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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 2003)
COMMENTARY by M a r t y D av is The IN publication for the OUT population F ounded 1983 • J ay B rown Vol. 21 N o . 4 and R enee L a C hance D ecem ber 19, 2 0 0 3 FEATURE QUEER-VIEW MIRROR: Looking back at 2(X)3 *27 NEWS - NORTHWEST • Southern Oregon trans woman begins her life anew; queer men use erotic spirituality, creativity and bad drag to subvert the dominant paradigm; The Queer Profit; nurse practitioners help fill medical gap pp 7-19 NATIONAL • President Bush suggests support of constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage pp 21-23 WORLD • U.K. MP caught with his pants down pp 24-25 ARTS AND C U L T U R E CULTURE • New Year’s Eve 2003: Get your #$*%! out of the house pp 38-39 BOOKS • Let’s have a baby! P 41 CULTURE • Two lesbians make One with Heart p 43 FILM • 2(X).3’s dubious distinctions in cinema pp 44-45 WHAT'S POPPIN'? • Gobs of reasons to bail on the fain X’mas Day p 47 DIVERSIONS • Altitude 12 skis into Whistler; SMYRC making a CD; indie chicks singing for In Other Words; Angels in this here America p 48 PEOPLE • Holiday decorators put your efforts to shame—but it goes to charity p 49 COLUMNS M S. BEHAVIOR • Your boots were made for walkin’ P 37 EPIQUEEREAN • ’Tis the season to dine in hotels p What's in store for 2004? Publisher resolves to stop making new year’s resolutions n 2004 Americans will elect a president. The world will he There will he a process. All candidates seeking the endorsement of Just watching. In 2004 Portland will elect the first new mayor in 12 Out will need to participate in the process. years and replace an outgoing City Council member. World atten tion will he focused elsewhere. O n a national level the United ne of the more frequent comments that shows up in the surveys per States will continue to he divided over Iraq and the discussion of tained to advertisements with sexual content. Specifically, we hear a constitutional amendm ent banning same-sex marriage. Our troubled from lesbian-identified readers bemoaning the ads reflecting male sexuali economy is poised to take a hack seat to these two highly charged emo ty. At the same time, advertisers continually take me to task for being tional issues. O n a local level we’re faced with a crisis in education, overly conservative and rigid to the point of stifling all creativity. Both ongoing funding shortages, angry neighborhotxls and important issues factions carry weight, yet I have learned to live with the notion that I ’ll like Major League Baseball. 1 wonder, if I schedule the Just Out staff to never please either of them. I will make my decisions based on which play softball once a year against The Slamner newspaper, could I get pub action is the best for Just Out and the community that we represent. If I lic funding for my business? lose an advertiser, if I lose a reader, it will he done with the knowledge Dem ocratic presidential candidates have been jockeying for posi and conviction that I’ve attempted to make the best decision overall. tion for m onths now. Soon th e less viable will drop W ith this in mind, I admit that I’ve long since given out, and one or two leaders will emerge from the DQDBF SBFVBS 0 uFOQu up the notion of making new year’s resolutions for pack. Less than 11 m onths remain until the presi- j L' D J myself. This process does not work for me. This year nioy, I’m doing something different. I’m making resolutions dential election. In Portland city races might well OBFFlOQFOpniC. KBQu/ Bmoy, he determ ined in the May primary. For these candi- Ipnrn f r o m tflP nflf/C that for other people. dates there is less time, and a heightened level of . - • . . To lesbians who object to male sexuality, I respect activity is under way. C andidates are starting to pop W0FK T0F V0U Qfiu IB0VB fully resolve that you push to see the larger picture. up in all the usual places. / n th o r c fh o n n rtc th n t Pi,Pcr serves a broad demographic. Read, enjoy, O n e of the most frequently seen local politicians U lllc lj lllu fJUl lllu l jearn from the parts that work for you and leave for isn’t even a candidate for office any longer. T he per- (Jofl't. PiBOSB FBSDBCt tflOt others the parts that don't. Please respect that we are tne interest, the sincerity is son with the energy, the . u .F not all the same. Piet Please respect that Just Out works we are not all the same. hard to walk a fine line that separates one person's sex M ultnom ah C ounty Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffey. This commissioner is not one to make uality and preferences from the aversions of another. appearances for show only. Rojo is a loyal ally and supporter of our To advertisers who try to tell me how to set policy for Just Out, I community. She works tirelessly for th e attainm ent of hum an rights resolve that you also learn to respect that there is not now, nor will for all people. Now 1 grant th a t she might well he positioning herself there ever he, a place for advertisements that graphically depict sexual for a run for a future office, hut even if th a t’s the case, she’s doing it acts. Your choice to run a sex-hased business does not mandate that 1 hy building her base of support though hard work and dedication. make the same choice. I respect and defend your right to do whatever These are values that I respect and honor. It’s also possible, I suppose, you chcxvse to do within the confines of your business. Please respect that if I had to work daily with the M ultnomah County commissioners, my