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Clackamas Print
TransActive: lone
voice for
transgender youth
Continued from BURLETON, page 1
Although
TransActive
works with youth as old as
18, most of the children who
are part of the organization
realize they are transgender
when they are very young.
Consequently, one might think
..it’s the kids themselves who
are confused, but Burleton
strongly disagrees.
“These kids understand
who they are absolutely per
fectly, but our culture pre
sumes they are confused
simply because their internal
sense of gender identity is in
conflict with their anatomical
sex,” she said, “or their gen
der expression falls outside
what others may consider to
be an acceptable range in rela
tion to their assigned male or
female gender.”
TransActive also seeks to
educate social-service agen
cies and programs for domes
tic violence.
“A source of conflict with
in the family that can lead to
violence can often be a child
that is not gender-conform
ing,” Burleton said, “and one
or the other parent is very
opposed to it”
Burleton wants the public
to comprehend the difference
between being gay and trans
sexual.
“Being transgender is not
a matter of one’s sexuality,”
she said. “It is about the indi
vidual’s gender identity. We
all have a sense of our gender
many years before we even
develop a sexual orientation.
We do not identify as female
as a result of being attracted
to men, or vice-versa; who
we are is completely different
from who we like romanti-
eally.”
According to Burleton, sta
tistically speaking, as many as
50 percent of trans-identified
youth do not even reach their
college and adult years.
“They have the highe
cide rate of any at-risk
lation you can measure
explained.
“That isn’t due to
gender-nonidentity i
she continued. “It’s primarily
a result of the intolerance and
indifference of our culture,
and of the medical profession,
to their situation.”
This applies specifically to
taking action to block or delay
the onset of puberty and to
administer cross-gender hor
mones so the child can devel
op and mature physically in a
way that is congruent with his
or her gender identity.
TransActive attempts to
inform health-care pr vid-
ers of the challenges
by transgender kids an
families.
“Trans kids are
itty
much the most under
ved
and neglected segm<
of
the community,” said H yley
Klug, a close friend and co-
worker of Burleton.
“Really, what it ~ es
down to is, no one <_
is
.’ speaking
’Klug for these kids,”
said in reference to the impor-
tance of Burleton
* ' ’s 5 work.
“There aren’t many other
organizations out there that
target the nee^Js of trans youth,
and it makes such a diffe ence
in these kids’ lives.”
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Public buses may hold key to more mon*
Rising fuel costs have left a
bitter taste in drivers ’ wallets,
but a solution may be as
simple as riding the bus
Matt Garrison
The Clackamas Print
The smell of stale tobacco, strong aftershave
or even cat Utter may scare people away from
using public transportation, but it is a less
expensive way to get where you need to go.
While drivers complain about rising gas
prices, a car requires more than fuel. What if it
breaks down? Even if that day never comes, oil
changes, maintenance and trips through the car
wash are still necessary.
Although public transportation may be a
slower means of travel, and it does run the risk
of being late, it is cheaper and doesn’t require a
license to ride.
“Trip planners are offered at TriMet’s Web
site,” said Peggy LaPoint, public information
officer for the organization.
At www.trimet.org, toward the top left por
tion of the screen are the words “Trip Planner.”
There are several options: type an address,
intersection, landmark or the stop identification
number.
From there, enter when you want to leave
your starting point or the desired arrival time.
Then, confirm the date and click on the green
“plan trip” button to see a fist of different ways
of reaching the destination.
“Don’t throw away transfers,” said Jeff
Jones, a TriMet bus driver, as passengers receive
one when they pay their fare. “Any TriMet fee
can be inspected by any TriMet employee.”
“Month passes are available at most
Safeway, Albertsons and Fred Meyer stores,”
Jones added.
Tn addition to prohibiting “disruptive, threat
ening or offensive behavior,” the rules of con
duct posted at the front of every bus request
that passengers present their fare receipt when
asked, keep their feet on the floor - not on the
seats - and “make front seats available to senior
and disabled citizens.”
Anyone who rides is also asked not to
smoke, use any music devices without head the morning and during rush hour.
At the Oregon City Transit Cent
phones, carry food that is not in a closed con
tainer or have an animal that is not in a carrier, ers can transfer to bus lines 32, 33,
99,153,154 and the Canby Area Tij
with the exception of a guide dog.
And it may not be a rule, but bus drivers which goes to Canby.
