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he rapidly growing lesbian and gay boyimpose political cohesion on gay organiZations
cotts of Marlboro cigarettes and Miller beerthat choose not to honor boycotts.
will once again test whether olir .c~mmuPardon us while we puke, Such self-serving
nity has the will 'and the cohesiveness to garbage caused Adweek, which monitors these'
mount successful consumer actions.
matters, tothat industry observers "aren't
The Dallas Gay Alliance originally called for so sure" that 'the gay community has enoughboycotts of Philip Morris' products because that"mettlea consumer bloc" to effectively boycott
corporation
is a major contributor
to North'
Marlboro and Miller. With Miller frantically trying
to place full-page ads in. gay papers and with
Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms' reelection campaign.
The. point was to put corporate America on noticefinancial greed frequently overwhdining commuthat contributions
to Helms can carry a heavY nity self-interest, we're not so sure, either.
price. Gay groups narrowed
their focus toIndeed, some gay publications which a(e conMarlboro and Miller because they con:.ectly realtrolled by tavern owners are already sowing confuized that earlier attempts at boycotting every
sion and discord about the boycott. They piOusly
product that Philip Morris manufactures
werepoint out that in some cities Miller has longdoomed to failure: The l!verage consumer can't
engaged in PR campaigns-thecheapest brand of
be expected to boycott dozens of goods. But
advertising-by
donating money to gay and AIDS
Marlboro and Miller are popular and .ubiquitous,
causes, and they, thus claim that the beer makerand an effective embargo of those two brands
has been unfairly targeted. By such logic, any gaywould be noticed by their corporate parent andled consumer boycott could be "bought off' at any
by everyone else who engages in Helms-style
time simply by having the offending corporation
hate-mongering,i
toss a few bucks at gay or AIDS groups.
Homophobes
are masters of this powerful
The right wing has never been so self-defeatconsumer tactic. A recent Variety article estimateding, It is willing to boycott any company thatthat 'the ABC-1V network lost a total of $14 mil- offends, even if that company contributes to rightlion in ad revenues last season because of adverwing causes, Right-wingers know how to maketisers' fears of .right-wing' boycotts,
mostlytheir power as consumers felt in devastatingly
stemming ,from a gay bedroom scene on thtr- effective ways, as we lesbians and gays are well
tysomethtng and the Rock Hudson T\' bio. The aware: We're frequently their primary targets. .
ageitcies that polled their llds from such gay-posiAt ,this time of dangerously rising homophotive pcograming know well the incredible unity
bia, our community lies like a sleeping giant, itsand effectiVeness of anti-gay groups that launch
enormous
consumerpotential
untapped
andboycotts, Such advertiSers, trying to preempt dis- ,unrealized. We have the financial power to shake 'aster,caved into right-wing pressure before boy- the world. All we have to do is use it. If""e allow
cotts were even announced.
this opportunity to pass, if we begin hairsplitting
The lesbian and, gay, community has ~norover whether Miller and Marlboro were fairly or
mous financial power, and we should have sirili- unfairly targeted" if we are betrayed by a few
far· political clout, but we don't-because we have money-hungry gay publishers or grOUPS,only our
rio history of consumer cohesiveness. The Coorse~mies will benefit. 'boycott, our most notable attempt at consumer
Until Philip Morris announces publicly that it _action; began to unravel when Coors bought off disavows Helms' homophobia
and will cease
cynical, ~dy
gay publishers with full.page ads,
contrib~ting to his venal campaigns, the boycotts
tossed m.eager contributions to AIDS groups andof Miller and Marlboro serve all of our interests.
sponsored a few gay events .. Suddenly the gay This is our opportunity to show the world thatpress WaS full of earnest,.,hand-wringing.editorials' ,we have the "met~e" to mount a successful boyquestioning whether anyone in the community'cott, and, to make Jesse Helms too hot to handle
has the right to launch a boycott I just who is for corporate America. We have the power, Let's
empowered to call one off and who presumes to use it....

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See What The Boys In The
Back Room Will Have

outcome of the newborns In
this trial; there are no plans
Mark Harrington's colto follow the women or evenumn entitled "Let My PeOple provide them with basicIn' (no, 58, Aug. 8) left me
gynecological care,with a strange sense of conI observed scientists andtusion and a good deal ofothers present volume$ ofanger, As a lesbian Involved
data on children, 'neverIn the AIDS activist movebothering to mention that
ment, how can I be sure thatthe mothers of these children
researchers and politicians
go without ·fundamental
at NIAID are on our side andnecessities and often die
are Interested In overhaulingwith ARC diagnoses, not only
an archaic and homophobecause their opportunistic
bic system of research? How
Infections are not being
can I be convincedthat
treated but l'Jacause they
once ac11v1sts
are allowed toaren't even IIsfed In the "offiattend committee meetingscial definition.'and vote on research policy
When I couldn't"oband ACTG agenda Items,
serve' anymore, I asked Ed~Ife
and the lives ofConnor (chair of the Pediwomen with AIDS will draatric Committee) where the.
matically Improve?
women fit Into their agenda.
The fact Is that I'm not
I was told that the researchconvinced; my anger comesers on his committee
arefrom the knowledge
thatpediatricians and are only
although the advances outInterested In reseQrch InvolvIng children,
lined In Harrington's article
are Important, they will do litI "observed' a session
tle or nothing to Improve thewhere the use of fluconazole
lives of women with AIDS,
In oral candidiasis was disand nothing at all to Implore
cussed, When I asked about
these Individuals to wake up
the use of fluconazole
In 'to the reality that lesbians
vaginal candidiasis,reare also at risk,
searchers looked at me as If
I was one of the "obto ask, "What does vaginal
servers' permitted to attend
candidiasIs have to do with
the Ninth AIDS Clinical Trials anything?".
Group meeting, and here's
When I and other ACT
what I observed. A four-hour
UP women sat down withsessionof the Pediatric ComAnthony Fauci and Dan
mittee Qncludlng the ObstetHoth two weeks ago to disrical and Gynecologicalcuss the reality of women's
Subcommittee),
In whichlives and the reality of theirwomen were remanded to
calculated
exclusion fromthe role of vectors for the dis- the ACTG system, Fauci wasease, guilty of transmitting
Intrigued by the startling disAIDS to Innocent children. I covery that women do not
observed discussions of an
have access to basic gynecological care, He was also
upcoming
clinicaltrial(ACTG 076), which will enroll
surprised to. know that les- .
700 pregnant
women toblans engage In behaviors
examine the effects of All
that put them at riskfor AIDS.
on the newborn,
Women are the fastestgrowing group In this country
The bulk of the additional resources referred to In to be Infected with HIV. We
Harrington's article wIll bedie sixtimes fastet than men,
devoted to assessing theand we are denied access to

Medicaid, Medicare, SSIand
ACTG Clinical trials, Lesbians
are m,ade Invisible In a
research agenda which presumes to Investigate heterosexual transmissionIn women,
without even asking womena basic question about theirsexual orientation,
I'm one of the people
who has been "let In: And In
the tenth year of the epidemIc, I've been confronted by
Ignorance and sexismby the,same researchers who aresupposedly dOing their jObs.
I'm angry because theanswer for us, sisters,Is stili on
the outside. ACT UPI

Undo Meredith
ACT UP/DC
To Mark Harrington:Your "Political Science"piece really pissed me off, I
assume that your goal In
writing It was to convince us,
your fellow AIDS activists,that storming the NIH on
May 21 has gained us slgnlfl-

cant Inroads Into making
that Institution address theneeds of the AIDS community more effectively, I thinkthat you were tryfng to convince us that the big boys at
the NIH and NIAID havedone a big turnaround andthey are now Interested In
the needs of IVDUs, peopleof color and women In thIs
crisis, Considering
all thework that needs to be done,
I think that's a very dangerous approachwithin theactivist community,
The article says, "Unlike
most politicians, bureaucrats
and Journalists, many scientists are actually capable ofrational discourse and sometimes even change theirminds,' I recently went toWashington,
D,C., with agroupof lesbian
AIDS
activists, to discuss womenand AIDS with Tony Fauci,
Dan Hoth and several otherfloundering
NIH/NIAID
blockheads,
The "rational

SiONEWAtt RIOiSBY ANDREA

August 22, 1990

NATALIE

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~purse~ of these'sclentlsts Women don't have shit and The gove~nment has yet to and cringe, I see men conconsistedof chas1IsIng~ for won't until we stop settling , sponsorone trial ,to prevent cerned with paternity andhaving an 'attitude that will for crunbs, and you can bet HPV from becoming cervical women who have been told
never get usanywhere,- The that If women don"t have ccn::erh HfII-posltlvewomen,that children are more
subtext to ,this whole the care and access they
The rationality of scien- Important than they ever wi.
exchange was, of course, need, there are a blXlC:hof tists has often astonlshe<:fme, be, Placing the gynecologi'You aren't going to get gay men out there ,who too, A few years ago at a cal concerns of HN-posItIve
anything untll you act like don't have It, either,PresidentialCommissionon women under the wing of
goOd girls,- What 'rationalAIDSmeeting, I heard two pediatrics Is a sign of the
HelclDorow
Mr. Fauci failed to acknowlhard-to-forget statements: utmost Irrattonalltyand indifManhattanedge was tl'lat we never"'Nomenare a harder popuference, Stop clapping forwould have gotten to the
ToMarkHarrington:
lattonto study- and, my per- thiscrumb, and start holding
table In his office If we
Ian sodIstU'bed by you' sonal favorlfe-theultra- out for some real lifesaVIng
hadn't been marching'Let My Peoplein- atIcIe that Insulting and unqualified,maneuvers for women witharound the fucking building,
Ido riot knowwhere to begn.
'Women are different, - For HN-i'elateddisease.
Do you really think that
Do not sen women'slives too many years,this profeslike It or not, you are
any of usshould be satisfied
down the river with state- sion'has made Its money off quickly becoming a col'with an Obstetrical andments such as: 'Unlike most of oh-so-polltlcal female
league of rational scientists
Gynecological Subcommlt- politicians ...many scientists bodies,Don't forget that hys- In a pOsItIon that many othertee ofth9 PediatricsConYrIt- are actually capable of terectomy Is stili the most activists do not occupy, I dotee, which Is made up of rational discourse: lhese
unnecessarily' performed . not see much difference
obstetrldal'$-l'lOt gynecolo- words ring so false to my operattonInthiscountry,The between you meeting withglsts?1We want, need.and' feminist ears that It ,hurts, Idea, yearsback, was to cut Fauci and the other heavy
nuthcM9aVbnen'sCorrrrlt'Nomen'sbodes have never out a woman's ovariesand, hitters, and the boys fromteeatNAD'sdvlslonofA£6.
been treated In a rational
volar, diminishher 'hysterla,- the neighborhOodwatching
You say that :the new, fashionbt1hls discipline and Well, hysteria rules when' the game at the cornet bar.
openness at' the ACTG business.
women are excluded from What have you and otheramounts to calling the comOver 45.000women 1Iv- AIDSdrug trials,And It con- activists sacrificed to be
munlty's bluff, We said that Ing In America die annually ttnuesIts reign when we see acceptedby this elite
we wanted Input and from breast cancer. ThIs hap- that women with HN-f8lated group? And accepted youaccess:What will we do now pens In the midst of shiftsIn disease are dying six times have t:>een.From your artlthat we have It?technology and research fasterthan men,de, my fear Is that you have
We don't have access projects on aspirinand heart
Among the victories
sacrlflced women, The sisteror Input. What we have Is disease In which only men you cite, the one that really hood Is watching, brother,
women dying sixtimesfaster (rational scientists, to be floors me Isthe Increase In Don't tuck 4Sover.
than men, We are ten years exact) participated In the resourcesto be provided toTracy D, Morgan
Into this epidemic, and we study. Soon breast cancer , the Obstetricaland GynecoBrook/'yn, stili have no clue as to how will come to be seen jlS logical Subcommitteeof themany women have HN,how "naturano women:ThIsnat- PediatricsCommittee, ThisIs
It will manifest Itself In ,their urallzatlon of disease In not a victory In the least,
bodies or hoW to treat It In wqmen has already taken
I Imagine the' kind of
those women's bodies,p/9ce In the AIDSepidemic.
people on this committee

straight Sensitivity:
GetOverH
I borrowed a copy ofyour magazinefrom a friend
to read' an article on goy-6

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August 22, 1990

bashing (no, 54, July 11), i
read advice to gay people
to come out to people whoare dose to them In order toIncrease sensitivity In thehetero community, Then I
turned a few pages andfound an article titled -For
Breeders Only," Although I
found, t/:le title to be highly
offensive I read the rest of
the article and went on to
flnd out that despite the factthat I neyer do anything
more Interesting than hang
Qut In shopping malls andmeat-market bars, I rule thiscwmv, ad WOlJd,If harass9d

by a gay person for beingstraight. gladly give up carIng about my gay friends(who, according
to you, I
think of as -fruitcakes"), But
what can you expect from abeing whose sole purposeon this earth Isto procreate?
I will open your magazine
once more only to get anaddress to mall this, I will
return your publication to myfriend with a copy of this letter and will send a copy to. GLAAD as well In order tobrlng the -breeder" article totheir attention.
If the purp,ose of th,eaItcIe was to alienate, straight
readers, It did a fine job. If It
was meant to be funny, thishetero didn't flnd t S),1he U,S,
Supreme Court, In matters of
reprodJcItve rights of women,
Is In full agreement with you
as far as your terminology
goes, Perhaps you should
consider the company you
are keeping by using thatsort of language,
Don't call me a breeder,

Girth Lesson
The arflde In the August
8 Issue (no, 58) concerning
the Girth & Mirth Club Is
Inspiring and disturbing, The
Inspiration comes from thefact that heavier gay men
have Joined forces to overcome the attitudes of prejudice and dlscrlmln'atlon
toward heavier people, The
disturbing aspect of all this isthat these gay men havejoined forces against us-therest of the gay communltyl It
Is an Indictment of our superfldallty and lack of concern
for our own gay brothers,
I
As a community of gay
people, we do not need John

to oppress
us, We have ourselves andour unloving and uncaring
attitudes. We need to lookclosely at the ways these G& M people have attempted
to show their love for the gay
community at large, Consider their contributions to theCommunity Center and toGod's Love We Deliver,
These'guys are really sayingthat they accept the fdctthat the community doesn'tlike them, but this will notstop them from serving thecommunity,
There Is a lesson to belearned from these men,
They are not Just big, but blgCadhd o'Comor

hearted.

They point up allthat Is lacking Inthe rest of us,
Dennis MarshaH
Manville, N,J,
Act Uppity
To all the hanger-ons In
the doset who collect moths
Instead of the fresh ct of fie&dom,look at It 1Hs way-ff gay
men and lesbians wereaccorded full dvll rights, andIf the government
would
end the AIDS epidemic, then
you could put Michelangelo
Slgnorlle out of business, Personally, I think Slgnorlle Isthe
most prollftc Wllter since Gore
Vidal, William Morris shouldsign him up Immediately,

P,Tobln
Cottonmouth
I ITlJst respcnj 10 Peter
Bowen's.response
to Craig
Lucas (1"0, 55, .llly 18) on YOll
edltorlal page,lAKE lHE COTION OUTOF

YOUR~,AND PUTrr IN YOUR
MOUlHIGET WITH lHE PROGRAM,

PETERIr'

Dav/dDrake
Manhattan

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August 22, 1990

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I hope that readers will
write to OutWeek namlng
specific people that should
not be outed. Let the editor
know the names of the pillarsof our community
whoshould not be outed, Thenthe magazine can compile
a list of -People We Will Not
Out- and publish It so that It
Is a matter of public record,
I wish middle-aged gay
men would date young gay
men so that the mature
would get out there andfight like hell to protect theseyoung guys from death anddestruction, Where there Is
lust, there should be love-,
Chicken queens are Indeed
chicken I
To all celebrities who
have not Joined ACT UPas a
member or a friend of ACT
UP-mame on you, You are
Acting Uppltyl
And to, Christopher
Street magazine-takeadetourl Your fiction Is boring

compared to the non-fictitious liveswe are alllMng,
Charles Seiber
Shreveport, La,

Terms of Abuse
In Otis Stuart's ooolysisof
the buddy film genre (-TheWhite Guy Smokes,The BlackOne Doesn't-), the terms
misogyny and homoerottclsm
are all too comfortably Interchangeable. The ease withwhich gay men like Stuart
see their sexuality reflected Inthese films' gun-toting,
women-hating machismo
eerily suggests that to hate
women and to love men are
one and the same, Are
there, In fact, basic, similarities between any predominantly male worlds, straightor gay, or the floor of QUckl
or Uncle Charlie's or at the
precinct In Lethal Weapon In
My tear Is that Stuart's Inter1wIningof terms Is not Justan
editorial oversight but a ~gotta-take-sldes-<>n-thls-one,
With attacks from theoutside so shattering andvicious, It Is Imperative that
the Internal structure of thecommunity be protected, ThIs
Otis Stuart responds: I findbrings us to the need to redeyour projectionof anfine terms, and establish theequation between misogyny
opporMI1y to W'holeheartedy
and homoeroticism,
In apossessan Identity filled with
word, baffling, Not only are
the discussions of the two ' pride, and a place to belong
and progressInour lives,
separated by several hunThere Issuch a dear difdred words and key thesis
ference between being
pOints, but the language
homosexual and being gay
and Imagery of the discussions are mutually exclusive,or lesbian that we must start
thinking and expressing with
I am equally baffled as tothose terms as separate entihow my reporting on theties, Homosexual Is a term forfilms Is (J reflection of myown sexuality, but thank you . someone In that state of orientation, Gay or lesbian are
for YOll' Interest,
words for homosexuals whohove made a choice.
Homosexual*Gav
I am OUTRAGEDevery
The division In the gay
community over the Issueof time some fluttering homoouting Is a melodrama of the phobe Isdragged screaming
sensationalist straight press from the closet-and somethat crossesover to the gay one calls them gayl Theseworld In the guise of yaleeches are no more gay
gerous truth about our own
community,
Ira Sachs
Brooklyn*,/~I\'(I'I\~I

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DOES SHE HAVf:
ANY SCAR.S?

gay conscience of the jourthan I am Mary, Queen of Ity, Hehelpsgay people andKeep Up the Out Work
Scots,Theyare homosexuals stralghfpeople,
I want to thank Out- nalistic world, Keep after
who have chosen not to be
I head today that someWeek for featuring the col- these media low-ilfes andgay, The Invitation remains one claiming to be an old umn -Gossip Watch' by hound them and expase
extended to them to JOinIn 1Icrne said Bton was with RyCJ"l Michelangelo
Signorlle, their blatant and/or -underthe works of the commuhlty White for the publicity. Well, Whenever I get my Issueof the-surface' homophobiathat has made It possiblefor that Is not so, and the wo~d OutWeek, the first thing I do for allthe wo~dto see',Paul Guzzardo
them to live and work where woUd be a befter place Ifwa
Is turn to -Gossip Watch,'they choose, Insure their had more IdncHleartedpeeThe man takes no shit fromhealth care, maintaIn their pie I<eMr.Jom In It,anyon~ and gives bock theLand O' Uncoln
dignity and that gives them
Vance Buck ~It that the slimy,homophoAs a subscriberto yourthe opportunity to work for a
Richmond, Va, blc, Journalisticvermin 1ry to
outstanding magazine, I
share In the freedoms
give him.Mr,SlgnorlleIs-the'completely agree with yourpromised to us all by the IConstitution,Let them stay In
the closet If they must,but ashomosexuals,not as gays,
Being gay should not
be confused with being
homosexual, and being private shouldnot be confusedwith being secret.
\.
Every parent, clergyman, and therapist who
Imposes their discomfortand
denial Is guilty of an atrocity,
and anyone who Vlould
stand by and allow thesecrimes and atrocities Is
doomed to live by their consequences, Silence = Death
Is so honest and concise anobservation that It Is otten
bewildering to watch people stand quietly alone.
There Is strength In numbersl
Outing Is as much an InvitaYou can capitalize on what could become a greattion as It Is a threat, Come
growth industry in the 1990's and~make a sociallyout, act up and fight bock,Bill Kavanah
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excellent July 18 editorialconcerning·Republlcan
Hate Crimes- (no, 55, July18), Since your editorial
focused specifically on theantl-gay homophobic situation In' New York (In the
Republlcan-domlnated
New
York Senate), I would like torespectively
enlarge thescopeof your editorial
remarks to Include the factthat the antliJOY Republican
political problem Is nationwide and Increasingly threatening to gays,
For example, nationallysyndicatedcolumnist Cal
Thomas reported that the
Texas RepublicanParty-- - .... - "has adopted a monstrously
antl-gay and homophol;>lc
poUticol platform, SpedflcalIy, heterosexual
Republicans In Texas·beleve homosexuality Is a perversion of
I natural low and biologically,
morally
andmedically
unsound:

For heterosexual Texas
Republicans to falsely statethat homosexuals are notnatural and eire ·blologlcallyand medicallyunsoundrepresents the some kind of
Dark Ages Flat-Earth mentality that was formerly
directed against left-handed
persons when It was falsely
and Ignorantly believed thatleft-handed human beings
were abnormal and umotural. In addition, the Republl~
can Party statement Is very
similar to the vicious andprejudiced
propaganda
used by the Nozl Pa1y In Germany where Hitler taught
thOt Jews were ·blologlcallyand morally Il'lferlor- to the
Aryan race, Will the Republican Party In Texas soon besetting up concentration
camps for gays? Has theRepublican Party become
the Party of Hitler and Hate
rather than the Party of Uncoin CI'ld Uberty?

I coli on the Replbllcan
Pa1y to end I1s Ignorant andImmoral antl-goy homophobia and hate-mongerlng andrejoin the enlightened andprogressive sector of society.

Dr. Val John Barlow
Chesterfield, Mo,
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Fellow and notice the subtle.
subliminal
suggestionofphallos and gyne surfacing
In his face, It Is beside thepoint that It's het-orlented:
The enlistment of sex as atool of manipulation for profit
exposes our consumer culture as a fraud, While vigorously defendIng self-expres-slon we must resist the blandishments of a society thatboth wltholds and coyly
come-hlthers with sexuality.
When capitalism employs
ErosIn the nome of profit, we
all 1059 something, Stop seilIng sexl Stop buying thehypel Save earth flrstl

Adam Tudor
Manhattan
Open Letter
I am Incredulous at thedevastationa virus hascaused, At the physical andmental Isolotion we continue
to endure by those who
refuse to acknowledge ourvery existence, And at thepain and suffering' of those
who continue
to endureeven as this Is written. One 'thing Is undeniable, AIDS Is
killing all of us.
I am Involved In a few
of the hundreds of groups
fighting the Ignorance of an
obstinate social system and I
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uory 14th article -CaptioN
Week readers who ore alums would mean I had to fight
tooth and nail for the gay
for Queers- with much nterof Dartmouth can contact,films, Happily, that wasn't
est. We would like to correct
us for Informationabout
the case Ot all, Despite oura rather large error with
events later In the year atdiffering aesthetic and politiregard to available seNlce$
P.O, Box 7745, FOR Station,
for Deaf PersoN with AIDSNew York, NY 10150 (or COli: cal priorities, I found all theand Deaf Persons with ARC,(212) 489-7442). Other alums . panelists, as weDas the coordlnotor, to be qlite open to
Although much time hascon connect with their own
the work of gay men andpassed slnqe the article was
GALAs by contacting
NetGALA at P,O, Box 5141,
lesbians, There was neverpublished, we stili feel that
WashIngton, D.C, 2(0)3,
any question of excluding
we must write, It Is Important
something because of Its that New York's Deaf Co~
Matthew C. GarcIa
munlty know what Is avallDGAJA gay content, rand I think
there was even a special
able to them.
Why the Distress?
concem to give a fair repreIn cooperation
with
We In the NAMBLA con- sentatlon to our voices (os Gay Men's Health CrIsIs, DAP
tfngent to the Intematlonal
well as those of other mnor\provides educatfon, advolesbian and Goy AssocIatIonty groups). Of course thecocy, Information, referrals,
Conference
In Stockholm
seriesvaries from one year tovolunteers, and Interpreters
wonder at the ,distress thatthe next, given the changing
to Deaf PWAs and Deaf
Rex Wockner reports was felt
panels, but In general It has
PWArcs In New York City.
toward us by -mainstreamshown Hself to be a conscfSince 1988, we have dellvU.S, delegations(-New
entlous representativeofered over thirty presentations
leaders Picked for Global
those many voices andon safer sex CI'Id basic AIDS
Gay Group: no. 25, July 25),
viewpoints which are denied,education at public foruns,
We were delighted toaccess on other channels.
schools for the deaf, deaf
be spared the embarrassI think one of the rearecreation progrQrns, hospIment of being the only votsons for the greater amount tal programs ,for the deaf
Ing delegoHon from the U,S" of goy work this year Is due
and rehobllltoHon agencies
as happened
In several
to the growing amount of
In New York City. We also
recent IlGA Conferences,
work available, which I trust
provide buddies to help with
Bob Rhodes will continue despite the
shopping, cooking, cleaning,
NAMBIA Delegate to efforts of the antl-NEA/antfand so forth and crlsis-lnterILGA gay forces In this COlIltry, Andventlon workers who give
Manhattan,
one thing that encourages
emotfonal and other muchDart Mouthing
more work Is a supportive,neededsupport to Deaf
In the post month you,FocusGoy. ,auc:tence, whether they go to?WAs and Deaf ?WAres.
hove feot\.red ortIcI9!I about
As an Independent film- mqor theaters, -obscue- crt
The Deaf Outreach ProDartmouth College-most
1'T'd<er.I'mWIIIi'lg to thcrlk you
ftn ho!Jses O,e" check out thejed In Toronto, CalOda Is a
recently by Mike lowenthal,for your coverage of the ClrGoy and lesbkrl ExperImenfine orgonizoHon, but In the
Dortmcx.Jtt:l'svdedctorkrl for
rent series of Independent'
Jal Film Festival held In" 1989 AIDS and Deafness:
1990 (-The Pinking of the . Focus on Channel 13 (every 'September at the Anthology
Resource DIrectory, fifty
Green: no. 54, July 11). We
9..nday riglt at 11pm), wHch
Rim Archives), or watch theorganizations are listed, so
woUd like to toke this opporwas reviewed because of Hs work In the comfort of their
they are far from unique.
t\.nIIy to let your readers know inclusion of a fair number of homes, So I~d say that Kar1'5 Nevertheless, this listing does
thOt Dc:rtmouth, though long 1tiIs hvoMlg gay Issues. 1hese SUggestIon IS well ta<en: WNET , not tel.1the whole story, DAP
thought of as one of the mostfilms, ranging from featureshould be gaffing letters from ' Is staffed by both deaf andconservative Ivy League col- , lengIh~toS'lorteJq)er--,
us so that they know we're
SMLETTERSOIIpepn.
leges, has an active andinentd h, have a had ftne
out here, gratefU for the work
growing lesbian and gay
getting airborne/screening
that's being shown anddtsmI/ae osSocIatIon.
dQtes,crd hdeperdent Focus ,eager to see more of It. TheyThe Dartmouth
GayIs'a rruch-neecled showcase
might even cqnsIder showing
In last week's feature,and lesbian Alumnl/ae osso- forfhlsmofwork.
It on different and more
"Queerly Speaking:anclatfon (DGALA) sponsored
However, os one of theaccessible slots throughout .
editing
error
led
TIrA
to
be
two partfes during Gay PrIde
five members of the ponel
the year, not just dlllng Goy
identified as "an official andweekend, One was the highwhich chose the series, I PrIde Week, don'tcha think?
Iy successful post-porade allcon't be given sole credit for\.
' &I FrIedrich'unmuzzled Internal comcollege recepffon at the lasthe Inclusion of gay work,
Brooklyn
mentary forum· for ACT
blan and Gay Community
which Kar1suggested In his'
UP!New York, ,but the truth
ServIces Cen~er which bene- article, Admittedly, I went
.Deaf AIDS
. of the matter is ~t TIrA is
fltfed the NoHonal Network
Into the process' thinking I
A few members of the"unofficial and WUDUzzled.·of Gay and lesbian Alumwas the only goy person on
New York-based Deaf AIDS
nl/ae (NetGALA), Any Outthe panel, and assumed that
Project (DAP) read your Jonrecognize their worth, However, Ike the very IndMduols
who compose each group,
things hove been done and'said which I find detrimental
to both the fight to end AIDS
and the advancernentof
goy rights. But It Is clear that
we ore being attacked fromevery side, Therefore, os In
any war, the best tactic Is
the one which win win,
So In this-at
best aplea for Intelligent
battleplans, at worst an open letter to my own conscle~
affirm that I will not pass
judgment on the actions ofothersuntil they
have
proven--unequlvocally-to
be Ineffective or detr1mental ..
More Importantly, I will continue to remember the loss,'I
will realize that, dur1ng thetfme It tokElSto ride the subway to work, we will suffer
the loss of a woman, a man
or a chUd who win die, qlite
PossIbly, alone ..,wIthout forgetting that a cure will befound only If we contfnue tobeHeve that It con,
W1RIam C, Newcomb
Manhattan

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NEW YORK-An ongoing Long
Island Railroad Police sweep of Penn
Station restrooms has resulted in thearrests of dozens of men on charges ofpublic lewdness-including
at least
four arrests
last week-and
has
prompted outraged gay activists to seek

forms of intimidation such as putative
employment-verification calls that disclose the cause for arrest according toseveral sources.
"!t'S our position that i~ most ofthese cases, men were entrapped,"commented Matt Foreman director of
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1990, McGowan said that she was unfamiliar with the ,allegations of intimidation and entrapment but added that
strip-searches and bOdy-cavity, searches
are conducted "only if there is somecompelling reason to believe that theI

PEE AT YOUR ,OWN RISK ,ThlJ men's room in the Penn Station LlRR terminalan end to the harassment
through, meetings with, politicians and warnings, to the ~ommunlty, .
LIRR police have complemented
their arrests with strip searches, bodycavity searches anti-gay comments
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since the beginning of this year.
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person had a weapon or drugs." In any
event McGowan elaborated invasive
searches are supposed to ,occur only at
central booking, where the presence of
metal detectors and other sophisticateddetection devices provide the "compelling reason" stipulated in policyIIwe know it," Foreman explained. "Youthan the head hair is contrary to police
govemingother than pat-downsearches,
Tearoom busts have been a staple policy and expressly forbidden by the know, they live in the suburbs, aremarried. Hey, if I was arrested for pubof police crackdowns on illicit sexual ' New York Police Department," pointed
activity 'for years, This latest series in out Foreman who called the LIRR lic lewdness it would be a huge deal
police's tactics "shocking," The LIRR at the Anti-Violence Project. Imagine
Penn Station which is the the country's
busiest commuter railroad terminal has police are a division of the New York what it would be like at 'X' Life Insur- •ance Company."
City Transit AuthOrity.
reportedly been concentrated in the
Outraged at the LIRR police IS
Ivan was released from custody
lower level near the LIRR ticket counwith a desk-appearance ticket that day, actions Foreman with Lambda staff
ters.
attorney Evan Wolfson, have brought
But even though the location of but the following morning, his arresting
the issue to the office of Manhattan
the arrests has been targetted with fair officer called his place of employment.
precision the scale of the police cam- "We want to verify employment of District Attorney Robert Morgenthau.
paign cannot be accuratdy gauged:[Ivanl. He was arrested last night for Foreman has also contacted the chiefof the LIRR police to seek an end to
Lambda and AVP agree that the arrests public lewdness,
Can we verify
the intimidation of men arrested in theemployment?" the police officer said,
for alleged, public lewdness that havebeen ,brought to the attention of gay according to Ivan, who answered the sweeps.
"Rather than relying on the fairly
activists are undqubtedly only the tip phone and assumed the name of oneof 'undercoverof his supervisors after the officer iden- useless procedureof the iceberg.
police, we suggested that they
And the LIRR police seemput up signs and have unito be choosing their tatgets
formed patrol [walk throughrandomly, rather than based
the restroomsl 'on regularon perceived criminal activity,
occasions," Wolfson recountlegal advocates said,ed, pointing out that the anticIn a July 31 sweep, foripated presence of police offiexample at least one of thecers would unquestionably act
men chargea
with public
as an effective deterrent tolewdness was arrested by unipublic sex.
formed LIRR officers withthree other men' as he exited
Wolfson also argued thatthe DAis officeshouldthe restroom. Ivan, who spokechange its policy in proseon condition that his last namenot be use,d, told OutWeek that.
cutingpublic-lewdness
Photo: T.L.Lltt/OutWeekcases, because the punishhe had been in the restroom
ment is unduly harsh, Curonly long enough to relieve
rently, the DA is unwilling to offer anhimself, and that no uniformed officers tified himself.
adjournment in contemplation of dishad entered the restroom during that
Ivan's story of intimidation andtime, Ivan claimed that his arrestingharassment parallels that of other gay missal-whichmeans that if theoffense is not repeatedwithin aofficer said to him, "I saw you for 15 men who have been arrested in theminutes ..Jor a half-hour in the bathPenn Station bathrooIrui in the last sev- specified period' of time, then theof arrest is, sealed,androom jerking off and looking at othereral yearS, But while the bigoted com- record
charges are dropped-incases ofguys' dicks."
ments associated with the documented
alleged public lewdness,"I know this bathroom is notorious
arrests show a clear anti-gay motivation
After a meeting last week withfor things going on, but I didn't do for the raids, Foreman speculates thatfrom Morgenthau's
the COps' eagerness for allegations of representatives
anything," Ivan insiSted in a telephoneinterview,
public lewdness
is connected
to office, Wolfson said that he felt cauIvan was subsequently brought to unusually high convicthn rates for the tiously optimistic about the progress
the gay activists had made, "I think
the LIRR police station, detained for charge,
they are going to take certain steps tomore than an houri strip-searched and"The incentive is overwhelmingly
subjected to a body-cavity search, In to plead guilty and get this over with," address the concerns we raised," he'disclosed,
apparent conflict with accepted police
Foreman offerednoting the proBut while Wolfson pointed out that
hibitive costs legal defense engenders
procedure
the officer conducting
Ivan'~ strip-search allegedly patted Ivan and the significant i~estment of time the people sitting on the other side of
the table at that meeting certainly had
down with his gloved hands, ultimately court appearances require. ,the power to act on the gay activists'
Anothercrucialreasonthat
inserting a ftnger into Ivan's anus in asuggestions
to date, no significant
cursory cavity-search, According to charges of public lewdness dramatically increase arrest and conviction statis': policy changes have been implementIvan, the officer accompanied
theed, So, itl a community notice that has .
alleged search of Ivan's naked body tics is the phenomenon of the closet.
"We expect, based on other things;
been tacked up on bulletin boarc\s'at thewith anti-gay and AIIl5-phobic remarks,
that a good many of these people are Gay and Lesbian Community Center, .
"Touching a person while they're
not hooked into the gl\y community as AVPand Lambda wrote, "Bewarned." ...
being strip searched 'anywhere other
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H'. ea"t-··tog "C. ure "B, J.OOu-byNinaRayu
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had Kaposi's sarcoma in his lungs,"
Bihari recalled, declining to identify hispatient,by name, "but he was not in
imminent danger of dying by the time'
he arrived down to Mexico," Other
sources however, have alleged thatBih3!i's 47-year-old patient wasthewith AIDS who desperatelY wanted to. halr the progression of his illnesS diedooIy hours after receiving a controVersial
blood-heating treatment in MeXico City,
Sending shock waves through the nation. aI'community of people MQ' AIDS.
. But while the news ~devastatirig, physicians familiar with the proce. dure, known 'as hyperthermia
havecautioned PWAs and their advocates
not to leap to conclusions about thetreatment's efficacy, Another PWA who
underwent the procedure has reportedly experienced dramatic improvement, including negative, mv culturesand phenomenal increases in standard
markers of immune-system activity,,"My concerns ·at ~,~ point,~ 'saidDr,' Bernard Bihari, executive directorof New Yo'rk's Community Research
Initiative and the private physician of
the man who died,. "[are thatl becauseof the personality of the man who has
been doing these procedures and publicizing them, the negative reaction will
be so great that institutions that shouldbe trying to,repeat this will not."brink of ,death. when he arrived inHyperthermia, which has been used
Mexico City for·the procedure.
to treat infections such -as syphilis andAccording to Bihari, die events
some advanced cases of cancer, involves
leading up to his patient's death inartifidally raising the body's temperature
Mexico began when news broke that ato what, under normal circumstances,
PWA, after undergoing a hyperthennia
would ~ a,dangerously high feVer.
treatment, believed that he was "cured
In the Mexico City case, hyperof AIDS." Although the two Atlantathermia .was induced through major
based doctors who had performed thesurgery: The patient 's blood was
Dr, Kenneth Alonso, acycl~ out of ,his body an9 heated to' procedure,
pathologist and Dr, William D. Logan,. ,:115' degrees before returning it to hisJr., a sUrgeOn, refused to tenD the,treat,system, The patient's temperature wasment a cure, the story was widely cirreportedly maintained at 108 degrees
culated without substantive rebuttal.
: for two hours,. fo1l9wing the protocol"In a certain sense, he was a victim
used in the earlier cases, Somethingof media hype," remarked Bihari about
went wrong, however, and eight hours
his patient, who paid $50,000 to Alonso·after the procedure was completed, thefor his hyperthermia treatment. "If it
patient died.
hadn't been for the media hype abou~"He had Kaposi's sarcoma, and he
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hyperthermia-if it had been presented
in a more balanced way-he might"nothave gott~ so desperate a~ut it.'Like the PWA in the news stories,
Bihari's patient was suffering from rapidly accelerating Kaposi's sarcoma. Bihari
claims that he counseled his patient toundergo chemotherapy inStead 3!ld sug- .
gested that his client await the iesu1is of
the Atlanta doctors continued experimentation with the therapy bef~ opting for the. unproven IIiethod.
H<;>wever, when 'Bihari's patient•
contacted Alonso in Atlanta to request
the treatment he learned that Alonso
had broken with' his former partner,
Logan, and intended to move his
hyperthermia practice to Mexico City.
According to Bihari, his patient thentraveled to A-tlanta so that Alonso. could test his Kaposi's :sarcoma for,heat-sensitivity
and when the lab~reports showed that his lesions wo\lld .
respond to hyperthermia, the man was.scheduled for the operation in Mexico
City on August 1.
On July 29, Bihari's patient, his.
lover, his fattier and his ~unt flew down
to Mexico City, and on the evening ofJuly 31, a Mexican surgeon, under the
direction of Alonso, performed, eXtracorporeal hyperthermia on the New
York City PWA. The following inorning,
Alonso notified the patient's lover and·father that the patient's blood pressure,had dropped, and when the two men, arrived at the hospital IS intensive-care'unit, they were informed that thepatient had just died of a heart attack,
Later, when news of the patient's
death leaked' OUt, the patient's father
was quoted as saying that the cause ofdeath listed on the patient's death certificate was Kaposi's sarcoma,
According to Dr. Suzanne Phillips,
a physician who has been working
with PWAs for several years and a
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GayPress
Zaps in D~,~.and S.F. raise questionsof gay and lesbian paliers' roles
by Paul Rykoff Coleman

