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live amongst itall in perfect harmony.
Nicole Browning (left) and Stef-Anie Wells
address the crowd at Pride 2006.
Pride President Bids Farewell
Nicole Browning, who has been president of
Pride Northwest for the past three years, is stepping
down. She made her resignation known to the
board before this year’s Pride and nonetheless
pulled off a successful event. Tens of thousands of
Oregonians have enjoyed celebrating their commu
nity these past few years due in large part to her
energy and efforts.
According to Browning, she had been ignoring
her personal life and wants to “focus on me.”
A graduate student working toward a master’s
degree in public health, she had taken the spring
term off to work on Pride but doesn’t want to post
pone her studies anymore.
Browning is upbeat about the changes her
departure will bring to Pride Northwest. “Pride is
always the result of someone’s hard work. It’s not a
bad thing to have someone else at the
helm.. .change is always gixxl.”
Pride ’06 gave Browning much to be proud of.
“It was essentially flawless. 1 am very pleased,
especially with the additional week of events,
which were amazing."
According to Stef-Anie Wells, Pride Northwest
vice president and parade chairwoman, board elec
tions will be held later this summer. “Transition from
year to year is very common,” she says. “Though
Pride is a labor of love, people come in, work hard
for a few years and move on to new opportunities."
Wells, who has worked on the board for two
years, says the community partners and sponsors, as
well as all of the events during Pride Week, made
this year’s festivities great. “Every year, it is people
that make Pride a success—all the wonderful
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volunteers, sponsors, organizations, businesses, float
builders, entertainers and everyone who comes to
Pride each year.”
One concern this year was the construction on
Southwest Naito Parkway. “The parade went
smoothly despite all the construction," says Wells.
When she’s not working as a wedding planner
and film promoter, Wells collaborates year-round
with the rest of the board on planning Pride. When
asked about the ability of such a small group of peo
ple to continually put on such a large event, Wells
quoted Margaret Mead, who said: “Never doubt that
a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the
world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Portland Approves
Symbolic Resolution
Portland Mayor Tom Potter and the City
Council unanimously passed a resolution June 14
urging Congress to adopt the Military Readiness
Enhancement Act of 2005.
The U.S. armed forces nondiscrimination resolu
tion was introduced by openly gay Commissioner
Sam Adams and co-sponsored by Commissioners
Randy Leonard, Dan Saltzman and Enk Sten.
Testifying in support of the resolution were retired
U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Frank Dixon and former
U.S. Anny 1st Lt. Fred Fox.
House Resolution 1059, which was introduced
by U.S. Rep. Marty Meehan, D-Mass., would repeal
the military’s ban, also known as “don’t ask, don’t
tell,” on the service of openly gay, lesbian and
bisexual personnel. The bill began with 57 co
sponsors and now has 115 co-sponsors, including
Oregon Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Peter DeFazio and
David Wu.
“ ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ is un-American because it
creates a second-class citizenship," said Dixon, who
led the efforts in collaboration with the Military
Education Initiative and National Stonewall
Democrats. “This is no way to thank our lesbian, gay
and bisexual patriots for their selfless service to our
country. As stewards of democracy and freedom, we
all have a role to play in ending discrimination
against our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
service members.”
According to the Servicemembers Legal
Defense Network, more than 65,000 sexual
minority Americans serve in our nation’s armed
forces. More than 10,000 service members have
been discharged under “don’t ask, don’t tell,” and
replacing them has cost $200 million. Almost 800
service members with critical specialties such as
Arab linguists and intelligence analysts have been
fired because of their sexual orientation.
With the adoption of the resolution to support
the act, Portland joins New York, Chicago, St.
Louis, West Hollywood, San Francisco and
Cathedral City, Calif., in their stance against
discrimination. The California Assembly adopted
a similar resolution to oppose the military’s ban in
September 2005. A second state resolution is pend
ing in the New York Legislature.
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Portland Pride days after testifying on behalf of
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