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Victory, for now, at Thirteen

GABRIEL.ROTELLOANDREW MILLER
SARAH PEnlT
VICTORIA STARR
NINA REYESMARIA C. PEREZMICHElANGELO SIGNORILE'~, "A '?fld'of history was made irl New X~rk.last week. Having
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS,~~eir demands satisfied: a coali~Oh of act!.vistsvoted t~end theAIDs, PAUL RYKOfi: COLEMAN; POETRY, DAVID TRINIDAD;
lesbian and gay pledge boycott of Channel Thirt ' rim..... In so
USnNGS, DALE PECKc{oii}s, they marked a milestone in queer empowerment arid a gay -'CONTRIBUTING REPORTERS •.
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tip~launclied the boycott Wlth a sunp~~, ~cdemand: a weekly'.- -.
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GRAPHIC ARnSll;' ,But, boycott was written all over the announcement. And surPAUL V. LEONE.
p'risingly, the,stati~n went eVen further, ,a,ilhpuncing development
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of a national gay and lesbian dramattcseries as well; something
Justine Barda, Robert CampbeU, ~n
INTERNSa~ivists had not presumed to demand .. Given that, ,pl~ a visibly
Conner, Patricia Lohr, Sara Simmons~cr6sedqueer pr~sen~e iIi regular pro~~(~e~'!b~ J:1cN.et1~··',:'PUBLISHERSTEVEN POLAKOFF .
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u,nd~ such favorable circumstances we can be just as successful calIi1}goff a boycott as we were in calling one in the first place.'
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My letter is in response toa letter by Polly Thistlethwaitein the March 13 [no. 89] issue.
If Ms. Thistlethwaite had
bothered to contact the H.W. Wilson Company, she would havefound that the company does not
do the journal selection. Inelusionin the periodiCal indexes is basedon librarians' choices.
Periodically, each index
undergoes a survey. A list ofjoumals to be included or deleted is sent to all of the index's
subscribers. (The subscribers
are all libraries.) Based on the
results of the survey, journals
are added or removed.
One of the criteria thatlibrarians use is whether the journal is currently received by theirlibrary. If they don't get it, they
have no interest in whether it isindexed or not. So, if your readers want to get the Wilson Company to index gay and lesbianjournals, then they must first getthem into their local libraries.
By the way, Social Sciences Index does index the
Journal of Homosexuality. A
quick search of their databaseindicates over 500 references togays and lesbians.
I am sure that the H. W.
Wilson wo.uld be happy to provide indexing to any periodicalthat its subscribers want. Thatis their function. Next time,
Ms. Thistlethwaite should get
her facts straight before she
accuses the wrong party ofhomophobia.
Trina E. King
Indexes/Research
Manhattan
TOILET TROUBLE
I see the need for gay men
and women not to discriminate

against one another, but, let's
face it, men sometimes want justthe company of men, andwomen sometimes just the company of women. I think this isespecially true for women, since(and I'm not trying to rnan-bash)
we have to deal with patronizing,
sexist men every day of ourlives. I am •not bothered by .men•••other women-only clubs thatexist have limited nights (usually
only one night a week). Compare
this to the many bars men havearound the city. But, I have been
seeing more and more men at
Nanny's, and I can't help but
wonder why they ca.n't just let us
have the one place we have to
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that this man reads this letterand figures out who he isbecause I was pissed. The nexttime you use a women's bathroom in a women's bar, out ofcourtesy, have the decency to
put the toilet seat back downl '.

•SAFE SPACE,

What right does a gay man•. have iii pushing lesbians to theback of the bus? I am talking
HON£~ I.UNAr rHI.$
about gay men wanting to[invade]-andinvading- woFL.YFR! CAr FPIJ/J t~l!f;J'
men-orily spaces whether
they.
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are bars, clubs, festivals or
flOIl i- ~R,f/)E 'IY£rT()~ T!I,fT:rretreats ..Last ilighton' Out in ,the
8RA2UIAH 610/.'#. PAl I.AhP'90s, a program heavily spori-,TN"!.
IS (l~-IREP .I r
. sored and advertised by GMHC,
there was a segment about'men
aiRN/VI /)#VN
being welcomed at Crazy
Nanny's. Even the owner/propd~___ ....;....~ . ?J,4f
etor, ~iz, was made to feel like ari'NIElS".'-#
ogre for not letting gay men in".
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She had to defend her position-))
to gays and lesbians, so she
agreed to be open toal! gay men
and lesbians. Now, what is tostop hetero men from coming inand verbally assaulting andharaSSing us in our own space?
Nothing. I was not aware thatlesbians are welcomed at gay
men's clubs and bars. Are they?
A few of my friends all relate tostories of the extremely hostile
feelings they receive from you
all the time, but sometimes I just sexist, chauvinistic, world (I dare gay men when they'd stop by·for
don't want to see them. And I anyone to deny it is like that) and a drink or were hanging out with
their gay male friends.
can understand men who feel jUst be with other women. 'About GMHC: .Recently, a
the same way about women.
. However, I have never seen
When I'm in one of those a woman berate a man for being demo at GMHC, protesting theirwomen-oriented
moods, it iii a women's bar. On the other lack of health-care programs forannoys me to see men in a hand, I've heard stories of women and lesbians with AIDS;
women's bar. Mind you, it an- women being stared and verbal- was a horror. Someone atnoys me as much as it does ly abused out of men's bars ..
GMHC, who decided that DAM,
I had the pleasure of going the dyke protesters, were a joke,
because we only have one bar in
into the bathroom after a man in threw down condoms and denNew York that is open daily,
which is Crazy Nanny's. The few Nanny's orie night, and I hope tal dams as a joke to the group.

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them out of a window. Now, am
I supposed to accept this meager handout treatment fromgays, while tuming my back andwelcoming with open arms gay
men into women-only spaces?
I don't think sol First, gay men
need to get their shit together.
All this talk of unity from them,while they stab us in the back,won't work. Try again.
Shelly Mantnose
Manhattan
LOSS OF FAITH

As you reported in issue no.
95 [April 24], the protest outside
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund's, or LLDEF, Miss
Saigon benefit was non-violent.
People were physically beaten by
the police, and six were randomlyarrested. We hold LLDEF responsible for the arrests and thepOlice's violent behavior.
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According to Tom Stoddard,. LLDEF executive director, in issue
no. 96 [May 1], "We called thepolice to prevent violence." We
were not surprised that LLDEF
called the police because in his
letter to the ticket-holders on
March 12, Stoddard wrote, "Beassured that we will do all we canto make your evening enjoyable
and safe." He misleadingly portrayed our coalition as criminal,
prone to violence and in need ofpolice control.
In issue no. 95, Ruth Herring, deputy director of LLDEF,
states that Lambda did not "characterize who would be there" andthat "it is not appropriate to link
us with the police's behavior."
This disavowal is woefully inadequate. We believe that LLDEF's
history of defending lesbian andgay groups from police brutality
shows that LLDEF should have
had a high index of suspicion
that the protesters might havebeen subject to police violence.
We also believe that LLDEF's
offer to defend the six arrested
people is particularly gratuitousand offensive.
Calling the police clearlyshows that Stoddard does notinclude Asian and PacificIslanders, as well as other peopleof color and our supporters, in
his vision of the lesbian and gay
community. It destroys our faithin an organization that is supposed to defend the rights of all
lesbians and gay men. We call on
LLDEF to accept responsibility
for calling the police and question the credibility of Stoddard as
the executive director of LLDEF.
Lance McCready
Manolo Guzma
Bert Hunter
Bill Bums
Mi/young Cho
Gene Nakajima, MD
June Chan
Tsuh Yang Chen
John Chin
Jaewhan Lee. Howard Rubin, MD
Joe Pressley
BROAD BASE

As somebody who has been
involved with Lambda Legal
Defense Fund in a variety ofcapacities for more than ten
years, I am saddened by the current controversy over Miss
Saigon. I understand the bitterness of those who havedenounced Lambda's selection ofthis show for a fund-raising benefit ~nd the decision to continue
when confronted with protests.
Those who disagree with lambda on this have every right tovoice their views. But they crossthe line of fair comment when
they criticize other aspects of theorganization's activities on thebasis of misinformation.
The lead letter in the May 1
issue of OutWeek describes
Lambda as a "white male-dominated organization." This is aridiculous description. Lambda's
national board of directors has
been co-sexual from its .inception, with male and female cochairs at all times and an equal
number of positions on the board
reserved for men and women.
The Lambda board has included
people of color for most of its
history. Prior to the institution of
the national board, Lambda's•

president was Margot Karle, aleading lesbian-fE\minist attomey.
Lambda's first staff attomey
and, subsequently, the first legal
director, Abby Rubenfield, and its
current legal director, Paula Ettelbrick, are nationally prominentlesbian attomeys, and for the past
five years the legal director of
Lambda has been the person
vested with authority to decide
which cases to take on behaH of
the organization. The other fulltime staff attomeys now at lambda include two women, one ofwhom is African-American, andtwo men.
The Deputy Director responsible for administration of lambda's two offices is a woman, as
was the recently resigned education director. Lambda recently
hired an African- American man
as its new associate director for
development
Any objective review of thelist of cases Lambda is currently
handling will note that womenand people of color are prominent
among Lambda's clients (including Lambda's AIDS cases)., In
addition to purely "gay rights"
issues, Lambda has joined withother civil rights organizations tofile briefs in the Supreme Court incases conceming women's reproductive rights and the rights ofpeople of color under federal civilrights laws and racially exclusionary policies of gay doanceclubs.
Lambda is currently involved in
an important lawsuit demandingthat the CDC expand its definitionof AIDS to reflect the problems
HIV-infected women experience.'
Of course, Lambda could bedoing more in all of these areas,
but the community's level of financial support places real limits
on the ability of the organization
to handle more cases than it isalready doing.
Criticism of Lambda's fundraising activities should not be
confused with criticism of Lambda's hiring policies or its legal
agenda. To state that Lambda
has a "current reputation for
upholding a white heterosexual
male view of the world" on thebasis of this one incident is an
unfair description of the organization.
Arthur S. Leonard
Manhattan
CHIROPRACT ATTACK
It was difficult to determine whether John Connolly's
letter in issue no. 92 [April 3J
under the heading of "BackAche" was a tirade against chiropractics or a tirade against
OutWeek. One thing, however,was clear: Mr. Connolly does
not understand chiropractics.
His assertion that chiropractors are not "real doctors"
is unfounded. Chiropractors arelicensed as primary health-care
physicians in all 50 states. In
addition to two years of premed education, chiropractors
undergo four years of graduate
studies which closely parallel
those of the medical profession
and are required to pas's aseries of state and nationalboard-licensing examinations.
Mr. Connolly insinuates that
Chiropractors are self-serving
and "covering their own asses"
by taking X-rays. The truth of thematter is that, like other physicians, chiropractors take X-rays,
when indicated, in order to properly diagnose a patient's problem. An example of their value isclearly illustrated by a recent
case in which a colleague of minediagnosed a spinal-cord tumor ina young track athlete. Failure to
use X-rays would have prevented
a timely and accurate diagnosis
and placed the patient at risk forparalysis as the tumor enlarged.
Paradoxically, people like Mr.
Connolly who criticize chiropractic X-rays would be the first to
cast blame if X-rays had not beentaken and the diagnosis missed.
The writer continues toassert that Chiropractic adjustments are no different from popping one's own back with yoga.
Nothing could be further from thetruth. Chiropractors use theirexpertise in selecting the location. and manner in which the spine isadjusted; a well-executed chiro-practic adjustment can have profound benefits for the muscular,
skeletal and nervous systems.
That is why ever-increasing numbers of Olympic and professional
athletes choose chiropractic overyoga to enhance their performances. The San Francisco Balletis comprised of some of theworld's finest and most flexible
athletes, yet 80 percent of them
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work "hand-in-glove with ambulance chasing lawyers," themajority of chiropractors are dedicated professionals concernedwith the welfare of their patients.
Mr. Connolly's tone is Qneof prejudice, and as with mostforms of prejudice, his opinions
appear to result from a lack ofunderstanding and information.
My thanks to Karl Soehnlein

MIAMI MAYHEM
Your "Gay Mecca" article
on Miami's South Beach [Feb.
25, no. 88J did not mention thefact that Florida's Statue 800.02
states that "unnatural and lascivious acts against nature" (sexon't 1-00

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cells where most of the 'inmatesprohibited by law. My boyfriend late, guys, we caught you."and I spent an almost perfectWtthin five minutes, two had numerous felony counts. My
vacation in Rorida until March . other patrol ~rs surrounded us. boyfriend was placed, with the
15, our final night in Maimi.
We were handcuffed and verbally Blacks and a few whites, and I,
We began our evening at abused by all the fag jokes the being part Hispanic, was put in
the Torpedo Bar, then headedfor cops could think of: "We caught with the Latins. The conditions
ttle Infamous Warsaw, where we two. New Yorkers doing it 'doggy were deplorable, worthy of any
danced until we closed the place style,''' "Yeah, and they weren't concentration camp. My cell was
at 5 am. With it still dark outside, even doing it on the grass." We very cold and overcrowded, with
we decided to take a romantic told the policeman that we were men sleeping on the floor, andStrOll along the isolated moonlit lovers, which surprised them. leaksfrom the ceiling.
For neartysevenhours I was
b~ch. ThankSto the romance of One policeman was sympathetic,the moon and the effect of those but the booking rookie, who in a state of shock, the result of atropiCal ifrinks, we dared to go seemed to be making his first political system trying to strip me~klnny-dlpping, but, the water arrest, was glowing that he had of my sexual dignity. I felt trapped
being a little too cold, We ran caught two "fags." We were and helpless.I made calls to New
back t90ur clothes and began taken to Dade County Jail and York asking for advice and was
making love. Within minutes, we were told that we would be told that bail would be posted. At
saw a poliee car about1 00 yards releasedwithin an hour. We were that time, we were called to court
Facing a large video screen, weaWayspeeding on the beach.We held for 15 hours.
qUickly began to put on our
When I made my telephone spoke to the judge who neverclQthes, and for a second we call to a couple of my Miami appeared in person. Gay men andthought the patrol car would friends to bail us out, false infor- lesbians,bewareof Judge Murrayp~ssus by. To our dismay, the mation was given to them stat- Klein-he's a bastardl After a
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write-ups, he appeared appalled. I pleaded guilty. No big
deal, right, but then he sentenced me to seven days,
demanded I take the AIDS test
and take the AIDS Awareness
Program. I told Judge Klein that
I was HIV-negative and so was
my boyfriend and that I could
have records faxed to him
immediately, but he refused tohear this. I declined the sentence and preferred to go totrial. I told the judge that thearresting officer did not accurately report what had happened, but the judge again
refused to go listen. After mycase, a gay white male approached the stand who wascharged with giving a blow job
to a young Hispanic man-he
was given two days and had totake the AIDS test. After he said
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his job, Judge Klein ordered an
AIDS test followed by a release.
I was in a state of disbelief.
Then my boyfriend was called totestify. After pleading guilty, he
too received a two-day sentence
and the AIDS test. He told thejudge that he had to return towork on Monday and that we had
non-refundable airline tickets toreturn to New York. The acting
prosecutor finally stood up forour defense, asking Judge Klein
to simply drop the charges. For
whatever reason, Judge Kleinchanged my boyfriend's sentence
to taking the AIDS test and then'I"
being released. I was r~called tothe stand and was given thesame offer. I accepted. When we
returned to our holding cells, theother inmates found out what wewere in for. My boyfriend foundno hostility in his cell. I, being
with my so-called Hispanic
brothers was dubbed a "maricone con la SIDA" ("fag with
AIDS"). I was told not to wander
by myseH around the cell but tostay up front so that the guard
could see me.
We waited six more hours
to get an AIDS test by the DadeCounty Jail clinic. We were
given a physical by the in-housenurse and administered
theAIDS test by the jail clinic doctor. The nurse was very surprised that we were not held on
the "ninth floor, the gay holding
cell." The doctor immediately
asked me if I had AIDS. During
the final hours of our ordeal, wewere paraded throughout thejail complex as if we were "fagentertainment" for the police
force and the inmates.
I write this letter as a warning to all gay men and lesbians.
Miami Beach may be a nice place
to visit, but be aware of theextreme homophobia of thepolice. I question the legality of
being forced to take the AI DS
test, and I resent the verbal abuse
we experienced. I only wanted toget out of jail. We were lucky.
If we were a straight couple
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bian love scenes
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aspect is what happens to [my charaoter's] sexuality whenconfronted with this[exec's] character,"she recently lament.ed. "He's incredibly
homophobic.
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arrested. It is only the fact thatlesbian and gay sex is seen by
our society as filthy and unholythat caused this to happen. I feelempowered in my sexuality bythis experience, I will continue todocument the AIDS crisis andmale eroticism until the ignorance and hate against gay men
and lesbians leaves this planet,,:'

for in the end, all I was rllally
doing was loving.
r Rodriguez Gaspar
Photo-Journalist
Manhattan
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because they fear losing custodyof children, others might fear losing ajob with an organiZ11tionthat
has anti-gay employment policies,
such as the military, the CIA, theFBI, the Jehovah's Witnesses, theCatholic Church, several private
schools or the Mormon Tabemacle Choir. Other OutWeek writers
might use pseudonyms
to blur•
their genders or because theirpartner or parents ask them to or
simply because they don't like thename they were bom with. I havea perfectly good reason not toreveal my name. I chose mypseudonym deliberately to draw
attention to its fakeness. By letting me write under apseudonym, OutWeek joins an
American tradition ofano(lymops
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magazine. Don't you have anything better to worry about?
And for the record, I am not Victoria Stan:
Anne Rubenstein andMadame X respond to Kat
Morgan: You're right. BicoastaJ
arrogance is tedious and tiresome, and so, on occasion, arewe. (Madame X actually remains stubbomly mono-coastal.) Please note that we write ahumor column. We sometimes
exaggerate for effect. On theother hand, everything in thatcolumn was reported to us by
our sources in Boulder, and wehave the phone bills to prove it
The real problem is that the vast
area west of the Hudson andaeast of the Pacific Coast rarely
appears in OutWeek outside ofhumor columns. But we can't
help you with thatLESLESSE OBLIGE
Maria Maggenti's otherwiseinteresting look at the world of"Rich Dykes" [no. 91, March 27]
was marred by a curious caseof
historical amnesia.
S.ure, rich dykes havealways existed, however oftenmuch of the lesbian community
has tried to pretend that they
don't. And yes, under lesbianfeminism, dykes with money
have often felt painfully conflicted by their privilege. Maggenti's
interviews with unrepentant richgirls illustrate how unsuccessful
a radical-feminist politics of
downward mobility was in"solving" the problem, of class,both within lesbian communities and without.
But Maggenti too easily

writes off radical feminists'(and leftists') attempt to grapple with the issue of class in avisionary way. She suggeststhat the "myth of the alwaysimpecunious lesbian, tOilingaway at low-end nonprofit jobs
or trading material success for
movement work" was simply
an unfair stereotype, rather
than a set of politics.
And she proposes, in its
place, a politics of philanthropy, a sort of lesbian noblesse oblige.
Personally, I'd love to findsome nice dyke patron to support my work and fund the community projects that I think areimportant. At the same time,
however, I don't want to rely
upon the kindness of strangers.
As the AIDS movement has
taught us, you don't get what
you want by asking for it nicely.
Arlene Stein
San Francisco

DIS·APPOINTMENT
I wish to respond to the
Feb. 27, no. 87 article entitled"NY Seeks 25 Million Morefrom Ryan White Funds."
The members of the Ryan
White Planning Council voluntarily gave up power over its
structure and function without
so much as a whimper. The,
members of this council didh't
object to the mayor's having
complete power to appoint its
membership, as well as its
chair, when the federal statutecreating the Ryan White Planning Councils left open how
they might be constituted.
The federal statute didn't
require the mayor to determine
the council membership or theidentity of the chair. Bothcould be determined in a
democratic manner.
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been granted.
Not all of the councils inother cities were undemocratically structured and unrepresentative. Two of them, Houston and San Juan, elect theirchairs. And, in San Francisco,
the Planning Council, withmore than New York's 35 or somembers is committed to 50
percent with HIV-positive representation now near 30 percent. The New York City Council has graciously allowed three
HIV-positive members out of
more than 35 .
By press release (no. 4749OR) the mayor indicated that heintended to look to the Ryan
White Planning Council for policy
advice in general on AIDS issues, not just to get and distribute this particular grantmoney. And by calling it an HIV
Planning Council, the significance of the democratic structure
becomes even of greater moment to the AIDS community.
Consider that something happens to Mayor Dinkins, and a
Guiliani becomes the mayor withthe power to appoint the members and the chair. Giuliani
would name Cardinal O'Connor
the chair and gut whatever little
real representation originallyexisted. That would not happen if
the AIDS community on theCouncil retained the power to.electthe chair and to reconstituteon its own membership (e.g., bynominating committee and afinite limit on term of service anda representational mandate confirmed by some majority vote).
David Samuels
Manhattan
BOY, MARILYN·AND MINION
I loved the article on Boy
George. Thank you, he needs
the press.
There was, however, one
small error I would like to go off
on. That error was the inclusionof Marilyn in a group of artists
who "dominated the charts, dictated fashion and ruled MTV."

Did Marilyn ever have arecord out in this country? Obviously, if he did, it was a dismal
failure. He did appear on MTV
once with Boy George and more
often in the Eurythmics' "Who's
That Girl?" video. I don't thinkthat counts as "ruling MTV."
And what of his fashion
dictation? He was a guy whowore braids and makeup. Suchshocking behavior for Boy
George's no. 1 minion.
I hate to be anal, but I am
still overly bitter at the way Marilyn, that cunt, bad mouthedGeorge at the height of George's
drug problem. The most press heever got was a two-part "exclusive" interview with Entertainment
Tonighton that very subject
Marilyn, what a star!
David Neil Armstrong
Nashville
PS. Thanks for printing Sandra
Bemhard's address (and putting
her on a cover)! I've got her
autograph three times now! Even
if you don't like her, you only
make her fame grow stronger,
and how can that be a bad thing?
Keep up the good world

win, because of our own shame,fear or homophobia. Wake up
people now is the time! Seek
advice, from Lambda Legal Defense, private counselor the
National Lesbian and Gay Task
Force and come out-loud andproud I Otherwise, the djscrimination will always be there, we will
always be under the other guy's
hand, exactly where they want
uS...in the closet silent
I am proud of who I am. I
believe in freedom and justice
and am sure of myself. I stoodup for something I believe...that
I have the right to be who I am
and shouldn't be discriminatedagainst because I am a lesbian.
Lefs not deny who we are
anymore, and come out, so we
can give support to others.
Donna Jackson
Former Lesbian Army Reservist
San Francisco

WINNIE IN CONTEXT
The trial of Winnie Mandela
has created controversy. It is
most important not to lose focus
on the issue at large: How wesupport South Africa or Nelson
Mandela's vision. We know that
Mrs. Mandela has been urged
COME OUT
I would like to express my time and time again by the Southfeelings of outrage at stories that African "special branch" of police
are being printed in the media to get to Nelson in an attempt toabout gays and lesbians that muddy his impact on the world athave served in the Gulf, using large. She has experienced thedeathfirst names only or pseudonyms. impact-interrogation,
I can't believe that stories are threats, bombings, actual physicalbeing printed about the gays abuse or whatever it took-and
who've served in the Gulf, asking has most definitely cracked once
for recognition of their service, or twice.
The issue is not Winnie,
from the closet, and for the public to honor them. I don't feel we not just gay-bashing or evensexual abuse it is all of them.
can honor them when they're
We must not allow thestaying in the closet
I can't believe that people are "trial" to discredit the affirming
ashamed or afraid to be who they or the actuality of a free Southare and that they do not state loud Africa, for in its freedom so do
and proud: "I am lesbian (or gay), we all come to realize our own.
Though we mourn Stomand I want to serve my country .
openly!" Instead, by remaining in pie, we pause at how many are
the closet, using other names, not tortured and murdered in the
being completely truthful to oth- everyday "business-as-usual"ers or themselves, we (lesbians police-brutality machine that isand gays) won't get the dignity South Africa now!
Sebastian Araujo
and justice we deserve and ask
Manhattan
for. The government continues to

GELBERT FAN
I was so pleased to open
the April 3 issue of OutWeek[no. 92] and read the music
review by Bruce-Michael Gelbert. A friend and I have shared
many of his articles from hisformer paper (the Native) andare relieved that OutWeek
had the foreSight to bringhim on staff.
Congratulations for recognizing that there are many of us(your readers) who enjoy abroad range of music, including
opera and classical performances! Mr. Gelbert always
includes the gay-historic perspective of the composers andperformers he reviews, which isappealing and affirming to gay
men and lesbians.
Jane Te§ta
Bayshore, NY
CHIP FAN
Kudos to Liz Tracey andSydney Pokorny for profilingthe activities of Chip Duckett["The Lavender Underground,"..
no. 93, April 10].
The Hetrick-Martin Institute has long been a [recipient]of Chip Duckett's generosity.
Through his nightclubs, Chip
has raised funds for HMI andavailed his clubs for benefit parties, all without any publicity.
Mr. Duckett's generosity
has earned him a place in theInstitute's Parent Teacher As.sociation, our honor roll of major
contributors.
Thank you, Chip!
Michael A Rogers
Development Coordinator
The Hetrick-Martin InstituteManhattan
All letters to the editor must include a
name, address anddaytime phonc;:, although names may
be withheld at theauthor's request. OutU7eek reserves
theright to edit lettersfor clarity and spaceconsiderations.

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BOSTON-There
was occasion for~rejoicing and dismay in New Eng~d last week, as a lesbian and gay cM1
qghts
bill in Connecticut won legislative.,-passage on April 17, just one day after ameasure went down in defeat in
Jiiaine.
The Connecticut" legis1ation, which,~ov. Lowell Weicke,rhas promised.·to-.go, makes that .state the fourth in the..Jountry to pass a gay. rights bUI, after· isconsin, Massachusetts and Hawaii ..
"We are very, very pleased," said
Gallo,
lobbyistfor. the Connecticut.
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igbts1~"Ifs been along road.". ".r!The ,Connecticut bill bans discrimination. based on sexual orientation in
hou'sing,: employment,
credit, public
accomodations and State contracts. Conservativeamendments
stipulate that thebiU:applies.neither to religious organizations. nor to the.ResetVe Officers Training
Corps, or ROTC.
Connecticut activists cite several factoisWhich inade the bill's passage possible this year, by a Senate vote of 21 to 14,
after an 18-year battle. Passage of a Massachusetts law last year aided efforts, as
did the replacement of anti-gay rights
Gov. William O'Neill with Weickc;:r,ca.
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strong supporter. In addition, the combination of strong grass-roots organizing forthe bill, as well as the Roman Catholic
diurch's decision not to oppose the bill,
Playedconsiderable roles.
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officials ,came out in recent
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for ,it [this time], which ,was very flattering. "Gra~'sspeech ~. the house floor
near ..the end of the· debate on.the bill has
a1sO been cited by legi$lators and activists
as a significant fa<,tor in the passage ofthe bill., "I knew, whatefer I said, the firsttime an openly gay man rose to speak on
the gay rights bill as a member of the. assembly ...would be a memorable~event,"
he said, adding, "I was so nervous, 1barely slept for a week and a ,half."
Grabarz also said that, in coming
out publicly, he hoped to combat thegrowing intolerance in the US of people
who are different, which, he believes,echoes the McCarthy period. "All of the
major media outlets in this state havebeen engaged in discussion for several
months about homosexuality
and themeaning of diversity," which, he said,
has resulted in ail increased understanding of lesbian and gay people.
In addition, leslie Brett, chair of theCommission
on Human Rights andOpportunities,
the' agency that will becharged with enforcing the gay rights
law, came out as a lesbian ina letter tothe Connecticut legislature. "It w~ anopportunity to come out in a strategic
and important way," said Brett. "Coming
out is essential, in order to break stereotypes arid to stop being a hidden minority. It is a message to our community that

we can stop being afraid," she said.
The Connecticut bill marks the second successful piece of pro-gay legislation in as many years. last year, the state
passed a gay-inclusive hate crimes act.
According to Gallo, the struggle over thatlegislation paved the way for the capitulation, of the state's Catholic Church on
lesbian and gay civil rights.
When the lobbyist for the statewide
Catholic Conference testified against the,hate crimes bill, his statements
to theeffect that gay people desetVe to be victims of violence
were published. The
testimony created some consternation,even within the church, and Katherine
McGrath, dean of Hartford College for
Women, publicly resigned from the
Catholic Conference. The Conference
disavowed the lobbyist's statements andbegmmreoogmthGalloand~of the Coalition for lesbian and Gay Civil
Rights. The lobbyist is planning to retire
this summer.
While Connecticut activists were'celebraoog, lesbian and gay rights advocates in Maine were re-evaluating whatmany had predicted would be a successful year for that state's gay rights bill. figuring prominently were anti-gay votes by
a number of legislators who had previously supported the bill.
.
According to Diane Elze of theMaine Lesbian and Gay Political A11iance,
most of the "angry 11" voted against lesbian and gay civil rights this year, following the failure of her group to endorse
their re-election bids because of theiranti-abortion stance. "I frel very strongly.....

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WASHINGTON-A new SUlVey c0mmissioned by the Human Rights Campaign Fund, or HRCF, America's largest
gay-rights organization, has found that
Americans ovetWhelmingly support equal
rights for gay men and lesbians. The poll,
conducted by New York's Penn & Schoen
Associates, questioned 800 randomly
selected Americans and has an error margin of three-and-<me-half percent.
Perhaps the most unexpected finding was that 81 percent of Americans
oppose the military's policy of discharging soldiers discovered to be gay or lesbian. In addition, 65 percept oppose the
Defenset's ban on accepting
open gays and lesbians into the service
in the flI'St place.
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Among the 14 percent of Americans
who approve of the Pentagon's discharge of gay soldiers, 20 percent ofthem would make an exception for soldiers returning from the Persian Gulf.
A second major finding of the survey was that 80 percent of Americans
believe that "homosexuals should haveequal rights for jobs." This is up from 56
percent in 1m and 71 percent in 1989,
when similar questions were asked by
Gallup pollsters.
Opposition to job discrimination
was highest among people 25-34, those
who make more than $75,000 per year,
those living in the Northeast and West,
those who are single or divorced, andwomen, Blacks, Jews, Democrats, liberals, college graduates and people withno religious affiliation.
The weak support for the Pentagon's anti-gay policy reached 31 percent among people over 65 and those
aff!liated with non-Christianlnon-Jewish
religions.
HRCF executive
director Tim
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should be judged on their abilities andnot face discharge because of an irrational prejudice."
And McFeeley again called upon
President George Bush to issue an exec-

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emerge from their closets, more Amerl-cans are discovering that people ,they
love and care for are lesbian and gay."
Currently, only Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Connecticut and theDistrict of Columbia outlaw anti-gay discrimination at the state level, althoughthose laws are complemented by dozens
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down in issues of racism
and socialism," he said,"but political radicalism initself ain't going to help us
stay alive.""Those are certainly lgood causes," added co- ~.
::.
founder Tom HoguelSSOn, C"but we don't have the ~luxury of time. We need to ;§work right now to accesseffective HIV treatments. I jg
personally don't know if £I'm going to be around to
see the fruition of [ACfUP/Chicago'S] struggles. We've fought
those issues for 20 years."
Hogueisson said that he was an
Army warrant officer until he wasdischarged after the military'S mandatory testing found HN antibodies in
his blood.
At present, ACT UP/Windy City
membership is limited to people who are
HIV-positive. And tension mounted at
the group's first meeting when Don challenged ACf UP/Chicago member Jeff
Elliot: "Are you HN-positive? I don't
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tel'Stook aim at several social problems
that some activists believe make the
AIDScrisis worse.
The debate over merging AIDS
activism with the struggles against
racism, sexism and other social ills has
emerged in most ACT UP chaptersnationwide, including the largest chapter
in New York. A similar conflict, pitting
homophobia against other progressive
concerns, is taking shape in many chaptel'Sof Queer Nation.
ACf UP/Wtndy Oty co-founder Dan
Don calls this progressive agenda "theCHlCAGO-A dozen HIV-positive
men split with ACf UP/Chicago on April"11 to form a new organization, ACf
UP/Wtndy Oty. Most of the men, two of
wholn.are Black, oppose the degree towhich ACf UP/Chicago has taken on
battles against racism and sexism, to thealleged exclusion of AIDS issues. Somealso reject the group's alleged "socialist"
tendencies.
Similar ACf UP splits have occurredin San Francisco and Portland, Ore.,
where, as in Chicago, the original chap1

ACT UP/NEW YORK: STILL TOGETHER AFTER ALL THESE YEARSNEW YORK-While ACT UP chapters in Chicago, San
Francisco and Portland have split up, ACT UP/New York,
which recently appeared to be threatened by a schism,
remains intact.
Members of the ACT UP Women's Caucus, angered byother ACT UP members' meeting with federal officials even as
the W0'!len's Caucus was pressing those same officials forchanges in AIDS policy, proposed that the entire organization
declare a six-month moratorium
on talks regarding women,"I 4 OUTWEEKMalll'a,"_"and-AIDS-related issues with federal policymakers.
Though the organization has always been marked by rancorous debate, some observers of the AIDS coalition suggested
that this would be the issue that finally split the group in two.
It seems, however, that ACT UPlNew York has been tempered by hotter fires in the past. After the often-heated debate,
the group sent the motion down in defeat. The following week
the group seemed to be back to its usual business.
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ask me." Flliot responded. ''1 have a rightto my privacy. 'Target AIDS, Not ACT UP/Chicago
The attendees agreed, however, thatthey do not want to spend time fightingwith ACf UP/Chicago. "I don't want tostart a battle," Hogueisson said. "I justthink they've lost their focus. We canempower each other, but we won't win
any battles through confrontation withother gay groups.""We've got something more atstake," added Don. "Hopefully, we won't
lose control to socialists."
The men at the meeting, who had
been members of ACf UP/Chicago's Persons With AIDS Caucus, said that they
were surprised to see nearly 2O'HIV-positive men at the meeting. ACf UP/Chicago's PWA Caucus never drew more thanfour people to any meeting, they said.
Noticeably absent, however, was
PWA Daniel Sotomayer, one of Chicago's best-known AIDS activists, whoquit ACf UP/Chicago last year, charging that AIDS had become fourth on its
agenda "after racism, sexism andhomophobia. "In an interview, Sotomayer, a syndicated cartoonist for the Lesbian and Gay
press said: "ACf UPIWmdy City needs todo their work without the shadow ofme. I wouldn't want to dominate the
new group that way. It's fair that otherHIV-positives organize this without thehelp of a quasi-media celebrity. '. ACT UP/Chicago Responds
ACT UP/Chicago spokesperson
Sharyl Holtzman took issue with many of
ACf UPIWmdy City's assertions. But she
said that, as AIDS direct-action movement grows, splits are inevitable andshould not be considered a bad thing.
Holtzman compared the multiplication of direct-action groups to the diversification in the AIDS-service community.
Where once a single community organization originally served PWAs in mostlarge cities, now scores of organizations
specialize in such areas as food delivery,
drug access, housing and even pet CU"e.
"There are many issues that surround AIDS," Holtzman said, "including
sexism and racism and homophobia.
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SYDNEY, Australia-In
a protest
against a recent spate of gay-bashingmurders, anonymous activists here threw
red paint on the entrances to 11 major
public and private buildings on April 8.
Among buildings hit were theCatholic and Anglican cathedrals, the
New South Wales Parliament, the state
Department of School Education, theoffice of the minister of education, theLocal Courts Complex, the City Tower
Centre, a 1V station, the Church Mission
Society and two newspapers.
In a flier, activists said that thelocations were chosen "for their outstanding contributions to homo-hatred,
discriminization, and violence against
gay men and lesbians."
Police charged one man with"malicious damage" for the Parliament
vandalism. Mark Bloch, a 33-year-old
gay doctor, pleaded guilty April 22 andwas ordered to pay $2,300 in clean-up
costs. None of the other paint-bombers
was caught.
"Today we've painted the town red:the color of our blood that's being spilt
on the streets, the color of our anger at
the shit that's heaped on us by a societythat says violence against gay men andlesbians is OK," the activists explained intheir flier.
"Gay men and lesbians
aredenounced by the church, discriminatedagainst in the justice system, mocked in

the media and swept under the. carpet by
the education system. Is it any wonder
young people decide , it's OK to hunt andkill us for fun?",The flier recounted last year's murder of 33-year-old Richard Johnson in a
public toilet in Alexandria Park by eightteenage males who found his telephone
number on the wall and invited him to
the p:uk for sex.
"They kicked him so hard his .pas
split open, his chest caved in and his liver
ruptured," activists wrote. "An hour later
they went back to the park where they•
had left him. He was semi-conscious;
coughing up blood They went away again
and left him to die. These men believed
this killing was OK because the man they
killed was gay. They believed this because
violence against gay men and lesbians is
openly encouraged by our society. This is
not an isolated or unusual incident.",J~
On April 15, two of Johnson'sm~
derers were sentenced to 18 years iµprison. Five of the men were foundguilty of manslaughter and jailed forthree and one-half years to ten yea-rs
each. The eighth man was convicted df
murder and remains to be sentenced.· or
According to Sydney's Gay andrlesbian Rights Lobby, .local youth gangs
conunitted at least six gay-related murders in 1990....
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BOSTON-Midway between twofederally sponsored women and AIDS
events-lastDecember's National
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June's National. Commission. Qn AIDS.
hearings-the"Women and AIDS:
Keeping Womenin Focus· confer•ence, held'here April 19-20, provided,.an opportunity for service provid~rs,'::educators, health-care workers. and,.
activists to focus on barriers to prevention,
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Barriers to Care
While women have often been
the focus of public health efforts toprevent the spread of HIV infection,
the dominant message has been forthem to get men to change their
behavior by wearing condoms. In theabsence of women-controlled methods to prevent sexual transmission ofHIV, said Gloria Weissman of the
National Institute on Drug Abuse,such directives may be unhelpful atbest. "In abusive relationships, getting
partners to wear condoms may be
more immediately dangerous than therisk of HIV-infection."
According to Dixon, providing
information about modes of transmission and safer sex are often inadequate to produce change in women's
lives. "If we don't address the issues inwomen's lives in a way that they feelsafe and supported, we're not going to"and from AIDS-service organizations,be able to do anything," she said.
according to Suki Ports, founder andOther barriers to care frequently
director of New York City's Family
mentioned by conferees include inadeHealth Project. Federal and state officials
quate access to primary health carehave refused to fund programs or
and prenatal care and the unavailabiliresearch targeted to those communities
ty of drug-treatment programs. Accordbecause, officials claim, there are insuffiing to Hortensia Amaro of the Boston
cient numbers of cases.
University School of Public Health,
HIV and AIDS among Native
women seeking HIV-re1ated care often
American women has also been
are deterred by fears relating to confiignored, said Charon Asetoyer, notdentiality because the hospitals andonly because the numbers are low, butclinics where poor women most often
also because they are wrong. The
seek care rarely offer anonymous HIVCDC's statistics for AIDS among Native
antibody testing. Amaro also cited fear
Americans counts only those peopleof losing child custody (particularly in
who live on reservations and are treatthe context of increasing criminalizaed by the Indian Health Services, ortion of maternal drug use) as an obstaIHS, said Asetoyer, the founder andcle to women seeking care.
director of the Native American
Women's under-enrollment
in
Women's Health Education Resource inclinical trials, which often present the. South Dakota. The only large-scale
best care available, was one of the reastudy of AIDS among Native Americans
sons cited for a rate of death among
to date has been a seroprevalence
women sbHimes-to-eight-times fasterstudy among pregnant women begun
after diagnosis than men.
Asian and Pacific Islander WOJDen three years ago, and while results havestill not been compiled, preliminary
and Native American women face parstatistics indicate that the rate is eightticular jeopardy because of the extent oftimes higher than expected.
denial within those communities and
The health care of women generneglect from federal and ,state officials
ally is also compromised by misdiagnosis of AIDS and HIV-infection.
Because women rarely get diseases
like Kaposi's sarcoma, which doctors
are likely to recognize as IDV-related,
they are often misdiagnosed. Anothertheme frequently touched upon byconference speakers was that doctors
often regard women, particularly poor
women and women of color, as unreliable reporters of symptoms and unable
to follow treatment regimens.

