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GUEST COMMENTaRY 

“Toward Justice” 

A tough decision leads to opportunities ahead 

Seven years ago this week, the voters of 

Oregon passed Measure 36, amending the 

state constitution to specifically exclude samesex 

couples from the freedom to marry. 

It was a tough loss. Tough to understand 

how we could work so many hours, knock on so 

many doors and contribute so much money and 

still not win. And tougher even to imagine how 

more than a million of our neighbors chose to 

vote against the dignity of our families. 

Since that devastating loss, we’ve come a long 

way. Together we passed non-discrimination, 

domestic partnerships and safe schools legislation. 

We have begun work to end health care 

discrimination against the transgender community 

and we’re building meaningful alliances 

across lines of race and religion. 

But Measure 36 still stains our constitution. 

After facing five statewide and more 

than 25 local anti-gay ballot measures over 

the past two decades, Measure 36 is the only 

one still standing. 

So for the last three years we’ve been building 

public support, slowly but surely, for the 

freedom to marry. This work is led by LGBT 

community members having heartfelt conversations 

with friends and neighbors. It’s led by 

coalition partners engaging their members, by 

volunteers who stuff envelopes and knock on 

doors. And by donors contributing to the nation’s 

most aggressive and sophisticated advertising 

campaign. 

The only path to win the freedom to marry 

is through the ballot. The courts have refused 

Here I am. Down here, at the bottom of the 

page, being all quiet and unassuming. 

When I learned that Basic Rights Oregon 

would be making their ballot measure decision 

the same week that we went to press, 

I offered Jeana Frazzini my Page 3 space to 

speak to Just Out readers in greater depth 

about the process that went into the organizational 

decision-making. But then I went 

and kept a small slice of space for myself, just 

to keep checked in with y’all. 

As you might recall from my last column in 

the October 21 issue, my thoughts on BRO’s possible 

action were, “Right cause, right message— 

wrong time.” While the decision makes sense to 

me, I can also understand how hard it was for 

some people and the emotional tugging that was 

and will go on for some time. I commend BRO 

for putting such effort into gaining community 

opinion, and using the information gained in 

the process. I will admit that I have not always 

felt that the organization placed much value on 

external opinions—but in this case I truly feel 

by Jeana frazzini 

to take up our challenge to Measure 36 and the 

Legislature cannot amend the constitution. 

Unlike all the previous ballot fights, we are 

finally in the driver’s seat. We get to decide 

when to go forward with a proactive ballot 

measure to achieve equality, instead of just 

fighting back. 

This represents tremendous opportunity— 

and also a heavy burden. Never before has our 

community chosen to put our rights up for 

a public vote. To lose another public vote on 

marriage would be devastating for the LGBT 

community, both emotionally and politically. 

Another loss would set us back even further. 

We’re going to win the freedom to marry 

in Oregon. It’s not a matter of if—only a 

matter of when. Our entire Board and staff 

deeply want our state to be moving faster in 

the direction of equality and inclusion. We’ve 

been working tirelessly for three years to 

move the needle of public opinion and build 

the infrastructure we’ll need to win at the 

ballot. And when the time is right, we’ll go 

“all in” to win this. 

But the feedback we’ve gotten from the 

community has been crystal clear: In our online 

survey, in the Town Hall meetings across the 

state and in countless individual conversations, 

you have told us that we should not proceed to 

the ballot until we have a reasonable expectation 

of success. 

We formed an Advisory Group of community 

leaders and campaign experts to help 

evaluate our options. They reviewed our public 

Right Cause, Right Message 

Now for the right time... 

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by marty daVis 

that they listened to what the community had to 

say. For this, I commend them. 

The conversations, the discussions don’t end 

here, however. From what I’ve heard, in the 

entire one day since the announcement, there 

will now be a need for new questions and new 

discussions. What will be the main mission, the 

focus of Basic Rights Oregon in the coming 

years, two years at best? Will the organization 

need to maintain current staffing levels? Will 

fundraising continue at current rates? Should 

the community, the organization, be stockpiling 

funds for the day when it does seem like 

the opportune time to go forward with a ballot 

measure? Again, it’s been one day, one day after 

weeks and months of hard work—and there 

will be plenty of time to address these questions 

and concerns after, say, the first of the year? 

World AIDS Day will be commemorated, 

in Portland and around the globe, on 

December 1. As the LGBTQ community 

grows and evolves, it is natural that we’ll move 

opinion research, which shows that when it 

comes to amending the state constitution to 

allow same-gender couples to marry, voters are 

evenly divided. While this represents tremendous 

progress since the 2004 vote, it means 

the chance of success at the ballot next year 

wouldn’t be high. 

After weeks of research, careful deliberation 

and an extensive effort to get community 

feedback, the Basic Rights Oregon Board of 

Directors made a tough decision. They voted 

unanimously to extend our education campaign 

to build public support for marriage equality 

and look beyond 2012 for a time when we’ll be 

ready to win marriage at the ballot. 

We are committed to winning—not just 

fighting for—the freedom to marry. While 

there is no convenient time to fight for our 

rights, choosing to walk into a losing battle is 

not a path to victory. 

I’ll come right out and say it: While I believe 

this is the right decision, I, like many of 

you, am deeply disappointed. But as I work 

through the disappointment and turn toward 

the opportunities ahead, I am surprised at the 

excitement I feel. I look forward to deepening 

the work we have begun and building a strong 

consensus for the freedom to marry. 

At one of our Town Hall meetings last weekend, 

community leader KC Hanson reminded 

us of the quote from Dr. King, who said, “The 

arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends 

toward justice.” 

Let’s keep bending that arc. Our work doesn’t 

stop—it carries on and expands from here. It’s 

time to come out, to share our stories, to educate 

our neighbors, to build a movement. The 

political fight isn’t the only measure of progress. 

We have to be in this for the long haul. Day by 

day, we are winning equality. 

Jeana Frazzini is the Executive Director of 

Basic Rights Oregon. 

on from some of our events and traditions as 

new days, new times erase and erode established 

needs and histories. National Coming 

Out Day might be one example of a day once 

meaningful in Portland, but then allowed to 

drift away due to lack of leadership, planning 

and greater community interest. World AIDS 

Day should not fall prey to a similar fate. AIDS 

is still with us. The pain, the loss of loved ones is 

still with us. The knowledge that the disease is 

still a part of a new generation of young people 

cannot be lost to us. AIDS is not over. 

have two opportunities for you to help me 

I raise food and funds for Esther’s Pantry 

in November. The first is our monthly Gay 

Skate night at Oaks Park on November 21. 

The second is the dance-formerly-knownas-Hot 

Flash, now Inferno, held at Cuda 

(formerly known as Barracuda) on Saturday, 

November 26. I will be there collecting 

canned food, personal sundries and raffling 

off door prizes. I will not have changed my 

name, by the way. 

I’ll see you back here in print on December 

9—daily at justout.com and Facebook—and 

all about town in between. 

Have a grand Thanksgiving, everyone. If 

you feel you have nothing to be thankful for, 

consider that at least we still have one holiday 

whose name we can use without fear of offending. 

There you go—be thankful for that. 

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BRO Announces It Will Not 

Move Forward with Gay 

Marriage Ballot Initiative in 2012 

Basic Rights Oregon announced Wednesday, 

November 9 that they would not move 

forward on a ballot initiative to legalize gay 

marriage in Oregon for the 2012 general election. 

After months of speculation, online surveys, 

town hall-style meetings and the recommendation 

of an advisory group consisting of 

prominent Oregon equality advocates, BRO’s 

board of directors said that there was not 

enough of a majority to risk mounting a costly 

effort for marriage equality this time around. 

“We have considered the possibility of putting 

this issue on the ballot for the 2012 election,” 

read the statement. “However several 

factors, including the expense of waging a 

statewide political campaign in the midst of an 

economic crisis, led us to conclude that [we] are 

better off extending our education campaign 

and building momentum for a later election.” 

Over the previous three years, BRO has 

launched increasingly more visible ad campaigns 

designed to educate potential voters 

on the plight of gay and lesbian couples denied 

the right to marry in Oregon. Television 

ads aired in 2010-11 across the state, featuring 

Oregon gay and lesbian couples relating 

their perspectives on marriage equality, met 

with positive feedback. But despite convening 

with additional community leadership for advice, 

as well as evaluating data from an online 

survey that garnered more than 1,000 respondents—a 

majority of whom told BRO not to 

move forward in 2012 unless there was a solid 

chance of victory—the organization’s next 

step became clear as an informal early November 

deadline loomed. 

“Today we recommit ourselves to this effort,” 

continued the statement. “We’re committed 

to opening a new dialogue with our 

friends, family and neighbors and, ultimately, 

winning the freedom to marry.” 

The announcement resonated communitywide 

Wednesday. The Oregon Family Council 

said that though they are relieved BRO is 

postponing their efforts, the OFC’s work to 

defend Oregon’s Constitutional definition of 

marriage will continue soon enough. 

“[BRO has] made it clear…that a battle to 

change marriage is coming. Therefore we will 

remain vigilant in our efforts to educate Oregonians 

about the importance of protecting 

marriage and the impact that redefining marriage 

can have on society,” said OFC communications 

director Teresa Harke. 

Michael Kaplan—Cascade AIDS Project 

executive director and BRO advisory group 

member—said he fully supports the board’s 

decision not to move forward. 

“BRO led an incredibly thorough and 

thoughtful process with a clear goal: ensuring 

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a winning path for marriage equality,” explained 

Kaplan. “I think taking time to make 

sure all our ducks are in a row in Oregon 

makes good sense, and has me confident that 

with BRO’s leadership, we will get there.” 

For more on the decision, turn to p. 3 for insight 

from Basic Rights Oregon executive director 

Jeana Frazzini. 

Ben Cohen Announced as 

Special Guest for PCC’s First 

Ever Lavender Career Panel 

Portland Community College’s Rock Creek 

Campus Career Resource Center, in partnership 

with the new Queer Resource Center, 

will host its first ever Lavender Career Panel 

Monday, November 14 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. 

The inaugural event will feature an esteemed 

panel of LGBTQ professionals and allies 

from all walks of life, including English rugby 

icon Ben Cohen. 

Cohen, who is among the first straight professional 

athletes to focus his philanthropic 

work to help the LGBTQ community via his 

StandUp Foundation, will anchor the panel, 

sharing personal stories to inspire impetus for 

success and satisfaction in attendees’ careers. 

“Having Ben on the panel can facilitate a 

dialogue from an allied perspective, and that 

is equally as important for the success of the 

panel,” explains PCC career resource special- 

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ist Tamara Ryan. “As allies, we all have that 

‘unique moment’ that inspired us to take action, 

and my hope [is] that allied students will 

find their own reasons for a call to action by 

attending.” 

Other panelists include Q Center’s Paul 

Fukui, Beth Allen Law PC attorney Megan 

Gluth, PABA president Jill Nelson and more. 

Ryan hopes that the diversity of the panel 

will instill students with a renewed self-confidence 

in their ability to achieve their goals. 

“From my personal experience, seeing ‘someone 

like me,’ a Mexican-American woman, in 

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a leadership role literally blew my mind,” explains 

Ryan. “It cracked the glass ceiling in 

my mind and helped me believe that I could 

be in a leadership role, too.” 

This free event is open to PCC students 

and all community members, and will take 

place at Rock Creek Campus’ Building 3 

Auditorium (17705 NW Springville Road). 

RSVPs are encouraged to Ryan at tamara. 

ryan@pcc.edu. 

In other regional campus event news, 

Lewis and Clark College will host a free 

conference Thursday, December 1 from 11 

a.m. to 5 p.m. at its Templeton Campus 

Center in the Council Chamber (0615 SW 

Palatine Hill Road). “Growing Up Policed: 

Surveilling Racialized Sexualities” will 

highlight how young people marginalized 

through sexuality and race are targeted by 

authorities. 

The event will feature presenters and panelists, 

followed by a world-premiere screening 

of The Story of Antjuanece Brown, which 

focuses on the Washington County case of 

Brown’s highly controversial “sexting” charge 

that landed her a month in jail, convicted 

felon status and the loss of her job. 

This event is open to the public. 

To RSVP and for more information about 

the “Growing Up Policed” conference, visit go. 

lclark.edu/graduate/policed/conference. 

CAUSA to Host Coming Out 

Party 

Over the last year, CAUSA—Oregon’s 

Immigrant Rights Coalition—has stepped 

up its alliance work with the LGBT community. 

To highlight those efforts, CAUSA 

is hosting a Coming Out Party Thursday, 

December 8 at The Slate (2001 NW 19th 

Ave. #104) from 6 to 8 p.m. The party will 

showcase the importance and history behind 

creating alliances and conversations 

between the LGBT and Latino 

communities. 

CAUSA’s work to integrate LGBT issues 

into its agenda has included bringing queer 

DREAM Act activist Yahaira Carillo to 

speak at its annual membership assembly, as 

well as organizing equality assemblies where 

LGBT Latinos gave personal testimony on 

discriminatory experiences. CAUSA has 

also partnered with Basic Rights Oregon to 

build support for the freedom to marry in 

Oregon. 

“We have a long-standing relationship 

with LGBT organizations such as Basic 

Rights Oregon and [the] Rural Organizing 

Project, because it made sense strategically 

and politically,” says Aeryca Steinbauer, 

special projects coordinator for CAU- 

SA. “Immigrant and LGBT communities 

have both faced attacks on our basic rights 

at the ballot in Oregon, and we needed to 

come together to protect our communities.” 

The party will include live music by 

Xavier y Su Banda Clasica, as well as jazz 

and Broadway tunes from David Hastings. 

Emcees are El Hispanic News publisher 

Melanie Davis, and Star Empress 34 Fabu- 

Lanzaa. Wine, beer, non-alcoholic beverages 

and hors d’ouevres will also be served. 

Steinbauer is positive that the event will 

serve as a testament to CAUSA’s committed 

work ethic, and the reinforcement of bridges 

built with the LGBTQ community. 

“Even though we’ve taken action in support 

of LGBT equality for years, we feel 

this year was our ‘Coming Out’ year because 

we started our work for LGBT equality in a 

more integrated, public way,” says Steinbauer. 

“The Coming Out Party will be a fun 

time to celebrate this work and recognize 

the leadership and contributions of LGBT 

Latinos and Latinas.” 

Tickets to the Coming Out Party are $15 in 

advance, and $25 at the door. Advance tickets 

are available by visiting causaoregon.org. 

Community 

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• LGBTQ adults considering adoption, waiting 

to adopt and those who’ve recently adopted 

alike are invited to a new monthly 

LGBTQ parent support group meeting, 

presented by Adoption Mosaic (adoptionmosaic.org). 

The nonprofit organization, 

dedicated to supporting the adoption community, 

was recently awarded a $5,000 grant 

through a collaboration of AdoptUSKids 

and the North American Council on Adoptable 

Children (NACAC), which allowed 

AM to facilitate the new monthly groups. 

According to the Williams Institute 

Census Snapshot from February 2008, approximately 

19 percent of same-sex couples 

in Oregon were raising children under the 

age of 18, with more than 5 percent of Oregon’s 

adopted children living with a gay or 

lesbian parent. 

The next monthly support group meets 

Wednesday, November 30 from 6:30 to 8 

p.m. at the residence of one of the facilitators, 

Cliff Leonardi (1556 SE Maple Ave.) 

Monthly meetings will continue through 

December 2012.

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• Diving into other Portland organization 

news, the Ruby Red Flippers LGBTQ 

scuba club recently attended the 20th Anniversary 

of Diving for Life in Cozumel, 

Mexico. The annual fundraising event brings 

scuba clubs from across the globe together 

to raise money for HIV/AIDS charities. 

Diving for Life generated approximately 

$90,000 total, and Ruby Red Flippers will 

bring about $17,000 of that sum home to 

Portland for local charities. The group has 

donated more than $50,000 to local healthrelated 

charities since 2002, including 2010 

beneficiaries Our House, the Sexual and 

Gender Minority Youth Resource Center 

(SMYRC), Outside In and the Pride of the 

Rose Scholarship. For more information 

about Ruby Red Flippers, search for the 

club on Facebook. 

• Back on land, Q Center has announced 

two new members to its board of directors, 

Beth Allen and Ryan Wayman. 

Allen owns Beth Allen Law PC, a firm 

that reaches out specifically to the LGBTQ 

community and its allies. Wayman is managing 

partner of Pride Financial Partners, 

an independent, open brokerage firm specializing 

in services for the small business 

owner, nonprofits and individuals. 

For her part, Allen—a familiar community 

member to Just Out readers—called Q 

“a focal point for reaching out and coming 

together. It says we are here, we are queer, 

and we are community far and near.” 

“Fifteen years ago, I wish there was an 

LGBTQ community center like this for me 

and my family,” related Wayman, an Oregon 

native. “It sure would have made life and 

the struggle to ‘come out’ a whole lot 

easier.” 

Q Center executive director Barbara Mc- 

Cullough-Jones said by way of press release 

that both appointees “understand Q Center’s 

role in changing hearts and minds both 

to create a healthy community and to continue 

our march toward equality. We are 

fortunate to have them on our team.” 

Allen and Wayman join a leadership team 

including Honorary Board Chair Mayor 

Sam Adams, co-chair Jim Taff, treasurer 

Anne Viola, and board members Tim Bias, 

Mary Wheat, Judge Kemp and Aaron Hall. 

• In awards news, Portland-based Equity 

Foundation has announced that 

it will host its First Annual Equity 

Awards, to recognize Oregon 

firms that embrace diversity. This 

inaugural ceremony takes place 

Friday, January 20, 2012 from 

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Governor 

Hotel (614 SW 11th Ave.). 

For more information about 

nominating a business or to 

purchase tickets for the First 

Annual Equity Awards, visit 

equityfoundation.org/awards. 

Last but not least, mark your 

calendars for Q Center’s annual 

Winter Gala, scheduled for Saturday, 

February 18, 2012 at the YU Contemporary 

Art Center (800 SE 10th Ave.). This 

year dubbed “Never Out of Style,” the Winter 

Gala is Q’s primary fundraiser. For updates 

on the event, visit pdxqcenter.org. 

Community 

Notes 

• Salem resident and former Mr. Gay Oregon 

Jonathan Reitan recently took part in 

a photo essay project dubbed “A Day with 

HIV in America,” conducted by Positively 

Aware. The online magazine solicited photos 

to capture a moment of a day in the life 

of individuals, couples, families and groups, 

whether HIV positive or not, to represent a 

collective portrait of “what it means to live 

with or care for someone with HIV.” 

An image of Reitan was chosen to be included 

among 31 photos culled from 160 submissions, 

all taken on Wednesday, September 

21. The images are featured in the November/ 

December issue of Positively Aware. 

“It’s a true honor for this small town guy 

to be a part of a national project, especially 

considering I’m just as happy reaching out 

to a few people in my neck of the woods in 

sharing my story about HIV/AIDS,” explains 

Reitan, who was diagnosed with HIV 

in 2007. “I really hope people will look at 

this project and realize that whether you’re 

from a big town or a little town, whether 

you’re young, old, gay, straight, positive or 

negative, that this disease can affect you too. 

I may be living with the virus, but we are all 

are living with HIV.” 

World AIDS Day is coming up Thursday, 

December 1. For more information on local 

goings-on, turn to p. 18. 

• Making the rounds locally is multidisciplinary 

artist and writer TJ Norris, whose 

group photography exhibition Re:Nude, The 

21st Century Nude in Photography is showing 

through November 22 at the Black Box 

Gallery (811 E. Burnside, Ste. 212) from 

noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays. 

From Thursday, December 1 at noon to 

Thursday, December 8 at 4 p.m., Norris will 

help showcase the Portland Visual Art Exchange 

at Portland State University’s Litt- 

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man Gallery (1825 SW Broadway). Norris is 

curator for the sixth annual art swap, which he 

originally founded under the name Pink Elephant. 

Norris was also recently named as one 

of four semifinalists in the 10th Northwest 

Biennial at the Tacoma Art Museum, which 

will focus on the resurgent forms of interdisciplinary 

art practices. 

• In Washington state, the long-dormant 

chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans will 

be reestablished following what organizers 

say is a ripe time following the repeal of 

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” 

Organizer Troy Bodnar reports that the reinvigorated 

chapter will start by holding a few 

social events for participants to meet other gay 

Republicans in Washington, and to start discussions 

about getting the chapter active again. 

The first social will be held at The Lobby Bar 

(916 E. Pike St.) in Seattle on Saturday, November 

19 from 4 to 6 p.m. 

• Former Oregon resident Thomas Beatie, 

the trans man who made headlines for giving 

birth, and who gained worldwide exposure 

as “the pregnant man,” says his days of 

pregnancy are behind him. 

Beatie, who has three children with his wife 

Nancy, said during an interview on TV show 

The Doctors that he is considering having a 

hysterectomy. The couple moved to Arizona 

from their home in Bend after their house 

was repossessed last year. 

In t h e m o n t h t o c o m e , dozens of community 

events will take place in and around 

Portland. What follows are some of the highlights 

leading into mid-December. Turn to 

Out & About on pp. 25-29, and visit justout. 

com for up-to-date calendar listings. 

• The Second Annual Swashbuckler’s Ball 

promises a sea-farin’ good time Saturday, November 

12 at the Melody Ballroom (615 SE 

Alder) at 7 p.m. As a benefit for the Oregon 

Humane Society, this rum-tastic celebration 

includes live music by Chervona, Pirate 

Charles and more. 

Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door. 

For more information, visit swashbucklersball.com. 

• Disjecta (8371 N. Interstate Ave.) holds its 

Fifth Annual Art Auction Saturday, November 

12 from 7 to 11 p.m. Guests will be treated 

to drinks courtesy of House Spirits and 

Deschutes Brewery, as well as delicious vittles 

from Olympic Provisions, Firehouse and Vibrant 

Table. Fifty-four artists’ works will be 

for sale, and all proceeds go to Disjecta. 

Tickets are $20 in advance at disjecta.org/ 

auction, or $30 at the door. 21 and over. 

• Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest 

will hold their Ninth Annual Start 

Something Breakfast Thursday, November 17 

at 7:30 a.m. at the Oregon Convention Center. 

The annual event hopes to match potential Big 

Brothers and Sisters with children in need. 

For more information, visit bbbsnorthwest.org. 

• Wilfs Restaurant (800 NW Sixth Ave.) 

plays host to a special holiday open house 

event kickoff Monday, November 21 from 5 

to 7 p.m. Proceeds from the evening will benefit 

Cascade AIDS Project’s Camp Starlight 

for children affected by HIV/AIDS. Additionally, 

proceeds from the purchase of select 

menu items at Wilfs throughout the month 

of December will go to Camp Starlight. 

To RSVP, email info@wilfsrestaurant.com, 

or call 503-223-0070. 

• Just Out will be collecting canned and nonperishable 

food for Esther’s Pantry during 

Inferno Dances—formerly Hot Flash—on 

Saturday, November 26. This event will be 

held at Cuda Beach Club (9 NW Second 

Ave.) from 6 to 10 p.m. Admission is $8. 

• The Oregon Bears are growling up for their 

11th Annual Community Holiday Show and 

Live Auction, to be held Sunday, December 4 

at the Bagdad Theater. The “Holiday Vaudeville 

Spectacular” will be hosted by Mr. Oregon 

Bear and Cub 2011 and will benefit Esther’s 

Pantry. 

