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"Just Out
impresses m e"
Staff:
I’ve read issues 4 and 5, and the quality of
th o u g h t and feeling in J u s t O u t impresses
me.
Please send m e back issues as well as a
subscription. I plan to keep a current issue in
the w aiting room at m y office.
'Van Har
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Hunger's Insight
elicits disappointm ent
in Klamath Falls
Dear E ditor:
I have known Jim Hunger since September,
1981, when he cam e to Klam ath Falls to
teach in the Klam ath C ounty school system.
J im cam e to the Klam ath Gay U nion — and
th ro u g h his efforts, and others, the organiza
tio n experienced another o f its periodic revi
vals. The KGU was originally founded in
1973, and incorporated in 1978 (Jan. 25th)
w ith the State o f O regon.
K lam ath Falls was not Jim H unger’s 1st
cho ice fo r a tea ch in g /livin g situation — as I
recall he chose Klam ath Falls over M ilton-
Freewater. I was amazed that Jim has
rem ained here this long — as he is often
critica l o f the people, the “isolation” and the
gay co m m m u n ity he finds here. Jim has
spent both sum m ers and m ost holidays out
o f K lam ath Falls.
As one o f the founding m em bers o f the
K lam ath Gay U nion, I do n’t th in k you can
im a g in e the disappointm ent I felt at reading
J im ’s latest article in his colum n Insight,
entitled “ The Lives and Deaths o f Rural O r
ganizations.” Since he’s had alm ost no
experience with other "ru ra l’’ gay organiza
tio n s in O regon — S O LA -G A L^ o r the new
organization in Bend (HIGH DESERT
ISLAN D ) his observations are totally o f his
experiences w ith the KGU. This should invali
date the num erous com aprisons he makes,
i.e., “ W hile rustic re g io n s... that makes m ost
oth er rural areas seem progressive by co m
parison.” Knocking Klam ath County because
school budgets have not passed easily
(schools have not closed as they have in
other areas o f our state) is unfair. If education
were supported as Jim would like in Oregon
— he no doubt would be teaching in the
Portland area — and his articles would be
com plaining about the backwardness o f gay
people there w ho don’t fit his ideas o f "p ro
gressive, sophisticated homosexuals.” I sup
pose that your largely urban readership is
pleased to read that sophistication and pro
gress are located in cities — yet I’ve known
city folks w ho are as bigoted as any I’ve m et in
Klam ath County. Eugene did not pass the
gay rights ordinance. Has Portland or M ult
nom ah C ounty even considered such a pro
posal? The only incorporated entity in
O regon to grant gay rights is Rajneeshpuram
— in rural Eastern Oregon.
Every author/w riter/reporter brings his/her
self to their work. Certainly, "The Lives and
Deaths o f Rural O rganizations" says as m uch
about the author as about the subject he
discusses. In articles I’ve written I’ve at
tem pted to point out the opportunities here
— m y goal is to explain Klam ath County as a
place where gay men and lesbians can live
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Im ages of ag in g .............. 6
The Law ............................... 8
Out About Town ..................10
Just Entertainm ent............... 12
Profile ....................................14
Life of Ryan .................. . .16
Sports .................................... 18
Classifieds ............................ 19
and w o rk and prosper. F o r all the reasons —
it is not possible — o r even desirable for all
hom osexuals to live in urban a re a s. . . to
suggest otherwise, I think, lacks insight and is
as se lf-lim itin g to o u r co m m u n ity as anything
o u r enem ies attem pt to im pose on us.
J im H unger has pointed o u t lim itations of
gay folks w ho are fro m rural areas and re
m ain there. He fails, in m y op inio n, to see the
strength that com es from choosing to remain
in the co m m u n ity o f you r b irth — where you
m ust deal w ith fam ily, life lon g friends, etc. I
realize th a t the struggle in the cities has not
com e w ith o u t pain and price. T hat is also true
o f gays w ho struggle in the “ hinterlands."
These adventures w ill be J im ’s if and when he
m akes a co m m itm e n t to settle in one place.
In unity,
Richard L. Pcistega
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