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activitIes lhe had becn promllCd, rathcr
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Whllc lomc thlngl havc changcd,
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One Small Step For Unity

T

he decisions by John Frohnmayer, the chairman of the
National Endowment for the Arts, to first withdraw andthen restore funding to an Artists Space exhibit abobt
AIDS is a significant victory for our community. Whilepoor Mr. Frohnmayer appears to be a bumbling idiot, his actions
nevertheless illustrate both the precariousness and the power of Ie$bians and gays in society.
Our precarious position is revealed by the original cancellationof the Artists Space grant. Frohnmayer claimed that his decision was
based on the 'political' nature of exhibit's catalogue, ,a catalogue
which criticizes homophobes
such as Cardinal O'Connor and Jesse
Helms. Yet no one can believe that if the catalogue were politicallysupportive of O'Connor or Helms it would have lost federal funding.
Funding was denied not because the catalogue
is political, but
because of the direction of its politics, a direction which counters
the anti-gay agenda of the right wing.
The unspoken rationale behind the cancellation was that, thanks
to the Helms Amendment (which denys federal grants to art depicting·sadomasochismnand "homoeroticism") some now feel it's open season on both sexual and political gays. Actions that were previously
unthinkable in our supposedly free society, like axing an art show onpolitical grounds, have now become frighteningly thinkable. The NEA
Chair not only thought he could get away with muzzling queers, hethought he was expected to by the intensly homophobic
mood in
official Washington. And even many in the arts and media who consider themselves our friends were contradicted by their own actions.
One group of straight artists, obviously blind to the central issue ofhomophobia, even put together an "anti-Helmsn show which included work by outspoken homophobe Mark Kostabi.
That's the bad news. The good news is that Frohnmayer was
thwarted in his insidious attempt at censorshipby a society that
seemed genu\nely outraged by that attempt. Anyone who watched
Cable News Network's hilarious reporting on the misadventures of the
NEA chairman could not be unimpressed by the mainstream media's
clear 'disapproval, intense coverage and open ridicule of his actions.
And although many gays were rightly upset at the "anti-Helms show"that ihc1uded Kostabi, gay and lesbian groups nonetheless successfully
united with arts groups and were powerfully represented in the press.
1be anger and action of gays, lesbians, artists, politicans, bureaucrats
and members of the media united to roll back the tide of homophobia. At least in this one case.
Good news though this may be, it's not yet time to begin
rejoicing. Those whose self-interest causes them to unite with us
over the issue of censorship are often absent from our other struggles. And the Helms Amendment, the root of this particular evil, isstill very much on the books. Nonetheless, this small but significant
victory should encourage
us to build on the coalitions
which
worked to such good effect here, and should inspire us to imagine
a more effective political future.. ...

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MI'mtwr 'P(·Ufltl!" InV(,ltor Prott'l'tion CorporMion---------------------------------------------our'YWEEK5LETTERS
Divisive Division
I write with respect tothe article that ran in theNovember 5 issue of Out·
Week concerning the disciplinary actions taken against
Human Rights Commission
employees Katy Taylor andKeith O'Connor.
I am theSupervising Attorney for Fair
Housing and Public Accomodations at the Commission, and was a staff
attorney in the AIDS Division
for two years previously. I
am a lesbian and havebeen doing AIDS work formore than seven years. I
write you because
I amdeeply troubled by the toneof your article, as well CIS thedivisive nature of Katy and

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Keith's response to the disciplinary charges.
Whatunderlies
theactions taken against Katy
and Keith, in my opinion, hasbeen a growing problem in
the AIDS Division with ownership of the work of the Division, and a refusal to beaccountable
either to theCommission or the communities we have a publiccharge to serve. In over two
years of close work withthem I have seen an unwillingness to allow other people, particularly people ofcolor. to assert leardership in I
shaping the Commission's'
AIDS discrimination work. As
a result, the public face of
the Division has remained

November 26, 1989

white, while increasingly thecommunities most in need ofour help are communities ofcolor.
I Just as AIDS discrimination work requires an acutese~sitivity to the nature ofhomophobia in this city, so
too the work requires Q.nunderstanding of how racism
operates to oppress many
persons with AIDS in New
York. Keith and Katy's failure
to understand this is best illustrated by the quote from
Keith in your article, "If we,were doing work with race
relations and were as successful as we are. they'd be
puttingcrownson ourheads." What Keith does notrecognize is that AIDSwork is
about "race relations" just as
much as it is about gay rights
or disability rights work. People with AIDS cannot afford
to allow the gay community

to narrowly define this issue
any longer.
In a world where we all
experience
the pain of
homophobic bias every day,I am reluctant to discredit
serious bias charges madeby members .qf my own
community. However, what
Katy and Keith have done isyell -Fire" In the theater ofthe gay community. It makes
sense that many of us would
rally to their defense, butwhen the dust settles, theones who will ultimately lose
will be people with AIDS andpeople of color.
Anyone with any senseof political acumen could
have predicted that Katy
and Keith's sexual orientation and gender discrimination charges would create achasm between white gay
people and people of color
within and without the Com-mission. Thisis, in fact, exactly what has happened.
Byraising what I believe to be
unfoundedcharges, Katy
and Keith have forced manyof us to choose sides in a
debate we know can only
result in'harm to all. Ourcommunity cannot afford
this type of divisiveness.
I hope that my comments will prompt you totake another look at thecirumstances surrounding
the disciplinary
chargesbrought against Katy and
Keith. I would urge OutWeek
staff to contact me should
you have any further questions. I do believe that this
topic raises important issuesof concern for the gay andlesbian community
withrespect to our ownership of
AIDS as well as racism in ourown community.
Sincerely,
Katherine M. Franke
NYC Commissionon
Human Rights
Supervising Attorney
Fair Housing/Public
Accomodations
Manhattan
Camp Cramp
I am disgusted and dis·appointed by your farcicaltreatmentof the letter to
OutWeek by Lisa Olson andJulie Clark CLetters to the
Editor: Nov. 19). Ms. Olson
and Ms. Clark are stating aserious critique of OutWeek
and itsjournalistic responsibility to the community that
supports
it.
and
your
response is to title their letter"Faster Lesbians, Kill,Kill."
Such an obvious reference to a campy old movie
might have been funny if thesubject at hand were not so
immediently
pertinenttoissuesnow facing the lesbian
and gay community.
Lesbian invisibility in the AIDS crisis is just now being faced
and it is only through thework of many women,
including Ms. Olson and Ms.
Clark, that their invisibility inthis crisisis ending.

There are many people
outside the lesbian and gay
community who would love
to see us tear ourselves apartthrough insensitivity
andinfighting. OutWeek, if it is tobe a progressive vorce forlesbian and gay issues,mustshow the same respe'ct forour own people that we, inturn, demand from the restof the world.
Kevin Ottersten
Manhattan

Who's Invisible
As a frequent reader of
OutWeek, I was surprised by
the letter in last week's issuecomplaining about "lesbian
invisibility" in your magazine. Aside from the tone of
the letter, which was angry
and insulting, I was amazedat the content.
Lesbians are not invisible in OutWeek. In fact.
there is more coverage of
lesbians and lesbian issues
in OutWeek than in any
other gay paper I know of.
In New York The Native
doesn't cover lesbian stuff
at all. In the rest of thecountry only Out/Look, aquarterly, has as much indepth coverageas Out·Week.
I'm not saying you're
perfect. I do have my complaints. Particularly the club
photos could have more
about women's events, andthere isn't much about
wom~n's sports, which I
would like to see. Also, too
tone of some of your lesbian
coverage seems biased infavor of younger women,
and some of your women
writers have a flippant attitude towards more established lesbian attitudes andstyles.
But overall
you'redoing a better job than anybody else. Instead of insulting you, we should be
encouraging you to keep it
up. and try to do even better in the future.
Susan Marchi
Brooklyn

Rad Analysis
Concerning
Andrew'
Krastins' article "Learning
Homophobia:(OutWeek,121) perhaps he might haveincluded in his analysis something that he alluded toabout homophobia·(the"root cause" of) and the
Radical Right, that is demonstrating or offering explanation of cause(or thequestion why homophobia isneededby the Radical
Right).
"Need" in and of itself is
not an explanation per se.
What interests does
homophobia serve? Capital? Who embodies thatinterest? Capitalists? How
and why do group dynamics
get structered in adversarial
ways?
I hope to see Krastins
continue his important work.
I apologize for my writing style, but not the con·tent.
David Knapp Whittier
Manhattan

Good Advice
It is with great expectations that, every Monday, I
get my copy of OutWeek.
Almost equally thrilled is my
newsdealer
whom I had
urged to stock your publication which he now sells
briskly. So far, we had tomake do with TheAdvocate(a soporific magazine thathas yet to discover lesbians,
Blacks and Asians) and The
Native (in which no self
respecting fish wants to be
wrapped).
It is now clearthat butWeek is about toexperience a tremendous
surge 'in its readership andtake a· major position in theAmerican publishing scene.
However, as a dedIcated reader, I have some comments to share. I urge you tokeep your irreverent styleand doJn-to-earth attitude.
Also, remember that unity is
our b_estweapon against thedark forces that attack us on
our streets, in the media andin our Congress. We should

acknowledge
and support
our friends, ACT UP who hastaught us to be more mIlitant. GMHC who pioneered
support for PWAs,The Center
who has given us a home
and the many politicans
who have spoken up for ourrights. True, they may not be •correct all the time, but they
are doing the right thing; sogive them credit and stop
splitting hairs. Are you listening Michelangelo Signorile?
Mille grazie for your buttering
up Kostabi. but please ease
off James Revson, he is afriend. Another of your targets, Malcolm Forbes, has
shown that he will listen to us,
and he supports AmFAR. So
get to your stove and startbaking cream pies to throwat our true enemies. The list isvery long: the Buckleys,
O'Connor and his acolyte
Austin Vaughn, Noach Dear,
Jesse Helms, Mona Char en,
Farrakhan, Dannemayer, Lou
Sheldon, Rev. Wildmon, Jerry
Falwell, et al.
Lets try to retire some ofthose old cliches. No Susie
Day,
lesbians
are not
doomed to be poor. Look at
our admirable sisters from
Soho Soda who have managed to overcome lesbophobia, corporate mugging
and have blossomed into ahighly successful All-Natural
beverage company. They
also are angels to gay causes. Quite a role mode II
Thanks to you, Mark
Chesnut for your piece on
the Lavender Ligttt Choirand its educational efforts.
The music is harmonious all
the way, but come on Chas
Bennett Brack, stop trottingout that tired canard thatgay organizations
are "awhite thing.' Gay Blacks,
where were you the day of
AIDS-Walk NY? Or at otherevents of support and solidarity? I hurt to see so few ofyou out there. Follow theexample of our Black lesbiCJ'lsisters.They can be seen vol·unteering and demonstrating for our health, weli being

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Clique-Up?

and lives, Come out. It Is ourfight, let's Join forces andhelp each other,
In conclusion,
If theBerlin Wall can be torn
down, we too can take pickS
and chISelsand break down
the barriers that our enemies
have managed to erect, If
the Greens can be elected
In countries as different asliberal Sweden and conservative Switzerland, we too
can gather more politicalmuscle.
It will take time, sweat
and money, but we canmake it together. As a PWA, I
do not know if I will bearound to savor the fruits ot
victory, but it must be done.
OufWeek, we have yoursupport and you have ours.
Andre Alexis Chesaux
Manhattan

Boy, that Chip Duckett
sure does live up to his
down·town nlckncrne, Beinga promoter, Mr. Duckett Is
obviously concerned
withonly one thing: that lots ofpeople come to his parties
and line his pockets ... atwhatever cost.
We learn In Klkl Mason's-Tripping The Night Fantastic" (OutWeek, #'D.) that the-entertainment" provided at
Chip's Adonis birthday bash
was a fist-fucking duo. BUT,
we are reassured, -it wasdone safely, with a glove:
Since when does the inclusion of a rubber glove maketisting a safe sex activity? I
was not aware that a gloveclad fist was less anally muti·
lating than one without.
The most disturbing

fact, though, Is that Mr, Buck·et promotes benefits for ACT
UPI So, a very loud finger·sn~ to YOU, ACT UP,for not
only looking the other way
for the sake of a little cash,
but for coming nearer toproving ·the creeping suspl·
cion that much of yourmembership are attention
seeking club kids who want
to be In the trendiest clique
In town.

LJM
Manhattan

Fierce But Friendly
I wish to express mystrong support for your inclusion of the North American
Man/Boy Love Association(NAMBLA) in your Community Directory. If for reasons ofparanoia or prudery you
stop carrying NAMBLA or

take an editorially hostile
position towards NAMBLA, I
will Immediately cancel mysubscription In Protest andencourage others to do so,Your contributors, of course,
have every right to express
hostile or paanold views.
As a member of NAM·
BLA's Steering Committee
and a resident of New York, I
look forward to an always
friendly relationShip. Good
luck in making New York's
best-ever alternotlve magaline. Thook you Very much.
An Anonymous
Subscriber
P.S.Thiswas t'lot written
by R.Giuliani

Message Received
Thank you for having
the guts to say the message
so clearly and \veil in yourNovember 12 editorial. -TheHigh Cost of Charity." Let's
just hope that SOfl'leonewho
isn't on your fabUlous staff(besides
me)
gets
it!
Because those few of us
who do are g.etting damn
tired of the MANy generals
who are missing the point
and thereby selling us down
the river without even somuch as a paddle. Keep up
the good work Qnd Happy
Armed Forces Day to you
too!
Rodger PettYjohn, RN, .
PWA,PAW(Professional AIDS Warrior)
Brooklyn

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OutWeek MagaZine
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XEROXED
Personnel Problem
Dr, John E,Brandon
Chairperson 'Qnd Commls·
slon on Human Rights
Dea Commissioner:
We are writingonbehalf of the Columbia Gay
Health Advocacy Project toprotest the Commission's
maltreatment of 1wo of yourmost effective staff members: Keith O'Connor andKaty Taylor of the AIDS Discrimination Division.
The saying goes: ·if it
ain't broke, don't fix it: Mr.
O'Connor and Ms. Taylor
have provided exemplary
service to New Yorkers
affectedby the HIV epidemic through their workwith the AIDS Discrimination
Division. How does the Commission justify disrupting thisvaluable work? If you havecause for this action, pleasedeclare it. If not. are you
allowing internal politics andpetty jealousies to takeprecedence over your duty
to your constituency?
The Commission has
been one of the few government agencies that has
consistently supported therights of people with AIDS
and HIV. Do not mislead
yourself: this is not simply a·personnel" decision or aquestion of conflicting legal
philosophies, but rather amatter that gravely affects
both your C~mmission's reputation and its ability tocarry out its function.
We ask that you allow
Mr. O'Connor and Ms. Taylor
to continue their desperately needed work with the
AIDS Discrimination Division
as before. We also ask thatyou provide assurances that
this bizarre self-destructive
internal warfare will notagain threaten essential services for the hundreds ofthousands of New Yorker's
affected by HIV.

Laura Pinsky,Director
Paul Harding Douglas,
Co·Dlrector
Columpla Gay Health
Advocacy Project

GLlDPlea
Hon. John Brandon, Commissioner
New York City Human Rights
Commission
Dear Commissioner:
GLiD was alarmed tolearn that the Human Rights
Commission istrying to terminate the directors of the AIDS
unit, Katy Taylor and Keith
O'Connor. These 1wo people
have devoted their lives todefending people with AIDS
against c:flScrimination.
These 1wo people havepioneered
new areas ofhuman rights enforcement
for people with AIDS, including for women, people ofcolor (Hispanics-, Blacks,
Native Americans, Asians)and prisoners. They havecreated a model of how
human rights enforcement
should operate that is being
studied and replicated byhumanrights agencies

throughout the United states,
The Humoo RightsCommission has been criticizedrecently for being Ineffec·
tlve, and the commission has. been able to answer thatcriticism with the example of
the AIDS unit, You said YOl,Jr·
self In a recent video pro·
duced by the AIDS unit that
AIDSwould set the litmus testof how the agency responds
to criseswith compassion.
It is insane to try to terminate these 1wo workers at
a time when the whole cityneeds them, and the nation
looks to them for leadershipon this Issue. We at GLiD
hope that you will reconsider your actions. We look forward
to thepositive
resolution of this matter, andare confident that the commission will choose to retain
Keith and Katy.
John Magisano
Acting President
Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats
Manhattan

Youth Truth
Barbara Rapoport
State Educaiton Dept.
Division of Civil Rights andIntercultural Relations.
Decr Ms. Rapoport:
As the founder and for-mer executive director of ayouth agency that has todeal dally with the problemsof bigotry and stlgmatlza·tlon, and as a member of
the New York City Board of
Education's advisory committee on multicultural edu·
cation, I was pleased tohear that the New YorkState Education
Depart-'ment, Division of Civil Rights
and Intercultural Relations
was planning on sending a
pamphlet on prejudice toeach student in New YorkState. I was dismayed, however, when I saw the pamphlet itself.
A New York State survey of 2,823 New York State
High School students, commissioned by the Governor's
Task Force on Bias Related
Violence found that ·comments about gays were
often
openlyvicious.
Emphasis was frequently
added
to the negative
responses and a number ofstudents threatened
violence against gays."
Yet gay or lesbian people are not mentioned in
the pamphlet
you havechosen to distribute to fightprejudice to fight prejudiceamong school children.
Studies of bias related

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9violence sponsored by thefederal government
have
indicated that gay and lesbian people are the groups
most likely to suffer bias relat·
ed biolence. We started theHarvey Milk High School Program several years ago tohelp some of the school age
victims of such violence. Last
year two of our clients were
beaten up and stabbed on
the upper west side of New
York. Over 40 percent of theyoung people who come tous have suffered violence
because of their sexual orientation, half from their families, half from peers.
Yet gay or lesbiian people are not mentioned in thepamphlet you have chosen
to distribute to fight prejudice among school children.
Starting as low as thesecond grade, the most frequent epithet in school is·faggot."
Yet gay or lesbian peo,

pie are not mentioned in thepamphlet you have chosen
to distribute to fight prejudice among school children.
Many gay and lesbianstudents drop out before
graduation
because theycannot stand the stress ofhiding, the fear of discovery
or the violence and humilia·tion they suffer if they arefound out. Yet. unlike Project
lOin LosAngeles, there is no
program in our schools that
addresses the needs of theseyoung people at high riskfor
dropping out.
Yet gay or lesbian people are not mentioned in thepamphlet you have chosen
to distribute to fight prejudice among school children.
Current studies indicatethat the risk of teenage sui·cide in gay and lesbian youth
is second only to that of
Native American teenagers.
These suicide attempts are
the direct result of the fear,

hatred and ignorance generated by homophobia.
Yet gay or lesbian people are not mentioned in thepamphlet you have chosen
to distribute to fight prejudice among school children.
The New York City Boardof Educaiton has a non-discrimination policy that also
applies to content and delivery of programs.
Yet gay or lesbian people are not mentioned in thepamphlet you have chosen
to distribute to fight prejudice among school chilren.
It is indeed worthy that
our state government
ingeneral. and your department in particular, work toeliminate prejudice and all
its attendant evils from theminds and souls of our young
people. The conscious decision not to mention a groupthat suffers from the effectsof stigmatization, ignorance
and prejudice is worse thaninept. It is an active participation in the oppression ofthat group.
I hope you, and yourdepartment. will reconsider
and find another, more
appropriate pamphlet for
distribution.
A. Damien
Martin,Ed.D.
Co-Founder,
formerExecutive Director andBoard Member
Hetrick-Martin Institute
When in Rome ...
ANSAII Messaggero
Dear ANSA & II Messaggero:The North American
Man/Boy Love Association,
at its annual General meetting in New York City today,
expresses its outrage at the
bigoted and unenlightened
nature of your coverage ofhomosexuals following therecent raid on Montecaprino Park in Rome. So outra--- --.. - -- - ~ - - - - - - .

We hate to do this. We really do. The Pope seems like such a nice guy, like when he kisses the ground and stuff.
But alas, this week his Catholicism finally got the better of his humanity. He hosted a three·day gay bash-a·
than which he called an AIDS conference in which a cleric suggested that AIDS was indeed God's wrath. But
the worst, the most heart wrenching part was when John Paul himself said that the "cause" of AIDS was the"abuse of sexuality." So much for that 01' time religion. Or, in the words of the real Madonna, "Pappa, don't
preach."••.•••

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geous is that coverage that
Italian gay activists havebeen prompted to seek support as far away as the United states, NAMBLA. whichitself has often been the victim of unenlightened news
reporting. and knows how
damaging It can be to freedom of expression and association.
and
how
it
compounds already existingsocial oppression. urges you
to retract any biased orInflammatory
statements
you have made and stop
your antlgay
coverage
Irrrnedlately.
David Thorstad.
Co-spokesperson
North American
Man/Boy Love
Association

How Gay Newlday?
Mr.Tom Curan
Deputy Metro Editor
New YolleNewsday
Dea Mr. Curan:

New York Newsday's
Independent
Democrats
cover story on Nov. 9th.
and the Stonewall Demo-With the Numbers So Close.
cratic Club. and strongly
Every Constituency
Matendorsed by both OufWeek
tered." succeeded in mak- . and the Native. the city's
ing the gay and lesbian
two gay papers.)
electorate invisible. as it has
The exclusion of the
been through most of Newsgay community from Newsday's election coverage.
day's election coverageYour story. striving to be
has been an unwelcome
inclusive. listed every major
development.
Newsday
failed to cover David Dinkins
group of voters: Blacks.
at a rally for gay and lesbianJews. Hispanics. white liberals. younger voters. past
supporters on Nov. 2nd.
Democraticandpast
Speaking to a standingRepublican
voters.
theroom only throng inside thewealthier. voters over age
Lesbian and Gay Communi50. voters outside Manhatty Services Center on W.
tan. blue-collar workers. pro13th street. Dinkinsdelivered
fessional and managerial
an impassioned defense ofworkers. etc.
gay rights and affirmed his
support for issues ranging
Nowhere did you mention gay and lesbian votersfrom domestIc partnership
who. according to the Daily
legislation to stronger biasNews/Eyewitness News exit
related violence penalties
poll. voted 64 percent forthat include ·sexual orientaDavid Dinkins. (Dinkins. bytion" as a category. Would
the way. was supported bya major rally for any otherboth the Gay and Lesbianconstituency
have been

ignored?
.
On Sunday. Nov. 5th.
two days before the election.
Dinkins was the
keynote speaker cit the
Human Rights Campaign
Fund's annual dinner at the
Waldor-Astoria. where heshared ·the dais with Elie
Wiesel. The HRCF is thenation's largest gay and les- .
bian political action committee. Newsday failed tocover this event as well.
So. having fdled to focus
on the gay electorate ood its
issues. Newsday now fails to
indude gay' voters i1a sweeping roundup of how -every
constituency" mattered.
Thisisa salient concern.
and I encourage
you togive it consideration.
stephen H. Miller
Chair.
Media Committee
Gay and Lesbian
Alliance Against
Defamtion.lnc.

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OUTTWEEK 11NewsKramer AIDS Play
Ignites Protests
Supporter'sHome Torched in Missouri College Town.