Organizers are seeking drag artists, singersongwriters, 

comedians and more for the 

event. Those interested in being part of the 

show can contact co-chairs Don James or Hal 

Gerrard at oregonbearsholidayshow2011@ 

a taste of what’s 

to come... 

comcast.net or by calling 971-678-1400. The 

deadline for performers to submit is Wednesday, 

November 16. 

More information can be found by searching 

“Annual Oregon Bears Community Holiday 

Show and Live Auction” on Facebook. 

• The Third Annual Notorious Noel show is 

set for Monday, December 5 at 6 p.m. at The 

Original (300 SE Sixth Ave.). Featuring the 

legendary Poison Waters, this cheery charity 

event benefits Basic Rights Oregon, and will 

include hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. 

Tickets are $15 at the door. 

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Help for the Long Term 

Shortly after Bill Bard, 65, moved to Oregon 

in 2002, he began taking full-time care of 

his aging mother. She was 87, and after four 

years under his care, she died. 

Then Bard’s own health started to buckle. 

Two months before his mother died, he noticed 

his shoes were too tight. He had a condition 

called idiopathic polyneuropathy, which 

caused him to lose feeling in his feet. Now he 

can’t walk safely without assistance, and he 

uses a rolling walker to get around. 

But Bard’s disability didn’t stop him from 

winning an Oregon Governor’s Volunteer 

Award this year. He won in the Outstanding 

Senior Volunteer category for his work with 

the Oregon Long-Term Care Ombudsman, a 

federally mandated state agency that checks 

on the care of seniors in assisted-living facilities. 

It was work he started after his experience 

caring for his mother. 

“I never had to place her in long-term care,” 

Bard says, “but it was considered, and I learned 

a lot about the pros and cons.” 

Bard has been volunteering with the agency 

for four years. He is assigned to several facilities, 

where he goes to investigate care and 

check up on complaints. The work requires 

some training, people skills and a fair amount 

of record-keeping. 

The record-keeping is where Bard shone. 

All of the activities done by the volunteers 

must be recorded and turned in to the state, 

which then submits the information to the 

federal office. When Bard began working with 

the ombudsman program, all of the forms 

were on paper. He had career experience doing 

information processing with airlines, and 

made the whole process an online, electronic 

one—an innovation that helped secure the 

governor’s award nomination. 

Bard also turned his interest toward a group 

Sources Of Pride 

Community members give back, one person at a time 

Above: (l to r) deputy State 

Ombudsman Ana Potter, Bill Bard and 

Bard’s partner, James donder, at the 

Governor’s Volunteer Awards nov. 4 

Right: Teri Bunker 

that was close to him: the state’s aging LGBTQ 

population, seniors who often aren’t prepared 

for the world they face when entering long-tern 

care. Many haven’t done the legal legwork required 

to avoid fights when they want to see 

their partners—to whom they are not legally 

wed. Some end up going back in the closet. 

“Some of our gay and lesbian senior elders 

are ending up in long-term care, and I’m making 

it a mission of mine to make sure that there 

is no discrimination and to get the word out 

that there is help for you if you’re gay,” he says. 

Of Primary Concern 

Teri Bunker, 47, has always taken care of 

underserved populations. 

From Reno, Nev., she moved to Portland in 

1986, got her nurse practitioner degree and 

went to work for the Multnomah County 

Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic—“I’ve 

profiles 

By AArOn SPenCer 

seen it all, working there,” she says. 

She went next to the Clackamas County 

Health Department, where she took care of 

people who didn’t have insurance. 

Then in 2003, she decided to open her own 

clinic, Bridge City Family Medical Clinic, 

now located in Gateway. At the time, the Oregon 

Health Plan, the state’s Medicaid program, 

had just suffered a budget cut. Bunker 

saw a lot of people without a primary care 

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provider and was well versed in taking care of 

individuals without insurance. 

“I’m an entrepreneur at heart,” she says. “I 

wanted to be the boss, and I did the math, and 

I just knew that I could do it.” 

Bunker is a big believer in primary care, and 

she wants it to be accessible to everyone, especially 

the LGBTQ population. 

“They’ve had a lack of success with health 

care because there’s a lack of acknowledgement 

with them—even on intake forms,” she says. 

Bunker tries to combat this problem from 

the first step a patient takes in her office. She 

doesn’t make assumptions and gives people 

room to disclose their gender identity and 

sexual orientation. 

“I’ve wanted my office to be a place that you 

would want to go whether your straight, gay, 

lesbian, bi, trans—whether you have Oregon 

Health Plan or regular insurance,” she says. 

She’s notably seen several transgender patients, 

for whom all-inclusive health care coverage 

is more difficult to find. Bunker offers 

trans health care and spoke about the subject 

this year at the Nurse Practitioners of Oregon 

Education Conference. 

In fact, about 20 percent of Oregonians do 

not have health insurance. But because Bunker 

is a strong proponent of primary care, she’s 

trying to get over this hurdle by starting a plan 

of her own. 

The plan offers coverage in return for a $54 

to $89 fee per month, plus annual enrollment, 

and was helped made possible by Senate Bill 

86, which passed this year and labels the service 

as health care, not insurance. 

“I’m very passionate in primary care and 

finding ways to deliver primary care in a simple, 

affordable fashion that services the patients 

and the providers and not the insurance 

company,” she says. “We need to take the insurance 

companies out of primary care.” 

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trans 

Tragedies And 

Triumphs 

Trans community remembers the dead 

while celebrating the living 

Every November 20, communities across 

the nation observe Trans Day of Remembrance, 

memorializing those who have died 

in the previous year as a result of transphobic 

violence. But out of that 14-year tradition 

has grown a month-long focus on both 

remembering the trans community’s dead 

and celebrating its living. 

In conjunction with Trans Awareness 

Month, and anchored by Trans Day of Remembrance, 

local queer and trans organizations 

are hosting a wide range of events including 

a candlelight vigil, workshops, photo 

and art exhibits, a resource 

fair and an auction 

to benefit gendervariant 

children and 

teens. 

The month kicked off 

with two art exhibits. 

Transfigurations, which 

features Jana Marcus’ 

award-winning documentary 

photography 

examining gender identity, 

opened November 4 

at the Smith Center’s 

White Gallery at Portland 

State. 

On November 13, Q 

Center will hold an 

opening reception for its 

November show, Body of 

Work, curated by Alison 

Picard (Bloodhound 

Photography) and featuring local trans and 

queer artists exploring gender identity. Both 

shows run all month. 

Before the night’s opening for Body of Work, 

Q Center will host the annual Communi-T: 

Trans Resource Fair, a one-stop resource shop 

for community members and service providers 

that includes workshops and a raffle. 

“Communi-T is one of the most important 

programs we have here at Q Center,” 

says Logan Lynn, the center’s public relations 

manager. “The resource fair trains 

providers about the trans community’s needs 

and then connects the two so they can be 

met. Aside from the practical stuff, it’s also 

just a really fun event.” 

The fair got its start in 2009 when organizers 

saw a need for trans folks to connect 

with health care providers in a free, nonclinical 

setting. 

“Finding a therapist or doctor is more dif- 

By Erin rook 

“it is not enough to create 

access to resources but 

also to ensure that those 

resource providers are 

culturally competent of the 

transgender community.” 

—chloe florA, organizEr, 

communi-T rEsourcE fair 


ficult for trans folk looking for someone 

culturally competent. Additionally a clinical 

setting can be incredibly intimidating when 

trying to self-advocate for care,” fair coordinator 

Chloe Flora says. “This is important 

because barriers to health care are one of the 

largest issues in the trans community.” 

This year’s workshops will include a threehour 

self-defense training with the Tulen 

One With Heart Center and address medical 

issues in early and mid/late transition, 

mental health and coping, and spirituality. 

But it’s not just members of the trans 

community who will be 

getting an education. Flora 

chris rEnTzEl 

says the event is increasingly 

focused on providing 

instruction for service providers 

as well. 

“It is not enough to create 

access to resources but 

also to ensure that those 

resource providers are culturally 

competent of the 

transgender community,” 

Flora says. 

Among the service providers 

in attendance at the 

2011 fair will be Dr. Tony 

Mangubat, a Seattle surgeon 

specializing in top 

surgery for trans men, and 

Lake Oswego plastic surgeon 

Dr. Tuan Nguyen. 

The following weekend, 

PSU’s Queer Resource Center will offer its 

own batch of workshops commemorating 

Trans Awareness Month and leading up to 

TDoR. Planned topics include writing trans 

narratives, student health care and sex/body 

positivity. On Saturday evening, November 19, 

the QRC hosts a reading from Trans/Love, a 

new anthology of trans writers including local 

contributors, edited by Morty Diamond. 

Come late Sunday afternoon, community 

members will gather at PSU for a procession 

and candlelight vigil remembering the victims 

of transphobic violence, ending at Pioneer 

Courthouse Square. Emi Koyama, director 

of Intersex Initiative and social justice 

activist, will provide opening remarks. 

After Trans Awareness Month has technically 

ended, TransActive Education and 

Advocacy will bring it back to the future 

Decmeber 4 with its annual silent auction 

supporting the organization’s work with

oregon’s lgbtQ newsmagazine 

last year’s communi-T drew a 

big crowd to Q center. 

gender-variant children and youth. 

The Superheroes for Superkids event may 

have had humble beginnings—hosted in a 

small Aloha coffee shop and netting 

$1,000—but the fourth annual benefit 

promises to be TransActive’s biggest yet. 

In addition to securing a larger venue and 

major sponsors such as OHSU, TransActive 

also netted a dynamic keynote speaker in 

People.com editor Janet Mock. 

Mock made the media rounds after her 

“It Gets Better” video, which drew from her 

life and transition experiences as a teenager, 

went viral. TransActive executive director 

Jenn Burleton contacted Mock to thank her 

for the video, and Mock expressed her desire 

to get involved with the organization. 

“Much to my joy and surprise, she immediately 

responded and shared with me that 

trans 

she did that video precisely because 

[she] wanted to connect 

more with trans children and 

youth,” Burleton says. “She has 

an incredibly compelling story to 

tell... We’re so honored to have 

her at our event this year.” 

The auction, which includes a 

wide range of items from vacation 

getaways to body art to furniture, 

will raise funds for the 

nation’s only organization providing 

counseling, case management (including 

medical), advocacy, education, legal 

referrals and research specifically to families 

of transgender and gender non-conforming 

youth. 

Burleton says that the organization’s work 

effects more than just the children and families 

it directly serves. 

“Most of the recent cases of youth suicides 

are primarily the result of bullying 

over gender expression rather than being 

directly related to sexual orientation,” Burleton 

says. “It’s important that, culturally, we 

recognize that the difficulties that many 

transgender children and youth face are a 

warning and reminder of the harmful experiences 

that non-transgender but gender 

non-conforming children, youth and adults 

face every day.” 

aT a glancE Trans awareness month Events 

Transf igurations Photo Exhibit 

Through Dec. 8, PSU Smith Center White 

Gallery, 1825 SW Broadway, pdx.edu/qrc. 

Jana Marcus’ acclaimed exhibit documenting 

trans people and their stories 

opened November 4 and runs through 

early December. 

Communi-T Trans Resource Fair 

Sun., Nov. 13, 2:30-6 p.m., Q Center, 

4115 N. Mississippi Ave., sliding scale donation, 

pdxqcenter.org. 

Communi-T brings together trans 

health, legal and social service providers 

and offers workshops on a variety including 

transition issues, mental health, spirituality 

and self-defense. 

Body of Work Opening Reception 

Sun., Nov. 13, 6-8 p.m., Q Center, 4115 

N. Mississippi Ave., exhibit runs through 

Dec. 3, pdxqcenter.org. 

Curated by Alison Picard of Bloodhound 

Photography, the show features 

work by local trans and queer artists on 

gender identity. 

Trans/Love Anthology Reading 

Sat., Nov. 19, 6-8 p.m., PSU Smith Memorial 

Student Union, 1825 SW Broadway, 

pdx.edu/qrc. 

Local contributors will read from editor 

Morty Diamond’s collection of writings 

on radical sex and relationships beyond the 

gender binary. 

chris rEnTzEl 

Portland State University Workshops 

Sun., Nov. 20, 10 a.m.-3p.m. 

Exact times and rooms being finalized as of 

press time, PSU Smith Memorial Student 

Union, 1825 SW Broadway, pdx.edu/qrc. 

Trans-Narratives Writing Workshop 

Cooper Lee Bombardier and Morty Diamond 

facilitate. 

Interactive Health Care Panel 

Staff from PSU’s Student Health and 

Counseling Center answer questions about 

health care for trans folks. 

Consent and Sex/Body Positivity 

Tobi Hill-Meyer and Smitty S. Buckler 

lead the discussion. 

Trans Day of Remembrance at PSU 

Sun., Nov. 20, 4 p.m. keynote by Emi Koyama 

and reading of names, 6 p.m. procession 

from PSU Multicultural Center (Smith Memorial 

Student Union, second floor) to Pioneer 

Courthouse Square, 7 p.m. candlelight vigil. 

Gather together to remember those who 

have died as a result of anti-trans violence. 

Superheroes for Superkids! TransActive’s 

Fourth Annual Silent Auction 

Sun., Dec. 4, 2-5 p.m., Refuge PDX, 116 

SW Yamhill, $15 in advance, $20 at the door, 

transactive.org. 

The benefit features a keynote address 

from People.com editor Janet Mock, an 

auction of furniture, travel packages, art, 

gifts and services, as well as a raffle, food and 

drink. 

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OGALLA: The LGBT Bar Association of Oregon 

strives for equality in the legal community 

As the decade inches further into the 

‘10s, a who’s who of equality organizations 

will celebrate milestone anniversaries. 

United in the fight against the discriminatory 

agenda of groups like the Oregon 

Citizens Alliance, and anti-gay ballot initiatives 

like Measures 8 and 9, activists in 

the early 1990s forged a legacy of Portland-based 

collectives. The class of 1991 

includes OGALLA: The LGBT Bar Association 

of Oregon, founded 20 years ago 

to support the needs of LGBT people in 

the legal profession. Boasting a network 

of some 400 attorneys, judges, law students, 

educators, paralegals and more, 

OGALLA’s work has played a critical role 

in the advancement of a more equitable 

judiciary system. 

Sarah Adams, an attorney and teacher at 

Lewis and Clark Law School, has sat as 

OGALLA’s chair for the past three years. 

After coming out as a lesbian, she was drawn 

to the organization as a source of support 

Virginia Linder (above left, with her 

partner Colleen Sealock) and Rives 

Kistler (below), openly gay Oregon 

Supreme Court justices 

By RyAn J. PRAdO 

mARTy dAviS 

“[Students] don’t really care often 

about what lawyers are doing,” says 

Adams. “But telling young people 

about how many openly gay or 

lesbian judges and Oregon Supreme 

Court justices there are can be really 

inspiring to them—sometimes also 

to the parents who are worried that 

their kids’ lives are ruined because 

they come out.” 

—saRah adams, ChAiR, OGALLA 

for those in the legal profession who were 

also part of the LGBT community. 

“Twenty years ago, OGALLA came into 

being as an organization when Portland 

and Oregon were hostile places to be openly 

gay and lesbian and practice law,” explains 

Adams, noting that at first, OGALLA had 

to have a secret membership list. “Five 

years ago, I found that I was in a 

very different place. I could be 

openly lesbian. I had no fear of being 

fired from my job. The same 

major law firms that 20 years ago 

were discriminating are now hosting 

OGALLA functions, and are 

now major sponsors.” 

Adams says that while OGAL- 

LA doesn’t deserve all the credit, it 

is an integral part of the evolution 

of equality in Oregon’s legal echelons. 

From the beginning, OGAL- 

LA assumed a proactive stance 

against statewide inequalities 

based on sexual orientation. In 

1990, an early steering committee version 

of OGALLA lent its support to a University 

of Oregon professor who was forced by 

the school’s dean to publicly apologize to 

his students for announcing he was gay in 

class. That same year, OGALLA helped 

convince the state bar association to revise 

its policy on hiring notices after an attorney 

wrote a homophobic letter to a newspaper, 

while also advertising a job vacancy 

in the same issue. As a result, the Oregon 

State Bar refused to publish hiring notices 

from legal firms that discriminate on the 

basis of sexual orientation, race, color, national 

origin, handicap or familial status. 

Over the past two decades, OGALLA 

has diversified its impact, using partnerships 

with organizations such as Basic 

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OGALLA chair sarah adams 

Judge Janice Wilson 

Rights Oregon and the Oregon Safe 

Schools and Communities Coalition to 

foster educational opportunities. A main 

component of that outreach has been to 

lobby for school districts in Oregon to 

adopt policies that comply with the state’s 

anti-bullying legislation, passed in 2009. 

OGALLA’s members have tabled at events 

like Portland Pride and Portland State 

University Queer Resource Center’s Queer 

Youth Summit to share facts about LGBT 

people in the legal profession, and the success 

stories of LGBT judges, lawyers and 

more in the state. 

“[Students] don’t really care often about 

what lawyers are doing,” says Adams. “But 

telling young people about how many openly 

gay or lesbian judges and Oregon Supreme 

Court justices there are can be really inspiring 

to them—sometimes also to the parents 

who are worried that their kids’ lives are ruined 

because they come out.” 

Adams is alluding to openly gay Oregon 

Supreme Court justices Rives Kistler and 

Virginia Linder, as well as 20-year veteran 

of the Multnomah County Circuit Court 

Judge Janice Wilson. At OGALLA’s annual 

dinner and silent auction fundraiser in 

October—the proceeds of which benefit 

the Bill and Ann Shepherd Legal Scholarship 

Fund—Wilson was a guest of honor. 

She took the opportunity to express her 

hope for the future of LGBT professionals 

in the field. 

“[ Judge Wilson] made the point at the 

dinner that she was looking forward to the 

time when saying someone was a ‘lesbian 

judge’ sounded as awkward and wrong as 

community 

mARTy dAviS 

“[Judge Wilson] made the point ... 

that she was looking forward to the 

time when saying someone was a 

‘lesbian judge’ sounded as awkward 

and wrong as saying someone was a 

‘lady doctor.’” 

—saRah adams, ChAiR, OGALLA 

saying someone was a ‘lady doctor,’” explains 

Adams. “She said she felt like she 

had gotten to that time, at least in Portland 

and in Oregon. I think so, too.” 

The status achieved by Kistler, Linder 

and Wilson is an indirect result of 

OGALLA’s work. More directly, the organization 

was tapped by the Oregon Attorney 

General’s office last year for feedback 

on the equality agendas of candidates 

running for office. As a result, the group 

formed the Judicial Endorsements Committee 

to review candidates being considered 

for judicial office. 

OGALLA has also created a lawyer referral 

directory on the organization’s website, 

which contains a list of LGBTfriendly 

professionals listed by practice 

area across the state. That effort is, somewhat 

disturbingly, the only step at the moment 

to expand OGALLA’s reach beyond 

the Portland metro area and the I-5 corridor 

to rural locations that would ostensibly 

require more of the group’s educational efforts. 

Adams says that expanding their active 

base to include those regions is a primary 

goal. 

“There’s still a great need for education,” 

says Adams. “It’s surprising how few people 

know what rights they have. But we’ve been 

accomplishing a lot.” 

Adams believes that, by continuing to recruit 

new members, OGALLA’s influence 

and community presence will grow in the 

years to come. Two decades after first leading 

the way, a steady influx of law students 

working with the organization brings with 

it a renewed focus on education and awareness, 

in what’s only the beginning for the 

next class of activists. 

For more information about OGALLA: The 

LGBT Bar Association of Oregon, visit ogalla.org. 

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A British Parliamentary candidate-turned- 

Portland resident compares LGBTQ politics 

across the pond 

Ed. note: Alex Bryce is 

a British writer, commentator 

and equality 

campaigner. He worked 

as a political researcher, 

speechwriter, adviser and 

election campaigner for 

the Labour Party in the 

Houses of Parliament and at age 23 was selected to 

be a Labour Party Parliamentary candidate. He 

moved to Portland with his partner in September. 

To an outside observer, it is hard to fight the 

urge to constantly draw comparisons between 

our two vastly different political systems, particularly 

given the many cultural similarities 

and reference points we share—and particularly 

when it comes to social issues and LG- 

BTQ equality. British politics seem dull by 

comparison to their equivalent here, where 

both parties seem to genuinely stand for 

something that their opponents despise. 

A few weeks ago, I was hit with a stark reminder 

of how differently homosexuality is 

viewed by the Republican Party and its British 

counterpart, the Conservatives. David Cameron, 

the U.K. prime minister and Conservative 

leader, made two significant appearances 

on the main European LGBTQ news site I 

visit regularly: the first for mercilessly sacking 

and publicly slamming a lowly local representative 

for making homophobic comments, and 

the second for pledging to introduce full gay 

marriage to replace civil partnerships. 

On the very same day, I heard Republican 

presidential hopeful Herman Cain making 

remarks that would have resulted in a humiliating 

public sacking had he been a Conservative 

member of Parliament or local elected 

representative in the United Kingdom. In fact, 

By ALex Bryce 


after a brief look at some of the comments on 

homosexuality made by Cain’s rivals in the 

race for the Republican nomination, I’m fairly 

certain they would have all—maybe with the 

exception of Jon Huntsman—been sacked at 

some stage by Cameron. 

However, the homoerotic love (okay, I exaggerate) 

the Conservative Party leadership 

now has for the LGBTQ community is a 

relatively new phenomenon—they are still 

responsible for every piece of anti-gay legislation 

ever introduced in the U.K. This led me 

to ponder what caused them to change and if 

this is in any way applicable to politics here 

in the United States. 

Cynics would argue that the change was 

driven more by a desire to be seen as electable 

than by sincerely held beliefs. There is certainly 

some truth in this. In Britain, unlike 

over here, where the legislature and the executive 

branch are separate, all the elections 

of any real national significance take place at 

the same time on General Election Day, 

when members of Parliament are voted in. 

The outcome of this determines which party 

forms the government and, in turn, who becomes 

prime minister. David Cameron 

moved his party into the ideological middle 

ground by shedding its image of being out of 

touch, socially illiberal and old-fashioned. 

Part of this transformation was embracing 

LGBTQ rights and equality. 

When gazing across the pond from Britain, 

it is easy to fall into the trap of seeing the 

U.S. as one homogenous country with fairly 

consistent values and beliefs throughout, 

much like the U.K. I call this “Small Island 

Syndrome.” The United Kingdom is actually 

smaller in size than Oregon—that’s right, the 

whole country is smaller than this state. Most


of the politics that really make a difference in 

the U.K. are done at a national level and it is 

easy, as an outsider, to become engrossed in 

U.S. presidential races and see them as an 

equivalent of our national politics—and a 

reflection of the views throughout America. 

In reality, of course, this is a huge country 

with vastly differing cultures, values and political 

beliefs from one state to the next and, indeed, 

different state constitutions and laws. 

Portland is a prime example—a progressive, 

liberal city with an identity and values distinct 

from anywhere else I have known—even from 

the rest of Oregon. Maybe that’s why I love it 

so much. I am closely following the Portland 

mayoral race and I was delighted, but not surprised, 

to learn that the three main declared 

contenders are all 

liberal Democrats 

who offer unwavering 

support for LG- 

BTQ equality. In 

addition, Oregon’s 

state laws are not too 

dissimilar to Britain’s 

when it comes to 

rights for minority 

populations. The 

politics of Portland certainly feel more like 

what I’m used to in Britain than the impression 

outsiders have of U.S. “national politics.” 

