Just out
Voi. 4 No. 3
January 1987
S te p p in ' O u t
1986: That was the year;
that was.
Co-Publishers
Renee LaChance and Jay Brown
coop of the Year Award goes to Oregon
Public Broadcasting’s Patricia Joy.
Program Director Joy was responsible
for scheduling during November and December
the reading of China Card, a new novel by
ex-Watergate co-conspirator John Erlichman,
on the Radio Reader.
After listening to the coverage of the Irana-
gua debacle every evening on ‘ ‘All Things Con
sidered,” China Card was like getting a worm’s
eye view of the whole mess. China Card
chronicles Nixon’s secret negotiations with
Chou En Lai, PremierofThe People’s Republic
o f China during the Cultural Revolution.
Did Joy know something?
Editor Jay Brown
Feature Editor w.c. McRae
Intern Rodger Larson
Advertising Director Roger Hall
Advertising Representatives
Jewel Murphy, Julie Draper,
Robin Cunningham, Rick Kelso
Regional Representative Eve Sicular
Production Director
Renee LaChance
Creative Director
E. Ann Hinds
Hero o f the Year: Gresham Outlook Publish
ing’s Steve Clark for honoring a commitment to
free enterprise and democracy.
Production Assistant
Bev LaBelle
Graphic Inspiration
Rupert Kinnard
Out Media wishes to thank Mary Forst and her
mediation team for allowing us the opportunity
to gain insight into community dynamics.
Contributors
Lee Lynch
Billy Russo
Katherine White
Douge Martin
Steven Bailey, N.D.
Christopher Eskeli, Ph.D.
Howie Baggadonutz
Eleanor Malin
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E D I T O R I A L
State sanctioned recognition, at this time in
particular, would provide lesbians and gays
with the ammunition we sorely need to battle
the millenia-old bigotry and oppression which
will, unless checked, continue to afflict the
generations succeeding, ad infinitum.
So how about it, Neil? •
Poop o f the Year plops on the heads of US
Supreme Court Justices Byron White, Sandra
Day O ’Connor, William Rehnquist, Warren
Burger and Lewis Powell.
And we could all squeeze off a round or two
for John Paul II. •
A little more respect, please.
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T ,* e s
ess than a decade ago, gays and les
bians gained recognition as a minority
when President Jimmy Carter
appointed Midge Costanza liaison between his
administration and the lesbian and gay com
munity. Carter’s move was controversial, but it
was accomplished, nevertheless.
On January 12, Neil Goldschmidt, a member
o f Carter’s cabinet, will take office as Governor
o f the State of Oregon. As holder of the highest
office in the state, Goldschmidt could emulate
the vision o f his former boss and appoint a
liaison to Oregon’s gay and lesbian community.
The woods are full of candidates. At least one
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o f us headed Goldschmidt’s transition team.
Another o f us has been highly touted to head
one of the State’s largest bureaus. Virtually
every commission, bureau, division, etc. in
state government employs several individuals
capable of serving as ombudsperson for us.
Wishes for the new year
I ’ve been in the habit of making wishes indis
criminately, but I thought that since it’s Christ
mas Eve a couple of wishes just might be in
order. None o f the wishes are impossibles; they
just require a lot of hard work.
1. A cure for AIDS.
2. An AIDS vaccine.
3. The repeal of all laws penalizing sexual
relations between consenting participants.
4. An end to the arms race and total, uncon
ditional disarmament.
5. Peace and goodwill to all in the universe.
New Year's Rap
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THEY GO SO FAR,. AS TO CALL
LIONEL RITCHIE THE BLACK BARRY
MA Ml LOW T' EL DE ÖARGE IS °THE
BLACK DON NY O S M O N D 'A N D
WHITNEY HOUSTON IS "THE BLACK
DIANA ROS
Coincidence o f the millenium
CIA Director William Casey’s control short
ing out one day before he was to testify before a
congressional committee. (The similar mal
function in Reagan’s asshole was just an anti
clim ax.)
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