PROUDLY PROMOTING

Photo: Bill Bytsura

Colleen Oewhurst. Larry KrBmer Bnd BrBd OBvis Bt IBst week's ATR fundrBiser.

by Andrew Miller
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri-The
house of a student supporting the
local campus productionof New
York playwright Larry Kramer's The
Normal Heart was torched andburned to the ground Wednesday
evening during an AIDS vigil held on
opening night at Southwest Missouri
State University,
Accordingtosources,arson
was suspected
because gasoline had been poured
over much of the house.
No one was injured in the fire,
which completely destroyed the twobedroom home rented bwpy Brad
Evans, a theater student at the university, but Evans' two cats perished in
the blaze.
Evans, who was not at home at
the time of the alleged arson, hadformed People Acting With Compas-

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sion and Tolerance to champion the
play'S campus production, after members of the Assemblies of God church,which is headquartered there, at least
one state legislator and various local
residents decried the university's
financial support of a play that "promotes homosexuality and anti-family
values."The American Civil Liberties
Union immediately became involvedin the alleged arson, and asked the FBI
to investigate the case as a civil rights
attack. But sources said the fire ismore likely to be looked into locally,
In a statement released to thepress Thursday, Dick Kurtenbach,executive director of the ACLU of
Western Missouri, said, "The firebombing of Evans' home was anapparent retaliation for his exerciseof rights of speech and association

protected by the U.S. Constitution.
This act was not only an outrageous
violationof the law but a clear
attempt to intimidate all citizens fromspeaking out against censorship."
The fire occurred during a candlelight vigil outside the campus theater honoring people living with AIDS
and memorializing those who havedied from the disease, that preceeded
the play's opening performance.
Evans, a senior in the theater
department from Carthage, Missou i,which is an hour southwest of Spr' gfield, said he believes the pIa is ameans of promoting AIDS aV'l reness,and told Out Week that t
incident
had "done nothing but
engthen mybeliefs and the valu I already held.
The people..
now about AIDS,
but they don't realize that it's here in
Springfield, and they would rather
stick their heads in the sand than save
lives," he added.
Evans said that he had received
no harassing phone calls or threats.
He discovered what had happenedon his way home from school. "Iturned on to my street and there wasa solid wall of fire trucks, and I knewthat everything was gone," he said.
According to him, the alleged arsonists broke in the back door andpoured gasoline around the house,
and then set it on fire.
He is currently staying withfriends.
Paul Summers, the president of
Citizens Demanding Standards, Inc.,
the group leading the protests against
the play, said, "We don't know who
did it," adding that his organization"wants to know worse than anyone
else who did it, because we're undersuspicjon,"but stopped short ofdenouncing the fire,In past weeks, Summers' organization has lobbied, protested andtaken out full page ads in local newspapers denouncing university officials, and listing the "favorite activity"of homosexuals
as "illegal oral
sodomy."Referring to The Normal Heart,the advertisement asks "AIDS education or homosexual political agenda?"
adding, "This play will go on-moredeviant plays will follow-willyou
pay for itl" The ad also calls for "compassion and understanding for AIDS
carriers," and "completely truthful
AIDS education.·"The only thing that we've been
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Citizens Demanding Standards'
president, who said he had read theplay, added, "There's nothing wrong
with talking about [homosexuality] or
studying it, but this [play] isn't a history lesson. You can study Marxism
without promoting it."== ~~t. According
to the Springfield',N~ws-Leader, the local daily paper inwhich the anti-Kramer ad ran, State
Iff! I!Il n
Representative Jean Dixon, the leading opponent of the play and a member of Citizens Demanding Standards,
said the fire was "terrible" and "ridiculous" but called Evans a "satan wor-'
shipper" and suggested he may have
set the fire himself,
Dixon also scheduled a press
conference
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.NewsEmbattled NYC HealthCommissiqner Resigns
JbsephMakes Final Bid for HIV Name Reporting,
by lJen,Currie
NEW YORK--:Cause for rejoicing
for some in the AIDS community was
sqUelched this week, when what they
considered to be yet another bitter
pilI was prescribed by Dr. Stephen
joseph. A day after the highly-controversial New York City health commissioner announced his resignation, he
ma4e a last-ditch attempt to foist hishlghly-d.ivislve HIV contact tracing
and testing proposal on state healthauthorities.
joseph joined the ranks of city hospkals chief jo Ivey Bouff'ord and othersin the lame duck administration ofMayor Edwatd Koch when he resigned
in a letter to his boss last week.
But first, he managed to gather a·conSensus· on the New York City
Board of Health to support his idea to
ask the state health department to collect the names of persons who test
positive for HIV, the virus associatedwith AIDS, and then ·trace· and contact their drug or sex partners.
joseph gave the availability of
new early intervention treatment strategies as the basis for his reasoning.
Most AIDS activists, and gay andlesbian rights groups, and many
health professionals and elected officials have criticized the plan when
joseph proposed a similar version atlast june's international AIDS Conference in Montreal. Koch at that time
rejected the proposal under pressure
from the AIDS community, although
he is now deferring to the decision of
the state health commissioner. Mayorelect David Dinkins is on record as
being against such a plan.
joseph's Montreal announcement
was greeted with a flurry of criticisms, .
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anonymous HIV testing. At
the time, the health commissioner said, "I wanted tospark debate and I did."
Many in the AIDS community had believed that thestorm Qf criticism from somany different quarters had
effectively put an end tojoseph's plan, which calls
for a parallel network ofanonymous and confidential
testing facilities, and which
many say would inhibit people from seeking testing andtreatment. Others are waryof the guarantee of confidentiality for governmentkept
lists.
Currently,
incidences of HIV positivity
and actual AIDS cases, but
not names, are reported tostate health auth~rities.
SOON TO BE UNUSTED"He's beatmg a deadhorse,· Gay Men's Health Dr.St.ph.nJo •• phappropriatenessof recommending
Crisis spokesperson Carisa Cunningsuch a drastic policy shift so late in
ham told OutWeek.
his tenure. "We question why Dr.
Bill Monaghan, a member ofjoseph is spending his final days perACf UP, called the reintroduction ofsuing this idea instead of implementthe proposal "absolutely assinine." Heing some of the programs that haveand many members of the activist
been :promised and have not materialgroup have hounded joseph formuch of the last year, accusing theized" she said. Previously, GMHC has
health commissioner of being sericritiCized the plan for prioritizing theously out of touch with the gay andidentifying of people in need of treatAIDS communities.
ments that may not actually be available to them.
•State Health Commissioner David
Axelrod, with whom, along with the
Cunningham also cited several
state legislature, the ultimate authority
examples of states where the impleto make such a policy change lies, ismeniation of mandatory name reporton record as opposing the concept,
ing resulted in a chilling effect thatmainly on the grounds that it would
drastically reduced the number of
discourage people from voluntarily
people who voluntarily came forward,
coming forward to determine theirand noted that when Oregon eliminated its contact tracing program,
HIV status.
And Cunningham
raised thethose numbers increased. ~NewsFrank Young Resigns
from Fi>ATop Spotby Cliff O'Neill
WASHINGTON-Food and Drug
Administration Commissioner Frank E.
Young abruptly announced his resignation Nov. 13, after months of harsh
criticism from a wide array of critics,
which at one point included many inthe nation's AIDS community.
Effective Dec. 18, Young, who
has held the agency's top spot since
1984, will move to an advisory position within the Department of Healthand Human Services (HHS), a switch
critics have called a demotion in no
uncertain terms.
It will now be the responsibilityof Undersecretary of Health James O.
Mason to pick a replacement
for
Young. Rumoredas a possible
replacement for Young has been Dr.
Burton Lee III, personal physician tothe president and former member of
the Presidential Commission on the
HIV Epidemic. Lee has worked closelywith AIDS activists in the past and is a
proponent of early AIDS drug a_ccess.
In past months, Young has been
criticized for his handling of the FDA
generic drug scandal and his agency's
reaction to the Chilean grape scare.
Most recently, Young has again had
his feet held to the fire on the lack of
restrictions on unsubstantiated healthclaims made on food packaging.
"We were surprised, not only by[Young'sl decision [to resign), but by
the way it was described," stated Greg
King, communications director for the
Human Rights Campaign Fund. "I
think it certainly isn't complimentarywhen a senior health official indicateshis change in jobs is not in any way a
promotion."
Still, despite the harsh criticism ofYoung by congressional sources andconsumer advocates, others weremore quick to blame the agency's lackof resources for its many problems.
Wishing Young well in his new

responsibilities, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), who chairs the House
Subcommittee
on Health and theEnvironment, did not cite Young as
the root of the agency's many problems. "The FDA is one of our mostimportant public health agencies,"
said Waxman. "It has faced numerous
difficult circumstances in the past few
years with a severe lack of resources.
I hope that the president will back up
his new FDA leadership with muchneeded personnel and staff.· .
It was under Young that, after
heated pressure from the AIDS com·munity and a massive demonstration
at the FDA's headquarters calling forfreer access to experimental AIDS
treatments, that the approval proc~
for drugs treating life-threatenins. diseases was condensed. Also, in receQtmonths, AIDS activists had been able
to secure from Young concessions on
new AIDS drug access prograf!1s,
including the still-in-process "~llel
track" program.
. "Prom the perspective of AJPS
we really could do a whole lot
worse," stated Jean McGuire, executive director of the AIDS Action Council. "He ultimately did a lot io help
move the issue [of AIDS) forWard,even when he was being recalcitrant,
because he was very visible.· ~Craig Spence
Found Dead in

Boston HotelRoom
Summer Sex Scandal Figure
Videotaped Suicide Noteby Cliff O'Neill
BOSTON-Craig Spence, the flamboyant conservative lobbyist at the center of a summer-long D.C. sex scandal
involving a male escort service andmidnight tours of the White House, wasfound dead Nov. 10 in a Boston hotelroom, the victim of a suspected suicide.
Dressed in a black tuxedo with
tails, a white bow tie with white suspenders, black shoes and black socks,
Spence, 49, was discovered in a roomof the Ritz-Carlton hotel lying on the
king-sized bed, wearing his glasses,
carrying personal papers and threedollars in his pocket and with thephone cradled on his shoulder.
In the false ceiling of.the bathroom, police found several sm~ll
packets of Xanex, a prescription a~tidepressant, with one tablet removed.
Police however, have not yet confirmed a cause of death.
Also in the bedroom, Spence left
his will and his birth certificate Carefully arranged alongside a final message written on the mirror with ablack felt tip marker.
"Chief, consider this my resignation, effective immediately,· he wrote.
•As you always said, you can't ask
See SPENCE 01

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15

News

NEA Head Waffles, Then

Relents, On AIDS Show
But Controversial Catalogue Is Still Not Funded

Photo: EllenB. Neipris

TOOK THE 'FUN' OUT OF FUNDINGNEA Ch8irm8n John Flohnm8yer

by Ben Currie. NEW YORK-In keeping with his
week-long pattern of indecision andequivocation, National Endowment
for the Arts Chairman John Frohnmayer announced Thursday that" despite
his various objections,
he would
indeed allow Artists Space to keep
$10,000 intended to fund "Witnesses:
Against Our Vanishing," a show of~intings, photographs and sculptures"celebrating the indomitable spirit of acommunity of artists hard hit by
AIDS."'Frohnmayer
had revoked the
grant on November 3, citing therecently-legislated"Helms amendment,· which prevents the NEA fromfunding "obscene" art, and an essayin the show's catalogue by gay photoessayist David Wojnarowicz which
Frohnmayer called "political rather
than artistic in nature.·

16

OUrYWEEKHe re-instated the grant on the
day of the show's opening, on condition that it only go towards the arts
works and not the controversial catalogue.
Wojnarowicz's essay is highly
critical of numerous well-known gaybashers and persons thought unsympathetic to AIDS issues, including
John Cardinal O'Connor, whom hedescribes as a "fat cannibal from thathouse of walking swastikas.·
In a statement
releasedlast
Thursday, Wojnarowicz criticized thegallery for making statements "thatseem to use the fact that I have AIDS
as an excuse fo the tone of my writings."
He also expressed dissapointment with Artists Space for not fighting the NEA to restore the grantwithout the conditions he imposed,
which many observers saw as a token

November 26. 1989 ..

gesture made by Frohnmayer in a
desperate attempt to save face.
Tpe 23 artists exhibited in theshow released a statement read at apress conference by artist Allen Frame
which stated in part, "It enrages us
but does not surprise us that by
expressing ourselves on the subject ofAIDS, we are now under attack.·
Throughout much of the furor,
Frohnmayer stubbornly stuck to his"too political" rationale, but eventually
backtracked considerably in the faceof widespread criticism as the arts
community and others rallied aroundcries of censorship. By last Tuesday
he had told the The New York Times,"I think I used tbe word lpoliticalJ
iriadvisedly .•On Wednesday night, in an interview on the MacNeil Lehrer News
Hour, he said, "I made a mistake byusing the word 'political.'"When asked at a Wednesday
press conferenceby an OutWeek
reporter to clarify exactly what his
actual objections to the show were,
Frohnmayer said there was a discrepancy between the'; show itself andwhat Artists Space had described in its
grant application, and that parts of theshow "lacked artistic merit.·
Gallery director Susan Wyattcalmly framed her responses
toFrohnmayer's actions around freedomof speech and freedom of expression
concerns, insisting all the while thatthe gallery had a contract with the
NEA and would not return the funds.
Wyatt had written to the NEA in
October requesting that the show's
catalogue not be funded by the NEA
grant. "It was a tactic on my part,· she
said. Wyatt says she acted to head off
a situation in which "titles _and phrases· would be used by enemies ofl1t'jpublic funding "as political tools."
Wyatt's point of reference waslast summer's ongoing drama surrounding the public funding for art
galleries that exhibited Andres Serrano's "Piss Christ," which depicts a crucifix immersed in a jar of the artist's
urine, and a retrospectiveof photographs by gay artist Robert Mapplethorpe.
"In a pure world the catalogue isworthy of public support," Wyatt said.
"I came up with a reasonable compromise. It didn't compromise freedom of expression, didn't put publicfunding for the arts in jeopardy anddidn't compromise the artists in theshow."
Frohnmayer's wavering position·
led some in the AIDS and arts communities to voice the suspicion thathomophobia and a general ambivalence about AIDS were the root of his
actions. The newly-appointed
NEA
chief resisted characterizing any of
the art in the show as "obscene," butsaid he thought several of the pieces
were in "questionable taste."
But homophobia never surfacedin the mainstream media as a major
aspect of the story. When Wyatt andFrohnmayer debated on Wednesday's
MacNeil Lehrer show, the subject did
not arise, although Wyatt later said, "I
think its [homophobia) a big problem.
I don't think it's an accident that thisshow was picked out."

FUNDER WONDER
Artists Space's Susan Wyatt

f:~v

For his part, Frohnmay- "er remarked that he is "per- ,sonally invested"in theissue, adding, "I think thathomophobia is a problem in,our SOCiety."· He also said.
that although he is legally ~prevented from lobbying to repeal the Helms amend- "ment, he thought the legisla- ittion "superfluous. "I think its •unnecesasary
and we willcertainly
work
for its
removal," he said at a press
conference last week.
Prior to the show's
opening,
Frohn.mayer
attendeda closed-door
meeting
at the TriBeCa
gallery with 35 representative of the arts community,
which one attendee characterized as a "working confrontation"at
which
Frohnmayer was taken totask on a number of issues
vital to the arts community, WHAT WILL THE NEIGHBORS THINK
as well as the lesbian and Sign across from Artists Space Photo: Ellen B. Neipris
gay community,which
gay [art) work, and the AIDS crisis."
ove-rlap considerably in New York.
At a press conference
last
Aldo Hernandez of Art Postive, aWednesday, Inverna Lockpez, thegroup that fights censorship
andPresident of the National Association
homophobia
in the arts and hasof Artist's Organizations, an umbrellaalready called for Frohnmayer's resiggroup for artists, accused Frohnmayer
nation, said Frohnmayer's initial decof allowing the "perception·to evolve
sion was a "clear case of trying tothat he is caving in to homophobic
keep up the invisibility of lesbian andtactics of a few congressmen."
The arts community appeared
united on several fronts, including auniversal endorsement of the "peerpanel process" used by the NEA todetermine funding prioritie~. Manyfrom the arts community took Frohnmayer to task for not upholding theprior determinationsof the peer
panel that approved
the Artists
Space exhibit.
. Paul Richard, an art· critic at The
Washington Post, characterized theexhibit as relatively "innocuous andmild" compared with .the build up in
the press. "Sure .it's art," he. said
adding that hypocrisy and sanctimony
have been prevalent in politicians
dealings with the art world.
The re;iSOn, he said, was due to"fearof below the belt issues, a fear
I'hoto: Ellen B. Neipris
See NEA on palle 64

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17

News"You don't bring your lover to a troop meeting"

Lesbians in the Girl Scouts

as campers or staff, and work their
way up in the organization,· said Jane
Austen, a 26-year-old Midwestern lesbian Girl Scout camp director, who,
like all of the women quoted in thisarticle who are still involved with the
Scouts, spoke only on condition ofanonymity. "Most of the women I

by Jorjet Harper"Many, many girls fall in lovewith their counselors,» said Sheila
Zelenski, who has directed Girl
Scout Camps in Illinois and Wisconsin. "The reason is that thecamp environment
allows you toexperience things outside of yourself.
When you go to camp you've leftyour everyday life behind.·"Lots of dykes get into the scouts

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FIGHTING INVISIBILITY
know who are lesbians and work for
professional
Girl Scouts are fromcamp, and move up the ladder fromthere."
Zelenski, who left her job with

the Girl Scouts early this year to work
for another service organization, cautions that this isn't always the case.
"There's a perception that camp is sodykey, so butch. Right away a lot of
people who are homophobic think,'girls "learn it" there-it'salwayscamp people: But there are lesbians
in all phases of Girl Scouting,whether in outdoor programs,
urban programs, training leaders,at the national staff level and thecouncil level. Every single area
has lesbians in it.·Up the Ladder
The Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. has
about 750,000 adult members, almost~
entirely women. About one percent is
paid professional
staff, and therest-troop
leaders and local level
administrators--arevolunteers. The
organization's national headquarters is
in New York; 334 local councils cover
every geographic area of the country.
Surely there are enough former
Girl Scouts/current
lesbians for an
entire story of their own. But there
are also gay women among the leadership and volunteer ranks of theorganizations as well.
While there is obviously no way
to verify the figure (see sidebar),
Karen Gotzler, a Milwaukee businesswoman who worked as an administrator at a Midwestern Girl Scout council
for four years, said that among theGirl Scouts' paid professional staff, thepercentage of lesbians is much higher
than the often cited ten percent estimate of the general population.
Lower down in the Girl Scouthierarchy, toward the level of troop
leader and local volunteer, Gotzler
observed, one is more likely to findheterosexual
mothers, "whereas if
you're talking about the professional
staff, the percentage of lesbians ismuch higher. Let me give you a roughesJ,imate-I'd say at least 30 percent.
I'm trying to be fair. My first instinct is
to say more than half, but keep inmind that 1 was more likely to seekout those lesbians. So there probably
aren't as many'as I like to believe."
Pat Reddeman, who worked fortwo different Girl Scout councils in'
the late 70s and early 80s, agreed. "I'dsay there's a very very high percentage of lesbians that are hired as professional Girl Scouts, and for obvious
reasons: Most lesbians are single orsupporting themselves or dependent
on their income and therefore needcareers. It's a great organization towork for because you're working predominantly with women; and lesbians-or
let's just say unmarried
women--are a lot more mobile than amarried woman who has a family andis tied to a town because of her husband's job.""Professionally speaking," said
Eleanor Roosevelt (not her real name), a
40-year-old lesbian from California who
has been involved in the Scouts since
she herself was a Brownie, "I think

what drew women to the Girl Scouts foryears is the chance to be a professional
in a field that had more opportunity. In
the Girl Scouts there really aren't many
men to deal with, as there are in teaching, where principals, typically, are men.
But in the Girl Scouts, it's wide open for
women, and the top positions are held
by women. It's a very feminist philosophy. And that's one reason, crrtainly,that I loved the Girl Scouts--it wasteaching girls to be independent."
Roosevelt, who worked for anumber of years at the national headquarters in New York, also agreed withthe roughly one-in-three figure. Girl
Scout Headquarters has a staff of 500.
"At the national office there are a
lot of older lesbians who wouldn't in a
million years come out," said Roosevelt. "TIley may not even be lesbians
sexually, but they are woman-identified from day one, and have lived withother women their whole lives."
Zelenski also thought the 30 per-cent estimate was about right, andagreed with Gotzler's view that they
are clustered in the administrative
jobs.'"1 think there's a fraction of volunteers and troop leaders who aregay, but the majority are straightmoms. But 1 also feel that ~ome ofthose volunteer moms who are mar. ried and in the heterosexuaf schtick
are lesbians. who are frustrated, andthe companionship and camaraderie
and the, feelings they get when theyinteract with other leaders is their wayof fulfiliing that part of their being."
Another resbian, working in aSouthwestern state, estimated that inher council the percentage of lesbian
paid professional staff was "maybe 70
or 80." But another said that she works
in a council office with 16 employees,
and there were only "three of us.'
There are definitely a few lesbian
troop leaders, too. Ann Johnson
became a leader, as is often the casewhen her daughtersbecame old

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enough to be Girl Scouts. She was atroop leader for six years in a Midwestern blue collar community.
"I didn't hide that I was a lesbian,but I didn't advertise it, either,· she
said. "You don't bring your lover withyou to a troop meeting, for instance. I
know that if most of these parents
had known I was a lesbian, theywould have pulled their girls out of
my troop."
Johnson said she knew of threeother troop leaders in her council
who were lesbians, said they all felt
similarly. "We try so hard to comeaway from those old myths, but they
still exist-thefear that the children
will be harassed.
"I love working with kids, I
always have. They're easier to communicate with sometimes thaI'! adults.
,It's the parents who have the prejudices." Johnson, now a grandmother,raised two natural children and 12
foster children-mostof whom were
troubled teenage boys when they.arrived at her home. All of her children know that she's a lesbian, and,she said, "they all come home for
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"If anyone point
blank asked me, I
would never lie tothem. But surprisingly enough, nobody
ever asked."
Virginia Woolf(not her real name),a troop leader in
Texas who has beenwith the scouts for40
years,
also
believes she would
lose her troop if parents found out she isgay. But she too, has
never been asked.
"In their heads someof them may know,
but as long as it's
not brought up, they
can live with it," shesaid.
How do lesbians in the Girl
Scouts find eachother? The. same way
Photo: Patsy lynch they do everywhere
else. They meet inconcerts and at bars, they wear somekind of pin or symbol and see whocomments on it, they "throw aroundtelling innuendos." And especially,
they meet through other lesbians.
"When I first took the week-longtraining in 1975,· said Gertrude Stein(not her real name), who worked in
the scouts for ten years, "we pickedup the roster of who was thereabout 30 or 40 of us-and we'd start
checking off people who were gay.
Then every time we'd go to an executive staff meeting or to the national
conference, we'd get the roster anddo check marks." With typical Girl
Scout pluckiness, it became a thing todo that involved more and more players. "We began calling it 'the checks,'
and if you walked by someone andsaid 'check,' that meant you knew
they were gay.
"We had an elaborate scheme. To
be a check you had to be for sure.
We had slash marks for people wethough were but we didn't know.
Then we had X's: people we thought
were, but they didn't know. Andzeros, for people we wished were,
but weren't. We used to go to the"'1national conventions-six
or seven
thousand women-anddo this, andlaugh and hoot and bring people infrom all over the U.S. and just have agreat game of it,· said Stein.

A Closet Stuffed with Cookies
Lesbiansin the Girl Scouts
work in a paradoxical closet: eventhough there are more of them thanin most work environments, manyof them feel that fact creates addedpressure
to stay hidden.
Onewoman told me that if all the lesbians' quit, the organization could
not go on. On the other hand,
many lesbian Girl Scouts say they
believe that if they came out, theorganization would become thoughtof as lesbian-run, and lose all its
funding. "It's not like the Catholic
Church, which will still have plentyof money· even if all the lesbiannuns come out,· said another.
Consequently there is a very high.
level of homophobia within the organization itself, despite its enormous
lesbian population.
"There's no way that the board
would tolerate an awareness that
there were lesbians on the staff,
because the people in the communities would not accept that. It's thesame as if they found out a teacher
was a lesbian," said Harriet Tubman(not her real name), 31, who works
for an East Coast Girl Scout Council.
"A lot of people have an image ofwhat Girl Scouting is and what it
stands for, who would never thinkthat a prof~sional Girl Scout could bea lesbian.""[ am of two minds about being
closeted,"said California's
Roosevelt, "because [ felt we needed toprotect the Girl Scouts. We need tobe sure lesbians are in there and to
do that we have to hide them. They
are the strongest women around.teaching girls to be independent.
They have the strongest feminist
values within themselves personally. [ think uncovering them would
shut it all down. You have toremember who the supportersofthe Girl Scouts are-thechurches
who give the meeting space, andthe conservatives.
Ultimately,I
think the issue is the funding

sources. When you really look at
lesbians go out of their way to wear
who funds the Girl Scouts, you
heavy makeup and such just to disneed to be careful.·guise any hint of being dykes,· said
Ten-year veteran Gertrude Stein another current Girl Scout council
was the only one who disagreed with
employee.
this scenario. ·1 don't think Girl Scout·"The higher up you go the more
ing would fall apart if it were to recparanoid people get,· Milwaukee's
ognize that some Girl Scouts are
Gotzler added. "But I think that's
lesbians. I think to a lot of people
gradually changing as younger people
that's fairly well known already.·
move higher up the responsibility
But make no mistake about
ranks, because they are a little more
it-these
women are scared. Not a likely to be out." In fact, said Gotzler,
single one I spoke with who is cur"there are some councils where nearly
rently employed by the organization
all the professional staff are lesbians.
felt she could use her real name in But as with any minority group, when
this article.
there's a problem with any employee"I need to tell you that I'm sensiwho's a lesbian, typically they blame
tive about this. We're talking about
her lesbianism and not the actual
my career here and the way I feed
problem."Some councils, each of which
my family,· said Sor Juana Inez
Ramirez de Asbaje (not her real. .operates more or less autonomously,name), who currently works for a are reportedly considering revisions incouncil in a western state. "To dotheir affirmative action statements toinclude secular orientation. But mostsomething to expose the Girl Scoutsof the lesbian Girl Scouts I interin conjunction with lesbianism is likeviewed see no likelihood that theyslitting my own throat. Nobody
would hire me in this country, a.n~ will be able to be more out in thethat's really the bottom line. I hav!,! foreseeable future. Many of them told
witnessed
incidents
in my are'ame that the situation can change"only as society changes.· "Rememwhere a rumor has literally destroyedber, we're talking about apple pie, thea family in Girl Scouting. So the dan·flag and scouting! It's going to take ager of talking about sexual orientation is extreme.·
long time."
Still, the degree of openness"I don't think you can realisticallyvaries from council to council.
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News

Abortion Rights Activists
Mobilize in D.C.
Pro-Choice Forces Look Towards 1990 Elections
by Cliff O'Neill
WASHINGTON-At
a massive
rally at the Lincoln Memorial, andat over 1,000 smaller gatherings
nationwide,
abortion rights advocates gathered Oct. 12 to put legislators on notice that, should they
not support laws protecting abortion access, they will pay a priceon Election Day.
At the largest of the day's rallies,
hundreds of thousands flocked to the I 1.
Lincoln Memorial to call on thenation's politicians to support abortion rights.
There, national abortion rights
leaders joined members of Congress
to declare the Nov. 7 election resultsin New York City, New Jersey and
NO CHOICE DEATH
Virginia, where pro-choice candidates
Faux marble monument on DC mallhammered anti-abortion Republicans
at the polls, as a harbinger of things
podium to support rights as did a
to come.
myriad of other pro-choice politiCians.
"Read my lips George Bush,'
Among them was Sen. Bob Packwood
blared one sign, ·We'll remember in (R-OR) who, along with Sen. Alan
1992.» alluding to the president's antiCranston (D-CA) will be again introabortion stance and his recent veto of
two bills allowing more liberalized
funding for abortions.
·We say to the political leadership of this country and to theSupreme Court and particularly to
President Bush, we will not go back,'
bellowed Molly Yard, president of the
National Organization for Women.
Yard and others all called on par- by John Zehticipants to support only pro-choice
WASHINGTON-Thousandsofcandidates in future elections and to pro-choiceheterosexuals
rallying
specifically put their weight behind
here November 12 were challenged
the four pro-choice women who will to broaden
their movementbybe running for governor in the 1990 matching homosexuals' support for
gubernatorial races.
their cause with pro-gay and antiOne of those women, former San AIDS activism.
Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein,
The result would "institutionalwho will be running for governor of ize' privacy and enlarge the scope ofCalifornia next year, also took the the reproductive rights. struggle for all=

Photo: T.L Littducing a bill which would ban statesfrom limiting access to abortion
before fetal viability, or afterwards, if
the life of the mother is in danger.
S•• ABORTION ACTIVISTS

on page 24

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AIDS, Lesbians

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November 26, 1989\

people, promised Urvashi Vaid of the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
"Stand with the gay and lesbian
freedom movement," she said in her
first speech to a huge crowd as
NGLTF's executive director. "If you
are our allies, Ich us move beyond thestatic 80s policy of coalition into a
dynamic 90s politic of being true
partners for social change."
Vaid, who was a last-minute~
addition to the speaking scheduletyranny and terror of the closet," sheand did not appear on the program,
said. "We will win by holding true tosaid it was fitting for a lesbian toour vision of freedom, justice, liberaspeak because her sisters "havetion and self-determination
for all
worked hard and moved the propeople."choice agenda forward at every
Wary of recent privacy-related
level.· The mobilization to educate
decisions by the ·U.S. Supreme Court,
people about pregnancy options and
490 groups were listed as supporting
the power of increased
political
the action. "Lesbians and gays have a
involvement had been encircled in deep, visceral understanding of thecontroversy, partly because key lesimportance of the right to privacy,"
bian participation had been uncersaid mobilization
director
Sheri
tain.
O'Dell of NOW, the events' primary"It is past time for you, our nonsponsor." Roe v Wade is grounded in
gay friends, to commit the same supt~e right to privacy, a right which all
port to our urgent struggle for justice iand equality,· Vaid said from a platform just outside Lincoln's statue.
"Our presence ... linked in arms withyou ...is a signal of a new relationshipbetween movements for freedom in a
new era of political cooperation andinteraction ..."
Vaid asked for help from the,pro-choice
movementon thesefronts:• Vote anti-gay politicians out of
office,.
II• repeal sodomy laws in 25,
states and D.C.,
I• speak out and help organize!
when hate-motivated harassment andviolence erupt and. • help keep gay and lesbian civ;trights ordinances on the books.
"We will never return to the~.--~of us have a stake in, not just
women. The Supreme Court in 1973
decided Roe, recognizing the right toan abortion.
"NOW welcomes the support
that gays and lesbians have demonstrated for the reproduction
rightsmovement. Their work has had a significant and beneficial
impact,·O'Dell said.
But New York City's ACT UP(AIDS Co:;tlition to Unleash Power)"refrained"from endorsing
until
mobilization leaders promised lesbianpresence on stage. "We believe that
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NOW does not recognize lesbian and
AIDS issues as part of the reproductive rights agenda ...[and], historically,
NOW has not recognized lesbians as
being equal members,· said ACf UP's
Garance Franke-Ruta prior to NOW's
adding Vaid to the platform.
NOW okayed a resolutionin1971 recognizing that lesbians facea double oppression.
In 1975, it
made achieving
lesbian rights anational priority. Four years later it
endorsed the first National March
for Lesbian and Gay Rights. Other
resolutions affirmed its support for
lesbians'
rights In custodyandadoption efforts, in the military andin teaching or other work with children. A survey last month by The
Washington Blade of 12 national
women's groups showed that NOW
employs a full-time staff member
working on lesbian issues.
"AIDS activists are firmly committed to the [pro-choice]issue
because there will be no self-empowerment in the AIDS movement if
women are not allowed to control
their bodies,· said Steve Busby of
ACf UP/Boston. ·People with AIDS
[PWAs] are also confronted with theissue of having control over theirbodies. It's unlikely a PWA will havecontrol over what drugs he or she
will [be given, or when] if women are
denied the right to make decisions
affecting their own bodies," he said.
"To a large extent, women's
rights issues are gay and lesbiancivil rights issues," said· McFeeley,
HRCF's new executive director. "Byworking in coalition with women's
and eivil rights groups, we not only
advance efforts toward equal ity ingeneral, but speCifically for gays,
lesbians and people with AIDS.·
The Pennsylvania House in late
October became the first state legislature to pass a bill limiting abortions. It requires a 24-hour waiting
period before the operation, forbids
one after 24 weeks unless life isthreatened and requires notificationof the husband except in special circumstances. The state Senate took
up the measure the week after themobilization. ~-Tracey Conaty contributed tothis article.

