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Q Center partnered with the Rose City Softball
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of the event. Participants will be given the oppor
Association in its 13th annual Grudge Match
tunity to sort through the donations and choose
against the Portland Police Department.
a new wardrobe. The fashion show will commence
Starting noon June 16 at Lents Park, Southeast
at 5 p.m. and will feature city employees and other
88th Avenue and Holgate Street, the event pits
neighborhood notables. Organizers are still search
Rose City Softball all-stars against a team of large
ing for models. Contact Caitlin McCollum at
ly returning officers from the Portland Police
caithn.mccollum@pdxtrans.org with your name
Bureau in a high-stakes game of heavy hitters.
and phone number by June 7 to apply.
The charity event raises money through the $5
Just Out Publisher Marty Davis will join Q Center
ticket price, which the two teams split. The police
coordinator Tim Healea and other business owners
donate proceeds to its Sunshine Division, which
for a discussion about the barriers, successes and goals
buys toys for children. Rose City Softball has
for the queer business community. The talk is from
chosen Q Center as this year’s beneficiary.
noon to 1 p.m. June 20.
Q Center has invited viewers to participate in
Rob Douglass of the Gay &. Lesbian Archives of
the family-friendly picnic from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
the Pacific Northwest will lead a walk starting from
Tim Bias, commissioner of Rose City Softball’s
Lownsdale Park behind the Multnomah County
open division, approaches the game with some
Courthouse for a “Historic Gay Portland” guided
thing to prove.
walking tour from noon to 1 p.m. June 28. For more
“For the last three years,” he said, “the police
have won the game.”
information call Steve Hoyt at 503-823-7191.
The city’s Web site, www.portlandonline.com,
He believes the event is the ultimate collabora
will feature resources, links and information on
tion between the gay community and Portland’s
these events plus photos for the entire month of
law enforcement.
June.
“We wanted to show community mutual respect
and appreciation,” he said.
It’s also a great chance to see the athletic side of
the gay community and to meet officers out of uni
The display case in the Portland Building,
1120 S.W. Fifth Ave., will be dedicated to pro
moting gay and lesbian events and activities from
June 11 to 22.
form, according to Bias.
Out
A concession stand is run by the Portland
Police Cadets.
For more information visit www.rosecitysoft
ball.org.
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The film premiered at the Berlin International
Film Festival in February. It stars Melonie Diaz as
Anna, a high schixil student who joins a feminist
group known as Clits in Action or C(i)A. Part
social commentary, the film questions the use of
reception for a City Hall art exhibit featuring gay and
graffiti, public artistic declarations and protesting
lesbian artists at 5 p.m. June 7. Art will be on display
to effect change. The politically charged film boasts
all month in the commissioners’ offices at 1221 S.W.
a great soundtrack that includes classic riot grrrl
Fourth Ave. Check out the article on Page 18.
bands such as Heavens to Betsy, Sleater-Kinney,
overview on the various benefits available to city
— You're Invited —
previous queer hits like But I'm a Cheerleader,
The celebration begins with a First Thursday
The city of Portland Benefits Office will give an
Team Dresch, The Need, Slumber Party and Bikini
Kill.
employees in domestic partnerships. “The (City)
Director Jamie Babbit is as prolific in queer cin
Benefits of Being Gay, Lesbian or Otherwise
ema as gkw sticks at raves. In addition to 1999’s
Domestically Partnered” is from noon to 1 p.m.
But I'm a Cheerleader, she has directed episodes of
June 13. A government relations specialist will be
Popular, The L Word and Ugly Betty, to name a few.
on hand to answer questions about the impact of
She can be proud of this most recent venture,
the new statewide domestic partnership legislation.
which won the best narrative feature jury award at
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