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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
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Jim Hunger
David Brewer
Advertising Associates
Sarah Koehl
Sherri Riggs
Bretton Palm
Doug Hiatt
Eve Sicular
Production
Bev LaBelle
Rupert Kinnard
Renee LaChance
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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
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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-
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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
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