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The IN publication for the OUT population
F ounded 1983 • J ay B rown
Vol. 19 N o. 14
and
R enée L a C hance
May 17, 2 0 0 2
FEATURE
BURNIN' UP THE COURT: Portland Fire basketball
has some hot new talent blazing into an exciting
new season
p 26
NEWS
NORTHWEST • Gay student banned from prom
pp 8 - 1 5
NATIONAL - H IV witch hunt in South Dakota
pp 1 6 - 1 9
WORLD • Dutch leader assassinated
pp 2 1 - 2 5
CULTURE
THEATER • Artists Repertory Theatre presents
The Laramie P roject ; take Emi Koyam a’s
Intercourse
pp 3 6 - 3 8
FILM • Borstal Boy, The Business o f
Fancydancing
p 39
BOOKS • Richard Rodriguez in Portland; Lesléa
Newman misses the point; Alison Lurie's
Fam iliar Spirits
p41
CROUPS • Soromundi Lesbian Chorus o f Eugene
sings loud and proud
p 43
WHAT’S POPPIN’ T • Spider-Man is better than
Attack o f the Clones
p 45
DIVERSIONS • The Q-Ball; Portland Community
Dance Festival; Dyke Night Portland sizzles;
rugby reunion; Jamie Anderson teaches
Women in Harmony; on the air with In the Life
and HBO; Melissa Etheridge in the Gorge
pp 4 9 - 4 1
COLUMNS
M S. BEHAVIOR . Boy goes out with psycho, gets,
what he deserves
p 48
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARC • Find out
why Marc and his partner live in the 'burbs
P 49
COMMENTARY
M arty D
ams
Check, please
Oregon voters can make a difference by supporting Bev Stein
the question that was posed by members of my own staff. They wanted
ay 21 is the deadline for Oregon voters to return their -
to make sure 1 was not blurring the lines between advertising and spon
mail-in primary election ballots. Unfortunately, they
sorship dollars and editorial content and journalistic integrity.
are responding with lackluster interest and low returns.
In short, was I “selling” an article to the Portland Fire? After all, it’s
Be it the economy, the state of the world or simply apa-
not gay and lesbian in nature, there are no “out” players or staff to be
-JL* thy, citizens are not strongly rallying to support and
featured or held up as “role models,” and, as noted, in the first two years
elect candidates.
of the franchise there’d been no discernible welcome mat presented to
With mere days left until the deadline I am asking you, statewide, to
our community.
«
take last-minute and deeply needed action to help secure the Democrat
Valid
arguments
all.
My
counterpoint,
however, is that the team
ic nomination for gubernatorial candidate Bev Stein. She has a proven
merits coverage for the social activities and value that it brings to the
history of working with us in a strong advocacy role.
lesbian community.
I firmly believe Stein is the only candidate for Oregon’s top job who
Other arguments aside, the venue presents a desirable and elusive
will keep a watchful and proactive eye on her gay and lesbian con
nonsmoking, economical, entertaining, something-for-everybody
stituency. As our staiggle continues to achieve full civil rights, we can
place to meet friends and while away a pleasant summer afternoon or
count on her to he there with us and for us.
evening— and all while watching some pretty dam
But before she can help us we’ve got to get her on the
good basketball, mind you. S o yes, while the team,
general election ballot. Her campaign needs three things:
I firm ly believe
the sport and the game might be lacking in content
• First, your timely returned ballot with a vote for Bev
criteria for Just O ut , the combined energy, interest,
Stein.
Stein is the only
enthusiasm and force of the fans are reason enough to
• Second, even as the final days approach, the cam
candidate
for
provide coverage.
paign needs more and more people to help draw in the
The Fire has made inroads in establishing more open
last of the ballots. Please, take an evening, an hour, what O r e m 's top job who
relationships
with the gay and lesbian community this
ever you can to volunteer. A call to 503-220-0100 will
will keep a watchful season. Previously it’s been a sponsor of Sensory Percep
get you campaign headquarters.
tions, which puts on the gay and lesbian film festival
• Finally, money. There’s always a need for money, ads
an
d
proactive
eye
on
each fall, and efforts are being made to work with other
and media messages to sway the last of the last-minute
voters. Again, call the campaign office for info on where
her g a y an d lesbian community groups and organizations this year.
