Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1998)
stebbin out noventòaf 6. 1998 p h o t o by » Ju s t o u t. L i n d a K l ie w e r just out The IN publication for the O U T population V ol. 16 N o . 1 N o v e m b e r 6, 1 9 9 8 FEA TU RE THROWN ADVERSITY TO DIVERSITY: The co-founder recalls the long road to Ju st Out's 15th anniversary » 22-23 DEPARTM ENTS LOCAL NEWS • Election results; possible gay bashing in Old Town; LCP changes bylaws; Pride Northwest tackles free speech issues; Portland Power revs up for new season; Ms. Oregon Leather tells it like it is pp 7 - 1 5 NATIONAL NEWS • Queer retirement options cropping up; Amnesty International takes aim at United States; mixed reviews of 105th Congress; Clinton announces funding for HIV services in communities of color pp 1 7 - 2 0 WORLD NEWS • United Nations forges formal ties with International Lesbian and Gay Association; U.S. State Department investigates social status of sexual minorities in Latin America and the Caribbean p 21 The Just Out staff, clockwise from top left: Linda Kliewer, Marty Davis, E. Ann Hinds, Meg Grace, Michelle R. Knox, Inga Sorensen, Patrick Collins, Will O’Bryan, Debby Morgan, Rupert Kinnard and Christopher D. Cuttone EDITOOUAL by R enée L a C hance A gracious goodbye I As basic human rights have been incrementally won and lost, national gay and lesbian leaders have welcomed assimila tion and deemed militancy politically incorrect. The warriors of the 1980s have softened and tired. A new generation must take their place. After 15 years, this is where I bid Just Out goodbye. This past July, I wrote an editorial about how, since November 1997, I have been inching away from the papers day-to-day operations. I announced staff shifts, including the naming of Marty Davis as assistant publisher. Since then, Marty and 1 have reached an agreement wherein she becomes the new owner and publisher of Just Out. There are two individuals who have been with Just Out as long as I have who deserve major recognition for their tenacity: Rupert Kinnard was the first person Jay Brown and I sought out after conceiving Just Out. We were creating our first issue and we needed a graphic design. Rupert took the challenge to heart, and Just Out won its first award for graphic excellence in a lesbian and gay pub lication from the Gay Press Association in 1984. Since then Rupert has set the graphic tone of Just Out. E. Ann Hinds was the focus of the profile in Just Out's third issue. She began contributing illustrations and helping with the production TREATER • Painting the stage Red p 33 of Just Out after that. Eventually, Ann became the creative director and was responsible for paste-up and layout. She has contributed a wealth of heart and insight to the paper during the last 15 years. Her astute observations and her unwavering sense of right and wrong helped to guide us. During the lifetime of Just Out we have had various configurations of staff, each adding a new level of professionalism to the paper: Ariel Waterwoman, Lisa Bouslaugh, Roger Hall, Bev LaBelle, W.C. McRae, Eve Sicular, Jewel Murphy, Anndee Hochman, Jim Hunger, Julie Draper, Jeff Fritz, Amanda Colorado, Linda (Jack) Shirley, Howard Dana, Dee StarDancer Fultz, Philip Anderson, Jann Gilbert, Meroe Elahi, Thomas Lauderdale, Fred Allemann, Pamela Lyons, Lee Norwood, Irene Hislop, Jewel Robinson, C. Jay Wilson Jr., Teri Ventura, Kristine Chatwood and Kelly Bryan immediately come to mind. The current staff includes Rupert Kinnard, E. Ann Hinds, Meg Grace, Inga Sorensen, Christopher Cuttone, Marty Davis, Will O ’Bryan, Michelle Knox, Linda Kliewer, Patrick Collins and Debby Morgan. It was difficult deciding to make my absence from Just Out absolute. If I weren’t so confident in Marty and the people currently involved in the paper, it would be much more difficult. I probably say this every anniversary issue and mean it: I have never been more proud of Just Out than I am today. PUBLISHER • Renée LaC hance CONTRIBUTORS • Lis Baccigaluppi, CREATIVE DIRECTOR • E. Ann Hinds A S S IS W fT PUBLISHER • Marty Davis Kristine Chatwood, Patrick Collins, Beren deMotier, Renée LaChance, L.S. Loving, Lee Lynch, Chris McQuain, Tim N asson, G ip Plaster, Flora Sussely GRAPHIC DESIGN • Rupert Kinnard NEW S BUTOR • Inga Sorensen ENTBTOUNM ENT EDITOR • Will O ’Bryan COPY EDITORS • Christopher D. Cuttone, Will O ’Bryan O P O K T B B • Bob Roehr, Rex Wockner CALENDAR B IT H i • Debby Morgan CINEMA • Excavating meaning in Velvet Goldmine, and an interview with writer- director Todd Haynes P31 DOOR • Locating Love Undetectable P 32 After 15 years, Just Outs co-founder and publisher says farewell n 1983, Just Out joined a militant genre of journalism to free oppressed minorities and speak out against the powers that oppress. E N T E R T A IN M E N T ADVERTISING DIRECTOR • Meg Grace ADVERTISING REPRESENUOTVE • Marty Davis ADVERTISING R EPRESENW IVE • Patrick Collins PBOBOmON DIRECTOR • Christopher D. Cuttone PHOTOGRAPHER • Linda Kliewer OFFICE MANAGER • Michelle R. Knox DISTRIBUTION • Kathy Bethel, John Broadbent, Mary Hauer, Ron Henrick, Michelle R. Knox, Lake Perriguey, Teri Price, Marie Price, David Wardell SHORTS • Sensory Perceptions roundup; 25th Northwest Film and Video Festival; read ings in Portland p 35 CO LU M N S I RIO Y00 NOT • Teaching tolerance to kids P 37 AMAZON TRAIL • Make new friends and keep the old p 38 STONEWALL OAOY • Better than backlash p 30 |M t out is published on the brut and third Friday of each month. Copyright C 1948 hv past ••i t N o part i >t past oaat may he reproduced without written perm in ion from the publisher The submission of written and graphic material* is welcomed. Written material should he typed and double-spaced jaaSt oait reserves the right to edit fix grammar, punctuation, style, liability concern* and length We will reject nr edit articles or advertise ments that are offensive, demeaning or may result in legal action. Letters to the editor should he limited to 500 words Announcement* regarding life transitions (births, deaths, unions, etc.) should he limited to 200 words; phtxns are welcome Deadline for submisaion* to the editorial department and for the Calendar is the Thursday 15 day* hrforr the next publication date Views expressed in letters to the editix, columns and feanires are nix nec essarily those o f the publisher. The display advertising deadline is the Monday 12 days before the next puhlicatKxi date. Classified ads must he received at the |M t MSt office by ) pm on the Monday 12 days before the next puhlicatxxi date, along with payment. Ash may he accepted by telephone with V ISA or MastetCatd payment. Ad policy N o sexually expbxmtive advertising will be accepted. Compensation b x em xs in. or cancellatxxi of. advertising will be made with credit toward future advertising Subscriptions are $17.50 b x 12 issues. First Class (in an enve lope) is $ )0 b x 12 issues. A copy of jM t (Mt is available (or $2. Advertising rates are available ufxxi request. O xitact |M t M i at FO Box 14400. Portland. O R 97295-0400; (505) 236-1252. advenisinr 256-1253, fax: 236-1257; em ail; justou t#)u*tout corn.