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of business and civic leaders in the state, May 18 I West’s city computer was used improperly.
at the Oregon Convention Center. Top Ten
In remarks to the City Council announcing
Growth Award winners also are profiled in the
his leave, West stated, “1 hope that you and the
May edition of Oregon Business magazine.
people will reserve judgment on me until the
Awards are given in three categories: small,
newspaper is done persecuting me and allow me
medium and large businesses. Winners are deter
to have the fair opportunity to respond to each
mined by the number of full-time-equivalent
of the allegations in due time.”
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employees added in 2004, the percent increase
of gross revenue/sales during the previous year
and the length of time in business. (Firms have
to be in business two years before they are eligi
ble.) The alliance received more entries this
year than ever before.
L esbian C ommunity P roject
A nnounces A nnual M eeting
In advance of its 20-year anniversary, and in
celebration of the 20th year of the Lesbian Soft-
ball Tournament, the Lesbian Community Proj
ect invites members new and old to its annual
meeting June 8. The meeting will take place
from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the LCP office in
Suite 256 of Union Station, 800 N.W. Sixth
Ave.
Board member Donna Luckett reports that
the meeting will focus on the coming year’s pro
gramming and activities, including planning a
conference to commemorate the 20 years that
LCP has been working in the community. She
hopes that old members will get re-engaged and
that new members will get involved.
“In order to get anything done, the member
ship has to be active,” she says. “Too many opin
ions and not enough backbone will get us
nowhere.”
LCP has approximately 200 members and a
quarterly newsletter. To find more information
about getting involved, visit www.lesbian
communityproject.org.
S pokane M ayor A ccused
of M olesting B oys in 1970 s
Spokane, Wash., Mayor James E. West, a for
mer Republican legislative leader and opponent
of gay rights, has been accused of molesting two
boys decades ago and more recently offering a
City Hall internship during an online chat to
someone he thought was a young man but was
in reality a computer investigator hired by a
Spokane newspaper.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that
West, 54, has been on an informal temporary
leave and not making comments since shortly
after The Spokesman-Review began reporting
May 5 that he offered city jobs to young men he
met in a gay online chat rixmi. The FBI has
opened an inquiry into a possible public corrup
tion case involving those allegations.
The city attorney is investigating whether
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In response to the allegations, Matt Fore
man, executive director of the National Gay
and Lesbian Task Force, said: “Three victims of
Mayor Jim West’s predatory and appalling
behavior have already come forward and, based
on what we know about pedophiles, it’s almost
certain there are many more. Some media
reports quote people as saying this is a ‘tragic’ sit
uation for West and imply that his conduct
showed he was ‘uncomfortable with his identity.’
Nonsense. Pedophilic behavior is always wrong
and has nothing do with sexual orientation.
This man—whether he’s straight, bisexual or
gay—deserves nothing but scorn. He needs to
resign immediately.”
For complete information, including chat
room transcripts linked to Jim West, visit
www.spokesmanreview.com/jimwest.
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One out of every three queer students
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were simply afraid to go, experts say. According
to a report, 39 percent of queer students say they
were verbally or physically assaulted, often with
a weapon. These statistics signal that American
schools still have a long way to go in protecting
queer youth from verbal and physical harass
ment and abuse.
Kevin Jennings, a former high schrxil history
teacher, founded the Gay, Lesbian and Straight
Education Network a decade ago. Now the
country’s leading national education organiza
tion with more than 2,800 registered student
clubs, the continuing strenuous effort of GLSEN
and its “student heroes” make a life-changing
difference to thousands of junior and high
school students across the country.
To date, GLSEN has played host to eight
national conferences that have brought togeth
er student leaders, educators, chapter leaders
and activists. It also sponsors the Day of Silence,
with nearly 2 million students, teachers and
staff participating at 3,029 campuses across the
country.
GLSEN’s newest national project is “No
Name-Calling Week.” In coalition with leading
education organizations, it collaborates to put
on an event geared toward educating middle
sch<x)l students about the negative impact of
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