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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 2005)
by jllSti'l11 M arty D avis newsmagazine the in publication for the out population Founded 1983 • Jay Brown and Renée LaChance No brain, no gain Vol. 22 No. 15 Just Out Scholarship Fund is up and running June 3, 2005 FEATURE 28 GREETINGS FROM GAY OL’ PORTLAND <xxl intentions can be slow in coming to fruition. When I purchased Just Out six-plus year ago, one of my goals was to establish a scholarship fund that would annually provide financial assistance to selected college-bound members of our community. Setting aside and budgeting money for these scholar ships turned out to be more difficult than I had planned, and the fund has been languishing in the coffers of Equity Foundation for several years. Now, finally, thanks to a generous dentition from a “Friend of Just Out,” 1 am pleased to be able to announce that the Just Out Scholarship Fund is up and running and accepting applications. 1 have created this scholarship fund as a means of encouraging stu dents, including adults returning to schtxil, who are gay, lesbian, bi or trans, or the children of thus-identified parents, to pursue their educa tion at the post-secondary level. For this first award cycle, Just Out will be awarding $5,000 in funds. I’m not setting any parameters on how many people will get how much money per award. These decisions will be made when the review committee has all the applications in hand and we’re able to assess the candidates. There might be five awards of $ 1,000 each, or there might be one simply overwhelming candidate with a story so powerful that he or she is awarded the complete sum. A few of the qualifiers for these scholarships set us apart from other programs geared toward the sexual minorities community. First, I am not limiting applicants to those residing in the Portland area. You do, however, need to be a resident of Oregon or Southwest Washington (Clark, Cowlitz or Skamania counties). My hope is that we’ll receive applications from beyond the Portland metro area. Special consideration will be given to applicants from rural areas. 1 admit I’m projecting my own feelings, and memories, into this process, but the notion of helping free a sexual minority youth from the confines of Harney County pleases me greatly. Secondly, these scholarships will not be limited to recent high school graduates. Each of us is on a life journey that takes us on different paths—and for some the path meanders a bit before becoming focused on an ultimate destination. If you’re 46 years old and recently confident that you’re being called to nursing school, then I want to hear from you, too. Your needs and your potential contributions are no less than those of someone younger and on a more traditional career path. I am myself a lifelong wanderer. I respect the complexities of the journey. G REFLECTIONS Finally, this fund acknowledges that not all are called to a career of academics. There is honor and integrity in all work, and as such we encourage students bound for trade and technical sch<x>l to apply for funding, too. To review all the criteria for the scholarships and download the application form, please visit www.equityfoundation.org. Applications must be completed and returned to Equity Foundation by Aug. I. Just Out will notify recipients of the award by early September. Our readers will be introduced to the award winners in the November anniversary issue of Just Out. June is Pride Month, and nothing brings me more pride than the notion of broadening the mission of Just Out and furthering the positive impact that we have on the lives of our gay, lesbian, bi and trans read ers. Please apply soon. The Rose City celebrates Pride 2005 NEWS 7-21 NORTHWEST Rural Organizing Project walk coming up; busi nesses that support the community; trans con struction; Southern Oregon University responds to recent hate crimes and discrimination on campus; NoPo Pride; Oregon Fixxl Bank to host queer volunteer event; HIV-positive consumer study; Sam Adams celebrates 100 businesses in 100 days; Hambleton gets big bucks 22-25 NATIONAL Cray and Lesbian Medical Association criticizes new FDA guidelines on sperm donation by gay men hen I made the decision to publish the May 6 article questioning 26-27 WORLD the effectiveness of Love Makes a Family, I knew there’d be a Chinese province offers gays free HIV tests; rain backlash of anger, confusion and concern from the community. I antici bow flag raised in Caracas; Hong Kong gays pated a fkx>d of mail and calls and God only knows what else. march; British gays protest at Saudi embassy; We received instead a mere trickle of letters coupled with a few btxir- Chilean Supremes rule against lesbian mom ish examples of churlish bad behavior, including disruption of church again; WorldPride postponed activities and childish making of the name of the writer of the article. ARTS AND CULTURE I find it ironic that Just Out is accused of stifling dissent and differ 42-45 CULTURE ence of opinion at the same time we’re being told not to promote dis sent and difference of opinion. 