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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1996)
4 ▼ fe b ru a ry 16, 1 9 9 6 ▼ ju s t out letters L ook for J u s t o u t 's N E X T IS S U E S \ M arch 1 and > M arch 15 ( d e a d l in e - F eb . 2 9 for M a r c h 1 5 is s u e ) BUY • TRADE M e n ’ s D e s ig n e r • CONSIGN C l o t h in g “iO t U catt&ipt tfowi kqireitd cU tiiK f ¿on. Well * Suited 2 4 1 5 NE Broadway ❖ 284-5939 Nora fmeson Porfíate/g Aitertatio-e Realtor I have chosen to take a more human approach as a Realtor. I build my business on a referral basis and firmly believe that the satisfaction of my client is far more important than my financial gain. I communicate clearly and openly, and I’m always honest with my clients. I’ll gladly climb a nearby tree to check on a roof or get a bit dirty investigating a crawl space or an attic. I work mainly in Portland’s close-in Southeast and Northeast neighborhoods and specialize in older homes with character. W hether you’re thinking of buying or selling, please do give me a call. 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Denver Some progress being made To the Editor: In a time when I often feel dismayed at the general community for their lack of acceptance and tolerance o f our homosexuality, I am also filled with hope that we are making progress. I work for a large Salem-Keizer School District High School. During recent months a student had been verbally harassing me on campus. 1 would hear shouts of “Dyke!” and “Lesbian!” echoing down the halls. After repeated incidents, 1 approached the administration. Rather than being brushed off or ostracized, I was assured by the vice principal that he would personally take care of the issue. The student was called out o f class and informed that his behavior would no longer be tolerated. In addition, he was informed that the school would support me in press ing charges should another incident occur. The school ’ s commitment to me as a valued staff member demonstrates that attitudes towards our community are changing. I know I have helped an institution become more aware o f the diversity within its own walls. I am coming to understand how the statement “Silence = Death” affects my world. I am continually challenging my own si lence, realizing that being passive is contributing to my own cultural death. Lauren Ohlgren Salem Steadfast support To the Editor: Thanks so much for sharing with your readers the story of my fight for reinstatement to report ing— a fight I believe will benefit all journalists and working people [“An Unjust Standard,” Just Out, Jan. 5, 1996]. Since your article was printed, the W ashington state Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case on direct review in June. In your article, you focused on the support I’ve received from my family and partner to stand by my convictions and fight for my political rights. While such support is gratifying, by itself it would not have been enough to keep me going this long. The steadfast support of the Sandy Nelson De fense Committee, the Freedom Socialist Party and the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild has helped me most, by transforming my individual struggle for a job into a much larger and broader one that holds great promise for the entire community. And it is the publicity provided by community-based newspapers like Just Out that has convinced the court to act. Thank you for providing such a service to the sexual minority community and pointing the way for others to fight back. most of your readership, that sex between adults and children is just fine— an “adolescent” can be some one as young as 11— you should probably cool it when it comes to making that opinion commonly known. Arline Jacobson Portland Editor's note: It is not Just O ut’spolicy to condone sex between adults and youth. I also believe the majority o f our readership feels that sex between adults a nd youth is child abuse. The term “intergenerational sex ” was in quotes to indicate that it was not our language. I think your interpre tation o f the news b rief read more between the lines than was there. Consumer beware To the Editor: Reputable consumer organizations have reported that fraudulent sales and service practices in the auto industry cost us over $22 billion last year alone. Additional ill-gotten profits were likely milked from unwary consumers through legal but unfair and manipulative practices. The automobile industry, due to unscrupulous practitioners, has garnered a low public reputation, [although] vehicle sales have remained relatively robust. It’s time for the auto industry and consumers to get together with their governments to enact “fair car sales and service practices” laws to protect consumers, industry and our economy from infla tionary practices that tax us unfairly. Regulating may be a good place to start: training, testing and monitoring car sales and service “profes sionals” similar to the way we regulate the real estate industry. A free consumer-friendly W eb site that offers a car buyer’s car deal repair kit is CARveat Emptor, Tricks of the Great American Car Deal. It’s located at http://www.well.com/user/kr2. Check it out be fore buying. Rand Knox San Rafael, C alif Credit where due Sandy Nelson Tacoma Frightening and dangerous To the Editor: I can hardly believe, after all this time, that you’re still at it. You simply candor continue to refer casually to child sexual abuse as if it’s just another sexual preference! If you substitute the word “rape” or the phrase “child abuse” each time you use one of those ridiculous euphemisms— “intergenerational sex” indeed!— you will realize how frightening and dangerous such an attitude is. You write as if this is merely another news brief [World news, Canada, Just Out, Jan. 5, 1996], The last sentence is worst o f all, as it clearly implies that none of [journalist Gerald Hannon’s] regular (i.e., gay and lesbian) audience thinks it’s any big deal and it’s only controversial now that the “main stream” has got hold o f it. Even though the OCA has receded somewhat into the background, it’s still probably unwise to provide ammunition for the right wing’s guns. So even if it’s your editorial policy, and the opinion of Several readers phoned us asking who took that gorgeous photo on the cover o f our Feb. 2 issue. Normally, photos printed in Just Out are credited. We got the image from a Brother to Brother/Seattle poster, which did not have a photo credit. Prompted by your calls, we contacted Brother to Brother/ Seattle and were told that G eoff Manasse took the photo. Manasse is a Seattle-based photographer whose book Making Love Visible was featured in our Dec. 1, 1995 issue. Meanwhile, a photo on page 17 o f the Feb. 2 issue, o f men meeting at Cascade AID S Project in ¡995, was erroneously credited to Linda Kliewer. It was in fa c t taken by Keith Ciminello.