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event about gender and sexual orientation as
it relates to youth.”
In addition to the documentary, the week’s
lineup includes a talk called “Measuring D e­
terminants of LG BTQ_ Wellness” with pan­
elists Molly Franks, M P H , M C H D ; Linda
Drach, M P H , O P H D /M C H D ; and Tyler
Smith, ND, O P H D /M C H D presenting the
results o f the 2009 Speak O ut survey.
Queer disability rights activist Stacy
Milbern will give a lecture entided “Super­
crips, Welfare Lovers, and Charity Cases:
Re-evaluating O ur Understanding of Dis­
ability in a Public Health Context.” Milbern
is the community outreach director for the
National Youth Leadership Network o f The
National Voice for Young Leaders with D is­
abilities in Bethesda, Md.
In other queer health news, Positive Sup­
port Association and Cascade AIDS Project
are co-sponsoring the first H IV /A ID S
Awareness Oregon Zoo Day on Sunday,
April 11, thanks to a grant that will allow
individuals and families affected by H IV /
AIDS free admission on that day.
“Celebrate spring, the great outdoors, and
an opportunity to relax alongside other folks
living with HIV,” said Marc Peterson, execu­
tive director of Positive Support Association
via press release.” Go with a friend or your
familys— enjoy on your own—or stick with
a group— however you want—we just hope
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Passes are limited, however, so an RSVP
is required. I f there are extra passes, they will
be available on a first come, first served basis
at 1 p.m. the day of the event.
For more information on Oregon Public
Health Week, including screenings o f the docu­
mentary Straightlaced and the speakers' series,
visit oregon.gov/DHS/ph/spotlight/ph/201 Oa.
shtml.
For more information about the H IV /A ID S
Awareness Zoo Day, or to RSVP, emailzooday@
cascadeaids.org or call 503-278-3801.
- Erin Rook
PERC on Activist Hiatus
W hat only last summer was being hailed
as an exciting, grassroots alternative to bigger
civil rights organizations like Basic Rights
Oregon, the Portland Equal Rights Coali­
tion is reportedly in indefinite stasis.
Having planned and facilitated last O cto­
ber’s Oregon Equality March in Downtown
Portland, Camille W hite-Avian and Dele
Balogun— the coalition’s co-founders— took
a big step.back from PERC for personal
reasons, leaving PERC member and activist
Robert Moore to ponder the next steps.
“I have tried for months to keep PERC
together but I have been unsuccessful,” ex­
plained Moore. “The last organizing meeting
in January, only two other people showed
up.
The PERC-organized Oregon Equal­
ity March'was billed as an extension of the
National Equality March, and was designed
to galvanize the local community into action.
The group had hoped for 1,500-3,000 par­
ticipants in the march and subsequent speak-
out and rally. However, approximately 400
people attended in loose shifts throughout
the event at its peak.
Moore is continuing his activism in
several other areas, and holds out hope that
through his organization o f a rally at Salem’s
Capitol building on May 22— Harvey Milk’s
birthday—he can influence a reformation of
PERC.
Though the main Web site no longer ex­
ists, PE R C ’s Facebook group is still active, as
is PE R C ’s Google group.
LGBTQ Activist an d
Author Sherry W olf to
Lecture a t PSU
Activist Sherry
W olf will be ap­
pearing at 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 8
at Portland State
University’s M em o­
rial Student Union
Building, room 294,
as part of her touring
presentation, “The
Case for Socialism.”
As a leading
member o f both the
International
So­
cialist Organization
and the new Equal­
ity Across America
network, associate
editor of the In ­
ternational Socialist
Review , as well as
having served on the
executive committee for last October’s Na­
tional Equality March in Washington, D.C.,
W olf ought to be a familiar name. The March
2009 release of her book Sexuality and Social­
ism: History, Politics, and Theory o f L G B T L ib­
eration garnered praise by civil rights activists
for its analysis o f challenging questions about
full equality for the LGBTQcom m unity.
For further information, visit portlandso-
cialists.org.
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