The Constitution, the separation of the 

powers and the many checks on executive 

power that exist over here ensure that, although 

U.S. politicians—particularly on the 

right—may sound radical, the system often 

prevents them from delivering on their more 

extreme goals. The opposite is true in Britain: 

It is often difficult to tell the two main parties 

apart based purely on rhetoric but, in 

practice, the U.K. Parliamentary system gives 

a new prime minister both the mandate and 

the power to introduce a radical program of 

reforms if they so choose. It is fairly common 

for a party leader to sound moderate to be 

elected, then behave more radically after becoming 

prime minister. 

Though other factors—such as the influence 

of religion—may be important, the size 

of the U.S. and its political system is, I believe, 

responsible for what appears to an outside 

observer a polarized political environ- 

politics 

ment and a Republican Party far to the right 

of its British equivalent. But, as I said, the 

change in the Conservative Party is a fairly 

recent phenomenon and came about largely 

as a response to a shift in the British voting 

majority’s views on LGBTQ equality. 

So the real question is, what caused the British 

public, in general, to warm so quickly to the 

idea of LGBTQ equal rights? When the Labour 

Party won a landslide election in 1997, 

virtually wiping out the Conservatives after 

they had been in power for 18 years, the public 

was eager to embrace a positive, progressive 

politics. Tony Blair, as newly elected prime 

minister, personified the mood and took full 

advantage of this hope and optimism—delivering 

a substantial raft of progressive reform, of 

which much was targeted 

at the LGBTQ 

community. 

I am generally 

cynical about the extent 

to which politicians 

ever really alter 

public opinion. But 

when it comes to 

LGBTQ rights, by 

showing leadership 

and unwavering commitment to the cause, 

Tony Blair and his Labour government won 

the argument and eventually shaped British 

attitudes. In doing so, he also forced the Conservative 

Party to change in order to remain 

relevant and electable. 

Is there a lesson to be learned here for senior 

Democrats, and particularly the Obama 

administration, in this country? I believe 

there is. Liberals and progressives throughout 

the world cheered Obama into the White 

House. It would be unfair—and inaccurate— 

to say that his administration has not achieved 

anything for the LGBTQ community, but 

they have done so cautiously and quietly, and 

Obama himself has failed to speak out as often 

and as boldly as he could have. Much like 

Blair, he was elected on a wave of hope and 

optimism, with the power to bring about 

radical change, but he has failed to show the 

leadership necessary to drag forward the debate 

on LGBTQ equality and shape public 

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Thirty Years Later 

Portland looks back, forward for 

World AIDS Day 2011 

On December 1, communities throughout 

the world will come together for the 

23rd Annual World AIDS Day—an opportunity 

not only to remember those lost to 

HIV/AIDS and the 33 million people living 

with it today, but also to raise awareness 

about how to prevent and curtail the spread 

of the infection. World AIDS Day 2011 

holds added significance—earlier this year 

marked the 30th anniversary of the first diagnosed 

case of HIV. 

Three decades and countless medical advances 

later, perhaps the most sobering truth 

is that in the last 10 years the incidence of 

new HIV infections has not gone down. It is 

estimated that 56,000 new HIV infections 

occur annually—that’s one every nine and a 

half minutes—and 20 percent of those living 

with the virus in the United States are 

not aware of their status. 

Cause for hope came in May of this year, 

when a study published by the National Institutes 

of Health found that early treatment 

can reduce transmission to sexual partners 

by 96 percent. The data led to dramatic predictions 

by commentators and experts such 

as Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, 

who in the Washington Post wrote, “An end 

to AIDS is within our reach.” 

It makes sense, then, that the theme for 

World AIDS Day 2011 is “Getting to 

Zero”—and wiping out AIDS-related stigma, 

discrimination, deaths and new infections. 

“It’s huge,” says Cascade AIDS Project 

executive director Michael Kaplan of the 

findings, and their “potential to change the 

way we think about HIV/AIDS and alter 

what the future looks like.” 

“In the U.S. you could take infections 

down to less than a few thousand from 

40,000 sexually transmitted each year in the 

[country] today,” he says. “Through simply 

ensuring that everyone knew their HIV status 

and those that are positive got early 

treatment, we could really break the back of 

the epidemic. It gives us a clear path and a 

clear light at the end of the tunnel.” 

Despite high levels of human trafficking, 

prostitution and drug use, Kaplan explains 

that HIV/AIDS in the Portland metro area 

is “a very concentrated epidemic, highly focused 

on gay and bisexual men. In fact, 70 

percent of all infections continue to be 

among gay and bisexual men.” 

It’s been CAP’s mission since 1983 to 

fight the spread of the disease, support those 

living with it and educate the greater population. 

The nonprofit provides 3,000 tests a 

year in its downtown Portland offices, and 

CAP program Pivot, a community space for 

“men into men,” offers a variety of social and 

By Alex Bryce 


“We want to encourage churches, 

synagogues, schools, colleges, universities, 

government bodies and so 

on to each try to do their own event. 

This supports the idea that HIV/ 

AIDS affects all communities.” 

—waYne miYa, execuTIVe DIrecTor, 

our HouSe 

educational programming for gay, bisexual 

and trans men. 

Among CAP’s World AIDS Day efforts 

this year, the organization will host a public 

symposium assessing “What’s New in HIV” 

with guest speaker Paul Kawata, executive 

director of the National Minority AIDS 

Council, focusing on the key strategies of 

education, prevention and treatment. 

CAP is joined in its educational efforts by 

Our House of Portland, which in 2011 is 

reaching out to students at Beaumont Middle 

School. Established in 1988, Our House provides 

a diverse range of services—from 24hour 

residential care to free clothing and even 

pet food for owners in need—through programs 

like Esther’s Pantry and Tod’s Corner. 

CAP and Our House are just two facets of 

the Portland contingent of World AIDS 

Day—a community that, since 2009, has been 

united under an umbrella of engagement and 

collaboration at worldaidsdaynw.org. As Our 

House executive director Wayne Miya explains, 

“We want to encourage churches, synagogues, 

schools, colleges, universities, government 

bodies and so on to each try to do their 

own event. This supports the idea that HIV/ 

AIDS affects all communities.” 

It’s a notion that numerous local organizations 

have embraced. Take Portland State 

University, whose Association of African 

Students, a longtime World AIDS Day par- 

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ticipant, will host a dinner, panel discussion 

and live performances in the campus’ Smith 

Memorial Union. Additionally, HIV testing 

will be provided throughout the day by the 

school’s Queer Resource Center. 

Putting the “world” in World AIDS Day 

is another local partner, the 

Portland Mutare Sister City 

Association. The group is 

dedicated to connecting 

Portland with its Humanitarian 

Sister City in Zimbabwe—a 

country long and 

profoundly impacted by the 

epidemic, with 14 percent 

of the population over 15 

years old infected. PMSCA’s 

Daniel Wasil calls the fight 

against HIV/AIDS “a 

neighbor-to-neighbor effort,” 

crediting Portland’s “generosity and 

love.” He adds, “This World AIDS Day is 

one of renewed hope: Wonderful new leadership 

in Zimbabwe has given us all a new 

sense of purpose and optimism.” 

While the international theme of “Getting 

to Zero” may seem ambitious, according to 

Ann Pickar, chair of the Portland Area Global 

AIDS Coalition, “Here in Portland we have a 

perhaps more realistic theme: ‘Time for Action.’ 

We are hoping for 40-50 events 

aids 

[overall]—enough to get everyone involved. 

[It’s] a time to look back, to see how far 

we have come in addressing the devastation 

caused by AIDS, and to realize how much 

still needs to be done,” she says. 

Although the new research is a cause for 

optimism in the fight against 

HIV/AIDS, present realities 

bring with them huge 

obstacles. “It is also a time 

to be aware how many people 

are at risk because the 

current world financial climate 

means it will be difficult 

to maintain programs 

which are saving millions of 

lives,” adds Pickar. 

Indeed, for organizers 

and participants alike, the 

key to “Getting to Zero” is 

awareness—of one’s status, of local resources, 

of the global community, of past challenges 

and future triumphs, and of people like 

Daniel Leary. A resident of Our House 

since August 2010, Leary, 49, was diagnosed 

with AIDS two years ago but believes he has 

been living with the disease for five years. 

“To me World AIDS Day is a moment 

of complete awareness,” he shares, “unifying 

and bringing into light a form of freedom 

for all who bear the torch of struggle.” 

AT A GlAnce World AIDS Day events: December 1 

7:20-8:30 a.m. 

Fundraising Breakfast for Ecumenical 

Ministries of Oregon’s HIV Services 

Concordia University, Hagen Center, 2811 NE 

Holman, free, donations welcomed; reserve by Nov. 

23 at 503-221-1054 or emo@emoregon.org. 

8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

Lobby Display 

View a timeline of the last 30 years of 

HIV in Oregon as culled from the State 

Library Archives, and add your own memory. 

There will be a Silent Vigil at noon. 

Oregon Health Authority, 800 NE Oregon 

St., 971-673-0150 or cessa.karson@state.or.us 

11:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. 

HIV/AIDS: Connecting The Dots 

PCC’s Cascade Health Department, 

Women’s Resource Center and the Portland 

Area Global AIDS Coalition, CARE and 

the OHSU Global Health Center co-sponsor 

this resource fair with guest speakers, displays, 

informational tables and a global market to 

benefit women impacted by AIDS. 

PCC Cascade Campus, 705 N. Killingsworth, 

apickar@cs.com or srochell@pcc.edu 

2-3:00 p.m. 

Community Art Project and Celebration 

The Quest Center for Integrative Health 

and Partnership Project present “Reflecting 

on 30 Years of AIDS: A World AIDS Day 

Community Art Project,” a collection of 

decorated ceramic tiles assembled into a mosaic 

mirror, to be displayed at various HIV/ 

AIDS-related organizations. 

Quest Center, 2927 E. Burnside, 971-533- 

9136, quest-center.org or ohsu.edu/partnership 

“Through simply ensuring 

that everyone knew 

their HIV status and 

those that are positive 

got early treatment, we 

could really break the 

back of the epidemic.” 

—michaeL kapLan, 

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5-7:00 p.m. 

“What’s New in HIV?” Community 

Symposium presented by CAP 

Paul Kawata, executive director of the National 

Minority AIDS Council, leads this town 

hall-style program on the latest information on 

HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment. 

Mercy Corps Action Center Event Space, 28 

SW First; RSVP at 503-278-3801 or 

whatsnew@cascadeaids.org. 

5:30-6:30 p.m. 

WAZI: Living with Hope screening 

Presentation of a documentary on HIV in 

rural Tanzania, with filmmakers present and 

a discussion to follow. 

OHSU Student Center, Campus Drive, 

775-240-9000 or erickmeg@ohsu.edu 

6-9:00 p.m. 

Portland Mutare Sister City Association/ 

Africa AIDS Response Fundraiser 

An auction, dinner and dancing to celebrate 

over a decade of collaboration with 

Mutare, Zimbabwe and the local organization’s 

ongoing work to combat HIV/AIDS. 

Village Ballroom, 700 NE Dekum; sign up by 

calling 503-936-7321, africaaidsresponse.org 

7-10:00 p.m. 

Fundraiser/“Friendraiser” for CAP 

A benefit with drag queen bingo, a live 

auction, raffle, cocktails and more. 

Hotel Monaco, 10th floor, 506 SW Washington, 

503-756-2314 or msorensen@cascadeaids.org 

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Lidia Yuknavitch, 

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There are books you read leisurely, consuming 

handfuls of pages over days and weeks. There 

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that stir insatiable questioning and wondering 

about humanity, truth and, yes, love. Lidia Yuknavitch’s 

The Chronology of Water falls into the 

latter camp—and could, in fact, encompass one 

all its own. In this harrowing memoir, Yuknavitch, 

lifelong swimmer and one-time Olympic 

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escape an alcoholic, suicidal mother and abusive 

father. Subsequently, Yuknavitch’s own addictions 

cause her to lose that beloved lifeline— 

and the self-destruction that ensues is captivating 

and haunting: sexual experimentation, 

S&M, drugs—and eventually, fulfillment in 

writing, marriage and motherhood. 

The principal metaphor here—that we all 

struggle to keep our heads above water, finding 

what joy we can in life despite endless reasons 

not to—is certainly universally applicable. That 

Yuknavitch made it through the fire and survived 

is reason enough to marvel; that, as a result, 

she crafted 300 pages of the most beautiful, 

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as one absorbs every bit of wisdom, cultural and 

social insight, and satisfaction, he realizes this 

was the book Lidia Yuknavitch was meant to 

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The Well of Time 

Julie Raymond, Author- 

House, $15.99 

The Well of Time is the first installment in an 

inspired seven-part series (We The Trees) by 

Julie Raymond. Book One takes us 

on a journey deep into the past, to a 

time when female warriors roamed 

the lands of the east, guarding the 

divine feminine and all of the ancient 

wisdom surrounding it. 

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sacred visions. It’s a time when queens commune 

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her eyes—which have turned from brown to 

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strange language she sometimes speaks points 

to the presence of another. 

Raymond’s book is “woo woo” out there, 

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MetaMaus, Art Spiegelman’s long-awaited 

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Holocaust and its lingering effects while illuminating 

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The publisher aptly describes Meta- 

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in the concentration camps. “In a story 

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Autumn is not my favorite time of year so 

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little read called Jane Bites Back by gay writer 

Michael Thomas Ford, author of the multiple 

Lambda Literary Award-winning Trials 

of My Queer Life series. 

In the book, Ford creates a world where 

Jane Austen didn’t die but was instead 

“turned” into a vampire by another famous 

author. I will not divulge his identity and 

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21st-century author. The irony, in spite of 

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Currently reading: Part Wild: One Woman’s 

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Worlds of Wolves and Dogs (Ceiridwen Terrill, 

Scribner, $25). A Portland woman details 

her life with a wolf-dog hybrid. Terrill 

read at Wordstock; her writing is strong, the 

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still engaged. 

Most recommended: Dog Years: A Memoir 

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pet ever.” Never resorting to sentimentality, 

Doty’s story is candid and poetic. While his 

partner is dying of AIDS, Doty is left to care 

for the couple’s dog. He adopts a second dog 

as a companion to the first because “there 

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In the queue: How Georgia Became O’Keeffe: 

Lessons on the Art of Living (Karen Karbo, 

skirt!, $21.95). Smart, witty and insightful. I 

look forward to reading Karbo’s reflections 

on this iconic painter and what her life and 

work mean to us now. 

Wild (Cheryl Strayed, coming March 2012, 

Knopf, $25.95). I cannot wait to tag along on 

this 1,100-mile journey “from lost to found” 

on the Pacific Crest Trail. Honest and soulful, 

Strayed’s trek is sure to enthrall. 

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FRI NOV 11 

The Portland Humanist Film Festival. Please 

visit HumanistFest.com for a complete schedule. 

Oregon Bears Happy Hour. (5-7:00 p.m., Fox & 

Hounds, 217 NW 2nd, 21+, No cover!) 

Dirty Queer, an x-rated open mic 

for queer erotic entertainers of all 

sorts. (6:30-8:30 p.m., In Other Words, 14 NE 

Killingsworth, 18+, $1-$5 suggested donation, 

dirtyqueer.com) 

Film Fridays at Pivot! This week’s film: Were 

the World Mine (2008). (7:00 p.m., Pivot, 209 

SW 4th, Free, pivotpdx.org) 

MTF Support Group. For more information 

please contact sujvary@comcast.net. (7-9:00 

p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) 

Love Tribe presents TGIF Women’s Snuggle. 

(7-11:00 p.m., Awakenings Wellness Center, 

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PSYkO by Lane Hunter Dance. (7:30 p.m., World 

Trade Center Theater, 121 SW Salmon, $24, 

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Cross Over: Da Takeover. (9:00 

p.m., Local Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 

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MANTRAP, with DJ Lunchlady. (9:00 p.m., Red 

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Celebrating the Body Erotic. A workshop 

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centers of pleasure using breath, touch and 

movement in a safe and playful setting. Visit 

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Storytime with Maria, for kids and their families. 

(9:30-10:30 a.m., Q Center, 4115 N 

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Northwest Gender Alliance monthly meeting. 

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nwgenderalliance.org) 

L4L.PDX. Dance, laugh, relax, enjoy yourself 

with lesbians 35+! (5-9:00 p.m., Embers, 110 

NW Broadway, 21+, $5 cover) 

Austin Unbound Premiere and After 

Party! (7:00 p.m. film, 9:00 p.m. 

after party, Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, 

$6, austinunbound.org) 

If it’s not in Just Out, it’s not happening. 

ARRR! The Swashbuckler’s Ball is back for a 

second year to benefit the Oregon Humane Society. 

(7:00 p.m., Melody Ballroom, 615 SE Alder, 

21+, $15 adv/$18 dos, swashbucklersball.com) 

Q Poetry presents Awkward Open Mic, featurning 

poet Corrina Bain. (7:00 p.m., In Other 

Words, 14 NE Killingsworth, q-poetry.ning.com) 

Disjecta 5th Annual Art Auction! (7:00 p.m. 

silent auction, 8:30 p.m. live auction, Disjecta, 

8371 N. Interstate, 21+, $20 adv/$30 dos, disjecta.org/auction) 

PSYkO by Lane Hunter Dance. (7:30 p.m., World 

Trade Center Theater, 121 SW Salmon, $24, 

lanehunter.com) 

The Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence 

present You Spin Me 

Round! An 80’s Dance Party & DJ Competition. 

(8:00 p.m., Hall of Records, 3342 SE Belmont, 

$2 suggested donation) 

Notorious Neon Dance Party, hosted by Kitty 

Morena. (9:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW 

Stark, 21+) 

Saddle Up! with the Northwest Gay Rodeo Association. 

(9:00 p.m., Local Lounge, 3536 NE 

MLK, 21+, No cover!) 

ScratchPDX, a “unique” performance art show 

for everyone. (9:00 p.m., Hipbone Studio, 1847 

E. Burnside, $10, scratchpdx.com) 

MRS. DJ Beyondadoubt serves up a late Saturday 

feeding of queer dance party awesome. 

(10:00 p.m., Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 

21+, $5) 

Maricon @ Matador, a night for homos and 

their homeys. (10:00 p.m., Matador, 1967 W 

Burnside, 21+) 

Divas Under the Influence. (10:00 p.m., Hamburger 

Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+, No cover!) 

SUN NOV 13 



The Adventure Group goes on an easy hike on 

the Green Point Mtn. Loop. Meet outside Starbucks 

at Hollywood Fred Meyer. (9:00 a.m., 3030 

NE Weidler, RSVP to Jeff at 503-234-4800) 

Communi-T 2011: Portland’s Trans 

Resource Fair. (3-6:00 p.m., Q Center, 

4115 N Mississippi, Sliding scale donations 

accepted, communi-t.org) 

The Portland Sisters of Perpertual Indulgence 

present Retrograde Bingo. (4-7:00 p.m., Embers, 

110 NW Broadway, 21+, $15) 

Peacock After Dark Cast Party! (4:30-8:00 p.m., 

Local Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+, No cover!) 

Portland Playhouse presents Angels in America, opening Dec. 

10. For more information, visit portlandplayhouse.org. 

Austin Unbound Wrap Party! (6:00 p.m., Crush, 

1400 SE Morrison, 21+, austinunbound.org) 

Phoenix Variety Revue, Portland’s longest running 

monthly burlesque show! (7:30 p.m., Kelly’s 

Olympian, 426 SW Washington, 21+, $7, PhoenixVarietyRevue.com) 

Superstar Divas Mega Show! (8:00 p.m., CC 

Slaughters, 219 NW Davis, 21+, No cover!) 

Mr. Contest. (10:30 p.m., Embers, 110 NW 

Broadway, 21+) 

MON NOV 14 

The PCC QRC presents a Lavender 

Career Panel. Panelists will share 

stories on how their LGBTQ identity has influenced 

their career paths and how they overcame 

discrimination in the workplace. (5:30 p.m., PCC 

Rock Creek Campus, 17705 NW Springville Rd., 

Please RSVP to tamara.ryan@pcc.edu) 

Burger night! (6-9:00 p.m., Starky’s 2913 SE 

Stark, 21+) 

Pub Quiz with Polly. (7-9:00 p.m., CC Slaughters, 

219 NW 3rd, 21+) 

OUT Dancing Beginning Cha Cha lessons. (7:30 

p.m., Ankeny Street Studio, 975 SE Sandy, $10, 

outdancing.info) 

Film Noir Night. (9:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 

1035 SW Stark, 21+) 

MaryOke. (9:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 

NW 5th, 21+) 

TUES NOV 15 

LGBTQ Health Coalition. (4-5:30 p.m., Q Center, 

4115 N Mississippi) 

Portland’s Own Legendary Ladies 

present Babes In Barland: The Fox 

& Hounds 4th Anniversary Christmas Show and 

Dinner. (6:30 p.m. drinks, 8:00 p.m. dinner, The 

Fox & Hounds Bar, 217 NW 2nd, 21+) 

Ham-Bingo. (7-9:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 

19 NW 5th, All ages, $20 buy-in) 

Late Awakenings support group for women 

who question their orientation or who come out 

as lesbian later in life. (7:00 p.m., Q Center, 

4115 N Mississippi) 

Trans*Fem social group for genderfabulous sisters. 

(7:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) 

Glee Night! (8:00 p.m., The Eagle Portland, 835 

N Lombard, 21+) 

Austin Unbound Festival Premiere at the NW 

Filmmaker’s Festival, with Heart Breaks Open. 

(8:45 p.m., Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park, 

$9, austinunbound.org) 

GIRLTOPIA. (9:00 p.m., CC Slaughters, 219 NW 

3rd, 21+, No cover!) 

Beary-oke! (9:30 p.m., Scandals, 1225 SW 

Stark, 21+, No cover!) 

Pivot presents Lube Wrestling! The 

winner gets a fistful of cash and a 

basketful of lube. (10:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 

1035 SW Stark, 21+) 

WED NOV 16 

LGBTQI Seniors Lunch, free to seniors age 

60+. (Noon-1:00 p.m., MCC, 2400 NE Broadway, 

503-367-2220, mccpdxfood@gmail.com) 

PABA Biz Builders Lunch. (Noon, Q Center, 

4115 N Mississippi, paba.com) 

Momma Baby Mama: Story of a 

Knocked-Up Lesbian reading and 

Q&A with author Mindy Stokes. (2-4:00 p.m., In 

Other Words, 14 NE Killingsworth) 

Inter-Personal Violence Support Group. 

(6-8:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) 

The Feminist/Queer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Reading 

Group discusses Stepford Wives and Herland. 

(6:30 p.m., In Other Words, 14 NE Killingsworth) 

Giving Planks 

Opera Theater Oregon brings classical music 

back into pop culture with new series 

Some folks celebrate the day after Thanksgiving in a bird-induced 

coma, others by flocking to big box stores at midnight to ring in the 

holiday shopping season. Us? We’re trading Black Friday—and that 

umpteenth helping of stuffing—for pirates, Dutchmen and opera. 

You heard us. For the first installment of its new Opera vs. Cinema 

series, Opera Theater Oregon turns to a Douglas Fairbanks classic and 

a seminal Richard Wagner score for a memorable mashup evening. 

“The Black Pirate vs. The Flying Dutchman” sets the 1926 adventure 

film to improvised live accompaniment based on “Der fliegende Holländer.” 

The result is a flashback to silent film of yore, one that ups the 

ante by rooting the night’s real-time soundtrack in operatic grandeur. 

Future evenings will pit “Aida vs. Metropolis” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. 

