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issue of Just Out, "The Learning Curve”
, was an article that 1 couldn’t pass up. The com
mitment that the students from The Dalles
1 High Schcxil showed in their fight to form a Gay
Straight Alliance over community opposition
filled me with pride. These students have shown
incredible dedication to their task. The Dalles
School Board, which affirmed and reaffirmed
the right of the students to pursue their cause,
has matched that dedication. I want to express
my recognition for all of their efforts.
It is not enough to say that schools need to
be physically safe for all students. Students need
to have a safe place in which they can handle
the already tumultuous emotional and mental
trials of being a teen-ager. The students in The
Dalles were only asking for that opportunity.
I have seen schix^ls with honors societies,
environmental clubs, volunteer organizations,
religious groups and community groups like the
GSA. Whether they’re smart, green, giving,
pious, gay or all of the above, student organiza
tions that support student interests and needs
should he allowed to grow. I am committed to
working with groups like PFLAG and the Safe
Schixils Alliance to ensure that all students feel
welcome and safe in public schixils. The result
will he lower suicide rates, less bullying and
fewer hate crimes while boosting graduation
rates, achievement and comprehension for all
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Jackie Beat
here’s only one answer to this question:
Melissa Etheridge.
The benefits to Portland Pride and the Port-
land gay community would he incalculable. I’ve
read a lot of magazine and newspaper articles
about Pride celebrations in other cities. San
Francisco always makes the news, of course, but
so have the celebrations in many other cities.
I’ve also spoken with people from cities around
the country who have told me what great Pride
celebrations they have. To my knowledge, no
national publication has written about Portland
Pride. Having Melissa as our headliner would
put us on the map and highlight what a great
place Oregon is for the GLBT community.
Do we want to build a stronger connection
between the gay and nongay communities in
Portland? Get Melissa Etheridge. Her presence
here would accomplish two things that might
seem mutually exclusive. First, her appearance
at Portland Pride would underscore that we are
a community and that she’s a part of it. That
affirmation from someone of her stature could
only he beneficial. Second, she would represent
a link between the gay community and the
nongay community, since there are millions of
Melissa fans who are straight. (No pressure
here, right, Melissa?) Neither of those things
are trivial.
Do we want to increase attendance at Port
land Pride? Get Melissa. I’m sure more folks
from the GLBT community would attend, and
my bet is that a lot of nongay Melissa fans would
also he there. I have no idea what she would
want to he paid for her appearance, but we’re
creative folks. We can think of a way to do it.
Hold a bake sale. I have a killer chocolate pound
cake recipe. Raffle something. Walk for Melissa
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Ask her to appear for free if we pay her travel
j expenses. She might do it. Can’t hurt to ask.
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Oh, there’s one other good reason to have
her at Portland Pride 2004: one hell of a rockin’
good show. And there’s nothing wrong with
that!
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P atricia H ansen
Portland
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would like to see entertainer and drag queen
Jackie Beat (of the movie Wigstock) and her
hand, Dirty Sanchez (with Mario Diaz and DJ
Barheau). Their singles “Replicunt," "Asymmet
ric” and “Fuckin’ on the Dance Floor” have club
kids dancing on both coasts. Jackie also starred
in a series of commercials for MTV as a “Betty
Crocker on acid” housewife.
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M ichael K rzeszak
Portland
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