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AIDS, PAUL RYKOFF COLEMAN; POETRY, DAVID TRINIDAD;" The Pink Panthers were f.ormed last summer in resP.onse
t.o a crisis .of anti-lesbian and anti-gay violence: They're now indanger .of disappearing because .of a criSis in volunteerism. Far
too few people are signing up to patrol the streets with thePanthers, and if th.ose wh.o do become disillusioned at the lackof community support, the group may just fade away, The loss•
would be our entire community's.
It's been suggested, .only partially in jest, that volunteerism
has replaced sex as the defining' characteristic of being gay in
the '90s, Between AIDS work, legal and political organizing,
hotlines and counseling, pro-choice advocacy, anti-racism andanti-sexism work and adv.ocacy for min.orities within our larger 'community, we certainly do not lack worthy opportunities towhich to donate time and money. At one time or another,many do,But. there are few volunteers more dedicated than those
who put their bodies on the line confronting hom.oph.obes andgay-bashers .on the mean streets .of cities like New York. In thisendeavor, the Pink Panthers have pr.oven themselves both symbolically and substantively
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for AIDS research, care andprevention and the prolonging
arid saving of lives. Yet, sadly,
there are still some closeted
politicians who cannot be persuaded by simple decency tosupport adequate funding. for
AIDS, Some people believe thatthreatening' to out these individuals:unl~ss they support

dying from this plague. He also
I think Gabriel Rotello's
knows' that the murderous
redefining outing as equalizing . inaction of the federal governis one of the most briUiant and ment in responding to this .epioriginal ideas I've come across ,demic will go down in history· in quite some time [no. 100, as one of the great moral failMay 29]. Gabriel madeings of out time.
. me realize that "outing" in itself is aGiven the life-and-deathpejorative word, some,thing I nature of this iss,ue and the
had never faced up to but desperate need for AIDS fundwhich had been troubling me. subliminally. I think redefining it
srON£W'ALL R/OrS
as "equalizing." solves this· problem ,emotionally and intell!lctually and. will make it very"hatd for the media to continue
proposing all-the stupid reasons they have in-'the past forprotecting the closet.
I 'II begi~ using the term
"equalizing" immediately, and I
hope everyone else Will too.
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impressive ,and weU-thoughtout account of his position on
outing is off blJse on' one very
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are reasonatHe exceptions to"outing"/"equalifing,"
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who oppose AIDS funding is ing, it is perfectly reasonable AIDS funding bills is u'sing"u§iilghomosexuality
as a to put all closeted politicians
homosexuality as a form of
on notice: As long as the dying blaCkmail.
form of blackmail."_The distinction must be continues; this is one issue inThis mayor may not bemade between "toeing the line which you must, in fact, toe the case. But, from my perof so spective, as long as dying conon lesbian and gay issues" and the line. The survival,
voting for desperately needed many in our community takes , tinues, tactics such as thesefunds for AIDS research, care a moral precedence over any are not only morally acceptand prevention. Mr, Rotello
possible right to privacy that able but perhaps morally· knows well that hundreds of . you might hav~.
incumbent upon all of us.
thousands of people in• our own
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ACCURATE ON ASIANS

I applaud yo,ur cover stOryon Asian and Pacific Islanders[no. 99, May 22]. There is muchmisinformation about APIs..inthe mainstream press which
does not recognize our uniqueness except when it serv~s their .
ideological purposes,.
Nina
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Reyes' article is the most accurate porfrayal of APls. I canremember ever reading in a
non-API publication,Pleasewrite more. Marginalized. groups can all benefit from
improved understanding ofeach others' communities,
Quid pro quo: At NYU
School of Law, where I am amember of the Asian Pacific
American Law Students Association, or A~A~SA, I plan touse, your article next fall as astarting point for discussions
in our group addressing the
problem of homop~obia in
API communities.
To the openly gay ana ..',
lesbian APts quoted .in thearticle: More power to. you;your courage gives strength toall of us,
HubertLem
NYU School of Law APALSA
KEEP IT COMINGYour cover story on lesbian and gay APls, "Common
Ground: Asians and PacificIslanders Look for Unity in aQueer World" [no, 99 May 22],
was long ovemue. And for thisreason, the article waS inundated with so much··informationsuch that without careful scrutiny (or repetitious reading!), theissues were difficult to follow,.June 5. 1991•.

Your point is very well taken, I
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From anti-Asian violence counting the title. Responding to chosen to extrapolate, project,and misinterpret them without
to AIDS among' APls to model- New York magazine's "Withminority myth to rice queens... Extreme Prejudice" (April 8, any attempt to comprehend.
Huh! Don't you think each topic 1991), Mr. Signorile calls for ''the other side's" viewpoint.
Should one choose to stay"accurate and frequent reportingneeds further exploring?
in the closet, it is th~ir deciHowever, I would like to on gays." What's the story
Michelangelo? Broken 'q' key? sion-a decision pertaining tothank you for this opportunity"Uninformed surely he doesn't privacy, justifiable fear andto express our long-muffledbasic freedom of choice. This isvoices. To see our brothers and mean queer"-copywriters?
sisters in a respectable publiC4- .New York Post and/or New York the simple analysis of Carr's
tion is self-empowerment at its magazine too "mainstream" for position and quite easy to follow. Your writer, however, has.
height. And please more arti- a queer journalist?
. The piece concludes with thrown his ,argument into othercles on our issues.
Alvin A. Realuyo larry Kramer and I have more areas of discussion which cOmRichmond Hills, NY . respect for Mr. Kramer than pletely evade the primary issues"'~uggingAlie,e'' .. )A'.'
Nancy Reagan has distaste for of privacy and choice. I would
Kitty Kelly---stating that "queer" be much more interested in a
FiezI.r was; not the'IT'S NOT THE QUEER
has been "effectively and useful- discussion of these issues than
~IIYank ~ypa.!lii;lg I WHO'S PERVERSE,
ly defused." (Defused for in the tired polemiCS offered in", ill! .1Il\1,,; ",4£
. ~l!!#',.' !
BUT THE WORD IN
whom? Sometimes-queer Mich- the ':GossipWatch" column.
'protocol on Queen
WHICH HE LIVESAs William Burroughs" Elizabeth 11'5recent'
The New York Times' elangelo Signorile? Gabrielonce
said, "If people just mind"queer-says-it-all"Rotello?
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\v.f",~t~,*il1.1 recent interest in the .~reat
ItitP .mrougli·,~he. Ii: ' • queer-vs.-gay debate ("Militants , "Mainstream" homosexuals? ed their own business, this901~n~s.
,~ccordlngll '. Back 'Q~eer: S~ovin.g 'Gay'the Certainly not for the "diseased- wol1dwouldn't be filled. with soqueer"-shouting, baseball-bat- many shits."· Your writer, by
wielding youths of Seattle's Vol- focusing on personal attacks of
Globe, ~t~~n~~'I~~~~
his colleagues rather than stick,g>,{®'Dean.~Semler:
lhe~' ..'" thoughts, questions and, quite unteer Park!)
So what should homosex- ing to anything substantive,~oSS~~:~li~~o~ OutWeekedi- . uals be C4l1ed?'Myroommate, a becomes one of these,'Itsaddensmethat
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likes
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1II8tqgrapher on'
tor, Gabri.el Rotello: :'Whend.:trft
J>lilw,'• '!~,;. . mi.''you're trymg to describe the This fortysomething "GMHC much attention is focused oncommunity, and you haveto list candystriper" (let's defuse it) personalities rather than issues.
.. t a little too ma.ch • gays, lesbians, bisexuals, drag prefers "Richard." The possibili- I expect more out of OutWeek,
Ira Silverberg.
queens, transsexuals (post-op ties are endless.
Richard M. Morse
Manhattan,,,of hi~ lifte~g~out.. ¥!'. and pre~) it gets unwieldy,anordinaryhOmosexuaft~..... n·chattlng "",ith ..1 'Qu~er' says it all." (Nothing like(and I realize that leavesme Michelangelo Signorile re-'Hili ·.i".' " II ,Jleavmg yourself wide open, Mr.
wide open to all you sponds: I have, time and time~>J!~H~1f!>~
S.~CI'i111
WiJf·!'I:;;1 Rotello-"Queer'~adj.,
deviatpoliticallycorrect queers) again, addressed the privacy'director of photog,a.; ing from the expe.cted or norManhattan issues regarding outing, The.... .,. h· h h·,.
mal; strange; peculiar.)
problem is you people who ,,~.y"O"Queer Nationalist" Lizrefuse to .address the joumal., Ibl •. .. ...
'. I face kind of thing ...using a word
While once fascinated by . istic ones. As for "personal:.,~. ~!,~I!te'!~tlng·~~,~t..~" (queer) that is.so offensive is a . the weekly :'Gossip Wa~ch" dia- . attacks," you've' gotten tl]ings
Actuall" 1bave a
way of showmg your anger." tribes, I have become mcreas- mixed iJp, hon, It was .Carr
who called me the "ayatollah" .
.. Iirothe....."'Cit'::(Mu~ we express our anger by ingly perturbed by your ~riter's"',~", . In ~)Vlabeling ourselves strange,chroniC, flatulent and, ultlmate- and several other monikers.
Is a lho_ogt.pharo' I. J peculiar, deviants?).
Iy, banal, personal attacks on before I ever spoke disre118d IOh'".' Donn~ Minkowitz of the seasoned jo~rnalists like C, spectably of her. And even last
... ~
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I Village VOicestates, "I am not Carr, Gary Indiana and Guy Tre~ week, I still maintained"itbly'colnciilental~il'l ,tI, ~ for any straight writer using the bay-not to mention other writ- respect, calling her "talented"'have abrothe....
word. 'qu.eer'"in a mainstream ers more interesting and e~e~-. and "immensely intelligent. "'i2. . , •", '"'.'" i!I!.
tl.' publl?atlon.
So ~ow come enced than he. Your wnter s Your letter sounds a mite pro~', • 'Who's a queen.'~· I rhetonC4l1yqueer 'Michelangelo most recent attack of C. Carr tective of all the writers with'.She QIOveil"'onwith. I Signorile C4n't fin.d his 'q' key [n~. 100, May 29] is his least whom you swirl" Mr. Book
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Hall Dean.
. Buchanan" [New York Post, anti-outing arguments and putting together that ViII'age
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I calls us "gay" 17 times~ 18 rejects them and has once again writings by those "seasoned"&",'*\:

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I am writing.in responseto,Joe Clarks' article on the Pet
Shop Boys [no. 97, May 8]. Mr.
Clark comes forth with a number of misunderstandings about
the Pet Shop Boys' music (i.e""Shopping" is about shopping)
and their motivations (it doesn'ttake a linguist to know thatn~arly all "-ior" endings are
spelled "-iour" in England;
spelling Behavior differently is,unglamorous as it seems, a cultural difference, not a cleyer
m~rketing ploy). We readers. 'suff~r through 12 paragraphs ofthis ill-informed and irrelevant"ev,idence" before Mr. Clark
comes to his point: that Pet
Shop Boys have used their gayness as a selling tool.
Statement for statemeht,
Mr. Clark's assertions seem tohave very little to do with reality.First is "We gave them theirma~erial." Did we? Did we give
Ne;il Tennant a bad time at
Catholic school? Did we sell off
England's nationalized industries? Did every' member of gay
culture pl.ayan integral part in
Neil and Chris' personal rela-'tion.ships? That's what Pet
Shop Boys write songs about;that's. thei r material. Second
comes "We are their audience." ,, If gays, and gays alone, are the,, Pet Shop Boys' audience, one'\ might wonder why they don't
play gay clubs and publicize
th~ml!elves in gay magazines.
And one might really wonder
about the straight men and ,women who buy their albums
and show up at their concerts;
if they aren't the Boys' audience, who are they? Finallycomes "We made them stars,"
which any brief glance at Billboard magazine will disprove.
Much as we'd like to flatter
ourselves, gays alone cannot
push an artist to the kind of
success the Boys have had.
Look at Jimmy Somerville:

He's an openly gay artist who artists will have to settle foralso produces' music that is making the "right" art. Pet"danceable and flaunts some Shop Boys write qU;ility songs
elaborate production values,'" about gay relationships
and we haven't exactly made (among a lot of other things)
him a star, have we? One·top- instead of babblil)g back the
40 single in the past seven pre-approved platitudes ,of gay
years is a good effort for . culture. They write from theirJimmy but doesn't quite match' personal lives, and for that,they
the Boys' record.
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owe us nothing,'It seems a shame that
Chris Lowe of the groupgays will only allow straightsays we should be glad to haveartists to actually make art; gay their records to listen to at all,and, particularly after Mr. Clark's
article, I think he's right. '.' , " Scott Telel(,Plymouth, Mich,'I ,,Joe Clark responds: I'in sorry
Mr. Telek so strongly disapproves of a gay culturaJanalysis
of gay-inspired music produced
by gay men, I'think his all-ornothing approach to criticism
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to be worthy of scrutiny. As for wherever they feel excluded. . believe people still buy into that, in the very article following
it ("LA's Queer Response"),·the "-ior"f"-iour" spellings of . Look, you own the world, you the ,old bullshit.
Karen Ocamb points out that
Keepup the good work,
Behavior, it may surprise Mr. have all the money, and once orMorris Knight, founder of the
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folks
are
wonderful.
TeJekto leam that I actually am· twice a year some women
Jamie Green 1970 Gay Liberation Front ina linguist (B.A. Unguistics, Uni- claim space an'd sanctuary
Los Angeles Los Angeles, appeared at an
versity of Toronto, 1989),
from your noise. Get over it! If .
early news conference deyou want to go-go have a
nouncing LAPD brutality and
WORKSHOP PROPOSAL
workshop: Men who, feel rejectACLU DEFENS~
I often feel provoked and ed by wamen-qnly event$. And. Having worked for several that the Lesbian ,and Gay Rights
antagonized by letters and then women who feel discrimi- years on the issue of homopho- Chapter of the ACLU wascomments by men (yuki) in nated against can.protest, And bia within the LAPD, I was among those participating in the
April 6.Rainbow poalition march.
your magazine, but I felt out- draw insulting cartoons to delighted to see thein-de.pth
raged enough to finally respond annoy the hell out of you. This coverage provided to this prob- and rally against Gates.
'. .It may be that not every
to April 24's cartoon by is what keeps the world going lem in [no. 97, May 8] of OutSotomayor,.
in circles.
Week, We at the ACLU, howev- piece of literature put out by the
The National Lesbian ConJesse Molina er, were distressed by the ACLU ad.dresses Gates.'. apference was a lesbian gatherWashington, DC assertion on page 35 of that palling history of statements
ing-like the Michigan festival·
issue (in the article by Andy about the gay community and·HOUSE UNITED
Mangels titled "The Key to the about lesbian and gay police
is a women's festival. This
seems simple to me but, cibviYou r April 17 "OutspoGates"), claiming that "even the officers, but the suggestion that
ously, many are incredulous.
ken-A House Divided" [no. ACLU has managed to conve- the ACLU has been trying to"Does this mean 'No Men'?~ 94, April 17] is brilliant. We niently forget many of Gates' "bury" this issue could not be
Yes, goddammit! Don!~wehave have been plagued by the dizzy- statements about ~hecommuni- more false. You may not beenough stupid bullshit to deal queen syndrome heretoo.
. ty and, in particular, gays and aware (and certainly Mr. Mangels wasn't), but the ACLU has
with in this woman-hating".
It's like reruns of old lesbiansin the police force."
What was especially sur- been "of counsel" for the lastworld? lam so sick of this . Lucy shows for me I've seen
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discovered to be gay. We have~"'un.: ~. ".;on~
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in the anti-gay attitudes andpractices within the LAPD.
There are plenty of goodtargets for criticism, including
many organizations that havedone nothing about policeabuse, harassment and discrimination against lesbians and gay men. While the ACLU
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always be perfect, it was not
appropriate to fault it on thisfront The ACLU has been at thevanguard of the leadership calling for the removal of Gates becauseof his homophobic attitudes, statements and practices, and is now active' in theeffort to place a • recall of Gates
on the ballot. Gates' record oftolerating and promoting discrimination against members of. our community is one of theprincipal rallying cries the
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I am a subscriber to theProdigy interactive-computer
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innocuous bulletin about gay
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mer in gay fashion.
the restrictive use of gay
After bulletins are written
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letins that referred to B.lackbQrder on pornographic.
people as "niggers" or Jews
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as "kikes," And I wouldn't
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cized .in the national press,
obnoxious company must
Brian Ek, Prodigts Pfl man,correct its contemptuous
refUses to answer my mail inabuse toward gays. The
which I ask him about thedirect line to his desk is (914)_
company's shameless double
993-8811. Then call yourstandard. He won!t even
local newspaper and encourreturn mY-phone cails. Thisage them to pick up on thearrogance cannot go uncontinuing saga of Prodigy's
checked, We must do some."abuseof people and theirthing.
Heand
theoffensive,,
rights to free speech.
homophobic company heJohn C, Kaufman
works for are a disgrace to
Los Angeles
the ideals of free speech andhuman rights,. Boycotting Prodi"gy isn't .
All letters to the edienough to, effect 'change, We
tor must
include aneed a massive· phone-calling,
name, address andcampaign to force them to.
daytime phone; "alhalt their discriminatory polithough names may
cies. We also need thebe withheld at thenational media to pick up on
author's request. Out~the campaign, and to subseWeek reserves
thequently write stories slamright "to edit lettersming Prodigy for this latest
for clarity and conabuse of people and the Firstsiderations.
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auto,· at the piers. It is supported withprivate security patrols paid for by New
York state. The docks are owned by thestate-run Port Alithority.
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NEW YORK-The Hud$on Riverpiers in the West Village, in clOse proximity to many Christopher Street bars andyet cut off from the rest of the city by the
traffic on West Street and the six-laneWest Side Highway, have long been afavorite stomping ground for gay men.
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teenagers; most of them BIacl.c and latithe area surrounding the piers with '. no; .Who f.iv~
thilocaiion as a warm:. cement barricades. closing the piers to all. . .weather gathering place,''.
.vdlicUlar traffic, And the Sixth Precinct.··::: ; > '1he piefS have a long hlstory," said
which patrols the piers. now stiltion.s a : Anhlli' Strickler.
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on community-planning issues. "There
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Indeed, graffiti on the piers. which
stretch along West Street from Morton toJane. streets. warns. "Don't be caught
alone.· and "Beware of muggers.·
But according to cops, that may
soon be a thing of the past. "The serious
aime is down to nothing. It's all qualityof-life complaints. like noise and publicdrinking.· said one Sixth Precinct patrol
officer who has walked a beat in the .
West Village for two years.
"There were some problems on thepiers. predominantly
robbery. someassaults and drug dealing.· said U. John
Clarke. operatiOns coordinator for the
Sixth Precinct. While Qarke could notprovide statistics. he' added. "There has 1ibeen a marked decrease in aime."'~
But the cops' success has come at a ~cost to the piers as a place to socialize, "I :~think it's a ~,I met my friends out ~here," said D.unien Covington, a 23-year- ~old Queens resident, intelViewed on the ffi
Christopher Street piers recently.
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toward the West Village. "Over here are
the Black,s. Hispanics. out and out. blatant. , I don't like the fact that the cars
can't come in anymore .... There·s
nowhere to go anymore.·.
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lively at:mosphere to talk, drink and dance•
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But on two recent wann spring weekends,
the crowds on the West Village pier weresignificantly reduced, perhaps one tenth oftheir fonner size.
And the police patrols were frequent
and aggressi~e, The Sixth Precinct had ~squad·car stationed on the pier, supported l?y Manhattan South Task Force,squad: car that closed the piers andrequired that the crowd remain only inthe southern end of the barricaded area
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Gay Pride day.,,
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The strategy was developeQ in, negotiatiops w!th state and dty government and community advocates, including Matt Foreman,' executive director ofthe. New York City Gay and Lesbian AntiViolence Project; Ben Green, executive
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HUNIlNG1DN, New York-:-A local
lesbian and gay'group is refusing to let the
highway department rain on its Gay Prideparade and has even sought legal action
from the AO-U to help them march on.
The' Long island Lesbian and Gay
Pride and Freedom Committee, or LGPFC,
filed for a publicassembly/parade permit
early last month to conduct a Gay Pride

Naughton further suggested, "Since
march in the Suffolk County town of
we have existing parades (for Columbus,
Huntington on June 9, according to aSt.' Patrick's and Memorial Days), any
May 9 letter. from the group's attorneygroup wanting to Parade should contact
and local agent for the ACLU, Mitchell. . parade organizers and ask to be included
Gittin, to Highway Superintendent
in their parade." Qaiming that parad~
William Naughton.
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generate "considerable overtime costs"
In a letter to the LGPFCdated April
for both the Town Highway and Suffolk
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pennit, stating that "my pOlicy has been"This method provides opportunity for
to approve traditional parades only."

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yellow-and-black caution signs embl~oned with slogans calling among women and IV-drug users. The issue is of crucial
for a change in the definition of AIDS, descended on the Centers importance, activists say, becauoe without an AIDS diagnosis,
for Disease Control's New York headquarters last week, In a thousands of women and IV-drug users are denied access torelated demonstration, 16 actiVists were arrested for sitting in at federally subsidized disability benefits and government-sponsored health care programs that are specifically designed forthe offices of CDC's public health advisors for New York City,
people with AIDS.
The protesters seek an expansion of the Ijst of infections-NiIJB Reyes
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14 OUTWEEK•"une II, "1_"1I,all groups in our community to participate and holds the line on expenses."
Upon advice from the local police
department, parade o.r.ganiZersreworked
their proposed march route, eliminating
specific street crossings that might have-been problematic and resubmitted it to 'the police on April 15. Their revisedplan, a three-quarters-of-a-mileroute,
which Gittin said would'-be "of no, or
only very minimal, overtime cost" to thecops, was approved by a Suffolk County
Police Department inspector.
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Nevertheless, Naughton maintained3.;
his decision. In an interview with a::1'S- Newsday reporter last month, Naughton.~ said that the onslaught of 50 calls~ proteSting the idea of a gay parade was~ not a determining factor in his rejection.§ of the permit. He noted that he had
E denied qther groups' requests for per~ mits, but when the reporter asked him to,name names, Naughton drew a blank.
.',Naughton did not return OutWeeks
calls and used a spokesperson from his
department to communicate that "he has
already made his statement" by not issuing the permit. The highway department
haS also not responded to the LGPFC's
numerous attempts to contact him.
"It's denying who we are .and why
we exist.· We're trying to celebrate Gay
Pride month and bring the Long Island
community together fo,rthe first time--flot
all·lesbians and gays live in New Yolk City
or Fire Island," rallied David Kilmnick, oneof the parade's CO-Organizers. "We want tobring attention to the violence and gaybashing that goes on in Long Island"
The towns of Northport and Port
Jefferson had previously denied thegroup's requests for a Gay Pride parade
Ifor a number of reasons,' including theidea that the event would negatively
impact tourism and the fact that the
LGPFC was not a local organization.
Of May 22, on
pn the morning•behalf of the LPGFC, Gittin filed a complaint at the Federal District Court. A
hearing will be held in front of Juqge
Leonard Wexler at the Hauppauge Federal Courthouse on May 28 at 11 am.
Of Naughton's decision, Gittin said,"1bey're clearly entitled to do what theywant to db, to cOnduct this march as it's
been planned. It's a FIrSt Amendment ClSe." ,'The parade will be held, with orwithout a permit, at 1 pm on Sunday,
June 9. For further irifo, call David Kilmnick at (516) 632-6854. T",",1'"

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SCIENCE ALLIANCE.

