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sperm banks, impotency counGoshl I just had to write seling and penis enlargement
to thank you all for the fabu- therapy.
lous cover interview with me
WexRockner
and all those fabulous letters
Chicagoabout me which you saw fit to PS. And Whilewe're on the subprint. Whoever would have ject, what about women's
dreamf!d that such a tiny, half- restrooms? Surely there must
assed, amateur rag like yours be special goings-on in there
would have the gumption to . that do not exist in our facilities,
treat a star and a lady like or else why the long lines? We
mys~lf in the way you>~J~.I'm must demand equal access orsure that stars everywhere are we must close them all.doWn I '., .
just beating down your darling, little door after seeing"GOSSIP WATCH"
M.a.'. h",,+ hs .... _UI'''''.!,i...... s ...... hi.+",,_
the special treatment you
WATCH
ryE Office Assistant Misael Maigave me. Mama would have
I have long been a fan ofjust died!
Michelangelo Signori Ie's "Gosdon.lIdojoins the trendy ranks of
Liza Minnelli
sip Watch" and truly believe
the tunemployed with the likes of
Addresf, Sexuality and that lesbians and gay men-I
Graphic Artist Yvette "Rage"
Opinion on OUting Withheldmean, queers would cease
existing on this planet if it
na "Kat" Simpson, AdministraWHERE THE
wasn't for the appearance of
GIRLS ARE
tive Assistant Jay "Right?". Byrd
his column every Monday.
I'm writing to report further However, I have heard a rather
and you-know-who!Thanks to allon the oppression of men by disturbing rumor: Signorile has
those laid off for making it one
women's-only spaces. Boys, we actually only written threewild and wacky week, and,have anoth~r castrator in our columns, and each week theremember, it's all for the good of
midst: women!s health clinics I people's and publication's
Such clinics provide. "services" names are changed and the I the community!
such as gynecological exams, sentences rearranged. I, of
counseling and abortions strict- course, cannot exist on the face
ly for womenl Thank god, the of this planet until this allega- FREAKY, SELF-SERVING, SEX- your long-distance service hasSupreme Court has seen fit to tion has been answered,
NEGATIVE MONSTER WHO been terminated due to outstart cracking down on these
M,Musto
WON7;TAKE MY PHONE CALLS, standing payment due, If a
separatist playgroundsI But until
Manhattan
WHAT KIND OF A ROLE MODEL payment plan is not agreed
they have all been rightfully shut
DO YOU THINK I AM?
upon and begun within thedown, we must, as the true men Michelangelo
Signorile renext ten days, we will bethat we are, storm these witch sponds: YOU SCUM-5UCKING,
forced to take legal action.
HANGING ON
havens and demand equal ser- SLiME-AT- THE-BOTTOM-OFTHE TELEPHONE
US Sprint
vices for men, such as 24-hour THE-DCEAN, SELF-LOATHING,
This is to inform you that
Irving, Tex.

. • Due to an editing error, last week's issue reported that staff writer Nina Reyes won an
Academy Award for best actress, Reyes actually won a GLAADaward for best local lesbian
and gay reporting .• Also in last week's issue, 16 women were aCcidentally referred to withthe "C" word. EqualWeek regrets reducing these girls to an offensive term for their sexualorgans .• Finally, due to a self-loathing editing error, City Council hopeful Tom Duane wasreferred to as "openly gay,n Assemblywoman Deborah Glick was called a "lesbiann andCongressman Barney Frank was identified as a "Massachusetts representative." In actuality,
Duane is queer, Glick is a major dyke and Frank is a big fag.

All letters to the editor must be creepy,
weird and potentially libelous
to beconsidered
for publication. Equa/Week reserves
the right to
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Signorile Stages Coup, Sets Up Puppet
Editorial Board and Turns Column in on Time•

by Drunken Osborne

159 w. 25m ST.-After aweek plagued by threats of layoffs and other financial cutbacks, Michelangelo Signorile
allegedly staged a coup at
Equalweek magazine, resulting
in the departure of its editor inchief and the setup of a puppet
editorial board headed byNews Editor Andrew Miller,
The controversy began on
Friday, May 31, when the entire
staff was notifed of impending
25 percent across-the-board
cuts at the ~year-old lesbian
and gay news magazine. In thetense days that followed, Editor
at Latge Michelangelo Signorile,
who also pens the notorious"Gossip Watch" column, wasmysteriously absent from all JUST WHO THE HBJ. DO WE THINKWE ABE?-4Clockwise from Lila} , Edita at Large Michelangelo Slgnorile,
management and other emer- Features Editor Vickie Stan; Ms Ecfttor Sarah Pettit, Editor in Chief Andrew Miller and News Editor Nina Reyes
gency staff meetings.
"Not so mysterious, n c0m- out to Signorile, Signorile
penned the now-notorious LiZl ing Signorile's old job as feamented Arts Editor and fonner allegedly shrieked,"I aminterview) at gUn point, demandtures editor, denied· any
Yale classmate of Jodie Foster Tanyal" and fired a spray of buI- .- ing to discuss, for the record,
responsibility for Signorile's
Sarah Pettit. "He never man- lets, effectively damaging thecrazed response, "I'm ..over
Halston, outing and her trother's
aged to show up fur meetings
fax machine, Xerox machine,role in the 196) Stonewall Ri~ that tired, old rumor mill,nbefore. Why should this bestat machine and long-distancepolice swat teams finally storrred Starr screamed. "The rumor
any different?"
telephone service.
mill is what's really responsithe 7th.fioor dike.
Finally, on Wednesday"Thosethingsnever
When the dust settled, the ble for everything that's hapJune 5, the day layoffs were to worked right in the first place at editor was gone, Byrd andpened here.n
be fonnally announced, Signo- this dump," quipped Pettit,
tliree other EqualWeek staff"Is that my phone?" wonrile returned. According to who, along with being arts edi- members were laid off, anddered
newly appointed News•
Administrative
Assistant Jay
tor and former classmate of Signorile had installed Andrew
Editor Nma Reyes, who refused
Byrd, Signorile claimed to be JOdie Foster, writes the "Blurt Miller as puppet editor in chief to taIk to the press.
Liz Smith when Byrd answered
Out" and "Lip Service" columns
Minnelli, in heavy negotiaof the magazine.
the door intercom, and then he fur the magazine.
tions with Davis for a second"I'm not anybody's pupstonned the office, backed by
After a half hour of terror, pet!n contended Miller. "And if 1 cover inteIview, also refused toan unruly gang later identified
during which Signorile demand- hear that again, I'm going to go ~on the situation.
"It's a size thing,n summed
as Liz and Sydney, James St. ed an extra column of jumpwork for Mademofse/le.nJames, Michael Musto, Annespace for all future "Gossip
Features Editor Vickie
up Arts Editor and Jodie F05ter
Rubenstein, Madame X, Jay
Watch" columns and Minnelli
Starr, who allegedly staged a ex-dassmate Sarah Pettit, who•
Blotcher and LiZl Minne1li.
held Advertising Coordinatoragreed to speak to this reporter
coup of her own a few
When Byrd tried to call Matthew Davis (who alsomonths· back, effectively tak- ooIy if she ~ the last word T-_

