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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1992)
ju st out ▼ January 1902 ? 29 1991: A look back Gail Shibley was appointed to the Oregon House of Representatives, the Oregon Citizens Alliance had nothing but homosexuality on their minds, and Portland's City Council passed a gay and lesbian civil rights ordinance This was a big year-here are a few of the highs and lows. . by Linda Kliewer and Rex Wockner ▼ January • Australian immigration authorities created the category “relationships of emotional interde • Gail Shibley is appointed to the Oregon pendency” to cover various gay and straight re- House of Representatives, and becomes the first * lationships that lack a legal familial link. openly lesbian state representative. • W ar is declared, ACT UP Portland splits. • Ontario extends life, medical and dental insurance benefits to lovers o f gay and lesbian • Portland Police officer Katie Potter and her provincial employees. father, Chief Tom Potter, are on the cover o f Just • Q ueen E liza b e th II k n ig h ts fam ed Out. Katie comes out as a lesbian. Shakespearean actor and gay activist Sir Ian • First Black Lesbian and Gay Pride Day in McKellan. Eighteen British celebrities outed Washington, D.C. themselves in a letter to a newspaper in support. • Connecticut governor signs lesbian and gay rights bill. • San Francisco gives spousal benefits to all domestic partners of city employees. • A lesbian and gay Valentine’s Day kiss-in on • Pentagon defends anti-gay military policy as the University of Dlinois Campus leads to a riot. reflecting “societal attitudes.” • Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company o f • Police are video-taped beating an African- Washington, D.C. recognizes domestic partners American motorist during an arrest in Los Angeles. on homeowners' policy. • OCA and Lon Mabon file initiative petition • In San Francisco, 250 couples register on listing hom osexuality, sadism , m asochism , Valentine’s Day as domestic partners. pedophilia, bestiality and necrophilia as abnormal. • FBI retains openly gay employee. •The Oregonian, Willamette Week and KGW • The famous lesbian kiss on “LA Law” be Channel 8 come out with editorials against the tween C J . and Abby is televised nationally. OCA and in favor of civil rights. • German gays and lesbians reported a wave of • Guide Magazine stops publishing after five skinhead and neo-Nazi attacks on gay establish years. ments, a trend that continued all year. • TV show “Northern Exposure” runs episode where lesbian is said at least seven times. • KOIN-TV airs three part series called “Look ing for Love.” A lesbian is featured in part 2. • Janice Wilson, out lesbian, is appointed by • “Roseanne” introduces regular gay character. Gov. Barbara Roberts as Multnomah County * • The Russian gay movement founder Roman District Court Judge. Kalinin announced his candidacy for president of • Gay activist takes seat in Texas Legislature. the Russian Republic. He lost, but got massive • Gay teacher wins Teacher of the Year Award media attention. in Philadelphia. • New Zealand said citizens’ foreign gay and • New York City M ayor David Dinkins lesbian lovers could apply for residency. marches with lesbian and gay contingent in country’s largest St. Patrick's Day Parade. • Susan Carney and Patricia O ’Scannell are paid $25,000 by Central Point School District for • A lesbian couple attend their high school discrimination based on association with lesbian prom in Manassas, Virginia. play, “The Amazon All-Stars.” • Lesbian and Gay Pride Portland brings out a • Queer Nation comes to Portland. record 7,500 people. Police Chief Tom Potter joins the march. • Ohio judge rules that a lesbian couple can be • SB708 dies in the State House of Represen considered as “living in a spousal relationship.” • The Swedish government formed a parlia tatives, an informal, “illegal” public hearing is called to hear testimony. mentary commission to draft gay and lesbian • LCP starts Homophobic Violence Reporting marriage legislation. Line. • Episcopal Bishop of Washington, D.C. or dains out lesbian Elizabeth Carl to priesthood. • ILGA’s 13th World Conference was can • Queer Nation asks Portlanders to be Queer celled following threats o f violence from right- For A Day. wing groups and aggressive homophobic attacks • SB708, the lesbian and gay state civil rights from government officials in Guadalajara, Mexico. bill, passes out o f Senate committee with help • One thousand homosexuals staged a “Queer from Gov. Barbara Roberts and other top state