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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 2003)
COMMENTARY id M a r i '» D avis The IN publication for the OUT population F ounded 1983 • J ay B rown Vol. 2 0 N o . 5 and R enee L a C hance Ja n u a ry 3, 2 0 0 3 FEATURE Portland guys get a rise out of barebacking. Are they fucking hot, or just fucking up? p 20 NEWS NORTHWEST • Metropolitan Community Church considers pastoral candidate; Stephanie Cho works to give the marginalized a powerful voice; businessman shares fascinating fatherhood story PP 7 - 1 5 NATIONAL • Student barred from gym class because of sexual orientation; court holds lesbian mom responsible for child support pp 18-17 * WORLD • Argentina passes partnership laws; South Korean singer allowed to switch gender PP 1 8 - 1 9 ARTS AND CU LT U RE MUSIC • Myshkin carries a gypsy torch but might have found a home in Portland p 30 MUSIC • New reviews: No. 2, Ashleigh Flynn, Being Out Rocks P 31 ROOKS • Native Oregonian asks for advice from the hippest in modem culture p 32 ROOKS • New reviews: Michelle Tea's Chelsea Whistle , Peter Manso’s Ptown p 33 CULTURE • TechnoDyke saves and serves lesbians on the info superhighway p 35 DIVERSIONS • RoundsAbout Portland; Gayopoly; more queers on TV than you can keep up with p 36 WHAT’S POPPIN’T • Dumb romantic comedies and one brilliant Australian indie p 37 COLUMNS MS. REHAVIOR • Relief After Sex Dyke vs. Year in, year out 2003 presents challenges for our divided world ne year ends, another begins. No respite from worry this year. 2003 starts with all the problems and woes that we simply couldn’t wish away with the close of 2002. Oh, were it so easy. On the global scene tensions increase daily. We’re bombing Iraq— no, wait, let’s bomb North Korea instead (too?)- Now South Korea is annoyed with us and, frankly, I’m concerned about Canada. Has anyone checked in with them recently? 1 read once that something like 80 percent of all Canadians live within 50 miles of the U.S. border. This means millions of Canadians are subjected daily to U.S. television shows. Now these are the people who have serious rea son to be pissed at us. On our national front we’re faced with Homeland Security, a moral crisis in economic leadership, an ever-present recession and looming war protests that will cause turmoil and division in our land. Happy new year! 1 heard that the little baby new year 2003 had to be a cesarean delivery— the kid refused to come out. In Oregon we’re still dealing with high unemployment, untested new leadership, a failing education system, budget crises galore and Wal-Mart and its ilk perpetrating the ruinous cycle of small-business destruction accompanied by a new bottom-of-the-food-chain economic class: the minimum-wage worker. The solutions to our economic prob lems are so much more complex than simply raising taxes or increasing wages. You don’t treat cancer with aspirin, and you don’t stem economic hemorrhaging with Band-Aids like increases in the minimum wage. Fix the education system, motivate and train people. Make integrity and honor an integral part of the workforce value system. You know, like in the good old days. O K, enough gloom and dtxun. In spite of all the problems there’s good stuff going on in this old sad world of ours. And a lot of it is hap pening right here in our community. While we can’t totally stick our heads in the proverbial sand and ignore the cries of a pained and injured world, we still must take our comforts and find, build and share our strengths where and when we can. 2002 was brought to a delightful close for the hundreds of women, and handful of men, who joined together to celebrate at the Lesbian Community Project’s “Give Peace a Dance” New Year’s Eve party. This was a wondrous gathering of beautiful and powerful women. I have nary a complaint about the evening— well, other than sore feet— but still did not fail to notice that the evening was divided by age. The younger women of our community were simply someplace else. And while I hope their celebrations and festivities were joyous also, it’s too bad that all of us from our 20s to our 70s and maybe even 80s couldn’t have danced and laughed and started the new year together. And to all the “girls” who were elsewhere, I have to tell you, there are some damn fine-looking grandmas in this town who can do some hot shakin’ and dirty dancin’. You really shoulda been there. Mmm-hmm. M y memories of 2002 are vast and run the gamut of all emotions. It was a good year. It was a bad year. Best of the good? I think that I pick the strong leadership emergence of two of our community’s newcomers. Roey Thorpe of Basic Rights Oregon and Tony Stroh of the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus came to town, and we haven’t been the same since. What a dynamic duo. Tony with his networking, his energy and his new ideas helped bring a sense of unity to our loosely woven coalition of groups and organizations. Roey brought to Oregon more experience, skill and political savvy than 1 ever can hope to have. Now I suspect she and I still are going to butt heads on methodology now and then, but by and large our goals for the community will be the same. We’re a tad short on strong leadership in this community, but the situation got a lot better when Roey arrived. With the ending of 2002 came the quiet departure of the Portland Fire. Once again, the Rose City is without a professional women’s bas ketball team. I don’t feel the loss as greatly as 1 did with the Portland Power (I know, let it go) because basketball in the summer was simply wrong. The games were always conflicting with something— i.e., good weather— and plainly it wasn’t working. Just Out, however, was starting to develop a relationship with Fire staff, and I think we could have done some good things together this year. But I also never could get past the unpleasant feeling that came with trying to support a team that