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Vol. 17 No.
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13 May 5 , 2000
FEATURES
SIZE MATTERS AND OTHER MATTERS IF SIZE:
Boy bodies: Just Out gets to the bottom of buns,
boners and being buff
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NEWS
NORTHWEST • OCA at BPA; LCP to hold
membership meeting; openly gay man
appointed to Richland City Council; anti-gay
demonstrator drops lawsuit; meet Equity
Foundation’s new director; Swan House, located
in Milwaukie, shelters those with HIV/AIDS;
photos from the Millennium March on
Washington; Just Out's election endorsements
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NATIONAL • Queer media summit sizzles;
Vermont governor signs civil unions legislation
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WORLB* Traditional oil wrestlers balk at being
watched by Bears of Turkey; British Prime
Minister Tony Blair endorses gay adoptions
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ENTERTAINMENT
& CULTURE
FILMS* Young dancers take Center Stage
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COMEBY • An interview with that slutty
Margaret Cho
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RANCE • Kirk and Skinner have the moves
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MUSIC • We review a fine stew of new CDs
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Adventure and adieu
The national queer rights march is one big party; a longtime Just Out staffer heads off
to get a bite of the Big Apple
n 1993, close friends of mine attended the national gay rights march
’d like to be able to share more of my experiences at the march with
in Washington, D.C. They returned home joyous, enthusiastic and
you, but time and space challenges in this issue aren’t going to allow
possessed of a sense of community and empowerment. To this day,
that to happen, so I guess we’ll just have to have lunch and I’ll tell you all
attendees of that march speak of it with pride and heartfelt senti about the rest of the sights 1 saw.
ment as a turning point in their lives.
In the meantime, I need to use the rest of this space to tell you about
Last month, I attended the Millennium March on Washington and
more changes that are underway at Just Out.
returned home sunburned, blistered and possessed
In our April 21 issue, I addressed planning for
of the uncomfortable residue of lemminglike
the future and accepting that change is a con
behaviors. The meaning and purpose of the march
stant. Well, guess what? My lesson for this issue is
wasn’t all that clear to me before I made the trip,
that you can plan for change but you cannot
and there is still no clarity after the experience.
always or often plan when it will happen—and
Apparently the event has been deemed a success,
change doesn’t necessarily happen according to
at least from a numbers standpoint, but as a call for
the plan.
unity or empowerment I think it best to just write
For close to a decade, the pages of Just Out
off the weekend as one really big gay pride party in
have featured the reporting of our current news
D.C.
editor, Inga Sorensen. Her presence has been a
The tone for the event seems to have been set
constant, stable factor in our coverage of
at Equality Rocks, a slick, well-produced concert
Northwest news, leaders, events and community.
that paraded out proper amounts of music,
Now it is time for Inga to move on and take her
malarkey and obligatory heart-wrenching senti
skills and experiences to higher levels of personal
ment and tears. The lowlight was some very tall
and career growth.
sitcom star—straight-identified—who loudly
This month, she heads off to New York City to
chirped that she was there because she loves “the
take on a news editor position in Manhattan.
gay people.” I felt so proud. This event also
We’ll miss her, but wish her all the best and thank
brought to my consciousness the soul-searching
her for her contributions over the years.
question: What the hell is wrong with k.d. lang?
Meanwhile, here at Just Out, you’ll be meeting
Movie-of-the-week qualities aside, Equality
and reading more from the likes of Katy Davidson,
Rocks did produce a moment that will not likely
Marc Acito, Jonathan Kipp, Christopher Cuttone
be seen again by most of us. Imagine the sounds
and others who will continue to make Just Out
and sights of 45,000 queers chanting “Go Tipper,
flourish, grow and, yes, change.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
Go Tipper” as the first lady wannabe enthusiasti
speaking at the Millennium March
cally flailed away at a defenseless set of drums.
■ If you are interested in doing free-lance reporting for
Apparently she preapproved the lyrics to the
Just Out in Portland, Salem, Eugene or on the coast,
song? It was definitely not a George W. moment—and the lady deserves contact Marty Davis at marty@justout.com or P.O. Box 14400, Portland, OR
some serious credit for being there (and looking like she was having a fab 97293-0400.
ulously good time).
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GROUPS* What’s goin’ on in Vancouver and
Salem
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BIVERSIONS * Play ball; found art; Our House
benefit
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MY IUEER LIFE • PTA revolution
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POBLISHB AND MANAGING EDITOR •
NEWS Bim •
Inga Sorensen
ENTERTAINMENT aiT88 •
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Marty Davis
Oriana Green
•Christopher D. Cuttone
Marc Acito, Kristine Chatwood,
Christopher D. Cuttone, Katy Davidson,
Michael Thomas Ford, Jonathan Kipp,
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