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C ru is e E x p e d itio n s 7 2 3 2 N R ichm ond Ave. Portland, O R 9 7 2 0 3 (5 0 3 ) 2 8 6 - 9 6 6 3 h u sta d fu n e r a lh o m e .c o m EFFECTS I0TH ANNUAL ( '(ireful and energetic handling of all your home financing needs M O RTG AG E d A d v o c a te s ^ W Oregon License M L 1056, Mortgage Advocates N M LS 0241 754 6700 SW 105th Ave., Suite 200, Beaverton, OR 97005 ton free (877) 826-9900 fa x (503) 297-0824 e-mail colleen@mtgadvocates.com www.mtgadvocates.com C ol leen W eed office 503.297.9900 cell 503.780.1561 Tabe Patrol coordinator Joe LeBlanc, ■ iÿ L bias crime survivor and activist Birch Campbell, the Office of Neighborhood Involvement’s Mike Boyer, Mayor Sam Adams, Latino Gay Pride chair David Martinez, Pride NW board presi dent Debra Porta and PFLAG Trust Portland's Black Chapter coordi Crumbles as the ^ nator Khalil Edwards. LGBTQ Directory Feud Intensifies Although the panel may have seemed outsized for the crowd of about 30 gathered on an unseason ably warm evening, it reflected an increased participation in LGBTQ. INSIDE RED DRESS concerns by the city and members of law enforcement. "We heard a lot of voices at the Remember this issue last year? Here’s a follow-up! initial forum that the city and police! were not responsive to the commu- Court against Gay Portland, Inc.—which nitv,” said Campbell, who was among those runs PGLYP—against PGLYP owner Scott assaulted last Memorial Day weekend. “This Montes, publisher Glory Lawrence and six year we don’t have that bogeyman of saying other PGLYP employees for violating the someone else isn’t doing something. It’s up to Lanham Act for “Intentional Interference us as queer people.” with Prospective Economic Relations.” This Queers will be taking safety into their own was attributed to UPP’s belief that Montes hands in a couple of ways in the coming had been contacting prospective advertisers weeks. On Thursday, June 9, another gather- to inform them of UPP’s “unethical” practic ing about safety in LGBTQ_ communities es—something Montes admitted to doing will he held at Q_Center, focusing on practi- out of protest to his view that UPP had ob- cal personal strategy for self-protection, such tained proprietary trade secrets from the as de-escalation techniques, how to report a migration of former design employee Wil- hate crime and ways to respond to domestic liam Smith, and independent contractor and violence. ad sales representative Maria Perry- Though this forum came out of commu- Crawshaw. nity discussions around the assault of trans- The lawsuit continued to be hashed out in woman Chrissy Polis in a Baltimore Me- federal court following counterclaims and Donald’s, it is open to all members of the motions from GPL who were upset when community, including allies. evidence was brought to light that advertis- Q_Patrol also continues its volunteer train- ers were being misled by Perry-Crawshaw to ings, with remaining sessions on May 22, 24, advertise with UPP when they thought they 28 and June 1. were putting their money toward PGLYP. For more information, visitpitxqcenter.org. Attorney Montgomery Cobb withdrew —F'rin Rook from representing DPI without comment in November 2010, followed by Beth Allen, who similarly filed for a motion to withdraw Unity Portland Pages and counsel for DPI after only a few months. Portland Gay and Lesbian “We are pleased with the outcome of our Yellow Pages Reach Settle settlement with [PGLYP],” stated Tom ment in Federal Lawsuit LaVoie, owner of DPI, via press release. “We After over a year of litigation, the Portland have a tremendous amount of respect for Gay and Lesbian Yellow Pages and Unity GPI and the service that they provide to our Portland Pages have reached a settlement in community and we are happy that both par- their federal lawsuit. In separate press re- ties have reached a final agreement regarding leases, both parties agreed to publish non- each publication’s targeted demographic.” competing publications. Curiously missing from the otherwise Per the settlement, UPP will continue ser- near-facsimile releases from both entities vicing its resource guide for “ethnic, gender was a sentence included on PGLYP’s but not and religious minorities and other multi- on UPP’s that read, “Based upon the recent cultural communities in the Portland metro settlement, UPP will not specifically target area,” while PGLYP will continue servicing the gay community in any of its marketing its resource guide to “Portland’s LGBTQ_ efforts.” community of openly gay-friendly business- UPP has not released a second edition of es, organizations and services.” its directory since its debut during Portland The lawsuit began March 12, 2010 when Pride 2010. LaVoie insists the coming of the Diversity Publications, Inc.—which runs second edition has been in no way affected UPP—filed a lawsuit in Oregon Federal by the lawsuit. AD verse “I’m. AVAILABLE, „ when soil are! 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