right to do the same. 1 might kx)k for any and all excuses to get out of the office, tix). Finally, for 2004, a new year that holds promise for great strides for ward in the attainm ent of civil rights for gays and lesbians, let’s all test Out is only beginning to sort through and analyze the data from resolve together to respect our individual and collective diversity while our recent reader survey. In coming issues I’ll share with you the celebrating and working together for the greater gixxJ. *• •' results and our interpretations of your comments and opinions. O ne clear message that we received was the fact that our readers count on us n closing I offer wishes for a new year that brings you peace of mind for our election endorsements. You rely on us, and we take this responsi and joyful gixxl health. Please note that in order to work around the bility seriously. Very seriously. Endorsements will not he made casually. holidays Just Out will he slightly off kilter in January and will publish on Even the ones that might seem to some to he obvious will he handled the second and fourth Fridays, rather than the first and third. Happy thoughtfully and thoroughly. There are no “obvious” endorsements. new year, and we’ll see you hack here Jan. 9. j H ...^ a O JhlS iiA r LÄ £J IÜ s 'T j M M 42 OUT WITH IT! • Oh-oh-ohhhh, listen to the music p 53 J u s t o u t U p u b lis h e d o n th e f ir s t a n d th i r d F ri d a y o f e a c h m o n th . Cnpvnyht © 2001 hy lust ( Sit No p in ol Just ( htt may lx- tv p n x lu iiil w ithout w ritte n pcnnisMon Irom the publisher. • "From humble roots, patriarchal white ruling- class Christians have created a means of saturating the media with one massive sellabration, from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve.” Just Out director Renee LaChance wrote in her editorial. "This massive sellabration allows those who profit from it the most to be good and loving to their families and others while allowing themselves to feel no guilt during the other 11 months for their persecution and oppression of minorities." T he s u b m is s io n o f w r i t t e n a n d g r a p h ic m a te r i a ls is w e lc o m e d . W ritte n material 'h o n k l lx tvpevl and Jon- • Thousands of candle-bearing marchers moved down Market Street from the Castro District to City Hall on Nov 27 in San Francisco to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the PUBLISHER AN0 M ANAGING EDITOR • Marty Davis ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR • Lisa Bradshaw Cohn, Gina Daggett, Meg Daly, Andy Mangels, Christopher McQuain, F3ob Rochr, Glenn Scofield Williams, Rex Wockner FEATURES EDITOR • Timothy Krause ADVERTISING DIRECTOR • Larry Lewis • Marc Acito, Kathy Beige, Jamie Bolyard, Michael Burdick, Bart Church, Meryl ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE • Pam Colton NEW S EDITOR • Jim Radosta CO NTR IB U TO R S V ol . 1 No. 4, D ec . 9-23,1983 - • A student organization at Portland State University, Students for Lesbian and Gay Rights, is challenging the presence of ROTC on the campus. The main opposition is the fact that the second two years of the ROTC program is not open to gays because, according to U.S. government policy, they cannot be commissioned as officers. P 50 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARC • Sailing through those holidaze hle-pueed. lust < hit reserves the riuht to edit tor grammar, punc tuation. Myle, lia b ility concerns and length. W e w ill reject or edit articles or advertisements that are ottensive, demeaning or may result in legal action. L e tte rs to th e e d ito r should be lim ited to 5CV* words. A n nouncements regarding life transitions (births, »leaths, unions, etc.) should bx lim ited to 200 worils; photos are welcome D e a d lin e fo r s u b m is s io n s io lh e editorial department and tor the C a le n d a r is the T h u r*la y 15 days before the next publication date. 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N o person may, w ith isit prior w ritten permission from lust Ch*. take more than i«te ctp y A n y person who takes more than one o p y may be held liaNe t>» theft, including but not lim ited to c iv il iktmages and/or crim inal pnswcutkm. S u b s c r i p t i o n s are $22.50 for 12 issues First Class (in an envelope) is $40 (or 12 »sues C o n ta ct Just O u t at P.O B u t 14400, Portland, O R 972*41-0400; 501-216-1252, advertising 501-216-1251, fax 501-216-1257; e-mail |i»tisir4kiustisit.ci«n. V » it our Internet sue at www.jostout.com. 20 years ago i just out • Erin Sexton-Sayler assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. • Judy's presents the first-ever Christmas Fairies Follies featuring amateur entertainment Dec. 15. $1 cover. • This month's Lesbian Forum features musicians Jane Howard, Janna MacAuslan, the Fallen Angel Choir and others Dec. 20. A fter the program, a dance with the infamous Dyketones will be held. • A total of 36 teams of the Portland Community Bowling Association competed against each other (and themselves) for turkeys in the 1983 Turkey Bowl held Nov. 20 at Pro 300 Bowling Lanes. • The staff at Bridgetown Realty extends joyous Hanukkah and Christmas greetings and thanks to the community for its loyal support throughout the year. • The U.S. Transvestite-Transsexual Contact Service offers free membership to female impersonators, transsexuals, transvestites and gay cross-dressers who want to meet men who can truly appreciate them. I • Kevin Moore ASSISTANT • Zanne dejanvier I • Kristine Ashton, Allison Flenn, Ed Carder, Ashley Conley, Darren Linder, S & E Distributors