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SMOKING
OUT
forces its smokers out onto
the street in front of our building. We congregate, we commune, we puff-puff away and rip our co-workers
into tiny shreds. We did our own 'little survey down at the smoker on West 25th Street this week and asked.
that tired, old question: Why do you hate EqualWeek?
Production Manager Diana Osterfeld: I'm not a smoker, I want tomake that clear, but I do hang out here occasionally on my way to the deli to pickup an herbal Ice tea and the occasional rice cracker: .•Oh, why do I hate Out... 1
mean ... EqUaJW88K1 Well, I'm fIVe feet tall" ,almost-and I get really pissed offthat the whole damn office is built for tall people. I mean my feet dangle from thetoilets, and I have to pile telephone books to stand on in front of the light 1able,
and Christ, I mean, if you want to do quality work you have to get some damn
respect, and really, how CAN I, when I have to slare into everybody's navel all the
time? Get that camera ollt of my face I Bugger offl

Copy Chief
WalterAnnstrong:
DmI, Idon't IroN if I
tBIe t..1bv passiomIe can you get

Former Receptionist,

Former Production Queen ·for the Fonner Magazine
to the Publisher, PresentmermSortof UndefinedDarla Fjeld: I don't hate Out, oops .. ,EqualWee~I hate Vickie Starr. Also, I'd get a hell of a lot morework done if I could smokB at my desk, and I don't understand why we can't have a goddamn beer atour desk as well during business hours. I mean, hell, they're a bunch of boozers at the nfTl8S, are they
not? Besides, half the advertising staff are looped on MartInis three seconds after noon, daily, and theother half.wear crotchless pantyhose and are so fucking high on cocaine that their noses look like they'regoing to falloff, I just want my fair share. And I want to make it perfectly clearthat what I said was, It'stime to tum over a new 1eaf-mT, It's time to fire the editor in chief.

. hunt, Former Assistantroom atMlgaRness, , .

Systems Director Vondora Corzen: It's hard to say-when tlte bullshit equipment Is
failing apart and the crazy white-boys In charge won't even get up off.the money under theirasses to cut a fart. I am sick of this bullshit. Just get me down to the passport office, and I'm outof here, Somebody tell Sarah I borrowed all of her lesbian mysteries for the trip, I promise I'lllh..•
whaIeverbring them back after Leningrad. And for all the people that have been giving me heartache, I
NhI Reyes: Ijust
won't miss you one tiny, Itsy bit. Outta my face, bitches, And, by the way, where the hell did thosewanttothanktheassholes In production put the goddamn 1ake-out menus-I mean, I want some sag panssr, and I
AcOOemyand aI the w0nwant It now, and If I don't get It, I'm gonna take my screwdriver and remove that damn Diana
derful people who VOIBd. Osterfeld's head, because It is definitely attached with screws, Loose ones,
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TIMELY new addition to theMichelangelo line of marketing

treniU---the GOSSIP""ATeH!
Real non-animal product band and actual plastic crystal set off a face decorated with a beaming Michelangelo "It tells time like a dream,and you will treasur,e it always, » says Vickie
Starr ( major shareholder in MKhelangelo Inc.).
Also comes with Michelangelo headband emblazoned with his signature all-caps motto: YOU
SCUM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN-I HATEYOU ALL. Visit the EqualWeelc boutique, where
you can purchase the Michelangelo nightlight,
coffee mug, doormat, screen saver, toilet-seatcover, coasters and, for a limited time only, T.
shirts with entire "Gossip Watch" columns silk.
screened on them! TIME'S UP!

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Side, dean, trashy, one-bedroom very Bombl, kinda
Paper when paper-still meant
Paper, cool. Lots of Helvetica
black boys extended 140,
black hair cropped,tall,cheekbones talkin' graphics,
film. A coupla Garamondboys around the edges, blond(natural!), heartland, smile alot (even when they laugh!),
OK, so sometimes you justwanna take a Garamond boy
Oike you wanna leaf throughan Us magazine in a doctor's
office) and fuck him.
Madonna's
not here.
Still, I mingle, pretty cool, pretty Interview-just wanna
look at the pictures and, ofcourse, the ads. See somefriends (meaning, I haven't
fucked them-meaning,
we
act like we have). Where's
Madonna? We talk experimental pornography, performance architecture, ballroom

dance steps on a Mac, Quark
3.0, Freehand with a laser
mouse. Heavy Film Comment or Paris Review without the fuckin' words.
Joan Didion waves. me
over. She's a mess. Same blacksince MiamHhebook, that is. Gatta find Mad0nna. Walk across the room too
abruptly. Iltde, black dresses
flutter out of my way like
pigeons-very back-issue ltaJ.
Ion Vogue ,IA Style in a heapon the F train tracks,
Nobody's lookin' at me,so everyone suddenly looks
like an Absolut ad same
shape and product but different target audience. Go to thebathroom (no Madonna!) andcheck my look in the mirror:
Lots of white space but I canwork it-kinda DetaIls without the cover lines, very New
Yorker when it was delivered
in see-through shrinkwrap. Go
back out everyone's fucking,girI/boy fucking, My

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pour myself an Ahsolut with Evian waterto smooth the transition, wheat-past~
myself against thewall, down the drink,and everything turns
black and white: very
Gap
ad, Lennie
Riefenstahl without
the subtitles, Village
Voice media column
without the fuckin'words. Go down on
myself because noneof these chicks are
Madonna.
Pretend
I'm Madonna Confidential to myself: ForI~• give me, Madonna,
Confidential to theworld: Forgive me,r,