NEW YORK-World-renowned
HIV re,searcher Dr. Luc Montaigner, co-discoverer of th~ human immunodeficiency virus, and Dr. Shyh-Ching LO, who theorizes that a mycoplasma may be the catalyst for development of symptomatic HIV
infection, met in a public forum on May 16 to present evidence that HIV does not
act alone in causing progression to AIDS.
,.,':"I will not question the fact that [AIDS] is caused by an infectious agent'called HIV," Montaigner told. the packed auditorium. "But what I am going to discuss is what are the complicated mechanisms that bring this virus to ...profoundly
depress the immune system.";,
The two researchers, who are pictured here, departed from the gospel of most
AIDS-r~lated science, asserting that further investigation into HIV co-factors must
be done and that treatments based on that research should be fully explored.
, The forum was sponsored by HEAL, the Health Education AIDS Liaison, acommunity-based organization' that has long disputed trad'itional, medi'cine's
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across fromme on a BART
train, Sa.n Francisco's approxifl1ationof a subway, bowlegged as if someone's just made off
with her cello. The
old guy next to hertries to read Braille on her thigh. A
younger man crowned by his maximumstrength Wa!kman bops through the train,
I follow him and Paula Abdul toward theempty seats in the caboose.
Now I'm alone as the train snakes
from San Francisco towar;d the &st Bay. "Across from me is a billboard. that
seems to have a presence of its own. It
demands my aq:ention and talks to me.
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'1n 1985, I found out I waS HIV-positive. I thought it was over," it reads.
"Well, I'm still here and going strong."I get chills. Goose. bumps are athrowback to oUl; hirsute days when we
faced enemies, hackles raised, hoping to· imply greater size and power.
I now sit, sans the body-<:arpet, on
BART, hair on end, but no longer very
threatening. Just defensive. .
, This "public service" piece, anabject portr~t of despair, grates on mygut." Or else I must be missing something. The ad's bigger, dominant, blackand-white
picturedepictsa manpropped against ;ill upper-floor window,
staring into the eyes of his ghostlike· reflection, or perhaps contemplating
fonni~g a Rorschach blot\ on the pavement below. This man, his pose and theimplied storyline are depressingly narrated: yeah, it looks like he thinks that it~sover. They've convinced me. .
This man is meant to reflect
Everyfag, the "before" shot of the HIVpositive homosexual.
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The poster's "after" shot is signifi-

yearly profit from me alone is reflected incantly smaller: a tiny color inset implying
this poster.
happiness. Group happiness, in fact, as
Burroughs
Wellcome
also justthe
man and two· others laugh in' ,increased the price of the already pricey ~retrOOpect or at the latest joke or at eachacyclovi.f,
which I take incombination ~ ,others ties. Whatever. Viewer's choice..
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with AZT. But that, I suppose, is anoth- 'iilThis poster and others in the camC!J
er story.'~paign are also in the MUNI bus stands
Now, I'd like to view this drug com- ~and in the city's newspapers, the nation's. pany as my friend, but it's not easy. It's ~gay press arid in similai places in othersort of like spitting up ori·'the person
cities, too. They're everywhere.
It's
who Heim1ichs you. A natural response,
strange to have a constant public
but not very pretty.
reminder of such a private issue.
Their billboard is the absolute flipAfter reading the very small print,
I've perhaps pinpointed a greater, source . side of the cigarette ad behind nie· on
BART's opposit~ wall. This ad hasof my discontent. In a strange enoughway, I have helped pay for this'poster to be here;
keeping me company. Burroughs
Wellcome,themakers of AZf, is•
one of several
sponsors of this·,,billboard. And I
help foot the bill.
The
AmericanFoundation
for
AIDS Research
reports that it costs
Burroughs Wellcome no morethan 15 cents to
produce each AZf
capsule that I pay•$1.20 for. That's$7.20 per day
from my pocket,,$216 per month~approxima
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choice. It's a portrait of pleasure: The ad
copy states that these people are, in fact,"alive" with this unl~beled "pleasure."
This campaign provides a perfect. inverse to the current anti-cigarette campaign: "They're nOt in it for our health."
But Burroughs Wellcome is inde¢ in this .
for our health. Morally. Politically, Andeconomically. The company reported'national AZf sales in 1990 at $175 million, with $287 million worldwide, In San
Francisco alone, an estimated $55 million
went toward the drug, much of this paidby private insurance, There are, obviously, a lot of folks spending a lot of money
buying drugs and time almost 69,000
peOple at approximately 6 capsules perday, my calculator tells me.
Coming through the back door,
every AIDS death in the US would,
arguably and in purely economic terms,
be one less potential consumer for Burroughs Wellcome, So naturally, encouraging life is important to their profit picture.
¥d, I assume, to their social consciousness. I'm not sure, however, that thiscampaign helps. My natural inclination is
not to call the 1-800-mY-INFO hodine
advertised. It would feel like I were calling the IRS to ask if they'd like to audit
me. No thanks.
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A generic drug manufacturer is currently in court contesting Burroughs
Wellcome's AZf patent and monopolythat extends for 14 more years. Barr laboratories, Inc., of Pomona, NY, aims tosen. its comparable version at two thirds
to one half of the cost of the brand-nameproduct. Burroughs Wellcome's response
will naturally demonstrate the company'strue colors, Altruistic blue and dividend
green, though, are suspiciously close on
the spectrum,
I exit BART having arrived at m,ore~
my destination. I'm not at all uplifted or comforted, The ad copy talked
about options-"medical"(spell that"medicinal"?)options-qut
when itcomes to AZf, I really have no option,
More than· ten years into the epidemic,
after all, AZr remains the sole, FDAapproved anti-viral. I'm not buying theImage of the altruistic monopoly-thetarget of lawsuits and so many ACf UPbthough, of course, I'm buy- .
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public service campaign, ~Steve ~

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NEW YORK-The phannaceuticalcompany that manufactures and. sells
pentamidine and , a number of compa.nies that offer "home infusion" therapies
for people with AIDS are "making akilling on AIDS," according to a report
released 'by' the New York- City Departmerit of Consumer Affairs ..
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announcing publication of the 4O-page
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and aerosol fonns of pentamidine, a drug
commonly used to treat and prevent
I'neumocystfs carlntt pneumopia in persons with HIV infection----.md against adozen companies that provide "high-techhome care" products and services to
pwAs and others in the New York area.
"A 300 mI vial of pentamidine casts a
French ~with AID) about $25, but a
New Yotker has to pay $300 or $325," said
Green. "Why in the world is this?"
The "Making a ~iIIing" report,
which was comPiled by DCA staffer andfortner OuIWrek contributor George De, Stefano, traces the process, under theprovisions of the Federal Orphan Drug

Act, by which Lyphome..d was able toobtain its monopoly on the US production and sale of the antiprotozoal drug.
. According to the report, Lyphomed,
which raised the wholesale price of pentamidine five' times during the '80s, has
steadfastly resisted demands by AIDS
activists to lower the drug's price, despite
the fact that the costs the company may
have incurred in clinically testing the
drug have long since been recouped,Green urged New Yorkers using
pentamidine to avail themselves of services like those offered· by the PWA
Health Group, which imports the drug
from Europe.
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THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR WALKINGNEW YORK-Nearly 26,000 gay men, lesbians, people withAIDS and their friends, families and supporters trekked up Riverside Drive and downCentr.iJ Park West to raise $4,15 million for" GMHC at the AIDS group's annual AIDS Walk on Sunday, May
19, Once the bailiwick of the Left, this year's corporate sponsors
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Republic, lime Warner and Tower Records,"EaGhyear, as the scope of the epidemic-expands, more andmore people from diverse communities participate," commented
lim Sweeney, GMHC's top exec, ''Their actions have,sent a simple message that fighting AIDS is everyone's work," .
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variety of unethical and legally dubious
practiCes, including what it ca11s the industry's "Pentagon-style" price markups, billpadding (often including charges fornursing services that have dot been provided), dependence on referrals by physicians who hold financial interest in thesecompanies and an industry-wide refusal
to disclose pricing infonnation.
Commi'5sioner Green was joined on
the podium by John Figueroa, a New
Yorker with AIDS who discovered theextent to which he W3S being exploited by
NMCHomecare of Linden Hill, NY,one of
the axnpanies aiticized in the report.
"I had good insurance and was
unaware that 1 was losing tens of thousands of dollars out of my lifetime maximum benefit; explained Figueroa, who
was bemg charged almost $57,000 per
year by NMC for the drug and equipment needed to treat CMV retinitis afigure that NMC even refused to reveal. until Figueroa threatened to stop using
the company's services. Figueroa, who
was able to administer the treatment
himself; decided to comparison-shop at
his neighborhood phannacy and foundthat he could save nearly $35,000 annually by buying the medication and supplies himself.
lronieally, such abuses are common in the home-infusion industry,
which gained impetus in the mid- tolate '80s, when the spiralling' costs of a
hospital stay made home care for ~pIe not critically ill an attractive alternative for both private and government
insurers, Because of th~ high-tech homecare industry's relative newness, its
practices remain largely unregulated,
and the insurance industry has yet todetermine pricing or billing standards
for many of the goods and services
such companies offer. The suspicious
nature of industry practiCes can beinferred from thefact that nine of the 12,companies contacted by the DCA during the report's preparation'refused todisclose their prices,
The .report also calls for reforms to
the Orphan Drug Act that would allow
competing companies to make and sell adrug that had demonstrated its usefulness for a large patient population. Suchreforms, passed by Congress in 1990,
were pocket-vetoed by President Bush at
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re-election.
NEW YOHK-The commission
ed gay politicos.
charged with redrawing the City Coun"It's a,major victory to convince a
The new southern border for Discil's district lines, released a revisedcommission that· had no legal obligatrict 3 now runs from the Hudsonplan for the city's 51 new Councilman-.
tion to listen to us," commented Dick
River, along Clarkson and Carmine
ic districts on May 16,
Dailey,the top exec atthe Empire State
Streets to Sixth Avenue, up Sixth to. And the gay-winnable district
Prode Agenda, and a major force
10th Street, along 10th to Fifthsought by gay politicos in Manhattan
behind the lobbying effort.
Avenue, up Fifth to 14th Street, along
has been redr:awn in response to COinThe new District 3 combines the
14th to Broadway, up Broadway backlargest concentrations of gay and lesto Fifth.
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plaints that its southern border sliced
The longer and narrower district . bian voters in Manhattan by joining thethrough the symbolic heart of the gay
West Village, Chelsea and Clinton
ranges as far east as Park Avenue and. community,'.
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While the work of the commisascends well into the 60s on Manhat~ , neighborhoods.
tan's Upper West Side.
. Two hundred and fifty New Yorksion continues, with a final plan due
on June 3, at least eight gay candiThe previous District Three,ers, a record number, have applied todates are contemplating running forreleased on May 1, had a southern
the city's Campaign Finance Program
six different Council seats in three - line that ran down the .middleof
for public funds for possible council
seperate boroughs.
Christopher Street, from the Hudson
seat races. And a ·record number ofRiver to Sixth Avenue. While thatgay men and lesbians' may run for
And a Council incumbent who
has long opposed the interests of the '. border theoretically maintained thecouncil seats.
gay community has been placed in a , numbers to elect a gay candidate, theIn Manhattan's District 3, former-symbolism and the loss of 13,000City Council c.andidate Tom Duane,
district with another incumbent
presumably progessive voters offend-'
three-time state Assembly candidate
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cal figure Bella Abzug, are all consider:ing running, although only Duane has•
made his intentions definite,
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Having successfully infiltrat- . a monkey wrench intd all that nice visilibity ABC has createded the St. Patrick's Day for all those nice mama's boys on Fire Island, but whereparade with the mayor in would the plot of Our Sons have gone if Julie Andrews
tow, what would be the next couldn't afford to jet over the Ozarks to fetch the estranged
logical queer step forward?
mother of her faggot son's sodomizer?
But since they are all rolling in dough, I would like to'Columbus Day? No, Operation Welcome Home? Bingol propose a more true-to-life ending: Ann-Margret, having
Our own Lesbian and tasted a bit of life on the set of Dynasty, decides that she's
Gay Big Apple Corps, the sick of the trailer park in Fayetteville, Ark., and sues Hughmarching band that wi/llead
Grant for every last penny from her son's snazzy architec6y ANDREW MILLER
tural firm and that revival movie theater he kept on the side,
us proudly down Fifth. , . Avenue in just a few Weeks, even though she hadn't bothered phoning him in'11 years.
has been OK'ed to toot its own horn in the JUQe 10 ticker- The probate judge, of course, rules in her favor.
tape bonanza honoring Gulf War veterans, including, preThen art could really imitate life.
sumaQly, all those gay and lesbian vets who stayed in thecloset in order to keep their jobS, but not those who cameout and got thrown out ont their proverbial ears.
"Not everyone in the band is 100 percent behind this,"
admitted band president Leslie Becker, who plays alto sax,"and there are a few people who are not marching, We are
not making any statement about the war: We're not defending it or supporting it. We promote g'ay and lesbian awareness wherever possible, and this is going to..be a very goodplace to do that."..
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around his complicated-yet-Ioving
relationship with his, mother? Joan (Dynasty) Collins; Marlo (Consenting Adults)
Thomas; Gena (Early Fros~ Rowlands; Sada (Andre's Moth. et) Thompson; and now Julie Andrews aQd Ann-Margret in
the aptly titled Our Sons: Do I detect a pattern here?
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GAY-HATERMUST.
WORK FOR GAYS,,NEW YORK-The
guy whochucked a beer can at the mayor on
St. Patrick's Day will be doing time: atthe Mayor's. Office for Gay and Lesbian Concerns.
Michael Burke, of 221 Harrison
Ave. in Nutley, NJ; pled guilty to reckless endangerment on May 21 and wassentenced to 40 hours of community
service at the city's gay agency,
according to the Manhattan District
Attorney's office.
Burke was busted after he lobbed abeer can toward Mayor David Dinkins,

who was parading up Fifth Avenue withthe contingent of Irish gay men and lesbians who had been banned by parade
organizers. The act was declared a biasrelated aime by police.
"The office for the gay and lesbiancommunity is open to having any individual provide community service.
here," Marjorie Hill, the office's director, commente4 diplomatically.
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In the past, gays convicted fortheir parts in various ACT UP demos
have also done time for Dr. Hill's.office.
Burke was sentenced by Criminal
Court Judge Wllliam 1. Mogulescu.

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policy-making House of Delegates also
voted to pUlSUelegislative classificationof
AIDS as a sexually transmissible disease,allowing doctors to report HN-positive
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over the May 11-12 weekend and voted
to stage the third National March on. Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights
aQApril of 1993, Also agreed upon" ~, on August 3-4 date for a meeting in
Chicago to fonnulate a steering committee and map out an agenda for the event
At the end of the two-day meeting,a loud cheer went up from the, crowd,
people rose to their feet, and a fewev:en
attempted to start a group "wave,"
knowing that-roter 13 hours of seemingly endless discussion~edecision tostage a 1993 march had been made, andby a near-unanimous margin at that.
"There's just something abbut consensus," quippe<).Albany lesb~ activist
Michelle frone, who facilitated much of
the meeting. "When you wait for the end,--GemgeSax
you reach consensus by endurance.". ' And endure they' did. After seveial
collective deep breaths, occasional Qutbursts and hours of debate over an equitable voting process, the gathering ofnearly 100 activists from over two dozen
national and local AIDS and gay and lesbian rights organizations had settled on a
WASHINGTON-A group of gay,month, if not a date.,and lesbian activists from 22 states andAt the often lighthearted andthe District of Columbia gathered here ,sionallY tense meeting at DC's Omni-'•
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from seeking health care," Cooper said.
."The centers for Disease Control have stated time and again that universal precautions are the ffiCl'it effective means to preventin a health care setting."
David Barr, policy director at hisorgani2ation GMHC, declared that GMHC
is "completely opposed to mandatory
testing. The medical society's proposals
would keep people from testing."
Barr noted that the doctors' call forpatient testing came at a time when thegovernor is considering a replacement
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patients may not be tested without theirpermission arid the results cannot berq>orted Only a little more than a week
bef~re the Society's vote, the New York.
COurt of Appeals .refused to order thestate!s health commissioner to reclassify
AIDS lIS. sexually transmissible in a suitbrougqt by New York physicians, David
Axelrod, i:h~recently resigned commissioner, hac!.refused to do so, .
, Under New York law, such a classification would require state officials tocollect nameS of HIV-infected people toorder t¢sting of their sexual.or drug-taking parII1~.
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Medical Society, the New York groupdidn't urge universal testing' of health care"I
workers in the state but did
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I and House gay and lesbian rights bills,"
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I partners and children of lesbians and gay men v.tlo mr1< for the city. "[ThIS] puIS the city In. I programs, has been introduced to
I a leadership role in ending such discrimination," comrnenled gay aldennan Gordon Price..
I every Congress since 1985. AlthoughI'.. ',..."".".,.'I the proposal has not seen formal
N~HERLANDS-Morethan
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I ment ads In De Gay Krant (The Gay Papery placed by the police department of the ; I bill in 1981, gay and lesbian activists
I Hague. The department also recently received a $30,000 government grarit to I are lobbying for hearings to be held by
I improv~ relations between gays and straightS wittlin the department A spokesperson I the end of the 102nd Congress in 199.2.
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I said that gays are "widely accepted" in the higher echelons of the police ,{orce, bot I
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NORWAY-A new poll found that 44 percent of Norwegians oppose'the proI the US House: Her signing on~ to the
I posed Danish-style "registered partnership" lawth. would legaJiz~ the ,gay and les- I , 1991 version of the bill brings the Senthe record numl5er
I bian equivalent of heterosexual marriage. Thirty percent of 1,073' persons surveyed . ,I ate proposal back ~oof12
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backers
it last had in Octo.I supported the law, and the rest had no opinion. The legislation i~ stalled in t1le Stort- " I
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Lantos, a six-term Democrat fromI and lesbians marry.
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30 heavily anned police officers raided ~ ~IDS'fund-raiser in~
I Uma and detained ten transvestites and activists, including the executive director of . I and lesbian rights. This marks the frrst
the ~ma Homosexual Move~ent, o~ MHOL., Rebeca Sevill~, ~o says tha~ ~e ~d
I time he has signed on to the bill.
Presently, Democratic Sen. Howard:
was Illegal, "NO one at the police station would take responSibility for authonzlng thiSI
raid. They gave us no r,eason why the raid took place, and no charges were filed.
I Metzenbaum and Democratic Rep. Mary:against thos,e of us who we(e d~ined," she Said by telephone. "During the th~ee
I Rose Okar-both of Ohio-are the only
hours I was held, I was very cntical of them. They thr!l3tened to charg,e me with
I federal legislators who co-sponsored: . obstructing the police, but eventually I just said I was leaving, and I left" WhenI last year's version of the bills who have,I
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I not yet ,come on to the new versions.
'Ithe raid had disappeared, MHOL is considering legal action.
I Although Ohio gay and lesbian activists
report that Metzenbaum has pledged,tocome back on the bill, he had not, as of,I
SWm~N-Delegatesto the annual conference of RFSL.,the leading national~
I gay and lesbian orga~ization, voted 42 to 34 not to set ,.up an underground artificialI May 20, formally done so.
Gay lobbyists are now looi<ing:
insemination facility for lesbians, Opponents argued that the clinic would be illegal
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I man Democratic Rep. Jim Moran"of
I of th~ age of consent and support for pedophile organiza,tions,.
. I Vrrginia and two-term Democratic Rep,
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I conse1Vative Republican stan Parris in a
fierce battle, received massive campaign
support from the metrbpoli~!lI
Yli~OSLAVIA-The
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gay and lesbian support. His pledging
to co-sponsor the measure comes
immediately after a recent appearance
at an HRCF dinner in Atlanta andfierce lobbying from his lesbian andgay constituency there.
Democratic Rep. Esteban Torres ofCalifornia, the deputy majority whip ofthe House, formally signed on to thelatest version of the bill on AprU 19.
Totres, a liberal Democrat from South
California's West Covina-based 34th
District, had co-sponsored an identicalmeasure previously but did not formally back the measure in the 1989-90
101st Congress.
-Oiff O'NeiUPENTAGONTO
GAYS: STAY HOMEWASHINGTON-The Pentagon on
May 8 issued an official response to acongressional letter calling for the reversal of the Department of Defense's policy of excluding gays and'lesbians frommilitary service, saying that it has noHe,plans to reassess the policy and insisting that homosexuality is not a "neutral
characteristic" such as skin color.
"It has long been Department of
Defense policy that homosexuality is
incompatible with military service,"wrote Capt. T.D. Keating, Pentagon
director of legal policy. "There are
numerous reasons for this policy,
including the necessity to maintain
good order, morale and discipline; foster mutual trust and confidence among
Service members; recruit and retain
members of the military services; andmaintain the public acceptability of
military service."
Keating aqded that the Pentagon"do[es] not plan to reassess" its policy
on gay and lesbian service personnel.
The official Pentagon responsemarks one of the rare occasions inwhich any DOD official has ever madea public attempt outside of a courtroom defense of its policy-to defend
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its long-standing policy.
In the letter .to Democratic Rep.
Gerry Studds of Massachusetts, who isgay, Keating argued that there is a"fundamental difference" between theanti-gay policy and the Pentagon's
now-discarded stance against a raciallysegregated military.
"Racial discrimination is unlawful
because it is based upon the color of
their skin," he wrote. "Societal attitudes about homosexuals, however,
derive from conduct that defines theclass, not from a neutral characteristic
such as skin color."
The Pentagon official wrote the
May 8 letter in response to an earlier
dispatch from Rep. Studcls and 39 of
his House colleagues, who had written
the White House to demand' an end to
the DOD policy which has been used
to separate gay men and lesbians fromthe military.
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Studds answered the Pentagon's
letter with a blistering statement of hisown, which called Keating's response"insulting to gays and lesbians, toBlacks and to other minorities and to. all people of good will.""The Pentagon is essentially sayingthat it has the obligation to mirror (heworst of society's prejudices," Studcls
said in a prepared statement. "'fhat is
ignorant, and that is wrong."-Cliff O'NeiU

POll ON
AIDS: MORE
COMPASSION,
MORE TESTING 'NEW YORK-If public opinion isany detennination of future public policy, then people with AIDS can expect
increased cOmpassion and tolerance but
should beware of widespread testing ofdoctors, dentists, immigrants and US citizens, according to a poll released by the
Gallup Organization.
The poll on American attitud€s.
toward AIDS, based on 1,014 interviews
conducted May 2-5 nationwide, reveals
drastic changes in popular opinion since
the last Gallup polls on AIDSin 1987.
Americans appear more compassionate: A full 91 percent of those polled
believe that people with AIDS "should

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,contracting HIV. (An Illinois policy ofbe freated with compassion,"
up 13
mandatory testing for marriage licenses
points from 78 percent in July of 1987.
. was revoked last year when it was foundAnd only 10 percent want people withAIDS to be "isolated? from society (downthat few people tested positive and thatmany left the state to get married,)from 21 percent in 1987) and think that•Barr also charged the media aqd
landlords should be- able to evict a tenant
BARCELONA, Spain-Three
weeks
the CDC with "creating hysteria" overfor having AIDS. Similarly, 71 percent
before the heated confrontations about
the three cases (out of almost 200,000)
opposejob discrimination
againstracism during Atlanta's National Lesbian
employeeswith AIDS, up from 43 perof AIDS transmission
to a dentist's,
Conference, European lesbians tackled
patients. Patientsa higher risk ofcent in July of 1987.
the issue in-depth at this year's five-<laycontracting hepatitis 'than AIDS from
People with AIDS may expect toInternational Lesbian Information Setvice
face less discrimination, In 1987, over , health professionals, according to AIDS
annual conference.
I
half of Americans intetviewed (51 peradvocates.
from nearlyMore than 400 lesb~
woffordcent) believed that "it's people's own,
fault if they get AIDS." Only one third(33 percent) of those intetviewed thismonth agreed with that statement. And
almost 20 percent more people (62 percent in 1991 from 43 percent in 1987)
disagree with the Gallup statement that
4IDS "is a punishment for the decline inmoral standards.",
AJ:DS activists also may fmd more
. support for their challenge to government: 60 percent of Americans now thinkthat the governmentis "not doing
enough" about AIDS, up from 53 percent
in 1987. However, although AIDS is still
named as the "most U1gent health problem," the percentage has dropped from
68 percent in 1987 to 45 percent in 1991,
with cancer as the second most-named.
health problem (a,t 16 percent iri 1991, 1~
percent in 1987).
But the outlook is not quite so optimistic on the testing front: Almost riine
out of ten Americans polled (87 percent)••think that all doctors and dentists shouldbe tested fdr HIV, and 79 percent want
all hospital patients tested as they areadmitted.
(These questions were notasked in 1987).
Public opinion remains stable on
mandatory testing of couples seeking amarriage license (82 percent up from 80
percent), and of immigrants (81 percent
down from 90 percent), Over half of thosepolled (58 percent up from 48 percent in
1~ want all American citizens tested forHIV, and 59 percent think that people withAIDS should be forced to cany an AIDS
identification card, roughly'unchanged fromthe 60 percent in 1987 who believed ~.
"Rather than reflecting intolerance,
this poll reflects an ignorance" about theeffects of mandatory testing, asserted .
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every European nation attehded the gathering, Racism within the lesbian cooununity was placed at the top of the agenda.
Sep~te workshops were held for
women of color ,and whites, followed by• •••J011lteven11lg
seSSIOnsto map out anti-•
racism strategies.,
Controversy emerged over the use of
the Spanish word "negra," and the conference adopted the word "Zami" instead torefer to Black women. "Zami" was introduced in feminists circles in the early '80s
by author Andre Loroe. It means women
who W9rk together as mends and lovers,
according tq Lorde, and also means"mend" in Kciyol.
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TII-'-Aneeds, The lesbian peace moveme(ltwas another hot topic, with Spanish
feminist-lesbians promoting it as their
top agenda item.
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There were some lighthearted
moments as well. Delegates were startled wh~ two nuns entered
one of the,evening sessions, It tµmed,out they wereactresses from Madrid who had arrived
to perfonn at the final party, where, tothe sounds of flamenco and' wild
applause, they threw off their habitS,
illS will stage a US regional conference June 20-23 at the EaSt COaSt LesbianFestival. For information about thefestival•call: (718) 643-3284.. For general information, write·to illS, c/o COC,
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PHIL ZWICKLER·, . Around his desk in the office of.Newsline, it pUblication by and for people
with AIDS, Phil's photos of himself with,celebrated 'personalities
that havewoi1<ed to change the world literally litter
the walls, He was always on the cuttingedge of the next wave toward revolution
and partic;ipated in remaking our perspectivesin the cutting room. As a producer , and writer, Phil created. some of
the r'nostinfluential and experiential films
about bei"g gay and about being a person with AIDS. They were films that
exposed raW nerves as did his person,aUty sometimes.
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at 1 pm,at theAnspacherTheaterof the PubliC
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in New York for
GMHC. The short video is part of a series
that challenges the perspective we haveabout sexual intimacy with people withHIV disease. In the film, Phil's voiCe asks
repeatedly, "Why not?" and suggests thedire social repercussions of otherwise
alienating those of us with AIDS. In
Newsline, he did the same thing-asked
the same questionmonthly, consistently analyzing and skeptically questioning our perspectives. (~e.did this in conversation as well.) Phil and David's Fearof Disclosure has become a vehicle forpromoting other films about the AIDS
crisis and recently received a citationfrom the Manhattan borough president's
office for their service in AIDS education.
The citation reads: "Their films andexplore powerful real-life situvideos~tions invoiving the act of disclosure andfocus on sexual, ethical and healthissues disclosure raises in various New

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amille Klass and her partner advertise themselves
as "Camille and Kelly:
Two Cute, Sincere, Bi GirlfriendS Who Love to Talk
Dirty to Horny Guys. "To maintain anonymity and tokeep her work and private life separate,
she uses a false name, Faye, and analter ego. A cute, boyish waif, little
more than five feet tall, she tells the guysthat she's a voluptuous five-foot-seveninch redhead. The men don't kQow that
she's a lesbian: This knowledge, she imagines, mightmake them uneasy.
Besi.des, she doesn't want
to give away any secrets. .
"The number-one fantasy for men is watching.
two women together. Whatgoes on between two'
women is, to me, very private. I don't want to give. that to some guy on thephone," she explains. "If~they want to hear about it, I ,.
usually tell them that my~ favorite turn-on is watching
3l two guys, and, before they
~ know it, they're getting it~'" up the ass from my bi.
boyfriend! That usually~ takes care of their curiosity."
Much younger-looking
than age 30, Camille has ashort, punky haircut and hair dyed
black. When I meet her, she is wearing awhite leather vest, cut off at the sleeves.
Found furniture and art, parts of mannequinS, dime-store kitsch and photos ofher friends and cats fill her sunny San
Francisco apartment. 1bree huge boxes
stuffed to the brim with file cards dominate the cluttered table where she eats
her meals, Each card lists a man's name,.
address, phone number and various
short descriptive phrases.
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There's the guy who lusts after Barbara Walters, several who like to dress
up in women's lingerie and dozens whowant to be tied up and humiliated. Mostof the clients are regulars who have beencalling for several years, once, twice,
three times a week. When repeat customers call, she quickly glances at thecard if she can't recall them by name.
At a time when most phone, sexconsists of little more than canned messages, Camille weaves elaborate erotic•*

fantasies which are personalized to eachoffers considerably more autonomy,
client's sexual tastes. She's able to "getthan working in some stifling fluorescent-lit downtown office. She gets'them off' in an average of three minutes
flat, 'she boasts. If there's still time ~fore . about five calls a day, at $20 a pop, andaverages about $2,000 a month. ,their allotted ten minutes is up, the menchat about work, their wives, the news. . . Although she could make a lot more if. Many send her little notes of appre~
she wanted to work harder, she'd rather
pajot, swim at the local pool or volunciation, photos, gifts, drawings. Several
teer at an AIDS agency.
have developed long-distance aushes
After first'falling into it by chance,on her. She has grown fond of some,
Camille has been in "the biz," as she
she deals with others only for thecalls it, for more than seven years. She
money. She's in control. If a man makes
had been working as a hairdresser andundue demands, 'she lets him have alonging for a change when her girl•friend, Kelly, arrived in San Francisco
from New Mexico in 1981. Kelly was an
ovelWeight teenager who, after losing
100 pounds, yearned for the sexual
contact long denied her ·because of her,size. She also loved to act. New intown, she answered an innocuous ad in
Jhe local classifieds for a receptionist foran escort service. She had little sense ofwhat she was getting herself into, but
she was drawn by' its forbidden aura.
Kelly proved to be so skilled on
the phones that her boss decided. tomake her a phone-fantasy operator, oneof the fIrSt in the countty. She got lotsof experience const:ucting elaborate.
fantasies, but she worked at nearly min~imum wage. After several months, shedecided to parlay her knowledge'of thework into her own business together ,.with Camille.
•••."Mosl people assumed Ihalphone
sex was about nothing more thancirculating damaging stereotypes 01
women. I had good. Iriends who, were.completely unable to accept it."-,pie€e of her mind.· If he's just plain
rude,
she hangs up.
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In an industry which draws much,of its labor from mothers who cannot .
support their .families, Camille is one ofthe privileged. She acknowledges that
she has it easier than most sex workers,
who tend to be in close proximitY to .
their clients and are, therefore, ingreater danger of violence and sexuallytransmitted diseaseS.
Phone sex pays a lot better and .
,Kelly and Camille put ads in several
porn magazines and were qeluged withcalls. By 1983,they had begun working
out of their airy flat in San Francisco's
Marina District, It was 1~3, At flISt, they
were reticent about divulging more thana few scattered anecdotes about theirwork, even to close friends.
"We were very protective of ourbusiness and didn't trust anybody. I
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the women's community. "It was seen
as politically incorrect,' really the worst
thing you could do. Most people
assumed that phone sex was aboutnothing more than circulating damaging
stereotypes of women. I had goodfriends who were completely unable toaccept it. They liked me in every otherway, but they could not accept mywork at all." She and Kelly kept tothemselves. She tells a story abOut how,when she went to a bank to open acredit<ard account, she disguised herself by wearing a big wig, "I was veryscared," she says, For three years, they
worked quietly out of their apartment in
San Francisco's Marina District.
Then they began to meet other sex
workers--strippers, prostitutes andphone-sex operators--rnany of themlesbians. For years now, at some of San
Francisco's largest adult entertainment
complexes, one third to one half of thedancers are lesbians. The jobs are often
acquired through word of mouth: One
woman gets a job as a stripper, and twoor three friends follow her in short succession. But dykes have long worked aswhores of various stripes.
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Joan Nestle has written of the "historical sisterhood" that connects lesbians
and prostitutes. Existing outside the pale'of domestic arrangements and viewed
as the other, as unnatural women,"whores, like queers, are society's dirtyjoke"-they symbolize "lost womanhood." They share a common stigma Jor
their sexuality. While prostitutes and lesbians have a shared history of struggle
with the law, medicine and religion, les~bian prostitutes, she says, have "suffered
the totality of their two histories." 'For the ~ two ,decades, the "historical sisterhood" was swept under therug, as feminist aitiques popularizedthe. notion that women's complicity insex work was the result of coercion or,at the very least, false consciousness.
Sex work appeared as the naked.t of the power dynamics
which lay beneath all heterosexUal rela,;",tionships and syrnbolizec,l the fear whichstalked women through the ordinary routines Qf daily life, from their Interactions
with strangers on darkly lit streets to theirrelationships with men at work and, all
too often, at horne, It transformed
women's bodies into commodities, thecrassest form of objectification possible.

