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Continued from Page 4 B ar T esting R eaches H igh -R isk M en fun, intimacy and wellness, call 503-223-8822 or visit www.qland.ori,’. F ree B ar T esting S ites I nterfaith G roup C onsiders F orming P ortland C hapter The Multnomah • Pillow Talk Party: 9 to 11:30 p.m. County Health De Donna Red Wing, for Jan. 14 at Boxxes, 1035 S.W. Stark St. partment has issued a mer director of the Les $2 donation. preliminary report bian Community Project, • Manhunt Party: 9 to 11:30 p.m. Jan. 21 about a series of 16 will return to Portland at Scandals, 1038 S.W. Stark St. Free bar testing parties this month in her new sponsored by role as field adviser to Q-LAND (Queer The Interfaith Alliance. Love Action Net Founded in 1994 by work for Discovery), an interfaith group of a nonprofit queer religious leaders, the men’s wellness and group works to promote STD prevention or interfaith cooperation ganization serving around shared religious the Portland area. values to strengthen the Of 148 men test public’s commitment to ed in the first 12 the American values of events, four tested civic participation, free positive for HIV and dom of religion, diversity one tested positive and civility in public discourse and to for syphilis. About encourage the active involvement of peo three-quarters agreed ple of faith in rhe nation’s political life. to get a bkxxl test for Members include religious leaders and syphilis during the activists—some with years of political bar testing event. experience, some just starting out. They Seven men admitted work in local communities, in state capi IV drug use and test tals, in Washington, D.C., and wherever ed for hepatitis C, else their voice is needed. which is spread pri Red Wing is coming to town to engage marily through IV a conversation about chartering a Portland drug use. chapter from 6:15 to 7:45 p.m. Jan. 19 at About 77 percent Central Library, 801 S.W. 10th Ave. The of the men who test meeting is open to any person of faith and ed had not been test goodwill who wishes to discuss the ed in more than A quick blood draw and oral alliance’s future in Portland. To RSVP seven months, and testing are available for free e-mail dredwing@interfaithalliance.org. almost half hadn’t at Q-LAND's bar parties The group has 150,000 members across been tested in more the nation representing diverse religious than a year. Q-LAND volunteers distributed and spiritual traditions: Jews, Christians, Mus 7,000 safer-sex kits and about 40,000 invitations lims, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs—70 faith tradi to bar testing parties in eight months. tions in all—as well as many agnostics and athe “Clearly we are reaching high-risk men ists. The alliance’s national office works on who are not getting tested regularly in other Capitol Hill and with the White I louse, in venues, and because we’re offering free, regu coalition with denominational bodies and other lar, convenient testing in bars, men are able activist organizations, to make sure its unique to follow the health department’s recommen message is communicated when and where it dation for sexually active gay men to get test matters most. A total of 47 chapters carry this ed every three months,” said Bart Church, message to local decision-makers, media and the Q-LAND’s program coordinator. “Because public at large. we’re inviting hundreds of men every week end to regularly get tested for HIV and STDs, N aito and R ojo S worn I n and letting them know about the recent Multnomah County Commissioners Lisa syphilis and gonorrhea epidemics among gay Naito and Maria Rojo de Steffey were sworn in ►men in the Portland area, community norms Jan. 5. about testing are beginning to change. Testing every three months is be- coming the norm. It is good news that...for the first time in five years, syphi lis will not dou 1 ble among gay men in the Port ititi - land area.” óih i For more in formation about Q-LAND’s efforts to educate queer men about these STDs, promote regular testing and provide more life-affirming ways for gay and bi men to meet Multnomah County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffey and Joe their needs for D'Alessandro, president and CEO of the Portland Oregon Visitors Association