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Founded 1983 • Jay Brown and Renée LaChance
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Vol. 22 No. 23
FEATURE
As we part ways with one singles service, we say hello to another
aying gixxlbye to old friends is never easy. Often necessary, but
definitely not easy.
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With this issue of Just Out we say gtxxlhye to an old
favorite friend, the Just Friends Voice Personals Ads. “But
why.7” you ask. “I enjoy reading them, even if I’m not kxiking
for someone.”
Quite simply, their time has come and gone. Internet technology has
brought newer methods and opportunities to matchmaking and dating.
The activity has moved to the Web, and that’s where people now turn.
1 know that readers enjoy reading the ads, but fewer and fewer people
send them in, and even fewer respond to those received and printed.
For years now, the ads have not generated sufficient revenue to warrant
their maintenance and space in the paper. And so it’s time to say good
bye to this version of Just Out’s participation in creating opportunities
for single readers to meet other singles. This issue we print the final Just
Friends Voice Personal Ads.
But as we part ways with one singles service, we say hello to another.
In late November 1’11 be intRxlucingJustOutPersonals.com, a Web-based
dating service featuring individual profiles and pictures of those seeking
dates, friends and partners. Similar to the national sites, JustOutPerson-
als.com will allow you to browse, respond and reply to those who catch
your eye. Here’s the gtxxl news: For the first several months, the site will
be free to all users. As we get closer to the launch of the new Just Out
Web site, I’ll provide more details on how you and all your single friends
can post your profiles. There will be a series of singles parties to intro
duce the new site. And here’s the best news yet: No one will comer you
at one of these parties and force you to write a personal ad.
For the entire 22 years of Just Out, there has been one version or
another of Just Friends ads. For the first many years it was letters only,
followed by several years of the voice ads. During these past 22 years,
1 know these ads have generated many successful matches. Did you
meet your girlfriend, boyfriend or partner through Just Out ads7Do you
have a success story that you could share with our readers? Send me
your stories to be printed, and I’ll send you off to a “thank you from Just
Out" dinner. All responses must be received by Oct. 16. 1 kx>k forward
to hearing from you.
t’s always gratifying when someone in the community steps up to
. organize an event or activity. It’s even more gratifying when the
event turns out to be a resounding success and holds the promise of
being repeated in the future.
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REFLECTIONS
5 years ago in
• The United Way continues to take public input about its
support of the Boy Scouts of America. The Columbia-
Willamette chapter, like others across the country, is
considering cutting funding because of the ban on gay
Scout leaders, which recently was upheld by the U.S.
Supreme Court. Sources tell Just Out that the United
Way is moving toward a decision and might take public
comment for only another two weeks.
• Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has proclaimed October
2000 to be Lesbian and Gay History Month The
proclamation was requested by the Coalition to End
Bigotry, Oregon Common Cause. American Association
of University Women. Women’s Rights Coalition, Oregon
Library Association, Rural Organizing Project, It's Time
Oregon. Sweet Spirit Metropolitan Community Church,
Basic Rights Oregon, Lifeline AIDS Project and Parents,
Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.
• U.S Sen. Gordon Smith. R-Ore., will receive the
Equality Award during the Human Rights Campaign Gala
Dinner on Nov. 3 at the Portland Hilton The benefit also
will commemorate the group's 20th anniversary.
• Two Portland women used their new domestic
partnership registry document to officially change their
last name and get new Social Security cards Berdell and
Casey Moffett-Chaney were the sixth couple to register
as domestic partners with Multnomah County. The new
October 7, 2005
24 CANDID CAMERA
Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
reinforces queer presence
Kudos to Ellie Heller and her recent well-attended and appreciated
event, Ladies on the Links. Even with the weather turning rainy, more
than 60 women turned out for an enjoyable day of golf, laughter and
new friendships. Originally conceived as a singles events for lesbians,
the event grew into a more inclusive all-women’s event, bringing
together women of all identities joining in a common cause: raising
some money and having fun. The event beneficiaries, the Hambleton
Project and the Doembecher Children’s Hospital Foundation, will each
receive more than $1,000 thanks to the excellent efforts of Heller, her
volunteer staff and the many tournament participants.
