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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 2008)
I ~OU a H Girl4Girl Portland welcomes Dani Campbell from MTV's A Shot at Love to its first anniversary party Feb. 9. The Portland Feminism Meet-up welcomes female-identified participants to discuss pornography and eroticism at In Other Words. (6:30-8:30 pm. 8 NE Killingsworth St.) MON · .. FEB. 4 Win special prizes during Q Center Bingo with Poison Waters! (7-9 pm. 69 SE Taylor St. $5 includes bingo card.) The Bisexual Community Forum hosts a casu- al discussion group every first Monday at 3 Friends Coffeehouse. (7:30 pm. 201 SE 12th Ave. 503-285-4848.J (oo\ TUE• FEB. 5 Elder Resource Alliance takes. a bus W, ride to Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods Garrison Starr performs Feb. 10 at Borders. Outlet in Milwaukie. Meet at Friendly House. (11 am-4 pm. 1737 NW 26th Ave. $5-$6 for transportation. RSVP to Rachel at 503-224-2640.) Portland Arts & Lectures presents poet and essayist Mary Oliver at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. (7:30 pm. 1037 SW Broadway. $5- $26 from www.literary-arts.org.J Logo presents the second season premiere of The Big Gay Sketch Show featuring even more recurring characters from the gay come- dy universe, celebrity spoofs and a few special guest stars. (10 pm.) WED• FEB. 6 See .what Elder Resource Alliance is up to dur- ing its monthly business meeting at Friendly House. (2:30-4:30 pm. 1737 NW 26th Ave.) Overwhelmed with your new year's resolu- tions? Come get a handle on your calendar during Tima Management 101 at Touchstone C9ffee House. (6:30-9 pm. 445 NE 70th Ave. $24 at the door, $19 in . advance from www.causeit.org.J Do you experience vaginal pain during everyday activities? Is sex painful? The National Vulvar Vastibulitis Organization facilitated group provides support and awareness at In Other Words. (7 pm. 8 NE Killingsworth St.) Mary Gauthier performs with Mark Olson at Lola's Room. (8 pm. 1332 W Burnside St. $20 from box office or Ticketmaster.J (oo\ Albina Green presents Drums and Drag Night. Bring a drum or come in Gettiri' Out Alive Few things are more primal than our lxxlily functions, and there's not much worse than being unable to find a restroom when you need one. But for transgender and gender-variant folks, locating a toilet isn't always the biggest problem. For some, every time they step into a public restroom they run the tjslc of discrimination, haras.,ment, violenc~_vtn arrest-for using the "wrong" bathroom. · "I've e?(perienced restroom discrimi~tion for most of my life," says award-winning filmmaker Shani Heckman, whose · documentary Wron, Batllroom was inspir.cd by a Tribe 8 song as well.as her own experiences. "I've had physical sickness frorn the thought .of entering women's restrooms." A masculine woman, Heckman says hei experience illustrates that restroom discrimination affects gays and lesbians and "isn't Just a transgender issue. It's also a single-parent issue. It's a human riehts issue. It's inherently about access for all to public space in general." For a decade, Heckman has been producing queer events in San Franciscp, where she was honored in 2006 when SF Weekl, named her "Best Tireless Performer of Thankless and Payle§ Tasks." . Heckman hits town this month to celebrate the Portland premiere of Wrong Bathroom at Gettin' Out Alive, a night of musical entertainment and prizes. The event will be a benefit for her forthcoming documentary America's Most Unwanted: Stories of Hope from Farmer Foster Kids. A former foster kidt Heckman says her own experience was a living hell, but she wanted the documentary-which was partially financed by a Tee A. Corinne Prize for Lesbian Media Artist.s--to focus on post-foster care accopipliahmcnta by her Mary McAllister (left), aka Mr Charming, and Aubree Bernier Clarke, aka DJ Snowtiger, celebrate Gaycation's second anniversary Feb. 2. drag, and sing and dance the night away. (8-11 pm. 5128 N Albina Ave.) Nett-Wyrk" featuring queer DJ Try My Cabbage. (9 pm. 315 SE Third Ave. $5 donation.) THU• FEB. 7 FRI • FEB. 8 In Other Words presents a queer polyamory discussion group~ (6:30-8:30 pm. 8 NE Killingsworth St.) In Other Words presents Dirty Queer, an X-rated open mike