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i u st out ——¡NEWSMAGAZINE J VOL. 23 NO. 3 Buying for Equality DECEMBER 2, 2005 ON THE COVER Sissyboy wishes you happy Shop locally, shop frequently, and shop wisely holidays and an offensive new year! The radical drag troupe year. Days grow short and gray, and it’s now acceptable to plan activities that pling of local merchants and the goods and wares that they present to you. As presents A Bush Family Christmas 8 p.m. Dec. 15 and midnight Dec. 16 at Clinton don’t involve hiking or sweating. Television weather forecasters tease us with always, we encourage you to shop with our advertisers and our local merchants. Street Theater, 2522 S.E. Clinton flirtatious hints of snow, and the nights become chillier than a Multnomah Thanks to the advertisers who support the paper, and thanks to the readers who County Commission meeting. Yes, the season is clearly changing, but not support the advertisers. St. The show will be repeated during Sissyboy’s regular monthly dance party 11 p.m. Dec. 21 at Holocene, 1001 S.E. Morrison St. Tickets are $7 at the door or $5 in advance. t’s early December in the Pacific Northwest—one of my favorite times of the I For those shopping and gifting locally, Just Out provides with this issue a sam from fall to winter, as one might expect. No, not yet. First we pause and tarry in the While keeping a keen eye on our dollars and where we spend them, we must newly contrived fifth season, the "Season of Giving.” also not lose track of the tremendous power that we hold as voters, both as indi Sissyboy also will perform during the ninth annual Hat Yes, the holidays are upon us, accompanied as always by mumbling and grum viduals and as a unified bloc. With the 2006 primary still (or, for some, only) six bling from those who purport to hate anything and everything to do with this time months away, it’s important to start focusing on the election. Throughout the com Party 10 p.m. Dec. 19 at gay-owned Chameleon Restaurant & Bar, 2000 N.E. 40th Ave. The minimum donation is $5. of year. You hear it everywhere: “I hate the «mmercialism,” “1 can’t stand the ing months Just Out will profile candidates for state and local offices. These arti Proceeds benefit the Hollywood Senior Center. crowds,” “1 hate shopping, I hate this, I hate that.” Many of you, perhaps, should cles do not constitute endorsements and are presented to help voters become just go off to the movies and come back in January, hopefully to return more informed and familiar with issues. Endorsements will appear in late spring. FEATURE relaxed and in better humor. For the rest of you. I offer the suggestion that the hol Already noted is the probability of contentiousness in some races. Gay and les idays are for everyone to make of them what they will. And for those who might bian voters could play decisive roles with their votes. Multnomah County like to shop, if you enjoy purchasing gifts for friends, family and loved ones, then Commission chair looks to be the race with most potential for pitting voter against go about it with gusto. Shop locally, shop frequently, and shop wisely. voter. Sides are forming, and key people -are stepping up to show support for the NEWS To help the gay, lesbian, bi and trans community make responsible and fair- candidate of their choice. Activists and community leaders are questioning the 8-16 NORTHWEST minded seasonal and year-round shopping decisions, the Washington, D.C.-based merit of being viewed as a single-issue constituency. Incumbents for -all offices must Jean DeMaster works for community; Ted Wheeler Human Rights Campaign has released its buyers guide, Buying for Equality. This be judged on their overall efficiency and leadership qualities. All Oregonians are publication highlights corporate policies on equality and empowers consumers to affected by issues such as economic growth, funding for social services, cuts in throws his hat into the ring; Q Center update; Trans Clinic now open at Outside In; smoking rates for make decisions based on a company’s score on the HRC Foundation’s nationally education, taxes, affordable housing, public safety and, yes, opening up jail beds respected Corporate Equality Index. Using a color-coded format, the publication, in Multnomah County. Same-sex marriage and the battle for full civil rights is of available at www.hrc.org/buyersguide, clearly delineates between “good” and “bad” utmost importance and urgency to many. Should it be the overriding factor in how companies. National companies with outlets