Mommy ....

~~~:t.~
By licblllllill Sililrill
guess I tell you
this to gain some sympathy
gelo, darling, it is no sudden
for myself. I whither at the coincidence that this enlightmemory of them calling me enment comes at a time when
·Cinderella" on the elementary
the GODDAMNED EXECUschool playground, Of course, TIVES AT SLIM-FAST, wHO
I don't advocate this ·selfCAN Raf IN HEll AS FARAS
loathing and lamI AM
CONenting" bu11shit.
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CERNED, refused
And there is no
to give in to myway that I am going
request for kiwi
to feel sorry for (212) 337.1200 flavor, and I went
some poor; li~e,absolutly
madpicked-on ex-feaand joined a gym
tures editor billionbecause I haveaire who has an
had it with these
unlimited annmt of (212) 337.1
SCUM-SUCKING
people available to·
BASTARDSWHO
take calls, fetch cdfee and news- RUN TIIESE SHIT-LICKING
papers, whi1e I have friends who DIET-PLANSCAMS,and I lookat myself, and I HAlE MYSElF!
are sick with AIDS.
And while me and mySome might think that I am
friends are being beaten to a older and wiser, but I'm just apulp on the street, AIL DUE TO mess! Just a silly kid who needs
1HE SELF-LOATIflNG, SELF- to be told "the right thing to do,
INFLICTED HOMOPHOBIA
to see, to BEl"(which, ifl could
OF AN ARROGANT SON OF remember, is probably what my
A BITCH LIKE MYSELF, I'ni parents told me). They told me
somehow supposed to feel that I STANK IlKE 1HE SCUM
sorry for this EGOMANIAC AT THE BOTIOM OF'THE
that makes millions of dollars TOILET! TIlEY SAID JIMMYa year by perpetuating this IANUCa WHO I1VED NEXT
whiny, lathered-up foam of DOOR WAS BE'ITER TIIAN I
glamorous anger? PUCK ME! WAS!WAS TIflNNER TIIAN I
No, Mr. Editor at Large, you WAS! I HATE MY FUCKING
are Naf the finest thing ever PARENTS AND TIiEIR GODto walk the planet, you are DAMN UGLY FACES, AND
not a leader of the communiI LOOK IN TIIE
ty, YOU ARE AN ENORMOUS MIRRORI SEE TIIEIR HANDITURD, AND IT DOESN'T
WORK THAT TURNED ME
MATIER WHAT THE REA- INfO TIllS FUCKING PIECESONS ARE! TIIERE ARE NO OF HUMAN WASTE THAT I
EXCUSES!You see, Michelan- AM! I HATE MYSELF!"

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EGUALWEEK4•SHOOTING THE
MESSENGER

The
comparison
between the struggle for
racial equality and the queer
equality movement is illadvised. If I stood in the middle of the Great Lawn, you
could tell I am an African
American, but not that I am
queer. The degree to which I
wish to share my sexuality
with the general populace is amatter of personal choice.
Being African American
doesn't avail itself of similar
choices. The mere fact that
one can choose to be closeted or not is an arguable luxury voiding any similarity
between the struggles.
.
As an actor, the work I
audition for and/or get takes
into account my obvious
blackness but not my (notso-obvious) queerness. WhileI most likely will not be"bought" as a Danish prince,
I can be as a husband, afather and other straightcharacters, and that is where
the employment i.s. Being
outed would more than seriously hinder my pursuit ofthese jobs in the same waythat general knowledge ofHerbert Marshall's (Bette
Davis' husband in The Letter
and TheLittle Foxes)having awooden leg would have hin-'dered his. While I do not consider my queerness in any
way a handicap, the reality isthat those who do the hiringdo.
Those of you who do notrisk losing. a livelihood or
expression may say .thatmaking money and having acareer means nothing whenthousands of our brothers

and sisters are dying of AIDS,I submit that if all the queer
actors and actresses publicly
acknowledged their sexuality
last week/month/year, all thatwould happen is that theywould be virtually unemployable-and our loved ones
would still be dead. I see
absolutely no correlation

television, I would like topoint out that one doesn't go"get" a job acting like one"gets" a haircut. If I am fortunate enough to be offered ajob, the subject matter isn't
objectionable and the role isgood, I take the job, regardless of the medium, andthank the Lord.

srONEWALL RIOrSBY ANDREANATALIE•

between queer-thespian public-admission and PWAlHIVpositive longevity.
It has ·been pointed out
to me by people who have noreal experience in the entertainment business that, in thetheater, this sort of bias isn't
so prevalent, and I could-if I
were politically correct simply refuse to appear in a
homophobic medium such as•!

Granted-journalists
have a duty not to lie. The
double standard heretofore
observed that queer actor's
lives were off-limits is confining, confusing and frustrating. Queer readers have as
much right to their role models as straights to love or totrash, Queer journalists haveas much right to provide dirt
for circulation numbers as

straights (and until the story
is about one queer actor,
cheating on his lover withanother queer actor, you aremaking the queerness of theactor the dirt). The reality isthat celebrities sell magazines, actors are seemingly
expendable people-and
OutWeek was pretty much
made on this controversy.
You should be honest. The
goal was hardly "role models
for the young" and whatnot.
Like your het professional
colleagues, it was numbers,
notoriety and reflected glory,
pure and simple.
Am I hoping/wishing/longing for some sort of"break" from the Fourth
Estate regarding this? Probably and I know it is impossible. When I entered thisprofession, I knew the deal.
So what if I cannot work in
the future or am scared ofconfrontations regarding mysexuality in the workplace, or
someone else is afraid to hire
me becauseof same? I guess
this is more progress, eventhough it feels painfully likebetrayal Although it would be
more useful to boycott shows
and/or the sponsors ofshows with negative or nogay characters, to out writers, directors, production
heads and studio executives-PEOPLE IN POWER
WITH THE CLOUT TO MAKE
A FUCKING DIFFERENC~I
guess that would have taken --...
some explanation to the readers. After all, actors have norights or feelings, and thealternative takes too muchnewsprint, has too many big
words, has no "hook" for thecover, So much easier toshoot the messenger,
And we who are suffering
the slings and arrows of thisoutrageous fortune want you
to know-it hurts.
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reasons, depending on theprevailing political climate, orat the whim of its director.
There is little congressionaloversight of the agency, andeven that is often ignored.
Your author concludes bysuggesting that our big problem is that the FBI discriminates against lesbian and gay
potential employees. Is theentire purpose of the lesbian
and gay civil rights movement
to get us in there so that we
too can engage in illegal andimmoral surveillance of people
working for peaceful socialchange? If so, I want no partof it. Shame on you for allowing such shallow swill on to
the pages of your magazine,
Carol Hayse
Chicagothe lesbian and gay community; he.grossly failed to understand the FBI's overall character.
Why didn't he cite thecase of Committee in Solidarity with the People of EI Salvador, or CISPES, which was
systematically spied on in the
1980s, even after specific congressional directives to cease
surveillance? How could hehave overlooked the FBI Cointelpro operationsin the1960s? Among other things,
I, SPY
Cointelpro put out vicious disDuncan Osborne's recent information on Martin Lutherarticle on FBI surveillance of King, produced voluminous
the lesbian and gay communi- reports on movie-star activists
ty [no, 102, .June 12] did us a and assassinated Black Pangreat disservice. Only because ther Fred Hampton. What
the author did not examine the about the break-ins at ACT UP
totality of FBI behavior could offices around the country,
he conclude that we have litHe when nothing was taken
to worry about. Because the except the computer discs?
author limited himself to a hisThe FBI will scrutinize any
tory. of, that' agency, vis-a-vis . individual or organization forfinds it ironic that while PC
queers are aggressively"equalizing" everyone under
the sun, they're also slavishly
wearing Calvin "I'm-MarriedWhich-Proves-I'm-Not-Gay"
Klein's underwear as this summer's beach and dance attire?
Isn't this just a wee-bit hypocritical, or is looking hot far