The confrontation is technicallynot new: Over a year ago, ACf UP/New
NEW 'r'0RK-Gay
and lesbian<;dmmunity newspapers in Washington, . York launched a boycott of. the New
D.C" and San Francisco are discovering York Native over what activists 'called
flfSthand how it feels to be an ACf UP the newspaper's
irresponsible
andtarget, and they don't like it at all.
bizarre reporting on AIDS. But the situACI' UP members are known for ation does highlight an undercurrent inof Miller, ,refuse to participate,With the Blade, which prints no
editorials, the issues go beyond thepaper's refusal to take a stand on theMiller boycott. ACf UP!DC's fact sheet,periodically and surreptitiously inserted
into the paper before distribution
accuses the Blade of ignoring and denigrating the activist community whilechampioning lobbyists and members ofthe mainstream gay establishment. The
Blade denies these charges.
"Jt's no secret down ,here that theBlade identifies itself with the lobbyist
community," said John Davis, an ACI'
UP!DC member.
"There is a graiti of truth in tha,t,"said Lisa M. Keen, Blade senior editor.
"Washingtonl'D,C" has more lobbyists
than any other city, Whether we talK to
more lobbyists is open to debate."
ACf UP/DC stepped up its campaign against the Blade after the paper
published a lead story by Keen on June
29 on the activists 20-minute disruptionof U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan IS speech at the
Sixth International Conference on AIDSin San Francisco last Ju'ne. The story's
headline read: "ACI' UP Demo May
Have Hurt
RelationshipWith Sullivan." Thereport focused on Sullivan's reaction to
ACf UP,whose members threw debris, 'blew whistles and set off air horns sothat no one could hear the speech.
Keen noted Sullivan's
quotation,
attributed to"the San Francisco Chronicle, in which the health secretary said
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AIDS bureaucracy, TlJey're frustrated
with the slow pace of AIDS researchand government inability to provide thenecessary money to help people livingwith AIDS or HIV infection. They've. shut down the FDA for a day, the.
Golden 'Gate Bridge for a few hours
and the' New York Stock Exchange fora few minutes, Now ACf UP is taking.:direct action against the Washington,Blade, the Bay Area Reporter and San, Francisco Sentinel,. The issUes are ,so volatile that even
the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force,an advocacy organization that usually has
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contemporary
gay journalism:
the
expectations
that the community atlarge has a press that, in many cities,
tries to balance its gay orientation withjournalisticInde'pendence.
ACfUP's anger
stems from thenational boycott of Miller beer. Activists
across the country are urging bars to
discontinue serving Miller products
because of the brewer's parent company, Philip Morris Cos. Inc. a large contributor to both Jesse Helms and alibrary named for the North Carolina
Senator in Wingate N.C. But support
for the boycott is far from universal.
For example gays in Milwaukee, home

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and Andrew Miller
NEW YORK-Motivatedby therising tide eX violence against lesbians andgay' men, an anti-violence task force hit. the streets of the westYillage last week,
putting would-be gay-bashers on notice

THINK PINK
Pink Psnthsf'$ on patrolthat in one neighborhood ~t least, lesbians, and gay men have organized forthe community's defense.
The roving anti-violence group,
calling itself the Pink Panthers I is anoffshoot of Queer Nation, and an Aug,
3 march from Sheridan Square to theChristopher Street pier kicked off theirWest Village patrols, In their trademark
paw-print T-shirts, members marcheddown Christopher Street to cheers of
welcome from West Village merchants, and residents alike,
MeanwhUe the Christopher Street"
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seen in the area already, Coordinator
Thomas J. Luz said that walk-bys will
cover Christopher Street from Sheridan
Square to the piers along West Street.
Those patrols I according to Merchants Association President Michael
Mirisola, will concentrate on inhibiting
violent crime I including gay-bashing,and drug sales I and will not interferewith "public drinking, rowdiness andnoisemaking,· which he characterized as
long-standing neighborhood traditions.
Mirisola aclmowledged that the gay
and lesbian community may view theAngels warily, given past aIlegatiom ofanti-gay behavior, but promised that theirinvited presence would only benefit thecommunity, "These patrols must be betterand cleaner than ever before,• he said,
And Guardian Angel Director Lisa
Sliwa also stressed the group's previous
experience in gay neighborhoods, andwhat she characterized as its good relations with gay communities and indiviuals, She noted that the Angels work
, here in New York with East Villagers
Against Crack, a group headed by John
Woods, a gay man, She also noted that
Photo: lL utt/ OutWeek
the Angels have a long-standing patrolin Houston's largely gay Lower WestThe Panthers' debut patrol cameheimer neighborhood, and that theirless than a week after the group's fll'st San Francisco headquarters is located inself-defense training, and, while thethe Poik, that city's oldest gay district,group will continue to receive weekly
But Pink Panther leader Gem Wells Is
basic martial-arts training, members are
not convinced. "I have bad feelin~ about!t,. she admitted "I think the Angels havehoping that the presence of patrols
armored only- with their wits, walkiedone some good work in the past, But
talkies, and cameras, will' serve as anthey've also proved that they have serious
effective deterrent to potential bashers,
problems with homophobia.· Qting antiThe patrol members are divided into
gay lnddents that she said she has witgroups of between six and ten Pannessed at past community demonsIrations,thers, who take beats that overlap andshe aclcl(:dthat she "would prefer that theywind through the Village from thehave a lot more sensitivitytraining" before
they begin patrolling Greenwich Village,
Hudson Rlver piers to BroadwaYI andfrom 14th Street to Houston Street.
To illustrate her allegation of past
The Guardian Angel's first official
tensions between .the Angels and mempatrol will be on Friday, August 17,
bers of the gay community, Wells recalled
although they have reportedly beenan ACf UP clean-needle distribution
Saturd_ay night patrols will coinddewith those of the Pink Panthers. And
although the Guardian Angels havepledged cooperation, at least some inthe community remain hesitant about
the Angel's presence in the largely gay
and lesbian neighborhood,..,~~

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The Guardian Angels, whose hard-line
anti-drog stance makes them vehemently
opposed to clean-needle campaigns,'
taunted the AIDS activists, calling them
"fucking faggots," according to Wells.
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admits that the community can use all
the help it can get. "We'll take help
wherever we can get it," she concluded, "but not from people who haven't
worked out their homophobia
yet.
That's like pouring gas on the fire,"
The Angels have been through one
sensitivity training already and are planning more, including one with Joyce
Hunter, of the Hetrick-Martin Institute,an advocacy group for gay and lesbian
youth with offices on West Street.
Anthony Seda, one of the four
Angels chosen from more than a dozen
volunteers for the Christopher Street
patrol, has worked about 12 areas of
New York City in his four years withthe sroup and said that the West Village Is se(ln' as an attractive assignment,
He told OutWeek that to his knowledge, none of the four is gay,
Despite any differences, the groups'
street philosophies toward troublemakers
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Tho~nyd,ebate overS/Mat
wom.en'~.m.usic 'fest
WAIRAllA, Mich.-As the' music-festival-going lesbian nation gears up
for the grandmother of all the festivals,

its organizers are preparing to implement a policy that calls the fundamental pro-woman principles of the event
into question. For the
first time the Michigan
Women's Music Festival
will seek to circumscribe the activities
of women involved in S/M who attend
the five-day event.
, While debate over the presence
and actions of S/M women at the Michigan festival has arisen year after year,
this is \the fU'Styear a containment policy has been fonnulated. And while theInewly constructed S/M policy articulates
a concern that women be free to makechoices it nevertheless clearly reflects
the agenda of women
who have espoused
anti-S/M attitudes,"The, festival will prohibit certain
activities organized by the S/M community," festival organizers warned ina February statement to S/M women,"In these circumstances [the context ofthe festival], acting out S/M activity inan open-air environment
infringes
other womyn's rights to move freelyI

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VANCOUVE~, British Colurtlbfa-More than 7;000le~N~y 'lIJ,(XXr spectators showed up to cheer th(men,(~n andgay!'athlefes, ';some of whom"are pictUred h~re; Women fiom all oVer the world, WOO, cfutirig the' next
pdured into the B:C, Place Stadium here on Saturday, August would swim, Sprin~ spike and sweat their'Y'lYS to victay and Way,4, gatheting under its air-supported dome for the opening
Look in next week's OutWeek for complete coverage of,ceremonies of the community's own version of the Olympics, tbe games.
I-Jim 'Marks
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and safely without fear or horror.·•All rhetoric aside, this is a basic
discrimination problem,· rebutted Victoria Baker, a member of Outcasts, a
San Francisco-based
women's S/Mgroup, in her response to the Michigan
festival's organizers. "If it is true thatyou intend to ,have a festival where dif, ference is respected, as diversity andna feared as a threat, then it is the respaisibility ci its organizers to make the harddecision to back up that professed inten~
tion. AlloWing disaimination against even, one group creates an environment for
further discriminations,·'" . The controversY between women, who support all fonns of sexuality andwomen who characterize woman-to~ woman S/M as ,vJolence against
women has been .festering for years,~nd,' according to Baker, has beenclosely tied to the feminist anti-pornography movement, For instance, last'y~, stickers were posted throughoutthe' encampment that read "Pornography - Violence -Sadomasochism."
Another sticking point for S/M
women has been the fact that a gooddeal of the impetus behind the continuing battle .between Separatists Against, Sa4o-Masochisril and the festival's S/M
aficionados comes, from heterosexual"festival attendJes,'according to Severa.
'sources:
This year, the Michigan
Women's Music Festival will run from
August 15-19,"I think feminists have been afraidof discovering that we're all very different from' each other,• Baker said ina telephone interview, Baker rejects
the definitions, put forth by anti-S/M
women of what does and does notconstitute violence against women,"Sexual difference is not a threat."
However, some women who go to, the Michigan festival apparently tQink
that the very pr~nce
of S/M women
implicitly vjolates the commitment tofreedom for all women that the festival
upholds, because the movement to get
the S/M women off. the festivalland-orat the very' least, to force
them to adhere to restrictive codes of
behavior-has
not let up. "We initially
responded [to the issue) by callingupon S/M womyn to self-monitor,· thefestival's organizers said in their February encydical, "asking them to change
their behavior in workshops and common festival spaces, so that otherI

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womyn weren't' involuntarily exposed
to S/M activity or imagery.". A group of women opposed to
S/M went further than that: According
to several reports I a letter circulated at
the festival last year said that someanti-S/M women had considered tossing live firecrackers among the S/Mwomen involved in a play party. Also
last year, festival security guards
attempted to forcibly evict a group of
S/M women from an isolated site thewomen had chosen for a party,
prompting the women to perform actsof civil disobedience in protest.
"Shit comes down for everybody-it doesn't matter who you are,"added Lou, another member of the
Outcasts I who has both attended andworked the festival. "Everyone who
has a space at Michigan has had tofight for it."-Nina Reyes/New York"We can only suspect that suchinformation was confirmed directlywith the- associates of Mr, Chairman,"
Majewski said, "but I can 't say.exactlywith whom. We received it from theforeign ministry,"
In the letter to Britt,' Majewski
exp~essed "hope that this [embassy]
statement will reach the public opinion
in San Francisco."
Since Walesa's alleged remarks
were ,reprinted in the gay press, amovement to rename San Francisco's
Lech Walesa'Street has emerged.

Dinkins to
put PWAs in
shelters~oles denyanti-gay
relDarks hy
WalesaWASHINGTON-The Polish embassy
here on August 2 dismissed, as untrue
reports that Solidarity party leader,
Lech Walesa, has promised to eliminate
homosexuals and drug addicts from
Polish society if he is elected president.
In a letter faxed to Harry Britt,president of the San Francisco Boardof Supervisors I the embassy press secretary, Boguslaw Majewski, wrote: "Allpress' coverage on this issue is basedon an untrue information. What Mr.
Walesa had actually stated was thenecessity of 'solving the problem ofdrug using' and not, as some media
rephrased it, 'eliminating drug addicts.'
Mr. Walesa had never mentioned anything ab@ut homosexuals."
Majewski wrote that the embassy's
statement was based on "confirmationfrom Warsaw." In a telephone interview, he attributed the denial to theministry of foreign affairs.

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attempted calls and faxes had not gone
through I reached a busy signal or were
not answered,
Walesa's' alleged anti-gay comments were attributed to him in July by
seven Poles in attendance at the 12th
World Conference of the International
Lesbian and Gay Association in Stockhoim, Sweden.
Members of the Polish Lambda
Association said that at Solidarity IS
annual convention in Gdansk in Apri!,
Walesa promised to "eliminaie" "homosexuals" and "drug users" from society
if he were elected president.
"One' of our writers heard it himself; he was there," said Ryszard Kisie!,
editor of the 4-year-old Gdansk gay
magazine, Filo.
-Rex Wockner/Chicago

LECH WALESA

Fmto: Narcy Shia/ll'f1lact VISUals"Something which I feel very
.deeply about," he explained by phone,"is that in recent times what Mr, Walesa
says is misinterpreted by the press. I am
astonished that the American press is
considering such absolutely strange elements like his alleged attitudes toward
this kind of society [gays], This is a very
bad attitude [for the American press]."
Majewski said that I to his knowledge I Walesa "has never stated anythihg publicly" about homosexuality or
the rapidly growing Polish gay and lesbian movement.
Majewski provided additional telephone and fax numbers for Walesa's
Gdansk office. But at press time,

NEW YORK-Over the strenuous
objections of advocates for the home- .
less and people with AIDS, the administra~ion of Mayor David Dinkins hasannounced
hOUSing-development
plans that include a program to put
people with AIDS in city shelters.
And a number of advocates are
angry over what they called Dinkins'
reneging on campaign promises. Dinkins has said twice before, as Manhattan
Borough president and during his mayoral campaign I that he, saw shelters as
an inappropriate housing option forpeople with AIDS.
In Dinkins' "Continuum of Housing and Services for the Medically Frailand HN-Ill," he proposed significant
increases in housing opportunities forhomeless people with AIDS. The city'splan will add nearly"2,500 slots to its
rental-assistance program, which grants
subsidies to PWAs allowing them to'retain their apartments when they canno longer afford the rent.
The city also proposes to develop
a variety of types of housing for another 2,000 people with AIDS,

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The Comprehensive Care Program will create 625 beds in city shelters for people who are fflV-positiveand symptomatic. Advocates for people with AIDS and the homeless havedenounced this plan as "medicallyinappropriate" and "unhealthy" given
the incidence of tuberculosis, entericinfection and other diseases in city
shelters. According to advocates I suchdiseases, which are dangerous to anyone, are life-threatening to people
with AIDS, Advocates also state that
confidentiality is often breached incity shelters I and people with AIDS
are stigmatized and sometimes subject
to violence.
RecentlYI a coalition of 25 advocacy and service providers to thehomeless and people with AIDS
issued a joint statement that calledon the city to set minimum standards
in housing for people with AIDS.
These included
private sleeping
and sanitaryfacilities,
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Ford pulls
ads from
anti-gaylIlag
NEW YORK-Bucklingunderpressure from the Gay and Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation, Ford has
yanked its Mustang GT ad from New
Dimensions, a right-wing monthly
magazi!1e that frequently runs AIDSphobic and homophobic stories.
"There's nothing wrong with thead-theproblem is the magazine's
relentlessly homophobic editorial poliCY,"said GLAAD's Karin Schwartz.
Published monthly in Oregon by agroup that calls itself the Foundationfor Human Understanding, the glossy,'well-financed New Dimensions hasrepeatedly printed defamatory articles
about the gay and lesbian communityand provided misleading information
about the AIDS epidemic which,according to Schwartzi can contributeto the ever-rising anti-gay violence.
In its January issue, which contained the Ford ad, the cover story,"Sex for Trade" labeled gays as powerwielding perverts involved in sex. scandals and politicalmanipulation,
Appearing in that same issue were fiveother slanderous articles and columns,
including one that cast gays as childmolesters and another that alleged the"transmission of the AIDS virus has,been documented by saliva, household
and hand contact."
According to Schwartzi officials at
Ford's Detroit, Michigan, headquarters
denied any involvement with New
Dimensions by claiming that a Califor-

nia dealer was responsible for plaCing
the ad, Ford issued a written apology
stating in part: "We'have requested andthe dealer has agreed to discontinue using
this publication. ~ dealer was not awareof the editoruµ in the magazine."
Schwartz, who said that she had
always considered
Ford to be a"responsible companYI" added that
GLAAD was "delighted that Ford has
seen reason and decided not to subsidize hatred and misinformation."
Honda, the only other national
company to advertise in New DimenSions, has not yet responded
to
GLAAD:~appeal.
-Jaais Astor

D.C.

D.C. mayor
nixes'AIDS
clinicbailout
WASHINGTON-The largest pqbic
heaIth-care clinic here continues paying
exorbitant employee' health-insurance, costs because Mayor Marion Barry
refused to sign Council legislation thatwould have provided the clinic with atemporary- fix,
Virtually no one following theWhitman-Walk(!r Clinic's predicament
could have foreseen that the embattled
Mayor would pocket-veto the legislation: not the clinic's 90 employees I who
handle 6,300 patient visits each year;
not the Washington Post, which
endorsed the legislation in an editOrial;
and, not the District Council I which
passed the legislation on July 10. But
the Mayor failed to sign the bill by aJuly 27 deadline.
"We were very disappointed," said
George Swales, the clinic's acting
administrator, f'I'm very sUfPrised."
Whitman-Walker's
problems
began in earIy'June,
when Blue
Cross/Blue Shield of the National, Cap-

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i".

ital Region informed the clinic thatpremiums would go up 50 percent on
July 1, to $600 per employee permonth, At that rate, the clinic would
pay $840,000 to insure the health of
its employees for a year, Over the
past four years, the clinic's premiums. have quadrupled,
Jim Graham, a Whitman-Walker
administrator, told Outweek in June that
although the clinic's staff were "heavy
users" of their health insurance, the premium raises were excessive, Blue Cross!
Blue Shield is the only insurer thatwould offer them a poliCYIhe added,
On June 26,-D,C, Councilor Betty
Ann Kane introduced an emergency
bill that would have allowed Whitman-Walker and four other free clinics to use the city's insurance plan,
paying the same cost the District pays
for its employees. The District would
pay the remaining costs. The bill wasan. emergency measure, effective forthree months, An identical, permanent bill is scheduled to be introduced when the Council reconvenes
in the fall. A public hearing is set for
September 18.
Barry told the Washington Post
July 29 that while sympathetic to theclinic IS ptoblems, subsidizing healthinsurance
costs would "set a bad
precedent."
The annual subsidy isestimated at $250,000, according to
the Post.
Swales said that although the
Mayor's pocket veto was disappointing,
Barry's reasons were legitimate. "The legislation constituted an open checkbook,"
Swales said. "They did not wish to open
a forum where every poor nonprofit
organization would be aying to the city."
HypotheticallYI Swales said, if theclinic cannot get a reprieve, either
from Blue Cross!Blue Shield or fromthe city, it could be forced to reorganize or shut its doors. "It would haveto be reinvented at the city's expense,"
Swales said. The clinic is the district'slargest provider of community-based
AIDS medical and social selVices andserveS many in the lesbian and gay
community, The city provides $2 million of the clinic's $6-million budget.
"Whitman-Walker is not unique,"
Swales said. "This problem is happening ail over."-Paul Rykoff Co1emanlNew York--SOB HOWARD

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ACTIVISTS DISRUPT NEA COMMITTEE MEmNG

NEA chief:
out-offrying Pail,

into fire.

WASHINGTON-A group of morethap 300 angry gay and lesbianactivist~ 4isrupted a meeting of the
National Council on the Arts here on
Aug. 4, 'protesting the panel's decision
to defer votes on grants to two controversial perf<>rmaQce artists until
November.
The Counci!, a presidentiallyappointed advisory committee of the, National Endowmer;tt for the Arts, heldits, qµarterly meeting here Aug, 3-5 inthe shadow of an ever-growing controversy surrounding federal funding forthe arts,

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Photo: Donna Binder/Impact Visuals

For over a year, the Endowment
rose from the audience blowing whishas been under pressure from congrestles and chanting, "NEA, do your part,sional conservatives who have been
We wanna see some homo art!"
threatening its continued existence"You're out of order," Frohnmayer
over grants made to provocative artists, ' told the demonstrators.
some of whom are openly gay,'
"No, Mr, Frohnmayer, you're out
The last straw for gay and lesbianof order," retorted Scott Sanders of theactivists came earlier .this summer when
D.C direct-action ~0UI1 (Oppression
NEA chair John Frohnmayer canceled
Under Target!), Sanders then demand',grants to performance artists Hollyed that the council immediately put ,theHugues, Tim MilIer, Karen Finley andtwo artists' grants to,a vote,
John Fleck. The artists' works deal with
After a threat to move the meetingthe subjects of AIDS feminism andelsewhere did not quiet the room,homosexuality, All but Finley are gay,police officers entered to bodily
Before a packed room, the Counremove protesters who were engaged
cil gathered to vote on a series ofin a noisy ftIibuster involving sexually
grants, including renewal grants to Finexplicit poetry, After being lifted out ofley and Hughes, But citing possible
the hall, the demonstrators were immeconflicts of interest on the cominittee,
diately released without being arrested,
Frohnmayer announced that decisions
Hundreds just outside the room chanted,
on the contested grants would be
stomped their feet and blared horns todeferred to another committee whichfurther aggravate the council members,
would not meet until November.
According to Frohnmayer,theA gro~p of nine protesters thenagency postponed votes on the contraIversial grants in attempts to avoid any
suggestion of favoritism in the grantapproval process.
The manner by which the NEA
approves grants occasionally finds one
or more individuals who could benefit
from a grant sitting on a decision-making panel as in the case of these grants,
Since it is usual for those individuals to
abstain from participating in the voteS
which could affect them, the matter had
never before become an issue.
Frohnmayer insisted that the council would vote on the grants in question, including Finley's and Hughes', assoon as another panel had a chance toreview them, But the Washington Post
reported that one council member
cited a different reason for the stay.
Resubmitting the grants now-immediately prior to September's expectedcongressional fight en the NFA'sfive-year
authorization-panel
member Jacob
Neusner suggested, would only infuriate
NEA CritiCs and endanger the agency's
survival,
The Post reported that, had a voteon the contested grants been taken at
the meeting, there would -have been
more than enough voices on the panel
to demand a refunding of the two artists,~HffO'NemI

Gay rep

gets fluffy
note fromright wing
WASHINGTON-An
aide
toavowedly anti-gay Republican Rep,
Wtlliam Dannemeyer of California senta personal memo to Democratic Rep,
Barney Frank of Massachusetts, praising the openly gay congressman.
Dannemeyer staffer Paul T. Mero~
who bills himself as a "Scorched-Earth
Policy Expert" on his business cards
sent the handwritten memo to Frank in
response
to the Massachusetts
Democrat's statement on the Housefloor answering ethics charges that had
been leveled against him,
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false statements in a letter to a Vrrginia
Times on August 2 surprised but
parole officer on· behalf of male prostipleased national gay and lesbian leadtute Stephen 1. Gobie,
ers here I some of whom had witnessed
Prior. to the reprimand, DannemeyBush penning the Americans With Diser had led an unsuccessful effort toabilities Act, or the ADA, a week earlihave Frank expelled from the House.
er. Ironically, lobbyists from the Ameri"As the person assigned to makecan Civil Liberties Union, a favorite taryour life a bit more difficult around
get of Bush's, were barred' from that
here over the past few months I" Merobill signing.
wrote July '27, "I want you to knowBush's special assistant for publicthat I appreciate your floor statement.
liaison, Doug Wead, was fired from his
Humility is becoming to all of us. "$55,000 job on August 1 by a deputy to
He added, "I hope your next 50
Chief of Staff John Sununu. The Times
years are much smoother sailing, No
said that "several administration sources"
doubt, oqce we carriers of old-fash.blamed Wead's dismissal on opposition
ioned values are put out to pasture I to initiations to gay leaders to the signyou will be enjoying a long and prosings of the Hate Qimes Statistics Act on
perous career,"
April 23, and the ADA last month.
Frank, who has left Washington
Wead criticized the invitations
for his August vacation I was not availpublicly and wrote letters to about aable for comment.
dozen complainants I blaming inclusion
Mero's arguably tongue-in-cheekof gays on staff error, The claim·infurimissive, however, triggered an angry
ated his more moderate boss, Bobbie
response from at least one gay- andGreene Kilberg, the paper reported,
lesbian-rights group.
saying "a senior official" denied that
Robert Bray, public-information
there had been an error.
officer for the National Gay and LesA White House spokesperson conbian' Task Force, on Aug.. 6 responded.firmed Wead's dismissal but would not
to the Mero memo with a lengthYI bliselaborate. Wead declined to comment,
tering letter suggesting that "pasture forsaying that he wants to maintain his "goodrepressive politicians [better] comerelationships" in the administration andsooner than later."work in the 1992 presidential campaign.
"This is not a joke for us, Paul,"
The ACLU is persona non grata in
the lobbyist concluded. "We' will conSununu's
book, another lobbyist.
tinue to challenge and harshly expose
reported a White House staffer told
Mr. Dannemeyer's hate-mongering andhim. In the 1988 race, Bush accused
vicious contempt for gay people,
the ACLU as being soft on criminals,
Please consider this next time yourscornfully calling Michael Dukakis "aboss asks you to help destroy gay
card-carrying member."politicians and gay lives."-JohnZeh.' -CUff O'Neill·Bush staffer

axed overgay.invites. WASHINGTON--:-President George
Bush's chief liaison to the religious
right and. other conservative
con. stituencies lost his· White House job for
opposing gays' attendance at WhiteHouse bill-signings.
That report in the Washington

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August 22, 1990

Congressapproves
lan-dmuk
AIDS funds. WASHINGTON-In a last-minuteflurry of activity prior to their summer
recesS, the House and Senate on Aug, 5
granted final approval to a comprehensive measure which over the next five
years will funnel $4.4 billion in disas-ter-relief funds to areas hardest hit by the
AIDS epidemic,"This legislation provides relief fora health emergency, seeks to maximize
existing resources and funds the firstreal HIV secondary-prevention
effortall in one bill," stated Tom Sheridan,
lobbyist for the AIDS Action Council.
"By emphasizing cost-effective andhuman community-based systems ofcare, we have created something thatcan serve as a model for many of ournation's health-care emergencies, n
The bill, ~t1edthe Ryan White .Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency
Act of 1990, authorizes $875 million peryear for the next two years and suchfunds as will be necessary for the following three years to be spent on healthcare and support services for people
with AIDS, Ryan White was a teenage
hemophiliac who died from AIDS-related
complications earlier this year,
Funds for the 1991 implementationof the 1l1eaSI,Jre are included in the HoUseapproved version of the Health andHuman SeIVices appropriations bill, Those
funds, however, are not yet earmarked for
the AIDS-care package and could vary
widely from the proposal's targets by thetime the funding bill is signed into law.
Despite President Bush's initial
complaints about the disease-specificnature of the bill I a White House
spokesperson confirmed on Aug, 7 thatBush will sign the measure I although
there is no date set for that action.
The measure will channel emergency funds to areas around the country
which have been hit disproportionatelyby the health crisis. Sixteen areas would
be eligible for a total of $275 million peryear in funds. Determinations on funding will be ma(je based on a formulawhich will take into account the con.centration of AIDS cases.
Other grants will be made basedon need, local efforts and potential for
immediate use, a provision intended tohelp address the growing problem ofhigh rates of AIDS in certain rwal areas,
The 16 areas which will automatically qualify for aid are the cities and suburbs of Atlanta, ~on,
Chicago DaIIas,
Ft. l.auderdale, Houston, Jersey City, Lo5
Angeles, Miami, New York City, Newapc,lPhUadelphia, San Diego, San Frandsco,
San Juan and Washington, D,C.
Grants will be made to state andlocal governments as well as privateorganizations, Funds will be made available for out-patient and case-management needs; counseling, IllY-antibody
testing and diagnostic programs; andearly intervention treatment and referrals.
A rider attached to the bill as acompromise between sponsors andopponents led by Republican Rep.
Wtlliam-Dannemeyer of California makesreceipt of funds contingent on states
having laws on the books "that would
allow aiminal prosecution for intentionaltransmission of IllY by blood donation
sexual activity or needle sharing,"
After reiterating that provision
Dannemeyer expressed his support ofthe bill, marking the fIrst time that the
California arch-conservative has everapproved of any legislation or appropriations which would address the
AIDS crisis.
-Cliff O'NeillI

more than one attack of insanity"; whoare "afflicted with a psychopathic personality sexual deviation or mental
defect"; or who are "narcotic-drug
addicts or chronic alcoholics,"
The standing prohibition against"sexual deviants I" which dates back to
the McCarthy era, has been used sporadically by immigration agents over
the years to bar lesbianS and gay men
from immigrating to the V.S.
The Frank amendment replaces
the current list with a shorter one, prohibiting immigration by drug addicts
and foreign nationals with a physic~1
or mental disorder which would be athreat to the individual or to others.
The rider also lifts the U.S, ban onIiimmigration by polygamists.
The amendment does not seek tochange the standing immigration policy entry. or immigration by foreigners
with AIDS or IllY infection,"We have to deal with that sepa-.
rateIy,» Frank said, "because the IllY
piece wasn't in this part of the law. And
I wanted to do one at a time, because if
you do both you could kill them."-Cliff O'Neilla,''----

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The Frank-sponsored measure was
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The larger measure revamps the ratios offoreign nationals from different countries
allowed to immigrate to the U.S,
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GAY PRESS "- ,. •• ,.
sage to us that if we did not act preapolitical gay men and their sensitivi. for., Sullivan, ~~Da"yi$ .$~ig .. "~~encisely as!hey dictate4, th~y would
ties, I just want the damn thing ~ be as.
couldn't do any reporting on her.
remedy their unfavorable situation bymuch down the middle as possible. I
own-4hat means speaking with any
violating our freedom of the press andsometimes don't succeed in goingexadly
protester or fiIv-positive person." The 'freedom of expression." Nevertheless,down the middle, am 00 journalist anygroup sent Keen a letter complaining
Haskell said that BAR. offered to pubwhere does. But that is the goal."that the article was unbalanced. Davislish a letter from ACf UP, and the SenThe reasons for some disappointcl:~imed ·that Keen admitted that the
tinel has solicited a guest opinion fromment with objective journalism in thereporting
was shoddYI but Keenthem, "Whether they print it or not is
gay community is the gay press's his.denied ever telling the activists this.
something else," he said, adding thattorical role, Wockner asserted. A
The storY was not perfect I" sheboth papers seem to be. making adecade ago, the gay press was part oftold OutWeek. "It was missing one elegenuine effort to enhance communicathe movement I promoting the few who
ment," The "one element" was whytion, with the activists.
were out: drag queens and the owners
ACf UP sabotaged Sullivan IS speech:
ACf UP's demands of the press inof bathhouses and bars, "Now the gay
becauSe of the bizarre U.S. immigration
both D.C. and San Francisco raise
and lesbian movement is an extremely
policy that bans foreign people withissues of whether the gay press should
large and extremely complicated thing,
AlDS from entering the country, Manybe accountable to the politics of its
with no one. viewpoint about anyAIDS organizaqons boycotted the San
readers, or function in a so-called
thing," Wockner said, "And people
Francisro OOnferencefix' !hi<) very reason.
objective manner, frequently referredoften still expect the gay and lesbian
ACf UP/DC's Linda Meredith finds
to as "AP style" because of the Associpress to be an arm of the movement.
Keen's concession
unacceptable.
ated Press's rules about presenting
And of course, any given activist"When a reporter doesn't get both sides both sides of a story,
defmes the movement as their particuof the story; she said, "it's like a waiter
Rex Wockner, whose gay newswire,lar goals anei activities."
apOlogizing for not bringing the food."
At 10 ami on July 27, nine.members occupied Blade publisher Don
Michaels's office I demanding a meeting, Michaels refused; calling theactivists "Nazi brownshirts" and phoning the police, The. activists left.
In San Francisco, the only issue isthe Miller boycott, The two gay week·lies, the Bay Area Reporter and theSentinel, haye both published editorials
against the boycott I and .news reports
downplaying
its scope. During the.J9!Jlt4.VI~~~.<?!
l~IYI ACf UP/SF stuffedfact sheets about the' 'bOycottlrito the'papers before distribution. ACf UP/SF
member Bill Haskell told OutWeek that, the only way to get the boycott issue
publicized was by inserting the fact
sheets into papers. The fact sheet. with more than 30 regular customers
Wockner, who himself has been
explained why ACf UP was boycotting . worldwide, probably makes him thethe subject of many angry letters to theMiller and the relationship between
country's
most widely read gay
editor from ACf UP chapters I said that
.Miller and Helms through Philip Mor- reportei', said that he follows the APthe Blade provides one of the. beststyle credo.
ris: "It was not an attack on the newsexamples of gay reporting in the AP
papers," Haskell said. "It was simply to"I don 't think we serve anybody instyle I "not kowtowing Jo any particular
get a meSsage across."the news section 9f our papers by
worldview or doctrine or ideology in
Ray; ~halker,. the Sentinel's pubadvocating anything other than thethe process."lisher; told Out Week that the action
basic statement that gay is good," said
Despite the recent animosity, the. against his ,paper "was in very poor
Wockner, whose news service is also
newspapers
and ACT UP chapters
taste." And a portion of an editorial inpicked up by OutWeek. "Every time weseem to be groping for common
B.A.R.'s August 2 issue reads" "While
write an article about gay people I weground. In its fact sheets, ACf UP!DC
we condone everyone IS First Amenddon't call up' the fundamentalists forhas chastised the Blade for allegedly. ment right" to express their own opinbalance. So we're allowed this one
ignoring the activist community.
ions, we cannot sit" back and let anybias. Gay is OK. Beyond that, I don't
Recently, the paper has published artione tread on ours-which
is precisely
want my news articles slanted [or]cles on the Mariboro/MilIerlPhilip Morwhat the ACf UP leafletters did ....[ACftoward politically correct people I ris boycott and on outing. It has also
UP] apparently wanted to send a mestoward suit-and-tie activists I toward
printed some pro-ACf UP letters--seem-

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August 22, 1990

ingly meeting many of the demands
on ACT UP/DC's fact sheets. Is theBlade responding? "I don't know if it'sa direct response or coincidence,·
Meredith said,
Nevertheless, the issues are pitting
against gay. "It's bad, causing dissension in the gay community," theSenttne/'s Ch31ker said, "People arearguing about this in the streets. It's
getting ugly.",,
Keen said divisiveness can only
benefit the homophobes,"It's not damaging to someone like Jesse Helms,•
she said, "He would enjoy gay groups
turning against one another,·She
added: "There is room for criticism-of
the Blade and gay groups, We need to
be able to talk among ourselves andnot beat up on one another."But Merediththat said she
believed that gay-vs,-gay arguments"couldn't hurt,• especially when it
brings put divergent opinions: "TheBlade has a monopoly on queer reporting iIi Washington, D.C'" She indicatedthat ACT UP has no plans to cease
hailding out its anti-Blade fact sheets
and stuffmg them in the paper, Hasltell
emphasizedthat the San Francisco
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()bituaries.

Raymond Wood
Raymoro ~actor and playwrigtt, died
July 21, 1990, of complicatioos we to AIDS. Privale funeral services were held in Syracuse, N.Y.,
and a memorial setVice is planned fcr SeptemberU
I in New Ycrk City.
Raymond WdS
txm Api 30, 1947, il
Nanh Syracuse. He
began a~in aIDateur theater in highschool and after ayear at Syrarose Uni-'
versity moved to
New YOlkto study at
the Am!::rican Academy of Dramatic Arts.
.
_
After
graduating
fran AADA; Raym:nI appeared in numerous stockand dinner-theater productions. His first big success WdS in the Billy Sdly and Dooa1d Ward 1975
off-Broadway hit, Boy Meets Boy, in which he aeated the role of Oarence Cutler. This ro1~ brought
him first to IDs AQgeles and then to San Francisco,where he later appeared in BuIl5hot Cmmmondand Out of7bis World Raymond made New Yak
his base during the late 197Qsas he began to focus
his arti&lc energy on writing. Hollywood HiDs, coauthored wlth Michael. Shapiro, WdS his first fulllength wotk. In 1982 he returned to San Francisco
to appear in the revival of Boy Meets Boy. After
COO).ing back to New Yak, Raymond c~ted

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00 his writing cdlalxxation with Jerry Douglas,
including Max's MtJ/icns, a 1985 farce in whlch
Raymond starred as Max van der Platz. At thetime of his death, they had just completed Running in Place, a play which expla-es lies, fami1yand the fears of death. Ra~ond's
last stage
appearance WdS as studio executive Se1wyn Farp
in the 1989 world premiere of Jeff Hochhauser's
and Robert L Johnston's musical comedy, 1b«ia
Bam and the Frontier Rabbi.
Diagnosed with AIDS in 1987, Raymond
recovered from pneumonia and lung swgery tocontinue pursuing his regular activities, He wasa full partner with his doctor throughout the
progreSsion of the disease. Raymond never surrendered hope, and the strength of his will WdS
never compromisedby the weakness of his
body. At the time of the Gay Pride March inJune 1990, Raymond's strength and mobility
were limited, but he WdS detennined to participate. Riding in a wheelchair, he carried'a sign
whlch expressed Ixm his pride and his rage: "3Years Alive-Puck Bush."
Raymond WdS much loved by his friends
and family. They share memories of his sharp
wit, erudite conversation and comedic talent.
Raymond WdS committed to professional growth
and worked diligentIy to refllle his skill as anactor. Off-stage, however, he loved to stoop low
fcr a laugh: Inevitably, he made an appearance
in a cheap woman's dress and costume jewelryat every one of the memorable "Margarita" parties held by him and Hayyim, his lover of nine

years. His relationships with Hayyim, friends andfami1y changed (]Ver the years as he confrooted
and (]Veocame the pain of a ciysfun<tmal childhood. Throogh therapy and hard wak, Raymondfound the strength to leave the past behind andm(]Ve on. His compassion, love and respect fcr
others came to equa1 his insight andwt.
Raymond Wood is survived by his filther,
Raymond Vo11mer;sisters, laurie Haynes, Donna
Vollmer and Diane Kampf; brothers, Donald
Wood, Douglas Vollmer, Dan Vollmer; niece,
Andrea Louise; and by Hayyim Obadyah, hislover and best friend

John Lorenzini
AIDS eduCator and activist John Lorenzini, 43, died in Bp'ke1ey, Calif., after living withAIDS for more than sc:ven years. John's
tremendous energy and caring were applied
almost every minute of the seven years to
edx:ate and influence' the government an1 di--,.,,-'-zens to learn
al:wt AIDS andwcxk to figtt thedisease aM reIp
those infected,A
Navy
Seal in VIetnam,
John chose the, toughest assignments, which
prepared
him
when,
many
years later, he, along with one or two otherpeople with AIDS, faced huge audiences totalk about living a full, happy Ilfe .•John
Lorenzini's humor always shown through, as
when he told his audience that he "reallycame to get a date." Usually surroundedbymany friends and lovers, John found time to
be close and giving. Another long-term survivor, author Lon Nungasser,
said, "Johnnever gave up looking for love." John was
active in the National Association of People
With AIDS, the AIDS Action Counci!, the'Alameda County AIDS Advisory Board, Pe<>pie With AIDS/San Francisco, San Francisco
Community Partnership on AIDS and Mobilization Against AIDS and was a consultant
whose suggestions were sought by the Shanti
Project and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Altruistically,
he traveled to Utah tofound the Salt lake City AIDS Fo~dation
andto work with AIDS ProjectlUtah. While battling against the AIDS crisis, John found timeto teach square dancing-he
loved dancing inWestern bars and called his best fric<.nd!,"Cowboy.".
John was invited to speak nationwlde,
and he was honored by being selected togive U.S. Sen. Lowell Weicker an award in
Chicago for Weicker's work to obtain federal
AIDS funding. Lorenzini met tirelessly withelected and appointed officials to explain theneed for prevention,
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August 22, 1990

PWAs. San Francisco Democratic Central
Committee member Greg Day said: "John
Lorenzini was a hero, a real fighter. Anyone
who knew him was very fonunate.· Soon
after his diagnosis, John took it upon himse1f
to collect food for PWAs through the San
Francisco AIDS Foundation Food Bank, andshort\y afterward, in 1984, he' was named the
AIDS Chair of the Allee B. Toklas Lesbian and
Gay Democratic Club, which enabled him toescalate the spreading of his message of hopeand strength. Known to be somewhat
conservative, John surprised others ahd
shocked himself in 1985, when he chained
himself to the doors of the Federal Building
to protest the lack of federal funding for
AIDS. John wore a T-shirt reading ·Person
With AIDS.· John Lorenzini will be missed,
but his message will be continued. A tributeto his memory will be presentedon
Wednesday,
July 25, at St. Albert Priory,near the Oak1and-Rockridge BARTStation, at

On July 2, Julio Rivera was murdered in Jackson Heights
by skinheads using a hammer and knife. Contrary to allevidence, the Police have refused to make it a bias crime.
Paltry resources
have been assigned
to find 'themurderers.

lOam.

