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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1983)
OUT ^ December 23-January 6 Vol. 1 No. 5 Staff Publisher Out Media Inc. Director Renee LaChance Editor Jay Brown Advertising Director Lisa Bouslaugh Production Director Bev La Belle Graphic Design Director Rupert Kinnard Contributors Renee Cherry V Jim Hunger David Brewer Advertising Associates Sarah Koehl Sherri Riggs Bretton Palm Doug Hiatt Eve Sicular Production Bev LaBelle Rupert Kinnard Renee LaChance Just Out is published every other Friday. Copyright 1983. Mo part of Just Out may be reproduced without written permission C O N T E N T from the publishers. Written and graphic materials are welcomed. Written material should be double-spaced. Deadline is ten days prior to publication date for ads and written material. Camera ready ads will be accepted no later than five days from publi cation date. Just Out will reject or edit any article or advertisement that is offensive, demeaning, or may result in legal action. The views expressed in letters to the editor, columns, and features may not be those of the editorial staff of Just Out. Subscriptions are available for $ 10.00 for 26 issues. Ad rates are available upon request. The mailing address for Just Out is 923 SW 17th. Ste. B, Portland, OR 97205. Phone 503-223-9652. Out across the nation ............... Out in Oregon ... Just Entertainment ... Out About Town __ Insights .................... Just Travel ............. Classifieds................. _S 4 5 6 7 8 10 1' Out Media, Inc. is an Oregon corporation founded by and the major shareholders be ing Lisa Bouslaugh, Jay Brown and Renee LaChance. E D I T O R I A L As we look forward to 1984, it might well behoove us to glance back at 1983 and think of where we are and have been during this past year. There have been some gains during 1983, one in particular, the controversy surrounding Aunt Jemima's appearance at the Lesbian and Gay Pride rally in June. I say gain because the Aunt Jemima affair afforded our community the opportunity to confront the insidious disease called racism. We sincerely wish that members of our community continue to deal with this disease and purge themselves of its crippling effects. There were some losses, too. Portland’s lesbian and gay community lost two institutions with the closing of Wilde Oscar’s and Dahl & Penne’s. The loss of Wilde Oscar’s is particularly painful because owner Earl Wright is not planning to open at another location. Wright blamed another disease, homophobia, for the loss of his tavern. Wilde Oscar’s was probably the only tavern in Portland which catered to both lesbians and gay men; it was a place where everyone was comfortable in mixed company. And gay and lesbian artists, too, will feel the loss of a place where they could display their works to a wide audience. We thank Earl and wish him well. Jay Brown A day does not pass that someone working diligently on this newspaper hears from one of our many dedicated readers how much they appreciate what we are doing in the community. We receive cards, letters, cakes, and even money as reward for our hard work and efforts to provide an issue-oriented paper. Unfortunately, the support from advertisers is not as often felt. For this reason I am making my plea. Just Out needs your financial support along with your good wishes to continue to publish the quality you deserve. If you are a business owner, let us show you how reasonable our advertising rates are, and how you can benefit from it. If you are an avid reader, make sure you never miss a copy by subscribing for just $ 10.00 for 26 issues. Also as an avid reader, you can mention Just Out at all the businesses you support, and to all the people you know who could benefit from advertising with us. We truly appreciate all of those businesses who have had enough confidence in us to grace our pages. But we still need your help to get more businesses, so please show your appreciation by encouraging every business person you know or do business with to join the people who support Just Out, and by supporting those businesses who already advertise. Renee LaChance Quotable Quote The following was the quote of the week printed recently in the Gay Community News. Sonia Johnson was excommunicated from the Mormon Church for speaking out for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment Johnson is the Citizen’s Party candidate for President She recently was an unsuccessful candidate for president of the Mational Organization for Women. This quote is her explanation of plans to combat homophobia had she gained the presidency of MOW. ” . . . I also wanted to put a lot of resources into really good public education . .. You know — 30-second spots like the Mormons do. I wanted to begin changing the view of lesbians and gays in this country. I wanted people to see lesbians and gays in all kinds of situations ... At the same time that we were lookinq legislatively I wanted this two-layer thing to go on, because it seems to me such a perfect chance to hit at the basic bigotry in people ... the fear of what's different The insistence that everybody be alike.” which they do not, at root, believe. During advent, Christians are hard at work trying to reclaim the spiritual meaning of Christmas. It is a time of hope and renewal for us, and many of us also are dismayed at the com mercialism apparent in the larger society. I wish you would consider this before blaming the commercialization of Christmas on Christians. Mar Goman Not Christians who promote ’sellabration' To the Editor: It is difficult to be Gay and Christian, but there are such people. It is interesting that the Gay community on the whole is as prejudiced against Christians as Christians on the whole are prejudiced against Gay people. I was dis- Just Out Decem ber 23-January 6 mayed to see this prejudice supported in your editorial in the last issue. It is not Christians who promote a ‘sellabra tion' at Christmas time. It is the secular soci ety trying to celebrate a religious holiday in !