more important than maintaining integrity? .'Stephen de Francesco
Brooklyn

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How, oh how could

Jordan Peimer get}hrOugh thewhole of that great travel article on Los Angeles [no. 101,
June 5] without mentioning
Musso and Frank's, the bestplace for serious drinks(Frtzgerald,Hemingway, Parker
and Faulkner all drank there,
legend has it) and serious
food? I remember well thenight when our table fell into a
bemused momentary hushupon realizing Jeff Stryker wasdining away at the boothbehind us, I agree with what
Peimer had to say about "thegym-fag poseurs" at Marix and
La Fabula, but I would add
this: I lived in Los Angeles ,from 1984 to 1990 and have
yet to find a better deal on abetter margarita than I did at
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Thanks for your article.
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LIZ IS THE BLOND
Jordan Peimer, you're
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Which one is Liz, and which
one is Sydney?
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STRIP FRED NAKED. Enjoyed your cover story
on gay nudism very much [no.
103, June 19J (and nice to see
the lovely Lidell Jackson in,sort of, all of his gloryl),
No stranger to being pubIicly naked (I Prefe r to stri p
when cameras are rolling, butjust about any excuse will do),I have been present at twogatherings of Males Au Naturel
here in Manhattan, Nice peo'pie, interesting times. But theinsistence on maintaining a
respectable non-sexual atmosphere both times reminded
m'eof the old "sun-worshipper" fil ms: Yes, we're naked,
but we're wholesomely naked.
Now pass that volleyball,maintain eye contact, and havefun, goddammitl
I know nudism as an
institution always has striven
to debunk the basic outsider
assumption (when people gettogether naked, sex is always
the point). 'Males Au Naturel,and I guess other groups likeit, bring to their events that
history, But, gentlemen, there
was something appreciably
surreal about a party I attended two years ago: Fifty barer.
ass gay men of all ages sitting
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accompaniment right before
they dished up the red-andgreen Jell-Q.
I laughed, I got hard, I'mprobably not MAN material,
Fred Gormley
Manhattan
DOCTOR, DOCTOR,
GIMME THE NEWSIn response to charges
levied by Michael Goff in a
recent OutWeek [no. 100, May
29] that I am a "pollyanna"
AIDS physician:Since Mr. Goft' works primarily as a design consultant
and has no training or expertise in medicine, I suppose I
can overlook his lack of knowledge of the meaning of "manageable chronic illness," Thereis a distinct difference between"manageable" and "curable."

Although oncologists (physicians who treat cancer) use
the word "cure" to refer to asurvival time with treatment ofgreater than five years, I still
would not be so bold as to use
the word "cure" with the word
AIDS, despite the fact that survival time with infection has
lengthened from five years
early on in the epidemic to 12
or 15 years now. In addition,
many of the opportunistic
infections that afflict AIDS
patients are coming undercontrol~lf
not cure-andmost are beginning to bethought of as preventable.
Yes, patients do die. We
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I suggest that Mr, Goff
direct his energies against
those that are not our friends
in the fight against this epidemic, rather than against
those of us involved in education, 'research and day-today care of those people who
suffer from this disease,
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WHEN WE GETTOGETHER, WE'LL
BE CAUSING ACOMMOTION
It was great to read that
there will be a third National
March on Washington for
Lesbian and Gay Rights in
April 1993 [no, 101, June 5J.
I was one of the New York
organizers for the first Marchon WaShington on October
14, 1979, as well as themarch on Albany on Marchrr,• Lidell Jackson's name was misspelled in last week's feature on gay nudists. OutWeek
regrets the error .• The photo of Laura Wetzler and Robin Burdulis [no, 103, June 19]
incorrectly identified the, two women. Wetzler was the one on the right. • The phone
number published to order the Red Hot and Blue safer-sex posters was incorrect .. The
correct number is 1-800-343-4002.

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What I have come to realize is how little credit we giveto the history of our own political movement. All those people who struggled for lesbian
and gay rights in preStonewall and ear1yStonewalldays do not get the respectthat other movements give
their founders. Eachera seems
to be more politically correct
than the last and trashes theformer without a full understanding of the times,
I was wondering if itwould be possible if theorganizers of the 1993 march
could arrange a meeting offormer march organizers at

the 1993 event. It would begreat. to see those who arestill around, and maybe it will
help to show some respect
for those who helped us getto where we are now,
Rick Landman
Manhattan
STILL NOTSLEEPING WITH THE
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OutWeek, in one of which [no.
. 90, March 20J I found Robert
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read it, that suspicion is confirmed, I do agree with Robert.
I spend a lot of my timeeducating relatively wellmeaning straight people
about homophobia and heterosexism and other queer
issues. I mostly find thisHomophobia 101 stuff irr:itating and sometimes infuriating, I would definitely notwant to go through it all withmy lover, a boyfriend, or atrick, at home. And, if mylover and I were non-monogamous, I wouldn't sleep withstraight men, not even relatively well-intentioned ones,
I'm aware that many gay
men are full of internalized
homophobia, but my chancesof hooking up with a homophobe would be greatly
increased if I were to datestraights, As for missing out on
the many wonderful, sensitive,
eager-to-be-educated heteromen out there, who cares? I
could never fuck, let alone dateor have a relationship with, all
the wonderful people of any
description in this world, By
limiting myself ,to gay men, I've
still got lots of wonderful homo
males to choose from (I'm living with one).
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NEW YORK-Several weeks ago,the director of the city's anti-violence
agency was arrested after he and fiveother activists chained themselves to thedoors' of City Hall to protest police violence against gay men and lesbians.
Most heads of agencies in the gay
and lesbian community demonstrate alow-key Style, eschewing confrontationin favor of working on the inside withgovernment while activists play the roleof the angry mob on the outside. But
the leadership style of Matt Foreman,
the executive director of New York City
Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project,makes him something of an anomaly.
"I didn't think 1 would be an
activist,n Foreman told OutWeek. "I was'not hired to be
an activist. n.
Even so, at last year's Human
Rights Campaign Fund dinner, when
activists who were seeking a bias-motivated iabel on the Julio Rivera killing
heckled Mayor David Dinkins, Foreman
raised his voice as well,"I didn't go there to heckle him,"
Foreman explained, recalling that heyelled, "That's a lie!n when Dinkins
claimed that he routinely spoke out
against anti-gay violence. "But I'm notgoing to distance myself from people
that did,".
In fact, Foreman very- visibly allied
the Anti-Violence Project with Queer
Nation throughout last years months-Iong,.",.,-,.,...,..-HE IS EVERYWHERE.-Matt Foreman on the stump
fight over the Julio Rivera murder. And~emmygayand~S~~
have worked with activists in ACf UP andQueer Nation, those alliances have typically been kept low-profile.
For instance, at a recent demonstration and lobbying day in Albany, organized by the Empire State Pride Agenda,
participating Queer Nationals burned aneffigy of Republican state Sen. Ralph
Marino, Dick Dadey, the Pride Agenda's
executive director, expressed the sentiment that he had to distance his organization from that action because thePride Agenda would be returning toAlbany to lobby Marino.
"I definitely see Matt as someone
