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VOL. 9 N O . 8
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JUNE 1992
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Who says your vote doesn't count?
Many races still too close to call.
his was the first primary to give us a plethera of
candidates who support lesbian and gay rights. It
seems the Oregon Citizens Alliance needs to be
given some credit for that. Since the OCA launched
its petition drive last year, candidates have been
coming out of the House, Senate and every other elected office
door to denounce the OCA and everything it stands for. It was
an issue that made candidates a Maypole for lesbians and gay
men to rally around.
This was the first primary in Oregon history to have an
openly gay man and an out lesbian running for office. Jerry
Keene ran as a Republican and won his party's nomination.
Now he will run against Democrat, and long time supporter of
lesbian and gay rights, Tom Mason, for the District 11 seat.
Gail Shibley beat her opponents by a landslide for the
Democratic nomination for the District 12 seat. She will run
against Republican Susan Ward in November.
The race between Kate Brown and Judy Bauman for the
Democratic nomination for the District 13 scat remained neck
and neck as o f press time. The absentee ballots left Brown only
three votes ahead. If a recount shows Brown to be the winner,
she will run against Republican Mike Erickson.
Avel Gordley and Tom Novick caused many to pull their
hair out before making a decision. Both are excellent candi
dates, and each had their own seat until district restructuring
pitted them against each other. Winning by just 145 votes,
Gordley ended up on top and Novick is committed to helping
her defeat Republican Marilyn Schultz for the District 19 seat.
Bob Roth and Juanita Hernandez were both good candidates
for District 5. Roth garnered more votes than Ilemanadez and
will need our support to beat John Meek, assuming Meek makes
it back from his Oregon Trail trek.
The Oregon Citizens Alliance supported several candidates
in this primary. In one district they actually won.
Republican Mike Wiley, the man who had Lon Mabon's job
during Ballot Measure 8. will run against Frank Shields for the
District 16 seat. Shields will need our support to keep Wiley,
the raging homophobe, out o f office.
Les AuCoin and Harry Ixmsdale warmed up to each other
during the days that their race was too close to call. AuCoin shut
out I-onsdale to go after the big cheese Packwood. The Repub
licans pumped $500,000 into advertising against AuCoin.
theorizing that Lonsdale would be easier to pick off in the
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general election. Fortunately it didn't work. Though Packwood
has signed on to the Federal Lesbian and Gay Rights Bill, we
need to back AuCoin in November.
The attorney general's race is an important one because of
the test cases the OCA's ballot measures will stir up. It is crucial
to have Ted Kulongoski in the office, but he will have to defeat
Republican Rich Rodeman to do us any good.
Corvallis 1, Springfield 0
The OCA had two measures in the May 19 primary, one in
Springfield and one in Corvallis. The Corvallis measure was
resoundly defeated by a two to one margin, while the Spring-
field measure won by less than 1,500 votes. Now the city of
Springfield has 30 days to figure out how to implement the new
measure that bars the city from facilitating, encouraging or
promoting homosexuality, sadism, masochism, and pedophilia."
Imagine the discussion the city commissioners will be
putting forth. Do you think perceived queers will be able to
drive on public roads, drink public water, use public bath
rooms0 Is there a blood test to identify sexual minorities? Who
will determine who is queer? Will there be a homosexual
determining committee? Will lesbians, gay men and bisexuals
be tagged, or merely tattooed?
Pretty scary, isn't it? No matter what, we cannot turn our
backs on Springfield. We have to go there by the thousands and
be present at the rallies, marches, and demonstrations that will
testthis new measure. We need to look around, feel how it feels
to be outlaws in our own cities. This could well be our home,
out neighborhood and our American dream after November if
the OCA succeeds statewide as it did in Springfield. Anyone
who has not done any thing to prevent the OCA's initiative from
ge ing on the balk* needs to get up, dust themselves off, roll
up theu-sleeves and get to work. There are plenty of groups
organized agams, He OCA. -epresenung ev!*y
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World news
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National briefs
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OCA watch
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Local news
(pp. 12-15)
COLUM NS
Amazon Trail
(p.38)
Just Think
(p. 18)
ARTS
Cinema
Five members o f the ju st
OUt staff review
Claire o f the Moon
(p.34)
Sandra deHelen reviews
Waterdance, a movie about
three men dealing with their
different abilities
(P- 31)
Books
The winners o f the Lammys
(p. 35)