OREGON S LGBTO NEWSMAGAZINE
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To the E ditor :
The Sunday evening [May 29] “Holding
Hands Across Hawthorne Bridge” was a won
derful gathering of LGBT people, showing en
thusiasm, good cheer, solidarity and heart
warming spirit.
It is interesting, if not a bit astounding, that
the illustrious Oregonian newspaper has nothing
in this morning’s edition [May 30].
Checking their website at 6:30 a.m. today,
more silence on this event.
Perhaps their mission statement doesn’t cover
LGBT people?
We know though, as does any minority, that
silence only leads to more abuse, and more
violence.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité,
Steve A. Engel
Portland
Axe to Grind?
To the E ditor :
My partner brought home the May 20th is
sue, and even though Just Out helped us decide
to move to Portland in 2002, as we grew familiar
with the city and its politics, we became less
comfortable with Just Out [Vol. 28, No. 12, Page
3, “Missed Opportunities”].
Hopeful that your very obvious disdain for the
letters
JUNE 3. 20)1
mayor might by now be less of an obsession with
you, I began reading.
So much for hope.
You ask why you are no longer printing the
Pride Guide. I really don’t know. All I know is
that the Mercury long ago replaced Just Out as
my choice for Pride information. I can trust its
journalistic viewpoint. It seems Marty Davis has
an axe that she grinds that overwhelms any sense
of proportion and invalidates any feeling of trust
for her integrity.
I don’t condone our mayor’s lack of judgment,
I’m not certain that I’ll vote for him.
One thing is sure, continuing to bitch and
snark at every opportunity means that I won’t
read Just Out when I need a reasoned discussion
of issues. I’m not sure that the pages will ever
contain anything except Marty Davis’ unwaver
ing cavil.
Sincerely,
you had to say and its relevance to the LG BTQ . send them a donation, or buy their product, or
community. It was very well put and needed to vote for them if I see fit. No junk mail or email.
be said. Thanks again.
No junk phone calls. And every letter, email
Ray Johnson message and phone call that I didn’t specifically
Portland request is, by definition, junk.
Under no circumstances may you put my
name, address, email address or phone number in
or on any list of any kind. I don’t care how worthy
some organization seems to you, I don’t want
them to contact me; they can advertise in your
paper.
H ello :
My prohibition includes your own mailing
I’d like to subscribe to Just Out by mail, if you list(s),with a possible exception of the subscriber
can enroll a subscription with an ironclad guar list, but then only if there is a mark or flag in your
antee of not also releasing my subscription infor database system to the effect [of] “not for sale,”
mation for junk mail.
“not for rent,” “do not share,” or similar. If any,
The following is my subscription information, then all of the above. A privacy policy on your
but only on the condition that you never use it part is admirable, but deficient: A policy can
for any purpose other than mailing the paper:
change without my permission, especially if the
paper is sold or hard up for cash (and I never
• Your full name: [withheld]
heard of a newspaper that wasn’t struggling for
Lee Findley
• Your mailing address (including city/ revenue, nor for that matter a gay publication
Portland
state/zip): [withheld]
that wasn’t working hard to foster political activ
• Your phone number: [withheld]
ism). A privacy mark on a database record seems
• Your email address: [withheld]
to require a greater threshold of moral depravity
• W hich subscription/shipping option to ignore.
you’d like: one-year subscription, sent via
So if you can make that work, I’d like to
To the E ditor :
third class mail.
subscribe. You can email me back and let me
Thank you so much for the very positive edi
know “yes” or “no.” I’ll call 503-236-1252 to
torial about the Portland bond and levy mea
I passionately loathe direct marketing and make a credit card payment, or other instruc
sures [Vol. 28, No. 11, May 6, Page 3, “Pay It campaign mailings. If any organization deserves tions as required.
Back?”]. I was at first surprised to see you writ my money, endorsement or vote, they can pur
Yours in sincere donor burnout,
ing about that topic but really appreciated what chase advertising space in your paper and I’ll
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