who is more visible in an activist kind ofway," said Dadey. "Matt has the luxury of
being able to be that kind of advocate."
Foreman's aggressive approach,which stands in stark contrast to thecool, behind-the-scenes maneuvering of
his. predecessor, David Wertheimer, hasachieved some major successes for the
Anti-Violence Project. According toattorneys in the Rivera case, it was, inpart, pressure from the lesbian and gay
community that moved the cops tosolve the case, and that pressure waslargely attributable to Foreman's efforts.
Similarly, an assault on two lesbians in a
Park Slope diner received a bias designation after Foreman raised a hue andcry over the case. And recently, the way

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the pre-Pridepreparationsabout
town-banners
flying over Christopher
Street, notices from Heritage of Prideposted in the Center and the bars asking
for volunteers. But for many queer organizations, every day is Gay and LesbianPride Day, and their June programing isonly a continuation of a yearlong effort.
Take as an example Slope Activities
for Lesbians, one of my favorite groups.
While SAL works hard year-round, sponsoring a plethora of events for Park
Slope, Brooklyn-based lesbians and tak- .
ing road trips to Manhattan, Queens andConnecticut, this week alone, SAL isoffering a pimic in Prospect Park and abenefit for the Lesbian Herstory An:hives
Building Fund
"It's the only thing going on in
Brooklyn for gay men and lesbians,
since there is no Gay Pride here," ~mented SAL gal Debra Jean Seltzer, who
hastens to add that, like every SAL
event, this one is open to residents of allparts of the city. The pimic happens on
June 23 at 1 pm.
SAL's other event during the week
before Pride is a benefit party, which
Seltzer desaibes as "aImast more important" than the pimic in Prospect Park. The
benefit takes place on June 20 at 7:YJ pm
at the Roost, a Park Slope establishment
located at Seventh Avenue and 8th Street.
Seltzer calls the party SAL'snot-very<overt
way of "trying to give the Archives thenudge to move to Park Slope. n
Over at the Bank, that financialestablishment-turned-artist's-studioturned-night-club-turned-performancespace, a very special production of
Romeo andJuifet is about to go up. Subtitled A Gay Retelling of Life, Love andAnal Penetration, the performance,acc~rding to Chad Beguelin, who plays
Juliet, was put together by "a mixture ofclub people and theater people" andpromises "a happy ending, at least as it'sstaged right now." Performances, priced
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Saturday at 8 pm, both this week andFmally, how could we fail to mennext. For reservations, call (212) 260tion the Women's One-World Theater
5485. The Bank is located at 225 E,
and their newest creation, Muffdtver's
Houston St, at Essex Street.
Holiday on lai WOW turns ten this year
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women of WOW, past and present. n
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organizers estimated that there were1,000 viewers and 2,000 participants.
The marchers withstood rampant_
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repeatedly shouted, "Homos!" and other ~intended insults. Other spectators held ai
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suppated the lesbian and gay community.
"I have gay friends, and Idon't think people
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young and old alike, marched,. chanted
and cheered in Long Island's first official
Lesbian and Gay Pride parade.
"We showed that we can cometogether as a people and fight this hate,commented David Kilmnick, a memberof the parade-sponsoring Long Island
Pride and Freedom Committee, at theend of the day,
Although the event concluded without any serious incidents, anti-gay spectators fanned a gauntlet along the parade
route, toting signs that read "Silly FagelS[sic], Dicks are for Chicks" and "God
Made Adam and Eve, Not Adam andSteve- "and shouting bigoted epithets.
Over the last several months, theLong Island Pride and Freedom Committee had been denied parade permitsby the towns of Port Jefferson, Northport and Hempstead
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BOSTON-Nearly an obsession for
the gay and lesbian community, hatecrimes· legislation has garnered considerable press of late.
In Florida, gay lawyers dedicatedfour years to that state's legislation,
which was finally passed on May 1. In
New York, two separate gay and lesbianorganizations have lobbyists working on
the anti-bias bill, and Washington's
national organizations devote full-time
staff positions to the cause. Last year,
even the US Department of Justice recognized the epidemic proportions ofanti-gay assaults, declaring that lesbians
and gay men are more victimized thanany other minority group,
1'hese laws, even more than theirpractical effect, have done a lot to makepeople aware that anti-gay violence is aproblem,· asserted Kevin Berrill, who
tracks hate crimes for the National Gay
and Lesbian Task Force, or NGLTF,
The unanswered question, however, is: If lesbians and gay men remain
unwilling to report the bias motivationof an incident, and if law enforcement
officials continue to be reluctant about
aggressively arresting, prosecuting andsentencing gay-bashers, how useful toqueers, ultimately, are these muchsought-after hate crimes laws?

Laws as Deterrents
According to many activists, theexistence of laws has done little in the
14 states which have passed hate crimes
legislation to halt the escalation of violence against lesbians and gay men. The
existence of hate crimes laws also has
not changed the fact that, in most cases,
gay-bashers still can expect to bereleased with little more than a slap on
the wrist as punishment.

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•"NEW YORK - For the third year in a row, gay and lesbian Puerto Ricans led a rollicking contingent of their friends
and families on June 5 in New York's Puerto Rican Day
parade. The event is the largest of the city'S many warmweather Pride celebrations,This year's parade also included a one-minute silent tribute to

the thousands of Puerto Ricans who have died of AIDS. remindingcelebrants that AIDS is the leading cause of death among the cily's
Latinos. A memorial service sponsored by the Hispanic AIDS
Forum and SIDAhora, the Spanish-language publication of thePeople With AIDS Coalition. was held later in the day.
- Andrew Miller

For instance, in California last year,of 48 arrests made in connection with all
hate crimes, only 17 alleged perpetrators
were prosecuted. And of those 17, only
five defendants served time for felonies,
while 12 received probation or brief sentences for misdemeanor convictions.
Theoretically, the activist argwilent
goes, bias-related violence laws will
deter hate-motivated as>aults by increasing penalties for individuals convicted ofsuCh crimes. At the same time, some of
the laws that have been enacted, suCh as
the widely celebrated
federal Hate
Crimes Statistics Act passed by Congresslast year, merely direct law enforcement
agencies to compile data on the number
and kind of reported hate crimes,
Existing hate crimes statutes present a two-fold problem. FII'St, the laws
have not been implemented
once
passed, either because they were neverfunded or because police and judges
ignore them. Second, gay activists treat
the laws as a panacea, assuming victory

HATE CRIMES REVISITED
While observers suggest that it is
WASHINGTON-The
SupremeCourt has agreed to hear a case involv- unlikely that the Supreme Court would
ing a cross-burning in St. Paul, Minn., . write a broad opinion striking down all 'that could dramatically impact laws hate crimes laws, should the teenager
concerning hate crime and hate speech prevail, the court may very well invalidate all laws proscribing hate speech.
throughout the nation,
And attorneys might use such a
At issue isa St. Paul ordinancevictory to strike down statutes onmaking it a crime to place a burning
crosS, swastika or other symbol likely to . bias-motivated crimes in the f!rture, A
arouse "anger, alarm or resentment in case could be made that what differothers on the basis of race, color; creed, entiates a hate-inspired assault fromany other assault is the accompanying
