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Patrol coordinator Joe LeBlanc,
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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
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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.
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