Just Out

{{Short description|Defunct LGBT publication in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Just Out

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| caption = A Just Out cover story on Storm Large

| type = Monthly magazine

| format = Glossy Magazine

| owners = Glenn-Kipp Publishing, Inc

| founder =

| publisher = Jonathan Kipp

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| campuseditor =

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| foundation = 1983

| ceased publication = 2013

| political =

| language = English

| headquarters =Portland, Oregon

| circulation = Portland metropolitan area

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| website = [http://www.justout.com justout.com]

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Just Out was an LGBTQ publication in Portland, Oregon founded in 1983 by Jay Brown and Renee LaChance.{{cite news

| title = Just Out magazine ready for a humorous birthday party

| first = Phil | last = Smith

| date = October 21, 2008

| work = The Oregonian

| location = Portland, Oregon

}}{{cite web

| url = http://blog.oregonlive.com/qpdx/2008/11/just_out_celebrates_25_years_i.html

| title = Just Out celebrates 25 years in Portland

| first = Alley | last = Hector

| date = November 20, 2008

| publisher = OregonLive.com

| access-date = February 14, 2008

}}

It ceased publication as a semimonthly newspaper in December 2011. In February 2012, Glenn-Kipp Publishing, Inc purchased the Just Out brand assets.{{cite web

|url=http://qpdx.com/2012/02/just-out-announces-return-to-publishing/

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131232552/http://qpdx.com/2012/02/just-out-announces-return-to-publishing/

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=January 31, 2013

|title=Just Out announces return to publishing

|first=Alley

|last=Hector

|date=February 14, 2012

|work=qPDX

|access-date=April 4, 2012

}} Just Out ceased being published as a monthly LGBTQ magazine in February 2013.

The magazine was available for free at hundreds of businesses across the Portland metropolitan area, and free digital copies are available as PDF files on the web site.

Former contributors to Just Out include novelist Marc Acito, Pink Martini pianist Thomas Lauderdale, former Willamette Week art director and Cathartic Comics founder Rupert Kinnard, and reporter and author Peter Zuckerman. USA Today best-selling author Andy Mangels also wrote for the newspaper multiple times over a 25-year period, mostly in the early 2000s.{{cite web

| title = Magazines

| publisher = AndyMangels.com

| url = http://www.andymangels.com/magazines.html

| access-date = December 26, 2011

}}

History

The newspaper's web site used to list many outdoor boxes and other places where Just Out was distributed at no charge. These drop sites could be found throughout the Portland metro area. Up until the mid-2000s there were drop sites elsewhere in Oregon. By the time the paper stopped publication in December 2011, some communities across Oregon had begun receiving Just Out again, including two distribution points in Klamath Falls.{{cite web

| url = http://klambda.org/guide/#publications

| title = Survival guide

| publisher = Klamath Basin Lambdas

| access-date = January 1, 2012

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120426085050/http://klambda.org/guide/#publications

| archive-date = April 26, 2012

| url-status = dead

}}

On January 21, 2009, Just Out{{'}}s editorial board issued a statement{{cite web

|url=http://www.justout.com/news/national-news/just-out-editorial-board-asks-portland-mayor-sam-adams-to-resign-from-office/

|title=Just Out Editorial Board Asks Portland Mayor Sam Adams to Resign from Office

|first=Stephen Marc

|last=Beaudoin

|date=January 21, 2009

|work=Just Out

|access-date=April 4, 2012

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529115624/http://www.justout.com/news/national-news/just-out-editorial-board-asks-portland-mayor-sam-adams-to-resign-from-office/

|archive-date=May 29, 2012

}}

calling on recently inaugurated Portland mayor Sam Adams to resign, in light of his admission that he had covered up a sexual relationship with a state legislative intern in order to avoid disruptions to his mayoral campaign.

Mid-March 2009, three employees — news editor Jaymee Cuti, arts-and-culture editor Jim Radosta, and art director Blake Martinez — resigned because they had not been paid in full since late January, nor on time for six months. Publisher Marty Davis cited the economic recession and a resulting downturn in ad revenue as the cause of financial troubles.{{cite web

| url = http://news.opb.org/article/three-quit-just-out-newspaper-financial-problems-take-toll/

| title = Three Quit 'Just Out' Newspaper as Financial Problems Take Toll

| first = April

| last = Baer

| date = March 13, 2009

| publisher = Oregon Public Broadcasting

| access-date = April 4, 2012

| archive-date = February 29, 2012

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120229213458/http://news.opb.org/article/three-quit-just-out-newspaper-financial-problems-take-toll/

| url-status = dead

}}{{cite web

| url = http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-4790-top_staff_at_just_out_takes_a_walk.html

| title = Top Staff at Just Out Takes a Walk

| first = Mark | last = Zusman

| date = March 16, 2009

| work = Willamette Week

| location = Portland, Oregon

| access-date = April 4, 2012

}}

On December 26, 2011, publisher Marty Davis announced that Just Out was out of business effective immediately,{{cite web

|url=http://www.justout.com/blog/news/local-news/letter-from-the-publisher/

|title=Letter from the Publisher

|first=Amanda

|last=Schurr

|date=December 26, 2011

|work=Just Out

|access-date=January 1, 2012

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108180705/http://www.justout.com/blog/news/local-news/letter-from-the-publisher/

|archive-date=January 8, 2012

}} with its December 9 issue being its last.

On February 14, 2012, it was announced that Glenn-Kipp Publishing, Inc., had acquired Just Out, with Jonathan Kipp as the new publisher, and that Just Out would resume publication. Kipp had contributed to Just Out previously, for two years.{{cite web

|url=http://qpdx.com/2012/02/interview-with-new-just-out-publisher-jonathan-kipp-of-glenn-kipp/

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201034549/http://qpdx.com/2012/02/interview-with-new-just-out-publisher-jonathan-kipp-of-glenn-kipp/

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=February 1, 2013

|title=Interview with new Just Out publisher Jonathan Kipp of Glenn-Kipp

|first=Alley

|last=Hector

|date=February 17, 2012

|work=qPDX

|access-date=April 4, 2012

}} it returned as a monthly magazine on June 1, 2012, and ceased publication in February 2013.{{cite web

|url=http://www.justout.com/blog_archive/jo_news/just-out-to-premier-june-1/