OR.COLL. HQ M _ Portland, Oregon INSIDE: 75 . J96 v. 14 no. 13 May 2/ This just in: The Olympia queer film festival unreels this weekend ■ 1997 page 31 v o l u m e 14 n u m b e r 13 FREE ay 2 , 19 9 7 It’s the era of the gender blender, a slow cultural frappé that could move us from rigid roles toward individual freedom page 19 Achieving the impossible dream: Lesbians and gay men in Oregon have been working to get job protections since 1973—on April 29 they got halfway there page 16 Received on: 05-05-97 Just out PHOTOS BY LINDA KUEWER