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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
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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! It's dangerous for our kids, and it's dangerous
for our schools. Help Basic Rights Oregon stop the Oregon
Citizens Alliance's latest attempt to discnminate in our
schools.
• Stark Street is no Greenwich Village, Castro. Capitol Hill or
West Hollywood. Few would dispute that. But it is the place
old and new fnends meet to talk, dance, drink and find any
number of other pleasures
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