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COMMENTARY by M a h IV D a v i s The IN publication for the OUT population F ounded 198} • J ay B rown and R enee L a C hance Vol. 20 N o. 7 February 7, 2003 FEATURE COURAGE IN THE CLASSROOM: A statew ide coalition will teach educators and students how to make Oregon schools safe for all P 25 N E WS NORTHWEST • Corvallis group disbands after 15 years of queer advocacy; Southeast Portland lesbian couple expecting triplets; committee reaches out to sexual minority elders pp 9 -1 9 NATIONAL • Rolling Stone a rtic le disputed; AIDS adviser’s appointment causes political firestorm; Catholic protesters found guilty 20-21 WORLD • Nine men killed in South African massage parlor massacre; German mayor disses Blind Date couple pp 2 2 -2 3 pp ARTS AND C U LTU R E THEATER • Harlem Renaissance writer re-created; penis puppetry goes limp pp 3 4 -3 5 FILM • These three DVDs will help get you through the rest of winter p 37 ROOKS • Celebrated hustler profiled p 39 WHAT'S P O P P IN 'T . The Pianist is pitch-perfect; learn How to Lose a Guy p 40 DIVERSIONS • Valentine’s Day alternatives; CoHo Theater presents Child o f Pleasure; queer comics coming to town P 41 CULTURE • Motorcycle club celebrates 33rd anniversary p 42 CULTURE • Love a man in a uniform? p 43 COLUMNS Give a little bit Oregon’s weak economy necessitates a strong response How do we cope with life’s personal challenges without having to regonians woke up Jan. 29 to discover that compassion choose or set aside the characteristics of selflessness, compassion and for others was not to be served with the morning cup of charity that make us human? coffee. The defeat of Ballot Measure 28 does not bode 1 don’t have all the answers but can make some suggestions. First, well for our state as a whole, and the painful impact will yes, take care of yourself first or else you’ll be of no value to anyone else. he felt within pockets and segments of the sexual minori Determine your strengths and what you have to offer. If you absolutely ties community as well. have no extra money to donate, then offer your time. The need for vol Already KGW-TV and The Portland Tribune have profiled gay AIDS unteers within our community’s service organizations is great. patients who have lost funding for their costly yet life-saving medica If you say you have neither time nor money, then I tions. The potential for loss of life is real. suggest what you’re really saying is you simply don’t Service providers such as Cascade AIDS Project, I f you say care. If that’s the case, at least be honest about it. Say Our House of Portland and many others will see you have neither ing you have no money for others as you head out for decreased funding combined with increased demand your golf game lacks a certain quality of, hmm, honest for services. Government and private funding for tim e nor money, introspection? youth programs were stretched and threatened even then I suggest For many of us we have it good— perhaps too good. prior to the defeat of the tax increase. We are professional couples, unencumbered with the What happens to those dependent upon services what you're really financial responsibilities of children and families. now? Where will the money come from, and how will In our comfort we fail to honor or respect those who we as individuals and a community rise to help our saying is you came earlier and did the work that affords the lifestyles own? sim ply don't care. of today, and at the same time we turn our backs on The truth is that many of us can, with too little the less fortunate among us. As spring comes to the ease, turn our hacks on those most likely in peril. After I f that's the case, Northwest I suggest we take on the communal project all, it’s not our fault that “they” have AIDS; “they" of weeding out the hedonism that now grows like a should have been more careful. We wouldn’t have a a t least be honest toxin among us. problem with all those street kids if they’d all just about it. Saying you Participate, attend, join in the myriad benefits shape up and behave. I have a job, 1 pay my bills— that well-intentioned people and organizations why should I have to worry about them? They aren’t have no m oney within our community sponsor. G et value for your like me. I work for my money— I deserve a vacation, a fo r others as you money at the same time that you’re giving it. Build hot tub, another new car. 1 haven’t fucked up my community. A ttend a dance or a silent auction; go life— it’s not my problem to take care of. Why can’t head out