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sex seemed to her even more insidiousthan more conventional fonns of sex
work, like stripping or prostitution, precisely because it operated solely in therealm of fantasy, she says.
"I felt like the scum of the sex business, that 1 didn't have enough guts to
do it in person. Instead I used all theseimages of women, of faceless, anonymous women, and who
knows what I was creating,
there. Images are a very
powerful thing, and, if you
use them wrong;.they canwreak havoc. It means a lotto·
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She has done threecalls in me last hour and a. half. The first was with Bob,
the closet drag queen. The
second was with Henry,
who wanted to suck cock.
Th~tlthere was Kurt, thesurfer dude.
"Henry's bi. That was.fl:lliandeasy. Those are the..,...,
nibst fun, the guys that like
Suck cock. Joe's an older
guYi pretty cool. His boymend was iIi New York, hesays. And he has a girlfriend,
too. But you just never know how
much is fantasy, and how-much is real.
. "The guy just before him, Bob, likes
me to dress him up, So, 1 always do thisfantasy where I take him over to myvanity table, put makeup on him, andwe talk a lot ah9ut makeup and hair
stYle. For real, We gave him a girls' nametoday-Barbara. Then 1 made him suckiiiy boyfriend's dick while I fucked him~tHa dildo, So that was pretty fun, too.
"But the [other] caller, Kurt, was thissdrt of hip, cool surfer guy. I didn't likehim much. I never realized he was sucha jerk. He wasn't really abusive, but he
Was Walking a fine line. I didn't think hei'~tedwomen. And I wanted to getthrough it as fast <IS 1 could. Ftnally 1 got
through the call and felt really gross."
Camille won't take part in fantasies
which she believes are degrading to
women, which put forth the notion thatwomen are objects and that "all theywant to do is walk down the street andg~t fucked." Nor will she do .fantasies ofchild sex, or which involve women she
doesn't know and who may not welcome a particular man's attentions. "If a
guy wants those fantasies," she says, "I'llgive him a lecture about it.".
On the other hand, she doesn't
think that sexuality is wrong, even malesexuality. As long as men aren't abusing
or imposing on women, sexuality isfine. "A lot of these guys just don't have"a safe place to put their ex<:ess sexuality

because you know my inne~ secrets anddesires,.you know who I really am andare tofaOy accepting of me. Sometimes I 'feel like I'm floating endlessly ~. anemotional sea of oblivion, always',
putting up a front, never being able to be
the sensitive person who lives inside. I .
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Lany who, at times, want to act out
their homosexual fantasies. Most are reticent about asking for such things outright, hOVfever, and Camille usually haS
to be the one to initiate" She begins'by.w~ving sexual scenarios that involve atlll-eesome: the client, herself and another man. Once sh~ getS to know theclient better, he's often able to ask 'for it:on his own, haltingly at fU'St,then in a .
safer, secure fashion .
But even those clients who never'express homosexual desires openly, shesays, usually have an intereSt In anal. .
sex. "I try to accept them, let themknow its OK," She says. "So 1always try
to stick my fingers up their ass, and 1
find that 90 percent of them are very
relieved that I brought it up.
"Think about it. You spend .your- whole life with a dick. They bave a
way to get fucked, to be ttken irl, to bepassive and to be receptive. But they've
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A lot of these men do not want to bemen. They're afraid. Most of them justwant to be human." :'Larry, for example, is a client who
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more womanly. Recently, he sent
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Dear Camille: It was really great
talking toyou the other day. It~ been
way too long. I always come back to you

so much about fear as abouiiettirig go'of power and about allowing yourself
to surrender,"Her experiences with men on thephones, she says, are often at oddS Wirh
the stereotype of the all-powerful malecustomer, There are, of course, the'occasionally abusive ones, but mostseem more needy than exploitative.
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a lesbian makes it easier for her to db
the work because it permits a greater
sense of detachment. "I think it might
be weird if 1 were straight and actually
had to fuck guys. It might be more of amind fuck," sne says, echoing an atti· tude that one fmds frequently amonglesbian sex workers.
. Yet Camille admits that she masturbates frequently wh,ile talking on thepho,?e;. "I get off on it; for real. 1 get off· on thinking that they're fucking me.
Some guys really tum me on a lot. 1
think I'm jllst turned on by sex in gener.µ;. ,11~e,t6 fantasize about men,but I 'don't want to have sex.with them."
She'~·fasc.inated by penises
and Jikesgay men's pornbecause it's
"graphic ...."niketo read'apout ejaculations, about
aggr~ive they are with~ch other," she says with as~ile.,"There's a raw energy toit'<tbatr ddn't fmd in women's
erotica.
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objectify women, because thetQin~that turn me on about,tw,pmen .are abOut the ways they_. ai,ny tht;lmSelves,the a.Qi~ted"friieneSs;Qfthem. 1 do like look=iIlg.at wOIPen's bodies, but 1 fmd~9stporn ~fake. It dOesn't. really tulJ1 me on. I'd muchrather know a woman," she:sayS. ~Bu{i'do have a bad caseof penis envy. 1 sometimes want a dickbadly. 1 think it would be really fun, but
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objectification, to be degrading,Some stalwart women's bookstoresstill refuse to carry lesbian porn and theappearance of leather-clad sadoCamille less and less certain. Still, shemasochists ,at women's music festivals
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can· still cause a stir. But the fiery battles
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and..sometimes' even cachet, withinfeels like a fugitive from the feminist sex
many lesbian communities. Morewars, a turncoat and a traitor to thewomen
acknowledge the pervasivenesscause. A growing tide of se4Ual discus,of sexual violence against women insion and experimentation is sweeping
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Camille maintains the business on herown, with the help of two other women.
She has bought herselfa cellular phone
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I'<we":{:an see, the"m~n and WOrnell are~ye':'poppiQg and, if you don't careabout traffic (Angel~nQs don't), there
is little stress,' Besides, Jodie Foster orTom' Cruise just might be sitting next
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downtown is "east, and LAX (the airpor.t) and Long Beach 'ale, south.
Chances" are good that you'll neverleave these basic parameters. .
Other pointers for , the city ofangels {!.re:as follows: ACf UP meetson Mondays, Queer' Nation on Saturdays and Gay AA everyday. The Beverly Hjllbillies live~ in Bel Air, way up
St. Cloud Drive (but not next to theDrysdales) , and their new neighbors
are . Zsa-Zsa, Liz, Ronnie and .~ancy.
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happen weekly at different bars arou;;Citown and are founct"by word of mo.uth
and flier. The reigning dubs ~today areClub Fuc~ (Sundays at Ba;;co's) and
Trade (Tuesdays' at ;Blakand Blu). The
former is wilder, sweatier and filled ~J.!!ithe pierced and tattooed. Trade (forffie~:
Iy Sit 'n' Spin) has ~ much stronger gender-fuck feel. It's the only place that '1
know to regularly see Barbara' the
Glamazon, a semi-transsexual chorineof "Carny" days, and is the only placethat Carmen the Puerto Rican Dragbe shopping--certainly
enough people.
spend their time doing it. "The best
souvenir is available at the Chinese
Theater, where you can depOsit coins
into a machine and watch .:IoSit fabricates a plastic pagoda. If you act quickIy you can scratch your name into' thebottom while it is still warm. A few
blocks south on Melros.e Avenue ,you.
can find LA's trend-conscious shops,
kitschy stores and some good restau~rants'. This is one of two or three places
that prove that the Motels are wrongpeople do walk in IA. The other greai"
walking and shopping Sfpot is theboardwalk in Venice, where es~apees
from the beach can brave the crowds
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this coast) calls Bingo numbers andabuses the white-trash fags who com,plain about her accent. Lost Boys at
Arena is something of a Sun9aY night
institution as well, but if you have tochoose, go to Fuck. Ass on Monday
nights. at the Detour shows the potential
to' pull the ACf l!P crowd away fromtheir greasy post-meeting meals at the
Yukon. Wednesday and Friday nights
should be reserved for two clubs at
Woody's Hyperion (Spit and Poppa
Boner), both run by the' Mystery Date
Team and featuring Paul V" LA's~best
deejay. Also worth looking into is theMonthly Maxxee Pad in Silverlake,
Classic places like West Hollywood's Rage, Studio One and the MotherLoad are tired dinosaurs. The Probe
has lost much of its old clientele to AIDS
and consequently
rents 'itself out toother clubs (read "non-queer"), but Saturdays are still men's nights and remain
the focus. of the crystal set. Consistently,
great" dancing can be found at Jewel's'Catch One (Pico and Crenshaw streets)
where Claudette,SexyDJ spins therecords; this is also one of the few
places to find a really mixed crowd.
If men have a hard time getting ahandle on ,LA, it's even tougher for
women, Manyof the parties
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hard to flOd unless you are on mailinglist or know someone.
So w~at's a girl to do? Claudette
Sexy DJ wiIlbe doing her own thing on
Sunday nights
at a club she calls Black,,
Bottoms (Dreams on Silverlake Boulevard) with herof funk and. usual mix.
dance music, Once a month, the club
will tum into Enchanto, featuring salsa,
maringue and hot Latlnas. The Palms on
Santa Monica Boulevard is a classic dyke
bar a good place to hang-andtheGirl Bar at Backlot is a fun place toenjoy being a girl.
LA is also a great place to get tattooed 01'- pierced, and the women at Red
Devil Studios would love to do it (213851-0445), Other than that, womenshould pick up the Lesbian !yews, one of
the City's beSt free papers, and the ultra
hip 'zine Screambox, available at LACE.,
Amu<;k and Beyond Baroque. A greatplace to read them and meet wacky
dykes is at the rock-'n'-roll, boy-'n'-girlcoffeehouse, Jabberjaw, near Catch One-•

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on Pico Street. On the feminist tip, thenewest coffeehouse is Les Beans, (onVenice Boulevard in West LA), a feminist-veggie'space with changing exhibits
and regular readings.
If the other two are not enough, LA
has a new crop of coffeehouses everYweek. The best. place
to sit in big chairs,.
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play Yahtzee, read and inhale secondary smoke is the Abbey on Robertson Street in West Hollywood. This allday and late-night space is the perfect
after,bar place. The grandfather of LA
coffeehouses
is the Onyx; it's latest
incama,tions the Onyx Sequel and the
Onyx Annex (Vermont Boulevard
just,down from Chatterton's Bookstore, near
the Dresden Eoom)-are'informalplaces. Also worth noting are Lizards
and Buzz, a new-agey place thathas,
outdoor concerts on weekends.
Eating is easy. in .LA. Caffe Latte(Wilshire and 'Crescent Heights) can't
decide if it's a restaurant or a coffeehouse, but this non-gay place does bothincredibly well. It imports its own teas,
and roast coffee daily, ap,d it has great
food. Also worth trying is the Authentic'Cafe~great
California cuisine. Thaifood is a: particular obsession in thisfood~obsessed city, and the· queen of
Thai restaurants is the unassuming Sunshine (Western Avenue between Santa'
Monica and Melrose), which doubles asa Thai cultural centet with lots of Thaifatnilies and' queers eating Bangkokstyle street food. For simple Mexican
food, try TaCO'STacos (Robertson andSanta Monica boulevards), but avoid thegym-fag' poseurs at Marix and La Fabula, If you must spend a lot of money for
Mexican food, try the Border Grill,which is worth every penny.
There is plenty, to do in the entertainment capital of the world. The Gay
and Lesbian Media Coalition not only
ru.nsanannual
film festival but alsoorganizes ·morith'ly. screenings. Highways, a multicultural performance spacein Santa Monica, will be presenting Ecce
Lesbo, Ecce Homo, its third national performance festival. They also ,organize
monthly queer-oriented dances. A special treat is the impromptu battle with
the Christians,now running every Friday night.\ While not officially organized, many queers come out to. greet
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who'veshown up to proselytize to the West•
Hollywoodbar-goers. .Its always fun to.
scream at the fundamenti:,Iists, making
friends while watchingthe' Christians•
squirm. Meet outside' ~ Different Light(in West Hollywood) at, 11 PM.
Redondo Beach, Patti Smith notwith'standing, i,s not'a beach where
women love other women, but Will
Rogers Beach and Veni~, Beach should
do. Venice used to' be the, n,ost popular,
where topless women'were unofficially .
tolerated. More recently, the police havecracked
doWI).,effectively ending a' most,.
interesting spectacle: topless lesbians
hassling. vide9tapers. Venice Beach,' orSpeedo Lido, is just across the boardwalk from the Sidewalk Cafe' an'd now
offers a wide mixture of all types. ofqueers. Located across Pacific Coast
Highway from West Channd Drive, Will
Rogers is a' bit no~ of Venice and afavorite of the gym crowd: It is locatedclose to Patrick's ,.(not Swayze) Road- .
house, a hamburger joint that has to beexperienced. Also' soon to reopen near
the Beach is the Pink Elephant. This former dive, turned' into a Madonna andCo. hangout, was never. really missed,
but it will be good to have a queer
presence in Santa Monica again.
If you are around ,LA. for a longer
stay, there are lots of worthwhile side
trips, only. one of whic;:h.isbeyond the.
Orange .Curtain, LagUn~ Beach 'is physically the spot most similar to the
French Riviera' tpat you 'are likely to
fmd in California, and in the.winter the'.
crowds head to Palm Springs to soakup the desert sun, take in the b;us andcheck out the dykes at the Dinah Shore
Open. Also in the desert is the familyoriented .Glen Ivy Hot Springs locatedin Corona, where you can spendthe,day covered in mud , or soaki~gina.
spring-fed hot tub. If you prefer nudity,
Black's ,Beach outside of San Diego in
La Jolla is a great beach at the.bottomof a steep cliff; and to the north of LA
is Santa Barbara, an .urban Disneylandwith a beautiful mission
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FrantiscQ is the Hearst Castle, a wondedand of kitsch, and the spectaculardrive from Big Sur to Carmel. But then,these are all other stories, T

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Embarrassed and delighted, we're ullacGUstomed to seeing that much skin .
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,,, videos, gossip and gay lit at Glad Day
BOQks, The Prudential Star Market, agrocery st9re, would get a brass plaqueto commemorate its cruising .status.
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Plastic doodads ,sit beside $6,000
Piaget ,,{atches, and elaborate wedding
gowns hang next, to polyester career
dresses, It's a clothes que~n's delightbut be forewarned: It's only for thehardiest of shoppers,
Boston's subway/trolley transit,
nicknamed the "T," is color-coded:, red,green, orange and blue lines. The
names of "T" stops are meariingless tonewcomers, but most "T" .drivers arefriendly, and plenty of unmarred maps
can aid you. "T" tokens are 75 cents,
and bus fares are 50 cents. Of course,
the parking is horrendous
for cardrivers, but taxis are readily available,
and some like the night life by limo
when they're feeling extravagant
While we're at it, the LavenderLine shouldn't skip , Cambridge, where
squares are hip. Women can dance andflirt at Gertrude's on Massachusetts
Avenue and Indigo at 823 Main
St..,,
both near Central Square, as well as
New Words feminist bookstore near
Inman Square. In addition, all queers• can enjoy a vanety of ethnic foods, galleries, theaters and haunts at Harvard
Square, while listening to street musicians between destinations.
If you want to pay for music in
Cambridge, there's jazz at the Charles
Hotel, Ryles and Club 1369; folk/
acoustic at Passim, the Nameless(donation required) and every otherchurch-turned-coffeehol,lse,
Back in
Boston, there's rock at the Paradise,the Rat and the Channel, and comedy
at Charles Playhouse, Stitches, Nick's .
and Catch a Rising Star. But don't justtake my wora for it-dlese suggestions
only scratch the surface.
If you're in need of accommodations, you-might try the Chandler Inn,
Oasis Gµest House or Victorian B & B(women-only}--rol in the $50-$70 range.
Finally, the Queerdom Trail would
end in the Boston Common/Public Gardens, a pretty location and the site of
our annual Pride Day festivities. This
year it's June 8, so maybe we'll see you,
Just follow the lavender line .(Mayor
Flynn is going to love this idea).~

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•FLASHI I interrupt this regularlyscheduled column to bring you this special news bulletin: As I write this, Live at
Rue (which is on in the ,background)is.
revealing the Ro/ltng Stone photos of
MadoI,ma. As Tony Guida reports, one
photo has Madonna wearing a star ofDavid and in another she, is drinking
from a glass she's holding with her foot!
"There is one other photo that we <!idn't
show you," says Guida, "It depicts
Madonna with all of her maledancers.
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wearing women's underwear." Th~c:aril~
era goes back to Sue Simmons, whocomments: "Thanks. We could
do .with.
out seeing that photo .." (But, ofcourse-Sue
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hypocrites,
Oh, but the people in the,•glass houses win: now chastise me forattacking gay people~ I tell you, I'll spen:d .
weekS lambasting Patrick Buchanan and
Ray Kerrison arid Rolling Stone and Steven•
Seagaiand Pete Hamill arid Eric Breindeland Pat Buckley,and scores of others. But
as soon as I expose the hypocrisy of
someone. who is gay, those glaSs-house'people scream that I only go after queers.
t is nice to write something nice. As-- .~Guy Trebay from the Voice said thispart of what appears to be a real,
to,me on the telephone a while ago. It
effort by The New York Times, to get
was. after I'd attacked him, of course. He
up-to-date, 1V reviewer John J. O'Conthen said .that I should go after Julia
ner did a great piece in the Sun~y "Arts
Phillips and her Random House editors
and Leisure section on "Gay Images:
because her bestseller, You '11Never Eat
lV's Mixed Signals,~ He clearly did his
Luncb inc1bis Town Again, he felt,. was
homework with some of the most
h0mOphobic. -What bothered'me about
insightful coverage to date on qu'eer
this was the fact that he has his own big
media portrayals even quoting Out'column
at the VOice a: column which
Week's interview with Harvey Fierstein.
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reaches hundreds of thousands more pe0O'Conner effectively and clearly explainsple..than mine ,and is thus so much more
why infrequent shows on gay topics are
powerful. If he found,the book offensive,not enough and that we wani "giy and .
why couldn!t he take it on? Why is helesbian characters, like heterosexuals; [tolafraid-to Il)ake waVes?Why.does it always
simply be absorbed into scripts with a,. seem to be the attitude of "Qo. ask~ey.
-minimum of patronizing fusS?"
He:ll do anything?" It's not my job alone _As noted befere, the amount of
to fight homophobia. I would hope that"queer coverage by the Times has 'it's every queer's. AND 11iAT'S WHY I
increased: last week, the word· "homeALSO ATTACKGAYPEOPLEWHO HAVE
phobia" in an editorial; this week, theEVEN THE TINIEST BIT OF POWER
long-predicted story on gay Jews and the'WIDCH 1HEY AREN'T USING TO OUR,feature of the "Arts and,ADVANtAGE, IN ADDITION TO
Leisure"·section. O:ConSTRAIGHT ONES. AND TIlE REASON
ner says: "I don't thillk .
TIlAT TIlESE PEOPLE TIlINK TIlAT I
OMY ATTACK GAY PEOPLE IS THAT
'Tl:IEY ONLY READ THIS 'DAMNED COLUMN WHEN 1HEIR NAMES ARE IN m~,Andmow I'll probably get pefsecut./ ed' for attacking yehllJother "seasoned"'Vtllage VoiCe colu~.
Well, at least it's
not'an "outing," as everyone had feared.
ah.yeah; there were all of these rumors
going aro\md the Vtllage Voice that Treb:l:ywas afraid that" I was going to out-him,' And so I called him to say that I
only. write about the sexuality of public
figures and that his snoozing column certainly didn't makt; .him one, and so heshouldn't wony. But, after wavering and,quite'honeStly, confusing me for a while,
he then aggressively assured me that heis out weLthat it's not an issue,•, Oh, goog. Then this is NOT an outing.And Trebay's having written an antiouting piece is NOT a conflict of interest.
- 'h Of course, if he were in' the closet, I
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concerted effort, but just a generalincreased awareness ahd the influenceof youQger editors." Since he started
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in June when PBS will air Peter Adair's
Absolutely Positive, interviews. ~ith aspectrum of people aboµt how theirlives have changed with their HIv-positive test result. Absolutely insightful,absolutely up front and absqlutely
essential for everyone to see, it's achance to };lear some candid talk,demonstrates. a spectrum of' responses
and perhaps can nelp bridge the.gap of .
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•·of how grass-roots actio n turned invisibility and oppression into empowerment and enlightenment.
First, let me introduce SAGE,Senior
Action in a Gay Environment, the perfect acronym for a group dedicated to
advocacy and ed4cation of gay and lesbian seniors nationwide. Not too many
years ago, the group tried to place an
ad in Modern Maturity. magazine, thewidely read membership magazine for
the American Association of Retired
Persons, or AARP. They weren't looking to advertise sex toys for seniors or
anything. They just wanted to do someoutreach. Modem Marnrif.Y would haveno part of it, and the group was without
legal recourse. So, they gave up. ~Then, a year and a half ago, themagazine published a reader letter asking why Modern Maturity didn't tackle
the issues of gay seniors. SAGE offered
their help, and the editors seemed to 'welcome it. But, months later, the only
thing that had happened was the publication of some homophobic re~nsesto the fIrSt letter. To be fair, one lettersupported' covering gay issues, butanother said, "Hear the drip, drip of mybleeding heart for those poor, neglected
gays/lesbians."
And another wrote:"Gay? What's gay about them, with theirnasty diseases and their vile habits? If
you start to cater to them, you cancount me out of AARP.",
dearly, this was not the open-minded coverage' SAGE wanted. Karen
Reyes, associate editor of the magazine,
says that she and the editor ran thehomophobic letters to further gauge theirreadership, She says that the selection of
one positive and two negativeretlected
the overal reader response of 40 homophobic and only two supportive,. At this point, Michael Rohrer of
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identification and not fear of the other.
I•to help, to have Modern Maturity "tumaround and respond bi printing thesespineless homophobic letters was an
unexpected slap in the face," he wrote
in a joint press release with GLAAD.
Rohrer and GLAAD then called a
letter-writing campaign, According toReyes, they got tons of mail, and thegay-positive letters ran 500 to 40. Gay
seniors weren't the only ones writing,either. Parents, young PWAs, childrenof gay seniors and a few advocacy
groups joined the effort, As a result,the editors decided to incorporate gay
and lesbian coverage,
Yes, they should have done it allalong, without running it up the flagpole for their readers to approve,
But, the bottom line is that they arechanging.
Reyes says they will try to "mainstream" gay coverage, including relevant.infonnation for gay people in more general articles. Upcoming issues will explain
legal problems faced by same-sex-coupies, neVf Social Security benefits forreaders with critical illnesses and how to
get death benefits while still living,This is a major victory. We are nottalking about Interview subscribers .
But about readers who came of age
long before the days of a public gay
identity, which has happened in thepast 20 years.
For Modern Maturity's straight•rc;:aders,,this ,alI"must be a shock. The
last time they checked (anytime before'
the niid-70s), homosexuality was classified as a mental illness. And the magazine's gay readers have led lives. very
different from us who were 10 or so
years old at the time of Stonewall.
Reyes says that the differences real- .
Iy hit her when she attended an AIDS
benefit at ParamountStudios. "Theyounger men," she said, "were very
secure in their sexuality. They were
almost adamant about it. The older men
had lived, their whole lives hiding it, or
blending in. They have very different
needs." These needs are, I hope,, theones that SAGE and Modern Maturity
will continue to serve.
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. Houses, Women's Days and Family Circles include people with AIDS alongwith a healthy smattering of lesbian andgay folk?'"\••

