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2 ▼ a u g u d 5. 1904 ▼ ju «t out just out since 1983 PUBLISHER A N D EDITOR steppin’ out EDITOR-AT-LARGE contents Ariel W aterwom an VOL. 11 NO. 19 AUGUST 5,1994 Renée LaChance CALENDAR EDITOR Jann G ilbert FEATURES PHOTOGRAPHER Linda K liew er Struggles in a war-torn world ADVERTISING DIRECTOR The first ILGHRC Felipa de Souza awards are presented M eg G race ADVERTISING REPS (pp. 15-17) Fred A llem ann E. Ann Hinds Jewel Robinson DEPARTMENTS CREATIVE DIRECTOR E. Ann Hinds World news GRAPHIC DESIGN Kelly M. Bryan Mexican queers demand reforms from their U.N. delegates FORMATTER (P- 6) Rupert Kinnard COPY EDITOR Fred A llem ann National news TYPESETTER DISTRIBUTION Kristine Gebbie resigns as AIDS czar; Camp Sister Spirit get congressional hearing Up Front Distribution (PP- 7-9) Dee StarD ancer Fultz OFFICE M ANAGER Aaron Bong Local news CONTRIBUTORS Closeted gay mystery man leaves estate to HRCF, Phoenix Rising Fred A llem ann M artha Allen Howard N. Dana Jann Gilbert C hristopher Kamera Risa Krivé Lee Lynch Bob Roehr Todd Sim m ons Daniel V aillancourt Rex W ockner guest editorial Media casualties Though important issues have been raised, media coverage of the Simpson case needs to be taken to task C O LU M N S Commentary It is time to challenge our 'ountry to live up to its ideals (P- 3) ▼ Just out is published on the first and third Friday o f each m onth. Copyright 01994 by Just out No pan of Just sut may be reproduced without written per mission from the publisher The submission of written and graphic m aterials is welcomed. W ritten m atenal should be typed and double-spaced. 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Classified ads must be received at the office of Just out by the Monday after the fust and third Friday for the next issue, along with payment Ads will not be taken over 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 out are available for $17.50 for 12 issues First Class (in an envelope) is $30 for 12 issues A copy of Just out is available for $1 and/or advertising rates are available on request The mailing address and telephone number for Just out are PO Box 14400. Portland. OR 97214-0400; (503) 236-1252 Our fax number is 236-1257. (PP- 10-13) by Rupert K in n ard Queer thing s an African American gay man, I have come to would want to jum p on the image o f O.J. Simpson as a way to sell resent the danger I seem to represent in our society, copies, but one would’ve thought that they would at least use a and in the media, merely because of my gender and photo that featured both O.J. and Nicole. Is what happened to skin color. But 1 have learned that the irritation I O.J. the “American Tragedy” ? Thousands o f battered spouses experience, feeling forced to cross the street and around the country would not think so. Looking at what we know remain visible from a distance, when walking behind a woman about the Sim pson’s relationship, it is true that part o f the tragedy who becomes obviously nervous with my presence is slight lies in the way men are encouraged to view women in our society compared to her fear of me . I understand that this fear is based on and the world. It is more than unfortunate that O.J. has become very real and frightening recurring abominations against women, the symbol o f the tragedy that has claimed two lives, as if what and my anger that women have to go through ______________ --------------------- . has happened to him is the tragedy. this pain indicates the circle of casualties such But is it surprising, considering the whole crimes create. It is the attempt to understand phenomenon o f what it now seems to mean to the violence that women endure daily, as be considered a hero in our society? I recently surely as I appreciate the bigotry that I endure wrote in this paper on what the late filmmaker as a black gay man, that makes me do what I | Marlon Riggs meant to me as a personal he{ 0 , can to make the streets feel safer for women. | only to be shortly thereafter bombarded with It is also as an African American man that j w ordsof praise for the deceased form er Presi 1 am sickened by many aspects o f the Nicole dent Richard Nixon as a hero. O.J. Sim pson’s Brown Sim pson/Ronald Goldman murder accomplishments as a sports figure, a fea case. Though one might assume I would join tured actor in a number o f comedies, and a the legion o f folks upset about the menacing spokesman for Hertz Rent A C ar were part o f darkening o f O. J. Sim pson’s face on the cover g why he has been seen as a hero in the past. I o f Time — most shocking when seen in close 5 d on’t want to downplay the pow er o f his proximity to the same photo, untouched, fea | influence as a role model for African Ameri- tured on the cover o f Newsweek— I was more j _______________ i can youth, or the work he has done for affected by the different headlines that ac- „ n. worthwhile organizations, but are our stan corapanied Ihe .mages Newsweek used the N,CoU Brown S,mPson dards for heroes now based on the idea “Once sensational, all caps, "TRAIL O F BLOOD” headline, while the a hero always a hero”? I don’t have the answer, for surely there retouched Time photo was graced with the headline “An Ameri are as many definitions of heroism as there are individuals who can Tragedy.” I immediately thought that a photo o f Nicole contem plate the question. But I think it is time we all evaluate Brown Sim pson and Ronald Goldman would have been more our need for heroes and what they should stand for. And I think appropriate for the latter headline. those who continue to cheer and support O.J. Sim pson as a hero So much o f what happened to Nicole Brown Simpson has need extensive therapy...lest they becom e a part o f yet another b^en m arginalized in the press. I understand that both magazines “American Tragedy.” , ■, . , A * Square dancing is transformed to suit nontraditional dancers (p. 27) Amazon trail Mishaps and pushy insects dim this butch’s camping enthusiasm (p. 28) ARTS Theater Ashland offers an array of wonderful productions for August (p. 23) Profile MTV’s gay, HIV-positive heartthrob, Pedro Zamora (p. 25) Media A new AIDS magazine, POZ, is bom (p. 26) ’