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jxily 20. 2001 » COMMENTARY by M a r t y D a v is The IN publication for the OUT population F o u n d e d 1 9 8 3 • J ay B r o w n a n d R e n e e L a C h a n c e Vol. 18 No. 18 July 20, 2001 FEATURE OUT OF TOWN: Just O ut ventures to Yamhill County p 26 NEWS NORTHWEST • Sex addicts get help pp 7 - 1 8 NATIONAL • Salvation Army sins pp 1 9 - 2 3 WORLD • Switzerland president shows his pride pp 2 4 - 2 5 ENTERTAINMENT TH EA TER . Dyke meets pom star P 37 MUSIC • Renaissance man records jazz CD; Swamp Mama Johnson retires pp 3 9 - 4 1 FILM • Are they gay or not? p 43 GROUPS • Asians come together P 45 000KS • Fear and loathing P 47 ART • Words with Portland's “Street Poet Laureate” p 48 DIVERSIONS • Ellen learns love lesson P 49 COLUMNS M S. BEHAVIOR • Can we talk? p 35 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARC • Let The Great Boinking Boycott begin! p 36 Sex and the city Amorous behavior belongs on the stage, not in the bushes nature adventure than one ever intended. There are some things you h, glorious summer. Frolicking, foolishness and fun. just don’t want to have to explain to Xena, your curious yellow lab. Be Yeah, right. For me, the summer of 2001 shall be careful where you throw that Frisbee, and for god’s sake don’t play remembered as one of fiscal and physical responsibility. fetch the stick. Fiscal in that I finally am getting a new roof on my Speaking o f sex— and trust me, I was— I now am inviting nearly .house, 15 years after 1 was told I needed one, and all o f my lesbian readers to jo in me in an evening o f conversation physical in that my H M O begrudgingly agreed that I’d suffered and sexual activity. T h e conversation will come from you, and the enough and granted permission for much-needed neck surgery. sexual activity is courtesy of triangle productions! and The Dyke Com bine the costs of these two events with the cumbersome and the P om Star. I attended opening night with a group of friends restraint o f wearing a neck collar all summer, and I’m left with an including C athryn Cushing, whose review appears on Page 37. entertainm ent and energy budget that is running at about the same I feel strongly that this play is a must-see event for the entire les level as the W illam ette River. bian community— well, nearly all the lesbian community. Frankly, W ith said dollar constraints in mind, my chief amusement so far there are a few of you who should not attend. I think you know who this summer has been the decision to let my hair grow. I don’t recall you are, and really it’s just best for you to sit this one exactly when and why I chose to do this, but I’m way out. But the rest of you, please, call your friends, get a too far into it to stop now. M y dog a n d I w ill be group together, and plan an evening out. It’s not unlike when you leave a head of lettuce in able to w ear little I’m not saying this is a truly great play; I’m not the refrigerator. You know you should throw it away, even saying you all are going to like it. I am saying, yet you’re so curious as to how long it takes before it m atching h a ir bows however, you’ll react, respond and no doubt end up finally turns into that intriguing puddle of black water. enjoying the liveliest conversations you’ve had in Each day my hair gets a little odder and more some time. unmanageable. I will tell you, though, that the minute it starts growing This is a play, albeit exaggerated, about lesbians, our feelings, our on the back of my hands, this experiment is over! sexuality, our fears and our desires. This is not a marketing-manipulat Coincidentally, a few days ago I was speaking with Keri Salim of ed moment such as Rachel kissing so-and-so on Friends. Chez What.7, and it turns out she is growing her hair into dreadlocks There are true raw nerves exposed here. T h ere’s also a lot of lan this summer. Guess she must be broke, too. guage that perhaps you don’t use or hear on a daily basis. This is the Sadly, though, this hirsute diversion surprisingly has not enhanced spice, the boldness, the enhancement of flavor that grabs your atten my success in the dating game. “Yo, babe, wanna hang out and watch tion and keeps it focused throughout the performance. This play is for my hair grow.7’’ has not yet been a real winner for me. Come to think us, and if we don’t get out there and support triangle prcxJuctions! I’m of it, “Wanna come over and watch my lettuce rot” didn’t have ’em guessing there won’t be many more opportunities like this. lining up at my door, either. Perhaps I need to rethink something here. To motivate your attendance I’ve arranged a pricing arrangement But on a brighter note I now can make my bangs touch my nose, for you. Mention Just Out at the box office, and you’ll get a two-for- and I longingly dream of the day when I first will purchase those lovely one ticket special. This makes The Dyke and the Pom Star virtually plastic flowered barrettes. equal to the price of a movie, but I’m telling you no film out there will My dog and I will be able to wear little matching hair bows. Peanut anger you, touch you or move you like this play will. whimpers and runs into the other room when I share these plans with It’s multilayered; find the part that speaks to you. For me, this her. Sh e’s at that impressionable age where peer pressure is very com moment came near the end, when one character expressed a frighten pelling, and she’s afraid I’m going to embarrass her in front of the other ing level o f emotional vulnerability. Rejection is a very scary thing. It dogs at Kelley Point Park. This park, in case you’re not familiar with it, rates right up there with the thought of sometimes having to let some is lesbian and doggie Disneyland, especially on Saturday and Sunday one else drive. Just too scary to think about! mornings. You have two weekends left To catch this performance. Please Be careful around the south parking lot, though, as this area now attend, then let me know what you think, primarily is used for activities of a different sort, none of which involve lesbians or dogs. A jaunt down the wrong path can become more of a ------------------------ P P M SPECIAL EATING OUT • Let someone else cook tonight - --------------- -- -------------- ------ F*------------' - W ...... ' ..... 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