Mathew G. Scheiman

HATE CRIMES SOAR.

Wise men have Said that courage is thewillingness to take an action even though fear
tells you not to. Matt had courage in abundance, and it impressed all who met him. As
AIDS progressively narrowed his life, Matt
coritinued to find new interests, and his zest
for living never d4ninlshed. In the end, hedied as he lived, bravely embracing the
unknown despite his fears,
Matthew was born In New York City,
where he lived until he moved to San Francisco in the fall of 1987. For Matti that move
sigrtified the beginrlifl8 of an incredibly powerful period of growth and se1f-discovery. It
was during these San Francisco years that
Matt transformed himself from a frightened and dependent child Into a strong andIndependent man. That he accomplishedso much In such a short time is a blessing.
That he did not live long to enjoy his hard
work is a tragedy.
Matthew is survived by his lover ofseven years, Aaron Percefull, and by manyother loving friends In San Francisco, Los
Angeles and New York,A memorial service will be held at Congregation Sha'ar Zabav, located at the comerof Danvers and Caselli, on July 26, at 7:30
pm. Matthew may also be remembered by contributions in his name to the Shanti Project.

From January through July, 316 bias crimes were reported
to the Anti-Violence Project, an increase of 82% over
1989. Police figures show a 162% increase in antilesbian/gay attacks since January 1.

WE MARCH!
We remember Julio Rivera. We remember all victims andWe demand an end to thesUNivors of bias attacks.
violence.

We march through Jackson Heights to. where Julio wasmurdered. We march to commemorate Julio's life, to callattention to the epidemiC of anti-gay violence and to
dedicate ourselves to the struggle against hate andignorance.

SAT .. AUG. 18 .. 7pm

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Liberation Logic

COlnmentary··NotGuilty",·by Ayofemi FolayanGuilt is the ftrst response many
people have upon realizingthat they have participated in
the oppression of anotherhuman being, It is impO'rtant, of courSe,
to remember that all of us have experi..

There are a number of ways tomeaningfully change the compoSitionof a. group that is exclusively homogeneous as the result of oppr~ssion,
Restructuring leadership to involve'
those who have been excluded at all','Outreach" Is one example of energy
misguided as a resull of guili. Groupswhich recognize
the lack of divers,,, In Ibilr.
membership suddenl, wanllo ureach.
oul and louch" those who are
undelTApresenled.
~

and watched as the organization tried
to fulftll the commitment to diversity byseating lesbians of color on its steeringcommittee, More-experienced
white
wOµlen sometimes expressed resentment at the selection of women ofcolor to fill seats speciftcally identifted
for them, While that resentment is anatural outcome of losing the privilegesthat have been obtained through patterns of oppression it should not be directed at those who are attempting toredress generations of grievances,
Another strategy' for achieving diversity within a particular organization
is to work incoalltions
with otber'organizations that share a particularcommon interest. An example of such a
coalition is the' group that was responsible for the Mandelas' appearances
here in the United States, Groups withtruly diverse agendas and priorities 'worked together to achieve this historic
set of events, Now that the tour' is over,the bonds forged in the process will
hopefully be sustained through mutualcommunication, Only then can otherpathways for networking and bridgeI

enced some form of oppression-bylevels of the organization is an inipor.virtue of having been children in an tant first step. This does not mean
adultist.socic~t~ From those e~lir:"" '...
dragging in· people of color who areperiences, we learned from oUr parents
totally unfamiliar with your organizat.hat even loving people practice op- tion or its work to sit on the board of.pressive behavior, But guilt does abso- your organization, but it can mean aflutely nothing to improve the relationfirmative action-style goals, such as
ship between the oppressor ad ,heoppressed, It creates.a false se,,··.·c of
seCUrity that this is a, valid response toj}e problem and diverts attentio'om
confronting the issue of oppression to
making ....
the oppressorJeel better about
participating in the process--definitely
a misuse of energy, For this reason; it is'my own opinion that nobody everneeds to feel guilty,"Outreach" is one example of energy misguided as a result of guilt.,
Groups which recognize the lack of diversity. in th.eir membership suddenly.want to "reach out and 'touch" those
who are underrepresented, The problem with this response is thinking that people of color, people with disabili- .ties, people of the opposite gender or .
different sexual orientation are no lessa part of the community simply' because
insuring that your board is 50-percent
bUilding be developed,
they have not felt welcome to partici- women of color or 20-percent people
It is important to commit ourselvespate, Such categories of people needwith disabilities. Recently, I work~dto learning about those who are differmore than "outreach" and tokenism,with the National Lesbian Conference
ent This is not limited to obvious op-

Recenlly, I worked with the
National Lesbian Conference and watchedas the organlzallon tried to fulfill the commitment
10 diversity by sealing lesbians of color on
Its steering commlnee. More-experienced white
women sometimes expressed
resinlment althe selecllon of
women of color 10 fill seats specificallyIdenllfled for Ihem.

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portunities, such as special programing
for Women's History Month or annual
celebrations like Cinco de Mayo or the
Chinese New Year, Negro History
Weeki the brainchild of noted historian
Carter G, Woodson, has been expanded
to Black History Month, but it is appalling how many white people are almost completely
Ignorant of theachievements and contributions of Zora
Neale Hurston, for example or James
Weldon Johnson. When the names ofpoet Pat Parker or activist Joe Beam are
mentioned, the double whammy of
their race and their homosexuality
make them more invisible than usual,even within our gay and lesbian community. While we become more acquainted with the achievementsofthose within other communities, it isalso important to remember to study
the history of those who have preceded
us within the gayarxllesbian rommunity.
The task of unlearning oppression
starts with a commitment to restructure
how we think about ourselves and others. Difference should be equated notwith inferiority but with the opportunity to expand our group identity by increasing our diversity. Each individual_ can implement the strategies outlinedin this article in whatever group or setting she or he is currently involved
with-from the workplace to social organizations to political activities. It provides a welcome alternative to the internal angst that guilt creates, T
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SEN. JESSE HELMS'The U.S. Senate
Wash41gton, D.C.

Dear Jesse Helms,
This open letter is to let you knowthat your actions as a U.S. senator
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I am. doing all I can in North Carolina and nationally to ])EFEA'l' BELlVIS.
While our loved ones are dying from AIDS,you vote' against funding to finda cure, stating, "Stop them from what they' are doing." YOU BIGOTEDPIECE OF SHI'l'. You stop what you are dOing,as you present a terrible rolemodel for the youth to follow. Most of the voters who vote for you have lessthan a high-school education, ignorant rednecks, and North Carolina has thelowest SATscores in the nation. This· is due largely to your inaction in the,Senate to encourage a high quality of courses in the North Carolina schools.
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J>olitical Science

Pushing a 'Drug Throughthe Pipeline
The Long, Slow Journey of ddl
by Mark Harrington:.

T

he desirable characteristics of
new antiretroviral drugs fortreatment of HIV infection
would include the foliow'.ng: are~onably wide therapeutic index, acceptable oral bioavailability, lack of crossresistance for HIV isolates no longer susceptible to zidovudine, ability to cross the
blood-brain barrier and the possibility ofa convenient dosing schedule,"-John McGowan, Director, Bastc Research and Development Program,
NWD AIDS Dlviston1"

New reports about ddl (dideoxyinosine, which has been given theghastly generic name of "didanosine,")continue to be encouraging,Yet delI research has been gravely
delayed by the actions of a few researchers 'opposed to parallel track,
who leaked the' number of deaths on
expanded access protocols to Gina Kalata of 1be New York Times in March,leading to her subsequent_hatchet. piece; which wildly exaggerated the~ngers of the drug. Z1)1e researchers, in their misguided
attempt to smother interest in the drug
through expanded access, ended up
delaying their own trials: New enrollment plunged by 50 pe.rcent after the. March articles and has yet to recover,. It may become necessary, over the
next few months for activists and IDA
reguiators .to con~ider approving delI in
advance of the completion of the threecontrolled trials now underway,
ACT UP met with Bristol-Myers
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the more pertinent facts to emerge fromthat meeting and from the recent literature,- Safety. On July 3, Bristol-Myers
sent out the latest in a series of "DearInvestigator" lettersj this one concerned

Severe petripheral neuropathy,

which wa~ seen at the much higher
doses used in the phase I studies, hasonly been seen in about 20 patients on
expanded ac~ess protocols,Lower
pancreatitis:
doses may· account for this. Another"The apparent incidence of thispossibility is that patients do not reportcomplication has not increased and re- early signs of neuropathy-tingling,
mains approximately 1.5 percent in pa- numbness
or pain in the feet. or
tients enrolled in Phase II/III studies
hands-for fear of being taken off delI,and under 2 percent among patients on Yet the best way to treat this neuropaexpanded access, Probably as a result
thy remains careful monitoring, with inof increased awareness of this potential
terruption of therapy until symptoms
complication ..,deaths due to pancreatiresolve followed by rechallenge withtis have been reported in only two ad- delI at a lower dose,
ditional patients since Marchi or less
In earlier studies, peripheral neuthan 2 percent of the recent cases of ropathy seemed more dependent onpancreatitis.
cumulative dose over time than on
Certain aspects of patients' medical
daily dose, Thus, its incidence may behistories were associated with an in- expected to increase in the comingcreased risk of developing pancreatitis
months, However, NYU investigator
while their dose level of ddI was not. Fred Valentine says that people on exRelated risk factors include:
panded access have already received a• Prior history of pancreatitis (inlarger cumulative dose of ddl thancreases risk 25-fold) ,people in phase I, spread out over a• Measures of advanced HIV infeclonger period, without the expected in. tion, [including) diagnosis of AIbS
ciden~e of neuropathy.
rather than ARC, CD4 count under
We have heard anecdotal reports
50, Karnofsky performance scoreof seizures and psychotic episodes inless tban 60
patients on ddI. Bristol-Myers reports• Treatment with gancyclovir [DHPGl that these episodes are rare, [Psy~hosis
for symptomatic CMVinfection
is a littIe-known, rare side effect of AZf• Treatment with rifampin or ethamas well.] Also rare are electrolyte disturbutol for MAl infection
bances, leading in some cases to car• Elevations in serum transaminases
diac arrest. After two people in Englandat entry into the program"'
had heart attacks while on Rifabutin
The pancreatitis does not appear to (Ansaffiycin) and ddI, this combination
be dose-related. Nor does it correlate with was forbidden,
IV pentamidine treatment for PCP-penEfficacy. Most encouraging havetamidine .alone 0v, not aerosolized) can
been recent reports of clinical, virologisometimes cause pancreatitis,
cal and immunologic improvements on
Careful monitoring for abdominal
ddl, and long-term folIow-up from thepain or elevations in serum amyJase
phase I studies:and triglycerldes ·is important to ensure
In a July 26 letter to the New Engthat pancreatitis is caught early.
land Journal of Medicine, a researcher inI

IMaine reports on the efficacy of ddI in 375 mg twice daily. ddI's half-life inside
the cell is fIVe to ten times longer thansiX patients who had taken AZf andthat of AZT.
.
whose HIV had become resistant to AZf,
Many people on expanded acce~This is one group with the most pressing
are splitting their dose because of fears
need for alternative antiretrovirals:
about dose-related side effects. So far,"Vuus isolated from the peripheral
blood of all six patients showed in vitro the side effects do not appear to beresistance to zidovudine [AZT], ,...Therapy dose-related. There is a danger that splitwith dideoxyinosine was initiated in ting the dose will rDake the ddI ineffecmid-October 1989 and was well tolerat- tive. This is because ddI is rapidly broed. The initial clinical response in all pa- ken down by add in the stomach, The
tients was noteworthy. Prompt improve- powdered packets which contain ddI
ment in energy levels and appetite was also contain six grams of a bitter, citrateobvious and signs of infection, such as phosphate buffer to prevent the stomach
low-grade fever, sweating and diarrhea, from breaking down ddI, If the dose isdisappeared, Weight gains of five to ten halved, this buffer may not work. Therekilograms have been observed, Three' fore, it is crucial not to split the cj.osage.
If people want to lower their dosage
patients had significant and substantial
falls' in p24 antigen levels within the first they 'should take the whole dose once
dally, not half doses twice datly.
twO months of therapy ..,"•..
Bristol-Myers ~tends to expand the
If these results are confirmed inlarger ongoing trials it will mean that dose levels available in' expanded aceven people who have failed AZT ther- cess from three to six, sometime in thenear future.
apy, or for·whom its efficacy has worn
In addition
because the largeoff, may benefit from other, similaranti-HIV drugs. This meahs that it is all packets may be inconvenient, Bristol is
the more important to widen Hoff'man- considering alternative formulat,ions,laRoche IS limited access program for This will eliminate the need for the citrate-phosphate bpffer,the accompanyddC, and to rapidly approve ddI.
As for the long-term follow-up of ing sugar and the diarrhea which theoriginal' phase I ddI recipients, a report buffer causes in some people.
Bristol has already developed two alpublished this monili states that 34 of the.37 people in the first National earlcer In- ternative forms, a smaller packet and astitute study were still alive at the time of tablet containing an antacid These seem
to provide greater protection against. writing (last fall)-over91 percent.s
While AZT depresses the overall white stomach acid, without causing diarrhea.
blood count, ddI seems to increase the In fact, they are 20 percent more bioavailentire count, as well as the number and .able. This is making Bristol nervous, because the FDA may require doses to beratio of T4 helper cells to T8 cells.
reduced in order to deliver the same
In addition, ddI interrupts the neurologic deterioration of children infect- amOunt to participants in the studies. This
would be inconvenient and confusing.
ed with HIV6 and improves memory
Clinical trials. Enrollment in theand attention span in adults with HIVclinical trials of ddI, run by the AIDS
related dementia,'
Intriguingly, ddI may also be active dinical Trials Group, or ACfG, has been
against Hepatitis B virus, The succulent . deP{essed ever since Gina Kolata's March
Beijing duck model is being used for pre- artic~es. Entry criteria will now be exclinical studies of,f1dI and other nucleo- panded to allow peop.ie with T4 cells
under\200, with or without AIDS or ARC,
side analogues agains):hepatitis.a
into the three studies. The two comparaDose and formulation.
At lastNovember's FDA/NIAID Symposium on tive trials of ddI YS, AZf will lower theirtarget enrollment fro!D 2,250 to 1,200 by
Meth'odology, ACfG Primary Infection
Committee Chair Thomas Merigan, of moving people who "have,been on AZf
Stanford, said, "It is clear that investiga- over two months from ACTG 116 totors have been backing down for the ACfG 117, and by e1imin,atingthe lowerdose ann of ACfG 116, Enrollment haslast year on the dosage of this drug. "9Antiviral responses were seen in ,been highest in ACfG 118, the dosethe phase I studies at all doses investi- comparison study of delI in people who
gated, People entering with over 100 T4 are intolerant to AZf. The target for thiscells had the best response. The doses study is being raised from .360 to 660.
See PUSHING A DRUG on page 53
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IllER TIME
One o/Jesse Helms'
major supporters is being
econo-mically challenged. by -the lesbian and gay. community. But as the. Miller boycott gains. momentum nationWide, it.' swirls in controversy. And. ':'the bigger; broader question..is; Can. we pull this off?
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H....M$ear the end of the' movie
Barfly, the title character,.
played by Mickey Rourke,buys drinks for all thedenizens of his local bar,most of whom wouldn't care
if he lived or died, Looking around theroom at this motley, somewhat unsaVOry, bunch, he raises his glass in a
toast and, his voice thick with self-pity,
despair and a sense of irony, moans,"To all my.friends."
While the boycott of Miller beer toprotest parent company Philip Morris'scontributions to the hatemonger Sen,
Jesse Helms is spreading rapidly acrossthe country, there are some pockets ofresistance. Invariably, gay and lesbian
opponents to the boycott explain theirstance by saying, "Because Miller is ourfriend," the word "friend" reeking of all
the self-pity and irony evident in Mickey
Rourke's pathetic toast, The lesbian andgay community can certainly use all thefriends it can get, but are we so desperate that we count a profiteering corporation as a true pal?
Everyone seems to be in agreement
about one bitter truth: Jesse Helms has
been there whenever homophobes-and racists and sexists and philistineshave needed him, He can always be
counted on to do the wrong thing inany situation, whether it's his sponsorship of the Helms Amendment prohibiting the use of federal funds to "promote,encourage or condone homosexual
activity"; his support for the quarantine
of mY-positive people; the grandstariding that has scared the NEA into denying grants to almost any artist who is
openly gay or lesbian; or such statements as "Every AIDScase can be traced
to a homosexual act," At a time when
we are especially besieged, the fact that
Helms has even been able to get himself
elected and reelected to the highest legislative body in the land and to wield asmuch power there as he does is a perpetual slap in the face to every lesbian
and gay man in this country, as well as
to the members of any minority, For thatmatter, it's an insult to anyone with aworking brain,
Whether the boycott of Miller beerand Marlboro cigarettes (Phillip Morris's
top-selling cigarette brand) will ultimately lead to Helms' defeat remains to beseen, though the controversy is alreadyfocusing national attention on his Senate
race this fall, moving many to donate toI"'. ,: ..
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the campaign of Harvey Gantt, He1ms's
Democratic opponent), AOd 'before. evenattempting
to answer that, manyobservers, from gay leaders to advertising analysts, are asking a more subtle
question: Can the lesbian and gay c0mmunity in 1990 successfully mount aneffective boycott at all?
he gay community has had considerable impact with boycotts inthe past. A two-year boycott offlorida orange juice began in 1m .
after entertainer and florida Citrus
Commission spokesperson Anita Bryant
headed a crusade to repeal DadeCounty's gay-rights law, Due to the success of gay activists, Bryant's contract
with the coinmission was not renewed,
and her career was virtually ruined But
more importantly, according to florida
activist Bob Kunst, who helped lead thatboycott and is now solidly behind theMiller and Marlboroboycotts, "it got the
public out of the closet. We debated sex[byl using her," During the boycott,which garneredmuch publicity,membership in the National Gay Task
Force (now the National Gay andLesbian Task' Force) doubled, and gays
and lesbians were galvanized into largescale political action.
While there is no evidence thatsales of florida orange juice were significantly affected by the boycott it isthought to have been effective simply
because of the press coverage it
ed. GLAAD's Karin Schwartz points outthat while boycotts usually "don't havesubstantial economic impact, they workin terms of creating bad PR." GLAAD
doesn't usually utilize boycotts as a tactic, but implicit in many of its letter-writing campaigns is the threat of boycott.
ACf UP has sparked boycotts inrecent times, most effectively in the caseof the drug company Burroughs
Wellcome, maker of the exhorbitantly
overpriced drug AZf (which is used totreat mv infection). The boycott-which'called upon the public to stop using
Actifed, Sudafed and other over-thecounter Wellcome products-was called
fori in concert with high-visibility
protests. A barrage of negative publicity,which put the company's wrongdoingon the front pages of major newspapet:S,
is believed to have forced Wellcome tolower the price of AZT, However,
because the company buckled under tothe pressure almost immediately, theTIgenerat-·.
boycott
too short-lived to gauge
want of trying. Coors dented the New
whether or not it had any actual eco- York market by doing what a lot of cornomic impact.
porations do to promote themselves in
One of the most effective boycotts the gay community: It used the tragedy
ever waged has been the boycott of of AIDS,
Coors beer. Started by the Teamsters
Buddy Noro was the fund-raising
union, which was waging a strikedirector of God's Love We Deliver,against the company, the gay and les- which provides services to homeboundbian community got involved in 1977, people with AIDS. He is a friend of local
when the union approached
San Coors distributor Harold Honickman,
Francisco's Harvey Milk and Howard
whose wife, Lynn, sits on the board of
Wallace, co-chair of the Lesbian and Gay God's Love, Honickman convinced Noro
Labor Alliance to organize bars in the to let Coors fly him out to its corporate
Castro to join the boycott. The boycott headquarters in Golden, Colo., where he
was enormously successful in the les- met with Coors executives, including thebian and gay community, which hadpresident Peter Coors. Noro, who wasbeen enraged by Coors' blatant discrimi- the first person from the New York gay
nation policies in hiring (which included community to visit the headquarters,
the use of lie-detector tests to ferret out was so impressed with what he pergays and lesbians). "At first Wallace ceived to be Peter Coors' sincerity thatrecalls, "the Teamsters did not want to he agreed to let Coors sponsor a God's
publicize [the gay community'sl involve- Love fund-raising radiothon on the local
ment. But then the leadership changed,
New York radio station Hot 97. Accordand they praised the gay community up ing to Gina Benjamin of God's Love,and down to the labor movement.'"We got a lot of heat.' The group now(Labor even went on to help organize says that it has no plans to use Coors asother protests in the gay community,
a sponsor again. Noro explains that
including the Anita Bryant debacle.)while he still believes Peter Coors is sinHowever, in 1987 the AFL-CIO cere he worries about the rest of thesigned a unilateral agreement with Coors family and how much power it has inwithout consulting with gay and lesbian the company and stresses that his feelleaders, who maintained that because
ings now about Coors are "mixed,'
the Coors family, which retains 100-perAlthough Coors' sponsorship of thecent ownership of the company, still radiothon was a one-time coup, it was
gives money to anti-gay organizations
through the radiothon that Coors got inlike Free Congress Research andtouch with Bob Terri, manager ofMorality in Media, and because the PAC Spectrum a gay disco in Brooklyn. Terrigives contributions to such anti-gay con- was persuaded that Coors had changed
gressmenas Robert
Dornan,a merely by the fact that it had sponsoredRepublicanfrom California,
Bill the radiothon (though its name was proArmstrong, a Republican from Colorado
moted as the sponsor). Coors offered toand Helms they would continue the sponsor an AIDS benefit at the c1ub, andboycott. But because the boycott had Spectrum became the fl!StNew York gay
lasted so long, the effort began to flag as establishment to serve Coors beer reguorganizers moved on to other issues
larly. Only one other bar, Julius' has
within the community. To a large
begun selling Coors again, though anothdegree though the Coors boycott has er, the Duchess, tried--and then stopped
had a momentum of its own. Many gays when no one would buy i~.
and lesbians had vowed a long time ago
Most of Coors' recent involvementthat they would never drink Coors, and in the gay community has been promothe boycott at its peak, attained suffi- tional in nature. When asked to cite
cient Visibility that it has been hard to instances when Coors has given money
break. Gay bars and establishments had, to the gay and lesbian community,
for the most part, stopped selling the Corporate Issues Director Meadows cites
product years ago (or never began sell- San Diego's AIDS Walk, several gay
ing it) and, except for a few, have not rodeos and beer advertisements in the
been reordering it.
Advocate (one of the few publications
While John Meadows,
Coorswhich has recently decided to accept·
Corporate Issues Director, admits that ads from Coors). "Of course, they're all
Coors has made few inroads into the tied in to promotion,' he commented as
gay and lesbian community, it's not for if simply giving money away was a

wasridiculous notion.
Although Miller Corporate Issues
Director Thomas Reed claims in the Bay
Area Reporter that "Miller is not Coors insheep's c1othing," Miller has not beep
above cynically using the AIDS crisis toenhance itself. When Miller first tried tohead off the boycott, it claimed that it

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strategy toforestal( theboycott has
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had given $600,000 to AIDS-related charities, all but $5,000 of which, it turned
OUt, had actually been given by Philip
Morris, its parent company, Yet at thesame time, it tried to dissociate itself &om
Philip Morris by claiming that Miller had. given nothing to Jesse Helms, that $~,OOO
given to his campaign and $170,000 for
the Jesse Helms Musewn were all donated by the parent company over which
Miller had no control. In other words
Miller is claiming all the credit for thegood donations and trying to disavow all
the bad ones,
According to figures provided by
Posie Desisa and Alice McGillion, spokespeople. for Philip Morris, Miller donated$5,000 to the AIDS Resource Center of
WISCOnsin, It was Philip Morris that donated $35,000 to an AIDS benefit called"Dancing for Life" (for which it received
promotion), $55,000 to AmFAR, $150,000
to the National
Community
AIDS
Partnership(another$50,000
waspledgedand another$100,000 was
donated by Kraft in December 1988, thesame month Philip Morris bought Kraft)
and $60,000 to the North Shore University
Hospital earmarked for pediatric AIDS
research (with another $120,000 pledged),
These donations are now being presented as Philip Morris's commitment to
the gay and lesbian community. This hascome to be an easy way for corporations
to placate gays while not necessarily
appearing
pro-gay: By giving to AIDS
organizations, a company can claim that
it is contributing to the gay and lesbiancommunity
without raising the ire ofconservatives.
But funding "pediatric
AIDS research" is not exactly a donation
to the lesbian and gay community,"Corporations play it on both sides,"says NGLTF Director Urvashi Vaid, "Theydo some good things but they neverfund gay stuff,"
Miller's cynical attempts to provethat it was responsible,
however indirectly, for donating money to fight AIDS
are clarified by Miller spokesperson
Elizabeth Conlisk. "Look," she says, "youneed money for AIDS. So the moremoney we and our distributors make,the more money we can put back into
the community."
Miller's strategy to foresta1I the boycott has been to present itself with a"human" face in order to sell the ideathat it is a friend of the community,
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to portray itself as an "innocent victim."
In the Dallas Morning News, Miller
spokesperson
Reed was recently quoted
as saying, "By boycotting Miller, you are
sticking a corporation that is your friendin the back."
Carl Andry, the manager of two San
Francisco bars, Phoenix and Badlands,
relates how Miller representatives
took
him and some other bar owners andmanagers
to lunch when the boycott
first surfaced,"They kept telling us,'We've done all of this, we've done all of
that,'" Andry relates, "I kept telling them,'TIlat's not the issue.'"
He asserts that the local distributor,

Golden Brands' Bob Stahl, first promised
to make a donation to Harvey Gantt andthen claimed that what he had actually
said was that he wanted to make a d0nation to Gantt, not that he was going to.
(Stahl has not returned phone calls to
OutWeek), Andry decided to join theboycott because Miller "didn't want to
do anything but try to save their own
asses, They keep playing the victim,"
And Miller's anempts
to portray
itself as victimized basn't been a complete failure. Otarles ArmstrOng, ownerof three Houston bars (Montro5e Mining
Co" JR'S, and Heaven) is not joining theboycott because"I consider
Miller afriend, You should stand up for yourfriends." He says that because the gay
community
does not have that.many
friends, "I cannot see cutting the heartout of a corporate friend to appease alynch mob."To understand the representation ofMiller as a "corporate friend," onemust recognize who is responsible
for the representation.
The barowners and newspaper publishers
who have come out against the boycott
are themselves businesspeople, and their
sympathies lie with other businesspeople. Even many of those who have comeout in favor of the boycott have done soout of a fear of being left behind or inorder to promote themselves as progressive members of the community.
Another factor that affects a bar
owners' decision to participate
in theboycott is the quality of the local distributor, which is usually a completely separate company, that deals exclusively in
one product or a few noncompetingon~. When someone claims that Miller
has done a lot for the local community,he or she is. usually referring not to Miller
but to the distributor,
The distributor
can have a lot of influence on whether
bars in the area partidpate in the boycott.
In San Antonio, Texas, for example, the local distributor,
DennisO'Malley, gave the president of the San
Antonio AIDS Foundation, Papa Bear, acheck for $1,000 for the foundation anda check for $1,000 for Harvey Gantt,
Papa Bear comments, "Sure I think it's
related to the threat of a boycott," butpoints out that O'Malley has made contributions before. San Antonio bar owners voted not to partidpate in the boycott for the moment.
Nowhere is the cozy relationshipbetween Miller and certain segments ofthe gay and lesbian community moreevident than in San Francisco, The San
Francisco Tavern Guild voted not tosupport the boycott, and the two major
gay newspapers have denounced theboycott in shrill editorials. The Tavern
Guild is a 25-year-old group of barowners, bartenders and managers andrepresents a minority of San Francisco'sbars. Local bar owner Carl Andry, who
is not a member of the guild, describes
it as "a bunch of old bar owners, outdated, without clout."
In facti they are not without someinfluence, Two members of the Tavern publisher of the Bay Area Reporter,
Guild just happen to be the publishers of asserts that "ACf up attacks our friends
the two major gay newspapers in the city. more than our enemies."
Despite the condemnation of the
And those two papers not only havecome out against the boycott in their edi- boycott by the two newspapers and theTavern Guild, many other bars in San
torials but have savaged it in their news
stories,Francisco are supporting it: At. last countI
29 bars and restaurants were partidpatRay Chalker, publisher of theing, According to various reports, theSenttnel, wrote an editorial entitledboycott has also spread' to at least 20"Drink Up: There's No Boycott" andprinted a personal letter from Miller other dties. Boycott organizers in ACf
spokesperson
Thomas Reed as an UP/New York report that in New Yorkunpaid, full-page advertisement. (The City, 36 gay and lesbian bars are alreadySentinel has run paid advertising from partidpating, and many more mainstream
Miller in the past.) It is obvious that establishments, like the DupleX, the West
Chalker's support for Miller has as much End and the Vtllage Gate, are signing on.
to do with his coziness with the compaUltimatelYIthe effectiveness of theny as his animosity toward ACf up, His boycott relies less on bars and clubs andsentiment is that "ACf up is just trying more on the lesbian and gay consumer
who refuses to be duped by Miller's PR
to show its clout" with the boycott"
Referringto the Dore Street Fair, held machine. As Howard Wallace, who
this month in San Francisco, where Miller helped lead the Coors boycott, cautions,beer was served, and ACf up handed out "We shouldn't be misled by Miller's
fliers about the boycott, he opines: "They attempts to gain sympathy.»"People are treating Miller like it's
were also selling T-shirts, pins--$14 for aa wounded animal,» he concludes.
T-shirt. They made a lot of money."
Asked if he thought that they were only "Miller doesn't feel. It's a fucking corpoout to make a profit, he claims, "Sure, ration. They'll put the money where it'll
they're out to make a buck." Moreover,he do the most good for themselves, The
continued, "[they are] destroying Castro boycott will qttract money [to the gay
with posters everywhere."and lesbian community] rather thanTo,~he same end, Bob Ross, the scare it away." T~~~@~~~~,~~~~~~"wp~M~'r""

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cording to the unsigned
memo I found yesterdaymorning pinned to mydesk with an elaborately
carved dagger, I am under strict
ord~rs to confine this week IS"Dining Out!" to my review of that
new Southern restaurant on West
46th Street-Absalom, Absalomwhich has gained an almost cultlike
popularity (this weeki at least)
among the hairstylist crowd. (Bestbet: the Yankee pot roast,)
Nevertheless, I feel compelled totell you that ever since I was reassigned to this office on the 51st
floor of the autWeek building, I've
been witness to a mighty peculiar
chain of events. Spectacular view,
spacious surroundings and apparently unlimited telephone privileges
notwithstanding (my mother's having the time of her life on thatcruise ship!), I cannot shake thestrange feeling that all is not as it
appears to be. I've noticed forexample, that the eyes on the portrait of Kendall Morrison whichhangs over my desk seem to follow
me wherever I go in the room. And
that 'spectacular view is slightly
marred by the daily arrivalof a window washer whose attention todetail borders on the compulsive.
Then, yesterday morning notlong after I'd pried the dagger
ftom my desktop a red-haired
woman who looked like Deborah
Kerr came into my office with abouquet of irises. I asked her what
she wanted and, speaking directly
into the flowers, she said that she
was Edelweiss, the Out Week personnel liaison. I watched instunned amazement as. she delicately arranged the irises in a vaseright next to my telephone all thewhile humming "An Affair to
Remember" in a voice remarkably
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similar to Marni Nixon's. Unless
my medication was producing
some new unheard-of side effects(and I'm 98-percent certain thatit's not), this woman was not
Edelweiss. I accused her of being
an impostor, and she fixed mewith a gaze that I imagine cobras
use to hypnotize small birds andassured me most emphatically that
she was Edelweiss, and did I havea problem with that. Then she
looked toward the window andsaid: "Ah, the window washer ishere. Good. It is most important tomanagement that your view, likeyour column, is at all times crystal
clear." Turning back to me, she
added: "I do hope the man is
careful. Fifty-one stories is quite afall." She departed with an evil
laugh and I settled back, uncomfortably in my Danish posturechair,
Shortly, one of those wraiths
from the mail room brought in asackful of last-minuteentries for my
Annual SummerFudge Competition(the winners will be announced
eventually). I picked up the dagger
and began to open them when I
noticed a picture postcard of the
Banff Springs Hotel-a familiar
sight from my childhood in the
Canadian Rockies. Intrigued, I
began reading and realized that thecard was from my friend
Ernst-formerly of the Out Week
copy room-who has been missing
for some weeks now. His note
informed me that the weather was
beautiful he was haVinga wonderful time and he wished I were
there but he'd be seeing me quite
soon no doubt. That certainly put
my mind at ease, knowing Ernst
had just gone off on a little trip (Ididn't know OutWeek had such agenerous vacation policy; I guess
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I'd better reread my benefits handbook), though it struck me as odd
that the text of the message wasGermani while the diacriticalmarkings were French.
After spending the morning
reading the competition entries(and I must say, I number among
my readers some of the most creative cooks in the nation!), I decided to search once again for the
51st floor washroom. Over the past
two weeks, this had become a little game I play (and lose) on adaily basis-kind of like the "outing lottery" that the contributing
writers run on the mezzanine levelto supplement their ration stamps,
Up till now, I've had to give up
each time and use the washroom
outside the commissary on the 7th
floor, Yesterday was no different,
and, in exasperation, I finallyleaned back against the bas-relief
frieze of Gabriel Rotello' confronting the leaders of the lesbian
and gay community, To my surprise the wall gave way andopened up onto a dark hallway
filled with cobwebs and bats. At
that very moment, I heard a ring at
the elevator bank, Signaling thatsomebody was coming onto thefloor. I quickly shut the secretpanel and ran back to my officewhere I pretended to be busy typing up my review, The new
Edelweiss returned to tell me thatmy deadline was 3 pm, sharp-no
excuses-so I had to abandon my
explorations for the day.
Meanwhile,due to overwhelming demand I am extending thedeadline for the Summer Fudge
Competition for another week, so
you have one more chance to beeligible for 'that splendid new pastry marble. Remember: You've got
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ne morning a few months
back I looked up from mydesk to find a supermarkettabloid reporter-afreakylooking
creature
not unlike
thetwo-headed boil-splotched space aliens
whose existence his publication dutifully
documents every couple of weeksstanding there and offering me a hot time
(which included going to his house tolook at some photos he'd taken at thepiers) in exchange for the names of closeted Hollywood
queers. "What?" I
responded and broke out into a loud
"GETOUI1"
Granted, The tactics of the supennarket tabloids are extreme. But it's amazing
how the mainstream media wring theirhands over such aggressive behavior,when they dabble in equally dubious
information-gathering methods and arecertainly just as hungry for the BIG DISH.
For instance only a few weeks ago
this office was barraged with queries fromleading newspapers and television news
divisions wanting to know if it were truethat OutWeek was planning to out U.S.
Supreme Court Justice nominee David
Souter, in the next issue. And the calls
wouldn't stop: Over the weekend they'dfound my editor and my publisher at theirFire Island homes and somehow got thephone numbers of many of my friends
here in town, These friends were thencontacted by media snoops who werelooking for me, and explicit messages
were left on their answering machines as
to why, The hounds, of course were all
the "respected" news organizations: from
7be New Yom Times and the Washtngton
Post to Good Morning America and the
NBC Nightly News.
What could be next?! Would I soon
look up from my desk to find Tom
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Brokaw offering me a blow job in someone simply ask the man if he's
exchange for the right info? (Incidentally, gay? (I've tried to call him myself, but
I would never make such a deal. But per- he's a wee bit unreachable these days,)
haps if it were Bryant Gumbel...)If he's not, he'll say no, and it'll put the
topic to rest. ITS lJITERLY HOMOPI;IOOf COUI'Se, when we informed them
BIC OF US AND THE MEDIA TO CONthat no such story had gone to press
here at OutWeek, the curs were not con- STANTLY BEAT AROUND mE BUSH,
tent. They kept on calling, asking if we SPEAK IN CODES AND TREAT HOMOknew whether or not Souter is gay. And SEXUALITY AS' SOME SCANDALOUS
certainly, in the next few days, everyone
SECRET, THE NAME OF WHICH WE
in the media who reported about his CAN'T POSSIBLYINVOKE.
nomination would speculate about thisWhich is what New York magazine
possibility in the most coded of terms,
continues to do,
Even The New York Ttmes
participatedin the readbetween-the-lines wordplay:"If there are any qualms
Ed Kosner. don't
about [Souter] it is the quiet
concern over his circum- you see how yourscribed way of life. As ayoung man, he was briefly entire approach toengaged to the daughter of aState Superior Court justice, any gay issue will
but he never married, andeven his admirers wonder always come from awhether his solitary style has
limited his empathy or level homophobic position.
of human understanding."(Not only does the Ttmes no matterhow youoffer up the possibility, but
the reporter's homophobia
treat those issues.
also rings out clearly.)
All of which caused simply because you
arch-conservative
assholeWtlliam F. Buckley to embar- refuse to print therassingly attempt-strictly utilizing the aforementioned
names of those
crypto-journalism-to kill any
queer notions of Souter in his involved. thereby
Datly News column: "On Sundays, he serves as as vestry- saying thatlabeling
man in the Episcopal church.
He is unmarried, but while in someone gay islaw school,
the papers
report, he cohabitated with a an insult?
female law student." (Gee,thanks for calming
ournerves with that little bit ofinfo, Bill).
I've spoken to editor and publisher
DOES ONE HAVE TO TAKE A CIA Ed Kosner, several times about his magaCODE-BREAKINGCOURSEIN ORDERTO zine's coverage of lesbians and gays.
AGURE our WHATlHE PUCKIS BEING Sometimes I think that he does truly want
SAIDIN TIlE PAPERSTIiESEDAYS?
to increase that coverage and portray it inWhy doesn't anyone just come out a sensitive manner. And I've seen someand say that there has been some specincreases in coverage here and there:
ulation that Souter may be gay? (Surely,
Certainly Jeanette Walls attends to imporwhen there is "speculation" about any- tant issues now and then in her "Intellithing eise, the papers report it. They put gencer" column, and the "Fast Tracks"
it just like that: "There is some speculasection has had a few good gay topiCS intion in Washington that ...") Why doesn't
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Wilh Liz and Sydney

