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FEBRUARY 18.2011
she had any notion of sitting on the Metro
Council either.
Should my bordering-on-the-obsessive
search for potential mayoral candidates be
taken as hits toward current mayor Sam
Adams?
No.
I have no idea if I willAvould/should/could
support Adams in a bid for reelection. It’s not
a given that I would not support him, nor is
A s I’m writing this column, last minute, it a given that I would. Most of all, I want
AAper usual, comes “breaking news” from to see a fair, decent, honorable race with two
Facebook. W E’RE ALL G ETTIN G A or more credible and qualified candidates.
FREE IPAD! Wait, no? That’s not the news? I want options for leadership in Portland’s
Sorry. But there is good news for those who City Hall. Gov. Roberts could be one of those
place value on accurate, complete and up-to- candidates. So could Secretary of State Kate
the-minute status update capability. Effective Brown, whom I believe lives in Portland? Ad
right now, Facebook has added “In a Civil ams says he’s going to wait until the end of
Union” and “In a Domestic Partnership” op the 2011 calendar year before he announces
tions to user profiles, now available for users his decision to run—I want an answer sooner.
in the United States, Canada, the United Sam, tell us in September what your plans
Kingdom, France and Australia. Lesbian are, please. It’s kind of important.
readers, it is suggested that these two options
not be utilized until at least 24 hours after the J ust Out has a few events coming up soon
at which I hope to see you. Saturday
first date. As one Facebook user immediately
noted, “You must use the code printed on night, February 19, I (and my camera) will
be at Candy Shop, hosted by Ecstasy Inferno
your U-Haul rental receipt to access...”
Giving Facebook its due comes this state at the Red Cap Garage. This is a high-energy
ment from The Gay &c Lesbian Alliance night of music, dancing and entertainment—
Against Defamation (GLAAD): “Today, which certainly explains why I’ll be there.
Facebook sent a clear message in support of Actually, I’ll be there in my never-ending
gay and lesbian couples to users across the quest to bring Just Out to the next generation
globe,” said GLAAD President Jarrett Bar of readers. The show starts at 11 p.m. I’ll be
rios. “By acknowledging the relationships of the one in pajamas.
Monday, February 21 is monthly Gay
countless loving and committed same-sex
couples in the U.S. and abroad, Facebook Skate night at Oaks Park. It’s Presidents’Day
has set a new standard of inclusion for so so many of you will have the day off. This
cial media. As public support for marriage is our largest monthly collection event for
equality continues to grow, we will continue Esther’s Pantry, so please donate generously
to work for the day when all couples have whatever canned and nonperishable food
the opportunity to marry and have their items you can. Next up for donations for Es
relationship recognized by their community, ther’s Pantry is Pauline Miriam’s Hot Flash
dance on Saturday, February 26. This month’s
both online and off.”
dance has a drag king theme. Event sponsors
n local political news comes the expected will be hosting costume contests, and I’ll be
announcement that the Metro Council has giving away great prizes, too. I look forward
selected their hand-picked candidate for the to seeing all the women at Barracuda.
And, in mere weeks, months we’ll be
recently vacated District 6 seat. This “news”
would be of little interest to most were it not seeing you all at Portland Pride activities.
for the fact that it’s former Oregon Governor What?! Pride—it’s snowing out, what’s she
Barbara Roberts who has reentered political talking about? Yeah, well, it’s really almost
life. When it was first announced that Roberts spring, which means summer is not far away
was interested in this seat, a flurry of specula and neither is Pride. Everything you’re going
tion was set off—not the least of which was to know about Portland Pride this year you’re
“Will Roberts be a candidate for the Portland going to find in Just Out, starting with page
mayor’s seat in 2012?” Apparently the answer 11 in this issue.
See you at justout.com until then
is “no,” but I doubt that a few months ago
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We’ve Only Just Begun
No white lace, but plenty of promises
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ust Out has a new website! Or as one
reader somewhat indelicately put it,
“Welcome to the 21st century.” Testy bunch,
these website folks. Another designer, feeling
compelled to provide her list of dissatisfac
tions, responded with “I hope you get what
you pay for” when I somewhat jokingly sug
gested that Just Out was looking for an intern
to help with the massive amounts of work still
required to continue this project. Gosh, in
terns at a newspaper—what a novel and new
concept. If I should find myself in the market
for a website designer, I’m sure I’ll head right
to the rude ones first. Nifty idea, huh?
Aside from the designer types who all
think they could have done better, reaction
to the new site has been very positive. The
appearance is tingly good, the functionality
is top-notch and the opportunities ahead
are virtually unlimited. Please pop on over
to justout.com and check us out—and
then come back often as we restore old
and add new features. We will restore the
five-plus years of digital archives. We will
have the most complete photo archives of
Oregon’s LGBTQ_community to be found
anywhere—archives, by the way, that grow
constantly in size and scope. We will have
the complete contents of each issue avail
able in PDF format. W ith the photo gallery,
we have switched over to a Flickr account,
allowing us—and you—to now tag and
comment on photos. As the designer said,
welcome to the 21st century.
So are we done with the site? Did we meet
all our own internal deadlines? Is that all
there is?
Oh, hell, no.
“We've only just begun to design.
No white lace but many promises.
A kiss for luck and we're on our way.
We've only just begun ... with or without an
intern, dammit. ”
Truth is, our website will never be done. But
it will continue to get better—and far more
complete. It probably won’t get any prettier,
though, because it’s beautiful already.
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20 AT RISK OF CHANGE
Holcombe Waller’s journey Into the Dark
Unknown persists
21 GIVE IT UP
Portland’s LGBTQ_arts community embraces
online fundraising
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11 NORTHWEST NEWS IN BRIEF
» COMMUNITY
17 TWENTY YEARS LATER,
STILL SW INGIN’
Portland’s gay and lesbian band celebrates
its 20th anniversary
18 A MILLION WORDS
Archivist’s vast collection speaks volumes on
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19 CORRALLING A COMMUNITY
The Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific
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