“very humbling that 1 could have even been chosen.” i Lambda Community Center and organized by
He emphasizes that the rertuxlel is “not a project of center board members Michael Erceg, Darcy
one, but of all the congregation.” Highhouse, also
Hamilton, Alicia-Lynne Ryland-Nation and Leslie
delighted with the honor, sees her involvement in
A. Stone—honored another year of individuals
MCC Portland, and specifically Elevation, as “some
and organizations working for equal rights for the
thing where you kx>k around you and know that this
sexual minorities community. L. Scott Clay, host of
is exactly where I’m meant to be.”
the groundbreaking television series The Wilde Life,
Elevation will perform Elevation 54, a concert
served as the host.
of “solid gold hits” from the 1970s, 7 p.m. March 10
Themed “Valleywood: Celebrating Our Stars,"
at 2400 N.E. Broadway.
.festivities included a rousing performance by vocalist
Tamara Marston and pianist Bob Milrad. Continuing
Quilting Bees Planned
a tradition of performing at the awards event, the
A new nonprofit organization, A Part of My
Southern Oregon Planned Parenthood Teen
Heart, has taken on the project of displaying part
Theater, directed by Cil Stengel, entertained and
of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, crafting new squares
engaged the audience with innovative performances.
and returning it to Atlanta heavier than it arrived.
Rosemary Dunn Dalton, recipient of Southern
An exhibition called Angels Are Watching will be
Oregon University’s 2006 Distinguished Alumni
held from June 15 to June 17 at Ambridge Event
Award, was the keynote speaker. Active in the
Center, 300 N.E. Multnomah St. The group aims to
struggle for equality and civil rights for more than
show between 20 and 25 blocks of the quilt. Each
30 years, Dunn Dalton, a self-described “change
hkx:k is composed of eight individual quilt squares.
agent,” told the crowd: “Working for change is
The group is also hosting a series of quilting bees,
bigger than change itself. Get involved.”
titled “Stitch One...Remember One,” to assist
Dennis Vickoren and L. Scott Clay were
people in making quilt squares representing those
presented with Lambda’s Arts and Entertainment
who have died of AIDS from the Pacific
awards for their work in prixlucing The Wilde Life.
Northwest. The bees will be held from 7 to 9 p.m.
Larry Crain was given the Community Outreach
Feb. 22 at Metropolitan Community Church of award. Michael Erceg, secretary of the center’s board,
Portland, 2400 N.E. Broadway, and from 1 to 4 p.m.
was presented with the Community Service award.
March 18 at Jupiter Hotel, 800 E. Bumside St.
Stare Rep. Peter Buckley, D-Ashland, who was
More quilting bees will be scheduled as the
unable to attend, was honored with the
need indicates. If you have any donations of fabrics,
Humanitarian award. Frances Marsh earned the
notions, money, space or ability to sew or iron, call
Lambda Hall of Fame award. The center’s board
503-849-2999 or e-mail cdlasure@yahoo.com.
presented the Outstanding Youth award to Planned
Parenthixxl’s Teen Theater, and Alicia-Lynne
Siren Nation Calls
Ryland-Nation received the Perseverance Through
for Submissions
Oppression award.
Siren Nation Womens Music and Arts Festival is
For more information call 541-488-6990 or
calling for film submissions for women-directed films
visit www.abdellis.org.
of any length and genre to show at the festival. If your
film is chosen, you will receive a pass to the festival,
Hispanic Films Cover Queer Topics
which will he held Nov. 4 and 5 at Crystal Ballnxim,
The 2007 Cine-Lit VI, a triennial internation
1332 W. Burnside St.
al conference on Hispanic film and literature, will
The deadline for submission is March 15. | be held Feb. 21 to Feb 24-
Submit DVDs only to Luos Chain, 1511 N.E.
Coinciding with the Portland International
Junior St., Portland, OR 97211. For questions,
Film Festival, the conference’s themes include
e-mail chain@swimnaked.com.
women cinéastes, cinema and theater, cinema and
ideologies, cinematographic adaptations, marginal
Lambda Awards Given
ized voices in cinema, new films and directors,
People from all walks of life, from middle
Hispanic cinema in the United States and
schixilers through 85-year-olds, joined at Medford’s
Hispanic cinema in the classrœm.
Red Lion Inn on Jan. 26 to mark the 11th annual
From 9:05 to 10:10 a.m. Feb. 23, Oscar Fernandez
Lambda Awards.
of Portland State University will present his paper
The event—sponsored by the Abdill-Ellis I “Misreadiri Transgendered Subjectivities in Pedro
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Alnruxlóvar’s Bad Education and
All About My Mother" as a part of
an English-language panel. José
Sanchez Mosquera of University
of Ottawa will also be presenting
“A ‘New Beginning’: Homo
sexuality and the Spanish Past in
Jaime Chávarri’s To an Unknown
God" during this panel. From
10:15 to 11:20 a.m., a Spanish-
language panel will present
papers on queer and trans issues
including “El cronotopo en El
favor de Pablo Sofovich: Espacio,
representación y el sujeto lésbico
en el cine argentine" by Nayibe 1.
Marcus Mundy, president of the Urban League of Portland, is
Bermudez Barrios of University
a keynote speaker at Brother to Brother's upcoming fund-raiser.
of Calgary.
The conference will be held at Portland State
Portland, and Rtxlney McKenzie, project director
University’s Smith Memorial Center, 1825 S.W.
of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
Broadway, with films showing at Portland Art
The event will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Museum’s Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 S.W. Park
Feb. 24 at Portland State University’s Native
Ave., and Broadway Metroplex, 1000 S.W.
American Student and Community Center,
Broadway. For a complete schedule of conference
710 S.W. Jackson St. The cost is $50 for dinner and
presentations and film screenings, visit
entertainment and $10 for an after-party dance.
www.elrincondelcine.com.
For more information call 503-417-7991 or
e-mail iran@brotobropxlx.org.
Brother to Brother Holds
First Fund-Raiser
Thorpe Lands New Post
Portland’s progressive reputation sometimes gets
in the way of the work Brother to Brother does, in
terms of identifying and breaking down barriers
faced by sexual minorities and people of color.
Members of the organization want to convey
the message that its work is still relevant as it holds
its first fund-raiser, Keeping My People. The event’s
theme draws connections between the gay and the
civil rights movements.
“As liberal as Portland projects itself to being,
racism is overwhelming here," said Darryl! Mtx:h,
executive director of Brother to Brother. “We are
still dealing with basic civil rights here. We, as an
African-American GLBT community, need to
make the connection between civil rights and gay
rights so the black community will begin to see it
and not become victims of an extremely conserva
tive viewpoint.”
Keeping My People will honor seven people
and the Multnomah County Health Department
Care Services team, which has contributed
significantly to the African American and gay and
lesbian rights movements. Keynote speakers are
Marcus Mundy, president of the Urban League of
Portlander Roey Thorpe, former executive
director of Basic Rights Oregon, has accepted a
post at Equality Federation, a national network of
state-based sexual minority advocacy organizations.
She will begin March 5.
Thorpe still intends to live in Portland as she
works as the group’s .first director of advocacy
services. She recently resigned from the national
Freedom to Marry organization.
“There are talented and dedicated leaders across
this country who have been the backHbne of our
movement for many years,” said Thorpe. “My job will
be to make sure that they have the strategic tools and
resources they need to continue to move this coun
try, city by city, state by state, toward full equality.”
Thorpe will develop and implement a pilot
project for supporting state-based efforts to accom
plish key policy goals, such as local and state non
discrimination laws or family recognition policies.
For more information visit www.equality
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