to celebrate sexuality and strut your creative stuff! Hosted by renegade writer and poet Sossity Chiricuzio, it promis- es to be an evening full of laughter and full- body shivers. (6:30-9 pm. 8 NE Killingsworth St. $1 donation. www.dirtyqiJeer.com.J YWCA welcomes all gender minorities to a 10- week trans support group. Call before attending; an interview is required to join. (6:40-8:30 pm. 333 NE Russell St. $15 a session. Ian or Krystal 503-294-7401, ext. ·2039 or 2012.) Explore how fascism arises-and how people have successfully fought against it-during the 10-week discussion circle A History of Working-Class Resistance to Fascism: Lessons for Today presented by the Freedom Socialist Party at the Bread & Roses Center. (7 pm. 819 N Killingsworth St.) (ci;'\ The Men's Wellness Center continues . . , its "Being a Better Boyfriend" series with Beyond the Honeymoon: Making It Last, a workshop focused on what to do when the going gets tough and how you can relight that dwindling flame of romance. (7-8:30 pm. 928 SW Stark St.) Holocene showcases ·Portland's best design- ers, artists, DJs and oerformers during the Future Arts Festival. (9 pm. 1001 SE Mo"ison St. $8.J Rotture presents Mutation, "a freetek dance party experiment of the Pan-Zen Konspiracy The Cara and Feeding of the Gay and Lesbian Soul: A Conference on ·spirituality features openly gay Episcopal priest Martin Brokenleg and the workshop "Reading from the Bible from a Gay Perspective" through Feb. 9 at The Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Clackamas. (7 pm Friday [$10 donation], 9 am-2 pm Saturday [$25 donation]. 9300 SE Sunnybrook Drive.) peers. "1 lcnow that sharing my story· can help others. It is impor, tant to not walk in the world as a victim ... but instead tum these experiences into the passion that fuels the warrior within." Catch Wrong Bathroom with DJs Harmony and BrainEat~r 7 p.m. Feb. 2 at Zaytoon, 2236 N.E. Alberta St. Admission is $5-$10 sliding scale. -Jacob Anderson-Minshall Mari multi of C Wori Nor1 J:!Ort ciesi, mee (2-6 Asia pres Anm (5-8, in a, aplg_ EugE Dalll danc surg1 the\ St.$ (Go\ David York Ensemble presents My ,:fllJ Funny Valentine, a romantic evening of Cele L4LI Satu mus 110 Sweet Honey in the Rock creates m(!sic out of the rich textures of African-American legacy and traditions at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. (8 pm. 1037 SW Broadway. $35-$38.75 from box office or Ticketmaster. J Win, ing C deli, Goe: 451l Rotture presents Neon: Nurave Nightlife Now featuring Atole, DJ Koolaid, Pocketrock-lt and Tre Slim. (10 pm. 315 SE Third Ave. $3.J The sho1J than classic love songs with a champagne and dessert reception, at The Old Church. (8 pm. 1422 SW 11th Ave. $25 from Brown Paper lickets.J • APLG Rings in Chinese New Year ••cai......._ lllf8CII IIIYI a n d ~ a wel a trans folks. Weic The Year of the Rat officially begins Feb. 7, which is Chine&e New Year. The rat is the first sign in the Chinese zodiac, and people born in this year are said to exhibit attributes such as strong leadership skills, charm, passion, cunning and a solid worlc ethic. They can be power hungry and controlling or cruet, depending on the situation. Lilce every animal in the Chinese zodiac, the rat comes around every 12 years. Portland's Asian & Pacific Islander Lesbians & Gays (APLG) will celebrate the return of the Year of the Rat with their Lunar New Year Banquet and Annual Meeting from 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 9 at Shenzhen Restaurant, 707 N.E. 82nd Ave. "This is a good way to find out about the organization because this is where many Qf the members and friends and allies are at," said Meei Lum, a lesbian and fonner president of APLG. "It's also a good introduc~ion to the Asian gay and lesbian community in Portland." - The event will feature a choice of 10 dinner counes, includ- Hip I ing steamed fresh fish, Peki as fresh vegetables and tofi enter their names in a raffl therapists and fine eating tickets to Portland's Japar, Gardens. "This is a wonderful grc three times a yeat for differ this is probably one of the I APLG organizes a rang, year such as outdoor acti nights. Lum says she hop "growth, new directions, r organization. Admission is $30 at th1 503-784-5388 0t; aplg_pdx~
