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Bone of contention
Old World v s . New World
To the E ditor :
To the E ditor :
hat Thomas Bmner, Cascade A ID S Proj
ect director, doesn’t quite get is that we
gay men may live on the Oregon Trail, hut we
didn’t just fall off our covered wagons out of
sheer stupidity.
He gamely tries to refute your papers claim
that CA P endorses regulation of gay sex clubs,
because C A P’s education and wellness outreach
programs aren’t working [“The Party’s Over,”
Jan. 9]. His letter to your paper denying that CAP
“officially” called for such health department reg
ulation is another example of how the guy sucks
shoe leather every time he opens his mouth to the
media lately [“Teaser Was Inaccurate,” Jan. 23).
The lip friction he expends at damage
control ot C A P ’s image is amazing. Truly
ChapStick-level stuff.
Here’s what strains my credulity. Bmner
admits C A P approached the Multnomah
County Health Department to form a “partner
ship.” Why? So C A P ’s new gixxJ buddy would
“step up” its response to sex behaviors in gay
(not straight) sex clubs and “insist" on zero tol-
! erance for harehacking and needle use.
Tire two agencies concluded after months-
long dialogue that, for now, sex clubs should
adopt voluntary standards to impose on their
patrons. But don’t worry, says Bmner. All of
this stuff was “unofficial” discussion. C A P
doesn’t “officially” endorse health department
regulation of these venues.
I know Bmner’s tortured analysis of the differ-
calms my fears that an agency like CA P isn’t
engaging in some indirect gay-bashing. Wow.
Now I can believe in the Tixnh Fairy' again.
Or maybe not. I called the health department
hot line number cited in “The Party’s Over,”
inviting response to three topics for reducing
STIYs among gay men using commercial venues
tor sex. Callers could request a callback. I did so
for six days with no response. 1 gave up.
I wondered: Is this hot line designed to give
the illusion that gay men are considered bona
fide participants in the CA P/M C H D “partner
ship"? Inviting public input after decisions are
made is a nifty bureaucratic tactic for making
those of us at the bottom believe we are noticed
by those at the top. .
But then, tops and bottoms are what this
hone of contention is all about. I just can’t fig
ure out who’s sticking it to whom.
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Portland
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To the E ditor :
A
dolf Hitler was so mad when he built the
furnaces, people just got in and burned up.
There are no records of anyone putting up a
tight or stmggle.
Last summer my daughter was raped and my
son was molested. Their ages are 5 and 7. Ore
gon has become a rest haven for child molesters
and rapos. Nowhere in the entire United States
of America is sex abuse excused like it is in
Oregon. Everykxly knew Jeffrey Dahmer was
going to get justice one way or another. We
can’t blame the police in Oregon because the
public has their hands tied so they can’t do an
effective job. Then when I step in, the public is
mad at me and the police.
The only way Oregon is going to get its
economy straight and make the neighborhixxJs
safe is to get our priorities straight. Our children
are our fniit. We are tied up on gay marriages,
prostitution and drug abuse. We are mnning
around like chickens with our heads cut off.
I made a promise to my love a long time ago
that I would never hurt anyone again. For she
knows that the world is not ready to see Tyrone
Williams mad.
I encourage you to get involved in commu
nity meetings. Most of our lawmakers come
from different environments. .Once we start
educating each other, we will one day come to.
a meeting of the minds.
Conclusion: Com e Judgment Day, he able
to say to yourself, “ I tried."
M inister T yrone W illiams
Portland
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am saddened to read that your Legislature is
still in the Dark Ages in regards to gay and les
bian marriages. In Ontario, I have been officiat
ing at gay and lesbian marriage ceremonies for
several months and can say that it contributes to
the wealth of the community, the stability of
society and the self-esteem of the spouses.
My spouse and I are acknowledged as part
ners by the heterosexual people who live
around us. We are drawn into events and treat
ed with love. While there are still some bigot
ed people in Canada, they have refrained from
harming us, and so far, the Canadian govern
ment has held up under the pressure of these
people to reverse the decision that our mar
riages are truly equal to heterosexual ones.
Good luck. It’s hard work making changes,
hut I believe it to he worthwhile. Dare to love!
Dare to fight for your love!
used to think of the world across the great
Atlantic pond as stuffy and stuck in its ways.
Well, folks, to quote a Dylan song, “The times
they are a-changin’.”
The House of Lords has passed a sweeping
gender hill that grants rights that we in the
United States (the New World) could only
wish for. Maybe, just maybe, the Old World is
not such a had place after all. Just maybe this
New World of ours could learn a thing or two
from our mother country! Sadly, I fear not.
To the trans folk across the great pond and
divide of the Atlantic, I say three cheers to your
government and “GixJ Save the Queen.” Have a
healthy stout for the lads and a nice glass of port
for the ladies, while we here in the gixxl old U.S.
of A. watch the latest show of fear and hate.
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T he R ev . V al F ournier
Dutton, O ntario, C anada
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