Wedding” in London’s Trafalgar Square. officials. • Former German President Walter Scheel’s • Hawaii passes state lesbian and gay civil daughter Cornelia came out of the closet and rights bill. presented her lover to the public. Germany was • National lesbian and gay rights bill is intro stunned. duced into Congress for 16th year in a row. • The Nova Scotia Legislature banned dis • FBI invites gay activists to attend news crimination against gays and lesbians province- conference to announce Hate Crimes Statistics wide, following the lead o f Manitoba, Ontario, A ct Quebec and the Yukon Territory. •AAA W ashington state extends associate • Nicaraguan gays and lesbians staged their membership to domestic partners. first Gay Pride Day. • Hqng Kong decriminalizes gay sex. • The Dutch city o f Deventer began offering gay and lesbian weddings even though there is not provision for it in federal law. • Twenty thousand people participate in the • A survey found that nearly 40 percent of first lesbian and gay pride celebration in the Soviet citizens believe gays should be extermi Soviet Union. nated. • British Prime Minister John Major announced • Czechoslovakia’s parliament began study that homosexuals may receive government secu ing gay marriage legislation after several officials rity clearances without any special problems. made a state visit to Denmark. May February March June April July • Germany’s National Homosexual Associa tion began the battle for gay marriage. August • Pete Wilson, head Pentagon spokesperson, is outed by The Advocate magazine. • Jeffery Dahmer is accused of murdering and mutilating at least 17 young men and boys, many o f them gay and men o f color. September • Dr. Simon LeVay releases a study showing that the hypothalmus in straight men is over grown compared to the same part of the brain in homosexual men. • HB101, the anti-discrimination bill in Cali fornia, passed both houses of the legislature and is vetoed by Gov. Pete Wilson. • Anita Hill is grilled by a Senate committee about her past in relation to Supreme Court ap pointee Clarence Thomas. • Amnesty International reached consensus in favor of adopting jailed gays and lesbians as prisoners of conscience-after 17 years of lobby ing by homosexuals. • Sweden elected its first openly gay member o f Parliament, Kent Carlsson. October • Portland City Council passes ordinance guaranteeing lesbian and gay civil rights. • OCA releases hate video. • OCA files initiative to repeal Portland ordi nance. • Alternative Connection begins publishing in Portland. • South Africa’s second gay pride parade drew 2,000 to the streets o f Johannesburg. • The Dutch Ministry o f Defense announced that gay soldiers sent to foreign countries may take their lovers with them. • ACT UP/Cape Town, South Africa formed. HAPPY 1992! MAY THIS BE YOUR BEST EVER! Would you believe ATLANTIS Club Med? Playa Blanca, Feb. 8-15 and April 25-May 2 . . . $795 pp single share arranged Sonora Bay, Oct.10-17. . . $895 pp single share arranged Call for more information and brochure HAWAII FARES JUST WENT DOWN H o n o lu lu , rt air and 2 d ays car, $347p p d o O u ter Isla n d , $437 p p d o Call for information on gay hotels and guest houses S till ca b in s o n R SV P C ru ises for 1992 and oth er cru ise lin e s. I h a v e b roch u res a v a ila b le. Novem ber • Lesbian Sherri Harris is elected to Seattle City Council. • Just Out celebrates eight years of publishing. • “NightScene,” Portland gay late night TV, produces 100th show. • Sailor Clayton Hartwig is cleared by the Navy of accusations he caused an explosion on the USC Iowa that killed 87 sailors because he was jilted by his homosexual lover. • Gays in Nigeria made contact with ILG A and said they’d held parties that attracted as many as 1,500 men. • Gay-ghetto voters elected Toronto’s first openly gay city councilor. • Managua, Nicaragua’s first gay disco opened. December • Five hundred people call to complain to Fred Meyer about OCA signature-collecting for Port land anti-gay initiative. •Twenty five Portland queer couples apply for marriage licenses. • Queer Nation goes to Foursquare Church. • David Duke runs for President. • The Canadian Radio, Television and Tele communications Commission banned broadcasts that abuse gay men and lesbians. • Karen Thompson and Sharon Kowalski are back together. Thompson is awarded guardian ship for Kowalski in Minnesota Appeals Court after an eight year battle. WAYNE BOULETTE TRAVEL CONSULTANT fK O ÎÎ EXECUTIVE TRAVEL (503) 223-4585 FAX (503) 223-2361 1 (800) 637-3874 1975 SW First Ave, Ste K Portland, OR 97201
