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JANUARY 20. 2006 I ette r s jUSt|OUt with women. We all were just having a great time. fix it, you gotta stand it,” which shows his regret One of the instructors, Dunbar Aitkens, was The place was not too crowded, so there really was and remorse about a lost opportunity. I’m sorry the recently quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story not a lot to choose from, but even if there had been, screenplay moves the line to an earlier part of the about his participation in the 1964 free speech 1 see nothing wrong with women dancing with film, where 1 don’t think it means quite as much. movement at UC Berkeley. No Data Exist for Trans Smoking Behaviors women. We had been doing this for about two hours To the E ditor : when the hand said: “This next song is for the hetero The tone of the movie is, indeed, a tragedy, as are Unfortunately, ex-gay groups predated gay so many great romances: Romeo and Juliet, Love Story, friendly student groups. Even today, several Corvallis I would like to make a correction to the article sexuals only. That means one man and one woman.” Titanic. It is through viewing these stories of love lost churches are still sponsoring ex-gay groups on cam on queer smoking rates in Oregon [“Queers Smoke Then they played a slow song. As 1 looked and loss regretted that the theme comes through: pus to “help homosexual students” become straight Nearly Twice as Much as General Population,” around, nobody seemed to care what had just been Live who you can while you can when you can; who through prayer and unethical psychotherapy. Dec. 2]. said. I could not believe what 1 heard. 1 know in my knows what tomorrow may bring or take? If Jack and Fortunately, OSU president Ed Ray cut the rib The article asserts: “Not enough respondents heart that if any people of color had been there and Ennis had run off and started that ranch, it might bon at the official opening of the new “Pride Center" [to the state health department’s adult risk be the band had said, “This next song is for white have been a sweet story, but hardly not the stuff of on National Coming Out Day in 2004. This level of havior survey, or BRFSS] identified as transgender people only,” there would have been a lot of drama, and certainly not the movie experience that support is amazing given that just 30 years ago the to provide adequate statistics about their tobacco trouble. This is not right, and I cannot believe thi$ is leaving audiences in tears. Those feelings of pain first OSU gay student group struggled to recruit the use.” In fact, the state collects no data on trans band could get away with saying this. prove the audience is learning something. one faculty adviser required for official recognition. gender risk behaviors, which include tobacco use. 1 have been in this bar a few times and have nev In a time when Will & Grace and Byron Beck There is no place within the BRFSS to identify er run into this before. There is always a different are considered windows into gay life, 1 commend T homas K raemer one’s gender beyond “male” or “female.” This infor band each weekend, 1 have danced with women everyone connected with bringing Brokeback Corvallis mation would be useful for advocating for increased before, and nothing like this has ever been said. My Mountain to the screen and wish them every suc funding for education, prevention and health care friend Bonnie Conners encouraged me to write you. cess, especially at Oscar time. for transgender folks as well as for those who identify as genderqueer or gender-variant. Specifically related to tobacco use, the extreme (P.S. On a prurient note, “spit” and “the first D otty D odd time” are a mainstay of every gay porn story I’ve Portland read; it seems odd to quibble about it in a Pulitzer ly limited research that has been done outside Brokeback Mountain a Classic Tragedy To the E ditor : Memo to Jack Janisch: This film Brokeback Mountain and the novella upon which it is based Prize-winning story.) at rates significantly higher than nontransgender Brokeback Mountain in Historical Context D onald F inch time 43 years ago [“Brokeback Mountain Gave Me folks and 2) transgender people who take hor To the E ditor : Portland Nothing,” Jan. 6[. Oregon has suggested: 1) transgender people smoke are period pieces, authentic to a specific place and mones and smoke might increase their risk of Several months ago, when 1 read Brokeback smoking-related illnesses. Estrogen use might Mountain in anticipation of the movie release, Queer Beavers Turn 30 rytelling genius. The question isn’t whether she’s amplify the risk for blood clots that could lead to 1 turned to my partner and said, “1 wonder how To the E ditor : “qualified to write about gay sex and what gay men heart attacks, strokes or other cardiovascular many gay