Hyde vs. Doctor Atomic.” But for now, we’ll gladly leave the leftovers 

at home in favor of pirate-themed drink specials (the “Johnny Depp,” 

“Extra Special Booty” Ale), a costume contest and sea songs and shanties 

sung by the OTO gang, led by artistic director Erica Melton and 

pianist Doug Schneider. 

After all, planking is so May 2011. Leave it to OTO to go truly old 

school. 

Fri., Nov. 25, 7 p.m.; The Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan St.; $9 advance, 

$11 at the door; mcmenamins.com/events/96191 or operatheateroregon.com. 

25 

—Amanda Schurr

26 

Anawim Christian Fellowship. (6:30-8:30 


Quizzy! Trivia. (7-9:00 p.m., Hamburger 

Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, All ages) 

Surrogacy Seminar for Prospective Families. 

(7:30 p.m., NW Surrogacy Center, 2722 

NE 33rd, Free!, nwsurrogacycenter.com) 

Matt Alber, live in concert with guests Shannon 

Grady and Steve Taylor. (8:00 p.m., Mississippi 

Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 21+, $10) 

Queens of the Night, hosted by 

Alexis Campbell Starr! (9:00 p.m., 

Local Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+, $3 cover) 

RIOT Wednesdays, running on “grrrl” power. 

(9:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 


THURS NOV 17 

SW Washington Marriage Equality 

Roundtable. (6-8:00 p.m., YWCA, 

3609 Main St., Vancouver) 

The Moms Group, a support group for LGBTQ 

mothers. (6:30-8:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N 

Mississippi) 

You’re Out! Now What? monthly meet-up for 

men who have recently come out of the closet. 

(6:30 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) 

Adult Young Adult Book Club discusses It’s 

Kind of a Funny Story and Please Don’t Kill the 

Freshman. (7-9:00 p.m., In Other Words, 14 

NE Killingsworth) 

Mary McCaslin and Antje Duvekot, a doublebill 

of singer/songwriters that spans generations 

and transcends classification. (7:30 p.m., 

Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta, $15) 

Lucinda Williams performs live! 

(8:00 p.m., Crystal Ballroom, 1332 

W Burnside, $30-35) 

Bearly Naked Billiards! (9:00 p.m., The Eagle 

Portland, 835 N Lombard, 21+) 

DJ Harmonix @ The Local. (9:00 p.m., Local 

Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+, No cover!) 

Costume MaryOke! (9:00 p.m., Hamburger 

Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+) 

Hip Hop Heaven. (9:00 p.m., CC Slaughters, 

219 NW 3rd, 21+) 

FRI NOV 18 


Danny Guthrie’s 

“adam and abel,” 

from the photography 

exhibit Re:Nude, 

running through 

Nov. 22 at Black 

Box Gallery. 

Oregon Bears Happy Hour. (5-7:00 p.m., Fox 

& Hounds, 217 NW 2nd, 21+, No cover!) 

Poison Waters & Friends Happy 

Hour Show. (5:30-7:00 p.m., Al’s 

Den in the Crystal Hotel, 303 SW 12th, 21+) 

MpowerMENt, the newest way to get involved 

for men ages 18-39. (6:30 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 

4th, pivotpdx.org) 

Film Fridays at Pivot! This week’s film: The 

International (2009). (7:00 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 

4th, Free, pivotpdx.org) 

The Feminist Film Society meets to watch and 

discuss films from a feminist perspective. (7:00 

p.m., In Other Words, 14 NE Killingsworth) 




Del Shores Sordid Confessions. 

The creator of the cult favorite TV 

series Sordid Lives comes to town with his hilarious 

new standup show! (8:00 p.m., Red 

Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+, $10-20) 

SF funk/soul legends Con Brio performs live 

with Funk Shui. (9:00 p.m., Mississippi Pizza, 

3552 N Mississippi, 21+, $8) 







Peep Show Thanksgiving! (10:00 p.m., Red 


SAT NOV 19 


The Adventure Group goes on a moderate 

hike in the Ape Cave. Extra flashlight required, 

dress for damp and dripping conditions. Meet 

outside Starbucks at Hollywood Fred Meyer. 

(9:00 a.m., 3030 NE Weidler, RSVP to Zachary 

at 360-921-3627) 

Daddies and Papas social group for GLBT 

men raising young children. (10:00 a.m.-Noon, 

Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) 

The Trinity Artisan Fair. (10:00 a.m.-4:00 

p.m., Trinity Episcopal, 147 NW 19th, $2 or 2 

cans of food, trinity-episcopal.org) 

PFLAG Portland Black Chapter Meetup. 

(Noon, SMYRC, 3024 NE MLK, facebook.com/ 

pflag.portlandblackchapter) 

OutKayaking TDay Paddle: Scappoose Bay. 

(Noon, Scappoose Bay Kayaking, 57420 Old Portland 

Road, Warren, Contact Kyle at 503-989- 

6333 for more information, outkayaking.org) 

PositionMax Beta, a new performance 

piece by Jason King, features 

several performers assuming previously 

unmanageable positions with the aid of an apparatus. 

(6:00 p.m., PLACE, 700 SW 5th, 3rd 

floor atrium) 

Burlescape! A tantalizing taste of the burlesque 

and boylesque world! (9:00 p.m., Crush 

Bar, 1400 SE Morrison, 21+, $7 cover) 

A Night at the Moulin Rouge! (7:00 p.m., Alberta 

Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta, 18+, $18 

adv/$20 dos, swingtimepdx.com) 

Shorty Shorts Queer Film Festival! 

(7:30 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi, 

$5 or $3 with food donation, shortyshortspdx.blogspot.com) 

GAYCATION! Mr. Charming invitea you to Portland’s 

premier all-inclusive homo dance party, 

featuring queer talent from across the nation. 

(9:00 p.m., Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 21+, 

$3, groups.facebook.com/gaycation) 

Maria Sweet performs live with 

Beautiful Lies and Animal R&R. (9:00 

p.m., Kenton Club, 2025 N Kilpatrick, 21+) 

Ecstasy Inferno’s CANDY SHOP, Portland’s sticky 

and sweet ‘90s dance party. (9:00 p.m., Red Cap 

Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+, No cover!) 

The Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence 

present Retrograde. Sister 

Spinna DeVinyl spins Freddie Mercury and 

Queen all night long, with special performances 

and a Queen lip-sync contest! (9:00 p.m., Crush, 

1400 SE Morrison, 21+, $5 cover) 

CC Slaughters Playboy Club. (9:00 p.m., CC 


Bear Paw Beer Bust! (9:00 p.m., Eagle Portland, 

835 N Lombard, 21+, oregonbears.org) 

DJ Brad. (9:00 p.m., Local Lounge, 3536 NE 







SUN NOV 20 

Trans Day of Remembrance. Read Just Out’s 

coverage, and a full schedule of events, on pg. 12. 

The Trinity Artisan Fair. (9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., 

Trinity Episcopal, 147 NW 19th, $2 or 2 cans of 

food, trinity-episcopal.org) 

The Julians, Portland’s own genre-defying 

quartet, performs live. (2:00 p.m., St. Stephen’s 

Episcopal, 1432 SW 13th, $10, thejuliansmusic.com) 

A Night at the Moulin Rouge! (2:00 & 7:00 

p.m., Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta, 

18+, $18 adv/$20 dos, swingtimepdx.com) 

Butch Crew PDX social group. (3-5:00 p.m., Q 

Center, 4115 N Mississippi) 

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves Community Forum, 

facilitated by Reid Vanderburgh, a trans 

therapist specializing in trans issues. (4:00 


Sparkle! A Night to Shine with 

PHAME. This gala event to benefit 

PHAME Academy features a live and silent 

auction and entertainment starring student 

performers and special guests. (5:00 p.m., The 

Tiffany Center, 1410 SW Morrison, $100, 

phameacademy.org) 

PDX Queer Porn Night. (7-9:00 p.m., Variant 

Lab, 4810 NE Garfield, 18+, $3-5 sliding scale) 



Trivia Under the Influence with Neal. (8-10:00 

p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+) 

MON NOV 21 


Stark, 21+) 

Just Out presents Gay Skate! A 

night of the hokey pokey, backwards 

skate and putting on some serious mileage at 

Oaks Park. (7-9:00 p.m., 1 SE Spokane St., $6 

plus a food donation for Esther’s Pantry) 

Totally F*cked: Strap It On. Let Sophia St. 

James teach you how to own your strap-on. 

(7:00 p.m., Variant Lab, 4810 NE Garfield, 18+, 

strapiton.eventbrite.com) 

The Portland Polyamory Circle is a place to 

chat about inclusive relationships, extended 

families, and intentional community. (7:30 p.m., 

Contact Laury at 503-285-4848 for location) 

OUT Dancing Beginning Cha Cha lessons. 

(7:30 p.m., Ankeny Street Studio, 975 SE Sandy, 

$10, outdancing.info) 


219 NW 3rd, 21+) 


1035 SW Stark, 21+) 

TUES NOV 22 


Cabaret Karaoke. It’s karaoke with live piano 

accompaniment! (6:30-9:00 p.m., Wilfs, 800 

NW 6th, 21+, stumptownstages.com) 



Glee Night! (8:00 p.m., The Eagle Portland, 

835 N Lombard, 21+) 

SALON: A monthly dance social for 

the ubiquitously transverse. This 

month: Dirty Eclectro!* with DJ Bruce LaBruiser. 

(9:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW 

Stark, 21+) 

GIRLTOPIA. (9:00 p.m., CC Slaughters, 219 

NW 3rd, 21+, No cover!) 

The Gift Of Music 

Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, Rose City Swing return with annual holiday events 

It’s already that time of year again, when two Portland 

LGBTQ musical institutions don their gayest 

apparel and get all holly jolly for their annual holiday 

showcases. 

First up is Rose City Swing’s Holiday Affair X, 

the 16-piece-band’s spirited take on the season. Classic 

yultetide tunes and standards by the likes of Glenn 

Miller, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and more will 

get folks in the mood, especially on the high-stepping 

heels of a free, pre-show group dance lesson (and nohost 

beer and wine bar). 

Then there’s perennial favorite the Portland Gay 

Men’s Chorus, who sell out every year with their 

holiday extravaganza. For their 32nd season, the 

130-voice-strong PGMC deck the digital halls with 

“Joy to the (Modern) World,” a program featuring 

four different interpretations on “modern,” and the 

promise of high-tech hijinks. From old standbys to 

“new-fashioned” inspirations, a playful tribute to the 

family at home to selections from as far away as India, 

Israel and Spain, this is a can’t-miss affair for all 

ages. 

Whatever your seasonal speed—song, dance, or a 

combination thereof—don’t delay. Get your tickets 

now and start your own tradition. 

Rose City Swing: Dec. 3, 8 p.m. (7 p.m. dance lesson); 

Oaks Park Historic Dance Pavilion, 7805 SE Oaks Park 

Way; $15 advance, $18 at door (cash only), 21+; rcgfb. 

org. Portland Gay Men’s Chorus: Dec. 9-10, 8 p.m., and 

2 p.m. Dec. 10; Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway; 

$16-$42; 503-226-2588 or buy.pdxgmc.org. 

—Amanda Schurr 

marty DavIs


WED NOV 23 






The Link, a social networking group for HIV+ 

GLBT men, meets for a Thanksgiving potluck. 

Come share a dish, and discuss topics relevant 

to HIV+ men. (6:00 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, 

pivotpdx.org) 







Urban Dance Night, hosted by 

Alexis Campbell Starr, with DJ Mike 

Morris. (9:00 p.m., Local Lounge, 3536 NE 





THURS NOV 24 




Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+) 


219 NW 3rd, 21+) 

\JOYSTICK/ , a dance party for “Gnerds” and 

the gays who love them. (11:00 p.m., Ground 

Kontrol, 511 NW Couch, 21+, No cover!) 

FRI NOV 25 

Wine Country Thanksgiving. For more information, 

visit willamettewines.com/events/ 

thanksgiving-weekend/. 






Queer Country & Line Dancing. 

Learn partner and group dances in 

a non-hetero-normative environment. (8:00 


The Sweethearts’ Black Friday Bar Tour. 

(8:45 p.m., Embers, 110 NW Broadway, 21+) 

Just Us for Monica Taylor! A benefit 

dance party and silent auction 

for Monica Taylor as she faces intense medical, 

legal, and financial hardship. (9:00 p.m., 

The Foggy Notion, 3416 N Lombard, 21+, $5+ 

suggested donation) 

The Oregon Bears present the Double X 

Dance. The music is loud, the crowd is dense, 

and it’s the only place to see all of Portland’s 

yummiest bears under one roof. (9:00 p.m., 

C.C. Slaughter’s, 219 NW 3rd, 21+, No cover!) 



Tony Furtado brings his flavorful bluegrass to 

the stage. (9:00 p.m., Mississippi Studios, 

3939 SE Mississippi, 21+, $12 adv/$15 dos) 





SAT NOV 26 

The Adventure Group goes on a difficult hike 

to Nick Eaton Ridge and Indian Point. Meet 

outside Starbucks at Hollywood Fred Meyer. 

(9:00 a.m., 3030 NE Weidler, RSVP to Evan at 

503-701-7922) 




Hot Flash Inferno! Shake it OUT 

with seasoned lesbians who are too 

old for the “scene” and too young to stop 

dancing. Wanna be seen? Just Out will be 

there, taking photos and collecting food for 

Esther’s Pantry. (6-10:00 p.m., ‘Cuda Beach 

Club, 9NW 2nd, 21+, $8 cover) 

Deaf and Hearing OutReach welcomes all LGBT 

ASL lovers to coffee night every fourth Saturday! 

(6:30 p.m., Three Friends Coffee House, 201 SE 

12th, Free, dhorpdx.blogspot.com) 

Genderbending Erotica. Tristan Taormino 

reada from her newest anthology, Take Me 

There, a groundbreaking collection of transgender 

and genderqueer erotica. (7:00 p.m., In 

Other Words, 14 NE Killingsworth) 

The Next Waltz, a tribute concert 

and benefit, is a recreation of The 

Band’s 1976 concert with an all-star lineup of 

Portland musicians, featuring our BFF, Holcombe 

Waller. (8:00 p.m., Alberta Rose Theatre, 

3000 NE Alberta, $17 adv/$20 dos) 

Tracy Grammer, live in Eugene. (8:00 p.m., 

Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St., Eugene, 

$14.50 adv/$16 dos, tracygrammer.com) 

PARTY FOUL. Rotating DJs spin the 

hottest dance hits, with a neon photobooth 

and drink specials all night. (9:00 p.m., 

Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+) 

DJ Brad. (9:00 p.m., Local Lounge, 3536 NE 


Blow Pony, a dance party for queers, regardless 

of whatever may be in your pants. (9:00 p.m., 

Branx, 320 SE 2nd Ave., $5, blowpony.com) 



SUN NOV 27 




Queer/Feminist Theory Reading Group. 

(4-6:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississisppi) 

Femmes Unite! social group. Please bring 

food you can eat and a bit more to share. 




MON NOV 28 


Transfigurations, a series 

of portraits of the trans 

community by Jana marcus, 

is on display at Psu’s White 

Gallery through Dec. 8. 


Stark, 21+) 

Coming Out support group. (6:30-7:30 p.m., 



219 NW 3rd, 21+) 





1035 SW Stark, 21+) 


NW 5th, 21+) 

TUES NOV 29 







WED NOV 30 




HRC presents Q=Mob! Come, socialize 

for change and meet other 

like-minded social activists. (6-8:00 p.m., 

Mamma Mia Trattoria, 439 SW 2nd, 21+) 

Faith & Sexuality support group for men who 

struggle with their sexuality in relation to their 

religious beliefs. (6:00 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, 

pivotpdx.org) 



Pivotal Reads gay men’s book club. (6:30 

p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, pivotpdx.org) 








THURS DEC 1 

World AIDS Day. Read Just Out’s coverage, 

and a full schedule of events, on pg. 18. 

HIV Day Center Fundraiser Breakfast. (7:20 

a.m., Concordia University, Hagen Center, 

2811 NE Holman, Please RSVP by Nov. 23 to 

503-221-1054 or csiems@emoregon.org) 

Morgan Jewelers hosts Guys Night Out, with 

food and drinks, and some pretty extravagant 

gifts for the guy who loves to be pampered. 

(10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m., Morgan Jewelers, 

10239 NE Cascade Parkway) 

Growing Up Policed: Surveilling 

Racialized Sexualities. This conference 

highlights how young people marginalized 

through sexuality and race are targeted. 

(11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Lewis & Clark College, 

Templeton Campus Center, Council Chamber, 

0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd., Please RSVP at go. 

lclark.edu/graduate/policed/conference) 

What’s New in HIV Symposium. (5:00 p.m., 

Mercy Corps Action Center Event Space, 28 

SW 1st, Please RSVP to 503-278-3801 or 

whatsnew@cascadeaids.org) 

Queer Polyamory discussion group. (6:30- 

8:30 p.m., In Other Words, 14 NE Killingsworth, 

inotherwords.org) 

PaperCowgirls. Join others who use paper as a 

base for art and craft. (6:30-8:30 p.m., Q Center, 

4115 N Mississippi, papercowgrl@aol.com) 



DJ Harmonix @ The Local. (9:00 p.m., Local 

Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+, No cover!) 


Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+) 


219 NW 3rd, 21+) 

Dirt Bag blasts you in the face with 

the glitteriest dance night in town. 

(10:00 p.m., The Know, 2026 NE Alberta, 21+, 

No cover!) 

FRI DEC 2 

Q Means Business Opening Reception! 


pdxqcenter.org) 

MpowerMENt, the newest way to get involved 

for men ages 18-39. (6:30 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 

4th, pivotpdx.org) 

OUT Dancing Beginning West Coast Swing 

lessons. (6:30 p.m., Ankeny Street Studio, 975 

SE Sandy, $10, outdancing.info) 

Sweethearts Holiday Show, hosted 

by Miss Sweetheart XVIII Roxie Hart 

and Miss Sweetheart XX Svetlana Hart, featuring 

drag performances, and an auction to benefit 

Pivot. (7-10:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 

1035 SW Stark, 21+, $5 suggested donation) 






Burlesque S’il Vous Plait, a classic burlesque 

show with a contemporary variety twist! (9:00 

p.m., Crush Bar, 1400 SE Morrison, 21+, $7, 

BurlesquePlease.com) 





SAT DEC 3 

Bad Girls PDX New Member Orientation and 

BDSM Safety & Etiquette Class. (2:00 p.m., Q 

Center, 4115 N Mississippi, pdxbadgirls.net) 

Rose City Swing Holiday Affair X. 

Dancing to live swing music. Can it 

get any better this holiday season? (7:00 p.m. 

lessons, 8:00 p.m. dance, Oaks Park Historic 

Dance Pavilion, 7805 SE Oaks Park Way, 21+, 

$15-18, rosecityswing.org) 

The Rosetown Ramblers present the First 

Saturday Square Dance. (7:00 p.m., Milwaukie 

Grange, 12015 SE 22nd, Milwaukie, $9-11, 

rosetownramblers.com) 

Camille Bloom brings her chickwith-a-guitar 

self to town. (7:00 

p.m., Alberta Street Public House, 1036 NE Alberta, 

21+, camillebloom.com) 

Confluence, the Willamette Valley LGBTQ chorus, 

presents Holiday Wishes, featuring traditional 

holiday favorites as well as songs from 

other traditions, all blended to convey musical 

wishes of peace, love, and joy. (7:30 p.m., 

MCC, 2400 NE Broadway, $12-15, confluencechorus.org) 

Unwrapped, PICA’s annual holiday benefit, 

features performances, a silent auction, and 

the legendary Drinking and Dancing Competition. 

(8:00 p.m., Union/Pine, 525 SE Pine 

Street, 21+, $50-75, pica.org) 

James sharinghousen as Eve in The Big Bang 

Bang-A-Rang 

Triangle Productions! go Big with revisionist farce 

Don Horn and Co. are back with a bang, The Big Bang, for Triangle 

Productions!’ latest stage spectacle—and with a premise that occupies 

both Wall Street and the Garden of Eden. 

Now in their 22nd season, Triangle forgoes the holiday show this 

year for the hit off-Broadway tale of would-be theater legends Ben 

and James, who are convinced they’ve written the musical of all time— 

every time, in fact. There are a few logistical issues, however: the budget—all 

$83 million of it (give or take), a 12-hour running length, a 

cast of more than 300 spanning figures from Adam and Eve through 

Eva Braun… you get the larger-than-life drift. 

As the duo scurry about the stage to convince potential backers to 

invest in their epic passion project, they attempt to sell the audience as 

well. The Big Bang’s pitch-turned-play is a recipe for mayhem, with 

just two guys, a piano and more props than you can count. (Have we 

mentioned the setting, a proctologist’s posh digs?) 

The Northwest premiere stars Benjamin Sheppard and James Sharinghousen 

as our ambitious historical revisionists, in a meta-musical 

that gives creationism a whole new meaning. 

Nov. 17-Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. except Nov. 20 and 

24; The Sanctuary at Sandy Plaza, 1785 NE Sandy Blvd.; $15-$35; 503- 

239-5919 or tripro.org. 

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Underwear Twister. Right hand BLUE as you 

enjoy an evening full of twists, turns, undies 

and unmentionables! (8:30 p.m., Crush, 1400 

SE Morrison, 21+, $3 cover) 

Sugar Town Disco Ball! DJs Action 

Slacks and Freddie Fagula spin 

some funky disco soul for your extreme dancing 

pleasure. (9:00 p.m., Saratoga, 6910 N Interstate, 

21+, $3-5 sliding scale) 

PARTY FOUL. Rotating DJs spin the hottest 

dance hits, with a neon photobooth and drink 

specials all night. (9:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 

1035 SW Stark, 21+) 

Girls Nite Out! DJ Gino Mari spins 

to remind you that you don’t need to 

go downtown to have a good time. (10:00 p.m., 

Chameleon Restaurant & Bar, 21+, $5 cover) 

Maricon @ Matador. (10:00 p.m., Matador, 

1967 W Burnside, 21+) 

Divas Under the Influence. (10:00 p.m., 

Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+) 

SUN DEC 4 

TransActive Education & Advocacy 

presents the Fourth Annual Super 

Heroes for Super Kids silent auction to benefit 

transgender and gender non-conforming youth. 

(2-5:00 p.m., Refuge PDX, 116 SE Yamhill, 

$25, transactiveonline.org) 

Laura Veirs celebrates the release of Tumble 

Bee. (3:30 p.m., Mississippi Studios, 3939 SE 

Mississippi, All ages, $15) 

SOFFA Support Group, a peer-facilitated social 

support space for those who are partners, 

family, friends, and allies of people on the 

transgender/gender-nonconforming spectrum. 

(4-6:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississisppi) 

Bear Paw Beer Bust! (4:00 p.m., Eagle Portland, 

835 N Lombard, 21+, oregonbears.org) 

Holiday Vaudeville Spectacular: 

the Oregon Bears Annual Community 

Holiday Show and Live Auction! (5:00 p.m., 

Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne, $5-25, 

oregonbears.org) 



Trivia Under the Influence with Neal. (8-10:00 

p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+) 

Gaay Aalto Sundays. (10:00 p.m., Aalto 

Lounge, 3356 SE Belmont, 21+, No cover!) 

