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to Marylhurst
The concept of gender is multifaceted. It can be
both personal and political. Marylhurst University
students invite the public to a symposium on the
topic of gender identity called “Reinventing Self:
Which Box Do I Check?” 7 p.m. Nov. 7 in the Old
Library at the B.P. John Administration Building.
The panel of transgender speakers will include
Simone Neall, owner of Construction Transforma
tions; Aaron Raz Link, author of What Becomes You
(American Lives); and Ashley Austin of devEntity
Web Design (and Just Out’s Web designer). Link is
expected to kick off the evening with a reading
from his hook, which consists of memoir-style
reflections on rhe transgender experience.
The Marylhurst Diversity Committee is co
sponsoring the event along with the Marylhurst
Sexual Acceptance for Everyone (SAFE) Communi
ty, a student group working with Marylhurst graduate
Meredith Olson. Barb McClendon, a senior under
graduate art student who also works in the art depart
ment at Just Out, serves as chairwoman of SAFE.
“As a lesbian, the concept of gender identity
fascinates the hell out of me,” she said. “I just think
it’s interesting to try to figure out where we get our
gender cues, and what better way to do that than to
talk to people who have challenged their own
gender roles in an overt way?”
Austin says she intends to talk about her own
personal experience transitioning from male to
female, a process she began six years ago. She says
Portlanders are much more accepting of her gender
identity than people in her home state of North
Carolina, although she often finds people are too
polite to voice questions they might have. “People
have a lot of misinformation. If it’s out on the table,
at least it’s easier,” she said.
One of the questions McClendon says the
Marylhurst symposium will address is whether
gender is polar or if it exists on a continuum.
“I want it to he pofar, but I’m pretty sure it’s
a continuum," Austin said, citing one of the many
nuanced issues surrounding this complex topic.
“Trans is different than sexuality, but it gets put in
the same pot...L, G and B are all sexual identities,
and the T is a gender identity.”
Admission to the symposium is free, and light
refreshments will he provided.
Roundtable Celebrates Anniversary
National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11, marked a
poignant day for members of the Sexual Minorities
Roundtable.
It was the 13th anniversary of the partnership
agreement signed between the Portland Police
Bureau and the sexual minorities community. It was
also the day the roundtable welcomed a new mem
ber and organization: Gresham Police Chief Carla
Piluso.
“On this 13th anniversary, fortunately and
delightfully, the Gresham Police Department added
their name and their involvement. Along with the
Portland Police Bureau, the Multnomah County
District Attorney’s Office as well as the sheriff’s
office, this brings it all together,” said William
Warren, co-chairman of the roundtable. He signed
the agreement with the same pen used 13 years ear
lier to sign the original agreement.
The event was hosted at Rainbow Vista,
a retirement community for sexual minority seniors
in Gresham.
The celebration ran long and a meeting about
the needs of queer seniors did not commence, but
Warren says he’s confident the topic will he revis
ited soon. Meanwhile, seniors from the Elder
Resource Alliance in attendance were able to mix
and mingle and see Rainbow Vista’s facility.
The roundtable meets from noon to 1:30 p.m.*
on the second Tuesday of each month in the
Chief’s Office Conference Room 1526 at the
Justice Center, 1120 S.W. Third Ave.
Marriage Ban Challenged Again
Measure 36, Oregon’s same-sex marriage ban,
will be challenged again Oct. 19 in the Oregon
Court of Appeals.
Attorney Mark Johnson will argue for chief
plaintiffs Juan Martinez and Byron Beck’s right to
marry in an appeal case stemming from Martinez v.
Kulongoski, which was decided Nov. 4, 2005.
Although the circuit court judge in that case
did not rule in Martinez’s favor, Johnson argues that
reasonable minds could disagree on the crux of the
argument against Measure 36.
The original suit, filed Jan. 31, 2005, alleges
that Measure 36 violates several provisions of
amendment procedure in the Oregon Constitution.
It states that the measure was a revision, rather
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From left, John McVay, Multnomah County community justice manager; Multnomah County
Sheriff's Capt. Jay Heidenrich; Gresham Police Chief Carla Piluso; Sexual Minorities Roundtable
co-chairman William Warren; and Portland Police Assistant Chief Rod Beard Jr. sliced cake to
welcome the Gresham Police Department into its partnership.