Just out., June 13, 2008, Page 11, Image 11

_____________________________________________________ _ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ JUNE 13, 2008 JUStpUt 11 1
northwest
Continued from Page 9
Radio Show Explores
Gender as DIY Project
Destination DIY, a monthly radio show and
podcast highlighting revolutionary do-it-yourself
projects, is exploring gender expression as a DIY
project in its June'19 episode.
Host and producer Julie Sabatier and guests
explore gender in terms of biology, sexuality and
identity. Guests are Diane Anderson-Minshall,
executive editor of Curve magazine, who discusses
her partner’s transition from female to male, as
well as her own “femme” gender identity; Cody
Bambino, who identifies as “genderqueer” and
will discuss life outside the gender binary; Jamila
Kisses, who was bom a straight male and began
cross-dressing later in life; and Ace Furnish, who
began his transition from female to male at age 15.
The show is undergoing a transition of its own.
With this episode, the 2-year-old show willchange
its name to Destination DIY from DIY, Portland.
Destination DIY, which is syndicated on
KBOO-FM at 10 a.m. every third Thursday of
the month, reaches thousands of listeners online.
“Some of the people that listen identify as gen­
derqueer, but the vast majority are going to get a
little education,” said Sabatier.
Sabatier, a former Just Out staff writer, said she
conceptualized the story through conversations
with friends and associates from the gender-vari­
ant community.
Although the stories presented were deep­
ly personal and serious, the show was light­
ened up by a discussion on how fashion plays
a role in gender expression. “Fashion can
make gender variance fun but not frivolous,”
said Sabatier.
A new issue of the accompanying zine Destina­
tion DIY, funded by a grant from the Regional Arts
and Culture Council, will be available at Reading
Frenzy and Powell’s Books.
A listening party for “DIY Gender Expression”
starts 7 p.m. June 19 at Waypost Coffeeshop,
3120 N. Williams Ave. The queer documentary
Paris Is Burning will be screened afterward.
To listen to past episodes of DIY, Portland visit
www.destinationdiy.org.
Curve Sits Out of Portland Pride
Repeal Watch:
Concerned Oregonians Admits Defeat on Repeal Initiatives
And just like that—it’s over. For now.
In a stunning turn of events, David Crowe’s Concerned Oregonians
group has admitted defeat and abandoned its efforts in collecting signatures
for three initiative petitions designed to repeal Oregon’s two landmark civil
rights laws from 2007, the Oregon Family Fairness Act and the Or­
egon Equality Act, according to e-mail communications from Crowe
and his supporters.
In a June 10 directivè to his followers, Crowe writes, “Too little time
remains to collect the required signatures,” adding that the sole remaining
hope for placing a repeal vote for the Oregon Family Fairness Act, the state’s
same-sex domestic partnerships law, on the November ballot is not with
their initiatives, hut in the resurrected Lemons v. Bradbury “case of the dis­
enfranchised voters,” which is scheduled for a July 8 hearing in Portland.
Concerned Oregonians’ failure to even reach the petition signature col-
lection phase of their anti-equality campaign is due to several factors: sloppy
ballot initiative authorship by the chief petitioners, an underpowered and
underfunded organization, and the efforts of Basic Rights Oregon and the
American Civil Liberties Union in commenting on and appealing each ini­
tiative at every step of its development along the state’s initiative process.
“It is not surprising that these anti-equality groups have again failed to
meet even the minimum requirements for public support for their efforts,”
said BRO’s Jeana Frazzini in a written statement, adding that the “news
comes just in time for Portland’s Pride Weekend—and we all deserve a cel­
ebration!”
Although Crowe and his coterie of anti-equality supporters have failed
to send their initiatives to the ballot, he pledged to continue his fight with
another petition initiative in 2010.
—Stephen Marc Beaudoin
Curve magazine, the world’s largest lesbian
publication, will have no presence at Portland
Pride, despite years of sponsorship.
Its sponsorship offer was rejected unanimously
by the Pride Northwest board April 15 after what
Pride Northwest vice president Hank Renfrow
called a “cost benefit analysis.”
“Curve is awesome. It was nothing personal,”
said Renfrow. “It just wasn’t worth what we were
getting in return.”
According to Curve associate publisher Sara
Jane Keskula, the magazine offered $7,500 in
print and Web advertising, in addition to edito­
rial coverage.
In a letter from Pride Northwest administra­
tive coordinator Mark “Zebra” Thomas to Keskula
Continued on Page 13
Wentworth SubaruCity
6 A cres of S election
2009 FORESTER INTRODUCTION SALE
2009 S ubaru F orester 2. sx
2009 S ubaru F orester 2.5X
A utomatic
MSRP $22,
M odel 9F8. YIN» 9*700936. 9*7t97U, 9*7f93¡0,
9X712624
MRS? 30,860, DlSCOUKT $1682
M odel
YIN 90718840, 90719304
A ll R emaining 2008 F oresters are sale priced ;
2008 S ubaru F orester 2.5X
A utomatic
$18,990
2009 S ubaru F orester 2. sx
P remium P ackage • A utomatic
I22,990
SUBAR U
AND 0% APR FOR 24 MONTHS
MSRP $25,076 D iscount . 2086
M odel 9fD, YIN» 9X716853,9X716927,
9*708717
1 WENTWORTH
SUBARUCITY |
MSRP $22,840. Discount: $1850, FACTORS REBATE 2,000
M odel 8FH, YIN» 8H707900,8*718537, 8*723154
2008 S ubaru F orester 2.5X
P remium P kg - A utomatic
- (21,990
AND 0% APR FOR 2$ MONTHS
MSRP $24,697 Discount $2207, F actow R ebate 500
M odel 8FF, YIN» 8X730190, 8*730857
&
YOU'LL SAY..."I WENT ANO IT WAS WORTH IT!"
WFNTWORTHSU9ARU.COM
fl fl 00/7
■ UHI
400 E. Burnside
East End of the Burnside Bridge
Pictures for illustration purposes only. ‘On approved credit. Oregon DMV of 168 and lie & title processing fee of $50 down payment.
Subject to vehicle availability; vietitele insurance. $41.66 per $1,000 per month financed. Expires 6/26/08