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running low on condoms she called the county.
Portland band joins LGBA
"They said, ‘Sorry, your last shipment was your
Portland’s Rose City Freedom Band and the
last shipment.’”
Oliver and representatives from other local
Pacific Coast Freedom Band of Long Beach,
Calif., were accepted as full member bands of
agencies that distribute free condoms appealed
the Lesbian and Gay Bands of America
to the county to find a way to continue to
(LGBA), a national organization of lesbian and
provide condoms. The county agreed to give ,
gay concert/marching bands from across the
each agency 500 condoms. A meeting will be
United States. The LGBA now has 21 full-
held later this week to see if a long-term,
member bands. The Emerald City Lesbian and
workable solution to the problem can be found.
Gay Freedom Band of Seattle, Wash., was
accepted as a band in formation.
The Rose City band performed with the
Just Out grows
LGBA during the Opening Ceremonies of Gay
Games ID, Pride Parade, and and during the
Just Out's advertising representatives this
closing ceremonies in addition to a “Beyond the
month moved into a new office. Brent Fether,
Rainbow” concert, part of the week-long
and Kristin W. Pressey will be working out of
cultural festival.
an office adjacent to the Just Out editorial
office. Pressey is new to the staff and will fill a
dual role as office manager and advertising
Tod’s Corner open at new location
representative. Philip Anderson and Beth A.
Allen also joined the staff this month. Anderson
Tod’s Comer, which provides free clothing
is the calendar editor and proofreader and Allen
for people with AIDS, has reopened at a new
is the editor. Allen has most recently worked in
location: the HIV Day Center, 3835 SW Kelly.
public relations, writing news releases and
Regular hours will be Monday through Friday,
producing an in-house weekly newsletter.
from 9 am to 4 pm.
Anderson has a broad background in higher
Tod’s Comer was established in 1988 in
education and writing.
memory of Tod Hutchins to provide clothing
In November, Just Out will also take on a
and other household items to people who have
new look with a complete format change.
been diagnosed with AIDS or ARC. For more
Rupert Kinnard has created a fresh new design
information, phone 245-7428.
and with a lot of fresh new faces, the paper
hopes to provide even more extensive,
informative and interesting coverage of the gay
Condoms cut off
and lesbian community in the Portland area and
throughout Oregon.
Facing funding cuts, the state has discontin
ued distribution of free condoms to community
agencies. Kathy Oliver, director of Outside-In,
said the state had been funnelling money to the
Homophobic comedy not funny
counties to purchase and distribute the free
condoms. She said when her agency was
Andrew Dice Clay is not alone as a
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homophobic comedian. Two more comics have
included gay-bashing and homophobia to their
stage routines.
Gallagher, who is famous for splattering his
audience with a wide variety of wet stage
props, sprayed Silly String over the audience at
Caesar’s Tahoe nightclub and said, “This is
AIDS in a can. Now you don’t have to fuck a
fag to get it.” A senior vice president of the
nightclub said Caesar’s does not intend to bar
Gallagher from future performances.
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation (C-LADD/NY) and Gay Men of
African Descent (GMAD) have condemned
Damon Williams, a star of the television
program, “In Living Color.” Williams, who
recently taped two programs for Home Box
Office (HBO), has played several stereotypical
gay characters on FOX’s “In Living Color,”
and has a two-year history of ridiculing gay
people during his routines.
Lavender lights illuminate
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building in New York
City was lit up in lavender for that city’s Gay
Pride Weekend.
The management of the famous building
had refused requests from the gay and lesbian
community in New York City for years, but
decided this year to illuminate the building.
A representative of the management said the
merit of the gay and lesbian community’s
argument, the size of the event and its signifi
cance to the community made a lot of sense and
the management believed it was the appropriate
thing to do.
In the past, colored lights have been used to
illuminate the building for Valentine’s Day, St.
Patrick’s Day and the Fourth of July.
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Hundreds of pamphlets claiming whites will
be wiped out by AIDS unless they isolate
themselves from blacks have been distributed
around Johannesburg, South Africa, recently.
The “Facts on AIDS” pamphlet urges whites
to "save the white race from extinction." The
otherwise unknown group, the AIDS Informa
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brochure claims that AIDS can be spread by
casual contact via toilet seats and swimming
pools and at multi-racial churches which
distribute communion wafers.
Police say the pamphlets have not caused
any problems and they would not take action
unless they receive public complaints.
The South African government used to
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main black political movement, was bringing
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were dropped when the government took a
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