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VOL 12 NO. 6 JANUARY 20,1995
PUBUSHER AND EDITOR
Renée LaChance
FEATURES
EDITOR-AT-LARGE
Ariel W aterw om an
In memory of
Ariel Waterwoman
REPORTER
Inga Sorensen
Readers share their
remembrances
o f Ariel and her gifts
CALENDAR EDITOR
Jann G ilbert
PHOTOGRAPHER
(pp. 12-13)
Linda Kliewer
Out in the industry
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
Dan Butler has done well
in Hollywood
as an openly gay actor
M eg G race
ADVERTISING REPS
E. Ann Hinds
Jewel Robinson
(p. 15)
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
E. Ann Hinds
DEPARTMENTS
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Rupert Kinnard
World news
COPY EDITOR
Sir lan McKellen
tears anti-gay passages
out of the Bible
on stage in Scotland
Kelly M. Bryan
TYPESETTER
Jann Gilbert
DISTRIBUTION
A m bling Bear
(p. 4)
Portland Police Chief Charles Moose received the FBI Director’s Award on Tuesday, Jan 17.
National news
OFFICE MANAGER
Aaron Bong
CONTRIBUTORS
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A1 Kielw asser
N ightshade
Dale Reynolds
Bob Roehr
Rex W ockner
guest editorial
Redefining victory
It is time to put ourselves on the line fo r one another
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by Kathleen Sadaat
"Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has
always known it, the loss o f all that gave one identity. ”
Victory must mean more than changing the Oregon initiative
process to make it harder to get issues on the ballot. (And if we
— James Baldwin,
exchange access to the initiative process for a false sense of
Nobody Knows My Name
safety and security, we lose big time.) If the OCA continues to
successfully organize and we don’t, it will eventually meet any
hen I hear gay men and lesbians talk as though
fair requirement of the process. If it needs more signatures to put
fighting the Oregon Citizens Alliance is unre
a measure on the ballot, that means it must work harder. It does
lated to other human struggles, or when I hear
not mean that I am safer. I’ll be safer when more of us step
only thoughts about changing the machinery
outside our circles o f comfort to work with, organize, motivate
of the “system,” I worry. The first thought
and inspire more people to get involved.
assumes our struggles are not connected, the second, that
chang
Victory
must mean more than just waiting for courts to
ing mechanics (laws, procedures, processes) somehow means
decide the constitutionality o f measures the right wing has
we won. Laws (and elected officials) express the philosophy,
passed. W aiting will work only as long as judges and justices are
understanding and attitudes of a group. A change in philosophy,
not, themselves, part of the right wing. We already know that
etc., is the only way to have “real” change. Real change means
right-wing groups are busy getting people appointed and elected
completely new ways o f examining issues, formulating prob
into positions of power and influence. Instead o f waiting for the
lems, developing plans and solutions. The struggle against the
courts, we must actively seek appointments to boards, commis
rise o f the right in the United States requires of us real change. As
sions and task forces and continue to elect people (including
part o f that real change we must reexamine our definition of a
judges) who understand and support human and civil rights.
victory. If, as lesbians and gay men, we know that to retain our
We must support the people doing work to help heal our
basic rights and to gain our full civil rights we must support and
urban-rural split, and we urbanites need to get directly involved
work for the human and civil rights of all, then we already know
in helping heal that split. It is time to work with rural people. It
we are connected to other struggles. I f we know our freedoms are
is time to stop using the word “redneck.” There are groups and
connected then wc know that our victories must be defined by
organizations that have worked for years in the struggle against
those efforts that help make liberty, justice and equity more
bigotry. Some have it as their very purpose for existing. It is time
accessible to all.
to learn from them. It is time to talk with new people. It is time
Victory must mean more than getting 50 percent plus 1 in an
to talk about the rights o f sexual minorities and about child and
election. The OCA uses its initiative work as an organizing tool.
elder care, education, health care, jobs, choice, and surviving in
It motivates and inspires frightened people to feel powerful by
a time of fear, anger, and diminished regard for human beings.
voting to legalize their prejudices. If we d on’t make a real
If, as Martin Luther King Jr. said, “A threat to freedom anywhere
change, and organize, we will lose ground and “they” will
is a threat to freedom everywhere,” it is time to ensure your
eventually get the 50 percent plus 1 they need. We must start
freedom by working for mine, and vice versa. It is time to put
now. educating and organizing real and potential allies and get
ourselves on the line for one another. It is time lo define victory
them involved in advancing the cause of human rights.
ascach time wc walk forw ard,.logeiher'.'.W
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San Francisco Police raid
an AIDS benefit
on New Year’s Eve;
a local lesbian physician
helps pave the path toward
equality in health care
(pp. 5-7)
Local news
A study finds that women
with HIV die faster
than men who have the virus;
Salem’s 1995 session
puts queer legislators
on the alert
(pp. 8-11)
COLUMNS
Out there
An on-line activist makes
small talk fo r big steps in
understanding
(p. 24)
ARTS
Media
Cartoonist Matt Groening
rewrites the Pledge
o f Allegiance
(p. 22)
Aural gratification
Portland acts Everclear and
Mac Charles release their
first albums
(p 23)
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