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a frapk, little voice she always
tnalces me sit up and pay attention.
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expl:iiqed,
it was just anotherapartheavy~g~a,v.ity day in m~•
metlt.....:.that'swhy i was ,stuck:to the
iI'OOr, unable'~o move,, :"i don't need sex," I said confi- ,dertly as J, took ~nother bite of '~rifenmann'sdouble
fudge cake,my ihiid one that day. .:. ."Really, I don't need sex." I
rei~ted'later as I was dry-hump· iQg ~¢.1Y.lnnlster,· .'"j don't nee? sex, and I'm very,
· ~ppy, ,thank you," ]. said as I lit·some black. candles and spit three times at the moon.
.. '..Well, maybe I do need sex. And maybe I wasn't that happy.
,-Mil ,maybe it was 1:im<! to dOSomething about it: Move in for the: 1dU;:'If'he wants a beautiful girl, n I thought, "he'll get a beautiful
gi11, r~89ing to be the prettieSt goddaffin girl he's ever seen.", , And.With that I started my transf~on.
· Npw, let me explain. I have never been what you would· call a "pbliShed" drag queen. Realness is not my forte. I do more
ofaPluto drag, if you know what I mean. My strength lies in the· .s~essgusto With which I throw myself into each new look .
. ,.': But if realness is what it took, by God, I was going to try. .
• ~ w~t Jor ..the couture look--pasty~white face, black bob,,,fab),.li<,>1J.sgown,'
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helped.~Everybody, it seeplS:\vas
determined
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nerve. Old boyfriends wO,ul,dshow up together and stand inclusters laughing at my feeble
attempts to land a man. Friepds. ignored me.
People pointed and laughe.dat my wigs. '_Even his ex-girlfiiend had toget a jab in.. Stupid!y, I asked'her
if he was good in bed.
"Good in bed? Sure b.u.t·..
better in the bathroom stall," she :E
said, winking and laughing as! -.::..c~slumped to the floor someho~.~she knew that bathroom $~?,''ci;
was my specialty. (My fri<:nc;is :§say that my drag name sh<?,u!d ~be "I.atrina,")~.<:
I Bot so depressed I took 0..
some of that wicked, green
acid-the newstuff that's about the sU:e of Wheat thin. Maybe I
would forget how miserable I was.
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What happened next was a strange dream, foggy andun~ .
real, filled with too many bleeding walls and flying dinosaurs to
go into here.
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I found myself three. days later racing down the IlE, doing
about 90 in a stolen car. At the wheel, chugging a bottle of jack
Daniel's, was some psycho-slut from hell. I don't know where'I
found her or the two drag queens with me or the elderly RuSshm
couple apparently asleep .in the backseat. Our mission, I ~aS
told, was to rip .off evety vending ma<;hine on Long Island withher magic dollar (one of those elongated bills that you can pullback ou~ of the slots) and make it back: in time for the outlaw
party the next night.
Somehow it all worked out, and I got home, happily, sill,1-iQ,•
one piece.
I can' see you reading this now, $haking your head .~dclucking, "One of these days, James, you won't be so luck:y.'~EVerybody says that I should take better care of myself. Well, I
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O\.lr acquaintances' Zen-like approach to getting places met
Anne believes that if you point the car more qr less inwith Anne's approval but sent Madame X into a frenzy 'of
the proper direction, you get: where you're going sooner or later.
mat>;unfolding,In the n1eahmne since Anne doesn't drive she gets to look for
We stalted our journey by trying to get 'to the West Side
ponies arid ducks, Madame X. on the other hand, maps out· her\,
Highway, Cubby and Anne, wµorp
routes beforehand and follows them
you may remember as the '90s'
precisely. So when Anne remarks: ,answer to the Captain and"Look! There's a sign that says,, Ten-,
nille, insisted on putting K-Rock'South'! Let's take it! Isn't Westchester
on. Since Madame X once again
soqth?" Madame X gets panicky.
displayed her. uncanny ability to
6"Shut up! Don't distract me!
always pick the wrong Jane,' the~ That was the exit! Get out of the,entire car' was treated to 20 min.~ carl" she replies. Eventually, we pull
utes of complete immo~ility ,onj over to pore over the maps\
West 23rd Street, to the strainS of(Madame X. of course, travels with __.gm'an extensive collection) and remontwo false,ttos screeching "<:;et,c)ff't; Strate with each other. Our only conof My Ooud" and, yes, "Stairway=>
to Heaven,'" at the top of their== solation is that these psychodramas
take 'place in the privacy of Madame X's decrepit Toyota, solungs. "Where's the Intrepid!" asked Darlene, hinting poli~ely at
an alternate destination for our already-ioo-Iorig road trip.' ' ~'nobody sees us. 'As soon as we crossed the bridge, we got lost faster thaI)
nobody has a
Yet we've noticed that in New York-where
car wheels are a key to popularity; last weekend at 2 am, as .you can say, "Road map." Madame X's worst fears had cor.:p~tnie. "That's it," she announced. "We're trapped like r<,l\S it's
Madarpe X took. out her car keyS to leave a party in BoroughPark, the best-dressed strangers flocked around, her. For as long • fucking Pennsylvania for' us now!" She only perked up agaln. as it took to .drop them all off at vaiious points in Park Slope when we all swallowed our pride and agreed to ask for,' direc~
tions at the nearest gas ~station.
(girls) or the meat-packing district (boys), she Was hotter than
. A friendly dyke, in very butch grease-stained overalls,
Madonna, unless' Madonna had been there, ready to pack her
pumped our gas. She gave us excruciatingly detailed instruclimo -with so many beery homos that they were hanging out
the windows.
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tions ("then you go north for six traffic lights, then a liairpin
An,yway, rightly or wrongly, we took our pals along on ourtum through the White Castle's parking. lot, then another. last road triPj Darlene, Cubby and the Petite Blond ~hdl
three ~ffic lights west...") complete with hand-drawn map .
barely had to grovel ~fore we invited them to join our expediSince she was staring at the Petite Blond Bombshell's legS as
she spoke-and
who could blame her?-weworried thattion to a New Jersey shopping mall-not just any mall, mind you.
n, ,-.,
perhaps her exacting directions were
We were on our way to the tabled
Japanese mall of New Jersey.
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Madame X prepared for the.journey .
We wove throughsuburbanby interrogating
anyone she'd every
New Jersey, with trees and lawns
heard mention the place, They had plenand big houses. "This isn't all thathideous, really," marvelled Darrehe,ty of stories about it-one offered us souwhose sensibilities were permanentvenir Hello Kitty Band-Aids, while anothly warped bY.,growing up in suburer advised- us to "look for the God
ban Massachusetts.
Mean'while,
candy"-butwhen' it came tp giving
Cubby was in charge of counting thedirections, they were less helpful.
"It's easy," _one said. "You take the::traffic lights.
Were the, directions correct? Would
fIrst main left after the George Washwe ever get there? Did the Jap;aqese
ington Bridge," Madame X began to,mall really exist, or was it a vast practithefret about . how to make 'a left after..
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right. But these were the best direcother queStions,tune in next coluinn .."tions we gotj everyone else said, "Oh,
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by'Karl Soehnlein,

If conventional wisdom in theentertainment industry is to avoid politics, lace your interviews
with puffy,. sound bites and keep your queer dirty
laundry,,., firmly sealed. behind closet
doors', then British actor, director andSimon Callow is an anomaly: He
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being both out and outspoken.
He's currently making his debut asa film director with the Merchant-Ivory
film The Balladof the Sad Cafe. Basedon the Carson McCullers novel, Sad
Cafe is a fable of unrequited love andstars
Vanessa Redgrave as Miss Amelia,,
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Lymon, a hunchback
dwarf who
charms his way into her life and then. betrays her. By Callow's own admission, his inexperience with the medium and the weight of McCullers' story
have collided in a Iess-than-<:ompleteIy-successful
film. Still, he feels the ,,pride of completion and the intoxication of the creative cinematic process
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unsentimental, non-cinematic work. Wh~t approach did you take topretending to be something I'm not. It's the
beginning of self-respect.
I said to McKellan, "Itwas easier for me to come
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a view of love which is so bleak. Her
idea: "How can I believe in you asplot is a trap, a kind of awful joke
Romeo, Ian McKellan; if I know you're
played on human beings by a cruelgay?" I was never playing Romeo. Peo-,gotl, There is no forgiveness, no healpie who are highly sexualized in theiring power of love, and I felt no obliga,persona-if
it is known they'retion to ease that' for the audience, My
gay-becomethreatening. I suppose
basic approach was that it was some
I've never been threatening in that way.
kind of folk story or fairy story, so I
KS: Do you think there was any
said to Vanessa and all the actors, ,validity to Derek
jarman's criticizing,''We're not' interested in motivation or
Ian McKellan's knighthood because it
psychology-we're interested in 'things
came from the homophobic governhappening.'" I saw it as a resonant
ment that legislated Clause 28?
story, not . just a soap opera, These SC: Ian's knighthood has absolutepeople are archetypes.
ly afflI'med that you Can be completely,
KS: How was working withtotally, unambiguously and unequivo.Vanessa Redgrave?
cally gay and yet still be honored by, SC: She's ablaze at all times. She
the society inwh!j:h you live. That
sometimes goes on wild-goose chases,
seems to me to ,be absolutely right. It
and you have to hold on to her a bit,can only be an affmnation. Ian is rightbut the point is, she's just full of ideas
in the middle of things he reckons
and impulses
and extraordinarythat to be an ideal point from which toinstincts. Vanessa is utterly committed / say, "I'm gay, and lots of other actors
to what she, believes in-that's what
are gay, and we contribute something,·
makes her such a great 'actor, that's
In no sense could it tX: said that Ian
what makes her extremely controverMcKellan's knighthood set back thesial. On the whole, people would precause of gay liberation. It's a preposterfer actors didn't have opinions at all,ous piece of Alice in Wonderland logic
unless it's Bob Hope'~aying, "We love
to say that it does.
our boys at the front." There's always
KS: What are yout feelings about.?
a subtext with Vanessa" which is, , outtng.
.'"Who does she think she is?"
SC: I quite strongly disapprove of
KS: In the gay community, howevthat, although I understand the politics
er, we're always looking to celebrities
of it, and I really don't believe in closto speak out for us. You recently were
et anything.The only source of freeone of 18 openly gay British actors anddom is honesty. But it's very complidirectors to sign their names to a lettercated for people' I don't ,think any ofto the editor defending Ian McKellan's
us has the right to demand action. It's
knighthood. Was that your most public
so complicated. People have tormentcomi!1g out to date?
ed sexuality or confused sexuality or
SC: Oh, no, not at all. In my
90ubting sexuality..-it's a very harsh
autobiography, Being An Actor [writthing to rip somebody out of all theirten in 1985], I was completely open
private concerns and dilemmas andabout it._I was john the Baptist to Ian . force them to acknowledge their sexuality. It could wreck their lives, and,
McKellan's jesus. I suppose at thatcertainly in Los Angeles, it could ruintime I was ,the only well-kqown actor
who openly avowed his homosexualitheir careers.
I really couldn't, with a clear conty-not, initially, politically, but just 'science, out anyone,
for my own personal satisfaction.' I
KS: Edward Albee, who wrote
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the stage version of Sad Cafe, createdquite a stink at the Outwrite [lesbian
and gay writers'] conference when hemade a plea for not be!ng "labeled a
gay artist." What's your take on ~hat?
SC: I am a gay actor, there's noquestion about it. But do I give gay
performances? I don't know-it's hardto say, I wouldn't give the performances I give without being who I
am. I did the English 'stage premiereof Kiss of the SPider Woman. I gave arather c;lifferent performance than Mr.
Hurt did [in the film version!. I
couldn't, possibly have given that performance if I weren't gay. The core of
the part, which is about his need tobe taken, totally possessed, by a man,.
to admit him totally into his body andhis life; I understand that perfectly
well and was able to draw on that. I
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hope,. as ,a professional and as an
artist, that I have, persuaded everyone
that I was straight.
KS: Some of your earliest theaterwor~ was in the Gay Sweatshop;
SC: Yes, and it was very exciting.
The first play I did there was called
Passing By by Martin Sherman, whowrote Bent. It's a very straightforward
love story between two guys. They
each catch hepatitis, they convalesce
together, and then they' part. It's ~charming play, simple and sweet andtrue, but nothing earthshaking about it.
We played that for what was basicallya ,theater full of gay men who had
never seen on the stage the actual
human experience of one' man coming
to know and love another man. People
were just devastated-they
just wept
for the recognition of it. lbat was wonderful, and it still is far too rare.
KS: Will you direct other films,
perhaps one which is explicitly gay
in content?
SC: My great desire-andthis
may be the next film I do, for Chan'nel 4-is to write a really torrid
romantic film about gay love. A
huge, passionate, no-holds-barred
gay love story, nothing to do withthe problems of being gay. I want towrite a gay Antony and Cleopatra,
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ouses on Fire
The Packaging of Drag Ball Culture•,

by Bruce Benderson
I'm watching Dorian Corey, headline .
•performer, mount the stage at Sally's, Hideaway-over six feet of sequins shim· . mering in ili,e spotlight. She picks up themil<:e,and sweeps the wire past her dress'
fishtail train. Rowdy applause fills theclub. It's 1:30 am, and Sally's floor show
is starting.

The atmospherein this club ishyper-hetero: Dressed-to-the-tits queens,most of them Latin or, Black, ate set off
by sulky ,homeboys swathed in. gold
chains or lustful businessll}en in black,about Sally's with its careful simulationsof guys. and dolls--is its peculiar symbiotic relationship to the straight world.
The same can be said of the worldof Paris Is Burning, a much-discussed
documentary showing at Film Forum.
It's about the culture of the Harlem dragBalls and the gay Houses of fashion andvoguing, where femme queens, butch
queens ;µtd other variants on. these categ<;>riescompete for "realness." In thesefashion competitions, mostly gay, mostly
male contestants impersonate"real"
women, real fashion
modelsormedia•heard about that movie," said Carly, asemi-drag-queen acquaintance of mine
whom I regularly meet at Sally's as wellas other gay clubs in the 40's near Eighth
Avenue, "But how do you get to see it?"
"The film is slowly becoming. accessible by word of mouth," the very wiseand very articulate Dorian Corey later
explains to me. "But not all the Hoµse
children read newspapers. And, weIl, theFilm Forum isn't exactly on their list."
These comments
augment
thequeasiness I felt watching' the movie-ehearing the giggles. of Film Forum's
mostly whit~, downtown
audience
become more and more strained as thefilm deftly drew the.m into the unfamiliar
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scene from Paris Is Burning,•,suits" still carrying their attache cases.
Tonight, .as on most nights, the staff'rounds out the homage. to heteroland.
Two tough daddy-bouncerS rule with aniron hand, while big-breasted queens.
bitch-nurture, serving drinks. The air is·'thick "with jami1ia. Everybody'knows
everybody .else's name. Each'lip-synch
performer or occasional go-go boy who
climbs the stage is greeted with supportive whistles, and dollar
bills are stuffed,
into cleavages or slipped under G-strings.
Sally's Hideaway is a tightly knit
community of people with complemen,.tary. needs and similar economic, ethri.ic
and. cultural backgrounds. And looking
around, I am ~ck by how little Sally's
resembles a "gay bar" in the mainstream
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stars, "real" (read: .,"straight") men, business executives or sports hero'es inother words, mainstream Americans.
Tonight 'at Sally's, two of Paris Is
Burnings, stars are present:· DorianCorey, Legendary Mother of the Houseof Corey; who is also mistress of ceremonies at Sally's, and Paris DuPree, legendary Mother of the House of Paris,
whOse "Paris IS Burning" Balls provided
the uncredited title for the flim.
Other people at Sally's tonight haveheard of the film and know some of the.
people in it, but many Jni-tially found it off-limits,
despite the fact that it had
a quarter-page ad in the
Voice and had already'played several weeks. "!
/,ness of the audience that nigl}t brought
to mind for me all the contradictions
inherent in making art about a commu,
nity to which you do not belong-art
that will be exhibited to an audience
composed primarily of members of acommunity to which you do belong. , For ,multiple reasons, the piece of
culture selVed up by Paris Is Burning has
remained monolithic and undecipherable
to both detractors and admirers of thefilm Neither the conselVative British aitic
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even speak English" nor Quentin
Crisp calling the film "a startling mixture of the bizarre and the heartbreaking" in the New York Native nor
the director-producer
Jennie Livingston defending the wholesome
aspects of the gay Hous~ as "oldfashioned family values like kindness
and tolerarice and loving your mother,even if your mother is a drng queen"nor anyone else seems to have thestomach for a head.,on appraisal ofthe drag Ball world. One reason isthat Paris Is Burning involves thevieWer simultaneously in two codes of:values: There is the fantasy code,
known, ironically, as "realness," inwhich Ball partidµmts .ape the main~stream values, of the media and the
middle class. And then there is theactual day-to-day code, or value system, of the moStly low-income, mostlyBlack or Latino ball partidpants ..
Those who have written or spoken about the film have felt more
comfortable discussing the vonies
positive or negativeof the first. code, in which people without entitlement momentariIy take on the status ("realness'') of mainstream people implicating a tacit respect formainstream values. But all havelargely overlooked, or systematically. ignored, th~ second code because itis the code of the street.
It is true that for middle-class•viewers, the street codes operating 'in
the Houses and at the BaIls are hidden under seemingly'innocu.ous
terms. When Livingston cited Ballslang such as "House" and "Mother"as proof of the "warmer, more nur- .
turing side of the drag Balls" in a letter to The New York Times, she overlooked. that, although "House" is ahome-aplace of shelter andbelonging for all .on the street andin prjson, "to house" means to takecontrol of something, to forcefully. take it over (e.g., "the con housed
my new- Adidas"). Accordingly, theword "Mother" holds all the connotations of nurturing and warmth one
would expect, but, as evidenced byremarks in PariS Is Burning, a Mother is also the most powerful memberof a House, a benevolent tyrant who, has been able to- vanquish all rivals.
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ing "What a great-looking group of semi-finalweek" with the Hall of Shamer
istsl") did an interview and found Donohoe's
playing hOst:to a line-up that
included Andrew Dice Clay. Aman- ' "audaciousness refreshing:' 'ilf the producersof LA Lawwere at all worried about losing
da Donohoe. Ellen Bar1driand
everyone's favorite straight dyke. Sandra Bern- Harry Hamlin and Jimmy Smits this next season," she added. "well. they certainly have a
hard. Thi,s last boldly stated that part of her
hot property in Amanda Donohoe tornake up .
new a¢ was about trying to deal with the fact
for it... More than a fair exchange. I'd say. And
that OutWeek outed her (huh?). Arsenio was
now that Susan Dey is staying, Anything could
quiCk to explain to his audience what outing
happen,',was (Harvey Fierstein had just taught him).
. Meanwhile; John Erman proves that he isexcept that he cOuldn't get if out "Outing iswhen someone tells the public you are. uh .. determined to cOntinue trivializing AI D,Sto' .
make it palatable for"You're Black!" Sandra-offered. and the audib
lV executives and'Y prime-time American
ence was left in the
In' 0 n i c a
audiences. Our Sdns.
lurch as she swerved~.
his latest lV-movte'
into another subject.
d 0 r e n k a 1n P effort (An Early Frost.:;"[ OutWeek's] 'il very . .
was the first in what 'radical magazine. and I
threatens to be a,' ..,don't read it Let's justseries) does contain a cGuple of refreshingly
leave it at that." Let's ju~t.
- Andrew Dice CIay'sappearance brought a affectionate (by lV standards) ~cenes ~~!Y'een
the two gay lovers, one of whom is dyihg:,9f'group of Queer Nationals to the audience. andAIDS. But with Julie Andrews andAno~Mar~
Arsenio. in an effort,to• placate his own nerves.
briefly played Donahue. Jumping around fromgret as the mothers (a,nd only relative~f~it;r~~\fags and dykes (whom he consistently interclear that AIDS ha~ to take a baCkseat;~J.:~;'f~
Ann-Margret explained to. TheNew,Y~lIf£~.;rup~ed) to self-identified "Dicemen." he a,sked
Times. "AIDS is just the catalystthat61'11lgs
people to comment on Dice Clay's act. Wellthese two women together." An earthquake orintentioned. maybe. But by the end of tI'Ie
a PTA meeting might have served the purpose
Interview with Dice Clay. Arsenio started
just as well. And as Andrews explained to ET,
sounding a lot like him. And what was the"The difficult thing for me [about making this
topic of conversation? Queers. of course.
movie] was looking into [Ann-Margret's] pretReferring to "an impression" he did one nightty eyes and getting angry." Is there a reason
at which Queer Nation took offense. he "this woman is' married to Blake Edwards? ". assured us that, "based on what I feel is right,The only woman getting more press thanor wrong. it will continue." As will oiJr queer 'contempt. I'm sure.
.'. ",, . Amanda Donohoe this week is. of course.
Madonna, With photo spreads everywhere.
- Amanda Donohoe ~ppeared on the Samethe one that promises to outdo the rest is theshow. though Dice Clay's long self-defense'"Madonna m~ets Henry and June' pages of("Spic is a funny word. ya know?") had left litthe forthcoming Rolling Stone. complete with
tle time for her. She left her baseball cap at '.
home this time. but she did throw the word . sorne faux~ezzie poses (a possible teaser for
Gus Van Sant's adaption of Even Cowgirls Get"dyke" around in a very comfortable way.
the Blues. where the great .one will meet Uma.
Actually. Donohoe was everywhere thisTh~rman?) I would love to take opium withweek. On Ente$inment Tonigh~ our favoriteyou. Madonna.
correspondent, Leeza Gibbons (who was also
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.'i"that Characterizes Latino New Yorl<: , while•·ON FULTON STREET: ! TRmUTE TO AUPRE LORDE. f
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powering any melancholy that might
have pierced the moment.. From GerriAllen's opening piano solos
to the thun,',,derous song. and dance' of the Urban
Bush Women's cl9sing work, some of
New York's fmest' Black women artists
defied the odds by defining themselveson the stage of one of New York's mostprestigious perfonning arts institutions.
In addition, the Street Theater ·of St.
Croix, a dance ensemble ~thathas'become a part of Lorde's Carribeari life,
offered interpretationsof her work,
along with an ihspired representation of,'"
Nina Simone's "Four Women."
And many poets gave'testimony to
the Lorde legacy. Far frOm lulling us with .
timid recitations or poHte sketches, eachpoet used her unique voice to hurl fighting words at a world forced to,listen.'Puerto Rican/Dominican. poet Sandra ,Maria
Esteves offered stark verbal paintings
using the,.
melange oflanguage"thecrowd outside of BAM's Majes"tic'Theater,
under a glorious May sky,resembled' any other Sunday gathering.inheighborhoodS throughout Brooklyn.
., We ,greeted each other with hugs and"kisses, c::atcliingup on gossip and coµlplimentingdresses and :cto's. The differ-'·eo(:e,of course, was that the group was-.
predominantly
female, and all of us
were ecstatic to be. uniting to celebrate
the legacy that is Audr~ Lorde.
'.'. ;'As many dyou know," announced•••" CJnepf the ~ers,"Audre is in Lennox, . Hill i:Iospit;ll,
once again fighting a battle.... ,
with Cancer." A hush fell over the theater
as we pondered . the thought that Audre~dfueant to be wjth us on this day, hav:~
ing,.tr:iveled from her home in St. Qoix.
, Her, ta~d voi~e read the concluding lineof -her,' poem, ',"'A Litany for Survival, ~w~ieh rippled 'through the crowd: "Wewere never meant to suIYive.",•
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howling with her poem "An Anthropological Study of Caucasians" (where welearned, among other things, of the sacredcaucasion ritual of mixing urine and fecesin a porceline urn).,
The poet Sapphire was, as always,
fierce and direct, as she nailed .us to ourchairs with her lacerating account ofincest sUlvival and the rape of the planet. Her work is stunning not
only for its,
graphic imagery but also for the apparent metamorphosis
she experienced
writing ,it. Suchoutrage was contrasted.
with the celebration voiced by twomemb~rs of a new generationofAfrican~American lesbian poets, Nicole
Br.eedlove and Malkia Cyril, 'women
who are keeping pace with the warrior
footsteps that have preceded them. And
as l\1alkia gave,.us great detail of why, atage 17, she' loves 'women, Nicole
offered' a simple' explanation:"Iemerged fist first from my mother'swomb"~a", sentiment
Audre Lorde'would surely be proud of.T,,

DEFlNrTElY MEANT TO $URVlVE-Malkia Cyri/, Nicole
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PLANET... Stat;, date 1991. and the,contacted at.PO Box 1051, Back Bay Annex, .
Boston; MA 02117-1051.
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HOT FOR TEACHER ... It's ho.t. It's
Enterprisestill doesn't
have a queer
provocative. It's mind-be,nding interac;tion on
aboard. A vulcan might not let you know
ali ,matters pedagogical. It's the fifth annualthat that's infuriating, but the GaylactiC~Lesbian ai;ld Gay Studies Conference and. it's
Network, an international organization for'. being heia Nov. 1-3 on the Rutgers Univergay science-fiction devotees, is all fired up.
Never in 25 years has any Star Trek TV: sity campus in New Brunswick, NJ. This'.
' year's conference is co-sponsored by two of
program or film shown an openly gay• orlesbian character, note Network sOurces, and it's time that the. Garden State's. instit\itions of nigher education, Rutgers
the full range of human experience be given play in-the 'sto-, ' and Princeton,~nd is piacing' a special emphasis on papers
or pane1s',on .issues of race and ethnicity. Conference orgaries that routinely include blue-skinned
Andorians andnizers ,are asking that' all papers or panel' proposals. be subprominently foreheaded Klingons.
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The Network has mounted a le~er-writing campaign. to . mitted by June 15 and point out that videotapes, film screenredress this unearthly state of affairs and add a queer twist to irlgs, performance~ and readings are also iqvited.· Papers andthe current' series, Star Trek: tbe Nepc(~rattori.
Says the presentations should run approximately 20, minutes; panelgroup's director, Franklin Hummel: ~Stattrek hfrhO'te than a proposals must include a orie-page desctiption,together'"with the papers to be included.
All materials should be sentscience fiction show. Its characters and concept,even'tenns,
and phrases from the 'seri~s, are now _part of our popularin full to the Lesbian and Gay Studies Conference, CCACC, 8
culture." Top that. Any supportive queer Trekkies should.Bishop Pl., New' Brunswick, NJ 08903. Information regard., .
send letters to series'creator Gene Roqdenberry, 'or the proing registration, transportation, accommodations, 'child .care,ducing studio's head, Brandon Tartikoff, at. 5555 Melrose
et al.;· can: be obtained at the same address.
Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, The Gaylactic Network can be _compiled by Sarah Pettit
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Seventh Avenue South.

