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50 JUStOUt JUNS 1.2W7 Democracy in Action •4 Otytue. Q mììh Katrina Celebrate goad times k. A F ln(¡o@QK-koine¿.coin • 503-335-Q8Q8 ÜSSS MkJM.O^-kohtU.COIn BLOGOUT BLOGOUT BLOGOUT BLOGOUT BLOGOUT www.justout.com 602 SE 38th Ave. Portland, OR 97214 503231.3921 Wed - Sat IPA_;L MTCHE_L BLOGOUT BLOGOUT DiñnñiiT Come visit us at our Portland Pride booth and Vancouver's Saturday in the Park and enter our raffle for prizes. 100°o of proceeds go to Camp Starlight Taboo Vancouver 4811 NE 94th Ave. Vancouver WA (360)254-1126 82nd Ave. Taboo 2330 SE 82nd Ave. Portland OR (503) 777-6033 MLK Blvd. Taboo 237 SE MLK Blvd. Portland OR (503) 239-1678 IVW.TASOOVIDEO.COM ALL STORES OPEN 84 HOURS TO SERVE YOU! ristotle said democracy only occurs when there is equality for all. Well, equality took a step forward when the Oregon Legislature passed domestic partnership and nondiscrimination bills. To observe history, I hitched a ride to Salem with Bryan Boyd, designated blogger for Basic Rights Oregon, and witnessed the state Senate vote on domestic partnerships. Walking into the august chambers, I was stunned by the number of queers who had turned out. The first 1 ran into was Mike Grigsby, an organizer for BY FLOYD SKLAVER BRO who does “a lot of the grunt work, prepping documents and testimony and begging people to do things.” Diane Hall and Tamara Diaghilev drove up So, to Roberts, Morse and Sens. Alan Bates, from Eugene. Tamara’s uncle was Serge Diaghilev, D-Ashland, and Ben Westlund, D-Tumalo, who the famous gay Russian impresario who commis joked they were going to form a domestic part sioned George Balanchine’s Apollo, recently nership, and all the other courageous legislators, performed by Oregon Ballet Theatre. Here, the tit I heart you. ular god was danced by Ronnie Underwood, who’s Speaking of hearts, Kelsey Tyler and Robert in bold print not because he’s gay (I don’t know) but Burke tied the knot last month. But first Kelsey’s because he’s so beautiful and so talented that I want closest friends took him out for a celebratory him to be. Also very beau tiful and very talented is dancer Brennan Boyer, who stood out during artistic director Christo pher Stowell’s Eyes on You, set to the tunes of Cole Porter. Back at the Senate, Sean Minogue (no rela tion to Kylie) told me he had been there for all of the hearings. Sean sat in the cheering section with Randy Lyons, a former competitive cheerleader at University of North Texas. Randy was the first male cheerleader at his From left, Ron Pitt, Todd Pozycki, Floyd, Marc Acito, Kelsey Tyler, Karl Arkansas high school and Rohde and Matt Neupert recover from a wild bachelor party. was recognized as one of the best college cheerleaders in the country. evening of debauched bachelorhood. Todd 1 sat down to listen to the debate next to Pozycki arranged for the private party in the back Cheryl Hall, who brought her own scorecard to bar of C.C. Slaughters, where Kelsey was toasted keep track of the balloting. On my other side was and roasted by, among others, Michael Teufel, who the news editor of The Mercury, Amy Ruiz, post shared a tasteful anecdote about Kelsey farting on ing to her paper’s blog. Recently transplanted from stage. Seattle, where she worked for The Stranger, a few My task for the evening was to find 69 hot men years ago Amy married author, and sex advice for Kelsey to kiss, as a final hurrah. Among them columnist Dan Savage. They had a large wedding were Chris McLanahan (No. 12) and Colin reception, which they turned into a fund-raiser for Cowden (No. 13), sitting in a comer commiserat Lambda Legal, but never mailed the license to ing over their broken relationships. After kissing King County because Dan didn’t want to pay for Kelsey (and me—for good luck), Chris proudly a divorce. The license expired, but not Amy’s showed off his new underwear. Richard Wolfe and dreams of marital bliss, which continue with her Steven Foz were Nos. 42 and 43, then Nos. 44 and girlfriend of seven years, Sonia Ruiz. 45 when Kelsey went back for seconds. Rob As Sen. Kate Brown rose to read an impassioned Crosby (No. 4) said he’d only kiss Kelsey if he defense of the bill, 1 found myself on pins and nee could use his tongue. dles and ready to cry. Was it joy? Nerves? Pride in our After a slumber party in Karl Rohde’s living legislators? Probably a combination of all three. But room, we awoke and watched HGTV (otherwise once the final tally was announced, 1 bounded out of known as How Gay TV). With my boyfriend, my chair and raced over to former Gov. Barbara Marc Acito, frying bacon and eggs, Kelsey thought Roberts (in honorary bold for more than 30 years of it would be fun to call his fiancé and tell him he’d tireless effort on behalf of equality) so 1 could be the caught chlamydia. • That can happen when you’re Out Going. ® first to capture her reaction: “1 think the most signif icant quote of the day was [Sen. Frank Morse, R-Albany, who said,) ‘Today’s vote signals how much heart Oregon has.’" FLOYD S klaver wants to know about your event. E-mail him at floydsklaver@comcast.net. ”
