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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.
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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
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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
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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.
According to local chairwoman Dawna Bell,
the national organization has been in financial
trouble since 1996. A recent move of the head
quarters from San Francisco to Atlanta and a
subsequent change in management led to a
restructuring of rules and regulations, and the
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