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Victory Fund Celebrates 20th
Anniversary in D.C. with
Bean, Secretary Brown
W W W .JU STO U T.C O M
CAP’S 22nd Annual Art Auc­
tion Goes Bigger, Better
Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund cofounder
Terry Bean joined Oregon Secretary of State
Kate Brown, Rhode Island Congressman D a­
vid Cicilline, Massachusetts Congressman
Barney Frank and others during the fund’s
20th anniversary events held in Washington,
D.C. March 19-20.
Hie Founder’s Reception on March 19 at the
I louse o f Sweden included a forum of LGBTQ_
elected officials, many of whom had been
elected thanks in part to the endorsement of
the Victory Fund. The organization has grown
from the brainchild of Bean and cofounder Vic
Basilic to help LGBTQ_candidates get elected
in order to represent a truer slice of the Ameri­
can populace. Ihe visibility and financial back­
ing from the Victory Fund has resulted in there
now being some 500 out elected officials serv­
ing throughout the United States at every lev­
el—from local government to Congress.
Brown and Bean both spoke March 20 dur­
ing the Victory Fund’s Champagne Brunch at
the Washington Hilton, where more than
1,200 guests were in attendance.
“I was extremely honored to speak at the
Victory Fund brunch in M arch,” Brown told
Just Out. “I truly believe that I would not have
won the race for Oregon Secretary of State
without the significant support from the Vic­
tory Fund and its members.”
Building on a perennially successful model
that pits art and philanthropy in the same
swanky event, Cascade AIDS Project is suiting
up for its 22nd annual Art Auction Saturday,
April 30. The 2011 event is held within the spa­
cious digs of the Memorial Coliseum (300 N.
W inning Way), and CAP expects upwards of
1,500 attendees at what will be one of the H IV /
AIDS organization’s biggest fundraisers of the
year, and their biggest auction yet.
The Patron Event is held from 6 to 11 p.m.
and includes dinner and both live and silent
auctions of more than 300 juried artworks from
local and regional artists. This ticket precedes
the Grand Event, which continues with more
culinary confections, entertainment, specialty
Likewise, other LGBTQ_elected officials in sage o f domestic partnership legislation and a drinks and more. The evening begins with
attendance were indebted to the Victory Fund’s landmark civil rights protection bill,” said cocktails, a three-course meal and a 15-piece
efforts. Sixty-five percent of those endorsed by Brown. “It took more than a decade and a lot live auction, chosen by curator Teri Hopkins of
the fund won their elections in 2010.
of hard work to get these laws passed, but I Marylhurst University’s Art Gym.
“The work of the Victor)' Fund is more than was there pushing every step o f the way. ”
Bluehour, Saint Cupcake and Pazzo Ris-
just electing folks to office,” explained Brown,
“I’m so proud o f what the Gay and Lesbian torante are but a few caterers helping set the
who identifies as bisexual. “While that is a wor­ Victory Fund has become,” Bean told,/wi/ Out. sultry mood for performances by Storm Large,
thy goal in and of itself, the impact o f having “It has not only just made a huge difference in Pink M artini’s Thomas Lauderdale and the
LG BT folks in office is much broader."
getting the LGBTQ_community civil rights, massive pipes o f the 130-member strong
Brown recalled witnessing the difference it but it also makes a huge difference in terms of Portland Gay Men’s Chorus.
made when the LGBTQ_ community had a young LG B TQ Jdds raising their level o f self­
For the Grand Event only, from 8 to 10
seat at the table during her 17 years as a state esteem so they can grow up and hopefully one p.m., tickets can be purchased separately from
legislator. But the difference didn’t stop there. day be in the senate.”
the Patron Event tickets for $100. Patron
“W hen I was Senate Majority Leader in
For more information on the Gay and Lesbian Event tickets are $250. All proceeds go to
2007, I had the honor of witnessing the pas­ Victory Fund, visit victoryfund.org.
support the vital work o f CA P to prevent new
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