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Renée LaChance
V O L 13 NO. 19 AUGUST 2, 1996
ASSISTANT PUBUSHER
Ten Ventura
FEATURE
COPY EDITORS
Kelly M. Bryan
Karen Kantor
State of the
pandemic
REPORTERS
Inga Sorensen
Bob Roehr
Rex Wockner
Good news from the AIDS
conference gives optimists
the edge after years of
despair; getting tested more
important than ever—
now, knowledge is power
CALENDAR EDITOR
Kristine Chatwood
PHOTOGRAPHER
Linda Kliewer
(P P -
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
15-19)
DEPARTMENTS
Meg Grace
ADVERTISING REPS
World news
C. Jay Wilson Jr.
Marty Davis
The Netherlands steps closer
to same-sex marriage
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
(pp. 4-5)
E. Ann Hinds
GRAPHIC DESIGN
National news
Rupert Kinnard
Christopher Cuttone
GOP convention to face
demonstrators from without
and within
TYPESETTER
(PP- 5-7)
FORMATTER
Christopher Cuttone
Local news
Activists collide; lesbian
intendeds sue Oregonian;
back to school in support
of gay youth
DISTRIBUTION
Kathy Bethel
Rachel Ebora
Darla Meyer-Sims
Barbara Robbins
Donald Rogers
Megan Weber
(pp. 10-13)
COLUMNS
CONTRIBUTORS
C. Jay Wilson, Jr.
Christopher Kamera
Will O ’Bryan
The Boston AIDS Writers Group
Lee Lynch
Daniel Vaillancourt
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Amazon Trail
Realizing our friends
(p. 32)
Lackluster attendance at this year }s Oregon Gay and Lesbian
Film Festival threatens its future
Stonewall Baby
Creating our families
(p-33)
T
by C . Ja y Wilson, J r .
ARTS
Gallery
hat’s to be the fate of the Oregon Gay and
together a festival, or an interested community willing to
Lesbian Film Festival? Will Portland audi
support such an event? I would like to believe that the answer
ences support such a festival, and, if so, will
lies in finding the right set of dedicated, energetic individuals
that support translate into enough dollars to
who all share the same vision of a thriving festival that can
sustain the group or individual interested in
rival any other on the west coast.
orchestrating the event? I would hope that the meager Should
support
such an organization emerge, it should be estab
of this year’s festival is not indicative of Portland’s future
lished with the express mission of putting together a film
interest in Gay and Lesbian films.
festival, pouring its energy into raising money and mustering
Advocates for Gay and Lesbian Equality, a local gay and
excitement to help build bigger and better future festivals. An
lesbian service organization, assisted in producing and co
opening night benefit should be an event that ignites enthusi
sponsoring the film festival the past three years of its eight
asm in the rest of the festi val and should be one of the “see and
year history in hopes of eventually accepting the sole respon
be seen” events of the year.
sibility for the festival.
Perhaps the festival should be moved to another time
After a rather disappointing 1996 Oregon Gay and Lesbian
period This year’s opening was in direct competition with
Film Festival, with about a 50 percent drop in attendance from
Lesbian and Gay Pride activities. But while this may have
last year’s festival, the group has abdicated their organiza
affected the attendence of opening weekend, it doesn’t ac
tional role. It appears that the festival’s future is uncertain.
count for the lackluster attendence at the rest of the festival.
The film festival has been dropped completely into the lap
Given the fact that Portland summers are ephemeral at best,
of Cinema 21 owner, Tom Ranieri, and will remain there until
June is perhaps not the ideal month in which to present an
indoor film festival.
another gay and lesbian organization emerges to shoulder
some of the responsibility. Currently, the festival is safe in
It certainly takes a lot of time and energy to plan and
Ranieri’s hands as he has pledged to keep it going, but as a
present a film festival, and Advocates for Gay and Lesbian
non-gay man, it really isn’t in his interest, and if audiences
Equality should be commended for understanding its signifi
continue to significantly drop off as they did this year, it may
cance and willingly accepting the challenge. It is a shame
even be counter-productive for him to continue the festival at
that, whatever the reason, the gay and lesbian film festival is
his venue.
not being supported. Is there anyone out there willing to give
What comes first: an energetic group capable of putting
it some energy?
W
“Let Them Eat Cake ”—
interpretations o f the cake,
as metaphor
(p. 20)
Visual Arts
Imperial Tombs o f China in
last weeks
(p- 21)
Interview
Phyllis Burke, author of
Gender Shock
(PP- 27-29)
Theater
Party plays truth or dare, baring
all at Mainstreet Playhouse
(p. 30)
Music
Fabric of Life concert benefits
month-long fundraising effort
(P-
31)