by Michael Paller

ly silent on the question of Veronica"s,transformation.
Veronica finds more
In his new play, Walking the Dead,. ,Keith Curran juggles a good many ideas
vocal support in her gay best friend;'
and characters ifl the air for a very long
Chess, but gets nothing
but mockery,
time. Although they are, by turns,
froin his occasional boyfriend, Bobby,
interesting and provocative,
to theand misunderstandingat every turn
ftom her mother,
Dottie.
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shifts from the juggled to the juggler, These characters are bound by
and to the tricks he employs to keepthe' issues Of image and identity.
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things airborne, our attention is in thewrong place,ch~ging, it is, different" in the mind of,eVeryone 'who knows her. Maya's
The dead in question are Veronica, Ronald and Homer. They all hapidentity~sa lesbian, artist" woman,person of color-is also up for 'grabs,
pen to be the same person, yet each
especiallywhen she and Homer'
is different.
Veronica is a lesbian.
become the subjeCt of a documentary.
trapped in the wrong body since
The callow "director invents his own
birth. ,She first tries to remedy this biopurely fictional identities for the couple,
logical error by playing Ron on weekpla¢ng Homer on a tool box (he's 'too
ends, That failing to satisfy, she
short to be a man, you see) and directing
undergoesseveral operations
andMaya to shuck com
bec9mes Homer. Her lover through allin the living room,of this is Maya, •an artist whose• work
consists partly of melting dildos and . instead of the kit- .
chen because that'srubber vaginas in toaster ovens andwhere his lights are
grindingmannequinlimbs in a
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entirely through good works for bloodbanks, suicide hotlines and va,rious dis~ease foundations. Bob admits to M~d.Qg
embodied, at one time or another",every
known, stereotypeof the g~y,,man; each of which he hates', but i:>er-,haps not with th~ intensity with whichhehates
himself. ,'.. Homer's hqrrible death is also tangled in an ide,nt!ty problem. Having,,' agree,<!to ,shave his be¥d and wear a .
d~ess to .lris inother"~ wedding. (~strange. <;Qncession; given the "gravity':'.
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with" wh,ich he chose to become
Homer),' he is assaulted
on the street,
by, a pair of y.'ould-be rapIsts, Discov:eringthat t\1is~woma~" has a cock:one decides that "she",must be a fag
and stabs Homer to death,
Curran makes a string of com- .
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on identity,..
without committing himself, to anyleaVing one to wOI)der who he is, what
he thiOks. This is not necessarily bad,but it's' one thing for a writer to with.
hold judgment 'andanother to get 'the'feeling;~ that .'thewithholdinghas .
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play indeed ..
No similar criticism can be madeabout the cast which, despite what one
may have heard about. serious backstage dissension, is almost uniformly
excellent. As Veronica/Ronald/Homer,
Ashley' Gardner is ,faced. with .a mostdifficult acting task. Curran gives her
three incarnations, but none sufficiently specific 9r delineated enough to
help the actress particularize her various manifestations. As Maya"Myra Taylor has something more solid to workwith and becomes the strong presencearound which the p'lay revolves. !tis afme, and fmely nuanced, performance.
Christopher Shaw is all exposed nerves
and apologies as the poor, good~hess if anyone truly makes contact, with V:eronica et al., it is this youngman, almost terminally sensitive, whotrips over himselfstanding $tiIl. He certainly has done nothing to deserve thelacerating presenceof ,Bobby,
acidly,.
,portrayed by Cotter Smith.
While the acting is fine, one wishes that Mark Ramont's staging (aided
by Tom Kamm's ir)genious set of sliding panels and gliding furniture) was
less clever and self-conscious-two
rather dubious qualities it shares with"much of the writing. The distance that,
results between the audience and thecharacters has less to do with Brechtianalienation effects than with the writerand 'director's desire to celebrate tech.
,nique for its own sake. This distancedamages the acting, as well. When ascene suddenly demands deep, difficult
feeling (for example, when Dottie
appears with a full-length' emeraldgreen party dress for her daughter,
only to be confronted by Ron in overalls and a moustache) the emotional
chasm between them and us, not tomention among themselves, is too
great to cross.
Unlike a juggler, a playwright's
skill· resides
in how he or she lets his.
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objects
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Right now in Fayett~villewhere it's two, not three o'clock,
you're doing what you did thc;:n:driving a rattletrap, maybe
on a road lush with spring green,.
or sharpening a Venus drawing pencil
by a river that's slowly drying out.
I see the thin green pencil,
not the hand· holding itI can't remember your hands.
, There's a dog with you, notthe one,we had togethershe mUst be dead ten years.
I see you in worn flannel
and round gold glasses. Thosemust be gone, too,wfth the hat I hated,.the square brown one with earflaps.
I want to call you on the phone.
Want us in Tucson together, 1962,
before my father died. Before .
any of it. I want t9 be kind this time,and not just to you.
I want my mother back,the way she was then:not thin or grey yet,
not sweet the way she was later,
starting to die. Robert, she forgave me:for divorcing you, even for writingthat I was queer. She didn't say
she forgave me, she just said,
Dh w(lll,you turned out all right.
I want to call youin• Fayetteville, right now,
so you can say it too: I love you,in your surprising baritone.
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I have something to tell you.

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his House receive direct acknowledgdidn't know that there were Black modCc»ntlnLled
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els jUst as big and just as beautiful-like
Who owns or receives credit for
Beverly Johnson, whom I've now met."
great admiration for that fIlni, I faced myany aspect of the House/Ball phenomeWith the film's impetus behind her,envy of the energy, ambition and vitality
na is quickly becoming a moot point. A
Octavia aspires to "project to all types ofof the participants: I am keenly aware
few years ago, sometime after the first
audiencesand not just gay. I'm not, that copywriters and fashion designers
documentary on voguing by filmmaker
gay," she sympathizes, "I'm female." Allhave vaporized under-class phySicality
David Bronstein, the fashion and musicin all, she seems confused about why
and dynamism to package libido for me.
businesses were already making use ofher success is not identical to the film's.
They have made use of tropical colors,
the House scene, In 1989, the Love Ball,"I didn't get anything but attention fromAfrican music, exterminator spices andsponsoredby a coalition of fashion
the passionate fatality of boxing, while
this," she complains.
,industries, raised money for AIDS andThis is not to indicate that most of
the originators of these energies continue
used such notables as Iman and Thieny
the House Mothers and children are notto press their noses to the opposite side
Mugler as "realness" competition judges.
,ecstatic ;tbout the mm, yet for a few,
of the glass, yearningly fixated on manuMeanwhile, both Malcolm McOaren andfinancial compensation is the sore issue.
factured images, the washed-ol!t yuppie
Madonna have brought voguing to inter- ,They are reluctant to process the fact
eleganceof Virginia Slims girl or acces,
national attention. Articulate voguer
that although the film is a critical sucsorized GQ man. (Virginia Slims and GQ
Walie Ninja of the House of Ninja has
cess, it has not reached the point ofare, by the way, two common drag Balltoured worldwide as a dancer, andmaking a profit. Jennie Livmgston told
"realness" competition categories.)
members of the House of Xtravaganza
me that she hopes to offer a percentage
In one way or' another, everyone isformed part of Madonna's dance teamto the participants should the film evercontaminated by the same false yearnings,
come out of the red. But"there is bne for - for her world tour.
ideal images or projected fears of our serAnd on April 28, l;Jloomingdale's
whom the issue of compensation has
vice economy, where one world can saferan an ad in the Times: "Who Is the Leglong left the arena of negotiation.
ly take what it wants from another withendary Mother of the House of
Paris Dupree" Lengendary Motherout being affected by the ,whole piece.
B'dale's? ... the'realboge realness i:s
of
the
House
of
Dupree,has
been,orgaAnd, as .well~intentionedas, I believe Paris.
uptown in your new Y.E.S.· Paradox
nizing ~alls for mpre than a decade, andIs Burning really is, its audiences will take
Shop, where Gaultier Junior, Future
for sev~ years he, has called his Balls
only what they want from it
Ozbek, Hamnett and more face off at"Paris Is Burping." A few, years ago, he
In a bizarre sense, Paris Is Burning
the fiercest vogue Ball of them all."gave Livingston pennission to film at his
is a "phenomeqon
within a pheFor a large segment of the House
Balls,
with
theunderstandin.gthat
she
nomenon,
a
fIlm
about
peopledreaming,,children and their mainstream consumers,
would feature him.• and his House.
of being famous and successful that has.
issues of ownership or co-optation have
Livingston maintains that she also
itself become famous and successful. To
become just too convoluted, "Nobody inplanned to do an in-depth interview
most of the people whose lifestyles
the actual community was making shit
, with Paris as she did with other House
Paris Is 'Burning portrays, even theabout our drag Balls," said Dorian Corey,, Mothers. "When the tinf came for filmamount of money entailed in making a·who is not one to mince words. ''1hank
ing, Paris didn't show liP," said Livlow-budget documentary--a quarter ofGod, somebody Dike Jennie Livingston]
ingston. "He said he wanted $20,000,
a million dollars, say set:ms stupencame and did it....As for Paris, he justly'
which I certainly didn't have.".
dous, unimaginable. And to many of thewas due something for the title and the,Their falling out during early stages
people who appeared in Paris Is Burnfilming of his Ball. Now that small sucof filming is centered around his interpreing, being in a real fIlm has alwayS beencess is happening, I'm waiting to ~ h~w
tationofahomophobic
news
item
that
the epitome of their wildest
fantasiesof.
appeared in "Page Six" of the.NeW Yorle ·Jennie will give people their due. n
success and riches.
Meanwhile, most children are just
Post, which found scandal iQ the fact that
"I honestly thought the project was
looking forward to the next Ball. And in a
for a college thing," sayS the gorgeous , WNYC had given a granno Livingston tosociety where students at $20,OOO-permake a "documentary- about Black dragBlack ttanssexual model, and entertainer
year Universities let their sideburns growqueens." The item mentioned the sum of
Octavia Saint I.,aurent. She and I are talk· to look like Appalachian hillbillies and$7 million, which Paris ~ believes was
ing on a three-party line that includes
wear motorcycIe j:;tckets·of dropouts who
the amount of Livingston's grant. "Thather agent-who
now most thoroughly
would have kicked their asses less than awasn't the amount of the grant," sayS liv- screens all writers before granting themgeneration ago-while some members ofingston. "Our whole budget was undereven a short interview. Octavia tells me
a gay underdass shoplift for the destgner$400,000. The article was talking aboutthat she welcomes the exposure affordlook-it's getting harder and harder totheentireyearlybudgetof
WNYc'"
ed
her
in
Paris
Is
Burningbut
deeply,figure out who's housing whom.T
Paris' complaints, however, seemr~nts the fact that no one bothered to
based
more
on
an
ongoing
sense
of
dig..
informherofits
release,
She
did
not
.
Bruce Benderson is the author ofenfranchisement than on any particulareven learn of the film's success until
Pretending to Say No (PenguinIPlume)' ,facts. He himself appears briefly in thepeople started recognizing her on theand the co-writer on Monica Treut'sforthfilm without being identified,andstreet. Moreover, she is now somewhat
comingfllm, My Father Is Coming.
although the poster for a "Paris Is Bumembarrassed by her homage in the film

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dISCussionin community ' education and,outreach programs.".Phil was the recipient of many
~watds, ihcluding the "Golden Gate
Award" (with Jane Lippman) in 1988
from the International San Franctsco
Film Festival; for Rights and Reactions.
This film is a 1V documentary on thepassage of the New York City law thatbans discrimination
based on sexual
orientation. Rights arid Reactions was
also nominatedfor an ·Emmy andreceived the "Gold Plaque Award" fromthe International Chicago Film Festival
and other honorable mentions. Fear of
Disclosure received' an award at theInternational Filmfestspiele Berlin in
1990. Phil worked with Rosa vonPraunheim, the German filmmaker, asa co-producer and -writer on Positive,. Stlence oz Death and Art and AIDS, documentaries about AIDS in New, York.
There are films on indigenous societies
clashing with the "modern" world andentertainment
0988's Spotlight on,Reno's), As a journalist, Phil has contributeCl to O:Jristopher~treet,the Village
VOice, NY Doctor and the New York
Native. His-last job was as editor of the
PWA Coalition.Newsline, a magazine by
and for people with AIDS, ARC and HIV
serqpositivity. Newsline, like his films andhis recognition for work that examined .
his take on the world, reaches an inter,national audience,•
I workeda regular columnist with
Pbil before he became sick, then as acting editor on his final submission toNewsltne, "Phil Zwick~r: At Home." In
this piece, Phil yelled out through a confusing and debilitating illness that he had
been mistreated in his 16-week hospital .
visit, questioning in print, "How many
thousands of people will die as a resUlt of
this victimization?" We looked it over anumber of times and 'made changes andtalked about his state of mind and what I
was doing at the Newsline in his stead,. He encouraged me tO'stay with
Newsllne and to put out the words of myown
feelings and to find others to speak,
up, acknowledge their fears, their rights
and , reactions to these life-and-deathissues a tradition I have maintained as I
sit in .this chair, surrounded by mementoso(events in his life and awards for accomplishments, The tradition is more than just.;0the editor's seat at the PWA Coalition: Witness the accompliShments of Max Navarre(founding member of PWAC, the AIDS
Mastery and fundamental in developing
the Healing Circle) and Mike Callen (alsofounder of a PWACas well as Community
Research Initiative, PWA Health Groupand an outstanoing PWA representa,tive}-both past editors of Newsline andexemplary PWAs who, as Callen has saidit, "create till I drop." A commitment to thebettennent of our world through our own
experience making it happen when thechange does not manifest of its own. I've
led a charmed life, to have always had
mentors who were masters of their form.
People like Phil don't happen-they makethemselves happen,'.
Donations can be made in Phil's. memory to the PWA Coalition at 31 W. '26th St., 5th floor, New York, NY 10010.
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Lilli', Probl.m" a performance comparing the "unconve'ntionality ClI herfamily in Lansing, Mich. (her father, aJewish survivor of ~azi Germany, 'and
her mother, a self-taught community
organizier and part-time junl< de~ler)with her own life as a New York; downtown lesbian performer: Directed by
Kate Stafford. Written by Claire Moed.
$10 or TOE 150 First Ave. Th-Su at
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Community Lottery, offering randomly
sel.ected.members,of the community,.
the opportunity to speak for three min-,utes, at the j 991 Lesbian and Gay Rally ,at Union Square Park on June 29. Entry
forms are available throughout thecommunity and In various publications.
Submit them to HOP, c/o The Center,
208 W. 13th St, New York, NY 10011.
For more info, call (212) 691-1774.

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Send announcements aodljstings to: 159 W.
25th St., 7th floor; New York, NY 10001. Next
deadline: Monday, May 27, for issue #102,
available in New York on Monday, June 3.

•'EIGHTY-EIGHTS presents Sira Zahn,p~rforming' Both Sides of Bernstein.
$10.228 W. 10th St. Thursdays at 8
p~. Re8erv,ation8: (212) 924-0088.
Through May 30.

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by,Hugh SI .. rs. 745 Fifth Ave., at 57th
Street Tu-Sa from 10 am to 5:30 pm.
Info: (212) 758-1900. l)1rough May 31.
THEWESSEL O'CONNOR GALLERY
presents Lowllf Nesbitt's The Mala
.Nild ... drawings arid paintings 19631991. Also showing: A1ln Bonlclttl's
Imago:
new photographs.
530
Broadway. Tu-Sa from 10am to 6 pm.
Info:'(212) 219-9524. Through June .1.

494 GALLERYpresents Shari Diamond's
Family of Frfllnds, a photogl)lphic instalc
lation respondingto AlPS an« wh~it is to
be gay. There will also' be a gro)JPel<hillition by the 15 women artists who make·up the gallery's collective. 494 Broadway.,
Th-Su from 12~ pm. Reception: May 7
from 6-8:30 pm. Info: (212)'92"5-9841.
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and you can hear his latest honey-Sweet concoction, Swing Low .
Sweet Love; :John Kelly Slngs'Love Songs, at MCGREGOR'SPERFORMANCE BAR, Expect standards by Cole Porter, AI .
Jolsen; Jerome Kern, Burton Lane,.Stephen Sondheim and others. $10 plus a two-drink minimum. 15 St. Marks PI. 9 pm.
Reservation.s: (212) 674-1851; May.30 Ihrough June 1;'

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S.waat Lo"a: John Kally SIng. Lo",
Song,; including works by Cole Porter,
AI Joisen, Jerome Kern, Burton Lane:and Stephen Sondheim._15 St. Marks
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obPS 122 and, DANSPACE PROJECT''present Talll/f YouMy O"am, From a .
Cloud Sallln' By, a two-.part danoe-theliter evening written and choreographedby- DaVid Rouneve.
Performed by
Reality. Uve music by Lavender Ught
Gospll Choir. Music by Fired Klatz.
Afterwards, a Creole picnic supper will
be served at'St Marks Church. $15 or
TDF plus $10 for both parts of the
shoWs. Perfonnances begin at PS 122,
150 First Ave., at 9th Street, and move
to Danspace Project, Second Avenue
a~d 10th Street. The PS 122 segment
begins at 7 pm; the Danspace Project
segment begins at app"roximately 9 pm.
Reservations: (212) 477-5288. May 30
through June 2.'
PS'122 GALLERYpresents Commls-Ilon ,a Portlllll, a fund-raiser. Artiste include
Nan Goldin, 'Klkl Smith, John Ahearn,'
Rigoblrto Torres, KIn Chu, Bill Riel,
TImolhy Greenfield Sanders, Josef
Astor, KIn TlsI, Frank Franca, Julls
Allen, Darrel Ellis, tabbool, Hope
Sindrow,Bill
Cosla
Richard
Brlnttenhopl,
Alln McWllnlYandSandlll Bloodworth. 150 Rrst Ave., at 9thStreet. Reception: May 23 at 6 pm.
Gallery hours: Th-Su from 12~ pm. Inlo:(212) 228-4249. May 23 through June 2.
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PS 122 presents Ula Kron'. FaCing

TEN TEN PLAYERS presents'CDwardy
Custard;a collection of songs,' readings
and scenes from Noel·Coward plays.
Featuri~g Judith Jarosz, Anne Gartlan,
Kenneth Garner, JeaneHe Landis andRichard Bret Miller. $12/$10'for students and simiorcitizens: Theatre Ten
Ten. 1010 Park Ave: May 10,11,17,18,
23-25 and 30~une 1 at 8 pm; and Su
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Music, da'l!ceand lood. What'li they think 01 ,next? PS·122.1i0d
DANSPACE PROJECT IIfesent Teling You My Dreams .From a
Cloud Sallln' By, a 'two~part dllnce-theater evening wrHlena!1dchoreographed by David Rousseve. Perlorme,d by··Reallty. Live.
m.uslc by·Lavender Light Gospel Chllir. Music by Fred ~Ialz. "-Afterwards, II Creole picnic supper will .Ire served aI, St. Marks. ,.
Church. $15 or TDF plus $10 lor bothpartslJl
tlie show,s_Performances begin al PS 122, 150 First Ave., at 9th, Street,and move to 'Oanspace Project, Second Avenue aod 10th Street.
nie PS 122 segment begins at 7 pm; the Danspace Project segment be.gllls at approximately 9 pm. Reservallons: (212) 4775288. Ft'Jay30 thro\igh June 2. ".' •'c~. .
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the most talented slnger·dancer-actors in tb.e country are cur- .
renlly raising a row Ilt'a church base",enf.lheateron Park
Avenue_ Cowardy Custard, a collecllon:songSl readings andscenes trom Noel Coward p.l,ays,is making a splashy t4ew York:
City debut under the tongue-In-cheek direction 01 Davi'dQunn "Bailer, Complete wIth dueling pianos, hum-a-Iollgs, hopping
choreography by Hal Simons, a gaggle 0.1 cute boys;and the"2Oth Century Blues" wailed by _Nicole Halmos-who shpilld be ..
snatched up by a luc~ agent-Cowant Custard, In Hs last week,
Is a must see. $10/$12 •.Park Avenp8 Chrlsllan Churc~, 1010
Park Avenue at 85th Streel. May 30 IhroughJune lat a.pm andJune 2 at 3 pm. Reservations: (212)879-7~9.,' "Meet your leaders In person: THE ANTI-VIOLENCEPROJECTpresentu CommunHy Forum on the Bias Bill. Panelists include: Dr.
Marjorie Hili 01 the mayor's Office III Lesbian 'and Gay Concerns,'. Milyoung Cho' 01 the Committee Against A~II"Asian Violence,,I,

THE ACTOR'S PLAYHOUSE'pres'ents
Robert PatriCk's Th. Haunt.d Host andPouf PD,m",. Di rected by ~rlc
ConckHn. Starring Harvey.Flersteln
and Juon Workman (The Haunted
Host only). The Haunted Host, written
and'set in 1964, tells the 'story 01 a
"Greenwich Village playwright haunted: I . ,by.tlie ghoshf his yo,ung prQt~ge,'l'men. ·'thede.ad,man's double' walk~"int9.wislife." Pout PQsitive shows "a'G'r~e,iifiil:hVillage playwright in the liijal~~Vt~of. his life." $2750 and $3'~"SO!:i'l00" Seventh Ave. S. We and Th a(8.pm;;Fr" at 8·and '11 P"1, Sa..at 7 andSu at 3:30 and 7:30 pm. Re&erv~ti'Qffs:(212) 6'91-6226 or (212) 564-8038.
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Maureen McGovern in a salOte4o:0ole
Porter, $35. '30 'Rockefeiler"Plaz3,:S5th
1I0br. Tu-Sa, at 9 and '.1'1:'1'5·:C,p(n.
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!6i\TLANTIC THEATER COM~ANY:p,,~.e·.' 'sents Quincy Long's .Th. Vlrglnl4.ifHY,.."".-~~'a modern miracle play set in ih!!:pll<!9,'e:time Marirle' Corps" about the inYe"stiga'tion iilto one'recruit's....
'sexual ori'dntaiion.
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Directed by Sarah Eckhatdl.Sta(rjrig
Robert Balla, Nell Pepe, Jordan l'!Ie,
Todd Week., Christopher McCann, ~hd
Ilay Anthony Thomai. $12. 336 W.2ftth
St, .between Eighth .and Ninth aven~s.
Every nightexcept Sunday, Junet!lt 8
pm. Reservatipns: (212) 645c8l~5.
Through June 8.
'";~};.~;''''(il:1'bPDG ART presents AIDS Artlfactt'!I,
an art exhibit: 319 W. 47th$t. (~fo:(212) 262-2990. Through Ju~e 8. ,;,.;~'",,-.

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inwliich "David' loves Greg, Greg'ioves
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John Carhart III, Suzanna Cry.r, Dane
Hall and Mark Laydort. $15. 39 Grove
St., at Bleecker. We-Fr at 8 pm, Sa !It 6
and 9 pm and Su at 7 pm. Re~rvations:(21Z) 869-3530. Through June 9.
bART IN GENERAL presents Positions "of Authority, installations by Leone ..
Macdonald, Glann L1glon and Judith
Welnparson; Among Good Christian
Paoplas, photographic and video,installation by Catharine Saamald, Jocalyn
Taylor and Jacquillna ,Woodson; Tha
Whola/Hola St!r18l, an installation by
Bonnie Van Allan; Diverse VOICII, anaudiotape by Coast to Coast: National
Women Artists of Color; and Past andPresent, a window installation by SUlln
Wid ... 79 Walker St. Info: (212) 2190473. Through June 29.
THEATER NADA presents An Evening
With Shelly' Man. $8. 167 Ludlow St Sa
at 10 pm. Reservations: (212) 420-1466.
Through'June 28.
EVE'S GARDEN presents Prlnny Alavi's
C",brat/ng
W;'m.n, a photograp,hy
exhibition. 1Hi W. 57th St., suite '420.
Mo:..Sa Irom 12-6:30 pm. Reception:
May 7 from 5:30--8 pm. Info: (212) 7578651. Through June 30.
THE CARNEGIEHALL MUSEUM presents
its lnailgunl Exhibition, featuring memorbilia of gay RU88ian,cotnpdserPetar Ilylch
Tchalkovsky. Included are pages fromTp~~ikovsky's manuscripts, his diaries and
IJtteri; and letters to him. 881 Seventh
P&l~!C!t $!th. Street 11 am to 4 pm. Info:, (~12)903-9750; Through June 30.

TftE CENTERpres~ntsNaw:YOrk In Juna,a hlifo~y of the lesbian,and gay pride
ri1a'r~h.The show includes banners, placaNls, flyers, posters, costumes, organizational records, various other documents
aild memorabilia. 208 W. 13th St. Info:(212) 620-7310. May 23 through July 19.
l:HE CASTILLO CULTURAL CENTER represents James Chapman's Our Young
Blat:k M,n 'Afl Dying and Nobody
to Ca", a look atJlome of those'"m.
men whose lives and 'deaths are reflected

iQ drug-abuse, crime, police-brutality,, alcoholism, poverty and AIDS statistics.
$20. 50P Greepwich St, suite 201. Th-Sa
at 8 pm',3:nd s\I j!t 3 pm. Reservations:(212) 94h5800. Through Aug. 31.
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New York's nightly, audience participation,
musical beauty conlest $50 includes show
and dinner. $30 for show only on
Tu-Thl$32.50 for show only on Fr-6u. 323
W. 44th !it Tu-Fr at 8:30 pm: Sa at 7:30
and 10:30 pm and Su at 3:30 and,7:30 pm.
Reservations:(212) 262-3333.

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THE WPA THEATREpresents R.don"un"t,a new play by and starring
Charl.~ Basch, creator of Vampire
Lesbians of Sodom and Psycho Beach
Party. Directed by Kennath Elliott.
Starrririg Ralph Buckley, Roy Cockrum,
Andy Halliday, Julie Halston, Mark
Hamilton,
Judith Hannn,
Arnl.
Kolodnar ..519 W, 23rd St Tu-Th at 8 pm
and Su at 7:30 pm--$22. fr and Sa at 8
. pm and Su at 3 pm--$26. Reservations:(212)206-0523.