1 was called to task for “airing our dirty Gay-owned wine bar expands and evolves; Port laundry in public,” a weary excuse for not facing problems head-on. It’s land’s BearTown 2005 group hug June, it’s Gay Pride, and it’s time to take responsibility and accountabili 47 THEATER ty for the imperfection that exists within our little comer of the world— Will queer-themed productions take home any just as it exists everywhere else. Drammys? Our community has shortcomings. We have problems that need 48 PEOPLE solving. We’ll never make progress by hiding from the fact that we face Performers tickle Portland’s funny bone issues of domestic violence, alcoholism, obesity, smoking, homelessness 51-53 BOOKS among our youth and myriad social and political travails. Just Out does Life with HIV; life after Catholicism not exist simply to provide txxik reviews and pretend that Will & Grace is a gtxxl television show. If you want dissent and you want difference of 55 MUSIC opinion, then expect to find it here. If you want a “pinkwash” of the ills Off Broadway that face us, you’ll need to kx)k elsewhere. This is our work, this is our 56-57 DIVERSIONS mission, this is our gay pride. jM The Rocky Horror Show; Night of 100 Stars; Ellis; Movin’ Out; Inside TV Land: Tickled Pink; Ismail Merchant W 59 FILM Star Wars saga ends 60 TELEVISION Six Feet Under digs into its fifth and final season COLUMNS 41 MS. BEHAVIOR Three’s a crowd 46 EPIQUEEREAN Pho you. Eat Mi. 61 JIM’S CLOSET Syntax relief Celebrity judges and Salon Q guests cheer on Nathan Smith of Hobo’s in the Absolut Vodka 25th Anniversary Bartenders Contest on May 31 at Aura. Just Out is published on the first and third Friday of each month. Copyright © 2005 by Just Out No part of Just Out may be reproduced without wntten permission from the publisher Editorial guidelines: Letters to the editor should be limited to 500 words Announcements regarding life transitions (births, deaths, unions, etc ) should be limited to 200 words; photos are welcome Deadline for submissions to the editorial department and for the Calendar is the Thursday 15 days before the next publication date. Just Out reserves the nght to edit for grammar, punctuation, style, liability concerns and length Views expressed in letters to the editor, columns and features are not necessanly those of the publisher Advertising policy: The display advertising deadline is the Monday 12 days before the next publication date Classified ads must be received at the Just Out office by 5 p m on the Sunday five days before the next publication date, along with payment Classifieds may be placed via www.justout.com. by mail or in person at our office. Just Out reserves the nght to reject or edit any advertisement Compensation for errors in. or cancellation of. advertising will be made with credit toward future advertising Advertising rates available upon request Distribution policy: Just Out is available free of charge Just Out is delivered only to authorized distributors No person may. without prior written permission, take more than one copy. Any person who takes more than one copy may be held liable for theft, including but not limited to civil damages and/or criminal prosecution. Subscriptions are $22.50 for 12 issues. First Class (in an envelope) is $40 for 12 issues Contact Just Out at PO Box 14400, Portland. OR 97293 0400; 503 236-1252. advertising 503 236-1253. fax 503-236-1257; e-mail justout@justout.com. Visit us on the web at www.justout.com. PUBLISHER & MANAGING EDITOR Marty Davis NEWS EDITOR Sarah Dougher ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR Jim Radosta STAFF WRITER Jaymee R. Cuti ART DIRECTOR Bonnie Barrett PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Katy Maehl ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Larry Lewis ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Ashley Austin. Kari Tate, Cshea Walker CONTRIBUTORS Yvonne P Behrens. Stephen Blair, Meryl Cohn, Jodi Darby, Timothy Krause. Karen Kudej, Christopher McQuain, Gary Morris. Jenny Nguyen, Rebecca Ragain, Theresa “ Darklady " Reed. Bob Roehr, Aaron Scott. Floyd Sklaver, Rex Wockner DISTRIBUTION Kristine Ashton. Allison Benn. Lisa Benson. Pat Kilmer-Cramer
