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by Marty Davis
NEWSMAGAZINE
Split Personality
VOL. 24 NO. 2
NOVEMBER 17, 2006
Just Out's electronic counterpart continues to improve
s I mentioned in this space in the Nov. 3 issue, November marks the
help but wish, though, that they could have worked around us. We’ll miss our
anniversary month for Just Out. We end 2006 with 23 years of expe stunning views of downtown and of the and sun and rain as they push over the
rience behind us—and start 2007 with many more ahead of us. The
West Hills. 1 hope to duplicate our easy access to virtually all locations.
past year was relatively quiet and calm, as we focused primarily on
Our initial brush with great change came in early 2006 when our ware
putting together one of the best all-around staffs in the history of the
house space was lost to development. For the past year, our warehousing and
paper. We start our new year poised and ready to face the changing role of
news
distribution
have continued to flow smoothly thanks to the largess of Bill
papers and the duality of electronic publishing and traditional print. What we
Dickey and the largeness of the back of my truck. Progress has turned me into
must do is drop the notion of Web vs. print and instead acknowledge and
a mobile warehouse.
celebrate that new opportunities exist in the Internet world and that we can
Moving will have its positive aspects. 1’11 have to pick up all the papers off
continue to grow and strengthen our readership and our products.
the floor of my office. I’ll try really hard to dispose of all the really bad books,
Last year at this time, we presented our new Web site. Now, a year later, we
videos and CDs that pile up around here. We’ll create a new and dynamic space
present the “new and improved” version. It’s an ongoing work in progress, and
that allows room for growth and expansion. We need more rcxim because we
while it was good a year ago, it’s even better now. Most recently we've added a
need one more person to join our staff. Maybe this is you?
comments section to many of the columns and articles. We encourage your
Just Out needs an advertising representative to join our sales team of
responses and feedback to everything we print. “Blog Out" has quickly become
Larry Lewis, Kari Tate and Melissa Morales. It would be great if someone
successful, and your positive reception is appreciated. We enjoy the opportuni
with print sales experience was available, but we’re also ready and willing to
ty to be quick, timely and a little more personal than the usual for Just Out. Our
train. If you have a customer service background, sales experience in any
next big project is to rebuild the personals site and add new features to make it
field and a strong desire to work hard and succeed, then we’d like to talk to
more responsive and interactive. Stay tuned for updates early in the new year.
you. Working at Just Out gives you an excellent opportunity to work with,
We’ll be starting the literary portion of our 24th year with what is likely to
and for, your community. We’ll teach you the skills required to succeed. You
become one of the more talked-about articles we've ever published. Extremely
will need a car, fair-to-middling computer skills and the belief that success is
well written by Glenn Scofield Williams, “Frot with Choices” profiles the
built on a foundation of hard work and endeavor. You will become a valued
beliefs and behaviors behind Frot. If ever there was an article that begs for
part of the Just Out staff. For additional information or to set up an inter
a discussion group, this is it. Since we can’t all gather together in a circle,
view, please call me or Larry at 503-236-1252. We don’t move until August,
1’11 throw out a couple of questions that came to my mind after reading: Is this
but we need a salesperson now.
behavior self-affirming, or could it equally be viewed as self-loathing? Can a
sexual act between two men have a foundation of homophobia? Since we can’t
ee the picture at the bottom of this page? Those are the toys collected so far
do a Q & A, please share your thoughts and comments via letters to the editor. I
for the first-ever Just Out Toy Drive. They came from you, our readers and
1 have such an interest in further dialogue on this topic.
our advertisers. They came from the beautiful women at the Hot Flash Dance
Anniversaries bring memories of the past as well as glimpses of the future.