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So, participants
voted nearly
unanimously to reiterate demands
sent to the CDC that include the revision of the AIDS definition to include
the full spectrum of infections occurring in women, IV-drug users, children and all people whose health has
been compromised by poverty. That
demand has gone virtually unheard.by the CDC in recent months, despite
the amassing of considerable
evidence to support it at the December
NIAID conference.
The proposedchange would
include cervical cancer, chronic andunresponsive
vaginal candidiasis,
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diseases in the presence of lllV-infection, in the CDC definition of AIDS.
Changing the description would also
allow more women to become eligiblefor Medicaid and Social Security Disability Income.
,According to Diane Palladina of
the New Jersey Women and AIDS Network, one of the reasons cited by the
CDC for not including chronic vaginal
candidiasis to the AIDS defmition wasthat it would send millions of women
who suffer from simple yeast infections into a panic. "As if women can'ttell the difference from candidiasis that
we get during the summer that goesaway from a recurrent infection that isunresponsive to treatment," countered
Palladino. "And as if having millions of
women concerned about whethe~;they
could get AIDS would be a bad thing,"
she added.

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participants were service and healthcare providers, but the event alsobrought together activists and poiicymakers from state health departments
and federal agencies. The event provided a forum for a renewal of thedebate between ACf UP members andJanet Mitchell, chief of perinatology atHarlem Hospital and a member of theBlack Leadership Commission on AIDSin New York.
Members of ACT UP/Boston
challenged Mitchell to defend her
support for ACTG protocol 076, a
proposed clinical trial that would test
the ability of AZT to prevent perinatal HIV-infection. ACf UP membersargued that AZT was an often-ineffective and highly toxic drug, andthe proposed informed consent document was inadequate.
In response, Mitchell said that in
the context of the systematic dismantling of urban health-care systems,"the only way poor women are goingto have access to any quality prenatal
care at all is if they have a disease
someone happens to be interested in."
She also described the protocol as thefirst time the FDA had agreed to test adrug on pregnant women and said
that the trial is critical to removing the
supposed barrier of possible pregnancy to enrolling women on experimental drugs at all. T•

Twelve Gay Plays; One Good Show
What fItS! drew me to this show,
aside from the blunt title, W3S the guerillaposter campoi8Jl on the ......... An~gthat is able to affront so dearly and quickIv will hopefully be an eye-<>pener. There's
something to please and diSlurb
every gay taste in Homo,exual Ads;
a ooIIection of _Ive short plays,
each deftly direaed by Rich Rubin.
What could be • slipshod variety
show in5le:K\ beoomes a gallery ofdiverse talen1Sand views from writ·
m willing to go beyond the Il'Slla\"accept me, pIeose" mentality of too
many gay piays.

all has are gIVen the go ahead to triake
more queers.
While Robert Patrick's "The Way We
War" is topical regarding the Iraq War, itcomes off as a plain stated PSA, nevergrandma to errant fairy to carnivorous ,closet case busiIL:ssman in a single scenechange.
John Cerna shines in V.aor
Bumbalo's"Show" as a manic Ii

preist locked up in a Catholic
sanitarium. His intense monologues are interspersed withrecorded vocal g1orias, aIIe1ujahs
and brief sexual moment. with

Familiar themes of violence
and abuse are giw:n unnsllal t\Vi5ts
in '1hat AI Padno Look" (How todisempower a mugger), DanielCurzon's 'S & M" (Where did it
start? Not at the Spike. Try
Jerusalem) and "One Man's Opin·ion" (BogosiatH;tyIe monologue ofagay~).
Robert Pattick's three works

showcases his wit and diversiry. In~Wagner and Ludwig" }Ne get ataste of Ridiculous Theatre campbc<wttn Ridlard Wagner and King
Ludwig as they flirt and woo
aboard a train. ·The Family Bar"
portrays a reverse satire of a society thaI «pres'" apple pie typeS.
The jokes fall fIa~perhaps because
the !nO .... ge is such a bitter punch in theface. What if lliEY (i.e., your grandma,
uncle and sweet little sister) had to oongregate in seedy bars and cruise spots'"lbe Family Bar" is more than comedy;
irs a auel indictment of the limits of bar
culture in New World Order Und.
Carl Morse brings joy and hope in
two similarly fertile scenes, WIth a preg.
nant word processor who gets a visit
from the good Fairy in Personnel, to thecheerieading "Fairy Fuck·ln" where upon

body's UttIe Boy:
Acta Ted Senecal is brilliant in thediversity of roles, hopping from aotcbety

approadling me true firework....two gay
men can worK uP' while on opposite
sides of the Pro/Anti War debate.
Bil Wright's "Mother Father Lover
Man" pushes into poetic perfonnancewith a swift beauty, reoounting the crudand glorious first time account of ayoung Black man, played by Troy Salas,
in a hotd room. Salas also provides a brt·
ing voice as the conscience of a guy
recovering from yet another night ofcheap sex in Robert Chesley'S ·Sorne-

hunky asylum employee Joey(l.esiie Roberts). He recwnts hisfrustration with his search for
God as his Carposi's sarcoma
lesms gJOW, spurring his su~rior.; to imprison him. no< unlike
many other saints. Bumbalo's
father Michael is a male Joan cJ
Me for the '9Os.
WbaI appears to be a Ioooc
ooIJoti'l d the IVS is oohesiYdy
designed by semic artist Jamie
Leo. 'ill! ~from pa!hos to Sal·
urday NIj!/x lM-<ype sk<tthes. It's
satSying 10 know that the authas
had the ....,.. to keep thae plays.
some with limited plots andthemes, so short. Less is often
more. Additionally, the talented
ensemble of actors are able·",hop from brood o:mc<Iy 10 rmdcr
realist dJaractai2aIion, each tDUcbing OIl
the multifacued views of gay lives. .A
Homosexual Am, 12 shan plays 0/
Raben Patrick, Daniel Cumm, VIctor

Bumba/o, Robert Cbesley, Carl Morse,
Rtcb Rubin and BII Wrigbt, tIm!cUd 0/
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ClllCAGO--At least three gay students at the University of Chicago arebeing terrorized by a hate' group callingitself "The Brotherhood of the Iron F"lst."
The anti-gay campaign has included
explicit death threats and the apparent
attempted murder of a disabled gay man.
The three victims are graduate students in the Division of Biological Sciences
and members of the univenlity's Gay andLesbian Alliance. They work in Cumming<;
Life Science Center and say evidence suggests that the homophobes do, too.
The harassment began with hatefulnotes in Kevin Fuller's and Chris Bauer's
departmeqtal mailboxes at Cummings.·
Soon GALA Co-President Andrew Ross
began receiving similar mail.
The harassment continued by telephone. Anonymous callers called thethree men "Filthy, fucking faggots!" andpromised, to murder them,Then, on Match 17, Bauer was
attacked by two men as he walked l1oIn! atnight He said that they knocked him down,
kicked him and thre<itened to inject air into
his veins with a syringe. Bauer, who is disabled, suax:siu11y scared off his attackers.
University officials and student
leaders who condemned the harassment
also received letters. "Accept andembrace the ...Brotherhood so that faggots and other deftlers of purity will notpollute our life," read one of the notes.
"Once e!imiIiated, those that deftle themcannot taint the lives of normal people,
and the world will be the better for it"
University Dean of Students Edward
Cook pUblicly "condemn[ed]" the "malicious and hannful actions" and requested information on the identities of Brotherhood .members. And many non-gay
students have supported the three victims by attending a meeting and a rally
called in response to the harassment-Rex Wockner•••

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DURBAN, South Africa-The
National Union of SOuth African Students adopted a motiondurlflg its reCent
conference in Durban comri:litting itself
to challenge all forms of heterosexism. It
is "the most far-reaching [pro-gay statement] yet adopted by a non-gay progressive organization in South , Africa,".
according to the newsletter of the Organization of Lesbian and Gay Activists.
In other student neWs, Black gays
and lesbians at ,the University of Witwatersrand in Soweto have formed theSociety for H
on CampuS.
Meanwhile, OLGA li~s declaredwar ()n Anglican Archbishop D,eSmondTutu,'following an illterviewin the'magilzine Fair Lady.
" .."'"People should nOt ~and put into categories and made to sUffer
because of sorrething t:heYdlIl do very little• about," Tutu said, "[butl the church has
accepted that the oqIy arena where sex isright is in a monogamoJJs marriage
between two people d oppqsite sex.~
In Durban, meanwhUe, Gay andLesbian Activists of Durban (GLAD) has
come into ~\::e.
The new group folloWs close on the heels of a new l~ian
organization called Sunday's Women.
-Rex Wockner/Cblcago•••

BUSH ON ACf UP:
GEOUS".
WASHINGTON-President
Bushbackhanded members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, charging themwith employing tactics that are both"counterproductive" and "offensive." '"I think ACf UP resorts to tactics
that are tot3lly counterproductive," President George Bush was quoted as saying
in an article in the National Catholic
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the kind of tactics that are offensive: tothe mainstream Catholics, Protestants,'
Jews, anybody else. It is not right. It is anexcess of free speech to use,'to re&>rtto,'
some of the tactics these people use." '.
Bush' went on to decry ~ittacks
against Cardinal O'Connor" and suggest-'
ed that parental involvement; was' called
for when distributing condoms in, city
schools, a reference to New York Schools
Chancellor Joseph Fernandez's recently
approved AIDS prevention plan. . .,. ACf. UP/New York meinbers wereclearly angered by Bush's remarks 'at thegroup's regular Monday night meeting.
And ACT UP spokesperson
Robin
Haueter told OutWeek, "'The.reason' ACf
UP exists is because of the murderous
negligence of George Bush and his
cronies. What Bush cal1s our 'excess,'of
free speech,' whether anyone has ,been
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Members of ACf UP are also planning 30 days of actions to protest Bush's
comments. The action will kick off at theBush vacation home at KennebunkPort.
Me. A group of 15 activists from the OC
chapter of ACf UP demonstrated andpassed out condoms outside the WhiteHouse on April 23.
-Duncan Osborne

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Schwartz bristled when remindedof accusations that her organization's
first awards presentation ignored thegay and lesbian media, noting thatlast year both the Gay Cable Networkand the Gay Broadcasting
Systemreceived special awards and that
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Voice's top editors, was named journalist of the year.
"GLAAD chooses not to comprehensively cover the gay and lesbian
media because the Gay and LesbianPress Association
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Dr. William Baker, president of
WNET, Channel 13, told OutWeek,"We've had some very good dialogue.
Both WNET and the gay and lesbiancommunity have acted in good faith andwith respect for each other. We hope tohave a major Gay and Lesbian Pride
Week in June. We're proud of the service
we're doing for the gay and lesbian community and appreciative of any support."
GLAAD was joined by a wide
coalition of community groups, including Queer Nation, ACT UP, Gay and .!2
Lesbian Independent Democrats, the .~Lesbian and Gay Labor. Network, the ~Health Education AIDS Liaision, or ji
HEALand OU/Weekmagazine.
~o~- Duncan Osborne ~NINA REYES TAKES A BREAK ON THE BEAT••••",

Other recipients in this year's
local journalism category include
New York Newsdays New York editor, Don Forst (Outstanding
Local
Newspaper Coverage); the Vt/lage
Voice's Donna Minkowitz(Outstanding
Local News Correspondent); and WCBS's Delores Dansak,
director of broadcasting for Cbannel 2 Tbe People (Outstanding Local
News Program).
Because the mainstream media
is often negligent in addressing gay
andlesbianissues,Schwartz
explained that GLAAD is "thankful"to people like Reyes and Minkowitz
for their coverage.
"I'm honored
that GLAAD isrecognizing
the gay and lesbianpress,"
Reyes commented.
"We
make an important contribution to
the community, and that goes largely unrecognized. People are generally more interested
in what themainstream has to say."Reyes began reportingandwriting for Out Week on a freelance basis' one and one-half years
ago. In May 1990, she accepted afull-time position as the magazine's
first and only staff reporter. Prior
OutWeek, Reyes had
to joining
been a staff writer for Next magazine in· Boston
Reyes, who is 26, holds a BA
from Smith College and resides in
Brooklyn with her lover.

-JanisAstor del Valle

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NEW YORK-The organizations
that spearheaded the pledge boycott
against Channel 13/WNET are now
praising the public TV stations'
response and are calling for an end tothe boycott.
, "We've seen ,a real effort on theirp~ to improve the amount and quality. of gay and lesbian programing andvisibility," said Evan Wolfson, a board
member of the Gay and Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation, one of
the groups that has pressured Channel
13. "Given that, we thought it was
best to work with them and support
this good faith effort."
According to Wolfson, Channel 13
has increased the presence of gay
men and lesbians in the station's new
weeknight public-affairs programs,
Live Wire and Thirteen Live. Most significant was the station's commitment
to produce, and seek funding for, aone-hour round-table discussion ofgay issues with the working title OUt
in America. A scheduled broadcast in
New York on June 26 will selVe as a"

ABNER MASONBlACK GAY:UIFOR BOSTON'COUNCILBOSTON-An openly gay AfricanAmerican
Republican
formally
announced his candidacy for an at-large
City Council seat here last week, giving
notice to this staunchly Democratic state's
lesbian and gay community that the political reordering begun last fall with theelection of a Republican governor has ftltered into the progressive community.
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sought elected office, but with a rapidly
growing organi.1ation of gay and lesbian
Republicans supporting his candidacy, as
well as the blessing of the state GOP,
Mason will, at the very least, make amarl!: on the local politica1landscape.
"No one is going to do it for you,"
Mason declared in his announcement,
invoking the individualist principle ofself-motivation and noting that, as a Blackgay Republican, he literally embodies
three aspects of what could be a powerful new coalition. "If Boston is a citywhere three minorities might just make ~majority, then, with your help, I will win
a seat on the Boston City Council."
While the underlying theme of
Mason's campaign is accountability, his
platform consists of three primaryplanks: revitalizing the local economy
through the creation of enterprise zones,
lowering the rate of crime and improving
the public schools. In pursuit of the latter
goal, Mason broke rank on what has
been an issue divided along racial lines
by announcing that he supports anappointed school committee.
Mason's candidacy has drawn formal endorsements from representativesof two of the lesbian and gay community's three primary electoral politicalorganizations, although Boston's openly gay City Cou~ci1or David Scondras
has decided to remain neutral on
Masoil's campaign.
The 13-member
city council
includes four at-large seats.

-Nina Reyes/New Yom

GAY PEOPlE
OF COLORRUS
BOSTON-The
gay and lesbiancommunities of color celebrated theirsecond annual Bayard Rustin· Community Breakfast on Sunday, April 21, whenmore than 300 gay men and lesbians ofAfrican-American, Asian, East Indian,latino and Asian Pacific Islander descentgathered at the Jorge Hernandez Cultural
Center in the Villa Victoria section of
Boston's South End.
They were welcomed by a letterby ELLEN
B. NEIPRIS••HUDSON STREET,GREENWICHVILLAGE land drawings, essays by Audre Lorde, and, as
In the West Village, April showers result more demonstrated by Ken Crichlow, who recently
often in wet socks and muddy potholes than moved to the city from Long Island, lit crit by
May flowers. So while it pours cats and dogs, James Baldwin.
many gay and lesbian New Yorkers duck into A"I love books," Crichlow, pictured here,
Different Light bookstore to peruse their gay commented. And this store is a bibliophile'S
favorites: the complete selection of Tom of Fin- dream come true. Happy shopping.

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•DlSTRIClING HEARINGS:
THE PUBUC IS INVITED
The New York City Districfing
Commission's purpose is to draw theboundaries for 51 New York City
Council districts. The Commission.. seeks and encourages comments fromal New Yorie-s on its initial and revisedplans. The Commission must adopt a
final plan by June 3, 1991 for an election to be held in Noverri:ler 1991.
On May 1st the Commission wiD
issue its initial plan for the 51 districts.
On May 16th the Commission will
issue its revised plan.
.. The public is invited to testify
regarding Commission issued plans at
the following pubtlC hearings:

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1:2that we did the right thing," said Elze, aboard member ,and former president of
the All4mce.
"But now, after the defeat,.there are board members who regret it."
The Alliance was subject to considerable aiticism during the elections overits endorsements, even before the defeatof the bill. Some members publicly aiticized the Board's decision, and somelabor groups also targeted the gay rights
group for failing. to endorse pro-labor
candidates who were anti<hoice. "Personally, I don't want to see lesbian andgay civil rights anywhere in the rountry
at the expense of women's lives," said
Elze. "But it is going to be a hot issue [inthe organizationJ."
The Maine bill was twice voted downby the House, loomg by 21 votes in the
final tally, 56 to 75. Another factor in thedefeat of the bill was the promise by Gov.
John McKernan to veto the measure if it
did not include a provision for a statewide
voter
referendum on gay rights....
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fighting for treatments and access tohealth care. ACf UP is a coalition [ot]the people that AIDS affects, and theirissues are part of the fight. I don't view[the emergence of ACf UP/Wmdy City]
negatively at all," Hol~
continued.
"It's a natural progression. I embrace
ACf UP/Wmdy City. I hope 20 groups
form to take on the different issues
within AIDS."
But Holtzman denounced
ACT
UP/Windy City's perception that ACf
UP/Chicago is more concerned about
racism, sexism, homophobia and socialism than about AIDS.
"Those charges are completely
untrue and unfair, and they are awfully
ihsUlting to people who have been wOlking very, very hard to fight for the betterment of the lives of people with
AIOS....We are not progressives and lesbians against gay white males. That's
bunk. It's a movement that is growing andchanging, and it is going to splinter tofocus on different AIDS-specific issues."
ACT UPJWindy City's Agenda
The issues raised at ACf UP/Wmdy
Oty's first meeting ranged from bureaudatic bumbling to specific drugs needed
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right now by some members.
Likely future targets include theAmerican Medical Association, "for fiddling while Rome burns," and pro-gay
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, for selecting a Catholic nun to head the healthdepartment.
Other ACf UP/Windy City members are primarily concerned about
drug access. One man said that he wasworried that the latest drugs may not be
available at Cook County Hospital,
where PWAs without health insurance
are treated.
Another man said that he had been
diagnosed with ayptosporidiosus, whichcauses nausea and' diarrhea and, as aresult, severe weight loss. A key drug
controlling the nausea is' malijuana, but
he had been unable to secure the' Substance-a
problem that was resolved
within minutes.
"I'm just pissed off that you can't get
stuff when you need it," summed up
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from New York City Mayor David Dinkins and by local and state politicians suchas Ken Reeves, the openly gay AfricanAmerican vice-mayor of nearby Cambridge. Premiere Black gay filmmaker,
Marlon Riggs added to the festivities witha poem he had written for the occasion.
"The whole morning was a joyous
affirmation," said Harold Dufour-Anderson, who organized the event as coordinator of minority outreach for the AIDS
Action Committee of Massachusetts. "Itwas really a wonderful opportunity tocelebrate the diversity of our rommunity...and to look at AIDS and how we areresponding to it."Dufour-Anderson adopted the idea
for the community breakfast from theannual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfasts
for Boston's African-American community. "We celebrate the legacy of Bayard
Rustin in the expression of our identity," Dufour-Anderson said. Rustin, a gay
man, helped organize the famous civilrights March on Washington with King.
Few other cities offer such rommunity breakfasts for gays and lesbians ofcolor, and Boston's may be the oldest.
New York's gay and lesbian mayoral liaison, Marjorie Hill, said that last February's
Black History Month breakfast at New. York's City Hall was the first of its kind in
New York City.
The $5,000 Boston breakfast was
funded entirely by the AIDS ACflON
Committee of Massachusetts as part oftheir outreach and education in rommucities of color.
--Carrie WOfford

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by telling an Oregon State trooper that hestabbed a Lewiston man because "hemade homosexual
advances to me" found"-r..'that his homOphobic defense plea di<;Jn't
wOlk. In early April,. Richard Brewer wassentenced to at least 35 years in prison.
The defendant, originally from San
Bernadin6;'. calif., plea-bargained earlier-'-ruling out the death penalty-fbr
killing Hogan Hollirigsirorth.\
Hollingsworth
had taken in Brewer,.
and a friend when they were homelessand stranded in Idaho. For the 3O-yearold waiter's charity, he was stabbed adozen times in a robbery attempt onJune 13 of last year.
Brewer and friend Scott Weinmann,
19, are also accused of murdering another San Bernadino man as well as
attempting the murder of a third. .
Finding that the "homoshualadvan~es" ,strategy did not wash, Brewer
tried the "repentant-sinner" approach,,saying that "he felt he should pay forwhat he had done, killing anotherhuman being."
Weinmann also faces the charge ofbeing a principal to first-degree murderin the Hollingsworth case and firstdegree murder in the California case.
.' It is not known whether Weinmann
will attempt the same defense orwhether Brewer will use the "homosexual advances" ploy in the other two cases.
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hy are we I·.·.I
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agree that "what is outcast always arises
continually
inner experience, our godlineSs: Looking
from within nature," meaning that homo.around me, it doesn't seem accidental
i.nvolved in a big
sexuality springs from within...:...not outthat so many gay people are drawn tobattle over names toside of-dominant culture. We are insiddefine our sexuality?
the work of Diamanda·
Galas, who - deers, mirrors of the limit of taboo held by- .
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do we ivates anguish and pain to a near holy
all those who call themselves heterooexuneed fixed cate- ;state in her Plague Mass. It seems more
al. The taboo, we say, makes. us marginal
gorles that limit ourand different from them because wethan obvious that the close proximity we,
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transgress the social rule. But it is their
have now to death, through AIDS, has;:;:::;:;;:::-:,
Isn't it that we"""""'".,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,"", own fear of transgression that'drives"their,
made us more acutely in touch with both
foar losing our in4ividuaiity?fear of us. In other words,the~bpo_ our mortality and our humanity .
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-What about our historic penchant. Wouldn't it be s(mpler to constderbelongs to all of us.
that we all share some basic taboos?
for tjtwil, be it on the physiCal plane ofSimilarly, the newly ~ted,~egoryof "sexual minority within_a sexual'iolent~,
as in S/M, or purely spiri_, Of course, the French writertual, tlie shamanism and return tominority" (the name of a pan'el at theGeorges Bataille said it much better. He'dwitdlcrilft practiced by lesbians? Isn't thatrecent OutWrite gay writers conference)probably conclude, as I have, that thewhat we are doing to the body, throughis misleading. Identifying oneself as com~'present debate over labels like "queer"
ing from "within" gay subculture is right,
image and language, an elevation of theand "gay" and "S/M dyke" is superficial;,_ . but, using rpe term "minority" lets the rest
profane 10 the sacred? That whicq -, isthe 'real bottom ,line. is ,,that we all fear . of us off the hook, as if we don't also
degmded and dark is brought to Hght,'as
an~ desire our (only nominally) suphave an embattled relationship to the
Carol Queen suggests? What about theptesstble .human urge toward'sexual.works of "straight" perfonners like Karensocial order.
ObviOusly, there are'important differactiVity is a natural fonn of violence orFinley and Annie Sprinkle, or writers like
excess that ultimately threatens our indiences of ~ence
between those of us
Ka$y Acker and gay artists like David
Viduality. So we learn to set limits on.who maintain, as opposed to :i\riolate, a
Wojnarowicz, who are revealing our
behavior, then spend a good portion ofthat thesocial taboo, but it's alsotaboos 9n incest, prostitution, sickness,,same taboo shapes---Bataille would even
our lives and waking fantasies seeking todeath. Open any collection of cuttingovercome these baniers in order to expe- , say "contains" our eommon'-desire. Heedge "queer" art these days, and you'll
find all the words for our bodily funcoence the moment of blind fusion--the •. argues that'transgression will not remove
tions, for our decay: blood, shit, piss,
the taboo, if it is a futidamencµ one: "The~little death" of climax, where we losesemen, etc.
bloodiest of murderers cannot. ignore theourselves. 1hat contradiction, that fear, is. Finally, in reclaiming
what iscurse .upon him', 'for the curse is the condi~
our common desire. Hardy stuff, no?
pon of his achievement" (from Bataille's
degraded (clit, cunt, etc.), we come to,
Not that Bataille is the first to link
the issue of contagion, which, in this time
sex and death and call it all, one and the'1957 study, Erotism, Death and Sensuality.
of AIDS, remains of paramount imporAs sexual transgressors, then, wesame, our quest for divinity. In other;tance to homosexuals as shunned pe0represent the flouted taboo: So OutWrite
words, it is our awareness of death, our:panel~t Carol Qµeen, a self-identified
ple, as "sinners," manifesting "non-natuultimate inability to overcome nature,ral" (read: "less than human")' instincts. I"transgressive queer," Says, "I identify as athat makes us most human, and compels
whore because I think
we ,should allused to shake my head in disbelief at the
us to try to go beyond our own bound.
connection some very fearful people
identify with that which is transgressivearies to an elevated state that feels
make between homosexuality as the firstand stigmatized and bring it into the light
Unmortal. I've noticed that Bataille's ideas
step toward bestiality, necrophilia andand let people learn about it...." So panhave found favor lately among people
murder, the "latent crinfinal" nature of
who call themselves, for Jack of a better .' elist Kate Bornstein, a "lesbian transsexuhomosexuals. Now I better understandal," rejects being "a gendered person."term, sexual outlaws. His analysis of
Based
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experience
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living
as
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this
fear.
eroticism
andtransgressionisinteresting.
If animal nature is sexual exuberflouted taboo, she sflYs, "I can't find
to :apply to our ~ommunitywide debates
ance, as Bataille maintains, and "there
words to describe myself." .
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5 am onA April 2, 1991, ahuge truck pulled
out from a Bristol.."..
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Myers facility in the
New York area anddrove down to the
FDA headquarters
in Rockville, Md.,
bearing hundreds ofthousands of pages of data comprising
the New Drug Application, or NDA, forddI. They drove it to the wrong building.
By the afternoon, in any case, themistake was sorted out, and the truck
arrived at the Kensington, Md., facility
where the IDA review team was waiting
eagerly to unload the boxes.
This little mishap is a typicalexample of the miscommunication
between the FDA and its "constituents"(drug companies or people with AIDS)
these days.
If it were not for two mistakes
made in 1989, the first by scientists, thesecond by activists and scientists, ddI(and its cousin drug ddC) could havebeen approved by now.
The first mistake: In 1989, it waswell known that nucleoside analogues
like AZf, ddI and ddC raised T4 celllevels in many people with HIV. That
·September, the Institute of Medicine, or ,10M, convened a conference of AIDS
"experts" to decide whether surrogate
markers like T4 cells should be used toapprove new drugs. This would shorten clinical trials and require fewer pe0ple to get sick and die to prove that a
new drug works. Anthony Fauci, director of rite National Institute for Allergy
and Infectious Diseases, or NIAID, andchief of US AIDS research, took theaggressive position that T4 cells should
be used as a surrogate marker for anti-of the anti-HIV drugs ddI and ddC by
now. Cooper said:
Obviously, AZT is not an ideal
therapy. We're all aware of theneed to get a drug approved assoon as possible. ddI is a promising drug. It looks like it is welltolerated
at a dose that is
active .... A question
wouldbe--mld I'd just like to ask what
your perspective is on this-if
there was a dual track, this firststudy would be at the ACTG
[AIDS Clinical Trials Group] centers, and the question is, for a second study, should that be a similar type of study, a randomized
study into a different dose? ... .If
If it were not for two
you go ahead in a second-track
study and just choose one of
mistakes the first bythese doses, there's some advantage and some disadvantage toscientists, the second bychoosing just one dose. There is a
activists and scientistscertain value to doing randomization in the second [parallel] track.
ddI could have been
Cooper's idea would have turned theparallel-track program for distributing ddI
approved by now.
to thousands of people with AIDS who
could not enter the ddI controlled trials
into a prototype for a "large, simple trial"on surrogate markers. The conclusions
in which thousands of people are ranwere the same: T4 cell changes reflecteddornzied to, for example, doses of ddI.
efficacy, at least for nucleoside anaOne example of a rapid, effective,
logues, and should be used in judging . large, simple trial is the Third International Study of Infarct [heart attack] Survival,
anti-HIV efficacy. Of course, now it was
ISIS-3. Designed in 1989 and completed
far too late for this novel conclusion to. in 1991, this study enrolled more thanaffect the design, though not the evalua30,000 people in 20 countries and rapidlytion, of the ddI and ddC trials.
answered the question "Which is the best
The second mistake was one thatanti-fibrinolytic for heart-attack swvivors?"
shortsighted AIDS activists (including
ISIS-3 discovered that a cheap and nonmyselO had a hand in.
In 1989, Dr. Ellen Cooper, thentoxic drug, Streptokinase, was just as
director of the Anti-Viral Drugs Divisioneffective as a tremendously costly drug,of the IDA, had an idea which, if imple1PA (tissue plasminogen activator), one ofthe very few drugs more expensive thanmented, could have led to the approval
HIV drug efficacy: T4 cells weren't a
perfect marker, but they were the best
we had, and better than nothing. The
10M panel concurred.
Then everyone went home andcreated the ddI clinical trials (two comparing ddI to AZf and one comparing
two different doses of ddI), completely
ignoring those recommendations: They
were designed with clinical endpoints(death or opportunistic
infection),required 2,500 participants and just finished enrolling in March 1991.
In February 1991, the FDA itself
called yet another expert panel to testify•

AZI'. They discovered this in just about 18
months. The data-collection form was asingle page.
Twenty-thousandpeople have
now gotten ddI on parallel track. Thiswas undoubtedly a lifesaving programfor many and a life-prolonging one
for others. Yet, if Cooper's suggestion
had been followed, the drug might beapproved
already, enabling evenmore to take ddI, and with a better
understanding of its risks and benefits.We
might have known by
now-basedon irrefutable hard datafrom a giant randomized exercisewhich dose of ddI was best andwhich one had the best impact on
AIDS progression and survival.
Instead, we satisfied ourselves with
the idea, propounded by NlAID Director
Anthony Fauci, that parallel track should
be just a treatment program, with minima! data collection.
Bristol-Myers insisted, however, thatthe data collection in parallel track be as
onerous as a typical randomized trial.
Thus, we ended up with, in asense, the worst of both worlds when it
came to parallel track. We did not push
for a useful randomized comparison ofvarious doses of ddI, and the data collection mandated by ddI's maker, BristolMyers Squibb, was just as crushing as if
we had. It was large, but it was certainly
not simple. And it is sti11 unclear whether
data from parallel-track ddI will be usedby the FDA in granting the NDA.
Thus, we missed two shortcuts toearly approval of ddI: 1) validation of T4
countS as a surrogate marker for antimY efficacy; 2) use of parallel track as a"large, simple trial" to validate the bestdose of ddI for use in the real world.
Now Ellen Cooper, the friend we
didn't appreciate until it was too late, isgone from the ·FDA's Anti-Viral Drugs
Division, forced out last December in asexist coup, and has been replaced by
the usual clique of self-serving, selfimportant Beltway bureaucrats who
assure us that "AIDS is our first priority," then hedge approval of several
useful drugs with all the usual caveats
and arbitrary last-minute demands.
The average FDA review time fordrugs approved in 1991 was 27.7
months (2 1/4 years); one drug took
84.3 months C7 years).
Hopefully, next time a promising
candidate for parallel track comesaround, we won't act as though "randomize" is always a dirty word.T

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pendent Democratsof Brooklyn, or UD,
had former vicepresidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro as its guest
speaker on ~uesday, April 16, andww i.i?
about 100 people "'.,ViWJ
attended. UD President David Shantonchaired the meeting and Lambda's politiCal wiz, Alan F1eishman, greeted folks at
the door. Shanton and F1eislunan represent the best of a new progressive leadership at UD, replacing yesterday's moderates who went along in order to getalong with the powers that be.
Ferraro seemed to be totally at easedealing with lesbians and gay men andshowed an understanding of our movement, aspirations and goals. She's an articulate speaker who emanates a good dealof Warmth, and she's conversant on matters ranging from condom distribution in
the schools to basic civil rights anddomestic-partnership legislation.
Ferraro said , that she plans toannounce her candidacy for US Senate in
the fall. She used to represent the "Archie
Bunker" territory of Queens in Congress
but explained that she didn't win her
elections with Archie's vote. It was, shesaid, the "Edith Bunker" vote that put her
in Congress. Edith notwithstanding, Ferraro is not doing too well in the polls andreally is a long shot for Senate victory.
Perhaps most disappointing to potential
voters is her endorsement of the death.penalty. 1bat issue may separate her fromher Democratic opponents, but it clearly
also leads one to question her true com-mitment to progressive ideals and principles. Isn't supporting the death penalty
just pandering to people's worst instincts
and fears?
We should also note that Ferraro
was not a-n upfront supporter of ourcommunity while in Congress and did
not sponsor our civil rights legislation.
She claims that her district was conservative and that she would not have beenable to retain her seat in Congress had
she openly supported us. t believe that
Ferraro allowed herself to be limited bycatering to the conservative instincts ofher former district and is really quite
comfortable being our advocate. She
accepted that role of advocate as soon as
she received the vice-presidential nod
from Walter Mondale in 1984. In fact, her
first speaking engagement after receiving
the nomination was to a lesbian and gay
group in Queens. I welcome Ferraro's

F e"aro used torepresent the "Archiefrom Comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman's
office; Liz Garro from Brooklyn DA
Hynes' office; Dick Dadey, executive
director of the New York State. Pride
Agenda; .Andy Humm from Gay Cable
Network and the Hetrick-Martin Institute;and Scott Klein, former president of lID.
lance Ringel, the governor's soon-to-beformer liaison to our comtnunity, wasalso there, and I asked him to make surethat this columnist is the first to know
who his replacement will be, so I canshare the news with my readers. Newly
elected Councilman Ken FISher dropped
by, and I whispered to him that.Ferraro
had just endorsed the domestic partnership bill, which FISher refused to sponsor.
He said that that was nice of her. Councilniember Steve Dibrienza also attended.