Oul onlhe Townit?) Sundaynights.
ched) with your everyday variety ofqueer. There were straight people who
Duckett
was called
Sunday night and in- came on Sundays---and either liked itor left it~ut never made you feel thatformed that this would
they were "taking over."be his last party, preHere's a hot (news) flash: Lookmaturely closing out
Mars Needs Men.
for a new club to open in the nearBut don't close the future (no promises), midtown onbook on it just yet. On the West Side. The people who
August 19, the real goodbrought you Horatio 113, the combye will happen. The (re- bined supper/dance club have gotally) last Mars Needs Men
ten another venue in store: a 24-hourwill inviteback all the old diner, a dining room for "more fordeejays: Larry Tee, Dany mal" meals and a full-floor disco withit. (They will be lining up promoters
Johnson, John Suliga,
Pedidia, along with the for their club soon.) No one has annew ones (Dinah, Tomi nounced yeti no one even knows theRichardson, Andy Anclub exists yet-so there! But here's
derson)and the one
the good part: If you go to the c1vb,
CHIP DUCKm AND BOY-OF-THE-MINUTE HENRY
man who has played
you can move in and out of the
DiAl ON THE LAST (1) NIGHT OF MARS NEEDS MEN
there since night one,diner. For some people this could be
Photo: Uz and Sydney Michael Connoly. Promthe answer for the "dining and dancisinganotherGaying" places that they lament, For othLIZ: Sunday night at Mars, thePrlde-type party as a farewell, this could ers, they may never notice the allure
rumors were flying as fast as thevery well be the "closing"of Mats to gay of eggs over easy amid strobe lights.
beer. Was this the la$t Mars Needs
night life in many people's minds.
Pamela Sneed (Quick! doorMen? What were those invitations for
While "gay nightlife may neverwoman and all-around dyke diva)
another Sunday party all about? What be the same after Quick!," Mars was
had a birthday last Thursday, got thehappened? Who knew? Mter Mona
what really started the genre: Herenight off and had a party, With aFoot's performance
Chip Duckett
was a night that managed tosaid, "My comment is: No comment!"
combine politics and pleaWhat's a queer to do?
sure, club kids and hot,
What the hell happened?
sweaty boys (some people
After Rudolf handed in his resig- believe that Mars cornered
nation as director of both Mars andthe market on these), the
QUick!-simultaneously-Duckett
Sudafed boycott and nude
was compelled to return from a trip lesbian Magic Marker night.
to Japan. The new director of Mars,
Tupperware parties, dragYuki" Wantanabe, is not particularly
queens, fashion shows food,on close terms with Duckett, andMonika Treut premiere parRudolf had been his actual partner in ties, go-go boys with or withventures. Duckett ha'd decided to out money taped to their lxxIleave Mars in a few weeks with his ies, go-go girls (for a while),last party planned for late August.
the ACf UP plaGe to party (forThen rumors began circulating
a whUe), a heady mix of disco,about an rnvitation distributed at debauchery and performance,
clubs last week: Larry Levan, with 24 Mars Needs Men held the thrallof gay night life for a year and =:..:..::--------===';..;'
Hours for Life (the Garage deejay
a half. This was one of the few TONI SENECAL AND PAMELA SNEED IN A MEETwho has played both Quick! andplaces the "fabulous people" ING OF THE(DOOR) MINDS AT aUiCKI
Mars on occasion), would be doing
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PUSHING A DRUG from peg. 41
beach theme, men and women
There are indications that manycame in their bathing suits for free
ACfG sites cannot handle any moreadmission I asking I "Do I have to
ddI subjects. The data collection istake it off now?" Only the doorpeoarduous and inconvenient.
Many
pIe know who had to take it offsites are overwhelmed, and some stillright there I but once inside, everyhave long waiting lists. Before they
one was wishingthat they had
attack expanded access I its critics instripped down. The beach was bot.
side the ACfG should tend to their
And the lifeguard sitting watch overown house,
the kiddie pool in the lounge was
Expanded access. The success ofdripping as people climbed up to
this program in delivering ddI to overhave their picture taken with him,
10,000 Americans with AIDS and ARC is
Pamela, arri'/ing a la Madonna in a
menaced by the ACfG's inability to
man's suit, was nervous (if you had
conduct the controlled trials faster. From
seen what I got, you'd be nervous
the very start, the trials have been detoo), She had heard that there werelayed most by internal ACfG bureaupeople jumping out of cakes: alas,cratic obstacles-not
by expanded acno cakes
in sight.
But Tonicess itself, as its critics would maintain.
Sep.ecal, who forgot her bathing
Yet their onslaught threatens the future
suit, came out with Pamela's cakeof parallel track,in her underwear and a garter belt
Earlier this sununer, ACfG Principal
and held it while she blew out theInvestigator Thomas Merigan of Stanford,
candles, (Some were suprised that
testified that parallel-track access should
she had any breath left after Toni.).An interesting development in
not be opened until all controlled trials
are fully enrolled This would tum paraldyke night life-it
seems that thelel track into "serial track" and would
corner of First Avenue and 2nd
senselessly deny thousands the possibiliStreet has become Sunday night's
ty of therapy. Given the ACfGis record
place-ta-be. If you Ire not going toCave Canem (everyone
should),of poor accrual I the controlled trials
might newrfill, and most people eligible
then you're going to BooBy Trap at
the Love Shack, Or you could be
for parallel track are, in any ease, ineligible for those trials.
crossing the avenue between them.
Most other ACfG investigators I
You could just cruise and then folhowever, have come around to support
low your object of lust in. BooBy
the parallel track-or are waiting in siTrap is the result of moving the forlence. This battle is far from over.
mer Tuesday night lesbian alternaThe future. The delays in ddI trials
tive music party to Sunday, and it
raise the question of whether the FDA
works. The feel is very low-key:should consider approving ddI before
Christmas lights and a deejay. The
the trials are completed. As John Jamescrowd is young and mosdy East Vtlsaid last November at the FDA/NIAID
lage local, but not limited by this.
Symposium on Methodology:
Go. Have fun, Support girls' nights"The trials are probably going toout, because there aren't enough.
last two years after the last patient is reSpeaking of which, having been
cruited. At the same time, there is exon vacation, I missed the opening of
panded access I so that there may be an
the Clit Club (I blush even writing
intelligent and reasonable medical conit). But all anyone has said is, "Fun!"
sensus on how and when to use thisThe space is raw, the drinks are
drug much sooner than that. The quescheap, and the women are very outtion is: From a scientific and medical
going. While this is a mixed night, it
standpoint I aside from the regulatory
is decidedly for women. The twopoint of view, is that two years buying
women promoting it, Jocelyn Tayus anything at all?"10
lor and Julie Tolentino, are memThe concept of "efficacy" is a shiftbers of the video collective Houseing one-it simply means that the FDAof Color and can obviously throw a
has approved a drug for marketing. Yetmean party. So every other FridaYI
many physicians are already using ddI,
stop complaining and dance.
as a treatment, not an experimental
P.s. Yes, Sydney still writes
substance. And evidence is accumulathere-she'll
be back from Atlanta. ing that the drug work5--whether you
nextweek. ...

call it "activity" or "efficacy."
While over 10,489 people havebenefitted from free expanded-accessdistribution, ddI will not become accessible to many who need it until it
can be prescribed by a doctor and re-'imbursed by insurance companies orby Medicaid.
In the meantime I we need to call
the ACfG's bluff: Call your local ACI1J,
and find out how long their waiting list
is for screening into the ddI trials.

ENDNOTES

1John J. McGowan, J.E. Tomaszewski,J.c. Cradock et al., "Overview of
the Preclinical Development of an
Antiretroviral Drug, 2'I 3'-Dideoxyinosine." Rev. Inf. Dis. 12, supplement 5, July-August 1990, p. S513,
2 "Odd Surge in Deaths Found in
Those Taking AIDS Drug," Gina
Kolata, '!be New York Ttmes, March
12, 1990, p, 1.
3 Bristol-Myers Squibb CO" "Dear Investigator" Letter, July 3, 1990, p. 1.
4 Michael C, Back, M,D., "Clinical
Response to Dideoxyinosine in Patients with HN Infection Resistantto Zidovudine,"
New England
Journal of Medicine, 323(4), July
26, 1990, p, 275. See also M.C,
Back and L,M. Dunkle, Abstract#2178, in Final Program and Abstracts: Sixth International Conference on AIDS, vol. 2, p. 398.
5 Robert Yarchoan, H, Mitsuya, J.M.
Pluda et al. "The National Cancer
Institute Phase I Study of 2', 3'Dideoxyinosine Administration in
Adults With AIDS or ARC: Analysis
of Activity and Toxicity Profiles."Rev. Infec. Dis. 12(S5), July-August
1990, pp, S522-532,
6 See San Francisco
Abstract#S.B.205, vol. 3, p. 13L
7 Se!! San Francisco
Abstract#S.B.471, vol. 3, p. 203,
8 See San Francisco
Abstract#ThA274, vol. 1, p, 188, and Reviews of Infectious Diseases 12(S5),July-August 1990, pp. S520-2L
9 Thomas Merigan at the FDA/NIAID
Symposiumon Metholodolgy,
November 1989, in press.
10 John ]ames, at the FDA/NIAID
Symposiumon Methodology,
November 1989, in press ....
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Less Is Mo'
overall tone of
the film would
indicate not. In
short, it is notentirely dear what
Lee is up to,by Monica Dorenkamp
Thereismuch of the
OW that Spike Lee has made it clear that he is
Spike Lee thatnot going away, he is being embraced from all
many have loved
sides, The white mainstream has widelyacceptsince She's Gatta
ed him as America's (token) Black ftlmmaker,
Have It in Mo'
tbe chronicler of the contemporary Black American experiBetter. There isence (as if that were Singular), and in so doing, has presthe Mars Blacksured him to make his films more acceptable and moremon-like banterappealing to white audiences. But those of us more
ing back andmarginalized, who want him to continue to present newforth between
and strong challenges to the mainstream that is now socharacters, often
anxious to take him under its wing, are also mounting
intensifiedbypressure. The conflict that has ensued is much in evidence
quick cutting.
HIS TRUMPET OR HIS JOIEin Lee's new ftlm, Mo' Better Blues.
And thus, on the
Bleek (Denzel Washington) and Indigo
The tenn "selling out" is used a bit too loosely thesevery powerful(Joie Lee)days but is sure to come up in more than one discussion oflevel of lanMo' Better. The film is the slickest of Lee's so far, Ernest
guage, there is a clear refusal to ever be mainstream; my white
Dickerson's almost too-beautiful photography is matched by ears often missed lines because they are unaccustomed to thethe almost too-perfect sets and costumes; the clothes alone vernacular, In this sensei Lee very clearly targets a Black audimust have consumed a large part of the relatively low (by ence for his films, and it is in these scenes, most of which hapHollywood standards) $9,9-million budget. But Lee has pen backstage at the club in Mo' Better, that Lee's brilliance as anever been interested in a classic sense of realism as much director and as a writer is irrefutable, They are exCeptionallyas in provoking certain responses, usually the kind that force played by a cast that includes a number of Lee regulars, mostyou to (re)examine your own position. So the fact that Lee's notably Giancarlo Esposito and Bill Nunn as band members, as
own character, Giant, wears a very expensive suit while
well as Wesley Snipes as the band's saxophonist, Shadow, whobeing beat up for unpaid gambling debts, or that ]oie Lee's shows much of the desire and interest in his music that is miss- .
character, Indigo, is easily the best-dressed schoolteacher in ing from Bleek. These backstage scenes create all-male spaces
New York City, is ultimately not what is wrong with the film. (Esposito's character is reprimanded for bringing his girlfriend
The real problem is that what the film is actually about andin) without the offensiveness or sentimentality that are thewhat it claims to be about are not the same thing,.
standard fare of movie representations of male fiiendship,
On a very basic leve!, the film purports to be the story ofSuch moments, though are undermined even forgota jazz trumpeter, Bleek Gilliam (Denzel Washington), whoseten, by the film's end, The story line holds no sutprises,.
consuming passion for his music slowly shuts everyone out. except, perhaps, that there are no sutprises. WhtQ tragedy
1bis theme is literalized in a scene in which the voice of one strikes B1eek, as it is bound to, he responds by doing whatof his tWo girlfriends, Oarke (Cyoda Wllliams), is completely we are always told will make everything better: He gets
muted by his voice and piano playing during composition. But married and has a kid, And remarkably, it does makethis is about as intense as Bleek ever gets, not only about his everything better, During the final montage-moreromanwork but about anything. Denzel Wdshington slides through - ticized and cliched images (briefly interrupted by the film
the role (there is little else he could do), looking, like every- of a'real birth which, in this context seems at best out ofthing else in the picture, a bit too good, He is the too<oo1 jazz place and at worst exploitive) taking us from B1eek's wedmusician playing and (we are told but not really shown) lov- ding through the first several years of his son's life-I kept
ing his music, 1his incredibly romanticized portrayal is rein- checking my watch wondering how much further Lee wasforced by sutprisingly cliched images; the lone Bleek playing a going to push ~ings, Such conventional closure succeededsad strain on the Brooklyn Bridge at night, a scene with all the
only in closing off thoughts about the more complicatedS•• LESS IS MO' onpege.
flavor of a B detective flick, Is this stuff meant to be ironic?The

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Film

The Wall Jumper

An Interview With East Germany's Heiner Carowby Karl Soepnlein

York and Los Angeles, Traveling with Carow was Dirk
Kummer, his 23-year-old assistant director, and one of the
film's stars, Kummer plays Mattias, the gay man whose
presence sends the teacher into a romantic tailspin. He also
doubled as translator when I spoke to him and Carow following Coming Out's New York premiere at the New
Festival. The two were a bit weary from constant travel but
excited at the film's positive reception-as well as their first
trip to the United States, .

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East German flimmaker Heiner Carow is proving
these days, irs never too late to come out But his is.
a coming-out story with a twist: The director of_
more than 15 movies in 40 years, Carow has now
directed his--mld his nation'S--:-first gay-themed film. Coming
OUt is the story of a young, repressed schoolteacher who fu11s
in love with another man.
Completed before thecollapse of the Berlin
Wall, the film provides
U.S. audiences with arare look at gay life in thefmal days behind the Iron
Curtain,
Carow'sartistic
career began in postwar East Germany,
studying theater acting
anddirecting,Heturned to film becauseof a "professional
attraction and because
it was fun," After ashort apprenticeshipwithdocumentary
director Gerhard .Kiein,
Carow began making
his own films, His
breakthroughcame in
1959, when They Call
Him Amigo won the I,
Bronze Medal at theWorld Youth Festival in
Vienna. A long, successful career followed,
with severalof hisfj'lms, such as The THEFIRSTMOVE
Legend of Paul and
Director Heiner Csrow's Coming Out
Paula (1973), getting
Karl Soehnlein:
You've been making films forwide rele~se in the West as well as the East. One of his
more. subversive works The Russians Are Coming, 'was many years
but this is the first one with a gay
theme-why now?
banned .by -the East German government in 1968, andHeiner Carow: I wanted to do this film a long time
only re-released in 1987, a sign of the glasnost era.
ago, and it wasn't possible-ju6t
in the last few years
Coming Out has been a big, and somewhat surprising
success for Carow. He recently made the rounds of the because of my poSition. [Carow is now vice president of
U.S. gay-film-festival circuit, visiting San Francisco, New the Academy of Arts in Berlin.l They had to give their
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KS: You said the fUm was well received by the public,
money to me if I wanted to make a fUm, It would be mQre
difficult for a very young director, The theme was a tabOo Was there negative reaction as well? People who didn't
want to see the "taboo" broken?
in East Germany.
DK: Never, We thought from the beginning that we'~
KS: When did you first show the film?
Dirk Kummer: We had the premiere of the fUm on get letters from skinheads or neo-Nazis, or that they'dprotest in front of cinemas but nothing happened like
November 9,1989, the night the Wall came down.
that. Heiner and I and the other star of the film got a lot
KS: What a coincidence--a symbolic night!
of letters-l00,
300, I don't know how much-«nd there
DK: Yes, a "coming out" for East Germany,was no negative reaction, really. Not only from gays--I
KS: What had the political situation been like before
got a lot of letters from straight women, too. We had thethat?
DK: The whole situation in East Germany was very premiere at the biggest cinema in East Berlin and it
hot last summer; nobody knew what would happen next, showed there for 13 weeks. And not only gay and lesbian audiences came,
It was terrible. A lot of people were leaving East Germany
KS: Are you encouraged to make more films with gay
across the Czechoslovakian border to go to the West. By
characters now?
October, there were demonstrations against the governHe: I plan to make a film about a relationshipment, and a lot of intellectuals and students fled into thechurches because it was safe there, The police stood out- between two men, a normal relationship not such a special situation like coming out.
side of the churches and fought against demonstrators,
KS: The film has a scene shot in a gay bar ...
After thls, more and more people protested this undemoDK: Everything in the movie we filmed in realcratic situation,
places, on the streets. This gay bar really exists in East
KS: Has homosexuality been illegal in your counGermany. We went there before we even began to fIlm,
try?
during the November Carnival, and asked the patrons to
He: No. Since 1968 the age of consent for gay sex
come in costume for our film. Most of them wanted tois 16, but now it will change because we will get the
make this film, A lot of gays were talking about it before
laws from West Germany where the age is 18.
we started shooting. They knew that this would be the
KS: So, a piece of the Wall goes back up for gays.
first East German gay film and they wanted to have
He: Yes, so it seems,
KS: Have you experienced a lot of discrimination liv- something to do with it. We filmed there ten nights. It
was a real funny time because a lot of the crew were noting as a gay man in East Germany?
gay and lesbian but they were very interested in talking
He: As a teacher, if someone had heard that I was gay,they wouldn't say, "We're kicking you out because you are to gays and lesbians in the bar. There was a lot of comgay"; they would say, "You have made bad lessons; you munication. The message of the film was even being cardon't know how to be a teacher." A teacher wouldn't lose ried out during the filming.
KS: Have you been to a gay bar or nightclub in thehis job but would be sent to a small town to teach,
DK: It was the same for me because I wanted to United States?
DK: Yes, after the screenings in San Francisco andstudy at the fUm school to become a director. I took theentrance examination three times, I didn't say that I was New York. It's not so different than the gay bars ingay, but I made Super 8 fUms, and you could see in the Germany. I think it's all the same people, but in America
they are living more freely, They do what they want.
films that I was gay, I never got the placement. They
always said that I'm not talented as a director, but the rea- Nobody's interested in· what their neighbor will say-I .
think SO, anyway,
son was because I'm gay. After the success of Coming Out
KS: We have a big 'problem with what we call gayI'm studying there. The movie was very successful allover
bashing, which is when gays are attacked physically.
the country, and they can't say anything against me now.
KS: Do you feel that things will get better now that Lately, it's been very bad all over the country. Is it a problem in Germany too?·
the government has gotten more democratic?
He: Yes, we have two scenes in the film about this
DK: I think that now we have a real conservative govw!tich are close together. There's one scene where threeernment, the Christian Democrats and not the Social
Democrats, The whole south of East Germany voted for skinheads are attacking a foreigner, a Black man, andthe Christians, We don't know how the situation will be in another scene where three men are attacking a gay. That's
one year when we have the reunification and when we reality in the East and West, too.
KS: Do you include those scenes to help people
will have "One Great Germany."
KS: Recently, the East German government was apolo- - understand the problem of anti-gay violence better?
He: If you are a director, you have to show these realgizing for the Holocaust but made no mention of the perities, I don't know if I can change this situation, but I havesecution of gays and lesbians,
DK: We have a scene in the film about that, with an to show it. Maybe if people see it, it will help to stop it. In
Germany a lot of aggreSSion came out after the Wall cameold man who was in the concentration camps talking about
down. The skinheads became more noticeable and a lot of
the fact that East Germany has done a lot for Jews andother victims of the Holocaust but has forgotten gays. And nationalism surfaced. "One Great Germany" may be a dangerous place for lesbians and gays ....
that's true.
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MusicBorn to Drum
An Interview With Edwina Lee Tyler
by Noelle Hanr-ahan.

W

hen pilgrims to the Michigan Women's Music
Festival recount their experiences, indelibly.
etched in all of their memories are' the images
and sounds of Edwina Lee Tyler and her band, A Piece ofthe World. Perfonning an enchanting blend of Mrican-American, African and Caribbean drumming, dancing and spoken
words, her show generates a tremendous collective energy. Using
the drum to tell her stories and explore her experience o( the world
Tyler, along with suchgroups as Urban Bush
Women and Women of
Calabash is a deftning
force in the art of thatancient
instrument.
What Sweet Honey is toa cappella, Edwina Lee
Tyler is to drumming.
Born and raised inHarlem, Tyler is thedaughter of pioneering
entertainers. Her ~usical development is theresult. of absorbing the'rich and diverse sounds
and rhythms that wereborn and developed inHarlem in the second
half of the 20th century. Tyler's exploration

hours a day, [My fathed only allowed classical, jazz, gospel,
spirituals-no rock 'n' roll, He thought that wasn't music, Hetaught music in the house, too--it was a 24-hour thing,NIl: Your parents had to fight color lines and grapple witha racist theatrical and musical community, What was that like?
ELT: It was very tough for them especially in the fteld
that they were in. My father was irtto opera, and during thattime it was very hard for Blacks to get into the opera. There
were a lot of things that they did not get, because they wereBlack. It has been oneof my goais, in fact themain goa!, to push myself even more in myfteld because I am hisInamesake.

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ftrst started to realizethat there was moreout there that yourparents deserved, how
did it manifest itself?
ELT: My father
was a very politicalman, and we were always told the tnith inour house, no matter
how old we were. He
believed that you must
know what your culture is. He preachedthat all of the time. I
knew how hard it wasfor them. It was plain
to see, and it was spoken of all the time:"You must get an
education. If you areof the. synthesis. of THE SHADES THE BEATS THE RAVOR OF HOME
going to do drumdrummtng,
danctng,"'andchoreographed
Folk Icon Edwma Lee Tyler
ming-try
to be thebest. You are Black, [sol be proud of who you are, but you
performances results in a technique that is unmistakably
also have to work harder to get what you want."
her own. She credits .Baba Olatunji, a Nigerian anthropoloNIl: Where did you get the gift to excel-is it a privi. gist and percussionist, and four years with the Sylvia Fortlege to love something that much?
Dance Company as major influences.
ELT: As a child I was not a talker. My drum was my way•••
Noelle Hanrahan: Yo.ur parents were musicians and of talking. When I was angry or frustrated I used the drum. I
would sit there, and I would play. 1bat was my friend.
entertainers. How did that influence you?
Edwina Lee Tyler: My father, Edward Lee Tyler, was a
When you are born to be a drummer--coming
outdassical singer and voice teacher, and my mother, Ruth Gibbs
Tyler, was a dassical singer also. We had music in the house 24 tapping rhythms on every childhood toy-you absorb the
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ON TOUR.
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Berkeley,CA~shades·, the beats and the flavor of your home turf, Fortunately for her creative grOwth, Edwina Lee Tyler was born
into a vibrant explosion' of sounds: New York in the '50s
and '6os. Echoing throughout each of her compositions are
the flavors of the African Diaspora, specifically Cuba,
Brazil, Haiti and West Africa, Tyler's perfonnance combinesstrictly c;horeographed pieces including "Apartheid No
More." and "Movement in Black," with loose structure andample improvisation, She is not afraid to move into thecrowd and feed off of its energy,
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ELT: Nydia "Liberty" Mata, Annette Aguilar, Linda
Jones, Nuru from Boston, Debbie McGee, We are all like afamily. We are saying that women can play drums and playthem very well, We are all fighting the same kind of battles,
Whe!1 I fll'Ststarted drumming, I drummed with men, I
have drummed with men for a long time because there
weren't any women around that were playing drums, [so] I
went out there and exposed myself until everybody knew
me and I didn't have to do that anymore, I worked andworked and worked at it, and now all of the drummers
know me.
They would ask me, "Can-you play?" And I started
playing, and they said, "Oh, she knows how to play," And
the next day I may pass by, and they say, "Oh, come onover here, she knows how to play," So that is how it started for me,•••around me, and it is not a big space, so people would hear
the music and dance in front of me. I was sitting and after
a while, I started getting up and moving toward people,
step by step, and each time I did it, I would get more energy from it. And I said, "If I am getting energy from this, I
might as well keep on doing it." At fll'St,I would close myeyes. I would not open my eyes I would just close myeyes and play, and then I started opening my eyes andlooking at whom I am playing fori and it began.
NH: How do you transcend physical barriers between
yourself' and the audience, like a 25-foot orchestra pit?
ELT: Any place that wants me has to have stairs-oo I
can come down off the stage and be with the audience. Itis very important because that is my trademark, Most pe0ple want to see me through that audience, They want me
close to them when I am playing that drum,
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Dedicated observers and devoted students acknowledge the dissolving barriers between creator and creationand flock to Tyler's perfortnances, a response that has bestowed upon her a folk-hero status, Whether down at thepier after a Gay Pride march for informal circle drummingor uptown at Lincoln Center, Tyler's following is growing,
In addition to buying her cassette Drum Drama, admirers
often support her artistry by purchasing Tyler's one-of-akind works of art: paintings that emerge from the same cr~
ativity that inspires her drumriling.
Feeding the spirit, praying, medi~ting and embodying
the spirit through her drumming are rites that Tyler practices
daily, Her hands become fertile ground for creativity. VISions"ease into" her life and gently demand to be realized,
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Talent is one ingredient, inspiration another, Blind,burning desire forced her mind and body to develop tech- .
NH: What keeps you sane and grounded?
niques, and ambition and a drum became Tyler's constant
ELT: Praying every night, twice a day. It is a powercompanions. Lunch hours in the nine-to-five world werethat is beyond anything else, and it has given me strengthtransformed into jam sessiqns, with hundreds of hours
passing under her hands. Every day she pushes herself on it has give me protection and has put a shield in front ofto the mastery of one more first, building confidence with me so I won't be hurt, It has put bread on the table,
NH: How do you make the ground fertile for creativity
experience, Barriers dissolved, and the challenge becamein your life?
exploring the power that moves the audience to reaction.
ELT: I don't. It just comes, Once the idea comes I•• ••make room for it ~me kind of way. It eases into my life,
NIl: What motivates you to play for people?
NH: Do you have visions?
ELTf I want them to know the hurt that I have inside
ELT: I am always having visions about different things,
me, I have also done it [so that] maybe I could have someinfluence in this world-like everybody else. I could not re- I had a vision that I was going to be a famous African
ally fmd any other way to show how angry I am about [the woman percussionist, and I am getting there, I had it whenworldl but to do it in my art, So I choose to do "Apartheid I was a little kid.
NH: Can you speak about being self-taught?
No More," I want people to see what I am doing and hear
ELT: I think people ought to know about that. I havewhat I am saying and how hard I am working. People canchange what is happening now-people-and I just feel learned a lot through the years about different traditional
rhythms but basically I taught myself. I wanted to be difthat they are not moving fast enough for me.
ferent and not sound like everybody else. And I did not
Nu: Do you cry during your performances?
. ELT: Yeah, I do. Most of the time, I do. I am haPPY, want to do only traditional [rhythms]. I wanted to soundand I am sad. I am very emotional because the audience is like myself, and that took teaching,
There are many people at the top who are self-taught.
very emotional, and I take in a lot because I am open. If.
someone is sad, and I am standing in front of them, then I A guy told me a long time ago, "You know, there's many
people who have to sit in a class. But when you have it
feel that.
NH: How did you become' so uninhibited and start to here [the heart], and you have it here {the head], you don't
need to sit in class all day long. All you need is a pointer,move into the audience?
S. EDWINA on pag. 68
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BooksMy Body and Me
cal and (thank God) outmoded,
Putting aside, for a moment, the fact that it is a work offiction Barnett's collection of stories can be viewed as a kindof broadside against the "religion of healthy-mindedness" forwhich my professor was such an authoritative spokesperson,
As works of fiction these stories are hobbled by some flaws,
by James Waller
but I read this book gratefully, for I feel a kinship with
Barnett that I too often find missing elsewhere--« shared. About
a dozen years ago, when I was fU'St in semi- awareness that, however politically and psychologically nec.
nary, I enrolled in a course that was referred to essary, the "sex-positive," "body-positive," "self-positive" aniby some tight-assed Episcopalian seminarians I tudes to which we must cling beg' a deeper question aboutknew as "Group Grope for Credit." Actually, what is the matter between my body and me, And the proper, modes of inquiry into that matwe in the class barely touched
ter may not be sociology or psyone another during the yearlong
chology,but art and, for lack ofseminar, though the instruction
a better word, theology,
was modeled on encounterBarnett is paSSionately
group techniques developed atinterested in religion, of both
Esalen. Our collective explothe old and newfangled variration of the then-hot topic ofeties, (In facti the main charac"incarnational
theology" waster in d1e story "The Body andmostly accomplishedby ourIts Seasons" attends a theology
talking to one another--Q1ld notcourse that resembles the one Ivery honestly most of the time.
have just described,) He is also
While reading the six stories
a very literate writer, The
that make up Allen Barnett's Tbe
ghosts of Spinoza, Augustine,
Body and Its Dangers, I was
Dickinson,
Whitmanandreminded of an incident that
Auden stalk his pages, .andoccurred in that class. I've forBarnett establishes a continuity
gotten the precise topic of disbetween the search for meancussion that afternoon, but I
ing that goes on in the lives ofremember clearly how the talkcontemporary
gay men andwas interrupted by an impolite
their friends and the search thatchallenge to its tenor, One of thehas driven the Western metastudents--a strapping, bearded,
physical and literary tradition,
honey'-skinned
young
man
He is hypersensitive
to thewhose body I would have liked
ways in which personal memoto "have," in both senses of thery and history exchange fluids
worc:l--6uddenly inserted himself
as we each, conSCiously or· not,into the conversation which had
attempt to create ourselves,'no doubt been glittering with
He is also aware of how
generalities about what a blessthe occlusion between experience and history is always
ing.it is to be an embodied being,. "Sometimes I cJon't mow what you people are talking imperfect, In "Snapshot," the volume IS fU'Ststory, a young
about," he said, with a nervous, angry tremolo, "Don't you . man despises family photos not only because of their falsi. ever just Want to escape your body? I do, Sometimes I can't ty-the way the recorded moments of apparent contentment are betrayed by actual experience-but
also, onestand it-l feel like I'm straining against it, wanting to get out"
comes to see, because these casual images represent a hisNow, the tygers of wrath may be wiser than the ho~of instruction but they are seldom more powerful. Our tory that both abandons and makes claims upon him, The
professor pit the young man off and in a few glib sen- longest stOry, "The Times As It Knows Us," explores thetences reduced the half-buiit thought lurking behind his chasm between official history as set down in our "paper
complaint to a pile of rubble--the sorry remains of a theo- of record" and the actualities of gay'men's lives as lived In
Saa THE BODY AND ITS DANGERS on pelle &6
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to California, But after some close shaves with Calvin's
SIM neighbor, a masturbatingro'ck-c1imber named
Wacky Jacky and a couple of gay-bashing cops I Roger's
murder starts to look less like a bald crime of passion
and more like a tangled conspiracy.
Meanwhile, back at the salon I Stan's boss and confidante, Nikki Albright, is down to her last special-ordergold-tipped
cigarette and plenty worried. Stan has
become so obsessed with finding Roger's killer that he's
neglecting his clients and putting himself in real dangerof losing his life along with his job. Over at Station E,
Lieutenant Branco's worried tOO, since he's the one who
made Stan his unofficial queer deputy, hoping that the
horny hairdresser would be able to find out things that a
hypermasculine het cop couldn't. In fact, Stan finds out
too much for his own 8ood, and it's thanks only to ahen I lived in Boston, I got my hair done
at a foofy Back Bay clip-joint not too far
from the salon where Stan Kraychik cuts
heads in Grant Michael's new mystery, A
Body to Dye For, That part of Newbury Street is a sort ofMadison Avenue manque: chockablock with tiny boutiques, sprawling cafes and 18-karat attitude, My man
Keith operated out of a shop in one of the less genteel
blocks. My pretension is cheap I and Keith was sheer
genius, These days, I'm shorn by a hip suburban dyke in
But it's Stan who needs anorthern New Jersey, She's terrific, considering what I
give her to work with, but if Stan Kraychik had been myStresstab when hunky Roger
barbtere dl Boston, I never would have left town.
Fayerbrock strolls into theStan, known as Van nos in the salon world, is astylist with style, He loves his work, and why not? He
shop. When he's not vacationfondles some of the city's most gorgeous heads and getsing in Boston, Roger is a park
credit for making them even more gorgeous, The head
he's working on as the book opens belongs to Calvinranger at Yosemite and every
Redding, a rich Cambridge architect and, in Stanis own
inch the star of Stan's cowboy
words, "flawless as a fag-rag photo," But Calvin is a jerk I
fantasies. Instantly, Stan isand Stan takes malicious pleasure in making him squirm,
demicoiffed and disheveled in his chair, as they wait for
plotting the Last Roundup.
Calvin IS latest trick to show up, "I can't be seen like
this," Calvin shrieks I "in the middle of a dye job!" "Takea Stresstab, baby," says Stan, "Art cannot be hurried."
cool head (and good grooming) that he escapes theBut it's Stan who needs a Stresstab when hunky
Roger Fayerbrock strolls into the shop. When he's not killer's hair trigger,
After the hair-raising events are over, Stan straightvacationing in Boston, Roger is a park ranger at Yosemite
ens out the kinks with Roger's Balinese houseboYI Yudi,
and every inch the star of Stan's cowboy fantasies,
Instantly, Stan is plotting the Last Roundup, Whoa I boy! who has followed Stan back from California, I don't
mean to grudge Stan a well-earned happy ending in the
What about Calvin? Not to worry. Ranger Roger seems
arms of his pantalooned pet, but lighthearted racism ismuch more interested in Stan the Man than in the blowdried fashion plate from last night, After arranging to racism nonethless, This West-beds-East tableau probably
wouldn't offend so much if it weren't for the fact thatmeet Stan later that evening, Roger goes back to Calvin's
Yudi has three counterparts in the book: Ramon, theapartment for some highly unnecessary beauty sleep,
back-stabbing shampoo-boy at Stan's salon; Eduardo,
Unfortunately
for Stan-not
to mention for theranger himself-Roger
never wakes up, He's found ,the Costa Rican gold digger; and Dario, the oliveskinned chef of Calvin's employer,
None of thesestrangled in Calvin's bed, with bow ties around his neckswarthy nubiles has a home-grown, English-as-a-firstand ..,well, let's just say that it must have been a formal
affair, Stan is convinced that Calvin is the murderer, The language peer in their servant's world; none of themseems even to have a last name. The menial status ofpolice think otherwise, and Stan has to come up withthe four characters most identifiably other is an insensisome evidence fast in order to prove Calvin's guilt andtive gaff in an otherwise riotous and rollicking ridehis own innocence, In order to get Calvin by the shortalong the razor's edge. ~hairs I Stan combs the country for clues, from Cambridge

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When, the Parrot Boy~~~by"Me<l,dowlands, $8.95 pb,205 pp,;;'The B,lack Marble PooI'by Stan Leven
Amethyst Press. $8.95 pb. 131 pp, •A Movie by DonaklS. Olson"
Mead~wlands. $8.~5·pb. 169,pp.

