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Duties include writing stellar news
stories and briefs on deadline,
scouring the Internet for crucial
national news, participating in large-
scale editorial projects and assisting
the news editor. Applicants should
be brave reporters, snappy writers,
detail-oriented time managers,
flexible team players, AP style
whizzes, savvy Web surfers and dead
line sticklers and must know their
way around the alternative news­
room. For more information,
visit justout.com. To apply, e-mail a
resume and cover letter to Marty
Davis at marty@justout.com.
Drag Queen on the Payroll
port groups, safe-sex supplies and information on
transgender issues and queer-friendly jobs, housing
and events. Drop by to peruse its resource library
and DVD collection.
For more information call 503-725-9742 or
Kevin Cook, aka Poison Waters, a popular
female impersonator, is leaving his special events
e-mail qrc@pdx.edu.
associate position at Cascade AIDS Project after
only four months.
Women's Day
He brings his superi­
In honor of International
or fashion sense and
Women’s Day, Radical Women
a range of mar­
hosts a panel discussion on the
ketable skills to
government’s immigration poli­
Portland Monthly,
cies and how they cause strife
where he took the
for women and children.
position of execu­
The program begins 7 p.m.
tive assistant to pub­
March 25 at the Bread and
lisher Nicole Vogel.
Roses
Center,
819
N.
Cook says that
Killingsworth St. An $8 buffet
while he gained
will be served at 6.
great job satisfac­
To arrange child care, rides
tion from his posi­
Kevin Cook joins the staff at Portland
or work exchanges, call
tion at CAP, the
Monthly after working only four months at
Cascade AIDS Project.
503-240-4462.
magazine’s dynamic
position in the
Save the Date
community was too alluring to refuse. "Portland
Mark your calendars for Basic Rights Oregon’s
Monthly is literally the center of it all as far as all
annual Oregonians Against Discrimination
communities, and that is where Poison has led me
Luncheon from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. April 13 at
to be.”
the Portland Hilton, 921 S.W. Sixth Ave. The
Cook will also continue to be an active CAP
fund-raiser celebrates the work of business leaders
volunteer, as he has been since the ’80s. He will
in Oregon who have made significant advances in
continue to be on the planning commission of
Camp Starlight and will still be co-chairman of the
the fight for queer equality.
For information about tickets or event sponsor­
community advisory board for the Men’s Wellness
ship, contact Jeana Frazzini at 503-222-6151 or
Department. He also plans to return to the CAP
board of directors, from which he stepped down to jeana@basicrights.org.
take the staff position. Poison is also fxxiked to host
Genderblendz in March
many CAP events.
Outside In’s Trans/ Identity Resource Centre
“I’m looking forward to learning more about
publishing from a business standpoint and a cre­ holds Genderblendz open houses every Monday at
1030S.W. 13th Ave.
ative standpoint,” said Cook. “I’m still with CAP.
The First Monday of the month is health night;
I just switched positions there.”
second Monday is media night; third Monday is a
Sauvie Island Investigation Ongoing
discussion forum; and fourth Monday is for creative
The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Department
activities.
continues to investigate what Sauvie Island
D<x>rs open at 4 p.m. for services, information,
chatting and munchies. Activities begin at 5:30.
residents perceive as a hate crime committed
A radical craft-making session with Tuesday
Feb. 15 against George Soule, who is gay.
When Soule’s home and truck were vandal­ Smillie will be held March 20. Participants are
encouraged to make “body metaphors,” artistic
ized, his Sauvie Island community organized a
representations of various body parts and how they
cleanup party. Threatening messages were spray-
painted on his truck and inside his home. His
work together to create a complete person. People
of all artistic backgrounds are welcome.
home was also burglarized.
The victim found messages such as “Die like your
For more information call 503-535-3895 or
lover,” referring to his partner, David Pennington,
e-mail tirc@outsidein.org.
who reportedly died of AIDS less than a year ago.
Witnesses say the remarks were death threats
Chair Debate
aimed at Soule because of his sexuality. However,
Multnomah County Chair Diane Linn and
the sheriff’s department is hesitant in labeling rhe
opponent Ted Wheeler faced off March 8 in a rrxxl-
event a hate crime, which spokesman Lt. Michael
erated debate arranged by the Portland Area
Shults says must meet specific criteria and would
Business Association.
The meeting saw twice its normal attendance,
carry special penalties.
The ongoing investigation has yielded some
and many audience members shared that they
evidence, which the sheriff’s department has not
arrived to see the candidates address issues of inter­
yet released. According to Shults, investigators are
est to the sexual minorities community.
making progress on the case and have some suspect
This race, culminating in a May 16 primary
information.
election, is of particular interest to queer voters
because of Linn’s leading role in bringing marriage
Queer Resource Center
equality—albeit fleetingly—to the county.
Portland State University is introducing a new
It didn’t take long for the debate to heat up as
Queer Resource Center with an active listserv
Wheeler criticized his opponent’s budget cuts,
announcing weekly events.
clustering of mental health and drug and alcohol
The center aims to provide a wide range of abuse programs and closed-door practices. He
resources to the queer community, including sup­ described the current commission as “an embarrass-