Bunker" territory in

LID Awards
On May 18, lID will host its awards

Queens. It was theluncheon at the Montauk Club locatedon Eighth Avenue at Lincoln place in
Brooklyn. The 1991 award recipients are:liz Garro, Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes'
energetic and effective liaison to ourcommunity; the National Gay and lesbian Task Force; and Erica Zurer, a member of community school board 13. The
Peter Vogel award will be presented to
LID's past president, Alan F1eislunan, andMayor Dinkins will be presented a special commendation for his bold actions
surrounding the St. Patrick's Day Parade.
Mark your calendar and plan to join,
Lambda on May 18. Tickets are $45 inadvance, $55 at the door. Gill lID President David Shanton at 018) 384-1285 formore information.

"Edith Bunker" votethat put her inCongress.

bid, but I do not consider her to besuperior to State Attorney General
Robert Abrams. If Ferraro really wants tomake a difference to the people of ourcommunity, she should run against theman who took over her congressionalseat, Queens· County Congressman
Thomas Manton. Manton is a notorious
homophobe, a right-to-lifer and a dangerous county leader.
Ferraro came to lID with her husband, John Zaccaro, gay activist David
Nimmons, and Nimmons' lover, David
Fleisher, who was Ruth Messinger's
campaign manager in her '89 bid for
Manhattan borough president. The two
Davids had Ferraro and Zaccaro at theirhome for dinner.
Also in attendance were Pam Elain

Gypsy's Broce Moore, B.D. Wong andthe Mayor Too
Bella Abzug will be out of town theevening of the Village Independent
Democrats, or VID, annual dinner on
May 17 at Tavern on the Green and thus
will not be the key-noter as was previously announced. This provides a senseof relief to some who were afraid that
she would use the evening to plug her
youngest daughter's bid for a City Council seat. Of course, there is little chancethat VID would endorse the youngest
Abzug. They will, in all probability, support the openly gay candidate, Tom
Duane. Additions to the dinner program
include Tony award-winner B.D. Wong,
who will present City Human Rights
Commissioner Dennis Deleon with the
Human Rights Award, and Bruce 'Moore
from Gypsy, who will entertain. -,Themayor will also speak.

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30 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10011
212.673.4331

Circulate This!

The Press Office of the New York
City Council is run by West Sider Peg
Breen. Once co-host of Inside Albany,
Breeri is now the mouthpiece of Council
Speaker Peter Vallone. Breen has spoken
out against the domestic partnership billand is not very friendly to her gay andlesbian neighbors. She is also responsible,
for the Council Log-press clips that go
to :ill the 'council members. She distril:!utes topies of news clippings fromdailies., and weeklies of all stripes. .Black,
Latino, Asian and other communities'
many papers are represc;:nted, .but not
OUtWeek! ,Outrageous! And after all the
nice-things that I've said about Breen and
the Council Speaker! This is clearly discriminatory, and from a West Sider yet!
We know that Breen reads us, so why
aren'twe Q¢ing
distributed? Come on Peg,;
Breen, circU1ateus now.

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Council district.
l'",~t,On,Connecticut
Lowell Weick~ Jr. bas been governor of Connecticut' for less than fourmonths, and the Connecticut Legislature
has passed
law protecting gay rights.
Avice'Meehan,Weicker's press secretary,said. mat the governor planned to sign
the bill inuDediately and "enthusiastic3IIy." Refreshing, quite refreshing. But why
not in New York?
April 23, for th~ first time, NewYork Gov. Mario Cuomo' introduced abroad' measure to outlaw discrimination
againSt lesb~
and gays in New York.
the
Assembly
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On April 24;, .
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os Angeles police tactics have recently come under the
scrutiny of the American public, due in large part to thesavage beating of Rodney King on March 3, allegedly
by three los Angeles Police, or LAPD, officers. The beating was videotaped by George Holliday
and now ranks as one of the most viewed images on
American television.
The King beating has been decried as raciallymotivated, an allegation upheld by radio transmissions
between officers involved. Three officers and theirsergeant have been brought up on assault and coverup charges, while 12 other LAPD officers who allegedly
stood by to watch the beating have received little more..

Above (clockwise, from left): Chief bigot Daryl Gates; an LAPD officer
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to back up the "fag," inthe hopes that he would
be killed.
Grobeson filed suitagainst the department in
September 1988, a legal
battle that is still waging.
He was joined in 1989 by
an anonymous female officer, an anonymous 12-year
male officer and an applicant to the force who left
the Police Academy due tosevere homophobic
harassment.
Another anonymous
gay LAPD officer recently
told the IA7imes: "It's one•
thing to handle the court. To Be or Nol To Be•••8ay?
system and street aime,- Gates began his police career with the LAPD 42 years ago,but something else to haveat the age of 22. Appointed police chief in April 1978, Gates has
your own brother officers
been swirling in controversy almost ever since. His police force
against you ... .! know theseof 8,382 members is 61 percent white and, as far as Gates isconcerned, 100 percent heterosexual~r,
at least, they had bet- , people play rough here.
Something couJd happen
ter be if t.~ey want to keep their jobS.
to me. There are pe0In an IA Daily news piece in 1982, Gates said that heple some hardcore pe0assumed that there were gays already in the departnient but that
ple who would stop at
they had kept their preferences to themselves. At the same time,
no length to get rid of
five officers were giving interviews and leafletting against theme." Is Chief Gates amongvery idea of gay officers, calling them "sinful," "unnatural,"these "hardcore," or have
"immoral," "mentally sick" and "potential child-molesters." Nonethe "hardcore" just adoptof the officers was reprimanded or punished for these very pubed his attitudes?
lic homophobic actions.
Gates later admitted in an IA 7imes interview: "I think to
Homo-Quotas
display a sexual orientation of any kind is in bad taste. I think
In 1980, Chief Gates. the realities of the situation are that if a gay came in to thewas forced into filling
Police Department and just openly displayed himself as gay ...,
quotas, which would suphe's going to have one hell of a hard time."
posedly leave him with a
At least three such officers did have "a hell of a time."
force that was 25 percent
Sgt. Mitch Grobeson left the LAPD in June 1988 after serving
female, 22.5 percent Latino
seven exemplary yeats on the force. The man of whom Gates
and 22.5 percent Black.
~d once written in a memo, "You have impressed the unim(Current actual LAPD
pressable," was outed by an IA sheriff. When word got to
Statistics show a force that
Rampart Division, where he was transferring, the "faggot"
is 86.71 percent male, wit:Q
found himself unwelcome.
the following racial breakGrobeson received several death threats and much harassdown: 13.78 percent
ment and, on several potentially life--tbteatening calls, could notBlacks, 21.6 percent latino, 2.6 percent Asian, .29
Andy Mangels, free-lance journalist and comic-bookpercent Native Americanand .49 percent Ftlipino.)
writer, is currently working on d book entitled The Right toGates was also fQrced to lower the height requirement from five
Remain Silent? Gay Cops Tell Their Story. Any lesbian orfeet-5ix inches to five feet. Gates fought against the rulings,
gay law-enjorcement or peaceo.fftcers may contact him at
against affinnative action and against quota hiring of anybody
PO Box 3226, Portland, OR 97208.
"based on their particular sta, racial or otherwise."than a slap on the wiist.
The front man in the police brutality expose is Olief Daryl
Gates, head of the LAPD for 13 years and police veteran of 42
years. Gates has been the subject of La; Angeles protests bygroups as diverse as the NAACP, Senate Judiciary Committee
Chair Joseph Biden Jr., the IA County Federation of labor, theAQ.U, California Feminists for life, the Gun-Owner's Action
Committee, the anti-abortion Operation Rescue, the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference and IA Mayor Tom Bradley. All
are asking for Gates to step down as chief of police due to his
policies and attitudes toward the King incident.
Glaringly alRnt in all of the talk regarding Gates' "racist" or"classist" policies are charges of homophobia. Even the AQ.U
has managed to conveniently forget many of Gates' statements
about the gay community and, in particular, gays and lesbians in
the police force.
Would Gates' resignation create a change in the perceived
racist and homophobic policies of the LAPD?Would his sucres
sor be any better? What exactly is the LAPD's view of the gay
community or gay
and lesbian police officers? Is the King beat- .
ing and subseq~ent cover-up an "aberration," as Gates repeatedly insists, or is such behavior standard practice?

I"To display
sexualorientation
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gay came
into thedepartment
and openly
displayed
Ihis sexuality , he's
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After the civil rights victory over his objections, Gates told the L4Times mockingly that next he'd probably have to hire homosexualofficers. He called them "unnatural," adding, "Who'd want towork with one?". It was eight years before Mayor Tom Bradley called for hiring of homosexuals in public service. The city's personality test,
originally designed to weed out gay applicants, was redesigned,began some recruiting measuresand the sheriff's d~ent
within the city. Still, the LAPD frowned on gay hhing. Gates told
a gay Republican group in 1988: "I'm not going to go out anddetermine what your sexual preference is....I just want good
police officers. " Whether or not gays would qualify as the latter
depended on many factors, according to Gates.
. Nevertheless, the LAPD has avoided recruiting directly inthe lesbian and gay community. Defending his reasons for this,Gates said recently: "In the factors that go into being a police
officer, sexual preference is irrelevant It should stay irrelevant
And it will stay irrelevant while I have anything to say about it."
LAPD Dpty. Chief Cmdr. William Booth has denied anti-gay bias
on the force or in hhing practices. "One of the things that is
totally irrelevant .is an applicant's sexual orientation. Once anapplicant is on the force, our attitude doesn't change."
In November 1990, Cmdr. Bob Taylor, the LAPD's coordinator and community liaison to the Black, Latino and gay communities, called a meeting about this issue with gay community
leaders, which, according to Taylor, Gates seemed enthusiastic
about attending. Gates had to force Asst. Chief Robert Vernon,
his right-hand man and a self-desaibed "born-again Christian,"·to attend, and, to Taylors recollection, Vernon was the only person who said nothtng. Five months later, a policy which"restates existing policy" is in its third draft, saying that "differences should be a celebrated event" and that no discrimination
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long document, sexual orientation is mentioned twice.

ThlPower

Behind .. Bates
The LAPD, always
one with a reputation for
hard-nosed and militaristic attitudes, has also
been fairly open about
it's pztattitude towardhomosexuals. Gates'
predecessor, Chief
Edward Davis, had
LAP,Dstruts Its stuff (top); Mitch
already set .the tone
Grobeson, who Is suing the LAPD
by the time Gates
for discrimination, In his new post
was put in place. Pl aletter declining his
with the SFPD (above)
participation in thecelebration of Gay
Pride Week, Davis said: "While I support your organization's
constitutional right to express your feelings on the subject ofhomosexuality, I am obviously not in sympathy with your viewson the subject. I would much rather celebrate 'Gay Conversion
Week,' which I will gladly sponsor when the medical practitioners in this country find a way to convert gays to heterosexuals."
In 1975, Vernon issued a memo to all LAPD officers, setting
future policy. Despite a Police Commjssion report in December
1982 which brought the policy under question (though they had
backed it initially), the LAPD has never revoked the following
statements:

There is no area sacred from thewhen
it comes to furthering their insurgent ideas Homosexuals
are preoccupied with illegal sexual reiations HomosexuaIs tend to associate with disreputable persons ....HomosexuaIs have a corrosive influence upon their fellow
employees because they attempt to eQtice normal individuals to engage in perverted sexual practices ....The homosexual is constantly involved in crimes of violence, asboth victim and perpetrator. Members of the homosexual
community are responsible for some of our most heinous
aimes ....Any person who willingly engages repeatedly inhomosexual activity is an emotionally sick person anddefinitely constitutes an unacceptable risk when qualifying as a police officer ....The hiring of homosexuals aspolice officers is repulsive to nearly all persons ....Homosexual acts are inherently immoral, abnormal and aiminaI-usua11y felonies ....To retain the current trust of thecommunity and the high level of efficiency enjoyed by
the Los Angeles Policet, the disqualification ofpolice applicants based on substantiatedconduct must be continued.
Taylor, who c1aims to believe that Gates and Vernon are"supporti.ve of an environment free of any kind of bias," hadnever heard of this memo and seemed shock:ed to hear it quoted. Vernon was unavailable for comment"People wonder why the officers are treating the publicbadly," says Mitch Grobeson. "Look who's in charge. Vernon,
the assistant chief, is in charge of all patrol officers."

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Gays are not the only target of negative LAPD policies, asevidenced by the racially motivated beating of Rodney King. In
1979, a distraught Black woman was shot eight times when she
wielded a two-inch paring knife against LAPD officers. In 1988 a
jwy found Gates personally liable for $170,000 in damages for abeating several of his officers gave to a latino family during asearch for a murder weapon. The numbers have risen over theyears. Settlements against the LAPD were only $553,000 in 1972
but had grown to $6.4 million by 1989 and stood at $10.5 million in 1990.
Perhaps these undue uses of force and disaimination by
officers is a kind of punishment for the community's "evil."
Gates defends his targeting of Black communities for crackdowns by pointing to higher statistics of crime in the Black community. In a discussion with Sen. Joseph Biden at a Senate subcommittee meeting on drugs (Sept 5, 1990), Gates suggested
that "casual drug-users should be shot." He also once told Olief
Kenneth Hickrnari of the Monterey Park police that "homosexuals are evil, and they do evil." He also asserted that lesbians andgay men have "provided more complaints that have been
unfounded than any other group I've known---not just unfounded, but way-<>ut complaints that just didn't occur."
According to Grobeson, Gates has assigned approximately
150 vice officers whose primary duty is the arrest of gay men,an allegation that Taylor disputes. Gates' most unpleasant recollection, according to Grobeson, was "stakeouts in public toilets
to capture homosexuals. 1bat's about as low on assignments as
you can get." Grobeson correlates the stakeouts with what hesaw in the department: "There [are] never [fewer] than fivearrests a day of gay men by the LAPD, for various charges relat-

ing to their sexuality." Still,with more than 400 gay
arrests in Griffith Park (awell-Imown gayauisingspot) in 1989 alone, Grobeson alleges that Gates hasconstantly refused to allow
any of the 150 officers to be
used to target or arrest gaybashers in the same area.
Instead, he heard many officers brag about releasing
gay-bashers if there was an•arrest made.
After the November"To retain
the trust 01
the community and thehigh level 01
eniciency
enjoyed by
the LAPD, thedisqualilication 01 police
applicants
based onSilence oIlIIe Cops homosexual
According to Grobeson, undue uses of force
conduct
are not the aberration Gates
has repeatedly claimed thatmust be conthey are. Nor are the community's complaints always
tinued.""unfounded. ""The King beating is-A,ssl. Chiel[only] an aberration [in that!
community meeting cited
above, an in-service training
session for "cultural awareness" was done for older
officers in January, following
allegations of gay mistreatment in a North Hollywoodpark (after complaints ofpublic sex, police were hassling all gays in the area).
The session was mandatory
for all officers in that department to attend and wastaught by gay and lesbiancommunity volunteers. A
similar training has beenongoing in the Police Academy for approximately the last
four years. A specific block:of instmction on gay and lesbian cultural awareness isgiven by lesbian and gay volunteers, but it receives nopolice funding.

it's the first time it's beencaught on a minkam," says
Grobeson. He goes on toconfinn that "75 percent of
the LAPD would never condone or participate in thatkind of activity. However, there are about 25 percent that would,
and the other 75 percent would not report it due to management. The department, under Olief Gates, does not allow officers to make allegations against other officers. Any officer who

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his back:-up.: ..The 'Code of Silence,' as it's called, is very much
enforced and supported by Chief Gates and Asst. Chief Vernon."
The "Code of Silence" is among the spoken but unwritten
training policies for the IAPD, more so than in other Police
Departments, asserts Grobeson. "The other officers at the King
beatinS did npt speak up because they are told they shan not
speak up. Chief Gates and Vemon talk about 'the battle' and'the war' and how 'we're at war' and it's 'them vs. us.' Fromthe minute you "enter the Police Academy for the IAPD, youlearn that there is you as police officers, and everyone else is
the enemy. ~enty-fiye percent of the officers say, 'Well, that
can't be true. What about 'the good peOple?' Tweny-five percentof them bought into what Gates and Vernon are saying. When
you're at war, you work under the guise of war. You take no
prisonerS. That is the mentality of the management, anq if theofficers doa't agree with it, they are forced to abide by it [under]
thecurtent chief and assistant chief."
Grobeson, who 'now works with the San FranCisco Police
Department, notes that in his current department, telling the truth
about an incident brings rewards, while if you tell the truth in
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IAPD, "you're gone." Similarly,
IAPD's unwritten policy doesn't .
reward citizens who step forward"If you are a Black: citizen
who makes an allegation against
an IAPD officer, you are not acredible witness,· says Grobeson. "Gays are considered antipolice, so no matter if a hundred
thousand gays came f01Ward
who say a police officer beatsomeone, and the officer said, 'I
didn't do it,' the officer's word
would be taken with the same
credibility or more than the hundred thousand gays. The policy
says, 'Gays and Blacks are antipolice and are considered to be
non-credible witnesses. Therefore anything they state has no
credibility ...,
Grobeson himself saw thispolicy close-up at the 1985 Sunset Junction Street Fair. Designed
to soothe tensions between the
Latino and gay communities of
the Silverlake district in West IA,
the fair became the site of evengreater violence when one offive officers allegedly began tosystematically bludgeon a fightc::suspect in the head with 'e
his baton. AftC1" appro xi- ~•ex:mately eight blows:J!
(Grobeson was not able ~to count all of them),~
one of which broke thesuspect's atm, the officer swung as hard as
he could and, according to Grobeson, hit
the man in the back:of the head, spraying
blood onto thecrowd which was
now closing in.
Grobeson andthree other officers
were soon facedwith a very agitatYet another civilian Is collared by
ed and violent crowd
an LAPD officer (top); Asst. Chief". who wanted to freebigot Robert Vernon (above)the suspect and getto the other officer.
Grobeson screamed
to the crowd his assurances that he would take complaints, andthe officers were rescued shortly thereafter when a helicopter
lowered itself onto the crowd and hundreds of police cars
showed up.
Five gay men remained to take Grobeson up on his

••promise and made complaints. When he attempted to give themto Ws"sergeapt, the man responded, "I know what they want tosay, and 1don't fucking want to he<µ"it." When Grobeson went
to a supervisor, the man rebuffed him and wouldn't take thecomplaints. Days later, when their complaints had not beenheald, the five men called the police station. Grobeson was
blamed for the complaints, the complainants were labeled "fags"
and discredited as witnesses, and a massive cover-up began---a
cover-up that started at the top. Every internal investigation andcomplaint must go through the offices of Vernon and Gates.
"The Police Department, under the assistant chief, wasinstructed to destroy evidence against the officer," relates Grobeson. "1bey were ordered by police management to cover it up.
They did so, including the destruction of medical records, ordering the officer involved to falsify his reports. "The beating victim
was eventually paid $75,000 to settle out of court for an incident
that never officially OCCUlTed.
Knowing that the complaint by the witnesses and himself
was highly likely to be dismissed and that "none of the otherofficers had seen the beating," why did Grobeson break the"Code of Silence'? "One reason was the integrity issue," heexp~."Secondly, the officer who did the beating was known
to be a risk and had said that he hated gays. He endangered thelives of the other officers present. Police officers need to be .
honest. Not only because it's the right thing to do but because
they've sworn to uphold the law-not violate it."Still, by breaking the "Code of Silence," Grobeson asserts that"you're not endangering your job, you're endangering your life."
After the 1985 beating, Rampart Division (Grobeson's
precinct in the preciominately gay and Latino Silverlake area)
had dozens of complaints of severe beatings by police against
mernbers of the community. One man was beaten severely andleft on a bus bench for two days, unable to move due to broken
ribs. According to Grobeson, supervisors were called in to testify
that this was "acceptable and typical behavior for lAPD officers." Chief Gates and Vernon transferred 2~officers and super..visors from the Division after what Grobeson asserts was a massive cover-up. In a separate incident in November 1985, Gates
pardoned a patrolman and his partner who had fatally shot in
the back an unanned Cuban immigrant. Again, according toGrobeson, a cover-up ensued.
"What you're dealing with are two powerful individuals,
Chief Vernon and Chief Gates, who, in my opinion, have a similar
mentality," says Grobeson. 'They were told it is a violation of law
to discriminate against individuals based on sexual orientation. It'sin the Los Angeles Municipal Code. They said, We're going toviolate the law.' They were toldito not allow people to be beaten
under the color of authority. They said, We will cover this up.' In
my opinion, they're common crimina1s with a lot of power."

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With regards to the King beating and other lAPD incidents
of violence, Grobeson wants to make clear that the majority
would not condone the behavior, nor would they cover up if
given the choice by management. "It's the 25 percent-that
includes management-which
is discriminating against Blacks
and gays."
He notes that all of the police officers he knows feel thatthe officers who stood by in the beating should be fired, but notblamed: "The lAPD has never punished people for covering up

or not coming fOlWard for
misconduct. They are
rewarded for it." Indeed,
rewards for the discriminato!)' behavior are evident
in past incidents.
All officers involved in
the anti-gay harassment ofGrobeson which caused
him to leave the force havebeen. promoted by Chief
Gates. The officer who led
the anti-gay campaign
referred to at the beginning of this article wasalmost immediately promoted to supervisor. Afterthe anti-gay dictum; Vernon was made assistant ..
chief. Gates has refused toestablish a liaisOn to thegay and les~communities and claims that henever will.
Despite all of the evidence and his personal
dealings, Grobeson saysthat "Gates is not an evilman. 1can't say that about
Vernon. Gates does thebest that he's capable of.
He doesn't do things maliciously. That is not to saythat [Gates] does his job
properly or that he doesn't
make mistakes or that hedoesn't spend the majorityof his career trying desperately to shove his foot as
far as he can down his[own) throat. There comesa point in time where achief has to be responsible
for the person he appOint,ed as second-in-command." Does this imply that Vernon-moreso than Gates is the driving force Qehind discrimination andviolence against gays and lesbians? "You read Vernon's opinions(in.his policy above) and then tell me," responds Grobeson. "Ilet both of their opinions and quotes stand for themselves."
And Gates' opinions certainly speak. Di$:ussing the King
beating r~ently, Gates made the follOwing statement. "We
regret what took place. I hope he gets his life straightened out.
Perhaps this will be the vehicle to move him down the road to a .
good life instead of the life he's been involved in for such a longtime." Would he have made the same statement if the victim
was gay or lesbian?
Removing Gates may not be so easy. In Los Angeles, thechief of police and all other department heads are protected bycivil selVice to keep them free from political corruption. Neither"Anyonewho thinks
I'm going toslink away iswrong. Iamvery, very
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You're under arrest!" The hick ish cop rushed into the branchy
alcove. Jim heard spat words coming from the hollow he hadjust left-"Fucking queer/" and the sound of fists on bones.
Jim tried to pull instinctively toward the youngman he had been
with, the youngman the cop was beating, but the handcuffs
and the bleached cop held him back. The hickish cop emergedout of the brush with the handcuffed bleeding youngman doubled over. .
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So John Rechy describes a routine police bust in his 19IT
"prose documentary," The Sexual Outlaw. The Los Angeles
Police Department, or LAPD, sweeps of Griffith Park and queer
bars are not as frequent or as publicized these days, but the
militarism remains. Minutes after the command goes out, aswarm of cop cars, fire trucks and helicopters is poised toattack at.the slightest whiff of "trouble." More common are thebrazen harassment, intimidation and threats of violence lesbians and gays suffer daily from the LAPD, a force of 8,300 officers, none of whom is openly queer.
Queers regularly blame the LAPD

for entrapment, as in the case of Anthony Fulciniti. One day in
1987, Tony pulled over near a well-known but empty cruising
spot in Silver1ake to check out his newly repaired car, killing time
until his ex-lover, who lived two blocks away, got home. A cleancut man approached him, struck up a conversation, and the two
men took a walk. At one point, Tony had to urinate, and heducked into a dark, convenient area away from the other man.
After they resumed their walk, they turned down an alley andspied another man approaching them head-on. Fearing a gaybashing, Tony suggested they leave, and then the first man
grabbed him and shoved him up against the wall. He struggled
and managed to get away, calling for help. Only then did themen identify themselves as police, tackling him to the groundand causing a gash in his head that required six stitches.
As the two plainclothes vice officers sat on top of Tony, two'
uniformed officers arrived. One swung at Tony with a billy club,
poking him in the face, ribs and groin, and tried to break his
teeth by thrusting the club into his mouth. Finally, the LAPD officers put him in a cho~e hold until he almost passed out. At thepolice station, he was degraded with taunts and AIDS "jokes."
It has taken four years to get to court on Tony's charge oflewd conduct. Claiming that he whipped out his penis and started
masturbating while making lustful comments to the clean-cut guy,
the LAPD has dropped charges of assault and resisting arrest.
But in the interim, the LAPD lost both Tony's files and his
booking photo which showed his battered face. Tony, meanwhile, was afraid to leave his apartment, equally afraid toremain at home, lest he become a "drive-by shooting" victim
for complaining about pOlice brutality. Today, Tony has an, aggravated hearing problem, trouble
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Coggan further asserts that the GLCSC's Anti-Violence
Project reports are just the ''tip of the iceberg." Coun>tlessother.
victims will not come forward, either for fear of being exp.osed
as gay or because they feel that when it is their word against,'
the cops, nobody will believe them. Coggan also says that vip~.
tims are reluctant to report police misconduct to thelAPD.".·"Who would want to make a report to the very agency that perpetuated the crime against you?" he,asks. Many victims also
fear LAPD retri bution.
This is the pall under which sun-loving LA queers have '. ;lived for years. It would seem logical, then, that the King be,at-'ing would have galvanized the queer community, generating a. tidal wave of identification, a flood of letters, faxes and phone.
calls to elected officials and night after night of solidarity
protests. Rechy's ''youngman'' is Rodney King-Tony Fulciniti,.
or the African-American lesbian who got her crotch grabbed ..
twice by a cop demanding "Are you a man or a woman?" at a-;raid on a recent lesbian fund-raiser. Rodney King is every queer
who has walked past a cop and prayed to be invisible. .
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But the queer response so far has been minimal. Why?
Los Angeles is a city with no center, a city that, for all the 'e
glitter, glamour, gold and headline liberalism, is basically .
~conservative. Queers here only become active when it is coi1Ve~ ~nient and does not require too much traveling. Then there is~what ACT UP/LA's Connie Norman calls ''the flier mentality"-no ~,,Complacency and assimilation are the problems. Gay yuppies just
can't identify with the prima.., targets of police brutalltv,namely, street hustlers and people of color.
his mouth which he cannot afford to fix.
During the trial, the police contradicted their own testimony about the use of force. One said that Tony fell on his face.
Another (not a plaintiff) said that. even though handcuffed,
Tony had pushed an officer up against a car. As in the nowfamous videotaped beating of Rodney King, the police impliedthat the "suspect" displayed supernatural power, as if on drugs,
to explain their use of force.
The jury believed the LAPD. Tony's attorney, Tom Beck,believes that they lost the case because Tony is gay, as if,muchlike assumptions commonly made about rape victims, hebrought it on himself. "I'm respectable," Tony says. "I don't
know how they could get away with it."Beck, who is currently filing for a new trial, points to aconflict of interest in the case. "Sgt. Mike Nicholes, the officer
who hit Tony with a baton numerous times, was the same person who was assigned by the department to investigate Tony's
excessive force complaint. And then he came into the trial andlied like a motherfucker. They all did. [It was] unbelievable."
Roger Coggan, the legal director for the Los Angeles Gay
and Lesbian Community Services Center, orGLCSC, recently
announced that not only are hate crimes against queers up in
the metro area, but five hate crimes involving the LAPD had
occurred in the 30 days prior to the King beating. One of those

one will do anything unless she or he has a flier in hand.
Morris Kight, founder of the 1970 Gay Liberation Front in
Los Angeles, is "baffled" by the lack of queer response. "Oursilence is an act of criminal conspiracy," he says. Kight, an LA
County Human Relations Commissioner, appeared at an early,
ACLU news conference denouncing LAPD brutality.
On April 6, the Rainbow Coalition held a march and rally~lIing for LAPD Chief Daryl Gates' resignation. The National
Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum, the (lay and Lesbian
Chapter of the ACLU, Stonewall Democratic Clubj P-FLAG, ACTUPILA and Queer Nation participated, and about 100. queers "showed up to join the 5,000 protesters. But most left after
Jesse Jackson spoke, missing the three queer speakers who
closed the program. Of the queers who did stay, many were
• upset that neither Jackson nor Democratic Congresswoman "Maxine Waters of Los Angeles mentioned lesbians and gays in
the litany of LAPD victims, despite personal assurances from, ,Jackson that queers would not be forgotten. .
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for the march because they didn't want to "embarrass" theRainbow Coalition, as if homophobia would harm the anti-Gates
cause. Others bluntly pointed to an ongoing problem of racism
within the community. As Charles Stewart, deputy to state Sen.
Diane Watson, pOinted out, not many activists knew that four
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and cQµ:ipetetive sexual mentality sometimes associated with other enchanted
vacation hot spOts. The Hamptons prides
itself on the simple pleasures of soothing,semi-rural, even serene living and extended summer- vacationing: gardening,
aritiquing, .lot's of reading, lot's of beaching, long afternoons in summer breezes
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Signorile; but rather thatcertain things must be set
straight (so to speak):1) There's a chance,
though I doubt it, that I
misreadJim Dwyer's
Newsday column attacking the Nancy Reagan book. He called
alleged boyfriend has to do is prove thatme last week to say that he was not
Merv is a queer. Such a confrrmation
defending Nancy and her response towould probably then lead the judge toAIDS, but rather trying to point out thatthink that Merv's lying across the board.
she wasn't nearly as powerful as Kitty
And Mr. Big Bucks could find himself in
KelJey claims. We agreed that the headDouble Jeopardy.
line "Hey! Stop Bashing Nancy!" set a. And, believe me, it's going to be amisleading tone.
cinch to prove that Merv is a gay boy,2) It is most likely true that I
no matter what dahling, loyal and welJdragged writer Jonathan Van Meter
taken-care-of Eva says. You see, eve1)'
through the mud a few times too many.
trick he's ever picked up in some dark
Many other reporters had interviewed
alley, every boy he's ever shared a
Jodie Foster during her press blitz, but I,
Jacuzzi with and every former Helmsley
in my endless discussions of the actress
Palace employee (the place where Merv
and that movie, unfairly kept focusing
stayed in New York and allegedly hadon Van Meter and his interview with thestar. I admit wholeheartedly that I. ani
prone to obssessive behavior and willdeal with this in therapy next week.
3) It is defmitely, without a doubt,
an indisputable
fact that I wrongly
referred to Eric Pooley's New Yom pieceon gay-bashing as part of an eerily fashionable trend in bashing stories si.nce .
the St. Patrick's Day parade d,eba<;le.
But, contrary to what I implied, Poo~ey
was working on his sto1)' for more thanfour months-way"before
th.e ~d:e-eorgies) is coming forward on this one.
having been contacted about it initially . Arid then, there are all the pretty young
by writer and activist Jay Blotcher backmen with whom I spoke last year whenin December.
. I reported on Merv's delicious doings.
OK, so nobody's perfect.
Yes, as $uzy would say, I'm reminding
Not even Merv Griffin..
you that you "read it alJ here first,"
It is absolutely mind-boggling that,months and months ago.
after every media organization. from NBC.
Ha ha ha ha ha. ha ba! But you
to the National Enquirer has wrenchedknew that.
Merv out of the closet, the HolJywood
Anyway, this whole thing also
mogul is still somehow. trying to conproves just how far the media has comevince America that he is heterosexual.
since the Malcolm Forbes decloseting
What an asshole.
forcedthem to scrutinize their own,
If Merv had Simply said, ~eah,I'm
hypocrisy with regard to reporting thegay, but Brent Plott was just atling andtruµt. All,they seem to need now is themeant nothing," the whole thing wo\ild
go.:ahead-likea lawsuit
being
eventually die down, and he'd have a'
filed-and they're off and running with
better chance of winning his case. But
alJ the queer details. A few years ago,
now, because Griffm is trying to tell us
they'd have simply accepted Merv's
coded denials. But last week, dailies likethat he'~ straight ("Merv was engaged to
Eva [Gabor] three months ago,"
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queer life has been common knowledge in HolJywood for years and evenwrote about the ourpost
posters featuring Merv as"Absolutely Queer" plastered all around downtown
Manhattan. The supermarket tabloids were fulJ of the
higWy-paid-for testimonies of ex-tricks,
while People quoted some of Merv's
friends and associates about his homosexuality, including all of the "musleboy,
weight-lifting types" who used to vacation with him.
With Merv out now, as well asDavid Geffen, who do you suppose will
be next? Message to Bany Diller: Get
your house in order, girlfriend, someone's going to be peeking in your closets very soon.
Oh, HolJywood truly is fulJ of surprises, isn't it? And that's why we'remarching on that town. Remember thatlast week we proposeda National
March on HolJywood.
Here's my theo1)': Homophobia inthis country is swirling in a vicious, virtualJy impenetrable circle. People electleaders who are anti-gay and who voteanti-gay (and thus against anything that,among other things, will help people
with AIDS). The public and the legislators are anti-gay because that's what
they're taught by society and by Hollywood, which is responsible
for just
representations ofabout all mainstr~
queers in America. Hollywood, iQ turn,keeps feeding people all the usual antigay images virtually devoid of a single
realistic, not to say positive, exception,
because that's the meat the people
want. And so,the cycle just goes 'roundand 'round and 'round.
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Traditionally, we've tried to break inat the Washington, or government, part ofthe cycle, reasoning that these people, as
elected officials, are responsible to us. But
if ACf UP has found out anything with its
direct-action tactics, it's that government is.shameless and has developed this sleazy,
protective shell that is tougP as hell tocrack. Private industry, on the other hand,is concerned with public image and ismuch more responsive to our demands.
So, marching oQ Hollywood is worth a•. This does
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shouldn't protest anywhere else it's necessary. It's just another thing we should, try
in order to get this shit moving. And, ofcourse, it'll be a fabulous and fun demo,
in which we'll very creatively demand thatthey depict the full spectrum of this community, deal realistically with the AII;>S aisis and stop representing us only as
demented psycho-freaks.
I think that communities demanding
positive representation in the arts (which,in America is a huge, multi-million dollar
business) and voicing their opinions at
the negative portrayals will become oneof this decade's major issues. What we
witnessed recently with regard to Miss
Saigon and the Asian community was
powerful, affll1Iling and thought-provoking. And though many will scream all of
those tired buzzwords"fascism, n"McCarthyism,n '!fundamentalism, n "politically correct," etc.-it is clear that theprotestors at Mi5s Saigon were projecting
a vastly different message than the Biblethumpers who protested at, say, 1be Last
Temptation of Christ.
In fact, it is ludicrous to compare
the Asian groups (or queers protestinganti-gay portrayals) to those religious
fanatics (as many in the press are now
doing). The Asian groups were NOT
demanding that the play be banned.
They were voicing their opinions, as
they are free, to do, that Lambda (agroup which is supposed to representthem) not be associated with the play.
And they were letting the world knowthat they exist, that such negative,
unnacceptable portrayals harm them andthat they also want positive depictions of
their community.
Which way will things go? Well, I'm
all for the more drastic measures. Last
week, I wrote that queers should rampage through Hollywood, tear down thelots, take the studio heads into the streets
and feed them to packs of raging pit bulls.
I then picked up the Voice and saw thattheater critic Michael Feingold, in his
review of Miss Saigon, had an even morefabulous idea for Broadway: «All the
Broadway theaters must be demolished,without regard for their size, history or
landmark status; all the members of the
League of New York Theaters must be
lined up against a wall and shot; the New
Yom Times must be firebombed into nothingness and its entire editorial staff (mostof whom are composed wholly of graveland pitch anyway) fed into a stone-aush-er and used to repave the West Side Highway; while anyone found to have voluntarily purchased a $100 ticket to Miss
Saigm must be sentenced to a lifetirite ofhard 'labor, and have his or her children .
cooked and distributed as food supplies tofamine areas in the Third World. n
Fine. When do we start?~,,"nna and'Bush·rasslyopportunistic, pandering, new;exciting discussion. of Madonna,
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Some strange words are coming from
George Bush these days, and they point
out, yet again, that he is a fuII-on politi-

cian, not a man with real beliefs. In·ameeting with members of the religious
media, he said that ACT UP's actions
against Cardinal O'Connor's safer-sex posi. tion"is an excess offree speech," accord,
ing to the National
Catbollc Reporter.
(The White House,
refused to release atranscriptof themeeting, undoubtedly recognizing
how it could hurt.
Read on.)What the hell
does "an excess offree speech" mean?
Isn't that what thisgreat country is allabout? And isn't the
primacyof fre.espeech all we haveheard from the rightin this politicallycorrect debate? Isn't
free speech something , we havefought for...or something like that?
When
Bush
told the group, "I
think ACT UP resorts to tactics thatare totally counterproductive,"heshowed his politicalmettle, voicing an
opinion he knew
would play well .5
with these pious ~reporters and most pgof the country.
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politician Bush more than being wrong
or immoral.
I'm surprised that Bush didn't
know better, though everyone knowsthat he has trouble with those pesky
domestic issues. As AIDS touches
more families, does he think that they
won't care that their president is calling their relatives "guilty"? The WhiteHouse knew that this was something
volatile, so they didn't release thetranscript. But, the president thoughtthat he could pander to the special
interests, telling them what they wanted to hear-without doing it in public.
With Bush's record on AIDS, one
would think that he would just keep hishead down. But maybe it is so far down
it's in the sand. I say, More politicallent for Bush. He's still a big
wimp tome.