MON DEC 5 


Notorious Noel III, Poison Waters’ and Byron 

Beck’s annual benefit for BRO, with food, 

drinks, music, and prizes! (6:00 p.m., The 

Original, 300 SW 6th, 21+, $15) 


Stark, 21+) 

Ashleigh Flynn Songwriter Circle. (7:00 p.m., 

O’Connor’s Vault, 7850 SW Capitol Hwy., 21+, 

$10-12) 

Gender Queery, a discussion group for trans 

and genderqueer folks and allies. (7-8:30 p.m., 



219 NW 3rd, 21+) 

Come to the Bisexual Social to discuss issues of 

bisexuality in an informal and supportive setting. 

Call Laury for more information at 503-285-4848. 

(7:30 p.m., The Deli, 441 N Killingsworth) 





1035 SW Stark, 21+) 


NW 5th, 21+) 

TUES DEC 6 

Trans-Spiritual Gathering. An opportunity for 

Portland’s trans community to enter into deep, 

authentic dialog surrounding their spiritual 

journeys. (6-9:00 p.m., In Other Words, 14 NE 

Killingsworth, inotherwords.org) 

Bears Coffee. (7-9:00 p.m., Cooper’s Coffee, 

6409 SE Stark, oregonbears.org) 

It’s game night! Hooray, games! (7-9:00 p.m., 


Oregon Bears Bingo. (7-9:00 p.m., Hamburger 

Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, All ages, $20 buy-in) 



Never Enough. DJ Ray Gun spins 

the hottest hits (and rare, obscure 

tracks) from the 80s. (9:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 

1035 SW Stark, 21+) 



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Kaj-anne Pepper in 

Genderfantasy—a theatrical 

dance exploring glamour, 

identity and power— 

running Dec. 1-4 at the 

headwaters theatre 

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Causa’s Coming Out Party: Building 

Equality for All Latin@ Families. 

(6-8:00 p.m., TheSLATE, 2001 NW 19th, $15 

adv/$25 dos, causaoregon.org) 

I’ve Got a Hole in My Soul Fifth Anniversary 

Party! Beyondadoubt celebrates with a double 

decker party, featuring a selection of soul giants 

and a dance off! (9:00 p.m., Branx/Rotture, 

320 SE 2nd, 21+, $5) 




Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+) 


219 NW 3rd, 21+) 

FRI DEC 9 

Gay & Grey Holiday Party! LGBTQ 

elders and allies, come on out for 

free food, raffle, and entertainment! (1-4:00 

p.m., Friendly House, 1737 NW 26th) 



Dirty Queer, an x-rated open mic for queer 

erotic entertainers of all sorts. (6:30-8:30 p.m., 

In Other Words, 14 NE Killingsworth, 18+, 

$1-$5 suggested donation, dirtyqueer.com) 

OUT Dancing Beginning West Coast Swing 

lessons. (6:30 p.m., Ankeny Street Studio, 975 

SE Sandy, $10, outdancing.info) 




Love Tribe presents TGIF Women’s Snuggle. 

(7-11:00 p.m., Awakenings Wellness Center, 

1016 SE 12th, 18+, $5-10 plus a snack to 

share, events.LoveTribe.org/?1778) 

Get BENT... DJs Jodi Bon Jodi and 

Roy G Biv invite you to join them for 

a hot, sweaty, queer-as-fun dance party. (9:00 

p.m., The Foggy Notion, 3416 N Lombard, 

21+, $3-5 cover, facebook.com/bentpdx) 



Cross Over: Da Takeover. (9:00 p.m., Local 

Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+, $5 cover) 





SAT DEC 10 

Storytime with Maria, for kids and their families. 

(9:30-10:30 a.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) 

The Street Stories Film Festival. (1-4:00 

p.m., Cinema 21, 616 NW 21st) 

Manifest presents a Community Celebration! 

Join Manifest members, instructors, participants, 

and their friends for a potluck lunch and 

informal celebration of life. (1-4:00 p.m., Manifest 

NE Studio, RSVP/INFO: 503-223-8822 x1 

or www.manifestpdx.org/calendar) 

Northwest Gender Alliance monthly meeting. 


nwgenderalliance.org) 

PARTY FOUL. Rotating DJs spin the hottest 

dance hits, with a neon photobooth and drink 

specials all night. (9:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 

1035 SW Stark, 21+) 

Homo for the Holidays. CC’s celebrates 

the holidays, hosted by Bolivia 

Carmichaels, with DJ Robb. (9:00 p.m., 

C.C. Slaughter’s, 219 NW 3rd, 21+, No cover!) 




Divas Under the Influence. (10:00 p.m., 

Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+, No 

cover!) 

SUN DEC 11 

Butch Crew PDX social group. (3-5:00 p.m., Q 

Center, 4115 N Mississippi) 

Silver Bells: An Evening of Holiday 

Glamour. (6-8:00 p.m., Darcelle 

XV, 208 NW 3rd, 21+, $5 with food donation, 

or $10 donation to Bradley Angle) 

The Phoenix Variety Revue presents 

The Second Annual Chrismahanukwanzakah. 

Celebrate the holidays with 

Angelique DeVil, Satheara Sin, Zora Von Pavonine 

and politically incorrect emcee/producer 

Zora Phoenix! (7:30 p.m., Kelly’s Olympian, 

426 SW Washington, 21+, $7) 



Del-icious 

Writer-comic Del Shores sinks his teeth into 

Sordid one-man show 


Whether you know him for his work as a scribe on television shows 

like Dharma & Greg and Queer As Folk, his raw stand-up routines or 

his cult-classic empire Sordid Lives, Del Shores is nothing if not 

unforgettable. 

The writer-director-producer has earned a following for being unabashedly 

brash, among other things. Shores unleashes his pop culture 

missives at Red Cap Garage Friday, November 18 as part of a new 

one-man show, Del Shores’ Sordid Confessions. 

Shores’ career skyrocketed with the success of his 1987 play Daddy’s 

Dyin’ (Who’s Got the Will?) and subsequent film adaptation. Perhaps 

best known for his 1996 play Sordid Lives, also made into a movie, and 

later a Logo TV series, Shores scooped up a sizable LGBTQ fan base 

with characters like Earl “Brother Boy” Ingram—an institutionalized 

cross-dressing gay—and his mother Peggy, played on the small screen 

by late Golden Girls icon Rue McClanahan. 

For his Portland date (rescheduled from last August), expect 75 

hysterical minutes tracing his “slut years” through the Sordid whirlwind, 

delivered with a pinch of Shores’ deceptive Texan charm. 

“Look, I got off Paxil,” he says of the monologue. “Now I’m bitter, 

somewhat mean and I don’t give a shit anymore.” 

Charmed, we’re sure. 

With Jason Dottley, Fri., Nov. 18, 8 p.m.; Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW 

Stark St.; $10-$20; 21+; 503-226-4171 or delshores.net. 

—Ryan J. Prado 

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A lazy Saturday afternoon, the dog park. My 

youngest pup instigates a vigorous game of 

chase with a Great Dane and soon the Dane 

plays roughly. The owner walks over, throws the 

dog to the ground and slaps it across the face. 

It’s the second time in a week I see harsh “gotta-show-my-dog-who's-boss” 

treatment. Unaffected, 

my dog quickly runs back for more, but 

I feel so uncomfortable I leave. 

I’m a proponent of a kinder, gentler approach. 

Alpha-dominance training is based on a decades-old, 

debunked theory of wolf pack behavior 

that, sadly, is still touted as “the way.” Two 

salient points: The pack model with its dominance 

component has been discredited by its 

very promoter. Scientific study of wolves now 

concurs that wolf behavior resembles a family 

more than a pack; wolves do not alpha-roll their 

young and growl in their faces until they submit. 

Next, and critically important, whatever wolves 

do, domestic dogs are not wolves. 

Our canine sidekicks descended from the 

friendliest of ancient wolves, those with the 

shortest flight distance. Generation after generation 

of genetic selection for comfort with 

humans has made modern canis familiaris a 

whole different animal than her wild, manytimes-great 

grandparents. Domestic dogs love 

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sands of years of species development. Humans 

and canines have evolved as a working 

team, together, over time. We don’t have to 

resort to ruling with an iron fist. 

When I walk my dog on leash at Mt. Tabor, 

I am aware of what she gives up—the ability 

to run with a grace and speed I couldn’t touch 

even in my youthful marathoning days, to follow 

her nose and exercise her own curiosity. I 

can choose to believe she’s simply willful if she 

pulls on the leash in her enthusiasm to go, go, 

go. I can become frustrated and punitive if she 

tugs in an effort to drink in some delicious 

scents along the way. Or, I can choose to reward 

her for cooperating with my agenda instead 

of enjoying her own. I could take it further 

and make a conscious effort to be sure I 

meet not only my needs—safety, schedule, 

leash laws, lumbering two-legged gait, but 

hers as well—to fly like the wind, dash hither 

and yon, sniff the daily news, live in the moment. 

It’s easier to be controlling than to 

struggle for effective two-way communication. 

But once I’ve made the choice to have and 

care for a dog, it’s not just about my needs, it’s 

about a relationship. 

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BY MARY MANDEVILLE, DC 

Relationship-based dog training strives to 

meet the needs of both the human and the 

dog. It’s an empathetic approach, taking into 

account the dog’s point of view. True, there are 

times when the dog’s desire cannot be considered. 

Molly may want to chase the cat across 

the freeway, but she cannot be allowed to do 

so for her own safety. We can focus on making 

her happy she complied with us, rather than 

making her sorry she didn’t. 

It’s a lot like raising children. We can choose 

a spare-the-rod and spoil-the-child approach 

and intimidate children into compliance. Or 

we can provide food and shelter, learning opportunities 

and loving kindness and enjoy the 

kids’ company. It’s easy to figure out which 

method will reap the most rewards for everyone 

in the long run. 

Years ago, I started out with choke chains 

and alpha-rolls on professional advice. One 

look at my yellow lab-and-beagle mix—her 

eyes wide and ringed with white, tail tucked 

between her legs and ears plastered to her 

head—and I decided if this was training, I’d 

put up with a poorly behaved but happy dog. 

Turns out, that wasn’t necessary. Over time, 


I’ve found dogs will respond to a pretty simple 

program—great food, plenty of exercise (offleash 

play is required), things to chew and lots 

of social interaction with people and other 

dogs. A little formal training thrown in, reinforced 

with rewards and—and voilà!—dogs 

who come when called, sit nicely for treats, 

leave gross stuff alone when asked, pee and 

poop outside and, for the most part, don’t eat 

the house and furnishings. 

Treating dogs like their needs matter has as 

much to do with how it shapes our character as 

it does with how it helps our dogs. For me, the 

lesson applies to relationships with my partner, 

friends and children. Sure, I could alpha-roll 

them into submission. They’d probably be more 

compliant than they are now. But robbed of the 

best my dogs (partner, friends, children) have to 

offer, my spirit would be diminished. 

The alpha-dominance paradigm is still 

spouted as if it were gospel. Next time you 

hear it, give it a miss. Try a relationship-based 

approach instead. You’ll still be head honcho, 

but your dog will be happier and perform for 

you because he wants to. 

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Same Feelings, Opposite Times 

Many things work as typical harbingers of 

autumn. Our summer vanishes in the blink of 

an eye, attention turns toward costumes and 

parties, daylight grows scarce—and all your 

friends seem to shack up, marking the official 

end to a season-long search for comfort and 

warmth during cold, wet nights. Add a Portland 

exodus that’s gaining momentum (seriously, 

what’s in the water?), and you’ve got a potentially 

disastrous end-of-year mix for the single 

ladies among us. Fortunately, there are ways to 

keep company—and survive—without renting 

U-Hauls. Call it an autumnal guide to dating. 

Grindr, the grass-is-always-greener app 

your recently hitched friends covet more than 

ever, rarely fails. Your coupled friends snatch 

away your phone during dinner, demanding 

access so they can “see who’s new, who’s on, 

what’s happening.” It’s of little consequence 

your only “high teas” (euphemism) of late consist 

of multiple lunchtime rendezvous with a 

ruggedly handsome, seemingly partnered— 

maybe married—man who refuses to disclose 

his real name. 

To satisfy curiosity, you might rifle through 

his things while he’s showering off your DNA. 

Faster, he just turned off the water. You find 

nothing (not even a wallet), and before departing, 

he whispers this sweet nothing in 

your ear: “If you see me on the street, you don’t 

know me.” You do, naturally, see him on the 

street—in line for a queer film fest, actually— 

and kindly oblige. But you partake in seconds, 

thirds—determined to acquire knowledge. 

(And to keep him guessing, you like to leave 

last year's Red Dress getup, a camisole, on 

your bedroom floor.) 

When electronic approaches bore, turn to 

reliable nights out—your favorite being oncemonthly, 

last-Thursdays Cafeteria, the brainchild 

of an insanely talented LunchLady (who’s 

also moving) held at the city’s best dive bar, 

Vendetta. At Cafeteria, you see the expected 

droves of friendly faces, packed shoulder to 

shoulder, wall to wall; you’re neck-deep in 

strong drinks and stronger music. There, a 

friend, who also happens to co-own the bar, 

introduces you to a boy who’s new to town. 

You engage, briefly, in small talk and your 

hopes creep up, so slightly—until the other gay 

piranhas smell blood and converge en masse onto 

the new boy from the eastern part of the state. 

As you’re elbowed and shouldered away, trampled 

beneath a horde of ravenous men intent on 

being the last ones aboard the remaining lifeboat, 

you momentarily bemoan the loss of a 

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chance. But you remember there’s always Maricon 

at Matador—just a few days away. 

Sometimes you don’t have the energy for 

long, intellectually rigorous conversations on 

Grindr and you need refuge after dance-heavy 

late nights. Enter the gymnasium: the best 

stress reducer not involving soda water and 

lime wedges. After months of flirting, you’ve 

embarked on a meaningful courtship with 

weights and entered a part of Gym you’ve 

never really explored. 

While deciphering foreign, nuanced weight 

room code, you’re wondering why the cute guy 

you danced with at Cafeteria is so boring and 

aloof—and uninterested—at the gym. You lament 

when the chasm between drunken, affected 

personality and sober counterpart is so 

damn wide. (And you wonder about yours.) 

Maybe it’s supposed to be all business; 

pressing meaningful conversation there is like 

trapping your neighborhood barista behind 

the counter. Everyone just wants to move 

along and get home. So perhaps it’s futile 

wondering why gentlemen decide to stretch 

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merely engrossed in the work-like tunnel vision 

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Recently, my mother told my friend—who 

cuts her hair—that I am prone to giving way to 

complacency. Before you go accusing my mother 

of not loving me, let me elaborate: She says 

dedication to familiarity makes it challenging 

for me to alter my routines (euphemism). I 

think she was talking about work. Regardless, I 

wondered how this applies to my adventures in 

dating. Has an infatuation with routine, with 

comfort, hindered my man-related fortunes? 

Why can't I pick up and try new cities like my 

more adventurous counterparts? 

Elizabeth Gilbert—of Eat, Pray, Love fame— 

contends everyone's like this, consumed with 

emotional landscapes, consciously and subconsciously 

wondering about connections missed 

and made. Perhaps she’s right. Regardless, I find 

solace in the fact that most everyone I know 

stumbled into their pairings, a dearth of concerted 

effort. Dumb luck. Of late, in my periphery, 

serious relationships have emerged from 

Grindr dates, online hookups and casual introductions 

at parties (the latter prompted a move). 

So perhaps a fair amount of complacency—let's 

call it ease—isn't so detrimental after all. 

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With a vibrant Pacific Northwest backdrop 

and even more colorful indie atmosphere, the 

Rose City is known to (pun alert!) lens itself 

to queer film. From QDoc and the Portland 

Lesbian and Gay Film Festival to “straighter” 

staple showcases like the Portland International 

Film Festival and the upcoming Northwest 

Filmmakers’ Festival (November 11–20), 

the area’s talented auteurs, movers, shakers, 

actors, grips and other creatives unspool their 

efforts throughout the year. 

Add to the established mix the justwrapped 

annual Portland Oregon Women’s 

Film Festival (POW Fest) and DIY rookies 

Shorty Shorts Queer Short Film Festival, 

set for late November at Q Center. Both 

relative newcomers have injected a healthy 

dose of LGBTQ content, and filmmaking, 

to the celluloid stew—and there’s plenty 

more where that came from. 

Cut, print, read on. 

Trans-cending 

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Portland doc Austin Unbound sees 

full film release after seven years 

Devotees of Portland-based independent 

film may recall the 2004 release of a truncated 

documentary exploring the journey of Austin 

Richey to receive a double mastectomy in 

San Francisco. Richey, born deaf and female, 

allowed cameras to accompany him during 

the weeks prior to and during his surgery, facilitated 

by first-time filmmaker, and head of 

Greensoda Productions, Eliza Greenwood. 

The short film, Austin Unbound, has since 

been featured at numerous conferences and 

colleges nationwide. 


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Now, seven years after shooting wrapped, 

the fully realized film is ready to premiere in 

its 43-minute form November 12 and 13 at 

the Hollywood Theatre. Austin Unbound will 

screen again November 15 as part of the 

Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival at the Portland 

Art Museum. 

Greenwood had been showing the 13minute 

version of the film steadily since late 

2004, with Richey accompanying to give 

presentations and to answer questions. The 

pair have grown into what they see as a 

brother-sister relationship, and now that the 

full film is finished, both report they’re excited 

to turn the page in a new chapter of 

Austin Unbound. 

“I’m thrilled,” said Greenwood, 31. “It’s 

the moment I’ve been dreaming of for a 

long time.” 

Reaching the end of the production, 

however, wasn’t without its share of bumps 

in the road, or differing perspectives on the 

film’s focus between subject and creator. 

Greenwood’s newness to both the trans 

and queer communities in Portland concerned 

Richey initially. Greenwood works 

as an interpreter for the deaf community, 

and has a sister who’s deaf. She graduated 

with a theater degree from George Washington 

University, and also attended Gallaudet 

University, the world’s only liberal 

arts college for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. 

It wasn’t until she became immersed in 

Portland’s queer community, and subsequently 

worked with Richey as a stage 

manager for a local comedy night for the 

deaf, that she opened up to what the trans 

community was all about. 

“I had heard the concept of trans, but I 

wasn’t really out and involved in the gay and 

lesbian community,” said Greenwood. “I 

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didn’t understand it. Then 

when I moved to Portland, 

I met some trans people. 

Meeting Austin, I was like, 

‘Oh, yeah. You’re a guy.’” 

“When she asked me if I 

would let her make a movie 

about me, at first I wasn’t quite sure about 

her boundaries,” said Richey, 38, through 

Greenwood’s ASL interpretation. “I didn’t 

really know what she had in mind. I wanted 

to be cautious.” 

The challenge over the years between 

Richey and Greenwood was conceptual, as 

well as financial. But to a degree, it was 

also due to Greenwood’s inexperience. The 

soundtrack alone—which encompasses 

nearly the entirety of the subtitled film 

and features amazing contributions from 

The Decemberists’ Chris Funk, and songwriter 

Ashleigh Flynn—took two years to 

cultivate. 

“She didn’t give up,” said Richey of the 

process. “She just kept going and trying to 

network, trying to find how to make it 

happen.” 

Austin Unbound is most notably not a sensationalist, 

sorry or sad tale of a genderqueer 

subject coming to terms with their identity. 

Nor is it a film about a deaf person’s struggle 

to acclimate to a noisy world. As Greenwood 

put it, succinctly and accurately, it’s a “happy 

trans film,” and that happiness sets Austin 

Unbound apart from contemporary docs. 

Greenwood and Richey do have opposing 

viewpoints on the “queerness” of the film. 

Greenwood contends that she shot it from 

thearts 

zeo Cohen 

her personal perspective as a 

queer individual. Richey insists 

the film is not about a 

guy in the queer community. 

Regardless, and with respect 

to that pseudo-sibling rivalry, 

the film has provided both its 

subject and director the 

“I would hope that peo- 

chance to educate people curious 

about both the deaf and 

trans worlds—and that, after 

all, is what really matters. 

“I would hope that people 

realize that there’s a lot of 

diversity within our commuple 

realize that there’s 

nity,” said Richey. 

“My hope is that everyone 

a lot of diversity within who watches the film realizes 

our community.” that Austin is just a regular 

-AuSTin RicHey 

American guy, and that they 

feel like they’ve had the opportunity 

to become friends with him,” said 

Greenwood. 

Austin Unbound premieres at the Hollywood 

Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd.) Sat., Nov. 12 

at 7 p.m. and again Sun., Nov. 13 at 3 p.m. 

Tickets are $5 in advance via hollywoodtheatre.org, 

$7 at the door. The film also screens at 

8:45 p.m. Tues., Nov. 15 at the Portland Art 

Museum’s Northwest Film Center (1219 SW 

Park). Tickets for the Northwest Filmmakers’ 

Festival run $6-$9. For more information, 

visit austinunbound.org. 

Heeeey Shorty 

The long and short of the First 

annual Shorty Shorts Queer Short 

Film Festival 

There are short shorts—the bottom buttcheek-baring 

Daisy Duke variety, the colorful, 

perhaps bedazzled kind on display 

throughout Pride season pomp and circumstance—and 

then there are shorty shorts, an 

envelope-pushing idea so inspired it oughta 

be in pictures. 

Brief—yes, short —pictures. 

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much about posteriors as it is about posterity. 

And protrusions. And, as a certain former 

Sissyboy puts it, shiny things. 

The brainchild of the always affable Fannie 

Mae Darling (aka Jeffrey Darling) and 

the über-talented Gula Delgatto (aka Eric 

Sellers), the inaugural event, slated for November 

19 at Q Center, manages to shortlist 

most everyone: amateur filmmakers, impatient 

viewers, last-minute joiners. 

“There are so many other things going 

on,” said Darling. “Every single day you 

have seven options, and we realize that 

people sometimes are like, ‘Look at that 

shiny thing! Look at that shiny thing!’” He 

and Sellers conjured up the fest a year ago, 

aware they’d have to make 

concessions to the denizens 

of the fast-paced 

queer arts world—even 

now, they’re extending 

submission deadlines to 

accomodate the rapid-fire 

realities of the YouTube 

Generation. 

Of course there’s more 

to Shorty Shorts than, 

um, (lack of ) length. The 

event is a night of works 

from local filmmakers, 

most of whom are queer. 

The rules for submission 

are simple: Keep the film 

under 10 minutes, and no penetration. Other 

than that, everything’s fair game. 

“I love porn,” proclaimed Darling. “I probably 

watch porn more than I watch anything 

else. But there’s a time and a place for that. If 

it was up to me and Gula, we probably would 

have penetration. I wanna make people feel a 

little squirmy, but I don’t wanna make people 

feel flat-out uncomfortable.” 

Q Center will transform from community 

hub to movie theater for this one-night-only 

cinema circus, complete with popcorn machine, 

a black tie-meets-cheetah print red 

carpet, beer and wine, and performances by 

Fannie and Gula. Darling says he’d like to 

build on his arsenal of annual benefits to 

include Shorty Shorts as a yearly event, 

much like the upcoming Queer Quistmas. 


All proceeds from Shorty Shorts go to Esther’s 

Pantry. 

“Eric and I kind of have the Portland 

heart where we know we’re gonna be here 

for several years,” said Darling. “So we like 

the whole ‘Let’s get back together again, 

guys!’ It’s so hokey, but at the same time 

we want Shorty Shorts to do that every 

year, too.” 

