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in M arty D ams : iustnrn newsmagazine the in publication for the out population Founded 1983 • Jay Brown and Renée LaChance Vol. 22 No. 20 Where's the bug spray? August 19, 2005 FEATURE 22 HIKING “THE CAMP" An annotated walk through time A familiar pest has returned NEWS he first signs of fall are in the air. Shorter days and cooler television. It’s not so much that 1 find the programs all bad, but I’m not nights bring the first early geese flying overhead. Back-to- certain that 1 find great value in the concept of all-gay channels. In the case of Logo specifically, it’s simply one more opportunity to find Gra school commercials appear, and all business conversations end with, “I’ll get back to you after Labor Day.” And along with ham Norton to be among the most annoying TV personalities ever. Did the possibility of the delightful return of rain come also the annoying 1 need another network spotlighting him? No. pests of fall. The first wasp of the season attacks viciously on the deck, Hyper Boy aside, there are some gtxxJ programs listed in the August and Republican Kevin Mannix announces that he will, once again, try program guide. On Aug. 27 an excellent movie, Forbidden Love: The to be the next governor of Oregon. The wasps will go away naturally. Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives, is playing. Anyone with access to Getting rid of Mannix will take more effort. We’ll need more than swat Logo should definitely be inviting all their friends over to watch this ting and flailing to get him out of our hair. Canadian import. It’s not yet a given that Mannix will obtain his party’s nomination. My concern about “electronic ghettos" is that these excellent pro He will face a formidable competitor in Ron Saxton, and other as-yet- grams will be shunted off to where only those who go in search will find unannounced candidates could siphon away votes. Mannix, however, them. I also have concerns that with the cultural backlash of 2004, the will likely have the full support of the fine folks behind last year’s Ballot TV industry can use these new channels to remove gay and lesbian pro Measure 36, and Saxton’s moderate politics are likely too soft for Ore gramming from the broadcast networks. Aren’t we setting up an oppor gon’s strange and right-leaning Republican Party dynamics. tunity for them to say, “Well, they do have their own network now”? And just as those who chtxwe to watch, will, many, many more will On the Democratic front, Gov. Ted Kulongoski has announced that choose not to, effectively barring us from their TVs, their homes and he will seek a second term. Those thought to be ready to take him on their lives. To me, this is not socially forward thinking. for the Democratic nomination include Pete Sorenson and Vicki Walk Segregation is happening on TV. There are channels for the er. It’s not an easy task to deny a seating governor his party’s nomina African-American and Latino communities. There are macho men tion, and while we’ll learn more about these candidates in 2006, their channels (F/X) and nerd channels (SciFi). There are channels for best shots at being governor will come in 2010. 2006 will likely be their women, channels for cooks and shoppers, channels for history buffs anil trial runs. . channels for people who like to watch gross surgeries. We can all bring With the likely possibility that Mannix will be the Republican can into our lives that which is familiar and safe. And we can shut out all didate comes rhe strengthened notion that 2006 is not the year for us, opportunities to learn about anyone and anything that is different from as a community, to take a politically offensive stand by attempting a ourselves. Is this progress? ballot measure promoting civil unions. Rallying to defeat Mannix should become our main focus. Remember, he came frighteningly close to inally, again, allow me to offer words of assurance about the Just Out being elected in 2002. Web site. A new one is under construction at this very moment. To As candidates announce for office, Just Out will be there to research say it will be an improvement is an understatement indeed. With a their records on civil rights and to question directly their stand on issues launch scheduled for November, the new site will include everything facing our community. Along that same line, we are attempting to that you’ve been asking for, including the full contents of each and interview Oregon House Speaker Karen Minnis and ask her, plain and every issue. Imagine, you’ll be able to directly forward this column to all simple, “What’s up with the attitude?” Her office reports that she’s on your friends. The new site will include a brand new personal ad format, vacation for a few weeks. We’ll wait for her. one that will mark the official demise of the current Just Friends Voice Personal Ads. So go get a haircut, take your new picture, and we’ll have ot summer nights bring sleeplessness. Sleeplessness brings too a new place for you to go to meet friends and dates. We’re almost there. much TV. Bad TV, in many cases. And such is my initial impres sion of Logo, the first of the new “gay” networks to-make its way to my I promise. jm T F H 8-15 NORTHWEST Volunteer opportunities at SMYRC; Defense of Marriage Coalition slapped with fine; Drag King and Queen Pageant in Bend; activists invited to A World Beyond Capitalism 2005; town hall meeting with Rep. Shields Aug. 20; Portland Oregon Visitors Association takes gay Portland to New York Expo; renters’ rights; charitable giving at work; volunteer opportunities at Oregon State Fair to promote marriage equality 17-19 NATIONAL FBI asked to investigate arsons against gay and gay-friendly homes, churches and businesses; Supreme Court nominee helped gays win landmark civil rights case; Cherokee court clears way for lesbian marriage; gay soldiers targeted for online behavior 20-21 WORLD Moscow mayor: No Gay Pride here; HIV infections climb among gay Danes; Amnesty: Uganda targets gay activists; Polish activist fined for offending Catholics; Qatari crown prince allegedly banned from nightclub; married Aussie MP to quit after gay sex revelations ARTS AND CULTURE 32 THEATER Don Hom reflects on Triangle Productions 35 FILM The Aristocrats and The 40'Year'Old Virgin launch the raunch 37 MUSIC Holcombe Waller’s seraphic voice provides comfort during Troubled Times 38-39 DIVERSIONS Zaytoon; As You Uke It; Sweet Thunder; Miss Indigo Blue; Eric Himan; Hollywixxl Bowl COLUMNS Ollt« • • Volume 17 Number 20, August 18, 2000 • A national protest of the Boy Scouts of America is planned for Aug. 21. The move comes several weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the organization's nght to discriminate against lead ers based on sexual orientation. • KGW-TV still plans to debut the controversial Dr. Laura talk show 11 a m. Sept. 11. The host, radio's Laura Schlessinger, is widely known for her disparaging comments about gays and les bians. A national campaign, StopDrLaura.com, has called for advertisers to cancel their support for the television show. • Members of the Portland Area Business Association, a gay and lesbian networking organization, invited the new police chief to their Aug. 14 luncheon downtown. Mark Kroeker, now eight months on the job, addressed about 50 members of PABA, explaining his vision for the City of Roses. Kroeker reminded the audience that recruitment is open to the gay. lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. • Officials from Pnde Northwest recently responded to alle gations of unfair election practices by two former board members, Tamara Swan and Janna MacAuslan. At the cen ter of the controversy are the organization's bylaws and two elections eartier this summer in which the women were not re-elected • At a time when several sports franchises are switch ing mascots in a effort to promote sensitivity, Universi ty of Hawaii did just the opposite last month, The Asso ciated Press reports. Claiming the symbol has become too closely associated with gay and lesbian pnde, the school changed its football team's nickname from the Rainbows to the Warriors. Activists quickly attacked the decision. • Kelly M Fitzpatrick, the only naturopathic physician in the Pacific Northwest specializing in care for the transgen der community, gives a free talk at Nature's Northwest. • No on 9! 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