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PUBLISHER AND EDITOR
Renée LaChance
VOL 12 NO. 7 FEBRUARY 3,1995
EDITOR IN SPIRIT
Ariel Waterwoman
FEATURE
REPORTER
Inga Sorensen
Valentine vignettes
A sampler o f dates
from heaven
and dates from hell
CALENDAR EDITOR
Jann Gilbert
PHOTOGRAPHER
Linda Kliewer
(pp. 15-17)
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
Meg Grace
DEPARTMENTS
ADVERTISING REPS
E. Ann Hinds
Jewel Robinson
World news
India hosts a first-ever
conference fo r gay men
(p.5)
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
E. Ann Hinds
National news
A Seattle gay couple is
allowed to adopt
a 4-year-old boy
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Rupert Kinnard
COPY EDITOR
Kelly M. Bryan
(pp. 6-8)
TYPESETTER
Jann Gilbert
DISTRIBUTION
Ambling Bear
OFFICE MANAGER
Aaron Bong
Local news
The documentary Ballot Measure 9 won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 28. From
left to right: Linda Kliewer, regional producer and cinematographer; Kathleen Sadaat, featured activist; B.B.
Jorissen, associate producer and editor; and Heather MacDonald, director and producer. Congratulations!
guest editorial
Earth to Mannix
Please tell me how House Bill 2303
will provide for those children for whom we are all responsible
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Portland firefighter convicted
o f intimidation is fired;
Lesbian Avengers converge
in Salem to protest
“anti-turkey baster b ill”
(pp. 9-13)
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contents
by K ris tin e C hatw o o d
I
don’t understand Rep. Kevin Mannix. He and I have
some things in common. He is a Catholic, and I am, too.
He is a Democrat. Ditto for me. We are both Oregonians.
Mr. Mannix, however, is a member of the Oregon House
of Representatives. I am just a regular, committed,
interested, yes, even patriotic voter.
Mr. Mannix is in the Oregon House because he wants to be.
He campaigned for office. I assume he is concerned about the
very serious problems facing Oregon and her citizens. And,
because he went to all the trouble to win his election, I also
assume Mr. Mannix is serious about working to resolve those
problems.
Oregon is having a tough time. We cannot adequately fund
our schools and, therefore, educate our children for the future
they must face. We cannot provide even the most basic of
health care to far too many Oregonians. In a state that prides
itself on its agricultural industry, we have people who go to bed
hungry every day.
Timber and fishing, industries that powered Oregon’s
economy for generations, are dying. We must attract new
industries that not only provide jobs, but that provide jobs to
Oregonians—that hire and train Oregonians to work in Or
egon.
These are problems that require a great deal of thought and
planning and work by all Oregonians. The leadership, however,
must come from our elected officials, peoplelike Kevin Mannix.
Amazingly, Mr. Mannix appears to have decided to solve
Oregon’s problems by outlawing the artificial insemination of
unmarried women. Now, I have read a copy of House Bill 2303.
Mr. Mannix’s bill. And I have read accounts of this bill in The
Oregonian.
Under current Oregon law, a woman may not be artificially
inseminated without her husband’s written consent. House Bill
2303 amends current law so that a woman who, for whatever
reason, does not have a husband, cannot have a child through
artificial insemination.
For the most part, women who use artificial insemination to
become pregnant do so because they truly want to be parents.
This process is expensive, time consuming, carries no guaran
tees of success, and can wreak havoc with one’s emotions. This
is no different from the decision of any responsible adult to
have a child.
The ways in which we define family require a discussion
that cannot be resolved by a few pieces of legislation that
detract from the immediate survival problems facing the state
of Oregon.
And so I ask you, Mr. Mannix, please tell me and other
Oregonians how the passage of House Bill 2303 will provide
the jobs, education, health care, food and serious planning
needed to ensure that there is an Oregon adequate to provide for
those children for whom we are all responsible.
COLUMNS
Queer thing
The quest fo r civil rights must
go on every day
(p- 27)
Amazon trail
Spare time and food freedoms
pale while Lover is away
(p. 28)
ARTS
Theater
Seattle’s Yellow Boat offers
children a rare opportunity
(p. 22)
Entertainment
Lisa Kron piles up humorous
humiliations
(p. 23)
Television
The Boys of St. Vincent airs
on cable in February
(p. 24)
Cinema
Queer cinema flowers at
Eugene festival
(p. 25)
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Books
Tee Corrine expands our
perception o f lesbian erotica
(p. 26)