in Portland that rate high on the index you’ll cast your vote? Oregon’s queers shockingly high 17-19 NATIONAL First-ever conference on African-American women and AIDS; U.S. bishops interpret newly released inally, an article in the Nov. 11 issue of Seattle Gay News reports that the Seattle F Pride Committee has made the decision to move its annual Pride festivities from for us to use our buying power wisely and reward those companies that treat their the traditional Capitol Hill location to the much larger and grander Seattle Center. employees and customers with respect, regard and equality. The need to move the event is based on the amazing growth of the festival. If you’re traveling for the holidays, American Airlines and US Airways score 100 Meanwhile, as reported in this issue of Just Out, the president of Pride each, while Southwest Airlines pulls in a dismal 64. Kimpton Hotels, parent of Northwest has resigned, leaving behind a skeletal board of two members. What Vintage Plaza Hotel and Fifth Avenue Suites, scores a perfect 100. Most of the larg happens now to this organization and the annual Pride event it oversees? If the er hotel chains have scores of 85 or better, reflecting perhaps acknowledgment community doesn’t step up with volunteer time and energy, the event simply might that our community travels well and travels often. Our buying power is not to be not happen in 2006. What would this mean to our community? What would this taken lightly. mean to you? reflections 20-21 WORLD Iran reportedly hangs more gays; 2010 Gay Games go to Cologne I V . ..... w .o PAGE 43 Rite-Aid taking footholds on competing comers throughout Portland, it’s important Gifts, charities and events on the Just Out list Vatican document include Best Buy, Sears, Walgreens and Staples. Companies that score low on the index include Circuit City, Kmart, Radio Shack and Rite-Aid. With Walgreens and 22 HOLIDAY GUIDE 2005 ARTS AND CULTURE 43 DANCE 10 Years Ago in Just Out... volume 13 number 3, december 1,1995 Rising ballet star shows wisdom beyond his 15 years 45-47 FILM Despite its flaws, Rent is the gayest Hollywood drama • Join LesbOS (Lesbians of Size) for brunch and a movie at locations where the seating comfortably accommodates large women. • Portland actor Rob Buckmaster, best known for his portrayal of the title character in Triangle Productions' version of Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey, died Nov. 2 at the age of 31. The cause was AIDS-related lymphoma. • Transsexual rights advocates say they want Right to Privacy PAC, Oregon's largest sexual minority rights organization, to change the name of its flagship fund-raiser and push for statewide legislation that protects not only gay men, lesbians and bisexuals from discrimination, but transsexuals as well. • Openly gay Vancouver Councilor-elect Jim Moeller muses on the rigors of campaigning.... The 40-year-old chemical dependency counselor won his bid in November for a seat on the Vancouver City Council, making him the city’s first openly gay elected official. • An estimated 265 people turned out for the sixth Harvey Milk Awards Dinner, sponsored by After 8, a Corvallis-based educational and advocacy group that promotes gay, lesbian and bisexual visibility and rights. since Philadelphia 50 CULTURE SisterSpirit celebrates diversity of traditions 51 PEOPLE L ifting the V eil on LOVE A New Hook on Fambn h an hiepirMem in Millxwis <rf (iay Men and I and the Rd«««» Kifcht» Wont Nighhnan- Mt* • Love Makes a Family facilitates a community forum on same-sex marriage, featuring a panel discussion and screening of two videos. Petitions being circulated by the Oregon Citizens Alliance include a prohibition against same-sex marriages in Oregon. Join the local effort to fight marriage discrimination. Kiki & Herb tear down the house with their infamous cabaret act 53 CULTURE Welcome to Fat Cobra Video and Arcade 55 BOOKS New narratives speak from the fringes^ society COLUMNS • It's Nuts and Bolts Night at City Nightclub. Get your free nut or bolt at the door, find the person whose colored nut matches your bolt, and win a fabulous prize. • Cris Williamson and Tret Fure bring their concert tour "Snow Angel—Songs for a Winter Evening" to the Spiritual Awareness Community Center in Bend for their only Oregon performance. A fund- raising reception for Beyond the Closet follows the concert. 39 MS. BEHAVIOR Breasts of Burden 40 EPIQUEEREAN That’s Amore! 41 OUT GOING We Are All Winners 49 GET DIRTY WITH DAN Paradise in Monmouth 56 JIM'S CLOSET Tis the Sleazon
