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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 2002)
JTmiout « jH S t M * - june 7.2002 ATTENTION! The Fantasy Creature Store military service m em bers and their fam ilies... • Need help with processing a discharge? • Need a legal or medical referral? • Feel like you’re being treated unfairly? • Harassed or abused? • Know someone who is absent w/o leave? To the E ditor : legend Dragons - Gargoyles - Fairies Jewelry - Incense - Celtic 3106-B NE 64th Near the corner of 64th & Sandy Blvd next to It's My Pleasure W ar Resisters League 503-241-8888 Thurs 12-6 • Frl 12-6 • Sat 12-7 • Sun 12-5 2 3 8 - 0 6 0 5 Hair Transplantation As seen on Evening M agazine R A — » , » , .. nn Cunninn M o n o .in o Dr. H a s s o n & D r W o n g a r e t h e o n ly m e m b e r s of th e p r e s t ig io u s Inti A llia n c e o f H a ir R e s to ra tio n S u r g e o n s in t h e P a c ific N W (w w w .IA H R S .o r g ) S p e c ia liz e in h a ir r e s to ra tio n In c r e d ib le r e s u lts at b e st p ric e B e f o r e m a k in g d e c is io n o n h a ir t r a n s p la n t , c a ll a n d le a r n th e fa c ts Actual client before & after I B B f — S I — H ASSO N M /X IR I t 3 T O « S c W > I N I G G W < Q Z INI U R R G G E E R R Y Y R / \ T I O N si S S U 888 819-6013 w w w .h a s s o n a n d w o n g .c o m 5 2 8 5 S W M e a d o w s Rd, , S u i t e 2 7 0 • I L a k e O s w e g o , O R 9 7 0 3 5 X I ft O AI O' Contemporary and antique furnishings for the modern and traditional home. his year I renewed my membership to Oregon Public Broadcasting promptly and before waiting to see the June Member Guide. 1 am almost sorry 1 did that. The fare celebrating Gay and Lesbian Pride Month is almost non-existent. OPB has been airing In the Life each month, and I thank you for it. Although I lis ten to OPB radio each morning, In the Life is one of the few programs l find enjoyable on OPB television. Other than In the Life, the only other queer programming celebrating Pride Month is Front - line: Assault on Gay America. I don’t count the rerun of Legendary Liberace because some people might believe he was gay or The Queen's Jubilee Concert because it has the word “queen” in it. Again, although 1 appreciate the exposure to our issues in Frontline, what has OPB given to the sexual minorities community that is new and refreshing to celebrate Pride? Nothing! Instead, we are left celebrating being hashed again. OPB has been, in the past, a pioneer in pro gressive issues such as those concerning the queer community. Now, we find most commer cial television stations surpassing OPB weekly. When the sexual minorities community finally gets its own cable channel, as in Canada, expect OPB’s membership to dgip. T 0 i|ts Jrom m^th and CALL: (5 0 3 ) An open letter to OPB Thinking of Buying or Selling a Home? K en V annice Portland The big picture To E ditor : here seems to he certain things about slain Dutch politician Pirn Fortuyn that the gay (and the mainstream) press is not reporting and/or unaware of (“Dutch Courage,” May 17]. 1 just am not comfortable with the gay press admiring (and making a martyr of?) a right winger simply because he was “out." This is the same way I feel when some organi zations start heaping praise on certain politicians— such as U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore.—just because they either have done a little for gay men and lesbians or have voiced (or even hinted at) some support for them and yet have an atrocious, or at least a very questionable, political record on other issues facing our state, country and world. (The Log Cabin Republicans come to mind.) It seems to me the vast majority of the gay, lesbian, etc. “communities” always have had a self-absorbed, myopic view of the overall “big picture” that only will serve to make matters worse in the long run and will come hack to haunt us. Thanks for all the work you do to con tinue to publish Just Out. the T S teven S tokes Portland females are not in the targeted group. Girls, for the most part, are not altar “boys.” Parents don’t allow their daughters to hang out with the parish priest in the hope they might turn their vexation to the priesthood. They do, however, with their sons. Tire opportunities for a priest to be alone with a boy under unsuspecting circumstances is far, far greater than it is for a priest to he alone with a girl. Would you characterize those priests who would have preferred a girl as gay? Undoubtedly they are among the group of vio lators you unabashedly have labeled as such. Furthermore, I am outraged that you are con doning the church’s right-wing desire to scapegoat homosexuals for its latest scandal. It would be easy to blame gays for the wrongdoings of any group, especially the priesthood, where many seek to “escape the ‘shame’ of homosexuality.” (I suppose the gay community should take some comfort that you enclosed the word “shame" in quotes. Given the implication of your other statements, however, I’m not quite sure what the quotes imply.) By allowing homosexuals to be scapegoated, you allow the church to ignore the issue it argues, especially because priests who have sex with consenting adults or girls rarely if ever make the news. If its not creating bad P.R., the church is not going to examine its policies regarding celibacy. If you give the catalyst of this negative PR. an easy, biased, hateful explana tion, the church is not going to examine its policies regarding celibacy. Thanks for facilitating the ignorance and shooting your own agenda in the foot. J. J u stin W hiteside Portland Bent in Bend To i E ditor : do have one small concern 1 need to address: WHAT ABOUT BEND? I moved to Bend about two months ago from San Francisco, where my fellow dyke sisters (and brothers) constantly were shoving lesbian paraphernalia and media at me. I loved it— I even had my choice of newsletters, minimags, workshops, magazines, plays, demonstrations and girls. (Just kidding.) The only gayness I have seen so far is your sweet little rag, which I devour, hut it seems it is mostly western Oregon-based. Can you help me out here? Are Bendites just not urban enough to have the gay connections? Or should I pack my hags and head west? K elly O’K eefe Bend Over the Hill To Touched by an angel To Brian Olson realtor 503 341-8212 - brianolson@cbseal.com 402 nw 12th Ave Portland, OR 97209 503-525-0319 Working non-stop to save you time and money C O LD U JeU . B A N K E R □ Barbara Sue Seal Properties E ditor : his letter mas sent to Willamette Week tn response to the M ay 15 installment of "The Nose," which stated, “Others, who are gay and have been attracted to the priesthood as a way of escaping the 'shame' of homosexuality, will seek out easy tar - gets: adolescent males who are easily persuaded. ” What the hell?!? While I concede that there are homosexuals among the brotherhood of pedophiles in the Catholic Church, you should be aware that 89 percent of all pedophiles iden tify as heterosexual. More often than not, it is a power/control dynamic that attracts the pedophile to his young victim, not sexual orientation. Additionally, as you have stated, boys are easy targets, which might explain why more the T the E ditor : hank you and Jim Radosta for the May 3 article “The Race Is O n!” It was clear, con cise and full of useful information. Including the questionnaire questions, the answers and the nonanswers actually changed my vote. It also prompted me to call Jim Hill to express my concern about his nonanswer. Again, thanks for your efforts to inform our community and for Jim ’s skill in putting pen to page. the T D avid S trough Portland You’re the inspiration To the E ditor : T hank you for the article about David Wright, the Thomas Edison High student