Those who recall Fannie Mae’s infamous 

wine-fueled video barrage in response to an 

October 2010 Just Out cover featuring Chi- 

Chi and Chonga—and a follow-up also 

featuring Delgatto—have a pretty good idea 

of the essence of the videos Darling is looking 

for. So far, he reports, the short films 

have been primarily hilarious, 

with lots of the trashy 

drag element that Darling 

helped reinvigorate in 

town while a member of 

the legendary Sissyboy 

troupe. The point isn’t to 

create a flawless masterwork, 

but to give everyone 

the opportunity to be that 

wine-fueled video vixen. 

Briefly. Shortly. 

“People can overly edit 

it, but I like them raw,” 

said Darling. “I think 

that’s the funniest. In 

Portland it works because 

Portland’s so fucking weird. We want all 

genres, but this year it’s mainly people just 

kind of going for that funny moment. I 

think people will expand more [in future 

festivals].” 

Darling and Sellers hope to expand, too, 

with a full day of films for the next Shorty 

Shorts. 

“We have in our mind something a lot 

bigger than it will be this year,” said Darling. 

“But it’s baby steps.” 

The Shorty Shorts Queer Short Film Festival is 

Sat., Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Q Center (4115 

N. Mississippi Ave.). Admission is $5, or $3 

with a canned food donation. For more information, 

or for submission information, visit 

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House call 

acclaimed Portland filmmaker kickstarts 

post-production with online 

campaign 

The aftermath of an unspoken tragedy 

haunts Sarah Dunne (Diane Dalton), and 

her husband Allan (Randy Schulman) forces 

a trip to Italy to tend to their fractured marriage. 

Kelly (Lindsay Haun, True Blood) is 

set to housesit while they’re gone, and is 

soon joined by her younger brother Tim (RJ 

Mitte, Breaking Bad), and her boyfriend 

Jesse (Blake Berris, Days of Our Lives). 

Things get real strange, real fast when Jesse 

suddenly decides to kidnap 8-year-old 

Adam (Micah Nelson) from the supermarket 

parking lot, and the boy’s disappearance 

garners zero media coverage. 

What follows in House of Last Things is a 

dramatic thriller inspired by the emergence 

of repressed memories and haunting imagery, 

a grown-up screen scare that digs deeper 

than horror clichés. 

“I enjoy putting the audience in a position 

of feeling that they’re at home in a genre, 

but every time they think they’re in a place 

that’s familiar, it takes you somewhere else 

you haven’t been,” said the film’s writer-director, 

Michael Bartlett. 

In his first U.S. project since moving back 

thearts 

Jesse (blake berris) in 

House of Last Things 

stateside from Germany, Bartlett’s newest 

film is bound to draw attention. He made a 

name for himself as a filmmaker with The 

Little Girl Who Fell From a Tree, which won 

the AFI Los Angeles International Film 

Festival Best Editing Award, among numerous 

other honors, upon its 1998 release. 

While currently in post-production at 

Southeast Portland’s Indent Studios, the 

film is finished save for sound design and 

music, the costs of which Bartlett hopes to 

offset with a Kickstarter campaign. The 

fundraising goal of $22,000 must be met by 

November 15 to be successful. 

Shooting on House of Last Things was finalized 

in October 2010, with breathtaking 

contributions by cinematographer Ken Kelsch 

(Bad Lieutenant). As post wraps up, an 

intense trailer is viewable at the project’s 

Kickstarter page, and Bartlett has his fingers 

crossed that a full release will happen soon. 

“I could imagine that within six to eight 

months, we might be able to see this in the 

theater,” explained Bartlett. “That’s less 

dependent on us and more dependent on 

[getting a] distributor, and finding the 

right moment to bring it in. Timing is 

everything.” 

For more information, visit houseoflastthings. 

com. To donate to the Kickstarter campaign, 

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A Del-uge of 

Donovan 

new pilot puts “post-camp” spin on 

family sitcom 

When Sissyboy founder Mark “Zebra” 

Thomas teamed up with co-writer John Camacho 

and director Devan McGrath for a TV 

sitcom pilot, all three knew it was going to be 

something altogether different. Their creation, 

Delusional Donovan, will screen at Mississippi 

Studios Saturday, November 12. 

Delusional Donovan follows the daily life of 

8-year-old Donovan Summers (Dylan Hill), 

witness to a traumatic event that has left his reality 

a swirl of colorful visions. Starring Lee Kyle 

as Donovan’s drag queen mom, Splendora, and 

former Portland resident-turned-Mattachine 

matriarch Amber Martin as her partner, the 

show challenges conventional, family-oriented 

sitcoms. 

Thomas hopes to sell the project to a content-hungry 

network, and says he feels network 

TV is ready to take on the more adventurous 

programming of the Internet. 

“TV has become more raw now that anyone 

with a camera can post crazy things online, 

and TV has to compete with that,” explained 

Thomas. 

Thomas and Camacho prefer to dub the 

project “post-camp”—a concept they mulled 

over during the show’s development. 

“Tv has become more raw now that 

anyone with a camera can post crazy 

things online, and Tv has to compete 

with that.” 

—MARk “ZebRA” THoMAS, 

Co-CreaTor, DeLuSIonaL Donovan 

“We’re still working with those classic camp 

ideas such as drag queens as mothers, or lesbians 

with mullets, but we are adding another layer to 

these often two-dimensional and offensive characters,” 

said Thomas. “Delusional Donovan gives 

heart and complex emotions to characters that 

in the past mostly made potty jokes.” 

For more information, search “Delusional Donovan” 

on Facebook. The pilot screening takes place 

Sat., Nov. 12 at Mississippi Studios (3939 N. 

Mississippi Ave.). A red carpet reception begins 

at 6 p.m., with screenings at 7 and 9 p.m. Admission 

is on a $5-$10 sliding scale. 

Southern exposure 

Heart Breaks Open hits 

Stumptown as part of northwest 

Filmmakers’ Fest 

In the Billie Rain-directed, Basil Shadidproduced 

indie flick Heart Breaks Open, Jesus 

(Maximillian Davis) is a suicide counselor and 

queer activist who learns he’s contracted HIV 

following an infidelity. Tortured by the prospect 

of coming clean to his longtime partner Johnny 

(Samonte Cruz), Jesus hits the bottle and the 

pills until his self-destruction is curbed by Sister 

Alysa Trailer (Brian Peters), a member of 

Seattle’s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. 

Heart Breaks Open, filmed on location in the 

Emerald City, uses improvisation and nonactors 

to create a documentary-like feel. But 

whereas some features dealing with HIVpositive 

characters focus on the frequent message 

of prevention, Heart looks at a more 

unique struggle. 

“We wanted to explore the complex realities 

around an individual who tests positive 

Sister alysa Trailer (brian Peters) 

in Heart Breaks Open 

through decisions that don’t align with their 

own values,” explained Shadid. “This is just 

one story of one person who contracts HIV. 

What’s universal about the film, however, is 

the story of someone who wrestles with their 

own shadow side.” 

Heart Breaks Open screens with Austin Unbound 

at 8:45 p.m. Tues., Nov. 15 at the Portland 

Art Museum (1219 SW Park), as part of the 

38th Annual Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival. 

Tickets are $9, $8 for students/seniors/museum 

members. Visit festivals.nwfilm.org/nwfest38, 

and for more information on Heart Breaks 

Open, visit heartbreaksopen.com. 

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performance 

Glamour Shots 

Kaj-anne Pepper’s Genderfantasy to debut 

at The Headwaters Theatre 

By Ryan J. PRado 

Sometimes all it takes to get a great idea 

off the ground is a little bit of support. As a 

member of notorious drag troupe Sissyboy, 

Kaj-anne Pepper established a fertile foundation 

for the power of collaborative art, conceptual 

dance and the strange beauty of genderqueer 

narcissism. With Sissyboy a thing 

of the past, Pepper’s oeuvre had taken on the 

form of drag, painting, dance and much more, 

but one project loomed on such a grand scale 

that without a strong shoulder to lean on, it 

may not have happened. 

Thanks to a generous 

grant from the Regional 

Arts and Culture Council 

last December, a whole lot 

of rehearsing, planning 

and collaboration—and 

the artistic flexibility inherent 

in facing a giant 

learning curve, Pepper’s 

Genderfantasy has finally 

come to life. 

Pepper, 26, describes the 

work’s drag/dance premise 

as “an exploration of queer 

glamour and quicksilver 

identities which shift and change alliances 

and relationships.” But the scope of the performance 

isn’t easily summed up in a sound 

bite. Instead, Genderfantasy is prone to abstraction. 

Based as it is in an undefined, 

dream-like habitat that could be a nightclub 

or a theater, with the choreography representing 

either dance pageant or competition, 

nothing in Genderfantasy seems certain 

within the identities of the characters or the 

location. 

The performance itself consists of Pepper, 

along with dancers Keyon Gaskin, Michael 

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“It’s always going to be 

evolving, just like our 

construction of gender is 

always evolving, and just 

like the construction of how 

we see each other in our 

own identities, how gender 

lays on the body, and how I 

believe that gender in 

essence is a fantasy.” 

—kaj-anne pepper 


Reed and Lillian Rossetti, reveling in fluid 

movements while donning dirty glamour 

makeup and teased blonde wigs. “Trannypop” 

purveyor Cabiria Jones—of CJ and the 

Dolls—contributes beats to Pepper’s sound 

collage, and local business Fliptography will 

provide an installation for attendees to participate 

in, producing 60-page personal 

flipbooks to take as souvenirs. 

The concept of image and gender as social 

constructs resides at the heart of Pepper’s 

creation, and with flourishes like 

Fliptography, he hopes 

audiences will be able to 

better grasp the ideas 

behind his performance 

by delving headfirst into 

them. 

“[The partnership 

with] Fliptography is 

another comment on the 

construction of a personality 

and of image, and 

how rapidly each still, 

frozen moment changes 

and how we’re really a 

collection of these frozen 

moments, and how that applies to gender 

and relationships,” explains Pepper. “When 

everyone is going through that installation, 

they’re allowing themselves to be part of 

that process of the construction of their own 

glamour. They’re literally initiating themselves 

into an aspect of what we’ve been 

working with for a while.” 

As a performance, Pepper says Genderfantasy 

is also a vehicle to reveal histories of liberation, 

and to pay homage to his queer ancestors. 

Through the process of self-discovery 

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self how he was able to create a project like 

Genderfantasy at all. 

“During the rehearsal, I started to think 

about where I come from, and how it is that 

I’m able to parade around in fucked-up wigs, 

and messy but beautiful makeup,” recalls 

Pepper. “How is it I came to be who I am? 

That led me to really pay attention to my 

influences and my inspirations, and the bulk 

of those are dead queer artists.” 

Throughout preparations for the performance, 

Pepper developed a keen appreciation 

for the challenges of a project so much 

bigger and more involved than his typical 

solo or group work. 

“Doing a project of this 

size is difficult because not 

only am I the creative director, 

choreographer and dancer, 

and a collaborator with 

the music and the makeup, 

but I’m also the project manager,” 

explains Pepper. “It’s a 

lot for one person to do.” 

And it’s been an at-times 

daunting journey. Pepper says 

he’s faced significant bouts of 

conceptual struggle as the 

creation of the piece has unfolded. 

The organic nature of 

the performance, and the 

malleable notions derived 

therein, compete with each other for both 

visceral attention and a tangible takeaway. 

But Pepper says he’s more interested in 

challenging the audience’s perception of 

how they’re supposed to feel, and what 

they’re supposed to think about the piece. 

“The thing about Genderfantasy is that it 

really is an exploration of evolution and 

identity,” says Pepper of the morphing nature 

of the show. “I feel that it’s always going 

to be evolving, just like our construction of 

gender is always evolving, and just like the 

construction of how we see each other in 

our own identities, how gender lays on the 

body, and how I believe that gender in essence 

is a fantasy.” 

The final version of Genderfantasy is, in 

fact, still evolving. Three separate satellite 

performances—essentially early version ex- 

cerpts of the finished product—helped inform 

aspects of the show in the months 

leading up to its premiere. Up until opening 

night, it’s likely Pepper will be fine-tuning 

the various cogs of his drag/dance opus. Before 

that time comes, Pepper has launched a 

Kickstarter campaign to help fund the final 

weeks of the project, and to sustain the talented 

artists he’s worked with for the past 

six months. 

The mystery of what this project is telling 

Pepper—and what it will tell those who see 

it—is something he says he won’t know until 

the opening. 

“I really feel like the mystery is the relationship 

between the experience of what the 

dancers experience inside themselves, and 

then what the audience experiences with 

them,” explains Pepper. “Genderfantasy 

works on the axis of authenticity and entertainment, 

so I’m working really hard at cultivating 

a level of realness in our movement, 

our characters, our presence and our ferocity. 

But it’s also a drag show. I hope people get 

to live at that intersection.” 

Genderfantasy opens Thurs., Dec. 1 and runs 

through Dec. 4 at The Headwaters Theatre (55 

NE Farragut St.). Doors open and the Fliptography 

installation begins at 7:30 p.m., show is at 8. 

Tickets are on a $10-$15 sliding scale, and are 

available via Brown Paper Tickets. For more information, 

visit genderfantasy.wordpress.com. 

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Sure, a multimedia hybrid of music, storytelling 

and imagery isn’t the usual fodder for 

Nightlife. But Holcombe Waller isn’t an artist 

you can exactly pigeonhole, either. For his 

next feat, the man behind February's fulllength 

album Into the Dark Unknown turns 

his attention toward Surfacing, a multidisciplinary 

exhibition premiering Friday, December 

2 at BodyVox. 

A notorious workaholic, Waller gathers together 

most of the branches of his ouevre— 

music, theater and video—and melds it to create 

an immersive performance piece treading 

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Q: 

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After many years in a marriage to 

a man that was unfulfilling intimately 

and emotionally, I met a woman I am 

extremely attracted to. At this point I know 

I am not straight, but I’m not sure if I’m bisexual 

or lesbian. How do I know for sure? 

A: 

My test is simple. Sexuality is about 

sex. I want to have sex with only 

women. There are men whom I love deeply. 

But the thought of sex with them is completely 

unappealing—whereas women I’d 

never spend my life with have visited me in 

my dreams. That makes me a lesbian. 

I have a friend who identifies as “bisexual, 

but not bi-emotional.” She’s attracted to both 

men and women, but because of the emotional 

fulfillment missing in her relationships 

with men, she doesn’t date them. 

Don’t beat yourself up about it if you’re not 

sure. It might be a moving target for you. A lot 

of people find their sexual orientation shifting 

throughout their lives. Attraction to both genders 

is a lot more common than we talk about 

in our society—or even in our community. 

It seems like bisexual and lesbian women 

are two very different groups of people. Why 

is that? 

Being gay is like being a member of a 

club—a somewhat secret club. There are relatively 

few of us in the world. Even if it’s 10 

percent of the population, that’s not a lot. 

And being gay still isn’t totally accepted, 

voices 

Bi The Way 

which means that 90 percent of the world 

doesn’t know a lot about us. When we find 

each other, we have a common language, and 

shared experiences. We have slang, and jargon, 

and little inside jokes. 

Many of us—both those who grew up 

knowing we were gay, and those who came 

out later in life—went through struggles, 

whether it was being teased in school, or losing 

bits and pieces of acceptance by our families 

and friends. A huge percentage of “street 

kids” identify as LGBT. 

There are gay people who, if given the choice, 

would rather be straight. They’d rather be accepted 

in society, and not fear physical attack. 

They’d rather be “normal,” get married and 

have a white-picket-fence kind of life. So it 

can lead to resentment when we see someone 

moving between the two worlds—the one 

we’re in and the one we might rather be in. 

When I was coming of age during college, 

embracing my lesbian self and coming out, I 

had a problem with the idea of bisexuality. I 

thought it was a cop-out: an unwillingness to 

do the work to discover who you were, or a 

way to have more than one partner at a time. 

ask a gay 

BY KRISTIN FLICKINGER 

The idea of “choosing” to be gay was a big 

issue then. I remember expressing my discomfort 

with bisexuality to a friend. She 

asked me, “Did you choose to be gay?” 

“Of course not!” 

“Well, I’m attracted to both men and women. 

It’s not something I chose. You think 

that’s easy?” 

She had a good point. That question really 

shifted the way I think about bisexuality. I 

actually think coming out as a bisexual can be 

equally, if not more, difficult. 

Out bisexuals don’t fit into the straight 

community, because they’re “queer.” And 

they’ve faced alienation within the gay community 

because of the perception that they 

may at some point live, undetected, in the 

world that so many of us have tried desperately 

to fit into. 

Additionally, many lesbians who don’t live 

in relationships that require traditional gender 

roles shrug off the social norms that dictate 

how women “should” look and act. 

Women pursuing relationships with both 

men and women might appear different from 

lesbians, because they inhabit a world where 


relationships require men to look and act like 

“men” and women like “women.” 

In the end, both groups of women are very 

diverse. There are super-butch bisexual women, 

and ultra-femme lesbians. And many of us 

would never give up being lesbian in order to 

be “normal.” 

Typically, how do people transition from 

straight to bisexual or lesbian? 

I can’t give you a roadmap. But I can tell you 

that there are a lot of women in the community 

who have done just that. The first step is realizing 

that you belong somewhere in the LGBT 

population. From there, the process is up to 

you. Start meeting people. Pick up a local queer 

paper, or look online for a dance party in your 

area. Many places have gay outdoor groups 

that can give you a way to get to know the 

community, and how you most comfortably fit 

into it. 

Once you start meeting people, you will 

find that many share your story of self-discovery. 

In fact, I know very few people in the 

community who aren’t still on that journey to 

some extent. 

And, wherever you feel safe, keep having 

conversations. It will help us consider each 

other and where we come from, and give us a 

better sense of our community. 

Welcome! 

Kristin Flickinger writes about her own 

adventure of self-discovery at midleap.com.

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3 a.m. Tuesday morning, and the man in the 

dirty gray coat shouts that something has gone 

terribly wrong. “I got stuck with a fucking needle!” 

he bellows to no one in particular, throngs 

of people shuffling past him with duct tape 

armbands stuck to their jackets. “I’m here trying 

to save this goddamned country and I get 

stuck with some junkie’s fucking dirty needle!” 

A woman with a medic’s red armband stops 

beside us. “Are you okay?” she asks him. 

“No!” he shouts. “I’m going to get this damn 

thing shut down!” 

“Ha!” a skinny man with glasses says impetuously. 

“We’re Occupy Portland! There’s no 

shutting us down!” 

When I first heard that protesters fed up with 

corporate money and interests influencing politics 

had set up camp on Wall Street, I was intrigued. 

As someone who sees far too many of 

my peers suffering under the current economy, 

trying in vain to get by despite our best efforts, I 

resonated with the message that we are the 99 

percent struggling beneath the financial control 

of the country’s most powerful 1 percent. So 

when this occupation expanded nationally, even 

to the staid parks around Portland’s courthouses, 

I dragged out my tent and sleeping bag to support 

the movement for a night. 

Now, I am sitting on a bench in Chapman 

Square, watching the man in the dirty gray 

Intensity In The Tent City 

coat get diffused by a calm, tired group of volunteer 

safety patrollers. The Occupy Portland 

camp exists in a time and space triangulated 

between ancient Athens, a 1960s political 

demonstration and a post-apocalyptic refugee 

camp. Earlier that evening at the consensusbased 

administrative meeting called General 

Assembly, a discussion of the tens of thousands 

in dollars of damages the city estimates 

the protest to have already done to Chapman 

and Lonsdale Parks led a girl next to me to 

snort in laughter. “What would they expect?” 

she asked, pulling her black hoodie close 

around her face. “There are over 500 people 

here! What else could we do?” 

I watch the kitchen volunteers hurriedly setting 

out trays of donated vegetables, rice, beans. 

As soon as they hit the tables, hungry workers 

and passersby lunge for them, scoop piles onto 

donated plates and eat voraciously. A roughhewn 

order, borne on the strength of countless 

hours of volunteer service, keeps the occupation 

functioning with a thrilling energy of controlled 

chaos. Groups of young men stride purposefully 

beneath the tarps. A homeless man walks past 

me with a hardened stare, spits on the ground. 

remember to breathe 

BY NICK MATTOS 

“What will the revolution come down to?” he 

snarls at no one in particular before merging 

back into the sea of people. I sigh as his unanswered 

question hangs in the air. 

Kerry walks over to me, sits down next to a 

cardboard sign reading, “What country can 

preserve its liberties if their rulers are not 

warned from time to time that their people 

preserve the spirit of resistance?’—Thomas 

Jefferson.” 

“How was your dishwashing shift?” I ask. 

“Other than getting a little soaked and having 

to scrape dried hummus off the plates, 

went pretty good. Getting tired at all?” 

“Yes. It’s definitely bed time.” I yawn, the 

buzz of activity around us notwithstanding. 

Kerry takes a bite out of a crisp apple, reading 

the sign beside us thoughtfully. “Jefferson 

was absolutely right,” she says between bites. 

“He asserted that the nation would only succeed 

if a revolution occurred every 20 years.” 

She hands the apple to me. “We’re just hundreds 

of years overdue.” 

We walk into Beta Camp, straight into Anarchy 

Alley. Street kids smoke hand-rolled 

cigarettes, teenage girls play with skinny kit- 

tens, Kerry and I sit on the bench to finish our 

apple. We are surrounded by confusing noise 

and barely controlled chaos, the sounds of 

lighters flicking and drunk people laughing, 

cars driving down Fourth Avenue, tarps flapping 

in the wind. 

Above us, between the tree branches, I see 

the immense American flag over the federal 

courthouse. It flutters languidly in the clear 

night, poignantly lit up against the dark sky. It 

strikes me that this fascinating, exciting, often 

scary camp struggles under the weight of apathy, 

crime and disorder—often to the extent 

that the movement’s larger aims (as I understand 

them) are lost in the day-to-day effort 

to keep this strange little city-within-a-city 

functioning. This is a microcosm of America 

at large: We’re a nation of idealists with altruistic, 

forward-thinking, even revolutionary 

goals, bogged down by the necessity of dealing 

with urgent social problems, forced to focus so 

much on putting out the proverbial fires that 

the “American Dream” loses its coherence. 

“What are you laughing about?” Kerry asks 

me. “Up there. The American flag,” I reply, 

smiling. “You know what? I think here, in the 

camp, is probably the best view of it we’ll 

ever get.” 

Reach Nick Mattos at nickmattos@justout.com.

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Tom has been my best friend forever. He’s 

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I’m glad when Tom gets some. I’m just 

not thrilled about the repeat timing of the 

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we’re supposed to go out. Usually Tom is 

sheepish enough to turn red, shuffle his Nike’s 

and apologize like mad. He sends me off 

to the restaurant alone, promising to show 

up before dessert. Usually he does. I forgive 

him because he apologizes so profusely. But 

then I feel upset later, and unsure of what it 

means. Am I really that disposable? Is there 

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Dear Sloppy Seconds: 

Tom’s wiener addiction is not about you 

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ms. behavior 

BY MerYl CoHn 

Tom has been my best friend forever. … [But] every few weeks, he 

stands me up. We’ll have plans to go to the movies or to dinner, and 

when I stop by to get him, he hems and haws about some adorable 

boy who’s on his way over to give him dick. 

who are, shall we say, phallically motivated, 

have no “hidden, underlying” reasons for 

the timing of their interludes. Tom has no 

reason to purposely disappoint you. He’s 

just a dickhound. 

Still, his behavior is juvenile and rude. If you 

too had a dick to withhold, your annoyance at 

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least tell him that it hurts your feelings? 

