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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 2009)
FEBRUARY 6, 2009 Continued from Page 5 half the facts we do know are none of our damn our leaders and government again. We were getting business to begin with? swept up with a feeling in our hearts that things were do what he has done, what would prevent him 1 have never liked Just Out, only tolerated it, actually different, that at least for a while, we would from doing other things that would seriously dam with your banal content and cowardly editorial be singing the Obama version of “Happy Days Are age the people and reputation of our great city? policy. You have done severe damage to this com Here Again.” Thank you for bringing us back to re munity with your lynch mob mentality so as to ality. Change makes me nervous. Thanks for more of T herresa K ennedy appear defensible to the lowest common denomi the same. Thank you, Sam. Thanks a lot. Portland nator segment of the population. Falling in line with conservative yellow journalis I Don't Agree, but I Understand Your Position you flaming cowards! You do not represent this com To the E ditor : munity or the spirit we are trying to foster. tic rags like The Oregonian and The Portland Tribune— Thank you for your editorial calling for the G ary G ermer Portland Adams Didn't Ask for Drama Russ Joyce, 1969-2009 To the E ditor : resignation of Sam Adams. I don’t agree with W ill R omanelli you hut understand your position, agree with Portland Mayor Adams never wanted to inject his person al life into the political process, instead wanting to your thinking and respect the decision you made. justput I 7 Russ Joyce, one of the founders of the Red Dress Party, died of cancer Jan. 26. He was 39. focus on policy. In a world so fixated on the personal Joyce was bom March 22, 1969, the fifth of Lying, telling the young man to lie and using his An Open Letter to Sam Adams and with a media system so focused on the potential six children. He grew up in Sublimity, attending lie to discredit a political competitor are wrong. To the E ditor : soap operas, a man who knew his own life would Sublimity Elementary and Regis High School. He After thinking it through, however, 1 landed Thanks to you, Sam, while the rest of the coun overshadow his bright ideas for the collective good then attended Gonzaga University and graduated in a different place than you did. I think two de try is swept up in a new spirit of g<xxl will, hope and was forced toward an error in judgment. He knew from Oregon Health and Science University with cades of leadership and service to this community change, it is reassuring for us to know that we have how his relationship would be spun into something a degree in nursing. After graduating, Joyce worked should count for something. 1 understand what he more of the same from our leader here in Portland. treacherous, something vile, something outrageous. for OHSU, providing care and comfort to the pa Thank you for not admitting the truth about He should have admitted it from the beginning, but tients in the neurosurgery unit. He then worked for your relationship until you were completely cor that does not negate the fact that he was elected the Providence and Regence in case management. He Just because we disagree doesn’t mean Just Out nered and outed. It was a wonderful show of sup best person for the job, and he still is. was a good listener and cared deeply for all. doesn’t have my support. Our community is lucky port to all the other gay men who still feel shame to have you. We need a puhlisher/editor who is about who they are and who they cluxise to love. S cott E vans Andrew’s children, Kate and Alex; dogs, Otto and willing to take risks and take stands. We don’t al As a gay man, I was worried that, as mayor, you Portlan Ruby; parents, Dave and Kate; brothers, Mike, ways have to agree. would set such a strong example of pride to follow must have felt. 1 also want there to he a place for compassion and forgiveness in politics. that 1 would have to quit my relationship therapy. And thank you for not resigning. Never forget: K athy O liver Outside In Executive Director Personal ambition trumps integrity any day. My boyfriend will cross-stitch that on a pillow for your Flaming Cowards! office if you tell us what color you would like. You know, after the last presidential election, To the E ditor : How dare your publication condemn our may I was afraid we all were stuck with a strange and or when we don’t know even half the facts, and crazy optimism, a hope we would be able to trust Joyce is survived by his partner, Andrew, and Doug, Kevin and Adam; sister, Debbie Esposito; Submit your letters to the editor, commitment announcements, transitions or list your events online at www.justout.com CLICK ON THE READER SUBMISSIONS BUTTON. and 15 nieces and nephews. A vigil/rosary was held Jan. 30 and a memorial Mass was celebrated Jan. 31 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Sublimity, followed by a celebration of life at Silver Falls Vineyard. 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