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VOL. 12 NO. 19 AUGUST 4,1995
Renée LaChance
EDITOR IN SPIRIT
Ariel Waterwoman
FEATURE
REPORTER
Inga Sorensen
No end to the
grieving
CALENDAR EDITOR
Kristine Chatwood
Research has uncovered
another devastating effect o f
the AIDS pandemic— the toll
it takes on survivors
PHOTOGRAPHER
Linda Kliewer
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
( P P - 17-19)
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World news
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Rupert Kinnard
Finland bans sexual
orientation discrimination;
ILGA 's Ukraine conference:
there was no "there ” there
COPY EDITOR
(p. 4)
E. Ann Hinds
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Kelly M. Bryan
National news
TYPESETTER
Ryan White passes the Senate;
an NGLTF survey shows hate
legislation on the upswing
Jann Gilbert
DISTRIBUTION
Ambling Bear
(pp. 5-9)
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Local news
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Steve Chrysler
Howard N. Dana
Christopher Kamera
AI Kielwasser
Risa Krivé
Lee Lynch
Matthew Nelson
Bob Roehr
Rex Wockner
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( P P - 11-15)
Lazy days of summer
Spend the day at a county fair helping prevent OCA-backed initiatives from
reaching the November 1996 ballot
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COLUMNS
Spirituality
Unity churches affirm support
fo r diversity
(p. 10) '
Queer thing
Howard begins a new chapter
(P- 29)
t’s hot, its sunny, it hasn’t rained in days. Weather like
this inspires us all to be outside playing, gardening,
swimming, hiking, biking—doing all the active things
we can do here that make Oregon a great place to live. It’s
not easy to think about what makes Oregon a difficult
place to live— the Oregon Citizens Alliance.
I’m not trying to bring you down from your sunshine high,
really. I just want to remind you that those lovely folks who
brought us ballot measures 9 and 13 are out this month at the
county fairs gathering signatures for their divisive initiatives.
We have until the end of June 1996 to keep the OCA from
getting enough signatures to put its hate-filled initiatives on the
November 1996 ballot. The OCA gets a large number of
signatures and support for its anti-sexual minority fervor at the
county fairs.
The OCA spouts rhetoric about family values because this
is where emotions can be easily exploited to successfully
legislate against gay men and lesbians. The fairs are a great
place for the OCA to bend the ears of Oregon families who may
have misperceptions about sexual minorities. We need to be a
visible presence at the fairs telling the truth about lesbians and
gay men—countering the lies, myths and misinformation that
will be readily available there.
The Rural Organizing Project is spearheading a campaign
utilizing informational postcards that encourage people to think
before they sign initiative petitions. The postcards point out the
problem of neighbor-against-neighbor ballot measures and
instruct people to decline to sign initiatives unless they really
support them and unless the initiatives address real problems.
These postcards should be handed out near the OCA’s booths
at the state and county fairs to encourage people not to sign the
initiatives. (Call ROP at 543-3978 for information on how to
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Oregon women will attend the
U.N. conference in Beijing—but
lesbians may be turned away
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get the postcards.)
Beyond the Closet is sponsoring speakers and performers in
a series of events this fall to educate the people living in Bend
about issues of human rights, racism and homophobia. It would
be ideal for BTC to have a booth at the Deschutes County Fair
with information on their group and educational materials
about homophobia.
Basic Rights Oregon is launching an aggressive house
meeting strategy where participants can learn more about the
OCA’s tactics and pledge not to vote for OCA-backed initia­
tives. According to executive director Julie Davis, 2,000 pledge
cards have been sent out thus far, and the group hopes to
connect with 200,000 voters during the next several months.
Basic Rights Oregon should be at as many fairs as possible this
month with its pledge cards gathering support against the OCA.
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays is doing outreach
to schools in Oregon through school counselors with a packet
of materials geared to gay youth and parents of gay youth. It
would be great if P-FLAG could be at the fairs with its
brochures and pamphlets.
These are just a few of the many human rights organizations
in every county of Oregon that are doing outreach and educa­
tional work to stem the efforts of the OCA and its seemingly
endless stream of initiatives. Each of these groups has printed
material ready to disseminate that counters the misinformation
of the OCA and may help keep these divisive initiatives off
Oregon’s ballot.
Now what is needed are brave souls to take this information
out to the throngs of happy fairgoers. Spend a day at the fair
countering the OCA. Take the time now, so you won’t have to
work so hard in the fall of ’96.
Amazon trail
A brush with serious illness
teaches about courage
(P- 30)
ARTS
Theater
OSF's Daedalus Project is
quite a gala; the queers that
brought you Dolly;
Emma Goldman: still
dangerous after all these years
(pp. 24-26)
Books
After years in the wings,
the author o f Better Angel
comes out
(p. 27)
Media
Newsweek discovers
bisexuals; Keanu comes clean
(P- 28)