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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 2003)
4 J u t M it . may 2. 2003 gpffllout Get a grip To th e E d it o r : n response to Jackie Petrase’s letter: The line is drawn by expenses [“Ad It Up,” April 4J. Do you pay the annual fee to have Just Out delivered to your house? It’s $22.50 yearly or, in an enclosed envelope, $40. I don’t. I choose to pick it up at the comer store for free. Since I chix>se that option, I pay by putting up with the ads. Get a grip: Pay for your paper, or put up with the ads and support the paper! I also kx)k at the ads, and if 1 need a prcxJ- uct or service, 1 at least will inquire about the price. 1 still go by the best price. But, bottom line is, I check out the ads. T he daily paper has numerous ads; the weekly has numerous ads also. If you count the Oregonian ads, they are numerous; I don’t find fault in the ads. If you don’t want to see or read them, pass them over! I leave the nxim when a television ad comes on; do you? I’m in support of Just Out because it does a service to the community, regardless of the ads. But then again, I like the ads in Just Out, because I know who to support. I John 10: 14-16 Metropolitan Community Church of the Gentle Shepherd Rev. Harriet Barshofsky Bible Study 9- 10am 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 5th Sundays Sunday Services 10:30am-6:30pm Located just minutes from the Interstate Bridge 2200 Broadway Suite F Vancouver, WA • (360) 695-1480 an SUV . D iane M c A llister Portland Cruising for a bruising To t h e E d it o r : hy should I go to a bathhouse for sex when straight couples can make out any where from parks to lovers lanes? [“The Oppo site Sex," Feb. 21] Sex outdoors is beautiful and natural. And sex in a bathroom is hot and exciting. To most men frequenting these venues, dis cretion is a high priority. The public or the police would have to go out of their way to find men having “public sex.” Here in Vancouver, there has not been a pub lic sex charge for almost 20 years. Police Inspec tor L>ave Jones, the top cop in the gay West End, was quoted April 17 in the gay paper Xtra! West as urging people having sex in public washrcxtms and Stanley Park simply to "use discretion.” Your comments sound anti-sex and anti men. Perhaps this is a topic beyond the under standing of a woman. D oug M c C lelland Vancouver, British Columbia Fish out of water To th e E d it o r : enjoyed reading Marty Davis’ opinions about the behaviors of gay men. It’s all true; some one had to say it. I used to visit Provincetown in the hope of meeting other guys. I grew up in a Portuguese fishing village, so it was natural for me to bring a caster. The gay guys looked at me as if I were from another planet. I ended up fishing on a pier with the les bians. I really liked them. Some of them even made their own fishing lures in their welding shops. It was quite impressive. I really enjoyed their company. I was quite impressed at their relationships and, dare I say it, FAMILIES. I ventured into the drug and sex pits, hop ing to find at least one normal guy. All I found were drugs and sex. I think gay men are their own worst enemy. I They easily could win equality if they peaceful ly united against oppression. Instead, they chcxise to do drugs and have sex with many, many, many different men. M ichael J ohnson N ew Bedford, Mass. Shock and awe To the E d it o r : T hirty years ago I was terrorized by electrical and chemical shcx:k aversion therapies and was coerced by religious and psychological meth ods to become ex-gay (“Leading a Crusade,” April 18). Such treatments may he harmless to bisexuals, hut many legal scholars consider them to he child abuse because they traumatize chil dren whose inborn gender behavior is different. T he core of ex-gay ideology shuns butch females and sissy males. Ex-gay therapy attempts to change these inborn gender behav iors. This is why even nonsexual children are subject to ex-gay abuse. T he popular ex-gay book A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Homosexuality is aimed at children and pretends to he medically scientific. My 5,000-word review of the book’s pseudoscientif ic claims was published by G ay. Today ( www.gaytoday.com/reviews/122 302re.asp), which is edited hy the famous pre-Stonewall gay activist Jack Nichols. U .S. Sen. Ron Wyden’s Jewish father, Peter Wyden, in 1968 wrote the popular ex-gay Kxik Growing Up Straight: What Every Thoughtful Parent Should Know A bout Homosexuality, where he shared how he prevented his sons from becoming homosexuals. Ron’s brother was committed to a mental institution around n o t a b le s w ith a conscience 2004s arrive in May fKjpp Simone Streeter J m T kher 503 295-5571 VOLVO at 2 1 at & w iiurnaido sstreeter("volvojimfisher.com FOR GAY & LESBIAN MEMBERS ONLY. Located one hour north of Seattle on a National Scenic Byway in the beautiful Cascade Mountains Limitad mambarthip $15 pet mgtit Regular membership $150 par year I) Joy Broussard and Erin Lamb are happy to announce the adoption of their son, Sam Isaac Broussard Lamb, bom Dec. 8 in their North Portland home and adopted April 3 at the Multnomah County Courthouse. t r a n s it io n L a u rie G ard en er, 1 9 5 1 -2 0 0 3 few weeks before Laurie (Foster) Garden er died of cancer April 20, she said she wanted her obituary to read: “Laurie Louise Gardener, bom Sept. 2, 1 9 5 1 . 1 was here, I was queer, and it was important to me, my dear." Others remember her as “a wise woman” and “a moral compass.” “She taught me how to be a grandmother," said one member of her Millionth Circle group, for Gardener showed her love in action. She and Jami Hart, her spouse of 26 years, had their combined four grandchildren stay over every A Friday night. She called her daughter, Felicia Nelson, her “heart’s delight.” She also showed in action her com m it ment to social change. Instrumental in set ting up Feminist W om en’s Health Centers in both Redding, Calif., and Portland, she was a founding member of the original W om en’s Bookstore collective here. Along with an enduring com m itm ent to ending racism, she was a lifelong union member and shop stew ard and a member of Portland’s gay com m u nity since 1976. Gardener, who considered herself “a generalist," greatly valued the two book clubs she belonged to. Her fine mind evinced itself in her dry wit, in her class analysis and in the wide range of her constant reading. Her influence on her extended family is indelible, and to her four siblings she will remain “their rock and their Bible.” Remembrances may be made to Compassion of Dying in Oregon, 6312 S.W. Capitol Highway ♦ 4 1 0 , Portland, O R 9 7 2 3 9 ; Hambleton Project, 1112 N .E. 21st Ave., Portland, O R 972 3 2 ; or any hospice.
