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Through editing a counter-culture
newspaper called Willamette Bridge, she
co-founded the Gay Liberation Movement.
The organization established hotlines for
lesbian women and gay men. Simultane­
ously, she was involved with the National
Organization for Women (NOW) during
the women’s movement’s early years.
Hart concluded there was no venue in
Portland where gay people could meet each
other safely. There was also no place for
women, aside from spaces run by radical
feminists.
“I really decided that I wanted to open
a feminist-, gay- and lesbian-accepting res­
taurant and bookstore,” Hart says. “[None]
of those needs were being met.”
“W hat activism is all about is identifying
what you think people need, and the un­
served needs of individuals and communi­
ties,” Hart adds. “That’s what motivates me
on a continual basis.”
She closed her law practice and opened
the restaurant—known then as Old Wives’
Tales Restaurant and Women’s Center—on
August 1,1980 (the bookstore never came to
fruition). “There was a line down the block,”
Hart says. “[People] were looking forward to
this place opening.”
A then-identifying “transvestite” group
would meet in “full view,” as well as “all
kinds of gay groups.” Various organizations
and meetings convened daily at the restau­
rant. “An awful lot of things got launched,”
Hart says. Ample bulletin board space for
event and service advertisements still graces
the walls.
Never approaching Old Wives’ Tales as
a restaurant professional, Hart uses both
the venue and menu to serve the gay and
women’s communities’ needs, providing a
place for people to gather, feel accepted, and
foster discussion and change.
Just as Old Wives’Tales filled a gaping
social hole, it filled a cavernous void in the
early ‘80s Portland restaurant scene. “Thirty
years ago, there was no such thing as a
multi-ethnic restaurant in Portland,” says
Hart, who is an omnivore. “If you were a
vegetarian or vegan, you were screwed.”
The menu at Old Wives’Tales is eclectic
and ever-changing, serving vegan, wheat-
free, dairy-free and gluten-free food.
Each year, Old Wives’ Tales donates
hundreds of $35 gift certificates to schools,
religious organizations and other nonprofits
(Hart doesn’t keep track of the number).
The restaurant also contributes food for
celebrations, anniversaries, holiday dinners
and other events for dozens of progressive
nonprofits each year.
While still dedicated to “[alleviating] the
ills of society and trying to bring about im­
portant, qualitative change,” H art’s mission
has evolved into “supporting other people’s
activism.”
“This is how I live my activism,” she
says.
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