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by M a r t y D a v is The IN publication for the OUT population Winter storm warning i I V ol. 21 N o . 6 reetings and a belated happy new year to you all. Thanks wording. He says it would have-been more appropriate for us to have are definitely in order to Roey Thorpe, executive director stated that CAP is calling on clubs and patrons to self-regulate. I myself feel that in view of the increase in traceable sexually transmitted diseases of Basic Rights Oregon, who capably stepped in and filled this space for me in the Jan. 9 issue. Her remarks were and the undeniable conclusion that this increase is the result of unsafe right on target as she wrote about the challenges ahead of sexual practices and that these same practices lead to the spread of HIV, us for 2004. I especially concur with her admonition to pay heed to the it is more than reasonable to call for accountability. Accountability and force of a right-wing backlash— a backlash that could hit us with all the regulation, it must be noted, are not the same thing. force and fury of a certain recent and infamous Winter Blast storm. If you don’t see, or won’t see, unsafe sex as an issue of morality, or as an issue of conscience, or simply good plain sense, how about taking the The current presidential administration will use the alluded-to taunt o f an “anti-gay marriage” amendment as a divisive tool to deflect cold, harsh stance that it’s also a matter of money and funding and tax focus from its other failed policies and efforts. T he gay marriage issue priority? Taxpayers in Oregon and Multnomah County are being asked has all the potential needed to fire up emotions and to take on more and more funding burdens. A portion release a storm of anger, hurt and misunderstanding. of these moneys go to treatment, education and preven As a united force Gay marriage will become the weapon of mass destruc tion of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. If we have voting power one chooses to practice unsafe sex, is there not risk of tion that the Bush administration has been seeking these past many months. The target of this weapon: disease and illness? Can this point be argued? With dis and, equally importantly, ease and illness often comes financial hardship. With the tired, broke, worried, reactionary voter. One of the first things that we as a community need we have the individual financial hardship comes a need for public services. to do is to stay educated and informed. We must prepare Public services are funded by taxpayers. And for this and combined abilities offensive strategies rather than be forced, under attack, reason we, the taxpayers, have a right to ask for certain to take the defensive. As a united force we have voting to impact other voters, behavioral accountability. power and, equally importantly, we have the individual As this issue is being read, voters are sitting down to and combined abilities to impact other voters, people people whom we come cast their votes on a statewide funding measure. There whom we come into contact with each and every day of is undeniable concern about the passage of Ballot Mea into contact with our lives. We have the power to influence voters. sure 30. Should it fail, there likely will be additional In the next issue of Just Out we’re going to provide cuts in health care funding. Somewhere, someone is each and every day you with some history and research on just what it takes going to lose funding for medication, funding for home o f our lives to amend the U.S. Constitution. It is not an easy proc heath care, funding for the services that provide needed ess, and were it to actually start it would become a battle quality of life for those suffering from illness and disease. waged for years— in state after state after state. Do you know how many Isn’t the risk of one day finding yourself in this position cause for con states it takes to ratify an amendment to the Constitution? Do you know sideration of accountability? The decision is yours to make. Not C A P’s, the framework of the process? We will demystify it for you. Before the not Multnomah County. Its yours. May you make it well. battle, before victory, comes knowledge. inally, in closing, I draw your attention to the ever-so-slightly nother storm of another nature blew in as the result of a headline redesigned look of this page. “Page 3,” a commentary, defined by in the last issue of Just Out. In reference to the alarming increase in W ebster’s New World College Dictionary as “a series o f remarks or the spread of syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases, our head observations, usually connected in a loose narrative.” And this is line stated that Cascade AIDS Project was calling on Multnomah