religion or gender."Ed Cleary, attorney for the white speech; therefore, the enhanced
teenager who burned a cross on the penalties which hate crimes legislation
mandate could be construed as punlawn of a Black family in St. Paul,claims that the ordinance violates his ishing protected speech,
The court will hear arguments inclient's First Amendment right to freespeech and that cross-burning, like flag the case in October, with a decision
expected the following year,
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the Pat Par1<erNrtoRusso Center Library.
Jewelle Gomez, pictured here donating a copy of her
recently published novel, The Gilda Stories, joined Assoto Saint,
Sarah Schulman, Mariana Romo-carmona and other gay andlesbian luminaries to read excerpts of queer literature in the dedi-.
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The library is named in memory of two revered andbeloved writers and activists, Pat Par1<erand Vrto Russo, and islocated in the New Yor1<City Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center at 208 W. 13th St.
"Too often, lesbian and gay literature is allowed to go outof print," explained writer and editor Stan Leventhal, who hosted the dedication, "The goal of this library is to honor and preserve the works originating from this community."-Ellen B. Neipris and Nina Reyes

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But some lobbyists and advocates
believe that the ~important, if unquantifiable, benefit of hate aimes legislation
may be that the laws will place bashers on.
aimes will notnotice that·be tolerated in this society,
Jeff Peters, a gay lobbyist in Florida,recalletl that a judge in South Florida,
while handing down a sentence to a
gay-basher, said, "I didn't know it was acrime to kill fags.""The existence of the law willchange that," Peters speculated.
Howie Katz, the bias bill coordinator for the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, agreed thatthe effectiveness of hate crime legislation may be far-reaching: All that isneeded are "a couple of high-profile
convictions," he told OutWeek, and thelaw might "prove to be a deterrent,"

Grim Statistics
In 1984, California became the firststate in the union to approve legislation
which made hate crimes against lesbians
and gay men a civil rights violation. Several years later, in 1987, the California

Legislature took an additional step
toward recognizing the particularly odious nature of hate-motivated violenceby increasing prison sentences for convicted gay-bashers. Finally, in 1989, California mandated the collection of statistics for hate crimes motivated by sexualorientation prejudice.
But effective law enforcement toback up those laws has not been forthcoming, activists point out. From 1984 to
1990, the number of arrests made in connection with anti-gay assaults in San
Francisco did not increase, and the Sah
Francisco Police Department, or SFPD,
can't even provide the number of arrests
made for queer-bashings in 1990. Capt.
John Willett, director of the SFPD's
newly established Hate Crimes Unit,
could reveal only that the SFPO made a
total of 48 arrests for all types of preju.
dice-related crimes last year.
"We don't see any reason to break[those statistics] down,n explained Ken
Cady, the assistant district· attorney in'charge of hate crimes.
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to indude lesbians and gay men. In 1989,of Boston's 97 reported queer~bashings,
the police made only sevep arrests, thecourts found only four df the sevenalleged perpetrators guilty,( and Boston
Police Department statistics indicate thatthe four convicted bashers each selVed
six-month suspended sentences.
The number of cases reported topolice and to community-based anti-violence groups generally differ wildly,
due, according to activists, to a numberof factors. The two reasons most widely
cited, however, are the restrictive definitions used by law enforcement officials
to classify bias-motivated crimes andfear on the part of victims that theircomplaints will be dismissed or that they
will be treated with contempt if theystate that they believe that the incident
was motivated by anti-gay prejudice. In
New York City, last year, for instance,
queers ,reported 507 bashing incidents tothe community-based AVP, but only 102
assaults were recorded by the police.
Activists also assert that the dramatically increasing numbers of reported
incidents do not indicate an actual risein the number of bashings but rather
reflect a new awarenessabout the·.importance of reporting queer-bashings.
Police departments
nationwide· defend their performance in arrestingbasliers by claiming that they do not• have the resources to go after perpetra.
·tors; and, in San Francisco, both activists
and cops '~gree that the problem has
been compounded by the state legislature's failure to fund a 1989 law mandating collection of hate crimes statistics,
despite its endorsement of the idea ofcollecting statistics on hate crimes, withthe result that no money to staff the project was ever allocated.
For activists like Barbara Cameronof San Francisco's Communities United
Against Violence, or' CUAV, a gay andlesbian victim assistance group, thelaw therefore became a symbolic act,and essentially meaningless. "In termsof a person's daily life," she said,
pointing to victimization as a part ot .
life, the law "is not that important."
In Massachusetts, where the 1990
passage of a statistics collection act forhate crimes was widely hailed as a victory, legislators and gay lobbyists together
are "still figuring out the criterian thatwill define a hate crime, Joyce Collier,I•

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director of the Victim Recovery Project,or VRP, explained.
Florida's recently enacted hateaimes measure may not really be able
to protect anyone, despite the attention
it has received from Florida activists.
Even more alarming is the "fact that a
Florida lawmaker, state Rep. Kenneth
Pruitt, announced that he may very wellbe the first person arrested for gaybashing under the new legislation,
Asked to explain his motivation, Pruitt
told the Tampa 7Hbune, "These are thevery people wbo are causing the epidemic [ot] AIDS,"
Joyce Collier, of Boston's VRP,
admits that hate aimes laws may not beenough. "We have tons of cases of gay-

bashing where [perpetrators] get off,n she
noted, asserting that she believes that thereal panacea would comethrough the."education of police and judges who--lawor no Iaw-may not respect the right ofgay men and lesbians not to .be bashed.

The Role of Education
Collier's view raU;es a Iatge and frequently asked question: Is advocacysuch as the anti-gay-violence awarenesstraining for law enforcement officialsmore important than passing laws?
"It's not the legislation that's theissue it's the training, n Collier assc!rteCL"It's been a really long, slow prOCe5&
about educating district attorneys,' [ButJ
by the time a judge sees the fourth case,[she or he] begins to think'about it.n
Statistics in New York also seem toindicate that educating Iaw!enforcement
officials and the judiciary may be asimportant as passing hate dimes legislation: Although New York: §tate has not
yet passed a bias bill, the percentage ofarrests compared with the number ofbashings is roughly the same as that in
San Francisco or Boston, .
Boston activist Jim Brinning, who
was queer-bashed in 1988, llgrees with
Collier's view. While the tnen'who savagely' beat him are Walking the streets,
he pointed out: "The judge is being moreclosely monitored now, My Case helped
to expose that judge,'John Pino, helped
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off and pedaling their way across America to spread the forbidden word.
"It's going to be a fantastic experienetr-riding with allthese women," commented an elated Jeanne Burke (right),
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who had no biking experience previous to her two-monthtrainirig for this cross-(Ountry voyage,.
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more favorable disposition of cases."
Another Bostonian who swvived abrutal gay-~shing,
MiChael Cronin,
maintains that even though his attacker