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Tom’s preemptive apology is a strategy 

designed to keep you from expressing your 

anger. It’s the same reason your dog crawls 

to greet you at the door after he’s dragged 

orange peels and coffee grinds (and tampons, 

if you’re extra lucky) from your garbage can 

for the 700th time. You may not recognize 

the choreographic similarity, but Tom, like 

your doggy, hopes his dance of submission 

will soften your wrath. 

Your inability to confront Tom probably 

makes it easier for him to cancel plans 

with you. Going back to the dog analogy, 

some trainers recommend lightly tapping 

a garbage-eating pup on the snout with 

a newspaper. Since Tom’s snout is not, in 

his case, the errant organ, perhaps you’ll 

think of a suitable (of course, metaphorical) 

alternative. 

Meryl Cohn is the author of Do What I Say: 

Ms. Behavior’s Guide to Gay and Lesbian 

Etiquette. Send questions or correspondence to 

msbehavior@aol.com.

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»AIDS & HIV 

caReassist pays for health insurance premiums, prescription drugs 

and insurance plan co-payments and deductibles for eligible people 

with HIV/AIDS. Program of the Oregon Department of Human Services 

and the Ryan White CARE Act. (8 am-5 pm Monday-Friday. 503-731- 

4029 or 800-805-2313. www.healthoregon.org.). 

cascade aIDS Project (caP) educates youth and adults about HIV 

prevention, supports people with HIV and their families and advocates 

for sound HIV policy and legislation on the national, state and local 

levels. Spanish-language assistance available. (Suite 800, 208 SW 5th 

Ave., 503-223-5907, Oregon HIV/STD Hotline 800-777-2437. 

caP Vancouver offers free rapid HIV testing to men who have sex with 

men in Vancouver, Wash. (11am - 1pm Tuesdays, 4 - 8pm Thursdays. 

3701 E. Fourth Plain Blvd. 360-750-7964) 

clackamas county Public Health offers anonymous and confidential 

HIV testing and counseling to everyone. No needles! Free condoms! 

Call for appointment or walk-in testing times. (Oregon City: 503-655- 

8471. Sandy: 503-722-6660. Molalla: 503-723-2944. 82nd Avenue: 

503-771-7944. For more information call 503-742-5382.) 

columbia county Public Health offers anonymous and confidential 

HIV testing, counseling and case management to anyone. Se habla 

español. We lend HIV books and videos and offer educational materials 

and free condoms. (503-397-4651 or 800-244-4870.) 

Daily Bread express provides home delivery of high-quality meals to 

HIV-positive individuals in need. Fresh meals delivered weekdays, frozen 

meals for weekends. Volunteers invited to inquire anytime. (Mara 

503-460-3822.) 

esther’s Pantry in Milwaukie provides food and personal care items to 

people with HIV/AIDS. Call to donate or for services. (503-349-4699 

www.ourhouseofportland.org/programs/estherspantry.) 

Fuzeon Information Group welcomes people contemplating, using or 

caregiving for Fuzeon recipients. Facilitated by experienced patients, 

nurses and social workers. (5:30-7 pm second Wednesday, 5525 SE 

Milwaukie Ave. RSVP to Julia 503-230-1202, ext. 235. www.ohsu.edu/ 

partnership/fuzeon.html.) 

health, education, aIDS Liaison (heaL) offers information about 

alternative views of AIDS causation and HIV testing. Call for a free 

packet of information. (503-227-2339. bwport@comcast.net.) 

hIV Day center offers hot meals, counseling, laundry facilities, clothing, 

showers and hygiene supplies, computers with Internet access, 

phones, mail drop, recreational activities, massage and haircuts. 

Volunteers invited to inquire anytime. (9 am-3 pm Monday-Friday. 2941 

NE Ainsworth St. 503-460-3822.) 

the Link, a social networking group for HIV-positive gay and bi men, 

meets every month for social events, discussions and other outings. 

(209 SW 4th Ave., 503-278-3868 thelink@cascadeaids.org.) 

Manifest, a nonprofit men’s wellness community, prevents and 

addresses HIV and STDs by empowering men to pursue their wellness 

passions together through programs like yoga, cycling, hiking, meditation, 

healing touch classes, vision teams, wellness coaching, information 

and referrals. (503 223 8822, ext. 1. www.manifestpdx.org.) 

Multnomah county Health Department’s HIV Community Test Site 

offers confidential testing by appointment. Some walk-in testing. 

Sliding-scale fee. Se habla español; other interpretation by appointment. 

(9 am-4:45 pm Monday-Friday except 12:30-4:45 pm 

Wednesday. 426 SW Stark St., Sixth Floor. 503-988-3775.) 

Multnomah county offers free HIV rapid testing to gay, bi and trans 

guys. Se habla español. (5-7:15 pm Tuesday. 5329 NE Martin Luther 

King Jr. Blvd. 503-988-3030.) 

OhSu hIV clinic provides comprehensive health care for people living 

with HIV/AIDS. Services include HIV specialty care, psychiatry, counseling, 

addiction treatment, case management, same-day visits and 

online chart access. Appointments are available regardless of insurance. 

(503-494-8562.) 

Our house of Portland provides Oregon and southwest Washington’s 

only network of integrated health and housing services for people with 

HIV/AIDS. Programs include Our House (24-hour residential care), 

Neighborhood Housing and Care, Community Services and Swan 

House. To volunteer, contact Kathryn Siebert. (503-234-0175. www. 

ourhouseofportland.org.) 

Partnership Project provides services to people with HIV/AIDS, their 

families and those at risk. Programs include HIV Case Management; 

Supporting Healthy Options for Prevention (SHOP), behavior change 

counseling to motivate people to protect themselves and their partners; 

and HIV 101, providing basic information for people recently diagnosed. 

Se habla español. (Intake Line: 503-517-3590. SHOP: Laura or Kurt 

503-230-1202 or 877-795-7700. HIV 101: 503-230-1202. Positive 

Living: Julia 503-230-1202, ext. 235. www.ohsu.edu/partnership.) 

Portland area hIV Services Planning council is a county decisionmaking 

body that identifies services needed for people living with HIV/ 

AIDS and allocates federal funds annually. Need volunteers from all 

walks of life. (20 NE 10th Ave., Second Floor. 3653 SE 34th Ave. 503- 

988-3030, ext. 25703. www.hivportland.org.) 

Positive Direction Series offers life skill workshops to people living 

with HIV/AIDS at Cascade AIDS Project. Topics include employment, 

parenting, health, women’s self-image and sexuality, budgeting 

and tenant education. (Shyle Ruder 503-223-5907, ext. 203. 

www.cascadeaids.org.) 

Positive Living Series is a seven-week self-management series for 

people living with HIV/AIDS designed to assist you in taking care of 

your illness, give you skills to carry out normal daily activities and provide 

you with the tools to manage emotional changes. (Julia 503-230- 

1202, ext. 235. www.ohsu.edu/partnership/fuzeon.html.) 

Positive Support association supports all persons that have been 

affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic here in the Pacific Northwest. The 

PSA maintains a comprehensive web site that people can visit to help 

newly diagnosed persons get help and support. The PSA is also seeking 

volunteers to assist in HIV/AIDS Awareness Projects, including our 

Peer Positive Mentorship Program. (www.positive-support.org) 

+alk is a five-session program for people living with HIV designed to 

reduce stress around talking about your HIV status and negotiating 

safer sex. New groups start regularly. (Ben at 503-278-3868 or bgerritz@cascadeaids.org) 

OutReach listings of up to 50 words are provided free of charge to organizations and groups specifically serving the 

sexual minorities community. all listings are subject to editing, and inclusion is subject to space limitations, relevance 

and receipt by deadline. the deadline for submissions is 14 days prior to publication. Listings expire once a year (in 

July), and submissions run from the date received until the next scheduled expiration date. Listings are automatically 

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to 503-236-1257 or e-mail justout@justout.com. Submissions cannot be accepted over the phone. Please type your 

announcement and include contact information. 

Project Quest Integrative health center offers conventional and 

alternative health care, nutrition classes, support groups and recreational 

sports activities for people seeking a wellness focus to living and 

dying, especially those living with HIV/AIDS or cancer. (2901 E Burnside 

St. 503-238-5203. pquest@qwest.net.) 

the Research & education Group provides access to HIV/AIDS 

research trials of new drugs and therapies. (2311 NW Northrup St. 

#105. 503-229-8428.) 

the Risk Reduction Zone, a program of Outside In, provides a queer 

safe space that offers HIV, hepatitis C and STD prevention programs; 

Internet resources; peer counseling; referrals; and support groups in a 

nonclinical setting. (1030 SW 13th Ave. 503-535-3895.) 

Social and Support Group discusses HIV issues for men at Quest 

Center. Meet other nice guys, share information and have fun. (7-8 pm 

Tuesday. 2901 E Burnside St. Terry 503-253-2292.) 

Swan house is a specialized adult foster care home for low-income 

people with HIV/AIDS who need assistance with personal care, mobility, 

medications or drug/alcohol/mental health support. (Business: 503- 

786-4829. Volunteers: 503-234-0175. www.ourhouseofportland.org/ 

programs/swanhouse.) 

tod’s corner in Milwaukie provides clothing, household items, companion 

pet care, cremations and more to people with HIV/AIDS. Call to 

donate or for services. (503-349-4699. www.ourhouseofportland.org/ 

programs/todscorner.) 

Washington county Health Department provides free needle-free 

HIV testing services for gay and bi men at community health clinics in 

Beaverton and Tigard. (Beaverton: 5:30-7:30 pm Monday, 12550 SW 

Second St. Tigard: 5:30-7:30 pm Thursday, 15296 SW Royalty 

Parkway. 503-846-4965.) 

»HEALTH 

Anti-Violence 

Bradley angle provides emergency shelter for domestic violence survivors 

of all genders. LGBTQ-specific services include a weekly allgenders 

support group facilitated by a queer-identified advocate. 

Individual support and advocacy is available for self-identified LGBTQ 

persons experiencing physical, emotional, sexual or economic violence 

within an intimate relationship. Healthy Relationships classes are 

offered several times a year. Free, confidential and safe. (Crisis line: 

503-281-2442, lupitam@bradleyangle.org, 503-595-9591 x305) 

center against Rape and Domestic Violence serves survivors of 

domestic and sexual violence in Linn and Benton counties and offers a 

24-hour hot line, confidential shelter, legal and hospital advocacy, 

safety planning and support groups. (Crisis: 541-754-0110 or 800-927- 

0197. Business: 541-758-0219.) 

clackamas Women’s Services offers shelter, support and resource 

referral to survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Lesbian, bi and 

trans friendly. Wheelchair accessible. TTD, relay calls and collect calls 

accepted. (Crisis: 503-654-2288. Business: 503-722-2366.) 

Kids on the Block awareness Program, a service of Impact NW, is a 

valuable resource for the children, parents and teachers with topics like 

Preventing School Violence, Appreciating Cultural Differences, Making 

Healthy Choices and more. Visit kidsontheblockimpactnw.blogspot. 

com for more information. 

Portland Women’s crisis Line offers free and confidential services for 

survivors of domestic and sexual violence; operates a 24-hour crisis 

intervention hot line that provides referrals for shelter, counseling and 

support groups; provides sexual assault advocates; and offers a program 

for sex workers. Foreign language translation is available. (503- 

235-5333 or 888-235-5333. www.pwcl.org.) 

Sexual assault Resource center promotes social justice by eliminating 

sexual violence through support, advocacy and education. Services 

include a 24-hour confidential crisis line, free counseling and support 

groups, community education and volunteer opportunities. (Crisis: 503- 

640-5311. Business: 503-384-0480. www.sarcoregon.org.) 

General 

Breathe Free, the Oregon LGBTQ Coalition Against Tobacco, provides 

education around queer tobacco use and advocates for tobacco reduction. 

(503-784-5813. r.e.szego@cascadiabhc.org.) 

Dharma Queens. A Buddhist-based gay men’s weekly meditation 

group. Trans friendly. (Meets Thursdays 7-8:00 p.m. and Sundays 

11:00 a.m.-Noon, Ankeny House, 2006 SE Ankeny, RSVP via website: 

meetup.com/Dharma-Queens) 

Men’s tantric Yoga offers body/mind/spirit health in a safe, structured 

environment for men to explore their connection to self and to others. 

Two classes weekly. (www.elementalhealing.org) 

Outside In operates a clinic for anyone who can’t qualify for the Oregon 

Health Plan as well as needle exchange services that include those 

who inject hormones. Provide transitional housing for youth 20 and 

younger and for those HIV-positive and younger than 23. Need volunteers 

of all ages. (10 am-6 pm Monday-Friday. 1132 SW 13th Ave. 

503-535-3800. www.outsidein.org.) 

Pivot is a community space for men into men. We offer a variety of 

programming that is both social and educational in nature, a drop in 

space (that’s right, sip our coffee and use our WiFi for free, we don’t 

mind), and weekly STD/HIV testing. Oh yeah, free condoms and lube, 

too. Drop by. Get into something different. (Wed - Sat 3-9pm. 209 SW 

Fourth Ave. 503-445-7699. www.pivotpdx.org) 

Planned Parenthood of the Columbia/Willamette provides confidential 

and affordable sexual and reproductive health care, including STD 

testing and treatment, 20-minute anonymous HIV tests, annual exams 

and condoms. Sliding-fees, insurance welcomed. Se habla español. 

Health centers in Southeast and Northeast Portland, Gresham, 

Beaverton, Salmon Creek, Salem, Bend and Vancouver, Wash. (888- 

875-7820. www.ppcw.org.) 

outreach 

Recovery 

center for Family and adolescent Research offers free counseling 

for parents of drug-abusing youth 15 to 20 who refuse to go to treatment. 

Counseling is also available for adolescents 13-17 who have 

both substance abuse and depression, as well as for adolescents 

15-22 who use methamphetamine. All of our programs are part of a 

federally funded treatment study to help qualifying parents engage 

resistant youth in counseling, have a family therapy focus, and are free 

of charge. (503-243-1065. www.ori.org/cfar/portland.) 

Dual Diagnosis anonymous is a peer support program based on 

a version of the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous with an additional 

five steps focusing on dual diagnosis (mental illness and substance 

abuse). Meets at Live and Let Live Club. (7-8 pm Friday. 1210 SE 

Seventh Ave. 503-222-6468.) 

extended Family hosts queer-friendly Alcoholics Anonymous meetings 

at Metropolitan Community Church of Portland. (5:30 pm daily. 

2400 NE Broadway. 503-281-8868.) 

hIV+ aa Meeting at Rosewood Apartments invites those in recovery 

who are either infected or affected by the disease. (7 pm Monday and 

Thursday. 4810 NE Sandy Blvd.) 

Lunch Bunch hosts queer-friendly Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at 

Metropolitan Community Church of Portland. (Noon daily, 1 pm Sunday. 

2400 NE Broadway. 503-281-8868.) 

Live and Let Live club offers the sexual minorities community a safe 

place to find friendship, recovery and clean-and-sober activities. 

Meeting space available for 12-step groups. (1210 SE Seventh Ave. 

503-238-6091.) 

Poz for the cause, a 12-step recovery group for anyone infected or 

affected by HIV or Hepatitis C who has a desire to stop the suffering 

associated with alcohol and drug abuse, meets at Rosewood House. 

(7-8:15 pm Mondays. 4810 NE Sandy Blvd. Tom @ 503-916-9693 and 

Fred @ 503-805-5895.) 

Rainbow Recovery al-anon is a 12-step group of queer and questioning 

people who support one another in recovering from the effects 

of another person’s drinking. (6:15-7 pm Thursday. 1244 NE 39th Ave. 

503-292-1333, ext. 1. www.al-anonportlandoregon.org.) 

Rush hour Reprieve is an open Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. (5:30 

pm Monday-Friday. 1210 SE Seventh Ave. 503-772-5213.) 

Sex addicts anonymous is a 12-step program for those suffering 

from addictive sexual behaviors. Any gender and sexual orientation is 

welcome. Weekly gay- and lesbian-friendly meeting focuses on Steps 

1-2-3 and the spiritual solution. (7-8 pm Tuesday. 909 NW 24th Ave., 

Second Floor. 503-452-5961. www.portlandsaa.org.) 

Survivors of Incest anonymous (SIa) meets each Wednesday at 6 

p.m. at the Alano Club and welcomes any sex abuse survivors age 18 

and older. Newcomers are welcome! (909 NW 24th St.) 

Sunday Over the Rainbow, a 12-step Al-Anon group primarily for the 

sexual minorities community, helps family and friends of those addicted 

to alcohol or drugs on their own path to health and recovery. Meets in 

the Channing Room at First Unitarian Church of Portland. (5:15-6:30 

pm Sunday. 1011 SW 12th Ave.) 

the triangle Project at Cascadia Behavioral Health Care is Oregon’s 

alcohol and drug addiction treatment program specifically for the queer 

community. Safe, respectful, confidential and effective since 1986. 

Services include a group for gay and bi men struggling with meth addiction. 

(503-230-9654. www.cascadiabhc.org) 

Sexual 

axis is a free, two-session, one-on-one counseling program designed 

to help you take the stress out of safer sex and work toward reducing 

your risk. Help take the stress out of safer sex! Held at Pivot, 209 SW 

4th Ave., 503-445-7699, pivot@pivotpdx.org 

the Multnomah county Health Department STD Prevention Program 

offers testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, HIV 

testing, Hepatitis C and syphilis testing to those at highest risk, and 

hepatitis A and B vaccinations. By appointment or walk-in. Most insurance 

plans accepted; sliding-scale fee. Se habla español. (9 am-4:30 

pm Monday-Friday except 11:00-4:30 pm Wednesday. 426 SW Stark 

St., Sixth Floor. 503-988-3700.) 

Pivot offers free HIV and STD testing for gay/bi/trans and all men who 

have sex with men (because we think that’s hot). All testing is walk in 

and done on a first come, first served basis. Spanish speaking testing 

staff available: Tuesdays 5 - 8:30PM (HIV/STD), Wednesdays 1 - 

3:30PM (HIV/STD), Saturdays 5 - 8:30PM (HIV only). 209 SW 4th 

Ave. 503-445-7699, pivot@pivotpdx.org 

»SOCIAL 

Arts & Music 

confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed GALA Chorus rehearses 

Sundays at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Salem. (4-6:30 pm. 

5090 Center St. NE. 503-364-2370. confluence@aol.com. www.confluencechorus.org.) 

creative connection is a social gathering for gay men who are artists, 

writers or musicians or who pursue some creative activity. 

Noncommercial, nonjudgmental; supporting personal creativity for 

novices and professionals alike. Monthly potlucks on the second 

Friday. (7 pm. Carl 503-284-2971.) 

Foreign Film Group meets every second and fourth Sunday to screen 

foreign films at various venues, followed by a group discussion. (pdxgayfilm@yahoo.com.) 

Motherlode Music Weekend. Spend Easter in the company of 

delightful women...play music, have fun, learn a new instrument. N.W. 

Women’s Music Celebration, April 23-25, 2011. YMCA Camp Collins, 

near Gresham. Registration available at www.motherlodemusic.com. 

Classes in guitar, marimba, drumming, singing and much more. You’ll 

love it! Questions? LMVogt01@msn.com 


Portland Gay Men’s chorus is open to singers, support members and 

volunteers. (503-226-2588. www.pdxgmc.org.) 

Portland Lesbian choir, a nonaudition community chorus, encourages 

women who love to sing in harmony—regardless of musical 

experience, age, race or sexual orientation—to join us for singing, skill 

building, socializing and fun, led by Director Kirsten Hart and assistant 

director Anya Lysak. Rehearsals take place at Ainsworth United Church 

of Christ. (6:45-8:45 pm Wednesday. 2941 NE Ainsworth St. 

portlandlesbianchoir@hotmail.com. www.plchoir.org.) 

Portland Gay Symphonic Band always welcomes new members, 

from accomplished musicians to those who have not played since high 

school. (www.portlandgaysymphonicband.org.) 

Rose city Gay Freedom Marching Band performs once a year during 

Portland Pride. (www.rcgfb.org.) 

Rose city Swing is a traditional 16-piece big band performing everything 

from classic dance standards to contemporary swing. Membership 

by audition. (www.rosecityswing.org.) 

Satori Men’s chorus welcomes new members of all ages and races, 

regardless of sexual orientation or musical background, to join rehearsals. 

No audition necessary. (503-242-4244. www.satorichorus.org.) 

General 

asian Pacific Islander Pride is for LGBTQ people of Asian and Pacific 

Islander descent in Oregon, providing safe and supportive opportunities 

to celebrate, educate and bring our communities together. 

(api.pride@gmail.com, api-pride.blogspot.com) 

Bad Girls is a social and educational leather and B/D/S/M club for 

self-identified women with an emphasis on safety and education. 

Workshops, discussions, events and parties. Women of all orientations 

can connect and ask questions during the Kinky Women’s Welcoming 

Munch monthly. (503-972-2233. www.pdxbadgirls.net.) 

Blackout Leather Productions is Oregon’s premier GLBTQ leather 

production company. We are proud to produce the Mr. & Ms. Oregon 

State Leather and Oregon State Bootblack contests, as well as LURE, 

NW Sash Bash, and other events. For more details, check out our 

website www.BlackoutLeather.org 

Bookwomen is a lesbian discussion group that meets monthly to 

share stories, favorite authors, top 10 lists and opinions and reviews of 

the assigned book. (503-684-0305. mikkata@comcast.net.) 

Border Riders Motorcycle club provides social opportunities for gay 

men interested in recreational motorcycle touring and camping. 

(503-325-2204, brmcprez@borderriders.com.) 

Butch crew PDX is a social group that welcomes everyone who identifies 

as butch/boi/macha/stud/tomboi/masculine of center/soft butch/ 

bucha or any similar identity. Meet ups are the 2nd Sunday of each 

month at Q Center. Our core values are: Creating community, celebrating 

diversity & playing nicely with others. We don’t decide who belongs 

- you do. More information: ButchCrewPDX@gmail.com. 

chaRGeD+ is a free monthly club night for HIV+ men, on third 

Tuesdays, hosted by Zora Phoenix at CC Slaughters in Portland. (219 

NW Davis St., 503-248-9135) 

coqsure is a social group for people who were assigned a female sex 

at birth but identify otherwise (female-to-male, genderqueer, drag king, 

etc.). (503-471-1515. groups.yahoo.com/group/coqsure.) 

50+ lesbian social group meets monthly. (4-7 pm. 503-642-3360 or 

971-216-1173. sutaytig@aol.com.) 

FtM Pacific NW OR & Wa is a discussion group for female-to-male 

trans men. (groups.yahoo.com/group/FTM_PacificNW) 

Funny Ladies, a social group for nice lesbians 35 and older as well as 

their friends and loved ones, holds potlucks on the second Saturday of 

each month. (flataps@yahoo.com.) 

Gay Guys Gardening is a member supported organization focused on 

growing, harvesting and storing food crops. Contact Tom Winterrowd, 

503-263-2696, or gayguysgardening@yahoo.com 

Gay Men Who have Lost their Partners meets at the West Cafe to 

provide an opportunity for conversation and socializing. The death 

need not have occurred recently. (7:30 pm second Wednesday. 1201 

SW Jefferson St. 503-701-9376.) 

Get Off My axe! is a lesbian RPG gaming group in the tradition of 

Dungeons & Dragons, d20, etc. We play various PG-13 campaigns as 

suits us, sharing laughs and kicking kobolds as we go. Dust off your 

geek armor and join us! (LynneMe2@gmail.com) 

happy Ours Productions is a grassroots group dedicated to building 

the visibility, community participation and collective leadership of lesbian 

women of color through a wide variety of social, networking, consciousness-raising 

and action-oriented activities, events and projects. 

