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September 21. 2001 COMMENTARY by M a r t y D a v is The IN publication for the OUT population F ounded 1983 • J ay B rown Vol. 18 N o . 22 and R enée L a C hance Sep tem ber 2 1 , 2 0 0 1 FEATURE THE SHOW MUST 60 ON: Pulling together this year’s film festival has been a bigger challenge than usual p 26 NEWS NORTHWEST • Vancouver City Council member accused of “gay agenda" pp 6 - 1 5 NATIONAL • Newspapers censor comic strip pp 1 6 - 2 1 WORLD • Delegates attend conference PP 2 2 - 2 5 ENTERTAINM ENT BOOKS • What does gay visibility really mean? p 38 M U SIC • If you didn’t get to see Madonna live, here’s the next best thing P 39 OIVERSIDNS • Express your sorrow in art, talk music with Margie Adam, or sing your heart out p 41 BOOKS • Shane Phelan asks if gays and lesbians are really citizens pp 4 4 - 4 5 ART • If you ever shelved your dreams, let José Smolensky inspire you p 47 THEATER • Direct from New York, four drag kings export some laughter p 48 CULTURE • Dishing up good food for a great cause p 49 COLUMNS M S. BEHAVIOR • Advice for meat eaters p 35 LESBIAN COMMUNITY PROJECT • New classes on fall schedule One nation under God? Unity now, turbulence on the horizon e’re now in the shadow of the attack on the World in consideration of said fact, why exactly should we now be wagering our Trade Center. Thousand of lives are lost, thousand of trust on such a fickle deity? Are we in some kind of bargaining mode? And tears are shed, and thousands of words are written I always have cherished the concept of separation of church and state and and spoken. Every editor, publisher and columnist in endorse the continued notion of keeping God in the home and church and the United States attempts to he profound, to find out of the drugstore, bakery, auto repair shop and every other place in town. and share understanding in the horror of this incident. My neighborhood Walgreens has replaced its standard Metabolife I sit now before my own blank screen and offer no pretense of expla Special reader board message with the requisite renderings of both nation and most surely no words of reverence. I’ll share instead my per “United We Stand” and “In God We Trust.” My sense is that as soon as spective and concerns, then ask that you do the same. sales are dramatically down, corporate patriotic fervor will decrease and All of us will carry forever in our minds the image of planes crashing marketing emphasis will return to fighting the true scourge of our coun into towering landmarks. In the ensuing days the ceaseless pictures, try’s existence: the overweight American. sounds and scenes have left their mark. Some images left a strong and Bombing Afghanistan is not the solution to punishing those positive impact; others left me worried and concerned. wretched souls responsible for the terrorist attack on New York. These We all have different triggers that affect our emotions. At which poverty-stricken people are not our enemy. Yes, they hate us, but let’s point did you reach emotional overload? not overlook the notion that perhaps they have reason to. For myself the sight of Dan Rather breaking into tears on The Late The Taliban, however, must go. This faction is a cancerous growth Show with David Letterman was an astounding moment, one that gave that has. taken control of a weakened, damaged body of people. me a jolt of realization that things were dire indeed. I felt not unlike a Remove the malignancy and save the nation. This surely is some small child feels upon seeing his or her father cry for the first time. It thing that the greatest country on earth, the United States of America, brought home the realization that hard, bad times lie ahead. can accomplish without relying on mass destruction. The events of Sept. 11 have led to jarring changes in the behaviors and How much would it cost, in dollars and in lives, to bomb a country into attitudes of people across the nation. Overwhelming aid and support are submission? Would the cost of ground troops be more or less than the cost flowing in for the people of New York, and citizens of sending in doctors and nurses and teachers and are putting their best foot forward. These outpour Young white m en in pickups farmers and carpenters? ings of grief and pain and sympathy from our com Wouldn’t these people simply be soldiers with with U .S . flags bolted to the beds munities and friends and neighbors speak volumes out uniforms or guns? Is it more “American” to about the intrinsic goodness of most U.S. citizens. blow a country to smithereens rather than rebuild are n o t ideal defenders But at the same time there’s a potentially out-of it and convert it into an ally? o f constitutional liberties control wave of “Fourth of July” patriotism— that Keep the soldiers at home, and send in peace volatile combination of fireworks, beer and belliger keepers. But don’t send Bibles, don’t send mis ence— that makes the air uneasy. Young white men in pickups with U.S. sionaries, and don’t send Starbucks, Coca-Cola and Pizza Hut. Don’t flags bolted to the beds are not ideal defenders of constitutional liberties. rape the culture of yet another country in the name of Western capital Redneck patriotism, fueled by the inevitable addition of alcohol and ism. D in ’t give these people more reasons to hate us. If we don’t respect unwarranted bravado, can lead to little good. These fellas make me nervous. and honor others, how can be expect and demand the same of them? If denied the immediate gratification of turbulent revenge, how and where Lastly, I think we all can agree that there are no winners in war. Thus will they vent their pent-up anger? How many six-packs does it takes before said, I put forth the notion of one exception. For more than 10 days now, “let’s blow up an Arab” turns into “let’s shoot a nigger, let’s kill a queer”? U.S. Rep. Gary Condit has enjoyed total press anonymity. Tell me this Ugly words? Ugly times. Watch for the enemy within. guy isn’t happy. And if this noble representative waves his little flag and Although I am wary of certain aspects of the new patriotism, I am evokes the deity to bless America, he probably will get himself re-elected. simply downright puzzled by the resultant odd wedding of God and God bless America, indeed. i n commerce. It seems every reader board, every sign, every marquee now proclaims either “God Bless America” or “In God We Trust." To submit LETTERS TO THE EDITOR fax 503-236-1257; e-mail I find this disconcerting on many levels. In the most simplistic view, it justout@justout.com; visit www.justout.com; or write to P.O. Box 14400, Port rather appears Gcxl actually, for the moment, has not blessed America, and land, OR 97293-0400. P 37 THE 60SPEL ACCORDING TO M ARC • Finding W years ago in humor amid the pain 4ÙJLI1UÌ - v o l * 8 n o * II» S e p t e m b e r 1991 B l É ifiiM iffffîi i B w T w P 43 OUT LOUO • Giving new meaning to polyamory p 50 • G ale Wilhelm, celebrated author of two lesbian novels written between 1935 and 1945. died peacefully at her home in San Francisco on July 11. Ju st o u t it pub lish ed on the first an d th ird PH' d ay o f each m onth. G ip y n c h i © 2001 hy lust ( )w. N o pun of lust ( )tif m.iy lx- reproduced without written permission from the publisher. 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The group form ed here to com bat, in a variety of w ays, the increase o f hate-m otivated crim es against les bians. gays and bisexuals. • A new study estim ates O re gon h as at least 50.000 lesbian, ga y and bisexual youth, m any o f w hom experi ence rejection by family and friends. • Sh an Leslie, ow ner of C rone G raphics, talks Sept. 10 about her art and her involvem ent a s co-host of NightScene, Portland ’s ga y and lesbian television show. • Banned by O re gon Public Broadcasting. Tongues U ntied will play at C inem a 21 for one night only Sept. 19. This powerful film depicts the lives of black ga y men through poetry, m usic and prose. • The O regon G a y and Lesbian Law A ssociation pre sents its first dinner Sept. 14 with speakers G a l Shib- ley. 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