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just out ▼ march 1, 1900 T 3 just out steppin* out s in c e 1 9 8 3 PUBLISHER AND EDITOR contents VOL. 13 NO. 9 MARCH 1,1996 Renée LaChance COPY EDITORS Kelly M. Bryan Jeff Boswell FEATURE REPORTERS Fun to spare! Inga Sorensen Bob Roehr Rex Wockner W hether you bow l in the slow lane o r the fa st, th e r e ’s a queer league f o r you CALENDAR EDITOR (p. 19) Kristine Chatwood , PHOTOGRAPHER DEPARTMENTS Linda Kliewer World news OFFICE MANAGER Sw edish rock star com es out in tim e f o r h e r w edding Teri Ventura Ï ADVERTISING DIRECTOR W (P- 6) V National news Meg Grace ADVERTISING REPS C. Jay Wilson Jr. Marty Davis People f o r the A m erican Way reports increased anti-gay activity in the courts, governm ent a n d education - £ ■W*. m ,* Ï. CREATIVE DIRECTOR (pp. 7-13) E. Ann Hinds i Local news GRAPHIC DESIGN R TP votes to change nam e o f annual dinner; K ate Brown will run f o r the state Senate Rupert Kinnard FORMATTER Rachel Ebora (pp. 14-16) TYPESETTER Christopher Cuttone COLUMNS DISTRIBUTION Ambling Bear View from here CONTRIBUTORS Southern O regon: lessons fro m tragedy (P- 5) Kristine Chatwood Cathay Che Rachel Ebora Kevin Isom Lee Lynch Adrian Murillo Daniel Vaillancourt C. Jay Wilson Jr. Just SUt is published on the first and third Friday of each month. Copyright ©1996 by ju s t out. No part of Just out may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. The submission o f written and graphic materials is welcomed. Written material should be typed and double-spaced. Just out reserves the right to edit for grammar, punctuation, style, liability concerns and length We will reject or edit articles or advertisements that are offensive, demeaning or may result in legal action. 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A copy of Just SUt is available for $2. Advertising rates are available on request. The mailing address and telephone numbers for Just SUt are PO Box 14400, Portland. OR 97214-OtOO; (503) 236-1252. The phone number for the advertising department is 236-1253. Our fax number is 236-1257. Our e- mail address is JuslOm2@acicn(n. Profile The road to equality “D atabase D ivas ” a id N orthw est nonprofits (p. 17) Peach buzz Faced with the backlash against civil rights and social freedoms , we must remember the gains we have made Falling in love with M ontréal (P- 32) ▼ by Renée LaChance Amazon trail Singin ’ those house sitter blues or every step forward on the road to equality there are multiple waves of backlash. It’s an exponential rela tionship. As Hawaii seems on the verge of legalizing same- sex marriage, 18 states whip into a frenzy to legislate against such marriages— Washington among them. While gay and straight teachers network together to eradi cate homophobia in more than 600 schools nationwide, in Utah a school board feels so threatened at the prospect of having to allow the formation of a gay and lesbian student group that it bans all student groups. It has always been a challenge to be a gay man or lesbian in the United States, but now verbal gay-bashing is being elevated to an art form in the ultra-right’s “culture war.” Pat Buchanan foams at the mouth while venting his homophobic rhetoric state by state. When he won the New Hampshire primary, I began mentally packing my bags to leave the country. There is no way I could live under an administration that would “put the Bible first and the Constitution second.” Yes, he actually said that. Has anyone told Buchanan that that sentiment is in direct violation of the Constitution? As if that wasn’t bad enough, all of the Republican presiden tial candidates— in their first (and possibly only) unified act— hopped up on the gay-bashing bandwagon driven by Buchanan. Before the Iowa primary, the Republican Party held a rally where every Republican presidential candidate signed on to a Gay Marriage Referendum (dubbed by gay-rights activists the “Contract Against Homosexuals”), vowing to oppose the legal ization df same-gender marriages. . Y 4 4 4 < 4 4 - » • • 4 4 4 • • 4 4 * • • • • * • • • • * • ■ « 4 * * « The gay and lesbian group Log Cabin Republicans is finding itself hard pressed to endorse any of the GOP presiden tial candidates. Log Cabin officials have thus far balked at choosing from a field of candidates that is overwhelmingly opposed to equal rights for gay men and lesbians. They will not make a decision on whether to endorse a candidate until after the Republican National Convention, which convenes on Aug. 10 in San Diego. They are, however, advocating that people vote against Buchanan if they are Republican or live in a state that allows cross-party voting in a primary. We can only hope that the fighting within the Republican Party on issues other than legalizing same-sex marriage will cause a political meltdown, and that no clear platform or candidate will emerge from the ashes. In the meantime, faced with the Republican backlash against civil rights and social freedoms, we must remember the gains we have made on the road to equality for all. In this moment. I’m having a difficult time remembering them. Oregon's presidential primary is March 12. Ballots have already been sent out. For those o f you puzzling about the early primary, the Oregon Legislature voted last session to change our presidential primary from May to March so that Oregon would be seen as a contender. Legislators felt we were being slighted, since each party's nominee was often already decided by the time Oregon held its primary. A + t • ♦ 9 »•; i • » 9 (P- 33) ARTS Cinema You can cry i f you want to at It’s M y Party (P- 26) French Twist: say “m agnifique ” (P- 30) Theater Jam es Lecesne trium phs in W ord o f M outh; i t ’s All in the Tim ing at P ortland Rep (PP- 28-29) Tongue in groove Plug in to electronic music a n d interact with your fa vo rite bands on CD-ROM Ip. 31)