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November 26, 1989

ABORTION ACTIVISTS 'rom p.ge 22

As has now become the custom
with D.C. demonstrations, event organizers estimated the crowd at 300,000
strong, while U.S. Park Service offICials
put the cr.owd at half that size. L~tApril's event was estimated by organ~ers at 600,000 while Park Service officials gave out a 300,000 estimate.
As they did last spring, anti-aboriton forces again filled the grounds ofthe Ellipse with miniature crosses andStars of David as what they called thememorial to the ·unborn innocents."
About 30 anti-abortion protesters helda small vigil throughout the rally.
As a memorial to the women
who have died from illegal andunsafe abortions, abortion rights
activists came up with their own tribute, a large imitation marble facsimileof the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Flanked by the photos and stories of
six women who have died of illegal
abortions, the "Unknown Women's
Memorial" was surrounded with flow-

ered wreaths and an almost surreal
silence.
One of the women, identified by
the pseudonym "cathy," was shown
only in silhouette. "'cathy' ...didn't want
to disappoint her parents or friends,·
her story read, "so she told no one
when she realized she was pregnant.
To avoid getting her parents' consent,
she self-aborted. When she became
seriously ill, her parents, who had no
idea what was wrong, rushed her to theemergency room. IIIand in severe pain,
as she was, "cathy" kept her silence
while doctors gave her an antibiotic
and sent her home where she died.
"'Cathy' was a victim of Indiana
law PL-106 which requires parental
consent for an abortion,· the placard
said. "Cathy" was 17.
The inscription on the wooden
memorial was equally stark. "In memory of the courageous women who'died from illegal unsafe abortions
because they had no choice,· was all
it read ....

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Dinkins'
gay agenda,
part IINEW YORK - In keeping withhis promise to genuinely reflect thediversity of what he likes to call New
York's "mosaic" population, a gay
man and a lesbian will sit on mayor
elect David Dinkins' 21-member transition committee.

DAVID DINKINS

Photo: Miriam Fishman
Thomas Stoddard,
executive
director of the Lambda Legal Defense
and Education Fund, and Marie Wilson, executive director of the Ms.
Foundation for Women, a commissioner on the New York City Commission on. Human Rights and a memberof Lambda's board, will join 19 othernotable New York political figures,
including Dr. Mathilde Krim of theAmericanFoundation
for AIDS
Research, in recommending people tofill high-level jobs in the coming
Dinkins administration.
Stoddard said he hadn't expected
the invitation and was "a bit startled"when he received a phone call from
Dinkins himself inviting him to thepanel's first meeting last Wedesday atnoon.
The New York civil rights lawyer
called his and Wilson's appointments

26

OUTTWEEK

November 26. 1989

a coming of age for the lesbian andgay community; arlPing, "We are permitted to participate
in the mostimportant decisions that a government can make, and at the highest
levels."
While Dinkins' inclusion of thegay community came as no surpriseto her, Wilsop also expressed wonderat her own appointment, which she
called "an exciting opportunity tohave some input." She said she cameaway from Wednesday's meeting with"a real sense of history and opportunity," adding, "I'm thrilled that gay
people have a chance to be a part ofthat history.""Mr. Dinkins' intention, when theselection was made, was to include
representation of all groups, especially groups that have been historicallyunderrepresented,·
Dinkins spokeswoman Anabel Franceschini told Ou/Week. "There are a number of gay
and lesbian individuals in key positions in the Borough President's
office, and he intends to keep thispolicy in his new administration,· she
said.'- Andrew Miller

Wellcollle
welcollles
unwelc0 lIle
LONDON-Wellcome, the British
drug company that AIDS activists say
overcharges for the anti-HIV drug
AZT, has provided $1.5 million tofund a comprehensive British surveyof human sexual behavior.
The survey-the first of its kindsince Alfred Kinsey's landmark study
in 1948-had been nixed by Britain's
conservative
government because
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher felt
the questions would be "an inappropriate intrusion into people'S private
lives. "But the Wellcome Trust, a charity
which owns 75 percent of Wel1come,PLC (known as Burroughs Wellcomein the U.S.) quickly approved thefunding when approached by the survey's steering committe~.
"The results will be vital for theunderstanding of sexual behavior,·
explained Trust director Dr. Peter
Williams. "There are no reliable andup-to-date facts on the subject.·
Known as the "National Surveyof Sexual Behavior," the two-year project will question
20,000 adults
between ages 16 and 59. According to
Capital Gay, a London gay newspaper, "once the survey is complete it
will replace the 'Kinsey Report' as themost comprehensive study of humansexual behavior. And, as Mrs. Thatcher may have suspected, it will reveal
facts about sexuality, abuse and'deviancy' which some people would
prefer to keep buried.·-Rex Wockner

Wall fall
WEST BERLIN-As millions ofEast Berliners cross the Berlin Wall
into the West, what are gays and lesbians doing with their new freedom?
Shopping, of course.
"It's difficult to speak in general,·said Jorge Schultz, a staffer at West
Berlin's gay radio station Eldoradio,"but for the most part, gays do what
everybody else is doing-endless
shopping. The gay places are completely overcrowded with very curious East Germans--certainly the sex
shops because there's nothing likethat in the GDR [German Democratic
RepublicJ.·
Since the East Germans havevery little hard currency and erotica isvery expensive in Europe, what dothe East Germans do in the gay sex
shops?
"They just wander around inamazement,· said Thorsten Bratek, aclerk at Bruno's Sex Shop on West
Berlin's main shopping street, theKurfurzstendamm.
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"But they are completely astonished," Bratek continued. '''How is it
possible?' they ask. 'I've never seen somany openly and obviously gay
things!' they say. They don't know
where to start-withthe videos, themagazines, the sex toysr
Bratek estimated that 6,000 East
Berliners passed through his store in
the first three days the wall was open.
If porn is economically out of theEast German's reach, many gay andlesbian pubs and clubs are not.
According to Schulze, the clubs operated by activists are accepting East
German marks on par with West German marks.
"Everybody knows they don't
have any money," Schulze said. "In a
lot of places, everything is just free."Mann-a-Meter, West Berlin's gay
switchboard, has received "hundreds
and hundreds" of calls from gay East
Germans, according to volunteer
Bernd Steinhauser. "They want every
single detail about the subculture," hesaid, "where to go, what to do, howmuch it costs."
The Lesbian Information hotline,
however, has not received a single
call. Volunteer Rita Stueber said she
believes lesbian East Berliners arecontacting
womenin the Westthrough private channels.
On Nov. 12 Eldoradio broadcast
two hours of interviews with gay East
Germans. "The fundamental question," according
to Schulze, "iswhether they will now spend theirevenings in the West or use theimpressions they get here to try toestablish the same things in East
Berlin."There are two gay organizations
in East Berlin, under the auspices of
the Communist Youth association.
According to Schulze, the city also
has a gay disco, two gay pubs and an
unofficial gay restaurant. A number ofsmaller gay and lesbian groups are·connected with churches.
West Berlin's gay newsmagazine,
Magnus, has had three reporter/pho-28

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November 26. 1989

tographer teams roaming the streetsof the city and plans to publish extensive reports on the East German invasion later this month.
According to the Nov. 15 Daily
News, newly-appointed East German
Premier Hans Modrow said the Berlin
Wall would stay open but remain
standing to keep out AIDS.
-Rex Wockner

NY artists

read thisNEW YORK-The
Fund for
Human Dignity, Inc., the national gay
and lesbian education organiziition,
has announced that it is accepting
proposals from lesbian and gay creative artists in New York State who
seek funding to pursue their work in
1991.

The Fund will apply for grants
for selected individuals to the New
York State Council on the Arts, as it
has done for the past five years, acting as middleman to help the individual get throughthe process ofapplying for the grant.
"The arts are the soul and spiritof our community," Fund Executive
Director Sherrie Cohen told Out Week.
"We are pleased to help nurture andprovide support to the people who
often provide inspiration for all of us."Past recipients of grants include
historian Jonathan Katz, authors Irena
Klepfisz and Darrel Yates-Rist, photographers Bob Giard and Mariette
Pathy Allen and filmmaker Richard
Schmeichen, who directed the academy award winning The Life and Timesof Harvey Milk

The Fund for Human Dignity wascreated in 1974 as the educationalfoundation of the National Gay and~esbian Task Force, and currently
operates the nation's only toll free crisis line, 1-800-AIDS-800,which reaches out to over 2,000 callers permonth. The Fund also conducts edu-

cational workshops, operates a comprehensive resource center of lesbian
and gay educational materials, andimplements the Positive Images Media
campaign which seeks to educate themedia on community concerns.
Interested individuals have until
January 1, 1990 to submit a resume,cover letter indicating the creative
project they would like to pursue in1991, and relevant samples of theirwork to: Lesbian and Gay Arts Program. The Fund for Human Dignity,
666 Broadway, Suite 410, New York,New York 10012. For more information, call (212) 529-1600.
-Keith Miller

Gay in twincities
ST. PAUL-Gays
and lesbians
should benefit from the recent municipal elections in Minneapolis and St.
Paul. Progressives within the Democratic-Farmer-Labor(DFL) party
strengthened their hold on politics
here. Twelve of 13 Minneapolis city
council seats, and six of seven St.
Paul city council seats, will be held byDFLers.
Openly gay Minneapoliscity
council member Brian Coyle (DFL)
was easily re-elected with 80 percentof the vote. Two incumbent city
council members were defeated byprogressive DFL candidates.
Pat Scott (DFL) defeated theflamboyant Barbara carlson (Ind.), a
proponent of domestic partner rights
who once gave her children condoms
for Christmas. Jackie Cherryhomes(DFL) narrowly defeated Van White(DFL), the first Black man elected tothe city council.
The DFL retained
the twomayor's offices. Minneapolis Mayor. Don Fraser, who faced only token
opposition, was easily re-elected. St.
Paul city council member Jim Scheibel(DFL) won his campaign for mayor

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against Bob Fletcher, an independent
candidate with Republican ties.
Scheibel's election is particularly I.......
~~
exciting for lesbians and gay men. He
is a strong supporter of gay rights,
and his election should ensure thereinstatement of st. Paul's gay rights ~~Iordinance, which was taken away in
a 1978 initiative and referendum vote.
Progressive
DFL city council
members are certain that there areenough votes to pass domestic partner
benefits for Minneapolis city employees. Members of the city's civil rights
commission are lobbying for a citywide domestic partner ordinance.
-David Anger,

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Drawing a parallel between the
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Obituaries
Cookie Mueller, Actress, Author
and Critic, Dies at 40

Photo: Nan Goldir
Cookie Mueller died in New Yorkon Friday, November 10, of cardiac
arrest due to AIDS. It was just twomonths to the day after the death of'her husband,
cartoonist
Vittorio
scarpati, also from AIDS.
. Wild flower-child,visionary,mother, writer and actress, Cookie did
not fall easily into any category. She
would caJl herself bisexual, but that ishardly an adequate description for her
far-reaching personality. Open minded, strong wHled and soft hearted, she
could put a smile on the face of themost dour tragedienne. For Cookie, totake a disturbing situation and turn it

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into situation comedy was a sublime
act for which she had an adept facility. In her hands bad times became·merely awkward passing moments.
And though she never became veryrich or completely famous, Cookie
was always successful as a woman
who lived fully and without' compromise, aided, abetted and adored bymany in the gay community.
Cookie blew into town in the
mid-1970s dressed in sling-back highheels and a black monkey-fur jacket,
her son Max and their two dogs in
tow. Having already achieved cult status through her hysterical, slightly
lisping performances in three of John
Waters' most head-spinningfilms,
Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos
and Female Trouble, she then conquered the environs of Christopher
Street. With her vixen eye-makeup
and trademark tangle of white-minxed.high hair, she had a flamboyant, irre. sistible sexy style. Even those who
couldn't appreciate it were felled byher humor and unselfconscious
warmth. Not exactly a humble person,
she was nonetheless always generous:

the worst she could say about those
she judged harmful-the
homophobes and bigots-wasthat they
were "stoopid."
She established her reputation in
New York as a madcap heroine of theundergroundnightclub scene byappearing at Max's Kansas City in the
1976 BB Steel Revue, a boozy quartet
whose members included Dreamland
Studios favorites Edith Massey, Susan
Lowe and Cookie's longtime partnerand companion, Sharon Niesp. Soon
afterward she began writing the holistically inspired, parodic letters column, Ask Dr. Mueller in the East
Village Eye. She gave readings at the
Pyramid
for the gay magazine
Straight To Hell on a regular basis
and, boosted by these, later became apopular feature of the St. Marks Poetry Project.
Lacking any formal education,
she used her native intelligence andbenevolent spirit to acquire and disseminate, in t
He Art And About column for
Details magazine, her very special
view of art and the people who makeit. For seven years she found in thatspace a forum for her considerablesocial conscience as well as a chance
to display a gift for art-world gab.
Cookie was also a prolific andlargely unrecognized writer of wonderfully funny, gentle short stories.
They appeared in Bomb magazine
and the anthologies Just Another Asshole and Wild History. She also wrote
three books: How To Get Rid Of Pimples; Fan Mail, Frank Letters andCrank Calls and the forthcoming
novel Walking Through Clear Water
In A Pool Painted Blue. Read themand one easily discovers the sharp wit
and fondness for the lost soul thatmade her so endearing.
When she died, though deep in acoma and tortured by very laboredbreathing, she winked her goodbye tothose gathered beside her. It was a fitting gesture from an amazing woman
who provided our often sad times
with instruction, entertainment and awhole lotta heart.
-linda YablonskayaIf you have sex with other men, no matter how infrequently,
always use latex condoms.
Because once is all it takes to transmit theAID5 virus.
.
50 protect yourself ... and your partner. For more information, call:

AIDS Hotline 718 485-8111.

(l)Ci1Y 01 New York. Edward I. Koch. Mayor Stephen C. Joseph, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner, Department 01 Heahh.

SPENCE from page 15

others to make a sacrifice if you are
not ready to do the same. Life is duty.
God bless America.
P.S. To the Ritz, please forgive
this inconvenience."
As Spence had arranged theroom's other bed and a chair in frontof the door, to prevent anyone fromentering, police officers had to saw
through the door to enter the room.
The Washington Post reported
Nov. 13 that shortly before his death,
Spence had called a friend of his in
Virginia and stated he was going tokill himself. Yet, when the man called
the hotel to warn them, hotel officials
did not find Spence's name on theregister. Apparently, Spence had registered himself a "C.F. Kane," the leadcharacter in Orson Wells' Citizen
Kane, Spence's favorite movie.
A conservative power broker once
primarily known for his glamorous D.C.
parties where he played host to the government's right-wing power elite,
Spence became more infamous earlylast summer when the conservative
Washington Times began a steadystream of stories about him. Linked to amale escort service under investigation
for credit card fraud, Spence was reported to have been among the service's
biggest clients, at one point spending$~,OOOa month on the service.
The pipe-smoking Spence was
known as an unusual figure who, once
profiled in The New York Times as a
powerful right-wing lobbyist, became
increasingly bizarre by telling people
he was an agent of the CIA and thathis parties were bugged for blackmailpurposes. On one occasion he listed
his occupation as "millionaire."
Reports of his taking secret midnight tours of the White House, hisbeing given a piece of Truman china
and his alleged bribery of a White housesecurity guard led to Spence's sudden
disappearance once the 5tork:ssurfaced.
On July 31, Spence was arrested
in a New York City hotel room alongwith a male prostitute and charged
with possession of an illegal weapon
and a small amount of crack cocaine.
Soon thereafter, in an exclusive
interview with The Washington TImes,
Spence revealed that he had become
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AIDS and had been contemplating suicide.
A day after he was found dead,friends of the late scandal figure madeavailable to The Washington Post avideotaped goodbye made by Spenceand sent out to his friends two weeks
before his death.
Having ordered a video produclion firm to tape a seven-minute"video postcard," Spence sat in his
leather chair and rambled about hisdog, the charges against him and his
life, but made no reference to any
intentions to kill himself.
On the video, Spence jokedabout his Maltese, which he said wasmaligned by the press as being a Terrier, and lambasted The Washington
Times, which he called "a local cultowned newspaper," a reference to thepaper's connections
to the Rev.
Moon's Unification qlUrch.
As enigmatic in death as in life,
Spence spoke of the "puzzle" of his lifethat no one would ever figure out, ending with, "I'll close by telling you 'I'm
sure that in the end the truth will comeout and this too shall pass. Now, I may
be naive about my optimism, but I'm an
American, proud of my country andconfident of the fairness of its people.
So take heart, good friends, and sharethat pride and that confidence with me.
Good ni,ghtand God bless." ...
-filedfrom
Washington
KRAMER PLAY from page 13

is happening in."
The Normal Heart, which was
written in 1983 and first produced at
the Public Theater in New York Cityin 1985, has had over 600 productions around the world, including
broadcasts
on state televisionin
Poland and the Soviet Union. In Ireland, the government felt its message to be such an importanteducational
tool that it paid for atour of the play around the smaller
towns outside of Dublin, according
to Kramer, who called the events in
Missouri "another example of theunbelievably
deeplyembedded
homophobia that has allowed AIDS
to remain unatte.nded."
Kramer said the school's administration, including President Dr. Marshall Gordon and Dean of the School

TI
of Arts and Letters Bethany Oberst,
have "been terrific," adding that"they haven't budged an inch" intheir support of the rights of theater
students to produce the play. Representatives of the ACLU reportedly
informed university officials that aFirst Amendment
suit would be
brought against them should theplay be cancelled.
Because of the controversy, theeight scheduled performaces of theplay sold out in just three hours. The
local bookstores also report brisk
sales of the book version of Kramer'saward-winning
autobiographicalchronicle of the beginnings of the
AIDS crisis in New York City, which
includes scathing indictments of,among many others, the administration of lame duck Mayor Edward
Koch and the established gay leadership of that time.
And Paul Kincaid, a university
spokesperson,
said the play's run
would go on as scheduled. "We're in it
for the long haul," he told OutWeek,
adding that he himself liked the play.
"It's very powerful, and it raises aware·ness about AIDS. No one can go in
and watch that play and come out feel·ing that it promotes homosexuality,"
but conceded that even it he felt it had,
he would still support its presentation.
Ironically, the incident occurredjust two days after a benefit readingof the play in New York with Colleen
Dewhurst and Brad Davis, that raised
thousands of dollars for the AIDS
Treatment Registry.
A fund has been established, andthe university is helping Evans withhousing, clothes and food, and the local
Red Cross has offered to pay his firstmonths rent and buy him new furniture.
"I feel like a poster child," Evans joked.
Many famous actors and playwrights have attended the university's. well-respected
theater
department, including Lanford Wilson, Kathleen Turner, John Goodman
andTess
Harper,who
returned to the campus last week
to lead a protest against Citizens
Demanding Standards. Springfield
is in the southwestern
corner of
Missouri, east of Wichita, Kansas
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Political Science

In The Belly of the Beast
ACT UP Crashes the A.C. 1.G..
by Mark Harrington

T

he East German authorities
opened the Berlin Wall withmore good grace than thoserunning the U.S. AIDS Clinical Trials
Group (ACfG) displayed when ACf
UPlNew York arrived in Bethesda for
the ACfG's quarterly meeting. NIAID
Director Dr. Anthony Fauci had invited
ACf UP twice, but his deputy, Dr, Dan
Hoth, who heads the ACfG, .
desperately attempted to rescind the invitation. ACf UP
had already concededtoHoth's request not to go in
July, and they weren't goingto wait again.
Dr. Hothvented his bureauaatic spleen
at the opening plenary seSe
sion, going out of his way topolarize the activists from thescientists who conduct the
ACfG's myriad clinical trials.
In an enormous
ballroom, packed with 820 peo·
pie who live off the hundreds of mil·lions of dollars dispensed annuallyby.the ACfG, Dan Hoth mounted
the rostrum to give ar) opening pep
talk. After lavishly praising the preliminary results from trials 016 and019-trials whose data still has notbeen released, five months after they
were announced in a press confer·ence--:.Hoth segued into another; farless comforting topic:So

Tbe issue of constituency representation at the AcrG has been preclpated by ACT UP/New York.
Against our will, they have sent
four representatives who are here
today. We did not invite them andwe wish· they were not here.
Nonetheless, we did not wish to provoluJa physical confronJatton by at-

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tempting to secure their exit. They
will not be permitted to talk in anyof the meetings.

·

the National Cancer Institute (NCr).
The ACfG should be renamed the
AZf dinical Trials Group, for that is virHoth thus poisoned the atmotually all it has effectively tested. When
AZf's antiviral activity was discovered insphere before the meeting evenbegan. The activists, along with an In1~, the ACfG refused to test it, saying
stitute of Medicine panel charged withit lacked the capacity. So the Phase I
investigating the ACfG, were forbidtrial was carried out at the National Q:mden to attend about two thirds of thecer Institute (NCI) and the Phase II trial
meetings,
includingcommittees
was carried out by the manufacturer,
where most of the research on opporBurroughs Wellcome, itself.
tunistic infections was discussed. The
Once AZf was approved, howevACfG system thus remains shrouded
er, the ACfG threw itself enthusiastiin secrecy detrimental to its own recally into AZf trials. At one point lastyear, just about 90 per~ent of, the 7,000 people enrolled in
ACfG trials were' in AZT trials.
Over half the total subjects werein the recently suspended trials
016 and 019, testing AZT in
people with early ARC or with·out symptoms.
As San Francisco Dr. Don·aid Abrams noted last week,these trials, in aggregate, de·layed the progression to AIDSin about 44 of their 4,200 pa·
tients-abonanza for Burroughs Wellcome, since 1,000
search effort and to the lives of peopeople might take AZf to delay AIDS
ple living with AIDS.
in 10. As Dr. Abrams said, "Burroughs
One would think the ACfG has
might welcome a false positive result.·
something to hide. It does-its own
The most egregious scandal of
massive, bloated, costly, bureaucratic
the complicated series of AZf trials istrack record of failure, The outrahow long it has taken for scientists togeous fact is that people with AIDS
admit lower doses of AZT are better
have gotten very, very little from the . than the high dose prescribed for thehundreds of millions of dollars spentlast three years. One researcher adon AIDS treatment research in the . mitted last week that "We have found
1980s. Not one new drug has emerged
no dose of AZf so low that its efficafrom the ACfG system to treat any of
cy is extinguished"
the complications of HIV infection.
In other words, thousands ofWhateyer drugs have emerged-alphapeople have developed anemia andInterferon for KS, aerosolized penneutropenia, become blood-transfutamidine for PCP prophylaxis, DHPG
sion dependent and been forced off. for CMV retinitis and the treatment
sight-saving
drugs like DHPG or
INDs for EPO and DOl, have emerged
life-saving cancer chemotherapy befrom pharmaceutically·sponsoredrecause the dose of AZT was unnecessearch or, in the case of DOl, fromsarily high. Trials are not being de-signed using as little as 150 mg/dayof AZT (50 mg every eight hours )way down from the 1,200 mg/day
generally prescribed.
So is the ACfG rushing out an"AZf Advisory" telling people to cut
down the dose? No-it is rushing out a"DOl Advisory" warning people about
DOl's side effects to scare people awayfrom the expanded access protocols
and into their controlled DOl trials.
Moreover, the ACfG is gearing up to
blame the activists and the Parallel
Track expanded access program for all
its own problems. Accrual in the new
DOl studies was delayed for weeks by'bureaucratic obstac1es--changes
indosage formulation, protocol revisions,
repeated IRB approval and delays indelivering drugs to the trial sites-while
the expanded access program signed
up about 1,000 people. It's not our fault
that their system is so slow and unresponsive. Yet one researcher "applauded the vigilance" of the investigators
who are monitoring accrual zip-code by
zip-code to see if people who "should"
be signing up for the controlled studies~.reopting for expanded access instead.
When will these people wake up
and realize that the old days of coercive trials with narrow inclusion criteri~ and cruel restrictions on drugs
taken off protocol are orxm
In the meantime, the ACfG isputting most non-DOl or DDC studi~
on hold for the next nine months.
Their old data analysis center at Research Triangle Institute in North Carolina proved unable to handle the volume of data generated
by AC1'G
studies. Now data will be sent to Harvard's Sratistical and Data Analysis Center (SDAC). But for the meantime, nomajor trials for any new treatments for
the OIs will start for nine months. Saving the lives of people with AIDS
seems to be the last thing on the
ACfG's mind-after all, not only lives
but millions of dollars in research
grants and pharmaceuticalprofits,along with careers and articles in prestigious medical journals are on the line.
We could let them know how wefeel next June, in San Francisco-but
it would be better for everyone if we
did it a whole lot sooner. 'Y

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Please do NOT ignore this letter.
It works! Let's help keep the world
safe for Social Change!!!

