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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
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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.
"Raunchy" Robert Dunn
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