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FEATURE
GAY OR NAY?: Key presenters of opposing
conferences offer Christian counterpoint on
being gay and going straight
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NORTHWEST • Brother to Brother celebrates
Black Pride and 10 years in the community;
pastor returns to Oregon to revive Eugene
MCC; thousands gather to celebrate Portland
Pride 2003
pp 7-19
NATIONAL
pp
Justice Department thwarts Pride
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WORLD Ontario legalizes same-sex marriage
pp 23-25
ARTS AND CULTURE
THEATER • Just Out takes on the gayest Broadway
season ever; take a chance on Mamma M ia!
pp 36-39
MUSIC • Unabashedly queer band Imperial Teen
back in Portland for another slap-happy show
p 41
CULTURE • Denver's favorite queen takes a walk
I in the park
p 43
ART • Suzanne Shifflett knows the difference
between pom and art
p 44
DIVERSIONS • More hilarious queer stuff at
Clinton Street; PBS airs Harry Hay
documentary; Michigan Womyn's Fest
announces date, lineup
p45
WHAT’S POPPIN'T • Spellbound is spellbinding
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FILM • Darcelle oughta be in pictures— and now
she is
p 49
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COLUMNS
M S. BEHAVIOR • Should you go with monogamy,
like, right away?
p 35
Don't rain on my parade
Elected officials missing in action at Portland Pride
ride 2003 in Portland has come and gone. Did you make it to
any of the activities? I noticed a lot of you were there, and I
noticed a lot of folks were missing.
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If you’re uncertain about which years are election years in
Oregon, an examination of the attendance of politicians in
the Gay Pride parade can give you strong clues. For instance, in June
2002 we have then gubernatorial candidate Ted Kulongoski looking
ever so dapper as he proudly rides the streets of Portland on the back of
n the topic o f Pride, we’ve got some changes and enhancem ents
Gail Shihley’s scooter. Come November the candidate narrowly avoids
here at Just Out that Pm proud to tell you about. I’m very pleased
defeat in the election.
to announce that our staff has grown with the addition o f Tim Krause
Could the gay voting bloc have been the decisive factor in securing
as Features Editor. He has been a mainstay contributor to Just Out for
his election? You just really never know, do you? Not something I think
several years, and our ability to bring him on full time is a major
I’d want to take for granted, though, if I were him. Especially if I’d come
enhancement to the paper and to the community as a whole.
damn close to losing to Kevin Mannix.
Though titled Features Editor, Tim will also be
One year later, June 2003, our governor is not in Portland’s Gay
I f yo u 're uncertain about adding depth and strength to our reporting cover
Pride parade. Scheduling conflict, no doubt. Funny
age. This, in turn, will free up time for News Editor
thing, this parade is always the third Sunday in
which years are election
Jim Radosta to pursue with greater depth his passion
June. Seems this event could have easily been
and skill to research and delve into stories with
years in Oregon, on
scheduled a year ago. Would have been a nice
national emphasis. Just Out has been searching for
“thank you” and “hey, look, I’m here for you even
some time for the person with the right combina
exam ination o f the
when I’m not campaigning."
tion of skills, interests and abilities to enhance our
attendance o f politicians in excellent staff. We’ve found that person in Tim
Guess we’ll have to wait until 2006 for that
belated thanks and recognition. O f course, there
the G a y Pride parade can Krause. Welcome Tim.
will he a primary election prior to the parade.
A few months ago Arts and Culture Editor Lisa
Hmmm.
give you strong clues
Bradshaw started penning her first-person column,
Also absent this year— unless somehow they
“Out With It.” We tend to have strong opinions and
slipped hy me, which is unlikely since I pho
thoughts here at Just Out, and utilization of the column format allows
tographed virtually every single person in the
Lisa to tell you exactly what it is that she’s thinking about. She’s bright,
parade— were, in no particular order: Portland Mayor Vera Katz, Police
she’s sharp, and you should he reading every word she writes.
