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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.
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