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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1996)
* « itti *t « *#•»• *' M r t i 4 ▼ ju n * 7 , 1 9 9 « ▼ ju*« o u t PDX Automotive G&M Automotive 5934 NE Halsey, Portland 282-3315 6006 E Bumside, Portland 231-8486 Happy to see the end “M echanics w ith a CERTIFIED MECHANICS Complete automotive service of foreign and domestic cars and light trucks Free ride to MAX Gerard Lillie Todd Connelly TWENTY-THIRD AVENUE BOOKS 1015 NW 23rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97210, (503) 224-5097 Monday-Friday 9 :3 0 - 8 pm □ Saturday 10 am - 8 pm □ Sunday 11 am - 4 pm I W E N K RISING presents ANNUAL LESBIAN/DAT PRICE DINNER 6:00 p m T (tuffi lili H i/ic P ^ ) 2 I S W 6 /ÍI $75.00 Music by Michael Alan Harrison Entertainment by Ritah Parrish Presentation of the John Abele Award to John E. Baker Proceeds to benefit Phoenix Rising Foundation sendees. For ticket information call 223-8299. To the Editor: On page 38 of your May 3 issue I read with relief the “apology” of Cadillac Cafe owners Rod and Terry for any perceived discrimination. We are happy to see this matter finished. I regret that members of our own community found it neces sary to prolong this event for over two years and drain resources on both sides. My partner and I (as well as most of our gay and straight friends) have always found Cadillac Cafe to be a safe and welcoming meeting place (not to mention their incredibly good food). The coverage from Just Out has appeared to be somewhat biased, and we wonder if that just might be due to the fact that one of the plaintiffs has been on your staff. It is sad to see that the “community” paper didn’t even bother to ever print the other side. Oh well, we just have to chalk it up to the fact that the other side of many issues never gets printed. Carolyn Hammett Milwaukie Editor’s note: Teri Ventura has been employed at Just Out fo r a year. The incident that prompted the lawsuit happened in 1993 and the lawsuit was first filed in 1994. During the course o f these events, Just Out has reported on several occasions the view point o f the owners o f the Cadillac Cafe, Rod Brackenbury and Terry Hughes. Most recently, our reporter contacted Donna Sandoval, the at torney representing Brackenbury and Hughes, regarding the settlement o f the lawsuit and she declined all comment. I, too, am glad to see the issue settled. In the interest o f fu ll disclosure, a similar incident to the one that prompted the lawsuit happened in the spring o f 1991 to Ariel Waterwoman and me. We were affectionately saying goodbye to one an other in front o f the cafe after having just had breakfast, when one o f the owners came out and told us we couldn ’t do that in front o f his restau rant. 1 was the publisher o f Just Out at the time and Waterwoman became the editor in 1992. There was no city ordinance barring such dis crimination at that time. All wet To the Editor: I’m writing in response to your article [“Port land at high risk for Cryptosporidium outbreak,” Just Out, May 17,1996] concerning Portland city water. I saw several articles on the Internet a few weeks before your article from ACT UP-San Francisco concerning this. I work in an HIV clinic and had anticipated questions from our clients. I called the Portland City Water Bureau to see what they were doing about this. I spoke with a very nice woman who quickly faxed me information about this. The information is contained in two articles written by the Water Bureau, “Cryptosporidium” and “Cryptosporidium Questions and Answers.” The articles state that there is no standard for Cryptosporidium in drinking water. The city wa ter department has, however, been testing for this parasite since 1986. The reports state that “there have been no reported cases of waterborne dis ease from Cryptosporidium in Portland’s drink ing water.” In 95 percent of all samples no Cryptosporidium has been found, “and in the 5 percent which show positive, the testing methods cannot distinguish if the oocysts (the encapsu lated form) are viable or not.” I’m concerned that many people have misin terpreted this article to mean that there is Cryptosporidium in Portland’s water supply. I’m wondering how this group, the National Associa- tion of People with AIDS, has determined that Portland was at “high risk” for Cryptosporidium? A simple checking with the Water Bureau for the facts, or with NAPWA about their sources, could have made this article less frightening for people living with HIV. Kim Bailer, R.N. Portland Editor's note: The survey was conducted by phone by the National Association o f People with AIDS. Port land was listed as a high-risk city fo r several reasons: 1) the city does not have a notification system to alert people with suppressed immune systems when a risk fo r Cryptosporidium is present; 2) the city does not filter its water, the water is chlorinated—a less-efficient method fo r eradicating Cryptosporidium; 3) the city only tests fo r Cryptosporidium on a monthly basis, not weekly or every two weeks, which is preferred by NAPWA. Make that Cherry Garcia, please To the Editor: I just finished reading my May 17 issue of Just Out and wanted to comment on a couple of things. I really enjoyed your editorial regarding Just Out's endorsement of Laurie Wi mmer for Oregon House District 12. In my involvement with “mi nority rights” organizations I have often received similar criticism for supporting allies who were not enough “like” the members of the organiza tion, regardless of whether that person was the most qualified to assist us. People are funny. You gotta love ’em or you’ll just cry sometimes. So, nice work on your editorial. You deserve something in a Ben and Jerry’s now. Also, I loved your sarcasm about the purple triangle. It might be of interest to you and your readers that the purple triangle (if you wanna get picky) actually “be longs” to the Jehovah’s Witnesses. It was used to identify them for persecution in the same way the yellow star identified Jews and the pink triangle identified homosexuals. I read your article concerning Gail Shibley’s campaign donation controversy (David Reinhard is such a dick) with a great deal of interest, given that Tracy Blakeslee advertises in Exotic and lends us videos to review. I’m always amused by people who wouldn’t want “one of those places” next door to them., .often without knowing much about “those places” and often when they are the kind of people that aren’t, themselves, always welcome in some neighborhoods. Gay and les bian people have worked so hard to enlighten an often hostile and ignorant world; it’s hard to see them express similar ignorance concerning things they don’t approve of or understand. But it’s great to see Donna Red Wing speak out against censor ship. I was surprised, however, that at no point in the local news piece did you mention that Tracy is an openly gay man. Isn’t he also a gay brother to be supported, and not just a pom peddler? He has been helping fight the battle for gay rights and free speech for some time. He has, by the way, an extensive collection of gay adult video, some of it very good. Finding this quality gay and lesbian adult material has been part of my development plan for Exotic Magazine. I hope to see all mutu ally consensual forms of adult loving given time in our pages. Well, enough from me. Lovely job on the May 17 issue and I look forward to seeing what you have for us next time. Theresa A. Reed, Editor Exotic Magazine