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ju s t out February, 1987 S t e p p in ’ O u t urity” to about 300,000 people; they will feel secure in their jobs, in their homes, and in the places they spend their money. People whose jobs and homes are safe pose no threat to “ state security.” And what is this, anyway? Has Oregon suddenly become a bastion of the CIA? Co-Publishers Renee LaChance and Jay Brown Editor Jay Brown Feature Editor w.c. McRae Intern Rodger Larson Special privileges Advertising Director Roger Hall Advertising Representatives Jewel Murphy, Julie Draper, Robin Cunningham, Rick Kelso A Regional Representative EveSicular Production Director Renee LaChance Creative Director E. Ann Hinds Production Assistant Bev iMBelle Graphic Inspiration Rupert Kinnard Lee Lynch Mark Miller Amy Smith Douge Martin Rodger Larson Nancy R. Walseth Steven Bailey, N.D Eleanor Malin Deborah Betron Katharine English P.M. Scott The Imperial Rose Court System o f North America will be honored at ‘Night o f a Thousand Gowns,’ ’ a tribute to the pioneering role o f drag in the lesbian and gay communiites, Saturday, March 27, in the Grand Ballroom o f the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. ‘ Distribution E Terri Redbird Just Out is published the first of each month. Copyright 1987. No part of Just Out may be reproduced without written permission of the publishers. Written and graphic materials are welcomed for sub mission. All written material should be typed and double spaced. All graphic material should be black ink on white paper. Material will be edited for spelling and grammar, with the exception of letters to the editor. Deadline for submissions is the 15th of each month. Out About Town is a courtesy to our readers. Performers, clubs, individuals, or groups wanting to list events in the calendar should mail notices to Just Out by the 15th of the month preceding publication. 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OR 97215 (503)236-1252 D I T O R I Security risks? overnor Neil Goldschmidt, while speaking to the Salem Chamber of Commerce on January 19, said the state should not discriminate against gays and lesbians in employment unless secur ity is at stake, according to the Oregonian. “ Unless security is at stake?” Does Gov ernor Goldschmidt mean to imply that les bians and gays are a threat to the security of the state? Is he saying that gays and lesbians should not be given positions of responsibility in the state because we can not be trusted? (Calls to the governor’s office were not returned by press time.) Whatever Goldschmidt meant, my G memory recalled the specter of Senator Joseph McCarthy whose rabid hounding of homosexual “ security risks” ruined countless lives in the early 1950s. I dread to think that in 1987 such sophisticated a politician as Neil Goldschmidt would be lieve that lesbians and gays in the State of Oregon, or anywhere, pose a threat to “ security.” Neil Goldschmidt needs to do a lot of homework in the next few months. After all, more than 10% of his constituency are counting on his signature on House Bill 2325. House Bill 2325, Neil, will offer “ sec- .LUTHER KING, T R .A m m RE ALLY 7 1 r.M IMPRESSED THAT A GAY MALE \CAN LOOK BEYOND HIS O W N \0PPRESStON AND B E A B L E TO EM BRACE REV. K IN G AS A CHAM- PION fO R T H E DfáNtTY O f ALL p e o p l e !^ If you have contacts that can be of use in this most important campaign, please call the ACLU, 227-3186 in Portland, and 345-6162 in Eugene. • F e a t u r in g ^ THE BROWN BOMBER & DIVA TOUCHE FLAMBE B Y R U P E R T K IN N A R D _________ c a n t g , o o u t ^ com m ém ora t iñ ó t h e b ir t h d a y o r r ev , d r . m a r t i n ^ L The implication that gays and lesbians are ‘ ‘security risks' ’ surfaced recently in Salem; a blast from the past from the governor , no less. OMHAPTIC COMICS * o h i n S o r r y i wrrk y o u &UY5. I ’ m A ■■ » m m »1 1 - - nm » ■■■ UH.„ YEAH... I N HONOR OF BROTHER- I ’M GOING O U T To DO SoME^ , HOOD, bonding I -rT m rU £ > o Contributors s House Bill 2325 wends its way through the maze in Salem, I predict that opponents to the legislation will raise a hue and cry about “ giving special privileges” to gays and lesbians. Close attention will reveal that those most vehemently opposed to “ special privileges” for lesbians and gays are institutions and people who believe their own privileged status is legitimate — divinely inspired, even. Since 1973, I’ve been watching gay rights bill after gay rights bill get stiffed in Oregon. I gave testimony at a committee hearing in 1979.1 was in the gallery during the floor debate in the Senate in 1983. And in every defeat for us, the same privileged people and institutions triumphed. The privileged people and institutions are, of course, the religionists; their hold ings and incomes are exempt from taxation and their beliefs and actions are fully pro tected by law. Their religious privileges, they sometimes believe, put them beyond the law. The religionists who oppose us will always win as long as their ignorant harangues drown out reasonable voices. At the committee hearing I attended in 1979, the only opposing testimony came from religionists. They quoted scripture and defeated the bill — and we out numbered them. Their special privilege means that re ligious persecution of gays and lesbians continues to be legitimate activity, and it means that lesbians and gays can legally be deprived of employment, housing and public accommodations. Let’s make sure the lawmakers listen to our side this time. It’s the squeaky wheel that gets the grease. X d. Vol. 4 No. 4 Just Out 3 February. 1987