For example, Pride Northwest will receive a portion
to send your check.
constituency
of the proceeds from tickets it sells for the June 20 home
Be a part of the process. Invest in your future by help
game. And as a special added bonus— something really
ing elect those candidates who have earned your support
to be proud of for Pride Week— the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus will be
and will support you in the future.
singing our national anthem. I say let’s come out in force and make
The electoral process is an amazing thing. We control our destiny.
June 20 serious Pride Day at the Rose Garden.
We have the means by which to elect strong and powerful allies as our
leaders. We must do it now.
emorial Day weekend approaches. In Oregon this is a festive time
traditionally taken up with honored rituals such as soggy picnics,
he Portland Fire opens its third season of professional women’s bas
damp camping and rained-out softball. This year, try something new.
ketball May 29. Its first two seasons went largely unnoticed in the
Unpack your Pentex, manage your Minolta, corral your Canon and
pages of Just Out. There was no particular reason for this; by and large
head out to take pictures of pets, people, places, plants— any damn
we didn’t know anyone up there and perhaps with the shortness of the
thing— and submit your creative masterpiece to the second annual Just
season just never quite got around to meeting the new neighbors in
Out
Amateur Photography Contest.
town. They didn’t knock on our door; we didn’t knock on theirs.
Complete details are right over to your left on Page 2. Do it now,
This new 2002 season is starting off with more cordial and open rela
please. J H
tions between the Fire management and the gay and lesbian communi
ty. For starters you’ll notice players featured on the cover of this issue
PLEASE NOTE: May has five Fridays, so the next issue of Just Out won’t hit
and an article on Page 26.
the streets until June 7 —an interval of three weeks rather than two.
So, why would we even want to write about the Portland Fire? That’s
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• Black Lesbian and G a y Pride Day— the second
such African American G a y Pride celebration— is
scheduled for M ay 24 in W ashington, D .C .
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• Although gay and lesbian activists were
unable to disrupt the 64th annual Academ y
Awards show as promised, their widely
publicized protests against Hollywood’s
negative portrayals of gay men and lesbians
helped make the event more political than
expected.
• Heckling from a person with A ID S caused
presidential front-runner Bill Clinton to fly into
a rage during an address to lawyers at a
supper club in Manhattan. The N ew York
Post said he "exploded in an angry
P U B LIS H » A M MANAGING BNT0R • Marty Davis
HEWS BUTOR • Jim Radosta
CULTURE 9 1 1 OR • Lisa Bradshaw
C0NTRM 9TM S • Marc Acito, Meryl Cohn,
Cheyne Cumming, Els Dehhaut, Susan Detroy,
Shanna Germain, Patricia L. MacAodha,
Andy Mangels, Christopher McQuain,
Gary Morris, Boh Roehr, Hadley Scott,
Rex Wockner
ADVERTISING O IH EC TN • Larry Lewis
ADVERTISING RtPRESENIAIIVE • Markie Acevedo
NATIONAL A IV B m S IM M
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• Rivendell
Marketing Company Inc., 212-242-6863
GRAPMC Om fC TM • Kevin Moore
outburst" when his speech w as interrupted.
• M em bers of the Oregon Citizens Alliance might be
feeling a little blue these days after discovering its
boycotts of retailer Fred M eyer and tw o
newspapers, the Salem Statesm an Journal and the
D aily Astorian, have not resulted in the apocalyptic
downfall of all three.
• The community is cordiafly invited to the memorial
service for Sanford Director on M ay 3 at the Inter
mediate Theater at the Center few die Performing Arts.
• The Gays o f O ur Lives, a soap opera spoof by
Claudia AHen. opens at the Portland W om en’s
Theatre Com pany. Th e re ’s som ething for every gay
spirit: adventure, civil disobedience, sex, politics,
vegetarianism and more.
• D on’t miss the world premiere M a y 28 of Claire o f
the Moon, a lesbian feature film produced and filmed
in Oregon.
PMMCTNN ASStH AN T • Melissa Sayler
OFFICE MANAGER * Erin Sexton
NTBN • Nadia Cannon
MITIMmON • Ed Carder, Ian Drake, Ron Geer,
Kelly Keigwin, Stephanie Munly, Becky Sawyer,
Merid Schwartz, Melissa Weigand, Carla Wright