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FEATURE
80MMER READING: Some notable queer folks
compile a seasonal reading list
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DEPARTMENTS
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LOCAL NEWS • Trans protection in Benton
County; Lesbians work for safety in Concordia
neighborhood; Mediation offers venue for dis
crimination complaints
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NATIONAL NEWS • Protesters converge upon
AIDS czar’s office; Queer clerics take issue
with anti-gay ad campaign; New drug fights
vision-impairing virus
pp 1 1 - 1 5
WORLD NEWS • Italian city records a lesbian
marriage; HIV-positive Canadian turned away
at U.S. border
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COLUMNS
AMAZON TRAIL* Lee Lynch laments her
new appetite
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EDITORIAL
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M arty D avis
STONEWAL BABY* Will O’Bryan relives
childhood sports scars
P 34
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ARTS
INTERVIEW • Two B-52s discuss their
The dedicated staff at Just Out strives to take the paper to another level
queer sensibilities
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n the last issue of Just Out, publisher Renée LaChance told you
You are going to read about your friends, your neighbors and just
of her decision to step back from the day-to-day management of maybe yourself.
the paper. She concluded her remarks by urging readers to
Achieving our goals will mean forming stronger alliances and part
“expect great things” for the future of this newspaper.
nerships within our community. We must clean up old wounds and
So just what can you expect now that Renée is happily greeting her
establish new relationships. We will never please every person, and
guests on the Oregon coast? That her departure has opened the door
that will never be a goal, but we are striving to earn trust and maintain
for us to make sudden and dramatic changes in the style, format and
new and old friendships. We want to meet you. We want to hear about
contents of Just Out? Well, guess what? That’s not the way it’s going
your group, your organization. We want to take your message to the
to be. Just Out is not going full-color. We’re not going weekly (yet) and
readers of Just Out.
w e’re not giving away the store (ever).
It is also our responsibility to be the watchdog. We will monitor the
For 14-plus years, Renée and her staffs, earlier and current, worked
leadership of our community. We will report success and we will
diligently to build the foundation and
report failure. We will be fair. We will
structure of one of the finest gay and
be honest. We will not take sides and
We are going to focus on m aking the paper an
lesbian newspapers in the nation. Just
we will anger people. We will
event which people await eagerly the first and third
Out will mark its 15th anniversary in
attempt to motivate you, stimulate
a few months and we are all aware of
you,
and be a catalyst for dialogue.
Fridays o f the m onth. You are going to read
just how remarkable of an achieve
We will continue to ask you to sup
about your friends, your
ment this is.
port our advertisers. These are the
While you won’t be seeing dra
people who make the paper happen.
neighbors and just m aybe yourself.
matic change in the paper, you are
Commerce and economics are an
going to see a stronger commitment to returning to community roots.
integral part of our lives and they cannot be held to a separate standard.
Our coming issues are going to focus on people, places and events
In many instances, our business leaders aré our community leaders,
which impact the daily lives of our readers. You are going to read about
and the support of these people must be recognized and rewarded.
your local leaders, personalities and issues which impact you every day
We know our expectations, and now we need to know your expec
of your lives. We are going to focus on making the paper an event
tations for the paper. We suspect that they are the same. Call us. Write
which people await eagerly the first and third Fridays of the month.
us. Watch us.
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PUBLISHER • Renée LaChance
REPORTERS • Boh Roehr, Rex Wockner
CREATIVE DIRECTOR • E. Ann Hinds
ASSISTANT PUBLISHER • Marty Davis
CALENDAR EDITOR • Dehby Morgan
CONTRIBUTORS • Lawrence Ferher, Lee Lynch,
GRAPHIC DESIGN • Rupert Kinnard
Suzanne Sigmund
OFFICE MANAGER • M ichelle R. Knox
NEWS EDITOR • Inga Sorensen
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR • Will O ’Bryan
COPY EDITORS • Christopher D. C uttone,
W ill O ’Bryan
A0VERTISIN6 DIRECTOR • Meg Grace
ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE • Marty Davis
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR • Christopher D. Cuttone
PHOTOGRAPHER • Linda Kliewer
DISTRIBUTION • Kathy Bethel,
Michelle R. Knox, Marie Price,
Renée Skrzypchak
TREATER* Two Renters prepare to hit Portland
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ENTERTAINMENT • ITL looks at film; Tam
Martin wins award; CAP gets a hand from
Apollo and Hyacinth
P 32
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