Chief Mark Kroeker, any uniformed cops except reserve captain Robert
I have a notion in mind that one more columnist would enhance
Ball, the entire City Council, Bill Bradbury, Hardy Myers and Randall
our pages. A columnist perhaps to bring a political/cultural/quasi-
Edwards. And where were Multnomah County Commissioners Serena
society/musical/no-holds-barred look at Portland’s gay community.
Cruz, Lisa Naito, Diane Linn and Lonnie Roberts? Oh well, never mind
Thomas Lauderdale, give me a call, OK? I know the second C D is
on that last one.
almost done. Think of all the time you’re going to have on your hands.
Kudos, and happy birthday, to Multnomah County Commissioner
Share your brilliant thoughts with all of us.
Maria Rojo de Steffey, who graced us with her appearance, accompa
Another recent addition to our pages is the food column “Epiqueer-
nied hy state Rep. Jackie Dingfelder. Also spotted from the Legislature
ean.” Our original writer, Catherine Sameh, has moved away to New
were Steve March, Kate Brown and Greg Macpherson. Locally, Metro
York to pursue graduate school womens studies, but the column will be
was represented hy David Bragdon, who walked with the gang from
reappearing in July under the byline of longtime Just Out contributor
Cascade AIDS Project.
Meg Daly. We welcome her back to our pages and hope you enjoy and
The major politico sighting of the day was U.S. Rep. Earl Blumcn-
benefit from her dining experiences.
auer. Was he perhaps checking the streets of Portland to see how they
Watch us grow, watch us change and improve, and, as always, share
might l(x>k from the mayor’s perspective?
with us your thoughts. JF1
U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith is again working for passage of federal hate
crimes legislation. He is to he commended for his efforts. Wouldn’t it be
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OUT WITH IT! • Pride hits and misses
p 45
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARC . Why gay
men should worry about abortion rights
p 50
• The Survivor Project, brainchild of a
Portland activist, assists trans and
intersexed people escaping domestic
violence.
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• Despite a successful five-year run.
Queer Night is coming to an end. On
July 6. the event bids its final adieu
to the cozy second-floor space it has
inhabited every Monday night at
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great to see him one day march with us in acknowledgment— he of our
struggles, we of his efforts? And U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden? Think, sir, of
the parade as one big town hall meeting. You’re big on those— meet
with us. March with us.
I also saw one very large pink penis (on a float). 1 don’t think it was
representative of any elected official, but you just never know. Dick
Cheney? Dick Armey? The dick who canceled Pride activities at the
Justice Department? Who knows?
• The second annual Bi Day— a rally
for bisexuals and their friends that
features an all-bisexual program of
speakers, booths and music— is
slated for June 26.
• Right to Pride will hold its 1998
Summer Garden Party and Auc
tion from 2 to 5 p.m. July 19 at
the Wilsonville home and garden
of Kelley and Tom Bruggere.
PUBLISHER AND MANAGING EDITOR • Marty Davis
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• The new executive director of Cascade AIDS
Project in Portland is already a well-respected AIDS
activist and community leader. Thomas Bruner
resigned as founding director from the Fort Worth,
Texas. AIDS Outreach Center in May. After declin
ing about five other offers in the Pacific Northwest,
he accepted the job at CAP.
• Portland landed on the queer media map a couple
of times in June via nationally distributed maga
zines. Perhaps most notable was the Rose C ity’s
selection by Out as one of its “ 10 choice cities to
call home. “
• Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said June 15
that he believes homosexuality is a sin and that
gay men and lesbians should be assisted in dealing
with it “just like alcohol...or sex addiction...or
kleptomaniacs. *
• Remember PFLAG pioneer Chuck Steele during
a memorial service June 22 at Friends Meeting
House. Call Love Makes a Family for more details.
A ITS AND CULTURE « T S R • Lisa Bradshaw
MacAodha, Andy Mangels, Christopher
McQuain, Gary Morris, Floyd Sklaver, Cori
Taratoot, Rex Wockner
FEATURES EDI IBS • Timothy Krause
ADVERTISING OIRECTM • Larry Lewis
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Darby, Jodi Helmer, Jon Kretzu, Patricia L.
GRAPHS DW ECTM • Kevin Moore
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OFFICE MANAGER • Marie Fleischmann
VOLUNTEER • Kevin Friends
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