&& ou I LVEEK.June 5, '11.911

Olck Dadey of the Empire State Pride Agenda and Howle Katz o.
AVP. Moderated by Andy Humm, member of the New York City Human Rights Commission. Topics Include: an .xplanatlon andhistory oftha Bias Bill, a list of the the groups Involved In theeHort to pass It, presentations by those organizations and a dl,$cusslon of new ideas and strategies, Including those suggestedby the audience. The Center_ 208 W_13th St. May 29. 7:30-10
pm. Info: (212) 807-6761.
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A (Wednesday) night In the life of queer New Yorlc At PRIVATEEYES, catch lypslnka In Anything (Joes, a !ery short musicalfilm directed by Bob Frame. Lypslnka will be on hand for thisworld premiere, wblch Is a benefit for God's Love We Deliver.
12 W. 21st St. 9-11 pm. Meanwhile, over at DISCO 2000, Julie
Newmar, the original Catwoman, will be holding court_ Open.
bar and holS d'o"uvres from' 10-11 pm. The Limelight. 20thStreet at Sixth Avenue. 10 pm_ May 29.
Just back from touring with The Last Supper at Uncle Tom's
Cabln/The Promised Land, chore.ographer-dancer Bill T. Jones
lends a hand to PS 122 and MOVEMENT RESEARCH in a benefit
show to benefit both performance spaces. Jones will be joined .
by dancers R. Justice Allen, Arthur Aviles, Sean Curran and
Andrea Smith. A video collaboration with Gretchen Bender will
also be shown. On June 1, opening remarks will be by
Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messlnger_$25. Patron tickets available for $100. PS 122. 150 First Ave., at 9th St""et. May
31 and June 1. 10 pm. Resemtions: PS 122 at (212) 477-5288
or Movement Researchat (212) 691-5788.
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For yet another anthology of gay lit, and yet another chance 'to
meet'the writers, LA MAMA LA GALLERIA p{esents The Gay
NinetieS, an anthology put out by the James White Review.
Readers ,Include Richard Hall, Felice Pica no, Sam Rudy" Dl!vld
Feinberg, Louie Crew, Donald Vining and Leonard Tir,ado.
EditorS Phil Wilkie and Gregory Baysans will also b.e pre~ent.
Hors d'oeuvres and beverages served. 6 E.,1st St. June 2. 5 pm.

MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER pres,ents Sex-Posltlve;Caucus. This is theirlirst meeting. 169 Manh,attanAve., 14B, at108th Street 7 pm. Info: (212) 932-3128.
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GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS present~ aHaalth Samlnar: Madlcal Traatments'.
, 129 W. 20th St, third floor. T pm. For
more information, call the GMHC Hotlineat (212) 807-6655. TOO (212) 64H470
for the hearing impaired.
SOUTHERNERSpresents School .. Dutl, a, receptionfor alumni of southern schools.$8
membersl$10 nonmembers. Miles Parlier's
apartment 233 W. 83rd St, at Broadway.
7:30 pm. RSVPto (212) 674-8073.
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LESBIANS AND. GAY MEN' OF NEWBRUNSWICK present Que'r Nallon.
Friend's Meeting House. 109 Nichol Ave.
New Brunswick. NJ. Inf6: '(908) 247-0515.
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THE COAU1)ON FOR LESBIAN AND GAYRIGHTS Ganaral Milling. The Center.
208 W.13th St 8 pm. (212) 627-1398.
HERITAGE OF PRIDE Ganaral Membarship Milling.
All interested persons
invited. The Center. 208 W. 13th st.1i
pm. Info: (212) 691-1774.
THE EAGLE presents Out In th. '90.
Nlglll A portion of the bar proceeds will
benefit GB.S and Out in the '90s. The
Eagle. 142 Eleventh Ave.~at 21st Street.
10 pm. Info: (212) 691-8451,.'

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29

THE ANTI-VIOLENCE PROJECTpresentsa Community Forum on the Bias Bill.
Panelists include: Dr. MarJoria Hili of the,mayor's Office of lesbian and': Gay'.
Concerns, Mllyoung
Cho of theM.n~s Rap Group at 7;30 pm, before
CHERRY lANE THEATREpres~nts David
Committee Against Al)ti-Asian Violence,
theirGa,n~ral
M.atlng at 8:30 pm.
StlVens' 711, Sum of Uf. Starring Robart
Dick Daday of the Empire State Pride
Tonight's meeting is a Memorial Day
Lansing and Matt Salinger. Directed by!iocial. The discussion topic is'the chang- 'Agenda and Howll Katz of AVP.
"evln Dowling. By·the writer of Breaker
Moderated by Andy Humm, member ofingaftitudes towan! gay men and les-·Morant, this play is about a father whothe' New York, City Human Righ;sbians in the military. 21 Normandy
tries to help with his son's gayJelationCommission. Topics inclUde: all explanaHeights Rd. Morristown,
NJ. Info:ships while looking for a new' wife. 38
tion and history of the Bias Bill, a list of
GAAMCGay Helpline: (201) 28~1595.
Commerce St $27.50-$32.50. Tu-fr, at. 8t~e the groups involved in the effort topm, Sa at 7 and 10 pm, Su at 3 and 7:;30
pass it, presentations by those organizaACT UP Ganaral MIIUng. CooPer Union.
pm. (212) 98\1-2020.
tions and a discussion of new ideas andFourth Avepue at 7th Street. 7:30 pm.
strategies, including those suggested by
THE FRIENDS OF ALICE AUSTENHOUSE Info: (212) 564~AIDS.
the audience. The Center. 208 W. 13th St
present Allc' Austen: The Larky til•.
7:30-10 pm. Info: (212) 80.7-6761.
'SLOPEACTIVITIES FOR'LESBIANS preFrom her bio, Alice Austen soun~s likethe Gertrude Stein of Staten Island. Visit ., .sents a Mamorlal Day Mailing Night.
OPEN CI RCLE presents Focus on
Make J.une's newletter happen.Please callher houee, now a museum, and eee pic24 hours in advance"for aI! SAL activities: ' Hennll, a presefltation of "myt!t, magicktures that she took of upper middle classand humor" by Rich Wandal, historian,(718) 96~7578.
meil and women. 2 Hylan Blvd. Staten
archivist, witch and elder of Kathexis
Island. Th-Su. 12-5 pm. 1010: (718) 816Coven. $5 donation. The Centet. 208 W.
CELLBLOCK
28
presentsa
NewYork
4506. Through December.
13th St 8-9:30 pm.
Strap' and Paddla AI$oclatlon Party. 28
Ninth
Ave.,
downstairs,
between13th
andMONDAY, MAY 27,
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR l-ESBIANS pre14th streets. Doors open 8 pm. Info:sents Pool Night. Featuring free'pool,(212) 733-3144. '.
SOUTHERNERS presents ,a,Memorial.
ping pon,g, billiards, air'hockey and
Day Field Trip to Jones Beach. 10 am.
shooting hoops at Brownstone Billiard.
TUESDAY, MAY 28
Call lor complete details: (212) 674-8073.
Seventh Ave, at Flatbush. Afterwards,
relax at the Roost. Seventh Avenue.at 8th
WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY
MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER preStreet. The evening begins at 8 pm.
CENTER ,presents Lasmos, a support
sents a Polluck Picnic. In tha Rambla.
Please call 24 hours in advance to'"'congroup for lesbian parents and interested
CentralPark 2 pm. Info: (212) 222-9794.
firm all SAL activities: (718) 965-7578.
women. WACC.West Hempstead, NY.For..
complete details: (516) 483-2050.
WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY
A DIFFERENT LIGHT presents Martin
CENTER presents
Friendly
Ears
Duberman, reading from his boo~;
GAY MEN OF THE BRONX present Gay
Discullion and Support Group. WACC.
Cures: A Gay Man's Odyssey. 548
MalaS/M Acllvlsts. The evening will
West Hempstead, NY.7:30 pm. For comHudson St 8 pm. Info: (212) 98~4850.
include a guest speaker and i! questionplete details: (516) 483-2050.
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and-answer period. 1 Fordham Plaza,
CELLBLOCK28 presents a Hot Alh Party.
suite 800. For complete .details, contact
GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE IN MORRIS
28 Ninth Ave., downstairs, between 13tti
Charles at (212) 378-3497.
COUN1Ypresents Womyn" Network and
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BODY POSITIVE presents Personal.
Finances and HIV, a monthly orientation
forum. Topics include: immediate steps
you can take to protect your financial·
future; getting and keeping life, medical
and disability insurance; selling life insurance policies for cash; and keeping controlof your life through good planning. St.
Vincent's Hospital. Cronin Building. Tenthnoorauditorium. 170 W. 12th Sl 8-10 pm.
Info: (212) 721-1619 or (212) 697-2580.
ORGANIZATION FOR GAY AWARENESS
presents Rev. David Norgard, speaking
about Oasis, the ministry and outreach to
the I.esbian and gay community by the
Episcopal Church of Newark. Sl George's
Church. The corner of Ridgewood andWoodland roads. Maplewood, NJ: 8:30
pm. (201) 743-5322.
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PRIVATE EYES presents Lypslnka in
Anything Goes, a very short musical film
directed by Bob Frame. Lypsinka will beon hand for the world p~emiere: which isa benefit for God's Love We Deliver. 12
W. 21st Sl 9-11 pm.
DISCO 2000 presents Julie Newmar, theoriginal Catwoman. Open bar and horsd'oeuvree from 10-11 pm. The Umelighl
20th Street at Sixth Avenue. 10 pm.
THE EAGLE presents Movie Night: Child's .
PIli' 2. The Eagle. 142 Eleventh Ave., at
21st Street 11 pm. (212)691-8451.

THURSDAY, MAY 30

13th Sl 7:45 pm. Info: (212) 222-9794.

Southport Congregational Church. 524
Pequot Ave. Southport, CT. 8 pm. Info:PS 122 and MOVEMENT RESEARCHpresent Bill T, Jones in a benefit performance for PS 122 and Movement
Research. Jones will be joined by dancers
R. JUltice Allen, Arthur Aviles, Sean
Curran and Andrea Smlth.,A video collaboration with Gretchen Bender will also be
shown. $25. Patron tickets available for$100. PS 122. 150 First Ave.,
9th
Street. 1a pm. Reservations: PS 122 at(212) 477-5288 or Movement Research at(212) 691-5788. [See June 1)(203) 845-0668.

atLIVE AXE presents Dark Star Crew, amulti-gender/orientation/face/culturalgroup of young artists, giving a poetry
reading. Wings Theater. 154 Christopher
Sl 11 pm. (212) 627-2960. ,PS 122 and MOVEMENT RESEARCHpresent Bill T. Jones in a benefit performance for PS 122 and Movement
Research. Jones will be joined by dancers
R. Justice Allen, Arthur Avll .. , Sean
Curran and Andrea Smith. A video collaboration with Gretchen Bender will 'also be
shown. Opening remarks by Manhattan
Borough President IIuth Messinger. $25.
Patron tickets available for $100. PS 122.
150 First Ave., at 9th Street. 10 pm.
Reservations: PS 1.22 at (212) 477-5288
or Movement Research at (212) 6915788. [See May 31)

SUNDAY, .JUNE 2

SATURDAY, .JUNE 1
ORGANIZATION FOR GAY AWARENESS
presents Philadelphia Freedom. OGA
joins the New Jersey Lesbian and Gay
Coalition to travel to Philadelphia for thatcity's Gay Pride celebration. Meet for
brunch first; after the parade, there'll be, dinner and dancing. Meet at the Casa
Udo. 8-11 am. (201) 743-5322.,
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presents
Sex, Dating and Intimacy. "Join us for a
day of exploration in a fun, sex-positiveenvironment and discover ways men are
loving men in this age of AIDS: For gay
and bisexual men only. Free, but registration is required. 129 W. 20th Sl lOam to6 pm (latecomers not admitted). Info:(212) 807-6655 orTOD (212) 645-7470.

WOMEN ABOUT presents Learn Swedish
Musage. For complete details and fo
join Women About, call (212) 642-5257.
GAY MEN OFTHE BRONX presents Picnic
at Pelham Bay Palt. 1-6 pm. For complete detail: Charll!S at (212) 378-3497.
AMERICAN GAY AND LESBIAN ATHE-.
ISTS Monthly Meeting. AGLA isa nonprofit, educational organi2lltion dediCatedto preserving separation between stateand church and upholding the civil rights-of lesbian and gay atheists. The Center.
208 W. 13th St 1-3 pm. Info: Dial-A~Gay
Atheist at (718) 899-1737.
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BISEXUAL PRIDE DISCUSSION ANDSUPPORT GROUP Qlneral Muting.
To,day's topi~: "Bisexuals in the Gay andLesbian Community: The Center. 208 W.
13th Sl 3-4:30 pm..

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JUDITH'S ROOM preeents Irene Zahawa
and Contributors,
reading fr(lm My
Mother's DaughtefB, an anthology. Seating
is limited. Wheelchair accessible. 681
Washington Sl 7 pm. Info: (212) 727-7330:•

QUEER NATION Weekly Meeting. The
Center. 208 W. 13th St. 7:30 pm. Info:(212) 9788-8720.
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A DIFFERENTLIGHT presents Ken Simon,
reading from his book, Pizza Face. 548
Hudson Sl 8 pm. Info: (212) 989-4850.
WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY .
•CENTER presents Alternative Community Discussion Group. Tonight's Topic:"Safe Sex for Lesbians.· WACC. West
, Hempstead, NY. 8 pm. For complete
details: (516).483-2050 ..
THE DUPLEX presents Rick Burd's For
Straight People Only and Their Gay,
Lesbian and Bisexual Friends Who Have
Considered the Universe. A gay man's
journey through straight America.
Christopher Street at Seventh Avenue. 10
pm. Reserva!jons: (212) 255-5438.

FRIDAY, MAY 31
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS presents Under 30 Potlucll-and Game Night.
Bring food, games and cassettes. Pleasecall 24 hours in advance to confirm all
SAL activities: (718) 965-7578.
MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER presents an Open HIIUI8 and June/July
Newlletter Malllng.The Center. 208 W.

INTEGRAL YOGA INSTITUTE presents
Hatha Yoga Clan. Hatha Yoga refers to
the physical 'postures, deep relaxation
and breathing practices which revitalize
and strengthen the body and calm themind. This class is especially for those
who are HIV-positive. IYI. 227 W. 13th
Sl 12-1 :30 pm. (212) 929-0586.

MOSAICBOOKS presents Danyl Holmes
reading from his book, Wings Will Not Be
Broken and Vlkl Aklwuml reading fromher book, Blood Secrets and Crystal
Believers. 167 Ave. B., at 10th Sl 4 pm.
Info: (212) 475-8623.

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LESBIAN AND GAY FOLKS SUPPORTING
POLITICALPRISONERS
presents
Lesb.lans and Gay LMen: II NatlveAmerican Rnlstancea Crime? The
forum will focus on the case of NativeAmerican political prisoner and HlV-positive person Eddie. Hatcher. Speakers
include members of his defense comittee, We Wah and Bar Chee Ampe (Native
American gay men and lesbians), andsomeone from the-ACT UP Prison Issues
Committee. Videos and music provided.
$5 donatfon: The Center. 20S W. 13th Sl
7:30 pm. Info: (212) 243-Ol102.
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS presents a Flnt- TImen Party. Join in theirplanning for Gay Pride month. 7:30 pm,
Please call at least 24 hours in advancefor all SAL events: (718) 965-7578.
DYKE REP! and LESBIAN FEMINIST THEATER AND SCHOOL present Th, R'1I1
Ltr, L"bllln Show. $7 donation. The
Center. 208 W. 13th Sl 3 and 8 pm. Info:,(212) 807-8017: [See June 2)
THE CONNECTICUT WOMEN'S CHORUS/ANOTHER OCTAVE present a
Benefit Concert for' the Triangle
Community
Center. $10 donatio.n.

BISEXUAL DOMINANCE AND SUBMISSION GROUP General Meeting. The
Center. 208 W. 13th Sl 4:4~ pm.
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LA MAMA LA GALLERIA presents'Contrlbutors to Th, Gil' Nln,"", theanthology put out by the James White. Review. Readers include Richard Hall,
Felice Plcano, Sam Rudy, David
Feinberg; Louie Crew, Donald Vining
and Leonard TIrado. Editors Phil Wilkie
and Gregory Baysans will also be present. Hors d'oeuvres.and beverages
served. 6 E. 1st Sl 5 pm.
THE rNA COALITION presents a Sunday
Night Social for lesbian and gay HIV-positWe persons, rNAs and their friends. Meet
and mingle in a relaxed atmosphere withmusic and refreshemts. The Uving Room.
222 W.l1th St, west of Seventh Avenue.
6:3Q-9:30 pm. Info: (212) 532"()568.

llr, L.ibllln Show. $7 donation. The
Center. 208 W. 13th St. 3 and'S pm. Info:(212) 807-8017. [See June 2).

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MONDAY, .JUNE 3
WOMEN ABOUT Collective Meellng. For
join Women
complete details andAbout, call (212) 642-5257.

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THE HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE presents the Fifth Annual Emery S. HetrickAwardl, honoring Billy Jones, MD, NewYork City Commisioner of Health; Rodger
MI"CFarlane, Executive Director of
Broadway Cares; Barbara Starrett, M'D,
former volunteer Medical Director of theCommunity Health Project; and Gay Men
of African Descent, for their support o,fsuch Hetrick-Martin
projects as theHarvey Milk School. $1,00 benefits
Hetrick-Martin.
Lola. 30 W. 22nd St.
5:30-7:30 pm. Info: Michael Rog,ers at(212) 633-8920.
NEW,YORK ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Ali-Networking
Evening. Tonight's topic: Public Relations. First drink free. $5' members$8
nonmembers. The Center. 208 W: 13th
St 6:30-9:30 pm. Info: (212) 51.7-0380.
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SOUTHERNERS Executive Committee
Meeting. All welcome. David AstQr's
apartmenl.400 W: 47thSl, #2A. at NinthAven,ue.7 pm. Info: (212) 674-8073.
GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE IN MORRISCOUNTY Pfel!ents Womyn's Netwoltand
Men's Rap Group at 7:30 pm, before their
General Meellng at 8:30 pm~ Tonight's
meeting watches "Gayest Home Videos,"
including footage of members and of
GAAMC special events. 21 Normandy
Heigh1BRd. Morristown, NJ. Info: GAAMC
Gay Helpline: (201) 285-1595.
ACT UP General Meellng. Cooper Union.
Fourth Avenue at 7th Street. 7:30 pm.
Info: (212) 564-AIDS.
ZEBRA CROSSING THEATER presents
We 'R' Us; Tbat Llsblga, Play. $5. 7:30
pm. Info: (212) 728-0082.
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invited,: The Center. 208 W. 13th st. 8
pm. Info: (212) 691-1774.

A DIFFERENTLIGHT presents lIndsy Van
Gelder and Pamela Robin' Brandt reading'from Are You Two... Together: a Gay
and Lesbian Travel Guide to Europe. ,548
Hudson Sl 8 pm. Info: (212) 989-4850.
THE CLUB AT LA MAMA ETC p.resents
Homo Alon" solo acts by Lila Kron,
Domlnque Olbbel and David Sedarls. $8
members/$10 general'admission. 74A E.
4th st. 8 pm. Reservations (212) 475-

7710.

DIXON PLACEpresents Saftya HendenoltHolmes, a poet, and Randall Kenan, a novelis!, readingfrom their work. $5 or TOF.37
E. 'First St., between First and Second
avenues.7:30 pm. Info: (212) 673-6752.

IN OUR OWN WRITE Writer's Womliop
for lesbian and gay writers. Workshops
are held on the first and third Mondays ofthe month. Pleaee bring work. The •Center. 208,W. 13th Sl 8-10 pm. (212)620-7310.

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example, wanted to do, more advocacy
oped into a full-fledged, front-page scanwor}{ and public education, Graff said,dar, the National Gay Rights Advocates
but was met with resistance.
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has shut down its San Frnncisco-based
dentists, nurses, lab aides and other
It was during that period that thehealth professionals have died of AIDS.
, office for good.
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NGRA sponsored the first National ComIts former legal director, Leonard
Another 66 are !iv.ing with HIV,ing Out Day,
according to IDPH.
Graff,
said
that
becauseof
thefallout,"Many people questioned whether
from reams of bad press on everyThe (1:Jtcago·Sun-1imi?s splashed thethat was appropriate for a law fum tothing from vituperative in-fighting tostatistics across the top of its front page.
sponsor that kind of program," Graff says,
allegations of financial improprietyThe numbers were released at the request
The public debate caught the attenthere has' been a decline in conununityof state Rep. Penny Pullen, who is spontion of not only the gay press but al$osoring a bill that would require IDPH to " interest and flflancial'support, leaving
the legal press and the city's Chronicle
the organization broke.
confiscate the patient records of the 194
and Examiner. The NGRA board of"People don't want to give money
HN-positive healtl1: care provider, anddirectors subsequently locked out andto an organization that appears to be sothen notify every Illinois resident who has
fired its two staff attorneys and thentroubled," Graff said. "They lose confibeen treated by one of them.
The ~k of contracting HIV during a
accepted the resignation of Jean O'Leary,dence when things are always ,reported"I.
medical or dc:;ntal procedure performed
its executive director, amidst a fury of
The NGRA, which was founded inby an HIV~positive health care provider
back-and-fortb accusations,1977 as a public interest, law fum, had
Graff said that even though theis believed.to be extremely remote,conunitted itself to impact litigation suits,••
American Civil Liberties Union, the,-Rex Wocknerbringing test cases before the courts tosecure or expand
civil rights for lesbians , National Center for Lesbian Rights and,Lambda Legal Defense can fulftll manyand gays.
During the fall of 1989,.the organiza- . 6f NRGA's functions, a huge gap willr
still remain.,tion found itself debating the role i~"San Francisco has the largest andshould play within the lesbian and gay
most active lesbian and gay legal comconununity, as well as procedural issues
munity in the country,~ he said, "I'mlike methods of fund-raising and allocahopeful that within a few months there, SAN FRANOSCO-Nearly two years
tion of money.
,
will be a, coming together of lawyers
after months of internal bickering develA former executive director, for, who are sensing a void.". Graff said that the cases that havegotten underway will be seen throughby
the participating attorneys but added that,in any future appeal process, the litigants
will have to seek counsel elsewhere.
"'Ibis is really anino-edible loss of.
,immense proportions for the lesbian andgay community," he conunented.
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10:00AM WABC-TY Sal/y Jessy Raphae/The ridiculousness award of the4500) CCTY (Rick X. P.O. Box 790, NYC 10108) GBS (Gay Broadcasting'week must go to.this show, whose topic is 'sexual misconduct andSystem. Butch Peaston. 178Seventh Ave.,su~e A-3, NYC 1001.1.(~12)243-1570) .
hypnotherapist<We
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GCN (Gay Cable Network. Lou ~aletta. 32 Union Square East, suite 12-17.(~12) 4:00 PM WNBC- TV Pllil Donahue Ever trying to keep up with his hipper(and noticeably female) talk show competitors Phil tries II show on
477-4220) GUB !Gay and l~s?lan Independent Broa!lcasters.,(212) 413-1689)
GMHC (Gay Men s Health Cnsls: Jean Carlomu~o. 129W. 20th St., NYC l00l1.transsexualism.
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:30 PM W D-TV . * *S*(212) 988-2973) 'WABC-TV (77 W. 63r!l St., NYC 10023(2121'456-7m) WBAI-' 7
IN,M:A. HQueers are the tOPIC 0 the we~k at theFM (505 Eighth Ave., l(1th floor, NYC 10018 (212) 279-0707) WCBS-TV (51 W.
. 4077th: Frank (the chinless one) wants a homosexual patient
52nd St., NYC 10019. (212) 975-4321) Yffl~C"TV (30 Rockefeller'P.laza, NYC
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10112. (212) 664-4444) WNET-TV (356 W. 58th St., NYC 10019.(212) 560~3000) 11:00 ~~ WIN.o-TV The ~/ass Menagefl~ A little Tennessee Wllham~,
WNYW-TV (Fox~ 1211 AV/AM, NYC 10036. (212) 556-2400) WP-IX-TV (220 E.
starnng a little Kathenne Hepburn. EnJOy.CH 55.
42nd St., NYC 10017.(212) 949-1100).
Midnight RB PROD The RobinSyrd Show. male and female strippers, live,
' call-in show;
Manhattan Clible, CH Vj35,

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9:00 AM WCBS- TV Gera/do Scheduled topic: Schemes thattarget male'
THURSDAY,. MAY 30
vanity. Now whatever could that mean? CH 2. .
1:00 PM WBAI-FM This Way·Oue the international gay and lesbian news
9:00 PM WIND-TV Joan Rivers Scheduled: Whoopi Goldberg. Repeated ~',magazine; 99.5 FM (:30) ,at 12 noon on CH 4,.
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1:30 PM WBAI-FM An'Afternoon Outing. Local news about the gay and1:30 PM WllSB 90:1 FM The Word /s OUt Marc Gunning hosts a weekly
lesbian community with larry Gutenburg. 99.5 FM (:30)
lesbian, gay and bisexual variety Sh9w,
4:00 ~M WABC-TV Oprah WinfceyScheduled topic: Close.female rela,2:00 PM WUSB 90,1 FM Lavender Wimmin News, songs and music pro1Ions, Close to what, Oprah? CH 7..Repeated at 7 pm on CH 55,
duced by women for women,
7:00 PM WCBS- TV Hard Copy A segment on--but hopefully not·2:30 PM WUSB 90.1 FM This Way Out More queer news.
with-'Andrew
Dice Clay. CH 2,Repeated at 7:30 pm on CH 30.
~:OOPM WABC- TV Oprah. WinfreyScheduled: Dolly Parton. The jury's
10:00 PM GCN Be Our Guest entertainment for'and aboUt the lesbianlgay,- community; M~n~attan Cable, CH 0/17 (:30),'; still out on this omi, but it doesn't hurt to dream blg.CH 7,Repeated at
7 pm on CH 55.
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10:30 PM GMHC Livmg With A/OS Health 'and politics. Manhattan Gable,
8:30 PM Manhattan Cable The Brenda and G/ennda ShowCH17.. CH V/35 (:30)'
9:00 PM GBS Out in the 90's. community news, discussion, interviews. BQ - 11:00 PM GCN Gay U.S.A,: news and entertainment from around ti]:ecountry; Ma!lhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:00)'"
Cable, CH 56 (1:00)',
11:30 PM WIND-TV Arsenio Hal/Scheduled guest Whoopi Goldberg. CH 9.
9:00 PM GCN Gay USA Paragon Calile. CH C/16 (:30)~1:30 PM Tqmorrow/Tonight l1V(1. entertainment; Manhattan and Paragon
Midnight GCN Men in Fi/ms. male erotica, interviews with adult filmstars; ,J '! 'Cable, CH.D/17 (1:00), '.
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Manhattan Cable, CH Vj35 (:30)
Midnight CCTV The Closet Case Show. Kloset Klips; Ma~hattan IParagon
12:30 AM RB PROD Men For Men: Robin Byrd presents gay male porno"stars; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:30).r 'Cable, CH C/16 (:30) .

