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E D I T The threat is here and now, people Are we going to hide again? B utilize the tremendous resources we have y now, everyone in our community has created in our community. If you need heard of the plot to bomb Neighbors Disco and a synagogue in Seattle, as well as a support, go to a support group. If you are few black bars and Korean businesses in enraged, become active in a positive organization or political campaign. Do •Tacoma, the FBI’s arrest of three of the four whatever you need to do, but let it never be men involved and of the the grand jury said of the Seattle lesbian and gay community indictment of these Aryan Nation members. that we will ever again endure "Another Get scared, folks. Get angry, people. Be Season of Silence." good scouts and PREPARE-These people are Portland, too, needs to awaken to the not going to go away by ignoring them. definite responsibilities to ourselves and our Just Out received the following from the community. president of Seattle’s Pride Foundation, Jim How can we celebrate Stonewall, when so Toevs. many of us say, “Don’t rock the boat,” “Play We can all be very thankful that the by their rules,” ‘Turn your back on ACT UP. carnage planned by sick minds for Neighbors They’re dangerous to all we’ve Disco on Saturday evening did not accomplished.’? materialize. Pardon me, but Bull S hit! We’ve However, it is also very important that lesbians and gay men deal with the fear which accomplished so much because there were others who actively fought for us, for what arises in each of us when incidents like this few rights we have now. occur. If we allow this fear to isolate us or I’m sorry, but I refuse to “act just like drive us back into the closet, then the everybody else” — like mainstream America. terrorists will have won regardless. I’m not like them. I’m a lesbian, a dyke, a Susan B. Anthony coined a phrase "Never woman lover, among other parts of my reality, Another Season of Silence." The Pride and those very things have made me what I Foundation is dedicated to the proposition am. How can I be like someone who's never that there will never again be another season had to Fight for legitimate identity, never been of silence concerning the freedom of lesbians and gay men to openly be who we are without refused work or insurance or living space, because of what they are or believe in, never fear of discrimination. We invite all members of our community to had to fear the possibility of being killed for what they are? walk through our fear and to not be silent. Jim Toevs is right. We need to confront The terrorists have given us a wonderful opportunity to educate and build coalitions if the other minority groups with this. We need we will but seize the moment. What better time to support each other. We need to stop bickering and stand together. to point out to homophobic black ministers I refuse to let groups like the Aryan Nation that we share a common enemy? What better and other neo-nazi — of which there are time to confront Christian, Jewish, and other between 150-250 in Portland alone — frighten religious groups about where they stand on me into hiding or inaction or silence. A large the subject of civil rights for lesbians and number of homosexuals, Jews and gypsies gays? died horribly (45 to 55) years ago because Don't isolate, let's congregate! We all they did just that. ’ need one another now more than ever. Let’s It can happen again. Are we going to let it? SANDRA K. PINCHES, Ph.D. Counseling and Psychotherapy 1809 N.w. Johnson, Ste. 7 Portland, OR 97209 Specializing in issues of: (5°3) 227 7338 • Recovering Alcoholics • Co-dependency • Lesbian & gay couples • Intimacy & commitment GAY GAMES III m v U VANCOUVER O R I A Mollie's intro L Idiocies in general I feel myself to be in a quandary. Normally, I would have started with, “Hi, there. My name’s Mollie Sidhe. (That’s pronounced ‘Shee,’ folks.) I’m the new editor of Just Out.” I would then proceed to tell you something about myself. But things aren’t normal. Jay Brown is gone and a bright, warm glow has left us. No one can be Jay — but Jay. No one can take his place. But Just Out, his dream, needs to continue, if we are to be true to his memory. Since I cannot — nor have any wish to — fill his shoes, I must attempt to keep his dream alive in my own way, adding bits of Mollie here and there. However, I certainly can’t do it alone. We’ve got a great staff and I’m sure we’ll get loving support from you, our readers and family. Just Out is a wonderful community endeavor and I want to keep it bright and shining and alive. No, I’m not Jay. But I am Mollie and I hope you find out that I, too, have something good to offer. (Mollie Amber Brigid Sidhe (MABS) is a lesbian (49), who has done a number of good land honestly, a few not-so-good] deeds in her lifetime. She has some 20 years of free lance editing, typography and writing experience behind her. She was also managing editor for awhile. She has published a short short in Ireland and several articles in Chicago, Cleveland and Los Angeles. As a single mother of four, she went to college, finished, got a paying job, and helped create a performing arts group in Chicago. She and Morgan, her spouse of four years, have two young adolescent daughters. Life blessed [or cursed] her with her own gremlin, who insists on sitting on her shoulder and giving her interesting times.) Ron Wilkinson, an air traffic controller at Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C., was removed from his job for taking the anti- AIDS drug, AZT. According to FAA spokesman Bob Buckhom, the policy is to give controllers who take AZT other jobs, because of the possible side effects, which many impair their ability to keep track of aircraft. He added that they are reviewing the medical data. Controllers found to carry HIV can continue to monitor the air traffic screens as long as they don’t take AZT. The National Air Traffic Controller Association has filed a grievance and said there was no evidence that AZT affected a controller’s performance. So he’s supposed to not try to help himself in order to keep his job. Or, take the AZT and give up his career, right? One wonders why we’re given so much gray matter when most of it is never used. Another example. In Camden, N.J., an AIDS-infected jail inmate, Gregory D. Smith, 26, convicted of attempted murder after biting a guard, was given a 25-year prison sentence. Courtroom protesters shouted “shame, shame” at the judge. Superior Court Judge John B. Mariano added this sentence to Smith’s five-year term for robbery, saying parole would not be possible for 12-and-a-half years. It’s going to be a bit difficult for him to serve the term if he dies, isn’t it? Are those little white boys in Bensonhurst N.Y. going to get 25 years each for the murder of a black youth? Probably not. After all, they’re not black, gay, hispanic or dying of AIDS. Unde Sam May Not\ftfont You But We D o! D o you have something to say? In words? In art? With a camera? Do you burn for a by line? D o you get satisfaction in August 4th to the 11 th Call 1-800-828-1109 Today! FOR YOUR FREE BROCHURE! Accommodations and Event Information « Selling something great to those Who need It? Just Out Is seeking stringers, feature writers, book reviewers, columnists, artists, photograpers and cartoonists. Many non-tangible benefits. O u r great Business and Ad Manager Is searching for a few good ad reps. just out T 3 ▼ June 1990
