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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1987)
just out S te p p in ’ O u t Co Publishers photo by Joy Brown Renee LaChance and Jay Brown Editor Jay Brown Feature Editor W. c . McRae Advertising Coordinator Jewel Murphy Advertising Representatives Meg Grace, Jeff Fritz Production Director Renee LaChance His outspoken involvement and support of such groups as Right to Privacy PAC, the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, the courts, the election of such candidates as Bud Clark and Gretchen Kafoury. to mention a few, showed his activism. His passion and his courage remained intact in the midst of a sea of public opinion. Robert Dunn was not a saint, but he was an extraordinary human being whose out rageous spirit for living is inspirational to many. With love & respect, Gary Coleman Creative Director E Ann Hinds Production Assistants Be\ LaBelle JA M E S CASE Graphic Inspiration James Case, founder of LifeLink, an organization which facilitated infor mation about alternative therapies for persons with serious medical conditions, died June 22 of complications associated with AIDS. Case was also a member of the Board of the Cascade AIDS Project and a trustee of the Blinker Memorial Trust. Case was bom November 5, 1949, in Til lamook, Oregon. I met Jim just days after his diagnosis. Almost immediately he became an expert on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syn drome, sharing his knowledge as a full time volunteer for Cascade AIDS Project. When credibility and liability issues prevented CAP from sponsoring so-called alternative therapies, Case and his friend Darrell DuBois founded LifeLink to meet that need. In a welcoming address at the recent candlelight memorial service. Jim Case spoke eloquently of the need to publicly acknowledge the lives and deaths of people with AIDS or any other terminal condi tion. Jim fervently believed that the only infallible, immutable, unlimited power that heals without question is love. Jim left us powerful and comforting words for such a difficult time. For those who knew him, a greater, more lasting comfort may lie in the example of his life — in his love and respect for the suffering — in his sensitivity to family — in his proud dignity and forthright honesty — most especially in his independence and full-bore zest for life. Rupert Kinnard Distribution Terri Redbtrd Contributors Mark Miller Steve Warren Celia Floren Howie Baggadonutz Lee Lynch Michael Reed Dr. Tantalus Eleanor Malin Steven Bailey, N.D. D ell Richards Erik Ettlin Just Out is published the first of each month. Copyright 1987. No part o f Just Out may be reproduced without written permission of the publishers. 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Just Out consults the Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual on editorial decisions Views expressed in letters to the editor, columns, and features may not be those of the editorial staff of Just Out. Subscriptions to Just Out are available for $7.50 for 12 issues. A free copy o f Just Out and/or advertising rates are available upon request. The mailing address and telephone number for Just Out are: P.O. Box 15117 Portland, OR 97215 (503) 236-1252 In memoriam ROBERT PAUL DUNN On 6-16-87 my brother in leather, af fectionately known as “ Raunchy Robert,” passed away from AIDS-related complica tions in a Los Angeles hospital. Mr. Dunn, age 40, had a long, full “ colorful and controversial” life. Bom in Kansas, high lights of his life included: being a profes sional dancer on the Red Skelton TV show, restaurant owner in Southern California, author of two books of poetry, magazine writer for such publications as Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock and Drummer, general manager of a Japanese department store, advertising manager for Drummer magazine, producer of large communitv parties in San Francisco and Portland, founder of ‘ The Quarters,” founder of a surveillance squad in San Francisco in the late ’70s to curb violence against gays, a volunteer civilian assistant to Harvey Milk, security officer for the S.F. Gay Freedom Day Parade for 5 years, manager of the renowned Portland leather bar, “ The Cell.” writer for the NW Fountain, editor of the Cascade Voice, and publisher of the Eagle. Dunn’s tireless commitment to his com munity was demonstrated over and over. 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