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Starring Joan Crawford, Rosalind ~uss,ell andNorma Shearer.
9:00 AM WCBS- TV Gera/do Scheduled topic: Wom,en and heroin addition. Chances are they won'ttalk about AIDS, but they will.talk about
women as 'baby-makers: but we can hope. CH 2.
9:00 PM WIND-TV Joan Rivers Scheduled topic: tranns~xualism. This seems
to be the hottopic~on the talk-show circuit Repeated at3.pm CH 4.
11:ooAM WABC-TV Home. Sched uled:'Elizabeth Glaser, a livomal1,with
AIDS, discusses children and AIDS.
10:00 PM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers;
Manhattan
Cable, CH V/35 (1:00),
10:15 PMHBO Damon Wayans 7V Guide characterizes this movie, by thecreator of the 'Men on ...'.segment of /n Uving C%r, as 'adult oriented.' Repeated Friday at 11 pm.
11:00 PM GBS Out in the 90's: news, information and interviews;
Manh~ttan/Paragon Cable, CI{C/16 (1:00)
Midnight WNET- TV Born in Africa Focusing on Philly Lutaaya, the firstprominent Ugandan to publicly acknowledge he had AIDS, the show
explores AIDS in Africa. CH 13.'-

WEDNE,SDAY, MAY 29 ,3:00 AM HBO The World According to Garp It's actually a good move, butwouldn't it be neat to watch a show about queers that was act ually
written by one?
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7:00 AM WCBS-TV This Morning Scheduled: AIDS activist and PWA
Elizabeth Glaser. (There's also an interview with Caroline Kennedy for
you tabloid readers.) CH 2.
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9:00AM WCBS-TV Gera/do Scheduled topic: Bachelors over the age of
40, I think. thattopic is pretty self-explanatory, don't you? CH 2.
9:30 AM WB~I 99.5 FM Ghosts in,the Machine This radio show is hosted
by OutWeek Features Editor Victoria Starr. 2.5 hours.

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9:00 AM WCBS- TV Gera/do Scheduled topic: Sexual abuse and male ath. letes, Has anyone (Ioticed Geraldo's obsession with pretty men andsex this, week? CH 2.
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10:00 AM 'TNT Meetin St LouisWe'd meet Judy anywhere, eve?
here,', .
2:30 PM WBAI-FM Rompiendo e/ Si/encio Todos los viernes, Gonzalo. Aburto con temas y noticias para fa comunidad latina gay y lesbiana.
99.5 FM(:15) .',7:oo'PM WBAI99,5 FM A/os In Focus;Michael Alcalay, producer.
1:00 AM WIN.O- TV J, Edgar HooverWhen we say, 'We are everywhere:
we iIIean it CH20.
1:00 AM AB'PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female·strippers;
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8:30 AM WBAI-FM Any SaturdlJywith David Rothenberg; live call-in; 99.5
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, Ba. Unity, ACV Cable, CH 56 (1:00)
11:00 PM Gay 7VMale porn; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35
1:00 AM RB PROD The Robin Byid Show Male and female strippers.
Paragon Cable, CH C/16 (1:00)
1:30 AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show Male and female strippers. I
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10:30 PM RB PROD Men For Men: Robin Byrd' presents gay male porno,stars; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:30)
11:00 PM GBS Way Out/Mark Chesnut and Michelle VanVoorhies host.
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Parallel (Page and Oon's new perty. This week,
ies a celebrationof Love.Spit,Love.
Featuring Ronnie an~ Kelly Cutrone, Larry
Tee, and a host of club personalities, andthe Bedroom of tove. $5/$12) 229 W. 28th St.
(212) 563-9292. .
Private Eyes (YMVA Night, for students and professionals.) 12 W, 21st St (212) 'JJJfJ-n72.
Stingray's (Free before 10 pm. $7 after.) 641 W.
51st St (212) 664-8668.
.'+ Visions 56-01 Queens Blvd., Woodside,
Queens. Club: (718) 899-0031,,

Limelight (Gregg·C.'s Heaven. Live perfor"mance~. DJs Sister Dimension, SethK and
BW CoJeman. Gb'go angels and a live,~~')aCbuS:ti,cband, 1,0pm.) Sixth Avenue at 20th
, Street (212) 807-7840.'"
Private Eyes (Marc • Berkley's·Kool Komrads.
Strippers, downtown crowd, students, professionals. 2-4-1 drinks till midnight. .$7) 12"W 21 St (212) 2D6-7772. 'Pyramid (Michael T. presents New York Nights.
Alternative music with OJ Bad Taste. $1)
Pyramid: 101 Ave,
A. (212) 420-1590. '.
,•"TUesday+Cl.jjClu,b (Drink specials till midnight Lesbian'·"ratic vi~eos and ,slides; Go-go girls Doors
open at'8 pm. $3 before 11/$5 after. Take
note: This is the last Tuesday Clit Club.)Pyramid·. 101 Av,!!nue A. (212) 4~-.1590.
. + "'Club Edelweiss (TVs,
TS$., gays, bi's, ' sin.
. gle5; cpuples; luesdays are especially for .
lesbians, but everyone is welcome;) 167W.
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, 29th St (212)868-6989.
Oanceteria(Chip Duckett's Gay Tuesdays.
r.' Doors open all0 pm. )29 E..29th St. Info:"(212)353-8775. ,"c,,+~",nd,Ce,n~ral (Women's night) 210 Merrick, , • Rd. Rocl(yille Ce~re, LI. (5)6)536-4800 .••" Roxy (John Blair's 'Muscle on Wheels.' Gay
roll!!rskating. Doors open. at 8 pm, Varied,I
cove,:),515 W 18 St (212)645-5156. . ,.Send Information ,to
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'. 'Every ThursdllY for Girls. GueSt DJs. Doors
open 6-11 pm. $5 before 7/$7 after.i 29 E.
'Wed,nesday
29th St. (212)645-6479.'.
.'"'Channel 69 (Drag Extravaganza, with Linda
Excaiibur ($1' drinks.) Located at the COrnl!f of. Simpson. Go-go stars, OJ Dany Johnson .
••10th Street andJeffefson' behind football
Sexy,upbeat,East Village fag and.dyke
stadium. Hoboken, NJ. (2011795-1161.
.crowd. $5.) Pyramid.,1 01 'Ave. A. (212) 420-·'. .'1590.;"'.
Hatfield's (2-4-1 drinks, female impersonators.)
126-10 Queens Blv,d.Kew Gardens, Qu~ens.
The Boys Room (Hosted by Dallas:.Cheap Thrills,(718)261-8484,',
pre,se.nts House music, downtown crowd,
Mora Men (Tony, Keith and Dominic present OJ, ·go:go boys. Three floors. 60-foot ceiling.
Tommy Richardson, go-go boys, videos, bil, '·$11$5.)51 W. 26th St. (212)576-1890.
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· . liards. _ $101$7 with invite.) 239 Eleverith Ave.
The Bllnkbousil (CI!lb;Trash, a night ot WORE~ '..u~.> ",.
.,;,(212)518-3283..
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'.-,<.,.< .'aHe.rnative [llusic,
with Freddie and OJ-~.
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The Pump "Room (Dallas presents go-go 'boys, a<Kamakazie. May8: guest hostess Cherry.light show and a large dance floor, $12/$8.)
Vanilla.) Montauk Highway: Sayville. (516),."5151(\1. 18th'St. (212) 645-5156.' ..
567-BUNK.
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'Stingray's(New club, riewsoundsystem,+ Exealibur (Ladies Night. $1 drinks.),1Otheve~ything else is a surp~ise. No coverStreet andJefferson
behind football statonight) 641 W. 51!It St. (212)664-8668.
dium,'Hoboken, NJ. (201) 795-1161.
",Limelight (Disco 2000, with Michael Alig andLarry Tee. Doors open at 10 pm: $10,) Sixth
Friday, "Tha Bank (Nightmare on Wax: Alternative music-Avenue at2O!hStreet.
(~12) 807-7850.
. ,~"hosted I!'{~ee C~appell and Michael T. OJ~~liirielight (Queer U. DJs Andy Andersol1 and. Ralph Duncan. Mixed crowd. $101$7.) 225 E.
Keoki. $5/$10) Sixth Avenue at 20th Street(212)807-.7850. ''I:fouston St, at Essex. (212) 505-5033.
• ~iiiCI.ub ,(Jo\:elyn &, Julie present Clit Club.. CadUlac Bilr (Gini DeSantis presents Pure
West.: ~thgo-go girls and lesbo videos. $1
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drinks between 8 and 9 p'm. Doors open at 8
buffet from 6..,.8 pm. Renee Cooke, barpm. $5) 432 W 14th $t.(21~) 406-1114.
" tend\lr, $5.) 16 W, 22nd St., between Fifth
ColumbillOances(First Friday dances. 10 pm toa nd Sixth avenues,",,
2 am.) Columbia Un!versity Earl Hall. 116th,. Private Eyes (Shescape Afterwork Party fromStreet at Broadway, Daytime phone: (212)
5-10' pm. 2-4-1 drinksbef,ore 7. $5 before 7,854-3574,.
" pm/$7 after,) 12 W. 21st St. Shescape: (212)+ Hatfield's (Women's night.) 126-10 Queens
645-6479. Private Eyes: (212)206-7772"
Blvd. KewGardens, Queens. (718) 261-8484.
. Private Eyes (YMVA Nigh1. Students, profesHEAD Dance (Homocore'mix and dviatne fag's
sional and woinen. $7.) 12 W. 21st St (212),and' dykes,· OJ Nobody's
Pussy, $5,)
·206-7772.
Pyramid. 101 Avenue A. (212) 420-1590,
Silvar Lining (2+1 drinks.) 175 Cherry Ln. Roral
Mea Culpa (For men, with dancing, video andPark, LI. (516)354-9641.'
live entertainment. $7/$10.)47 W. 20th St,
Stutz (2-4-1 drinks.) 202 Westchester
Ave.'(212) 807-7840.
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225 E.Houston St, at Essex. (212) 505-5033.
Barefoot Boogie (For adults; kids on 2nd and 4th
Saturdays. Smoke- and alcohol-free. May 13
is "Oldies Ni,ght." 8:aG pm to 12:30 am. $5/kids
free.) 434 Sixth Ave., 4th floor, between
Ninth and Tenth avenues. (212) 857-5152.
Center (2nd and 4th Sa, 9 pm tq 1 am, $8. OJ
Karin Ward.) 208 W. 13th St. (212) 620-7310.
+ Center (Women & Friends. First Sa. OJ Karin
Ward. 9 pm to 1 am.) 208 W13 St. (212)620-

7210.
Clit Club (Erotic lesbian videos, slides and gogo girls,Doors open at 10 p'm.) The Pyramid.
101 Ave. A, (212)420-1590.
Club Wast' End (Michael Fesco's Saturdays.
, 12-9 8m) 547 W, 21st St.
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Columbia Dances (Next dance is Sept. 21. Third
Saturday dances with OJ Karin Ward. 10 pm
to 3 am. $5,) Columbia University Earl Hall.
116th Street at Broadway. (212)629-1989.
419 419N. Highway, Southampton, LI. (516) ,2835001.
Love Zone (dancing & perfonners) 70 Beach St
Staten Island. (718) 442-5692.
+Girl Saturdays (Shescape presents SaturdayNights for Women. With go-go girls and aguest OJ. $8 before 10:30/$10 after.) 20/20. 20
W. 20th St., between
Fifth and Sixth
avenues. (212) 645-6479,
Meat (OJ Aldo Hernandez. Go-go boys,-videos
and a slide show. $5/$7,) 432 W 14 St.
Parallel (John Blair and The Athletic Complex, present New York's hottest go-go, boys. OJ
Tom'my Richardson. $15.) 229 W: 28th St.
(212) 563-9292.
"'Roxy (Locomotion; Gay men, straight women,some lesbians.) 515 W. 18th St., between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues. (212) 645-5156.
+ Silver Lining 17.5 Cherry Ln. Floral Park, LI,(516) 354-9641.
Sound Factory (Mixed crowd but mostly gay.
Serious House music. No alcohol. Doors .
. open at 11 pm.) 530 W. 27th St., between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues. (212) 643-0728.
Stingray's ($8.) 641 W. 51st St. (212) 664-8668.
The World (Christina Vista and Junior Vazquez
present an after-hours party. Doors open at
midnight! 254 E. 2nd St, at Ayenue C. -......

Sunday.,The Men's Room (Dallas presents muscle men
and boys. Go-go boys, three floors'and 60foot ceilings.) 51 W. 26th St (212)576-1890.
+Clit Club (Jocelyn and Julie's Tea Dance. $1
drinks from 6-7 pm. Go-go girls and free finger food. OJ Lisa Legendary. 3-8 pm. $5.)

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• Crazy Nanny's (Sunday evening Tea Dance.
,Free before 9 pm/$5 after.) 2" Seveilth Ave,
, 'South, (212) 366-6312"'RlCKI (DJs Craig and Victor, Industrial, house,
bass, sour and disco; Downstairs, the Lesbian Luv Lounge, OJ Lori E. Seid and guests.
$5.) Pyramid. 101 Avenue A. (212)420-15!1O,•
The Highway (Presented by Tony, Keith and.
Che~sea '.
,"Dominic of More Men. $7/$10,) 113 Jane St(212) 924-JANE.
'Barba~;YCciast,
64 Seventh Ave. (14th Si) 675-0385• Kelly's (D.J Moaning lisa spins the records
The 'Break. 232 Eight!! Ave. (22hdSt)62'l-0072
for danCing dykes. Doors open at 8 pm, $3.)
C Ilbl .' k 28 '28'N·nth iI:·
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46 Bedford St (212) 929-9322.
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Dance. Open bar 5-7 pm, Freehors d's at7.
Lavender and L8ce, at the Vault, 28 Ninih Ave" .
$6.) 229 W. 28th St. (212) 56325~-6758(Fr~'7~11:pm'andSu, 3-'8 pm, wom~ri). :;rbOY~.
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13th and ~~ streets,,
Spike. 120EleventhAve,~243-9688
West Village• SOBs (LetiCia Montalvo pres,!nts T"~ l~st
House. First Sunday of the month, beginning,.
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June 1. OJ Marlow. $5.) 204 Varick St, at
Badlands, Chnstopher and West streets, 741-9236
Houstori. (212) 243-4940.
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111e Hangout (J's) 679Hud,sonSt, 242-9272. Juliu~! }59 W. 10th St,,929-9672
KeUer's ~ West St/Christopher243-1901. '.
'KeU~s,ViIl~g~West, 46 Bedford St,929-9322 ,"Marie s Cnsls, ~9 Grove St, 243-9323
The MonSter, 811 Grove St (Seventh_Ave.)~4-355s
New Jimmy's 53 Christopher S:t.,463'0950.
Ninth,Circle,.,39W. 10th St,243-9204
Reeds, 8 Christopher St, 675-7333" " ,~neakers,392.~estSt,242-9830
Two Potato, 145~Mstop,her St,242-9340
Ty's, ii4 Christopher St, 741-9641'
Uncle Charlie's 56 Green~ich Ave. 255-8787'.'',.
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AJtar,161 W,Broadway. 571-7272.

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The Bank (Look'under daily listings for ind!vidual
parties and themes, Also check Going Out· for special events.) 225 E. Houston St.,~t
Essex; (212) 505-5033. ' .
• aedrock (Lesbian club, closed Mo and Tu,)
121 Woodfield Rd. West Hempstead, L1.(516)'
486-9516.
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but it's open to all Tu-Su.) 167 W. 29th St(212) 868:.6989...
419419 N. Highway (Rte 27). Southampton, L1.
(516) 283-5001.
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Grand Central.210 Merrick Rd. Rockville Centre,
L1,(516) 536-4800. .
Magic Touch (Anglo/Latin/Asian) 73-13 37th Rd.
Jackso~ Heights, Queens. (718) 429-8605.
Monster 80 Grove St, at Sheridan Square:(212)924-3557.
• Pandora's Box S,h~ridan Square & 7th
Avenue. (212) 242~1408.
The Pyramid (Look under daily listings for individual parties and themes. Also check Going
Out for special events.) lQl Ave. A. (212)420-15!1O.
,.Spectl1,lm (Look under daily listings forilidividual parties and themes. Coors served.) 802
64th St., at Eighth avenue. Bay Ridge,
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women, but men are OK.) 2 Georges Rd.
New Brunswick, NJ, (201) 545-8990.
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frazy Ninny'S 21 Sevent~ Ave. S.,'~-6312. women.
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Town lit Country,- Ninth "ve •.at45t/JSt.307·1503
Trix, 246 W, 48th St, ( 664·8331
The Works, 428 Columbus Ave, (at 81st), 799-7365,:~~,(ar.ea code 718):!.
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Fiierid's Tavern, 78-11 Rooseve~ Ave" JackSon
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Cherry's, BayliiewWalk, Cherry Grove, Fire Island,597-6820
Club Swamp, Disco/Annex Restaurant, Montauk
Hwy, Wainscott, 537·3332
Crew's Quarters, 36 R Pines Blvd" upstairs, FireIs)and,597·6873, ,.
Ice Pala'ce, Cherry Grove Beach Club, Fire Island,597-6600"
Kiss, 161 Farmardie Dr" Lake Ronkonkoma, 467-9273,
Club 608, 608 Sunrise Highway, W: Babylon, 661·9580
Millennium, 1n0 New York Ave., Huntingdon, 3511402 .
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Hideaway, 87·36 Par~ons Blv~" Jamaica,657-4885
love Boat"77-92 Broadway, Elmhurst, 29-8670
Magic Tou<;h, 73-13 31th Rd" Jackson .Heights,
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Bogart's,320 E. 59th St; 688·8534'.
Brandy's Piano Bar, 235 E. 84th St,650-1944
S.H, Club;353. E. 53rd St, 223-9752 ,.".
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South Dakaota, 405 3rd Ave., (29th St) 684-8376 .
Star Sapphire, 400 E, 59th St, 688-4710
The,Townhouse,236 E. 58th St, 154-4649:
Twenty-Nine P~lms, 129 Lexington Ave., 686-8299

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486-95,16 (women),•Starz,836 Grand, Blvd" Deer Park, 242-3857
Thunders, 894 Jericho Tumpike, Smithtown, 864-1410

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Pyramid, 101 Ave, A, 420-1590 .
Tun'n'el Bar, 116 1st Ave" (7th St)

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AfterFive Plus, 5 Front St,852-0139
Spectrum, 802 64th $t, (Eighth
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Excalibur, 10th and Jefferson, Hoboken, 795-1023
Nite Lite, 509 22nd St, Union City,863-9515•
Vibrations, 165 Cedar Lane, Tean!lck, 836-5518
Yacht Club, 366 Berksire Valley Rd.;Jefferson, 697.
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Courty Social Seriveces Education • Buddias. Counseling. support Groups. ValunlHr OpporlUnitie. (718) 898-2500, (voice) (718)898-2985(TDO).
ACT UP (AIDS COAUTION TO
UNl£ASH POWER)
496A Hudson Street, "Suite G4
NYC 10014 (212) 564.-2437 A
diverse, non-partisan group ofindividuals ~nited in anger andcommitted to direct action toend the AIDS c.risis. Gen. meetings Mon. nights 7:30, in The
Great Hall, CQop~r Union, on
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Atheists. Maatings the firsts
Sunday,Coinmunity Center, no3 P.M. Dial a Gay Athl!ists(718)89S-1737, 2~
hours.,

activities
and ,up-to-date
BISEXUALINFORMATIONa
national monthly, 'THE BODY
COUNSEUNG SERVlCf.INC.
POSITIVE' ($25/year). (212) 721A professionally staffed, non.
profit organizatiim for bisexu1348.2095 Broadway, ~uite =!OS'NY, 1'0023
als, their families and p,artners,
facin,g problems of a psychoBROOKLYN'S LE.SBIANAND
logical or medical kind. We also
GAYPOUTICAL CLUB lAMBDA
ARCS (AiDS-RELATED
work. with those in doubt about
INDEPENDENT DEMIICRATS
CormaIIity Sarvicet)
their sexuality.,Confidentiality is
for Dutchess, O'range, P'U:tnam,
L.tQ. endorses ariij works forprotected by law. For-infonna-candidates in local, state andRocklanif, Sullivan, Ulster andtion phone: (212) 496-9500 : 'Westche'ster
counties. AIDS
national elections, iobbias for leg,islation, and,conduc1l5 community
educatiol), client services, crisis
BISEXUALPRIDE 'intervention, ,uppori: groups,
outniach'through street fairs and
DISCUSSION.GROUP
csse management, buddy andmeetings on special topics. Join
Topical discussions on issues of
hospital'visitor
prog·ram. 214
us. 33tiNirith St., Suite 135 arookinteresttlJ the community in . 8
Central Ave., White Plains, NY: congil'nial atmosphere,
fol1yn"NY11215 (718) 98&8482
10606 (9)4) 993-0606 838 Bro,dlowed by an informal dinner at
CENTER FURANn-VlOlENCE
way, Newburgh, NY 12250 (914)a friendly local restaurant.
EDUCATlO~ROOKl.YN
582-5005 AIDSline (914) 993Every
Sunday,3;004:30pm at ,
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the Commu!1!ty Center 208 W. 13
0607 \. 'WOMEN'S..
",8 non-profit organization teach"Street, NYC. Part of the New
iQ9self-defense
an.dkarate
10r17
ASIANS a,FRIENDS- N Y
York 4rea Bisexual Network.
.. y"ars. 5 week courses in sellA not-for-profit organization
defense'for women. Community
which ,promotes friendships withBISEXUALWOMEN'S
workshops in self-defense. OngoAsian/Pacific Islander, AsianSUPPORT GROUP
ing 'classelrin karate & tai chi'for
American, and non-Asian gay
Discussion & CR Group meets
women. Coursas ~ workshops inmen through social, cultural, eduevery 2nd & 4t,hWo,driesday,
SD forlesbiaris & gay men. Slidcational, and service activities
8:30 - 8:00 pm a~ the Community
ing feB sc.ale ac'cording tc!.
and programs. Call our Hotline:
Center,:20!l West 13th Street,income. Call for more info. 718:
212-$74,5638, or write to: P.O.Box
Part of NYABN.
78a-j175.421
5th Ave., Brooklyn,
eo2a, NY; NY 10183-6023.
NY11215.
BIWAYS,NEWYORK•ATR (AIDS TREATMENT
Monthly social events for the
RESOURCES. fiC.) ,Bisexual community and friends.
CIRCLEOF MORE UGHT
Publishas a qu~rtarly Directory ofCall NYABN'for details of upcomSpiriµJal ~upport and sharing iii aclinica! trials' of Qxperimental
ing avants. (212)459-4784
g8.y/lesbian affirmative group.
West;Park Presbyteiian Church
AIDS/HIV treatments in NY/NJ,
and Philadelphia, a(ld has educaBIPAC (BISEXUALPOutlCAL
165 West 8Qth Stree~ Wed:, wortiOnal materialsl seminars for trial
AmON COMMmEE). ship service 8:30 pin, program
participants. ATR also advocates
Political action on jsslles of
7:30:Ma.rsha 1212)304-4373 Charlie (212)891-7118.
'for improvemen1l5 in the trial sysimportance to the Bisexual /l.'es. . " . ,'.
tem. 259 W. 3OthSt, 9th ft., NYC,
bian/Gay: COrTHJlunity..Monthly.
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meeting/Jlollucl(held 8:QOpll)on
10001.(212)zt!H191l. PublicatiO!lS
COMMUNITY COUNSEUNG,
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members.hom,es. Call NYABN' Gay Affinnative Psychotherapy,,BAR ASSOCIATION FOR
for·this month's locati9n. ((~12)· for Individuals, Couples and459-4784
HUMAN RIGHTSGroups 'by licensed clinical
Lawyers Referral Service for,'social workers and psycholo.
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the Lesbian and'Gay CommunitY
BIS_EXUAL'(OUTH
gists. S'pecial experience e inFull Range 'of Lligal Services
Infonnal social & support group
addictions, stress management,(212) 459-4873 Free Walk-in
for Bisexual kids/youth. Monthly
depression, career counseling,
Lagal Clinic. Tuesday 6-8 pm.
meeting/potluck
lunch held
.relationshipconcerns, AID,S
Lesbian, & Gay Community
1:00pm on fourth Sunday of the.anxi"ty'and c,oming, out issues.
Centro Ground Roor
month at members homes. Call
Sliding fe_e seall!. Jnsuran.ce
NYABN for'this month's location.
accepted'. Village' location. For
BIDS (BISEXUALDOMINANCE
This group is part of the New York immediate appointment,.caIl2i2Area Bisaxual.Network.
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a SUBMISSION GROUP)
353-28118. A staff inemb,er will
Share S/M experiencesandreturn your call wi1bin 2. hours.
fantasies with others in a JiosJBLUS-BRONX lfSBIANS.
tive, non-judgmental
atmoUNnEDIN SanlRHOODCOMMUNITY HEALTHPROJECT
sphere.,First
Sunday of the
206 Wast 13th Str/let, NYC,New
Is an active" visible, multiculmonth, 4:45pm at the Community
tural membership .organization
York l00lrFor Appi!inlman1l5andCenter 208 W. 13 Street, NYC.
InformatiQn(212)875-3559
that.is addressing the· social
Jhis group is part of the New
ITIYNoice)PROVIOING CARING,
and political needs of the Bronx
YorkArea Bisexual Natwork.
SENSITIVE AND LOW COST
Lesbian ~ommunity. Regularmeetings, the 3rd Fri, 8:30-8 pm
HEAlTH CARE SERVICESTO THE
BUOUX (THE BISEXUAL
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LESBIANAND GAY COMMUNI1Y,JEWISH GATHERING)
Wed,
8:30-8pm
at
One
Fordham,.,
Plaza, Bronx. Call Lisa 212-829Cornel Noshl Schmoozel Meet
COMMUNITY HEALnt
9817 (English) or Miriam 212othar Jewish bisaxual (andPROJECT'. HEALTHINFU~
409-2892 (Spanish))allias) and'sh'ara your interasts
TlON UNE FORTEENS
at a "show- and-tell." Second
Do you:have questions about
Friday of ea ch month, 8pm at
BODY POSITIVE
your heillth? Your Body? Coming
Jhe Community Center 206 Wast
Out? Safer Sex? Feel like yop
If you or Y9urlo.ver has~ested
13th Street, Part of the New
have no one,to talk to? Not ,any
HIV+, we offer support groups,
YorkArea Bisexual Network. formorel Now you can ca,J1 theseminars, public forums, refermore info. Call (201)440-39Q2.
HOTT-L1NE. 212-255-1517The
encelibr-ary, referrals, soci,al-

ADULTSURVWQRS OFSEXUALABUSE(SpoRlOred by SAGE)
Mondays, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Sage Room at the Center
Experimental Ther.py Groupfor Women (Agas 21.and up) to,
support the recovery process
and free you from the pain andsilence of sexual abuse. In asafe setting, we share feelings,
develop relationships'l1Vith innerchildren,and explore andrele88e beliefs. and patterns
that block growth. This re-intergrative processassists
inuncovering your self worth andinner strength. Psych.otherapists Joyce Z. Meyers, CSW.,
and Robbye Stuart-Russell,
MA facilitate the group.
AFRICAN AMERICAN
WlMMIN UNITED FOR
SOCIETALCHANj;E
Lesbian & Gay Community Cen"ter 206 West 13th Street,. NY.,NY
Meeting eV,eryThursday 8:00 P.M,

AIDS RESOURCE CENTER (ARC)
Supportive housing for homeless PWAs (Bailey House anda pa rtments). Non-judgmental
pastoral care for PWAs andloved ones. Volunteer opportunities. (212) 481-1270, 24 West
30th St, NYC 10001
ALDEC/APlN-NY(A.ian Le.bian.
of the Ea.t
Coa.t/Atian
Pacific L.. bianNetworkcNew York) We are apolitical, social.and SupP!lrtive
network of Asian Pacific lesbians. Planning meetings on the
1st Sunday and social aventson the last Friday of eachmonth. Call (212) 517-5598 formore infonnation.