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The first part of the Advocate's
Madonna interview is outstanding-incase you hadn't heard. It totally lives up
to Steven Meisel's cover photo, whichis the queerest heterosexual image onrecord. (Fags can't figure out if theywant to be the guy unzipping his fly or
Madonna on her knees.) Interviewer
Don Shewey goes in for the kill with alI
the questions you want answered, andsome you hadn't even thought of. And,as in the film, she doesn't hold back.
The Advocate is taking a queer-positive Madonna to the people. (Of course,
we're jealous.) The interview has beenquoted all over the place. liz Smith
picked up an item on how Madonna
said that the music industry won't behomophobic when she gets throughwith it. A few days later, Newsday
reprinted close to half the piece, discussed how Madonna outed her brotheragainst his wishes and interviewed theHouse of Xtravaganza
about their
upcoming make-over of Michael Jackson-whichMadonnaordered.
And I even saw straight people
buying copies the other day. It's important for them, and the Advocates middle-of-the-roadaudience, to hear
Madonna spouting queer philosophy:"Maybe all 'these queens who are running this town [Hollywood]should comeright out, and maybe they'd alI see that it
wasn't such a horrible thing."
48 OUTWEEK May a, ~_~ ,In her answers, Madonna showsher. queerness, proving agaln the benefitof that inclusive word (gays, lesbians,bisexuals, transsexuals, S/Mproponents
and Madonna). Her comments on outing
put her in the company of queers who
have followed the debate in this magazine: They understand why it is happen.,ing. They don't know if it is going tohave the desired effect, but they don't
scream "fascism" or "Outing must stop!"
They know that it's a reality.
In a plug for an upcoming M1V
Dtnner With Madonna (a plug for her
film, Trutb or Dare), she discusses the
Jodie and Merv ourpost posters. She
understands where they are coming frombut thinks that people should have privacy and can't see why being gay is such anegative, accusatory thing anyway.
In the Advocate, when she talks
about the contentious relationship with
Sandra Bo, her answers show she hasread Sarah Pettit's and Michael
Musto's pieces in OutWeelr or at least
thinks the same way. "Whether I'm gay
or not is irrelevant. Whether I slept withher or not is irrelevant. I'm perfectly willing to have people think that I did."(We have it on good authority that
Madonna keeps up with Outw~k. And
someone saw her flipping through an
issue on line at Lincoln Center a few
months ago-Madonna follows Dykes
to Watch Out For and skipped right bythe. item about her.)
In some ways, the Advocate
plays Time magazine to Out Week's
old Rolling Stone (twenty years
ago, Rolling Stone was the voice ofa generation;
and Time tried toreport on the "Youth Quake" toeveryone else). OutWeek comes up
with, or reflects, much of the newqueer philosophy, and the Advocate
reports it to the masses (Madonna'sword). We are "bad cop," and theyare "good." We're the "pissy-bitchyMary queens" outing people, debating it and pushing the limits (sometimes misguidedly), while they arethe "suit-and-tie boardroom brokers"
who int.erview David Geffen andwrite it in digestible AP style (sometimes misguidedly). But this is how
a movement happens in the same
way that GMHC benefits by having
ACT.UP around.
As j<l>urnalists with careers, we may
be jealouS of their well-financed maga-zine and interview, but as a~vists we
can only revel in our movement,!which
seems to be reaching a aitical.
our lifetimes.
Madonna is standing up for gay
rights in a bigger way than ever.
Every plug she does for her film
includes a healthy dose of queer-positive content (as she has in the past).
This woman is single-handedly goingto make us more fabulous than weare already. Very soon, everyone isgoing to be all wrapped up in being
queer or queer-supportive.
Those
white boys who were vogueing eightmonths ago are going to think
Madonna invented queer. She isbroadcasting the queer community's
philosophy
of inclusion and theimperative to stand up and be counted in the days of AIDS.
If Madonna (and the Advocate)make a lot of money off of it, goodfor them. Many people rake in the
cash and do nothing worthwhile.
Though, I must say, the Advocate has
rarely, if ever, acknowledged(ormentioned) the role of this magazine-evenin their "Year of theQueer" piece by Randy Shilts lastDecember, which chronicled a number of issues first discussed in OutWeek. How can you do a story about
outing without Out Week editors? Sour
grapes? Perhaps. But, in case you
hadn't noticed, ego is a driving force,even in the queer movement.
On a personal note, I want it inprint- that I was a faggot long before
Madonna made it commercial. I saw
queers in small clubs long before they
were playing concert arenas. I wasworking "queer" long before the bridgeand-tunnel crowd caught on. Honest.
Confidential to Madonna (andany other celebrity who's reading):
We'd love your help and support for
the National March on Hollywood,
demanding accurate representation ofgays, lesbians, AIDS and alI queers in
popular culture. (Just think of it.
.Madonna joining 10,000 angry queers
in Hollywood.) Call me if you can help.
Or just call me.
Confidential to Darla, Jay and
Meisel: If Madonna calIs, you can giveout my number .
Confidential to everyone: GAYDAR is not Gay Daughters of the American Revolution. It is a media column ....

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Lothario, tOO. Those little Jersey
girls the ones in the pallazo
pants and ruffle to~ with the big
hair and pink lip gloss-those little dwarfs
circle around him,
they stalk him, they hunt him
down. They won't leave himalone. He's that good-looking.
And you know how helpless heterosexuals are. They can smell adwarf in heat at 20 paces, andpretty soon they start thinking
with their penises. Suddenly it's!" and I'm left out in'm sitting here looking at the

I scraps of paper that gatheredfrom various lunchboxes
scrapsthat would ordinarily be strung
together into what I always hope
will be a coherent column. Let'ssee ...here's one entitled "101 People
Who Should Be Shot," here's"Filthy, Disgusting Things I Found
Under My Bed Last Night"-oh, andmy favorite, "1he Day My Ass Started Gushing Blood at Barney's." The
usual things I fmd myself jotting
down at 7 in the morning when I
can't get laid.
But I don't think I can use.them in this issue. You see, something has happened. Something
strange and wonderful somethingso magical, you won't believe it.
I've fallen in love.
I know, I know. Me! And I'm a
new woman because of it. Suddenly
this rotting old drag qu~n has beentransformed into a skittish young
schoolgirl. From grizzled she-devil
to blushing bride. From Qu.een of,
the Pig People to Fairy Princess. And that's saying a lot.
And. it's true what they say, you know. It really is a manysplendored thing. Love is blind, it conqu~ all, it saves the day.
Love is soft as an easy chair and fresh as the morning air-it'shigher than a mountain, thicker than water. It's a warm puppy.
Oh-it's heaven!
You just have to see him, kids. He's just too gorgeous.
About seven feet taIl with muscles like this and a face that could
stop traffic.
Whenever I'm with him, I'm always on the verge of somegreat emotion. I cry easily, laugh easily. It's like being at a very
high altitude-4he blood thins, the pulse quicken5-S0metimes I
can't breathe quite right. What if he thinks I'm stupid? What if I
have bad . breath? What if, what if, what if...
But then he grabs me and smiles, and I start to tingle all
over. My blood is happy, my bones are happy, in fact my whole
body's happy. My feet start tap-tap-tapping to whatever beat isplaying. My ,heart, once dry and shriveled from 'lack of use, isnow big' and wet and doing flip-flo~ inside my ribcage.
Of course, there is one minor setback.
- .'Have I mentioned yet that he's straight?
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the cold, holding the drink tickets.
Of course, I understand. I've
been known to think with mypenis before, too. But it's usuallytucked under so much electricaltape, there's nothing I can doabout it.
. So I put up with him. I'm his{III~~o=~;~
S:e~~role I'm used to playing. I dress
funny and do tricks. I fetch
drinks. You can show me off tofriends at parties. "Isn't that cute?" you can say and pat me on
the head, and I'll follow you everywhere. But they never seemto say "roll over."It'~ OK Remember that scene in Sweet (1Jarity where they'rein a coffee shop, and, just in passing, he tells Shirley MacLainethat it's because he loves her that he's been acting like that-illld
all of a sudden, everything just SfOPS. And she thinks "Somebody loves m&."-illld then she's screaming it from rooftops andon th~ streets and from on top of bridges. hnagine!
"Somebodyk)ves me!",,Then she's leading a big biass band through New York City,
singing at'the top of her lungs:"SOME...BODY...LOVES...ME!!!"
Well, that's how I feel. This wonderful, gorg<':ous straightboy--this hunk of burning fl~ctuallywants to be with me!
LittleJimmy Clark from Saginaw, Mich.! The one with the stupid
haircut and braces and bad skin. The one who got spitballs
thrown at him in Biology.
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responded ~for a couple of guys who complained that, in a
now when we want to watch Cheers reruns, we are forced to rely . previous rant, she had called U2's heterosexual singer Bono a
on Madame X's dinky black-and-white tube. Cheers holds up pret"spineless, little twerp." Go figure.
Anne waS a deejay for a while, but nothing much ever hapty well, but Star Trek: 1be Next GeneratIon loses something. When
pened to her, maybe because she had
all the aliens are gray, we can't tell a Klina 3 am time slot on a lO-watt station
gon from a Farengi.
in the middle of rural Ohio. Her only
We make do willi radio. Anne tums)
listener was the night nurse at theon public radio first thing in the morning,
local hospital-yes,there was only
partly to see if the world has blown up
one night .nurse-who
alwaysl5 while we slept, partly to fmd out whether
requested Loretta Lynn. Anne learned~ anyone gay is going to be interviewed,
all the words to "Coal Miner's Daugh£ but mostly to annoy Madame X Her soft,ter" to impress her, but since Anne
seductive
whining-"Turnth~never got sick, they never met~ down!"-minglesdeli~ately with theMore recently, Anne's on-air.g weather reports and news from theI!!'experiences have been confined to an
1;; Supreme Court.
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evening spent representing Queer==
While driving, on the other hand,fundamentalist right-wing call-in show. Our
Anne annoys Madame X by dialing to the worst classic-rock sta- Nation on a ~comrade &1, who set this all up, thought that this would be just ation she can fmd. Cursed with an eccentric memory, Annenonpal talk show, possibly because that's what the guy from theremeII]bers every lyric to every cheesy song that made the Top
radio .network told him. He also swears that the guy was cruising
40 during her adolescence. Some girls know how to conjugate
him, but h!;:!'salways hot for politically incorrect men-tbat's why
Portuguese verbs, some girls know other girls' phone numbers,
but Anne knows all the words to Aerosmith's greatest hits. Fortu- ,he keeps that photo of Dan Quayle in his wallet" Qillersfrom all over said every dumb thing you've evernately she has a support group; albeit a small one: Our friend
but after the third time someone asked, "Aren't
Cubby also memorized everything the Eagles ever sang. How " fclred he:µing,.
.
Madame X suffers as Cubby and Anne hit the high notes on '. you a lesbian Pecause you're ugly?" there was nothing to do but
laugh. This shocked the announcer, who felt sure that "self-pro"Take It to the limit"
claimed homosexuals" should be more somber. But, reassured
A deejay herself, Madame X has a simple idea of good radio:
by the n~wsthat some lady from Maine who called herself
a minimum of talk, a maximum .of SUIT music from Greenland"Mom" would be "praying hard" for us, we were downrightNon-commercial radio is swell; avoid the dreaded seven words
cheeiful. ~ ended happily: The fundamentalists enjoyed harass("fuck," "piss," "shit," "motherfucker," "tits," "cunt" .and one more
ing us so much that they invited us back. Either that, or they still
we can't remember), and the FCC leaves you alone~ And there
cherish hopes for our salvation.
aren't any sponsors to frighten. For a longThat's why we love radio. Unlike
time, this kind of radio had been a refuge
any other mass medium, radio coversof nerdy white guys, but more and more
the whole spectrum of American
women are building their own niches
opinion. Turning the dial, we canand subverting the airwaves from inside.
pick up earnest lefties (we were
Madame X gets fan mail from agoing to mock WBAl, but it was justneatby correctional facility, some of themtoo easy), creationists
spewingpraising her "sexy voice" and asking forvenom, Republicans lying, macho
her home phone number, some of themtwits making hostile jokes, incompreasking why she never plays the Sex Pishensible chat in Russian or Mandarin,
tols. The most surprising listener reacliberals waffling and the same songs
tions came when she lost her temper on
we loved when we were too young
the air after noticing that a particularly
to know better. We don't miss thehomophobic hardcore band had been
television at all.
added to her station's play-list. In a fit ofWell, except for Star Trek ...
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Let's get it out in the open: The Pet
Shop Boys, Neil Tennant and Chris
Lowe, are gay. They won't say so, but a
lot of other people have, and every
nuance of their music, lyrics, personalstyle and sensibility screams it.
Big deal, you may think. The arts
are full of queers. Besides, Madonna
isn't a lesbian, and she exudes all kindsof queer energy. But the Pet Shop
Boys beat Madonna at a game many
think that she invented. Madonna haschosen to playfully refract gay culture
back to us through the means of overt,"sensational"
artifacts like camp,leather, S/M anc;l vogueing. Her act
may pass for homage by the poor
offerings of today's world, but she
understands us like an outsider. Neiland Chris, on the other hand, shamelessly push every tiny button in the psyche of the urban fag. They know what
those buttons are, and where to findthem, because they are gay men themselves. The Pet Shop Boys are insiders.
In fact, they're so far in, they'reout. If, as Edmund White says, thefunction of gay men's fiction is tocause the reader to nod his head andmunnur yes in recognition, surdy theconverse is true. The act of recognizing
the saturated gay subtext in the Pet
Shop Boys' music is itself an acknowledgement of the gayness of the source.
In short,. it, takes one to know one.
Start with the name: Pet Shop
Boys? Hope as I may, I can't imagine
Neil and Chris naming themselves Pet
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code word amounts to a semiotic homing beacon for any fag perusing arecord store. Lest this sound contrived,
listen to the band's recurrent references to boys-"roaming
surburban
boys" in "Suburbia," "that boy nevercast a lOOKin your direction" in "Later
Tonight," among others-andask
yourself how many other boy bands
call themselves such and engage in somuch boy talk.
Their music videos are to a canny
musician what a confessional is to a .'sinner: First, they raise our eyebrowswith the dry, lazy clip for "West End
Girls," which lays the groundwork forthe ilir of calclilated detachmertt thaf socunningly counterpoints
their -beatheavy music. Such subtlety is shattered
later with "Domino Dancing," wherein
shirtless beachfront boys stage a fight,
ostensibly over a woman, in such luxuriant slow motion that I can just hear
one boy queenily hissing "Bt-i:'i-tcbl"
as he knocks the glittering Iame hardhat
off the other. They close the song byfrolicking in the waves 5htrtless,I reiterate, and without a female chaperon.
An anomaly? Maybe. But you haveto know what you're doing to sign up
ultra-homoerotic gentry-photographer
Bruce Weber to film a video. Weber's
stagey, overwrought, entirely appropriate clip for "Being Boring" opens witha naked man emerging
from a swimming pool,proceeding to a tramPOline and doing somebouncing with ,his pet
dog. In fact, nudity,

none of it male-to-male, peppers therest of this fantastical video. Naturally,"Being Boring" pfovoked an M1V overreaction and has joined "Justify My
Love" on what seems to be the "toogay-to-play" list. (Get your Canadianfriends to tape it off MuchMusic or
MusiquePlus, two video networks withno objections to running it.)
The Boys' club is infused withmaleness, if not manliness. In "Opportunities," Neil tells Chris, "I've got thebrains, "<you've got the looks-let's
make lots of money." Women are simply not needed; Neil and Chris haveeach other, after all. VIrtUallyevery pronoun in the entire Pet Shop Boys oeuvre is the second-person, neatly releasing them from the burden of specifying
a gender. Why, exactly, would a nongay band resort to such a measure?
Neil has claimed that he sometimes likes to write songs from awoman's perspective-morecircum,stantial evidence. But listen to "I Wanta Lover," a perfectIyrecognizable
depiction of picking up a guy at a bar,or the casual male prostitutionof"Rent" (the most poignant paean to thecraven '80s and a pop masterpiece),and 'try to come up with a plausible
female point of view from which thosesongs could have sprung.
This duplicity is to be expectedfrom someone as cannyas Neil Tennant. A former marketing queen at
Marvel Comics andwriter for Smash Hits,
Neil has a profound•WHO'S ZOOMIN' WH01-Neil

Tennant (left) and Chris Lowe are the Pet Shop Boys.

understanding of the mechanics of pop
culture. He knows just how little togive and just how much to take. Nothing about the Pet Shop Boys is left tochance, from the pacing of the releaseof singles to video imagery to fashion
accessories to the spelling of album
titles (the new one is Behaviour in
England and Canada, Behavior in the
United States).
Howard Hughes himself would
have respected the adroit way the Pet
Shop Boys insulate themselves from~the stubborn inquiries of the press.
Though a source at one of the band'slabels candidly admits that "it's not a
deeply coveted secret around here"that they're gay, Neil and Chris go toelaborate lengths to pretend otherwise.
Not only did they refuse multiple
requests
to be interviewed
byOutweek, they've consistently dodged
queer queries from the non-gay press.
Something's wrong in the world wheneven David Bowie and the Rolling
Stones are less finicky than the Pet

Shop Boys about interview(er)s. The .
arrogance of Neil and Chris is culpable.
The omnipresent irony of their songs
seems to be the shield they deploy inthe face of pointed questioning.
Of course, irony, like revenge" is adish best served cold, so it was perhaps appropriate that the band's ftrstever Toronto concert date should beheld in a hockey rink. The show is agloriously and dazzingly campy lessonin avoiding the cliches of the macho
rock concert. Give the Pet Shop Boys
acolytes credit for the adept use of primary-color floodlights, a multitude ofdancers whose choreography at times
seemed more like crowd control, costumes even more fey than the absurd
Issey Miyake confections we areaccustomed to seeing on Neil andChris and a deadpan detachment fromthe audience that borders on alienation. Neil actually sings live, and he's
great. Clone Liberace twice, give him agenerous budget, and the result would
be the Pet Shop Boys ~our. No doubt,
it will rake in even greater fortunes forthe duo, but they're used to that.
Indeed, the closets of the Pet Shop
Boys, though otherwise full, are home
to few commercial skeletons, the disastrous concept film It Couldn't Happen
Here being-the major exception to the
band's wholly premeditated success.
But how could the Boys fail tosell? A lot of fags have money tospend on albums. We like to hear ourlives reflected in song, especiallywhen it's danceable and flaunts someelaborate production values. We know
when we're being spoken to. (The Pet
Shop Boys have an entire song about
shopping,
for heaven's
sake.)
Ironically, the publicly closeted Pet
Shop Boys are the premiere popmusic representatives of gay culture.
And that's how they fail us. It's hard
not to feel cheated when the tenderest
undercurrents of a culture are peddled
to a worldwide audience without any
admission that the peddlers belong tothat culture.
As Neil himself croons in anothercontext, "We're buying and selling history.· Indeed they are. The Pet Shop
Boys owe a lot to gay men. We gavethem their material. We are their audience and their brothers. We madethem stars, yet they stay in the closet.
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JOINING HANDS! Stonewall Chorale and the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Washington, DC, Cooper
Union, March 16. PARSIFAL by Richard Wagner, Metropolitan Opera, March 18; La Gran Scena
Opera, The Ballroom, March 22. MARILYN HORNE, Carnegie Hall, March 26. ANYTHING COLE!,
Carnegie Hall, April 7. LOVE LIVES ON, New York City Gay Men's Chorus (Virgin Records)•

by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
New York's lesbian and gay male
Stonewall Chorale recently blended
voices with the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Washington, DC, in a stirring
concert at Cooper Union, billed as ]oin-tng Hands!
Under Bill .Pflugradt, Stonewallsang a now-fervent, now-hushed-andhaunting a cappella rendition of lategay composer Samuel Barber's Reincarnations. These are Romantic, varicolored settings of Anton Raftery
poems that laud a mysterious beautyand honor a martyred rebel. Accompanied on piano by John Sheridan, theChorale reveled in Brahms' lush andlusty Ztgeunerlfeder (Gypsy Songs).
Washington's choristers, led byMark Bowman, began with a dulcet
affumative "You Are the New Day" byJohn David and earnest, undulating"Senzenina," a South African protest
against apartheid. Pianist Alex Tangassisted the singers in Rodgers andHart's "Manhattan" in a wry rendition,
saluting the host city, and in beloved
leather lesbian Lynn Lavner's "For Everyone Who Falls," a moving tribute to thecourage of our conununity in aisis. The
Chorus lyrica1lyurged peace in music ofMendelssohn and Holly Near.
Wi$ Pflugradt presiding, the combined forces, swelling and sonorous,
probed a land uncharted, elusive andultimately attained in Ralph Vaughan
Williams' loftily Wagnerian "Toward the
Unknown Region."
At the start of the evening, Borough President Ruth Messinger proclaimed the week "International GALA
[Gay and Lesbian Association of Chorusesl Week" in Manhattan.
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Richard Wagner's parsifal, given a
new, if fairly traditional, look by theMetropolitan Opera this spring, presents
problems
to the discerning operaphile.
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For one, an aura of solemnity surrounds
this "stage-consecrating festival play,"
with ,applause discouraged before andafter the Act 1 ritual. Further, the notionthat humanity's savior must be a "pure54 OUTWEEK Mava ... _ ..

and innocent" quasi-Aryan male (P~fal) has grown increasingly abhorrent.
Finally, Amfortas' affliction with anincurable wound as punishment for
sex-with Kundry, a pagan woman!seems uncomfortably close to the thefundamentalist AIDS-as-scourge-of-God
stance. Heretic that I am, I go to Parsifal
for the sublime music.
Heading the Met case, Placido
Domingo brought rare and welcome
warmth to Parsifal's lines as he limned avibrant and impetuous "pure fool" whogrew subdued and wise when helearned compassion. Alth9ugh not an
obvious choice for Kundry, Jessye Norman effectively realized the challenging
character's duality. She chose a choked,
plangent timbre for the cringing penitent
and, as the siren, unleashed rich, moltentone that compensated considerably fora mannered approach to the abortive
seduction scene and for the light weightof many of the top notes. Expressive
performances, though not the roundestof sounds, came from Ekkehard
Wlaschiha as a tormented Amfortas andRobert Lloyd as stern but sensitiveGurn~.
Franz Mazura, as Klingsor,
made a fittingly gruff and grotesque villain, and Paul Plishka lent resonance topronouncements of the unseen Titurel.
Kudos to a convincing complement offlower maidens and formidable chorusof knights of the Grail, depicted here asa most affectionate brotherhood.
James Levine's measured anddeliberate reading of the lengthy score
was appropriately ruminative or robust.
Otto Schenk. devised the stately stagging. Gunther Schneider-Siemssen
designed the verdant forest and meadow, craggy temple hall, spooky towerlaboratory and dense, sinister garden.
Rolf Langeofass created austere robes
for the knights, fUmygarb for the flower maidens and a flowing second-act
gown for the diva.
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Month, and travestt
troupe La Gran Scena
Opera took to the BaJI•

room with loving, gender-bending
send-ups of opera's conventions andpretensions.
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Divas Vera Galupe-Borszkh (IraSift) arid Philene Wannelle (Philip Koch).,
competed and plunged inand out of registers in a duet from
Delibes' Lakme. For star turns, La Wannelle proffered a fresh and florid finalefrom Rossini's La Cenerentola; Mme.
Vera, as Verdi's "ditsy gypsy" Azucena,"perform[edl on" us a wild and woolly"Condottd' from II Trovatore; and "oldest living diva" Gabriella TonnozitiGlsseruola (Keith Jurosko) contributed a.
finely etched "Caro nome' from Verdi's
Rigo/etto that ffi;ighthave been retrieved
from a dim 78 rpm record.
An uninhibited
excerpt from
Mascagni's. Cavalleria Rusttcana fea- ,tured "traumatic soprano" GalupeBroszkh as Santuzza; Raimondo Profondo as Turiddu fflaimondo Sepe, who, in
an unprecedented tour de force, also
played Mamma Lucia); and Willowy
Wannelle as Lola. Long-held high notes,
shatteringfone; and a battle fought withrolling pin and Italian bread were key
elements here. In the quartet from Rigo- .
/etto, Vera courageously took the baritone title role, the lO5-year-old diva sangdaughter Gilda,' and Wannelle and Profondo waxed explicitly erotic as Mad- .
dalena and the Duke.
Narration was by retired soprano
Sylvia Bills (Bruce Hopkins), wp,oaddressed the assembled as "opera
queens, er, opera buffs," and accompaniment by indulgent Maestro Francesco
Folinari-Soave-Coglioni(Ross Barentyne).
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Near the close of Women's Herstory Month, popular mezzo-soprano MariIyn Home gave a Carnegie Hall recitalthat included a new song-cycle set topoems by women and some works by anoted woman composer.
Withurgency,authority and the support of pianist Martin
Katz, Horne sang thepremiere of William
Bolcom's I Will Breathe•a Mountain, settings of poetIy by American women, some of them lesbian orbisexual (Elizabeth Bishop, Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Hilda
Doolittle). The music is dissonant, lyrical, hymnlike and pop-influenced inturn. These are bleak looks at lost love
(Millay, Doolittle), a wide-ranging
declaring of dementia and depression(African-American
poet Gwendolyn
Brooks), contemplation (Dickinson),jazzy tough talk (Alice Fulton), an
angry outburst (Louise Bogan) and an
expression of empathy for a hooked
fish (Bishop). Horne repeated the.Doolittle and dedicated it to absent
friends Bernstein, Copland et alHome brought creamy tone
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New York City Gay Men's
Chorus and special guests
celebrated the centennialof witty and urbane gay
composer Cole Porter'sbirth. The effervescentgala was led by Gary
Miller and accompanied- by pianists DeanX Johnson and James
Meyer. Most of themusic was arranged
by Larry Moore andDennis Buck, andchoreography wasby Kim Morgan.
Ruth Messinger
greeted the;:<--sold-out house at the start of theevening.
The Chorus seduced us with asilky, sensuous "Begin the Beguine" 'and all but reduced us to tears with areflective "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye," an uncharacteristically sad Portersong. The singers displayed delicate
ptantsstmas in "In the Still of the Night"
and ardently investigated a favorite subject-men-in"Find Me a Primitive
Man," "Where are the Men?" and "MyHeart Belongs to Daddy."
Giving high diva, Eartha Kitt
growled and purred as "The Laziest Gal
in Town." Despite laryngitis, Stockard
Channing gamely camped through "He
Never Said He Loved Me," about theperils of dating a physician, and called
attention to American Sign Language
signs, conveyed by Tom McGillis, foranatomical references. With tongue incheek, Elly Stone lamented unrequited
love in "Down in the Depths on the90th Floor." David Caroll profferedpolished performances of "I've Got
You Under My Skin" and "You Do
Something to Me," the latter backed by
the Chorus. Terri White sizzled andscatted in "Mis Otis Regrets," andcabaret's Daugherty and Field assured
that "You'd Be So Nice to Come HomeTo" in gentle counterpoint to "FromThis Moment On."
The Chorus' Uptown Expressdelivered a swinging "It's All Right
With Me," arranged by James Followell,and all guests joined the full Chorus foran energetic "Anything Goes," complete with tap dancers and a recorded
introduction by Porter himself.

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Love Lives On, the choristers sing, withemotion, of love in "Love Don't Need a
Reason," by Peter Allen, Marsha
Malamet and "retired" AIDS activist
Michael Callen; "Unusual Way" fromMaury Yeston's Nine; and Bette Midler
hit "Wind Beneath My Wings." Theirfine efforts in potentially wrenching
standards "I'll Be Seeing You" and"What'II I Do" are undercut by unduly
prominent, flashy orchestration, but therequisite drive carries "Boogie Woogie
Bugle Boy," a Duke Ellington medley,
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1. "God Is In the House" by Rumbledub

2. "In Yer Face" by Pacific 808 State
3. "My Heart, the Beat" by D. Shake
4. "Spice" by Eon

5_ "Ring My Sell" by Monle Love __ .Alleva
8_ "I Want to Give You Devotion" by Nomad,

7. "Every Fuck Now" by CI_yand the Penl. Factory

8_ "Love Is a Stranger" by the Eurythnllcs.

8. "Seers, Steers, Queers" by the Rev~ltlng Cock.
1o."Weekend" by D.J Dicko naileasuresPaul Monette on Maintaining His Honesty
by Maria Maggenti

writers, so I thought, Well, that's a neat

The first thing Paul Monette says
when I call him from the lobby of theParker Meridien Hotel is, "Maria, hey,
how ya' doin?" I had envisioned someone far less straightforward and downto-earth when I recently visited theauthor as part of his national tour forhis new novel, Halfway Home. Sittingin his suite on the 16th floor, my interview with this well-known author on a
publicity gig was more like a long andlively conversation; between old friends
who have been apart for a while. Hereare some of Monette's passionate
thoughts about his life as a queer writer, an HIV-positive man and an activist
in the battle against AIDS.
Maria Maggenti: What exactly
was your role in the thirtysomething"AIDS".episode?
Paul Monette: They came to me
last summer and said, "We would like todevelop an HIV script, and we'd like
you to do it." They hire very few outside

idea. We talked it through, and it Seemed
more exciting to have the character be[the actor] Peter Frechette [whose character] works so we could talk about
AIDS in the work place-rather
than[the actor] David Marshall Grant [whosecharacter is] isolated being an artist.
I wrote it-my lover, Steven, went
into the hospital around the 20th ofAugust, and he was fine, so I wrote mostof that script during the three weeks he
was in the hospital. He died very suddenly and very unfairly. On the day hedied, he turned to me, and he said, "I'm'
not dying, am J?" So I don't !mow what
my draft of the script really is like. It'smuch, much, much more. about AIDS
than what they put on-screen. Sixty[percent] to seventy percent of the script was
really about being
seropositive and being
really angry at straightpeople because they

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.don't understand. There were scenes
with David Marshall Grant [whose character] was seronegative and the differences between them. I had an ACf UP
demonstration-I
mean, it was more
"our kind" of story.
Does it go as deep as I wanted it to
go about mY? No. Does it go deeper
than almost anything has about being
seropositive and living life on the moon
like this? Probably. It's dismaying to thinkthat this and that Life Stories episode byRichard Galins represent AIDS on television in 1990-91, but that doesn't surpriseme, and all I do is what I can.
I haven't worked seriously in Hollywood since [my lover] Roger died four
years ago. But it used to be a place that
paid for me to do the writing I wanted todo. I knew I couldn't do gay writing
there, but I had lost my insurance, sowhen these thtrtysomething people camealong and offered me this gig, I got myinsurance back. I have been offered thepossibility of a big job I don't knowwhether it will get funded or not-it will
.be a kind of mini-series about underground drog-testing, and it would reallytry to look at a bunch of different communities and would maybe be a projectthat would employ a really diverse groupof writers and directors, but that's very
unsure now.
MM: How do you negotiate yourrelationship with Hollywood, which pays.
you enough to write What you want but
doesn't allow you to reach a lot of pe0ple about what's going on in our lives?
PM: I don't feel there's any or
much-hopefor me to reach a large
audience with the kinds of things that I
have to say. What I have to say is toomuch involved with the risks of passion
and the possibilities of love. As far as
what I have to say about the genocide,,
my view is too political for the comfortablity factor of the mass market. .
The book business has been willingto let me speak in my own voice andspeak my version of the truth. It's as true
as I can make it, because I feel right now
that so much of the war is lost that it's. very hard for me to believe that we aregoing to hold back the deaths of the restof the generation of gay men, forinstance, or anybody
who's really in it and introuble now, the halfmillion people ticking
hard-I don't see how
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mean, no book of mine is going to saveanybody's life.
We have such a huge problem ofilliteracy in the gay and lesbian communitY, and I don't have the answerS to
that. I get much more upset about our
failure to reach the two million Untested
people than I am about reaching themorons, fools and bourgeois creeps who
populate this country-you never reachthem really, and still you have to somehow advance the world and save theworld, to spite them. But those two million people everyday could make the difference, and they don't make the difference by not getting tested, and they
don't make the difference by living indenial, and they don't make the difference by living in the closet
MM: What makes the difference foryou?
PM: Working has kept me fromgoing out of my mind. I remember, theyused to say when we all went into therapy in the 705 to try and get over the '60s
and the '50s that if you were neurotic,
then neuroses kept you from loving andworking, and so those were always mypriorities. I don't feel I'm living life when
I'm not somehow engaged in a relationship or in a project
MM: One thing that came up at the
Outwrite Conference was the issue of
portraying characters that are outside of
one's experience--for instance, gay men
writing about lesbians. What's your takeon this issue?
PM: Well, ten years ago I was afraid
to write about a lesbian because I was
afraid I would get the character wrong,and now I relish the thought of getting it
any way I get it.
MM: I've come to believe that thebest literature is what's true, not necessarily what is correct. I know that people
will ask gay men, "Are there lesbians inyour literature?" and what I'm more interested in' now is, "Are there lesbians inyour life?" because that is where literature comes from.
PM: That's a much more crucial
point. I need to read writers who live
lives that are happening now. I don't
want to condemn anybody else, butthere was so much narcissism about 705
fiction. It wasn't so much looking in the
mirror to see if it was pretty so much as
it was looking in the mirror to see if it

Was still· there..
So I have a lotof respect for
how the times
made that fiction, but I now
feel that a writer has to dosomething;' elSe
besides write:
What do they
have to say,and who arethey saying it
to, and whatkind of public
figure are they?
I mean, a writ•er IS
not anexcuse to closethe door andhave just private fantasies
andprivaterealities: It's a
responsibility
to live withpublic realities.
Friends
ofmine in LA,
like Katherine.
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Forrest,.we AUTHOR MONETTE-·lt'sveiy lIartUor me to believe that we are going tq ,,,'.'feel that we hold back the deaths 'of the rest of the generation of gay men.· .
are advocatesvery interested in Hollywood and outing .E
in a way when we write about gay and.
-'
Hollywood and all that. You see, it's all ..J
lesbian people.
mush, and they have nothing to say to t:":I have to tell you, it's extremelyme they'll never be gay enough to sat- ~hard to maintain your honeSty to yourisfy me, those people. I'd rather have my Q..
self and to your people as you get older. ,ear to the street and find out where and
MM: Why is that? Don't you think
how life is happening that way.
it's easier when you're older, since you
I can't make the separation [becan throw off so many conventions andtween being a writer and, an activist]-I
inhibitions?
only want to write about AIDS. The
PM: It feels easier to me, but it'sbook I am writing about now isn't about
harder for a lot of people who want to
AIDS except indirectly. It's a sexual
try to have it both ways--they want toautobiography, which is by far the mosttry to have a comfortable career, and you
difficult thing I've ever done. I try to
are certainly allowed all that, but you
talk about what it felt like to be differneed to do more, and yo~ get tired. I get
ent at ages five and ten, to really talkthat way. I mean, after Steven died, I
about what child sexuality felt like. I felt
thought, what is the point of any of this?
like I had a pretty healthy gay sexuality
Halfway Home is a joyous book becausefrom [when I was] 9-to-12 years old,
I wanted to talk about how someone
and then I went into the closet for 13
that cantankerous and that up-front all
years and was like a dead body. 'the time could make his life great. There
The reason I know how remarkable
are lots of people who hate ,having mearound, but Tm glad. You see, they've
my own life is is that I was supposed to
be teaching in a prep school somewhere,
made the deciSion for me. Maria, I suffer
jerking off until I was nearly blind every
fools very badly.
night and developing fawning, wrongMM: That's good.
headed, romantic attachments to students
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PM: Somebody's gotta do it, so it's
OK; It's odd, but it's OK.
MM: What is that fire you're talking
about about yourself? Where does itcome from as a queer writer?
PM: I discovereo who I was bywriting. Nothing in my past told it to me,
nothing in my stupid education told it tome, precious little in therapy told it tome. I learned about what it meant to bequeer by writing about it.
What I want to tell the young queer
is that love is possible. Until I was able tolove, out of the c105et at the 'age of 28,
my writing for ten years was about nothing, just like all those people I condemn
who write about nothing. I really dothink I would rather be remembered forloving well than for writing well. Maybe
that's just too idealistic, but I believe it. ...
A review of Paul Monette's Halfway
Home, rocently published by Crown, willappear in issue no. 98.