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a recent visit to this publication's office Madame
Arts Editor filled my backpack with books andgave me my marching orders: Review what I
thought was worth reviewing. Weil, I believethat there is no such thing as a bad review (even negative
reviews inform the public abOut a book's existence andthey give the author an opportunity to complain about thereviewer's total lack of understanding of such an obvious
masterpiece), so I decided to say at least something aboutI, thewhole backpack,
Hence, this one column
discusses three books.
My favorite of the
lot was W'ben the Parrot Boy Sings, which isabout a young, rather
naive self-professed
Marxist and rabid vegetarian who is searchingfor a lover, aggreSSively, He has various lessthan-satisfying
onenight stands with assorted losers and then falls in love witha couple-that'S
right both of them-who
are wealthy,
upwardly mobile 'chaps who aggressively pursue anything
young with two legs and a penis and who have no use foranother lover.
It's set in New York, and the author, it seems, loves
the dty as much as I do. However, he catches well thedichotomy between the haves and the have-nots:"There are restaurants no one can afford to eat in,shows no one can afford to see, hotels no one can afford
to stay at and stores' where the sales people shout into
your face the names of all the exotic colognes and perfumes you 'can't afford to buy. From Thanksgiving Day
througli February, the streets are flooded with the skins ofdead animals: 'leather and mink and fox ....The poor are littered all over the streets of the city. They push their shopping cars full of garbage up and down the avenues, a kindof parody of American consumerism."
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The author also manages to make a strong case forvegetarianism; I refused to eat "cow" about 30 minutes after
I'd finished reading the novel almost mortally insulting mylover because we weren't eating the same food for dinner,
I liked this book. Not sufficiently complex, it seemed
more like a first novel than a second one. It did, however,
have its charnis. I do have one question. When the author
begins a chapter with "Time passes," was he intentionallyevoking that magical part of Woolf's To the Lighthouse? Or
has the phrase become such a cli<;hethat young writers nolonger know where it came from?
The Black Marble Pool is a murder mystery set in Key
West. His first morning there, the narrator discovers a bodyat the bottom of the empty pool at the guest house where
he is staying. There are too many plot twists to sununarize
here but there is a good assortment of characters, and thebook moves quickly. The author has some very amusing
commentary on gay life: on cruising: "It was years ago that I
lost interest in staying out late, getting drunk, working up a
sweat to a monolithic beat, to fmally lap at the genitals of acomplete stranger"; on publishing ,or at least gay publishing: "This is America,
You suck my dick, I
read your manuscript";
on bartenders in clubs:"As in most discos, thebartenders are incredibly beautiful, amazingly.stupid and astonishingly haughty."
I found the plot alittle thin and not quite
believable, and I also
thought that the author
didn't quite capture the flavor of Key West. I enjoyed thebook, however, and a few days later I picked it up andread it again.
A Movie was my least favorite of the lot. In fairness, I
should say that I have not been to more than a half-dozen
movies in ten years, not counting ftlms that feature dramatic close-ups of penises and anuses, although I haven't
seen many of them, either. However, I have read a lot ofbooks, :md I did not get this novel. The narrator lives hislife in fantasy-he
is a famous stage and screen actor,
Everything he does is done as if it's for cameras; heknows movie roles and scores by the hundreds. In reality,
his life is dismal and depressing and only gets worse as
the book progresses. By the end, he has lost his job, his
financial situation is desperate and the man he loves,
who only visits a few times a year, for a night of sex andis so closeted that he will never disclose his real name,I

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iArtcetera~

Paris Is Burning and theNEA Isn't Doing Much Better
byJennie LivingstonR

there were long stretches of time when there was just no
money to pay for an editing room or an editor or to pay
off our lab debt, sound debt, etc., much less pay the director's or producer's rents. I've word-processed I proofread,crewed on ftlms, painted houses I transcribed tapes, among
other things I while directing and producing this film.
People on this film have worked for little or for free, evenlost day jobs because they were putting just too much of
their free time into working on this project.
At a point last year when it really seemed that the mm
would remain unfmished, Paris Is Burning got a grant fromthe NEA. When the grant papers arrived, one of the enclo-

ecentiy, I finished Paris Is Burntng, a featurelength documentary film about the house-ballscene in New York. For those who don't know,
clubs of Black and Latino gay men called "houses I"
which are named after fashion designers-theHouse of
Chanel, for example, or the House of Saint Laurent--<:ompete for trophies and cash prizes, Some practice the acrobatic dance "Vogueing," while others compete to look likefashion models, movie stafS, executives and militaty men. All
try for "realness," in other words, to look like the only pe0ple considered real in our society: straight people, rich pe0ple, white people.
The film made many gay people
It was a hard film to make, because making a film
costs a lot of money, and: Very few sources give money foruncomfortable because it didn't
documentaries; very few sources give money for films onshow queers as fine, upstanding
gay and Black subjects; it's hard to get funding to make a
mm when you've never made one before, and this was mywhite men, normal folks "just likefirst mm,us. II Unfortunately, drag queens
Finding the backers to shoot and edit Paris was further complicated by the subject matter: The film madeand minority gays make a lot
many gay people uncomfortable because it didn't show
mainstream gay people quite
queers as fme, upstanding white men, normal folks "justuncomfortable,
while gays inlike us." UnfortunatelYI drag queens and minority gays
make a lot of mainstream gay people quite uncomfortable,
minority communities embarrass
while gays in minority communities embarrass many Black
many Black and Latino straights.
and Latino straights,
I first got money from the New York State Council on
the Arts and the Jerome Foundation in Minnesota, It was astraight Black man in public television, Davis Lacy, whosures surprised me. There was a letter, signed by the thenmade the majority of the filming of Paris possible by director of the endowment I asking that individuals and arts
arranging a co-production with WNYC-lV, Channel 31. organizations who received grants to not discriminate
This was not an easy decision for Mr. Lacy, then head of against people with HIV infection in their hiring and to distelevision programming at WNYC, who faced objections
s~minate-if
at all possible within the scope of thefrom within the station. The New York Post's "Page Six" work-accurate
information about safer sex and about
wrote an inflammatory blurb charging that WNYC employAIDS, How unlikely and wonderful I I thought, that theees were in an uproar because the station had given
NEA sends this letter out to each grant recipient I and I
money to a film on "ghetto transvestites."
called Washington to say so.
Not to whine about any of this! I'm very lucky to have Things changed quickly at the NEA. I know now thatbeen able to make a film-period-in
1990 in the United if I'd applied one cycle later, I never would have got that
States. It's always a struggle for anyone, particularly a grant, much less the surprising letter. The NEA now sends
woman I to make a first mm. And it's difficult for anyone to out very different kinds of letters in their packets, asking
make a film about gays or minorities. But it was very slow artists to agree to cut out any "obscenity" or homoeroticism
going. It seemed at times that we just wouldn't fmd the from their work. Worse than that, the director and thefunding to edit what we'd filmed.
board of the NEA censor the organization from within,
Paris Is Burning took five years to make because
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grants of feminist anc,l gay artists, By . supported. If the endowment trashes
its commitment to gay, women andseeking to appease the wrath of Jesse
Helms and his right-wing followers I minority artists, then art in the UnitedStates will lose out.
Frohnmayer imd his board wimpishlyimply that they agree with these politiParis Is Burning was the recipient.cians 'who complain about obscenity,
feminism and homosexual content in of the Audience Favorite Award at thegay and lesbian film festivals in bothgovernment-funded art.
My grant from the NEA was cru- New York and San Francisco. It will bescreened at the Toronto, Margaret
cial, because-like
Holly Hughes,
Karen Finley et al,-my work didrt't fit Mead and New York Experimental
into neat categories of the easily mar- Film Festivals.•
ketable, the politically correct, the agitprop piece or the relentlessly cheerful.
Perhaps if there were many gay,
THE BODY AND ITS DANGERS from page 62
women's and minority arts-funding
what I think is the best story here,groups; we wouldrt't need the NEA.
"Succor," a man returns to Rome 15
But frequently these politicallyoriented funding groups are as rigid as years after his first youthful visit tofind that the truths imprisoned in the
Jesse Helms in their need to see theEternal City's art and architecture I and"correct" or "respectable" interpretain its ossified system of social proprition of the issues they represent.
ety, do not jibe with the fragmentary
Sadly, you won't see too much of dragglimpses of meaning that, in the years
queens or chocolate-smearing or open
between his visits I he has been perhomoeroticism in the work funded by
mitted to catch,organizations who pride themselves
With four stories treating gay lifeon their commitment to gay, women'sin the age of AIDS, The Body and Its
and minority issues!
Dangers is "about" AIDS, but I believe
Although my film received many
American grants-from the New York that Barnett's concerns as a writer
would have been substantially theState Council on the Arts, the Jerome
same had the epidemic
neverFoundation, the Paul Robeson Fundi
occurred, Barnett understands that
the New York Foundation for the Arts
and others-thebiggest grant I human beings everywhere and always
play within the bounds of a given
received was from ¢.e NEA, The secmoral field, and that it happens to be
ond-largest amount of funding came
AIDS that has marked out the field infrom U,S. public television, Finally,
which Barnett's characters (and we)after the NEA iant appeared, someare cruelly forced to play. This is not
one from the BBC-the main broadto say that this book is not a significasting network in England-tookancant contribution to the literature ofinterest in the film, and we fmished
AIDS: "The Times As It Knows Us," forthe editing,example, contains a scathing, though
The sad truth is that movies takea lot of money to make I and that if compassionate I portrait of an AIDS
bureaucrat--oneof those people a
the NEA will no longer fund work
friend of mine refers to as a PLOA
with a gay or with a feminist sensibili("Person Living Off AIDS"). This comty; then people like me will have togo outside this country, to places like pellingly drawn character smothers thethe BBC and England's Channel Four, pain of the epidemic precisely by
for film money, This is ridiculous I immersing himself in AIDS service
work; the portrayal of this character,since England has far less media
however common in reallife, is unlike
money than we do. But with few
anything I've read elsewhere.
exceptions; networks and studios here
Barnett's abiding interest is inare nOt friendly to gay, feminist andmemory-in
how we are constituted
minority subjects, and you workand deconstructed in memory, and by
where you can work. There's a range
it. And for Bamett's characters, memof humor and politics I a range of subory is not just a kind of mental protlety and quality that peer-review process; it occupies the body itself and iscess at the NEA has up to this point

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therefore inescapable. In a striking
scene in "Succor," Kerch, the main
character, a kind of would-be Mother
Teresa of the Upper West Side who
shelters homeless PWAs in the spareroom of his apartment I attends a
meeting of an HIY-positive self-helpgroup, The meeting is led by a taperecorded-thatis, disembodied-guru
who advises her listeners to curethemselves by erasing their pasts. "Thepast has no power over us," her voice
repeatedly intones I but Barnett's stories tell us otherwise. The body bears
the imprint of the others who haveborn it, touched it, penetrated it, evenrefused it, and its most inscrutable
danger is that it will call the dead backto life, even if we will not. •l£SS IS MO' from page 55

and interesting issues the film had
implicitly raised.
There are, besides Bleek, otherproblems with characterization. Most
notably, the jazz club owners are
Jewish stereotypes that some will fmd
as offensive
as Lee must find"Mammy" or "Jim Crow" representations of Blacks, The women too,
although not as explicitly stereotyped,
do not fare so well. Not surprisinglYI
we are shown only those thir.gs about
Bleek's girlfriends that relate directly
to him, and since he is not very interesting, neither are they, In a visually
very effective scene, some cross-cutting puts both of them in bed with
Bleek at the same time, producing asort of menage a trois in which Bleek
can't tell them apart. Like Nola
Darling in She's Gotta Have II, he ispressured to choose. But Lee seems tohave forgotten the possibilities ofsuch a situation; Clarke and Indigo
lack the indiViduality of Nola's lovers
and come off as predictable and complaining, almost whining, women
who tell Bleek he doesn't know what
he wants ("My music," he counters
unconvincingly).
InitiaJly, Clarke is independentand confident, daring to interrupt
Bleek while he is practicing(hedoesn't seem to mind as much as heshould). Eventually it becomes clear
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LESS IS MO' from page &6

and then you can go about. your busi- .that her allegiance is to whoever canness."
advance her singing career, but by the\NII: Do you ever intimidate your- time she finally does sing in the mm,
self when you do something, and you it is a not very exciting rendition of
think, "My god, can I do that again?"w.e, Handy's "Harlem Blues." And
ELT: Sometimes, but I learned a although she is not bad, you feel
big lesSon. I used to say that if I can get Bleek was right when he refused tothat rhythm the way that I had it yester- give her a spot, explaining that it takes
day-it was .hot. But I don't think of it years to develop a voice I not just thethat way after hearing the words of this months of lessons she had:director [I worked with]. I am an a<;tressIndigo, tOO, initially seems indeand did a play called White Chocolate pendent and confident, but this may
off-Broadway in New York. The direc- well be ]oie Lee's acting and not the
tor said to me, "Every night is not going character. Lee is always a strong presto be the same, but you make it so that ence in her brother's mms, but by theit is better than the day before." That end of this one, she seems stifled inrhythrn_was hot yesterdaYI but that was her happy-homemakerrole and so
yesterday. I am going to make it even out of place, in facti that you briefly
hotter today, because today is today.
wonder if it isn't all a joke (Bleek's
moustache I which appears in the final
Edwina Lee 1}ler will be perform- scenes, also indicates that it might
Ing on Saturday, Sept. 8, at 8 pm, at be-why must male characters always
City College, Aaron Davis Hall, 133rd grow moustaches to indicate time
Street and Convent Avenue, NYc, In a passing?),benefit to send women with dtsabtltttes
At one point, in a particularly
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from which their resemblance is striking. The shot wouldn't stand out, perhaPS, except that it appears just as she
is about to kiss Bleek, thereby implicitly eroticizing the relationship between
Bleek and Spike lee's character, Giant.
But this comes too late in the film tobe really interesting,Despite thepotential I the relationship between
Bleek and Giant, his childhood bestfriend and present manager, is devoidof any hint of homoeroticism.
Lee's desire to make a mm about
jazz has almost blocked his way in
Mo I Better Blues, This mm is reallyabout relationships among people
who happen to be involved in the jazz
world. Most 'of the mm is beautiful towatch I but its persistent promise to beabout music-everyone
keeps saying
it's all about music, Bleek keeps picking up his trumpet-isbroken over
and over, and we are left with a mmthat could have been about so manythings but ultimately isn't aboutmuch-except, perhaps, the incrediblepressure on a lone Black filmmaker toplease everyone. T

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leaves the cmlOtry, Then I when you
wonder how the poor sap is evergoing to get out of this mess, there isan abrupt transition to a short coda
ten years later. Miraculously, the narrator has become the famous movie
star he dreamed of being! It seems tome that most of the novel is missing;
the author avoided the hard part. If
you like movies and enjoy depression,
it's probably worth a look I but don't
say you weren't warned, T~

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You can haye fun, meet people, and help
elect a progressiva, lesbian activist to the. steta house· in New York. Info 727-1946.
DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY TELEVISIONCell for Tapti. for l.IIokout: LtI.bl.n .nd G.y Video FntJIIIl11Wl, for six. ·nights in October; "by queers or for·queers or about queers or all of theabove"; all video-mastered modes OK,
no fiim to video; rio. entry fee, small honoraria; Lookout,c/o DCTV, 87 Lafayette
St,NYC
10013; 941·1298 (antries
accepted thru AUG 10)
MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER/NY
and MACT/CT Joint Seaside Weekend

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dally, noon

CALENDARAN EVENTS

on the ConneticR
Silo",; AUG 17-11;
two days of sunning. swimming, touring. dining, partying "that will take us
from one end of the Sound to the other';
Friday nieht In a New Haven coffeehouse; Saturday
morning at Hammanasett Beach. east of New Haven;Saturday in Mystic; Sunday brunch andbeach in New Haven; $5 for carpool or$16 RT for Metro North; $12 for museum; +food; rsvp with Udell 212/222-9794

streets, emerging sexual strategies amonggay men, lesbian sexuality. outing. hatecrimtl. bist!xuarlty and gay/lasbian politics, more; videos, brochure swapping.
welcome reception KIte CII_ in concert, dancing; $120 fee before SEPT
14/$150 after; info from NGLTF, 1517 U
St, NW; Wash DC 20009 (register by
OCT3!)ASIANS AND FRIENDS/WASHINGTON
and ASIANS AND FRIENDS/NY 1HO
Intematlonal
Frle.d •• I, Weekeed I.
Wa.lIl.gton,
DC. AUG 316 ... SEPT 3;
welcome reception on Capitol Hill, touring, leaders workshops, dinner party at
Dupont Circle Hotel. Sunday afternoon
picnic, Labor Day Dim Sum in Chinatown; $55 (plus transportation/accommodations); info from Paul. 212.1814-5838(Also see the daily listings
shaw(ing}i of one or two days,)

NORTHEAST WOMEN'S
MUSICALRETREAT 10t11Year CalandR. Labor
Day Waekend, AUG 31 6 ... SEPT 3, In
Poyntelle. PA; tenting &. cabins, crafts,
workshops, concerts &. performances.
videos, games, swimming. more; with
MCs Sapphire, Sue Ank, the Washington Sisters; appearancesby many
entertainers; $175 weekend/$50 day (noadvance sales for one day); Info from
NEWMR, Box 217, New Haven, CT
06513 (checks by JULY 20)
KEN PAGE presents the FlftII AII••• I
L.bor Day Gay Mea'. Retra.t In theBerkshlres (MA), AUG 31 III... SEPT 3;
free time to 'enjoy nature, meet eachother &. be together'; also 'arts. psychodrama,
meditation,body-mind
awareness.
dance, &. lots of fun &.
games'; $245 for weekend includes
room & board; Ken 421Hl394
WOMEN ABOUT Clmplng at Watch Hill
Campground,Fire Island; info/rsvp
201/433-1974 (AUG 31111ruSEPT 3)

LIVELY ARTSfor

DUPLEX presents 0 .. ,,110, 0 Wlldel.
a comedy revue with music, directed byBill Costrlff. featuring .hort works by
CI.lre Ollvl. Moed, K.r .. M.IIII,
C.rol Polcov.r,
M.rc
C•• d., AI
LIIoIIgo, featuring u.. aoodlu.,......
H.II, Jo" Klda., JoAII •• R••• , Joe
1,.lCIr
WIIite; 61 Christopher St (NEcomer at 7th Ave~ $8 cover + two-drink
minimum; every WED at 8 pm; 255-5438(thru AUG 15)
CECIL ALONZO PLAYERS present C.rI
H•• cock lux'.
10., of I.d Yo•• ,....
directed by Truall
f.. turing ..... _ Wy.tt, Clal.. 00..." C'&ther Weeten. Meroelle La.hl.y, 1.. lah
W.hl
JaoinID Riddlok. Don c...,W
win Riley and Will Reee:.bout .ubltlnce IbUlI, the clyefunctionll
flmily, AIDS Ind the HIV-infected, Ind
how th_ trlgedi" .ffect the bllck mile;
317 Cllt'IImont St (It IIflyatte). Brooklyn;
112.50; FRI a SAT .t 8 pm, SUN .t 3 a 8
pm; 711/783-8838(thru AUG 20)

Bevert.,DUPLEX presants ...,..
'.' MMI PM'"
Mite Ho ... PI.k with M .........
O'BIt •• and MlijOli.
D•• I.ksy, written
and directed by KIVI. Dully and ......
AIIleslc, 61 Christopher St (NE cornerat 7th Ave); $8 + two-drink min.; every
TUES at 10 pm; 255-5438 (thru AUG 28)n.

LESBIAN AND GAY ISSUES COMMITTEE, DISTRICT 37 MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ..... 1•• " a.y Prld. Ex.I.ltlol,
showing the history of union interaction
with advocacy of lesbian/gay rights, theimpact of AIDS, domestic partner benafits, anti-bias crime legislation, homophobia;
in theLobby.
DC 37
NATIONAL GAY &. lESBIAN TASK FORCE Headquar18rs, 125 Barclay St; DAILY, 8
am • 6 pm (thru AUG 30)(3rd Annual) Nove ... er 9-12 CreM/o,Ch.",. Confe",nce, for gay &. lesbianorganizing and skill building; It Holiday Inn THE GLINES presents Jo •• Gil ... •..
of .. """".., directed by Charles
M.etrodome, Minneapolis-St
Paul. MN,
Catanese, "8 celebration of the delight"whare the men are good looking, theful diversity of gay life in NYC here andwomen are strong, and gay and lesbiannow" with seven actors playing 25
civil rights are abOlle average"; 42 worlccharactersin a series of vignettes
shops include discussions of gay/lasbian
marriaga (or not), in the system/in the
involving an actor-waiter.
phone-sex
FOURTH NEW YORK LESBIAN AND
GAY EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL
runs September 1... 16 at Anthology Aim
Archives, 2nd Ave at 2nd St, with 51
films (22 premieres); info, 865-1499, 9821033 (press screenings AUG 12-15)

August 22, 1990

to midnight,

212-777-1800

users, guppie lawyers. gym hunks, astripper-hustler.
many others; wIth
D.vld B.lrd, It.v •• U •••••••r, Cy
Orfl.ld,
T.L Reilly, Le.II. Ro.ertl,
Rlchnllkl"er,
Bill Willard; at the
Courtyard Playhouse. 39 Grove St; $15;
WED-FRI at 8 pm, SAT at 6 &. 9 pm, SUN
It 7 pm; 869-3530 (thru SEPT 2)
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK presents
D.uel W ... I..in the ,.,.",
of10., JllcUttllI, at the Delacorte Theater, enter Central Park West It 81 St or
FIfth Ave at 79 St ; free; TUE-SUN at 8
pm. tickets issued at 6:15 pm (but theline forms early); 861-7277 (thru SEPT 2)
RIVERSIDE CHURCH SOCIAL JUSTICEMINISTRY TII.AlDI Aw.,.... Dis,I.y, Gail S. Goodman's photos,
close-ups of panels from the Name.
Project quilt; Riverside Church, Riverside Dr, It 120 St (#1/19 to lll11Bway);
dally, 9 am - 9 pm; free (Editor'. Idel:
Follow this with the Bell Tower'. view.)
PROVINCETOWN'S
GIFFORD HOUSE
HOTEL presents Kerrylie
Wltd. 1,111t, a one-man play withmusic based on the life .nd works ofOscar Wilde; 9-11 Carver Street,
Provincetown, MA; $10; WED-SAT It 1
pm (also on JULY 2 &. 3, and SEPT 2; 7pm); 50lIl487-8400 (thru SEPT 15)

AI.to.'.

BILL REPICCI, M.D, MINICHIELLO &.
P.A.P.A, present Mlc.HI
T", •• I.y'.
"... .... 'between Boys In the B.nd
and Torch Song Trilogy,there w .... .';directed by CII.rll. H.... ey, starring
DnId McC.. and 0.lil de BecIr; 100
7th Ave South (Sheridan Sq), $15; TUE-SAT
It 7:30 pm. SUN It 3 &. 8 pm; TIX 5648038, theater 691-6228 (thru SEPT f6)
BILL REPICCI, M.D. MINICHIELLO &.
PAPA presentT...,.....,
as NIIcy
RIIgM in It'IIIIO My nn, directad byBill LllveJoy; at Actors' Playhollse, 100
7th Ave South (Sheridan Square); THUSAT It 10 pm, SUN It 6 pm; tIx 564-8038,
theater 691-6228 (thru OCT 1)
UVING THEATRE presents ErIc B.etIe,'.
directed by
Judith Malina; a Romeo & Juliet themewith lots of politics and some nudity;
272 E 3 St; $10 generaVS7 students andseniors/pay-what-you-canon Wed andThurs; WED-SUN, 8 pm; 979-0604

6.,.•• 11.,.1•• ,III•• I. Lo~., set in Maui, a young
man's coming to terms after losing hislover to AIDS; Bleecker Street Cinema,
144 Bleecker St. 874-2560; Carnegie
ScreeningRoom, 887 Seventh Ave,757-2131toefll •• ~o.,ell/o•• a feature film
following the lives of eight gay men in
New York during. the AIDS crisis;
Carnegie Hall Cinema. 7th Ava at 57 St,
265-2520 (Editor's note: You can call
New York Magazine's 777-FILM. witharea code 212 ,or 201 •. for specifictimes and showings at other theaters
in the New York metro area,)

SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
llIeIe,..
Party (above) at 5 pm
Pool Nlg ..t at Brownton.
BIIII.rds.
Flatbush a 7th Aves. Bklyn; 6 pm
DIIllIg.t L.II.'s
Mlddl.
East.rarastaurant.
'great a cheap and theatmosphere is homey'; 7th Ava a 15 St,
Park Slope. Bklyn; 8 pm
SAL info/rsvp 711!{965-7578

GAYMENANDLESBIANSINBROOKHAVEN WO•• I'S RI, Orol,:MId-1Jfe Cds/I: Is 7'IHn IJfe AIt6r .,at Old South Haven PresbyterIan
Church, South Country/Beaverdam RdI,
Brookhaven.
U; 8 pm; 516/751-2901(meets every 1st a 3rd Thursday)

MONDAY, AUG. 13t'"

CENTER KIDS Forum: Considedllg
enthood. with experienced gay and lesbian parents
who
can answer
questions about adoption. artificial
insemination. custody. social services
and schools. psychological issues. thefamlly'and community; at the Center,
208 W 13 Sf; 6-10 pm; 620-7310

GLPCI C.mpllg Weeketld for Llsbl ••and G.y P.rellts .nd tllelr Chlldr.1(thru AUG 19), games. entertainment
and workshops on a farm in central
Vermom; call 620-7310 for information

A DIFFERENT LIGHT BOOKSTORE
presents Holly N.lr signing copiesof FI,. I.
R.,•• at 548 Hudson(btwn Charles/Perry); 7-8 pm; 989-4850
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
Ic. Cr.l.
loclllat The Clubhouse;bring ice cream a toppings to share;
8 pm; rsvp 718/965-7578
WOMEN ABOUT Pllllhlllllollic
PIlle; info/rsvp 874-2104

III theGAY ACTIVIST AlliANCEIN MORRISCOUNTY. NJ Weekly MeetIng & SocIII
with Uly •••• D.ltz 01 Crui".g 'or
AIItIq .... at Morristown Unitarian Fellowship.21 Normandy Heights Rd. Morristown NJ; 8:30 pm; 201/285-1595

TUESDAY, AUG. 14

GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS HIV HNIdIS.INr:
llAl'llClllIfomItIon.
tonight
and lIVery 2nd Tuesday; 129 W 20 St, 3rdRoor, 7 pm; free; 807-6655. TDD 645-7470
LESBIAN ARAB NETWORK MeetIng for
lesbiansof Arab/Middle
Eastern
descam; women of all faiths welcoma;
at the Center. 208 W 13 St; 7 pm (infofrom LAN, Box 1161. NYC 10009)

LESBIANSa GAY MEN OF NEWBRUNSWICK Se'er S.x Short., themore explicit videos from GMHC; at
Friends Meeting House. 109 Nichols
Ave. New Brunswick.
NJ; 8 pm;
201/247-1!i15
LONG ISLAND GAY MEN'S GROUP
BI-W •• kly DI.cnslon:
Summer
Ro.... ce./Autumll
Lenes;
meets
In Garden
City, L1; 8 pm; info
516/694-2407
NINTH STREET CENTER 'Queer Ques·
tions. Queer Answers'
Discullion
Grol,:
Ho,.o.exuellty-Love.IId
I'rIwer; a rap group whose focus will bedefining our homosexuality for the '90s.
a cfrfferent facll\tator each evening; 319
E 9 St. basement; 8-10 pm; 228-5153{There is also a Saturday group.)

P.,. FRIDAY, AUG. 17

NEW YORK AOVERTISING a COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK "Meeting":
AIIIINI Sho'" P.rty (dress optional),
with food (including Manganaro's
6foot heroes) and drinks ($1 soda andjuice. $2 baer and wine); at tha Center.
208 W 13 St; 6:30-9:30 pm; $12 membersl$14 nonmembers (includes Centar
fee a two drinks); 517-0380
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS WorkJIIop:
Eroticizing S.fer Sex. -learn how toplay safely while meeting other men";no pre-registration; at the Centar. 208 W
13 Sf; 7-9".30pm; 807-6655, TDD 645-7470
MICHAEL
AUG and LARRY TEE
announce the O,enlng of Disco Circus:.",. Wodd of Human Oddid~ with DJs
Keoki and Andy Anderson; with co-promoters Bela Bolski. Charlie Atlas. Toni
Senecal. Sister Dimension;
Kenny
Kenny at the door; at Umelight, 6th Ave
at 20 Sf; opens 10 pm; $10; club 807-7850
HOSTESS LAHOMAVAN ZANDT
announces the Opining of Sod-O-IIIfw.
'an intimate club for restless guys'; withdancing. near-naked go-go boys. wetem-down contests. and appearancesby Show Palace porno stars (VladimirCorrea. tonight); free T-Shirts tonight aslong as they last; 565 W 23 St (at 11thAve); opens 10:30 pm; $5 tonight ($10
thareafter, 10% goes to an AIDS charity); 366-5253
EAGLE BAR Movi. Night Steel Magno"as; 142 11th Ave (at 21 St); 11 pm;
691-8451
PYRMID presents Lindl Simplon'l
Channll 69: Strip-a-gram •• a new andimproved version of the popular gameshow in which contestants take it off
for valuable
prizes; 101 Avanue A(btwn 6/7 Sts); 1 am; $5; 420-1590

WEDNESDAY AUG. 15 THURSDAY, AUG. 16

SHESCAPE AbtwtJdc ~1IIIy for Kbme.
It Prlv.t.
Ey ••• 12 W 21 St (btwn
5tlV6th Aves); 5-10 pm (you may stay on
for Dallas's Club 8.d at 10); $5 before
7/$7 afterwards; info 645-6479. club 2067772 (Editor's note: Door proceeds
tonight from 5-7 pm will go to the Gay 8&..... I.n AmI-VloI'Re'
Pro/act A different gay/lesbian group banefits eachweek throughout the summer,)

QUEER NATION Meeting at the Center.
208 W 13 St; 7:30 pm; 463-7208 (nextmeeting is Tuesday. AUG 28)(Editor's
note: QN's new address is Box 1524,
NYC 10003. QN is a direct actiongroup dedicated to fighting homophobia and lesbian and gay invisibility.
Anyone can suggast an action andshould coma preparad to organize
and implement it)

MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER/NY
and MACT/CT Joint Seallde WeekNd
on the Connecticut Shore; two days ofsunning. swimming. touring. dining.
partying 'that will take us from one endof the Sound to the other'; Friday nightin a New Haven cofteahouse; Saturday
morning at Hammanasett Beach, eastof New Haven; Saturday in Mystic;
Sunday brunch and beach in New
Haven; $5 for carpool or$16 RT for
Metro North; $12 for museum; +food;rsvp with Udell 212!222·9794
B. DALTON presents Herblrt HUlcke
signing copies of his autobiography
Guilty of Everything;396 6th Ave (st W 8St); 7:30 pm; free (Editor's
notas:
Huncke is describedby a Parlgon
Housa publicist as ~e 'legendary first
hipster. famous antlhero, ..car-robberand genaral lowlife' and a personalnote to OutWeBk readers reminds usthat he was a ~ustler In the '401; amongtha first people interviewed by Kinsey,)GAY MEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT
Movie Night: Mo' Stltter SI1I8I, SpikeLee's latast; member info 718,1802-0162
MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER/NY
Puel}Conscloulness
RIlling SessIon:
The Church Avenue Soycott--Economic. and Racl.muS/acks
andA./an.-A C/o.. r Loole at the Center.
208 W 13 Sf; 7:45 pm sharp; 222-9794
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
Planning Party 8 pm; 718/965-7578
ALDO HERNANDEZ opens M'lt,a'dance night for Queers' catering to an
ethnically mixed crowd. with OJ. go godancers. videos; .v.ry otllir Friday(starting tonight) alternating with thewomen's CUt Club; 432 W 14 St (atWas~ington St); 10 pm - 4 am; $5

SArURDA~ AUG 18, .'CENTER KIDS goes to Rye PllylladWestchester; call 620-7310 for info

in

GAY ACTIVIST ALUANCE IN MORRISCOUNTRY. NJ TuIIllg on til. D.laware.
an afternoon
on the river at Point
Pleasant, PA; $10; info 201/285-1595
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
Antiquing on Atiantic.Avenu.;
11 am;
7181965-7578
WOMEN ABOUT SoftballG.me lid

Plelle. Bems VI. Futch .. ; 11 am·lsh;
7181729-0747
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
lacll It B.J.'., Iste-rl .. re ca n Join theantiquers at 444 Atlantic Ave (btwn
Bond 8& NevIns); 1 pm; Info/rsvp
7181965-7578•
COMMlmOF OUTRAGED LESBIANS(COOL) Mlltl,Clltar.l/Mlltl·Rle'I'
SIPPOrtat the Center, 208 W
13 St; 6-8:30 pm; Info 243·0202 (Edl·tor's note: COOL meets every 3rd
Saturday,)aro.,;LESBIANS AND GAYS OF FLATBUSH
MIllie 0
to h.ar Brooklyn creative
artists MoB
at Prospect Park B.nd·
shell. Prospect Park West a 9 St,
Brooklyn; 7 pm; 711!{859-9437
FIRE ISLAND BUDDIES SI"Ort
lid
Ioclal Groi, for H1Y+ MN. _•fit ... , tonight and every Saturday In
August; Fire Island Pines Community
House; 7:30 pm
ASIANS AND FRIENDS/NY Jrd lata,.
d.y loelll:
C.rl ••• 11 Nigit; wear
tropical attire and 'boogie to Manl's
special disco beat'; light refreshments;
at the Center. 208 W 13 St, 3rd Floor, 8pm; member info 674-50114
NINTH STREET CENTER ·Queer QUI'tions. Queer Answer.'
DI.oI .. lol
Grolp:
Ho
Ilty.Lov •••"PoMr. a rap group who .. focus will bedefining our homosexuality for thl '801.
a different facilitator each IIIIning; 319
E 9 St. basement; 8-10 pm; 228-5153(There is also a Tuesday group,)LOVE ZONE presents BII ....
"CII.I";at Staten Island'. Saturday nIght
dance club; doors open 10 pm. $1 bar
drinks till 11:30 pm; 10,OOO-.quarefoot dance floor, 70 Beech St. SI; S3($8 after Labor Day); 711!{442-5692
ROBIN BYRD presents .",. Rot/. BynIShow It the Ice P.lac •• Cherry Grove.
Fire Island. a BHtfJtfor tile C•• al"
R.... rch Inltlltl".;with performancll
by Big Jim Bentley. Joe Simmons. Jake
Corbin. Butc~ Taylor. Tasha Vouz, waterballet by Electra and danclrs. othersurprises; 1 am; nominal admIssIon;
5161597-8600
GIRTH AND MIRTH Hot SllotD 1001.1;
beer. wine, soda, munchies. liv. OJ; at
the Canter. 208 W 13 St; 8:30 pm; $8
memberst$10 guests (GaM. Box 10.
Pelham. NY 10803-(010)

SUNDA ~, AUG .19

WOMEN AB.OUT BralClI lad Stroll in
Tarrytown;
approx, $22; info/rlvp
201/481-0440
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS:
Brooklya Botallell
alrdHI.
meet atEastern Pkwy gate; 11 amRoller Skating .ld/fIt PadII. BOllI ..
Prospect Park; 1 pm
Vollepal. P1C11cIn Pro.pect Park; 3 pm
SAL info/rsvp 7181965-7578

August 22, 1990

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ASIANS AND FRIENDS/NY Bicycling In
Centnl Plltc;.BYO bike H possible, butmeet Ifthebike rental at the Boat
House; enter park at W 72 St entranc;e;
Ice cream and hot dog parlor follow. "2
to 3 convlvlal, refreshing hours'; meetat I pm; bike rentel $8Ihour; rsvp with
Dick, 874-5539
BAYMENAND
BROOKHAVEN Mill'.
on lI; 518(151-2901

LESBIANSINGroup Pool Party,

SAGE Woman'. Sunday Drop-In CookOut In tha courtyard of the Center, 208
W 13 St; 2-5 pm; 741-2247 (in case ofrein, the socIal will be In the SAGE room)

MONDAY AUG. 20.UtI.,AIDS FAMILY S~RVICES OF NEW YORK
DllOunlon:
the 'teM -HowDo'
for people who
ere HIV+ who ~ant to gaIn skills andexplore strategIes for sharing their HIV
status with family members; people
with such experIence will be present;
at the Center, 208 W 13 St; 7-10 pm; $10(tax deductible); Fran,891-5689

r."1/IIy """(",PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS THEATRESCHOOL prllenta
Thoml.
O'Lllry'.
dIrectedby Jim Fill, with
Blall'll Biron, Gloria Falar, lin Fergu.oa; 'about a young many living with
AIDS, whOle mother, a famous TV star,
finally comes to vIsit hIm' where ha'llv .. with hIe lesbian aunt in Key
West'; thl. week only, MON-SAT at 8
pm (followed by two other short plays);$5; rsvp 895-5429; M·F, 10 am - Ipm_,.a,",SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS LasIIlan Laundry Nil'" Ind Evening Quickla; ltartl with SAL gals doing laundry
together at the laundromat at 173 7th
Ave (at lat StI, Par1cSlope; Bklyn; 7 pm;
followed by Drinks or DIIHI1I
It
BootI, even for those who had no laundry to do; 512 2nd St (off 7th Ava); 8·ishpm; Info/rsvp 7111{985-7578

rwo

WOMEN ABOUT Philharmonic& Pic-IInie; Central Parle; Info/rsvp 201/433-1974 .
'.
GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE IN MORRISCOUNTY, NJ Weekly MHtlng & Soclll
with The Gay D.rJ", G,me, at Morristown UnItarian Fellowship,
21 Normandy HeIghts Rd, Morristown NJ; 8:30
pm; 201!285-1595
LAVENDER {JGHT GOSPEL CHOIR Per. fonn. GOIp.1 Seta It Delta as RlStauI'IInt; 332 8th Av.e (at 28 St); 9 81 10 pm.ata; $10; rsvp 924-3499 (also AUG 27)

TUESDAY AUG 21

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I

GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS HIV H.1I111
Seminar: Benefit.
Information
andNutritlonallllUlI,
tonight and every,3rd TUllday; 129 W 2OSt;.8enBf/ts, 3rd
Floor
Nutrition, 8tIi Floor; 7 pm; frae;807-11855 TOO 645-7470
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OUT~EEK

Tuning In: A TV/Radio Guide for OufWeek Readers
Information must be received by Monday to be included in the following. week's issue. Send items to Rick X, Tuning In, Box 790, NY,NY 10108.
AlE (Arts & Ent,555 FifthAve, 10th A, NYC 10017;661-4500)
CCTV (Rick X. Box 790, NYC 10108)
GBS (Gay Broadcasting System, Butch Paaston, 1787th
Ave, Ste, A-3, NYC 10011; 243- 1570)
GCN (Gay Cable Networ1c, lou Maletta, 32 Union Square
East, Suite 1217; 4n-4220)
GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis, Jean Carlomusto, 129 W 20
St. NYC 10011; 807-7517)
RB PROD (Robin Byrd Prods., Box 305, NYC 10021; 988-2973)
WAle-TV (7 Lincoln Square, NYC 100'13;456-nm
WBAI-FM (505 8th Ava, 19th FI, NYC 10018; 279-0707)
wca5-TV(524 W ~ St. NYC 10019;975-4321)
WNBC-TV (30 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC 10112; 664-4444)
WNET-TV (356 W 58 St. NYC 10019; 560-3000)

MONDAY, AUGUST 13
9:00 PM GBS Out In the !Irs: community news, discussion,interviews; (tape of an earlier MClV/Paragon Tuesday. show) BQ Cable, CH 56 (1:00)
10:00 PM GCN Be My Guest Miss Cheri's revue at The
Monster; Manhattan Cable, CH J/23 (:30)
11:30 PM Tomorrow!Tonight Livef. entertainment; Manhat·
tan and Paragon Cable, CH 0/17 (1:00)
midnight CCTV The ClosetCaSl1 Show. Klosat Klips (repeatof an earlier show); Manhattan Cable, CH C!16 (:30)
1~ AM WNET-TV Kodo: Heartbeat Drummers of Japan,
in case you missed it AUG 5; CH 13 (1:00)
1:011AM Gay Tv. gay male porn; Paragon Cable, CH J/'l3 (:30)
2aI AM WUW·TV We ArB Family. three gay families, one biological, one foster and one adoptive; CH 21 (1:00)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 14
8:00 PM A&EThfJ latal Attractionof Adolph HitlfJr.
the early years, part 1 of 2 (1:00)
8:00 PM WNET·TV Nova: ThfJ Bomb's LfJthal Legacy:
45 years of waste mismanagement
at the Hanford
Nuclear Reservation,eastern Washington state,
will cost billions to correct; CH 13 (1:00)
9:00 PM A&E ThfJ Fox (1968): two women in a farmhouse, an annoying fox, and a more annoying
Kelr Dullea (2:30) (rapeats at 1:00 AM)
11:00 PM GBS Out in the 90's: community news, discussion, interviews; tonight second part of an ili.~r·view with openly gay umpire Dava Pallone;.
Manhattan & Paragon Cable, CH C!16 (1:001

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15
7:30 AM A&E Profiles: Rorello LaGuardia: How would the
Little Flower have handlad AIDS, the homeless, Bensonhurst and gay-bashing? We'll never know. (:30)
9:30 AM WBAI-FM Ghosts in the Machine: women in pop,with Victoria Starr; 99.5 FM (2:30)
9:011PM WNET-TV VoicfJS of Sarafina: images of South
Africa are interwoven with this documenta ry of the
Broadway musical' about the 1976 student uprising; CH
13 (1:30) (repeats at 4:00 AM)
9:011PM The StfJphfJn Holt Show: on location atthe Cherry
Grove Baach Club with Sybil Bruncheon, Johnny Pooleand Hell's Kitchen hunk Gerry Corson; Manhattan
Cable, CH 0/17 (:30) (on Paragon, SATURDAY, 11:3OAM)
10:00 PM WCBS-TV 48 Hours: foster care in California; children of unemployed, drug-addicted, or alcoholic parents are among the 500,000 foster kids in America whomust be placed in alternative homes; CH 2 (1:00)
midnight RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female
strippers; Manhattan and Paragon Cable, CH J/'l3 (1:00)

THURSDAY,. AUGUST 16
1:011P~ WBAI-FM This Way Out the int'I gay/lesbian magazme; 99.5 FM (:30).
1:30.PM W~AI-FM An Aftemoon ~utlng. local ~ews andInformation about the gay/iesblan community; 99.5 FM (:30)
2:30 PM WBAI-FM AIDS: Paths to Self-Empowerment&
living: Bob Lederer and Jim Foura~ ~iscu~s a.lterna.tive
treatments, self-empowerment. POittICS;with Interviewsof haalth practitioners, PWAs, activists; 99.5 FM (1:00)
4:00 PM WCBS-TV GfJraldo: child molestation; CH 2 (1:001

August 22,1990

7:00 PM GBS Way Outf. Mark Chesnut and Michelle VanVoorhies host a lesbian and gay entertainment show;
Rich Volo, producer, 254-7685; Manhattan Cable, CH
J/23 (:30)
9:30 PM GMHC Living Wttfl AIDS: health and politics; Manhattan Cable, CH J/'13 (:30)
10:00 PM WABC-TV Primetime Livs: a profile of 14-year-old
tennis player Jennifer Capriati (who most likely has tosubmit to lesbian lockerrom attacks in order to pursue
her career); with Mike Wallace; CH 7 (1:00)
10~ PM GCN Gay U,S.A.: news and entartainment fromaround the country; Manhattan Cable, CH J/'13 (1:00)(For Paragon Cable, see SATURDAY)
11:30 PM RB PROD Men For Men: Robin Byrd presents gay
male porno stars; Manhattan Cable, CH J/'l3 (:30)
11:30 PM GMHC Living With AIDS: health and politics;
Paragon Cable, CH J/'l3 (:30)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17
8:00 AM A&E Greek Fire: War. this episode links creativity
and the western penchant for war (1:00)
9:00AM WCBS-TV Joan Rive~TommyTune;
CH 2 (1:00)~ PM WBAI-FM Rompiendo el Silencio: todos losviernes, Gonzalo Aburto con temas y noticias para lacomunidad latina gay y lasbiana; 99.5 FM (:15)
7:30 PM The Gay Dating Game ShoW; Manhattan Cable, CH
J/'13 (:30)
9:00 PM WNET-TV Evening at Pops: with Barbara Cook andMandy Patinkin, songs include 'Over the Rainbow,·'Losing My Mind,' 'When You Wish Upon a Star';orchestra plays from West Side Story and On the Town;
CH 13 (1:00) (repeats at 4:00 AM)
11:00 PM Gay 111. male porno clps; Manhattan Cable, CH Jo73 (31)1:00 AM RB PROD Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers; Manhattan and Paragon Cable, CH J/'l3 (1:00)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18
11:30 AM ThfJ StfJphen Holt Show. on location at the Cherry
Grove Beach Club with Sybil Bruncheon, Johnny Pooleand Hell'S Kitchen hunk Gerry Corson; Manhattan andParagon Cable, CH C/16 (:30)
3:00 PM ThfJ Brenda and Glennda Show. TakfJover of the
Empire StatfJ Building. Brenda and Glennda host aqueer talk-show atop the ESB where they celebrate,
discuss, and dish the Lesbian & Gay Pride lavender
lighting; Manhattan Cable; CH 0/17 (:30)
4:00 PM A&EThfJ Fatal Attractionof Adolph Hitler.
the early years, part 1 of 2 (1:00)
6:30 PM GCN Gay U,SA: news and entertainment fromaround the country; Paragon Cable, CH J/'13 (1:00) (For. Manhattan Cable, see THURSDAY)
11:00 PM RB PROD ThfJ Early Byrd: Robin Byrd presantsmale/female strippers; Manhattan Cable, CH J/'13 (1:00)
midnight WNET-TV SwfJfJtCharity(I969):
Bob Fosse directs
Gwenn Verdon and Chita Rivera; CH 13 (2:301
4:00 AM A&E Madama ButtfJrfly. Herbertvon Karajan conducts the Vienna Philharmonic, Placido Domingo dons
the sailor's cap and Mirella Freni the obi (3:00)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19
noon A&E ThfJ Fox (1968): two women in a farmhousa, an annoying fox, and a mora annoying
Keir Dullea (2:30)
7:30 PM WBAI-FM ThfJ Gay Show. newS and information
abouttha lesbian/gay community; every other Sunday,
alternating with OutLooks; 99.5 FM (1:00)
11:00 PM WNET-TV Indapendent Focus: When the Family
Gets AIDS, Slawomir Grunberg's study of how one
family copes with the diagnosisthattha
entire family
has contracted AIDS (:30); InsidfJ Life Outside, chronicling two-and-a-half years in the lives of a group of
homeless people in Manhattan (1:001;Jazzman, about aHarlem saxaphonist (8:00); Crack Clouds Over Hell's
Kitchen, in which crack addicts tell their own story(18:001; CH 13 (2:001
11:30 PM GCN Men & Ftlms: male erotica, interviews withadult filmstars; Manhattan Cable, CH J/'l3 (:301

Monday

PrIvatt Eyes ("'arc Berkley's Kool Komradsw/
students, professionals;

Razor Sharp & strippers;$5) 12 W 21 Sf, club 208-7m

Tuesday..... ve MachinelLarry
Tee & Lahoma Van Zandt. young & exotic crowd)
860 Bway, at 17 St; 254-4005*Roxy (Men on Wheels, gay roller skating; starts 8 pm) 515 W 18 St; 645-5156

Wednesday...... r Days (primarilY gay men of color) 316 W 49 St (819 Aves); 245-8925*Umellgld (Michael Alig & Larry Tee's DIleO Cire".: .",. World ofH,."." OdditiH, 10 pm, $10) 6th Ave at 20 St;; club 807-7850
PriY ... Eyes (YMVA Night, students, professionals, lesbians and non·gay women; $7) 12 W 21 Sf, btwn 5th/6th Aves; 206-m2*Pyramid (Unda's Channel 69 party, OJ & live lesbian/gay shows; East
Village crowd; $5) 101 Avenue A, btwn 6/7 Streets; 42o-15!Kl
Oulckl (mellow non·gay guys, low· key gays, their women friends; getsgayer later) 6 Hubert St; 925-2442
Silver Uning (2-4-1 drinks, also open Tues·Sun, women SAT) 175 Cherry
La" Roral PI<,LI; 51&1354-9641
esod-D-M .. (Lahoma Van Zandt. porn stars, go·go boys; opens 10:30
pm, $5 AUG 1~10 thereafter) 565 W 23 St (11th Ave); 366-5253
Stull (2-4-1 drinks, also open daily) 202 Westchester Ave, White Plains;
914/781-3100

Thursday-copaCII .... (last Thu. of the month Susanne Bartsch party, next is
August 30; iffy door) 10 E 80 Sf, at Fifth Ave; 755-8010
ExCIIllb .. ($1 drinks, also open Tues·Sun, women WED) corner IOth/Jef·ferson behind football stadium, Hoboken, NJ; 201-795-1161
Hatfield's (2-4-1 drinks, female impersonators; also open nightly, women
on ruE & FRI) 12&-10 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, Queens; 718/261-8484
Oulckl (Chip Duckett's Thursdays) 6 Hubert St (on Hudson, 5 blocks
below Canal); 925-2442

FridayCOI ...... ia.rane.

