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JULY 17 2009
by R/cin J. Prado
MARTY DAVIS
NORTHWEST BRIEFS
If you have a medical provider or receive health care elsewhere, ask about
being tested for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) OR check out the
following locations. Call sites for questions about eligibility & fees.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
Beavercreek Clinic/Oregon City
1425 Beavercreek Rd. 503.655.8471
Tuesday 3:30-6:30pm.
Rapid HIV testing.
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
CLARK COUNTY
THI- OkDLR OF
3701 E. Fourth Plain Blvd. 360.397.8098
Thursday 5-7pm.
Rapid HIV testing.
B ene V o L en T BUSS
COLUMBIA COUNTY/ST. HELENS
2370 Gable Rd. 503.397.4651
By appointment.
HIV & syphilis testing & STI checks.
MULTNOMAH COUNTY (PDX)
CC Slaughter’s
HIV (standard) testing for patrons.
1 st Thursday 9-11:30pm.
Syphilis and Hep C testing available for those who qualify.
CAP Men’s Wellness Center
Rapid HIV testing & STI screening.
Rapid HIV testing only.
928 SW Stark St. 503.445.7699
Tuesday 5-9pm & Wednesday 11am-2pm.
Saturday 5-9pm.
Health Dept. /Downtown
426 SW Stark St, 6th Floor 503.988.3700
STI screening & treatment, HIV (rapid and standard) & syphilis testing.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9-4:30pm & Wednesday 11-4:30pm.
Health Dept./NE
5329 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. 503.988.3030
HIV (rapid and standard) & syphilis testing.
Tuesday 5:30-7:15pm.
Outside In
HIV (standard & rapid) and syphilis testing.
1132 SW 13th Ave. 503-535-3800
Monday-Friday 9-5pm.
SMYRC
503.872.9664
Saturday 5-8pm.
Rapid HIV testing for 14-23 year old patrons.
Scandals
HIV (standard) testing for patrons.
2nd Friday 9-11:30pm.
Syphilis and Hep C testing available for those who qualify.
Steam
2nd & 4th Wednesday 7-10pm.
1st & 2nd Saturday 9pm-2am.
Rapid HIV testing for patrons.
The Escape Night Club
Rapid HIV testing for patrons.
4th Saturday 10pm-1am.
Westover Heights
2330 NW Flanders St. Ste. 207 503.226.6678
STI screening & treatment and HIV (standard & rapid) testing.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Beaverton Clinic
HIV (rapid and standard) & syphilis testing.
12550 SW 2nd St. 503.846.4734
Monday 5:30-7:30pm.
Hillsboro Clinic
266 W. Main St. 503.846.4734
HIV (rapid and standard) & syphilis testing. Tuesday 4-5:30pm. & Friday 9-11am.
MORE? (ail: 1.800.777.2437 (español 800.499.6940)
Visit: www.man2manpdx.us or
www.oregonaidshotline.com
Sisters of Perpetual
Indulgence to Co-sponsor
Scholarship Contest
M YSPACE.CO M
HIV Test Clinic
The Portland Sisters o f Perpetual Indul­
gence and the Art Institute o f Portland are
partnering for a scholarship contest on July
25 at Embers Ave. (110 NW Broadway) in
Old Town to design a new coronet for the
Sisters.
The Sisters have been serving Portland’s
gay, lesbian, bi and trans population for four
years with support, education and develop­
ment within the community through chari­
table acts and outreach - and in a fashion
that promotes universal joy.
Each fully professed Order o f the Sisters
of Perpetual Indulgence is required to have
a signature coronet, said
Sister AnNa Wrecks-Ya,
founding member o f the
Portland Sisters.
a
DJ A u to m a to n w ill be sp in n in g a t
"Pink or Punk." the in a u g u ra l p a rty a t
Red C a p G a ra g e to raise m oney to
h e lp a trans in d iv id u a l a ffo rd surgery
GenderF@#%! Dance Party
Organized to Raise Money
“Our for coronet
is
Trans Surgery
The Sisters
e la b o ra te
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called the Fruitbowl,”
coronets truly
explained Sister AnNa
a re works of
art'
Wrecks-Ya. “All Nuns,
catholic or otherwise,
have to endure pain in
the service o f their mission. The Fruitbowl
has been ours.”
The Sisters have teamed up with the
AIO P to have students design a new, more
comfortable and user-friendly, but still visu­
ally fantastic coronet. The contest is open to
all AIO P students, and has also been made
a mandatory assignment for a debut Hat
Design class, said Sister AnNa Wrecks-Ya.
The night of the contest, fully professed
Sisters o f Portland will first model the origi­
nal Fruitbowl, then change into and model
the prototypes created by A IO P students.
The audience will vote by donation for its
favorite design, the winner then presented
with a $500 scholarship from The Portland
Sisters o f Perpetual Indulgence.
The 21+ evening will include a DJ and
no-host bar. There is no cover. Visit www.
portlandsisters.net for more information.
Just two days before the TransMarch
Gender (Free) For All, a new monthly gen­
der-queer dance party premieres Wednes­
day, July 25 at Red Cap Garage (1035 SW
Stark), with fabulous acts including D
Word, DJ Girlfriends, and D J Automaton.
The theme for the inaugural party is “Pink
or Punk.”
The $3 cover charge, plus every dollar of
Red Cap bartenders’ tips, will go toward giv­
ing a lump sum o f cash to one trans person
who is unable to afford surgery. The event is
presented by Blue Monster Productions, aka
Adam North, formerly o f Sissyboy, a trio of
Portland-based drag performers.
“Until our healthcare system or govern­
ment catch up with real medical needs, we
have to realize that amazing, beautiful trans
people in our community are not living their
lives to the fullest just because of a little bit
o f money and a little bit o f surgery,” said
North. “The first recipient o f the grant has
been binding his breasts for 8 years now. It’s
painful, humiliating, unnecessary, and it’s