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They will retain their nonprofit status in the hopes o f future endeavors. W hile revealing little as to why LM A F was closing, Prescod expressed a focus on what Tinker meant to the LGBT community and spoke to the spirit of carrying on her work through other means. “Bonnie Tinker was a fearless and fierce organizer and advocate,” said Prescod. “She and Love Makes a Family pressed our allies to become more inclusive and expansive in their vision and work, and were unafraid to speak truth to power. W hen few were able to speak up, Bonnie and LM A F became a voice for the disenfranchised and forgotten. We are proud o f our legacy and often lonely advocacy and work for LGBT equality. Love Makes a Fam ily proudly took our place with those on the margins o f society and remains committed to freedom and justice for all. The struggle continues.” L ove M akes a F amily board, members are still interested in hearing fr o m community members about the best ways to carry on their work. You can contact them a t P.O. Box 5163, Portland, OR, 97208 or through em ail a t lovemakesafami- ly@gmail.com. — R yan J. Prado Q P atrol Over the past year, the LG B TQ com m unity the club and began yelling homophobic slurs, has collaborated with law enforcement, city assaulting one o f the victims as he called 911. officials and anti-violence organizations in un Later that day, a gay man told police that he precedented ways to create a framework for was kidnapped and assaulted near the 1100 promoting community safety. block o f SW 11th by acquaintances who said A t the center o f this collective effort was Q_ he owed them money and used anti-gay slurs Patrol PDX, a queer volunteer foot patrol and during the attack. hub for safety programming forged by con As news o f additional attacks came in, the cerned community members following a string city and the Portland Police Bureau began dis of reported and rumored hate crimes against cussing policy changes to increase the safety of the LGBTQ_community this spring. the LGBTQ_community. Adams, Reese and “The great thing about Q_Patrol is that it Q_Center’s Clawson announced the initiatives started as a community uprising,” said Q C e n - June 15 at a Q C en ter press conference. ter Executive Director Kendall Clawson. One o f these initiatives was Q_Patrol. W hile “People were beating up our its beginnings sparked contro friends and family and we versy around the involvement weren’t having it.” of police, the patrol eventually It all started Memorial Day settled on a model and trained weekend, with the first o f three 27 community members as reported queer bashings in the volunteers. Those volunteers three weeks before Pride. A patrolled a route through the group o f gay men, some in drag, downtown entertainment dis were assaulted near Stark Street trict that encompasses 10 gay after leaving a dance party at bars and a number of other “T his i s n t a gay Red Cap Garage in the early establishments. hours of May 30. During the “patrol season” PROBLEM. THIS Community response fol (Memorial Day through H al lowing the first attack was IS A COMMUNITY loween), Q_Patrol PDX main quick. A June 2 gay bashing fo tained a presence downtown PROBLEM." rum at Q_Center featuring two on Friday and Saturday nights, -KENDALL CLAWSON. panels—one of bias crime vic handing out hundreds o f wal EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. tims and one o f officials includ let-sized safety resource cards Q CENTER ing Mayor Sam Adams, Police and informing queers and their C hief Mike Reese, Assistant C hief Eric H en allies about the bias crimes that led to the pa dricks and Oregon Department o f Justice trol’s formation. C hief Counsel Sean Riddell— highlighted the W hile the Q_Patrol didn’t witness firsthand underreporting o f bias crimes by members of any physical bias crimes during its rounds, it the LGBTQ_community. did encounter and report hate speech, as well The second reported assault occurred at 1:30 as heterosexual “relationship disputes,” Claw a.m.June 10 near SW Third and Pine. The vic son said. tim told police he was leaving Silverado with “It was our desire to prevent incidences o f two other gay men when they spoke out LGBTQviolence that brought us out into the against men they saw harassing women on the streets, but through it all, we became a viable sidewalk. The men turned on the group leaving set o f eyes on the overall community activity
