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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1995)
i 1 4 T ju n e 1 « . I M S ▼ jus* o u t PRESENTING THE 1995 ORE i G A Y &■ o LESBIAN ^Q ij w S ^ ^LESBIAN mi mi mi i i M m FILM FESTIVAL [§g* Benefit Premiere tickets on sale at: all FASTIXX outlets, The Jelly Bean, 23rd Avenue Books & It's My Pleasure. All other festival shows • Cinema 21 Box Office To benefit Advocates for Gay & Lesbianjquality (Call 2864191 for more info.) & Sho w tim e : 7:00 p.m. Tickets: $10 in advance* lir U Jic S T a C A A C elebration o f Life, L ib erty a n d th e p u r s u it o f Big H a ir! *G lfO Showtime: 9:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 in advance* *$12 at the door if tickets are available Prior to Wigstock " Portland's own drag diva, Poison W aters, will emcee the Rose City's first ever B IG H A IR C O N T E S T ! Fabulous prizes for the most outrageous HAIRDO S and HAIR-DO NTS SATURDAY, JUNE 24 BA LLO T M EASURE 9 (7:00 p.m.) • Directed by Heather MacDonald M IDN IG HT DANCERS (9:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m.)* • Mel Chiango, Director * Co-presented by Asian Pacific Islander Lesbians A Gays A SUNDAY, JUNE 25 ONLY THE BRAVE (2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.) • Directed by Ana Kokkinos; playing with PLAYING THE PA RT THE LA ST SUPPER (7:00 p.m.) • Cynthia Roberts, Director THURSDAY, JUNE 29 jfe nvi/r n o A t* A / in n n \ . U J K t U K A M A ( / .UU p . m . ; Four short films directed by H. Len Keller, Catherine Benedek, John Miller-Monzon & Sandra Nettelbeck M USCLE (9:00 p.m.) • Directed by Hisayasu • Playing with short film TBA A A n ew a lly Portland police tap Prunk as the new police liaison to the sexual minority community v b y In g a S o re n s e n TWO OPENING NIGHT PREMIERES!!! FRIDAY, JUNE 23 ■ local news FRIDAY, JUNE 30 A lice bureau and the sexual minority community. new man in blue will be marching in Portland’s Lesbian and Gay Pride The signing of that historic agreement— which Parade on June 17: He is Portland calls for cooperation between the respective par police officer Bruce Prunk, who was ties— stemmed from the work of the Sexual Mi promoted June 1 to assistant chief of nority Roundtable, a regular gathering of lesbian gay rights activists and police officials. the Portland Police Bureau’s services and branch. “I was an assistant to Dan for a while, so I’m The 41 -year-old Prunk replaces Dan Noelle, who somewhat familiar with the issues of concern to was elected Multnomah County sheriff. Noelle the [sexual minority] community,” says Prunk. had been the police department’s liaison to the “But I want to get updated, and I’ll be attending gay and lesbian community, a position Prunk the Roundtable meetings to keep apprised of now takes over. what’s happening. It will also give me a chance to “I’ll be marching with [Portland Police Chief introduce myself and meet people in the commu Charles Moose] in the Gay Pride Parade. It will nity.” be the first time I’ve done it and I’m looking In addition to his police work, Prunk has been forward to it,” says Prunk, who has been with the a member of the Oregon Air National Guard Portland Police Bureau since 1976. “I also look since 1983, where he has served as an equal forward to working with the gay and lesbian opportunity/human relations specialist. community on a regular basis.” “I’ve worked with a great diversity of people, Prunk, a lifelong Oregonian, received his and I think that exposure is very important,” he bachelor’s degree from the University of Port says. “And that’s not just through my work with land, a master’s degree from Portland State Uni the Guard. I’d estimate that as commander of the versity, and a doctorate from Pacific Western Northeast precinct, I attended between 75 to 100 University. He was promoted to police sergeant community events last year involving all types of in 1981, to captain in 1993, and to commander of groups and people.” the Northeast precinct in 1994. As for his thoughts regarding the Oregon Unlike his predecessor, who had strong bonds Citizens Alliance’s seemingly endless campaign with the Rose City ’ s sexual minority community, to restrict civil rights protections for gay men and Prunk is in the early stages of developing those lesbians, Prunk says: “I find it highly offensive ties. that the OCA is trying to push its agenda by As a Portland police officer, Noelle was liai claiming that [gay people] want special rights as son to the gay and lesbian community; he marched opposed to equal rights. It’s