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just out since 1 983 steppin’ out Renée LaChance contents EDITOR-AT-LARGE VOL. 12 NO. 2 NOVEMBER 18,1994 PUBLISHER AND EDITOR Ariel Waterwoman REPORTER Inga Sorensen FEATURE CALENDAR EDITOR Jann Gilbert Election ’94 PHOTOGRAPHER A brief look at the good, the bad and the ugly (pp. 15-19) Linda Kliewer ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Meg Grace ADVERTISING REPS E. Ann Hinds Jewel Robinson DEPARTMENTS CREATIVE DIRECTOR World news E. Ann Hinds Australian lesbian group votes to ban transsexual dykes; Nicaraguans lose appeal against anti-queer law (p. 5) GRAPHIC DESIGN Rupert Kinnard COPY EDITOR Kelly M. Bryan TYPESETTER Jann Gilbert DISTRIBUTION Ambling Bear Outside In is part o f an entire city block that declared itself a hate-free zone. OFFICE MANAGER Aaron Bong CONTRIBUTORS Aaron Bong Jann Gilbert Christopher Kamera Bob Roehr Daniel Vaillancourt Rex Wockner Ju st out is published on the first and third F riday of each m onth. 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Oregonians the task of defining us. And for many in the United States, that have decided— at least for the next two years— is the only information they have. As gay, lesbian, bisexual, who we are and who we get to be, as gay, lesbian, transsexual and transgender people, we must find the courage bisexual, transsexual and transgender people. to tell our country who we really are. We must become part of Since the Ballot Measure 8 campaign in 1988, Oregonians the definition. We must replace the lies and the misinformation have had the opportunity to vote for or against us. And, because with the reality of our extraordinary lives. We must tell the the Oregon Citizens Alliance has already filed its initiatives for truth about ourselves—and the truth about us is the right’s 1996, we know that, again, our friends and our families, our worst nightmare. neighbors and our co-workers, and lots of people who don’t To find that courage, we must start from a place where we even know us, will have another opportunity to decide our fate. agree that our rights are worth fighting for, where we believe We know, too, that we will spend millions of dollars and that that our lives are worth fighting for, and where we believe that we will expend thousands of volunteer hours over many we have a right to win this ‘holy war.’ When we acknowledge months, all over the state. And the best that we can expect to do our worth, we can begin the job of reaching out and touching is run in place. the lives of the people around us. We can begin the job of We must create an agenda and a strategy that moves us changing hearts and minds. forward. We must figure a way to do the work so that there is I am indebted to the work of the No on 13 staff and a place of entry for everyone who wants to engage. We must volunteers, friends and funders. They have given us a reprieve figure out where we, as queer Oregonians, go from here. for another two years. The Rural Organizing Project, African The first thing to understand is this: We are engaged in a Americans for Human Rights, The Equity Foundation, The 'holy war.’ a ‘cultural war’— that is the language of the radical Lesbian Community Project, and the long list of community- right. We have won one battle, one skirmish, for which we are based organizations and community activists who worked grateful. The OCA has 26 municipality wins and we cannot towards our victory must be acknowledged and appropriately dismiss that reality. We can, however, be thankful for HB supported for their efforts. 3500, the legislation that prohibits those 26 municipalities Now we must begin the task of creating a community from acting on their votes of discrimination. response and a community agenda. We must understand that the radical right is gunning for us in Our razor-thin victory was a wake-up call. Let’s hope that every referendum state, in school boards around the country, the community doesn’t press the snooze button. with discriminatory curricula, and with their work against AIDS education and First Amendment rights. We must understand that the issue of lesbian and gay rights has become a primary part of Donna Red Wing is the national field director o f the the radical right's national agenda. the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. O National news Pedro Zamora dies at 22; Patricia Fleming is appointed the new national AIDS policy coordinator; HRCF runs afoul of the Republican Party (pp. 7-10) Local news World AIDS Day commemorated in Oregon and southern Washington; is The Oregonian neglecting the alternative arts? (PP- 1 M 3 ) ARTS Television Margaret Cho talks about gay life and sudden sitcom stardom (pp. 2 7 -2 9 ) Theater Four talented nerds sing Perry Como in limbo in Forever Plaid (p. 31) Aural gratification A circus o f CDs— but no calliope (P- 32)