who would then leave me behind.
There's a whole ethos of that in theworld That experience describes 50 percent of the priests and 50 percent of theteachers, and it's a necessary job requirement for so many. That's where I would
have been, Maria-dead inside.
The price one pays in fashioning
oneself a real life that is truly queer andthat feels out is a constant need to grievefor, and put into place, the wasted timeof growing, up and to not be consumed,
with bitterness and fury about that.
Most people live their lives withsuch bland assertion, and I sometimes
wish I weren't as passionate and could
get spiritually mellow at my center-I
even seek it-but the fact is, I havealways been on fire, and i.t is out of thefire that one enacts the myths and makes
the role models and all that
, MM: Do you like being seen.as arole model?
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I interviewed

my friend and colleague, OutWeek poetry editor David
Trinidad, in the small SoHo loft he shares .
with his lover, Ira Silverberg. We'd ridden'
the subway downtown after teaching
poetry workshops at the West Side Y andtalked surrounded by books, toys anddozens of kitsch icons: a vintage Barbie
lunchbox, troll-doll refrigerator magnets,
a yellow Happy Face night-light. The wit
and care of the seemingly casual display
reminded me of qualities I'd come toknow in David's writing. I asked about
his new book, Hand Over Heart, whichbrings together sev,en years of poems
from the 'OOs, including previously published chapbooks November, Three Stories, Monday, Monday and Living Doll.
Joan Larkin: What's the driving
force behind your writing?
David Trinidad: Originally, it was
the need to confess that I'm gay. When I
was a child, I painted, wrote poems,
played the flute I was always doing
something creative but when I reachedjunior high, it all stopped That's when I
first lieard from my peers the words "faggot," "queer"-I'dheard "sissy" in elementary school. By then I knew I wasgay, and a part of me went under-,

ground-just withdrew completely. I was
terrified someone would find out my big
secret. ·Then I started writing poems
again when I was in college. And thepoem that made me a poet was about
being gay.
JI.: "In a Suburb of Thebes"?
. DT: Yes. What drove me to writethat poem was the need to express thisdifference-'iJ. word I've heard you use.
I'd been sitting on this secret for so long,
I could no longer keep it inside. It had tobe said, and I said it in that poem.
JI.: What gave you the pennission
to say it?
DT: I'd broken up with my firstboyfriend and was in a lot of pain. For along time I confused my creative impulse
with those feelings. I thought I had to bein pain to write poems--l've since learned that's not true.
JL: Did something.lift the censorship?
DT: I walked into a bookstore andbought Love Poems by Anne Sexton.
Even though other writ,ers were Important tome before that, she was
the one who reallytaught me how to write
poetry and the path I

wanted to take.
JI.: What was your path?
DT: To tell the truth about myself,
to break ta
use it was certainly taboo to be gay in the suburbs where
I grew up and lived at the time.
JL: SO it was silence imposed byyour peers, your parents ...
DT: And teachers at school, messages I got from society at large throughthe media~ust living for so many years
with that message: "To be gay is wrong,bad, not allowed."
JI.: I can connect that poem with
Sexton. And poems like "Sonnet," "April
Inventory" or "Tim's Stolen Sweater." But
not the poems with pop-culture motifs.
They drop hints of what's happening on
the level of feelings, but they're not confessional ....What inspired them?
DT: I'd always liked Frank O'Hara's
poems about movie stars, and Edward
Field's poems based on old movies. I
didn't know I could write about subjects
like that. I'd thought that, too, was forbidden-because
poetry was supposed
to be this lofty, inaccessible thing. ThenI heard Tim Dlugos read a poem that
had imagery from Gilligan's /sland andfrom the movie The Birds. Some of my
LA friends Dennis Cooper, Amy Gerstler, Jack Skelley-werealso writing
pop poems. I loved it, and I wanted to
do it too.
JI.: Was writing pop poems anotherway of being out? Do you think of themas having a gay sensibility?
DT: Very much. To write a poem .
about Barbie the doll or Patty Duke orgirl groupss-Jl: "Meet the Supremes."
DT: Right To me that poem's very
faggy. It's also about obsession--confessing that I was obsessed with certain
things from popular culture. The recor,ps
I was buying as a teenager were by theSupremes and the Chiffons and theShangri-Uis. The other boys in my neighborhood were listening to boy groups. I
was strange.
JI.: Tbey weren't playing with Barbie
dolls!
DT: No! (We laugh.) A poem I
wrote recently, "Playing with Dolls," isabout problems my father had with thefact that I was obsessedwith my sisters' Barbie
dolls and wanted toplay with them. So, I
think that exploring
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-I WAS OBSESSED WJT1I MY SISTER"SBARBIE DOUS: -David Trinidadat home.~ need to continue to confess.
black robe and meet in the same moonlit~
JL: I think of you as writing two
wood to get it. (He laughs.)
a:i kinds of poerm: confessional and pop.
JL: How has moving from LA toji
DT: I see it more as a natural proNew York changed you?
~ gression--I think the two strains merge
DT: In New York. I can really live a~ at some point.
life of a writer: I teach, give readings; I'm
JL: Like in "Meet the Supremes." Onsurrounded by writers and artists. I'mtaken more seriously here. Life in LA
the surface. it's an homage to girl groups
from the '60s. but beneath that is a chroncould feel very isolated. Also. in the lastide of alcoholism and drug addiction.
couple of years. I've started to write
DT: Absolutely.
about sex in a more explicit way.
JL: You've also written poems about
JL: How has New York done that?
Twiggy. Patty Duke. Lesley Gore. 1V
DT: My exposure to particular
poets. Your work. for instance. hasshows from the .60s....
DT: The Nancy Sinatra pantoum.
inspired me to explore more difficult(He laughs.) I like to take a form like thefeelings and experiences. And. I fmd
sestina or the haiku and then use a pop
Sharon Olds' poerm exciting. Also. themotif-it seems subversive to me.
whole censorship crisis of the last couple
JL: There's a dissonance betweenof years has provoked me to write eventraditional form and the seemingly light
more openly about seXuality. .
subject matter.
JL: Is any of that work in this book?
DT: I feel I'm breaking a taboo by
DT: No. There's sex, but it's not as
exploring pop subjects--because of the
explicit.
split between "high" art and "low" art. I
JL: It's Hand OVer Heart, not Hand
often get aiticized for using pop themes.
OVer CrotchJL: Who aiticizes you?
DT: Or Hand OVer Hard-On. (He
DT: I got hostile responses fromlaughs.) I've written a series of sevenpoems called "Eighteen' to Twentysome students and teachers when I was
getting an MFA And when I read recentOne"--they were just published in thely in Louisiana. I had a sense that that
anthology High'. deal with mywas frowned upon. People still ding tosexual experiences between those ages.
the notion that poetry is sacred and elite.
JL: Those poe~are alSo explicit
JL: And that it's hermetic lanabout addiction.
guage-you have to have a special eduDT: Yes.
JL: Has your recovery had an effectcation to read it.
DT: Yeah, and that you're part ofon your writing?
this cult. You have to wear the same
DT: It's made all the difference.

When I turned 30. I was
drinking daily and was addicted to cocaine. I couldn't
write. That year I got sober.
and, to my sutprise. I started
writing more than I ever had
while drinking. I knew I'dbeen given a great gift.
JL: Did recovery alter,. your subject matter?
.',
DT: Actually, that's when
I started exploring some ofthe pop things. I guess thatwas itching to get out. The
poetry I wrote before I got
sober was. as they say.
"doom and gloom on the way
to the tomb."
Morose.
dark--as a reviewer put it.
"Full of druggy similes andmetaphors." It was a pose I
believed in completely.
JL: What inspired yourlong diary poem. "November'?
DT: The diary poem is a form I
love. Alice Notley. Joe Brainard andJames Schuyler have all written wonderful oneS. Schuyler's work has·been especially important to me.
JL: Can you say how?
DT: I love his honesty and lucidity,
his wit. his attention to everyday detail.
He makes it all look so effortless.
JL: You've been editing poetry for
OutWeek since last September--<loes it
give you a sense of what lesbian andgay writers are doing around thecountry? Is there anything this poetry
has in common?
DT: Many of the poems I've selected are autobiographical and deal withpretty personal matter-for instance. Pat
Califia's "Handmade," which is a poem
about fist-fucking, and a beautiful poem.
a very successful one. Jeffery Conway's"Blood Poisoning." about being raped byan older brother as a child. Tim Dlugos'
poerm about having AIDS.
JL: These aren't
secondhand
reports.

DT: No. There's a sense the poet isspeaking the truth--political correctness
be damned. Giving the news-which I
think is one of the primary functions of
poetry. The poet speaks for many, andsays what a lot of people aren't able togive voice
David Trinidad's poem "Answer
Song" follows on page 64. His latest collection of poems, Hand Over Heart, waspublished by Amethyst Press in April.

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by James Conrad
Eileen Myles has Eileen Myles
down, literally, in a sprawling collectionof poetry teasingly titled Not Me, which,of course, implies "you"-that
is,"me,"--reading Eileen Myles, "not me."Get it?Let's start over.
There is a woman with a bicycle
who lives on the Lower East Side. She
writes poetry. She's a lesbian. In thesummer, she stays in the city, and, in thewinter, she remembers New England.
She wants a puppy. If this does not seem
like enough to fill 100 pages, it isbecause I have neglected to include"you." You put a spin on ,the places,labels, moods, food, parties, memories
and streets surrounding Eileen Myles.
You are a lover-past,present arid
future. You are also the poem, process or
performance--«ll of which apply to thework.
You are also, of course, the reader,,stranger, friend and, perhaps, reviewer.
You are, at times, Eileen Myles ,of Eileen Myles. Eileen Myles distancing
herself' from Eileen Myles through"you,~ which returns us to the initial,'
premise of (get ready) "not me."
Fortunately, Not Me is an extremely
readable and enjoyable book -ef poetry. I
reluctantly
place Myles in the school of••language poets (as I would reluctantly
limit any poet with her talent to a simple
category): Her poems operate with thetools that language poets share. Pronouns ,are not to be taken at face value
but as entryways into alternate points ofview. And more importantly, the poems
themSelves are as much about their own
process and creation as they are about
their subject matter. The poem "A Poet ofCompassion" is, for example, essentiallyabout the homeless crisis in New Yolk.
But whllt keeps the poem from being
either a self-righteous "understanding" ofthese people's poverty or a simplistic
political diatribe is that the poem is also
about how to describe such extremity
between poet and object: "Every bit ofhuman/garbage that lines/the stairs tothe/subway
this winter/shouldn't
move/me. My boots/cost 300/bucks. I
didn't/do
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live/in the/street/withthe/bums &/my bleedinglbroken heart."•

The poem is honest '.
and directly confrontS the
poet's guilt, sympathy andobvious double standards. At the poem's end,
when the poet gives thehomeless woman a buck"for thWpoem," it is, and
it is not, a token gesture.
The homeless woman ispart of the poem's process" just as a .lover is.,essential to a love poem's
envuUnm~. Theiroriyis
that,· whilethe'lover'.
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the homeless woman getsa dollar, and Myles
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herpoem
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and feminist ideas, Myles' stream-of-consciousness style moves: you SWiftly
through each poem, letting you pickand choose the images, erpotions or
actions you relate to. A rereading' of apoem usually ,turns up details unnoticed
in the initial reading. Tovie\Y some of
the longer poems
P¢Onn3nces
help
you' in!O ,their complexities.
Narrative and desCription' are not Myles'
style. Instead, the grapes in "~v~g's
House,""the East Village in "Hot Night"
and the garbage in "Promotional Mat;erial" become props she pi~ up andto discuss, resperoVelYI,intimacy, sensuality anQ age. Like any' good Chekov
play, there, is no gun in these poems
which doe$n't eventually go off. 'The .rIsk of the style is .obvious
when it breakS down. At times her transitibns
come off like ,word association Q,.
person or object seems to be casually.
mentioned and is then tqo quickly
picked up ;md run off with in the bpposite direction. The .form feels like a gimmick, and you' momentiUily stop trusting
the performer's power.
The best poem in Not Me is "Basic
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brutal images of the city in August, Myles
includes the Tompkins Square riot andconcludes with an "ode" to Kelly
Michaels, the New Jersey day-care teacher who waS convicted of child abuse and :Ssentenced to 48 years in prison. Reach- i::l..
ing as far back as the Salem witch trials .~and filling the present day with all of i~ If
ever-present "fear of the unknown,"
Myles presents a world little changed
since women were burned at the stake.
Putting aside all the language games
and perfonnance artistry, the comparison
that easily comes to mind while reading
Eileen Myles is Walt whitman. like Whitman, Myles indulges in a kind of ecstasy
in herself as poet, explorer, woman andlover. She buries herself in her urban
landscape where subways become
intestines and branches vein like brains,just as Whitman once relished the pure,natural environment which Myles' cities,are now built upon. If "Song of Myself'embraced the rustic promise of theworld, Not Me becomes its 2Oth-century '.
response frail?- a woman faced with the
refuge of civilization, a woman who putS
her ,arms around all of the violence,
decay and disorder of a city like NeW
Yolk at the tum of the millennium anddisCovers an enduring love of the self.'''

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•,LIVE TO TELL ... You came? Good. Here's
some Kleenex. Now, let's really talk about
this Madonna thing. I know it's terribly
unpopular, but some of us have reservations
about the Advocate article. Understandably,
the mere mention of Ms. Ciccone's namecauses most guilty mortals to fantasize
squeezing into the tightest of rubber dresses
and crawling, to lap humbly, at a dish ofmilk, but let's retain some sense of dignity. Mr. Shewey was,after all, given the oppportunity to ask Ms. Ciccone any queer
questions for a community paper. He was given an audience at
her home, for god's sake. These are the fruits? Sorry. Shocking
is not asking an astute and calculating businesswoman if she
enjoys "emasculating" men (several brothers have suggested thatshe "asks" for this-dare I suggest they're missing the point?). xrated is not inquiring about her lovers' dick size or her use of
dildos with them (the real issue here is, of course, Mr. Shewey's
fear that his don't measure up ...to hers). And, no, Sandra-chatand giggles about finger-fucking grade-school buddies may

Gunhave their merits, but they do no{quaIify as anadult discussion of lezziedom. Once again,
these people are wrong, wrong, wrong, having
no idea what to do with this woman. This interview may suit some bland palates, but the real
fruits have not yet been plucked. Maybe oneday, Madonna will grow up and talk to a girl.
Someone has suggested Susie Sexpert. Wonder
how they'd shoot that cover: ..
DOUBLE LIVE GONZO••.May Day sa1utesithe
daily
travails,'of working folk, and no one will be working i~harder this May
Day than the three couples involved in Ronnie and Kelly
Cutrone's Love. Spit. Love. at Simon Watson Gallery. Subtitled"an insta1lation of living American nudes," the project has thethree dyads (one lesbian, Yoyo and Pat Fields; one gay male,Sean and Billy; one straight, Reed and Natasha) sprawled on .
an American flag, kissing, caressing and grooving to pop songsof the last four decades. Simon Watson is located at 241
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GRAND FINALE by Copi. Directed by Andre Ernotte with a translation by Michael Feingold. Ubu
Repertory Theater. 15 W. 28th St. (212) 679-7562. ROUND TWO by Eric Bentley. Wings Theatre Company. 154 Christopher St. (212) 627-2960.
by Michael Paller
What do we expect of an "AIDSplay"? Should it provoke rage, fear, forgiveness or understanding? Is humor
appropriate, or should AIDS be treated
only with seriousness, as might seem tobefit an epidemic which has (of this writing) killed upward of 112,000 American
women and men? Surely, the answer isthat a playwright should write about
AIDS in any way she or he can, using
any fonn and expressing any emotion, solong as the result is an authentic theatrical expression of her or his feelings,
thoughts and experience.
Copi, the Argentinian-born, Parisbased playwright, chose farce as the fonn
for his AIDS play. No one can gainsay
him this choice; he himself died of AIDS
shortly after completing Grand Finale.
Much about the epidemic is painfully far- .
cical, and Copi must have taken voluminous (or should I say, copi-ous?) notes,
most of which he crammed into 70 minutes: 'useless gifts sent by friends and relatives who won't visit; egotistical doctors
whose careers take precedence over theirpatients' lives; endless wrangling, in the
dying person's presence, over where heshall be buried; the cutting off of a creative life at its peak. This AIDS play isloaded with one absurd situation after
another. The only thing missing from it
is AIDS.
The play is set in the hospital roomof Cyril~flamboyant, opium-smoking
actor dying of AIDS (do playwrights
portray any dying gay artists who aren't
flamboyant?). As Cyril (Keith McDermott) and his visitors vie for each other's
attention, his disease is lost in the shuffle. There is poor Hubert. (David Pursley), who has loved Cyril since boyhoodand is almost reconciled
to being the best friend; Regina Morti (Delphi
Harrington), who professes to be an
opera star but is in fact a temporary
escapee from the scalpel of Dr. Backsleider (Robertson Carricart); and theaforementioned .Surgeon, who, when
not celebrating the second anniversaryof Cyril's AIDS diagnosis, is perfonning lobotomies onpatients
from themental ward; a reporter (Jack Koenig)
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cause he is not really a reporter); andCyril's nurse (Margo Skinner), who isobsessed with Dr. Backsleider.
Because farce is more concernedwith the destructive results of unfettered .
appetites than with the people tonnented by them, it utilizes familiar humantypes instead of characters invested with
their own significant traits. Under Andre .
Ernotte's direction, however,,. the acting is
so non-specific that, with the exceptionof Pursley's long-suffering, ever-patient
Hubert, Copi's types become caricatureswith little recognizable humanity. The
dialogue in Michael Feingold's translation, at least-is more brittle than funny;
the physical humor is half-hearted andfa1ls flat For all of its plot-driven action,
the play trudges through its one andone-quarter hours and arrives at 9:15
pm with barely enough energy for a fmish dripping with pathos.
And what of Cyril's AIDS? Beyond
hospitalizing him in
the first place, it is ofno consequence.
If
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unlikely you would know what afflicts
him; nothing of the particular circumstances of having AIDS is communicated.
Before AIDS, there was the '70s.
Already, the decade has become mythic:
that time of liberation and perpetual
mer, of sex: anywhere and everywhere, ajoyful expression of identity whose only
price was venereal disease. No hearts
were broken, no one suffered, no one
behaved badly-certainly nobody died
Eric Bentley explores and, to an extent,
explodes that myth in Round Two, his
gay version of La Ronde, Arthur Schnitzler's dissection of heterosexual bedhopping in fin~-siecle Vienna.
One of the glories of those days ofliberation is that they freed an Eric Bentley--esteemed translator and explainerof Bertolt Brecht to America, writer ofseminal texts on Shaw and Pirandello,
critical scourge of the cynical and commercial-to write a line of dialogue like"fen inches, ten bucks" for a gay hustler
to deliver. It is a shame that Greg
Mehrten's production of Round Two isn't
better than it is, for the play can tell us
valuable things about the way people
behave when they absolutely must have
intimacy, love or sex.
Faithful to La Ronde, Round 7Wo isa series of sexual encounters-« hustler
and a soldier, the soldier and an art student, the art student and a laywer and soon, ten episodes in all-until we meetthe hustler again, with a famous personage whose same-sex encounters must
always be hush-hush. One of the play's
points is that sex: is a game, played inn0cently or knowingly (but mostly, knowingly), where the primary rule is to adapt
to the circumstances of the moment.
Seducer and seducee are different sidesof the same coin, which is desire. So it isimportant, in a production of either ofthese plays, to see that the characters canassume any role they need to, to getwhat they want
It is also important that director andactor realize that the words spoken bythese sexual partners are more than justwo~: They are weapons in the hunt,
used for probing, deceiving, manipulating, teasing, disarming. Too often in thisproduction, the words are merely lines
memorized, unconnected to thoughts or
to liVes lived at that moment.
Indeed, what's curious here is thevaried quality of the acting, even fromthe same actor, from scene to scene, as if

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each scene had its own director. Thereare exceptions: as the Art Student, Liam
Vtncent takes equal pride in being thepassive object of desire for the Soldier(Michael Ringer) and the teasing enticerof the lawyer (although the latter scene
finally veers out of emotional control). As
the Lover of the Businessman and seducer of the Teenager, Sonny Light has aquality at once wistful and knowing.
When the Teenager (nicely played byThomas Donnarumma) asks if~he should
wish him good hunting or a happy marriage, and he replies, "Oh, """"~~"by all means," it is with a relish and aregret that is usually lacking elsewhere.
As a ~terwho takes notes while seducing the same Teenager, James Coppola
captures it, too. But it is that conscious
delight, not merely in sex: but in the winning of it, that one misses most. Some-how, this play about sexual relations is
missing a sexual edge.
As for the text, while it provides
more than just a look at sexual possibilities in the 70s (otherwise, it would be
merely a period piece), it also loses
something in its translation to a gay
milieu. What gives La Ronde its e9ge is
its indictment of European society. One
moment, a husband preaches fidelity to
his young wife; the next, he beds a 19year-old girl. Sclmitzler exposed the way
his fellow citizens strained against,
resented and finally ignored the pieties
they uttered so easily. That facet of La
Ronde is gone from Round TWO; there
can be no social indictment where there
are no social standards. There are, ofcourse, personal standards and personal
betrayals, but it requires a production
stronger than this to delineate them ....

by David Trinidad

for 7fm Dlugos
Lesley Gore got her rival goodin the smash answer to "It's My Party,'"Judy's Tum to Cry; when her
unfaithful boyfriend, Johnny, suddenly
came of his senses in the midstof yet another apparently unchaperoned
shindig.
I picture Judy-hot-pink mini-dress
and ratted black hair-being swept away
by a flood of her own teenage tears.
In triwnph, Lesley rehangs Johnny's ringaround her neck. She has no idea thatthe British are coming, that her popularity
will wane and she'll watch her hits drop
off the charts like so many tinkling
heart-shaped channs, and that there
she'll be:a has-been at seventeen. Naturally
she'll finish high school and marryJohnny. They'll have a couple of kids
and settle down in a yellow two-story .
tract house. with white-shuttered windows
and bright-red flower beds. At thesupermart,
Lesley will fill her cart with frozen dinners,
which she'll serve with a smile as the family
gathers round their first color lV.
Week after week, she'll exchange recipes,
David THnidad's most recent book is
Hand Over Heart: Poems 1981-1988,
which isjust outfrom Amethyst ~....

attend PTAmeetings and Tupperware•
parties,usher Brownie troops past tar pits
and towering dinosaur bones. Whenever
she hears one of her songs on an oldie
station,,she'll think about those extinct beasts.
She'll think about them too as, year
after year, she tosses headlines
into the trash: Vietnam, NIXon,Patty Hearst.
Then one aftemoon-her children grown and gone-she'll discover a strange
pair of earrings in the breast pocketof Johnny's business suit. It's downhill
after that: curlers, migraines, fattening
midnight snacks. Or is it? She did,after all, sing "You Don't Own Me,'the first pop song with a feminist twist. ,What if Lesley hears about women's lib?
What if she goes into therapy and begins
to question her attraction to emotionallyunavailable men? Suppose, under hypnosis,
she returns to her sixteenth birthday party,
relives all those tears, and learns that
it was Judy-not Johnny she'd wanted
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openly queer Black aides to politicalheavies were also at the. march. Stewart,
who has also been the target of abuse by
the LAPD, says that, because of "skinprivilege," white queers have escaped
the "full effect" of police brutality.
Complacency and assimilation are
the reasons Queer Nation's Jamie Green
cites for lack of activism around thisissue. Gay yuppies just can't identify
with those who are the primary victimsof police brutality-namely,
street hustlers and people of color. "Long ago, I
thought the torch would pass," says
Green, who was a Gay Liberationist
with Kight, "but it doesn't seem to have
happened." However, with a recent
surge of student activists, he reports that
Queer Nation is anxiously "looking forthings to do:"
'The real problem seems to be aquestion of leadership. AIDS has decimated the pool of powerful, charismatic
leaders. "I'm tired," says the ubiquitous
Connie Nonnan. "After you have friend
after friend die, you feel like you've been
in a , war. Our whole community is like
Vietnam vets.". Other leaders, like the eloquent anddynamic duo of IA City AIDS Coordinator Phill Wilson and GLCSC Executive
Director Torie Osborn, often issue boldstatements and work behind the scenes
but ultimately are constrained by therequirements of their jobs.
Still others bicker among themselves. "There are so many organizationsin IA," says Vanguard publisher Sandy
Dwyer. "Many of the leaders are trying to
be big cheeses themselves."
Indeed, the community seems to bebogged down with in-fighting. And as
Alan Brooke, news editor at Frontiersmagazine, comments, "People are tiredof putting themselves on the line when
there is so much internal bashing." It is amyth in the minds of activists, explains
Stewart, that all gays and lesbians consider themselves part of a community. Their
only real vested interest is in access tosexual and affectional interaction. "Inother words," says another activist, "gaysthink with their dicks."
In many ways, the IA gay press
perpetuates this myth. There is no daily
or even weekly queer newspaper, andthe papers that do exist are limited inspace by advertising dollars. Additionally,•••mcovermg news stones,
reporters(including this one) tend to quote thesame leaders over and over again
because of their familiarity with theissues. So the queer reader may pick up
the rag for the classified or the featured
article, glaQce at the news, recognize a
few names and get the impression thatsomeone is doing something. They canthen go out and auise with a clear con•
SCIence.
Some individuals and organizations
are doing what they can, like getting signatures for the "Recall Gates" petition.
The Gay and Lesbian Police Advisory
Task Force provides sensitivity training
for police recruits, which Vice Cl1air Sandra Dominque believes proves effective
down the road. The Gay and Lesbian
Chapter of the AQ..U is looking into theneed for a civilian police review board,and Stonewall held a town meeting on
the subject.
But queers have not yet demonstrated on a grand,. public scale. against
police brutality, lA's clearest manifestation of institutionalized homophobia.
"We need to go beyond documentationand start screaming," says Nonnan. In
the meantime, Coggan is helping queer
victims of LAPD violence prepare testimony for the public ChristopherArguelleS hearings (investigating ongoing allegations of LAPD police brutality)
in May and is asking that any lesbian or
gay man who has been victimized by
the LAPD come forward. t
Karen Ocamh is a nmtonaIJy syndicated writer based in West Hollywood,
Calif. She received her journalfsti{; traintrig at CBS News and her queer education
at the Duchess, Bonnie and Qyde's andHigh Noon in New York.

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comment," is in its third year.
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. Gates, who declined an interview
with OutWeek, has repeatedly said: "I'm
not going anywhere. Anyone who
thinks I'm going to slink away iswrong." Of his political enemies, gays
and Blacks among them, he also said, "I
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decay and sexuality," then, in the eyesof those whoso fear their taboos, breaking one means that you could breakthem all. That's the fear of contagion,the "uncontrollable"•element whiChhaunts Jesse Helms.
That's alsO the connection I makebetween a "non-gendered" person like
Kate Bornstein and a "heterosexual"
transgressor like Karen Finley, and why I
think the gender name-game will ultimately fail: While I understand theimpulse to create categories and distin~
guish our specific 'experience from eachother, which defmes culture, it's shaky toplace these differences in a frame likegender, which is socially constructed,
and hence, endlessly mutable. It's better
for me to replace hetero· and homo andall the other sexualities with words that
acknowledge the position of relative
safety we occupy in the social order, thelaws we uphold or don't. That's whererace and class and economic powercome into play to defy the easy categon;ation of gender. So, as the battle overwhat to call' ourselves and each otherrages on, let's look at what you and I
still fear. That will tell us a lot about who
and what we are and where we stand as
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the mayor (who has asked Gates toresign) nor the five-member Police Commission may remove Gates without•"cause And with no~direct links, to thebeating of King, a "cause" has yet to befound. The best the Police Commission
could do was to .put Gates on a 6<k:Iay
paid leave, but the· City Council, facedwith the threat of a lawsuit from Gates,
overturned the Commission's decision in.,.H .. ,;;~~~\\~

contact at the LAP~, "~tes.felt that he ~~was taken from hIS Job Without due ~cause." Meanwhile, Mitch Grobeson's
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Who wouldn't want to hang out
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So, of course, it bothers me that
he's straight. It has to. But when hegrabs onto your hand and asks if hecan stay over-he lives in Queens yousee, and the subway ride is solong-and suddenly he's lying in yourbed, asleep, wearing only his underwear, and you get tears in your eyes 'as

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you stare at that velvety, soft skin andthe smile on his lips, and you watch
him until way past noon, until fmally,
you, too, drift off on a cloud to som~
place nice. When you find someone
who makes you feel tbat good, that special-stupid,
little things like sex
shouldn't matter. It's like fmding that
perfect shade of red lipstick or thatonce-in- a-lifetime little -de la Renta
number on sale you just grab it andrun. No questions asked.
(Besides, maybe one night, if I get
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Ernotte. Translatedby Michael
Feingold. Starring Robert Carrlcart,
Delphi Hanington, Jack Koenig, Keith
M!lDennoH, David Punley and Margo
Sldnner. The play "may just be the first
farce written about AIDS, a farce whichmixes pathos and wit, tenderne88 andcruelty." $20/$15 for 8tudents and8eniors. 15 W. 28th St TO-8a at 8 pm,
Sa and Su at 3 pm. Reservations: (212)679-7562. Through May 5.
LOVE CREEK PRODUCTIONS presents
Gay and Lesbian Penpecllves, a seriesof at least 12 one-act plays featuring
gay and/or lesbian characters or"themes
related to alte rnative
lifeetyles." The "mini-festival" is part ofan ongoing playwrighting competition
designed to provide a venue to quality
scripts dealing with gay and lesbian
themee. $10. Westbeth Theater. 151
Bank St Reservations: (212) 769-7973.
April 18 through May 6.
UPSTAIRS AT THE DUPLEX presents
Wicked Trash Producllons' B.dtlm,- Btorl". Join them for "more tales ofshattered, splintered, spit-upon love."
Written and performed by MarianGoldstein, Scott King and Juon
Kord.los. Directed by Simon Fill. $7
cover/2 drink minimum. 59 Christopher
St. Mo at 8 pm. Reservations: (212)255-5438. Through May 6.
THE PERRY STREETTHEATREpresents

J,"", E.. mann', Artlflt:lal R"IIty.

Accompanied by composer Mlchaal
John LaChlusa, ES8man will present a
series of sketches featuring such characters as Stan, a recovering recovery
addict; Jean-Louis DeBri8, a French
existentialist cabaret singer; and Raye,a woman with a lover who's literally outof this world. Directed by DavidART IN GENERAL presents Out Loud:
ArUslI Engulfed Agalnll War, a collaborative multi-media installation. whichassembles contributed works fromartiste and writers in opposition to theGulf War. Other artiste's works are also
featured in the show. 79 Walker SI.
(212) 219-0473. Through May 11.

A couple of couples dancing: DANCETHEATERWORKSHOPpresents HIS/Hls and HersIHers. First on the program: Du,n, a collaborative duet by Irene Hultman and Vicky Shick.Then U's
Sodomlt, Wa"lorsby Chazz Dean and Kurt Fulton, a "mini-epic
which explores the facets of contemporary gay male culture andthe tenuous relationship to the straight society It lives within."$12 or TDF. DTW's Bessie Schonberg Theater. 219 W. 19th St;
April 29. 8 pm. Reservations: (212) 924-0011-[See April 30]
Some of the busiest folbln queer theater, LQVE CREEKPRODUCTIONS, present Gay and Lesbian Perspectives, a mini oneact festival. Tonight's productions: Approprlat,ly Yours by
Charles Harris, Jr. Directed by Valora Braun. With Lori Brown,
Raphael Laderman, Gloria Vernick. B,anl, by Phil Hines.
Directed by Jim Hiligartner. With Marie Andrews and Steve
Groft. My H,ro by Paul Sambol. Directed by Winnie Troha. With
Frank Marino and Douglas May. Th, Word /s Out by Kelly
Masterson. Directed by Jenny Martel. With James Beaird,
Patricia Hlcok, Matthew Stewart. Vito on th, B,at:h by SamuelSchwartz. Directed by Sharon Fallon. WHh Kendel D. SmHh andDustye Wlnnlford. $10. Westbelh Theatre Center. 151 Bank SI.
April 30, May 1 and 2. 8 pm. Reservations: (212) 769-7973.
It sounds like last year's Gran Fury "Kissing Doesn't Kill" billboard came to life: SIMON WATSON GALLERY presents Kelly
and Ronnie Cutrone's Love.Splt.Lov" an Installation of liVing
American nudes. The Ihree couples-one gay male, one lesbian and one heterosexual-lay
on an American Ilap' and kissand caress to love songs from the '50s 10 th. 90s. 241
Lalayette St., between Prince and Lafayette streets. May 1.
7-10 pm. Info: (212) 925-1955.,•

One 01 OutWII/(S own, and damn good poet, too: A DIFFERENT
LIGHT presents David Trinidad, reading from his bOok, Hand
Or" H,art. 548 Hudson St. May 1. 8 pm. Inlo: (212) U89-4851t.
,

THE PARK SLOPE METHODIST CHURCHpresents Laura Wetzler
In Jesse Helms Has Made a Radlt:B1Out pi Me, an evening oforiginal story songs. Featuring the musical talents of Robin

THE BALLROOM presente Julian ClalY,"a self-effacing comedian who creates a
8urreali8tic fantasy world with his. crossed-dressed Ziggy Stardust persona, fast-paced barbs and sly double
entendres." $15, plu8 a two-drink minimum. 253 W. 28th St Tu-Sa at 9 pm,
Fr and Sa at 11:15 pm, and Su at 3 pm.
Reservations: (212) 244-3005. April 21
through May 12.
MUSICAL THEATRE WORKS pres8nts
Col,n. Colla,a: TwoMu,lcal, About
Col,tt. by Tom Jon .. and Harvey

Schmldl The two parts focus on Colette
as a young girl discovering per art andas an old woman, looking back on her
life, and does not cover up her lesbianaffairs. $20. The Theatre at st. Peter's
Church. 54th Street and Lexington
Avenue. Contact theater for show times:(212) 688-6022. Through May 19.
lfaSTICKY MIKE'S FROG BAR presenteDavid Simpatico a8 Vinny "Mr. Lucky"
Rocco in Cualcad. of SUfi. This
"peyconeurotic extravaganza" confron18
homophobia, prejudice, violence, para"
noia and musical comedy. $8 plus a
two-drink minimum. 6-8-10 Great
Jones St., at Lafayette st. Thursday,
except May 15, at 9 pm. Reservations:(212) 581-6032. Through May 23.
BLUE ANGEL THEATER pre8ents

Pa,.ant, New York's nightiy,audience
participation, musical beauty contest$40 and up. 323 W. 44th SI. Tu-Fr at
8:30 pm, Sa at 7:30 and 10:30 pm andSu at 3:30 and 7:30 pm. Reservations:'(212) 262-3333. Through May 26.
THEATRE-AT-224-WAVERLY-PLACEpresents Homollxual Actl, a series of 12
short plays, including seven world premieres and three New York premieres.
They are: Robert Patrick's Ludwig and
Wagner, The Family Barand The Way We
War, Daniel Culion's S&M. Celebrities in
Helland One Mans Opinion; Carl Morse's
Annunciation and Fairy Fuck-In, or A call

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to the Statlls; Robert Chesley's
Somebody's Little Boy; Victor Bumbalo's
Show. Bil Wright's Mother Father Lover
MalT, and Rich Rubin's That AI Pacino
Look. $20. We-Fr at 8 pm, Sa at 7 and 10
pm, Su at 3 and 7 pm. llckelB: (212) 5648008. Through May 26.
bEIGHTY-EIGHTS presents Sara Zahn,
perfonning Both Sides of Bemstein. $10.
228 W. 10th st. Thursdays at 8 pm.
Reservations: (212) 924-0088. ThroughMay 30.
THE GLINES present Evan Brldenstln."
HI,h-Strun,
a comedy in which"David loves Greg, Greg loves Sally, Sally
loves Bruce and Bruce loves David."
Directed by Leille Ironl. Starring John.
Carhart III, Suzanne Cryer, Dane Halland Malt! Leydorf. $15. 39 Grove St, at
Bleecker. We-Fr at 8 pm, Sa at 6 and 9
pm and Su at 7 pm. Reservations: (212)869-3530. Through June 9.

