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2 ▼ mm y • . 1 N 4 ▼ J«*t oat just out since 1 983 PUBLISHER AND EDITOR steppin’ out contents Renée LaChance EDITOR-AT-LARGE VOL. 11 NO. 13 MAY 6, 1994 Ariel Waterwoman CALENDAR EDITOR FEATURES Jann Gilbert PHOTOGRAPHER ÊâM Linda Kliewer •X Oregon’s political coming out % ü ¡ REPORTER Oregon has eight openly queer candidates up fo r election Pamela Lyons ■ JÊ (PP- 13-14) ADVERTISING Fred Allcmann Meg Grace E. Ann Hinds Jewel Robinson Just Out’s endorsements 3T m Just Out focuses on three races that merit particular attention (PP- 16-17) CREATIVE DIRECTOR E. Ann Hinds GRAPHIC DESIGN Rupert Kinnard . ¿v .' ' COPY EDITOR Kelly M. Bryan DEPARTMENTS World news FORMATTER Fred Allemann Gay Mexican man gains asylum in the U.S. to escape persecution TYPESETTER (p.4) Dee StarDanccr Fultz National news Up Front Distribution State Farm recognizes domestic partners OFFICE MANAGER (pp. 5-7) DISTRIBUTION Aaron Bong CONTRIBUTORS Jann Gilbert Bob Roehr Matthew Nelson Risa Krivé Lee Lynch Howard N. 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Happy Mother's Day guest editorial Local news Harassment suit filed against Ron Tonkin (p p . 1 0 - 1 1 ) Change dees happen The election of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa is a time for all freedom lovers to rejoice and reflect COLUM NS ▼ Spirituality by Kathleen D. Saadat M CC pastor resigns (p. 9) T he civil rights movement of the 1960s rekindled the front of an armed guard in Soweto. Feel the happiness for what spark of possibility and commitment in all our has been gained. Feel the grief for those who have been lost and hearts—not just in the hearts of black people but in could not see this day. Stretch your imagination and feel the the hearts of all freedom lovers, including women, exquisite joy of watching your black hand cast your first people of color, lesbians and gay men. Our ongoing ballot—the First in your life, the First in your country. Feel the struggles for civil rights in the United States have helped tightness inspire in your throat, the tears come unbidden into your eyes. and support the movements for democracy in China and for Feel the dignity, feel the pride. democracy and majority rule in South Africa. Our struggles for freedom and democracy in the United I want my sisters and brothers in the lesbian and gay rights States are entwined with others around the planet. We are movement in the United States to know that we are connected involved in, and part and parcel of, a worldwide movement for to freedom lovers in China and in South Africa. I want us to be human and civil rights—our own rights no more or less than inspired by the people there. We who have dedicated our lives others’. Change does happen, and we constantly choose to be to the struggle for freedom and democracy have much in part of that change, for better or for worse. With every cam common. We need to explore both our differences and the paign we mount, with every stand we take, we must decide commonalties we share so that we may empathize, understand whether change means to work to get a foot off of our neck and rejoice in our victories. while reserving the right to keep our foot on someone else’s Can you imagine how you might have felt as a black South neck, or whether it means to work towards removing all feet African this past week, voting and remembering your suffering from all necks and to move towards that equality of which we and that of your ancestors ruled for 400 years by a violent, racist so passionately speak. We can choose either to reorganize regime? Imagine the commitment it takes to Fight for 400 years. oppression, i.e., work only for what we see as our own personal Imagine being vulnerable daily to armed and racist representa freedom, or to reorganize societies, i.e., transform ourselves tives of those who govern you and who have, with ease and and truly work for liberty and justice for all. apparently little conscience, murdered your ancestors, your As we watch the world around us rapidly change, remember peers, and your children. Imagine the furious pounding of your that as human beings we are all connected. In the words of the heart as you contemplate trying to save your life, by risking that Lu? f Kin? Jr ’ “What affects one directly, affects very life. all indirectly. I hope that “we who believe in freedom” will Let yourself feel the surges of fear and love and respect for fincMoving ways to celebrate freedom’s victory in South one who stands in front of a tank in Tiananmen Square, or in It’s a queer thing The politics o f oppression have some common denominators (p. 27) Amazon trail The only lesbian on campus must develop a special style to survive (p. 28) ARTS Profile Anndee Hochman speaks about reinventing family (p. 23) Cinema Oregon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival has broad appeal (p- 24)
