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VOL 12 NO. 19 MARCH 17,1995
Renée LaChance
EDITOR IN SPIRIT
Ariel Waterwoman
FEATURES
REPORTER
Inga Sorensen
Beyond our borders
CALENDAR EDITOR
The struggle for sexual
minority rights is a global one
(p. 15)
Aaron Bong
PHOTOGRAPHER
Linda Kliewer
Cinematic mecca
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
The Berlin Film Festival
is a shining light
for lesbian and gay cinema
(pp. 17-19)
Meg Grace
ADVERTISING REPS
E. Ann Hinds
C. Jay Wilson Jr.
DEPARTMENTS
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
E. Ann Hinds
World news
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Polish military uses
psychiatric diagnoses
to oust gay men
(p.4)
Rupert Kinnard
COPY EDITOR
Kelly M. Bryan
TYPESETTER
National news
Aaron Bong
DISTRIBUTION
Ambling Bear
At a ceremony held March 13, a plaque honoring Portland’s lesbian and gay history was placed at LaLuna,
215 SE Ninth Ave. in Portland. See article on page 12.
National P-FLAG plans a
tolerance campaign
(pp. 5-8)
OFFICE MANAGER
Local news
Aaron Bong
Activists honored as queer
history project is launched
(pp. 11-13)
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Aaron Bong
Kristine Chat wood
Marc Huestis
Al Kielwasser
Marvin Liebman
Margaret Deirdre O ’Hartigan
Bob Roehr
Richard Shumate
Steve Warren
Rex Wockner
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editorial
COLUMNS
A vote for diversity
Though it may seem like an unimportant election,
we have the chance to make some significant changes
▼
by Renée LaChance
hen the ballot comes from Multnomah County,
nity than Pool has. He has served on the Northwest Coalition
register your vote and mail it in—don’t just
Against Malicious Harassment and the Portland Police Sexual
throw it away or toss it on your desk with the
Minorities Roundtable. He co-drafted the partnership agree
other clutter to be forgotten until it is too late
ment between the Police Bureau and the sexual minorities
for your vote to be counted. We sometimes
communities. He has command experience and is well quali
think these local mail-in elections are unimportant,
but He’d
this one
fied.
be a good man for the job. Some would think he
is very important to the sexual minority community.
deserves our endorsement.
We have the opportunity to elect a Multnomah County
So why do we endorse Pool? Pool has been with the
Sheriff who will blow the entrenched good-ol’-white-boy sys
Multnomah County Sheriffs Office for 24 years. She is well
tem apart and replace it with a system that honors diversity and
qualified to lead the Sheriffs Office into the next century. She
better reflects the community it serves.
knows the agency’s weaknesses and its strengths and deserves
Currently, the Multnomah County Sheriff s Office has few
the chance to right the wrongs perpetrated by the current
women, people of color, and sexual minorities in its law en
administration on women and people of color. She has a strong
forcement ranks. The acting sheriff, who is also running for
graspon corrections, which is, increasingly, the Sheriff Office’s
election, is John Bunnell. Bunnell was groomed by Sheriff Bob
chief function.
Skipper for the job and perpetuates Skipper’s outdated policies
Additionally, our community’s support of Pool is another
of law enforcement. Under the Skipper regime, highly qualified
section in the bridge between marginalized communities. We
people of color have been rejected while relatives of the com
have to back up our words to communities of color with action
mand staff have been hired instead.
when we seek their support for causes that affect sexual minori
Vera Pool wants to change that. She has the moxie, determi
ties of all colors like ballot measures 9 and 13. We can’t just say
nation, and a workable vision to make the changes necessary.
we support the struggles of all marginalized communities— we
She plans to trim spending and redirect those saved dollars to
must show our support by voting in candidates representative of
corrections: more jail space, more programs to rehabilitate, and
those communities, by being a visible presence at rallies against
more programs to prevent wanna bes from becoming criminals.
racism and discrimination, by honoring boycotts called for by
She plans to create an agency work force that better represents
migrant farm workers, and by contributing our dollars wherever
the community, and she vows to work in partnership with other
they are needed.
agencies to provide effective service within Multnomah County.
A vote for Vera Pool is a vote for diversity within the
Dan Noelle, currently on leave from his position as assistant
Multnomah County Sheriff s Office. And—contrary to the
chief of the Portland Police Bureau, the only other qualified
propaganda of the Oregon Citizens Alliance—diversity is more
candidate, has interacted more with the sexual minority commu
than just a code word for gay men and lesbians.
W
Spirituality
Gay Lutheran pastor retained
despite being defrocked
(p. 9)
Independently
speaking
We need to grow up!
(p-31)
ARTS
Books
This year’s Lammy nominees
are announced
(p. 26)
Cinema
The Sum of Us
is a family picture
(p.27)
Entertainment
A treat for the voyeur
(P- 28)
Media
Lesbian-bashing on
TV’s Law & Order
(P- 29)
Aural gratification
The March beat will move you
(p. 30)