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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
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to ab u se you
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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-
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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.
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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,
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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.