Commentary by Susie DayT

Wo weeks ago, I wrote ashort column suggestingthat lesbians make moneyby using, not losing, our highlyevolved politicalprinciples.
Today, not one of us is any richer. So I have decided that wemust widen our horizons andembrace brave, new methods ofmoney-grubbing. Mail fraud andextortion, for instance:

This is NO JOKE.
Little Katinka Lundgren, a sevenyear-old Norwegian farm girl, did as
this letter requested, and, within one
week, received a spanking new fallout shelter, her very own capsized
Russian fishing trawler and a Fullbright Scholarship to the North American university of her choice! Zsa Zsa

Dear __
This letter has been sent to
individual human beings who
possess the ability to do a betterjob of goverhing
the UnitedStates than the entire Bush administration. So far, it has gonearound the world nine times andshows no sign of stopping!
You will receive GOOD
LUCK within one week if you
make 20 copies of this letter andmail them to anyone who wants
to stop AIDS, house the homeless, get the U.S. out of Central
Gabor, on the other hand, "forgot"
America and hang Jesse Helms upside
about this letter, and now has todown in a meat locker for not lessthan ten days. GOOD LUCK will fol- make amends to the entire lesbianprison community. Ex-factory forelow. Then, to insure your GOOD
man Bob Overstreet of East Lansing,
LUCK, mail a check for $11.95 to theMichigan, spitefully destroyed this let·National Coalition for the Economic
ter and awoke the next morning to
Liberation and Defense of Lesbians
discover that life had passed him by.
Especially
Susie Day (NCFTELADOLESD).
Seven days later, Bob died. Bob was
not what you would call a superstiDo not keep this letter. IUmust~.
leave your hands within 72 hour'!;!. , tious person, either.
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Dear Ronald McDonald:
You homewrecker. I hate yourguts. You have just broken up a fiveyear lesbian relationship.
Remember Brooklyn?-Your
inperson appearance in the parking lot
at the McDonald's just off the B-QE?-After the show?-Behind
yourtour bus???Well, that was MY GIRLFRIEND you were messing with,
Baggy Pants! Lucky I had my camera
with me.
I should have suspected something the day my ex started talking
about the Golden Arches being aform of ancient female symbology,
and what a cool guy you must be not
to be threatened by that. But I can't
live in the past ...
I think you should knowthat the entire Brooklyn womyn'scommunity is talking about flying
out there to McDonaldland andtearing the sesame seeds one by
one off your disgu·sting little
buns. They say they won't tolerate one more lesbian getting involved with one more straightwhite male clown.
Me, I tend to be a bit more
moderate. The way I see it, youhave two choices: EITHER yourshockingsqueeze-fest
getssmeared across the cover of The
National Enquirer (U'Ronald McDonald Made Me Feel Like a
Real McWomon!,' Sighs Former
Lesbo"), OR you can put $25,000
in a plain brown paper bag andleave it by the dumpster in that
Brooklyn parking lot. Do this before next Thursday, or you will
never see. your reputation again.
You Can Run But You Can't Hide-HTheSagarisN
P.S. I have the McNegatives.
They're not McPretty
So how about, fellow lesbians?
Let's stop yearning and start earning.
Since it's so hard to be selective, we
may as well have it all. Later on, we
can figure out what to do with it. T

GLAAD Tidings

Anti-bias Group Targets:

Texas
Homophobes
The Texal! State Commission on
judicial Conduct is about to give bigots the green light to go out and beatup, or even murder, gays.
Earlier this year judge jack
Hampton of Dallas stated that he gavea lighter sentence to a convicted murderer because the victims were homosexuals. In a published interview atthe end of the case, judge Hampton
stated that, "These homosexuals, byrunning' around on weekends picking
up teenage, boys, they're asking fortrouble. I don't care much for queers
cruising the streets picking up
teenage boys." He added that, "I put
prostitutes and gays at about the samelevel. And I'd be hard put to [sentence someone tol life for killing a
prostitute .•The judge's statements provokeda national uproar in the lesbian andgay community. Gays demanded that
Texas' Commission on judicial Conduct investigate the case.
Now, in a preliminary report released to the press, an investigator forthe commission has stated that thejudge "would be impartial in any casethat came before him,· including
those involving victims and defendants who were homosexuals.
The only thing more blatantly antigay and pro-bigotry than the judge's
original remarks is the strong chancethat the rommissioil will rondone them.
Tqere is one fact we can takeheart in: the decision is preliminary.
If we make enough noise, we may beable to reverse it before it's announced later this month.
Help us let the commission knowthat the eyes of the nation are onthem as they prepare to trash thehuman rights of gays and lesbians. No
words can be too strong in the letters
you send to them. Write to:Robert C. Flowers, Exec. Director;
TX State Comm. on Judo Conduct; PO
Box 12265; Capitol Station; Austin,
Texas 78711

Censoring ofPentagon
ReportNothing upsets homophobes
more than the truth about gay people.
The most recent proof of that is a battle in Washington over a report prepared for the Defense Department entitledNonconforming
SexualOrientations and Military Suitability.
A couple of years ago the Pentagon set up a research center tostudy whether particular personality
traits correlate with people being
good or bad security risks. The center
was asked to study the security risk
posed by gay people in the military.
Their report found that gays pose no
greater security risk than straights,
and encouraged the Pentagon to rethink its entire policy of banning lesbians and gays from the military.
The Pentagon is aghast at thischallenge to its anti-gay policy-a policy that is being challenged in courts
throughout the country. The military
has not accepted the report and has
tried to keep it confidential. They complain that the scope of the report goesway beyond the question originallyasked. But, as its author notes, if thereport had supported instead of undermined current policy, the Pentagon
would have welcomed it with open
arms and would·be trumpeting its conclusions in the media and the courts.
While certain
membersofCongress have read the report, it isstill not available to the public. It
should be. Homophobes in the Pentagon have no business supressing
the truth about gay people.
Congressperson Patricia Schroeder of Colorado has been leading thefight to make the report public. Weurge you to write to her to support
her efforts, and also to urge your local
Congressperson to join with her. The
address for both is:
U.S. House of Representatives;
Washington, D.C. 20515.
-Craig Davidson
and Karin Schwarcz

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FLASH,INFASH'IONPASSION
Fashion. The coolest of us say we don't care about it. Then we spend hours trying to ,getthat mussed up, care-free, "I-don't-give-a-shit-about-my-clothes" look.
Let's face it: As lesbians and gay men, we have a bizarre and close link to style. For manyof us, it's our way of telling the rest of the world what we are, since, unlike other oppressedminorities, we aren't always so easily pinned out. So, the boy puts on earrings, the girl puts
on combat boots and-BINGO! Instantly a fag and a dyke!
From CoCo Chanel down through Jean Paul Gaultier, we have always been the fashion makers. We've consistently set style and we've constantly been copied, ripped off, exploited.
But!hey, this Is one of our "special contributions" to society, right?--even if we don't get any
damned credit! We grin, bear it and fly on to some all new trend. -'"We'll always corne up with something fresh. "Style is in our blood,
we tell ourselves,' "from when we were kids".
.--.,-'- .In fact, as children, many gay men found themselves obsessedwith women's wardrobes, causing quite a few of us to stand In frontof the living room mirror we-aring mom's high heels. Some of us
never took them off.
And now, many dykes are coming out of the closet about t~elr
secret concem with what's hanging In their closets.
Okay, so the haute couture collections are examples of how
men oppress women In a sexist society by forcing them to dress In .
ways that men want to see women-as sex objects. Okay, so noneof us can posslb!v afford any of the clothes which are mad~ for andsold to our oppressors-the ladles who lunch. Okay, so many of~
the clothes just aren't right for us anyway, even If we could afford them. Okay, 10 the entire
fashion Industry is one big money-making machine.
'.
'.
..ut let's just stop being so picky for a moment. Fashion Is fun, and a lot of UI admit topartaking of Its whimsical pleasures. We want to see the collections and we want to talkabout style, style and more style. We're hooked. FashionJunkies who Just can't seem to findthe Grace Mirabella Clinic for The Terminally Trendy..
"
So now, Out Week talks fashion, with George Wayne covering the doings of the designers
and the voyeurs of next season's apparel, while a specially selected group of OutWeek con~trlbutors gives the real dish on being queer and looking hlp.
:....Mlch.l.n •• lo Sllnorll.
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A Gossip'~·Eye.ViII. oltheNew York Collections

rat_ "~sby .eorge Wayne
WOIJHAHEIIRERA, The Plaza Hotel" We opened the season with a collection
the blue-blooded Venezuelan contessa said
would herald "a new modernity:" But poor
Herrera was. ha;ving delusions of grandeur,for hers ,.was one of the worst offerings ofthe,;seasot:l.' The tired black linen dresses
with which she opened the show lacked
ins'piration, and it went aU downhill forher from there. The series of evening
gowns inspired by the Faberge egg-can
you ·imagineproved too much of astretch for Carolina'. And she showedsome'gariSh evertirig gowns of chiffon that
only the likes of Imelda Marcos and herdaughter could possibly Want to wear. It
wasn't all had however. She showed a fabulous hearts and stripes adorned day suit,an~ her gazar cocktail dresses. were gorgeous ...It:l fact, the outfit of the show camefrom this series: number 36, a fabulous
fuchsia" orange, pink gazar .plaid dress.
wi~h a flowing chiffon caftan which the
Kenyan model Katoucha worked flawlessly down the runway:
The fashion bessies too, were out in full
forte' for th~ very disappointing Herrera presentation .. When 1 gOt to the show, theknock-knee~ Bianca Jagger, dressed,in a very
ordipary black pants outfit was pacing thecheck-ip" desk trying to fmd her assigned
seat, £stee).auder.was there; the uptown
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LUSCIOUS CINDY CRAWFORD AT GIORGIO DI SANT'ANGELO
designer Kenneth Jay Lane were there as was Ivana Trump whom I almost did not recognize atfirst glance. My God! Ivana looked 20 years younger. Did she have a face-lift? That was one of
the more peninent questions of the season.
Grade D for dud.

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THE BOYS ON SHAMASK RUNWAYMICHAEL KORS; West !4th Strut Loft
In retrospect, the Michael Kors show was not as bad as thought at initial viewing. It wasn't
that bad, but it wasn't that special either. At times it looked "very Mart Jacobs' or "very Isaac
Mizrahi." The designer's biggest failure was his inability to deliver "The Michael Kors woman."This show lacked the designer's personal signature. Elsa Klensch, the famous CNN fashion
reporter, was more diplomatic, however, and thought the show "very preuy, very modern,right in step with everything that's happening." There were some very cute, very fresh pieces
from this Kors Collection like the chocolate/white gingham cotton gaberdine apron dress andthe long shirt coats. And he did play the song of the season in his show-Tracy Chapman's"For You."
Grade B for brillia~t knock-offs.
CAROLYNE ROEHM, The Plaza Hotel
Carolyne Roehm showed up rival uptown designers like Herrera and her mentor Oscar dela Renta. This was the second best show seen all season. Carolyne Roehm is now a fashion
heavyweight; a leading American designer (for the very, very rich women at least) as we head
into the next decade. Her designs, simply put, are haute couture ready-to-wear.
Last season she seamed to take some inspiration from Singapore, this year it was Nairobi,
showing a series of wonderful safari wear. Iman, whose mother Maria was in the audience
wore a gorgeous lace trimmed silk caftan over this long sleeved dress. It was just one of many
ecstatic moments. Ivana Trump was again at this show, and it was here that I heard from an
Ivana insider that yes, Mrs. Trump has undergone extensive facial refurbishing. ·She had everything done, I'm pretty sure it was in Brazil: the wag told me, "and she changed make-up consultants." Rumors continue to swirl about Donald Trump's philandering. The latest tale has him
buying a Mercedes Benz for former model Carol Alt. Poor Ivana is feeling the pressure to 'keep
up with her tycoon husband. Barbara Walters was also at this show looking terrible. Ivana

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should defwtely give her the name of her plastic surgeon.
Grade A for absolutely gorgeous.

MICHAD. LlYA, Mlnlllqun 1h0Wl00lll West Sick
Michael Leva's show was. a rather disappointing event, and he failed to catalyze on his very
good fall show of last season. I hated the turf of artificial grass on the runway, and the clothes
were a bit too young and immature. This leading downtown designer did not have the polishand execution of last season. He did, however, play Twiggy's "To Sir With Love" as one of his
runway tunes. Hot choice.
Grade C for can do better!

ROHAlDUS SHAMAStf, Puck IIIIIdnS
This fashion show had the most controversy surrounding it of any this season. Ronaldus
Shamask divorced himself form the business partner Murray Ross ~!\d the company which stillholds his designing name-Moss/Shamask.
Moss/Shamask went for tb! power play and decided to host a fashion show under the Ronaldus Sharnask label even though Shamask had madeit vehemently clear that he has nothing to do with this company nor this collectiOn. Even so,strong Cl.\morhad it that Ronaldus Shamask himself was backstage during the show, although
he did not appear at show's end to take the designer's customary accolades as the Top 40 tune
"Sowing the Seeds of Love" by Tears For Fears, played ironically enough over the sound system. It was a surprisingly great presentation nonetheless. The energy level was high in the
Puck Building. Things were very informal; fashion mavens were eating candy and fruit, photographers were traipsing across the runway in search of better vantage points. The models
cavorted and flashed their tits during the show. It was defll1itely the campiest presentation of
the season. Shamask, as usual, had the gorgeous boys, the only New York show that regularly
features men, and he used one of the Hot boys of the moment, Nicholas. I loved most of the
stuff which held on to that fresh, colorful Shamask signature. Ronaldus Shamask always goeshis own way, and it most always works. The Shamask show had the best lighting of any, all
the better to closely analyze Iman's orange hair. What happened lman, is the California sun
bleaching it out? You know she moved to L.A. to become an "actris."
Grade A for great effort.

Imrt

JOHNSON, '..ons School of Design

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BETSEY JOHNSON'S SPRING TRIP

its zany comic relief. This one was no exception, though I saw only one thing that was at
all wearable, and only a drag queen fromNew Jersey would want to wear it. The show
was titled "La Boudoir de Betsey" whichmeant Miss Johnson,
who was on stage
throughout the show, took us through various stages of the day from "Wake Up Time"
to "Cooking Tune" with clothes she considered appropriate. There is nothing worthy toreport about this show. "This is more like a
fashion nightmare,·one photographer
shouted during the collection.
We loveyour energy and your show-music Betsey,
but you and your clothes are a bit too
much. Great give-away T-shirt at show's
end though, which moved Betsey Johnson's grade from a D to a C.
Grade C for crassly insane.
GIORGIO dl SANT ANGELO, Lower Broadway
Penthouse
The Tribute Collection to Giorgio, whodied earlier this year was just wonderful;very beautiful and very, very Giorgio. The
most gorgeous silk gauze and mousselinefabrics were used in the most brilliant colors-turquoise,
sapphire, carnelian, putpie. "My style does not change, it evolves,·
the designer said almost a year before hedied, and his
chosenone, the new
designer Martin Price, has done just that.
Giorgio, I'm sure, loved this collection
from wherever he was watching.
Grade A for absolutely darling.
ANGEL ESTlIADA, Lower Broadway Showroom
Yetr.another'-ghost collection"thatcame off very, very well. The -death of the
Spanish born designer Angel Estrada of
AIDS earlier this year has forced his
younger, even shyer sister Virginia Estrada
into the limelight. She has taken over thedesign reigns for the House of Estrada andpresented an absolutely sensuous, elegant
collection very much in the mold of her
brother's
sultry,sexy,
sophisticatedevening wear. Silk crepe, chiffon, organza
were the ruling fabrics, and Ms. Estrada
held on fumly to the tried and true Estrada
formula, but more importantly, updating it.
The music was eerie but perfectly in keeping with the mood of the show. Everyone
loved it, and I ~as more than shocked tosee the usually heartless
photographer
from Vogue magazine,
Roxanne Lowill,
crying her eyes out at the end of thisshow.
Grade A for Amazing Effort Virginia.
ISMC MlZRAH~ Mercantile Building
Isaac Mizrahi is America's new fashion
king. It is as simple as that. The show was
90 minutes late, but the buzz and the roar
during the show rivalledthat of any
Rolling Stones concert. Everybody was at
this show except for maybe Isaac's L.A.-

THE BRIDES OF ISAAC MIZRAHI

based boyfriend. You should have seen "Miss" Andre Leon Talley,creative director of Vogue, on "her" cellular phone. "Who are you
calling, Madonna?" I shouted. It was Oscar de la Renta he was calling. Waiting for the show, I discussed with a wag the marriage ofMary McFadden and her boy-toy husband, a Columbia art history
student. The wag informed me, that whatever I may think, Mary
McFadden and her young husband are trying to make it work.
"They actually share the same bedroom, and they actually sleep
together, and have sex, yes they do.·Suffice it to say that Isaac was a standout. The trio of linen
and ribbon dresses were a knockout and the gazar coats for
those grand entrances, the peek-i-boo jackets, the slight wrap
skirts, the denim trench coats were just hot, hot, hot.
Grade A for Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!

~I

GEOFFREY BEENE, Pierre Hotel
Paloma Picasso was in the front row at this show. She "justloved" Mr. Beene as everyone always
does. Maybe that is because the fashion
bible, Womens Wear Daily, hates him soby Sydney Pokorny
much, and treats him so badly for no
good reason. As usual, Mr. Beene had
For some of us, It Is a granci passIon. A slmplc shopping trip In whIch we arcstrains of his unusual deft, understated
ece of fabric (velvet, leather, Ivcra,
Hlzcd by a relentless desl
genius throughout-slits
and cutouts in
cd to hold every lequlned or
11Ik, rayon, etc.) We.
the most usual places. "Mr. Beene underthe rack of metallic sparkle
stands the power of negative space,embrotdered Jac
anatomical interstices are for him theoverload. For those of
shIrts. We lav,
most compelling body section,· his proeate the clothcs we
us who IUff~gram revealed. The fashion mavens didn't
love arc I
all stand in unison for a grand ovation, as
Butthey did last season, but when Mr. Beeneof ourtwaddled down the runway at the end of
na Is thc Coco
Coco.
the show there were many smiles andas
MadonnaIIofthc muroars of satisfaction.
'omcn proving
not a grut s)nger. 1hc
Grade B for blessed genius.
s pursuit ofthat a highly visible Ie ability to
ISABEL TOLEDO, Lower Broadway Showroom
fame Is often ,xpcrlcnccd the
Isabel Toledo had the best downtown
IUstaln a highcollection of the season. She js charting
h men, numeroul
Itenderd plight
al liberation, how- . her own course and continues to growlovers end a despm
from strength to strength with every cola·bc, whllc Coco's
ever, one dlffcrcnce'
lection. She does the best things' withnumerous lovers Inc
denim; gives it sophistication and polish
Madonna's publicist
1hc whole wan'which very few are able to emulate.
h~r own dcslgnl.
thought of It. Coco wa! .
Isabel Toledo may in fact be consideredught Into
Coco encouraged the bcl
the American mistress of denim. Lace wasthcs
the Idea that she could be
her other fabric of the season. She pretook
sented a series that gorgeous women
Coco did. Lately, the wanna
could wear from day into night. A very
over thc House of Chancl. Lagcrfcld ovcrstat,ancl
smooth, advanced presentation from thendItylel faux gold chains, gold lami, embrold .
very consistent Isabel Toledo.
transparcnt fabrIc.
Grade A for Appeal! Appeal! Appeal!
Maybc It Is a latcnt uniform fctlsh,
1':-

HOT BOY MODEL AT RONALD US SHAMASKA lesbian's Lust For Cocotime I visIt (I am rcally only a tourIst In C
edges, the collars and those cutc IIttlc
You have to love a woman whtook an cntlre gencratlon of kin
You have to love a woma
likes ·Women arc not flowers
woman should be ablc to •clry Isn't meant to m~1
thing. My Intention (5 sl
Iklrtsl "Who
they
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KENI VALENTI, Seedy SpaceThis was the most low-budget New
York fashion show I have ever attended.
One can't fault Keni Valenti for trying,
but honey, where did you find thosethird-rate models? And that awful soundsystem, and that dingy space to show
your wares?! I don't think even Sears
Roebuck would want anything from thiscollection either. "I want to be saleable,"
Me. Valenti exclaimed in his program.
Well, child, you have a very long way to
go before achieving that goal.
Grade D for dog collection .....

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tOOKO[T

MANHAlTAN

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1•• 1988•....

Teufel stays put
Signs with Mets for two years

ON THE GRlDOLE: Cold-handed
Ken O'Brien should be warm all over. The QB
is getting a lot of heat from the Dolphins and media for nor scoring when hefailed to dive at the goal line Sunday against Miami.
P..... _.
p ... 82

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While the more PC New York Newsdaywent with the headline, "Jets Defend O'Brien's Honor,- thehomophobic, misogynist sports editors at the Dally News opted for, -Jets: Ken's No Barbie, - on theback page, while inside the headlines blared, "Macho do about O'Brien, - and "Take it from Phil: Ken's
No Coward."
What's it ail about? Apparently super hunky Jets quarterback Ken O'Brhm began running with theball, heading for the end zone to score a touchdown, but stopped just short of scoring, and planted afoot on the goal line. It was, according to some, a way of avoidIng being hit and tackled by oncoming
players.
And so, the Dally Hews has decided that this kind of behavior merits calling Ken -Barbie- and thatsuch cowardly acts are IIkcncd to bchaving IIkc a -fag- or a-girl. - This from mcn who obsess about
and playa sport whcrc boys bump and grind, touch and fecI, "go for a pass," -scorc," "tacklc- andbcnd ovcr with thclr Icgs widc opcn so that othcr mcn can reach bctwccn them. Go figure?

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LOOKOur

Herb Ritts, director of Ms. Ciccone's muscle-flexing extravaganza -Cherish,· seems to be on a mad whirl. Here,
Jody -Stili A Thrill- Watley, bathed In Rlttslan blanche/noire, poses for the Gap In what can only be described
as a paean to our beloved sapphlstry. Dig her. Doc Martens, tom Jeansall asplay, the short, new bob, the tattoo. Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous.
-Sarah Pettit

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UT

OF

MV

HANDS

O
DearBrad:My friends, Teddy and Tommy,
who think everybody in the world
should be as happy together as they
are, had been trying forever to fIX me
up with Oiff who works at Tommy's
agency.
Since I've never been
involved in one of these setups thatwasn't an utter disaster, I kept declining. Last March the three of us were
supposed
to meet for dinner.
Unbeknownst to me, they invited Cliffalong' and then made up some flimsy
story about having tickets to The
Pajama Game and rUshed out of therestaurant. I could have killed themfor such a shabby stunt but, surprisingly enough, Cliff and I hit it off andbegan dating. A month ago I agreed
to move in with him.
One Sunday afternoon, Cliff was
out walking his dog, Coefficient, and I
decided to make room on one of thebookshelves for my Robertson Davies
novels. I happened across his highschool yearbook and, naturally curi-

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ous to see what he looked like then, I
searched out his picture. To my horror, the only activities listed under his
senior photograph were four years in
the math Club-two of which werespent as the Captain!!! The yearbook
flew out of my hands, the room started spinning and for several dizzying
minutes I thought the earth would
open up and swallow me. Oh, if only
it had. Just then I heard Coefficientrunning down the hallway and I barely managed to hide the book andcompose myself before Cliff walked
in and asked me if I was ready to go
to lunch with Teddy and Tommy.
All through the meal Cliff sat
across from me, telling jokes andappearing so perfectly normal, while I
fought back the urge to rise up andscream out his dark and. evil secret.
Tommy asked if anything was wrong
with me and Oiff said, "Wrong? Why
he's as right as a 90 degree angle,"
and I broke my water glass.
Ever since that accursed day, mylife has been suffused with dread. Eachnight, after I'm sure diff's asleep, I takeout that yearbook and force myself toread those ghoulish words again andagain and try to understand how I
could have been so blind. Sooner orlater Cliff is bound to discover that I
know the truth-as it is I cringe every
time he approaches
me-andI'mafraid of what he might do to me then.
I gave up my rent-controlled studioand have nowhere to go. Besides, nomatter where I run, Coefficient knows
my scent and is probably trained to
track ,me down. I thought about asking
Teddy and Tommy for help but then I
remembered how strangely insistentthey were on this match and can only
wonder how much collusion may be
involved. You're my last hope. What
can I do?
-Trapped
Dear Trapped:
First of all, you can stop blaming
yourself for having been deceived.
While the mathematically inclined are aparticularly devious lot, which resultsfrom all those years spent solving story
problems, the bitter fact is that all men
are inherently treacherous. Think about
it: aren't you now endeavouring toconceal something yourself? Remindme some day to tell you of a time
many years ago-a time that could
have been merry and bright-when I,
too, was be8Hiled by a man and, as aconsequenc~ witnessed the absolute
destructionof my hopes and my
dreams and a Steuben vase.
Secondly, far be it for me to dictate one'spersonal choice of literature
but if you must read Canadian novels(and no one says you mustj theCanadians certainly don't read them)
you can do far better than Robertson
Davies. I'd loan you my copy ofMichael Ondaatje's In the Skin of aLion but Maria Maggentj hasn't yet
returned it.