people will think this is just another sto In 1976, about 10 students formed the fir^t gay feel” (what, Ls there a test or something?), it’s how she disease. Testosterone use might raise the risk for ry about self-loathing gays and violent bashing?” student group to be officially recognized by Oregon does so with such tmth and power. Br< tkeback Mountain heart disease, which might be amplified by smok Judging by your letters column Jan. 6, at least one! State University. To celebrate the 30th anniversary, is a truly remarkable film with two of the best perfonn- ing. It is important to remember that more research While I’m not going to try to change anyone’s 1 hope other charter members will share their ances (by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal) I’ve ever memories in a letter to Just Out. seen in the context of a gay story. must be done in order to understand the impacts of long-term hormone use generally, as well as in combination with substance use. 1 apologize for the confusion about the data results. mind, I’d like to bring a few ideas to the table. To read Annie Proulx’s story is to understand sto Most importantly, perhaps, is the fact that in While researching early gay student activity at The truths it speaks to the rapidly growing neither the short story nor the movie is Jack killed OSU, I recently reread the 1972 to 1978 microfilm legions of people who are seeing it nationwide is with a tire iron. Both narratives state that Jack is copies of the OSU student newspaper, The about the way love changes us and the heartbreak killed in an accident while changing a tire. It is only Barometer. As a result, I stumbled onto some inter of regret in not being true to your feelings—both in Ennis’ mind that the bashing occurs (something esting bits of history. relatively new ideals in terms of gay subject matter R.E. S zego he has lived in horror of his entire life—it’s the pri For example, The Corvallis Gazette-Times news produced for mass audiences. The tragedy at the Breathe Free, Oregon’s LGBTQ Coalition Against mary reason he turns down Jack’s offers), although paper published a two-page article Jan. 9, 1976, heart of the film is not only appropriate to the sto Tobacco the nature of movies requires a visual. Is it possible headlined “Gay Women Coming Out of the Closet ry but draws on some of the oldest traditions in lit there was a hate crime? Certainly. But that is an in Corvallis: ‘Now I erature. Romeo and Juliet, anyone? assumption some viewers—and Ennis—make. Woman.’ ” The resulting angry letters and subscrip Zinged at Hing's Want to Marry This 1 would also mention the timeline of the story. tion cancellations are summarized in my Sept. 13, T odd S immons I am writing to tell you about something that That first summer is in 1963, the very beginning of 2005, opinion piece, “30 Years Later, Views of Gay Eugene happened Dec. 30. 1 had gone out for drinks and the civil rights movement in America. The first Issues Same,” which is available in the archives at dinner for a friend’s birthday party. We went to a postcard from Jack arrives just about the time of the www.gazettetimes.com. To the E ditor : CORRECTION The Jan. 6 obituary for Ray Southwick erro Chinese restaurant/bar on Main Street in Oregon Stonewall riots, although I doubt Jack Twist keeps Present-day press coverage rarely mentions that City called Hing’s. up with his New York Times. And the story ends in gay activists started fighting for gay marriage in neously reported that donations to the Audria M. There was a small group of us, and after dinner 1983, just as rhe first reports of AIDS hit the 1970. The U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the Edwards Scholarship Fund should be sent to Equity as we were listening to the band Hott Pursuit, we media...and hate crimes against gay people begin gay marriage of Jack Baker and Mike McConnell in Foundation. Remembrances should actually be sent girls decided to dance. We were dancing with some to escalate. Perhaps those dates are meant to bring Minnesota was national news. to P.O. Box 8854, Portland, OR 97207, and e-mails of the men there and with each other. Our group something to the story. was not the only one where women were dancing The final line in the story is Ennis’ “If you can’t Predating the first OSU gay student group was an experimental college class on homosexuality. can go to info@peacockinthepark.com. Just Out regrets the error. H ome B uying T ip # 1 There are many details that should be factored into making an offer cm a home. Writing the offer incorrectly could cost you thousands of dollars on appliances, services or other attached items that you “assumed” were part of the home. pcc cascade * N Killirrtpworth St. other Let me guide you to make sure your offer is made correctly. 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