(1st Friday of every month, including summer, next is
September 7) 116th St & Bway; 854-3574 days
Meat (Aldo Hernandeis alternate Fridays, next is August 15; OJ, go·goboys, videos; opens 10 pm; $5) 432W 14 St; 408-1114
Octagon (Patrick's Friday Night Jam Session, primarily gay men of color;
free muchies; opens 11 pm) 555 W 33 St; 947-0400
PrIv ... Eyes (YMVA Night, students, professionals, men) 12 W 21 Sf,
btwn 5th/6th Aves; 206-m2
IlQulckl (Panty Girdles; TVs, gays, straights) 8 Hubert St (on Hudson, 5
blocks below Canal); 925-2442

Saturday

Barefoot Boogie lsmoke & alcohol free) 434 6th Ave (btwn Wl0 Sts); 832-6759
419419 N, Highway, Southampton, LI; 516/283-5001
Love Zone (dancing & performers) 70 Beach Sf, Staten Island; 718/442-5692
PriY ... Eyes (YMVA Night, students, professionals, men) 12 W 21 St.
btwn 5th/6th Aves; 20fHn2*Roxy (gayS/TVs/club kids/some non·gay; mix depends on party) 515 W
18 St (btwn 10111 Aves); 645-5156
Sound Factory (mostly gay; serious House/Club dancing, no alcohol,
opens 11 pm) 530 W 27 St (10th/11th Aves); 643-0728'IlJI2O(Hybrid Cl'8wpartyfor men & women, 10 pm, $10) 20W 20 St; 727-8841

Sundayr Days Tprimarily gay men of color) 316 W 49 St (819 Aves); 245-8925
11Ie Building (Club Bad's The Men's Room, students, professionals, men;go·go boys & 8O.ft. ceiling) 51 W 26 St; 576-18!Kl......

d Station (Club Pride Tea Dance with OJ Kevin "Melodious·; catering to. gay men of color; opens 6 pm; $7)220 12th Ave at 27 St; info 714-8227*Mars (Chip Duckett's Mars Needs Men)Westside Hwy and 13th St; 6916262*Pyramid (Junior's Tea Dance 6-9 pm, Gay Cabaret at midnight; $5)101
Avenue A, btwn 6{7 Streets; 420-1590*Roxy (Rollerskate Tea Dance 7-11 pm; A Groovy Kind of Love party at
11; students, club kids, hunks, men) 515 W 18 St; 645-5156
2UI2O(Michael Fesco's Tea Dance, opens 5 pm; $6; free Mimosas & BMs
from 5-7, buffet at 7:30)20 W 20 St; 727-8841

Every Night (or almostl'

419 (nightlY Gay House Party, opens 6 pm) 419 tI, Highway (Rte 27),
Southampton, LI; 516/283-5001
Grand Central (closed Mon & Tues, 2-4-1 drinks Thursday) 210 Merrick
Road, Rockville Centre, LI; 5161536-4800
Magic Touch (ethnic mix: Anglo/Latin/Asian)73-13 37th Rd, Jackson
Heights, Queens; 718/429-8605
Monster (West Village) 80 Grove St at Sheridan Sq.; 924-3557
Spectrum (closed Mon- Tue, WED free, THU free & 2-4-1 drinks, FRI m/f
strip, SAT record stars, SUN variety show & free 9-10 pm; Coorsserved) 802 64th St@ 8th Ave, Bay Ridge, Bklyn; 718/238-8213

DANCING OUT for Women

Tuesday

Hatfield's 126-1'11Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens; 718/261-8484
Grand Central (women's night. also open Wed·Sun) 210 Merrick Road,
Rockville Centre, LI; 516/536-4800

Wednesday

Bedrock 121 Woodfiela Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 516/486-9518
Excalibur (Ladies Night, $1 drinks) corner 10th/Jefferson behind footballstadium, Hoboken, NJ; 201-795-1161
PrIv ... Eyes (Shescape Afterwork Party, 5-10 pm; $5 before 7 pm, $7
after) 12 W 21 St; info 645-6479, club 206·7772

ThursdayBedrock 121 Wooilfield Rd, W, Hempstead, LI; 516/486-9516
Pyramid (Jenny's Girl Bar; 8 pm· 2 am) 101Avenue A (btwn 6{/ Sts);$6; 475-3i38

FridayBedrock 11\ Woodfield Rd, W, Hempstead, LI; 516/486-9518
Clit Club (Jocelyn & Julie's alternate Fridays, next is August 24; go·gogirls,lesbo erotic videos; 8 pm; $5) 432 W 14 St; 408-1114
Hatfield's 126-10 Queens Blvd" Kew Gardens; 718/261-8484
Millenni ... (Ladies' NighO 1n0 NY Ave (Rte 110),Huntington, LI; 51e(,351-1402
Visions 56-01 Queens Blvd, Woodside; info 71&'846-7131, club 7181899-9031

SaturdayBedrock 121 Woodfield Rd, W, Hempstead, LI; 516/486-9516
Chapel at UmeJight (Shescape party, Chapel garden entrance; opens 9pm; $8)49 W 20 St at 6th Ave; 645-6479
Silver Uning 175 Cherry Lane, Floral Park, LI; 516/354-9641
Starz 836 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, LI; 516/242-3857

SundayBedrock 121 Woodfield Rd, W, Hempstead, LI; 516/486-9516
Cave Canem (Sandwich Sister Sundays) 241st Ave at 1st St; 529-9685
Club Paradise (women & gay men, 6 pm • 2 am, $5 before 8 pm/$7 there·
after) 15 Waverly Place (btwn 5th Ave/B'way); 533-3048
Love Shack (Jill Reiter's Booby Trap, alternative music, $3) at New Lis·
mar, 411st Avenue at 2nd St; 777-9477

Every Niaht (or almost).

Duchess IT (small aance floor; Coors served) Sheridan Sq, & 7th Ave
South; 242-1408.
Spectrum (closed Mon & Tues; good gay/lesbian mix, see Every Night,<
above, for details) 802 64th Sf, Bklyn.; 718/238-8213

Editor's tips for tourists:

A (*) denotes a clu& that attracts TVs.
Clubs generally open at 10 pm, close at 4 ami unless otherwise noted. Admis·
sions range from $5 to $15. Invites offer discounts, and are sometimes
required. It's wise to call ahead to confi"" that a party is still happening,
Some clubs, especially Copacabana, but also Roxy, Quickl, Mars, Love
Machine, Limelight, and The Building have been known to let people
in randomly or selectively, rather than have a simple line atthe door,

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A.c.o.C,
AIDS CENTER DF QUEENS COUN-TV SOCIAL SERVICES.EDUCATION08UDDIESoCOUNSELINGoSUPPORT GROUPS
Volum.er Oppal1unitie.
{7181896-25OO{voicel{7181896-2985{TDDI

BAR ASSOCIATION FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS
Lawyera Referral Service for the
Lesbian and Gay Community Fun
Range of Lagsl Services (21214l&4873 Free Walk-in Legal Clinic.
Tuesday 6-8 pmLesbian & Gay
Community Centro Ground RoorACT UP (AIDS Coalition to
Unleash Power)
496A Hudson Stree~ Slite G4 NYC
lOO14{2121!l!9-1114
A diverse, non-partisan group of
ildividuals uni18d il anger and c0mmitted to direct action to end the
AIDS crisis. Gen. meetings Mon.
nights 7::1l;li The Great Hall,Cooper
Union, on Cooper Square betwuen
Astor and St Marb Place's,

BIDS (BISEXUAL DOMINANCE& SUBMISSION GROUP)
Share stM experiences end fantasies with othonI in a positive, noojudgemental
atmosphere.
First
Sunday of the month, ot46pm at theConmll1ily Cantor 2111 W. 13 Straet,
NYC • This group is pert d the New
YorkArea Bisexual Ne1work.

AIDS RESOURCE CENTER(ARC)
Supportive housing for homeless
PWA:I {Bailey House and apartmental. Non-judgemental pastoralcare for f7WA:land loved ones. VolII1IBer oppor!Irli1ill8. (212) 481-1270,
24 Wast:nh St, NYC non
ALOEClAPI.IoI-NY(Asian L.. bian. of the East
~Asi.nPacific .... bian NatWIIIk-Naw YOlk) We are a political, social and supportive networkof Asian Pacific lesbians. Planningmeetings on the 1st Sunday andsocial ewnts on the last Friday ofeach month. Call {2121517-!i598 formore infonnation.
ARCS {AIDS-Related
Community Servic8s1
for Dutchess, Orange, Putnam,
Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster andWestchester
counties.
AIDS
education, client services, crisis intervention, support groups,
case management,
buddy andhospital visitor program.
214 Central ftw. 'MJite Plains, NY
1!m1{9141!mQQI
838 Broadway, Newburgh, NY
12250 {9141562-!miAIDSline {9141993-0607
ASIANS & FRIENDS- NEWYORK. A not-for-profit
organization
which promotos friendships with
Asim/PllcificIslander, AsianAmerican, and non-Asian gay
men through social, cultural, educatiQnal,andservice activities
and programs. Call our Hotline:
212-674-5064,.or write to: P.O. Box. 8628, NY. NY 10163-6023.
.
ATR (AIDS TREATMENTREGISTRY.INC.1
Pubishes a ~Iy
Directory dclinical trials of experimental. AlDSlHIVtI8a1mOntsin NYtNJ,and
has educational materials/seminars for trial participants. ATR also
adwcatos for improwmanta in thetrial system. P.O. Box 30234, NY; NY
101HI102. {212128S-41!11. Publications fnleldonation requostod.

74

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B/SEXUALII'RllMATION &COUNSELING SERVICE. INC.
A profos8ionaly staffed, non-profit
organization for bisexuals, thairfamilies and pertners, facing problems of a flSYIlhological or medicalkind. We also work with tho8O in
doubt shout their S8lClJality. C0nfidentiality is protoctod by law. For
infomnation phone: (212) 459-4784
BISEXUAL PRIDEDISCUSSION GROUP
Topical discussions on issues ofintereat to the cornnunity in a congenial atmosphere, foIlowod by an
informal dinner at a friendly local
restaurant
Every Sunday, 3:004:30pm at tha Community Center
2111 W. 13 Street, NYC, Part of the
New York Area Bisexual Network.
BIWAYS NEW YORKMonthly social events for the
Bisexual community and friends.
Call NYABN for deta~s of upcoming evants. {2121459-4784
BIPAC {BISEXUAL POUTICALACTION COMMmEEl
Political action on issues d importance to the BiseXll8VLosbiarVGay
carrruVty, Monthly rneotingfpotluck
held 8:00pm on fourth Thursday ofthe month at members h~
Call
NYABNfor1hismonths Iocatitn{{2121459-4784
BISEXUAL YOUTH
Informal social & support groupfor Bisexual kids/youth. Monthly
meeting/potluck
lunch held
1:00pm on fourth Sunday of themonth at members homes. Call
NY ABN for this month's location.
This group is part of the New
York Area Bi80xual Network.
BWS.JIRONX LESBIANS
UNITED IN SISTERHOOD
Social, political and support natworki:l9 group for women and theirfriends. Regular social evants andmaatings on tha lirst and third Fridays of evary monIh. At. Tho C0mmunity Canter, DW. 13 Stroot. fran~rm For mora info call Lisa at(212182lHl!17.

August 22, 1990

BODY POSITIVE
If you or your lover has tosted
HIV+, we offer support groups,
seminars, public forums,reference
library, referrals, social activities
and up-ro-dato national monthly,"THE BODY POSITIVE" {$2&'year~

DIGNITY NEW YORK
Le8Iian rod gay CatIdcs and friends
AIDS Mristry, SjirCial DevaIopment
The Cat!edraI Prqect. Wcn/ip Ser~ces & SociaI-Stn BIas. ~John's Episcopal Clutch 218 Wost
l11hSlnJet C~2119{2121121-1346.

:am Broa6.wy, Slite n.NY; 10023
BROOKLYN'S LESBIAN AND
GAY POUTICAL ClUB
~BDAINDEPENDENTDEMOCRATS
UO. endoraes rod v.OOas for cancidaIDs illocal, sIatB rod nrimaI eJoo.
tions, lobbies for legislation, andCO'lducb camu1tycuraach1ilroust1&tr8Itfai8rod I1l8IIIivl Q'l1lpOOial tipics. Join us. 336 Ninth St, SLitel:!iIJroddo,n.NYl1215 {7181965-8482
CIRCLE OF MORE UGHT
Spiritual support and sharing in a
gayflesbian
affirmative group.
West-Park Prasbytorian Clurch 1115
West 86th Straat Wed: worship ser~ce 63l pm, program 7:30. Marsha(2121:ll4-4373 Chario (212)1111-7118.
COMMUNITY HEALTH
PROJECT
D IMlst 13111SIraet, N'rt, Ne.v 'Ibrk
10011Fa- AppoirdmenIs rod Worm&f01(212)6JS.3!i!i9(TlYMiceJ'RM[).
ING CARING, SENSRlIIE AND lOW
COST IEAl.TH CARE SBMCES TO
TI£I£SBIANAND GAYCOM'vtlNRY
COMMUNITYRESEARCH
INITIATIVECRI tests experimental drugs andtroa1rnentlI for AIDS and HIVralatod
illnesses. Monthly treatment and
I'8S88rch group for H1V+incividuals.
Treatment and I'8S88rch nlMlSiottor,
forums and public seminars. Call
Alice Spears or Ken Fornataro at(212)481-1IB1for info and maiing ist
CONGREGATION BETHSIMCHAT
TORAH
NY's Gay and Lasbian Synagogue
Services
Friday at 8:30pm 57
Bethune Street For info. call: {2121.
92S-9498.

CONGREGATIONB'NA/
JESHURUN
Monthly Spritual Gatherings andfree catered fostiva luncheons for
8/1 People With AlDS,their lovers
and families. Program includes
music and discussion led by our
Rabbis. C~II{2121787-71m
DIGNITY
BIG APPLE
A communityof Lesbian and
Gay Catholics. Activities include
Liturgies and socials avery Sat,
8:00 pm, at the Center, 208 W. 13
Street, NYC.Call{2121816-1309.

EDGE Education in. DiAbled
GayEnviI'Olll1l8llt
For the physically disabled Lesbianand Gay Conmunity. (212) !ll9-1921
P.O. Box 305 Wiage Station, New
York, NY 10014
FRONT RUNNERS
A rumilg club for lesbian and gay
athIetos of an ablities. FIll RIlls d 16 mlos held IN8ty Sat at lOam andWeds. at 7pm i1 Central Park andevary Tues. at 7pm in Prospect Park.
Forilfomnaticn cal{212l12+6lOl.
mE FUND FOR HUMANDIGNITY
National Gay and bsbian Crisis
line' AIDS 800'-1-8QO-SOs.GAYS
Educational
Resource Center;
Positive Images Media Center; NY
State Arts Program 686 B'way SIiIB
410NYC,NY10012 (212)!i'211-l1D1
mE GAY ARlICAN AMERICANSOFWESTCHESTER{The G.A.A.I
is a community based support
group formed il WostchesIDr Coin~ Various activities are plamed forthe comi1g months. Please call 914m.qm for mora i1fu.
GAY FATHER'S FORUM
A support organization
for gay
father's,their 1000ers,and others in
ch~d-flurturing situations. Monthly meetings include a potluck supper, support groups on varied
specialized topics, speakers, andsocializing.Meetings:
1st Friday
each month, 7pm, at The Cantor,
208 W. 13th St, West of 7th kle.
Contribution:$6. Bring a maincourse for 4 people {or pay a $5
food charge.l For information can:212-!J79.7541 or 212-288-3238
GlAAD Gay & .... bi.n Alli..Agailllt~
IllVarickSlraet,NYC lC013 (212)91&
171ll GAAD canbati; homoP1Obia il
1he mecia and eIseW1em by JmlIlIing visiblity of the lesbian and gay
corrmrity rod orgarizi1g ~response to arli-gay Ii!Jotr\l Do '100
haYo3lrriUIs a rncnt. ~ i!tt hcJno.
JiUja?.mflllGAADPh01BTroe/Clil~
171llfori1forrna1iln
GUB
Gay rod Lesbian r.dependentBroedC8SIs!s iMtas you to 1InI i1to OUTLOOKS on ~ms FM evaryocher&nlay, ~rod join us
evary Tuesday at 71qm to 91qm tobecOO18 a member d GUB. Noexperienca needed. !iii Eighth Awnue,
NY; NY lOO18A11n:OUllooks or can(2121245-6366- ask for GLIB.

GAY&. LESBIAN HEALTH
CONCEIINS
An office of the NYC Dept of
Health, providealinkages
betwn
NYC Health lit Human SVcs, andthe Lesbian lit Gay community,
focu8ing
in ALL health concerns; resource information for
health 8ervices consumers andproviders.
125 Worth Street,Box 87, New York, NY 10013. For
info call (212158&-4995.
GAY MAlI 81M ACTMSTS
Dedicated to safe and reaponaible S/M since 1981. Open meet·ings w/programson S/M
techniques,
lifestyle iaaues,
political and social concerns.
Also special eventa, speakers
bureau, workshops,
demo.,
affinity groups,
newaletter,more. GMSMA -Dept 0, 498A
Hudson Street, Suite D23 .NYC
l0014,(212) m·'lIf18.
GMAD (GAY MEN OF AFRICANDESCENT)
80 Varick Street, NYC 10013 •support group of Gay Men of
African Deacent dedicatedtoconsciousne.. -raiaing
andthe developmentof the Le.bian and Gay Community,
GMAD is inclusive of African,
African-American,
Caribbeanand Hispanic/Latino
men ofcolor. Meetingl
are held,
weekly, on Friday.. For more
information,
call 716-802-0162.
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISISHOTUNEFOR INFORMATION ON SAf£R
SEX
AND
HIV-RELATEDHEALTH SERVICES, AND FOR
INFORMATION ON ONE-TIME.
WALK-IN AIDS COUNSELINGSERVICES21Z"'~Z""
7470 TOO {For the He.ring
Impaired)Mon.-Fri. lo.::tl.m. 1119
pm. Sat 12:00 to 3:00
GIRTH&. MIRTHCWB OF NEW YORK
Social club for heavy, chubby
gay men lit their admirera,
Monthly sociall at the ·Cen·
ter', weekly bar nights Thurldays at the 'Chellea Tranlfer',monthly Fst Apple Review, bimonthly F.A.R. penpals.
For more information
call
Ernie at 914-899-n35 or write:
G&M/NY, Dept 0, P,O. Box 10,
Pelham, NY 10803.
HEAL(Health Educ:alion AIlS U__ )Weekly info. and support groupfor tl8atmenta for AIDS which do
not compromi8o the immune aystom further, including alternative"nd hofistic approaches.
Wed 8pm.
208 W, 13th St(212)874-HOPE.

HERITAGE OF PRIDE. INC,
Organizers of New York's Lesbianand Gay Pride avenIB: the March,
the Rally and the Dance on thePier. Call (212) 691-1774 for mee~ing schedule or more infonnation.
D Wast 13111
Street, NY. NY10011.

LESBIAN AND GAY LABORNETWORKAn organization of Lesbians andGays who are sC1iva in their laborlIicI18 wormg on domesIic par1n8rship benefits and AIDS issues. For
mora i1forma1iaI cal (212)men

HE11IICK-MAR11N INSTITUTELESBIAN AND GAY RIGIfTS
PROJECTof the American Civil Liberti ..
Union KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
WE'RE EXPMDftG 11EM
(2121944-9800, ext 545

for lesbian and gay youth. Counseling, drop-in center (M-F, 38p"!), rap groups, Harvey Milk
High School, AIDS and safer sex
infonnation, rafenals, professional
education. (212183l-892O (voice)(212183l-89Z8 TIY for deaf
HISPANIC UNITED GAYS &LESBIANS
Educational services, politicalaction, counseling and social
activities in Spanish and English
by and for the Latino Lesbianand Gay Community. General
meetings 8:00 pm 4th Thursday
of every month at 208 West
13th Street Call (2f21691-4181
or write H.U.G.L., P.O. Box 226
Canal Street Station,
New
York, NY 10019.
IDENTITY HOUSE
Now in our 2Oth.year, we provide
peer counseling, therapy referrels and groups for the lesbian,gay and bisexual community.
Call us at (2121243-8181. VISit us
at 544 8th Ave., between 14th15th StreelS, Manhattan.
INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN
IDENTITY
Sliding scale fees. Insurance
accepted. Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy (2121799-9432
lAMBDA LEGAl. DEFENSEAND EDUCATION RIND
Precedent-setting
litigation
nationwide for lesbians, gay
men and people with AIDS.
Membership ($35 and upl inc,newsletterand invitations to
special events. Volunteer nighton Thursdays. Intake calls: 24pm Mon thru Fri (2121995-8585
lAVA (LESBIANS ABOUT
VlSUALARn
Call for slides for Lesbian Artis!8'
Exhibition, Gay & Lesbian Community Center, NYC. For moreinfonnation, send SASE to·: Miriam Fougere, 118 Fort Greene
Place, Bnooklyn, NY 11217.
THE LaiBIAN AND GAY BIG
APPLE CORPS
Get your instrument out of thecloset and come play with us.
Symphonic, Marching, Jan, Dixieland, Rock, Flute Ensembles
and Woodwinds. 123 West 44th
St. Suite 12L New York, NY
10038 (21218~2922.
LESBIAN & GAY
COMMUNITY SERVICES
CENTER
208 West 13th Street New York,NY 10011 (2121620-7310 9am11pm everYday. A place for community organizing and networking,social services, cultural programs,
and social events sponsored by
the Genter and more than 150
community organizations.
•LESBIANS AND GAYS OFFlATBUSH
Brooklyn's social organization forboth gay men and lesbians. P.O.
Box 106, Midwood Station BrookIyn,NY 11231.(718185&-9437
LESBIAN HERSTORY
ARCHIVES
P.O.Box 12S8New York, New Yom
10116212/874-7232Since 1974, theArchives has inspired, shaped· andreflected Lesbian lives everywhere. Can to anange a visit or 10
voIunteerforThursdayworlalgh1s.
LONG ISlAND ACT-UP
Mee1lS Tuesdays at 8pn at 181 P08t
Aw. i1 Waslbury, N't Support us forchange on Long Island. Mailingaddress: PO Box 514,Waslbury; NY
11591.51th13&-4882.
LSM
is a support and informationgroup for lesbians and bisexual
women interested in fantasy,role-playing,bindage, discipline, SIM, fetishes, alternate
gender indentities, costumes
and so forth. Membershipisavailable only to women 18
years and older. Actual experience is not required but genuine interest and an open mind
a re. For information
pleasewrite: P.O. Box 993, Murray Hill
Station, New York, NY 10158
MEN OF All. COLORSTOGETHER NY
A multi-racial group of gay men
against racism. Meeti1gs OIIIIryFriday nistrt at 7:45at 1hel.esljan and
Gay Community Services Cen1Dr.206W. 13111Street For more iTfo.
cal: (212124&«l88or(2121272-9794.

NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIANTASKFORCE
is the national grassroolB politicalorganization for lesbians and gay
men. Membership is $3O/year.
Issue-oriented pnojects address
viOlence, sodomy laws, AIDS, gay
righls ordinances, familiA, media,
atc. thnough lobbying, education,organizing and direct action.
NGLTF 1517 U Street tNI, WasilingtDn,DC21m!. (202/332-8483.
NEW YORK ADVERTISINGAND COMMUNICATIONSNETWORKNYACNis 1I1econmunity'alargest
gay and lesbian professional
gnoup, welcorning a" in conmunication&-andtheir friends.
Monthly meetings, 3rd Wed
6:30pm at the Community Canter.
Membera' newsletter, job hotline,
annual direc:tory. Phone (212)5170380 for more info. Mention OutW98k for one free newsletter.
N.Y. FEMMESSupport and discussion gnoup for
lesbians who self identify as. Femme and are primanly attracted. to butch women. For membership
information call Lisa (2121829-9817.
N.Y. WOMEN'S
SOfTBAll. GUILDFor experienced, serious SoftbaU
Playera, Coaches and Managers.
We play mod'fast pitch weekends in Manhattan and Queens.
Try-oulB begin Feb. 11thru Aprilor until filled. (2121256-1379Janet
NINTH STREET CENTER
Since 1973, a community dedicated to demonstrating that ahomosexual lifestyle is a rational, desirable choice for individuals dissatisfied
with therewards of conventional living.
Psychologically - focussed rap
groups, Tues., Sat, 8 to 10 pm..
peer counselling, available. 319
E. 9 Street, New York, NY 10003,
for info call (2121228-5153.

NORTH AMERICAN MAN/BOY
LOVE ASSOCIATION (NAMBlA)
Dedicated to sexual freedom
and especiallyinteretedingay intergenerational
relationships.
Monthly Bu"etinand regular chapter meetings
on the first Saturday of each
METROPOLITAN TENNIS
month. Yearly membership is
GROUp(MTG)$20; write NAMBLA. PO Box
Our 200 member lesbian and gay
tennis club includes players from . 174, Midtown Station, New.
beginning to tournament level. . York, NY 10018 o[ co" (2121
807-8578 for information.
Monthly tennis parties. Winterindoor league. Come play withNORTHERN UGIfTS
usl For infonnation: MTG, Suite
ALTERNATIVES
K63,49&-A Hudson St, New Yom,
Improving Quality of Life for PeoNY 10025. (7181852-8582.
ple with AIDS/J:fIV. THE AIDSMASTERY WORKSHOP: ExplorMOCA
ing the possibilities of a Powerful(Men ef Color AIDS Prevention
and creative life in the face of.
Prograrn./
AIDS, Call (212125&'8554
Provides safer sex and AIDS
education information to gay
NYC GAY & LESBIAN
and bisexual Men of Color;
ANTI-VIOlfNCE
PROJECT
coordinates a network of peerCotmeiJg. aOiocacy. and i"tormatioo
support groups for gay andfur survivors of anIiilaY and anti-le&bisexual Men of Color in all 5!ian1Iidenco,SWCIlIII assalJt cbnestc
boroughs of New York City.
llidence, and ofJortypes of \ic1irim303 Ninth Ave, New York, NY
lion. Allservices free and confidenlOOOlor call (212/239-1796.
tia124hot.rlm19 (212) IIJHlI97

PEOPLE WITH AIDSCOALITION(2121!i32~~(212) 532.(!i88Monday thru Friday
lllarrHlpm Meal progl1l11lS, support
groups, educa1iooa1and referral serviCl!8for PWA'sand PWAre'&

UPPER MANHATTANTASK FORCE ON •AIDS
Education,.Hodine,
Supportive
Case Management, and Volunteer Recruitment
and ReferraI.212-87D-3352

PEOPLE WITH AIDSHEALTH GROUP
Undorgl"Ollldbuy8(s club inpor1i1g
not-\'8t-approved medications andnutritional supplement8. 31 West
2l!th St 4d1 Floor (2121!i32~

WHAMI (Women', He.lth
Action And Mobilization)
A direct-action group commit. ted to demanding,securingand defending absolute reproductive freedom and quality
health care for a" women. We
meet every Wed. at 6:30 pm at
105, E 22nd St.,4th Floor.
(2121713-5988.
Mailing address: WHAM I, P,O.
Box 733, NYC 10009

PROFESSION.ALS IN, R~DEO
338 Canal Street, 8th Roor, NYC
l0013212-84S-3361
QUEER NATIONThe Lesbiand and Gay direct
action group dedicated to fighting homophobia and Gay andLesbian invisibility. Anyone cansuggest an action and shouldcome to meetings prepared toorganize and implement it QN,
Box 1524, Cooper Stetion, New
York, NY 10003. Call 212-4637208 for meeting info.

WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVECOMMUNITY CENTER (WACC),
A non'profit, Lesbian community center serving Queens,
Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Thurs night weekly discussion
grps. 8:30pm, for other activities please contact us at (516)483-2050.

SAGE:(Senior Action in a Gay
Environment)
Social SoIIIiC8~~
care,
acIMlios,&odJc:amaIseMcesugay&
loOinarirabn. ABlSll'o8sa.u18l
IuneInrd 8III"ixS & ctier f'lM's 38
WIst 13f1SlN'iClIlJ11,(2121741-2247
SETHIAN GAYS,LESBIANS AND BISEXUALSFor all of us inlllrastBd in reacling
outto each other i1exuberance tospontaneously explore and expand
upon the SetlVJane Roberts "Philosophy" as it raaltes to our lives,
persooally, sexually and politically.
CallAI {2121lm-!il04
SUNDANCE
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE
SOCIID
A non-pnofit club offuring Outdoor
activities for overy season including hiking, biking, skiing, water
activities and other outdoor activities for the Gayt1.esbian Conmlllity.
For infonnation or complimentary
NowsIe1lllr call (2121!i98-4726.
THE OUTREACHUSING
COMMUNAL HEAUNG(TOUCHI
Community volunteers providing a .
\weldy bufIotsupperfurthe
IlrocJIdo,nAIDS community. TOUCH meelS
Monday eves. 5pm to 6:30pm- at~
B~
friends Meo1i1g
House (110 Scbermerhorn St near
Boonm PlaC8~United transportatioo
may be arranged.1rto: {n81622-279I.
TOUCHwolcomes cmtributions of
flIlds, food ardvdlJ11Ders.
ULSTER COUNTYGAY AND LESBIANAWANCE
Moo1s·fist and third Monday of each
rnaJfl at 73J pm atflo lhBirl Dum
on ~fbJdil I<i1gs1m Mr~
ton. cal /'3141 6:.!hWl.

August 22, 1990

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CHELSEA

D.t's Fat Cat, 281 W. 12th St., 243-9041

Barbary Collst. 64 7th Ave..(14th St.), 675-0385
The Br~ak, 232 8th Ave. (22nd St.), 627-0072.
Chelsea Transfer, 131.8th Ave. (bet. 16th & 17th),. '~29-1183.
Eagle's Nest, 142 11th Ave (21st St.l. '6~1-8451
Private Eyes, 12 W. 21st St. (bet. 5th & ath),.20B-mO.

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.Rawhide, 212 8th Av~" (21st St.). unliSted.
.' Spi~, 120 11th Ave .• 243-9688 .
:- . .-.' ,'.
'-WEST VILLAGE

Candle Bar, 309 Amsterdam Ave,. 874-9155
Dugout, 185 Christopher St., 242-9113 (formerly . Cat's, 730 8th Ave .• 221-7559
the Ramrod)
Don't T~II Mama, 343 W. 46th St., 757-0788,
Eighty Eights, 228 W 10 St., 924-0088
Gents, 360 W 42 St. (9th Ave), 967-0659:)'s, 675 Hudson St., 242-9292.
Sally's Hideaway. 264 W. 43 St., 221-9152
Julius, 159 W. 10th St, 929-9672
Town & Countly, 9th Ave at 46th St .• 307-1503_Kelle(s, 384 West St. (at Christopher), 243-1907
Trix, 246 W. 48 St. (bet. Bdwy & 8th Avel. 664--8331
Kelly's ~lIage West, 46 BedfordSt., 929-9322
The Works, 428 Columbus Ave (at 81 st),The locker Room, 400 W. 14th St. (9th Avel.
799-7365459-4299-- Temporarily Closed.
Marie!s Crisis, 59 Grove St (7th Ave), 243-9323

The Annex (to Cellblock 28). 673 Hudson St (bet
13th & 14th), 627-1140- Temporarily Closed. SadlilOds. Christopher & West St., 741-9236

New Jimmy's, 53 Christopher, 463-0950

Sneakers, 392 West St.; 242-9830,');

Celi6lock28: 28 '9th Ave, 733-3144-re-opening
soon, call for info.
The Cubbyhole, 438 Hudson (Morton
243-9079 (Now for Men)

The Monster, 80 Grove St. (7th Ave.), 924-3558 .

Ninth Circle, 139 W. 10th St., 243-9204-'

BoOt~ &"S~ddle~ ~6 Christopher St., 9.29-9684'.

Duchess II, 70 GroveSt (7thAve.l. 242-1408!Women)St),

T\'(o Potato, 145 Christopher St., 242-9340.
Ty's, 114 Christopher.741-9641.
Uncle Charlie's, 56 Greenwich Ave.,

Crazy Nanny ~, 21 7th Avenue South, 366-6312(Women)2~8787

EASTSIDE
Bogart's, 320 E, 59th St., 688-8534
Brandy's Piano Bar, 235 E. 84th St., 650-1944
G.H. Club, 353 E. 53rd St., 223-9752
Johnny's Pub, 123 E. 47th St., 355-8714
NY Confidential, 306 E 49 St., 308-8390
Regent East. 204 E. 58th St., 355-9465
Rounds, 303 E. 53rd St.. 593-0807
South Dakota, 405 3rd Ave .• 684-8376
Star Sapphire, 400 E, 59th St., 6884710
The Townhouse, 236 E. 58th St., 754-4649
Twenty-Nine Palms, 129 lexington Ave., 686-8299/

EAST VILLAGE
The Bar, 68 2nd Ave. (at 4th St.), 674-9714
Boy Bar, 15 St. Mark's PI., 674-7959
The Pyramid, 101 Avenue A. 420-1590~idanosis:
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Tunnel Bar, 1161st Ave (7th St.). 777-9232

BROOKLYN (718)After Five Plus, 5 Front St., 852-013!JSpectrum, 802 64th St. (at 8th Ave), 745-9611
Sweet Sensations, 6322 20th St.. 435-2580

QUEENS (718)Breadstix, 113-24 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills,
236-0300.

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Hatfield's, 126-10 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens,
261-8484.
Hideaway, 87-36 Parsons Blvd., Jamaica, 657-4585•

Love Boat, 77-02 Broadway, Elmhurst, 429-8670
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August 22. 1990

Magic Touch, 73-13 37th Rd,Jackson Hgts,429-8605

NYC GAY & LESBIANANTI-VIOLENCESTATEN ISLAND
Sandcastle, 86 Mills Ave., (718) 447·9365

WESTCHESTER ~~__Playroom, 590 Nepperhan Ave" Yonkers, 965-6900

Stutz. 202 Westchester Ave, White Plains, 761-3100
LONG ISLAND-NASSAU

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. BedrOck, 121 Woodfield Rd" West Hempstead,
486-9516

r'a.PROJECT(212)
807-0497
24 Hour Hotline

Blanche, 47·2 Boundary Ave., Farmingdale,694-6906Grand Central, 210 Merrick Rd, Rockville Centre,
536-4800

PaI~,'1AOI Jerulalem4te., ~BelIrrae,7$SJl1

SiNerUrlru 175 cmny Lane, NeN t+,'de Park.li4-9641
Station House Pub, 3547 Merrick Rd, Seaford,
785-9808

LONG ISLAND-SUFFOLK(51&)

419, 419 North Highway (Rt. 27), Southampton,
283-5001
Bunkhouse, 192 N, Main St. Sayville, 567·2865
Cheny's, Bayview Walk, Cheny Grove, R, 597-6820
Club Swamp Disco/Annex Restaurant, Montauk
Hwy, Wainscott, 537-3332 .
Ice Palace, Cherry Grove Beach Club, FI, 597-6600
Kiss, 161 Farmardie Dr., Lake Ronkonkoma, 467-9273

IClub 608,608 Sunrise Hwy., W. Babylon" 661-9580
Millennium, 1770 NY Ave, Huntington, 351-1402
Starz, 836 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, 242-3857
Thunders, 894 W. JericOO Tpb!., Smithtl7Ml,864-1410

NEW JERSEY ~_Charlie's West, 536 Main St., E, Orange, 678-5002
Feather's, 77 Kinderkamack Rd., River Edge,
342-6410
Friendly's Bar, 6310 Park Ave" West New York,854-9895
Excalibur, 10th & Jefferson; Hoboken, NJ, 795-1161
Nite lite, 509 22nd St., Union City, 863-9515
Vibrations, 165 Cedar lane, Teaneck,836-5518
Yacht Club, 366 Berkshire Valley Rd., Jefferson,697-9780

August 22, 1990

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Michael Perelman 212-569-0569for
appointment to view slides.