Coun what this column, now called “Page 3 ,” is: my remarks, my thoughts, ty to regulate activities in mens sex clubs. In a letter on Page 4 of this my observations— all subject, of course, to your scrutiny and issue, executive director Thomas Bruner denies that his organization has approval, or not. So now it’s your turn; talk back at gone so far as to call for regulation and chides Just Out for overzealous marty@justout.com. jH F mmm ■** ♦ * 5 years ago m .... * * * - ■i W ith the future of Phoenix Rising Foundation up in the air, there also are questions about the fate of the Sexual Minority Youth Recreation Center, among many other services. gay nonincumbent ever to serve in the U.S. Congress. • President Clinton’s State of the Union address seemed to have something for everyone— including a bone for gay men and lesbians. "Discrimination or violence because of race or religion, ancestry or gender, disability or sexual orientation is wrong and it ought to be illegal," said the chief executive during his Jan. 19 address. “Therefore I ask Congress to make the Employment Nondiscrimination Act and the Hate Cnmes Prevention Act the law of the land." • Mourners grieve for a pioneering Eugene lesbian activist, community leader, bookseller and friend. Izzie Harbaugh is a woman whose presence here is sorely missed. The 71-year-old's unexpected death has saddened many and left a huge void in the Eugene community. • This month marks the first anniversary of the “new” It's M y Pleasure and the Sacred Grounds coffeehouse in Portland. It was one year ago that It's My Pleasure owner Holly Mulcahey made the bold move away from bustling Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard to the shop's current locale at the intersection of Northeast 64th Avenue and Sandy Boulevard. • Tammy Baldwin made history when she was sworn into Congress on Jan. 6 as the representative from Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District. An out lesbian, she is the first openly PUBLISHER AND MANAGING BUTOR • Marty Davis NEWS EDITOR • Jim Radosta ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR • Lisa Bradshaw FEATURES EDITOR • Meg Daly Kudej, Christopher McQuain, Gary Morris, Bob Roehr, Royd Sklaver, Tom Stevenson, Rex Wcxkner ADVERTISING DIRECTOR • Larry Lewis CONTRIBUTORS • Marc Acito, Michael Burdick, Bart ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE • Pam Colton Church, Meryl Cohn, Timothy Krause, Karen ADVBTTISING ASSOCIATE • Erin Scxton-Sayler a nd R enée L a C hance Jan u ary 2 3 , 2 0 0 4 FEATURE The forecast calls for a right-wing backlash— with a slight chance of pain A F ounded 1983 • J ay B rown • Motheriode plays tunes from its fifth album, Circle on the Sand. Jan. 23. The title song of this new CD celebrates the lives of women turning 50. • In earty January, the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust called for the deletion of two paragraphs that discuss the treatment of gay people in Nazi concentration camps from guides mailed to middle and high school teachers. • The Human Rights Campaign plays host to a fund-raising gala Feb. 13 with U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt, U.S. Sen. Ron W yden, politico David Mixner and queer comic Bob Smith. GRAPHIC DIRECTOR • Kevin Moore PROOHCTIRN ASSISTANT • Zanne dejanvier DISTRIBUTION • Kristine Ashton, Allison Benn, Ed Carder, Ashley Conley, Darren Linder, S & E Distributors PMI HOC Innovative program helps queers find the write stuff P 24 NEWS NH0RNEST • Clackamas County mothers form PFLAG chapter; queer men can take action to I stop alarming new epidemics of STDs; I workshop teaches queers how to discuss same- sex marriage with opponents PP 9 - 1 7 NATIONAL . Marriage update; New Jersey domestic partner bill signed into law PP 1 9 - 2 1 WRRLI • Australian state offers spousal rights to same-sex couples pp 2 2 - 2 3 ARTS AND CU LT U R E FILM • Yossi & dagger exposes hot love in a cold world of war p 35 WHAT'S POPPIN ? • Pieces o f A pril disappoints [ P 37 BOONS • Augusten Burroughs releases second memoir p 39 I CBLTMRE • Equinox keeps the “neighbor” in neighborhood gourmet »41 DIVERSIONS • Escape to Portland's new queer club; Altitude 12 mourns organizer’s death; Michael Mendelson comes home; national adult expo sticks its toe in queer waters P 43 TH E A TB • Edward Albee sends up the American family again in The Goat P 44 | COLUMNS MS. BEHAVIOR • Tops, bottoms and formers p 33 EPIQOf FREAN • A day in the life of an Epiqueerean p 36 OVT WITH IT! • The Goodfellas of No Fish! Go Fish! P 43 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARC . Acting your age P 45 just out ia published on the first and third Fri day of each month. Copynght © 2004 by Ju st O u t. 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