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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1986)
buddy. Drew Davis, is again running fo r o f fice. This tim e Davis is trying fo r a seat on the Lake Oswego City Council. Davis was an instigator o f the initiative to overturn the M ultnom ah C ounty ordinance passed in December, 1984, prohibiting dis crim in a tio n on the basis o f sexual orientation. The ordinance has since been rescinded by the com m ission and replaced by a resolution. Davis has shown him self to be a virulent hom ophobe and m ust be rejected as a can didate fo r public office. Politics and other games Friends, we couldn’t have done it w ithout you. A fter your consciousness-raising at O ut look Publishing we were assured by Publisher Steve Clark that it w ould be business as usual and that Ju st Out w ould encounter no further problem s while being printed by his company. C lark stated that it is not the policy o f O ut lo o k Publishing nor its parent com pany, Cap ital C ities/ABC , to discrim inate on the basis o f sexual orientation. D uring ou r discussions w ith Clark we learned that he had been unaware o f the dam age that hom ophobia does in ou r soci ety. C lark is no longer unaware, and fo r that we are deeply grateful to Gladys and Estill Dietz w ho spent an afternoon with C lark rais ing his consciousness. There were m any other people who spoke in defense o f hum an rights during this in ci dent to w hom we are thankful. We wish we co u ld thank all o f you personally. D id you know that Right to Privacy PAC is the only gay/lesbian rights PAC w hich insists on a pro-choice stance as a requisite for candidate endorsem ent? As a result o f its position on reproductive rights Right to Pri vacy PAC did not endorse Gladys McCoy for M ultnom ah C ounty Chairm an. R ight to Privacy PAC learned that McCoy had accepted a cam paign con trib utio n from an anti-choice group. W hen asked to explain her position on abortion, M cCoy said that as a practicing Catholic she could not vote in favor o f abortion. In previous races M cCoy has had the sup p o rt o f the gay/lesbian com m unity and this reversal may affect her neck and neck battle w ith East C ounty politician Glenn O tto. What's ^ going on V here? Get o u t and vote on Novem ber 4, we have a stake in this (and every) election. We want the om nibus gay/lesbian rights bill passed in the next legislature and the only way to do it is to elect supportive candidates. The R ight to Privacy PAC guide to general election candidate endorsem ents is a m ust if you are in doubt about which candidates are supportive and likely to vote for an om nibus gay/lesbian rights bill in 1987. by J a y Brown G ordon (G ordo) Shadbum e is back at it again. M inutes before deadline Shadbum e filed his candidacy to fill the D istrict 5 seat he forfeited on July 31. In a crowded field o f seven unknow ns Shadbum e may ju st com e o u t the winner. (R ight to Privacy PAC has endorsed Sharron Kelley.) Late in O ctober, alleged irregularities in S hadbum e’s 1982 cam paign finances be cam e the object o f an investigation by state elections officials. The investigation is based on questions raised in federal court about a $ 15,000 check given to S hadbum e’s cam paign treasurer and which was never reported. Know ingly accepting contributions without revealing the source o f the m oney is a Class A m isdem eanor with a m axim um penalty o f a year in ja il and a $2,500 fine. Since we’re on the subject o f homophobes, we’ll pass on the inform ation that G ordo’s old For a look at an extreme example o f the dam age hom ophobia inflicts on people, I re fer Ju st Out readers to the Advocate, Issue 459. The cover story, by Dan Sim onoski, re lates the case o f Robert Rosenkrantz, a gay teenager w ho killed another youth after he had to ld Rosenkrantz’ parents that Rosen krantz was gay. The story o f Rosenkrantz’ plight is intensely distressing. The youth’s crushingly internal ized hom ophobia drove him to actions few o f us could scarcely im agine. S im onoski’s story o f the ordeal experi enced by Robert Rosenkrantz is a testam ent to the m ental abuse inflicted on homosexual children by our heterosexist society. The Rosenkrantz case dem onstrates beyond reasonable doubt that hom ophobia, not hom