Qu,".~THE CARNEGIE HALL MUSEUM presents
its Inaugural ExhlblUon, featuring memorbilia of gay Russian composer PeterlIylch Tchalkcmky. Included in the exhibition are pages from Tchaikovsky's original manuscripts, some of his diaries andletters, and letters to him. 881 Seventh
Ave., at 57th Street 11 am to 4 pm. ,info:(212) 903-9750. Through June 30.
THE CASTILLO CULTURAL CENTER represents Jamel Chapman'l Our Youn,
BI,ck M.n Ar. Dying ,nd Nobody
S•• ms to Car., a look at some of thosemen whoee lives and deaths are reflected
in drug-abuse, crime, police-brutality,
alcoholism, poverty and AIDS statistics.
$20. 500 Greenwich St, suite 201. Th-Sa
at 8 pm and Su at 3 pm. Reservations:(212) 941-5800. Through Aug. 31.
THE WPA THEATRE presentsR.d SCI,..
on Suns.t, a new play by and starring
Charles BUICh, creator of Vampire
Lesbians of Sodom and Psycho Beach
Party. Directed by Kenneth Elliott.
Starrring Ralph Buckley, Roy Cockrum,
Andy Halliday, Julia Hallton, Mark
Hamilton,
JudithHannn,
Arnla
Kolodnar. 519 W. 23rd St Tu-Th at 8 pm
and Su at 7:30 pm-$22. Fr and Sa at 8pm and Su at 3 pm-$26. Reservations:. (212) 206-0523.
CHERRY LANE THEATRE preeents David
stavanl' Th. Sum 01 Us. Starring Robart
Lahalng and Nell Maffln. Directed by
Kevin Dowling. By the writsr of Breaker
Morant, this play is about a father who
tries to help with his son's gay relatio!,ships while looking for a new wife. 38
Commerce St $27.5D-$32.50. Tu-Fr at 8pm, Sa at at 7 and 10 pm, Su at 3 and7:30 pm. (212) 989-2020.
THE FRIENDS OF ALICE AUSTEN HOUSE
present Allca AUltan: Tha Larky Lila.
From her blo, Alice Austen sounds likethe Gertrude Stein of Staten Island. Visit
her house, now a museum, and see pictures that she took of upper middle classmen and women. 2 Hylan Blvd. Staten
Island. Th-Su. 12-5 pm. Info: (718) 8164506. Th rou'gh December.

MONDAY, APRIL 29
AIDS CENTER OF QUEENS COUNTY pre-&8 OUTWEEKMav., 1_1

Ms. Haynes at (212) 90.1-2460..

Burdulls, Alicia Svlgalnnd lorin Sklamberg.Sapphlre, a poetand perlormance artist, Is also.scheduled to appear. Sen.
Helms Is not expected to be on hand lor the lestlvltles. $10.
Sixth Avenue-and 8th street. Brooklyn. May 3. 8 pm. Inlo: (718)832-3828 or (718) 598-5725.

THE NETWORK OF BUSINESS AND'PRoFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS presents
Sprfng Fling, a party and benefit forJhe
Minority Task Force on. AiDS. $55 before
April 231$70 after. Tavern on the Green.
6:30-9:30 pm. Info: (212) 517-0771.

ABC NO RIO presents Its 11th Anniversary Benellt Weekend.
The weekend Isll.lled with drag perlormancel, music and dancIng, slides, magic shows, an enormous 111mand video lestlval
and an auction. The names on hand are too many to list here;
lor c~letedetails on the gala, see Individual listings underMay• 56 Rlvlngton St. 8 pm. Inlo: (212) 254-3897.

AIDS CENTER OF QUEENS COUNTY presents an HIV Forum and discu8siO.n of
AIDS iS8uee. ACQC. 97-45 Queens Blvd.,
suite 1220. Rego Park. 6:30-8:30 pm.
info: (718) 896-2500 or (718) 896-2985
for the hearing impaired.

lWo chances to see two great (and vaally dlfterent) performers:
PS 122 presents Reno and Dlamanda Galas In a benellt lor the
Spanish edition 01 Women, AIDS and Activism, wrlOen by the
ACT UP/NY Women and AIOS Book Group. Both perlormers will
be presenting all new material. $10. 150 First Ave., at 9thStreet. May 3 and 4. 10 pm. Reservations: (212) 477-5288.

OPEN CIRCLE presente Celebrate theGod/de .. , a full moon celebration. $2
donation. The Center. 208 W. 13th St
7-7:30 pm (please arrive early):
DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP presents
HII/HII and Hel1/Hel1. Firet on the program: Du.tt, a collaborative duet bylrane Hultman and Vicky Shlck.Then it's
S040mlta Warrlol1 by Chazz Dean and
Kurt Fulton, a "mini-epic which explores
the facets of contemporary gay male cul·ture and the tenuous relationship to thestraight society it lives within." $12 or
TOF. DTW's Bessie Schonberg Theater.
219 W. 19th st. 8 ·pm. Reservations:(212) 924-0077. [See April 29] ,OK, so H's a liOle expeilslve, but It's ,~(nth It: H's THE KITCHEN,
and Hs Filth Annual Spring Beneln. Featuring performances by
Suzanne Vega, Robert Ashley and Elizabeth Streb. Expect
appearances by a host 01downtown, avant-garde and queer art
ligures, InlcudlngNan Goldin, Charles Atlas, John Kelly, Karen
Finley and many others. $15 and $25 tickets are available
through Tlcketron at (212) 947-5850 or through the Kitchen.
$1 DO, $350 and $500 tickets are only available through the
Knchen at (212) 255-5793. Town Hall. 123 W. 43rd St. 7:30 pm.
Info: (212) 255-5793.
A 18IIOn In Morse code: PIA PRODUCTIONSpresents Dlsella"BSand Admissions: Fireworks From Five Plays by Carl Morse.
Featuring scenllsfrom ImpoINe to My Butchen. Shootout, or He
DI,d for "auty, Minimum wage, RBShand Blood In Cincinnati andTh, Sunshine Stat,. $12. Thellter at 224 ,Waverly, between Penyand Wtial11th streets. May 6 and 7. 8 pm. Inlo: (212) 691-8599.

sents Cllant Orientation and HIV/AIDS
EnUUamanl Womhop, providing resource
information for all clients. An RSVP is neoessary for the latlBr workshop. ACQC. 9745 Queena Blvd., suite 1220. Rago Park.
Both events happen from 6:30-8:30 pm.
Info: (718) 896-2500 or (718) 896-2985
for the hearing impaired.
WOMEN ABOUT Ganeral Meeting. For
complete details and to join Women
About. call (212) 642-5257.
GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE IN MORRISCOUNTY presents WOmyn'1 Natwolt! andMan'l Rap Group at 7:30 pm, before their
Ganeral Medng at 8:30 pm. Tonight's diecussion concens "Avoiding
LegalNightmanls." FrancineA. Gargano, an attorney, will reveal how ·homophobia insinuates itself into our lives and creates legal
havoc ... and what to do about it." 21
Normandy Heights Rd. Morristown, NJ.
Info: GAAMC Gay Helplint!: (201) 285-1595.
ACT UP Genaral Maetlng. Cooper Union.
Fourth Avenue at 7th Street 7:30 pm.
Info: (212) 564-AIDS.
DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP .presente
HII/HII and Hal1/Hel1. Aret on the program: Du.tt, a collaborative duet by
Irana Hultman and Vicky Shlck.Then it's
Sodomlta Warrlol1 by Chazz Daan and
Kurt Fulton, a "mini-epic which explores
the facets of contemporary gay male culture and the tenuou~ relationship to thestraight society it lives within." $12 or
TDF. DTW's Bessie Schonberg Theater.

219 W. 19th St. 8 pm. Reservations:(212).924-0077. [Ses April 30]
THE CLUB AT .LA MAMA presents
Natasha Feart .. a Llidar in her musicalplay, The Hat-Cheqk Girl. With Georg
Osterman, Chrll Tanner, L.. Simplon,
Evan Helnamann, Tom Judlon, Mazeo
Gllchrfll, JaII,.t Geiger, Suzy Wllllaml,
Carol Sittig, Michael Salmonl andDavid Fallbarg.
Directed by Corey
DOl1on. "Ufe Is seen from a coatroom insongs which are filled with painterly
images, colors and sentiments." $101$8
for members. 74A E. 4th St. 8 pm.
Reservations: (212) 475-7710.
THE STONEWALL BOXING CLUB preeents Boxing and the Warrlor'l Path, aworkshop for gay and bisexual men.
Instructor. Kan Albright. The fundamentals of boxing will be taught, and there
will be opportunities for boxing with protective gear. No prior experience nesded.
$10.135 W. 14th St, 2nd floor. 8:1&:-10
pm. Info: Irv at (212) 472-4494.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 30

LOVE CREEK PRODUCTIONS presents
Gay and Lesbian Pel1pectlval, a mini
one-act festival. Tonight's productions:
Approprl,t.ly Youn by Chai1el Harrll,
Jr. Directed by Valora Braun. With ,LoriBrown, Raphael Ladarman, Gloria
Vernick. B.,nl. by Phil Hln ... Di~ected
by Jim Hlilgartner. With Marie Andrau
and Steve Groff. My
Hero by·Paul.
"
Sambol. DireCted by Winnie Troha: With
Frank Marino and DO,uglal May. Tb.
Word Is Out by ·K.illyM8Itarlon.
Directed by Jenny M,rtal. With Jam ..
Beaird, Patricia
Hlcok, Matlha.w
Stewart. Vito on the B'!lt:b by SamuelSchwartz. Directed btSharon Fallon.
With Kandel D. Smith and Duatya
Wlnnllord. $10. Westbeth Theatre Center.
151 Bank St 8 pm. Reservations: (212)769-7973. [See May 1 and 2]
LAVENDER HEIGHTS Speaker Series presents Paula EHelbrlck, legal director of .
Lambda Legal Defense and Education
Fund. $7. The Cornerstone Center. 1-78
Bennett Ave., one block west. of Broadway
at 189th Street 8 pm. (212) 304-2471.
,
CELLBLOCK 28 presents Uncut Night. If.you're uncircumcised, just show it at thedoor and get a dollar off admission. 28
Ninth Ave., between 13th and 14th streets.
Doors open 8 pm. (212) 733-3144.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 1
DANCE GIANT STEPS in cooperation with
VISUAL AIDS DAY WITHOUT ART presentss May Day AIDS Tribute for
National Dance Week '91. Meet at theStaten Island Ferry at 12 o'clock midnight, 12 noon, and again at 12 midnight
Info: (718) 773-3046

BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER,
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY and BRONXCOALITION FOR CHILDREN OF PEOPLE
LIVING WITH AIDS present Children 01
LOll: Issues affecting the children of
WOMEN ABOUT presents Book 01 thepeople living with AI DS. The one-day
conference will feature keynote speaker . Month DllCu8110n. This month's book: A
Place at the Tableby Enilch Conicke. For
Valeria Spann, executive director of thecomplete details and to join WomenNew York AIDS Consortium. Fordham
About. call (212) 642-5257.
University. Bronx. For complete details:

•THE COMMlmE ON DIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL
BROADCASTING CORPORATION preeents an Opln "llIIng. The Educatlonal
Broadcasting Corporation owns andoperat" Channel Thirteen. 356 W. 58th
St 12 pm. Info: (212) 560-3007.
AIDS CENTEROF QUEENS couNTY prelents Strlll MIlIIglment, a workshop
on meditation relaxation and otherstrese-management activities. ACQC.9745 Queens Blvd., suits 1220. Rago Park.
6:30-8:30 pm. Info: (718) 896-2500 or(718) 896-2985 for the hearing Impaired.
SIMON WATSON GALLERY presents
Kelly Ind Ronnll Cutrone'l Lo".
• plt.Lor., an Installation of living
American nudee. The thres couples one
gay male, one lesbian and one heter08exual-lay on an American flag and kissand cal"888to love songs from the '50s to
the '90s. 241 Lafayette St., between
Prince and Lafayette streets. 7-10 pm.
Info: (212) 925-1955.
LOVE CREEK PRODUCTIONS presents
Gay and Lllblan Parlpeell"l,a minione-act festival. Tonight's productions:
Apprtlprl.t./, You" by Chari .. Harrll,
Jr. Directed by Valora Braun. With Lori
Brown, Rlphael Ladarmln, Glorli
Vll'lllcII. ' .. n/. by Phil Hln ... Directed
by Jim Hllltaltnar. With Marla.AndraWi
and Iten
Grolt. M, Hero by Paul
51mbo!. Directed by Winnie Troha. With
Frank Mlrlno and Do.gllI May. Th.
WOI' /, ollt by kelly Mlltarlon.
Directed by Jenny Marlel. With Jam ..
Ballr~,
Patricia Hlcok, Matthew
Ste.art. IIlto on the ' .. ch by Sam.,1
Schwlrtz. Directed by Shlron Fallon.
With Kindel D. Smith and DUltye
Wlnnllord. $10. Westbeth Theatre Centsr.
151 Bank St8 pm. Reservations: (212)769-7973. [See April 30 and May 2]
THE LESBIAN AND GAY TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION BUllne .. Milling. The
Center. 208 W. 13th St8 pm. Info: (718)258-4102 or (718) 626-4699.
A DIFFERENT LIGHT presents David
Trinidad, reading from his book, Hand
Over Heart. 548 Hudson st. 8 pm. Info:(212) 989-4850.
ACT UP's POLICE VIOLENCE WORKINGGROUP presents a Fund-Ral .. r for the
CIn11Hennelly defense fund. Go-go girls
and boys featured. $H10 sliding fee.
The Bank. 225 E. Houston Sl, at Essex
Sl10 pm. Info: (914) 632-7264.
THE EAGLE presents Movie Night:
Pat:tnc"This tense psychological thriller follows a young couple wlio
buy and restore a large old Victorianhouse in plctureeque San Francisco.
Becaule the mortgage payments aresteep, they rent out two apartments In
order to make ends meet. Then, theirworet nightmare comes true when one of
the new tenants turns out to be a psychopath." The Eagle. 142 Eleventh Ave.,at 21st Streel 11 pm. (212) 691-8451.

H./,,,,,.

#2 present a Public Hearing concemlng
a proposal to Increase the caseload ofcaseworkers at the Dlvl810n of AIDS
Services by th ree cases per worker. The
Centsr. 208 W. 13th St. 6-9 pm. Info:(212) 979-2272.
AIDS CENTEROF QUEENSCOUNTYpresents Care,lnrl
Forum, focusing on
clients supporting HIV-p.ositive loved
ones. ACQC. 97-45 Queens BlVd., suite1220. Rego Park. 6:30-8:30 pm. Info:(718) 896-2500 or (718) 896-2985 forthe hearing Impaired.
QUEER NATION W.. kly Milling. The
Center. 208 W. 13th St. 7:30 pm. Info:(212) 9788-8720 .
LESBIAN AND GAY NATURALISTS OF
NEW YORK present Exotic Fllh ofMldagalcar, a slide presentation andlecture. Presented by the Natural History
Group. The Center.208 W. 13th Sl8 pm.
Info: (212) 242-0999.
LOVE CREEK PRODUCTIONS preeentsGay and tllblln
Pe"pectlnl,
a minione-act festival. Tonight's productions:
Apprtlprl.t./, You" by Chari .. Harrll,
Jr. Directed by Valora Braun. With Lori
Brown, Raphael Laderman, Gloria
Vamlele.
by Phil Hlnll. Directed
by Jim HIII.artnar. With Marla Andmn
and Sten Groff.
by PaulSambol. Directed by Winnie Troha. With
Frank Marino and Douglll May. The
WDld /, Out by Kelly Mllterlon.
Directed by Jenny Martel. With Jam ..
Beaird, Patricia Hlcok, Matthew
Stlwart. IIlto on Ih. ' .. ch by SamuelSchwartz. Directed by Sharon Fallon.
With Kendel D. Smtth and Duiya
Wlnnllonl. $10. Westbeth Theatre Centsr.
151 Bank Sl 8 pm. Reservations: (212)769-7973. [Ses April 30 and May 1]'.,n/.

M, H,,,GAY WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE presents
Blancha WI.. an Cook, Ph.D. The hietorian, professor, journalist,writerandbiographer will present her book,
Recl'f!ating a Woman II Ufe; Issues of Sex
and Power, in the Writing of Best
Friends; Eleanor Roosevelt and Her
Circle, Volume I. For women only.
Refreehements
served. $5. The
Univereallst Church. Central Park Westand 76th Street. 8 pm. (212) 595-8410[GWA meets the firet Thursday 01 every
month from Octboerto June.]

FRIDAY, MAY 3
TliE EMPIRE STATEPRIDE AGENDApresents March on Albany W .. klnd.
Today's event is a Video and Film
Faillval, featuring Silence = Death andRights and Responsibilities. For complete
details, contact the Pride Agenda at (212)727-1291. [Ses May 4-7]

THURSDAY, MAY 2

THE ANSWER IS LOVING Women
Talking Women'l Talk: The Good Old
Days "and what that means. The oppressive know your place, limit-setting andboundaries and the acceptance ofchange." $10. 1964 E. 35th Sl Brooklyn.
7:45-10 pm. Info: Ruth Berman andConnie Kurtz at (718) 998-2305.

THE SOCIAL SERVICES, HEAL:THAND
AGING COMMlm 'of Community Board

TliE PARK SLOPE METHODIST CHURCH
H,'m,prelents Laura Wetzler InJ""

Hu Mad. , Rad/ca/ oul of M., anevening of original story songs. Featurig
the musical talents of Robin Burdulls,
Alicia 8,IIaii and Lorin Sklamberg.
Sapphire, a poet and performance artist,is also scheduled to appear. $10. Sixth
Avenue and 8th Street Brooklyn. 8 pm.
Info: (718) 832-3626 or (718) 596-5725.

INTEGRAL YOGA INSTITUTE presents
Halha Yoga Clall. Hatha Yoga refere to
the physical postures, deep relaxation
and breathing practices which revitalize ,and strengthen the body and calm themind. This class is especially for those
who are HIV-positive. IYI. 227 W. 13th
Sl12-1:30 pm. (212) 929-0586. •BODY POSITIVEpresents a Friday NightGay 80clal, for all HIV-positive individuals and their friends. Middle Collegiate
Chu~ch. 50 E. 7th St.; off Second Ave.
8-10 pm. (212) 721-1346.

AMERICAN GAY AND LESBIAN ATHEISTS Monthly Maallng. AGLA is a nonprofit, educational organization dedicatedto preserving separation between stateand church and upholding the civil rightsof lesbian and gay atheists. The Center.
208 W. 13th Sl 1-3 pm. Info: Dial-A-Gay
Atheist at (718) 899-1737.

ABC NO RIO presents its 11th
Annlvenary lieneflt W.. kend. Tonightfeatures MO's Brenda and Glennda, OJ
Mill Undentooll, a Slide show by Tom
Holdorf, magic by The Graat Fredd!nnl
and perlormances by Edgar Oliver,Ph"'y, Diane Torr, Robin Goldlmlth andothere. $7. 56 Rivington Sl 8 pm. Info:(212) 254-3697. [See aiso May 4 and 5)
PS 122 presents Reno and Dlamanda
G.lal in a benefit for the Spanish edition
01 Women, AIDS and Activism, written by
the ACT UP/NY Women and AIDS Book
Group. Both performers will be presenting all new material. $10. 150 Firet Ave.,at 9th Stresl 10 pm. Reservations: (212)477-5288. [See May 4)

SATURDAY, MAY 4
THE EMPIRE STATEPRIDEAGENDApresents March on Albany W.. kand.
Today's events are a Lesbian and Gay
Town M.. Ung and a Gala Dance at
Walhlngton Park.. Lakehoull. It's also a
special night at Albany's lesbian and gay
bare. For complete details, contact thePride Agenda at (212) 727-1291. [SeeMay 3-7]
ADODI NEW YORK presents a One-Day
SpI'Ing Retreat. Adodi is "an organizationof gay and bisexual men of African heritage that promotss growth and provides
support in response to the needs of ourcommunity." The workshop features 13
workshops on topics ranging from "GayFather/Stralght Son, Straight Father/Gay
Son" and ·Working Relationships Before
They Work You." The keynots speaker Is
Dr. Billy Jon.. , New York City's commissioner of mental health. Lunch is provided. $25. Union Theological Seminary.
100 Claremont Ave, near 120th Street
and Broadway. 8 am to 6 pm. Info: (212)868-1388 or (718) 625-6093.
SPRINGTO HEALTli DAY presents a fair.
Free spinal exams and stress survey.
Cholesterol screenings also available.
Rain date is May 5. Dr. Adam L.
~Nachmias, chiropractor. 433 Ninth St.
Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 am to 3 pm.
(718) 832-7300.
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AIDS CENTEROF QUEENSCOUNTYpresents Dllclollng Your HIV StatUI. Shareexperiences and learn new strategies.
ACQC. 97-45 Queens Blvd., suite 1220.
Rego Park. 11 am to 1 pm. Info: (718)896-2500 or (718) 896-2985 for the
hearing impaired.
SOUTHERNERS presents Brunch at
Wlllon'l Bakery. A meal will run around$6. 1980 Amsterdam Ave., at 158th Street.
12 pm. RSVPby May 1 to (212) 674-8073.

WOMEN ABOUT presents an Art. Musicand Dlnnar Evening. For complete details
and to join Women About, call (212) 6425257.
THE NEW SCHOOL presents Auto
Cansorshlp: The Chilling Enact, a symposium moderated by Nor .. n Alb
Mackay of the New School's media studies department. Speakere include Donn.
DaMae, author of Liberty Denied;Richard Curry, author of Freedom at
Risk; Edith Tlgar, discussing the FCC
banning 01AHen Ginsberg and Norman
Mailer, and upcoming PEN and NPRcases; Leanne Katz. executive director of
NCAC; Chari .. Rambar, author of The.End of Obscsnity; Mlckl MeG.. , curatorof On the Wall at Artist's Space; andBarbara POllack, an artist and lawyer.
The sympoelum will include Pollack's latest work. $15. May Theater. 66 Fifth Ave.,at 13th Sl1-4 pm. Info: (212) 741-5690.
THE EAR IN presents Kevin Killian andDodle Ballamy, reading from their work.
Killian Is the author of Shy, Bedrooms
Haw Windows and An:tic Summer. He is
also working on a biography of the poet
Jack Spicsr with Lew Ellingham and, withMark Ewart, a sex novel for children entitled Secret Garden. Bellamy's mostrecent book is Feminine Hijinx. She isworking on a book-length project, The
Lette18 of Mina Harke. 326 Spring Sl For
complete details, call (212) 226-9060.
NEW YORK CITY GAY MEN'S CHORUS
presents1ba May Concert, featuring the
Chamber Choir. Featuredwill be works by
Byrd, Mendelssohn,Schubert, V. Williams,
Distler and world premieres by director
Dean X. Johnson and Chamber Choirmembers TonyShenton and Edgar Colo...
Hernandez. The program will include a
guest appearance by Phllane Wanelle of
La Gran Scena Opera Company. $8. st.
Peter's Episcopal Church. 20th Street,
betWeen Eight and Ninth avenues. 3 pm.
Info: (212) 691-7590.
NEW JERSEYLESBIANAND GAYCOALITION presents Gel Togather '91. featurIng the Third Annual Lesbian and Gay
Achievement Awards, plus Raven Hall,dinner, a cash bar, music and more.
Vegetarian dinners arranged uponrequest. Wheelchair accesible and ASL
interpreted. $30. Ramada RenaissanceHotel. Three Tower Center. East
Brunswick, NJ. 6-10 pm. Info: (201)359-0344.
DIXON PLACE presents Lisa Kron, per-•

fo~lng elementlln !he life of the lesbian
supemova: eating, sleeping and tap dancIng. Aleo on the program for the night:
Hlntll Hilihorn and Miry PIII,mo. $6
or TDF. 37 E. lsI SI., betwesn Arst andSecond avenues. 8 pm. (212) 673-6752.
ABC NO RIO presents
its 11th
Annllllliry
B,neflt Wttt.nd.
Tonight
feature,. a marathon film and video
extravagania with wor1<sby Cirl Mlc ... 1
OlOrg', P,t,r Crlm.r, J.ct Wlt,r.,
MlrII Z.ro and othere, inclduing experimsntal shorte and underground cla88lcs
curated by Lpa Acl,rno. In the svenlng,
live bands will perfonn. $7. 56 Rivington
Sl Videos start at 12 pm, and the bande
start at 10 pm •. Info: (212) 254-3697.
[Ses also May 3 and 5]
PS 122 presenta R.no and DI.m.nd.
0.111 In a benefit for the Spanish editionof Women, AIDS and Activism, written by
the ACT UP/NY Womsn and AIDS Book
Group.' Boih performers will be presenting all new material. $10. 150 Aret Ave.,at 9th SI. 10 pm. Reservations: (212)477-5288. [See May 4]

SUNDAY, MAY 5
THE EMPiRE STAlE PRIDE AGENDA preeents Mlrch on Alblny Wllklnd.
Today's evsnts include a M.rch from
Wllhln"on
PlrIIlo thl Ittl' Capllol ••Rilly .t th' , C.pltol •• n Aprel-Rilly
Hudlon Rlllr Crulll and an Inter-faithS,rvlc •• For completl details, contact thePride Agenda at (212) 727-1291. [SeeMay 4-7]

by Suzlnn. V•••• Robert Alhl.y andEllzab.lh St"b. Expect appearances by ahost of downtown and avant-garde art
figures, inlcuding Nln Goldin. Chlrl ..
Alia •• John Killy. Kar.n Finley andmany others. $15 and $25 tickets areavailable through licketron at (212) 9475850 or through the Kitchen. $100, $350
and $500 tickets are only available
through the Kitchen at (212) 255-5793.
Town Hall. 123 W. 43rd Sl 7:30 pm. Info:(212) 255-5793.

een1B Mlrch on Albany W.tbnd. Today is
L.. blln Ind GlY Lobby DIY. In thelIV8IIing, ife a Gay-II BentIIt Perfonnanct
I'" AWI",I ca"mony. featuring lesbianperformance artiet Holly H.g_ For c0mplete details, contact the Pride Agenda at(212) 727-1291. [See May 4-7]

AIDS CEN1ER OF QUEENS COUNTY pre88nts Natrltlon,lnt.nr.ntlon
SIIII'II ••with H.I.n Ollnl, a nutrition educator.
ACQC. 97-45 Queens Blvd., suits 1220.
Rego Park. 6:30-8:30 pm. Info: (718)896-2500 or (718) 896-2985 for the
hearing impaired.

PIA PRODUCTIONS presentl 0/#",,,,,
IInti Atlm/,,/on,: Flr •• orlll From Fill
PlaYI by Carl MOil •. Featuring scenes
from Impo/itB to My Butchers, Shootout. or
He Died for Beauty, Minimum Wage. Flesh
and Blood in Cincinnati and The Sunshillfl
Stat/J. $12. Theater at 224 Waverly,
between Perry and West 11th streets. 8
prn.lnfo: (212) 691-8599. [See May 7]

SOUTHERNERS EXlculill
Commltt.e
MttUn. at 7 pm. Routins busine88. All
welcome. Then, at 8, it's Ihe AnnUli
M.mb.r.hlp
Millin •• You musl be apaid member to vote. Agenda wil include
the election of Stlering Committee membere. Ths Center. 208 W. 13th SI. Info:(212) 674-8073.

THE KITCHEN preaente Top Slorlll, an
evening of readings from the new City
Lighte anthology Top Top Storie •. With
readings by Glen O'Brl.n. Con.t.nce
DeJon •• Donna Wyazomlalltl. Alcherl
Slrau. and others. Curated by Irl
Silverberg. $6/$1 for members. 512 W.
19th St., between Tenth and Eleventh
avenues. 8:30 pm. Info: (212) 255-5793.

ACT UP G.nelll Msllln •. Cooper Union.
Fourth Avsnus at 7th Street. 7:30 pm.
Info: (212) 564-AlDS.
IN OUR OWN WRllE Wrller" Worlllhop
for lesbian and gay writere. Workshops
are held on the first and third Mondays ofthe month. Please bring work. The
Center. 208 W. 13th Sl 8-10 pm. (212)620-7310.

For complete details, contact the Pride
Agenda at (212) 727-1291. [See May <Hi]
ACT UP SPANISH COMMUNICATIONSCOMMITTEE presents a Bllln.ual
Community Forum on AIDS. The forum
is designed primarily for Spanish-speaking people who have HIV or AIDS, who
know someone who has HIV or AIDS or
who think they may have contracted HIV.
Community Room. 660 Southern Blvd.
Bronx. 10 am to 12:30 pm. Info: Molees
Agosto at (212) 956-8020, Michael
Rohrer at (212) 533-0073 or Andy Velez
at (212) 929-0169.
AiDS CENlER OF QUEENS COUNTY preeents an HIV Forum and discussion of
AIDS l88ueS. ACQC. 97-45 Queens Blvd.,
suite 1220. Rego Park. 6:30-8:30 pm.
Info: (718) 896-2500 or (718) 896-2985
for the hearing impaired.
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presentl a
Hllllh Semlnlr: B.n.lII. Information.
129 W. 20th St., third floor. 7 pm. For
more information, call the GMHC hotlineat (212) 807-6655. TOO (212) 645-7470
for the hearing impaired.

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next week

TUESDAY, MAY 7
THE EMPIRE STAlE PRIDE AGENDA presents March on Alblny We,tend. The
weekend concludes with more lobbying.

THE KITCHEN presents lte FIfth Annual
Spring B.n.ln, featuring perfonnances-

WOMEN ABOUT prssents a Tour ofInwood Park. For complete details and toloin Women About, call (212) 642-5257.
DIXON !,LACE presents Cornelul E.dy
and Sllih Schulm.n, reading from theirwor1<s.Eady currenUy holds the endowed
chair In literature at the University of
Alabama in Tuscaloosa. His books ofpoetry Include Victims of the Latest
Oanes emtl, The Gathering of My Name,
Kartunes and Boom Boom Boom.
Schulman's books include People inTrouble, After Delores, and Empathy, tobe published in 1992. $5 or TOF. 37 E.
1st St., between Firet and Second
avenues. 7:30 pm. (212) 673-6752.

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and Jlcqu.lln, Woodlon, reading poetry
and fiction. 167 Ave. B, at 10th Streel4
pm. Info: (212) 475-8623.
LESLIE AND MICHELLE present Neil'lfor Weimen. Jazz and dining upstairs.
Dancing to music by OJ Johnny Dynell
downstairs. $10. 246 W. 14th St. 5-10
pm. Info: (212) 675-1567.

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Tuning In: A TV/Radio Guide for OutWeek Readers
Information must be received by Monday to be included in the following week's issue. Send items to
OutWeekListings,159W. 25th St, NY,NY10001.
Compiled by Dale Peck.
ME (Arts and Entertainment. 555 Fifth Ave., 10th floor., NYC 10017. (2121661AIDS info to the black community through her beauty parlor. CH 13.
45001 CCTV (Rick X. P.O. Box 790, NYC 101081 GIS (Gay Broadcasting
9:00 PM 11IeStephen Holt Show The third annual Hunk Month features'
System. Butch Peaston. 178Seventh Ave., suite A-3, NYC 10011.(212) 243-15701
Larry Tullio, Ron Micca and Francesco. Manhattan Cable. CH 0/17.
GCN (Gay Cable Network. Lou Maletta. 32 Union Square East, suite 1217.(2121
Repeated May 2 at 11:30 pm on CTV/CH 24 on Staten Island and May 4
477-42201 GUB (Gay and Lesbian Independent Broadcasters. (2121473-16891
at 11:30 am and 12:30 pm on Manhattan and Paragon Cables' CH C/16.
GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis. Jean Carlomusto. 129W. 20th St, NYC l00l!.
11:30 PM WNET-TV 11Iirteen live More on AIDS in the tri-state area. CH 13.
(2121807-7517) RB PROD (Robin Byrd Productions. P.O.Box 305, NYC 10021. Midnight WNET- TV AIDS in the Barrio CH 13.
(2121988-29731 WAlC-TV (77 W. 63rd St, NYC 10023 (2121456-77771 WlAIMidnight RB PROD 11Ie Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers, live
FM (505 Eighth Ave., 19th floor, NYC 10018 (2121279-0707) WCBS-TV (51 W.
call-in show; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35
52nd St., NYC 10019. (2121975-4321) WNBC-TV (30 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC
10112. (2121664-44441 WNET- TV (356 W. 58th St, NYC 10019. (2121560-30001
THURSDAY, MAY 2
WNYW-TV (Fox. 1211 AV/AM, NYC 10036. (2121556-24001 WPIX-TV (220 E.
8:00AM HBO Nobody's PeriectA confused teen dresses up as a girl-to
42nd St, NYC 10017.(2121949-11001.
attract one. Repeated at 7:30 pm.
1:00 PM WBAI-FM 11Iis Way Out, the international gay and lesbian news
MONDAY, APRIL 29
magazine; 99.5 FM (:3O)
11:00 AM MAX A Chorus line Adapted from Michael Bennett's musical.
1:30 PM WBAI-FM An Afternoon Outing. Local news about the gay and1:30 PM WUSB 90.1 FM 11Ie Word Is Out Marc Gunning hosts a weekly
lesbian community with Larry Gutenburg. 99.5 FM (:3O)
lesbian, gay and bisexual variety show.
9:00 PM A&E Manhattan Meryl Streep plays Woody Allen's estranged
2:00 PM WUSB 90.1 FM Lavender Wimmin News, songs and music prolesbian wife. Repeated at 1 am.
duced by women for women.
9:00 PM DSC Byond 2000Scheduled topic: an eye test for AIDS.
2:30 PM WUSB 90.1 FM 11Iis Way Out More queer news.
4:00 PM WNBC-TV Phil Donahue Scheduled topic: transsexualism. CH 4. 10:00 PM GCN Be Our Guest entertainment for and about the lesbian/gay
community; Manhattan Cable, CH 0/17 (:3O)
8:30 PM Manhattan Cable 11IeBrenda and Glennda ShowCH 17
10:30 PM GMHC living With AIDS: health and politics; Manhattan Cable,
9:00 PM GBS Out in the!lJ's: community news, discussion, interviews.
CH V/35 (:3O). BO Cable, CH 56 (1:00)
11:00 PM GCN Gay U.SA.: news and entertainment from around the
9:00 PM GCN Gay USA Paragon Cable. CH C/16 (:30)
counby; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:00)
11:30 PM Tomorrow/Tonight live: entertainment; Manhattan and Paragon
Midnight GCN Men in Rims: male erotica, interviews with adult filmstars;
Cable, CH D/17 (I :00)
Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:3O.)
Midnight CCTV 11Ie Closet Case Show. K10set K1ips; Manhattan /Paragon
12:30 AM RB PROD Men ForMen: Robin Byrd presents gay male porno
Cable, CH C/16 (:3O).
stars; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:3O)

TUESDAY, APRIL 30
4:00 PM WABC-TV Oprah WinfrsyScheduled

topic: homosexuality. CH 7.

Repeated at 7 pm on CH 55.

4:00 PM WNBC-TV Phil Donahue Scheduled: Patti Davis, Ron andNancy's daughter. Call and ask her about Ron, Jr. CH 4.
Jodie Foster,in her Oscar-winningrole as a rape victim. Rumor has itthat Ms. Foster isn't the only dyke
inthism~ie.CH1.
10:00 PM RB PROD 11Ie Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers;
Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:00)
11:00 PM GBS Outin the 90S. news, information and interviews;
Manhattan/Paragon Cable, CH C/16 (1:00)
Midnight WNET- TV Family Values The program focuses on the San
Francisco lesbian community's efforts to help PWAs. CH 13.

9:00 PM WCBS- TV The AccusedWrth

WEDNESDAY, MAY 1
9:30 AM WBAI 99.5 FM Ghosts in the Machine This radio show is hosted
by OutWeek Features Editor Victoria Starr. 15 hours.