TI

By Michelangelo Signorne
I sometimes wonder what Tina
Brown is really like. Is she a nice person? Or is she the self-serving homophobe her magazine presents
her as?
As editor in chief of Vanity
Fair, Brown resides over an
empire of fags who seem togrovel at her feet. The host of
gay men who work as editors at
VF seem not to want to offend
their almighty power-monger-inchief. Though I truly hope they
have more integrity, it's quitepossible that they're as self-hating and as greedy as some ofthe other dykes and fags who've
been criticized in this column, in
w~.ich case they would probably
just let everything pass in a desperate attempt to GET TO THE
TOP AS QUICKLYAS POSSIBLEWITHOUTROCKING THE
BOAT.
The December issue of VF
is a case in point. It is quite distressing to open the magazine
and turn to the 1989 Hall of
Fame (a feature which, according to VF, profiles "the men andwomen who made the eighties theMedia Decade"), and find not one living, openly gay man or lesbian profiled. Of course there are at least fivecloset cases, a couple of murderers, a
few homophobes, a freak, a sexist pig(and a partridgein a pear tree?)among the 25 or so listed. These are
the people we're supposed to look up
to. The fact that the only openly gay
person they salute, Andy Warhol, isdead, says a lot about what Vanity
Fair thinks of gays.
Most grotesque is the little quip
in Malcolm Forbes' write-up, in which
they call him "Elizabeth Taylor'S boytoy." Give us a break! And even moredisgusting, insidious and downrightsuicidal, is the inclusion of self-hatingrecord company presidentDavid
Geffen. Think about it: A bunch of
so-called "out" fags at Vanity Fairsuggested and/or allowed the magazine to herald a 'self-Ioather who, forlove of money, spent the decade promoting homophobes
like Guns N'
Roses and Andrew Dice Clay-bands
and individuals who told America's
teens to hate, despise and beat up"fags" and "queers" (and VF gives him
a pat on the back for pushing those
two acts specifi~ally). Geffen did thiswhile claiming that bands and comedians have First Amendment rights tofree speech and that it wasn't hisplace to silence them. Yes, and I'msure he'd have let them spew venom
about "niggers," "spics" and "kikes."
No way, because that would havecost him dollars, since racism is unacceptable. But fag-bashing? It's downright chic! Just read Vanity Fair forthe proof of that.
Then there's the inclusion ofRoger Ailes, a vile man who has,dozens of times, spouted the most
homophobic
rhetoric of the past
decade. VF, glorifying this horrificcreature on two pages, even quotes

him saying to Bush at a coaching session, "'There you go with that fucking
hand again. You look like a fucking
pansy,'· without attacking him formaking such a statement. Ailes is a
man who spent the decade building
up the monsters in power whose
neglect is responsible for the deaths ofthousands of people. A man who
allegedly tried to strangle an AIDS
activist at a Giuliani fundraiser!
Wonderful,' Vanity Fair, just wonderful. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG
WIlli YOU PEOPLE!WHAT SORT OF
BIZARRE DENIAL ARE YOU IN? Do
you think that hom phobia is acceptable or that it doesn't really exist?
Do you think that the AIDS crisis
will just simply "go away"? Or doyou simply excuse yourselves bytelling yourselves, "I'm just doing
my job," the way many Jews during the Holocaust told themselves the same thing?
Ms. Brown, whole communities-populations
numbering
into the millions-are being systematicallywiped out by ahomophobic, racist, sexist government which doesn't give ashit about them. Why can't you
attack the American government
regarding its neglect of the AIDS
crisis with the same vigor thatyou attacked the British government about the damned museums? Museums! In an end-ofthe-decade issue you simply forgot about the occurence of thelargest epidemic in the history of
the modern world? An epidemic
which wiped out tens of thousands of people? An epidemic which
took so many of your own friends, somany people you also loved? An epidemic which will take so many more
people you love and respect?- Is it
because they are the wrong people?
Not the Reagans, the Buckleys, theTrumps? To battle AIDS we have tobattle homophobia. Gay men and lesbians must be visibre-on
yourpages, not just behind your word
processors. And there should be noplace in your magazine to glorify
homophobes, just as-presumablythere is no place to glorify racists andother hate-mongers and murderers.
Do the right thing, Tina. T

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Social Terrorism

Photos by Erich Conrad-NO COMMENT-

P.t 'ucklq

look .. -lIk. on St. M.rles P"c.

ON WHEN THE SAINTS, GO CRUISING IN...
Scott Morgan at th. Saint's r.op.nlng

LETME SHOW YOU WHAT I'VE DONE WITH THE PLACE
Atlanta's Dick Richards at "'.'son Sullivan's IMmorlal
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LONDON CALUNG
Th. Pop Tarts at "'.'son Sullivan's IMmorlal at th. Limelight

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TEENAGERS IN LOVESTICK IT TO ME, BABYRob E, Denise and the Boxer Shorts Beauty

Susan and Emmanuel/e Joined at the hips/

HEY, I ONLY WORK HERE
Romy, the Cubby Hole coatcheck:;.:;

THE HORNEY CORNER
Cubby Hole denizens

SITIIN' AND P:PICKlN'
LIz, Phyllis and their new picket fence

Film

In Vito Veritas
by Peter Bowen-There is that scene from Queen
Christina when Greta Garbo asksof news from Spain, but confesses,'I have never been there ...oniy inmy thoughts.' John Gilbert says,'But you speak of Spain with suchnostalgia.' And Garbo says, 'One
can feel nostalgia for a place one
has never seen.' 1 often think thatlesbians and gay men are doingthat [at the movies). They are feeling nostalgia for something they
have never seen. themselves on thescreen."-Vito Russo

I

flesbian and gay identity is
grounded on making the personal political, Vito Russo has, formany of us, made the political personable. As a gay man, a film historian, an
AIDS activist and a person living with
AIDS, Vito has transgressed the borders which separate personal life frompolitical practice so many times thatsuch borders have become unspeakable. His formidable book and film
program, The Celluloid Closet, not only
came out of his position as a gay man
who loves films, but has engendered
for many lesbians and gay men anunderstanding of how their identities.
have been constructed-if
not closeted-by Hollywood films.
As one of the first books to bringto light the shadowy position of lesbians and gay men in cinematic representation,
The Celluloid
Closetprecisely
identified
theways
Hollywood sought to represent lesbian and gay identity, while repressing
positive images of gays and lesbians.
Moving from the equally odd and lyric
image of two men gracefully waltzingin The Gay Brothers (1895) to independent film's attempt (without anxiety) to introduce the lives of lesbians
and gays, Vito's work chronicles
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Vito's work has, for the lessenlightened, consistently been illuminating. After a panel on film, David
Denby told Vito that "you reallyopened my eyes to these representations because I review films all thetime, and I also make political comments about how Blacks and women
are treated. Now I am going to look out
for lesbians and gays." When The
Celluloid Closetcame out in 1981, Gene
Siskel, according to Vito, "ran a threefull page Chicago Sun Times interview;it was revelation to him that homosexuality had not been discussed."(Needless to say The New York Times
never reviewed the book.) Even Larry
Kramer confessed to Vito, "I sawall
those films; why didn't I see that?"
Why didn't he see them? Why
don't we? For Vito, our invisibility is
everywhere around us to see, if only
we knew how to look for it, "My
responsibility is to wake people up towhat they are seeing. A perfect example is the film No Way Out. No Way
Out was a very popular film and I
have had disappointing experienceswith gay men who are perhaps notconscious, when I would say, didn't itbother you that the slime-bucket,
sleazeball villainous character was thegay character, and then he dies. And
then they say, 'Oh yes, there was that
one little thing, but wasn't it a greatfilm.' They are not trained to see it. In
fact, they are trained notto see it."Curriculum Vito
Growing up in East Harlem-witha shortstint
in Lodi,New
Jersey-inside
a lower middle classfamily, Vito was given the chance to
see the differences (racial, ethnic, sexual) which gave sense to people's
lives. He too recognized his own difference, but, "for some reason, I didn't
buy into all the oppression. I knew
somehow that they were full of shit,
and something so natural for me had
to be right." And right he was. For
although his family came from poor
immigrant stock and could never give

him the culture and education others
had, they were smart enough to learn
to accept and support him over theyears.
After college, Vito's future started
to come together in the shape of a project. Enrolled in graduate studies at the
newly formed Cinema Studies department at N.Y.U., Vito was also an active
member of the Gay Activist Allianceand had recently been hired by thefilm department of the Museum of
Modem Art. Strangely, it was a straightman, Willard Van Kyke-the head of
MOMA's film department and Vito's
boss-who
inspired The Celluloid
Closet. Pulling Vito aside one day, Van
Dyke told Vito, "You're interested infilm and you're active in the gay rights
movement. You should be the one towrite the book on gay film."
As in some real life version of a
black and white success film, V-lnKyke
invited Vito to speak at a conference in
New Hampshire about film theory withAgnes Varda, among others. From there
Vito has gone on to give thousands ofpresentations at film institutes and conferences around the world, each timechanging his talk slightly to address thesubtle and dramatic changes in film history, gay politics and his life. Movingfrom underground gay films to recent
successful independent projects (MyBeautiful Laundrette, Desert Hearts) tothe paucity of AIDS films and thewealth of AIDS video, the additions anddeletions from his program havebecome a telling history of the lesbian
and gay movement in the last ten years.
Vito's transformation from a scholar
studying the celluloid figures of gays
and lesbians to a prominent gay figure
himself-a
figure who now often
appears on film-was realized in an
uncanny and telling episode while filming Rob Epstein'S Quilt documentary,
Common Threads. After Vito narrated
the prominent role of Willard Van Kyke
in the making of The Celluloid Closet,
the cameraman appeared from behindthe camera in tears.
"Willard Van Dyke was myVito Russo

Photo: Stephen Stew'!rt

father," )le explained.

V.ni. Vidi. Vito
Working on his film project from1972, the. book finally rryaterialLzedin
1981 after extensive archival- researcharid numerous interviews. At thattime, explains Vito, "there was- nobook besides Parker Tyler's bookScreening the Sexes, which explored
gay images on screen. I wanted towrite an accessible book that covered
mainstream cinema, much like thework that had been done in womenstudies and Black studies. The idea
germinated in 1974-1975. Eighteen
publishers turned down the book,before Harper and Row agreed to
publish it...the initial response of publishers was that there was no market
for this book, which I thought was
exceptionally short-sighted, because if
you count gay people and film
freaks-who will buy anything about
movi~here
was a market."Indeed Vito's book had hit on amarket which would by the 1980s
open up immensely. In 1981, however, Vito's book, along with Edmund

White's_ States of Desire and Andrew
Holleran's Dancer from the Dance
were the only "gay" books which soldover 20,000 copies. While fiercely criticized from certain lesbian/gay corners (for example,
the Marxist/
feminist editors of Jump Cut), it's
st~aight-forward style and enormous
scholarship continue to make it a profoundly important book.
Controversy
has always surrounded Vito's pragmatic approach totheorizing sexuality and gender identification in film studies. From 19711974 Vito's film series at the Gay
Activist Allianace Firehouse wasfrowned on by many for showing"straight" films. But Vito's screeningsand discussion of heterosexual films,
such as Two for the Road and The
Women, not only provided a safe
space in which lesbians and gays
could re-claim their right to spectatorship, but also provided the discussionin which gay people could begin tounderstand the construction of gendered identities in film. And moving
out of the theater and into the streets,
lesbians and gays took up an invita-

tion from Shirley Clarke, during her
presentation of Portrait of Jason, tolearn-on-Jine editing and film productJon in order to begin to document
their own struggles and histories.

Quo Vito
During the intermission
at arecent performance of Gypsy, three
unknown men, at different times,
came up to' Vito and hugged him forhis recent performance in Common
Threads. At other times, men havetracked him down for sex because of
his notoriety. Vito has. become a figure paradoxically as sexy and as distant as the images he describes. In
Vito's coming out and going to films
at the ~me time, I cannot help wondering about. the integral and confusing connection in Vito's life between
sex in films and sex at films. How,
perhaps, in high schooL the heavy
hand of some strange man dropping
into Vito's lap during a pivotal sceneof some film would present choices
which Vito would spend the rest of
his Jife trying to reconcile.
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Film

Going Backwardin the Outback

ined pseudo-Masonic cult of rulingclass Australian men.
Mark Lee (Mel Gibson's young
friend in Gal/ipolt) plays The Youthwho is selected as sex partner for The
Senator (Arthur Digham), Mos~ of thecharacters. have no names, by the
way-a transparent ploy for universality that instead conveys only an inabilbyC
ity to deal with the' characters as
individuals. The Youth, who apparent·
ly isn't gay until recruited, finds helikes the role and soon becomes more
he Everlasttng
Secretvain, obnoxious and loathsome than
Family drags homosexuali·
his snobby benefactor, The rest of thety down to the level of movie depicts The Youth's struggle
reactionary
heterosexuality,
in first. to keep the older man's Interest,. which role-playing and the wielding
and later, after The Senator marriesof power eradicate
passion andand demotes his sex toy to babysitter,
affection. The film isn't even about
to exact a drably predictable revenge.
relations between consenting gay
The despoiling of an innocent
adults, but abollt .predatory ped- . boy by a lecherous older man is only
erasty, practiced by a poorly imag- the beginning of the march of gay

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stereotypes.
Before it's over, themovie also trots out a gay man who
tries to seduce a boy using a woman
accomplice, a high court judge who
enjoys being tied up and degradedand several drag queens, callously
used to represent depravity. Women
fare no better-theyare either inleague with the pederasts or powerLess against them. The notion of a gay
woman is foreign to the very conceptof the film.
To make matters worse, director
Miehael Thornhill gives no indicationthat he· finds these right-wing cliches
the least bit ridiculous. He imposes
stylization without style or intentional humor (althoughmuch of themovie is laughable). Beginning withthe first scene and aided by loud,gratirtg music on the soundtrack,Thornhill keeps us as far as possible
from the action-bothliterally andemotionally.
The look is flat andmonotonous, and so are the characters. Who could care about this contrived parable, these unappealing,
undeveloped people? .
Screenwriter Frank Moorhouse(The Coca-Cola Kid) fancies he's
exposing the power struggle inherent
in all relationships, but he goes about
it assbackwards. Instead of pealing
away appearances
to expose themanipulations
beneath, he begins
with naked exploitation, Social andhistorical context are completely
absent; the movie takes place in sometimeless postwar Australia. AIDS goesunmentioned. Certainly the story of apublic figure'S private struggle withboy-love was handled with considerably more insight and feeling-not tomentiondrama-inEloy de la
Iglesia's EI Diputado (986); SecretFamtly seems inept and lifeless incomparison,
The notion of homosexuality as a"secret family" betrays the filmmakers'
distaste for their own subject matter,
since they clearly see themselves out·side this forbidden and heartless cult.
The gay characters reside in dim grayrooms with harsh "modern" furnish·
ings, the epitome of sterility, But when
The Youth visits a woman for some
. Sn FAMILYon Pllli 60

MusicFanning the Flamesby Rachel PepperThose of us who discovered
the Indigo Girls earlier thisyear knew we'd
been
blessed by the goddess for thisendearing duo who mix folk musicwith a deep spirituality to celebrate
the love of life. While not the varietyof ·out and proud" types like thegroup Two Nice Girls (who thankthe Indigo Girls in their liner ~notes), Amy Ray and Emily n
Saliers have attracted a kind of ~:,cult-like devotion from lesbians.
When they played Chicago last
July:~at least half of the audience
members were visibly lesbian, tmany of whom, judging fromgestures from the group, wanted
to personally escort, the womenout afterwards. And when Saliers
mentioned from the stage thatseveral songs they were singing
were from an earlier, unavailable
album, I wondered how long it
would be before it would beavailable again.
Now in answer to that question, Epic has just re~released Strange
Fire, their long out-of-print
firstalbum. As instantly likeable as the
duo's self-titled album, Strange Fire
once again showcases the music ofthese two talented women, their voices fitting intimately around eachother. Many of the themes developedon Strange Fire, including self-loveand acceptance, spiritual searchingsand burning lust tempered by thequest for love, are similar to those on
their later album. As the title track
Strange Love shows, spirituality issomething
all encompassingfor.

Saliers and Ray, and it's what makes
them so appealing to those who seek
answers not so much in the name of
God as in the name of music.
I come to you with strange fire, I
make an offering oflove. The incense of my soul isburned by the fire in myblood. I come with a softer
answer to the questions
that lie in your path. I want toharbor you from the anger, find a
refuge from the wrath. This is amessage of love. Love that moves fromthe inside out, love that nevergrows tired. I come to you withstrarige fire.
Strange Fire is an album established fans should enjoy greatly,,'~~I

while also introduCing new listeners
to this talented pair from Georgia. As
the darkly spiritual, yet optimistic cuts
"Prince of Darkness" and "Love's
Recovery" from Indigo Girls revealed,
the women are at their best on theirmore melancholy melodies, despite
the popularity of the upbeat ·Closer
to Fine.· On Strange Fire this is again
apparent, especially on the typicallygender-neutral ·Crazy Game" and thevery beautiful "Left Me a Fool,· both
written by Saliers, the duo's more
introspective and lyrical member. It
should be noted, however, that muchof the album's recorded energy, as
well as the duo's on-stage dynamism,
comes from the dark-haired, huskyvoiced Amy Ray, by far the more popular of t~e two among lesbiah fans.
An obviously less-produced effort
than its marked-for-fame successor
album, Strange Fire m;ly elicit criticism for some, slightly
warblymoments. In addition, some listeners,
unfamiliar with the simple lines of traditional acoustic folk or "women's
music," may find Strange Fire toobare-boned in its instrumentation. But
while the songs are clearly not comparable to their newer work, theunadorned simplicity of this album isrich, featuring Saliers and Rayon guitars and vocals and women musicianson flute, cello, harmonica andmandolin. This is quite a pleasantdifference from their later album,
with its somewhat obtrusive useof REM member Michael Stipe on
background vocals and mostly
male musicians on drums, guitars
and keyboards.
So perhaps because of, rather
than in spite of, the limitations on
Saliers and Ray when they made
Strange Fire in 1987 (as relative~ un~nowns), the album re-emerges
as an extremely intimate work
while sounding surprisingly clear
and crisp on its new compact discformat And while it's true that the,.. album has a few quirks, these
simply re-enforce how far these
women have come in two years.
Strange Fire provides a great opportunity to become more familiar with theIndigo Girls' roots after they've
already become stars, an unexpected,treasure in a fall season already richwith new offerings from womenartists. In fact, the somewhat unpol·
ished Strange Fire should hold its
own both as a fine folk album and as
the "rediscovered· first album by amajor musical force of the late 80s. It
should also give the Indigo Girls areason to tour again soon, something
I'd be mpre than happy about! ...

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we are never really sure why she isincluded. Does she represent innocence, lost youth, the future, "innocent" victims? On a par with thepathetic, limp-wristed old drag queen
and the brassy, bawdy Black woman
prostitute (who at first I though was
the drag queen) , is the "activist" whoby Marla Maggenti
harangues the audience to "use condoms" and then throws them and
AIDS education pamphlets into theseats. He is parisa Edelstein,
ticularly distasteformerly
ful and bitchy,
known as Lisa
althoughtheE., whose propensity
audience
loved
for Palladium partying
his self-righteous
garnered her a feature
whining. We arein Tbe New York Timesalso given a trio
Magazine three and aof fundamentalist
half years ago, has
preachers who I
now emerged
fromimagine are supdisco darkness
as aposed to repreyoung writer, compossent cartoon ish
er and performer. Her
religious zealots.
burgeoning ambition is
Ugly but benign.
currently on display at
Theshow
La MaMa E.T,C. inends with a rather
Positive Me, a piecemurky
all-cast
written and composed
songfest that isby her. Billed as theinitiated by this"first AIDS education
omnipresent "girlmusical," Positive Me iswith red ball."a sanitized, beseechPhoto:Jonat han Siaff
HERE WEGO AGAIN.
Th e f'ICSt I'me 0 fing, well-intentioned
Usa E. is topped by Thomas Gibson
her song is "Am I
and mixed-up assemmy blood test? Am I my t-cellsr' andquite explicitly entwined with a boy
blage of musical vignettes obviously
continues on about how testing posihunk on a park bench.
designed for the straight, the middle
tive doesn't mean you are any less of a
The myriad character types thatclass, the ignorant and the fearful.
human being or a person, that you are
we are introduced
to never rise
Using some of the most hacksimply "sick" and you need love andneyed of stereotypes,
including a above the level of Edelstein's outsider
care and compassion, and "if you're
pathetic drag queen who laments the status as a young woman who,
positive, be positive'" How sweet. And
though interested and earnest, is not"good old days' (while hetero couples
how we got from condom usage to treally very well informed. The "drugdo suggestive modern dances togethcells is a mystery to me, weakeninguser" characters are seen moving
er in low-light) and a Black woman
prostitute complete with freedom 'fro about in blue-colored light with a the educational logic of the piece as awhole. The cast ends up holding
kind of creepy 1960s LSD-inspired
and rabbit fur jacket, Edlestein prehands and dancing around in a circle,
sents a picture of AIDS, sex and poli- score and they "shoot up" in slow
imploring the audience to "do somemotion. Throughout the piece a little
tics that is decidedly
the white,thing" and singing out a laundry list of
straight, scared young woman's guide girl about the age of ten waltzes
local organizations from GMHC tothrough the HIV-jungle. Though its around the adults and bounces a red
PWAC to ACf UP. This is a mostly
ball. Her presence is nothing short ofintent is to "educate" and "expose
negative attitudes towards AIDS,' it peculiar, not to mention annoying, as
Saa POSITIVELY PUERILE on paga 60
does little but promote the hegemonyof heterosexual and gay male penetrative sex, albeit with a condom. The
use of dental dams is never mentioned nor is any sex but the missionary kind portrayed. The two gay"characters' we meet are, instead,shown holding hands for-oh-asweet, fleeting moment, while in the
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Theater

isn't catchy enough) on Broadway is may not be what Brecht had inmind-but in the context of this proindeed disconcerting. By and large,
the audience isn't prepared for a duction, which Is more musical comesharp commentary on the effect of dy than Brecht-Weill, it works. As
capitalism on the rich and the poor; Jonathan Peachum, who "employs"
they're looking for an easy dose of the poor by sending them out to beg
theculture. We've come to see Sting play dressed as the war-wounded,
Macheath. This isn't Sting's fault, nor handicapped and the destitute (andthe director John Dexter's, nor even . taking half their proceeds), Alvinthe producers: It is symptomatic of Epstein is strangely muted, althoughby Michael Paller
he seems to be working hard to be
America's approach to culture generally and theater in particular: For a heard.
Indeed, the production
as aserious work to appear on Broadway,whole seemS to evaporate as it hapit must be turned into an event
ertolt Brecht did away
pens, Dexter pas employed only arevolving around something otherwith "conflict" and "susfew of Brecht's techniques, whichthan the piece itself; the piece beingpense" in his plays
accounts partly for the producby announcing, on placards,
tion's blunted edge. Gone is
the purpose and action of
the harsh lighting, and theeach scene. Rather than being
placards denoting the scenes'caught up in the story, thelocatioti and thematic purpose.
audience could sit bacl~ coolly
Some of these are spoken,
and examine the lesson theinstead, by Ethyl Eichelberger
scene imparted.
as the Ballad Singer (whose!
Broadway audience, howrendition of "The Ballad of
ever, isn't much interested in.Mack the Knife" is eerie andlessons. They want their story
frightening).
and sµspense. They want, for
The production
works
their $55.00, a good time, awell occasionally: As the beggars march across the stage inhummable tune, a laugh. So
the conflictoccursnotthe reprise of "The Song of
onstage,but somewhere
Futility" singing that men are
between stage and auditorium,
no
good,
we
believethem~not beggars at all, but
as playwright and audience
lock horns: The playwright
Peachum employees, they add
asks the audience to consider
resonance to that futile spiral.
and learn;
the audience
It is one of the evening!s few
prefers a n~p in the darkness.
memorable images.
The result is a compromise
Michael Feingold's new
Photo: Da I Webb translati.on is gritty, scatologicalwith whic.h no one is satisfied. WHY YOU HANDSOME DEVIL. YOUry
and pomted, but to what purThe audience shuffles and St·.
.
109 as Mac. h eathyawns dUflng the dialogue,
pose? When the production isended and the stars applauded, thewaiting for the next Kurt Weill song
merely a vehicle for the star's appear(which usually fails to deliver theance (to applause, of course).
audience flees, stepping over theshow-biz punch for which they wait);
The star, Sting, plays Macheath as homeless just as they did on their way
into the theater:
Proving, alas,
Brecht can only hope that some of his a likable rogue, an aspiring bourmessage makes it across the footlights,
geois-which is how Brecht saw him. Peachum's point about our boundlesscapacity for heartlessness. There is athe chandeliers and the other trapBut Sting doesn't constitute a very
pings of the Lunt-Fontanne Theater.
memorable presence; when he's off- sad futility to performing Brecht on
Broadway at $55.00 a ticket. Brecht
Seeing 3 Penny Opera (it wasstage, we forget about him. Georgia
once called The Threepenny Opera,
Brown provides a rousing musicalmay have' found it amusing-but not
but marketing determined that that
comedy turn as Mrs. Peachum, whichvery funny ...