osexuality, is the disease. B ut isn’t it strange that Rosenkrantz was convicted o f second degree m urder when heterosexuals who kill homosexuals are punished by slaps on the wrist, if at all? CINEMA W ) REPERTORY "The AIDS Show: Artists Involved with Death and Survival," a unique blend o f docum entary and dram a w ill prem iere na tionally on PBS on Novem ber 14, but it will not be carried by Oregon Public Broadcasting. “The AIDS Show” is based on a long- running production by San Francisco’s Theatre Rhinoceros. Directed by Robert E p stein, whose "The Tim es o f Harvey M ilk" won the Academ y Award for Best Docum entary o f 1984 and recently three Em m ys, am ong other honors, “The AIDS Show " com bines m aterial from the original production and interviews with the show’s creators. presents a Gay Film Series this m onth Tues.-Wed., November 11 th & 12th Hidden Pleasures 7 p .m . and 8 :5 5 The Coffee Merchant "T he AIDS S how " is not a m edical film ,” said co-producer Peter Adair. "It is a film w hich addresses intangible, invisible effects." O regon Public Broadcasting w ill air another kind o f docum entary, “ Can AIDS Be Stop ped” on NOVA, Tuesday, N ovem ber 11. The program tracks three strategies in the war on AIDS. It looks at possibilities fo r drug treat m ent, investigates the race to fin d a vaccine and explores possibilities fo r preventing AIDS by changing behavior. OPB Program D irector, Tom D oggett, said he’d p u t “ The AIDS S how " on the “ want to see lis t" when I asked about i t If anyone else wants to see "The AIDS Show: Artists Involved w ith Death and Survival” call Tom at 295-6173. Also scheduled fo r A PBS airing is Greta S chiller’s "B efore S tonew all" on D ecem ber 16. W ith this issue, Ju st Out begins its fourth year. It ain’t been easy, bu t it ain’t been all bad, either. W e’ve weathered a few storm s but as long as we keep getting feedback that we help open closet doors, th a t we let people know they are not the only ones in the world w ho have those feeings, we know that what we are doing is w orthw hile. Sincere thanks all o f you w ho help get us o u t and all o f you w ho pick us up. We couldn ’t do it w ith out you. A nita Bryant, if you can believe it was am ong eighty Am ericans, naturalized citizens and Native Am ericans, w ho received the Ellis Island Medal o f H onor on O ctober 27. A telegram o f protest to the Statue o f Liberty-E llis Island Foundation was sent by the N ational Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NG LTF); the text follow s: “ The N ational Gay & Lesbian Task Force strongly protests the award o f the E llis Island M edal o f H onor to Anita B ryant — w ho has distinguished herself by prom o tin g prejudice and intolerance against gay m en and lesbians. Ms. B ryant’s infam ous crusade against hom osexuality in 1977 was a danger ous attem pt to deprive m illion s o f Am ericans o f the rig h t to live free fro m bigotry and dis crim ina tion . To honor one w ho has so blat antly opposed freedom fo r a large section of the A m erican and w orld-w ide com m unity m ocks the ideals represented by the Statue of Liberty. NGLTF calls upon the Foundation to reconsider its decision. The Medal o f Honor should praise those whose life-w ork has ex panded the A m erican dream o f liberty and justice fo r all." NGLTF spokesw om an Clrvashi Vaid observed, “ The perversity o f this announce m ent is m onum ental. At a tim e when gay people are literally fig h tin g fo r o u r lives against a coordinated erosion o f ou r civil liberties the honoring o f a notorious bigot by the E llis Island Foundation is unconscion able." ♦ The finest imported coffee beans, teas, chocolates, and beverage brewing accessories. THE BROADWAY COFFEE MERCHANT 1637 N E Broadway • 284-9209 ♦ THE HAWTHORNE COFFEE MERCHANT 3562 S E Hawthorne • 230 1222 Tiies.'Wedv November 25th & 26th 223-7705 Galleria 921SW Morrison Portland, OR 97205 Ernesto and Mala Noche 8 :3 0 p .m 7 p .m . and 10:15 p .m . n 6 . . . . • full service salon men 8c women • european color • permanent waves • nail care • tanning •• m v t r ' j .' ' i t /1 . T r i win * . i V K M U M U H k m ’W . ! » • • • * • ' « > • # * # i * i i ji •I U X.JJ c j n ^ J U y i MU J C JU I i K * | U I IC ÍÍK ' ■i * JtntO ut, November, 1986 òCPf ladrmvoy! tuO teul