3:30 PM WNET- TV Slim Goodbody
The program answers questions chil,dren ask about AIDS. Rebroad'cast at 4:45 pm. CH 13.
topic: teenage sexuality.
CH 7. Repeated at 7 pm on CH 55.
5:00 PM WNET- TV Stop AIDS A selection of student-produced videos
from a high school AIDS education video contest CH 11
5:30 PM WNET- TV AIDS or Eightysomething? A discussion about AIDS
for teenagers. CH 13.
5:45 PM TMC Victor/victoria Women pretend they're men, and straightpeople pretend they're gay. Repeated at 3 am.
6:30 PM WNET- TV live Wire Uve discussion on AIDS. CH 13.
8:00 PM WNET- TV 11IeAge of AIDS The three-hour program includes
AIDS: Facts Over Fears, a student-produced video; Degrassi·High, astory about a young man whose ·sumer sexual adventure has left him
HIV-positive'; Paul Wynne's Journal, concerning a San Francisco TV
reporter's personal story,of coping with AIDS; AIDS in the Barrio, alook at AIDS in the Latina/o community; and Diana's Hair Ego: AIDS
Info Up Front, about a cosmotologist in South Carolina who provides

4:00 PM WABC-TV Oprah WinfreyScheduled

FRIDAY, MAY 3
2:30 PM WBAI-FM Rompiendo el Silencio: todos los viernes, Gonzalo
Aburto con temas y noticias para la comunidad latina gay y lesbiana;
99.5 FM (:15)
4:00 PM WABC- TV Oprah Winfrey Scheduled: Contestants from the LHJ
Oprah lookalike contest (one of whom is a pre-op transsexual.) CH 7.
Repeated at 7 pm on CH 55.
7:00 PM WBAI 99.5 FM AIDS In Focus, Michael Alcalay, producer.
1:00AM RBPROD 11Ie Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers;
Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (I :00)

SATURDAY, MAY 4
8:30 AM WBAI-FM Any Saturday with David Rothenberg; live call-in; 99.5
FM (2:00).~
7:00 PM GCN Gay USA News and entertainment from around the country; Ba, Unity, ACV Cable, CH 56 (I :00) (For Manhattan Cable, seeThursday.)
11:00 PM Gay TVMaie P9rn; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35
1:00AM RB PROD 11Ie Robin Byrd Show Male and female strippers.
Paragon Cable, CH C/16 (1:00)
1:30 AM RB PROD 11IeRobin Byrd Show Male and female strippers.
Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (I:OO)

SUNDAY, MAY 5
7:30 PM WBAI-FM Out/ooks. H<lst Mark Allen talks with Martin Duberman, historian and author of Cures, about proposed ·cures· for homosexuality. Alternates with 11Ie Gay Show. 99.5 FM (I :00).
10:30 PM RB PROD Men For Men: Robin Byrd presents gay male pornostars; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:30)
11:00 PM GBS Way Outl Mark Chesnut and Michelle VanVoorhies hostRich Volo is the producer. CH C/16 (:3O)
1:00 AM WNET- TV Creative Edge The program focuses on Andy Warhol,
including film clips and conversations with his associates. CH 13.

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MondayPrivate Eye. (Marc Berkley's ~ool Komrads.
Strippers, dowtrtown crowd, students, professionals. 2-4-1 drinks till midnight .$7) 12
W 21 St (212) 'JJ)6-7772.
Pyramid (Michael T. presents New York Nights.
Alternative music with OJ Bad Taste. $1)
Pyramid. 101 Ave. A. (212) 420-1590.

Tuesday• Clit Club (Drink specials till midnight Lesbianerotic videos and slides. $3 before midnightJ$5 after.) Pyramid. 101 Avenue A. (212)420-1590.
• ~Club Edelwei •• (TVs, TSs, gays, bi's'i singles, couples; Tuesdays are especially for
lesbians, but everyone is welcome.) 167 W.
29th St (212) 868-6989.
Danceteria(Chip~Duckett's
Gay Tuesdays.
Doors open at 10 pm. ) 29 E. 29th St Info:(212) 353-8775.
• Grand Central (Women's night) 210 Merrick
Rd. Rockville Centre, 1I. (516) 536-4800.
.Jack Ofticer'. Club (OJ Craig presents cruising,bruising, drinking and carousing. $3) 505 E.
6th St, between avenues A and B.
Roxy (John Blair'S 'Muscle onWheels;' Gayrollerskating. Doors open at 8 pm. Varied
cover.) 515 W 18 St (212) 645-5156.

Wednesday~Channel 69 (Drag Extravaganza, with Linda
Simpson. Go-go stars, OJ Dany Johnson.
Sexy, upbeat, East Village fag and dyke
crowd. $5.) Pyramid. 101 Ave. A. (212) 4201590.
The Building (Dallas' The Boys' Room. House
music, downtown
crowd, go-go boy.s.
$71$10.) 51 W.26th St (212) 57~189O.
The Bunkhou.e (Club Trash, a night of WOREalternative
music, with Freddie and OJ
Kamakazie. No cover.) Montauk Highway.
Sayville. (516) 567-BUNK.
• Excalibur (Ladies Night. $1 drinks.) 10thStreet andJefferson behind football stadium. Hoboken, NJ. (201) 795-1161.
~Limelight (Disco 2000, with Michael Alig andLarry Tee. Doors open at 10 pm. $10.) Sixth
Avenue at 20th Street (212) 807-7850.
~Limelight (Queer U. DJs Andy Anderson andKeoki. $5/$10) Sixth Avenue at 20th Street(212) 807-7850.
• Cadillac Bar (Gini DeSantis presents Pure
Party Production Dances for Women. Freebuffet from 6-8 pm. Renee Cooke, bartender. $5.) 16 W. 22nd St, between Fifthand Sixth avenues.
• Privete Eyes (Shescape Afterwork Party from
5-10 pm. 2-4-1 drinks before 7. $5 before 7
pm!$7after.) 12 W. 21st St Shescape: (212)645-6479. Private Eyes: (212) 206-7772.
Private Eye. (YMVA Night. Students, professional and women. $7.) 12 W. 21st St (212)206-7772.
Sliver Lining (2-4-1 drinks.) 175 Cherry Lane.
Roral Park, LI. (516) 354-9641.
Stutz (2-4-1 drinks.) 202 Westchester
Ave.
White Plains, NY. (914) 761-3100.
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The Bank (For fags, it's Sperm Bank, with hostess Hapi Phace, DJs Craig Spencer andVictor Anonymous? For dykes, it's Egg Bankin the Jodie Foster Lounge. Guest DJs and

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Blvd. Kew Gardens, Queens. (718) 261-8484.
*LoonyBin (Hosted by Page and Don. OJ
Patrick Butts. 'Deviant' crowd. $5.) Pyramid.
101 Ave. A. (212) 420-1590.
Maa Culpa (For men, with dancing, video andlive entertainment$7/$10.) 47 W. 20th St(212) 807-7840.
Maat on Friday (Xclusive performances at 1:30
am. OJ Nobody's Pussy. $5.) Pyramid. 101
Avenue A. (212) 420-1590.
• Millannium (Ladies Night.) 1770 New York
Ave. (Route 110) Huntington, L1. (516) 3511402.
Parallal (Uncoln Palsgrove IV, Scott Currie andChauncy present Satyricon.
Featuring
Matthew Kasten's beauties. OJ Johnny
Dynell. $12.) 229W. 28th St (212) 563-9292.
Privata Eyll (YMVA Night, for students and professionals.) 12 W. 21st St (212) 206-7172.
Stingray's (Free before 10 pm. $7 after.) 641 W.
51st St (212) 664-8668 .
• Visions 56-01 Queens Blvd, Woodside,
Queens. Info: (718) 846-7131. Club: (718) 899-

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Saturdayhot and sleazy girl action. $10/$7) 225 E.
Houston St, at Essex. (212) 505-5033.
~Copecabena (Susanne Bartsch. last Th of themonth. Iffy door) 10 E. 60th St., at Fifth
Avenue. (212) 755-6010.
Dancataria (Coming May 2. Shescape presents
Every Thursday for Girls. Guest DJs. Doors
open 6-11 pm. $5 before 7/$7 after.) 29 E.
29th St (212) 645-6479.
Excalibur ($1 drinks.) Located at the corner of
10th Street andJefferson behind footballstadium. Hoboken, NJ. (201) 795-1161.
Hatfiald'. (2-4-1 drinks, female impersonators.)
126-10 Queens Blvd. Kew Gardens; Queens.
(718) 261-8484.
Mora Man (Tony, Keith and Dominic present OJ
Tommy Richardson, go-go boys, videos, billiards. $101$7 with invite.) 239 Eleventh Ave.
(212) 518-328l• Pyramid (Dee's Dyke Bar for dykes and dykehags. OJ Mike of Bensonhurst $5) Pyramid.
101 Ave. A. (212) 420-1590.
Stingray'.
(New club, new sound system,
everything else is a surprise. No covertonight) 641 W. 51stSt (212) &64-8668.

FridayABC (Chip Duckett presents OJ Merritt anddancing in the ballroom and balcony. $101$7
w. invite.) 17 Irving Place at 15th Street
The Bank (Nightmare on Wax: Alternative music
hosted by lee Chappell and Michael T. OJ
Ralph Duncan. Mixed crowd. $10/$7.) 225 E.
Houston St, at Essex. (212) 505-5033.
• elit Club (Jocelyn & Julie present Clit ClubWest With go-go girls and lesbo videos. $1
drinks between 8 and 9 pm. Doors open at 8pm. $5) 432 W 14th St (212) 406-1114.
Columbia Dances (First Friday dances. 10 pm to2 am.) Columbia University Earl Hall. 116th
Street at Broadway. Daytime phone: (212)854-3574.
• Hatfiald'. (Women's night) 126-10 Queens•

Tha Qank ( Controversy. OJ Patrick Butts. Dragqueens, drinking and dancing. $15/$10/$7.)
225E. Houston St, at Essex. (212) 505-5033.
Barafoot Boogie (A party for adults and kids.
2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month. Smokeand alcohol-free. May 13 is 'Oldies Night.'
8:30 pm to 12:30 am. $5/kids free.) 434 Sixth
Ave., 4th floor, between Ninth and Tenthavenues; (212) 857-5152.
Canter (2nd & 4th Sat, 9 pm to 1 am, $8. OJ Peter
Arden.) 208 W. 13th St (212) 620-7310.
• Cantar ('Women & Friends.' Every first
Saturday. Next is April 6. OJ Gini DeSantis. 9
pm to 1 am.) 208 W 13 St (212) 620-7210.
• Clit Club (Erotic lesbian videos, slides and gogo girls.) The Pyramid. 101 Ave. A. (212) 4201590.
Club West End (Michael Fesco's Saturdays.
12-9 am) 547W. 21stSt
Columbia Dancas (Third Saturday dances withOJ Karin Ward. 10 pm to 3 am. $5.) Columbia
University
Earl Hall. 116th Street at
Broadway. (212) 629-1989.
419419 N. Highway, Southampton, LI. (516) 2835001.
Love Zona (dancing & performers) 70 Beach St
Staten Island. (718) 442-5692.
.Girl Saturdays (Shescape presents SaturdayNights for Women. With go-go girls anll aguest OJ. $8 before 10:30/$10 after.) 20/20. 20
W. 20th St., between Fifth and Sixth
avenues. (212) 645-6479.
Maat (OJ Aldo Hernandez. Go-go boys, videos
and a slide show. $5) 432 W 14 St
Paranal (John Blair and The Athletic Complex
present New York's hottest go-go boys. OJ
Tommy Richardson. $15.) 229 W. 28th St.
(212) 563-9292.
~Roxy (Locomotion. Gay men, straight women,some lesbians.) 515 W. 18th St., between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues. (212) 645-5156.
.Silver Lining 175 Cherry lane. Roral Park, LI.
(516) 354-9641.
Sound Factory (Mixed crowd but mostly gay.
Serious House music. No alcohol. Doors
open at 11 pm.) 530 W. 27th St., between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues. (212) 643-0728.
Stingray's ($8.) 641 W. 51st St (212) 664-8668 .

Thl! World (Christina Vista and Junior Vazquez
present an after-hours party. Doors open at
midnig~l254
E. 2nd St, at Avenue C.

Sunday•,Th. Bank(Herbal Tea Dance. Early evening•
dancing and drinking. OJ .Victor. Free fruit.
free admission from 4-7 pm. $5 till 11,1225 E.
HQuston St, at Essex. (2121505-5033.
Th. Bank (Pump, hosted by David Leigh, withOJ Michaal Fierma n. Free admission withChelsea Gym 10. $7/$10.1225 E. Houston St,
at Essex. (2121505-5033.
Th. Building (Dallas' The Men's Room. Stu. dents, professionals.
Go-go boys and 60foot ceilings.151 W. 26th St (212)576-1890.
• Clit Club (Jocelyn and Julie's Tea Dance. 6
pm to 12 am. $5.1432 W. 14th St• Crazy Nann,'s (Sunday evening Tea Dance.
Free before 9 pm/$5 after.121 Seventh Ave.
South. (2121366-6312.
~RJCKI (DJs Craig and Victor. Industrial, house,
bass, soul and disco. Downstairs,theLesbian Luv Lounge. OJ Lori E. Seid andguests. $5.1 Pyramid. 101 Avenue A. (2121
420-1590.
16Th. Highwa, (Presented by Tony, Keith andDominic of More Men. $7/$10.1113 Jan. St(2121 924-JANE.
• K.n,'s (OJ Moaning Lisa spins the records·for dancing dykes. Doors open at 8 pm. $3.1
46 Bedford St (2121929-9322.
Monst.~ (Sunday Tea Dance lit 4 pm.ISO Grove
St at Sheridan Square. (2121924-3557.
Paran.1 (Michael Fesco presents Sunday Tea
Dance. Open bar 5-7 pm. Complimentaryhor~ d' at 7. Go-go boys. $6.1229 W. 28th St(2121563-9292.
• SOBs (leticia Montalvo presents The lustHouse. First Sunday of the month, beginning
June 1. OJ Marlow. $5.1204 Varick St., at
Houston. (2121243-4940.

Every Night (or alm.ost)• B.drock (Lesbian club, closed Mo and Tu.1
121 Woodfield Rd. Wefit Hempstead, LI. (5161486-9516.
~Club Edelweiss (Tuesdays are for lesbians,
but it's open to all Tu-Su.1167 W. 29th St(2121868-6989.
419419 N. Highway (Rte 271. Southampton, LI.
(5161283-5001.
Grand Central 210 Merrick Rd. Rockville Centre,
LI. (5161536-4800.
Magic Touch (Anglo/Latin/AsianI73-13
37th Rd.
Jackson Heights, Queens. (7181429-8605.
Monster 80 Grove St, at Sheridan Square. (2121
924-3557.
.
• Pandora's
Box Sheridan
Square &; 7th
Avenue. (2121242-1408.
The Pyramid (Look under daily listings for individual parties and themes. Also check Going
Out for special events.ll0l
Ave. A. (2121
420-1590.
Spectrum (Look under daily listings for individual parties and themes. Coors served.IS02
64th St., at Eighth avenue. Bay Ridge,
Brooklyn. (7181238-8213.
• Tad's (Night club and restaurant.
Mostlywomen, but men are OK.I 2 Georges Rd.
New Brunswick, NJ. (2011545-8990.

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Chelsea
Barbary ~~~st, 64 Seventh Ave. 114th $t1675-0385'
The Break, 232 Eighth Ave. (22nd StI627-0072 ..
Cellblock 28; 28 Ninth Ave., 733-3144 (M-W)
Chelsea Transfer, 131 Eighth Ave. (bet 16th and17th1~7183,
Eagle's Nest, 142 Eleventh Ave. (21st.StI691-8451
Lavender and Lace, atthe Vault, 28 Ninth Ave.,
255-6758 (Fr, 7-11 pm andSu,:HI pm, womenl,
Private Eyes, 12 W. 21st St (bet Fifth and Sixth
avenuesl206.7770
Rawhide, 212 Eighth Ave., (21st Stl, unlisted
Spike, 120 Eleventh Ave., 243-!1688•

West Village
Badlands, Christopher and West streets, 741-9236
Boots &; Saddle, 76 Christopher St, 929-9684
Crazy Nanny's 21 Seventh Ave. S., 366-6312(womenl
D.T.'s Fat Cat 281 W. 12th St,243-9041
Pandora's Box, 70 Grove St (Seventh Ave.12421408 (womenl .
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Dugout. 185 Christopher St, 242-9113
Eighty-Eights, 228 W. 10th St, 924-Q088

The Hangout (J'sl679 Hudson St,242-9272
Julius, 159 W. 10th St,929-9672
Keller's, 384 West SVChristopher, 243-1907
Kelly's Village West, 46 Bedford St,929-9322
Marie's Crisis, 59 Grove St, 243-9323•
The Monster, 80 Grove St (Seventh Ave.I924-3558
New Jimmy's 53 Christopher St, 463-0950
Ninth Circle, 139 W. 10th St, 243-9204
Sneakers, 392 West St, 242-98ll.
Two Potato, 145 Christopher St, 242-9340
Ty's, 114 Christopher St, 741-9641
Uncle Charne's, 56 Greenwich Ave., 255-8787

Tribeca
Altar, 161 W. Broadway. 571-7272.
G-spot,50 Warren St, 219-2588 (Fr and Sa, womenlWest Side.
Candle Bar, 309 Amersterdam Ave., 874-9155
Cat's, 730 Eighth Ave., 221-7559
Doli't Tell Mama, 343 W. 46th St, 757-0788
Genis, 360 W. 42nd St, (Ninth Ave.I967-0059
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Town & Country, Ninth Ave. at 45th St,307-1503
Trix, 246 W. 48th St, ( 664-8331
The Works, 428 Columbus Ave. (at 81st), 799-7365

Friend's Tavern, 78-11 Roosevelt Ave., Jackson
Heights,397-7256.
Hatfield's, 126-10 Queens Blvd.,Kew Gardens, 261-

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419,419 North Highway (Rt 27), Sout~ampton,

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Bunkhouse, 192 N. Main St, Sayville, 567-2865 , .
Cherry's, Bayview Walk, Cherry Grove, Rrelsl4pd,
597-6820.,

Hideaway, 87-36 Parsons Blvd., Jamaico,657-4885
love Boat, 17-rrJ. Broadway, Elmhurst, 29-8670
Magic Touch, 73-13 37th ad., Jackson Heigh~,
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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. 49th St,308-8390
Rounds, 303 E. 53rd St, 593-0807
South Dakaota, 405 3rd Ave., (29th St)684-8376
Star Sapphire, 400 E. 59th St, 688-4710
The Townhouse, 236 E. 58th St, 754-4649
Twenty-Nine Palms, 129 Lexington Ave., 686-8299

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Stutz, 202 Westchester Ave., White Plains, 761-3100

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The Bar, 68 2nd Ave., (4th St)674-9714
Pyramid, 101 Ave. A, 420-1590
Tunnel Bar, 116 1st Ave., (7th St) 7n-9'J:11.

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Bedrock, 121 Woodfield Rd., West Hempstead,
486-9516 (women)
Blanche, 47-2 Boundary Ave., Farmingdale, 6946906
Grand Central, 210 Merrick Rd., Rockville Centre,

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Breadstix, 113-24 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, 236-0300

Silver Uning, 175 Cherry Lane, Ne\(ll Hyde Park,354-9641. '" ,
Station House Pub, 3547 Merric~ RcUeaford,
785-!BJI.
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Club ~wamp, Disco/Annex Restaurant, Montauk
HWy, Wainscott, 537-3332•.."Crew's Quarters, 36 R Pines Blvd., upstairs, Fire-lsland,597-6873.
Ice PalacJ, Cherry Grove Beach Club, Fire Island,597-6600::jKiss, 161 Farmardie Or., Lake Ronkonkoma, 467-9273
Club 608, 608 Sunrise Highway, W. Babylon, 661-9580
Millennium, !nO New York Ave., Huntingdon, 3511402
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Starz, ~ GrlInd Blvd., Deer Park, 242-3857
Thunde~, 894 Jericho Tumpike, Smithtown, 864-1410(ar~ (,:ode201),
Charlie's West, 536 Main St, E. Orange, 678-5002
Feather's,17 Kinderkamack Rd., River Edge, 3426410.
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Sandcastle, 86 Mills Ave., 447-9365

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After Rve Plus, 5 Front St, 852-0139
Spectrum,802 64th St, (Eighth Ave.), 745-9611,~weet Sensations, 6322 20th St, 435-2580,

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Friendly's, 6310 Park Ave., W. New York, 854-9895
Excalibur, 10th and Jefferson, Hoboken, 795-1023
Nite Lite, 509 22nd St, Union City, 863-9515
Vibrations, 165 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, 836-5518
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and church and upholding thecivil rights of Lublan and Gay
Atheists. Meetings the firsts
Sunday Community Center, 1 to
3 P.M. Dial a Gay Atheists(718)899-1737,24 houlII.

ARCS (AlDS-RElATED
ACT UP (AIDS COAUTION TO
UNlEASH POWER)
498A Hudson Street, Suite G4
NYC 10014 (212) 584-2437 A
dive rae, non-partisan group ofindividuals united in anger andcommitted to direct action toend the AIDS crisia. Gen. meetings Mon. nights 7:30, in The
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for Dutchess, Orlnge, Putnam,
Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster andWestchester
counties. AIDS
education, client services, crisis
intervention,lupport
groups,case management, buddy andhospital visitor program. 214
Central Ave~, White Plains, NY
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ADULT SURVIVORS OFSEXUAL ABUSE(Sp.nsored by SAGE)
Mondays, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Sage Room at the Center
Exp.rim.nt.1
Th.rapy Gr.up
fII~
W._n (Ages 21 and up) to
support, the recovery process
and free you from the pain andlilence of 88xual abuse. In a.afe setting, we Ihare foelings,
develop relationships with innerchildren, arid explore andrelelle beliefs and patterns
that block growth. This re-inter•••gratlV8
proce8S II8IstS
In
uncDYering your self worth andinner strength. Psychotherapists Joyce Z. Meyers, CSW.,
snd Robbye Stuart-Russell,
MA facilitate the group.
AFRICAN AMERICAt4
WlMMiN UNITED FOR
SOCIETAL CHANGE
Lesbian &. Gay Community Center 208 West ;3tiI Street. NY.,NY
Meeting eve7Thulllday 8:00 P.M
AIDS RESOURCE CENTER (ARC)
Supportive housing for homele.s PWAs(Bailey House andapartments). Non-judgmental
p.. toral care for PWAs andloved onea. Volunteer opportunitiaf. (212) 481-1270, 24 West
30th St., NYC10001
ALDEClAPlN-NY(A,ian La,bi.n,.f the h,tC••• C/A.i.n P.cific L.,bi.nN.tw.rk-N.w
Y.rk) We are apolitical, 80cial and supportive
network of A8ian Pacific lesbians. Planning meetings on the
1st Sunday and 80cial eventson the last Friday of ea chmonth. Call (212) 517-5598 formore information.
AMERICAN GAYIlESBIAN ATHBSTS
AGA. Inc/701 7th Avenue, Suite
9W/New York, New York 10038
A non-profit. educational organiiltion dedicated to pre8erving separation between state

ASWiS" FRIENDS- N Y
A not-for-profit organization
which promotes friendshiPl with.
Asian/Pacific Islander, AsianAmerican, and non-Asian gay
men through social, cultural, edllcational, and service activities
and progrsms. Call our Hotline:
212-874-5084,or wri!B:tIJ; P.O.Box
8828, NY,NY10183-8023.
ATR (AIDS TREATMENT
1IES0lIICES,14c.)
Publishes a quartliily Directory ofclinical trials of experimental
AIDS/HIV treatments in NYINJ,
and Philadelphia, and has educational materiahll semina III for trial
participants. ATRalso advocates
for improvements in the trial systsm. 259 W. 30th St., 9th fl., NYC,
10001.(212)288-4198.Publications
free/donation requestsd.
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BAR ASSOCIAnON FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS
Lawyers Referral Service forthe Lesbian and Gay Community
Full Range of Legal Services, (212) 459-4873 Free Walk-in
Legal Clinic. Tuesday 8-8 pm.
Lesbian " Gey Community
Centro Ground Roor•

BIDS (BISEXUAL DOMINANCE"SUBMISSION GROUP)
Share SIM experience"andfantssies'with others in a poaitive, non-judgmental
atmosphere. First Sµnday of themonth, 4:45pm at the Community
Center 208 W. 13 Street. NYC.
This group ia part of the New
YorltArea Bisexual Network.
BIJOUX (THE BISEXUALJEWISH GATHERING)
Comel Noshl Schmooze I Meetother Jewiah bisexual (andallies) and 8hare your interests
at a -show- and-tell." Second
Friday of each month, 8pm at
The Community Canter 208 West
13th Street, Part of the New
YorltArel Bisexual Network. formora info. Call (201)440.3902.

BISEXUAL INFORMAnON"COUNSEUNG SERVICE-INC.
A professionally staffed, nonprofit organization for bisexuals, their families and partnelll,facing problems of a psycholOgical or medical kind. We also
work with those in doubt about
their sexuality. Confidentiality isprotected by law. For information phone:-(212) 496-9500
BISEXUAL PRIDEDISCUSSION GROUP
Topical discussions on issues ofinterest to the community in acongenial atmosphere,
followed by an informal dinner ata friendly local restaurant.
Every Sunday, 3:00- 4:30pm at
the Community Centsr 208 W. 13
Street, NYC. Part of the Naw
YorltArea Bisexual Networlt._
BISEXUAL WOMEN'S
SUPPORT GROUPDiSCUSSion &CR Group meets
everY 2nd & 4th Wednesday,
8:30 - 8:00 pm at tha Community
Centar, 208 Wast 13th Street,Part of NYABN.
BIWAYS NEW YORKMonthly social events for the
Bisexual community and friends.
Can NYABNfor deta~s of upcoming evanIB. (212)459-4784
BIPAC (BISEXUAL POUTICAL
AmON COMMITTEE)~olitical action on issues ofimportsn ce to the Bisexual /Lesbian/Gay community. Monthly
maeting! potluck hald 8:00pm on
fourth Thursday of the month atmembers homes. Call NYABN
for this month's location. 1(212)459-4784

BISEXUAL YOUTH
Informalsocial'& support groupfor Bisexual kide/youth. Monthly
meeting/potluck
lunch held
1:00pm on fourth Sunday of themonth at members homes. Call
NYABN tot thiS month's location.
This group is Plrt of the New Yorlt
AraaBis8XUal NatworL,
BLUS-BRONX lESBIANS
UNIlm IN SISIBIIfOOO
Is an active, visible, multicultural membership organization
thatia addressing the socii I
and political needs of the Bronx
Lesbian community. Regularmeetings, the 3rd Fri, 8:30-8 pm
C 208 W. 13 th St and the 2ndWed, 8:3D-8pm at One Fordham
Plaza, Bronx. Call Usa 212-8299817 (English) or Miriam 212409-2692 (Spanish))
BODYPoSITM
If you or your lover has tested
HIV+, we offer support groups,
seminars; public forums, reference library, referrals, social

activities
and up-to-datenational monthly, ·THE BODY
POSITIVE· ($2!iIyear). (212) 7211348. 2095 Broadway, Suite 306,
NY, 10023

BROOKlYN'S lESBIAN AND
GAY POUTICAL CLUB LAMBDA
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS
L.I.D. endorses and works forcandidates in local, state andnational elections, lobbies for legislation, and conducils community
outreach through street fairs andmeetings on special topics. Join
us. 338 Ninth St., Suite 135 Brooklyn, NY11215 (718) IJII5.8482
CENTER FOR ANTI-VlOlENCEEDUCAnO",,",OOKLYN
WOr.BfS MART1ALARtsa non-profit organization teaching self-defense and learats for 17
years. 5 week courses in nlfdefense for women. Community
worltsh0Pl in self-defense. Ongoing cla8888 in karsts & tsi chi for
women. COUllles& workahops in
SD for lesbians & gay men. Sliding fee scale according toincome. Call for more info. 718788-1n5. 421 5th Ave., Brooldyn,
NY11215.

CIRCLE OF MORE
, UGIIT
Spiritual support and sharing in agay/lesbian affirmative group.
West-Parlt Presbyterian Church
185 West 88tIi Street Wed: worship service 8:30 pm, program
7:31. Marsila(212) 304-4373 Charlie(212) 891-7118.
cOMMUNITY CClUt.!SEUNG

Teen HOTT-LiNEfor Healthl Call
Monday to Thursday, 7pm to
9pm. At other times, leave a message and we'll call you backl

COMMUNITY RESEARCH
INmATIVE. NY (CRI)
The Community Research Initiative of New Yorlt ("CRI NY" isa not-for-profit,
communitybased center for AIDS and HIVrelated clinical research. Created in 1981 by people withAIDS and their physicians, CRI
NYtests promising experimental treatments
which many
restore or stabilize immune
unction, and treatments andpreventions for AIDS and HIVrelated opportunistic
Infections.There is no change forparticipationin CRI studies.
Many laboratory tests andphysicals are provided free ofcharge to participants. Childcare' can also be provided. All
Identifying information is kept
confidential. Call (212)481-1050
CONGREGAnON BETHSlMCHAlTORAH

NY's Gay and Lesbian Synagogue Services Friday at 8:30pm!)l Bethune Street For info. call:(212) 929-9498.

CONGREGAnONB'NAI JESHURUN
Monthly Spiritual Gatherings andfree catsred festive luncheons for
all People With AIDS, their lovers
and families. Program includes
music and discussion led by our
Rabbis. Call(212)7'01-7f!OO

CENTER.Gay Affirmative Psychotherapy
for Individuals, Couples andGroups by licensed clinicalsocial workers and psychologists. Special experience e inaddictions, stress management.
depression, career counseling,
relation.hip
concerns, AIDS
anxiety and coming out issues.
Sliding fee scale. Insurance
accepted. Village location. For
immediats appointment. cs1l212353-2888. A staff member will
return your cail within 24 houlII.

COMMUNITY. HEALTH PROJECT
208 West 13th Street, NYC,New
Yorlt10011 For Appointments andInformation(212) 875-3559(mNoice)PROVIDING CARING,SENSITIVE AND LOW COSTHEALTHCARESERVICESTO THE
LESBIANANDGAYCOMMUNfIYCOMMUNITY HWTH
PROJECr. HEAIJlIINFORMIr
DON UNE FOR TEENS
Do you have questions about
your health? Your Body? Coming
Out? Safer Sex? Feel like you
have no one to tslk to? Not any
morel Now you can call the
HOTT-LiNE. 212-255-1517The•

DIGNITY-BIG APPlE -,A community of Lesbian and Gay
Catholics. Activities include Uturgies and socials every Sat, 8:00
pm, at the Center, 208 W. 13
Street, NYC.Call(212)819-1301.
DIGNITY NEW YORK
Lesbian and gay Catholics andfriends AIDS Ministry, Spiritual
Development The Cathedral Project Worship Sarvices & SocialSun. Eves. 7~St.
John's Episcopal Church 218West 11th Street
CWave~2179'"' ,:,,,
DROP-IN COME OUTRAP GROUPSFor L.sbi.ns
and Bisexlial
Wom.n. Fridays starting April
5th 8:30-8:30 p.m. For Gay .nd
Bi.. xual Men. Saturdays starting April 8th 11:30 a.m.-l:30 pm*$5.00 Donation R.p Group for
Labiln .ndBi-S.xuill Wo_n.ver 40 1st $ 3rd Saturday 8-8
p.m. *$5.00 Donation Rap GIlIUp
for L.. bian .nd Bi-Sexu.1
Wom.n Every Saturday 2:305:00 p.m. *$5:00 Donation Rap
Gr.up for g.y .nd Bi-S.xu.1
Man Every Sunday 2:30 - 5:00
p.m. "$5:00 Donation

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For the physically disabled Lesbi,n and Gay Community. P.O.
Box 305 Village , Station, New
York. NY 10014,

THE RFTH NEW YORK lESBIANAND GAYEXPERIMENTAL" "',..RLM fHTlVAL
will be held at Anthology Film in
September 1991.. Submissions
will be accepted until,June 3D.
Please send your 18 or Super - 8
prints or vidllo transfer(only film
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503 Broadway, Rm 503, New
Yor,k, NY 10012 Early applications and premieres will begiven priority. For further info
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A running club for lesbian andgay, athletes,of all abilities. Fun
Runs of 1-8 miles held every Sat
at 1Dam and Weds. at 7pm inCentral Park and every Tues. at
7pm in Prospect Park.l:or information: call (2121724-9700.
GAYAFRICAN AMERICANS OF
WESTCIlUTER(THE G.A.A.I
is a community based support
groupfoJmed
in Westchester
County. Various, activities areplanned for the coming months.
Call 914-378-97Z7for more info.
GAYFATHER'S.FORUM
A support orga.nization for gay
father's, their lovera. and others
in chi.ld-nurturingsituations.
M,onthly meetings include a
potluck s.upper, support groups,on varied s,pecia,lized topics,
speakers, and, sociali~ing.Me8tings: 1st Friday each I119nth,7pm,
at . The.Center, 208 W•.13th St.,
West of 7th Ave. Contribution: $8.
Bring a main CQurse for·4 pllople(or pay a $5 food charge.1 For
information call:'212-979-7541 or
212-288-3238~

GlAAD-GAY & LESBIANAWANCEAGAINSJ,DEFAMA11ON
80 Varick Street, NYC10013 (2121
986-1700 GlAAD combats homophobia in the madia and alsewhere by promoting visibility of
the lesbian and gay community
and. 'organizing
grassroots
rasponse to anti-gay bigotly. Do
you hava 30 minutes a month tofight homophobia7Join the GIAAD
Phona TreelCaR (212"9811-1700for
irlfonnation. .
GUB-GAY AND lESBIANINDEPENDENTBlOADCASTERS
Gay and Las.bian Indllpandant
Broadcastars' invites you to tune
imo OUTlOOKS on WBAI-NY, 99.5
FM avary othar Sunday, 7:308;3Opm and join us lIVaryTuesday
at 7:30pm to'9pm to become amember of GLIB. No experienceneedeil. 505 Eighth Avenue, NY,'
NY 10018 Attn: Outlooks or call
Mack, Allan. (2121473-1889.
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GAY & lESBIANHEALTH CONCBINSAn"office of the NYC Dept. of,

HII.alth, provides liokages batwn
NYC Heal!h a Human Svcs, andthe Lesbian a Gay commun,ity,
focusing in ALL health concerns;
resource.information
for healthservices
consumars
andproviders. 125 Worth Street, Box
67, New York. NY 10013. For info
call (2121!i88-4895.
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GAYMALE.SIM ACTMSTS,
Dedicated to safe and responsible
SIM sin,ca 1981. Open meetings
w/prograri1s on SIM techniqu8J,\ifaatyla issues, political and social
concerns.· Also spacial '8Vents,
speakers bureau, work.ahops,
demos, affinity' groups, newslettsr,
more. GMSMA - Dept. 0, 498A
Hudson Street, Suite 023 ,NYC
10014.(2121727-9878.
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G~(GAYMENOF AFRICAN DESCENT)
80 Va rick, Street, NYC '10013 a
support group of Gay Men of
African Descent dedicated toconsciou!lness-raisingand thedevelopment of the Lesbian and
Gay Community. GMAD is inclusive ,of African, African-American, Caribbean and Hispanicl
Latino men of color. Meetings
a re held; weekly, on. Fridays. For
infonnation, call 71&-802-0162.
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GAYMEN'S HEAJ]".H,
CRISIS HQTUNEFOR INFORMATION,ONSAFERSEX AND HIV-RELATEDHEALTHSERVICES, AND FOR INFORMATION ON ONE-TIME, WALK-IN
AIDS COUNSELING SERVICES
212-807-&&55 212-645-7470 TDD(For ~iIeari.. lmpllillldl Mon.Fri.lo::llam.1II 9 pm. 1.2:011113:00,.\

GAYSTAMl' .COUEcrIONOne of.the•• .collections
on exlJibit•
will be Alternate Lifastyla8.outof the C108et. This is the, only
gay/le8bian stamp c911ection ofits kind.,.lt ~aswon\I gold
awa rds so fa r. For informationon GLHSC, send a ,SASE to:
GLHSC, P..O. Box 230940, Hartford, CT 08111;1-0940
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,GIRTH & MIRTHCWBOFMWYORKSocial cJub for heavy. ch.ubby
gaY,men /It, their admirers.
Monthly sqcials at the ·Center",weekly bar nights Thursdays atth.e ·Cllelsea,Transfer", monthly
Fat Apple Review, bi-monthly
F.A.R penpal •. For more infonnation call Ernie at 914-899-7735 or
writl!: GaMINY, Dept'O, P.O. Box
10, PeI,lIam, NY10803.
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HEAL - (Health Ed,.clltion
AIDS Liaisonl.
Weekly info. and support groupfor treatments for'AiDS which do
not compromise the immune
ayatem further, including alternative and holistic approaches.
Wed 8pm.;l08 W. 13th St. (2121874-HOPE.
HERRAGE OF.PRID£.INC.
Organizers of·New York's Lesbian and Gay Pride, events: theMarch, the Rally and the Danceon the Pier. Call (2121 691-1n4

for meeting schedule or more
information.
208 West 13thStreet, NY,NY 10011•.
. ,INSTRUTE FOR lESBIAN AND
GAY.YOUTH.
Counseling, diopin c8l1l8r (Mf. 38pml, rap groups,Harvey Milk
High School, AIDS and safer sex
infonnation, rafarrals, professional
education. (2121833-8920 (voicel(2121'833-8928..
. m for. deaf.
HISPANIC ilNITEQ GAYS;'lES. BIANS
Educational,service~,political
action, c9uns,elipg and social
activi!iaS~ Spamsh and Eng6sh by
and for the La1inoLesbian and Gay
Conmunity. Genarsl meetings 8:00
pm 4th Thursday of avery month at
2IIl Wast 13th Street Call 201-8537824 orwrita H.U.Gi.. P.O.Box 228
Canal Street Sbltion, NOw York, NY
10019.
IDENmY HOUSE
Now in our 2OII;I..yaar, V\(II provide
peer counseling,therapy
referrals and grQups, for the lesbian,gay and bisexual cO(l1munity.
Call u. at (2121243-8181 •.Visit us
at 544 8th Ave.,.between 14th15th Straels, ftIIanhl!nl!n. ,',,.,INlERNAnONAL GAY&
lESBIAt,I HU~
RI.GHTSCOMMISSION , 'works to focus tha spotlight ofworld opinion on the oppressionof gays ~nd Il18bians ,throughout
tha world, Currently organizing
an Inti symposium on, Gay andLesjlian issuesJo be held, in
MoscllW and ~enin-grad in July
1991, in addition to Il)any otherexciting projects. For more info
.write IGLHRC, ,297!! FC!lsom
Stre,et, SF CA 9,\110, .or c,all(4151847-0453.
INSTRUTE FOR HUMAN

IJEN11IY Ie, ..

