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F ounded 1983 • J ay B rown
Vol. 21 N o. 1
COMMENTARY
and
R enée L a C hance
N ovem ber 7, 2003
FEATURE
MBMNB AM M fS T M t Al 20.
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NORTHWEST • G ay city councilor convinces Lake
Oswego to ban discrimination; Sam Adam s
announces candidacy for Portland City Council
11-15
NATIONAL • Tennessee Republican believes
homosexuality needs to be “controlled"
PP 1 6 - 1 9
WORLD • Let the G ay Games catfight begin!
PP 2 0 - 2 1
ARTS AND C U L T U R E
FILM • Van Sant finds the Elephant in the room
p 43
WHAT'S POPPIN'T • Fresh performances in The
Human Stain ; still time to catch Bubba Ho-Tep
p 45
THEATER • Love at triangle is a Beautiful Thing ;
BroadArts Theatre tackles fatphobia
PP 4 7 . 4 9
MUSIC • D yke musician Ellis captures both heart
and mind; Hed-heads rejoice! Local boy
produces new Hedwig music
pp 5 1 , 53
BOOKS • How to win a man in Portland
p 55
DIVERSIONS • Opera even more gay; Barbara
Sjoholm at In Other Words; Nickel anti Dimed at
ART; Bat Boy takeover
p
No longer a teen-ager
As Just Out turns 20, we need your feedback to bridge the generation gap
old enough to know fear, but young enough to
be queer
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PEOPLE • Genderqueer activists Kate Bomstein
and Katastrophe turn identity into entertainment
pp 5 8 - 5 9
COLUMNS
MS. BEHAVIOR • Good sex cun be taught
sary, and there have been interviews and discussions and lots of ques
ou’re holding in your hands a symbol of 20 years of gay and
tions asked of me. One frequent question has been, “What are you
lesbian culture and history from Portland and our greater
proudest of at Just Out!” There are several answers that come to mind,
readership area. You’re holding in your hands our proud
hut two stand out now as the most important.
accomplishment, the 20th anniversary issue of Just Out.
The single biggest accomplishment of the past five years has been
The images on our cover reflect many, though far from
bringing together the current staff. Editorial, production and sales— all
all, aspects of our personal and community lives as presented in the
aspects of the paper are staffed by seasoned, dedicated and accom
pages of Just Out during the past two decades. And while there are
plished employees. The quality of their work is reflected in every issue
symbols of sensuality and sexuality and frivolity, no single image is
of this paper. Each first and third Friday you are presented with a noble
infused with the power to grab you, pull you in and sear you with the
accomplishment.
pain, grief and suffering caused by 20 years of AIDS.
Secondly, I’m proud of the fact that I work in a segment of the media
And while there are buttons and stickers that bring back memories of
that does not fall prey to such manipulations as November “sweeps." I’m
our political wars and our hard-won victories, no image speaks to the emo
proud that the cover of the 20th anniversary issue of Just Out did not have
tional and financial tolls that these battles extracted from our community.
The images on the cover show where we’ve been
...
.
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to feature the likeness of Ward Weaver to ensure good rat-
and, to some extent, where we are now. But these
I ft6 need to know ings and ongoing sponsorship dollars. I’m proud that Just
images can’t look forward for us and can’t show us
whnt'c wnrLinn fnr i /nil
sink to the depths of Average Joe in order to
where we’re going. We can look hack together, hut the WllOI b W UiKlIiy lUF yOU jure rcaj ers |’m prouJ that my audience ikies not require
question now is, “Do we still have the ability to look
Ond Whot ¡SO t. If VOU pandering to the lowest intellect level possible. I’m damn
forward and to plan and to grow together?’
proud of this paper, the staff who pnxluce it and the read
don't read us now,
This question brings us to where we are today: the
ers who perpetuate it.
celebration of 20 years of Just Out. 1 can’t speak to, or
Not being held prisoner of a ratings system does
what
will
it
take
to
for, the first 15 years of the paper, as 1 wasn’t here. But
not, however, imply that Just Out is unaware or unsolic-
I did faithfully read Just Out, and it was an important
bring you to our pages? itous of the needs and interests of our readers. To the
part of my own personal coming-out process and matu
contrary, we are deeply vested in the concepts of
responsiveness, growth and adaptability. As such we look to our readers
ration. So important, in fact, that five years ago when the offer was
presented, 1 went against all logic, advice and sense to become the
to tell us what they like and what they don’t. We need to know what’s
working for you and what isn’t. If you don’t read us now, what will it
publisher and owner. Pretty much every day since, my waking thought
has been, “Gixxl God, what have 1 done?’ To say it’s been an interest
take to bring you to our pages/ We realize that at our 20th anniversary
ing five years would he quite an understatement. Indeed, the highs
we are straddling the generation gap between our original readers and
those who are new or waiting to he won over. Now we need to bring in
have been high and the lows have been, well, pretty damn low.
the next generation of readers— the ones who’ll take us to and through
Where an astute businessperson might have brought skills, experience
the next 20 years. It’s our task— our mission— to bridge this gap.
and knowledge to his or her new investment, I lugged in instead temper,
inexperience, insensitivity and false bravado. Boy, talk about your lesbian
And this brings us to the Just Out reader survey insert that is lurk
baggage. At the 15th anniversary party for Just Out, my first public event,
ing in the pages of this very paper that you’re reading, unless of course
it’s fallen on the floor. (Over there by the umbrella stand, perhaps?)
I recall then news reporter Inga Sorenson pointing ixit to me that Sam
Anyway, we are very serious about wanting to hear from you. It’s easier
Adams was prominently seated in the first row. My response: “Who’s
than in the past. No envelope required, no newsprint on your hand—
Sam Adams?’ Shortly thereafter I was summoned to lunch by Adams,
and if you want to save the 37-cent stamp you can complete the sur
who expressed a clear interest in knowing exactly who was I and what
vey online at www.justout.com.
my plans were for this vital community asset. I’m pleased that in the
Thanks for being with us all or part of the past 20 years. Now tell
ensuing five years he hasn’t felt it necessary to call me hack in.
us what we need to do to keep you around for 20 more. | H
The community has shown great interest in our milestone anniver-
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EPIQUEEREAN • Burger battle bonanza!
p 44
OUT WITH IT! • The last girl standing
p 57
THE 60SPEL ACCOROINC TO MARC • I pledge
allegiance to the fag...
p 61
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