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GUEST COMMENTARY I The IN publication for the OUT population F ounded 1983 • J ay B rown Vol. 19 N o. 18 and R enee L a C hance Ju ly 19, 2 0 0 2 FEAT URE 6000 NIIGH000S: Gay and lesbian Oregonians are laying the foundation to build a stronger community 24 p NEWS NORTHWEST. Oregon Citizens Alliance loses again; scholarship programs honor four students; gay politician runs for Washington House seat; Anisah Miley joins the team of leaders who are creating Creating Change; images from Vancouver’s annual Pride party pp 7 - 15 , 21 NATIONAL . Gay libertarians removed from letter; AT&T shareholders reject reversal; Arkansas legalizes same-sex sodomy PP 18-17 W ORLI • A roundup of worldwide Pride; Clinton suggests solution to AIDS crisis pp 10 - 19 , 23 CULT URE FILM • New Japanese film with obsessive dyke; Britain’s Channel 4 launches Metmsexuality p 35 ART • Local lesbian artists draw from the spirits P 37 BOONS • Another self-indulgent memoir from a famous lesbian; The Female Eunuch redux; the gripping An American Family p 30 CRLTORE • Just Out goes wine tasting P «1 _______ BIVERSIONS • Prison Camp 2002; Slave Master William Patrick Dunne; Gay Day at Oaks Park; La Pocha Nostra fetishizes; what’s on the boob tube; Etheridge books a Portland date! So does Morrissey P 42 WHAT'S POOPIN'T • 13 Conversations About One Thing is the new big thing P 43 COLUMNS MS. BEHAVIOR • When straight friends go gay; what to do with her glove P 44 THE 60SPEL ACC0RBIN6 TO MARC • Get off my skinny back p A turning point Lon Mabon’s failure is our opportunity • Increasing our base of support throughout Oregon. We will be n Friday, July 5, Dan Yonker, Amy Hojnowski and 1 sat training more than 250 activists as citizen lobbyists, continuing to add on the steps of the Capitol building in Salem, waiting. to our database of more than 100,000 progressive voters and working On the surface, we were waiting to see if the Oregon C it with our coalition partners in urban and rural areas to educate and izens Alliance would file petitions for another anti-gay advocate for basic rights. ballot measure. We have assembled the best and brightest team here at BRO, But that’s not the whole story. We were waiting because we knew increasing our field staff and retaining one of the most respected lobby that the events of that day would determine how Basic Rights Oregon ists in Oregon. We will use the coalitions we have built during our bal and thousands of our supporters would be spending our summer. lot measure campaigns to show the overwhelming support for fairness And we were waiting because we had come to believe that if the and civil rights in our state. O C A failed, Basic Rights Oregon would be able to seize the A proactive agenda is critical in Oregon, which once was a lead moment to do more than just fight back against negative attacks on er in civil rights legislation. However, people still can be fired in our rights. this state for being perceived as gay, lesbian, bi or trans. A dozen Lon Mabon never showed up that <^y, and as we drove home, it states, plus the District o f Colum bia, have passed civil rights laws dawned on us slowly that we just might look back on that day as a that ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. We’ve fallen turning point in the history o feiv il rights for Oregonians. This could be the moment where we take back the power to frame the behind. Oregon could be the next state to join this group, reasserting our debate on our rights, where we begin to push forward to end dis national leadership and showing our values of fairness and acceptance. crimination and gain full equality under the law. And we could be the third state in the country to The great news is that BRO is strong enough to lead include gender identity in that legislation. the way. This could be the During the past year, as I’ve met with so many of And that’s a fortunate thing, because there is much our supporters, the one concern I’ve heard over and to be done in the next couple of years. Oregon still lacks moment where we over again is the desire for Basic Rights Oregon to a statewide law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. We must take back the power move civil rights forward. 1 couldn’t agree more, and I’m thrilled that we have this chance to turn the pass such legislation as soon as possible. to fram e the debate tide. Students are harassed in our schools, whether It’s going to take your help to be successful, and I they are or are perceived to be gay, lesbian, bi or on our rights, where want to challenge you here and now. W hatever trans. We must enforce the new Bullying Bill that we begin to push time, energy and money you would have put into was passed by the state Legislature last year. In addi fighting an O C A ballot measure, I want you to tion, the state must require schools to adopt non forw ard to end make a commitment to doing twice as much this discrimination policies that include sexual orienta summer. tion and gender identity. discrimination and It’s all too easy to get stuck in a defensive posture Same-sex relationships are still not equal under the gain full equality and not give just as much of ourselves to work for our law to those of heterosexual couples. We will be working own desperately needed civil rights. We have to stand hard to remedy this unfair situation and to educate the under the law up for ourselves, on our own terms. public about our lives and our families. I hope that you’ll call Basic Rights Oregon or, when How will Basic Rights Oregon accomplish these we call on you, that you’ll rise to the occasion. We’re offering you a goals? It won’t be easy, but we know what needs to be done; fortunately, chance to make history with us, and I’m hoping you’ll find that offer we’re well on the way. irresistible. • Building a powerful ElectPAC. Our goal is to raise $100,000 to It’s powerful to speak out against our opponents, but it’s transfor change the face of the Legislature by electing candidates who support mational to speak out for ourselves, to tell the truth about our lives, to basic rights during this crucial election. let our honesty and dignity pave the way for the legal changes we • Creating a legislative agenda that prioritizes our goal of full need. equality. This is critical because it’s been many years since we’ve had The time is now to demand full equality for all Oregonians, regard the leadership in the Legislature to get a hearing on a proactive equal less of who they love or how they identify. Join this movement— we rights bill. want you by our side all the way. JP 1 • Drafting legislation and gaining commitments from sponsoring representatives. We will enter the 2003 session with legislation in hand ROEY THORPE is executive director of Basic Rights Oregon. For more and sponsors signed on. We are determined to pass civil rights legisla information call 503-222-6151. tion by the end of the next session. 45 REFLECTIONS Just w t Is published «a the first and third Fri day • i each month. Cnpyright © 2002 by Just Out. N o part of Just Out may he reproduced without written permission from the publisher. The submission of w ritten and graphic m ateri al* i* welcomed. Written material should he typed and dou ble-spaced. Just Out reserves the ri|>ht to edit for grammar, punc tuation, style, liability concerns and length. We will reject or edit articles or advertisements that are offensive, demeaning or may result in legal action. Letter* to the editor should be limited to 500 words. 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