october 1. 2005 » jUSt Ollt 7
OUT standing just asking
Brian Robertson:
Excellence in Television
rian Robertson, news photog
rapher with KGW-TV since
1985, says he likes telling sto
ries that don’t normally get
heard.
“Our job is to make people aware of
things they may not have experiences
with,” he said.
That philosophy led Robertson and
news anchor Laural Porter to an award
from the National Lesbian & Gay Journal
ists Association this month.
Robertson recorded, edited and co
produced a segment called “Finding
Donna” about a Portland woman’s struggle
with gender identity. Donna Ross, a former
Winter Hawks hockey announcer, was
bom Ron. She recently returned from
Thailand, where she underwent sex re
assignment surgery.
Robertson credits Ross with the first-
place statue for Excellence in Television,
which came with a $500 prize.
“1 think it was Donna, the fact that she
was very open and frank about who she was
Photojournalist Brian Robertson receives an award
and the transition and how much happier
from the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists
she is now,” he said. “All we were was kind
Association in Chicago.
of a conduit.”
Robertson said that he didn’t expect to win
Besides covering major news events for
the award but that he knew the story was KGW including the NBA finals, the 9/11 ter
“significant.”
rorism attacks in New York and the wars in
“1 was very proud of the work that we did. Kosovo and Iraq, Robertson volunteers for or
Just the fact that we were recognized for doing a ganizations including Our House of Portland
story on a transgendered woman was really and sings with the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus.
admirable.”
—Jaymee R. Cuti jH
B
This issue of Just Out delves into the realm of fantasy and
asks the question, “If you could sit down and talk with any
gay or lesbian icon, legend or celebrity, living or dead,
whom would you choose and why?“
L ee K yle T urner
Sissyboy Co-founder
D ave B ehrend
Jack of All Trades
“Rimbaud, the
poet, because he
was a really sexy
rebel poet and I’d
love to drink
absinthe and get
him naked. He
was hot.”
“Matthew Shepard.
1 admire him for his
coming out amid all
the bigotry and hate
I’d ask him about
what he’d see as his
role if he were here
today. Would he be
an activist like his
mother?”
M arte L amb
Actual Person on
the Street
N icole B rowning
Q Center Board
Member
“Sappho, because
depending on the
translation her
poetry is drop-dead
gorgeous.”
“James Baldwin. .
I’ve always felt an
affinity for his
experience, and I’ve
always enjoyed his
eloquence amidst
his angst.”
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