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The group plans to meet every second
Wednesday o f the month, beginning
October 14, from 7 -8 :3 0 p.m. According
to group organizer V ittoria Piazza, the
support group was forged to address a
W a s h in g to n F a m ilie s S ta n d in g T o g e th e r
the general electorate.”
Friedes is aware o f the tendency for
resource for lesbians with cancer. That
as well as the tendency for younger
group had been launched by friends o f
Portland, Oregon area for over 13 years. Trio
voters— those who are generally more
Sharon Hambleton, who lost her life to
is a family owned and operated business that
supportive o f gay, lesbian, bi and trans
breast cancer.
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civil rights— not to vote. The effort will
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Vancouver will be harboring its own
support for Approve 71. Rory Bowman,
team captain for the Vancouver Approve
71 campaign, said that its team had
already printed 2 ,0 0 0 cards to distribute,
set up information tables at the Vancouver
Farmers M arket and kicked off outreach
to local congregations.
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a while until I was diagnosed with a
meetings take place in the atrium behind
recurrence o f breast cancer,” explained
Java House at 2 00 W est Evergreen, from
Piazza. “I had maintained contact with
8 :3 0 -9 :3 0 p.m. every Saturday.
Sharon over the years, and at some point
The Vancouver team is still looking for
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be interested in facilitating a group for
writing letters o f support to friends, as
lesbians. She really wanted to reach out,
well as to editors o f newspapers like The
but did not think that lesbians would be
Oregonian , The Columbian and others with
a large readership. Ballots will be mailed
on O ctober 13.
comfortable attending a group run by a
“A recent University o f W ashing
ton poll shows that the majority o f
mainstream W ashington voters support
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A fter Piazza finished her own treat
ment, she decided to give the support
group idea a shot.
“I think support groups for cancer, and
domestic partnership,” said Bowman. “But
many chronic conditions, are really help
hearts don’t win elections, ballots do.”
ful, regardless o f the focus,” said Piazza.
“Your friends and family may care and
campaign,” echoed Friedes. “Because o f
worry about you, but on a very basic level,
the economic downturn, everybody needs
they don’t get it. O ther people in the same
to take personal responsibility for making
boat do, and being able to connect with
sure that we keep the domestic partner
them can really ease the sensation that
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during my treatment she asked if I would
volunteers to help out with tasks such as
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“I volunteered with Hospice for
Y W C A . The team’s “Saturday Strategy”
“The bottom line is this is a state-wide
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website at www.Approve71 Vancouver,
2365 S W Cedar Hills Blvd.
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“Your friends and family
may care and worry
about you. but on a very
basic level, they don't
get it. Other people in
the some boot do. and
being able to connect
with them con really
ease the sensation that
you’re losing your mind.”
to coordinate local volunteers, set up a
503 . 646.5194
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founded as an education and outreach
voters to stay home in off-year elections,
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void in the community after the dissolu
dum 71 by making a fin a n cia l contribution,
or volunteering f o r phone banking through
Vancouver's Approve 71 campaign. D ona
tions can be made at www.Approve71 .org.
Also, visit www.Approve7lVancouver.org
f o r more information on how to help.
you’re losing your mind.”
Piazza noted that a lot o f breast cancer
support groups are populated by married,
middle-aged women who have never had
to explain their partner to their doctor, or
fear that their partner wouldn’t be allowed
to visit them in the hospital, or play the
pronoun game in a group o f strangers.
“The key to a support group is to feel
Support Group for Lesbian.
Bi. and Trans Women with
Cancer Hopes to Fulfill New
Needs in the Community
A new support group for lesbian, bi
and trans women with cancer has been
established at the offices o f Breast Friends
comfortable, and so I think there is a need
in the community for this,” she said.
Piazza added that depending upon
public interest, she’d love to move the
location o f the meetings to a more central
locale to boost attendance.
For more information, contact P iazza at
vpiazza@gmail.com, or call 503-332-7795.