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Have you hugged your activist today? .. .o r ... Wake up, Rip, it's time to winkle.
M elissa Callison. Debbie Counts
Cyd Athens
Terry Boughner, PhD.
Lee Lynch
Bev Mu kelson
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Community pride and community prejudice
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crept m e the office eatfy<
when no one was these, when the pbooe wasn't
ringing. when all at toy thoughts could center upon
the essence of Just OtfL That ’s when I finally was
able to sort out private person from editor,
discovering where they could blend and where they
needed separation, finding the path I need to travel
Therefore, for your edtfkadion. joy. anger or
indifference, I offer a few of my ideals and ideas.
Getting nd of a small annoyance first. I
happened to fee a few letters from men. saymg that
we're too lesbian'oncmed and some from women,
complaining that we’re too gay-onented.
I want to clear this up because we need to work
as a real community “We has met the enemy and
he is us” is ncr a very good epitaph
A search was made through the past year's
l the staff, corAnbuLors and whether
gay- or lesbian-onemed. Between
June 1V8V and May 1990, Just Out's staff and
ouDSnbutors us ailed 140 men and 132 women. The
arude com* came to 46 for women and 42 for men.
As you can see, that's a fairly good average.
j \ * d you ever ounce the more we define
1 -w new utk* or labels for ourselves or others, the
: divisive we become? Thu situation, in turn,
> the need for more labels and we divide
Each label further separates us, until we
alone. Thu weakens us and leaves us even
vulnerable.
The recent past is a good example. The word,
homosexual, was an accepted name for both female
and male same-sex lovers. Of course, we also had—
and sull do—faggot, dyke, queen, femme, fairy,
butch, queer and lezzae, among many others, both
positive and negative.)
The word, “gay,” then came into being “Gay”
women became even more »visible with that
epithet. Therefore, “lesbian and gay” became the
accepted terminology. (Except for some women, for
whom the word lesbian carries too many negative
connotations. They prefer “gay.")
There will always be some dissatisfied people
no mailer what is suggested. So what's a paper to
do?
This is a community newspaper. Since we can't
please everyone all the tune, we must be free to
give everyone a chance—a place where they don’t
fed shut o u t A place where, if they have two cenu
they wish to share, they can do so. A place they
know is theirs . , . that you know is yours.
In giving each of you an open forum where you
can he heard, all we ask is that you, in turn, give
each other that right, without bitching. If you
disagree, write a letter or commentary. That’s one
of the reasons we’re here—to let our community
know that all of you count and are recognized.
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ur thanks go to the leather community,
who worked as security monitors as usual and
as “toll booth" collectors for our Lesbian and Gay
Pride parade and rally. They worked wonderfully
and looked hot We owe the Skinheads Against
Racial Prejudice (SHARP) members a “thank you"
as welL They helped as security monitors and were
friendly, considerate and polite.
Going back to the subject of labels. I have been
informed that they consider themselves to be the
real Skinheads. The neo-nazis are called Boneheads.
Makes sense to me. Since we are a community
where labels have been an addiction and a problem,
we might want to try and respect their terminology.
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he Northwest is the home of bitter
enemies of all minorities—the neo-nazis and
other hate groups. We are in danger if we don’t
slick together. We are in danger if we don’t support
other minorities, so that they, in turn, will support
us. We are in danger if we allow racism and
prejudice to exist among ourselves.
We cannot stand for the “white washing” which
goes on within our own community. “White
washing" is a term for covert, sneaky, underhanded
bigotry. Very smooth. Very subtle. Very insidious.
And extremely dangerous.
Not all of us can be ardent activists, but all of us
can help in some way or another. Don’t allow
bigotry, racism, or prejudice to be present when
you’re around. Say something. If you don’t go out a
lot, or if you’re still in the dosel, support boycotts,
write letters. That alone is a big help. We must all
do something. We cannot allow ourselves, or our
community, to be destroyed by hatred and fear.
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he day before the Lesbian and Gay Pride
parade and rally, I noticed that we weren’t
mentioned at all (again, of course) in the Oregonian.
Calling later, I found that they rank us with items
like the Oregon Berry Festival. We subsequently
appeared on the last page of the Metro section, after
the Ducky Derby.
That warn t the oorker. A phone call came in
from one of our subscriben in Bend. He wanted to
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know what was being done about KOIN-TV’s
“refusal” to run 48 Hours with the segment on gay
bashing.
Since I have no television, 1 got my
information from him. Apparently, the Blazers’
game went into overtime, so Steve Currie, the
program director of KOIN-TV, decided to “drop"
48 Hours and run the regular programming instead,
with no thought for rescheduling.
Look at a smaller, but more open-minded
media. The Eugene affiliate put the show on after
the game because of the importance of the issue of
gay-bashing to all people.
Look at KGW-TV, an exception we are proud to
acknowledge. They not only covered Lesbian and
Gay Pride Day events, they (along with US West
Communications), support us by being son son for
the parade as well as the upcoming Cascades AIDS
Walk in September.
We in Portland are constantly aware of
homophobic Oregon Public Broadcasting, the
prejudiced, small-town mentality of the local press
and most electronic media. Knowing this, how
many of us are actively fighting this mind-set?
Why did I hear only from Bend? Where is our
community? Do you prefer to stay hidden, ignored,
denied the right to be? What did you celebrate on
the remembrance of Stonewall? Beemers and
Birken stocks?
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emember, that being ignored by the
media (except for news on AIDS and
violence), is just as dangerous as the blatant hatred
of the neo-nazis. It is actually more insidious,
adding to the virulence and power of the obvious
bigots. People died in Nazi Germany because so
many others preferred to “ignore” what was going
on. Don’t think it can’t happen again.
Our diversity and beauty will only grow
stronger if we care about all of us—not just the few
in our own private comer.
If “the pen is mightier than the sword,’’ and “one
picture is worth a thousand words,” then Just Out
can be an excellent weapon against haired, bigotry
and prejudice. Won’t you help supply the
ammunition?
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