his research on the Native American
berdache or two-spirit tradition.
• A discussion, “The Many Faces (if Gender:
Biological and Socio-Cultural Perspectives,”
will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 25 at the
Brcxiks Resources Room at the Bend Public
Library. The talk will be presented by faculty
Amy Harper and Rebecca Walker-Sands.
Oregon State University’s Pride Center
will hold the grand opening of its new loca
tion Oct. 11 at 1553 S.W. A Ave. in C orval
lis. Refreshments and entertainment will be
provided.
For more information call 541-737-9161 or
visit oregonstate.cdu.qrc.
The Multnomah G iunty Employee Network
Group PRISM (Pride, Respect, Integrity for
Sexual Minorities) is also holding a National
Coming Out Day celebration from noon to
1 p.m. Oct. 11 in the second-floor auditorium at
the Portland Building, 1120 S.W. Fifth Ave.
Speakers will include entertainer Poison
Waters, aka Kevin Gx>k; Roey Thorpe of Basic
Rights Oregon; Linda Traeger of Equity Founda
tion; Jay Harter of the Human Rights C am
paign; Ric King of Elder Resource Alliance;
Multnomah G w n ty Gimmissioner Maria Rojo 1
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de Steffey; and Portland City Commissioners
Dan Saltzman and Randy Leonard.
Far mare information contact
dbcsncodteam@co. multrurmah .or. us
D avid M artinez T akes
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avid Martinez, community liaison for
Multnomah County Commissioner Maria
Rojo de Steffey, has taken a new position at Lin-
field College’s Portland campus, in the Linfield-
GixxJ Samaritan School of Nursing.
Martinez, 36, said his new position will fcx:us
on recruitment and retention of students in
underrepresented communities, and specifically
the Latino community. The school recently
received a grant to look at the shortage of bi
lingual, bicultural nurses, he said.
“Working with education, and working with
the community— that’s where my heart is,” he
said.
Martinez, who identifies as gay, was the first
in his family to finish high school and then col
lege. He said he’d particularly like to look at
issues of access to higher education.
“I’m looking at access to education, and the
barriers that exist when you are from an under
represented community,” he said. “I know first
hand what that means.”
Martinez’s background is in higher educa
tion. He worked at Portland State University,
Western Oregon University and Willamette
University prior to joining Rojo’s staff in July
2001 .
“She is such a role mtxlel for me,” he said of
Rojo. “She really was supportive and looking
out for me, and what I wanted to do.”
Martinez keeps busy outside o f work as
well. H e’s on the board o f directors at Cascade
A ID S Project, Hispanics in Unity for Oregon
and the Portland G uadalajara Sister City
Association.
He is also the co-chairman of the LG B TQ
Community Center Fund, on the advisory board
of the Chicano Latino Studies Program at PSU,
a planning committee member of the annual
Cesar E. Chavez Leadership Ginference and a
player and manager of the Rose City Softball
Association’s Bella Boys team. J H
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