Party. They came from Music Millennium and Rose City Mortgage and Womyn
In this issue we present “AIDS at 25,” an overview of the state of the worldwide
Network. More are being collected by Healthy Pets Northwest, Essential
pandemic. Just Out, in 23 years, has never known a time without AIDS. It has
Lotions and Oils, Touchstone Coffee House and the Queers and Allies Student
been with us always, in our face, on our backs, over our shoulders. A journey
Organization at Mt. Hood Community College. We’d love to add you or your
through the early years of Just Out reflects the mystery and confusion of the
business to our list. All toys donated are going to benefit the children and
early years. The Boston AIDS writers churned out story after story trying to
families served by the Friends of People with AIDS Foundation. For daily
updates on drop-off locations, check www.justout.com.
make sense of that which made none. Photo after photo of young men
dominated the obituaries. Today AIDS is still with us but no longer dominates
Our next big event for collecting toys is Gay Skate Night from 7 to 9 p.m.
our pages. While we have, in some ways, made our peace with its existence, we
Nov. 20 at Oaks Park. We will happily accept toys and canned food through
must never forget that AIDS is not over.
out the evening. Everyone who donates a toy or fcxxl will be entered into a
drawing for great door prizes. Don’t worry, though, the Jim Brickman tickets are
2007 will bring its share of day-to-day, yet unknown, challenges to Just Out.
One challenge that we face with certainty, however, is the fact that we have to
all gone.
For 2007 we’ll change the name to the second annual Just Out Community
relocate our offices. In August, we’ll need to move from the building we’ve
Toy Drive. This will be more reflective of what the toys are about. It’s commu
called home for more than 10 years. Progress and development are headed
nity helping community, it’s us helping each other. Thanks so very much to all
toward the east side, and our building is coming down to make way for the
Bumside Bridgehead project. I am a proponent of urban development and can I who have participated or who plan to. Again, Pauline Miriam, Hot Flash
clearly see the need to improve the east gateway to downtown Portland. I can’t I women, you were awesome. ®
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FEATURE
22 HIV AT 25
Portland observes
World AIDS Day
NEWS
8-16 NORTHWEST
Unlock the door to wonder; quality
children’s resale comes to town; fulfill your
fantasy; grab your corsage; Wonder Woman
raises funds; college prep at Q Center; trans
resource lost; Eugene author wins award;
queer TV group forms; lecture addresses
sexual literacy; making women well; victory
is ours; advocacy coordinator sought; scales
tip for equality; Just Out scholarship
winners announced; queering local history;
lube maker gives $200,000 to gay resource
center
17-19 NATIONAL
Election aftershocks; new opportunities for
“don't ask, don’t tell"; Arizona defeats anti-
gay ballot initiative; marriage ban vote
postponed; gay and reprixJuctive rights play
role in election; Casey defeats Santorum
20-21 WORLD
Gay HIV rate jumps in Switzerland; Faroes
gays demand equality; Italian MP horrified
by tranny in bathroom; press outs British
MP; China gets first gay student union;
Colombian Senate approves civil union
bill; Mexico City passes civil unions; South
Africa adopts same-sex marriage
ARTS AND CULTURE
39 FILM
Filipino boy from a criminal family falls in
love with a police officer in The Blossoming
of Maximo Oliveros
40-41 CULTURE
Texas Hold 'Em Tournament draws a
welcoming, diverse group of players
PLEASE DROP OFF UNWRAPPED TOYS
FOR TODDLERS TO TEENS AT:
42 MUSIC
* Just Out
123 N.E. Third Ave. Suite 465
* Gay Skate Night
Compilation CD benefits Portland’s queer
youth
45 CULTURE
Controversial movement emphasizes
masculinity, eschews anal sex
7 p.m. Nov. 20 at Oaks Park
1 S.E. Spokane St.
* Healthy Pets Northwest
2224 N.E. Alberta St.
1402-A S.E. 39th Ave.
* Touchstone Coffee House
7631 N.E. Glisan St.
Please check www.justout.com daily for new drop-off sites and events. Thanks to our partners Cruise Control PDX,
Queers and Allies Student Organization at Mt. Hood Community College and Healthy Pets Northwest.
COLUMNS
14 DIRTY DAN
In Search of Evergreens
31 EPIQUEEREAN
Big Eats on Broadway
35 MS. BEHAVIOR
Talk Dirty to Me
36 OUT GOING
Best Dressed (And Undressed)
46 JIM'S CLOSET
True Colors