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excellent job of moving queer rights forward. More
recently, he has become impressed with the way
HRC has expanded its role beyond a political
organization.
“They’re not just involved with what’s happen
ing on Capitol Hill,” Canon says. “They’re
involved with corporations, religious movements
and family law.”
Canon says gay rights are not just tied to how
our elected representatives vote. “When we change
the minds of corporations, people we work with
and our families, that leads to changing the minds
of elected officials.”
Canon encourages anyone who is interested in
working for the equal rights of sexual minorities to
attend the monthly HRC Portland Emerging
Community meetings. More information can be
found at www.hrc.org/portland .
Share an Evening
“Sharing an Evening for SHARE,” a fund-raiser
for Senior Housing and Retirement Enterprises,
offers dancing to the big band sounds of Rose City
Swing, with amazing performances by Out Dancing
and a silent auction, from 8 to 11 p.m. May 6 at
Ambridge Event Center, 300 N.E. Multnomah St.
Poison Waters is the mistress of ceremonies.
State's First Openly Gay Judge
Retires
David Gemant, the first openly gay male judge
in Oregon, left 13 years of experience behind when
his retirement from the Multnomah County
Circuit Court went into effect April 1. He will now
pursue other interests, although he will remain a
senior judge until November.
For Gernant, one of the benefits of his job was
performing weddings. “It’s one of the perks of being
a judge—some don’t see it as such, but 1 do more
than most,” he said. Gernant himself performed
approximately 150 weddings each year, about half
of which were conducted in Spanish.
Gernant graduated from Western Michigan
University in Kalamazoo and thereafter attended
Harvard Law Schrxil, then one of only two students
to do so from WMU. Since then he has worked in
the Virgin Islands, central Alaska and Washington,
D.C., before becoming the legal counsel to the
Oregon Supreme Court in the early 1980s.
An unusually high number of lawyers initially
vied for his vacancy—try nine—but several have
since dropped out, leaving Cheryl Albrecht, Julia
Philbrook, Lane Borg, Kathleen Payne and open
ly gay candidate Trung Tu. Albrecht attributes this
unprecedented number to the low count of judi
cial appointments in the past several years.
There are several other openly gay judges in
Multnomah County, including Janice Wilson, who
was the first out lesbian judge in Oregon, even
before Gemant.
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“He was a pioneer and a thinker,” said
Multnomah County pro tern judge and circuit court
judge contestant Albrecht. “For him to come out
13 years ago—that took a lot of courage^
Albrecht, who has worked with and appeared in
front of Gemant, knows him both as a colleague and
judge. “On the bench he exhibited a strong inde
pendence from public opinion and pressure. He did
what he tmly felt was right under the law,” she said.
“He will be hard to replace.”
ROP Holds Annual Gathering
The Rural Caucus & Strategy Session became a
mobile event last year with rhe Walk for Truth,
Justice &. Community.
This year, the Rural Organizing Project’s
annual gathering is May 6 and 7 in Woodburn.
Join rural Oregon’s progressive movement to
advance strategies that push back against the war
in Iraq and the war at home while developing skills
for confronting the anti-immigrant movement and
other wedge issues such as civil liberties, marriage
and taxes.
For reservations and more information, call
503-543-8417 or e-mail cara@rop.org.
Timeless Treasures Event
Announced
From old books and artwork to collectable
china and furniture that has been in the family for
generations, Timeless Treasures is the
chance to find out if you have a rarity or
refuse in your possession.
Have your heirlooms appraised by
professionals at Elders in Action’s sixth
annual Timeless Treasures event. Proceeds
will benefit rhe nonprofit organization’s
Ombudsman program, a volunteer service
that provides one-on-one assistance to
local elders in need.
Attendees will enjoy a buffet dinner,
a silent auction and raffles prizes. The recip
ient of the 2006 Timeless Treasure award
will be announced at the event.
Timeless Treasures is from 3 to 7 p.m.
April 27 at the Oregon Zoo’s Cascade Crest
Banquet Center, 4001 S.W. Canyon Road.
Tickets are $35 for seniors and $50 for the
general public from 503-823-5269.
Equal Benefits Ordinance
Passes City Council
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Todd Canon (top row, third from left) is the winner of
an HRC award for federal club co-chairman of the year.
The Portland City Council unanimous
ly passed the Equal Benefits Ordinance on •
April 19. The ordinance ensures that con
tractors doing work on behalf of the city