just not the case and in uniform in several of the city’s Lesbian and I don’t like to see the state tom up by that.” Gay Pride parades; he served as vice president of He adds, “At least in the metropolitan area, the Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Ha though, perhaps it has raised awareness that we rassment, a five-state watchdog organization that are talking about equal rights and not special tracks white supremacist activities; and he was rights. We just have to keep reiterating that real one of the original drafters of the nation’s first- ity.” ever “partnership agreement” between a city po DEVOTION (7 00 p.m.) • Directed by Mindy Kaplan LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS (9:30 p.m.) • Denys Arcand, Director SATURDAY, JULY 1 W ILD REEDS (7:00 p.m.) • Directed by Andre' Techine' HEAVEN'S A DRAG (9:15 p.m.) • Peter Mackenzie Litten, Director HIGHWAY OF HEARTACHE (11:00 p.m.) • Director Gregory Wild will attend A SUNDAY, JULY 2 I, THE W O RST OF ALL (2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.) • Directed by Luisa Bemberg WORLD AND TIM E ENOUGH (7:00 p.m.) • Eric Mueller, Director THURSDAY, JULY 6 EC LIPSE (7:00 p.m.) • FAST TRIP, LONG DRO P (9:15 p.m.) Gregg Bordowitz, Dir. • Additional short film TBA A FRIDAY, JULY 7 Double Feature: (7:00 p.m.) Co-presented by Brother To Brother • A DARKER SIDE OF BLACK• Isaac Julien, Dir. • BLACK IS...BLACK AIN T • Marlon T. Riggs, Dir. SUPER 8 AND 1/2 (9:45) • Directed by Bruce LaBruce SATURDAY, JULY 8 MAJOR STUDIO SNEAK PREVIEW (7:00 p.m.) • You won't want to miss this!!! SISTER, MY SISTER (9:00 p.m.) • Nancy Meckler, Director Special Midnight Show: HEAVY EQUIPMENT (11:00 p.m.) • A 70$ 3 0 x-rated all-male film A SUNDAY, JULY 9 DYKE DRAMA (3:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m.) • BALLO T MEASURE NINE (7:00 p.m.) (CINEMA21) 616 NW 21st Ave. • 223-4515 Phoenix Rising joins Pride Network list Phoenix Rising Foundation, a Portland coun seling center serving the needs of sexual minori ties, has joined the list of organizations set to receive donations from The Pride Network, a Bos ton-based long-distance phone service provider. If 10 or more people select the company and designate Phoenix Rising as the recipient, the agency will receive 3 percent of the cost of every long distance call made from one’s home and 2 percent from each office call. Last year, The Pride Network distributed more than $52,000 to Internal Revenue Service-recog nized, nonprofit groups serving the gay, lesbian and HI V/AIDS communities. Those organizations included the AIDS Action Council, Gay and Les bian Alliance Against Defamation, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and The NAMES Project. “Phoenix Rising has more than 4,000 names on its mailing list. If even 10 percent of the people receiving [our] newsletter ‘Call with Pride’ and contribute an average of 50 cents per month, we would generate $2,400 in unrestricted revenue [essential] for supporting services, buying needed equipment, and meeting other expenses. I am very excited about the potential," says Phoenix Rising Executive Director Allanya Guenther. In other news, Phoenix Rising will join more than 100 Oregon nonprofits for a 3.1 -mile run and a walk through Waterfront Park in Portland. The event, called The Human Race, will be held Aug. 6. Interested parties can register individually to walk or run and gather pledge donations. Employ ers can also sponsor groups. Call 223-8299 for more information; to contact The Pride Network, call 1-800-342-3302. Photo-journal profiles backers of civil liberties “Faces of Liberty,” a traveling photo-journal exhibit highlighting Oregonians who have stood for basic civil liberties, is on display from June 16 to 17 at the Gango Gallery in Portland. The exhibit, sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon, features a set of 10 panels that document, through black and white photographs and accompanying text, nine stories of individuals who have made a difference. The project commemorates the 75th anniversary of the national ACLU and the 40th anniversary of the state ACLU chapter. The exhibit can be viewed June 16 and 17 at the Gango Gallery, 205 SW First Ave. in Portland, from 10 am to 5 pm. From June 19 to 29 the photos will be on display between 10 am and 9 pm at the Galleria, 921 SW Morrison, 2nd Floor, in Port land. From July 1 to 9 “Faces of Liberty” can be viewed at Bloomsbury Books, 290 E Main St. in Ashland, from 9 am to 10 pm. Other sites and dates will be announced in the near future. Compiled by Inga Sorensen