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tehfuary20.IOSA» stebbin’ out just out The IN publication for the OUT population Vol. 15 No. 8 February 20, 1998 FEATURE THINGS ARE BRUINI Oregon bears are on the move. What’s a bear? Well, for starters, you gotta have heart... p19 DEPARTMENTS LOCAL NEWS • The Portland City Council did a good day’s work Feb. 11; a Corvallis youth is beaten for being gay; queers gathered Feb. 12 to observe Freedom to Marry Day »5-11 NATIONAL NEWS • The 5th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections focused on “the drudge work”; gay and bisexual men may be at increased risk for eating disorders pp 12*18 WORLD NEWS • New Zealand transsexual earns Order of Merit p 17 Sexual minority rights opponent Tom Cropper, who apparently likes to while away tedious public meetings with a copy of Just Out, at a recent city council hearing that didn’t go his way (see story on page 5) EDITORIAL by R upert K innard ARTS CINEMA • Bent may be great, but unless you’re in Boston or Miami you won’t be seeing it soon; a comedy about growing up transsexual? that’s Ma Vie en Rose... A tweak experience »20-88 A brief look into the mechanics of doing a makeover on a 14*year-old community mainstay I SI n the midst of recent allegations of sexcapades behind the walls of the White House, a few scattered voices throughout the land ring out for President Clinton to “Resign, resign!” The chants have been quite different within the offices of JIL. Just Out, where cries of “Redesign! Redesign!” have been haunting us for months. Though it might be tempting to pretend there has been an uprising from the community to “Change those typefaces! Get rid of that four-column format in the calendar! Revise those bylines!” in reality the outcry has been far less demanding. Last November during Just Out’s 14th anniversary community forum, I was prepared to hear feedback on the editorial content of the paper. As the papers graphic designer, though, 1 felt myself becoming quite defensive when someone described the paper as being “boring” in both content and design. Trying not to take it personally, I realized that the idea was something that the staff had been grappling with for a while. The paper was long overdue for a visual overhaul, and what we heard at the forum merely support ed what we already knew to be true. By now you might have noticed that Just Out does indeed look different. Whether or not the paper has been boring visually (and we hope that was a minority opinion), we’ve always strived to •• tkeateb - a lost dog leads its humans to freedom in Sweet Phoebe make it easy to read. In considering the redesign, we knew that any change in the paper’s format had to go beyond maintaining that readability—it had to improve upon it. To that end, a lot of thought went into ways to strengthen Just Out as a resource for Oregon’s queer community—with suggestions coming from the entire staff. Of all the changes we’ve made, one is likely to be noticed by everyone: We’ve rearranged the way we present the news. In order to spotlight news and profiles that involve the local community, we’ve put the local news up front. The national news follows, with world news coming just before the feature story. The goal was not a radical revamping of Just Out. Our approach was to give the paper a fresh look and to try to get you more smoothly to the information you want. The redesign is a work in progress, but our bottom line, as always, is to create a publication of which you can be proud. We are aware that we can’t please all of the people all of the time, but we continue to do our damnedest to try. O ut welcomes your feedback on the new look. Write us at PO Box 14400, Portland, OR 97293; fax us at 236'1257; or e-mail us at justout@justout.com. ■ JUST PUBLISHER ANO EDITOR • Renée LaChance CONTRIBUTORS • Bonnie Ruth Beebe, Kristine GRAPHIC DESIGN • Rupert Kinnard ASSISTANT BUTOR • Kelly M. Bryan Chatwood, Patrick Collins, Jeffrey L. Newman, Dale Reynolds, Flora Sussely PRODUCTION • Christopher D. Cuttone NEWS EDITOR • Inga Sorensen REPORTERS • Bob Roehr, Rex Wockner EDITORIAL ASSOCIATES • Christopher D. Cuttone, PNOTBGRAPRER • Linda Kliewer ADVERTISING DIRECTOR • Meg Grace Will O’Bryan ADVERTISING RffRESSVRTIVE • Marty Davis CALENDAR BUTOR • Debby Morgan CREATIVE DIRECTOR • E. Ann Hinds OFFICE MANAGER • Will O’Bryan OUTREACH COORDINATOR • Marty Davis DISTRIBUTION • Kathy Bethel, Marcia Cook, James Galluzzo, Clancy Johnston,Valerie Lutz, Retta Offinga, Daniel Sapon-Borson MOSIC • Out musicians will be puttin’ on the GLAMA 182 BOOKS • Pucker up for Shay Youngblood’s Soul Kiss iSS ENTERTAINMENT • U of O’s Queer Film Festival opens Feb. 20 »84 Just SUt is published on the first and third Friday of each month. Copyright © 1998 by Just sut No part of Just out may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. The submission of written and graphic materials is wel comed. Written material should be typed and double spaced. Just out reserves the right to edit for grammar, punctuation, style, liabiliry concerns and length. We will reject or edit articles or advertisements that are offensive, demeaning or may result in legal action. Letters to the editor should be limited to 500 words. Deadline for submissions to the editorial department and for the Calendar is the Thursday before the first and third Friday for the next issue. Views expressed in letters to the editor, columns and features ate not necessanly those of the publisher. The display advertising deadline is the Monday after the first and third Friday for the next issue. Classified ads must he received at the Just out office by 3 pm the Monday after the first and third Friday for the next issue, along with payment. Ads may be accepted by tele phone with VISA ot MasterCard payment. Ad policy. No sexually exploitative advertising will be accepted. 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