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When Losers Win
City of Sapphic Sisters
According to Willamette Week’s March 1
The rest of the world is figuring out what
“Winners and Losers” column, the 9th U.S. Circuit
Portlanders already know: There are a hell of a lot
Court of Appeals continues to
of lesbians here.
—
value free speech over public opin­
And what keeps Sapphic sisters
ion. Although street preacher
in this hamlet by the river?
Edward Gathright is owed a punch
According to Gay.com’s Out &
in the nose from queers, the court
About Travel Guide, Portland ranks
recently ruled the city should not
fourth for top cities for lesbians to
have “bixited the man of God from
live and love in, giving props to hip­
downtown events.”
ster haunt Holocene’s Tart party,
old-school Egyptian Room and
Lady Boys in Hong Kong
Crush martini bar.
The Asian Reporter ran an article Feb. 28 about
Other cities getting top hilling were New York,
Los Angeles, San Francisco and...Phoenix?
Chinese tourists flocking to a Thai drag show,
complete with a color photo of a statuesque
Mitchell Breaks It Down
performer donning a Vegas showgirl-style costume.
Those holding their breath for Oregonian
The article, written by The Associated Press,
drew attention to cultural differences between
columnist S. Renee Mitchell to make sense of the
mainstream Asian and queer culture, referring to
election for Multnomah County chair breathed a
drag queens as transvestites and transsexuals and
sign of relief March 1 when she deconstructed the
candidates’ strengths and weaknesses with a voice
quoting audience members awkwardly comparing
performers to “real women.”
of reason. •
According to Mitchell,
incumbent Diane Linn has
received too much of the
blame “for the spiteful actions
of the three obstructionist
divas—County Commissioners
Serena Cruz Walsh, Lisa Naito
and Maria Rojo de Steffey.”
Opponent Ted Wheeler,
whose progressive agenda.
closely follows that of Linn,
needs to distinguish himself as
more than the anti-Linn,
Mitchell asserts.
She states that both candi­
dates are wooing queer voters Thai drag queens perform in Hong Kong.
since Linn led the charge for
same-sex marriage during her term. Wheeler, too,
“I think they are more beautiful than real
says he supports marriage equality hut criticizes
women,” a tourist from the Chinese province of
Linn’s hackdoor process and exclusion of Xinjiang told the AP.
Commissioner Lonnie Roberts.
Thailand’s Golden Dome Cabaret was brought
Wheeler responded by calling Mitchell’s col­ to Hong Kong in an attempt to expand business,
umn “interesting” and “substantive.”
according to organizer Apichar Sirichantakul. He
told the AP, “The Thai market has become saturat­
Above all, Mitchell encouraged voters to
inform themselves by attending one of more than
ed with transsexual entertainment.”
15 candidate debates scheduled before rhe May 16.
According to the article, some Chinese people
primary election.
referred to the performers as “yan yiu— ‘human
freaks.’ ”
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PlanetOut.com ran a column Feb. 22 by
Anything but Straight author Wayne Besen about
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Columnist S. Renee Mitchell takes a stand in
Multnomah County chair election.
“In a series of breathless articles,” Besen wrote,
“the [Spokesman-Review] accused him of luring
young gay men online with promises of jobs and
gifts and insinuated that West was a pedophile.”
Yet the U.S. Department of Justice wrapped up
its nine-month investigation last month without
bringing criminal charges against West. The probe
revealed that he did not trade jobs for sexual favors
and found no evidence of pedophilia.
An early Spokesman-Review article about the
West scandal reported, “For a quarter-century, the
man who is now Spokane’s mayor has used
positions of public trust—as a sheriff’s deputy, Boy