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BooksOn the Frontline
by Christopher DavisR

ecently a gay man sent me
a story he had written
about a party. "The crowd
was solidly A List," he wrote, "thatheady conglomeration of the rich, thebright and the beautiful that made thegay scene in New York so
intoxicating ..." When I discussed the story with thewriter, I told him that,
although the story was very
well written, its lack of political or social consciousness
seemed to be an anachro·nism in this time we live in.
The writer responded that it
was time
gay writing
stopped being so politicallyand socially correct andstarted being fun again. I
disagreed, gently, and then,over the next few days as I
was considering how to formulate my disagreement
rationally in a letter I read
Personal Dispatches for theb~month. "Why?" I want to ask, "people
need you.· The question
is notanswered. Stephen Greco's "Excerpts
from a journal" are simple, powerfulexcerpts from a journal he kept while
his lover was dying. Craig Rowland's"The Examination Table" captures
well our relationships with doctors,
those people we used to see only 'for
VD screening and who now havebecome so central to our lives. These
works show that sometimes a flat
telling of the facts, the details of ourlives, has a strength and dignity
beyond that of any literary artifice.
I loved Stephen Chapot's "Liz
Taylof., Live!" about a pricey, glittering
L.A. AIDS benefit starring who else.

much too polite about Ms. Hay. How
about something more direct, like
"Won't someone please get that parasite out of our lives!"
Although almost every piece inthe collection deserves individual
mention, there is only space to mention a few more. Alan Troxler, whosebiography says he "teaches English
country dance, free of the traditional
men's and women's roles, and works
as a graphic designer and yardsman,·contributed two pieces, "Wandering
the Woods in a Season of Death,· and"A Letter Home on Pride Day,· which
were, for me, the most moving partsof the collection. Close behind themwas E.J. Grofrs contribution aboutparents who care for their son
when he is dying; it should
be sent to everybody's parents. "The Epidemic: A San
Francisco Diary," by LaurenceTate, has the power to stunalthough we are almost ten
years into this hell and supposedly have heard and seenit all more times that we can,or care to, count.
Surprisingly,
my least
favorite pieces were by mytwo literary heroes, Andrew
Holleran and Edmund White.
Mr. Holleran's "The Fear" piles
perfect sentences into perfectparagraphs, but it all seems tobe about an abstraction; it isas though he's writing about a~~~~~~

Personal Dispatches:
Editor John Preston
Photo: Rhonda Farnham/Mayne Studio he writes: "The aftermath of
Writers Confront AIDS is a collection The piece is good humored, even sex is fear and loathing. AIDS is a natof nonfiction writing about AIDS. One funny (which Edmund White, in his ural progression of aversion therapy.
or two of the pieces are tight littie essay in this volume, says is inappro- Sex and terror are twins. Death is aacademic essays, but most are simple, priate). Mr. Chapot also manages to hunk, a gorgeous penis." He does not
first-person
accounts of the ways
get in a good lick at Louise Hay. ·'1 speak for me. Edmund White's
AIDS has affected the lives of thehate Louise Hay,' one of us says. "Esthetics and Loss" is the piece thatwriters. Some of the pieces are under'She's walking around here like some was much discussed, often not flatterstated, grim recitations of the facts. In Olympian goddess. Word is that she ingly, when it appeared in Artforum
Marea Murray's" All Too Familiar,·sold Avon before she realized that in 1987. In it, he gives his prescription
fragments of case histories are inter~ there was a fortune to be made from for AIDS art: "[I)t must begin in tact,rupted by quiet statements that the us .. .! hate all these people who think avoid humor and end in anger." We
writer is leaving her work as a social we need this disease in our lives to are fortunate that no one took his
worker with PWAs at the end of the give it some meaning. '" I think he's
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BooksMy Kingdom for a Bawd
by Kerry FriedT

Wo mainstream publishers
bring out, in the same season,
novelsoriginallypublished in the U.K. with what most
editors would delicately term lesbian
themes. One, A Village Affair, is civi·
lized, stately and bourgeois to thebone-setin Pitcombe, a rural paradise where neighbors'
clicking
tongues are the sole cause of harm.
The other, DUcks, takes place mostly
in London and Is crammed withaction, horror and hilarity.
A Vii/age Affair seems to be anovel about breaking free from fear,
convention and clinglng retations.
Alice jordan is a beautifuf blocked
artist with a loving'if ineffectualhus·
band and three children. Having
escaped from her grim family into
Martin's elegant patrician one, she has
spent years behaving obediently,
charmingly and publicly. Joanna
Trollope sWiftly creates a marriage
where a long history of good will andeven desire is not enough. Thoughmuch of the novel is seen throughAlice's eyes, the author uses a shifting
viewpoint and sWiftly creates characters such as Martin, who doesn't quite
know what to do about Alice's funkand rather hopes that his mothc,r will
sort things out with her. Though thenovel is set on conventional terrain,
as the title indicates, Trollope is at
first keen to convey the passions andtensions which even gracious living
can't quite smother, Alice's father has
warned her early on:"One day, one day when you

relationship of the two women whips
wake up to real feeling and real pain,
through the village, the author oddly
one day when you can't have somealters her alleg!ance.
Clodagh, it
thing you long for or you see too lateseems, is overpowering Alice (andthat you have closed the door on
there is a' none too covert statement
something you need, then you will
understand about communication,. from Alice regarding Clodagh's being
rather more interested in sex thanand communicating is, after all, theshe) and Alice must therefore
only end of life that makes sense."renounce her. One wise figure (theLess immersed in village life thannovel grows suddenly overcrowded
she had hoped, Alice marks time untilwith those giving advice) counsels
she and Martin are invited to a dinner
Clodagh to "make something of yourparty feting the return of Clodagh
life": in giving up the relationship
Unwin, the daughter of the local"you will live much better." Andsquire. (This is the sort of novel in
Clodagh seems to See her point.
\ which such characters figure"-with
I am not objecting so much tolittle irony but a surprising amount oftheunhappytUrn of events as the
sympathy).
Clodagh-backfromauthor's failure to create it with any
America and an unhappy affair with ameasure of credibility. The novelistrich lawyer whose sex she mysteriLuisa Valenzuela remarked in an inter·
ously elides over-initiallycharmsview, "When an author tries to tell her
Martin more than Alice. But by thischaracters what to do, that's when the
point, ,,!,hose village affair it is to be,book g~s badly. On the other hand,is pretty clear. Alice's instant fascina·
when the characters
are so well.
tionwith
Clodagh, following upondefined that they act out of their own .
scene after scene in which she andvolition,that's· when the novel
Martin fail to connect, makes it .only aworks." The second half of A Village
question of when and how, The plea·
sure lies in watching the author go .Affair enacts this. Where she had firstcreated scenes in which characters,
about it and waiting for various reveand not jUst the leads, came into theirlations, verbal and physical.
own, when plot machinations take
. Despite her use of ~veral older
over, all become pawns to the moral,
characters in the village as voices ofin which with. renunciation (suddenly,
reason, Trollope slants the reader'ssomehow, cognate with self-determisympathy entirely toward the twonation). comes freedom. Trollope's.women, Clodagh even more so thanloading 'of the narrative dice smacks
Alice. This impossibly wonder~1 (andnot just of contrivan~e but of collurich) sprite seems to bring out thesion with the village morality that its
best in everyone (and the author pulls.heroines flouted for a short time.
this off without being cloying). The
While A Vii/age Affair
is anonly person who is immediately
entert~inment,
Helen Hodgman's
repulsed, and is the catalyst for disasDucks'is more ambitious,. if moreter, is Martin's older brother. He cotcovert, .in aim-l)sing short scenes totons to the relationship straightaway,
create,. very precisely,
tales offorcing a near revelation over a tense,
extremely messy lives. Her telegraphsuperbly drawn dinner. When the
Ic style ("Moss was confident that .in
unpleasant Anthony asks Clodagh
the fulln~s of time things could only
why she spends so much time withget better. Hazel snorted. She wasn't
Alice, the author, through a combinabig on the fullness of time.") recallstion of taut dialogue and Martin's
Felix Feneon's. "novels in three lines,"
entirely incorrect reaction, sets up asquibs of real events which he wrote
scene in which all reveal themselves.
. up in Le Matin in the late nineteenth
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century: "In Essoyes, Bernard, 25,
bludgeoned Mr. Dufert, who is 89,
and stabbed his wife. He was jealous.· One contemporary described
Feneon's formula as "Multiply thebanal by the tragic, and you have avery weird effect." Hodgman achieves
this throughout Ducks, the story ofHazel and Moss, two women entering
middle age,' who have money worries, are struggling to raise Moss' son
Elvis, stay together and not to betraythe movement.
"Moss was often
exhausted by the battle to do work as
she wished, remain politically correctand deal with the droves of dickheads (Hazel's phrase: Hazel was nohelp) who got in the way.·
All in brief, juxtaposed segments,
those. who have played or will playa
part in Hazel and Moss' undoing are
introduced-men
searchingforwomen (the Bogeyman, Le Professeur~ judo), often with the intent to kill
them, and women searching, after
years of political correctness, for comfort and ease. "With money, life
would be more pleasant. That, perhaps, was the point to it."Hodgman uses humor and satireon easy targets (the Women's Design
Collective,
GWENDA'S GARAGE,
which hopes to cater mostly towomen customers) but also on thefrightening: Elvis befriends and isabused by the Bogeyman, who ends
up, supposedly rehabilitated, killing awoman. Whenever he tries to bringhim up, horrifyingly, Elvis's relatives
console him with the cliche, "But
there's no such thing as Bogeymen."
The novel ranges from present topast, England to the U.S. and Canada,
shifts scenes rapidly and uses little
punctuation within sentences in orderto create a dislocating, flexible continuum and a variety of perspectives,
most of them alarmingly skewed.
Hodgman writes series of terse sentences to create the visions of thosesearching for "the possibility for the
daily practice of ethical love." She isalso brilliant at the longer phrase
which is layers-<leep-amusing,sad,nostalgic, satiric:"Afterwards Buster had criedbecause she'd liked it so much and it
had been so long since she'd done it

and because they'd been guilty ofpracticing a style of love-making often
put down by the politically correct as
being imitative of heterosexual intercourse and because she'd indulged in
gender swapping fantasies.·
Ducks is a funny nightmare. For
all its surface narration and matterof-fact treatment
of desire andchange-nAt
first it had been love.
Curiosity, that more adult refinement,
came later"-notto mention death,
Hazel and Moss's expressionsoflonging and innocence are heightened by their often violent andseemingly hopeless context and dry
expression.
Ducks, more than A
Village Affair, is about self-determination, but what its characters willdo, having achieved for a moment
this goal, remains unclear. Though
TrollQpe's is the more "realistic"
work and much of the horror of
Ducks is distancing, the tragedy ofHazel and Moss rings truer: "I loveyou. Since we were tiny. Since mymother told me you were a pervert.
But it hardly ever works out does it.
Love?" ...

FAMILY from page 54

POSITIVELY PUERILE from page 56

PERSONAL DISPATCHES from page 58

straight sex, she lives amidst a garden, inaudible guide to fundraising. In addigreen, fertile and bealtby. The Youth tion, we are told by one character thatworries about who is and isn't "one of "government testing" has been hamus,· but no warm-blooded
viewerpered due to "greed and injustice."
could possibly identify with the "us" Excuse me, but I think that it's called
the movie offers--unless his or her violent homophobia,
racism andself-image is one of hatred and shame. . hatred for poor people.
. This play will be great for white,
A trace of actual emotion threatens briefly in the form of The' straight suburban teenagers, because
Chauffeur, who is permitted at least a its few explicit moments (the word
first name, "Eric.· Early in the film, "dick" for instance) are nothing more
Australian actor Dennis Miller focuses than a reiterationof the mostthe audience's
disgust-not
withmediocre and conformist of TVhomosexuality,
but with The Sen- inspired heterosexist,
adolescentator's antiquated class system and realities. Ultimately, the banal, angerThe Youth's growing arrogance. Eric, ing and piercing realities of life with
one of The Senatol"sretired
HIV illness and AIDS seem simply
catamites, seethes with controlledtacked on to the real theme of thisanger, and for a time Miller human- self-indulgent
little play. This is aizes a part written only to symbolize straight, young woman's attempt to
The
Oppressed
Servant.
Un- put her face and her body to good
fortunately, late in the film Eric is use before the AIDS. crisis is over.
forced to join the parade of simple- She can then move into feature films
minded stereotypes, giving homophoas the glowing, weIl-meaning star,bic viewers yet another reason to nod the naive innocence of this effort
and say, "Yep, I knew that's whatnothing but a small forgettable note
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guidelines seriously.
This returns me to where I started:
Why must we write about AIDS, whichis in itself a political act; why can't weforget all this misery and get on with it?
The answers are eloquently stated inthis compelling
collection.
Arnie
Kantrowitz: "'There is more to gay life
than Sunday brunch. It takes nobility
and perseverance
and dignity andcourage to be gay and proud in theface of condemnation and injustice,
violence and death." Robert Dawidoff:"We need to have these things
written. The information, the tru.th,
the anger, the philosophy, the history,
the· fiction, the poetry, the spirituality
do a job now. Their place in history
will be judged by their success in
helping to keep the community thatthe writing serves alive, safer, together, comforted in sickness and in loss,
defended against persecution."
We must never forget this, nor
in our art, not in our writing, not in
our thinking, not in the way we live
our lives ....

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way involving
fetal tissue,
accordingto congressionalsources working closely on theissue.
Although such research into
AIDS is, at this point, theoretical,
the National
Organizations
Responding to AIDS (NORA)
coalition lists "necessary researchusing animals, fetal tissue andrecombinant DNA with appropriate safety and ethical guidelines·
as priority issues deserving support.
Adding to the concern thatthe ban, which applies to any
medical research using federal
funds, could hamper
AIDS
research are recent comments
made by Dr. Anthony Fauci,
director of the National Institutefor Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), at a recent meeting with AIDS activists.
Photo: Desi Del Valle
Addressing the Treatment REFLECTING ON ABORTION RIGHTS
and Data Committee of ACT Hundreds of thousands throng Washington Monument,
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UP/NY on Oct. 19, Fauci suggested
The announcement of the federal
VITO continued from page 53that fetal liver transplantation may beban vas now also spurred legal
The reconciliation of the contrathe key to finding an eventual cureactivists to carefully examine the posdictory identities which we find forced
for 'l-lJV, the virus believed to cause
sibility of countering the fetal researchupon us has consumed Vito's life.
AIDS.
ban by legal means.
Leaving his job at MOMA to attend a
When asked about the Bush"I think it's an important issue,"
Gay Activist Alliance meeting, zipping
administration's staunch opposition to stated Norman Siegel, director of the'from a film lecture to an ACT UP
aborrion and, consequ.ently,
fetal
New York Civil Liberties Union,·demo, mourning the death of his
research, Fauci told the AIDS activists"therefore I'm talking to lawyers tolover, Jeffrey Sevcik, while demanding
they would do well to dir:ect their
see whether there is a way to chalthe right to his future as a person livpressure on that front, saying, "I need . lenge this legally. But I'm not preing with AIDS, Vito has tangled up
support. I don't operate in a vacuum.·
pared at this moment to say there is.
suchsimple distinctions as the personBased on Fauci's comments,
We don't knee-jerk here. This is an
al and political, or the private and proAIDS activists are now investigating
important issue."fessional,
so as to re-definethethe possible links between AIDS.
"This [limitation
on federal
meaning of success.
and fetal research.
"[Fauci] wasfunds] is similar to what Jesse"Your identity is always morerather excited about that possibility
Helms was able to do to thecomplex than the way people see you
and felt that it was going to be the[National Endowment for the Arts]
as a gay activist or a gay film critic...
way to go in terms of [reconstitutthis past summer. What we're seeBut· the subject is both necessary anding] immune system," stated Daviding is the Corcoran-ization of Amerdesired.
I am committed to a lesbianBarr, staff aqorney
for the New
ican science," added HRCF's King,andgayfilm history as an academic
York-based Lambda Legal Defense
referringto the Washington
artsubject; I am committed to it emotionand Education Fund, who was pregallery that cancelled a show ofally in my life. One of the reasons I do
sent at the Fauci meeting. "Therephotographs in the hopes of avoidthis is to leave behind for another genhasn't been that much researching the "obscenity"
controversy
eration of lesbians and gay men adone [on the fetal/AIDS connecwhich then arose. "The same motilegacy of history in that area."tion]. And it's important that we get
vat ions that were behind efforts to
it done."restrict the creative talents of AmerThe Celluloid Closet will be show·
ACf UP!NY has made fetal tissue
ican artists are behind this decisioning
at the Public Theater every
work a top priority item and hasthat restricts the research avenues
Saturday and Sunday at 3 pm frompledged to push for such research in that are open to American scienNovember 25 to December 17. ...
reconstituting immune system function.
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SAGE sees Tyne Daly In Gypsy,
to benefit SAGE's AIDS service
program for seniors; at the St.
James Theater, 8 pm; $70 ($30
goes to SAGE); info 741-2247
CENTER STAGE sees

City ofAngels, by Cy Coleman and Larry
Gelbart, with Gregg Edelman,
James Naughton,
Rene Auberjonois and Randy Graff; at theVirginia Theatre; 8 pm; $58; 6207310

PRO]ECf CONNECT Acting as If
Theatre Workshop,
Levd n, for
Recovering peOple, led by Emerald O'leary who combines classical acting training and the Magic
If of theatre with Acting As If fromthe 12-step recovery programs; at
the Center, 208 W 13 St; 6:3010:30 pm; $15; register 620-7310
MOMENTUM AIDS OUTREACH
PROGRAM 4th Annual Benefit
with Honorary Chairperson Helen
Hayes, and entertainment by Julie
Budd, Kathy and Mo, Pudgy,
Bobby Shon, Andrea Marcovicci,
Chris Durang & Dawne, Danny
Apolinar, Jamie DeRoy, Weeden,
Finkle & Fay, many others; at theVivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln
Center; 7:30 pm; $25-$150; 935-2200
BROOKLYN WOMEN'S MARTIAL
ARTS at GAY FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS presents a Work·shop on Self-Defense
for men!lnd women; wear comfonableclothing; at St. John/St. Matthew
Lutheran
ChurchCommunity
Center, Park Slope, 415 7th St(btwn 15th/7th Aves); social at
8:30 pm, workshop
at 9 pm;
718/499-6503
HOME' BOX OFFICE

presents
Reno", Rage _d RebQb, a live
performanceoriginally taped at
PS 122, 10:30 pm; HBO info 5121208 (also airs 11/24 and 1V29)~
NEW YORK ADVERTISING&COMMUNICATIONS NE1WORKMonthly Meeting, at the Center,
Network Room, 208 W 13 St;
6:3()'9:30 pm; 517-0380

OUT~WEEKCOALITION FOR LESBIAN AND
GAY RIGHTS Special Program,discussing current political topiCS
concerning our community since
the eleaion; at the Center, 208 W
13 St; 8 pm; 627-1398
BISEXUAL YOUTH sees Tbe
Darlc Star Crew at the Knitting
Factory, 47 E Houston St; 8:30
pm; $5; info 242-6815

GAY
MEN
OF
AFRICANDESCENT Communal
Thanksgiving Meal with the HetrlckMartin
Institute,in whichmembersof GMAD will contribute culinary creations
andshare thanks at a meal with theyouth served by the HMI; at theCenter, 1st floor, 208 W 13 St(620-7310);
3:30 pm; GMAD
info 718/802-0162,
718/7561548 (Note: there will be no
meeting of GMAD this Friday,
11/24)SHESCAPE Thanksgiving
Eve
Party at Twenty/Twenty.
20 W
20 St; 5-10 pm; $6; 645-6479(women arriving before 10 pm
may stay all night; gay men welcome after 10 pm)
GAY MALE S/M ACTIVISTS Pilgrim Punishment
and HoUday
Social, with a discussion of how
our naughty Pilgrim Fathers (andsons) spent their time, followedby refreshments (bring dessen orappetizers to share); at the Center, 3rt! Floor, 208 W 13 St; 8:30
pm; $5; 727-9878

November 26,1989

T,ofFor more Information or referrals, torap, or to volunteer, call the GLSB
daily. noon to midnight, 212-777-1800

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Fright Night; 142 11th Ave (at

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BEDROCK Thanksglvlng
Partywith turkey buffet and music byFran James; 121 Woodfield Rd,
West Hempstead,Long Island;
516/486-9516
CHEEKS Thanksgiving
Eve
Party with buffet and raff1e; 2000
Long Beach Rd, Island Park, Long
Island; 516/431-5700
SILVER LINING Thanksgiving
Eve Buffet, 175 Cherry Lane, Floral Park; 516/354-9641

snm Mr. Buns Contest

hostedby Sybil
Bruncheon;202
Westchester Ave· White Plains;
914/761-3100(2 forms of ID
required,present
bridgetoll
receipt for free drink)

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presents

Reno", Rage _d RehQb, a live
performanceoriginally taped at
PS 122, 4:30 am (late Thursday/
early Friday); HBO info 512-1208(also airs 11/29)
COOPER SQUARE 1HEATRE presents NOSEJOB: Sbe Had 10
Model, a new musical comedy
by William Love, the story of"Tara FeJchberger, a 17-year-old
Barbizon
graduatefrom Great
Neck, LI who happens to be 6'4"
with a nose like Karl Malden,
who is in considerable
denialabout being a model"; starring
William "Jasmine Allspice" Love
as Tara, with Debra Granieri(Women Behind Bars), Paul Phinney, Michael-Stewan Peters, Gerard "Mr. Fashion" Little, Kevin
Bain, and Michael T; 50 E 7 St;
10:30 pm; $5; 228-0811 (also
12/1)

DAY

MACY'S Thanksgiving
Day
Parade goes down Central ParkWest from T7 St to 59 St, continues down Broadway to Herald
Square/34 St; info 397-8222 (Editor's note: While not a gay/lesbian event, this parade is possibly
the campiest event on eanh. Also
try CPW late Wednesday night towatch the balloon inflation, a religious ritual for many.)
NY AREA BISEXUAL NE1WORKThanksgiving
Celebration,
718/353-8245
THE
GAY
AND
LESBIANSWITCHBOARD OF NEW YORK
is Staffed Today, until midnight,
777-1800 (Editor's note: For many
gay men and lesbians, a Thanksgiving visit home can be a thankless ordeal. SWBD volunteers areready to empathize.)
EAGLE'S NEST Post-Feast Party
with holiday buffet, hosted by
Larry Gutenburg
of WBAI"FM;
142 11th Ave (at 21 St); 10 pm - 2
am; $2 (percentage of which goes
to PWA Coalition); info 532-0290

CENTER 4th Saturday
Dance,
with DJ Peter Arden, cash bar,snacks and juice; at the Center,
208 W 13 St; 9 pm - 1 am; $8
generaV$6 members, seniors, students; 62()"7310
EIGHTY EIGHTS presents The
FUrtatJons, 228 W 10 St, 11 pm,$10 + two drink minimum, 9240088
L'BARON at VISIONS Thanksgiving Bash, for men and women,
women admitted free tonight andevery Thursday;
56-01 Queens
Blvd, Woodside; 718/899-9031 fortable reservations
SPECTRUM
DISCO
presents
Inner City, singing "Good Life"and "Big Fun"; 802 64th St, Bay
Ridge, Brooklyn (N train to 8th
Ave stop);opens
at 9 pm;
71!V238-8213
mE SAINT AT LARGE "Saint"
Saturday
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balcony viewing area; 105 2nd
Ave (at 6 SV; doors open 11 pm;$15 (door only); 674-8541 (also
12/9)

BISEXUAL YOUTH Meetinga:
Pot Luck Lunch at a member'shouse; 718/353-8245
BISEXUAL PRIDE Focus

GroupoLe"s TaU,Abo,,' S-x: Fear &LoIIIW"g ill ,be Age of AIDS, at
the Center, 208 W 13 St, 3 pm,$5, 718/353-8245

LESBIAN HERS'I'ORY ARCHIVESAt Home With the Archive.,874-7232
CONGREGATIONBETH SIMCHAT TORAH Jewish
Educ.·.
tlon Courses;
tonight: Hebr'ft/J
Language Reading Class at 7:30
pm, Biblical Women: The Deb<>rabs &- Female Prophet·PrissIs in.Antiquity at 8 pm; at 57 Bethune
St; info 929-9498
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Save These Dates
FRlDAY, DECEMBER 1
AMERICAN FOUNDAnON FOR AIDS RESEARCH Masquerade
COLUMBIA GAY AND LESBIAN ALLIANCE First Friday Dance

SATI.J1U)AY,DECEMBER 2
GAY OFFICERS AGnON LEAGUE ChrIIItmaI Party
DAVID HOCKNEY and ANNIE LEIBOVITZ co-chair an AuctIonforACl'UP.
N.Y. ADVER11SING & COMMUNICAnONS NETWORK HoUday
Patty
INsn1UfE FOR HUMAN IDEN1l1Y and HARVEY FIERSfElN
Theater Benefit: Scmgsfor 'DreUa

Re"o I" Rage a,,11Rebab, alive performance originally taped
at PS 122, 11:40 pm; HBO info
512·1208

roESDAY, DECEMBER S
COmnON

FOR LESBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS Holiday

Party

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6
L'BARON at VISIONS Mister
L'Baron Finals,
56-01 Queens
Blvd, Woodside;
718/899-9031
for table reservations

BRONX AIDS COMMUNTIY SERVICE PROJECT Clinical
TrialsWorkshop,665-4907
CEN'FER STAGE sees Arlis'
Desce"III"g a S'alrcase, by
Tom Stoppard;
Hayes Theatre;

at the Helen
8 pm; $45; 620-

7310
TIlE CLOSET CASE SHOW pre-sentsJeffrey's Drug a,,11Lie
Detector Tes', an encore broadcast, by popular demand, of ashocking,
secretly videotaped
interviewat which our hero
applies for a job with the Kweerz
Beer Company; Manhattan Cable,
Channel c/16, midnight

COMMUNI1Y RESEARCH INITIATIVE Night of 1000 Trees

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7
IN OUR OWN WRITE presents
poet Mark Ameen
and writer
JacquleBishop;"this eclectic
pairing "of white gay male andblack lesbian poets! performew
actors! singers! dancers/
liars!
writers/
producers/'
acitivists/
liars is sure to produce
goodtimes and bad attitudes," at theCenter, 208 W 13 St; 7:30 pm; $3;
620-7310
LA MAMA E.T.C. presents
theopening of A"cle," Boys, JeanClaude van Italie's focus on theimpact of AIDS on American
artists; 74A E 4 St; 47S-7710 (performances
THUR-SUN throu"ghDec.17)·.

