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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 2002)
nTïTîTîTÎTOTlnewsbrie/s N ewspaper O K s S ame -S ex U nion A nnouncements he Oregonian revealed Oct. 27 that it finally will begin publishing same-sex union announcements. The couples must he registered in Multnomah County or Ashland. The newspaper made the change as part of an overall revamping of its policy regarding engagements, weddings, anniversaries, birth days and other occasions. The notices now will appear as paid ads in the “Celebrations" section, which will run Saturdays starting Dec. 7. Since the New York Times began publishing same-sex union announcements Sept. 1, sever al large newspapers have followed suit, includ ing the Boston Globe and Charlotte [N .C .] Observer. Editor Sandy Rowe said the Oregonian decision was based more on the need to improve a system that had become inefficient. “There’s some gay people who’ve asked me about it pretty regularly for the last couple of years, and my answer has always been, ‘It really has to do with advertising and news,’ ” she told Just Out. “Everybody makes decisions in the context of what’s going on in society, and I had been pushing to get this to advertising... in order to do them better for everybody.... This was really the right time, because 1 was not going to add another layer onto announcements that 1 did not think were effective.” According to Rowe, who was unsure whether same-sex couples would appear along side newlyweds in the new format, the guide lines, rates and forms should be available by Nov. 4. She said the newspaper has received “a smattering of phone calls” both supporting and criticizing the inclusive policy. “I’m sure that people will be divided on this. T The committee filed the appeals against Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury, who happens to be Mabon’s Democratic opponent in this fall’s U.S. Senate race. The Oregon Citizens A l liance chairman is running on the Consti tution Party ticket. Meanwhile, Mabon appeared in court Oct. 2 to support alleged counterfeiter John S. Nolan, who is linked to the Freemen, the Montana group that in 1996 caused the longest federal siege in modem U.S. history. The defendant— along with co-conspirator Lyle Hartford Van Dyke Jr.—stands accused of passing about $3 million worth of false financial notes fea turing a picture of him and the Queen of England. Constitutionalists demand reform of Charlotte Comito (left) and Vonnie Core register their the U.S. monetary and banking system, domestic partnership Aug. 20, making them eligible for which they believe is being illegally con- the new “ Celebrations” section in the Oregonian trolled by the private Federal Reserve. “These violations now threaten the eco I don’t pretend to think that the decision to nomic stability and survival of our country’s include them is something that will sit comfort republican form of government," the party plat ably with everyone,” she said. “We think it’s the form states. right decision.” According to the Oregonian, Mabon said U.S. officials are using the judiciary to punish For more information visit www.oregonlive.com. people they think “stray off the reservation a lit tle bit.... I think John followed the same princi ple the Federal Reserve follows. John Nolan’s abon oes to ourt instrument is .sounder than the Federal Reserve H P he Committee for Constitutional Courts has note is. This case will bring all that out.” J t appealed the Oregon Elections Division’s It’s been a busy month for Mabon. On July 5 decision to discontinue the political action Oct. 14 he filed his third stab at the Student committee, which was established in February to Protection Act, which would prevent public pay Lon Mabon’s legal bills. PACs are required to schools from approving of, promoting or endors support or oppose a candidate, measure or party in ing homosexuality or bisexuality. order for donors to be eligible for a $50 tax credit. If enough signatures are collected, the mea M G C sure would go before voters Nov. 2, 2004. Ore gonians defeated the 2000 version, and its 2002 sequel failed to qualify for the ballot. I ntersex A ctivists C onfront A uthor A group of eight intersex activists handed out educational fliers during an author appear ance Oct. 25 at Powell’s Books. They object to Jeffrey Eugenides’ use of the term “hermaphro dite” throughout Middlesex, his novel about a Greek man who was raised as a girl. According to Emi Koyama, intersex activists use the word to refer to each other the same way some gay men use “fag.” She told Eugenides that this does not make it acceptable to use the term liberally. “ 1 am hoping that he understands the pain associated with the word and that he would not spread the misinformation that it’s O K to refer to intersex people as ‘hermaphrodites’ in gener al,” Koyama said. “He was visibly nervous when I went to speak with him.” Q uilt C hapter in S titches he Portland chapter in charge of the AIDS Memorial Quilt might be forced to close in 2003 because of a massive restructuring of the N A M ES Project Foundation. 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