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3 COMMENTARY The IN publication for the OUT population F ounded 1983 • J ay B rown and R enée L a C hance Voi, 21 N o. 2 Novem ber 2 1 , 2 0 0 3 FEATURE WE ARE FAMILY: Portland gays and lesbians are learning how to become parents P 30 N E WS NORTHWEST • Safe Schools Summit; Tess Fields fights for abortion rights knowing that her mother is on the other end o f the battlefield PP 9 21 NATIO N AL pp H R C hires new executive director 22-27 W ORLD • Anglican Com m union disintegrates pp 28-29 ARTS AND C U L T U R E PEOPLE • Funny Gay M ale seeks audience; Mr. Gay Latino walks the walk PP 41. 43 ART • Enteractive Language Festival artists produce work you won't soon forget P 45 FILM • Siz/ling gay Spain on D V D P 47 WHAT'S PO PPIN '? • A couple of holiday flicks that actually don't suck bad p 49 DIVERSIONS • Drag queen charity; sing along with Pam and Maggie; G oG irlsM usicFest P 50 CULTURE • Tart and Fairchild give Holocene j a good name P 51 ROOKS • Ellen’s latest; get to know Chelsea Boys p 53 M U S IC • Hidden Cameras visible at Nocturnal p 55 COLUMNS by M a r t y D a v is Hail marry! As Massachusetts basks in a stunning victory, come celebrate community with Just Out let’s look yet even more closely at who will he filling upcoming vacan hat a difference 20 years make! cies on the Supreme G>urt. This is where we need to he focused: the On the eve of the Just Out 20th anniversary cele presidential election of 2004. bration comes stunning word that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has set in place rulings designed to accommodate and provide for same-sex ut before we elect a president or send out wedding invitations, marriage in that state. This decision is a first for any state or common there’s a celebration I’d like you to attend. The Just Out 20th wealth. Vermont gets credit for its milestone accomplishments, hut that Anniversary Party is this Sunday, Nov. 23, at Hollywood Theatre, and state went only so far as to provide for recognized civil unions. I’m welcoming you all to attend. Bringing their humorous takes on gay The ramifications and reactions from the Massachusetts mlings are guar and lesbian life, love and all in between are acclaimed comics Boh anteed to he far-reaching. This ruling will he more than a one-day headline. Smith and Karen Williams. While civil rights and gay activists celebrate, conservatives and even moder- But, as they say on TV, “Wait, there’s even more!” Rounding out the ates are voicing concern and disapproval. Division and dissent are clearly night’s entertainment will he none other than Portland’s own world- evident even in Massachusetts, where Republican Gov. Mitt Romney, renowned Pink Martini. Fresh from a tour of Turkey, the hand will play hacked hy supportive lawmakers, advocates the belief crowd favorites from its popular C D Symfxuhujue and that ambiguous wording in the ruling will change the Let's look yet even more will tease you with alluring hints of the music from its direction from civil marriage to the weaker civil union. stxin-to-be released follow-up. dosely at who will be filling Rapid and reactionary movement among conservatives You’re gonna laugh, you’re gonna sing, you’re points toward plans to move ahead with a constitutional gonna dance in your seats— hut, could it he true, upcoming vacancies on the there’s even more than that? Yup, there is. As hilled, amendment designed to ban same-sex marriages. Here at home, news of the ruling was greeted less this night is tmly a celebration of community— and Supreme Court. This is than favorably hy The Oregonian. As stated in its from 5:30 p.m. until showtime at 7, you’ll have the where we need to be Nov. 20 editorial, “we continue to see the civil opportunity to meet and mingle with the finest col union— an approximation of marriage— as the best focused: the presidential lection of gay, lesbian, hi and trans organizations col lected under one rixif in some time. Joining us will he, available compromise.” And from somewhere The election o f 2004. among others, Senior Housing and Retirement Enter Oregmian has arrived at the figure that only 9 percent prises; Portland Parents, Families and Friends of Les ot U.S. citizens strongly favor gay marriage. The paper bians and Gays; Our House of Portland; Amazon Dragons; Hambleton goes on to state that it’s withholding approval until several decades of research show that children adopted hy gay parents thrive as well as other Project; Basic Rights Oregon; Equity Foundation; Lesbian Community Project; Metropolitan Community Church of Portland; Portland Team children. Children like Miranda Gaddis and Ashley Pond, perhaps? Tennis; Friends of People with AIDS Foundation; Pride Northwest; Here’s your Same-Sex Marriage /or Dummies version of the recent happenings: Live Makes a Family; and Portland Area Business Association. Don’t plan on getting married anytime s<xm in the United States...if While you’re visiting and learning, you’ll munch on birthday cake your partner is of your same sex. It won’t he happening. Massachusetts and listen to music provided hy members of the Rose City Cay Freedom has 180 days to figure our what the ruling said, what it really meant and Band. And let’s not forget the viewing of artwork hy Portland favorites what it’s going to do about it. The federal Defense of Marriage Act, in such as Verone Flixxl, Larry Cwik, Michael Kennedy and Sierra Briano, place since 1996, could effectively invalidate states from having to rec all of which will he available for purchase. Start your holiday shopping ognize same-sex marriages from Massachusetts, or any other state, with these fine and talented artists. So please join us in this evening of merriment and celebration. Meet should they iKcur. Rigid conservatives salivate over the notion of a con stitutional amendment banning gay marriage, and the U.S. Supreme your Just Out staff and so many of the other community members and Court sits poised to have this decision land at its feet. So while we’re leaders you so often read of in the pages of this paper. We lixik forward focusing our attention on possible achievements in one or another state, to meeting each and every one of you. jH B M S . BEHAVIOR • When it's time to stop groveling at the Altar of the Parent P 39 EPIQUEEREAN • The Beau Monty P 42 OUT W ITH IT! • Parents freak out over a Beautiful Tiling p 50 THE 6 0 SP E L AC C O R O IN S TO M A R C • Liza, put that lamp down! p 57 j u s t o u t a* p u b lish e d on the A ral a n d th ird F r i d a y o f eac h m o n th . C^opyrinht © 2001 hy Insi ( hit No p.»rt ul lust Out may he reproduced without written permi.vsion from the puhlidier. The su b m issio n o f w ritte n a n d g ra p h ic m a te r i a l * i* w elcom ed . Written material dtould he typed and don- [ | I I ! J I I | hle-spaced, lust ( Sit reserves the right to edit for erammar, punc tuation. style, liability concerns and length We will reject or edit articles or advertisements that are offensive, demeaning or may result in legal action. 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