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2 ▼ m a y 1 9 9 2 ▼ ju s t otrt just out since 1983 steppm i n PUBUSHER AND EDITOR Rcnei LaChance i contents CO-EDITOR VOL 9 NO. 7 MAY 1992 Ariel Walerwoman CALENDAR EDITOR Linda Shirley (L-V r FREELANCE REPORTERS ; I..iv * I ..... ' V ;> -Æ j Greg Duran Katrin Snow Kathy Gillespie ’ - ,*4A ± Linda Kliewer ADVERTISING (pp. 16-21 ) m Outwrite '92 The annual conference was held in Boston this year 1 / &wt CREATIVE DIRECTOR job ! E. Ann Hinds •*c <*>*«*>‘ NO »* i* l‘V* PROOFREADER m (p. 9) »I N Lay off ‘ your employees in the Guard and Reserve. Eddi Bako Local politics got you stumped? Interviews and endorsements to get you through the election OBSOLETE JOB STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Linda Shirley Amanda Colorado - FEATURE Profiles Coleen Pearson talks about adopting her son TYPESETTER Amanda Colorado (p. 29) FORMATTER Meg Grace DISTRIBUTION Up Front Distribution This billboard w as located at N orthw est 21 st and Marshall. It is one of the many you may have seen around town that have b een vandalized to reflect the antimilitary sentim ents of the artists. SUBSCRIPTIONS Letters Carol Steincl Chloe Dc Segonzac (p. 4) editorial CONTRIBUTORS Lee Lynch Dr. Tantalus Matt Bailey Elissa Goldberg Marilyn Davis Rex Wockncr Sandra de Helen Matthew Nelson Steve Warren Jan Nathan Long Just Out is published on the first day of each month. © 1992. No pan of Just Out may be reproduced without written pemtission of the publisher. T he subm ission of w ritten and graphic m aterials is welcomed. Written material should be typed and double-spaced. Just Out reserves the right to edit for grammar, punctuation, style, liability concerns and length. We will reject or edit articles or advertisements that are offensive, demeaning or may result in legal action. Just Out consults the Associated Press Style Book and Libel Manual on editorial decisions. L etters to the editor should be limned to 400 words. Graphic material should be in black ink on while paper. Deadline for submissions is the 15th of the month proceeding publication. Views expressed in letters to the editor, columns and features are not necessarily those of the publisher. Display advertising will be accepted up to the 17th of each month. Classified ads must be received at the office of Just Out by the 17th of each month, along with payment. Ads will not be taken over the telephone. S u b scriptions to Just Out are available for S17.50 for 12 issues. First Class (in an envelope) is $30 for 12 issues. A free copy of Just Out and/or advertising rates are available on request The mailing address and telephone nundter for Just Out are: PO Box 15117, Portland, OR 97215; (503)236-1252 DEPARTMENTS World news (p. 5) National briefs (p-6) Kids: an endangered species D r. Eric Johnson, the associate executive director of rapes, ad nauseam, are perpetrated by heterosexual men. This the Morrison Center for Youth and Family Ser is an amazingly easy statistic to find. It’s not buried anywhere. vices, the founder of the M ale Surv ivors Treatment And yet, gay men and lesbians are continually bombarded with Network and a psychologist, made a phenomenal the violence of the lie that gay men sexually assault boys. That statement on the KGW Channel 8 news the other gay men, by definition, are the only people capable of doing it. night. He was being interview ed in reference This to lie the is a violent thing that is done to us and to kids. Telling escalatingviolcnce from young people directed toward family kids this lie keeps them an easy target for heterosexual men. members. Johnson said, “The most dangerous place for kids Believing this lie allows people to look the other way when these days is in the American family home.” someone is bashing or harassing a gay man or lesbian. This lie Isn’t that exposing one of the really big lies that hetero supports denial on the part of heterosexual family-makers, sexual society depends on? Every time I see or hear the perpetuates a total lack of responsibility for heterosexual men, affirmation of the danger for kids in the “traditional” family and therefore, denies the opportunity to stop the violence. setting. I immediately think, “Great, no w all of these heterosexist- There is a deep-festering insanity running loose in hetero cvangclists will leave the queers alone.” But docs that happen? sexual society that targets innocent babies and kids, and then No way! It seems to whip them into a higher frenzy of finger tries to lay the blame at our feet. No way! The desperate pointing; at gay men especially. dangers facing kids today in the “traditional” family home are So, where does the information go? Is it one of those things serious, and need to be addressed seriously by the loudest that is just too devastaiingly painful for people to really hear and supporters/perpetrators of this despicable insanity: Every acknowledge? This truth is buried deep inside mountains of member of the Oregon Citizens Alliance, Pat Buchannon, the denial. A major piece of that denial involves attacking anyone Pope. George Bush, Priscilla Martin, Pat Roberts, Jesse Heims, who lives outside of “normal” family life: people who choose Larry Campbell, and everyone who has ever voted for any of to live alone; lesbians; gay men; moms (straight, lesbian or these people. You are all so hot on this “traditional” family, bisexual) raising kids without a man. let s see you make it a healthy place for kids. Let’s see you Sex crimes perpetrated by men against boys is considered to create a safe home where kids stop killing themselves and each be one of the most heinous crimes ever. To enable the other, where kids get clean and sober, where kids are free to perpetrators of these crimes, a huge smoke screen has been explore ALL of their potential. Where kids are safe to sleep. erected, which says, “ Homosexual acts arc only done by homo Gay men and lesbians are not the ones hurting your kids in sexuals. Therefore, all homosexual assaults on boys must have your homes. We are not the ones coming into their beds and been perpetrated by homosexuals!" This is the logic. This is cradles at night. You heterosexual fathers, heterosexual broth the smoke screen. This is one of the biggest heterosexual lies ers. heterosexual male cousins, heterosexual uncles, hetero ever. (I have to acknowledge that sexual assaults happen way sexual grandfathers, heterosexual trusted-male-adults, as well more frequently to girls than to boys, but as these arc hetero as the few heterosexual male strangers who manage to get their sexual assaults, something “normal,” the public outcry is largely hands on kids, are. 6 silent. There is another heinous lie which says, "They (girls: No wonder heterosexual “traditional family values” people infant-girls/toddler-girls/teenage-girls) arc going to have to are so terrified of gay men and lesbi ans coming out of the closet have that (sex) done to them anyway, so how could it cause any real damage? Not like the damage done to a boys self-esteem r ay °f ^ « after he’s been violated.”) Ariel Waterwoman Ninety-five percent of all sexual violations, sexual assaults. OCA watch (p.10) Local news (pp. 13-15) COLUM NS Amazon TVail (p.35) Just Dish Linda Shirley says good-bye (p. 14) ARTS Cinema Greg Duran reviews some gay m ens film s that are out on video (p.28) Edward II is a visual treat (p. 30) Harvey Fierstein is interviewed by Steve Warren just before Cheers airs (p. 26)