was part of the Portland Trail Blazers. They’re thugs and scofflaws, and cheering for red and black was not a favorite activity of mine. So, good luck to Fire staff and players. You gave it your best, and that is appreciated. N ow we start a new year. 2003. Guess that Y2K thing won’t be hap pening. What did people do with all that canned fcxxJ, anyway? And really, do we actually need the Internet? Seriously now, is your life better because of it? I did a little photographic research on the old World Wide Web for our feature in this issue, and I don’t care now if I ever go back. I can’t believe that Bareback.com is a stellar moment in man’s progression and evolution. That said, our feature in this issue might not sit well with all of you. I briefly considered a cover flag stating, “This issue contains materials not suitable for children and lesbians over 50.” The message, however, needs to he delivered and needs to be heard. And sometimes to he heard you have to speak in a voice that will cause the audience to lis ten. This is one of those times. Happy new year to each and all. JH mpr'r :* Anxiety Girl . - i p 29 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARC • Ya gotta have a dream ♦ Like victims and parents who cannot believe that anyone as trusted, respected and even loved as their parish priest could abuse a young person, the Roman Catholic Church itse lf is struggling with denial and delay in facing the problem of sexual abuse. p 38 : is pu b lish ed on the first an d th ird F ri d ay o f each m onth. Gipyrinht © 2001 hy Just ( hit No p.m ol Just Out may tv reproduced wiihour written permission from the publisher. • Dallas C oors, the 75-year-old heir to the Coons» Beer fortune, came out as a gay man in an inter view on the Boston cable television show Between Takes. The su b m issio n o f w ritten an d grap h ic m ateri a ls is w elcom ed. Written material sh o u ld he typed and dou ble-spaced. Just ( hit reserves the ri|>ht to edit lor 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. Letters to the ed ito r should be limited to $00 words. A n nouncements regarding life transitions (births, deaths, unions, etc.) should be limited to 200 word»; photos are welcome. Dead line for su b m issio n s 10 the editorial department and for the C alen d ar IS the Thursday 1$ days before the next publication date. Views expressed in letters to the editor, columns and features an- not necessarily those of the publisher. The d isp la y a d v e rtisin g d ead lin e is the Monday 12 days before the next publication date. C lassified ad s must be received at the Just Out office by 4 p.m. on the Thursday eight days before the next publication date, along with payment. Ails may be placed by telephone or via the Internet with Visa or M astetCanl payment. Ad policy: Just C hit reserves the right to reject or edit any advertisement. Compensation for errors in, or cancellation of, advertising will be made with credit toward future advertising. Advertising rates are available upon request. D istribution policy: lust ( )ut is available free of charge, one cipy per person. Just Out is delivered only to authorized distribu tors. N o person may, without prior written permission from Just Out, take more than one copy Any person who takes more than one copy may be held liable for theft, including Kit not limited to civil damages and/or criminal prosecution. Su b scriptio n s are $22.$0 for 12 issqrs. First Class (in an envelope) is $40 for 12 issues. C on tact Just Out at P.O. Box 14400, Portland, O R V7291-0400; 505-2)6-1252. advertising 501-216-1251. fax 501-216-1257; e-mail justout0juxtout.com. Visit our Internet site at www.justiNit.com. Gay men and lesbians will be out in force for B ill C linton's Inauguration. The 52nd Presidential Inaugural Committee announced that the Gay and Lesbian Bands of America would be part of the preparade festivitie s. B ill and Hillary Clinton also are expected at an inaugural eve reception honoring David Mixner, a ]_ activist and adviser to the presidents • The gay and lesbian community Is respond ing sw iftly to the passage in Colorado o f anti- gay Amendment 2. Boycott Colorado he. has been founded as ‘ a grassroots organi zation o f volunteers working to educate the world about the atrocity called Amendment 2. * EDITOR* Marty Davis N EW ! EDITOR • Jim Radosta A R TI AND CULTURE EDITOR • Lisa Bradshaw EDITORIAL ASSI81ANT • Marie Fleischmann CQNTRIOIfTORS • Marc Acito, Meryl Cohn, Gina Daggett, Katy Davidson, Els Debbaut, Timothy Krause, Patricia L. MacAodha, Christopher McQuain, Gary Morris, Natalie Shapiro, Floyd Sklaver, Cori Taratoot, Jack Turteltaub, Rex Wockner Larry Lewis • Markie Acevedo ADVERTISING ASSISTANT • Erin Sexton • Kevin Moore • Susan Soen can expect to spend a lot o f tim e In court in the next few m onths. She faces three counts of filing a false police report in a se rie s o f hate crimes staged by her then-roommate Azalea Cooley. Soen has retaliated by filing charges o f defamation, intentional infliction o f emotional d istre ss and obstruction o f justice against the Bia s Crim es U n it of the Portland Police Bureau. • The Oregon M inority A ID S Coalition is about to get a new location and to sta rt a peer education program under the direction o f its new leader. EmmaHy W illiam s-M itchelf. Th e daughter o f state Rep. M ar garet Carter, she is determined to get the word out to African American fam ilies about A ID S . • The Oregon National Organization fo r Women invites you to Picket Packwood! at the senator's Portland office Jan. 4 . Show that you don't want Bob Packwood. who is scheduled to be sw orn in Jan. 5. to represent you. • The Portland Community Bowling A ssociation's 15th season opens Jan. 10 w ith Mayor Vera Katz to roll out the firs t ball. Zanne dejanvier OFFICE MANAGER • Marie Fleischmann DISTRIBUTION • Kristine Ashton, Jennife- Brinson, Ian Drake, Ron Geer, Mary Hauer, Anne Ochi, Crash Schwartz
