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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1994)
O T Ja n u a ry 2 1 , 1 9 9 4 ▼ ju s t out FREE cup of cocoa or cider while you e \t'i> My Ple*4wie Resources supporting and empowering women national briefs ALASKA The city of Juneau’s school board has voted to keep Daddy's Roommate, a children s book about gay men, in the district s elementary school libraries. Access to the book will be restricted to the libraries’ family section and not the more acces sible picture book section. The school board s 6- 1 vote to keep the book upheld a ruling by Superintendent Bob Van Slyke after he held public hearings on the subject. A LESBIAN-OWNED BUSINESS 4526 SE Hawthorne, Portland OR • (503) 236-0505 • 7 days a week CALIFORNIA The San Francisco AIDS Foundation has released two brochures aimed at educating young gay and bisexual men about HIV transmission and the increasing use of designer drugs. “Good for Life” CDuen Provecho"), a brightly colored, twelve panel brochure offers information about safer sex in English and Spanish to junior high and high school-age youth who think they might be gay and/or are experimenting sexually. The brochure features photos of seven teens of all races, and opens with a “Testimonial” section that offers sex-positive messages aimed at young men who may be questioning their sexual orien tation. SPECIALIZING IN SMALL BUSINESS & TAX SERVICES Portland, OR 97202 THANK YOU, LESBIAN & GAY COMMUNITY for standing together against the OCA, and for helping me attain my personal best and break all m y previous records in 1993! Millynn James, GRI Associate Broker Your generous support of my business has enabled my continued and increasing support of community organizations such as (but not limited to) Lesbian Community Project, Right to Privacy, SOCPAC, Friends of Gail Shibley, ACLU, March on Washington, No on 9, PETA, Greenpeace, Human Rights Campaign Fund, 1000 Friends of Oregon, NOW and Stonewall NW. Wishing you peace , pride and prosperity for the coming year! / look forward to moving you in 994! Proudly serving Eastside and close-in Westside, and now offering buyer brokerage. See classifieds for selected listings. Professionals 100 Realtors • 2100 NE Broadway • Portland, OR 97232 287-9632 Ext. 122, 720-4642 « « t » * > __________ I ▼ ▼ In its 27th year of publication. The Advocate has been honored with an Editorial Excellence Award as the country’s best newsmagazine. The award, formerly sponsored by the trade journal Magazine Week, is now backed by Folio, an industry periodical. A panel o f 29 mainstream magazine editors and publishers including those from The New York Times Magazine, Working Woman, The Village Voice and Health, chose The Advocate among its competition which in cluded Time and Newsweek. C O LO R A D O A University of Colorado researcher has found another possible biological link to sexual orien tation in men. Dr. Martin Reite of UOC’s De partment of Psychiatry presented his findings at a meeting of the Society of Neuroscience in Washington, D.C. His research studied how dif ferent areas of the brain respond to a sound stimulus in heterosexual men and gay men. Reite found after testing 17 men— eight gay men and nine heterosexual men— that different areas of the brain responded to a sound stimulus for each group. The right, front portion of the brain was more often stimulated by sounds in heterosexual men while the reaction was more generalized throughout the brain in gay men. Reite hopes to follow up with a larger study in the future. Currently he is testing his hypothesis on children to sec if the differences show up at an early age. Licensed • Bonded • Full Service (503) 234-3105 ■ m m nnn M m The second brochure, “What About Ecstasy,” gives clear, non-judgmcntal information on the drug Ecstasy, a chemical compound in the am phetamine family. The literature details its his tory and its effects on how users of the drug negotiate sexual situations. It also outlines condom use, HIV testing and gives phone num bers for help and information. Studies in San Francisco show that currently “nearly 900 youth 12 to 25 years of age arc estimated to be living with HIV infection in San Francisco, represent ing almost 1 percent of the city’s youth popula tion.” T T ▼ San Franciscans recently honored the memory of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay member of the city’s Board of Supervisors. Former police man Dan White assassinated Milk 15 years ago on Nov. 27. A plaque was unveiled in front of the store where Milk once owned a camera shop in the city’s Castro District. It contained the in scription, "You Gotta Give ’Em Hope,” a famil iar line from many of Milk’s speeches. Support ers staged a candlelight march from the Castro to City Hall in the evening. H A W AII The legal arm of a far-right Christian organi zation has announced plans to set up a Pacific office. The move by the Rutherford Institute, a Virginia-based organization, is reportedly in re sponse to the state Supreme C ourt’s recent deci sion regarding same-sex marriages. The interna tional nonprofit group identifies itself as a civil liberties organization specializing in the defense of far-right Christian values. The group favors prayer in public schools and opposes both women’s right to abortion and “homosexuality” as violations of biblical teaching. IDA HO C h ief D eputy A tto rn ey G eneral Jack McMahon has twice said that the state would not defend a homophobic initiative, if passed, be cause it violates basic rights. In response to this, state democrats are coming forward to oppose an initiative, similar to Colorado’s failed Amend ment 2, currently sponsored by the Idaho Citi zens Alliance. Senate Democratic Leader Mary Lou Reed added that the initiative was a waste of money. She estimated that it could cost the state up to $300,000 to defend the measure if it passed and was challenged in the courts. ICA founder Kelly Watson said the issue was important enough to warrant the possible expense. The ICA needs 31,000 signatures for ballot access. ^ ................ .. l . Compiled by Lee Norwood