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CENTER SPORTS sees Nabisco
Masters
Men's Tennis,
midweek
matches;
at Madison
Square Garden,
33rd St & 7th
Ave; 5:30 pm; $30 members/$40
non-members; 620-7310

SAroRDAY, DECEMBER 9

FEAWRE (Gallery) Reception tor Tom of Finland a: BastIlle
ExhIbit
MEN OF AlL COLORS TOGElHER/N.Y. Dance: Rby'lmt NaHcm
STONEWAlL CHORALE Holiday Concert
CENIER and TEAM NEW YORK 2nd Saturday Dance

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10
CEN1ER DANCE COMMITfEE Winter Social
CEN1ER DANCE COMMITfEE "Tree of We" UnveUing
JUDITH'S ROOM Book Party
1HE VII.LAGE GAlE presents Jokln' Off for GMHC

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11
TIlE NETWORK Holiday

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20
NEW YORK orr GAY MEN'S CHORUS
10th Anniversary
Holiday Concert;;:so;~~~~~e:\!O~::
who have died of AIDS; ornaments engraved with their names
will be on display from December 10 (unveiled at the Center's
Winter Social) through December
26; 208 W 13 St; info 889-4099(sponsors
may pick up theirornament, for a memento, after
New Year's Day)WOMEN ABOUT Cut-off datefor Broadway Show, 874-2104

Party of 1000

NY AREA BISEXUAL NETWORK Annual HoUday Party
GIR1H AND MIR1H HoUday Party
FRONT RUNNERS HoUday Party
PROFESSIONALS IN FILM/VlDEO First Annual HoUday Party

AIDS

Awareness Day

PWA COALITION Forum:
Dr.
Jack ROsenberg, umbda Center of Dental Health, discussing
dental/oral health care for PWAs
and HIV+'s; at the Center, 208 W
13 St; 7:30 pm; free; 532-0290

CEN1ER NYC Orientation.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21

NEW YORK orr GAY MEN'S CHORUS
10th Anniversary
liollcJaY Concert

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22
CONGREGAnON BE1H SIMCHAT TORAH
Chanukah First EvenIng Dinner

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29
GAY MEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT, MEN OF AlL COLORSTOGE]HER, SALSASOUL SISTERS Kwall72 Celebration

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31
CEN1ER DANCE COMMITfEE New Year's Eve Ball

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of sex, a fear of fucking [which) has
played a role in American politics
since time immemorial.·
The exhibit opened Thursdaynight, when approximately 50 demonstrators were on hand amongst thecrowd of nearly 400 which had gathered to see the exhibition.
Upon hearing of the decision torelinquish the funds, Wyatt said shewas "glad" to hear the news, adding"We have found that art is powerful
and beautiful and that free speech,
free expression for artists and publicfunding for the arts are of tremendous
value to everyone in our society."
But Nan Goldin, the curator of
the show, was not nearly as conciliatory. "I support the peer panel review
process already in place at the NEA,·
she stated, "But I do not trust or support John Frohnmayer.· 'Y

out story," said Holm. "Because eachof us here face the water cannons andthen reach down and help one more
gay man or lesbian out into freedom."
To create their own change backhome, the conference participants discussed their own tools of change,
which included direct action, politicallobbying and social pressure. At otherworkshops, some chose to deal moreclosely with other issues facing the
gay and lesbian movement, such as
sexism, racism and the "de-gaying
and re-gaying·of AIDS. Others
focused on community-building matters like starting gay and lesbian campus groups and reaching out to older
gay men and lesbians.
Throughout the weekend, theactivists shared information witheach other on everything from themerits of evaporated
milk as apolitical
posterpaste
to theimpact of orchestrated
mail campaigns on legislators.
One central focus of the Veteran's Day weekend conference weekend was the Defense Department
policy exclusion of lesbians and gay
men from military service.
Sgt. Perry Watkins, the defendant in an ongoing case which seeks
to rescind the military's anti-gay policy, highlighted
the issue in his
keynote address. Telling his tale ofbeing denied reenlistment from the
Army in 1982 despite his openly gay
presence in the Army for 15 years,
Watkins underscored the relevanceof his fight to the gay and lesbian
movement at large.
Speaking at a rally across thestreet from the White House later thatafternoon, nearly 200 activists followed him and another dozen gay
and lesbian veterans to call on thepresident to overturn the policy,
which officially denies gay men andlesbians the right to enlist.
The conference, a national gay
and lesbian leadership seminar for
activists from across the nation, wasestablished as one of four agenda
items coming out of the "War Conference," a 1988 exclusive retreat for 200of the nation's
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NEW YORK-A $25,000 grantfrom the Insurance Industry AIDS Initiative (IIAI) will help fund the Community Health Project's (CHP) new
program to provide HIV prevention
information and medical services forstreet youth.
According to CHP, the program isbeing launched to address the needsof adolescents living on the streets of
New York, including many runaways
who are often homeless, crack-addicted and working as prostitutes. One of
the most medically
undeserved
groups in New York, street youths areat especially high risk for HIV infec·
tion, according to AIDS advocates.
The Insurance Industry AIDS Initiative was established earlier this yearby the American Council of Life Insurance and the Health Insurance Association of America to help fundcommunity-based AIDS education andcare-giving
programs around thecountry. The HAl grant program ispart of a larger response by 128 lifeand health insurance companies who
have pledged over $18 million tofund AIDS projects.
"There is an appalling lack ofhealth care services geared to thesedisenfranchisedadolescents,·
said
Rona Affoumado, Executive Directorof the CHP. "Our program will provide outreach, preventive health education, assessment and examinations
from a medical van on the streets. We
also plan to offer uniquely tailoredsupport services to facilitate access forstreet youth to existing health careinstitutions .•Affoumado explained that the
obstacles to administering health careto this population are two-fold. The
first challenge is to convince the adolescents to seek medical treatment,·
she said. "But when youths arebrought to a clinic or hospital,· she
continued,"they are frequently
unable to work within the institution's
rules or handle the long waiting peri--.;ods for treatment.
"We specifically designed ourprogram to get around these problems,- she added. "We plan to bringour services to the street where theseadolescents live and deliver them in a
way they can relate to. We will have afully-equipped van staffed by a physician, a nurse and a counselor. The
van team will provide education on
HIYIAIDS and other health concerns,
distribute condoms, test for sexually.
transmitted diseases and tuberculosis,
perform basic medical examinations
and work with other health and social
service facilities when necessary:
The program is scheduled to be
in full operation by January, 1990.
The van teams will consist of bothpaid employees and volunteers, whowill work to build on-going relationships with the youths.
Formed in 1983, the CHP provides a wide range of services, including primary care for HlY IAIDS,
general medical care, health education, psychosocial support services,nutritional counseling, health services
geared to women and adolescents,
screening and treatment of sexuallytransmitted diseases and referrals to
medical specialists.
Although the CHP's patients are
predominantly gay anc;llesbian, everyone is welcome to use its services.
CHP can be reached by calling (212)675-3559.

was not sufficient motivation to push
for a civil rights measure until therelease of the new report.
The 106-page document-entitied "Sexual Orientation Bias in Alaska--wasfunded by the Chicago
Resource Center Foundation and prepared by the gay community-based
Identity, Inc. According to Brause,
extensive surveys revealed that 31
percent of Anchorage employers"would not hire, would not promoteor would fire someone they had reason to believe was homosexual.- The
percentage of landlords admitting tosimilar prejudice was 20 percent, afigure activists say is artificially low
because of the current housing glut in
oil-producing states.
The report has been forwarded
to the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission (ERC), which has established
a committee to report back to the furIcommission. The commission willthen decide whether to recommendthat the Municipal Assembly pass antidiscrimination protections for gays
and lesbians.
In-the meantime, activists have

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Alaskans have experienced anti-gay
bias, the gay community of Anchorage has begun the push for a gay civilrights bill.
A similar bill actually passed theMunicipal Assembly in 1976, but the
mayor vetoed it. According to key
activist Jay Brause, there was a "glumfeeling" in the community for several
years thereafter and, although a community center was built in 1976, there

formed the Campaign
for Civil
Rights. The group turned out 250
participants Oct. 30 for a four-and·one-half hour hearing called by the
ERC committee.
"We realize we have a conservative administration right now,- Brausesaid. "Our priorities are to meet with
ERC commissioners, organize supportive organizations and mobilize individuals to support the rights of gay
and lesbian people.·
Anchorage, with a metro population of 225,000, has two gay bars, a
few gay social groups and an exten·
sive
network
ofwomen'sservices-"from spirituality to massage
to political action to survivors .andrecovery programs,' Brause said.
Alaska's five major groups ofindigenous
people (Eskimos) arenot extensively involved in either
the gay community or the fight fora ci.vil rights bill, acco,rding toBrause, ·primarily
becausenotenoughfriendships
have been
made along racial lines to haveskilled people to draw upon.·-Rex Wocknet

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AIDS CENTER OF QUEENS COUNTYSOCIAL SERVICES· EDUCATION· BUDDIESCOVNS1:LlNG· SUPPORT GROUPS
Volunteer Opportunities(718) 896-25OO(voice) (718) 896-2985(TDD).-<=-ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unlea.h Power)
496A Hudson Street, Suite G4 NYC 10014(212)989·1114
A diverse, non-partisan group of individuals
united in anger and committed to direct action
to end the AIDS crisis. Gen. meetings Mon.
nights 7:30, the Community Center 208 W.13th.
ARCS (AIDS-Related Community Services)for Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties. AIDS
education, client services, crisis intervention,
support groups, case management, buddy andhospital visitor program.
214Cen1raI Ave. WliIe Plans. NYllmi (9141!BHmi
838 Broadway ,Newburgh, NY 12250(9141562-5005
AlDSline (914) 993.(1607

CONGREGATION BETH SIMCHATTORAH
NY's Gay and Lesbian Synagogue Services
Friday at 8:30pm
S1 Bethune Street
For info. call: (2121929-9498.
DIGNITY NEW YORK
lesbian and gay Catholics and friends
AIDS Ministry, Spiritual Development
The Cathedral Project
Worship Services 81Social-Sun. Eves. 7:30pmSt John's Episcopal Church 218 West 11th
Street@Waverly·675-2179
EDGE
For the physically disabled Lesbian and G'ay
Community.
(212198~ 1921
P.O.Box 305 Village Station, New York. NY
10014

GAY & LESBIAN PSYCHOTHERAPY
SlidlnglC8le , ...
Insurance accepted.
Institute for Human Identity.
(212) 799-9432
GAY MALE $1M ACTIVISTS
Dedicated to safe and rl!sponsible S/M since1981. Open meetings w/programs on S/M techniques, lifestyle issues, political and social
concerns. Also special events, speakers
bureau, workshops, demos, affinity groups,
newsletter, more. GMSMA -Dept O,496A Hudson Street. Suite 023 ,NYC 10014.
(212) 727·9878.
GMAD(GAY MEN OFAFRICAN DESCENT)
80 Varick Street. NYC 10013 a support group of
Gay Men of African Descent dedicated.to consciousness-raising and the development of the
Lesbian and Gay Community. GMAD is i.nelusive of African, African-American, Carribean
and Hispanic/Latino men of ~olor. Mlletings
are held, weekly, on Fridays. For more information, call 718-802-0162.

BAR ASSOCIATION FORHUMAN RIGHTS
Lawyers Referral
Service for the Lesbian and Gay Community
Full Range of Legal Services (212) 459·4873

FEMME SUPPORT GROUP
For lesbians who self identify as Femme. For
info and meeting times call Usa at (212) 82~. 9817. No men please.

BAR ASSOCIATION FORHUMAN RIGHTSFree Walk-in Legal Clinic. Tuesday 6-8 pm
Lesbian 81Gay Community Centro Ground Aoor

FRONT RUNNERS
A running club for lesbian and' gay athletesof all abilities. Fun Runs of 1-6 miles held every
Sat at lOam and Weds. at 7pm in Central Parkand every Tues. at 7pm in Prospect Park.
For information: call (212) 724-9700.

GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS HOTUNEFOR INFORMATION ON SAFER SEX AND HIVRELATEDHEALTH SERVICES,AND FORINFORMATION ON ONE-TIME. WALK-IN AIDSCOUNSELING SERVICES
212-IOHi655
212~-7470TDD(For the Hearing Impaired)Mon.-Fri. 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sat 12:00to 3:00

THE FUND FORHUMAN DIGNITY
National Gay and Lesbian Crisis Une"AIDS 8OIT... 1-800-S0S-GAYS
Educational Resource Center; Positive Images
Media Center; NY State Arts Program
666B'way Suite 410NYt. NY 10012 (2121529-1600

HEAL (Health Education AIDS Uaison)
Weekly info. and support group for treatments
for AIDS which do not compromise theimmune system further, including alternativeand hoiistic approaches.
.
Wed 8pm. 208W. 13th St (212)674-HOPE.

THE GAY AFRICAN AMERICANSOFWESTCHESTER(The G.A.A.)
is a community based support group formed in
Westchester County. Various activities areplanned for the coming months.
Please call 914·376·0727 for more info.

HETlIICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE
for lesbian and gay youth. Counseling, .drop-in
center (M·F, 3-6pm), rap groups, Harvey Milk
High School, AIDS and safer sex inforination,referrals, professional education.
(212) 633-8920(voice)(212) 633-8926 TTY for deaf

BLUS-BRONX LESBIANS
UNITED IN SISTERHOOD
Social, political and support networking groupfor women and their friends. Regular social
events and meetings on the first and third Friday's of every month. At The Community Center, 208 W. 13 Street. from 6:3O-8pm. For more
info call Usa at (212) 829-9817.
BODYPOSmVEIf you or your lover has tested HIV+, we offer
support groups, seminars, public forums, reference library, referrals, social activities andup·to· date national monthly, "THE BODY POSITIVE" (Sl51yearl.
(212) 633-1782.
2095 Broadway, Suite 306, NYC, NY 10023
CIRCLE OF MORE LIGHT
Spiritual support and sharing in a gay/lesbian
affirmative group.
West-Park Presbytarian Church
165WeSt 86th Street
Wed: worship service 6:30 p.m., program 7:30.
Marsha (212)~-4373
Charlie (212)691-7118.

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COMMUNITY RESEARCHINmAnvE
PWA's, PWARC's 81their physicians taking theinitiative to seek promising intervention
against AIDS in a resp. manner. For more info
or to volunteer please call (2121481-1050.

GAY & LESBIAN HEALTH CONCERNS
An office of the NYC Dept of Health, provides
linkages betwn NYC Health 81Human Svcs,
and the Lesbian 81Gay community, focusing in
ALL health concerns; resour ce information for
health services consumers and providers. 125
Worth Street. Box 67, New York, NY 10013. For
info call (212) 566-4995.

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November 26, 1989

GLAAD
Gay 81J.asbian Alliance Against De'amation
80 Varick Street. NYC 10013 (212) 966·1700
GLAAD combats homophobia in the media andelsewhere by promoting visibility of the lesbian
and gay community and organizing grassroots
response to anti-gay bigotry.

HISPANIC UNITED GAYS& LESBIANS
Educational services, political action, counselingand social activities in Spanish and English by
and for the Latino lesbian and Gay Community.
General meetings 8:00 p.m. 4th Thursday of
every month at 208 West 13th Street
Call (212) 691-4181
or write H.U.G.L, P.O.Box 226 Canal Street
Stati.on,.New York, NY 100.19.

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Precedent-setting litigation nationwide forlesbians, gay men and people with AIDS.
Membership ($35 and up) inc. newsletter andinvitations to special events. Volunteer nighton Thursdays. Intake calls: 2·4pm Mon thru Fri(212) 995-8585
LAVA (LESBIANS ABOUT VISUAL ART)
Call for slides for Lesbian Artists' Exhibition,
Gay & Lesbian Community Center, NYC. For
more information, send SASE to :Miriam Fougere
118 Fort Greene PlaceBrooklyn, NY 11217.
THE LESBIAN AND GAY BIG APPLE CORPS
Get your instrument out of the closet and comeplay with us. Symphonic, Marching, Jazz, Dix·
ieland, Rock, Rute Ensembles and Woodwinds.
123West 44th St Suite 12L New York, NY
10036 (212) 869-2921
LESBIAN & GAY
COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER
208West 13th Street New York, NY 10011(212) 620-7310
9am·llpm everyday.
A place for community organizing and networking, social services, cultural programs,
and social events sponsored by the Center andmore than 150 community organizations.
LESBIAN AND GAY NETWORK
Ari organization of Lesbians and Gays who are
active in their labor unions working on domestic partnership benefits and AIDS issues. For
more information call (212)923-8690.
LESBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS PROJECT
of the American Civil Uberties Union
KNOW YOURRlGKTS/WE'RE EXPANDINGTHEM(212) 944-9800, ext 545
LESBIANS ABOUT VISUAL ART (LAVA)
Call for slides for Lesbian Artist's Exibition, Gay
and Lesbian Community Center, NYC, for more
information send SASE to Miriam Fougere, 118
Ft Greene Place, Brooklyn, NY 1217.
LESBIANS AND GAYS OF FlATBUSH
Brooklyn.'s social organization for both gay
men and lesbians.
P.O.Box 106, Midwood Station
Brooklyn, NY 11230· (718) 859-9437
LONG ISLAND ACT-UP
P.O.Box 291, New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Support us for change on Long Island.
(516)338-4662 (516) 997-5238 Nassau(516) 928-5530 Suffolk
MEN OFAll COLORSTOGETHERNY
A multi·racial group of gay men against
racism. Meetings every Friday night at 7:45 at
the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, 208 W. 13th Street For m re info. call: (212)245-6366 or (212) 222-9794.

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Our 200 member lesbian and g~y tennis club
includes players from beginning to tournamentlevel. Monthly tennis parties. Winter indoor
league. Come play With us! For information:
MTG, POB 2135, New York, NY 10025.
(212) 662-0695.
MOCA
Men of Color AIDS Prevention Program. Provides safer sex and AIDS education information to gay and bisexual Men of Color;
coordinates a network of health education
providers and peer-support groups for gay andbisexual Men of Color in all 5 boroughs of New
York City. MOCA is located at 303 Ninth Ave,New York, Ny 10001. or call (212) 239-1796.
NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE
is the national grassroots political organization for lesbians and gay men. Membership is$3OIyear. Issue·oriented projects address violence, sodomy laws, AIDS, gay rights ordinances, families, media, etc. through lobbying,education, organizing and direct action.
NGLTF 1517U Street NW, Washington, DC
20009. (202)332-6483.
NEW YORK ADVERTISINGAND COMMUNICATIONS NElWORKNYACN is the community's largest gay and lesbian professional group, welcoming all in commynications--advertising, PR, marketing,media, graphic design, illustration, photogra. phy, copywriting, journalism, publishing, radio,
TV and film--and their friends. Monthly meetings, 3rd Wed 6:30pm at the Community Center.
Members' newsletter, job hotline, annual
directory. Ph!)ne (212) 517-0380for more info:
Mention OutWeek for one free newsletter.
NINTH STREETCENTER
Since 1973, a community dedicated to demonstrating that a homosexual lifestyle is a rational, desirable choice for individuals
dissatisfied with the rewards of conventional
living. Psychologically - focussed rap groups,
Tues., Sat, 8 to 10 pm. peer counselling available. 319 E. 9 Street, New York, NY 10003.forinfo call (212) 228-5153.
NORTH AMERICAN MAN/BOY
LOVEASSOCIATION (NAMBLA)
Dedicated to sexual freedom and especially.
intereted in gay intergenerational relationships. Monthly Bulletin and regular chapter
meetings on the first Saturday of each month ..
Yearly membership is $20; write NAMBLA. PO
Box 174, Midtown Station, New York, NY 10018
or call (212) 807-8578 for information.
NORTHERN UGHTS ALTERNATIVES
Improving Quality of Ufe for People with
AIDS/HIV.
THE AIDS MASTERY WORKSHOP: Exploring
the possibilities of a powerful aDd creative lifein the face of AIDS. Call Jack Godby(212) 337-8747

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ANn·VIOLENCE PROjECT •Counseling, advocacy, arid information for sur·vivors of anti· gay and anti-l!lstJian violence,
sexual assault. domestic violenc" and othertypes of victimization. All services free andconfidential.
24 hour hotline (212) 807-0197
PEOPLEWllH AIDS COALITION(212) 532-0290 / Hotline (212) 532-0568
Monday thru Friday 10am-6pm
Meal programs, support groups, educationaland referral services for PWA's and PWArc's.
PEOPLEWITH AIDS HEALTH GROUP .
Underground buyer's club importing not-yet·approved medications and nutritional supple·
ments. 31 West 26th St 4th Roar (212)532-0280
SAGE: (Senior Action in a Gay Environment)
Social Service Agency providing care, activities, and educational services for gay &Ies·
bian senior citizens. Also serving over 160
homebound seniors and older PWA's . ·208
West 13th St NYC 10011 (212) 741·2247
THE OUTREACH
USING COMMUNAL HEAUNG (TOUCH)
a program of Brooklyn'community volunteers
providing a weekly buffet supper for the
Brooklyn AIDS comr.nunity.
Occasional programs ·of information, educa·tion and entertainment TOUCH meets Monday
eves. 5p.m. to 6:30p.m. at downtown Brooklyn
Friends Meeting House (110 Schermerhorn St
near Boerum Place). Umited transportation
may be arranged.
Info: (718) 622-2756. TOUCH welcomes contributions of funds, food and volunteers.
ULSTER COUNTY GAY AND LESBIANAWANCE
Meets first and third Monday of each monthat 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Church on Sawkill
Road in Kingston.
For information, call (914) 626-3203.

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LOVELY QUEENSAPARTMENTS FOR RENT
Close to ManhattaR
Far from Manhattan Prices.
Call Steven at (718)204-5862.
Leave message.

YEAR-ROUND TAX PLANNING AND
PREPARATIONPERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING
586-3000
PAPERWORK GOT YOU BOGGLED?
Alas ...a GREAT Bookkeeping Service forsmall businessl Neat·Fast·Accuratel
Call Robert Seabury 718-499·7955
Mornings.

Jeney City
Near Grove Street PATH & Newport
Mall, sunny 4 room apt, 575/MO & util
call (201)792-0083, leave msg, no fee.

ATTORNEYS

APARTMENT SUBLET
SUBLET NEAR BROOKLYNHEIGHTSlBR, light and airy with hardwood
floors. $675.00. Call (718)237·1802.

APARTMENT SHAREROOMMATE WANTED
Bklyn 2 BR, sunny, big kitchen, LR study,
piano. Very convenientto most trains.
Safe area. No-cats. Women only: Starts
Dec. 1. $430fmo plus utilities. (718)8572950.

ANSWERING SERVICESBROOKLYN ROOMMATE
Share LG apt in Park Slope, on the park.
Your own bdrm,low rent & uti!. Avail
Jan 1, HIV+ or PWA ok. Contact David
at (718)788-4022.

NYC'S FINEST
CALL FORWARDANSWERING SERVICEIS
GAY·OWNEDGWM, PWA 32, looking for someone
who has apt. to share. I am considerate,
turstworthy, reliable, non-smoker, canafford current market rates. If you canhelp pis call Jim at (212)627-1457

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APARTMENT CLEANINGCASTLE CARE, INC.
Apartment & Office Cleaning.
Gay Owned. Reliable.
We are available 7 days.
CALL (212) 475-2955.
ABLE BODIED CLEANERS
Serving New York & New Jersey
quality cleaning by gay men.
MLet us clean up youract for the holidayslH
Call (201)355-3747,
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Park Slope
27 Street near 4 Avenue, small sunny 2
Bdrm,l block from R train, 575/MO, call(201)792-0083, leave msg, no fee.

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our brothers and sisters affected by
AIDS
SI. Francis AIDS Ministry
135 W. 31st Street Manhattan 10001
695·1500"".",,"dI CAN AND Will HELP YOU.
Reunite the Separated-Restore Lost
Nature-Unfold the Mystery of the Past,
Present and Future.
(212) _1992
Se ~abla Espanol

AIDS MINISTRYIN THE SPIRIT OF
FRANCIS OF ASSISI...serving

DONNA
E.S.P.Psychic-Professor of SpiritualismReader and Advisor-Palm and Card
Readings
A,. YOII con'-d. IIn"'PPY •• p,.••ftI,

OutWeek Production Manager seeks
short-term share or sublet (4-6 mos.)
Prefer furn. Need immediately.
Call Joe D'Andrea
Days (212) 685-8673
Weekends (516)754·4996

ART BUY/SELLMICHAEL ALAN DYM, ESQ.
Attorney At Law
Artists' Rights Issues.
Landlord/Tenant Disputes.
Real Estate Closings.
Business Partnerships &Incorporations.
Wills & Estates.
718.631.3008

212.932.2034

CLUBS
FORESKIN LOVERSThe New York City chapter of theUncircumcised Society of America(NYC·USA) seeks new male members(with or without foreskin) to join its
swelling ranks. Call for more clubinformation or to make reservations forthe new members party. (212)777·4208,

CHIROPRACTOR
DR. CHARLES FRANCHINO
30 Fifth Avenue,
New York. NY 10011,
call for info (212)673-4331.

COMPUTER DATINGCOMPUTERIZED BY MAIL DATINGSERVICE
Call for free information package.
U.B.I. Corp, (212)685-7637.
After 5 p.m. call answering machine
and leave your name and address.

We buy, sell, locate and tradeartworks.
Services available: picture hanging
and art transportation.
Call 255-6680.

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The answer to the puzzle about eating.
Eliminate'your weighVeating problem
forever. (212) 929-0661.

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GROUPSMEETING, DATING, AND INTIMACY
A six week workshop lead by licensed
therapist call (212) 988-5034.