received a fi~year sentence for violating Cronin's Pvil rights under the Massachusetts hate crimes law, he believes
his victory only came about because heapproached the case as a seasoned antiviolence activist.
"The police were initially unclear
about what to do [with my casel, but I
helped them with that, n Cronin recounted, "The court system was so cumbersome and so tiring. I don't think thenumbers of successful resolutions has
increased, but, linl the ones where
we've stuck it out, the judges were fairly
strict [in their sentencing)."
All of which goes to show, Cronin
hypothesized, that the existence of gay
and lesQian comnlunity-based anti-violence advocacy groups is as important,perhaps, as hate-aimes statutes. "I don't
think there's a direct connection
between the content of the law and the~tencing," he concluded,.
,<.; The importance of community•
based anti-violence efforts is also evi<fenced by the increases in the numbers
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queer-bashings which are reported.
~.: In 1984, the fust year San Francis,
Ge'S CUAV began recording anti-gay~cks,only 185 bashings were reportea.
But in each of the. following years,•
the numbers sharply increased, with last
year's report showing ~25 bashings,
Similarly, New York's Anti-Violence Project has tracked a dramatic rise in hat~motivated incidents, with the first thirdof this year already showing a 32 percent increase over last year's statistics
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CBS's Northern Exposure\

by ScoB Shennan
When was the last time you saw a really great TV show?
CBS's Northem Exposure is turning Into a real "must-see."
For weeks it has been intriguing viewers with its comic andcomplicated plot twists, An especially satisfying one involved
the revelation that the show's fictional hometown was named
after its founders a lesbian couplel In relating this piece ofhistory, a character commented that the two women "had agood thing and were lucky to have it."This sensitivity continued with the May 20 episode,when a regular character, Maurice, entered into an agreement
to sell a house to two men, Being a rather enlightened sort, it
never occurred to him that they might be closer than friends.
Maurice gets the message, however, at a celebration dinner:
The lovers explain how they met at a Halloween party, andthen they naturally reach across the table and hold eachother's hands.
. As a confirmed homophobe, Maurice has a hard time
accepting the idea that he has sold a home to a gay couple,
and the rest of the show explores his personal struggle.
Unlike so much television, it's not gay people who are

depicted as having the problem, Although Maurice is portrayed as a bit silly and ignorant in his bigotry, by the end of
the show, he has adjusted to living alongside his gay neighbors. The closing sequence shows the gay couple dancing at
a local tavern, comfortable and accepted by the straighttownspeople.
One of the best aspects of this episode was the lovers'
ease with their own sexuality. They expressed their intimacy
and affection with quiet comfort and pride, Because they
accepted their love as natural, it was easy for the audience todo so as well.
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Thank the producers of Northem Exposure for this wonderfully fair and humorous show. Encourage them to bringback the gay couple as ongoing characters. Write to Joshua
Brand and John Falsey, executive producers, Northem Exposure, c/o Finnegan-Pinchuk Productions, 4225 Coldwater
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The week the episode aired, Northem Exposure was thesixth-highest-rated show. Let's make sure this popular program continues presenting positive gay images .
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the bartender. Let other people
know you are leaving together.
Exchange names and phone numbers before you get home.

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and invite women to their -homes.
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on 129stations throughout the conttnent via Fax 7V's nationally.~Personal.ities. 7btsMarch, Smith jumped ship.from the
New York Daily News, lured to Newsday by a reported $1-mfilionper-yearcontmct that has made her rich,
But it ham 1all been smooth sailing.
Over the past year, her high pro.ftle in the'!rump divorCe spectacle (she aJ11eared
a/ongsfde a tearjid Ivana on the cover ofthe Daily News) drew slinss.from some
who accused herofJUrthering hercelebrity status at the expense of journalistic tntegrlty. And to a segment of the gay
community, Liz Smith has become a symbolof a different sort. "She's a symbol of atime that should be long gone, " sa~ bermost rabid crlIic, OutWeek columnist
Michelangelo SfgnorlIe. "She represents abody of people who live a lie in order to make it."~m~thenthat~m~N~d~~~a~ng--- a story on ga~ and the media (seepage 39), nv' requestfor antnteroiew was greeted with stony silence. "Are you kidding?"
Sm~ 's assistant ftna/ly sputtered. "She wouIdn 1touch that magazine with a ten-foot pole. " End of <N,"",'~..~n.
A few da~later, I tried again, this time in a carefully composed letter ~ich acknowledged that ~ it sounds like a strange
request, but talking to OutWeek would give her a chance toanswer her crltfcs on their own tutf and, perhaps, end the sniping once and for all,
My phone rangpromptly at 9:30 the next morning. '7bis is
Liz Smith, n drawled a familiar voice. "NIce letter, but I won 1doit," she continued without a pause. "Allthey'll do is attack meagain. I don 1even look at that magazine anymore. My.friends
know not to mention it to me! They're likfJ tarantulas, squeezingthemseJues to death, n
My haf-<XJtN:ioUs protesIS were dealt wiIb poItteIy but fitmIy. "lJ
wou/d be the brave thing to do, n I said.ftnally. ~ this j»InI in nv'
life, I don t need to be btr:lw, "she 1f!jJIied. She bad apoint.
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So here are thefacts: Liz Smith is 68years old, the Texos-bredproduct of a generation wIxx;e sexua/iIy was not discussed, much~.
she bas been a C()1'msten/ SUJPOTterof
thefigbt against the AIDS epidemic and other gay causes. As an
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mm of money tofigbt the disease, as well as quietly
some ofberOUJn,!f, in her column, Smith deftly skirts issues of sexuality andprovides sympathetic cover for closeted celebrittes, she has occasionally spoken out on gay-related issues, like taking theater crllic
John Simon to taskfor bts comment about AIDS and the theatercommunity. She bas also not shied away from publidzing openly
gay personaIiJies like Haroey Fterstetn and Larry Kramer. Herrave review of Kramer'sThe Nonna! Heart is dtsplayed prominentlyon the cover of the play's paperback edfJfon .

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desperatefor vIstbility. Her response has been somewhat ambivalent. "W'bat do they want me to ber she asked in an tnterview
with 7 Days last year. .'7be great lesbian of the western world?"
Liz Smit~th
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that come up time and time again
about journalism
in discussions of gays in the med
and sexuality, activism and outing, which wfJl only mUsh1'OO11..l.
in the coming years.
Is Liz Smith a vtcttm or VfIIaW You decide.
Maer Roshan: How did you teel when this outing stuff all
began?
liz Smith: I was flabbergasted. You'd open the magazine and it says,. "Puck you, liz," seven times in one paragraph. I don't understand why. Who are these people whohave so much to say about me? I've never even met them.
Instead of going after people who deserve it, they go after
their own defenders. I think a lot of it is people who Want tobecome famous by making points off my reputation, But I
don't worry about it anymore. They're no different than the
National Enqutrrff'. They want me to come, out and I wantthem to go back in.
MR: Many people believe this kind of activism is the only
way to confront a society that lies about gay people.
IS: I consider myself an activist I've done my part in my c0lumn to confront stereotypeS. Iwent to the mat with Jolm Simon
when he said all people in the theater would get AIDS. But what
