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8 JUSt QUt MAilÿ, ¿QÇ7 northwest LINNTON FEED & SEED 10920 NW St. Helens Rd • Portland, OR 97231 • Phone: (503)286-1291 DAY OLD CHICKS GARDENING SUPPLIES HARDWARE POULTRY SUPPLIES ORGANIC FERTILIZERS FENCING ORGANIC FEED BEDDING PLANTS PLUMBING COMMUNICATE business cords • newsletters brochures • • rack cards q .. y Tel 503.281.8688 • Fax 503.249.1440 • www.impress-usa.com Roger Mosser Real Estate Broker Safe, effective chemical dependency treatment for Equity Foundation was met with a huge surprise at its annual Investments in Dignity awards bene fit Feb. 15. In addition to raising approximately $60,000 and honoring grantees—including Rainbow Youth, Our House, Q Center, Ashland Film- Festival, Bend Community Radio, Bradley-Angle HdGse and The fund will be awarded in October. For more information or to apply for the scholarship, visit www.equ i tyf ( iundafion.org. School Tackles Queer Health Education Tineke Malus and Jaie Bosse, second-year students at National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, are founding members of the Queers Portland Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays—the foundation was offered a significant sum of mon ey to create a new writing fund. Philip Smith, a longtime support er of the foundation, announced his intention to donate $10,000 for the creation of the “Armistead Maupin Creative Writing Fund" to be distributed by Equity to three college students annually for three years. Smith, who now resides in Portland, signed the check to Equity on May 4. He named the grant after his former boyfriend, an acclaimed gay author who was the featured speaker at the Equity benefit. Tineke Malus (left) and Jaie Bosse helped found National “Armistead has probably College of Natural Medicine's Queers and Allies club. done more to raise consciousness to the question of gay civil rights than any other in and Allies club, which meets monthly to discuss the gay writing community,” said Smith, referring queer health issues. The main goal of the group is to the sympathetic gay characters'created in 1978 s to bring awareness to fellow students, who will Tales of the City. become primary health care providers in one to Smith, a San Francisco native who lived with three years. Maupin in the 1970s Castro district, aims to encour “We’re also interested in helping the gay age writers of all genders, orientations and communi community learn more about what naturopathic ties to apply for the scholarship. Tins is in line with medicine is,” said Malus, who described the field’s his belief that the evolutionary path all minority philosophy as being centered on the healing power causes follow begins with identification and ends of nature, prevention and education. with integration. The pieces of creative writing Bosse added: “Studies show that LGBT people go submitted must contain a queer theme, but gay issues to alternative health care providers more than non are not required as the central focus of the story. LGBT people. We’re able to spend more time with “Integration is absolutely mandatory at this them, and we seem less rigid. They’re more likely to phase,” said Smith, asking of writers, “Is he or she be honest and feel comfortable coming out.” going to help us grow into our full stature as full- Bosse explained that members of the sexual fledged members of society?” minorities community are at higher risks for certain Smith would like other donors to step forward I diseases, which makes this disclosure all the more at the end of the granting cycle to keep the fund important. To that end, Bosse is working toward alive as a dedication to Maupin and his literary inclusion of queer health issues in medical school contributions. curricula. “Ma«y non-LGBT students think they’re the GLBTQ community. For more than thirty years the Triangle Project has provided a safe, private and respectful place for the GLBTQ community to find recovery. We know that you can’t get clean if you can't be yourself People living with HIV are welcome. 503-230-9654 info@triangleprojectoregon.org www.triangleprojectoregon.org ... a program of Cascadia Residential • Investment Commercial E-mail: rogermoBBer8comcast.net www.buysel.biz <> Wiixiemicre Windermere/Crornn G Captan Realty Group. Inc 886 NE Multnomah St.. Suite 120 Portland. Oregon 87838-8158 Philip Smith (left) hands over a check to Equity Foundation's West Duncan to finance a writing scholarship in Armistead Maupin's name. GEFFEN Queer Literature Financed
