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4 J U S t O U t ' may 21.2004 Bo ^ ^ iot MiUti-Cnltiiral Fair & AVENUE ST R EET FAI1 L u n c h a n d Tea s c ir ^ L a iQ 1 Is n ’t it iron ic? To the E ditor : L IG H T IN G , IN C . T h e Lightbulb Lady’ We have SA D lights; Hard to find bulbs r r w n io u t L 4]----- t J___ ____ cz: o 0 7â O ° îc W e d d i n g s / C é l é b r â t to ns Reservations: (5 0 3 ) 4 9 3 190 3 Jo h n Palm er House 4 3 1 4 N M i s s i s s i p p i A v e. P o r t l a n d OR 9 7 2 1 7 “We Light-up your life” 3901 N Mississippi Ave 503-281-0453 CROW BAR NOT in our house! m \ Beer • Wine • Port • Sake 3pm to 2am daily THE P U R P L E P ARLOR ife’s little ironies just keep getting better and better. And we have straight hoys and their gal pals to thank for it. Remember when Bush & Co., plus Jerry Fab well, Pat Robertson, Jesse Jackson and the Vati can, said same-sex marriages were an assault on family values? The hot news then was a call for a constitutional amendment to make gay people second-class citizens by denying them marriage rights. Screw equality. Democracy is for normal straight people who promote and thrive on fam ily values. These values are the bulwark of our nation. Well, now even hotter news has forced us off the front pages. Along comes Abu Ghraib (don’t forget Guantanamo Bay, Cuba) and we gay folks get to see family values in action in Iraq. Straight American family values-nurtured soldiers heat ing, raping, sodomizing, stripping, leading on leashes and forcing masturbation and man-on- man sex on Arab prisoners. They even let their guard dogs get in on the action. All for souvenir photos and videotapes for friends hack home (and unfortunately the world at large) to see. Our military isn’t running concentration camps. They’re shooting pom in sex dungeons in a bondage and discipline orgy gone wild. 1 guess straight American guys are more curious about homoerotic stuff than I suspected. G ordon J ohnston Portland Som e off them w ant to ab u se you To the E ditor : i realize Just Out is a local publication, but the writers and editor must have something to say about the Iraqi prisoner abuse photos. Countless news commentators have discussed the “homo- t r a n s it io n s 17405 N.E. Glisan St. in Gresham. Chapel Hill-Butler Funeral Home in Kansas City han dled the arrangements. Remembrances may he made to the Donnie Lee Comstock Memorial Fund in care of the church, RO. Box 1319, Gresham, O R 97030. 3954 N Mississippi • PDX (503) 280-7099 1 lomestyle vegetarian. Freshly prepared And what about those Christian churches that were so quick to attack gay marriage and to protect family values-(whatever the hell these values really are)? Are they grabbing headlines petitioning our smarmy political leaders to close down these military sex ghettos? Nope. Not a peep. Mum. Christianity in action, 1 guess. And closer to home we have more irony regarding family values. Former Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt (twice married) gets outed for statutory rape (ongoing for possibly three years) of a 14-year-old girl. Current Gov. Ted Kulon- goski, when he isn’t playing job headhunter for the Goldschmidt family, expresses only dismay that we’ll lose Neil’s talent as chairman of the Board of Higher Education. Come on, Ted, throw a bone to the victim, why don’t you— and not like the one Neil did. Family values. Wow. They should come with a warning label. Break fast/lunch .¥KiONMiMlssppi www.purpfeparlorcom 4 ,0 0 0 D V D s fo r Rent- lf you can t find som ething good, you're ju st not trying. $2“0ne Day/$3**Flve D ays David Reimer, 1965-2004 Donnie Comstock, 1976-2004 Every day noon-11 pm 3956 N. Mhaeleelppi Ave. 5034459902 I LOVE THAT PLACE D ~ E v e n ts~ T H E MAIN EVENT Thursday, Mav 20 Saturday, May 22 -8pm B oise Eliot M ulticultural Festival 10am -7pm M ississippi Avenue Street Fair Students demonstrate & learn arts & crafts from around the world Boise Eliot Elementary, 620 N. Fremont Street closed from Fremont to Skidmore T\vo music stages Minstrel performers Arts & Crafts Fair Skateboarding Dem o Garage Sale Kids Space - Oregon Bug Zoo Local restaurant fare & beer tent Youth Basketball shoot o ff R ib-O ff contest_______________ Friday, May 21 1:30pm B oise Eliot E lem en tary M ulticultural Parade Route is Fremont to Shaver on Mississippi Ave., to Kerby back to school 7-9pm M ississippi Avenue Street Fair Talent .Show - Boisc-Eliot Elementary School 8-1 lp m NAYA Teen D ance (under 21) - Mississippi Rising Ballroom, 833 N Shaver , y ,,/ '•? • J/ -M ajo r Sp on sors— Portland T ribune •• N>X' N atural M ississippi D evelopm ent C om p an y U S Bank Interstate Sp ecial Events WÊIÊÊÊHÊÊKÊÊKKÊÊKÊÊÊÊÊItÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊKÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊIÊKÊÊKKm onnie Lee Comstock died of a heart attack May 3. He was 27. He was horn Dec. 6, 1976, in Kansas City, Mo. He worked as a counselor and caregiver in San Francisco, Oakland and Bay Point, Calif., before moving to Portland three years ago. Acquaintances describe Comstock as a caring, selfless, bright spirit who attracted friends easily. They add that he would have made a great host of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, as he had all of the characteristics of the Fah Five in himself. He loved animals, including his Japanese Chin dog, Ching, and his cats, Zsa Zsa and T C . Com stock is survived by his partner of eight years, Carl Tobey; brother, M ichael Wayne Patrzykont Jr. of Kansas City; par ents, Frances and Mike Patrzykont; grand parents, H arvey C om stock and Juanita Rodemyer; and best friend, Diane Rivera (aka Princess Diana). A memorial celebration will be held 10 a.m. May 29 at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, D avid Peter Reimer died of suicide May 4 at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, M an itoba. He was 38. He became the victim of an infamous gender experiment when his parents were advised to raise their baby boy as a girl after a failed circumcision. Reimer was castrated and subjected to mental, social and hormonal conditioning to help him live his early life as a girl named Brenda. Medical experts followed his development and socialization closely, comparing him with his twin brother in an experiment that came to he known as the Joan-John case during the 1960s and ’70s. Reimer discovered the truth about himself when he was a teen-ager and decided to live as a male. He eventually mar ried and revealed his story in the 2000 b<x)k As Nature Made Him. The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl hy John Colapinto. He is survived hy his wife, Jane Anne; stepchildren, Sherri, C arla and Anthony; granddaughter, Marina; and parents, Ron and Janet of Winnipeg. A memorial service was held M ay 10. K lassen Funeral C h ap e l h an dled the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Children’s Wish Foundation, 350 St. Mary Ave., Winnipeg, MB R 3C 3J2.
