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PUBLISHER AND EDITOR
Renée LaChance
VOL. UNO. 23 OCTOBER 7,1994
EDITOR-AT-LARGE
Ariel Waterwoman
FEATURE
REPORTER
Inga Sorensen
Time to shout it
out... again
CALENDAR EDITOR
Jann Gilbert
PHOTOGRAPHER
Linda Kliewer
K « * i> U h u -
Ballot Measure 13 and
National Coming Out Day
underscore the fa c t that
coming out is an ongoing
process
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O u i <»f th«-
M *n
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
Meg Grace
(pp. 15-16)
ADVERTISING REPS
E. Ann Hinds
Jewel Robinson
DEPARTMENTS
World news
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
E. Ann Hinds
The U.N. suspends I LG A
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Rupert Kinnard
(p. 5)
COPY EDITOR
Kelly M. Bryan
National news
The National Lesbian and
Gay Law Association set to
meet in Portland
TYPESETTER
Jann Gilbert
Thousands jam m ed Pioneer Courthouse Square in 1992 to voice their outrage, laugh, shed tears and, most
importantly, make a personal connection with each other and the political process. On Sunday, Oct. 9, at 2
pm the No on 13 Committee is hosting a rally fo r all o f us to stand up again: fo r ourselves, fo r each other, fo r
justice and freedom fo r all.
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Local news
No on 13 slates rally fo r
Oct. 9; CAP is given a clean
bill o f health
(pp. 1 M 3 )
e d ito ria l
COLUMNS
Spirituality
W ho'd've thought it?
Portland's sexual minority communities and the Portland Police Bureau
are establishing an unprecedented partnership
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by A rie l W aterw o m an
Presbyterian Church refuses
to recognize same-sex unions
(p. 8)
Queer thing
We need a commitment to
safer sex without getting
neurotic
(p. 27)
very once in a while the trust one has in a process
i 1 turns out to be justified. It’s been a mere 25 years
since the Stonewall riots. For some of us that’s a
H
■ i lifetime, for others, a brief jaunt down memory
lane. Did any of us envision a time when members
of law enforcement would meet with lesbians, drag queens,
bisexuals, gay men, transsexuals or transgendered people for
the good of our respective communities?
Historically, members of the sexual minority communities
have not looked to law enforcement for help. Far from it. The
cops were usually the perpetrators of violence against queers,
not our champions. In many places in the world, this is still the
case. But for the last 30 to 40 years, as the United States has
struggled with the full implementation of civil rights for all of
her citizens, change is slowly happening.
As a flower child of the ’60s, a woman having a mixed
ancestry and coming from the lower classes, it has been no easy
thing for me to extend trust to Portland’s community policing
programs. I watched from the sidelines for a long time, “testing
the waters,” checking the people out, looking for the catch.
What I consistently found in these community policing coali
tions were decent people wanting to do the right thing for their
communities. Portland’s Police Chief Charles Moose contin
ues to shape the prototype of community policing in our
neighborhoods. Community policing requires the vision and
commitment of all of the members of a specific community.
With my negative history with law enforcement, it took
well over a year for me to stop sweating profusely at every
roundtable meeting. Time, and two honorable police chiefs.
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has played a big role in developing my trust. The group is
officially known as The Sexual Minorities Roundtable. We
meet on the second Tuesday of each month, sometimes with
the chief, sometimes not. Assistant Chief Dan Noelle is the
official liaison between the Portland Police Bureau and the
sexual minority communities. He attends every meeting.
We have reached a point where the roundtable members
feel a need to more clearly define the work we do as a coalition
for community action. As with many other oppressed commu
nities in the Portland area, we are formalizing our efforts in
community policing. We have created a partnership agree
ment for all the members of the lesbian, bisexual, transsexual,
transvestite, gay men s and law enforcement communities to
sign. Everyone is invited to come and sign on to this agree
ment. This is a big deal for our communities.
A signing ceremony is scheduled to take place on Oct. 11,
National Coming Out Day, at 1 pm in conference room B on
the 14th floor of the Justice Center. Mayor Vera Katz will be
unable to attend, as she will be in Japan. Chief Moose will sign
and will be joined by Assistant Chief Noelle and state Reps.
Kate Brown, George Eighmey and Gail Shibley. Representa
tives from Right to Privacy PAC, the Lesbian Community
Project, the Equity Foundation and the Metropolitan Human
Rights Commission will be there. So will City Commissioners
Charlie Hales, Earl Blumenauer and Mike Lindberg, Roni
Lang, William Warren, .myself, and many more members of
the queer community, including you, if you’ll take the time to
share in this momentous day with us. Take a few minutes to
become a part of history.
Amazon trail
Juggling time can get you a
bump on the head
Ip- 28)
ARTS
Aural gratification
M TV jum ps the abyss o f self-
satisfaction
(p. 26)
Theater
O SF ’s late-season fare;
Falsettos at Triangle
(PP- 23-24)
Television
W hat’s so funny about
being queer?
(p. 25)