ANNIVERSARY | 1983 - 2013
Just Out will honor our 30th year of pub-
lishing under this title with a new monthly
column devoted to telling the stories of im-
portant historical moments. To aid us in
this endeavor we will partner with the Gay
and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific North-
west (GLAPN) who house not only every
Just Out issue printed since our 1983 inau-
guration, but many other significant bits of
local LGBT history. Each month in 2013
Robin Will, GLAPN secretary and webmas-
ter, and Just Out’s new Historian at-Large,
will give us insight into an important issue
from the past.
Robin Will is the third generation of his fam-
ily to be born in Oregon. His great-great-
grandparents were among the first members
of the Aurora Colony, the Utopian commune
that dissolved in 1883 to become town of Au-
rora, Oregon. A Portlander since 1956, Rob-
in graduated from Benson Polytechnic High
School in 1966, with a major in Graphic Arts.
He began college at Pacific University, Forest
Grove, in 1966, and graduated from Portland
State University in 2007. His work experience
has been primarily in the field of publishing,
sometimes as a writer or editor, sometimes
in print production management. Currently
self-employed, he writes for several Portland
publications, edits newsletters for non-prof-
its, and assists local car collectors in the areas
of documentation and display in addition to
working with GLAPN.
GLAPN and Just Out look forward to explor-
ing the past together as we work up to our big
30th anniversary celebration this Fall.§
January 2013
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