So it’s been a few days since we announced Just Out ran our final issue, published our last news story, printed our last column, and posted our final blog. The outpouring of support from readers has been pretty overwhelming and, for the most part, incredibly positive. Major news outlets have managed to sum up Just [...]

From Just Out Publisher Marty Davis: Effective December 26, 2011, Just Out newsmagazine, serving Portland’s LGBTQ community since 1983, is no longer in business. Three years of recession have taken their toll. Please direct all inquiries to Marty Davis at marty@justout.com. Thank you for your many years of readership

Gay musician Lance Bass (‘N Sync) is learning a very public lesson about the

All of us at Just Out want to take a moment to thank you for reading, Facebook-liking, Twitter-following and just plain being you. The merriest, happiest and healthiest of holidays to you and yours.

A 1990′s direct-mail solicitation for Ron Paul’s political and investment newsletters warned of a “federal-homosexual cover-up” to play down the impact of HIV. The letter — found by New Republic editor James Kirchick in a political literature archive at the University of Kansas and the Wisconsin Hi

For my wife and I, it is our first Christmas as parents. It will probably also be one of the only Christmases for many years where it doesn’t matter what is under the Christmas tree.  As of yesterday, our son Oscar Rocket is 11 weeks old, and luckily, 11-week-old babies are very hard for toy [...]

Granted, it’s a private religious school, but still. Really? The Advocate reports: “A private school in Tennessee has banned all mention of homosexuality because, administrators say, it is forbidden in the Bible. One parent of a student at Rossville Christian Academy in Rossville, Tenn., told WREG Newsthat the

Well this is an improvement — even if we did, um, misinterpret the headline of E! Online’s post about twins stealing the spotlight. (Can ya blame us?) Check the music video for Mariah’s ditty “When Christmas Comes,” the singer’s collaboration with soul crooner extraordinaire John Legend.

As we all know, the greatest threat to the Institution of (Heterosexual) Marriage is the legal rec

The crazy continues, holidays or no. Cardinal Francis George, the Archbishop of Chicago, this week told a Chicago news station that he agreed with a local Roman Catholic church’s objections to the city’s recently-adjusted Gay Pride Parade route passing by its doors and warned that the parade could “morph i

Wookies and magi-like aliens and vintage toy commercials, oh my! It really is the most wonderful time of the year! Back by popular demand, “Christmas in Space” — presented tonight at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd.) — pays homage to the Ghost of Christmas Past circa the ’70s. The eve

The Clark County (Washington) Chamber of Commerce is facing criticism this week over emails sent out Wednes

Say it ain’t so! Revered pop singer and unbelievably coifed socialite Adam Lambert was arrested in Finland Wednesday night after getting into a brawl with his boyfriend outside a bar, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Per ABC News, Lambert and his boyfriend Sauli Koskinen, a star of the Finnish version of Big Bro

Julianne Moore is brilliant. From that epic turn in Magnolia (watch the pharmacy scene again) to A Single Man to The Kids Are Alright–there’s not much she touches that doesn’t turn to gold. Well, she’s shunned gold in favor of a big lump of goal (we’re talking subject-only here, people) and has

Tracey Wigginton, the convicted murderer once dubbed the “lesbian vampire killer” by the Australian press, has been released from jail after serving 20 years of a life sentence. Back in 1991, Wigginton (pictured right) pleaded guilty to the stabbing murder of Edward Baldock, a 47-year-old council worker, two yea

…no, not Michele. She’s still “going strong” on her quest for the presidency of the United States. Bleh. Truth be told, Michele Bachmann is the congresswoman representing my hometown, so she has been churning my stomach for far longer than her current presidential bid. It baffles the mind that people

The folks at GayCities, whose readers deemed Portland’s now-defunct E-Room the best lesbian bar in the country back in 2010, are at it again — and they want your input. Click here to give your 2 cents in 9 categories for the Best of GayCities 2011. You’ve until January 4 to vote in categories ranging [...]

Looking for a last-minute way to kick off your holiday weekend? Consider the following… Stand-up and Portland native Rissa Riss is bringing her “Confessions of A Comic” tour to town, all the way from Vegas tonight for one night only. Hosted by Jasse “Mr.Connected” Chimuku with a performance by

As 2011 draws to a close, a few news items have us wondering if people have forgotten what year it

Get ready to sigh… Perennial curmudgeon and seemingly mummified TV personality/evangelical Christian Pat Robertson once again weighed in on his controversial views on homosexuality. During a recent episode of his program, The 700 Club, Robertson, responding to a letter sent to the show, advised a father to encourage h

Portland’s Friendly House has announced that its Gay & Grey program is now an affiliate of SAGE (Services & Advocacy for LGBT Elders), a national nonprofit headquartered in New York. SAGE is the country’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT older adults. Friendly Hous

Progress never seems to come without some backlash, as evidenced by the response to Girl Scouts of

A new TV ad produced by the New Hampshire group Standing Up for New Hampshire Families includes several Republicans calling on lawmakers not to repeal New Hampshire’s 2-year-old gay marriage law. The 30-second ad was released Wednesday. Lawmakers are expected to consider House bill 437, which would repeal the law, wh

This, from the Associated Press: “A Navy tradition caught up with the repeal of the U.S. military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ rule on Wednesday when two women sailors became the first to share the coveted “first kiss” on the pier after one of them returned from 80 days at sea.&#

Reality TV farming couple The Fabulous Beekman Boys have decided that it’s time to tie the knot. You may know Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge, the charming gentlemen who gave up the New York socialite life to become soap-making farmers, from their (unfortunately cancelled) reality show or their memoir The Bucolic

A member of the Zimbabwean Parliament has been jailed for allegedly asserting that President Robert Mugabe has had gay sex with other Zimbabwean political figures. The Daily Nation reports: Mrs. Lillian Kirenyi, a legislator from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party was on Tuesday

Thinking about coming out to your family this Christmas? It may not be as traumatic as you think it’ll be. Here’s a pre-Christmas chuckle for you, as the minutes slowly tick closer to the holidays! Coming Out On Christmas – watch more funny videos

GLAAD and HRC are setting up a meeting with ABC to discuss its plan to air a new sitcom R

Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich were recently asked about getti

The Denver Broncos – also known as the vessel through which the infallibly Christian Tim Tebow hath regenerated the visible connection between sports success and faith – have responded to an online campaign urging them to become the NFL’s first team to join the It Gets Better video campaign. Earlier in 201