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__ ________ ____ _______ _______ ......... ._____ may 6.2005 • jUStOUt13 nrrnTTTimne ws briefs Continued from Page 11 for POVA, will talk about some of the ad cam paigns and marketing efforts that POVA has implemented in the past two years. Wakefield, director of communications and public rela tions, will give an overview of POVA’s outreach to gay and lesbian media outlets. To make a reservation, visit www.paba.com by rxx>n May 9. The second event, “Everything You Wanted to Know About Marketing to the Gay and Les bian Market,” will he held 2 p.m. May 9 at Hotel Vintage Plaza, 422 S.W. Broadway. Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams; Joe D’Alessan dro, POVA president and CEO; and David Pais ley, community marketing project manager, will be in attendance. Paisley will discuss the history of gay and les bian tourism marketing during the past decade, show samples of successful projects from other destinations and discuss Portland’s opportunities for the gay and lesbian market. G overnor U rges P assages of S enate B ill 1000 Gov. Ted Kulongoski used strong words dur ing his Oregonians Against Discrimination In a change from past years, Dykes on Bikes must preregister with Pride Northwest. Luncheon remarks April 27. The event was presented by Basic Rights Oregon and honored Portland busi nessmen Michael Powell and Sho Dozono for their contributions to workplace fairness at Powell’s Btxiks and Azumano Travel, respectively. In an impassioned keynote speech, Kulongoski said: “So the fight for justice and equality is never easy. It takes patience to educate the public and a lot of courage to stand up for what’s right.... And when the walls of resistance start to crumble, as inevitably they do, our entire nation wins.... “Privacy, liberty, dignity and equality, not bigotry, are what this country is really all about. And they’re what Oregon must be about. The reason is simple: To paraphrase LTr. Martin Luther King, a threat to Ted Kulongoski is one of a handful of governors who takes a strong stand for civil rights. anyone’s basic rights is a threat to everyone’s basic rights. That is v ay the reach of your activism—and your pursuit of “What matters now is moving [Senate Bill equal treatment under law—is critical not only 1000) and lining up the votes we need to put for rhe gay community, but for all Oregonians. Oregon where it has always belonged, on the “So although they may not know it, even side of equality, human dignity and social jus your opponents benefit from your tireless insis tice. On this issue there is no middle ground tence that what George Orwell wrote in Animal between right and wrong. That means, until we Farm has no place here. We must never, and 1 do what’s right, a moral wrong that could have mean never, accept the proposition that all Ore been—and should have been—corrected decades ago will remain a stain on the character gonians are equal but some Oregonians are more equal than others! Until that proposition is laid of the state all of us love.” to rest once and for all, I pledge to you, I will not A full transcript of Kulongoski’s speech is rest. That means, together, we are going to con available online at www.basicrights.org. JR tinue this fight day after day, year after year, leg islative session after legislative session—for as Compiled by News Editor SARAH D o UGHER, who can be reached at sarah@justout.com. long it takes until we achieve victory.... 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