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EDITOR-AT-LARGE
VOL 11 NO. 12 APRIL 15,1994
PUBUSHER AND EDITOR
Ariel Walerwoman
CALENDAR EDITOR
Jann Gilbert
FEATURES
PHOTOGRAPHER
An intimate
remembrance
Linda Kliewer
REPORTER
Rupert Kinnard writes about
the recent loss o f a personal
hero—Marlon Riggs
Pamela Lyons
ADVERTISING
(p. 7)
Fred Allcmann
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E. Ann Hinds
Jewel Robinson
DEPARTMENTS
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
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National news
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Military ban loses again in
court; Congress erupts over
education amendment; Coors
continues to fund right-wing
groups; Boston bank offers
gay-friendly credit card;
lesbian health care topic o f
training at Georgetown
University
Rupert Kinnard
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DISTRIBUTION
(pp. 5-10)
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Local news
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A ccessib ility issues hit
close to home
CONTRIBUTORS
Miss Betsy Hunt
Bob Roehr
Jann Gilbert
Rupert Kinnard
Dale Reynolds
We are all just temporarily abled, and something could happen at any time to
throw any one of us into a totally new consciousness
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OCA loses in court and has to
wait until 1996 to do a
statewide ballot initiative;
Lane County bans children s
books; lawsuit filed against
Boyz Bar alleging age
discrimination; Multnomah
County prepares for Ryan
White funds; Right to Privacy
PAC hires Greg Jackson as
new executive director
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by Renée LaChance
Would I have to build a ramp? How would she use the
he last several weeks have been extremely
bathroom— it barely has room for one person let alone a
d ifficu lt at just out. O ur editor, A riel
wheelchair. Was the grocery store accessible? Were the
Waterwoman, has been absent and was in the
doctors
offices we frequent accessible? Everywhere I go
hospital. She had been suffering from nausea
and vomiting for weeks before she was admit I now look at the doors, the steps, the lips in doorways,
and wonder
if I would be able to get Ariel and her
ted to the hospital for kidney failure. Regular readers
of
wheelchair through them. Would I be able to lift the chair
just out may be aware that Ariel has colon cancer.
in and out of the car? There are so many things to think
After minor surgery Ariel was able to regain the
about that are now a part of my reality.
functioning of one kidney. It has since stabilized to do the
I know people who deal with these issues daily are
work of two.
When she came out of the anesthesia after the surgery
going, “Duh, welcome to the real world,” but it blew my
mind. It really struck home that we are all just tempo
she realized that the right side of her body was partially
rarily abled, and that something could happen at any time
disabled. It took several days while her kidney improved
to throw any one of us into a totally new consciousness
for the doctors to do a test that showed that Ariel had a
about accessibility issues.
brain tumor which was swollen and causing the dysfunc
Over the next year we will cover other areas of
tion of her right side. With the aid of steroids and
radiation treatments, the tumor has slowly been shrink accessibility to educate people about the day-to-day
struggles of members of our community.
ing and she has been regaining mobility.
It has been an incredibly frightening experience for
I want to take this space to thank the staff of just out
me, dealing with news of the cancer advancing through
who pulled the last issue of the paper together, the day
her body and the idea that she was facing mobility issues
before we went to press, without me and without any
that would require her to be in a wheelchair at times and
preparation for my absence. It is the tenacity and dedica
otherwise walk with a cane.
tion of this staff that makes just out what it is today, a
As her primary caregiver, I found it ironic that just out
well-read and appreciated newsmagazine throughout the
had recently done an issue featuring mobility disabili United States. I appreciate each of you and the gifts you
ties— thinking about access became all the more personal
bring to just out. Thank you for being here.
to me. How would I get her up the two steps to the house?
ARTS
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Mutters
Miss Betsy Hunt says
"Hello!" to everybody
but Kitty
(pp. 26-27)
Television
Gay men and lesbians can use
broadcasting to educate
people regarding homophobia
(p. 28)
Cinema
Threesome features a gay
character, is directed
by a gay man and appeals to
everyone despite their
sexual orientation
(pp. 16-17)
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