OREGON S GAY/LESBIAN/BI/TRANS NEWSMAGAZINE
JULY 3 2009
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Celebrate Good Times
P ride N orthw est Brings Out th e Best
Overcast skies kept the temperature down
but certainly didn’t dampen the enthusiasm for
the thousands o f revelers at last month’s Pride
activities celebrating the 40th anniversary of
the Stonewall Riots. Kudos to the Pride North­
west committee for organizing the celebration,
which gave me a chance to catch up with old
friends and make lots of new ones.
Coming a week earlier than usual, Pride
coincided with the end of the school year for
many, and Marc and I were privileged to begin
the weekend’s festivities at the PSU graduation
of our dear friend Noah C. Buck. Upon re­
ceiving his diploma, Young Noah stunned the
crowd of 5,000 at the Rose Garden when he
threw open his gown and revealed on the Jum-
boTron he was wearing nothing but a Speedo
swimsuit in the school’s bright green color.
Others celebrating the conclusion o f academics
were Andre Seminario, just graduated from U
of Oregon with a degree in architecture, and
Jarod Alford, who is studying music at PCC.
Chris Sparks and Dan Querciagrossa
were at Pride celebrating their one-year anni­
versary and the fact that “we have the best sex
in the city.” The young couple recently moved
in together atop Council Crest. Also celebrat­
ing an anniversary were Dee Scarborough and
Laurie Huntwork (13 years). They told me
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that getting married in Multnomah County
was one o f the happiest days o f their lives.
Brian Langford was celebrating his own
personal gay liberation. The singer, whom
I know from the Portland Opera chorus,
marched with the gay Mormon group for the
first time. This was a very emotional undertak­
ing, as he just came out to his dad last year. I
couldn’t have been prouder of him.
Speaking of firsts, M att Folsom was very
proud that there was a group marching under
the banner o f O H SU for the first time. Matt
calls himself Portland’s “Trambassador” be­
cause he’s the conductor at the lower terminal
o f the riverfront tram, connecting the South
Waterfront district with OHSU. Other firsts
were marked by Tim Libra, Rich Altherr and
Ben Furr, who were all celebrating their first
Prides in Portland. Tim’s reaction: “There sure
was a lot o f love.”
After seven years as a dentist in Vancouver,
2 sively on marriage equality. “I don’t wanna get
fucking married,” he told me, although he does
want Basic Rights Oregon to begin captioning
its videos so the hearing-impaired community
can enjoy them as well. Tony Fuller, an HIV
Prevention Coordinator in Eugene, thinks we
should be refocusing our efforts toward HIV
prevention for younger community members.
He is frightened by some of the behavior he
sees young men getting involved in - particu­
larly via the Internet - and feels the older com-
’ munity needs to set a better example.
Speaking o f getting older, I came upon Roy
Bowlin and Jam es Jackman as they laughed
at the fact that they used to be intimidated by
the cliques of some gay men when they were
younger. “All those groups drifted apart; but
we’re still here,” Roy said. James added that he
loves Pride because it’s the one day each year
“we come together and look at our history.”
Actually, we’ll get another day this October,
Raymond Frye was celebrating his first week when queers from around the nation gather to
of business at Bling Dental in the Pearl. He march on Washington. Seattle’s Greg Scho-
was amazed by the community’s response maker is chartering a bus for the cross-country
when over 500 showed up for the opening. O f ride. (For more information, email Greg at
course, that could have something to do with catchtheqab@gmail.com.) The ride won’t be a
the free booze, which is why I introduced him riot like Stonewall, but it promises to be riotous,
to Todd Preminger, who has made it a goal to with a stop in Sacramento to protest Proposi­
discover everything wonderful about Portland tion 8 on the steps of California’s capitol.
that’s free.
Now that’s what I call Out Going.
While many of us were celebrating the
recent victories in Iowa and New Hampshire,
F loyd S klaver is looking fo r new ad­
Jam es Rae was bemoaning the fact that the gay ventures an d experiences. E m a il your ideas to
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