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1*1 W WW JUSTOUT.COM JULY 3 2009 N O RTH W EST B R IEFS DAVIS US, JOEL HAMLEY Broker, ABR 3 ( K The Real in Realtor RECONCILING IN CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCHES Bethlehem Lutheran NE 39th Ave, Portland, www.bethlehemportland.org DOOR Central Lutheran NE 21st Ave, Portland, www.centralportland.org Mission of the Atonement Lutheran/Catholic OUTDOOR LÇBTQ. £ ALLIES Beaverton, www.motaspirit.org Mt Carmel Lutheran SW Portland, www.mtcarmellutheran.com Redeemer Lutheran NE 20th Ave, Portland, www.redeemerlutheranpdx.org St. lames Lutheran Park Blocks, Downtown Portland, www.stjamespdx.org You look like the July . Makes me hot dog 503.238.1700, ext . 630 M obile : 971.506.9499 O ffice : 1902 SE M orrison S t . P ortland , OR 97214 L icensed in O regon D H A R M A R A IN Z E N C E N T E R 2539 Southeast Madison, Portland. OR 97214 503.239 4846 www dharma-rain org www.JoelHamley.com CAREAssist b reak in g new , Oregon’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program - ADAP. CAREAssist provides help to HIV+ persons with paying for medication, insurance entertainment i9m niD ti9tn9 2oiti\oq premiums and some limited assistance with medical service copayments. Have you lost your job or had your health insurance benefits reduced? qooq >WD9VÌ6 t9)l0Ìl jj politics wit S whimsy pretty people ticket giveaways You may be eligible for CO BR A coverage from your former employer. CAREAssist can pay that C O B R A premium and provide help with medication copays and deductibles. If you are offered CO BR A contact CAREAssist right away as you only have a limited time to accept the coverage. If you have questions about health insurance or coverage for medications contact CAREAssist. There is information about the program and eligibility on our Web site at www.healthoregon.org/hiv. Telephone in Portland: 971 673-0144 - or outside Portland 1 800 805-2313 - - www.healthoregon.org/hiv CAREAssist is a program o f the Oregon Department o f Human Services. find m an/ prid da fsM justout.com NetRlppers Hosting Soccer Tournament This Weekend Portland’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans soccer club, NetRippers F.C., will host its second annual co-ed soccer tournament on Saturday, July 4 at Fernhill Park in North east Portland (N E 37th and Ainsworth). The entire weekend will be packed with NetRippers F.C. soccer events too. The tournament begins at noon on Saturday, and participants are urged to arrive early to sign up and warm up for the grass-field battle. Board member Virginia Thompson encour ages those interested in playing to arrive as late as Saturday to sign-up as sub-in players for any team. Players from as far as Van couver, B.C. and Seattle, WA, have signed up for the tournament, and Thompson says the registered players consist o f 25 percent female participants. “We encourage everyone to come out and watch,” says Thompson. “It’s not a hyper-competitive tournament, and it’s all-inclusive.” Following the tournament, a post tournament celebration will be hosted by Boxxes (1035 SW Stark St.), which will be open exclusively to tournament participants and supporters. There will also be a farewell brunch on Sunday, starting at 11:00 a.m. at an as-of-yet-disclosed location. The tournament cost is free for any visi tors from outside the Portland Metro Area. NetRippers Members who have paid mem bership dues for 2009 are also admitted at no cost, while Portland Metro Non-Members wishing to play in the tournament will be charged $15. Brunch is the only event that NetRippers F.C. anticipates that everyone will need to pay for themselves. Additionally, Thompson hopes people who are interested in soccer and the club will join the team on Saturdays at the Y M CA at 2831 SW Barbur Blvd. For further information on the tour nament, and to sign up, please visit w w w .n etrip p ers.o rg/Sign U p 2 0 0 9 .h tm l. Rose City Softball On for Weekend Action Despite Legal Self-Inspection A June 27 meeting was held at the Jupi ter Hotel Dreambox for the Rose City Soft- ball Association to review the legal options pertaining to whether or not the league is in compliance with Oregon’s Public Ac commodation law, particularly as with the expanded definition o f sexual orientation provided in Senate Bill 2 in 2007. The R C SA recently eliminated the 2 heterosexual limitation rule in the RCSA’s Open Division, which stated that only two heterosexual participants be allowed per team. The R C SA is Oregon’s largest gay sports organization, whose primary focus is on slow-pitch softball, for all persons, with a special emphasis on the gay and lesbian communities. R C SA Open Commissioner Jake Packer, and manager/coach o f the team “Thunder- cats” and Committee Chair for this issue, as nominated by the Open Division Managers group Adrian Roberts, both reported that the meeting was largely a preliminary affair, with details on any course o f action being deferred to a later date once all discussion and legal counsel is reviewed. “The logical first step is analyzing the le gal aspect and determine whether the R CSA must comply with SB 2,” said Roberts. “The outcome o f that investigation will either negate any future discussion about hetero player limits by determining it to be illegal discrimination, or provide the opportunity to discuss whether such a limit should be al- lowed/desired, should it be determined that the R CSA does not fall under the umbrella o f SB 2.” While this situation develops, the R CSA is continuing with some weekend softball action. On Friday, July 3, R C SA is hosting the Broke Bat Home Run Derby and Shootout at Buckman Field (N E Glisan and 16th) from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Softball players from all over the west will vie to be home run king (or continued on p a g e 8
