2 ▼ marcii 4. 19M ▼ ja*« out
just out
s in c e 1 9 8 3
PUBUSHER
steppin' out
Renée LaChance
EDITOR
contents
VOL 11 NO. 9
MARCH A, 1994
Ariel Waterwoman
FEATURES
CALENDAR EDITOR
Meroe Elahi
SOC it to ’em
PHOTOGRAPHER
SOC PAC is working
diligently to tell Oregonians
the truth about the OCA
Linda Kliewer
REPORTER
Pamela Lyons
(pp. 15-17)
ADVERTISING
Summer get-aways
Meg Grace
E. Ann Hinds
Jewel Robinson
Dive into Mexico’s oceans,
party in Australia, or explore
the dungeons o f Europe
OFFICE MANAGER
Aaron Bong
(p- 12-13)
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
DEPARTMENTS
E. Ann Hinds
GRAPHIC DESIGN
World news
Rupert Kinnard
Male pink flamingoes begin a
family; Canadian officials
seize On Our Backs
COPY EDITOR
Kelly M. Bryan
PROOFREADER
(p. 4)
Thomas Lauderdale
TYPESETTER
National news
Dec Star Dancer Fultz
Clinton issues a statement
opposing discriminatory
statewide ballot measures;
Randy Shilts’ final protest
DISTRIBUTION
Up Front Distribution
editorial
(pp. 5-8)
CONTRIBUTORS
Miss Betsy Hunt
Judi Parks
Bob Roehr
Kathay Duff
Lee Lynch
Howard N. Dana
Thomas Lauderdale
Lee Norwood
Just s u t is published on the first and
th ird F rid ay of each m o n th . Copyright
01994 by Just sut. No part of fu st salt
may be reproduced without written per­
mission from the publisher.
The submission of w ritten and graphic
m aterials is w elcom ed. W ritten material
should be typed and double-spaced. Ju st
s u t reserves the right to edit for grammar,
punctuation, style, liability concerns and
length. We will reject or edit articles or
advertisements that are offensive, de-meaning
or may result in legal action J u s t S U t
consults the Associated Press Style Book and
Libel Manual on editonal decisions.
L cttrrs to the editor should be limited to
two double spaced typed pages Deadline for
submissions to the editorial department and for
the Calendar is the Thursday before the first
and third Friday for the next issue Views
expressed in letters to the editor, columns and
features arc not necessarily those of the
publisher
The display advertising deadline is the
Monday after the fust and thud Friday for the
next issue.
C lassified ads must be received at the
office of Just mat by the Monday after the
fust and third Friday far the next issue, along
with payment. Ads will not be taken twer the
telephone.
Ad policy. No sexually exploitive
advertising will be accepted. Compensation
for errors in, or cancellation of, advertising
will be made with credit toward future
advertising.
Subscriptions to Just mat are available
for $17.50 for 12 issues. First Class (in an
envelrpe) is $30 for 12 issues.
A copy of Just s u t is available for $1
and/or advertising rates are available on
request
The m ailing address and telephone
num ber for Ju s t s u t are PO Box 15117,
Portland, OR 97215; (503) 236-1252. Our fax
number is 236-1257.
Local news
L o o k in g at the w o rld
Portland attorney Ben Merrill
faces investigation;
discrimination suit filed
against Cadillac Cafe
(pp. 10-11)
Our own local dramas sometimes keep us so involved that we forget to look
at what’s happening in international queerdom
by Ariel Waterwoman
C O LU M N S
Amazon TVail
don’t know how many of you read the World news
page, so I thought I’d bring some things up in this
space. These news stories just can’t be read with­
out comment.
1
There is a story from France that we are having
a hard time finding more details about. Apparently
France has enacted a set of laws that regulate the dissemi­
nation of sperm. Lesbians arc flat-out banned from get­
ting any of this precious material. Married, childless,
heterosexual couples who have been together for a mini­
mum of two years may request sperm, and may or may
not receive any. Also, widows arc banned from having
access to their dead husbands’ sperm, if he happened to
freeze any.
The question of how these laws will be implemented
immediately comes to mind. We’ve been trying to find
out if women arc going to need a special license to buy
turkey basters. Something else we were wondering about
is if male masturbation will be severely restricted and
regulated—or banned altogether— to prevent any acci­
dental spilling of sperm in the direction of the women
who arc restricted from receiving it. Will there be man­
datory testing of a woman’s sexual orientation before
participating in unprotected heterosexual sex? Will used
condoms be whisked away by special monitors at the
moment of withdrawal? If France is a Catholic country,
shouldn’t restricting the use of sperm be a cardinal sin?
We just haven’t been able to find anything out.
Of course French legislators may be having a knee-
jerk reaction to the teacher in England who refused to let
her students attend a showing of Romeo and Juliet
because of its blatant heterosexual message. She insisted
that, until there was a fair and equal balance in theater
regarding sexual orientation, she couldn’t in good con­
science let her students be exposed to such a distorted
view of life.
The Netherlands has myall-time favorite news item—
being the active animal lover that I am. Two male
flamingos have fallen deeply in love with each other and
are trying to start a family. The committed couple were
trying to steal fertilized eggs from heterosexual pairs. In
a heart-warming moment, zookeepers decided to give
them their own fertilized egg. The pair were Filled with
parental happiness. They have since hatched the egg, and
baby and dads arc doing well.
Reading the news from around the world helps me to
keep a perspective on the struggles we are facing in
Oregon. I feel like I’m a part of an international commu­
nity that continues to triumph over the violence and
injustices lhatarc thrown at us. A community that contin­
ues to grow and thrive, gathering strength from one
another.
Oppression before Stonewall
(p. 28)
It’s a queer thing
Gyms are getting queerer
and queerer
(p. 27)
ARTS
Mutters
Much ado about some things
(pp. 22-23)
Dance
A passionate collision
(p. 24)
Theater
Hot ticket for a cold winter
(p. 25)
Books
Buffed buddies Rod and Bob
(p. 26)