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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.
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Philip Smith (left) hands over a check to Equity Foundation's West Duncan to finance a writing
scholarship in Armistead Maupin's name.
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Queer Literature Financed