HELP WANTEDCOUNSELINGFRIENDSHIP: AN 8 WEEK GROUP FOR
GAY MEN
Exploring what we wanVneed fromfriends, c·onfusing friends and lovers,
starting friendships.
Professional Leader.
(212) 866·2705

DENTISTSQUALITY PERSONA~ DENTISTRY
William De Bonis DDS:
Suite 704,
200 West 57 Street,
New York. NY,10019,
Office hours by appointment only call
212·333-2650.

ELECTROLYSISA LAMBDA ELECTROLYSISAPermanent Hair Removal
Men/Women· TV/rS's ~ All Methods
Computer Aided • Sterile Conditions
By Physicians' Aid
14 Years Experience· Sliding Scale Fee
Licensed and Board Certified(718)937·3389

FITNESS
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1 on 1 training
278 West 86th Street Suite 1R
New York. NY 10024(212) 580-7125
Michael H. Matinzi

BODY WORKS
Intuitive Healing Body Work For Men
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November 26, 1989

DIRECTOROF EDUCATION &PREVENTION
Responsible for planning, organizing,
directing,andevaluatingacomprehensive
AIDS education,
prevention and outreach program for aborough·wide,
community-basedorganization. Skills required are: public
speaking, supervisory
experience,
knowleded of AIDS, sensitivity to ethnic
and sexual minorities. Bilingual andown car a plus. To apply send resume
and salary req to: ACQC, 97-45 Queens
Blvd, Suite 1220, R ego Park, NY 11374.
DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL NURSINGThis position· key to the managementof clinical trials - requires experience inclinicalresearch& work in acommunity-based·organization.
Candidates should have a bachelors
degree in nursing & a masters degree
in Nursing OJ another health related
field, and experience working withAIDS clinical research trials. PLeasesubmit your resume with cover letter to:
Nursing Dept, Community Research
Iniative, 31 W. 26 Street, NXC 10010.·
ADMIN ASST/WORD PRO
Nationally known Any/Politician seeks
Admin Asst. Responsibilities include:
Word Processing of correspondance,
legal pleadings, bks, and arts. Phone
Work making inquiries, setting appts,
and handling incoming calls. Filing andother
OfficeManagement
responsibilities. You must be extremely
reliable& organized,
capable ofoperatingwith a high degree of
independence. Competitive salary & yr
own Man apt come with this position.
Extremely rewarding for highly proflpolitically progressive-liberalmindedindividuals, M/F, contact Robert Whiteat (212) 755-7555.
EXEC DIR FOR NYC GAY & LESBIANANTI VIOLENCE PROJECT
A social
serviceand advocacy
organization seeks dynamic leader andproven administrator.
Women andminorities encouraged to apply. Send
cover letter and res\lme by Nov 30,1989
to: E.D. Search Committee,
AntiViolence Project, 208 W. 13 Street, New
York. NY 10011.

CLINICAL RESEARCH NURSES
Registered Nurses with experience inAIDS research & care delivery areencouraged to submit their resumes forconsidera tion for upcoming clinicaltrails. Please submit your resume withcover letter to: Nursing Department
Community Research Initative, 31 West
26 Street, New York, NY 10010. Equal
Opportunity Employer.
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
for AIDS service agency seeks expo (2·3years) exec. assistant.
Reports to
Executive Director. Position requires
excellent communication
skills, WP
experience, high energy, level good
benefits/salarypkg. Salary based on
experience.
Send resume to: Mark
Ketchan, AIDS Resource Center 24
West 30th St. NYC 10001. AIDS
Resource is an E.O.E.

HOLIDAY HELPMAN FRIDAY
experienced, attractive Bartending
and Catering for holiday parties.
Cocktails and intimate dinners a
specialty.
Book nowlcall David (212) 353-1136.

INVESTMENTS
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For more infonnation about New York
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80 Wall Street, New York. NY 10005(212) 269-1)110 or 1-800-262-6644.
Member Securities Investor Protection
Corporation/ Member National
Association of Securities Dealers.

MOVERS, LICENSEDTIRED OF HOMOPHOBIC MOVERS?
Try BrownstDne BrDthers instead.
Professional and reliable.
Serving the Gay Community 15 years.
Sensitive, fun people who get the job
done right with no bullshit
Licensed DOT 10166. Insured.
Reasonable storage rates.
Pianos·Arts ·Antiques
Packing. Moving Supplies. 426 E91
Call 289-1511.
Mention OUTWEEKfor Special
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After a busy day of acting up, treat
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Leave message for Jeff HornsteinNovember 26, .1989

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Roman Ostrowski M.D.
Pulmorfllry Diseases. 30 5 Avenue,
Ne'lf·York, NY 10011
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treated in minutes with lasers call for a
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CHP - COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT
208 W. 13 Street, New York, NY 10011,
for info call (2121675.3559.

PUBLICATIONSSERVING THE GAY COMMUNITY OF
MANHATTAN
Buying, Selling Real Estate.

Call Tony Czebatul.
(2121460·9999
WALSCOTT CO.

PSYCHOTHERAPY
Individual, Couple and Group
Offered by
Institute Fellow and University Faculty
Member with 10 years of Experience
serving the Gay Community
John E. Ryan, MA

SEXUAL HEALINGEROTIC MEN
Joseph Kramer is offering anexperiential sacred sex seminar. (Nolecture.1 Celebrate o'lir tribal joy with
Tantric, Taoist and Native American
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JJOBUDDIES
GWM, 40, 5'11", 165#I, looking for men wholove hot .110 sessions.
ExhiblVoy. videos. Extra hung and or hairy a+. PhotolPhone to Box
126, 70A Greenwich
Avenue, New York,NY 10011.
PORNO STAR, 25
Now that I have yourattention, let me takethe opportunity
toreveal that I'm actuallya 45 year-old teacher
who, according to thelatest OUTWEEK poll,
many believe still has"it". Hey, why not
check it out? Phone
and photo, por lavor,
to D.L. POB 20089,
NYC 10017.
HUNGRY FOR RICEGWM, Hispanic, 35,
5'10",
165#1, hairy chest, moustache, attractive, sincere, educated, witty, smart,
myriadinterests.
Seeks
sparkling
friendship with good100 king, neat, bright,
romantic, sensitive
Asian 18-29, smoothbody, thick, slra ight
hair, nice smile. Both
01 us are affectionate,caring and love tolearn, laugh, kiss andenjoy life. Send detaiied letterlfoto in con·fidence. Let's meetand get started. Outweek Box 1677
RUMAN ENUF?
Musc
handsome
GWM, Brl8r 5'10" 175,
34, wks out, has rei,seeks well-del verymusc. guy for hot wkday SS. FR AlP chest
hair a must. YR pic
gets mine, Box 306,
Bklyn, NY 11217.
GAY ASIAN
Gay male couple midtwenties likes music,
horror movies, andcreative
projects.
Seeks Asian male 2030 for friendship. A
good sense of humor
a must. Write Box 697
Midwood New York11230.
COLLEGE GUY
I'm an adventurous,
attractive, tall, blonde,
nice guy looking forlun. I'm 21, 6'1", anartist with a good trim
body, 160 lb., top, who

DOMINANTIntelligent highly egocentered
MASTER
looking to own, control, humiliate andabuse willing siave
who will give himself
over and follow MY directions. Stats unimportant. ATIITUDE isl
Submit application andphone number to P.O.
Box 292, NY 10024.

seeks a new dating,sexual, or relationshipadventure (while playing sale) with a fun
guy who is in shape,
under 30, and has agood sense 01 humor.
A recent photo a must.
Outweek Box 1678
GLORYHOLESERVICE
Hot, no nonsense
cocksucker, 34, reallygets down for major
dudes hung bigger
than me (10-.) Looks,
age, race unimporta.nt, cock size is.
Just be hot and readyfor a rootmilkin you
won't soon forgel. DT
assured.
Seriouscalls only. No J/O nofats. Duke (212) 6913601.

SURE OF YOU
Nice hot JM furry,
5'10", 1651b,33, seekssim (Jlltal). varied Interests, good sense ofhumor, witty. Nonsmks. Great d (romance, cuddle, Kink)
and in your arms.
Drop a note (photol
phone, plse.) It may
change our lives. Outweek Box 1701
BE MY KIND
BR~ER?
GWM,
38, seeks
youngerjockforchumming around andincestuous (but safe)
good times prefer
Blonds, but open if
you like books, music,
theater. Ltr/Pic to POB
3182, Ridgewood, NY
11386.

Box #,__-=77 Lexington Avenue, Suite 200
New York NY 10010

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Photo/write to: Outweek Box 1706
CURIOUSLYSENSIBLE
yet crazed professional GM seeks dinnerdate or hot sex withsmart, hairy, absurd
GM between 5'3" and6'8". Unusual tablemanners, tendency tointerrupt OK; conversational enthusiasm,
good tongue technique are pluses. P.O.
Box 270, BowlingGreen Station, NY NY
10274.
LOVING TOP
52,5'6", 135, HIV-, 8",gentle but masterfulseeks 18-35, slim,
passionate, devoted
boy who's eager toserve and please.
Write phone #I and tellme why we together
could have the world.
Outweek Box 1708

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YOUR NAME IS ...
Jack. You are a GWM,
28, gym body, darkhair, 10 138, HIV neg,an Actor, recentiy
moved here from LA,
attend Unity, drink Ricard, do some writing,believe in 1)0 It Nowl"
I'm like you, handsome, warm, pining,seek love and support.
Let's meetl Ph/Ph to
Box
7493,
NYC,
10163.

November 26, 1989

NICE GUY
Wants to fuck you.
Hdsme married WM
40's, 5'8", 150lb, sensual, masculine andsane, Highly charged
action for tight rear or
deep throat. Fussy
about dean Iiness. Anyrace, No drugs. Not
recommended
forthose under 35. PO
Box 1061, Church
Street Stn, New York
10008.
INSATIABLE FRIA
Attr 40 yr bind, very
oral and HIV neg. sks
well-hung FRIP for hot
times. I'm talented,
O ... -educated, affectionate. Age and race
not as important as
dick & attitude. Photoa plus. Write Fox, P.O.
Box 20161, Midtown
Station, New YorX City
10129.
GF·ARE YOU MY
TYPE?
20's, antiracist, longcuriy hair, gmlbr eyes,
ample, tough, broad,not tall, physical, good
hands. I want YOU. I
am 22, 5'7", 125 Ibs.,
short blonde hair, blueeyes, sensitive, wI
good hands. Tell me alittle bit about yourself,
but keep some secrets,
pleaselGAY AND
INTERRACIAL
GJM, 40, 5'10", 155
Ibs., cute, blue eyes
and wise desires masculine black top man,
30 and older. Sensitiveand mature to explore
who
we
are.
Foto/phone if possible.
P.O. Box 20, NYC, NY
10012.
GUYS IN SUITS
Professional, GWM,
31 , with eclectic tastes
looking for Wall Street
type who know how toleave the office behind. Am br/br, 145,
clean shaven, workout, look good. Photo/phone to Outweek
Box 1712
DO YOU PLAY?
GBF fun-loving, smart,cute, into movies, longwalks, good conversation seeks feminine,career-minded, silly,
spiritually aware, sexloving GF any race forfriendship first. No BiF
please. 25-40. Write
OutWeek Box 1635.
HEYNINAI
I never thought I'dwrite a personal ad
but here goes ... Remember me and youon the lIRR talking
about ecofemlnism,
Jamaica
Plain,
acupuncture, and thebeach? Well, I'd like totalk some more... OJtWeek Box 1636

TRAVEL MUCH?
I am planning my first
trip to Amsterdam or
Sitges or Ibiza. I welcome any suggestions
about hotels, bars, discos, men. Thanks.
Patrick Pope, Box967, libertyville,
IL,
60048. (I'll send you
stamps.)CHUBBYGWM
Babyfaced 39, 5'5",200, br/br, cln. shv.,
hairy chest & belly, uncut, seeks masculine,
well-built chasers, 2045. Midtown Manhattan, day or night. Enjoy sweaty body con-tact, tit play, jlo possible. SAFE Fr/Gr. Your
photo gets mine. TJ,
Box 112, Executive
Suite, 330 West 42ndStreet, NYC, 100366902. Ethnic, BB aplus.
LESBIAN COUPLE
Straight WM desires
GF couple for adventurous sex. Let me be
your plaything. I'm tall,
good-looking, 35. Interested? Photo/phone
Write Outweek Box
1643
HAD TO BE YOU?
GWM 28 5'6" 145 Ibs.

brown/moustache
Cuban film buff seeks
GM 25-35 to sharepopcorn and othergood things. Photo/phone/letter
POB
2522 West NY, NJ
07093.
No drugs/
smoking or bullHOT AND SULTRY
19 yo Hispanic/ItalianGM, 6' 150, with Uomo Vogue beauty, fun
to be with. I want to'meet young GM's togo out to movies, theatre, concerts, dinners
and morel Send photo/phone to POB 570,
NYC 11004.

"ANOREXOPHILE"
GWM, 35, 6'-1", 165
solid Ibs., masculine,
safe, secure, oftensane, Ivy grad, homeowner; likes skiing, cycling, arts, mechanics;seeks honest GM,
24 to 36, with innate,
truly toothpick-thinbuild and no chemical
dependencies,
forperm. relationship.
Please reply (include
interests.,height,weight) to P.O. Box9252, Morristown, NJ
07963.
LOVE TO EAT ASS
WM, 38, 5'11", 165

Ibs., dark hair, cleancut, healthy, is looking
for hot guys who love
to have their ass eaten
as much as I enjoy doing it. Squat down,
push out and let me
enjoy your ass insideand out for a longtime. All races welcome. Outweek Box
1647
R U AN EXHIBITIONISTGW amtr fotog needs
exp w new equipment.
Nds your hot, hard,
horny bodies to pose.
You get all rolls of color, enlgd prints andnegs free. your place.
Ph/phI P OB 2214,
NY, NY 10036.
YOU'RE SO SMARTI
Erudite passive stallions turn on this very
hot BM (6', 1751b,30's) looking for stimulating encounters withhorny smartasses.
LV/phone: PO Box
786, New York, NY
10026.
NEED QUICK AX
You combine looks
and habits of Nick
Cave with Ian Curtis
anguish. I will supply
the boredom. I Like
pallor and earrings,
dislike pets and muscles. Skinny literates a+. Write and send four
photoboothsnaps.
Age 25-35. Outweek
Box 1653
BOTTOMSEEKSUNCUlTOP
GWM, 32 bottom, 5'9",
1751b, Gr eyes, balding, Blond, masculine,
good looks, seeks uncut lover under 36 yrs.
I live in Queens (718)321-0344, please NO
FATS, fems, or phonesex, no calls after midnightl

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into GBM attract bdybldr, 5'8", 160lb, 4Oyr,HIV status unknownsafe sex of course. UR
masc, well built, interest in social change,
metaphysics, wit hot
times. Bennett, PO
977, Old Chelsea Stn,
NY 1001.1.
DOWNAROLY MOBILE
Artist, 36, 6', 150lb,
Br/Br.
Handsome,smoker, cynic. Looking
for tough beautiful little
guy for sex, love, culture high and low. Letter, phone, photo to

November 26, 1989

Box 457 Cooper Sin,
New York, NY 10276.
MEDITERRANEAN
or Latin, brown eyes,tan, or dk hair, cleancut, masculine, cute,
WANTED. Also warm,
affectionate, fit, intellectual, romantic, not
too hairy. Just a basic,
nonpretentious niceguy who likes to try
many things, loves
cities, travel, books,
beaches, cycling, conversation, pleasure.
25-35 yr. olds send letterlfoto to me, GWM
6',158,29, prof., br/bl,
cute, very healthy,
playful and friendly, fit
masc., no republicans
or wild partiers: POB
1316, NYC, 10009
CHUBBY V1LLIAN
OK, 'Rasslin' fansl
GWM, babyfaced 39,
5' 5", 200, cln shv,
hairy chest & gut, uncut, accepts challenges from well-built,
masculine studs under
40 to sweat out yourhottest,wildest,wrestling/combat fantasies in my Midtown
apt. day/nite. No 'real'
wrestling,
but our"match can be as fun,erotic andior "brutal"
as U wantl In gear ornude; oil, "dirty" holds,
hot ViA tits, i'o. SAFE
Fr/gr. Ph/Ph to TJ, box
112,
EXECUTIVE
SUITE, 330 West42nd St., NYC 10036.
Ethnic a plus.
DISCIPLINARIAN
urgently sought bypaunchy,balding
GWM brat, 29. If you
are short on patienceand long on punishment-please respond
so on. I am truly obnoxious. Write Outweek Box 1660
JUST FRIENDSI
B/W Gay couple inlate 20's with many interests. He likes fashion, I watch (fake)
wrestling, we like horror movies, good conversation and enjoy
lifel We are looking for
new friends btwn 2235, race and looks notimportant but sense ofhumor is a must. If you
would like to meet or
just talk - write to Special K PO Box 697
Midwood, New York11230.

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WM, 5'11", 1881bs,38,
needs strap
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BD, n, hot wax bootlicking
serves me
right. Can reverseroles but need to receive SS. No drug Box
243,
Pelham
NY
13803.

hot body and need atrue partner who iswilling to work at agood relationship andovercome the fears of
intimacy. Your therapy
has helped you realize
your
power
and
achieve personal happiness in life. You
want a partner with integrity and the ability
to challenge you to
grow. You're 25-35
with warm blue eyes
and a need to workand play hard (sports,
gym, travel, dancing)laugh and end eachday with a strong massage and a wann I\ug.

financiallysecure,knowledge seeking
friend or more? late
20's· late 30's who is
comfortable
being
himself. life's pleasures are always awelcomesurprise I
Ph/PH (if poss.) Outweek Box 1665

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GM, 34, handsome, 6',
Br/Br, 150lbs, swimmers body, hard working, spiritual, practical,
Idealist, professional
who loves the outdoors (hiking, Skiing,
cyding,etc) and the indoors (movies, theatre, meditation, dinner at home) seeking
a similarly' attractive,

HOT NJ ROMANCE
Handsomeathletic
and healthy GWM, 38,
6', 180lbs, BrlBI, withsuccessful businesscareer and rewarding
life wants to meet a
special man to share
my life with. like me,
you want more than a

If you're serious aboutfinding a lover, I'd liketo meet you. Reply
with photo to Outweek
Box 1668
HEALTHY WASPYHANDSOME
40's, 5'7", 1251bs,
BrlBr, seeks similar/or
safe sex & closefriendship. No hard
drugs
or
obese
please. Write Outweek
Box 1670
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SEEKS
ABSOLUT·TOP
FOR
ABSOlUT 100%
PLEASURE(STRAIGHT UP)
MIKE 212-969-8769(24 hr voice mail)
SALUTEIHNDSM HUNG GBM
Top. seeks affectionate bottom, preferably
Hispanic or Italian forfriendship. Goodlooking intelligent, clean
and honest a must,
40-60 years. Photo, if
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healthy,athletlc, gym
body, aggressive but
loving, seeks attractive
affectionate , slenderand sexy guy (blondea +) 17-31 for a longterm monogamouslove affair, send letter/photo/phone•.
Outweek Box 1515 .
DANCE WITH ME
WM. attractive, BrlBr,
33yrs. 5'6", 1431bs,
hairy, musc chest,
warm, prall, sense ofhumor. looking for relationship with attr
masc man of integrity
and warmth, under 35.
Hisp/Mediterranean
looks a plus. A rela·tionship of exploration,
fun, and closeness
which join!! us together while making us
each niore ourselvesit's that special chemistry I'm looking for. Incl phone, photo helpful, not essential. Write
Outweek Box 1529

HOPELESS ROMANTIC
NEED Of A MAN
21, tall, in-shape, fun,
LIFE TO SHARE
down-to-earth, ferent
sharing life and experiItSlO agressive, rnasc,
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man. likes country,
committed,
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dling, dating, dancing;
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York, NY 10010.
years old. Seeking
compatible GWM toLOOKING FOR YOU
share movies, theater,
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music, quiet evns/
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for fall Romance, fun.and exploration ofthe
physical and spiritual.
Hot times are waiting,so send your ph/ph
ASAP. Outweek Box

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to enrich our love 4
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toOrientals
andWhites.
No heavies,
beelcakes,
addicts or
marrieds.
I'm
intorock/rib,
the West Village, park rides, salesex, maybe more. And
your passions? (sendphoto and letter to Box590, Rockeleller
Station, New York, NY
10185.)

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YORK
I have this love/hate
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and I live in Brooklynl
Canyouprovideenough 01 a distraction
so I don't notice NY?
I'm always ready lor
adventure#5,243.
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like to meet you il
you're in late 30's tolate 40's,
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01 adventure is more
important than the size
01 your endowment.
HIV+
and
very
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1607

JUNIOR PARTNER
I'm old enough, confidentenough,8uccesslui
enoughforayounger
boyfriend.
GWM, 50, attractive,
in excellent
shape,
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who is very goodlooking, clear
thinking,
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conve'ntionalor sentimental.
II you comereasonably
close, respond with photo and
I'll reply. Outweek Box
1608
BLONDIREDHEAD
is wanted by 33 GWM
dark hair hairy
hotpassionate and honest
serious about relationship. U R 18-35 slim
clean shaven smoothbottomand serious
Europeana+, PH/PH
must Box 1536, NYC
10276.

GOOD lOOKING
BookishCleancut
37y/o WM, 6', 175lbs,
BRlBR, Insiteful, artistic,' supportive,
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quietly masculine Midwestern man for dating,Box022045,
Bklyn,
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over the telephone alter answeringsomeone's ad., lorgotten
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1351bs,brown
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and that such a needdoesn't forget him - orhis? You, too? Write
Outweek Box 1624

BROOKLYN BOYS
GWM,
30 BR/BR,
healthy
good shaperomantic many interests seeks younger
GM lor Iriend poss.
Relatnshp
BDM Box305 Bklyn 11240, send
letter and phone allanswered.

HOLA, SENOR I
Teacher, 45, learning
Spanish, seeks latino
man lor stimulating
conversation. My interests include the arts,
karate,computers,
and pillOW talk. Please
send phone and photo
to: D.l., POB 20089,
NYC 10017,
Hasta
luego.
.

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massculine but colorful,perhaps shy but ambitious?
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Outweek Box 1630
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OutweekBox 1632
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DOMINANTIntelligent highly egocentered
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who will give himself
over and follow MY directions. Stats unimportant. ATTITUDE isl
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Box 292, NY 10024.
HUNGRY FOR RICEGWM, Hispanic, 35,
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myriadinterests.
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01 us are affectionate,caring and love tolearn, laugh, kiss andenjoy life. Send detailed letterlfoto in confidence. let's meetand get started. Outweek Box 16n
COLLEGE GUY
I'm an adventurous,
attractive, tall, blonde,
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body, 160 lb., top, whoseeks a new dating,sexual, or relationshipadventure (while playing safe) with a fun
guy who is in shape,
under 30, and has agood sense of humor.
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Outweek Box 1678
RUMAN ENUF?
Muse
handsome
GWM, Brl8r 5'10" 175,
34, wks out, has rei,seeks well-def very
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gets mine, Box 306,
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unimportant, cock size
is. .bIt be hot and readyfor a rootmilkin you
won't soon forget. DT
assured. Serious calls
only. No J/O no fats.
[)U(e (212)691-3601.
GAY ASIAN
Gay male couple midtwenties likes music,
horror movies, andcreative
projects.
Seeks Asian male 2().
30 for friendship. A
good sense of humor
a must. Write Box 697
Midwood New York11230.
SURE OF YOU
Nice hot JM furry,
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and in your arms.
Drop a note (photo/phone, plse.) It may
change our lives. Outweek Box 1701

YOUR NAME IS ,..
Jack. You are a GWM,
28, gym body, darkhair, IQ 138, HIV neg,an Actor, recently
moved here from LA,
attend Unity, drink Ricard, do some writing,believe in "00 It Now!"
I'm like you, handsome, warm, pining,seek love and support.
Let's meetl Ph/Ph to
Box
7493,
NYC,
10163.
BE MY KIND
BROTHER?
GWM,
38, seeks
youngerjockforchumming around andIncestuous (but safe)
good times prefer
Blonds, but open if
you like books, music,
theater. LIT/Picto PCB
3182, Ridgewood, NY
11386.
NICE GUY
Wants to fuck you.
Hdsme married WM
40's, 5'8-, 150lb, sensual, masculine and'sane, Highly charged
action for tight rear or
deep throat. Fussy
about cleanliness. Anyrace. No drugs. Not

recommended
forthose under 35. PO
Box 1061, Church
Street Stn, New York
10008.
GF-ARE YOU MY
TYPE?
20's, antiracist, long
QJrly hair, grnlbr eyes,
ample, tough, broad,not tall, physical, good
hands. I want YOU. I
am 22, 5'r, 125 Ibs.,
short blonde hair, blueeyes, sensitive, w/
good hands. Tell me alittle bit about yourself,
but keep some secrets,
please I
Photo/write to: Outweek Box 1706
CURIOUSLY SENSIBLE
yet crazed professional GM seeks dinnerdate or hot sex withsmart, hairy, absurd
GM between 5'3" and6'8". Unusual tablemanners, tendency tointerrupt OK; conversational enthusiasm,
good tongue technique are pluses. P.O.
Box 270, BowlingGreen Station, NY NY
10274.

INSAnABLE FA/A
Attr 40 yr bind, very
oral and HIV neg. sks
well-hung FRIP for hot
times. I'm talented,
O ... -educated, affectionate. Age and race
not as important as
dick & attitude. Photoa pius. Write Fox, P.O.
Box 20161, Midtown
Station, New Yorl( City
10129.
LOVING TOP
52,5'6", 135, HIV-, 8",gentle but masterfulseeks 18-35, slim,
passionate, devoted
boy who's eager toserve and please.
Write phone # and tellme why we together
could have the world.
Outweek Box 1708
GAY AND
INTERRACIAL
GJM, 40, 5'10", 155
Ibs., cute, blue eyes
and wise desires masculine black top man,
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who
we
are.
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P.O. Box 20, NYC, NY
10012.

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1643
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dates are lessthan three months old.
USE A CONDOM DURING ORAL SEX. H you
don't, avoid placing the head of Y0lr partner's
cock in your mouth. HIV-infectedcum or precum can enter your bloodstream through cuts,tears or ulcers in your mouth.

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