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2 ▼ jun * 16. 199 9 ▼ Just out just out steppin’ out sin c e 198 3 PUBLISHER A N D EDITOR contents VOL. 12 NO. 16 JUNE 16,1995 Renée LaChance EDITOR IN SPIRIT Ariel Waterwoman FEATURES REPORTER Inga Sorensen The true story of two girls in tuxes CALENDAR EDITOR Kristine Chatwood ( P - 19) PHOTOGRAPHER Pride events: a recap Linda Kliewer (p. 21) ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Amazon Dragons make waves Meg Grace ADVERTISING REPS (PP- 22-23) E. Ann Hinds C. Jay Wilson Jr. DEPARTMENTS CREATIVE DIRECTOR E. Ann Hinds World news GRAPHIC DESIGN Norwegian queers are booted from peace march Rupert Kinnard COPY EDITOR Kelly M. Bryan (P- 6) TYPESETTER National news Jann Gilbert DISTRIBUTION Ambling Bear An art show featuring the work o f 18 dyke artists enhances ‘‘Lesbian Visibility ” in Portland. The show is at the Justice Center window gallery, Southwest Second at Madison Street, through June 30. OFFICE M ANAGER Teri Ventura guest editorial CONTRIBUTORS Kelly M. Bryan Kristine Chatwood AI Kielwasser Risa Krivd Andrea L.T. Peterson Bob Roehr Richard Shumate C. Jay Wilson Jr. Rex Wockner to are available Local news Rural and urban HIV/AIDS providers vie for equal shares (pp. 13-15) CO LU M NS Youth Kids o f gay and lesbian parents can join a new club (p-16) The spirit of pride Just sut Is published on the first and third Friday o f each m onth. C opyright C I9 9 5 by Just sut. No part of Just sut may be reproduced w ithout w ritten p er mission from the publisher The submission of written and graphic m aterials Is w elcom ed. 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Portland. OR 97214-0400; (303) 236-1232. Our fax number is 236-1257 An insurance company’s about-face nets lawsuits (PP- 7-11) Each year Lesbian and Gay Pride celebrations have increased in size and complexity; this year is no exception ▼ Profile Eighth Mountain Press celebrates 10 years (p- 17) ARTS by Susan Leo Cinema tives from as many groups in the community as we could think t is with great pride and joy that Pride Northwest Inc. of. We held meetings and we called people. We listened and we brings the 20th anniversary Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and went to work. Transgender Pride Parade, Rally and Festival to our The community wanted to get back to Waterfront Park and community. Mindful of the successes and mistakes of the we worked hard to make that happen. We wanted everybody to past, and with a clear commitment to the future, the men be in the parade, so we made it free. We wanted to have as many and women of this year’s Pride Northwest Board and Commit tee worked for more than eight months to produce an event that groups and community businesses as possible at the festival, so would be fun, accessible and representative of as much of the we lowered the rates to record lows, and we worked with groups community as possible. to make the booths even more affordable when that proved necessary. This year’s rally has over 150 booths— many more Twenty years ago, a mere handful of queers gathered to than any Portland Pride festival has had! We tried to balance the gether in the South Park Blocks—as if "mere" and “handful of politicians and the entertainment and provide mike time to queers" belong in a sentence together. We came to celebrate our people who hadn’t been heard from last year. As Oregon’s lives and our community in the ways we could with the re sources and opportunities available to us at the time. And almost largest Lesbian and Gay Pride festival, we wanted to recognize the good work being done throughout the state, and next year we every year since, we have claimed the third weekend in June as ours. First with fairs, then rallies, then marches and dances and will take nominations for such community honors as Grand picnics. Pride festivities and events have increased every year in Marshals and the Spirit of Pride Awards. number and in complexity. This was. in many ways, a watershed year for Lesbian and Gay Pride: Faced with a debt from past years of more than This year’s Lesbian and Gay Pride weekend was the culmi $6,000, we raised enough money through events, grants (thanks, nation of months of work by a remarkable group of 20 men and Equity Foundation) and sponsorships from community busi women, with ties to virtually every element of our community nesses to clear the good fiscal name of our community and to and with a commitment to make Lesbian and Gay Pride bigger give us a running start at Pride 1996. We want to thank everyone and even better. While we each knew at least one person on the for all their support, and we invite you to become a part of Pride committee, most others were complete strangers. But we went Northwest Inc. to meetings and. over time, we figured out not only how to talk to one another, but also how to trust. We knew from the beginning that as diverse as we were, we still weren’t every Susan Leo is the chairwoman of Pride Northwest Inc. body—so we created an advisory board made up of representa- Oregon Gay and Lesbian Film Fest ends post-Pride doldrums (p- 31) I Television In the Life at last (p- 32) Video Gay Lives to counter hate (P- 33) Theater A profound new playwright; a delicious spoof (pp. 34-35) Books Kate Bomstein, gender outlaw (p. 36) Media Does Liz Smith have nothing better to do? (p. 37)