fo r your to a concert that’s donating the evening’s take to a they get their act together? charitable cause. Now you— yes, you— tell me you’ve never thought g o lf gam e lacks a Be specific about where you donate used items and these things. Tell me the truth. I can honestly tell you certain quality of, clothing. Give back. You are where you are today I’ve thought them. because, at some other time, some other person gave of You don’t have to be homeless or living with hmm, honest their time, money or efforts. Patronize local and com HIV/A1DS to feel the weakness in our economy. For munity business owners that you know give back via introspection? example, turn to Page 51 of this issue. Never have we their sponsorships and donations. We can recycle our seen such an amount of people looking to lower their money among ourselves and vastly increase the value it brings. housing costs by sharing living spaces with others. Coincidence? I don’t If you only have $5 to spare this month, make it the best $5 dona think so. tion ever— and bring good feelings to yourself at the same time. It’s OK People are being laid off. Jobs are being lost. Dollars for discretionary to feel good about helping others— it’s not self-righteousness, it’s perpet spending are vanishing. Small-business owners are struggling to stay uating the circle of humanity and goodness. If it feels good, you’ll do it afloat. Teachers are losing pay and benefits. Health care costs are soar again. ing. The needs outpace the abilities to give. People are becoming ner If we all join in together— and many give a little rather than count vous and tightening purse strings at the same time that the needs of on a few to give a lot— well, it’s a cliché, hut really, we will all be better others becomes the greatest. Fear is among us. for it. j n So how do we take care of others while still taking care of ourselves? M S . BEHAVIOR • Noncommitment-seeking dyke needs advice P 33 isfism r2 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARC • Marc’s • Singer Melissa Etheridge cam e out of the closet and singer Janis Ian acknowledged she's a lesbian during gay inaugural festivities last month in Washington. D .C . Guide to Long-Term Relationships p 45 J u s t o u t it p u b lis h e d o n th e f in e a n d th ir d F r i d a y o f e a c h m o n t h . Copyright © 2001 hy Just ( )ur. N o purr of Just (hit in;iy he reproduced without written permission from the publisher. T h e s u b m iss io n o f w ritte n a n d g r a p h ic m a te r i a l * i * w e l c o m e d . Written mnten.il should he typed and dou- hle-spuced. Just ( hit reserves the nyhl to edit tor itr.imnur. punc tuation, style, liability concerns and length. We will reject or edit articles or advertisements that are offensive, demeaning or may result in leir.il action. L e t t e r * t o t h e e d i t o r should he limited to 500 words. 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San Francisco reached a grim milestone on the afternoon of Jan. 7 ,1 9 9 3 , when it recorded its 10,000th AIDS-related death. • The Right to Privacy PAC and Right to Privacy Inc. voted in new officers in late January. LeHa WrathaH and Fred R. Neal wifl 9erve one-year terms as co-chairs of both groups. This is the first time Right to Privacy has elected two co chairs. Their goal is to have one man and one woman as chairs each year, according to Neal. Marty Davis Jim Radosta ARTS A M C W W E9TTM • Lisa Bradshaw ’ • Marie Heischmann i • Marc Acito, Kathy Beige, Meryl Cohn, Anthony Davis, Timothy Krause, Christopher McQuain, Gary Morris, Floyd Sklaver, Tom Stevenson, Glenn Williams, Rex Wockner • Larry Lewis • Markie Acevedo • Erin Sexton • The National G ay and Lesbian Task Force has hired local activist Scot Nakagawa as dkector of its new Fight the Fight project. • Kathleen Saadat, Katherine English and Donna Fled W ing have been chosen to speak for O regon in W ashington, D .C . The O regon M arch on W ashington Organizing Com m ittee m et Feb. 2 to choose the people who will represent the state April 22 to 26 at the national M arch on W ashington. • The Lesbian Community FVoject presents the Red W ing Ftoast benefit. Join Kathleen Saadat. Linda Shirley, the Rev. G ary W ilson and others for a dinner and roast in honor of The Advocate magazine's W om an o f the Year. • A Lesbians with Depression support group now is forming for wom en unable to w ork because of depressive disorders. I • Kevin Moore • Zanne dejanvier I • Marie Fleischmann I • Kristine Ashton, Jennifer Brinson, Ian Drake, Ron Geer, Mary Hauer, Crash Schwartz