At the awards ceremony, hosted by Portland favorite Gail Hand, the
laughter paused for a meaningful moment when Heller presented a
dozen yellow roses to a cancer survivor who had participated in the
day’s events. This moment was what it was all about.
NEWS
8-17 NORTHWEST
Basic Rights Oregon’s new road map; photo
roundup from AlDSWalkO5 and Studio BRO;
Basic Rights Oregon gets new development
director; Q Center ahead of schedule
19-21 NATIONAL
President Bush nominates White House
Counsel Harriet Miers to replace Sandra Day
O’Connor; National Coming Out Day
22-23 WORLD
Woman attacked at Johannesburg Pride; New
Zealand gets five gay MPs
he recent Basic Rights Oregon Annual Dinner was, by most
ARTS AND CULTURE
accounts, successful and enjoyed by those in attendance. The
39 MUSIC
slam-ham fund raising continues to be tedious and ponderous, but then Hiisker Du frontman breaks the Mould
so is discrimination and lack of civil rights. My observation was that the
41 BOOKS
event was less attended by members of our own community and more
Trans twists tangle complex plots in two new
by corporate friends and allies. If this is the case, and even if not, let’s
novels
give everyone in attendance the best value for their financial contribu
42 CULTURE
tion. More entertainment perhaps?
Cruise Control connects lesbians 36 and older
Less successful than the dinner was the after-party held off-site at
Wonder Ballroom and jointly sponsored by Insight Out’s presentation
44-45 DIVERSIONS
of One. Well-intended, I’m sure; however, planning snafus created
Coronation 2005; Kermie Wohlenhaus; Dan
unhappiness and ill feelings among some miffed attendees. Next year,
Savage; Hair; Randy M<x?; Natalia Zuckerman
BRO, don't lose the energy and momentum by changing sites mid
47 THEATER
stream. The after-party event needs to be better organized and coordi
Profile devotes entire season to another gay
nated. We have the talent within our community. Call in the people
dramatist
who know how to create a party. Especially if you’re going to tack on
49 FILM
additional charges.
Flightplan hits long stretches of turbulence
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inally, some gixxl news from the destruction zone of Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita. Just when you can’t take another picture of fkxxl
destruction, starving abandoned animals and mass ruin, there’s a reason
for hope and joy. Yes, folks, gay Web sex has returned to New Orleans.
In a press release headlined “Cruising for Sex Returns to the Big Easy,”
owners of CruisingForSex.com said, “The ability to operate from the
city they call home is an important step back towards normalcy and
self-dependence.” And life goes on. JH
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Volume 17 Number 23, October 6, 2000
registry for unmarried couples, including same-sex
partners, was launched Sept. 1.
• The Oregon Health Division launched its effort to hear
feedback about a controversial HIV names reporting
proposal during a hearing Sept. 27 at Portland's Airport
Holiday Inn. The meeting, packed with mostly opponents
to the policy, was the first of four scheduled throughout
the state.
• Faced with national blood shortages, the Food and
Drug Administration considered lifting its ban on gay
male donors, but government scientists narrowly
rejected the proposal Sept. 14. The Associated Press
reports. All men who seek to donate blood are asked if
they have had sex, even once, with another man since
1977. Those who say they have are banned permanently
from donating blood.
• A lesbian tour group from Britain was welcomed at
Sappho's hometown on the Greek island of Lesbos in
mid-September after organizers agreed to tone down
some of their activities. Among other changes, a "Wet
Pussy Pool Party" was renamed.
• The Netherlands’ lower house of Parliament voted to
legalize gay marriage Sept. 12. Not registered
partnership, like several countries have done, but
marriage itself
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COLUMNS
15 DEAR ETHEL
Just working out
35 MS. BEHAVIOR
My cheating heart
37 OUT GOING
The royal family
38 EPIQUEEREAN
Belly up to the rail
43 GET DIRTY WITH DAN
Fall is for Fritillarias!
51JIM S CLOSET
My new grandma
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