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hub of effective services for queer youth, it was
recently chosen by Multnomah County to pro
vide direct services and technical assistance
through the School Age Policy Framework.
Additionally, results of a recent survey con
ducted by the Portland LGBTQ Commu
nity Center Fund, which was responded
to by 1,500 queers, indicate SMYRC
is perceived as the most effective
queer organization in Oregon.
A few months ago, Just Out announced a
grant opportunity through the
Oregon Department of
Human Services to
provide
smoking
education and ces
sation services to
our community.
The
project
M rs . O regon G ets S nub
objectives were
from P ortland M ayor
to increase the
Portland Mayor Tom Potter is
capacity of Ore
walking his talk by choosing not to
gon’s lesbian, gay,
bisexual and trans
endorse an event that he considers
gender communities
exclusive and discriminatory.
to develop and imple
He declined to write a letter supporting the
ment effective strategies
Mrs. Oregon America pageant because the
that are designed to reduce the use
rules specify that contestants must be bom
by queers of tobacco and exposure to second females and married to males. These specifica
hand smoke and to develop such programs so tions are new to the pageant, written after mar
that they are appropriate for the social and cul riage licenses were granted to same-sex couples
tural perspectives, views and experiences of in Multnomah County.
queer populations.
Pageant director Libby Crawford said open
These goals were set out to be accomplished
ing the event to lesbians and trans people would
through the development, establishment and convert the stage into a political arena. In a
facilitation of a queer-specific tobacco preven statement, Potter said the pageant rule “fails to
tion and education network; the implementa recognize the other loving relationships in our
tion of a regional tobacco prevention project; community.”
the provision of technical assistance to commu
Potter has a history of supporting queers,
nity-based programs and other Tobacco Preven
dating back to 1990, when he was Port
tion and Education Program partners; and
land’s first police chief to march
participation in a Multicultural
in uniform at Portland
Tobacco Prevention Council.
Pride. He was pres
The Sexual Minority Youth
ent for his daughter
Resource Center has been award
Katie’s marriage to her
ed the grant and will house and
lesbian partner in Mult
coordinate the Oregon. LGBT
nomah County last year,
Tobacco Prevention and Education
describing it as a “proud
papa” moment.
Network. SMYRC was founded in
The Mrs. Oregon
1998 because community members
came together to address the unmet
America pageant is June 25 at Clackamas High
need for a safe place for queer kids. SMYRC School.
originated under the auspices of Phoenix Rising
Foundation and today is a freestanding program D ay of S ilence /N ight
of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare.
of N oise S et for A pril 13
Preliminary data from the Oregon Depart
The Day of Silence, a project of the Gay,
ment of Human Services regarding tobacco use Lesbian and Straight Education Network in col
demonstrate that smoking rates among queer laboration with the United States Student
adults are disproportionately higher. The state Association, is a student-led day of action where
has no data specific to tobacco use among youth those who support making anti-gay bias un
because the primary risk behavior data collec acceptable in schools take a daylong vow of
tion tool, the Oregon Healthy Teens Survey, silence to recognize and protest the discrimina
excludes questions about sexual orientation, tion and harassment—in effect, the silencing—
making it impossible to correlate the data to the experienced by queer students and their allies.
queer population subset.
The Day of Silence was founded in 1996 by stu-
According to SMYRC staff, as well as - dents at University of Virginia and in years
reports of adult queer smokers and youth service since has become a landmark national event.
providers, queer youth smoke at a dispropor
In Portland, the Day of Silence will be held
tionately high rate. Employees estimate that 30 April 13 followed by a Night of Noise, a tradi-
percent of SMYRC youth use tobacco and that
40 percent smoke socially.
. The purpose of the initiative is to raise
awareness of the disproportionate impact of
tobacco on the sexual minorities community
and to develop a response. The first six months
will focus on outreach to community leaders in
the tri-county area and along the Interstate 5
corridor. SMYRC will leverage its advisory
board to take a leadership role in getting the
network started and intends to conduct prelim
inary outreach and education at Portland Pride
2005. The networks role will be to conduct
projects that institute best practices and moni
tor outcomes—affecting policy around tobacco,
countering pro-tobacco media and promoting
quitting.
SMYRC provides a safe, harassment- and
drug-free space for more than 1,000 queer youth
to gather and participate in constmctive activi
ties like art, music, community organizing, edu
cation, peer support, mental health groups, case
management, counseling and job readiness
preparation. Because of SMYRC’s success as the