Scott Lechert
Community
Q CENTER, THE NW FILM CENTER, AND GUS VAN SANT PRESENT A SPE-
CIAL SCREENING OF “DRUGSTORE COWBOY” AT TOP DOWN ON THURSDAY,
AUGUST 23. (TOP LEVEL OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE AT THE HOTEL DELUXE
AT SW 15TH AND YAMHILL.) THE EVENING BEGINS AT 8:00 PM WITH LIVE MUSIC
FROM BROOKS ROBERTSON. THERE IS FOOD AND DRINK AVAILABLE FOR PUR-
CHASE. $9/$8 FOR STUDENTS, SENIORS, AND PORTLAND ART MUSEUM MEMBERS.
MORE INFO: NWFILM.ORG
(Q CENTER)
Hero: Just Out
Just Out and the publication's first three publishers have been selected as one of the Queer
Heroes NW. The Q Center's Queer Heroes NW project gathered nominations on their
website and on Facebook and then tediously wittled the list to 30 of the region's top lead-
ers, influencers, givers and organizations. The project is a collaboration between the Center
and the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific NW (GLAPN).
The Q Center revealed one hero a day during June and featured a large display of the He-
roes at Portland's pride festival. The Heroes display is expected to travel around the state
during the next months.
Renee Lachance and Jay brown founded Just Out in 1983. Years later Marty Davis pur-
chased the newsmagazine and published Just Out until 2011.
"When Renee LaChance and Jay Brown founded Just Out in 1983, they wanted to create a
newspaper that covered all aspects of the queer community with integrity and good writ-
ing. Just Out became a main source of information about the queer community. It was
especially important to people who were new to Oregon or who had recently discovered
they were gay," the award reads. (See photo below)
Other heroes include: Charlie Hinkle, Jenn Burleton, Darcelle XV and Sally Cohn. See all
of the honorees at glapn.org
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PORTLAND FRONTRUNNERS IS CELEBRATING THEIR 10TH
ANNIVERSARY. The running club for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans-
gender and queer individuals and their friends in Portland pro-
motes good health and provides an opportunity for positive social
interaction through running, walking and club events. Portland's
chapter is one of over 100 Frontrunner organizations worldwide.
portlandfrontrunners.org
GOT ANNOUNCEMENTS? OR NEWS, OR TIDBITS, OR KUDOS?
DO YOU HAVE A FUN FACT? A PERSONNEL CHANGE? A PLEA?
ARE YOU PROMOTING AN EVENT? SENT IT ALL TO:
EDITOR@JUSTOUT.COM
(HAPPENINGS)
Open Mic
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JustOut.com
"The people who have attended and performed and
supported this event are community and ritual and
hot date night, all in one." Dirty Queer's press re-
lease said.
Horace Long
Q HEROES NW
"Just Out's found-
ing publishers
broke new
ground when
they looked for
advertisers outside
of the gay com-
munity – some-
thing previous
gay newspapers
had not done. But
it worked, and
Just Out proved
to its advertisers
that readers did
indeed support
the businesses
that advertized
with the paper."
Dirty Queer, the local monthly x-rated open mic
for over a half-a-decade, is about to slow down a
bit. Beginning this month the Dirty Queer format
will be quarterly, rather than monthly. It will hap-
pen at the same time and place (2nd Friday of the
month, In Other Words), but only during the fol-
lowing 4 months: October, January (the 6th anni-
versary!), April and July.
Check out Dirty Queer's producer and regular
MC, Sossity Chiricuzio, featured on Page 46 of this
month's Just Out. dirtyqueer.com
August 2012