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Don 7 attack OPB
To the Editor,
When I read Mollie Sidhe's remarks about
Oregon Public Broadcasting (June 1990), I was
steamed. My first letter was quite ungracious
and even contained speculation on what Mollie
was full of and how full she was.
Such an attack, however, wouldn’t serve any
positive purpose and that is exactly why I felt
so angry when I read your comments.
Put away your labels. OPB has no need of
such unfair burdens. OPB m inors the wondrous
potential of the human being. It is a place to
salve the raw grind of our society and maybe
remind us of how life could be.
Don’t attack OPB, take a lesson.
Doyle M artin
Portland
Past good taste
To the Editor:
I am grateful for this newspaper in many
ways: it keeps me informed and apprised of
events in our community both locally and
globally. However, the ads in the back of the
paper have gone past the line of professional-
ism and good taste.
I understand that they are a source of much
needed income, but surely they could be more
discreetly done. I mean, does there have tc be
open flies and pubic hair? I think not.
I patronize Just Out advertisers whenever I
o f what? I hope you can clear this up for me.
One other thing. On the subject of labels,
which you mention in your editorial, I think it
is time we stopped kidding ourselves by calling
them “neo nazis.” There nothing “neo” about
them. To paraphrase Gertrude Stein, "Nazi is a
nazi, is a nazi, is a nazi.”
Thank you for your indulgence.
can. I contribute my sparse pennies to the
community as much 1 am able. But the
crudeness of the particular ads 1 was referring
to, is unnecessary and I suspect, if a straight
and ignorant individual should come upon
those ads, the misconception that gay folks
have just “one thing” on their mind, would
further be increased.
Surely the advertisers could tap into some
creativity and discretion and produce some
better quality, non-exploitive ads.
R L . Jackson
Editor’s reply: Please check our correction
after Gay Games Update. I agree with Gertrude
Stein and you. They are nazis.
Rylee Brown
Portland
Editors reply: Just Out is fo r the whole
lesbian and gay community. Each segment has
a distinct and beautiful voice. There is room fo r
all.
Just Out w ill not cater to only an accepted
few . Nor will we practice any form o f prejudice
or bigotry. We are an open forum .
A sister's thanks
To the Editor,
I had the best possible Lesbian and Gay
Pride present this year. My older sister sent me
a card thanking me for coming out to her years
ago because it made her own coming out this
year much easier!
I came out in 1974 and Sue was the only
sibling I chose to tell. I knew the others would
figure it out and be fine, but 1 wanted to tell Sue
myself because I felt closer to her. She got a
divorce in the mid ‘70s largely because her
husband couldn’t handle her wanting to finish
college which had been interrupted by
marriage.
My big sister received her MA last year in
counseling and got a job at a pastoral counsel-
Nazi is a nazi, is a
nazi
To the Editor,
First, a few words of praise for the changes I
have noticed in the last two issues. Good job. I
look forward to seeing them continue.
However, with your article about Team
Portland, you ran a photograph that has me
somewhat baffled. Neither of the women in the
picture are mentioned anywhere in the article
and the photo caption is somewhat confusing—
“second and third place winners respectively,”
ing center near Mesa, Arizona. She writes that
she is buying a house with Rita, who is taking
early retirement because “neither o f us is
getting any younger, and both of us have
wasted an extraordinarily long time before
finding ourselves in a truly life-giving and
mutually nourishing relationship.
“1 want to thank you, Nancy, for having the
courage to come out to me when you d id
Through the years, I have had to sort tlirough
my feelings and thoughts concerning homo
sexuality and homophobia, so that when I came
to the place o f realizing my own orientation, I
experienced little of the turmoil and pain that i
know many others have gone through. I am
grateful for the sharing I have received from so
many, so that my own process was made easier.
I hope to pass it on.”
You are welcome, sis. And welcome to the
lesbian community.
Nancy Vanderburgh
Submissions sought
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To the Editor,
Without a doubt, a relationship loss through
break-up or death can be devastating. I am
working to create an anthology to help heal the
writers and the readers. I have b eat putting out
the word to lesbians throughout the country to
send me their stories of how how they got
through their loss, the pain, how it affected
their health, work, finances, children (if any),
sexuality and whatever else. I want to know if
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