WEST VIUAGE ACCOUNTANTS
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FOR PRIVATE PARTIES
Centerfold Stars Celebrity Dancers
M/F
Call 1-SOO-PARlY-24
OR 212-459-4140

AIIUIICIIIIISBACHELOR(mE) GRAM
21~-695-5635X569

ABSOLUTELYTHE TOP ACTS IN NYC
GOLDEN LAND CONNECTIONS,INC.
Bands, OJ's, Magic, all affairs
traditional to bizarre 683-7818_
PARTY SPACE RENTAL. GAS STATION
2nd Street- Ave B· East Village
Fro private partias (212) 873-3304,.
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LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE NOWIYou know you've always wanted to.
Here's your chance, with great
instructors&; location. Only $95, 6:2 HR classes on
W. 25th St Bet 6/7 Aves. Beg. Classes.
on Tues. or Weds. from 6-8 pm. Starts
Sapt 11, 242·1687 .

SEEKING TALENTED ARTISANS
Interested in showing their work in a
S.F. Castro area gallery showcasing
Gay &; Lesbian handcrafts, fromfurniture to greeting cards. Contact
Robert Emmons (415)861-3926, 4418
19th St., San Francisco, CA 94114

APARlllll
CIIAIIIGMUSIC STUDENT AVAILABLE TO
CLEAN
Raasonable rates. References.
RUSSELL(212)472-0919
APARTMENT CLEANING
Dependable, mature student for hire
to clean apartment and otherdomestic chores; 212-886·1857. Leave
message. Refs. avail.
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reliable and efficient
weekly/bi-monthly service available
Beven days 9·6 (212)645-9197
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Office open Monday through Friday
Cleaners available 7 days. ,212·475-2955

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Large 1 bedroom + den; 3 family big.
tree-lined street, Boerum Hill Bklyn
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718-855-6410/

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Outside PA call (800) 222·6996
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W. 16th St bet 8th/7th Ave. 13OK.
Designer, eat·in kitchen, hardwood
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1 BDRMS"Grecian Formula '80, or, My Brief Career In Porn"a new gay comedy by Fred Gormley (author of "BATS")(or two staged readings October 7 & 8.
Many roles require nudity:
STEVEN-handsome clone, early thirties. Doubles
JEFF-a porn star; great body.

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CAT-a porn star, late twenties. Blond/fair, with great definition.

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PAT-film director. Early twenties, boyish. Wired.

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GUS-'go-fer', mid' thirties. Good body; great character pare•

MATT-cameraman. Controlled, take-charge type. Late thirties ..
,CHUCK-scriptwriter. Big man (leather). Doubles as:
REG-producer. An Allan Carr type. Age indeterminate.
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MAGDA-woman, fiftyish. Assertive. Great comedic turn.
Open call. Rehearsals throughout September.
Expenses/compenSation.
. Auditions Saturday, August 18th, 2-5 PM
The Center, 208 West 13th Street.
Bring photo/resume (no prep required; script provided)
Produced by Latona Productions and Gay Performances

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3. Respond to ads 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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5. Telephone rate is 9ge per-minute ($1.99 the first)
SEND NYC AREA DIALOGUE YOUR AD NOW-o1-900-234-0IAL
GWM, 43, 5'1''', 185 bs .• looklng for love in all
the wrong places. 00 you know the rightplace?
You: 30-50 yrs. race nol important.
EXT 1081
GOOD LOOKING
GWM, very heatlhy andsale, 5'10", 132 Ibs., 27 yrs. seeks good
100kingGW
businessman,
29·37 y.O., forsomelting honest EXT 1080

4-4, 5'8", 220
Ils. bI.tr, 501<1 body, seeks GWWM lop fO be
friend and lover. You: 35-4Oyo. love to dance
and make romance. EXT 1079
NICE AND HOT ITALIAN,

VERY HANOSOME

IT'S PUBLISHED FREE! or FAX IT TO: (212) 989-9332
Any problems, call customer service 9am·5pm, M·F 1-800-747-7440(3425)SPORTER.

26, 175lbs, 6'

straight acting, clean shaven, (HIV-) no Ioverrelationship but friendsh~ possible! EXT tOn

GE.RMANAMERICAN
red/bl HIV·. WM.
prOlestant. 32, Manhalman 5'S" w/car seeks
soulmates with day job for fun + summer Iravel.
This is not a sex act EXT 1039

BLOND
HUNK·
new 10 NYC.,
prof.,
goodtooklng.
alhlelie,
well-buill,
26, 5'8",1501bs., inlelligent. fun, seelts similiar sincere
guys. EXT 1086

SENSUAL ROMANTIC GWM 6'. 130 .... 34.
brlbl seeks young clean passionale
bottompreferslighlly
over·weight
guy but nol
neces5aly. EXT 1035

HOT SEXY AND HORNY! Me: 26, 1791bs .. 6'
clean shaven, g"uncut, very handsome (photomodel) You: 20-30: great shape, muscular,

GWM AVERAGE LOOKS 53. 5'10". 130 ~,.
varied interests· seeks simi~ar who is not "into"
anything. Just a joy of life. EXT 1006

ORIENTALS/ASIANS
tal(e a chanceforfriendship and more. What you want: GWM.
40's. 5'10', 200, HIV·. altraclive,warm,
sensitive.
sincere. fun-toving.
What I want:relationship gel times with you. Call EXT 1004

VAN GOGH LOOKAUKE.
GWM 34. hung. top.
bald, shaved balls, seeks smooth/shavedbb bi-sex, Ioof(s lor good mose. bodys 18-30,

clean shaven, handsome. We: Hot safe sex,
one on one or group. EXT 1083.

ADS AREPUBLISHEDGWM,

GREEK ME! GWM, 39, 5'7",135, uncut sks hotlop. Want 10 learn FF-I french you greek- no
age race hangups. EXT 1016

DADDY WANTS BOY! GWM, 50, slim, 6'.
150lbs., stache. hairy, red-blonde,
blue-grn.
hung, uncut, seeks bottom any race, smoolh
body. EXT 1082

BIG TOUGH GUY, 39 yrs, 6'1", 290#. beard
with 'slacha, bikerllrucker
type, sks masuline
fIt·buddy who likes it kind of rough. EXT 1017

JO SESStOHS with slim GBM. 30. seeks hungguy. Race unimportant.
EXT 1063

ORIENTAL
GM, 19. 5'10", 130 Ibs, seeking
young GM"s lor serious times 18·24 straightacting young At. EXT 1062

EAGER NOVICE. 28 yo, GWM. professional,
cule 5'9-, 145 Ibs, br/gr, athletic, looking forhandsome hea~hy companion. EXT 1071

ARE YOU READY for a special relation?
GBM, 36, 5'11". 180 Ibs. seeks honest sincere
GM 10 en;oy ~fe logelher. EXT 1058

MARRIED MEN WANTED fOf safe sex by wellbuilt bi male 6'3", 195 Ibs, clean cuI anddiscreet. I am into FR.JO and rubbers.
EXT 1038'NTELlIGENTARTISTICBB 43. 5'9'. 160
muscular & de~ned into music/arts needs guy
35-50 fOf physical & mentaJpleasure. EXT 1018

SHAVING
EXPERT,
wants to fulfill yourfantasy. If you are 25-45. attractive, good buildwith a beautiful
bull. call this 6', 195 Ib,
moustache. allractive 40's guy lor a smooth
experience with aH the extras. EXT 1066

LErs
PLAY DOCTOR.
call for appt. Open
your legs while the MD examines your private
parts. EXT 1051

FF TOP 48 wanls a man wlIllIlg to spread canbe hsled and raped with dildoes. EXT 1032

FREE
GWM I"M TALL,
fora man,

l11;n'ighl~ musc. I'm klOOng;nexµerier<ed.

Reply' lrom South NJ pIe.se.

NEEDED GWM 18-25 for hoI and wild ~mes.
I'm GBM, 18, ready 10 be loved. I enjoy Ihemovies,dinner at home. EXT 1048

yr'.

SEEKS FRIENO/lOVER
WM,25
6'2"183
Ibs. gdlkg,very
romantic,
honest.
I wanlre!aliooship & gel times. friendship. Call
EXT 1049
CHROME'SCULPTURE
desperately
see+l.ing
Mark E. from W, Village days Come gel ilsoon! Pal & Ralph EXT 1047

good looking,EXT 1033
HANDSOMEWITH HAIRY CHEST GWM 30.
5'11·, 175 Ibs, musolar build, sandy BL hazel
seeks wfbh BlM for safe sleady sex.
EXT 1061

5·r.

POSITIVE ACTION, Hoi GWM. 29.
15~b.
muscular and beefy HIV+ wants cleancut pes.
dudes for mulual d!.sking & ttwrk. and alfeclion
EXT 1057

SEEKS ACTORISINGER
GWM, ProT.. 40',
Seeks
young,
aggressive
aUraC.live
actor/singer 21 10 30. for dinners. theatre. fun.
safe sex, etc. Call EXT 1022
GOOOLOOKING
SMART MAN, 22·30 wanted
for good old fashioned
sex by WM, 45.
generous.
You·6', BB, type with open mind.
EXT 1069
GWM 23, 5'10"" BL/Bl.
155 Ibs. seekscieancul GWM 21·27 relationshiporiented.
Enjoy biking and racquetbaH. EXT 1064

GWM, 35, 5~". 138 .... HIV • pooI_ HI'''+ GWM in his 30's and the creative arts to\wake up 10. cat, EXT 1001

HANDSOMELATIN"LWM.
34. 5'7". 1651bs.
likes movies dancing, seeks 26-38 forsincere
reiationsNp. EXT 1054
GREAT LOOKING GWM, 23. 6'. 160. _.
Versa life. fun sks GM 21-32 inlo music,
wild/quiet times. Good kisser a ++. EXT 1031
BUTCH BGM, 23. 160. 6'," bonom noedscbg
and lalllops
lor hOt action and good times.
EXT 1045

Age. race urirr!'ort.n!.

CUTE AND SHY GWII, 26. 16~bs. 6' br.tr
dancer from midwest sAS cute in-shape man
25-40 fOf romantic friendship and lhol timesU
EXT.lll46

endowed WM. 26. 175. 6', muscular, 9\S olher
any age or race.

THREE WAY??? Two deancut guys 20's and30's seekcute bottom
lor safefun.
Westchester·NYC& Conn ,!"ek:ome. EXT 1011

TWO. HORSE-HUNG

MEN:honestly huge endowment.
EXT 1044

one vE!f)' attr. and

GREAT LOOKING STUOENT, 25, 6'1", 180
Ibs .. sperler. big duck, clean shaven seeksslraight acting. hot sexy men 20-32y.oYouhave to be in exc. shape (BB:At)
andgoodlooking clean shaven and inlo safe sex.
EXT 1084

looking. romantic.

24 yo, Fitipino bIIvbr good_thealre, artisl sks frdntlover.
Serious rttshp. EXT 1034

HOT DOMINANT
TOP, ISO, 6' br hair blueeyes S!M 8JO 42 yo sks younger lrim slaves.
Be ready to service and please. EXT 1027

HANOSOIiE,SIIOOTH, GWM, 6'.". 2151bs.
'hol" mouth, !its lor chewing bubble butt want
10 service in shape guy 27-45 on regular bases.
EXT 1026

GM, 45. REFUSES to give up be6evIOg that
Ihere is another like-minded gay man who iswil~ng 10 stand by me. EXT 1043

MUSCULAR rTAL,AMER,
49, in good shape.
beard. curly hair. seeks slraight acting top man
lor rough day·time action.
Age or race nOI
ifTl)Orlant! EXT 1085

BACK TO BASICS GWII 39. 6'. 210 Ibs. Irish
hndsm sks WM 25-50 10 be my lover" lfiend &pal. I enjoy movies, thealer. music. & safe·sr..
EXT 1025

CHUBBY, 5'10', 2751bs., handsome and hairy
assed chasers who lIke a bIg belly and lils.
EXT 1042

FF BOTTOM,
29.5'11",160 Ibs. 30W.
fairsklOned, round bun, lakes hand or O.
EXT 1073

STUDENT

GWM, 35. 5'8". 1381bs. HIV • poet seeks H'V.. GWM in his 30's and the creative'arts
10
wake up 10. Call EXT 1001

• ALL INFORMATION WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.
AVAILABLE THROUGH TOUCHTONE PHONE ONLY • TELEPHONE RATE IS 99¢ 'PER MINUTE ($1.99 THE FIRST)• YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED BY MAIL WHEN YOUR AD WILL APPEAR
AND HOW TO RETRIEVE YOUR RESPONSES

MARR1EQ MEN WANTED for sale encounters
br male 6'3', 1951>5. clean ·cul &EXT 1038

by well-built
discreet.

MARRIED BIWM 31.155 sks wkdy AM trYSI
w/endowed
lops al your place Un-cut &Ior
haIry a reallum-on.
EXT 1012

STUDENT DELIGHT -gdlk WM 2t-28 studenls
OOshvn, gcbxty (hung) '" mind, enlertaltled
byallr WM 46. 6'1", 180, generous. EUIO-peanbusmessman
EXT 1014

1

JOCK CHASER.
WIM, 30. seeks men who~/ay baseball. loolball.
sollball.
Musl have
uniform. Hot desaeel servICe EXT 1068

INAME
DAY PHONEI)
EVE PHONE
I
IADDRESS.
APT. •CITY
STATE
LNyCARb' I)IAl()(.ur AI Slnvrs ,:-~n:,'~ 10 [UII ORf:~"CTANy':~-~PA~-:-'WfRTlS~-I

CLASSY, CHARIlING,
HANDsOME,
happy
Italian. 30. slable. sincere.
seeks styliSh.
E5.1
EXT 1072

educaled. Slable lover \mooogantj

GWM WANT CHUBBY·
Eatty 50'5. slim,
wants to meel5Upef chub over 400 I)s tor quiet
enjoyable
cuddting
and whateverelse
rje,eIOps.
EXT 11105
BODYBUILDER,
juicy, muscular ltaian seeks
BB wilt! excess 10 juice. to ~me build up.
looking for serious help only. Pump up bigl
EXT 1074
GM. 34. 5'10" 150 Ibs. sexy and masculine.
seeks man 01 color 18·28. slim. smooth. fordiring. dancing, movies and love. EXT 1075

1 -.1

HISPANIC
LOVER SOUGHT
by allracllve
GWM, 5'9', 140 Ibs, 30. athletIC. You: in·shape
10 32yrs. want fun long· lerm relallOn.ihlp
EXT 1013

SiP HAIR, HUSKY GWM. 50. 5'r. seeks
counlerpar110 35150, shale my lOY. my warmlh.
my sorrow. be my lonlOfrow EXT 1067

race 101 greek Ius>1ove salt tirites.

HOT WILD & HORNY·5'''".
155 Ibs very
attractive
Italian bottom-I'm
easy 10 like,passionate with a flair. and I have a good safe
sex attilude.
If you're an experienced top &know the difference belween fun and serious.
call me cause I just wanna have run. EXT 1023
ASIAN

HOT HANOSOME
HUNK, 6' 170 ~. ~rty BL
lTlBR TRIM, smooth, muscular,
33, seeksboyish GWM 20-28, fun safe hOi times plus.
EXT 1056

leens-23,

HOT BEAUTIFUL
BODY, hot beautiful spirit.
hot beauliful mind. GBM. 25.6', with all of theabove looking for aggressive,lIectionate
andattractive lop wo can handle Ihis package.
EXT 1055-:~~_

rx't"\"~LONGTIMECOMPAN'ON
WANTED!
Me:
GWM. 28, all american. long and curfy sandy
blondehair. 6"1". lean 175 Ibs.
You:
GRM GBM. 18·28. "homeboy
look". Us:
Movies. beach. theatre. clubs. travel·more?
EXT 1076

I

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I'M A CUTE, IOtelligenl 28 yo exec. S'Hr. 185
Ibs .. healthy. and "waspy' wilt! br eyes and thin
br half. Who's witting 10 slay dragons lor a
Manhattan
man secule In being single, bol
ready lOt a Iong·term relalionship.
I love go.ng
10 the Ihealre. Cenlral Park. Ihe gym andchurch. I"m ready 10 cqrnrtlIt How about you?
11 you get good leeling reading IhIs ad. I'd love
10 heal 110m ~ou
EXT 1078

CONTRACTORSARTHUR LOVfJOY
LICENSED ELECTRICAL CONTRAC- .
TOR
Repairs and New Installations.
Commercial and Residential.
Courteous,Professional
Service.
Available. Eves. and Weekends.
(718) 782-4735

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Painless/ M.D. supervised/ Sterile,
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By Physicians ASSIST
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718-472-2502

AFFORDABLE ELECTROLYSIS
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Kenneth Hay 226 West 4th Street
New York, NY 10014 Lower Level, By
Appointment Only.
(212) 727-1850
Certified Electrologist
Member I.G.P.E.

flNAICIAl
RNANCIAL COUNSElJNQ'
CIISIS MANAQEMEN1' .

DINTISTSQUALITY DENTISTRY AT
AffORDABLE FEES
. WE CATER TO COWARDS
Serving the gay.community. for over 10 years,
2'j] First Avenue, Suite 407 (212)473. 9002.

DISC dOCIIYS .
LETS PARTYI
America's

Greatest OJ entertainment. 718-261-2920-

MICHAEL TURmO. A professional Disc. Jockey for
private parities/clubs~.

Specializing in hi-energy/morning
mu~ic, Continuous music tapes alsoavailable, .212-679-9073

Concerned about your c .. h flow. lifeand health Insurance. credit manage-'ment, employee benefits, Income tax.
eatate and peraoncare planning, precl8ath Ilfe-lnaurallC8 aettlementa? We're
expeJ1enced In HIV dIae_ co_ling.
Call for free conaultatlon

MidtownNYC,& fee eatIm ....

.(212) 697-2580

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fiTNESSPERSONAL TRAINER
Own gym. Beginners welcome.
CARLOS(212) 243-04<13

GET INTO SHAPE
Have your own private trainer guide
you through a program of exercise
designed specifically for you in a
private fully equipped Nautilus gym .
Call Michael Wright ..
(212) 633-9706 (Certified)

NUTRITIONAL MEDICINESTEVE BELT, M.D.
Fm. Med.
W. Ora.nge, NJ(201) 731-1535

HOT FOOT MASSAGE
By very hdsm, friendly, & masc WM.
FREE FOR BIG FEET
Call WILL (212)675-7352

82 OU~EEK

August 22,1990

PERSONAL TRAINERStrength, Endurance, Aexibility,
And/Or Sport SpecificTraining
JULIE (212) 734-7511~e~'What if you could eat'E AllN G
AWARENESSTRAINING

whatfter you want,whenever you wantand still keep yournatural sh8pe?
Call Roes Jac:obl(212) 929-0681

fIR SAll
BLACK GAY VIDEOS
14. new videos (full-length, boxed,cream of the crop), 6 mags (mintcond) $130 John: (212) 982-(J318

ANTIQUE PIP~ ORGAN
C. 1875-8 Rank tracker, one manualand pedal. Restored to mint condition. Ideal for loft apt or island
house. The ultimate in refinement
and elegance. 29,300- Call Paul or
Keith 518-272.:5741

fR11 SIRVICISPLACE YOUR FREE PERSONAL AD
to reach 1000's of men every week on
540-0IJTI. To place your freepersonal ad call 212-321-9022or
516-597-9027.

GRIIPS. MORMONS
Support 'group for Lesbian/Gay LOSAFFIRMATIONPO Box 46022
Los Angeles, C.A 90046(213)255~7251•...lM.V 1£5J1IW5MAK£IA~/D8S,'".. :.AU q.4Y H6V \IJNIT 'HEX:
Says vvho???

aStreetnn .1
for the~uS .
NIN'IH STREIIT CENTER. INC.
319 East Ninth street:
NYC 10003
211/22&-5153•

SRIIPIHIIP I~IN..!L!!.!TID=----··~ONGOING HIV+ GROUP
Caring gay male support group seeks
additional members who havecompleted the Body Positive
seminars. We have a positive attitude
and share our feelings. We meet on
Thursdays in Manhattan at 7:30 PM(no fee or charge). Please send a
brief note expressing your interest
along with a phone number and thebest time to contact you. Discretionand confidentiality assured.
Contact Richard, Box 23H
496A Hudson Street NY, NY 10014

SRIIP IIISISIMEN'S MASSAGE GROUP
Get together with a group of men to
give and receive massages. Taught
by Terry Weisser, Licellsed Masseur
and teacher at the Swedish Institute.
Sundays, 7-10pm, $20.00,
call (212) 463-9152.

HIIR CIRI"

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION &PR'EVENTION
Responsible for planning, organizing,
directing, and evaluating iI comprehensive AIDS education, 'prevention,and outreach program for a boroughwide, community-based organi~ation.
SKILLS REQUIRED: l)public speaking
and KABB experience 2)supervisory·experience.3)knowledge
9f AIDS4)sensitivity to ethnic and .sexual
minorities 5)bilinguaf a plus 6)Own car
preferred. QUALlFIC~T10NS: Master's
degree in health .education preferred---, Bac~elor's degre'e requir.ed.
TO APPLY: Send. COver letter, resume
and salary requirements to: .
. ACQC97-45 QUEENS BOULEVARD. ' SUITEl220
REGO PARK, NY 11374
ACQe is an equal opportunity'. employer ..

HIIP WIITIDDIRECTOR/COUNSEUNGSERVICES

Requires .CA licensed mental healthpro.; licensed psychologist Strong
managerial skills including expo
managing budget of $200K+. Salaryneg. + benefits. Selld resume to The
Gay & Lesbian Community .Services
Center, Deputy Director, 1213
Highland Avenue,LA, CA9OO38-1292

DIREctOR

YOUTH SERVICES

Dev./maintain programs for lesbians/
gay/non-gay youth for emergency
services, life stabilization, AIDS
educatioli & ·supportive, services.
. Req. MA in 'SociaIWork, admin.,psych;' or rei. field. Min. 3 'yts. expo inadmin., supervisorial & budget of .
$5OOK+ mngmt $33-36K + benefits.
~end resume to The. G.ay & .LesbianServrces Center, Deputy Director
1213 N. Highland Avenue, LA, CA
90038-1 ~92, .
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HrV CUNICDIRECTOR/N,lIRSE
MANAGERHIV exp & strong .supetvi,sorial & .
t. 'HAIR & MAKEUP BY JOE
Cutting, coloring, stylingmassage, nails, and facials.
(212) 979-9746

HIIP WIITID·COUNSELOR(S)(Psychiatric Social. Worker or
Psychologist) 3 days a week. Provide
crisis intervention, counseling, andreferral to HIV infected individuaJs,
their collaterals and the worried well.
Evening or day shifts available.
SKILLS REQUIRED: l)counseling and/orsocial work experience 2)knowledgeof AIDS 3)sensitive to ethnic andsexual minorities 4)bilingual helpful.
QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree
in social work required, MSW or
Ph.D. a plus, and excellent
communication skills. TO APPLY:
Send cover letter,resume and salary requirements to:
ACQC
97-45 QUEENS BLVD.
. SUITE 1220
REGO PARK, NY 11384
ACQC is an equal opportunity
employer.

SECRETARY'
Community Research Initiative islooking for a fUll-time secretary.
Skills must include typing 60-80
wpm, computer skills, and experience dealing with pllones. PWA's,
women and people of color are
encouraged to apply, CRUs an
equal opportunity employer.
Send resume to: ~inPaImer.
CRJ/Secretary
31 Wat26th Stroet
New YorI<City, NY 10010

RESEARCH ASSISTANT
for major AIDS organization. Telephone contact with top scientists,
Good oral communications skills
necessary, Familiarity with databases
and word-processing systems
essential. Please send resume andcovet letter with salary requirements.
to Joseph Gui
mento, Box 2015, New York, NY·10016

GAY COMMUNITY NEWS
Display Advertising Coordinator
Available September
Obtain display ads & develop
strategies for increasing' advertisil1g
sales. Manage monthly & periodic
billing, Eveluate & update ad rates &sales materials. Qualification: strongorganizational, communication &record keeping skills. Previous sales& marketing expo helpful. Salary $215/
wk plus benefits, Deadline: Aug. 17th.
Resumes: GCN, 62 Berkeley St
BOSlO,l, MA 02116 Attn:Hiring.

adniin skills needed, Manage staff of
15 at early intervention clinic, $4OK+,
neg. Send resume to The Gay &Lesbian Community Services Center,
Executive Director, 1213· N. Highland
Ave., LA, CA 90038-1292

EXECUTIVE DIREcToR .
. Seeking individual with St\:ong
background in' management" '.
development, finance, public .
relations to lead dynamic gay andlesbian community service agency.
Horizons, a United Way member, is aleader in support services for gay
and lesbian adults and you
tho Also operates state of Illinois
AIDS hotline. Salary commensuratewith expo Send' resume: Search
Comm. Horizons Community
Services, 3225 N. Sheffield, Chicago,
IL 60657. EOE/M/F

INDEPENDENT SALES REP
Sell advertorial.segments
on NY/LI/
Westchester prime time cable T.V.
show. Musy have own phone/faxl
home-blised office & love phonesales. Seven years .on the air, provenpitch. Commission only - 8% off the
top (avg, sale $3500 to $5500,) I
provide script - you provide savvy ..
Easily make $35,000+. Full time only.
Call Judith - 212-684-7210. P.S. This isreal. Only call if seri,ous.

August 22, 1990 OUTTWEEK

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...of every kind

BERNARD GRANVILLE(212) 580-9724

llGAl SERVICESKENNETH A. SOMMER
Attorney at law
Real Estate transactions;
Coop/condo closings;
business organizations;wills &. estates.
, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
350 FIFTHAVENUENEW YORK, NEW YORK 10118 .
212-967-5383~'.ISSIGUICIISID.

RUSSIAN MASSAGE
Back in town. Totally complete, fullbody, sensual and relaxing. West
96th Street By JOSEPH (212)2224868
Uc. No. 02550

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EXPERT LEGIT MASSAGE
Exp'd w/professional Dancers&. serious Athletes
BRIAN (212) 868-2797
Uc. 1003720.,

STRONG, KNOWING HANDSWill give a relaxing, legitimate
Swedish style oil massage. Clean,safe and pleasant surroundings. Callnoon to midnight, 7 days, Daniel 212673-7633..

. _ WANTASUBSCRIPTION?
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1-BOO-OUTWEEK

Yli:MEDICAL FORM
Y HELPERS, INC.
Stop losing money. We
will file your medical
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receive the maximum
insurance refund thatyou are entitled to.
Call now for a FREE
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(212) 576-1858
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WOMAN AND VAN
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August 22, 1990

IDSIC
IISTRUCTIOIPIANO INSTRUCTION
Irs NEVERTOO LATEI All levels
taught by patient, experienced
professional. Beginners welcome.
Convenient West End Avenue
location,
Reasonable rates.
(212) 799-3747(Messages enswered promptly.)

OFFICE'SPACE

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TIRED OF HOMOPHOBIC MOVERS?
Try Brownstone Brothers instead .
Professional and Reliable.
Serving the Gay Community 15
years. Sensitive, fun people who get
the job done right with no bullshit
Ucensed DOT 10166.Insured.
Reasonable storage rates,
Pianos-Art-Antiques
Packing. Moving Supplies. 426 E91
Call 289-1511.
Mention OUTWEEKfor Special
Discount Free Estimates.

PRIVATE OmCES
22nd St/6th Ave.
Completely private offices and suites
avail. in Flatiron Dist. architect
designed bldg. Secure 24 hr access.
Receptionist, conf rm, xerox, fax,
blueprinting. From $750/mo. No lee.
1ST MO FREE.Call Michelle
212-242-2233.
PSYCHOTHERAPY OmCES FOR
RENTFurnished offices with shared waiting
room in se.cure Chelsea building. Call
Michael for rates, 206-0045

PHOIE SERVICESAIDS & VD
1-900-646-HELP
Recorded Information
concerning symptoms
and treatments for AIDS
and other sexuallytransmitted diseases.
$2.00 first minute,$1.00 each additional.

PHOIOGRAPHYCUSTOM VIDEOSAct out your fantasies in front of mycamera. I'll give you great close ups.
Anything goes, You KEEP the tape.
Discretion assured. Send to 380
Biee~er St New York, NY 10014.

W. GUY PHOTOGRAPHY

RIAIISIAIIGR VILLAGf./CHELSEAWANT OUTDOOR SPACE?
Very special corner loft on best teensblock. Open city views, plus anincredible 900SF private decked roof.
High ceilings/dramatic.
A must seel
Asking $420K
925-6700 Chris

Headshots/Bodyshots/Portfolio/
212-567-5402

PHYSICIAIS
CHP - COMMUNITY HEALTH
PROJECT
208 W. 13 Street, New York, NY
10011, fo r info call (212) 675-3559.

ANAL WARTS. RSSURES,HEMORRHOIDS
treated in minutes with lasers. callfor a free consultation. Laser
Medical Asso c., Jeffrey Lavigne
M.D" call 1-800-MD.- TUSCH.

RIAIISIAIIGREATER ORlANDO AREAKIETH ALLEN
REALTORCOLDWELL BANKERRESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATEOFRCE:(407) 648-9040
HOME: (401) 422-8482
FORT LAUDERDALE
Specializing in lUXUry waterfront.
residences
Commercial Properties
Jay Graham and Dale Campell
Intercoastal Realty(305) 467-1448

PALM SPRINGS/CAT CITY PALM
DESERT'Experience the 90's in sizzling Palm
Springs, by those who know it bestl* Homes * Condos * Resort
PropertiesDON OR ROGER
RE/MAX REALTORS(619) 346-0500 Outside CA(800)346-7060

LAGUNA BEACHIDANA POINT
I can help you visit, relocate, etc.
Experienced and knowledgeable,
DOUG MIDDLEBROOK, Broker(714) 493"0467

GREENWICH VILLAGEVIEWS TO DIE FORI
Far corner 800SF lBR on hi FL in fullservice bid. Totally mint-just renov,
New big windowed kit, reamed
ceilings. Perfect walls + fls, S&W
Exp. Asking $279K
925-6700 Chris

ON THE MOVELet Pride Connection Realtors. thenational network of qualified Gay andlesbian real estate agents assist you
in either selling or purchasing a home.
Call today ..,FREE REFERRALS.
(800) HOT-RELO(800) 468-7356
Pride Connection Inc.
22 South Avenue
Fanwood, NJ 07023
Broker owned.

EAST VlUAGE

NO fEETHE 60' LIVETHE FACTORY
Studios$6oo-$775
1 BRS,.$800-$l100
2 BRS, $1000-$1400
LOWER EAST REDEVELOPMENT, INC
212-777-8040

GR/VIUAGE-CHRISTOPHER

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Large 1 BR 17X 12; LR 33Xl2. Elk river
views, south & west expos. Postwar
elev bldg. Laundry & garage. $159K/
Mt $504/65% TO, Exclusive JUSTIS,
INC
807-7700

CHARLES STREET
Village steal! light filled small 4RM
apt. 3 exposures, 6th fir. of ViII walkup. Great loc on historic tree-lined st$155K Mt $280 Call OWNER for appt
212-741-3858

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GREENWICH VILLAGE

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NATIONWIDE GAY REALTOR
Referral. Relocating? Purchasing?
Selling? Free referral to Gay realtor
any USA city. GLOBAL REFERRALS,
Established 1977
TOLL FREE 1-800-346-5592(Free Realtor membershipsl)

SARASOTA
Residential Specialist
Donald Geikie
Coldwell Banker
Residential Realty, Inc.
(813) 365-1212 (813) 924-8780

MOVING TO DAllAS?

CALL USI

Residential, Commercial
And Investment Properties
Evans/Harris Realtors
4710 Lemmon Avenue
214-526-~216/1-800-848-2044

G/VILL

MORTON II BARROWWE'VE GOTYOURNUMBERS
1 BR/KlTE FR$95,700
1 BRS FR$113,OOO
2 BRS FR$l56;600
90% LOW INTERESTFINANC'G
LOW MAINTENANCE,THESE HANDSOMELY RENOVATEDAPTSWNERY FINEST KITCHEN APPLNCS,DAZZL'G BATHS W/PEDESTAL SINKS,
INCLUDES PRIV LANDSCAPED COURTYARDS, TRANQUIL VILt NEIGHBORHOOD
NEAR ALL TRANSPORTATION, COME ON. DOWN & SEE IT
ALL FORYOURSELFI-.
CALL FORAPPOINTMENT
727-3200
SALES OFFICELOCATEDAT
65 MORTON STREETSPONSOR: Z,H. CONTROLCO,
OFFERINGBY PROSPECTUSONLYPRICESSUBJECT TO CHANGE

TAKE YOUR PICKILANDMARK VILLAGE CO-OPSSTUDIOS:•.

As is from ....$53.000
Rano'd from ...$77,000
GREAT LOCATIONI
lo Mt & 90% Bank Fncg Aval.
Time Equities, Inc. 206-6044
Offering By Prospectus Only-·
Broker Participation Welcome.

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ARTIST SPACE
WelHit Tribeca studios $250~
mo.
Some with sinks available. No living. _.

Call ~12)226-6700,

LONG BEACH. CA CONDOLive near beach in gay area Orily$125,0001 2 bedrooms/2 baths,
gym, pool, sauna, jacuzzi.
No down or low down.
213-595-7570 .or 213-634-1388'..A....J~.

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AN IDEAL COMMUNITY FOR OUR
LIFESTYLE.

Let my knowledge,. experienceand caring service work for you
PRUDENTIAL flORIDA REALTY
813-366-8070/813-351-0333
1-800-766-1610
officeresidence
toll free

CENTRAL FLORIDA: ORlANDO
Unique Homes And· Investments, Inc.
Paul R. Ricci, realtor
relocation specialist
investment counselor~here to serve our community"...for our lifestyle I
home office: (407) 774-5961
office: (407) 425-9982

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Residential * land
Nationwide Referrals(702)871-9500(702)870-5778

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For your real estate needs inparadisecall
Bob(R) or Don(RA) •Pross~r Realty, Inc.
808-822-3282
FAX 808-822-9086. SAN FRANCISCO APARTMENT
Euro-Unk (reg. trademark signl
CastroGarden· cottage studios 'All amenities. Quiet.
Private. Walk to everything.
$550 per week VISNMC/AMEX
Ray & Tom. 415-861-3220
fax 415-626-2633.

Residential, Commercial or Investment properties? 1031 Exchanges?
.
Reloca~ions?
I CAN HELP YOUI
Bill Barry
Lutz Snyder Realtors .
7417 SW Beaverton Hwy.
Portland, Oregon 97225
W:(503)29H521
H:(503)245-4220

LAGUNAlSO.ORANGE

COUNTYMy specialty.
Donald Arcoli.
, Coldwell Banker ..
(714)494-0215 (714)240-2035

WANTA
SUBSCRIPTION?
CAll'1-81JO-OUTWtEK.

CHELSEASOMETHING DIFFERENT
1 bedroom/expansive garden views/
unique,quiet brownstbne/P1lrguet
flrs.!unusual brick wall & WBF /butcher block pine kitchen/track
lighting pine trim throughout /laundryroom/many extras maint. $470/asking$188,000. Call 675-4451 Eves orweekends.

PHOENIX'.Residential Real Estate
David Atkins.I
Blue Ribbon Realty'(H){602)21HH1479 (0)(602)263-9696':. HATE· BROKERS?
At last there~s an understanding,qualified real estate professional
who:will help you buy or sell your
Manhattan ~o-op or co.ndo.lhave
1000's of apartments and 1000's pf .
. customers.
Please call Phillip {212)308-0870. Le"ve Message.

WEST" PAlM BEACH. (Palm Beach County)
TOM DAVIS AND
STEVE

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KmELLE(0)(407)832-4663(0)(407)832-4663(H)(407)833-0142(H)(407)586-8686
Coldwell Banker. Residential Real Estate,t;"J,~' ;~;~.
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for details.
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729 North. Fairfax. West Hollywood,
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M/F .PERFORMERSPHOTOS (212) 662-1995~ERA~METES&~BOUNDSREALTY
FROM. CABINS TO CAS1LES AT

HANDY MANNO ,JOB TOO 'SMALL
Carpentry. Plumbing Air Conditioning
Painting etc, Call Ron (718) 786-7166.THE FOOT OF THE CATSKILLS!
(.

JOHN F. SCHIESSL
Licensed Salesperson
Office: 914/687-0232.
RD. 2 BOl( h Stoneridge, NY 1~484

SERviNG THE WEST VILLAGE
Studios to lofts + coops to condos; 6th
to the river, 14th to Houston, dedicated to matching qualified buyers
with motivate.d sellersl Contact Larry
Cavendish 924-9316. THE SILVERMANGROUP 212-260-3900.

DISTINCTIVE DECO APARTMENTS
Fully renovated apartments in the art
deco district of Miami Beach. Perfectfull time- residences or the best inaffordable. second homes, .
VINTAGE P,ROPERTIES, 1601
Jefferson Avenue, Miami Beach, FL
33139.
(305) 534-1424.

SIIIIR SHARISRRE ISlAND PINES
Room and share accommodations ingreat house with ocean view and
Jacuui. One block from dock.
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(516) 597-6767 or (718) 424-3951. RRE ISlAND PINES
Room or bed in contemporary cedar
and glass F.1. Pines house withfabulous hot tub, Availabla day,week, or holiday. Short-tel)1l share. okay, 516-597-6162 .

IHIRAPIED TEJIRlAN, PH.D.
Psychotherapist
Experienced, Understanding,Affordable
No consultation fee. West Side.
.
(212) $66-8169

PARASOL PSYCHOLOGY GROUPJames Harrison, Ph.D, Director
Gay Affirmative, Individual,.Group, C!luple Therapy
Ins.uance accepted
123 West 44th St., #.(3L-A(212) 354-6840; 580-4826

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Total guide Gay-Mexico
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Gay Clinical Psychologist
West Village Locat!onIndiv., Couple, Long, Short-Term
All Insurances, N.Y.S. lic.
For appointment call:. (714) 780-1689.
SAN· FRANCISCo ROMANCEThe Atherton Hotel. San Francisco's
friendliest place to stay. Fun bar,restaurant Weakend brunch.
Charming rooms. Just $59 single or
double including Continental
breakfast 1-800-227-3608
RUSSIAN RIVERHIGHLAND DEU INN
BED AND BREAKFAST
Restored 1906 Victorian Inn On theRiver'
Near Sonoma Coast and Wineries.
Ten Bedrooms, Master Suite withsunken tub.
Pool, 1V Room, Gym.

