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Hollywood Bowl, 4030 N.E. Halsey St. Others
Portland in 1983. EQUAL offers queer-focused
can participate in a raffle and bingo game.
General admission is $30 at the door or $25 in
individual and couples counseling, parenting
classes and workshops, relationship enrichment
advance from communityevents@hrc.org. The
price includes bowling, shoes and HRC
workshops and more on a sliding fee scale.
The services and workshops are strengthened
membership.
Donors can serve as a lane captain for $ 150 to
by queer-identified staff, putting a gay spin on
otherwise regular services—helping people
guarantee space for their team of at least six.
through life transitions, dealing with relationship
There is a special prize for captains who recruit
the most bowlers. A lane sponsor pays $100 and
and family issues, increasing community connec
tions and focusing on how societal constraints
surrounding sexual orientation and gender iden
receives recognition on the HRC Web site, local
tity impact queer people personally.
Samaritan Counseling Center, although not
Q Center Expands
directly religiously affiliated, was founded at
style that has guided all progress at Q Center, the
Westminster Presbyterian Church and has a his
organization has expanded by taking over an of
tory of using church office spaces to keep costs
fice upstairs from its original space at 69 S.E.
low. Samaritan has seven locations throughout
Taylor St.
advertising pieces and signs at the event. '
In the thoughtful, methodical, incremental
Portland, Lake Oswego, Milwaukie and Gresham.
The interior walls came down March 16, add
It is led by a volunteer board and is able to bill
ing several hundred square feet to the center. Ad
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ministrative
offices
and a medium-size
conference
room
moved upstairs, just
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Area Business Asso
ciation has relocated
to
the
upstairs
Q Center office, con
tributing to executive
Kendall
director
Clawson’s vision of a
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Q Center's Kendall Clawson and the Portland Area Business
Association's Michael Long share an office as part of the center's
"queer clubhouse" vision.
several insurance companies for its services.
are
really
fortunate that PABA
gets the vision and is
in line with it,” said
Clawson.
“We’ve
been talking about
this notion of co-location for a long time now. It’s
Since the passage of the domestic partnership
the very beginning of a queer entity joining forces
law, the Oregon Family Fairness Act, the center
has prepared to offer pre-union counseling work
with Q Center.”
Despite the recent expansion, Clawson con
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shops to couples planning on making the legal
hitch, but it hasn’t stirred much interest so far. If
tinues to campaign for an even bigger, more fabu
lous location in about a year.
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the community shows significant interest in these
“Eventually, in our bigger center, we want
services, accessible, affordable counseling will be
Q Center living with other queer associations and
administered by its experienced professionals.
businesses—a cool, queer clubhouse, where we
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Simpson works closely with Mike Binks and
can have great visibility for each other,” said
Nina Watt in designing the queer-specific pro
Clawson, referencing opportunities to share ex
grams and workshops.
penses and grant symbiotic exposure.
declined to give details. “The bottom line is this
faith.” she said. “Usually there’s a bit of guidance
community deserves a nice space to celebrate
administered there. I’m not sure about everyone
great things, mourn our losses, plan, strategize,
else in the community, hut that isn’t how my rela
where young people can learn leadership and se
niors can have a wonderful, warm, welcoming
place to he."
tionships have been carried out.”
To contact Samaritan Counseling Center, call
503-281-3318 or visit www.sccpdx.org.
a center that can eventually be purchased, hut she
Q Center is hoping community members will
step forward to contribute a brick-and-mortar
HRC Bowls for Equality
The Portland Human Rights Campaign is en
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In fact, Clawson said she has an eye on leasing
“On the traditional relationship track, a cou
ple dates, gets engaged, gets married, and usually
the ceremony is performed by some person of
“legacy gift." It will announce a housewarming
event for its new office later this month. ©
couraging supporters to sign up for the HRC Fed
eral Club and receive a free bowling hall during
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Strike for Equality from 6 to 9 p.m. April 26 at
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