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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