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2 ▼ m ay 9. 1909 ▼ ju st out just out sin c e 1 9 8 3 contents PUBLISHER AND EDITOR VOL12NO. 13 MAY5,1995 Renée LaChance EDITOR IN SPIRIT FEATURES Ariel Waterwoman REPORTER Inga Sorensen The great divide CALENDAR EDITOR Do gay men and lesbians have the energy and—most important—the desire to bridge the gender gap? (PP- 15-17) Aaron Bong PHOTOGRAPHER Linda Kliewer ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Nobody quite like nim Meg Grace ADVERTISING REPS William Jamison has brought much richness to Portland’s cultural life via art and activism (p. 13) E. Ann Hinds C. Jay Wilson Jr. CREATIVE DIRECTOR E. Ann Hinds GRAPHIC DESIGN DEPARTMENTS Rupert Kinnard COPY EDITOR s Kelly M. Bryan d r iv in g a TYPESETTER Two women wed in Cambodia; Poland’s new constitution may ban discrimination based on sexual orientation (p. 4) CONGESTION Aaron Bong DISTRIBUTION Ambling Bear OFFICE MANAGER Aaron Bong CONTRIBUTORS Kristine Chat wood Howard N. Dana Jann Gilbert Lee Lynch Andrea L.T. 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World news National news ed ito ria l Another im portant election A ballot may have already arrived in your mailbox. For the sake of the sexual minority communities, fill it out and send it in—this election is vital. b y R e n ée L a C h a n c e L ast March we endorsed Vera Pool for sheriff. We were excited by the possibility of radical change in the Multnomah County Sheriffs Office, and we wanted Pool to be the one to make those changes. It seems that most voters supported change— nearly 60 percent—but they couldn’t agree on who best to implement it. Votes for change were split between the two candidates who most advocated it, Pool and Dan Noelle, which forced this run off. Noelle garnered more votes than Pool and now needs our support to defeat current Sheriff John Bunnell. The current policies and practices of the Multnomah County Sheriffs Office are stuck in the ’60s and need to be updated. The good-ol’-straight-white-boy system perpetuated in Bunnell’s administration is discriminatory, outdated and harm ful to our community. Currently, the Sheriff s Office has few women, people of color, or sexual minorities in its law enforce ment ranks. Dan Noelle will change that. Noelle, on leave from his position as assistant chief of the Portland Police Bureau, has served on the Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harass ment and the Portland Police Sexual Minorities Roundtable. He co-drafted the partnership agreement between the Police Bu reau and the sexual minorities communities. He has command experience and is well qualified. Noelle is committed to creat ing a Sheriffs Office that better reflects the community it serves, and he is skilled enough to create partnerships with other agencies to provide effective service to Multnomah County. Cast your vote for Dan Noelle for Multnomah County Sheriff. ▼ ▼ ▼ Three measures also grace this May 16 election, two state wide and one for the Portland metropolitan area. All deserve your consideration. Ballot M easure 21 would commit lottery funds to educa tion, in addition to creating jobs and funding economic devel opment. Some people think lottery dollars are tainted and could be laundered by being funneled to a good cause like education. Whatever the reasoning, dollars are dollars, and Oregon’s schools are in desperate need of those dollars. Vote yes. Ballot Measure 22 would require legislators appointed to fill a vacancy to have lived in their districts for at least a year prior to appointment and to live there while they are in office. No argument there. Vote yes. Ballot M easure 26-26 authorizes Metro to sell $135.6 million in bonds to purchase or enhance 6,000 acres of land for green spaces. Targeted areas that could benefit include the Sandy River gorge, Forest Park and some Portland-area ponds, lakes and sloughs. The cost to the owner of a $100,000 home is less than $23 per year. A small price to pay to preserve wildlife and green spaces in the urban area for decades and generations to come. Vote yes. For your vote to be counted, ballots must be returned by mail or in person to the county election office by 8 pm Tuesday, May 16. GLIB case is heard by the U.S. Supreme Court; will Candace Gingrich survive becoming an HRCF spokeswoman? (pp. 6-11) Local news Community leader Mica Smith dies; local governments condemn recent anti-immigrant legislation Ip. 12) COLUMNS Queer thing Howard has an epiphany while watching Priest (p. 25) Amazon trail Candace Gingrich: A quiet existence is disrupted (p. 26) ARTS Books Neil Miller can teach you a thing or two about history; Leslea Newman has stitched together a word quilt (pp. 22-23) Comedy Suzanne Westenhoefer is a comedian with a mission Ip. 24)
