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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 2011)
52 JUNE 17, 2011 pridefiles W W W .J U S T 0 U T .C O M MARTY DAVIS M land to take over the reins at Blue Sky, the Oregon Center for Photographic Arts. “I am the executive director, and only full time staff member,” says Tubutis o f his re sponsibilities including fundraising, grant writing and administering every aspect of Blue Sky. “I’m steering the ship.” In his first year here, Tubutis has had many shifts. This last fall, he facilitated a panel organized by the Portland Institute of Contemporary Arts around the National Portrait Gallery’s censorship o f David Wojnarowicz’s A Fire In My Belly. In the time since his arrival, he’s purchased a house and helped Blue Sky celebrate its 35th anniversary. “I still feel like I’m settling in,” he says. Tubutis moved to Portland from Chicago, where he spent a decade working in numer ous capacities at the Field Museum. How ever, this is not his first time in Stumptown. “I lived here for one year in ’92 to ’93,” he says. Tubutis had gone to college in W iscon sin and wanted to get out of the Midwest. “There were only a handful o f M cM e- namins,” he remarks o f the Portland he knew almost 20 years ago. “The food scene was definitely not [what it is today]. I was actually just coming out then.” One o f his first jobs here was working for Lynn’s Talking Books. “It was in Lloyd C en ter, where the Banana Republic is now,” he says. “We rented and sold books on tape.” These days, when not spending his time running Blue Sky, Tubutis enjoys Portland’s culinary culture. He spent his 40th birthday at G rüner and lists Grain 6c Gristle, Ken’s Artisan Pizza and Pine State Biscuits among his favorite dining experiences. — W ayne B und Safety in Num bers “W hen I started, nobody was running the program, there weren’t any culturally specific services,” Mendez, 26, says. Even after she was hired as the new LGBTQ_advocate, “what they had in mind was a support group and basic advocacy stuff. There was nothing in my job description about any of the prevention or community education stuff, but since that’s what I like to do I found ways to bring it in.” In addition to getting the support group running again, she started a healthy rela- Lupita Mendez educates queer community about domestic violence, and vice versa W hen Lupita Mendez began working at Bradley Angle nearly two years ago, the do- mestic violence agency had lost its program- ming for LGBTQ_ survivors— a major loss because Bradley Angle was, and continues to be, the only organization in Portland of- fering such targeted services. Tabe the 2 0 11 Champ« m tthipc a game of brutal beauty Sat. Jun 18 • IIs11 r Advance: $14 General Admission $20 RocKstar At the Door: $16 General Admission $22 RocKstar Doors: 5 pm, Derby: 5:45pm l n h t r . www rosecityroilers com or Tickets West HIGH ROLLERS vs BREAKNECK BETTIES C hampionship HEARTLESS HEATHERS vs GUNS N ROLLERS T hird P lace THS? Tabe Every Tueiday 5:30 - 7:15 pm luffe walh in Northeast Health Center 5329 NE MLK Ir. Blvd. 2nd Floor Bring or mention this ad to get a FREE St ANONYMOUS or CONFIDENTIAL test for HIV!
