The Hudson High School prom made history this past Saturday when openly gay best friends were named prom king and queen. Seniors Charlie Ferrusi and Timmy Howard won their respective crown and tiara by a landslide Saturday and said the support they received from their peers and school administration has been fun and humbling.
“In direct response to last Wednesday’s [forum],” reports a Portland-based gay, bisexual, transgender and “questioning” organization in a press release Tuesday, “Oregon Attorney General John Kroger and Sean Riddell from the Oregon Department of Justice plan to announce the establishment of a confidential hate-crimes reporting system.”
Humans create an unsteady marriage between the terms “hate” and “fear.” In the fabulous community, we decry “hate crimes,” which we all agree are based on homophobia – “fear” of us.