New York's'nC!n-profitlesbian
and gay psych.othll.rapy center.
Lic,ansed PSVJlh.oIogi~, payclliatriats, and clinicalsoci~1 workers.
Sliding s1:ale flies. Insurance
accepted. Individual, couple, andfamnytheraJiY ..Variety of Men'sand WOnlen~s groups forming
continuously. 118 W. 72nd Street
212-799-9432
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Itm,GRlTYINY 'Leabian and Gay ~pi~copalians
and mends. Eucllaris~ and pro,.
gl'8fll every Thursil~y, 7:30pm. St.
Luke's ,Church, Hudson andChristopher Sts.INFO: P.O. Box5202. NYNY10185(718172IJ.3Ii4
ICLGHKOREAN WBIAN
AND GAY~ORGANlZAnONI
Is a group of lesbian an.d gay
Koreans who are com(l1itted tosupporting each other, creating
positive visibility and confronting anti-lesbian and gay
bias within the Korean community. For more info,mation call
Gene (212I4n-8558,

LAnNO GAYMEN OF NEW. YORIC(LGMI NYI
Is dedicated to conscloulness-raising, educatio,n, support andempowerment
for Latino gay
men. We are inclusive of Latino
gay min of all nationalitia., colors and ag8s. Wa meat waekly
and publish a monthly calenderof events.,.For more information
call (7181834-8785 or write to
P.O. Box 7108 Grand Central
StetionN,Y., N.Y.10163.
lAMBDA LEGALDER:NSE
AMI B)UCIU'ION RIND
Precedent-setting
litigation
nationwide for lesbians, gay
men and people with AIDS.
Membership ($40 and upl inc.
newsletter and invitations to
spllcial events. Volunteer nighton Thursd,ays. Intake calls: 24pm Mon thru Fri (2121996-8585.
LAVA
lESBIANS ABOUT
VlSUALART
Call for slides for Lesbian Artists'
Exhibition, Gay a Lesbian Community Center, NYC. For more
information, send SASE to :Miriam Fougere, 118 Fort Greene
Place, Brooklyn, NY11217.
lESBIAN AND GAY
ADULT E!)UCATORS

Meetwith'otherI!!sbians andgays who work in adult education as teachers, administrators,
counselors,tutors,
etc., to disCUllSissues such as, coming out
to steff·and studenta, materials
and curriculum, workshop andconference participation. We
meet the first Friday of every
month at 8:00 pm at the Lesbian
and gay Community Cente~ 208West 13th Street Call Bryna Diamond at (2121932-7902 (dayslfor,
information•

THE lESBIAN AND GAY.. .. BIG APPLE CORPS
Get your instrument out of thecloset and come IIlay with us.
Symphonic, Marching, Jazz, Dixieland, Rock, RuteEnsembles
and Woodwinds. 123 West 44th
St Suite 12LNew York. NY10038(2121889-2922.
LESBIAN & GAY COMMUNnv
SERVICES CENIER
208 West 13th. Street New York,NY 1001.1 (2121820-7310 9amllpm everyday. A place forcommunity organizing and networking, social services, cultura) programs,
and .ocial
events sponsored by the Centerand mora than 150 community••
orgaRizations.
'lESBIAN AND GAY
WORNElWORKAn organization of Lesbians andGays wllo are active in theirlab9r unions workingondomestic partnership benefits
and AIDS issues. For more
information call (2121923-8890.
lESBIAN AND GAYRIGHTS PROJECT
of the Am.rican Civil Lib.rti ••Union KNOW YOUR RIGHTSI
WE'RE EXPANDING THEM (2121
944-9800,ext. 545

lESBIAN & GAYTEACHERS
ASSOCIAnOIll- NYC
The LGTAhas been in existence
since 1974. We promote .theneeds and rights of GaytLeabian
educators, students and. Pl!r"ents. We re currently in ac\ive
negotiations with the Bo~rd of
Education concerning the multicultural curriculum, sensitivity
training of guidance councilors,social ,workers, and teachersand many other issues. We al~ohave a friendly workingrel~tionship with thl[l U.F.T. For more
information call (718182&-4699(7181598-1884
lESBIANS AND GAYSOFRATBUSH
Brooklyn's social organization
for both gay men and lesbians.
P.O. Box 108, Midwood Station
Brklyn, NY l1Z30, (7181859-9437••

lESBIAN HERSTORYARCHIVES
P.O. Box 1258 New York, NewYork 10118212/874-7232Since
1974, the Archives has inspired,shaped and reflected Lesbian
lives eV,erywhere.
Call toarrange a visit ono volunteer
forThursdayworknighta.
UFEUNETHE ~nQNALWBIANANDGAYTOll-FREE SERVICE.
1-800-UFE 6&1
LOST PEER SUPPORTSERVICES (lJISSI
Lost Peer Support Service~, a
new program to provide,counseling and support to the lesbian,gay and bisexual commullity ofGreater Westchester, is planningita. first volunteer training. Thoseinterested in becoming gro.up
facilitetors and peer counselors
should ca II the Lost switchboa rd
at (9141 948-4922 for further
deteils. EXperience and begin- 'ning volunteers welcomed,
LONG ISlAND ACT-UP, .
M881STuesdays at8pm at 181 Post
Ave. in Westbury, NY.Support us·
for change on Long lsIand.Mamng
address: .POBox51(Wastbury, NY
ll!i!1l. 516-338-4862.
LSM_.
is a support and infonnation groupfor lesbians and bisexual womeninterested in fantesy, role-playing,
bondage, discipline, 81M, fetishes,
alternate gender identities, C98tumes and so forth. Membershipis available only to women 18
years and older. Actualexperience is not required but genuine ,interest and an opal1 mind are. For
informa1ion please write: P.O.Box
993, Murray HmStation, New York.
NY10156

MAllANAJHA: RIVERSIDERS
FOR lESBIAN,lGAY CONCERNSMonthly program meeting on
second Sunday for gay/lesbian
Christians and friends. Educational, political, and SOCialactivities scheduled, 12:30 p.m. Riverside .Church, 490 Riverside Drive,
Sunday worship 10:45 a.m •• For
info.,call (2121222-5900 (ext. 2901

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MEN OF AU COLORSTUGE11IBI NY
A multi-racial group of gay inen
against racism. Meetings evary
Friday night at 7:45 at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Centar,208 W. 13th Street
For more info. call: (212) 2458388or(212) 222-8794.
METROPOUJAN TENNIS
GROUp(MTG)
Our 200 member lesbian andgay tennis club includes playars from beginning to tournament lavel. Monthly tennis
partias. Winter indoor league.
Coma play with usl For information: MTG, Suite K83, 498-A
H~dson St., New York, NY
10025. (718) 852-8582.
MOCA (MEN OF COLOR AIDSPREVENTIONPROGRAM.)
Providas s.ter sex and AIDS
aducation information to gay
and bisexual Men of Color;
coordinatesa natwork ofpeer-support groups for gay
snd bisexual Men of Color inall 5 boroughs of Naw York
City 303 Ninth Ave, New yor1t,
NY10001or call (212) 239-1798.
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NATIONAL GAY AND
lfSBIAN TASK FORCE
is the national gra8SrootB political organization for lesbians
and gay men. Membership is$3OIyear.lssue-oriented
projects
addre88
violence,
sodomy Isws, AIDS, gay rights
ordinsncas, families, madia,
atc. through lobbying, educstion, organizing and direct
action. NGLTF 1517 U Street
NW, Washington, DC 20009.
(202)332-8483.

NEW YORK ADVERTISINGAND COMMUNICAnONS
NE1WORKNYACN is the community's
largest gay and laabian professional group, welcoming all
in communications
and thairfriends. Monthly meetings, 3rd
Wed 8:30pm at the Community
Center. Members' newsletter,job hotline, annual directory.
Phone (212) 517-11380for more
info. Mention OutWeek for
one free newslettar.

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N.Y. FEMMESSupport and discu8Sion groupfor laabians who self identify as
Femme and are primarily
attracted to butch women. For
membership information call
Li8S(212)829-9817.
N.v. WOMEN"S SOFJBAUGUILDFor experienced, 88riOU' Softball Players, Coaches andManagers. We play mod/fast
pitch weekends in Manhattan
and Queens. Try-outs begin
Feb. 11 thru April- or until
filled. (212) 255-1379 Janet
NINTH STREET CENTER
Since 1973, a community dedicated to demonstrating that ahomosexuallifastyle is a ratio-nal, deairable choice for individual. dissatisfied with the
rawarda of cORVentionalliving.
Psychologically - focu888d rap
group., Tues., Sat, 8 to 10 pm.
peer counselling available. 319
E. 9 Street, New yort, NY10003,
for info call (212)22&-5153.
NORTH AMERICAN
MAN/IIOY LOVEASSOCIAnON (NAMBlAI
Dedicated to sexual freedom
and especially interested in
gay intergenerationel
relationships. M\lnthly Bulletin
and regular chapter meetings
on the firat Saturday of eachmonth. Yearly membershill is$20; write NAMBLA. PO Box
174, Midtown Station, New
York, NY 100'1~ or call (212)807-8578 for information.
NORTHERN UGKfSAIlBI~
Improving Quality of Life for
People with AIDS/HIV. THE
AIDS MASTERY WORKSHOP:
Exploring the possibilities of apowerful and creative life in !heface of AIDS. CaD(212)255-8554
NYC GAyal.ESBlAN
AN11-VlOllNCE PROJECT
Counseling, advocacy, andinformation for survivors ofanti-gay and anti-lesbian violence, sexual assault domestic
violence, and other types ofvictimization. All seMcn freeand confidential.24 hour hotline (212)807-0197
PARENTS/RIIENDS OF
lfSBIAN AND GAYS
Let P/FLAG help you and yourfamily deal with the upheaval ofyour coming out Our meetings
a re free: monthly on the 4th
Sunday, at 3:00 pm, in Duane
Church,201 Wast 13th. Info? caD
Jeanne,212~
PEER COUNSBJNG FOR SURVIVORS OF BIAS ASSAULT.
DOMESTIC VIOlENCE ANDSEXUAL ASSAULT
Tha Naw Yerk City Gay andLa.bian Anti-Violanca Projact (AYP) is offering freepeer counseling for lesbians
and gay men who are survivors of biss a8Sault" domastic violanceand sexualassault. Trained volunteer
peer counselors will be availa ble from & to 8 PM avary
Wednesday alid Thunday at
the AYP offi ce., 208 We.t
13th Str •• t AVP offers freecounseling, advocacy andinformation and referrals tosurvivors of bias .. sault,
domestic violence and sexualassa ult Call (212) 807~97 formolll infonnation.
PEOPLEwmt
AIDS COAUTION(212) 532~1-800-828-328CV
Hotline (212) 532"0588Monday
thru Friday lOarn-8pm Meal programs, support groups, educational and referral services for
PWA's and PWArc's.

PEOPlf wmt AIDSIEAIJH GROUP
Undergroundbuyer's club
importing n.ot-yet-approved
medications and nUlrilionalsupplements. 31 West 28th St 4thRoor (212)!i32-D280
PINK PANTHER PATROL
Comll1unity streat patrol in
East and West Village dedicated to deterring violent
crime against gays and lesbians. For info and meetingtime for Weat Village, call
212-475-4383. for East Village
Patrol info, call 212-248-8588.
70 A Greanwich Ave., Box107, NYC 10011
PROFESSIONALS INRLMIVIDEO
338 Cana.1Straet, 8th Roor, NYC
10013212-&15-3351
QUEER NATION
Queer Nation is a multi-cultural direct action group dedicated to fighting homophobia,
queer invisib~ity, and all formsof oppression that any queers
might face. Anyone can sugg88t an a ction and shouldcome to meetings prepared toorganize and implement it QN,
208 W. 813th St, New York. NY
10011. Call 212-978-8720 for
meeting info.

SAGE:
ISENIOR AmONIN A GAY ENVIRONMENT)Social Service Agency. providing care, activitin, a educational services for gay &lesbian senior citizens. Also
serves over 180 homeboundseniors & older PWA's .208
West 13th St NYC ,001" (212)741-2247
SETHIAN GAYS,
lESBIANS AM) BlSBtUALS
For al of us intarested in raach-ing out to Bach other in exuberance to spontaneously explore
and expand upon the SatlVJana
as it
Roberts ·Philosophy·
relates to our livas, personally,sexually and politically. Call AI(212)725-1289,x282

TASK FORCE
ANNOUNCEMENT
The legal Action Center
located at 153 Waverly Place,
NY, NY 10014, has. begun two
new programa. All their services are freB. The HIV/AIDS
Legal Service Project providea
free legal .. rvice8 to people
with HIV/AIDS. Their scope ofservice is wide, encompassing
child care and custody, discrimination, ,housing. healthy
health planning, confidentiality
andemployment.
The
HIV/AIDSAgancy Training andAssistance Project p.rovides
technical a8Sistsnce to public
and private agencies about
legal and policy isau88 on
HIV/AIDS and drug abuse.
They provide training, individual consultations, and model
policy guidelinn, among otheritems. If you have any further
questions, please contact Ms.
Catherine 0' Neil at (212)2431313. Th. A.. ociation of
Nun •• in AIDS Calli (ANAC)
has monthly meetings withspeakers
and networking.opportunities. For meeting info,
plB88e contact Janet Vaccariello at (212)340.8724
THE OUlllEACH USING COMMUNAL HEAUNG (TOUCH)
Community volunteers providing a Wlekly buffet supper for
the Brooklyn AIDS community. TOUCH meet8 Monday
eves. 5pm to 8:3Opm- at downtown Brooklyn Friends Meeting Hou8e (110 Schermerhorn
St near Boerum Place). Lim. ited transportation
may bearranged. Info: (718) 822-2758.
TOUCH welcomes contributions of funds, food and voluntean.
UlSTER COUNTY GAY AND
lfSBIAN AWANCE
Meets first and third Monday
of each month at 7:30 pm at
the Unitarian Church on
Sawkill Road in Kingston. For
Information, call 914-82&-3203

SUNDANCE OUTDOORADVENTURE SOCIETY
A non-profit club offering Outdoor activities for every S8880n including hiking, biking,akiing, water activities andother outdoor activities for the
Gay/Lesbian community. For
information or complimentery
Newslettar call (212) 598-4728.

UNIT"eNEEDS YOU to become a partof itl Organizers for Gay
Games IV,to be held in New
York in 1994. Olympic-stylesports and cultural event i8
largest in world. Theme is
INCLUSION,everyone
isneeded.
SUPPORTTHE
GAMES by volunteering, joining or making a donation. Call
212-732-3812 or write UNITY'94, PO Box 202, NY,NY 10038.

TASKFORCE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Worrien's HIVSupport Group at
349 East 149th Straet Room,809,
on Thursdays 11:00 -12:30. Thisis an on going closed group for
woman who are HIVinfected.
2-3 individual consolations are
required before admittanceinto group. No fee. For furthar
information cill Donna Berschof Planned Parenthood/HUB at(212)585-5001

VISUAL ARTS PROJECT
In Honor of AJ1istic Vi.ion
Effected by A.LD.s.
The Visual Arts Projects isinteraated in documanting
and collecting
art work(slides) by th08e people whohave AIDS or Arc. It is the
Project's intention to not jU8t
fOCU8 on AIDS but on 80meone' wor1t and artistic vision.
Wa are interested in raceiving
responaas from those people

in the following diaciplinaapainting, drawing, sculpturing,iIIu8tration, architecture andenvironmentel deaign, interior
design and graphic daaign.
Should ba intere8ted pleasecall Eric Strauss at (718) 8558491
WHAMI-WOMEN"S HEALtH
ACTION AND MOBIUZAnON.
A direct action group committed to demanding. securing anddefending absolute reproductive freedom and quality healthcare for all women. We meet
&VeryWed. at 8:30pm at 105, E
22nd Street" 4th floor. 212-7135988Mailing address: WHAM I,
PO Box 733, NYC10009
WOMENS ALTERNATIVECOMMUN CENTER (WACC)
A non-profit" Lesbian community center serving Queens,
Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
Thurs. night weekly discussion groups. 8:30 pm, for otheractivities please contect us at
518-483-2050.
ATTEN110N WOMEN SOFTBAll PLAYERS
There is a Manhattan softballleaguB looking for players;e8pecially experienced pitchers.lf interested please callMary at (718) 3n-7279 Hopeto hea r from you soon.
WRESTUNG FOR GAYS
alfSBIANS
Watch the men of the knights
wrestling club inaction every
Sunday at 7:30 PM at the GAY
CENTER.The club also conduct training cla8Ses on alternate Saturdays afternoon (tst
& 3rd Saturdays for men 2nd
a 4th Saturdaye for women)
for more information plea8ecall: 718-839-5141

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Lesbian and Gay.CH ON ALBA NY
May 3-7, 1991,•

Schedule of Events
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9C\ilt}'Friday, May 3:

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Saturday, May 4:

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Klck·off Video/Film
Festivalwith "Silence = Death" and "I~.ightsand Responsibilities"

Lesbian and Gay Town Meeting
Dance at Washington
Park's Lakehouseo Special night at Albany's lesbian and gay barso GalaSunday, May 5:

March from Washington Park to State Capitol
at the State Capitolo Apres.Rally Hudson River Cruise0o Rally• Inter-Faith Service'.

Eve ...y F ...idClY
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El'\te ...CIt47 W. 20th St(betweel'\ 5th & 6th)l'Monday, May 6:

Lesbian and Gay Lobby Day-How to Lobby Workshops -Appointments made for you if registered in advanceo Gay-Ia Benefit
Performanceand Awards Ceremony
with lesbian performance artist Holly Hughes.
Tuesday, May 7: 0 More lobbying0

For more information contact

The Empire State Pride Agenda at 212/727-1291
For traVf'llhotd info. contact the Pride Weekend's official travel agent. Capital Travel. at 1_800_800_9009.

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AINoUICEIEITSATTORNEYS

HOR11CULnJRlSTS
Personal and professional networking for lesbian and gay Horticulturists. Write LlATRIS International PO. Box 1336 Davis, CA 95617-1336

ANTHONY SANTONI
Attorney at Law, Real Estate; COOP/Condo Closing- Bankruptcy; Incorporations; Wills. '!1 E. 28th Street. Suite
700, NYC (2121447-0636

CoUISElIlG.'.

ACCIDENTS & MEDICALMALPRAC"nCE
Free Consultation incl. weekends/eves,BANKRUPTCY $495*. NAME CHANGE$75*. Incorporate $50*. WilislEstates$75*. Closing $295*. Immigration Law
Collection /corp.litigation on contingency. A. Robert Holman III, Attorney at
Law * from +costs. 24 hours (516174611161151 Kellum PI., Mineola, NY AMEX

Ministry to
Persons
With
AIDS.

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TERRY (JAPANESE)
Formerly of 57th and 2nd Avenue andHotel Sutton. Please contact Bill in Ft
Lauderdale. BiII-1402 E Las OIgas
Blvd, #810 Ft Lauderdale FI,33301
ROOMMATE WANTED
in beautiful Brooklyn Heights duplex.
Huge kitchen, bath, LR, study,
upstairs sitting room, 4 working fireplaces, roof access. YOUR ROOM:
12'Xl7', working fireplace, woodfloor, tin ceiling, walk-in closet$550/mo + security. Includes lieat
Share w/2 women (7181785-8329 or
weekdays (2121337-1200.
Ask for Colleen.

APARTIEIT
CIEAIIIG
WORD IS OUT
for the best apartment cleaning-Call...WORD OF MOUTH APARTMENT
CLEANERS reliable/responsible/
efficient Tel. 212-645-9197

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CONTRACTORSARTHUR LOVEJOY
LICENSED ELECTRICAL Contractor
repairs and New Instaliations.Commercial and Residential.Courteous, Professional ServiceAvailable Eves. andWeekends.(7181782-4735

DATING SERVICE FOR GAY MEN

1-800-2-FINO-US EXT2

Weeknights 7-11 PM

WOMAN BODYBUILDER
Training/Posing Videos,
Photos for sale
For info send SASE to:
PO Box 7495
Marietta, GA 30065

CAREER COUNSEUNG
Find the right work for you I
Experienced Executive Counselor
offers action-oriented consultation.
Justin Hecht. MBA(212) 242-2424

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APARTIEIT SHARE
APT. TO SHARE
GW seeks GW roommate to share
2Br park Slope Apt $500/mo. +$500 Dep. + 1/2 Uti/Cable.
Spacious, Sunny, must see II
Very near 2,3,0,0 trains
718-230-3575 Avil. 4/1/91

HATING SERVICES.
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The Male Stop
A computer BBS.
Use your modem.
(212)721-4180 Free!

Call Tony or Bill at the
Church of St. Francis
212-&95-1500

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Counseling212-989-6006

New York City's
Personal•
Gay
Dating Service(Not Computerized)•

Call Nowl

1-800-688-7445
NYC/PHIl./BAlT./WASH.

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Mon. thru Fri. 10-1O·Sat. 10-4

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flTIESSThe Man of Your Dreams is l1Qtout there He's in hert!!
-UJ°eEATING
AWARENESSTRAINING

What if you could eat
whatever you want,
whanever you wantand still keep yournatural shape?
Call Ross Jacobs(212) 929-0661

HEll THPIDDICTS,ZUMBA. ..THE MUCH SOUGHT AFTER, I
HARD TO RND PRODUCT IS NOW
AVAIlABLE IN THE UNITED STAlES.
This Yohimbine herb and Lecithinbased vimlity booster imported
from Germany, conmins 6 otherpowerful herbs form around theworld know to stimulate desire
and sexual performance, vigor andphysical stamina. Tested to strict
German Government standards.
$25.95 Visa/MC, check, mo,Worldwide Health Products,
5525 Canyon Crest Dr., Suite 71-310,
Riverside, CA,92507, Order 1-800-2889230, Free catalog of other uniqueproducts upon requestTHEN
DATINGURCES E R V ICE,

Extremely Personalized Attention,
Video Format Optional, Incredible Success Rate!
Call 212-869-0656 for free consultation, no obligation!
145 W. 45th Street, Ste. 1007, NYC 10036

HELPIIITEIADMIN DIRECTORAIDS buyers club seeks independent,
highly organized person to manageinternal agency functions: inventQry
control, shipping/receiving benefits,
MIS, publications, bookkepping, etc.
Strong computer (wP, DB, spreadsheet), admin/mgmt background req.
Writing skills, fam w/AIDS activism/politics plus. Salary $3O-35K.
Reply before 10 May to:
PWA Health Group, 31 West 26th
Street, NYC, NY 10010. EOE/AAa

ART DIRECTOR

HElP lilTED
FUNDRAISING ASST. P/R.
for Brooklyn AIDS Task Force.
boro-wide education & social service
agency. BA or Associate dipl;
Word Perfect 5.0; DBase III or IV;
gd. phone manner. $8-$101hr = bens.
Send Itr and resume to David Birman.
BATF.22 Chapel St.
Bklyn NY 11201. EEOC

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OutWeek, the Lesbian and Gay News
Magazine, seeks full time art director
to oversee all design aspects of 116
page publication. Must have extensive CD"erdesign and mllgllzine
experience. Quark, Illustrator andother design programs also necessary. Send resume and letter to Mr.
Rotello, OutWeek, 159W. 25 St, NYC
10001, or Fax (212) 337-1220.

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mail, entertainment, teleconferencing, adult & dating services. MBA in
Marketing required with mastery offollowing disciplines: strategic marketing, services. marketing, new product design, management, research,
segmenmtion, pricing, advertising.
Two years experience plus in enterminment or service marketing
required. Excellent benefits. Resume
with cover letter (include salaryrequirements) to: Ms. Fjeld, Dial Out
Corporation, 159 W. 25th Street, 7th FI,
New York, NY79 10001. Dial Out is alesbian and gay owned corporation.

, LESBIAN/GAY RIGHTS JOB •.National lesbian and gay rights grouphas 2 positions available.
Admistrative Assistantwith good writing skills. knowledgeof Word Perfect 5.0. and commitmentto lesbian/gay rights.
Salary $20.000+. great benefits.
Legal Program Assistant.
with paralegal experience. excellent
writing skills, Word Perfect 5.0
knowledge, and commitment tolesbian/gay rights.
Salary $24,000+, great benefits.
Send resume indicating which job issought by May 6, 1991 to :Paula Ettlebrick, Lambda Legal
Defense & Education Fund, 666
Broadway, NY, NY 100012.
Women/people of color
encouraged to apply.
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Word Processors/Secretaries
Wordperfect 5.0/5.1
Minimum 80 wpm! 1 yr. legal
Gllzelle Personnel
689-6220

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ALL STAR
Moving & Storage, Inc.
1befinest serofce available at the most reasonable rate

Local & Long Distance • Modern Equipment • 7 Day Service
Licensed Piano Movers • Experienced Courteous Personal
318 E.11 St., NY,NY(212)254-2638

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PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSOCIATE
To edit and produce newsletter andpromotional materials, draft press
releases and place articles, staff public forums and maintain library for
AIDS research center. Minimum of
three years public relations or report· ing experience, excellent writing,communications and organizational
skills and ability to meet deadlines
required. Knowledge of AIDS issues
desirable. Please submit writing sample, resume and salary history.

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT
Organized individual with ability tomeet deadlines, work under pressure,· needed to provide clerical support.
'. handle data entry and acknowledgments, coordinate special e~ents.
Must have excellent communications
and organizational skills,
writing ability.
Please submit resume and othermaterials to: CRI,31 West 26th Street.
New York, NY 10010. Indicate job
interest on outside of envelope. NO
CALLS PLEASE. ·CRI is an .equal opportunity employer.
-People With AIDS, women and peopleof color are encouraged to apply.

The Introduction Service for Professionally-Oriented

Call for a free brOchure Mon. - Fri. 7 pm • 11 pm
In NY, N.J & CT (212) 580-9595,

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PROFESSIONAL LICENSEDTERRYWEISSER (212)463-9152

TREATYOURSELFI.
·Sweet man with great hands· seeksclients for nude nonsexual vigorous
Swedish/Esalen massage. $50 anhour. CA certified.
Gary 212-228-2243. Serious onlyl

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Professional and reliable. SelVing
the Gay Community 15years.
Sensitive, fun people who get the job
done right with no bullshit Ucensed
DOT 10166.Insured. Reasonable
storage rates. Pianos, ArtAntiques,
Moving Supplies. Mention Outweek
for Special Discount Free Estimates.
426 E.91, Call 289-1511.

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Phone 212-713-5489

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MOVING AND STORAGE
Household • Commercial
Piano • Antiques • Fine Art

VISA &MASTERCARD

212-333-7337
718.275.9521
Find us In the yellow pages
Fax 212-265·1742

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PAINT JOB

Fully renovated apartments in the art
deco district of Miami Beach. Perfectfull time residences or the best inaffordable second homes. VINTAGE
PROPERTIES, 1601Jefferson Ave.,
Miami Beach, FL33139. (305) 534-1424.

Intelligent and ·skilled Brazilian
Painter with Exp. in Eletr. wiring andcarpentry is back in town and looking
for work. Fernando (212)594-2647

PHOTOGIAPHY

PHOTO STUDIO SHARENUDE MODEL WANTEDWith easy-going guy. 2,000 sq. tt. 24hr access in Photo District Nice darkroom, small office. Good for still-life,
portrait or location. Call (212)741-1711

For cover for Hot Magazine.
Bodybuilder or model with good
physique. Contact Studio Roma at
212-989~7709

GAY RESORT FOR SALE
Play host to thousands of gay men
and women. Fife's Resort. just north of
San Francisco in th spectacular Russian River gay resort area is for sale.
Imagin life as owner of this world
famous resort The opportunities andrewares are endless. $1,750,000 for
this completee sucessful business on
fifteen beaurtiful acrees nestledamongst the redwoods and wineries.
Call Sonoma Properites at (707) 527- .
5211 for details.

PUBliCATIONSUVING A GOOD UFE WITH AIDS,

Based on over 7 years of Iiving.Send$9.95 to T.M. Publications P.O.Box
310743Tampa, FL 33680Allow 4-6
weeks for delivery.

PIINTINGSITUATIONS 'WANTED
stationery
newsletters
broct)ures
menus
postcards
forms
posters
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Spectacular Pool House. 4 bedrooms,
4 1/2 Bathrooms, Hot Tub, Pool,
Deluxe Kitchen, Fully equipped; Full &Half shares; May 3rd. to Oct 6th.
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Tired of the Pines? Take a share in a
beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath bayfront
house with fireplace. (212) 242-5380

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COZY CABINSGAY AND LESBIAN CONCERNS -Studio Units Fr. $2995 .
Pull season Rentals fotm
May 18 to Sept 8

Depression, Fears, AA. Issues, Care
Partners Anxieties. I can help.
Licensed for Insurance C.S.w. Therapist, Upper West Side 212-362-7664

Cute charmiI,lg individual
cabins. Tastefully decorated.
Air Conditioned. Across fromGay Restaurant and ,Disoo
1 Mile to Ocean Beaches-ASK ABOUT A FREE WEEKEND,

516-537-1160

GROUPS CURRENTLY FORMING:-Women's Coming - Out Group- Men's 'Exploring Sexual Identity'
Group- Bereavement Group- Gay Male Couples' Group
Institute for Human Identity(212)799-9432
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WOMEN'S THERAPYISUPPORT GROUP .

The right group can be as empowering as private therapy. 4 women forming group want two more dynamic,
creative members. We'll hire our own
therapist/facilitator.
For more information, call 212-535-1716----~~~--~--~COMPASSIONATE, CARING
THERAPIST.

Supportive individual & couple therapy by institute-trained licensed
psychotherapist Help with relationships, gay identity, dealing with yourfamily, and living in the age of AIDS.
Sliding fees. NY and NJ offices:(212) 769-8796 or (201) 567-2445.
ARI FRIDKIS, C.S.W.

HIVPOsmVE
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DEPRESSED.feeling blue. cbwn. hopeless?
-Loss of sleep. appetite or irUresls?
·Trouble ocpIng. ccnc:entrating'/·AmIous? 1nItabIe?
/' Maybe weC8l1hefp. To leam mor~
about our free confidential
rasean:h programs call us at Cot\...
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I am expo in access control, security
ADM, CClV & Security operations. I
am also available to supervise yourprivate security needs.
Ivan Keith (718)692-2129

THEIAPY -GERALD LEVINE, PHD.
Licensed ClinicalPsychologist
Individual, Group,
Couples Therapy
Interactiona Men's
Group FormingWest Village location'

Fees based on sliding scale
For Infonnatlon call(201) 854-8161

PEARL
MD - PSYCHIATRISTHelp with• Relationships• Self-Acceptance• Anxiety• Depression• Addictions• Disorganization

724-5188
135West 70Ih Street

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Individual and Couples Therapy
Dr. Mark Williams 212 - 691-6161
Union Sq. Office / Free Consult
Certified /20 yrs experience.

to transformation. Hypnotherapy
helps you tap your tkepest innerresources to modify negative
habits, enhance self~,
deal with problems andlive successfully.

DR. BURT .AARON SIEGEL(212) 570-9047

FEEl BAlED ON THE ABILITY TO PAY
Member. NY state Federation of Alcoholism Counselors, Inc.
Member. NY Slate Society of ClinicalSocial Work Psychotherapists, Inc.

Gay & Lesbian
IndlvlduallCouples- Stress and Anxiety- Alcoholism & Drug Abuse- Sexual Compulsion- ACOAand CODAIssues- Coming Out Uceneed By Appl OnlyOffices in
Manhattan, Woodstock/KIngston

212/582-1881

914/338-6456,.

INS11TUTE FOR HUMAN
IDENTrrY, INC.

Therapy-Experienced .Llcensed·Insurance Reimbursable·Che/sea. Office212·691·2312

1-800-444-9999

Chelsea Pines Inn
317 Wesl 14th Street. New York. NY 10014

1824 Greek Revival House, music
room, with Cathedral ceilings, Rumford
fireplac~, outdoor hottub., A truly traditional B8tB. Weekly and wk day specials. Contact Rt.1B Box.212Shaftsbury, VT052620r call 802-375-6985.

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Private bath wlrelrigerator OR shared bath •Color TV • Telephones • AIC • Continental
breakfast • Advance reservations suggesled. (212)243-9669

FAX(212) 633·1612

Colonial House Inn
CHELSEA 318 W, 22nd. SI., NYC 10011

MONTREAL • QUEBEC

Competent & Compassionate
Psychotherapist
Stewart•M. Crane. ACSW

Individual,Couple,

Group Therapy* FEAR OF INTIMACY* AIDS ANXlm* DEPRESSION* ACOA ISSUES* COMING OUT

Chasseur Guest House. Exclusively
Gay. Downtown Free Local Gay Map
serve ..yourself breakfast till noon
Sunny. open Air Terrace. Safe 8t Clean(514 521-2238 IGTA Amex. Visa, MC
1567 ST-Andre Montreal H2L-3T5

DISCOUNTED AlRUNE TICKETS

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Insurance Reimbursable

Offices: Greenwich Village 212/645-0646
Teaneck. New Jersey 201/83&-4206\

Planning to go to Rio, Paris, Nairobi,
or anywhere else in the world?
We'll get you there for less. Contact
NUYU Adventures toll free at·1-800-9 BRASIL

AUNTlE'EM'S FARM
Romantic Bed and Breakfast in theCatskills, especially for lesbians andgay men. Created for couples but also
well suited for groups. For info call
91.4-439-4237; or write Rd.2, Box 455
Livingston Manor, NY 12758

24-HOUR CRISIS UNE
Professional help is just aphone call away NOWI
Depression - Anxiety - AIDS-related
mentaVemotional problems - Other
psychological problems.

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FROMGroupsfonmdng:~ecouples, men's, andwomen'ssliding scale fee
insurance accepted-Alcoholism-Substance Abuse-Self.Esteem-Anxiety-Depression-ACOA issues-Co-dependency-Anonymous Sex-Health (HIV)

Pleasanl. comlorlable rooms
Singles;Ooubles Irom $50
Private and shared bath
TV in every room
Continental breakfast
Short walk IQ
Christopher Slreet.

New York's Non-Profit
Lesbian/Gay Psychotherapy Center

PfICHAEL A. PANTALEO
Indlvldual,Couple/Group;;;I

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Outweek, the National Lesbian and
Gay Weekly Magazine seeks Circulation and Subscriptions Manager tocreate new promotions and oversee'
current distribution. Broad knowledge of direct mail solicitiation witha minimum of two years subscription/marketing experience required.
Send resumes together with letter
covering salary history and requirements and why you want to join Out- .
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Outweek Publishing, 159 West 25thStreet, 7th FI, NY,NY 10001
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(212) 721-3810

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BISEXUAL STUD SVEN
Very handsome top 6' 185# 8"
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funny, insightful,stable, attentive,
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OUT, LOUD ANDPROUD
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drinking, sports.
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ASYMPTOMATIC
HIV+39GWM, successful
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any race to date. I
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biking, travel, thesymphony, opera,
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24,5'5", 140lbs,
bright,. affectionate,•romantic,
career Ori-•
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NY 12441

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tights, footballjerseys, jock straps.
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938 Rock Center .
Sta. NY, NY.
10185-0009, -HOPElfSS RO-,MANTIC?

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