Bus 34 travels River Road into
appreciate and suggest having your fare ready
Bus 35 - Macadam - takes passei
before getting on the bus.
“Between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m., you can ask the Highway 43 through West Linn, La
bus driver to get dropped off at an undesignated and part of Southwest Portland to
bus stop,” said LaPoint. “Whenever you exit the Portland.
Bus 79 can eliminate a trek to the
bus, exit the back door so people boarding on
the bus can get on easier, and make sure before Town Center, while number 1533
getting on the bus (that) it’s the right one by South End Road and the 154 travel
Linn.
checking the top of the front of the bus.”
Transit centers are located aroundi
Youth and high school student fare is $1.40,
all-zone adult is $2.05, adult 2 zone is $1.75 and area, and will connect to other routes
for senior and disabled citizens, the cost is 85 as far as Hillsboro, Troutdale, Shi
Janzen Beach, where those interest
cents. All-day tickets are $4.25.
Clackamas students who are interested in the C-TRAN into Vancouver
For more information on bus pas
public transportation have it easy - the college
has a TriMet stop where buses 32,33 and 99 stop prices, instructions on how to ride a
during rush hour, going to Portland in the morn ules, go to www.trimet.org or ca
ing and from Portland in the late afternoon. Also, 7433.
the South Clackamas Transportation District
serves trans
portation to
Molalla from
Clackamas for
$1 per ride.
Tri-Met
bus
33 -
McLoughlin
- will take
passengers as
far as down
town Portland,
where the line
will usually
turn into 33
-
Fremont
which
goes through
Northeast
Portland to
the Gateway
District.
Bus 32 -
Oatfield - will
travel as far as
Matt Garrison Ch
the Milwaukie
Riders go about their day while riding the 33 bus near th
TransitCenter,
in the bus transit area. For times and locations, www.trii
except for in
offers a trip planner found on the top left of it’s homepa
Class explores the mysterious world of j
Series offers students,
a hands-on
experience with the
skills needed for the
film industry
Kenton Benfield
The Clackamas Print
Future famous people may
walk among us.
Thanks
to
Advanced
Screenwriting and Production,
taught by Andy Mingo with
the support of Sue Mach, the
college is helping to cultivate
the next wave of movie direc
tors and screenwriters.
Advanced Screenwriting
and Production is in its forth
year and provides the oppor
tunity for budding filmmakers
and writers to make short films
to be produced for exhibition
at an end-of-the-term public
film festival on campus.
The course is the culmina
tion of a sequence of classes
that begins with Introduction
to Screenwriting, taught by
Mach in the fall, in which stu
dents learn the process of writ
ing an original screenplay.
In the winter, that knowl
edge can be applied in
Screenwriting and Production,
which is taught jointly between
Mach and Mingo. After writ-
■
..—
Former film student Brandon Victor sits next to one of the many
Mac computers the film class use to edit the films in Rook Hall.
ing a screenplay, those who know everything,”
wish to convert it into an actu “Blood, sweat and I
al film must submit their work
But the payoff
for consideration by Mingo.
ently well worth it.
If approved,
the true work
begins - the
“ you
movie is then
constructed,
the class,
complete with
don 7
real actors, sets
and crew.
thinking
Student
that
you know
Roxanne
everything.”
Clingman
is
among the film
makers current
Brandon Victor
ly enrolled in
Former film student
Mingo’s class.
“When I put
out my cast
ing call on the
Internet, I got
a lot of responses,” Clingman classes are set up
said. “They (the actors) are they do not have ti
pros; they just got back from in order.
Universal Studios accepting
“You don’t eve
an award ... I am impressed take all three of th
with the quality.”
are interested in one
Clingman’s film, based in than another,” Mach
the 1950s, is about two kids “If you are a screen
- a boy with a disability and a have to take all thre
Many former fill
dislocated girl who befriends
him - as they care for each at Clackamas have |
other while dealing with the work in the short
inadvertently harmful inter pendent film seen
ference of their parents.
ing film festivals a
Former
film
student to catch the eye oí
Brandon Victor, who pro studios.
The festival this
duced a piece titled “Kaddish”
last spring, is familiar with be June 9, feature
the hard work involved in the films currently in
by Mingo’s class ai
course.
“If you take the class, don’t to the public.
go into it thinking that you
If
take
go into
it