(800)767-1759(707)865-1759. PSYCHOTHERAPYFor alllel!bian/Gay
issuesincluding spiritualdifficulites of growth718-627-5839:David Lindsey Grifrm~
C.S.W., C.A.C •.Gay Affirmative Therapy• Individuals I Couples
Alcoholism and Substance Abuse••• ACOA and CODA Jssues
Career and Professional Blocks

HIV POSITIVE

Fees based on the ability to pay

andLiscensedl Insurance Reimbursabie•

Sexual Compulsion(212) 582-1881

DEPRESSED"'eellng blue, down. hopele .. ?
-Loa, 01 aleap, eppelit. or Inlereal,?
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coping. Concanlrlling?
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can UI al Cornall Unlv Medicil Cenler.

1\1(212) 746~3921/DENTI1Y POSITIVE'pSYCHOTHERAPY
Licensed, Experienced
Therapist
offers Empathic Approach to
Resolv.e Problems Related to:-Male Intimacy -Depression-Anxiety and Stress -SeH Esteem. -Career and Creative Blocks..,r•• 'iz. yourpot.nti.".
Indiv.idual, Group and Couples
Insurance,Reimbursable

DR.STEVEN.CAPSON-PSYCHOLOGIST
Short-Term Stress Reduction
Biofeedback-Relax. TrainingPsychotherapy-couple
counseling.
Moderate fees-Insur. Reimb.
Vill~geOfficll.
_ (~12)Z69-:8.29!LCompetent& Comps.. ions.
".,chothe,spi,t .
. Stewart M. Craolt, ACSW
Individual,Couple,

Group Therapy* FEAR OF IN11MACY* AIDS ANXim* DEPRESSION* ACOA ISSUES* COMING OUT

New Men's Therapy Croup Forming*

Experienced
licensed. Insurance Reimbursable

0f6as: GreeRwich Village 212/645-0646
reeneclr. New Jersey 201/836-4206'r"

Walter J~Alvarez, CSW
Bosrd Certified diplomst

Rev. Don Becker D. Min., M.S.W.
Sliding fees
Mn/Bx Offices(212)933-2786

INDIVIDUALS-.,COUPLES
s.ansitive and supportive therapy
to help you enhance your self
and your intimate relationships .
15 years experience helping Gay
men become more fully themselves
Call David Rickey 2.12/242-2983
VICTORIA SOUWODA MSW, CSW.lesbian..Feminislesvchoth.er!!pi§~f!lr.
the lesbian, Gay and Bisexual
Community Supportive/Ethical!
Professional Approach licensed(2121353-2407
THERAPY FOR GAY COUPLES
Has love become'stressful and confusing?
Warm, supportive psychologist~/
loverswith 8 and 12 years' therapeutic
experience will help you discover yourdeepest feelings and mutually creative
energies. Our innovative approach
includes role playing, visualizations
and dream analysis. West Village
location.
John-Thomas Alexander, Ph, D.
Michael Rosenberg, M.A.>.M.Ed.

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Soho/Villaga location
212/941,9830

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New York. NY 10!1Z3(Z1ZI7 ... M3Z'•.

Non~Profit lesbian/Gay
Psychotherapy Center
Sliding Scale Fees

(212) 255-2813.

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THE WILLOWSSupportive Gay
Therapist................................
Michael A. Pantaleo CSW-CAC
l':!dlvldual,Couple/Group Therapy.Alcohollsm & Substance Abuse.ACOA & Co-dependency Issues.Posltlve Gay Male Identity·Relatlonshlps·AIDS·Anxlety.Depresslon.Experlenced ·Llcensed.Insurance Reimbursable
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212-691-2312

Bed & Breakfast Inn
The warmth & comfort of a European
Country Inn with breakfast in bed.
Telephones. Moderate rates. 1st classservice.
YOUR HAVEN WITHIN THE CASTRO
415-431-4770

THANKSGIVINGin
RIO
November 16-23, 1990
ALL GAY GROUP
From $1079 ppdo plus taxes
Call: TRAVELCRAFTERS
1-800-456-8030

THE NOlAN HOUSECOMPASSIONATE,CARING THERAPIST
Supportive individual & couple
therapy by institute-trained
licensed psychoth~rapist
Help. with relationships, gay identity,
dealing with your family, and lifein the age of AIDS. Sliding fees.
NY and NJ offices:'(212) 769-8796 (201) 567-2445.
ARI FRIDKIS, C.S.w.

TRAVllHOTEL RIVERVIEWIN GREENWICH VILlAGE-Recapture San Francisco
Elegance & Hospitalityw
Antiques-Featherbeds-Sundeck
Rates for two include:
Full breakfast;
Wine; Cordials;
Parking .
Convenient to: Castro, Haight
Ashbury,
Golden Gate Park
800-SF-NOLAN
Let Us Serve You Weill

PROVINCETO\VN

Historic Country Inn.
Serene wooded setting .
. Vermont/New Hampshire boarder,.
RD 1, Box 127
Barnet, VT 05821(802) 633-4047

NEW YORK CRY
Deluxe bed and breakfast
A great getaway for lovers.
No smoking.
" 212-213-1484

COUNTRY BED 81 BREAKFAST
Enjoy M&M's CQuntry House in theCatskills (only 9Omin. NYC)! Swim,.golf, hike or relaxon 22 acres. S!lites\
with hearty breakfastl.. (212) 496-6486 or (914) 434-2716

Hill HOUSE B&B'Comfortable * Relaxing * Romantic...very conveniently located...reasonably· priced.
2504 -Aw Streel..San Diego, CA 92102(619) 239-4738

88 OUT~EEK

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Summer ...

New Drleans
Halloween, Christmas/New
Years, Mardi Gras, Football,
Decadence week & much more
AVAILABLE fully furnd Condo in
French Quarter, sle~ps 4, pool,for info & Brochure:
PO Box 2102, New City, NY 10956
or call 914/353-0535

GAY COUNTRY INN
with 19 lovely rooms, 100 scenic
acres, pool, hot tub, peace & privacy.
We're your perfect vacation choicel
All summer sports & gorgeous fallcolors, Highlands Inn. Box 11801<.
Bethlehem, NH 03574 (603) 869-3978,
Grace & Judi, Innkeepers.

NEWVORKAn Historic Greenwich Village tnn
All rooms with private baths
Most with lireplaces and kitchenettes
all airconditioned$85·$100
Now available two bedroom
luxuiy suites $1401$160~

3i

Near cafes, clubs & discos. Ample
parking. Clean, comfortable rooms
with color tvs/radio. Starting at$39.70 per day
Also sm. single. wkly $99.38 + tax
113 Ja!"e comer West St. 929-0060

INWOOD MANOR

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We will place you in your choice of" Guest Houses "Hotels/Motels"Cottages"Condos/Houses
For a Great Start to a
Wonderful Holiday, Call Toll Free
(800) 67P-TOWN·We also provide free airport pick·up
IN TOWN RESERVATIONS
P.O. Box614

Provincetown, MA 02657(508) 487-1883."0.5

NO Extra For TraVel TimeNO Extra For Box Delivery
YES Local & Long Distance
YES Pianos, Artwork, Antiques(212) 447-5555(718) 251-5151
Serving the Gay Community

INCENTRAVILLAGE HOUSE
32 EIGHTH AVE., NEW YORK, NY 10014
2121206·0007
Now in Key West:

ANDREW'S IN CENTRA
3051294·7730~~"~

A lucked away inn and enchanting garden
villa in the heart of Old Town.

KEVWESTCATSKILL MOUNTAINS
Stonewall Acres, 90 min, to NY,
rooms & cottages, pool, 13 acres, Box 556 Rock Hill, NY 12775,(914)791-9474.

COUNTRY COUSINS BED &BREAKFAST, VERMONT1824 Greek Revival House, music
room, with Cathedral ceilings,
Runford fireplace, outdoor hot tub. A
truly traditional B&B. Weekly andwkday speCials. Contact Rt 1D Box
212 Shaftsbury, VT 05262 or call
802-375-6985.

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TiliflKEY WEST - REDiSCoVER A MAN"SRESORT.
Island House 1129 Reming Street,
Key West, FL 33040,
for info call 800-526-3559 .

REWARD YOURSELF. ..
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Sauth Padre'oland, TX 785117
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YOUR VIDEO FANTASY
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You name itl
No job too small, or TOO strangel
Pro-Male or Female crew.
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Amex accept Call OZMAN INC,
212-620-3832 Low 5th Ave. location.

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Eve's Garden, an elegant
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eve's.garden@
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w. 57th SI. Suite 1406, NY 10019 212-757-8651

BOUTIQUE HOUIIS: MON.-sAl
NOON-{):30 P.M.
OR SEND $2 FOR OUR MAIL-ORDER CATAlOGUE.

STUDIO BY ROMAMODELS NEEDED for nude modeling.
To be used in top rated magazines.
Call ROBERTO at (212) 989-7709

CASH PAID
FOR YOUR CDs LPs TAPES VIDS
Top $ For Good Jazz Blues; etc.
Call CHRIS WILSON ANYTIME(212) 475-7979
PROMPT PICKUP AVAILABLE
New'y Henoll.ted

Blownstone• All Rooll1l Have Wuhlng Faclllti.... Sllata
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Colonial House Inn:'iiil"d'19:ii'j"ii:i~.'••

REMEMBER THE MINESHAm
I'm doing research for a book on the
Mineshaft. Anyone with information(memories and memorabilia) about
their experiences at and opinions on,
the old days at the Mineshaft, pleasecall Walter at 337-1224, or 569-3202 for
an interview.

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If you have sex with other men, no matter how infrequently,
always use latex condoms.
.
Because once is all it takes to transmit the AIDS virus.
So protect yourself ... and your partner. For more informatiort;· call:

AIDS Hotline 718 485-8111.

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BODYRUB RELEASE
Serious pro-nude w/oil Swede, .
Accupressure, Reflexology, Trager,
very sensual, fluid, deep tissue
massage by hand~ome young expert.
Lower East Side, $55 in, oUt negotiable,
Call John (212)475-6550.
HOT TORSO
Athletic bodywork from boyish 1!iO#
5'9' 27 yo with very muscular build anda nice tan line. Clean cut and friendly.
Also available with Damon.
Noon to 4 am.
CHRIS (212) 496-6710
MORE TIME TO RElAX
1 1/2hr. Swedish rubdown by goodlooking guy. Deep and relaxing.
Reasonable.
In-$50/0ut-$75.
Couples: same-time same price:
Marc (212)864-0091.•
ATHLETIC MASSEUR
Handsome, ,Clean Cut Into Wrestling
and Sensuous Situations JOHN
(212) 741-3282
A TOUCH OF .ClASS- By an African Trinidadian Masseur
256ft. 2ins.. 180lbs.
Safe Honest Clean Goodlooking
De'ep Exotic Caribbean Massage
For Your Mind, Body and Soul
In Or Out Day Or Night
Emmanuel(718)284-9622

IIIIIGEIIIIAGEMIDWESTERN BOY
5'10', 150# 19 y-o college studentwith beautiful body and cute face
i!vailable f or bodywork. Veryfriendly. Call for in/ out appts. 10am4am any day. Also availa ble with
Chris.
Damon (212) 496-6710

SUPERIOR MASSAGE & BODYWORKI• Hot body model gives great
massagel• Trained masseur releases youraches & pains I• Swedish, reflexology and sensuous
styles available.
Take your pick-or try us bothl
Body Model: 581-0378
Trained Masseur: 581-0378

DISCREET MASSAGE
Massage for the discreet male.
Early or late. ERIC 924-2253
TREAT YOURSELFIOlder sweet man with great hands
seeks clients for nude nonsexual
vigorous Swed ish/Esalen massage.
$45 an hour. CA cert ified. Gary 212228-2243, Serious onlyl
DANCER'S TOUCH
Bodyrub in briefs
Sensual.Beyond
Imagination,
212-691-7934
DISCRETION ASSURED
Cute, athletic 22yr.old Latinprovides full, erotic
Bodyrub Discount for
repeats SAF~ FUNI
Digital Beeper: 625-0201
Or leave message at 969-8730
TERRY-OUT ONLY
IN THE FLESH
Smooth bodstrong build
classic features
will give complete rubdown
Call between 12 arid 7
Charles 581-3179
SUPER MASSAGE
trained masseur gives full-bodylegitimate massage, with optional
release at end. All ages welcome.
ReI< 212-366-0761.

,.1_ -ALL MUSCLE MASSEUR.B,iti.h~ Film SttI,.
5'8- f1012Bwf:4c f~ Bodybuilder
Gordon Royce M.... g.. from $UJO
. p.ger' 212-5118-5316 ,nter ph. #BODYWORK,
Midtown Eastside Location
Frank (21,2)371-6385

90 OU~EEK

August 22,1990$40 PLEASURE
Hot & sexy blond 6'3' 28 w 8 lIZ' will
give great massage & morel Out
call $50 & up. Treat yourself todayl,Call 212-677-4705
RAY
SENSUOUS TOUCH
Strong, Safe Bodywork(skip a line) Handsome Italian(212)721-6718

HALLANUSN Certified/Sensual
212-518-4844
24 HOURS
HANDSOME MALE
BODYBUILDER
No one likes to compromise, especially when it comes to the last of thebast masculine men around, The
sculpted, tanned, muscular aesthetics
that you've searched for in a man, canbe yours in the comfort of my luxury
condo or your location. I'll give you athorough hot towel, full body rubdownwith a release. Strong or sensuous
touch. I'm 5'8' ht, 170 Ibs. All in an
attractive Italian package. Clean,discreet, privacy well assured. Airconditioned. Starts $100 for a 35 I"(lin.
session. $175 and up for the hour.
CALL ME, TONY, AT
212-677-7656
7 DAYS 9:30 AM-ll:30 PM
For the discerning gentleman, there
can be.only one route to the voyeur in
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DO YOU DREAM
OF LOVING IN
THE 'BREEZE,
the warmth of a
. body deep in thenight, some one
who longs to holdyou tight, until themornin light. Do
you long to go
deep into theriver that flows,
like a hot andmighty river intoan 9(:ean of gold.
So if you feel that
this is you thenthis is what I want
to do. Womyn ofcolor preferred.
Send photo/note
to Outweek Box
3030
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PETITE FELINE
seeks scratching
post to work out
anirT\al passions
purrfectlycompatible w/talldark lesbian w/
car. Outweek Box
3029
UPPEFt WESTSlOE MOM
39, seeksanother for,mostly daytime
qrilOia, I train 'in
karate, freelance
as a singer/
percussionist,and cook wholefoods, Captivatedby Jewish ritual, I
bring a critic:;almind to it'spractice. Still withsame man 20
years I hope foras much with
you,P.O. Box20327, New York,NY 10025~1512.
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ARE YOU A
KIND-HEARTEDLADY WHO
MATCHES THE, GIVENS?
A GW Femm"age 30-40, fullbust 36 and up
please. Slim toslightly "chunky'

94 OUTTWEEK

August 22, 1990

OK, Short hr.
Non-career typeor part-timeworker OK. Veryloving, warm,
mature, honest,
mild manneredand spoken.
Available? Values
the home, life andsimplicity? Pleasegracious lady
send a letter andphone # to:Sandy. A wonderfully mature, mild,soft-spoken
person awaits
r,0u. Absolutely no
i's or butches.
Qutweek Box
3007
FUNNY, WinY,
REFINED
33 yr. old wishes
to meet same
except older andwiser, (40-55 yrs.
old) who loves
books movies,
tenderness, and awoman who canmake her laugh.
Your body must
be drug free, but
your personality
I'm hoping, isthoroughly
intoxicating. Photo& letter to P.O.
Box 115 South
Orange, NJ 07079
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HAVE YOURDATE AND EAT
IT TOO!
GWF 25 tall but
not too tall, sweet
but not sappy,
and sexy, too ,.
sexy, yesl Let's
make a date for
Cappuccino
heavy on thewhipped cream,
sensual talk andsweet bliss, My
astrological chart
is free and easy
with lots of need
for water signs
Cancers andAquarians. Photo/
letter/phone'please, Our date

will be a sweetnight, but you
have to write.
Outweek Box
2973
GYRATING
EUROTRASH
in search of AIIAmerican girl to
stuff my mouthwith pink gooey
Sno-Balls andsticky Goo-Goo
Clusters .. Let's
stack Necco
Wafers on yournipples and soakourselves in a tub
full of Strawberry
Nehi. I lose
control justdreaming of thethings we could
do with Count
Chocula and
Nestle's Quik.
Remember: an
orifice without apreservativeladen snack is 'alonely little holeindeed. Outweek
Box 2972
AFTER IMEET
YOU,
k.d. will be only
. the 2nd sexiest
woman in theworld to mel I
sure do go forthat NEO-BUTCH
cool, exceptional
brains, clever- .
ness, and asingular personality and point ofview. Artistic
optional. Me?'Arts professional,
slim, younglooking 30ish,
exceedingly
attractive with
Vogue meets
Gap look.
Something likethe crossbetween two
Hepburns (in their
heyday). Ambitious/ accomplished. Fun!
Take a chance;
you won't bee .

disappointed,
Swap photos.
Outweek Box
2938
GWF 30+ SEEKS
GWF 30+I am at home incorporate andartistic milieus. I
enjoy horror, SciFi, and foreign
films. I also like tomake homemovies. I enjoy
foreign travel andlove Mexican
food. I also like
Depeche Modeand Erasure, etc.
Tell me what you
like. Send note/phone/photo/
video to Outweek
Box 2919

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I ENJOY BEING
A GIRL
Androgynous
GWF 24 shy at' first, sensitivealways, 5'6., slim,
cute, athletic.
Loves cycling,hiking, mountainbiking,running, music,
laughter and Mets
games, Intimidated by the bar
scene (but loves
to dance I) Seeks
GF friends for fun
times and/or a w
arm, affectionate
athletic GF forsomethingspecial. Enjoy
being outdoorsy
as well as ahomebody? Let's
do it togetherl
Send letter/photo
to Outweek Box
2909
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CALLING ALL. GIRLS
After ending two
year relationshipit sunk in: all thedykes I know
have moved out
of NY. Seek
similar GF's tohang around w',

swap "she done
me wrong"
stories, etc.
Really looking
for friends but
who knows
when lightening
will strike? I'm
GWF 30's,
work in advertising, Can bemoody & sarcastic, but also
funny, intelligent& fairly charming. LIKES: myguitar, cats,"Just Say Julie"
on MTV, Converse high tops,
kissproof
lipstick, writing
being too clever
for one's own
good. DISLIKES: thebutch/femme
mentality,
mimes, the bar
scene, drugs,
the word "chic:
Outweek Box
2904
SIT DOWN At;lD
RELAX
and pay close
attention here, I
am 25 years old,
5'5., brown hair,hazel eyes
white, butseasonallytanned skin, andlooking for awoman who ispassionate
about herself &about who she
is with:'1 am very
athletic, sincere
and excitedabout life &about meeting asexy woman toshare meaningful experiences
with, PH/PH .
Outweek Box
2901
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GWF 29 5'4"
SHORT
BROWN HAIR
Deep voicelive in Brklyn,

just out of a 4 yr.
relationship. I
enjoy dining out,
talking ov~r
cocktails,
watching the Mets
and spendingtime with my dog.
Hope you are an
anima lover. I liketo keep mylifestyle private.
Want the sameage between 2835. Friendships
welcomerelationsh~possible.
end
photo and letter,& phone #.
Butches need not
apply Outweek
Box 2897
I'VE WAITEDLONG ENOUGHTO WRIJ'E THISAD
Every lesbian inthis city is alreadyinvolved so I
figure why nottake this 0rportunity to fulfil a
fantasy of mine.
Why not advertisefor a COUPLE?I
It's kinda racy I
know a little
nutsy, but l'tTl into
it. So, the stats:
1'm 23, GWF,
good body (hell, I
enjoy itl), drkbrown hair &eyes, genuine
smile; I love tolaugh & bring out
the nut in shy
women and get
into a frenzy withlike-witted folks. I
say what I mean
& appreciate theI

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there is too muchto write-23
year's worth of life
is not easilyslashed down to a
2-3 inch personals ad ...anyway, if
this has caught
your eye & you
feel as adventurous as I do, send
a fun photo &telling letter
about yourselves.
Perhaps mutual
earthly delights
can be met. I've
taken the firststep, now irs yourturn. Clean funno drugs. Pref.
nonsmokers ..
Don't hesitate ...
Outweek Box
2894
WOMAN
of moderatefrequency seeks
woman ofmOderate-to-highvibrationalfrequency to .
collaberate andlearn and.play
together. Photo!
letter. Outweek
Box 2893
5'11" GWF,
BLONDE WIGREEN EYES
Ivy-ed. writerwants to dosummer concerts,
clubs, beach, etc.
w/a babe. You:
Butch/Femi
whatever-w/style& humor, ok w!mein Doc Martens or
Peau De Soie
Pumps. I used to

be a model now
1'm an aspiringbody-builde'r, andI still have wardrobe from both
periods. I write
sci-fi horror,
pseudo-philosophy while listel1ing
to Etheridge,
Shreikback,Allman Bros. Be
tolerant and teachme somethiny<
Fun friend O. .
Love-of-my-life
better. Outweek .
Box 2888
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QUIETLYQUESTING
GWF, early 20's,
olive complexion,
shaved hair, ingood shapelooking to meetsimilar-mindedsouls to shareenergy transfersthat lift both our
karmas toeffervescent
Oohmms. You'll
feel as though
your soul has
drunk a Fresca;
then you'll beltchwith absolutedelight. By theway, my pussy
smells so sweetl
Truly a spiritualexperience of,Joy. You know
those cute little
Hari Krishna haircuts? The ones
where the only
patch of hair is
braided in theback of theirskulls. Thafs
how my pussy
hairs are. Just aInice little holy
patch of hair bywhich the gods liftbOU to heavenly
liss. Lefs get
together and tune
our yoni's. If
you're not into myreligious virtues(largely a blend of
Hindu Kama
Sutra and Hari
Krishna quiteadvanced don't
you think?) thenperhaps you'll be
IntO my little
cottage in Cherry
Grove. I share itwith 215 otherlike-minded girls.
Hourly sharesavailable.
There's somewicked dyke
action going onout on Fire Island.
We're out to takeover The Pines.
Get those bignelly bottoms outof therelill Wildpussy action,fierce, wild pussy.
Outweek Box
2863
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SINGLE GWF, 25
YRS., 6FT,
androgynous,
very attractive
real, ambitious,
honest, gainfully
employed,interested in a
nonaddictive
friendshipl
relationship withan older, preferebly Jewish, sexy,voluptuous
woman who
enjoys wearing
high heels, andI

passionate
weekends In theHamptons; Pleaseno substanceabusers, bis, orsmokers. Clear
minded emotion-'ally stable women
who enjoy and are
passionate aboutlife need reply. All
replies responded
to. Photo & note
please. I'd love tosweep you off
your feet. I'm atrue romantic.
Outweek Box
2812
SENSUOUSTOMBOY 30
YRS,
seeks lesbian 2535 to date. SevenSisters' educated.
I no longer drink!
smoke. Outweek
Box 2805
YOUNG; FINE
D.YKE,
unabashedly seXY,
seeks sugarMama. 25y.o.
GWF tired ofgames andpumping up egos.
Looking for a fun
pal to take. me out& show me a greattime without theneed for chemicals. You: woman
in 30's, very muchin touch with yoursensuality in good
shape & like towork OUt, very
comfortable withyourself, notlooking forsomeone!
something to fill a
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August22,1990

vQid-just wantto enhance eachother. I'm waiting
to hear frOm you.
PHIPH to:Outweek Box
2746
VERY CUTE
GWF WANTS
MORE DATESthat was DATES- not relatlon-'ships. I am 5'6"
125# hair In thegrowth stage
and CUTE
CUTE CUTE I
Enough about
me ...YOU YOU
YOU ... unlnhlblted, any color,any size, we'll
have a g,.~attime exploringeach other.
Send a photoand letter thatshow your tru
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2520
ONCE UPON A
TIMEan attractive
27yr old ~IackI",..."."...... iii
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laying In bed ~hethrew a party forherself. Believe
it or not. th8celebration cOn:' te'tinues. Want tocome? RSVP
with photo.
Outweek Box
2514

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GWM, Progressive, humanist,
activist, seeks
other aware man'for tovill9 '.
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. relationship. 1'm .

edit()r/writer seekssolid sexy 5elfaware guy whoappreciates thingsand people.
Object: mafri. mony. Outweek
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is, Lefs meet for
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155 Ibs b(/br.
aV!ilrage iooks,
enjoys arts,
theatre, natureplants. .Frienfship/
relationship .. POB
1248 ·Union, New.
. Jersey 07083-:
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25 y.o. chunky. GWM, 6'2"" 280#.br/br, hairy, big
top to bottom.
Somewhat inexperienced but
open to it all. 1'm
NY-bred prof. &I

9998
LOOKING FOR.
,A LAWYER
I can bring home
to Mom. GJM, 34
5'10' 150 dark br/eyes smart, funny
goodlooking

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ALLEY
GWM, 38,195, .
5'W'"BRlBR
French active &passive Greek
passive will giveit to you the way
you like it. You
should be Gfeek
active, smooth &Irg endowment
preferred, but will .
consider others.
Safe sex only.
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GWM, 21, 6'1",
180, bVgr. Recent,Ivy grad, boynext-door type.
Sensitive,
concerned,
aetivism-oriented,
loves movies &music: Needs
friends, .wantss aboYfriend (blond/·tall a plus). Send
photo/phone to.O!J\week Box

3054
HANSEL' AND. " ClRETEt .
GWM,38; 195#, I
will be Hansel
an9. y~u arewicke 'witch. Tell .
the story the 'way
you would write it
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20053; NYC
10011-9993
CORRECT BUT'
LUSTFUL
Tall striking
blor!dman; 26,seeks tall, hunky
man 0' color tofight social
Injustice andgive Into bestial
desires. Objective- undomestlcated &artnership.
utweekBox 3009
I LIKE BEAUTY

foocf, reason,; talk, grace, art,pride, flesh,mystery,
compassion,
Irony, humility,
fashion,strength,
SOlitude, abject
Iov.; pa88lon- .
ately serious
writer, 35,
1would seeka similarly

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personable,energetlc,
talented, classlcally good, 'loving,brilliant, lovable
man with original
style and compelling vision forgeneral partner.
Photo and letter
to Box 28 Prince
Street Station, NY'
10012
ME: CHUBBY
GWM
Babyfaced 37,.5'5", 200, BrlBr,
cln. shv., hairychest, u/c. You 45
or under, mascuIIne, well-bullt,
any race (Asians,·South Asians·a+) hot body,hotter mlndl Us:
SAFE, sweaty
f,:d
times
maybe fantasy
wrestling?) In my
midtown ~dayor night. P to or
deSCription to: TJ,
Box 112, Executive Suite, 330 W.

42nd St., NYC
10()36.
ROCK AND. ROLLGWM 24 5'11"
140 Lbs. longbrown hair.
Genuinely
2°odlooking
ashion designer
Into horror,
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between 21-30 w& likes to betreated well. Send
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r good times,
companionship &hopefully permanent monogamous reI. Anyarea. Would relocate. Detailed
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10116-4650.
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Looking forfriendshipthrough lette,rs, tohelp in a lonely
place in a lonely
life, from gay men
and women.
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I2851
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and not just forsex or money, but
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mature for myage. Daniel c/o
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2837
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yoga, nature, 3rdwrld culture, longsessions of hot,creative, invigorating cathartic,
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20053, NYC
10011-9993
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42nd St., NYC
10036.
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GWM 24 5'11140 Lbs. longbrown hair.
Genuinely. good looking,
fashion designer
into horror,
reptiles, Roxy on
Sat. Seeks GM(20-30) masculine,· creative
caring w/similarinterests good
looks and body.'
Long hair a ,plUS,, photo a must.
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2979
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Thafs what I am.
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world 6'2", 145,
dark hair, mous'l
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Want monog. relationship withexceptionally thin'gentle GWM.
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NYC 10150
MASCULINE
WGM 45 YO
Athletic andoutgoing seeks abeautiful hunk
who Is hung and~B type. You: 6'
or over, masc.
and intelligent
between 21-30 w& likes to betreated well.
Send detailed de'sCriptions + a
photo where yourbody is shown.
Phone # a must.
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Box 1128
Hoboken, NJ
07030
PVER 55?,
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tall; trim, hairy,
non-smoker, nonpromiscuous,
warm, loyal,stable, crazy
about older men,seeks affectionate, romantic &unattachedgentleman 55+
for good times,
companion~hip &hopefully perma~
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photo appreciated. OccupantBox 591, 208
Ea~t 51st St.,New York, NY
10022.
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FRIENDS SAY I
LIVE ACHARMED LIFE
Willing to drop myslipper for theright prince.
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to LT Suite 453,
486A Hudson St.,
NY NY 10014
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posedly egalitarian hOUSing
hearing volunteers skilled In statements force gay andthe use of sign language, We lesbian couples to "prove"· are pUbllc-health profession- their commitment,
whileals, social workers, sign-lanassuming that straight couguage Interpreters, counplas with a marriage license
selors and persons active In were automatically entitledthe deafcommunlty, We are to benefits, Because of thiswell-attuned to the needs of we lobbied the administrathe deaf community, bothtion to formulate a policy
gay and straight,
which required all family
DAP services are open
members to provide evito all Deaf PWAs and Deaf
dence of Joint-checking
PlNAtcs In New York Qty, We accounts, previous Joint resiencourage all your readersdency, length of relationship,
to make this resource known or monogamy, If It seemed
to aiwone In need of help,
ludicrous to require such an
These serVices and public
Investigation of married hetpresentationscanbeerosexuals we argued, thenaccessed by calling (212) It was dlscrlmlnatory to Insist645-7470 or (212) 807-6655 that our relationships meetvoice, We look forward toanyone else's definition ofhearlng from readers soon, se~ousness,
Thank you,
As a result of our efforts
Gregory Serrano and the concem of admln~
PR& Outreachtrators who listened to our
Deaf AIDS Projectcomplaints, NYU Law School
Manhaffan
now has what we think Is themost radical housing policy
sti/m und Dorm .
In the country, All applicants
An "Out Take" article
for family housing must sign
headlined "Arst Gay Couple
an affidavit attesting thatIn Columbia Married Dorm"they consider their housing(no, 57, Aug, \1) Incorr~ct.ly
partner to be a member of
noted that "In New YM<City, their family, Period, A marthe.only other school thatriage certificate does notallows gay couples to apply
grant any special p~vllege,
for married student hOUSingIs and each person has a ~ghtUnion Theological Seminary:'
to decide for herself what
Last April, OutWeek andconstitutes a committed
other lesbian/gay publicarelationship or a family,
tions, as well as some of the
In the effort to secure
New York straight press, were equal rlghts for leSbians andnotified that there was a gay men, It Is Important f9r
new family housing policy at all of us to be aware of what
NYU law School whiCh was we already have accomequally open to lesbian andplished and what stili needs
gay families, unmarried het- doing, A failure to notice a
erosexual families and mar- major alteration In the conried -straight families, This ception of 0\.1 rlghts, althoughannouncement was virtually It affects only a few people,· Ignored by both gay andmakes It that much more difstraight rriedlQ at the time,
ficult. to achieve such vlctoThe -Lesbian and Gay~es on a broader scale, arid
Student Union .of NYU LGSU so harms us all,spel'lt over a year working'
KrIs Franklin· 'wlth NYU administrators' to
LGSUCo-Coordlnator
repface the old married-stu- .
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August 22, 1990

Safer Sex Guidelines

were the national and alocal Boston hotline,
The New York City Gay
and Lesbian Anti-Violence 11
Project offers free counselingand referral services to survivors of domestic violence,
Call the 24-hour hotline at(212) 807-0197,
Robert Vazquez'Coordlnator ofCommunity Education
Manhattan
2.

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USE A CONDOM WHEN RJCKlNG.
Avoidoil-basedlubricantssuchas
baby oil, Vaseline,Criscoetc., asthey
cancausecondomsto break,Instead
usewater-basedlubeslike KY. The
older a condom,the lessreliable,sofind condomswhosemanufacturers'
datesare lessthanthree monthsold.
USE A CONDOM DURING ORAL
SEX. If you don't, avoidplacingthe
headof your partner'scockin yourmouth.HIV-infectedcumor precum
canenteryourbloodstreamthroughcuts,tears or ulcersin yourmouth.

3.

USE DeNTAL DAMS DURING
ORAL-VAGINAL SEX. HIVis present
in someamountsin vaginalsecretions,urine,menstrualblood,andinfectionrelatedvaginaldischarge.

4.

NEVER SHARE WORKS. This
includesnlledles,syringes,droppers,
spoons,cottonsor cookers.If you mustreuseworks,cleanthem after each
usewith bleach,or in an emergency
with rubbingalcoholor vodka,bydrawingthe solutioninto the needle
three times andthen drawingcleanwater into the needlethreetimes:

5.

AVOID FlSnNG, IUMMING, DR
SHARING UNCLEANED SEX TOYS.

&.

AVOID POPPERS.

7.

AVOID EXCESSIVE ALCHOHOL OR
DRUG USE. Manypeopleare unable
to maintainsafersexpracticesaftergetting high,8.

DON'T HESITATE TO: Fuckwith acondom,haveoral sexwith a condom,
Playwith, but don't spare,cleansex
toys,vibratorsanddildoes.Enjoymassage,hugging,masturbation(alone,.
with a partneror in a group),androleplaying.,
Remember, sex is good, and gay
sex is great Do,,'t avoid sex, iust
avoid the virus. Learn to eroticize
safer sex and you can protect
others, remain safe and have fun.

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aOSSIPWATCH from pe•• 5'member of ACT UP/New York who
had closely followed Alonso's experiments with hyperthermia
since thereports first began trickling in, Alonsodisappeared after news broke that oneof his patients had died, Reportedly,
Mexican authorities were hot on his
trail for practicing medicine in thatcountry without a Mexican license,"According to my sources, theword was out that the military waslooking for him, and he just checkedout of his hotel and fled," Phillips told

its short fonnat recently, But what aboutmajor feature stories? WHAT ABOUT
THE COVER? And, even more subtly,
what about those stories which areabout queers (of which there has beenat least a half-dozen featured in New
York's pages
over the last few
weeks-fromopera queens to interior
decorators), but where either we are nottold that the subjects are gay or we'retold that they are queers but we're notgiven the name?
Just last week, in New Yorlis "IntelliOUtweek,
gencer" column, we learned about ACT
Furthermore Phillips continued,
UP's battle with Judge Marcy Kahan,Alonso repeatedly denied that a patient
who allegedly refuses to try the activists
under his treatment had died follOwing
arrested inside St. Patrick's Olthedral, It
the hyperthermia procedure,
is believed that her reasons for excusing
In fact, the confusing trail of Alonherself from doing her duty are that she
sO's deeds leads all the way back to. is a lesbian and that she does not agree
Atlanta Hospital, where he and Logan
with ACT UP's tactics, The column gives
fust performed hyperthermia on a PWA
us a lot of information about why ACT
in February, In early June, the Atlanta
UP thinks that this is wrong, about how
Journal and Constttution' reported that
there are so few openly gay and lesbian
the Atlanta Hospital faced the ilnrni~· judges, about how Black judges don't
nent revocation of its license, andremove themselves from cases involving
although a spokesperson for the hospiBlack defendants etc, But there's one
tal denied it, one source said that thething we're not given: THE JUDGE'S
hospital had faced questioning from
NAME!Why? Weil, the column has it thatthe state board of licensing over Alonshe declined to comment on the ACT UP
so and Logan's hyperthermia protocol
debacle. Perhaps New York wanted toand had decided to disallow any furhear it directly from her that she is openther experimentation with the procely lesbian even though everyone at thedure. It was at that point that Alonso
DAis office can tell you that this woman
apparently decided t01ll0ve his hyperis very out as a dyke, New Yo" certainly
thermia practice to Mexico City,
never hesitates to' mention the names of
But even the reasons for his choice ciheterosexuals involved in news stories
relocation sfte are not entirely dear: Alcnso
who have no comment about what istold Phillips that he was setting up shop iri
being. said about them, My god, I can
Mexia:> Oty at tbe invitation of the Mexican
think of a hundred different scenarios in. govemme:ot, but he told his former partner,
which New Yo" Viciously attacked pe0Logan, that he was going to Mexico tople for some of the most heinous crimes,
work with private surgeons who wereand even though the person had nointerested in hyperthennia as a treatment. comment, the magazine still reported
for AIDS, According to Logan, the twoit-and Printed their names, Being a lesphysicians parted ways when "Dr, Alonsobian isn't even a crime! ED, WHY DO
informed me that he had his own agenda,
YOU 1REAT rr'1HAT WAYAND TIffiN
and he was going on on his own"
PUT IT IN A CLASS OF CRIMES SO
Ironk:ally,at' this point, with Alonso
HORRIBLE mAT IT WARRANTS NOT
missing in action, it is Logan who is
USING mE PERSON'S NAME-SOMEatt.eIqJting to orBanize an authai~din1HING YOU DON'T EVEN po FOR 1liEiall trial d the blood-heating procedure, "I MOSf SERIOUSOF CRIMEs!'
am hopeful that we have opened a door toPerhaps, Ed, you should take a look
do some work in this area, and it is ~at the Village Voice, Last weeki Guy Trevery exciting to me that we have found a bay did a piece on Queer Nation in
way to work with this," Logan, who has
which he reports: '"{Among the group's
had little previous experience with AIDS,
actions were} an 'outing' that amended<Iiscb;ed, ''It's an exciting project, and Iam
GAP bus-kiosk ads of k.d. lang'by
going to work with th:lt if I can." Tchanging the P to a Y. ... A group of
ten Queer Nation members showed up
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to greet Greg Louganis' on a visit to
Macy's, 'We heard he was in town doinga promoti9n,' said Laura Morrison, the23-year-old lesbian who helped organize
the effort, 'And there was discussion.
about whether we should go out him:'
The group mounted Louganis' picture on
Wheaties boxes and invaded the store ...
. !Another woman Said,] 'We were justthere as members of the gay and lesbiancommunity to say we would love tohave you as an out gay member,'"
I would say that Trebay's is accurate,honest and good reporting of theinstances, How can one report something
without actually reponing it? I supposethat in New York, the aforementioned
celebrities would have been called "theboyish-looking female country-and-western singer" or the "the one-time male
Olympic diving star," How silly.' How
stupid. How HOMOPHOBIC. Ed Kosner,
don't you see how your entire approach~o any gay issue will always come from ahomophobic position, no matter how you
treat those issues simply because you
refuse to print the names of those
involved I thereby saying that .labelingsomeone gay is an insult? Stop listening tothe opinions of your self-hating gay whitemale friends and writers and editors, who
sit in their ivory towers I shaking as they
frantically protect their empires. You
know them-tbey're the ones who continually tell 'you that I am some sort of-madman, You see, they are in the'minority, and they're running around likescared rats now, afraid of losing the few
crumbs they've obtained, THEY ARENO DIFFERENT FROM JEWS WHO
COLLABORATEDWITH mE NAZIS,You have two choices Ed, The firstis to listen to the voices of the many.
These are the voices of millions
screaming with rage for liberation, for aworld in which they are treated equally, This choice will not win you irnrnediate praise in your social circles but
will, in the long run, get you lots oflove from lots of people-andmakeyou popular when the new, enltgbtened age comes (and you know it
always comes around again).
Your other choice is to go with those
self-hating freaks, But I can assure youthat little by little their names are becoming mud. Oh, it'll take a while-asita.lways does--but before you know it,
they'll be ripped down and replaCed.Joining them at t,his point is like boarding aship of fooJs-....headedstraight to hell. T
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