(503.764.9351, www.happyoursproductions.com.) 

hillsboro Munch. An informal, monthly BDSM/kink-friendly get-together 

representing all orientations and gender identifications. 

Come chat and make friends in a casual, public venue in Hillsboro. 

hillsboromunch.blogspot.com 

Imperial Sovereign Rose court of Oregon is the oldest gay, lesbian, bi 

and trans social/fund-raising organization in the state of Oregon. Meetings 

are the first two Mondays of each month. (www.rosecourt.org.) 

Jewish Gay Men’s Group—please call for meeting time and place. 

(503-246-5939. efraimlevi@aol.com.) 

Keshet is a social connection group for queer Jews and their spouses, 

partners, significant others and good friends, meeting monthly for potluck 

dinners and special events. (Ira Forleiter, iraf@spiritone.com, or 

visit www.gayjewishportland.com.) 

Lavender Womyn is a lesbian social group with chapters in Portland, 

Salem, Eugene, Corvallis-Albany, Rogue Valley, and Grants Pass. They 

organize several events throughout the year including potlucks, BBQ’s, 

bowling, bunco, game night, and more. (Visit lavenderwomyn.com or 

email Kim at support@lavenderwomyn.com for more information.) 

Lesbian horror movie fans meet at various Portland theaters to watch 

movies together. Contact kawfeelover@yahoo.com for more information. 

Lesbians with Degrees is a social group that was started for degreed 

women, but no degree is necessary. Just come and join the fun! Pool 

parties, Scrabble and more. (Lani 503-233-3557. Join listserv at 

LesbianswDegrees-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.) 

Les couve Groove, a lesbian potluck group for SW WA. Meets the 

second Sunday of every month, 5-8 p.m. in members’ homes (except for 

May, when we meet the third Sunday to respect Mother’s Day.) For more 

information, contact us: lescouvegroove@gmail.com. Y’all come! 

Windandsea is a group embarking on the journey of bringing the 

Oregon Coast LGBT community together. Let’s get together and figure 

out how to enhance our coastal lives together, and have fun! 

(Commonwind@yahoo.com)

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outreach 

Oregon Men enjoying Naturism is a social organization for gay male 

naturists/nudists. Social gathering second Saturday of every month. 

(omenpdx@omenpdx.org. www.omenpdx.org.) 

PDX_FtM is a social group for female-to-male trans men and allies. 

(groups.yahoo.com/group/PDX_FTM.) 

PDX Gay Board Gamers meets monthly in Northwest Portland to play 

everything from old-time gems (Life, Monopoly) to new classics 

(Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico). Bring your favorite game along! (11:30 

am-5 pm first Sunday. brunt1234@gmail.com.) 

Poder Latino is a nonprofit social community voice group for gay, lesbian, 

bi and trans people that reaches out to Latinos and Latinas by 

organizing events and retreats and advocating HIV prevention. Meets 

every other Monday at Outside In. (6:30 pm. 1030 SW 13th Ave. Hugo 

503-997-8615 or Audencio 503-261-5463.) 

the Portland Gay Men’s Garden Group meets once a month to 

explore various gardens and nurseries. Come socialize and meet other 

men who love plants. Contact Jim at 503-309-4342. 

Portland Leather alliance is one of the largest pansexual, nonprofit 

B/D/S/M, leather and fetish lifestyle organizations in the Northwest. 

Regular social and educational opportunities, including KinkFest, 

Leather Ball and Fall Vendors Fair. (www.pdxleatheralliance.org.) 

Portland LeatherMen meet every second Saturday for potluck and 

socializing. Meet men into a leather lifestyle and keep abreast of 

leather happenings. No dues, no formal organization, no officers or 

board, just leather socialization for the past 21 years. (360-896-6665. 

TuckerWalter@gmail.com.) 

Portland Lesbian Book club gathers monthly to chat about a chosen 

book or to attend selected events. (6:30 pm third Tuesday. groups. 

yahoo.com/group/portlandlesbianbookclub.) 

the Portland Lesbian Garden club enjoys all things green, from the 

latest perennial or vegetable finds to yard design and container planting. 

We focus not on meetings, but on garden and nursery tours, plant/ 

seed exchanges, and holiday parties. All ages and levels of expertise 

are welcome, and for $10 a year you can have access to our entire 

website: www.lgcpdx.org. Give us a call at 503-909-2002 with your 

contact information to become a member. 

PDX Lesbian Network hosts monthly card, games, pool and bowling 

nights, brewpub visits, hiking, kayaking, backpacking, snowshoeing, 

skiing, snowboarding, cross country skiing, monthly bookclub, etc. We 

also have an annual campout for members in Summer and parcipate in 

the Hood to Coast relay. This is a Network, so if you want to host an 

event please feel free to do so. Please find us on Facebook and request 

to become a member. 

Portland Metro Prime timers meets monthly on fourth Sundays. 

Established in 1980 as a social group for older Gay men as well as 

younger men who enjoy their company. Activities include potluck 

meals, picnics, dinners out, Bingo, celebrations of special holiday occasions. 

Check out our website: web.me.com/byron.w/pdxpt. Contact: 

360-254-1718 or 503-286-4613. 

Rainbow eastenders is a group of active senior gay men who meet at 

Rainbow Vista in Gresham to socialize, travel and attend outings, 

including holiday parties, ocean cruises and dining out. Come make 

some new friends. (11 am third Saturday. 1350 W Powell Blvd. 

503-667-5575. ian@rainbowvista.com.) 

Relationship Gardening is a support group for single, gay men who 

desire monogamy. ($25/week, Call 503-348-0405 for pre-screening, 

relationshipgardening.com) 

Rose city Discussion club, the largest and oldest open pansexual/ 

alternative sexuality club in the Northwest, is open to all orientations, 

fetishes and lifestyles that are safe, sane and consensual. (rcdc@teleport.com. 

www.rcdc.org.) 

Sappho Social club is a group of women 40 years and older building 

community through social and cultural activities. (thesapphosocialclub@yahoo.com.) 

SOMOS LGBtQ Latinos group is a welcoming social and educational 

gathering for GLBTQ Latinos. (6:30-8:30pm, Educate Ya, 200 NE 20th 

Ave. Suite-10, somos.info@gmail.com) 

Soyboys Vegetarian Men’s Group is a fun, social gathering for gay 

and bi men who are interested in a healthy vegetarian or vegan lifestyle. 

A variety of activities and monthly potlucks on the last Saturday. (veggieguys@aol.com.) 

tuesday twilight tastings meets for casual tastings of fine wines and 

inspired food at West Cafe. (6-8 pm third Tuesday. 1201 SW Jefferson 

St. RSVP to 503-784-4807 or 503-227-8189.) 

Women’s 55+ Breakfast club & coffee talk. (Please contact 

Cassandra at cbramor@gmail.com ,503-528-4219 for location and 

date of our next meeting.) 

Physical Recreation 

the adventure Group organizes a variety of activities year round, 

including hiking, walking, cross-country and downhill skiing, rafting and 

mountain biking. (PO Box 2201, Portland, OR 97208-2201. www. 

adventuregroup.org.) 

amazon Dragons Paddling club invites women 16 and older to join 

Portland’s only out lesbian dragon boat team. Be part of the fun and 

fitness with this dynamic group. (www.amazondragons.org) 

turf Girlz Golf Group. www.turfgirlz.com 

Lesbian equestrian Group gets together for equestrian activities in 

the Pacific Northwest. (Denise 503-654-3865. Lynn 503-777-2339. 

kelrav@rdrop.com.) 

Out Dancing teaches dancing for same-sex couples at Ankeny Street 

Studio. Classes for different dance styles start each month: country, 

swing, tango, cha-cha, etc. Call for schedule. (503-236-5129. out_dancing@yahoo.com. 

home.att.net/~outdancing.) 

OutKayaking, Portland’s gay and lesbian sea kayak group, explores 

the lakes, rivers and bays of northwest Oregon and southwest 

Washington. (www.outkayaking.org.) 

PDX Pride Bowling League is recruiting for fun games Friday nights 

September through April. (info@pdxpridebowl.com.) 

PDX NetRippers is Portland’s queer soccer organization with competitive 

indoor soccer, outdoor scrimmages, practices for all levels and 

regional tournaments. (Kyle bendoverbeckham@gmail.com. www. 

myspace.com/netrippers.) 

Portland Gay & Lesbian Bowling association meets Sundays from 

Labor Day through Memorial Day at Hollywood Bowl. Drop-ins welcome 

anytime. (3:30 pm. 4030 NE Halsey St. Mailing address: PO Box 

42034, Portland, OR 97232. 503-693-6261. pdxbowl@yahoo.com. 

www.pdxbowl.com.) 

Youth Services 

Portland metro’s LGBTQ youth community is fortunate to have plentiful resources, 

support groups, social clubs and educational programs offered in the region. Through a 

passionate network of nonprofit organizations, empowered youth activists and a commitment 

to providing safe spaces, outreach and leadership skill training, the organizations 

that follow have put in the hours and dollars to help the youth community realize 

that they are not alone—and that it does get better. —Ryan J. Prado 

SMYRc 

Sexual & Gender Minority Youth 

Resource Center 

503-872-9664 + smyrc.org 

SMYRC creates safety and support 

for LGBTQ youth in Oregon through 

youth empowerment, community 

building, education and direct 

services. 

PFLaG 

PFLAGPDX.org + ClackamasPFLAG. 

com 

facebook.com/pflag. 

portlandblackchapter 

PFLAG supports LGBTQ persons, 

their families and friends through 

love, understanding, education and 

advocacy. 

transactive 

TransActiveonline.org 

TransActive’s group for transgender 

and gender non-conforming youth 

meets every 4th Saturday at 11:00 

a.m. at OHSU Richmond Clinic. 

E-mail info@transactiveonline.org 

for more information. 

Portland Gay Basketball association welcomes all skill levels. 

(groups.yahoo.com/group/PortlandGayBasketballAssociation.) 

Portland Frontrunners welcomes gay, lesbian, bi and trans people of 

all abilities and interests, whether you’re a running novice or a seasoned 

marathoner. (Gary info@portlandfrontrunners.org. www.portlandfrontrunners.org.) 

Rose city Softball association is Oregon’s largest sports organization 

for the GLBT community. With open and women’s divisions at all 

levels, RCSA plays slow-pitch softball games on most Sundays 

throughout the summer at Gordon Faber Recreational Complex in 

Hillsboro. Join a team or form a new one! (4450 NW 229th Ave. membership@rosecitysoftball.org. 

www.rosecitysoftball.org.) 

Rosetown Ramblers, Portland’s gay and lesbian square dance club, 

dances at mainstream and plus levels. (PO Box 5352, Portland, OR 

97228-5352. www.rosetownramblers.com.) 

Ruby Red Flippers, a group of gay and lesbian scuba divers in the 

Portland area, teaches new recruits and takes dives in Tacoma, Hood 

Canal and other Pacific Northwest waters. (rubyredflippers@yahoo. 

com. www.rubyredflippers.org.) 

She Rocks, a supportive rock climbing group for lesbians 18 and older, 

organizes year-round climbing and training events chosen according to 

skill level. Monthly meetings are held at Bagdad Pub. (6:30-7:30 pm second 

Thursday. 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. www.sherocks.wetpaint.com.) 

team Portland tennis meets Sundays at University of Portland. All 

levels of play welcome. (8 am-noon. www.teamportland-tennis.org.) 

»COMMUNITY 

Support 

clackamas county PFLaG (Parents, Families, and Friends of 

Lesbians and Gays) meets every fourth Tuesday at Atkinson 

Memorial Church in Oregon City. (7-9 pm. 710 Sixth St. 503-341- 

3208. www.clackamaspflag.com.) 

Late awakenings, a support group for lesbians who came out 

later in life, meets monthly at Q Center. (7 pm third Tuesday. 4115 

N Mississippi Ave. 503-227-0605.) 

central city concern’s Women’s homeless Veterans 

Reintegration Program provides employment and housing services 

to female Veterans who are homeless or in transition. Resume building, 

job search skills and general case management can help you in 

your quest for self-sufficiency! (2 NW 2nd Ave, 503-226-7387) 

Daddies and Papas, a social and support network for queer men 

raising children in the Portland area, offers play dates for kids, parenting 

tips and resources at Q Center. (10am-Noon, third Saturday of each 

month. 4115 N Mississippi Ave., daddiesandpapas@gmail.com.) 

the Dads Group is a social support group for gay, bi, trans or questioning 

men who are dads or want to be dads. Meets 7-9 pm the 4th 

Thursday of the month at the Q Center. For more information call Brett 

503-310-4723 or Terry 503-697-7004 or visit www.thedadsgroup.com. 

Forest Grove PFLaG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians 

and Gays) welcomes everyone to to its monthly program and support 

meetings at the Forest Grove United Church of Christ. (7 pm, third 

Tuesday monthly, 2032 College Way. PFLAG.FG@gmail.com. 503- 

the trevor Project 

866-4-U-TREVOR (866-488-7386) or 

trevorproject.org 

The Trevor Project is a national 

24-hour, toll-free confidential suicide 

hotline for LGBTQ youth. 

the Pride Project 

503-260-5792 + prideproject.org 

The Pride Project is a program 

for LGBTQ youth 21 and under in 

Washington County. 

Outside In 

503-535-3800 + outsidein.org 

Outside In helps homeless youth 

and other marginalized people 

move toward improved health and 

self-sufficiency. 

the Living Room 

“The Living Room, Clackamas 

County” on Facebook 

The Living Room is a program 

for LGBTQ youth ages 14-20 in 

Clackamas County. 

Queer Scouts PDX 

“Queer Scouts PDX” on Facebook 

PSu QRc 

503-725-9742 or qrc.pdx.edu 

Portland State University’s Queer 

Resource Center 

QPOWeR 

basicrights.org 

QPOWER is a group of young, 

motivated leaders committed to 

fighting to pass the policies and elect 

the candidates that will bring full 

equality to Oregon. 

GLSeN Oregon 

503-936-5614 + glsen.org/oregon 

The Gay, Lesbian & Straight 

Education Network strives to assure 

that each member of every school 

community is valued and respected 

regardless of sexual orientation or 

gender identity/expression. 

triple Point 

360-695-1326 x4217 

Triple Point is a drop-in and group 

program in Downtown Vancouver 

for queer youth in Clark County. 

232-7676. www.grovenet.org/WesternWashingtonCounty/pflag) 

Gay/Bisexual Men’s therapy Group. This weekly therapy group is 

meant to create a safe space where gay, bisexual, queer men and the 

like from the Portland/Vancouver area can intimately discuss issues 

relevant to their lives. Our goal is to help gay men build intimacy and 

trust in ways that facilitate interpersonal growth, depth, and connection. 

If you are interested in becoming involved in the Gay Men’s Therapy 

Group, or if you would like information about fees and the initial assessment 

process, please contact Dr. Rich Nobles, Psychologist Resident, 

at Portland Psychotherapy at 503.281.4852 ext. 6. Please leave a 

message and Dr. Nobles will return your call shortly. 

Gay & Grey is a program of Friendly House, a non-profit neighborhood 

center & social service agency in Portland, OR. We offer 

social events and outings, weekly lunches, peer support groups, 

resources, and case management for LGBT seniors. We also 

provide diversity trainings in the community and a housing assessment 

program to identify LGBT friendly housing options for LGBT 

elders. For more information or to learn how you can participate, 

contact Friendly House at 503.224.2640 or eracoordinator@ 

friendlyhouseinc.org. Also be sure to check us out on Facebook at 

facebook.com/gayandgreypdx 

GLBtQI disability group brings together the GLBTQI community 

with physical disabilities of all types, and friends, for activities such 

as movie-going, music, eating out and exploring Portland. (For 

information, 503-213-3801 or pdxglbtqidisabled@comcast.net) 

Multiple Sclerosis Self-help Group for lesbians and gay men 

meets to share information and provide support in dealing with the 

challenges of living with multiple sclerosis. (6:30-8 pm third 

Wednesday. Melissa Greeney 503-223-9511.) 

Northwest Gender alliance is a monthly social and support 

group for individuals desiring to explore and express another 

gender. (PO Box 4928, Portland, OR 97208-4928. 503-533-8787. 

nwga@nwgapdx.com. www.nwgapdx.com.) 

PFLaG Portland Black chapter is a place for Black gay, lesbian, 

bisexual, and transgender people to come together with friends 

and family and support each other. Meet ups are the 3rd Saturday 

of each month at SMYRC at Noon. 503.232.7676 www.pflagpdx. 

org, facebook.com/pflag.portlandblackchapter 

Portland PFLaG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and 

Gays) welcomes all to its monthly meetings at First United 

Methodist Church. (7 pm second Tuesday. 1838 SW Jefferson St. 

503-232-7676. www.pflagpdx.org.) 

Survivors of Incest anonymous (SIa) meets each Wednesday 

at 6 p.m. at the Alano Club and welcomes any sex abuse survivors 

age 18 and older. Newcomers are welcome! (909 NW 24th St.) 

tRaNS-FeM strives to engage and unite anyone on the transfeminine 

spectrum through community building, social events, and 

activism. Meetings at Q Center every third Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. 

(Flora.ivy@gmail.com or AJFauna@gmail.com) 

Parent access to Gender expression Support (PAGES) group 

for parents and family members of gender non-conforming and 

transgender children and youth age 18 and younger. PAGES provides 

an opportunity for parents and family of trans youth to share 

their experiences with one another in a secure and supportive 

setting. PAGES group meetings are free to participating family 

members and caregivers. Childcare is available if needed. (7-9 

pm, second Monday of every month. For information and to register, 

503-927-7052, family@transactiveonline.org.) 

tranz Guyz is a peer support and discussion group that meets at 

Q Center for people assigned female at birth but identifying as 

trans men/guys, intersex, genderqueer, questioning, FtM, etc. 

Topics include medical and emotional health, coming out, “passing,” 

hormones and relationships/sexuality. (6-8 pm third Sunday. 

69 SE Taylor St. tranzguys@gmail.com; tranzguyspdx.org) 

Veterans for human Rights is a non-profit Veterans Organization that 

promotes the full recognition and equal protection of active reserve and 

Veteran members of the U.S. Armed Forces. VFHR advocates for 

gays, lesbians, and bisexuals to serve openly in the U.S. Military. VFHR 

opposes all forms of discrimination and promotes patriotism. (971-235- 

7432, vfhr.org or Facebook “Veterans for Human Rights”) 

Political 

Radical Women are active in the struggle against bigotry and 

exploitation. Call us to get involved! (6:30 pm second and fourth 

Monday. 819 N Killingsworth St. 503-240-4462. rwpdx@igc.org.) 

Basic Rights Oregon (BRO), the state’s largest grassroots queer 

rights political organization, lobbies the Legislature, educates the 

public and works to end discrimination through election activities. 

(503-222-6151. www.basicrights.org.) 

Democratic Party of Oregon’s GLBt caucus participates in 

policy decisions and outreach, recruits and supports candidates 

and delegates, and gives sexual minorities access to elected officials 

and candidates. (503-224-8200. www.stonewalloregon.org.) 

Old Lesbians Organizing for change (OLOc), provides lesbians 

60 and older the chance to meet like-minded women in our common 

struggle to confront ageism, to share mutual interests and to 

experience the joy of playing and working together. (1 pm second 

Wednesday. 503-286-3575.) 

General 

Babble-On toastmasters, Portland’s most diverse Toastmasters 

club, meets every Sunday afternoon to have fun while developing 

communications and leadership skills. Laughter and applause 

guaranteed. Contact 503-330-2706 or visit www.babble-ontm.org 

for meeting time and location. 

Bisexual community Forum is a space to meet people and discuss 

issues relevant to the bi community at The Deli. Everyone is welcome. 

(7:30 pm first Monday. 441 N Killingsworth. Laury 503-285-4848.) 

catlin Gabel School is an independent, co-educational day school 

for children ( and families!) from Pre-School (age 4 years), 

Kindergarten and grades 1 through 12. (503-297-1894, catlin.edu) 

Deaf & hearing Out Reach (DHOR) is a nonprofit organization dedicated 

to building community among deaf and hearing queers and 

allies. Visit our Web site for programs, services, events and community 

resources. (503-517-8880 TTY/voice. info@dhor.org. www.dhor.org.) 

Double Rainbow Foundation is available to help all queer parents 

who co-conceive children to be treated equally. We believe, regardless 

of gender, two adults in committed relationships who agree to 

co-create children should be given the same rights as heterosexual 

couples. http://www.myspace.com/doublerainbowfoundation. 

equity Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded by gays 

and lesbians to build communities that embrace the dignity and 

worth of all people. Equity has distributed more than $2.8 million in 

grants and scholarships throughout Oregon. (503-231-5759. www. 

equityfoundation.org.) 

Getting Bi PDX is a women’s group that meets for discussion, 

coffee and planning social events. ( www.gettingbipdx.com .) 

home Free, a program of Volunteers of America for women and 

children surviving domestic violence has openings for compassionate 

people to assist in our restraining order advocacy program. 

You will provide emotional support, safety planning and resource 

referrals. Training is provided covers dynamics of domestic violence, 

with an emphasis on legal issues. Last year, advocates 

assisted over 2,400 petitioners! Call Jen at 503.802.0494 to get 

more information & to take action. 

KBOO-FM’s Out Loud queer news and public affairs show, featuring 

local guests and announcements, airs second and fourth Tuesdays. 

This Way Out, the international queer show, airs on first, third and fifth 

Tuesdays. (6 pm. 90.7 FM Portland, 91.9 FM Hood River, 100.7 FM 

Willamette Valley. www.kboo.fm. kboooutloud@yahoo.com .) 

Queer-friendly Northwest Veterans for Peace meets Sundays at 

Tully’s Coffee. (11 am. 935 NE Broadway. nwvp@teleport.com. 

www.peaceveterans.org.) 

the Oregon Safe Schools and community coalition seeks to 

create safe schools and communities for families, educators and 

students statewide. (503-260-5792. www.oregonsafeschools.org.) 

Polyamory circle is a gathering for folks exploring options beyond 

monogamy. Discussions include open relationships, extended 

families and intentional communities. Everyone is welcome. (7 pm 

third Monday. Laury 503-285-4848.) 

Pride at Work Oregon is a new affiliate of the AFL-CIO that lets 

union members rally support for gay, lesbian, bi and trans issues 

and lets the queer community support workplace rights and respect 

on the job. (PO Box 4731, Portland, OR 97208. 503-516-2498.) 

Pride Northwest, a volunteer-run 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, 

seeks vendors and volunteers for the Portland Pride Festival, 

which is held every Father’s Day weekend at Waterfront Park. 

(503-295-9788. info@pridenw.org. www.pridenw.org.) 

Q center is a space that increases visibility and fosters a connection 

within Portland’s queer community. (4115 N. Mississippi, 

503-234-7837. info@pdxqcenter.org. www.pdxqcenter.org.) 

Senior housing and Retirement enterprises (ShaRe) has 

closed their doors and turned their program over to Friendly House. 

SHARE activities and advocacy is now incorporated in Gay & Grey. 

For assistance or to get involved please call 503-224-2640. 

the Sexual Minorities Roundtable meets second Tuesdays with 

representatives from the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office and 

the Portland Police Bureau to discuss and resolve issues between 

the queer community and law enforcement agencies. (Noon-1:30 

pm. 1111 SW Second Ave. #1526. 503-823-0027.)

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