AMERICAN GAYILE.SBIANAntEISTS
AGA. InenOl 7th Avenue, Suite
9W/New York, ,New York 10038
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9pm./U. other times, leave a inessage and we'll call you backl
COMMUNITY RESEARCHINITIATIVE,NY (CHI)The Community Research Initiative of New York ("CRI NY" isa not-for-profit,
communitybased' c,enter for AIDS'and HIVrelated clin,ical research. Created in 1987 by' peo'ple with,AIDS and iIleir physicians, CRI
NY tests promising experimental treatments
vvhich many
restore ·or stabilize immune
unction, and treatments
andpreventions for AIDS,and HIVrelated opportunistic
Infections.There is no change forparticipation
inCRI stu,dies.
Many laboratory
tests andphysjcals are provided free ofcharge to participants.
Childcare c.an also. be. provid4!d. AU
Identifying information is kept
confidential. Call (212)481-1050•

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NY's Gay and Lesbian Synagogue Services Friday at /1:30pm
57 Bethune Stre.et For info..call:(212) 929-9498.
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CONGREGATION
B'NAI JBIlURUN

Monthly Spiritual Gat!lerings andfree catered festive luncheons for
all People With AIDS, their lovars
and families. Program includes
music and discussion led by our
Rabbis. Call(212)787-7fJXJ
DIGNITY-BIG APPLE
A community of LeSbian and Gay
CatholiCS.Activities includl! 'l:iturgi8s and socials ,every 'Sat, 8:00
pm, at the C"nter, 208 W. 13'
Street, NYC.Cali(212)81&-1309.
DIGNITYNEW YORK
Lesbian and gay Catholics andfriends AIDS Ministry, Spiritual
Development The Cathedra,1 Project Worship Servicas & S.ocialSun. Eves. 7:3Opm-St.John's Episcopal Church 218Wast 11th Street
C Wavarl~2179. ,DROP-IN COME OUTRAP GROUPSFor Lel::i.nl
and Bi .. xual
Wom.n. Fridays starting April
5th 8:30-8:30 p.m. For Gay and,
Bi.. xlIiIl Men ..Saturdays starting April 8th 11:30 a.m.-l:3O pm"$5.00, Donation Rap.GrollP for.... bi.ri alid Bi-Sexual' WOllllln
ov.r 40 1st $ 3rd Saturday &-8
p.m. "$5.00 Donation Rep Groupfor L.. bian and Bi-S'oxual
Woman Every Saturday 2:305:.00 p.m. *$5:00 Donation Rep
Group for gay and Bi-Sexual
Men Every Sun,day 2:30 - 5:00
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For the physically disabled les-,bian.and Gay Community. P.O.
Box 305 Village Station, New
York,J,lY 10014•,

THE FIFTH NEW YORKWBIAN
AND GAYEXPERIMENTAL
FILM FESTIVAL
will be held at Anthology Rim in
September 1991: Submissions
will be accepted until June 30.
Pleue send your 16 or Super- 8
prints or video transfer (only film
'will be show at the festival) withreturn postage to Jim Hubbar,, 503 Broadway, Rm 503, New
York, NY 10012 Early applications and premieres will begiven priority. For further info
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A running club for lesbian andgay athletes'of all abilities. fun
Runs. of 1~ miles held eVllry Sat
at lOam and Weds. at 7pm in
Cllntral Park and every Tues. at
7pm'ln Prospect Park. For information: call (2121724-9700.
GAYAFRICAN AMERICANS OF
WESTCHEsTER(THE GAAI ,iss community based support, group formed i,n Westchester
County. Various ectivities areplanne,d for the coming months.
Call. 914-376-0727 for more info.,
GAYFATHER'S FORUM
A support organization for gay.
father's, their lovers, end others'in chila-nu~turingsitua,tions.
Monthly meetings include a
potluck supper, support groups
on Varied specialized topics,
spa\kersi a'nd socializing.Meeting~: 1st Fri~ay e8ch month, 7pm,
at The Center, 208 W. 13th St.,
West of 7th Ave. Contribution: $6.
.Btjllg a main course for 4 people(or pay a $5 food cnarge:) For'ii1foin:Jati~n call: 212-979-7541 or
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AGAINST DEFAMATION,~ Varick Street, NYC1001312121~1700 GLAADcombats homo~hobia in the media and elsew~ere by promoting visibility of
tho lesbian and gay communityand organizing
grassroots
r!lsponse to anti-gay bigotry. Do
you hav.8 30 minutes'a month to~ght h'QIT1ophobia?Jointhe GLAAD
PhoneTreelCall (212~96S-1700 for
inforination.
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Gay ,!nd lesbian Independent
Broadcasters invites you to tune
irito Ol1TlOOKS on WBAI-NY,00.5
FM every other Sunday, 7:308:30pm and join us 8YeryTuesday
at 7:30pm to 9pm to become amember of GLIB. No experienceneeded. 505 Eighth Avenue, NY,
NY 10018 Attn: Outlooks or call
Mack, Allen, (212)473-1889.

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An office of the NYC Dept. of

Health, provides linkages betwn
NYC Health & Human Svcs, andthe lesbian & Gay community,
focusing in ALL health conc,rns; ,resource infonnation for healthservices
consu'mersandproviders. 125 Worth Street, Box, 67, New York, NY 10013. For info
call (2121566-4965.

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High School, AIDS and safar 8el(
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Dedicated to safe and responsible
S/M since 1981. Open meetings
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HISPANIC UNITED GAYS& WBIANS
lifestyle issues, political and social
concerns. Also speci!1 events, ·- Educational servicas, poliV,calaction, counseling and social
speakers bureau, ,workshop~,activities in Spanish
demos, affinity groups, newslettar,. ' and. English by
and for,tha Latmo Lasbia'1and Gay
more. GMSMA - Dept. 0, 496A
Hudson Street, Suite D23 ,NYC
Corrrnunity. General mawngs 8:00
10014.(212)727-9878.
pm 4th Thursday of fMJry month at,
2111Wast 13th Sl!eatCaIl 201-853, '', LAVA GMAD (GAYMEN
7824 or write H.U.G.L,P.O.Bax22D\
OFAFRICAN DESCENTl
Canal Street Station, New York,NY
WBIANSUG,OT
80Varick Stree,!, NYC 10013 a
10019.
VISUAL.
support ,gro.up of Gay Men ofCall for'slidll$ for t.a$bian Artists'
African Descent dedicpted to
IDENTnY HOUSE
Exhibition, Gay &, ,les~ian Comconsciousness-raisingand theNow in our 20th yaar, Wu" provide
munity Cellter, NYC. For moredevelopment of the lesbian and · peer c(lunseling, therapy referinformation, sanil SASE to :Gay Community. GMAD is incluMiriam, Fougere, 118 Fort Greene
rals and groups for. the lesbian,sive of African, African-Amerigay and bisexual community.
Place, Brooklyn, NY·112J1.
can, Caribbean and Hispanic/
Call us at (2121243-8181. Visi1us'. ,Latino men of color. Meetings
at 544 6th Ava., between '14thlESBIAN ~D GAY
are held, weekly, on Fridays. For
ADULTEDUCATORS "15th Streets, Manhattan.
infonnation, call 718-802-0182.
UFEUNE
Meet with oth'e.r le.sbians and
THE NATIONAL WBIAN AND
gays who work in adult educaINTERNATIONALGAY&.
,GAYMEN'S HEAlJHGAYTOIJ.-FREE SERVICE
tion as teachers, administrators,l£SBIAN HUMAN RIGIfTS
CRISIS HOTUNE
counselors, tutors, etc., to disCOMMISSION,
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FOR INFORMATION ON SAFER
cuss issues such i18:coming out
works to focus the spotlight of
SEX AND HIV-RELATEDHEAlTH
to
staff
'and
students,
materials
world opinion on the oppression
LOST PEER SUPPORTSERVICES, AND FOR INFORMA,of gays and lesbiaps throughout
SERVICES (lPSS)
and curriculum, work.shop and
TION ON ONE-TIME, WALK-IN
conference participation. We
lost Peer Support Services, athe world. Currently organizing
AIDS COUNSELING SERVICES
meet thf! first Friday of every
new program to provide counselan Inti symposium on Gay and212-807-6655212145-7470 TDD
month at 8;00 pm at the lesbian
ing and support to the lesbian,lesbian issues to be held in(For the Hearing knpairildl Mon.and gay Community Center 208
gay and bisexual community of
Moscow and lenin~grad in July
Wes! 13th Street Call Bryna DiaGreater Westchester, is planning
Fri. lQ:30 a.rn.to 9 p.m. 12:00 to 3:00
1991, in addition to many othermond at (21?) 932-7902 (dayS) for
exciting projects. For more info
its. first volunteer training. Those
infonnation
GAYSTAMP COLl£CTION
write 'IGlHRC, 2978. Folsom
interested in becoming group,'IT
One of the collections on' exhibit'
Streat, SF CA 94110, or callfacilitators and peer counselors'
will be Alternate lifestyles out(415/647-0453.
shouldcall the lost switchboard
TifEUsBIAN
AND
GAY
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, BIG APPLE CORPS
of the Closet. This is the onlyat (9141 948-4922 for further
gay/lesbian stamp collection of
Get YQur Instrument out of thedetails. 'Experience and beginIN$TITUTE FOR HUr.'!AN
its ,kind. It has won 9 gold
cl08et and'come play with us.
1)ENT1TY1llc'
ning volunteers welcomed.
Symphoriic;Marching, Jazz, Dix- .
awa rds so fa r. For information
New York's 'non-profit lesbian,on GlHSC, send a S)\SE to:ieland, Rock, Flute Ensembles
lONG ISlAND ACT-UP
and gay psychotherapy·center.
GlHSC, P.O. Box 230940,
Ha rt- · licensed psychologists, psychiaand Wo'odwinds. 123 West 44th
Meets Tuesdays at8pm at 181 Post,
ford, CT 061()3..0940'
St Suite 12l New York, NY10036
Ave. in Westbury, NY.Supportus
trists, and clinical social w9rkers.
(212) 8!19- 2922.
for change on long Island. Mamng
Sliding scale fees. Insurance
GIRTH& MIRTH
address: PO Box514, Westbury, NY
accepted. Individual, couplil;andCWBOFNEWYORKl£SBIAN & GAY COMMUNnYfamily therapy. Variety of Men's
11590.518-338-4662.
Social club for heavy, chubby
SERVICES CENTER
and women's groups forming'gay men & their admirers.
208 West 13th Street New York,
continuol\sly. 118 W•.72nd Street
LSM,
212-799-9432 .,Monthly socials at the 'Center',
NY 10011 (212) 620-7310 9amis a support and infonnation groupwllekJy bar nights Thursdays at
IIpmeveryday:'A place forfor lesbians and bisexual womenthe 'Chelsea Transfer", monthly
interested in fantasy, role-playing,community orgltnizing and nat-·
INTEGRITYINY ,Fat Apple Review, bi-monthly/working, soci,1 services, culbondage, discipline, S/M, fetishes,lesbian and Gay Episcopalians
FAR. pen pals. For ,"ore infonnatural programs,
and social
alternate gender identities, cosand friends. Eucharist and protion call Ernie at 914-699-7735 or
events sponsored by the Center
tumes and so forth. Membershipgral)1 every Thursday, 7:30pm. St
write: G&M/NY, Dept- 0, P.O. Box
and more thin 150 community
is available only to women 18
luke's Church, Hu~son andorganizations.
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yoars and older. Actual experi10, Pelham, NY10803.
Christopher Sts.INFO: P:O. Box
ence is not required but genuine
5202, NYNY10185(718) 721).3(Ji4,lESBIAN AND GAYinterest and an open mind ara. For
HEAL- (Hellith Education
infonnauon please write: P.O.Box
AIDS Lilli.onl
KLGO-(KOREAN WIlIAN. lABOR NETWORK
Weekly info. and support group993, Murray HillStation, New York.
AND GAYORGANIZATION)
An organization of Lesbians andNY10156.
for treatments for AIDS which do
Is a group of lasbian and gay
Gays who are activa in their
not compromise the immune
Koreans who are committed tolabor unions workingonsyStem further, including alternasupporting aach other, craating
domestic partnership benefits
MARANATHA: RIVERSIDERS
tive and holistic approaches.
FOR WBIAN/GAY CONCERNS, positive visibility and conand AIDS issues. For more
Wed 8pm. 208 W. 13th St. (212)Monthly program meeting onfronting anti-lesbian and gay
infprmation call (212)923-8690.
674-HOPE.
bias within tha Korean commusacond Sunday for gay/lesbiannity. For more information cilll
WBIAN AND GAY
Christians and friends. EducaHERITAGEOF PRIDE. INC.
tional, political, and social activiGena (212/4J7-6558'RIGIft'S
PROJECT
Organizers of New York's lesties scheduled, 12:30 p.m. Riv8rof the Am.riclln Civil Lib.rti ••bian and Gay Pride "vents: theLATINOGAYMEN OF NEW
side Church, 490 Riverside Drive,
Union KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
March, the Rally and the DanceYORK(LGM/NY)WE'RE EXPANDING
THEM (212)
Sunday worship 10:45 a.m .. For,
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A multi-racial group of gay men

against racism. Meetings every
Friday night at 7:45 at the Les- .,..
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For more info. call: (212),2456366 or (212)222-9794.
METRO"OUTAN TENNIS
GROUp(MTG)
Our 200 member lesbian andgay tennis club includes players from beginning to tournament level. Monthly tennis
parties. Winter indoor league.
Come play with usl For information: MTG, Suite K63; 496-A
Hudson St., New York, NY
10025. (718) 852-8562.
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MOCA (MEN OF COLORAIDS.
PREVENTION PROGRAM.)
Provides safer sex and AIDS
education information to gay
and bisexual Men of Color;.
coordinatesa network ofpeer-support groups for gay,and bisexual Men of Colorin
all 5 boroughs of New Yor~
City 303Nin~ Ave, New York,NY l000lor call (212) 239-1798.
NATIONALGAYAND
I.£SBIAN TASK FORCE
is the national grassroots political organization for lesbians
and gay men. Membership is$30/year. Issue-oriented projects
address
violence,
sodomy laws, AIDS, gay rights
ordinances, families, media,
etc. through lobbYing, education, organizing and direct
action. NGLTF 1517 U. Street,.
NW, Washington,
DC 20009,(202)332-6483.
NEW YORKADVERTISINGAND COMMUNICATIONS·NETWORKNYACN is the community's,largest gay and lesbian professional group, welcoming all
in communications
and theirfriends. Monthly meetings, 3rd
Wed 6:30pm at the 'Community
Center:Members' newsletter,,job hotline, annua I di rectory.
Phone (212) 517-0380 for more
info. Mention OutWeek for
one free newsletter.

and especially interested in
gay intetgenerational
relationships. Monthly Bulletin
and regular chaptar meetings
on the first Saturday of e8 chmonth. Yearly membership is$20; write NAMBLA. PO Box
174, Midtown Station, New
York, NY 10018 or call (212)807-8578 for information.

crime against gays and lesbians. For info and meetingtime for West Village, call
212-475-4383. for East Village
Patrol info, call 212-246-8566.
70 A Greenwich Ave .• Box
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child care and custody, discrimination, ,housing, healthy
health planning, confidentiality
andemployment.
The
HIV/AIDS Agency Training andAssistance Project provides
technical assistance to public
and pdvate agencias a boutlegal and policy issues on
HIV/AIDS and drug abuse.
They provide training, individual consultations. and model
policy guidelines, among otheritems. If you have any further
questions; please conta ct Ms.
Catherine O'Neil at (212)2431313. The' AssociationofNurse. in AIDS Cara (ANAC)
has monthly meetings withspeakers
and networking
opportunities. For meeting info,
please contact Janet Vaccariello at (212)340-8724

tad to demanding, securing anddefending absolute reproductive freedom and quality'healthcare for all women. Vile'meet
every Wed. at 6:30pm at 105, E
22nd Street, 4th floor. 212-7135966Mailing address: WHAM I,, PO Box 733, NYC10009
WOMENS ALTERNATIVECOMMUN CENTER (WACC)
A non-profit, Lesbian community conter serving Queens,
Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
Thurs. night weekly discussion groups. 8:30 pm, for otheractivities please contact us' at• 516-483-2050.

QUEERNATION.
Queer Nation is a multi-cultUral direct action group dedicated to fighting homophobia,
queer invisibility, and all formsof oppression that any queers
AlTENTION WOMEN SOFT·
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gest an action and should
NYC GAYa WBIAN
There is a Manhattan softballcome to meetings prepared to
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Counseling, advocacy, and_especially experienced pitch208 W. 13th St, New York, NY
information for survivors of .
ers. If interested please call
THE OUTREACHUSING COM, 10011. Call.212-978-8720 for
anti-gay a,nd anti-Ieibia" vioMary at (716) 3n-7279 Hope
, MUNAL HEAUNG (TOUCH)
meeting, info.
lence, I8xualassault, d~cto hea r from you soon.
Community volunteers providviolence, and other types ofing a weakly buffet supper for
SAGE:
victimization. All services frell
WRESTUNG FOR GAYS
t~e Brooklyn AIDS commu(SENIOR ACTION
and confidential.24 hour hota LESBIANS
nity. TOUCH meets Monday
IN ,A GAYENVIRONMENT)line (212)I!OHI97
Watch the men of the knights
eves. 5Em 10 6:3dpm- at downSocial Service Agency. prowrestling club inaction every
town Brooklyn Friends Meetviding care, activities, & eduPARENTSIFIIIENDS ~F
Sunday at 7:30 PM at the GAY
ing House (110 Schermerhorn
cational services for gay &I.£SBIAN AND GAYS.
CENTER.The club also conSt. near Boerum Place). limlesbian senior citizens. Also
Let P/FLAG help you and yourduct training classes on alterited transportation
may beurve. over 160 homeboundfamily deal ,with the upheaval.of
arranged. Info: (718) 622-2756. ) . nate Saturdays afternoon (1stseniors & older PWA's .208
your coming out Our meetings&
3rd SatUrdays for men 2nd
TOUCH
welcomes
contribuWest 13th St NYC 10011, (212)a re free: monthly on the' 4th& 4th Saturdays for woman), tions of funds, food and volun741~2247
Sunday, at 3:00 pm, in puane
for more information please
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ULSTERCOUNTY GAYAND
lESBIANS AMI BISEXUALSWBIAN AWANCE, FOr.Mat us interested in reachPEER COUNSBJNG FOR SURMeets first and third Monday
ing out to esch other in axuberVIVORS OF BIAS ASSAU,LT. .
of ea ch month at 7:30 pm at. ance to spontaneously explore
DOMESTIC VlOI.£NCE'AND
the Unitarian
Cnurch on
end expand upOnthe Set!v'Jane.
SEXUALASSAULT
Sawkill Road in Kingston. For,Robeos 'Philosophy'
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The New York City Gay andInformation,call
914,626-3203
relates
toourlives,
personally,.... bi.n Anti-Violance Pro•sexually and politically. Call AI
ject (AYP) is offering free
UNITY 94(212)725-1~,x287
peer counseling for Illsbians
NEEDS
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and gay men who are sur,,. to become a partof itl Organizers
for Gay
SUI\IDANCEOUTDOOII
vivors of bias ,assault, dome~Games IV, to be hel,d in New
ADVENTURESOCIID
tic violenceand sexual
York in 19R Olympic-style
A non-profit club offering Outassault. Trained volunteer
sports and cultural event isdoor activities for every saapeer counselors will be avail-:: ..,: ;:largest in world. Theme isson, including hiking, biking,a ble from I to • PM eyery
INCLUSION,everyone
isskiing, ..
water activities andWednesday and Thursd.y at
n.eeded.
SUPPORTTHE
other oUtdoor activities for the,the AYP office •• 20i Wa.t
.GAMES by volimteering, joinG~y/Lesbian 'community. For
13th Street AVP offers freeing or making a 'donation. Callinformation or complimentary
counseling,
advocacy and212-732-3612 or write UNITY
Newsletter call (~12) 598-4728.
information and referrals to'94, PO Box 202, NY,NY 10038.
survivors of bias assault,'•
MONTIlLytP,LEAsE .'TASKFORCE
domestic violence and sexual" '." ..'
. :..-~{i:Y::::·:\.:YlSUALARTS PROJECTANNOUNCEMENTS
assault Call (21218llNI1I7 for .
In Honor of Artistic Vi.ion
Women's HIVSuppcirt Group at
mora information.
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Effected
349 East 149th Street Room,609,, by A.I.D.S.
.
Tha Visual Arts Projects ison Thursdays 11:00- ,12:30.This
PEOPLE WITH
interested in documenting and.AIDS COA1ll10N
is an on going clOfed group forcollecting art work (slides) by
women
who
are
HIV
infected.
(212) 532-02!KV1-Boo.82&:3281\'
those people who have .AIDS
2-3 individual consolations are
Hotline (212) 532-0588Monday
or Arc. It is the'Project's intenrequired before admittancethru Friday lOam-8pm Meal protion to not just focus on AI lis
into group. No fee,. FtJr funher
grams, support groups. educabut on someone' work andinformation call Donna Barschtional and referral services forartistic vision. We are interof Planned Parenthood/HUB at
PWA's and FWArc's.
asted in receiving responses(212)585-5001
from those people in the folPEOPLE WITH AIDS
lowing disciplines-painting,'tASK FORCEHEALTH GROUPANNOUNCEMENT 'drawing, sculpturing, illustraUndergroundbuyer's clubtion,
architecture and environThe,
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ActionCenterimporting not-yet-appJ!lved
locatedat
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Wavarly
Place,
mentaldesign, interior design
medications and nutritionalsupNY, NY 10014, has begun two . and graphic design. Shouldpiem ants. 31 West 28th St 4th
new programs. All thair 8erbe interested please call Eric
Roor(212) 532~
vic81 are free. The HIV/AIDS
Strauss at (718) 855-8491
Legal Servic8 Project provides
PINK PANTHER PATROL
free legal services to people~MI-WOMEN'S
HEALTH
Community street patrol inwith HIV/AIDS. Their scope of 'ACTION AND MOBIUZATION.
East and West Village dediservice'iswide,
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commission, flexible hrs. Send
resume to: Odysseus, Box 1548, Port
Washington, NY 11050. Or call(516)944-5330 9am -l1am only.

Articµlate,.energetic;
well !lrgan[ted·individual ".,needed to- assist Dir. of
Dev't in all aspects Of fundraising,including gnlnt writing', special ', events & volunteer mgt BA~ computer skills & fUridraising, expo pr$lferred; AIDS sen/iitivity ~ .aliility towork with diver$!l P!l'p's-required.
Salary mid-20's exel. benefits.
Women, people of color, PWA/HIV'encouraged to .apply, Send resume to
People with ~IPS Coalition, 31 West
26th Street. NY, NY 100~0

Heritage !If Pride announces asearch for community OJ's to perform,,at Dance 5 on the pi'er Gay & LesbianPride Day, Sunday June 30, 1991.
For information, contact,
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resume and I'etter to Mr; Rotello, Out-'
Week, 159 W, 25'St,'NYC 10001, or,, Fax (212) 337" 1220. ""-",CIRCULAnONAND ' .. ,.SUBSCRIPTIONS MANAGER
Outweek, the National Lesbian and
Gay WeeklYMa~azineseeks Circu- "lation and Subs-criptiohS Manager to,create:new promotions and oversee
current distribution. Broad knowl: edge !If dire,(:t mailsolicitiationwith. a mininidrh of two years subscrip~tion/mai"keti,ng experience required.
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An HIV/AIDS support services andeducation organization has several
openings for highly motivated individ-"uals in the following areas .

,PIIITIIGMENS MASSAGE GROUP
Get a massage and learn to give one
tool Every Sunday 7pm-10pm$20. Bring a towel.
Call Terry Weisser 463-9152

stationery
newslettersbrochures
menus
postcards \forms'
posters
catalogs
ads
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INSUIANCE 'FlNANCIAL'SECUIUTY-INSURANCE NEEDS' ".

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Volunteer Services Coordhiator
DISABIUIY INCOME
experienced with HIV/AI~S aff~cted',
PLANSpopulations is sought to o~gamze a
0iERYL LAPOW
growing volunteer base. Prior profes(212) 725-1220
sional experience with volunteer services helpful. Respor'isibilitie,s include
CARING INSURANCE
recruitment, i,nterviewin!! and scre~nBroker _ Focus On GilY and lesbianing ~fp~ospec1ive voluntee.rs to fillcouples _ imme'diate coverage for
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unteer recognition/appreciation"Creative, Consultants 'Inc. 718-849-7969
events, Candidate mu.st be available·" .
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distribution regarding Body Positive. programs, Work sites include street
fair tablin, conferences, street outreach, etc. Public speaki,ng expln;i.ence and HIV relat~dJife experienceessential. Spanish bi-lingual and bi- .:cultural a plus, Salary $12,5O(lannual
for 20 hor work week w/exc, benefits,
Special Events Coorllinator (PartTime) with fUl')draising, experience. who is highly organiz~d,energetic,
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Experience with HIV/AIDS issues anddatabase mallagement also he.lpful.
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Sliding fees. NY and NJ offices:(212) 769-8796 or (201) 567-2445,
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Group- Bereavement Group- Gay Male Couple's' Group "Institute for Human Identity

Offices:Gree.nwich VHlage 212/645-0646
Teaneck, New Jersey 201/836'4206

SUPPORTIVE GAY·THERAPISTDavid Lindsey Griffin,
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Monthly , /4 sessions Low Fee,+ Psychotherapy Groups Wkly
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Empowering therapy by experi
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Eating Issues and Dream Group, currently forming,

Ins. Accepted. Reasonable Fee ..
West Village location
Call (718)438-2590

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Heated Pool saunas & Jacuzzi's
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