has all this ranting, this anger, this. in the SIreetS
achieved? Not one single, positive thing. Even people I know who
are tolerant and Iiberal-I see them ab;olutely ainging and rejecting everything as a result It's set the gay movement back for years.
•'MR: Do you think: you've been an unfair target?
IS: They write, "liz Smith has done nothing about AIDS." I
was one of the first people to write about AIDS in a popular
medium. I was one of the earliest people invited to join the
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out of this world,
With AIDS, the end resultis that they've
frightened awa emyone who was willing tohelp--like[William F.] Buckley for instance.
It was OK to ., Mrs. Buckley with what they
hated about her husband. I thought her work for
AIDS was her statement about her husband's
position, So they drive away someone who'sraised millions of dollars for AIDS. Shell moveon to other causes. But who loses out in the end?

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MR: How do you respond to all the speculation about your sexuality?
IS: I don't want to make statements about
my mythical sex life. Millions of people don't
want to be defined by their sexuality, I'd like to be defined by
my work, my life. These people you see soul-kissing in the Gay'
(Pride] parade, they want to be defined by their sexuality, and,they are. But what happens when their libido dies down? What
will they be defined by then? I'm a divorced woman, I spent myadult, mature life married for ten years, Let people speculate. I'll
lead my life the way I choose to.
MR: Does it all come down to sex, or is it about love, as
well?
IS: Of course, ifs about love. But does love mean advertising it to everyone? Does it mean you have to march down thestreet being an exhibitionist asshole? I don't understand sepa-,,

ratism, people who live in enclaves and groups by themselves. I
don't believe in Uncle Taming, But I think it's important to go out
and learn how people who are different can accept you on yourown terms, to be true to yourself without raving and carrying on.
MR: Do successful gays and lesbians have a responsibility
to come out as role models for the community?
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your own life. There's plenty of role models in the gay community, LefSignorile be a role model. You don't win role models
by holding people up.
MR: You've been criticized for glossing over the sexualityof people you write about
IS: I don't write a column about sexuality, I write a column
about what I perceive. I'm willing to let people make their own- statements. If they're telling a lie, the public will realize that.
pretty quickly.
MR: But for a journalist, isn't there a responsibility to separate fact from fiction before laying it out as truth?
IS: In my column, Idon't force people to tell me what they
don't want to tell me. I don't really write about people's sex lives. I
also don't write about age. Those are things that people are very
sensitive about And, in the end, they don't really matter that much.
MR: I was thinking of the Malcolm Forbes-liz Taylor thing.
IS: I never, never said they were having a hot romance or
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was devastated. When I spoke to Malcolm Forbes, we never discussed who he slept with. That was not the face he presented tome. And it's not my job to turn a rock over and expose people
who are under it. I let people tell their own versions of their history. Whatdifference does it .make?
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MR: But the sex: life of straight people seems to be open
tenitory-the whole Trump thing.
IS: Donald Trump laid it all out for the world to see. If a
gay person wants to lay it all out, that's fine. We're living in aworld where everything is now discussed in print. Has that
added to the quality of the world in Western life? Is it going tobecome a law that we all have to lay it out?
MR: What do you think is the effect of outing celebrities
like Jodie Foster?
IS: I don't know whether Jodie Foster is gay or not I don't
give a shit. I think a lot of it is speculation. They buy into thewhole scandal-bullshit thing. Someone knows a waitress who
slept with someone who slept with someone else ... , and, in theend, they'll try and ruin her career. Her career would be ruined.
There's no justice in that fact, but it's a fact nonetheless. Acting isabout image. Producers are not going to cast an openly gay guy
in a hot leading-man role.
MR: Do you feel like you've been victimized by all this?

IS: I guess I'm sounding like a lunatic. I just flOd it allso frustrating. I have so many regrets that this happened.
Things were starting to change, and I think all this violenceand screaming has turned things back again, played into thehands of the bigots. It's all right to be mad. All this hatredagainst the gay community drives me crazy too. But don'tsell it to me as a joyful ideology. It's terrorism.
Since this started, they threaten me, tie up my phonelines, tie up my fax sophomoric, little harassment like that. I
don't know what they think they'll accomplish. I'm not important enough to be targeted like this. The other day, I was walking my dog, and a guy comes up on a bicycle and screams,"Hey, it's the greatest lesbian of the Western world" These are
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Jerry Nachman portentously announced in his office last March.
"Look around, and you'll see. We've finally decided to take you
guys seriously, nA week later, Nachman, the plain-ta1king, chain-smoking

editor of the New Yom Post, launched the St. Patrick's Day parade
controversy as a front-page banner and gleefully fanned it to its
beer-soaked finale. The furor mushroomed from a local-tabloid"une 28, 11_"OUTWEEK 39,

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headline into a nationally televised spectacle. Caught up in the
barTage of beer cans that descended on Fifth Avenue, the media
finally woke up to the rabid homophobia that is, for most of us,a fact of life. Their belated discovery triggered a critical avalancheof editorials from tbe New York Times to the Irish Echo, an
unprecendented backlash that, in some quarters, was cause foralann. But for the queer community, it was a political windfall,
The paranoiac Patrick Buchanan responded by comparing
gay activists to Nazis, while accusing the media of fueling ahotllO<Onspiracy to "bash" the Catholic church. "Homosexual
rights, n the Post's loopy Ray Kenison chimed in, "is the media'slatest half-baked cause.n
He may be half-right, for a change.
Times have changed, and Nachman wasn't the only one tonotice. In the past year, tbe New YorilTimes, which still hasn't
wholly embraced the word "gay, n somehow stumbled upon theword "queer. n Time fondly (and openly) eulogized a gay COlTespondentwho died of AIDS, Newsday discovered "queers insuburbia," and Dan Rather focused on gays in the military.
What we are seeing, according to nearly three dozen mainstream reporters, editors and 1V news producers interviewed in
the three months since the parade, is a turning point in the

media's perception of the gay and lesbian community. It's anemerging queer consciousness that's been apparent for sometime now, a new openness to our issues that one editor hastagged "gay gIasncst." After a decade of angry activism and asteadily mounting AIDS toll, the media has slowly awoken to
victory gay activists have triumphantly daimed
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outsiders,.as a strange and hostile minority on th~ periphery of
their general audience, Coverage of gays and lesbians is often
stilted and superficial. And if stereotypes of gay people as hapless victims have fallen by the wayside, they have given way toimages of us as shrill
1S.
Still uncomfortable with homosexuality, many editors
and producers are reluctant to explore the full diversity of
our community. The gay reporters who could be a resource
to the mainstream press prefer to remain mostly closeted,afraid to make waves in newsrooms that are subtly (or not
so subtly) homophobic. The result, despite notable
progress, is that the media still overlooks a community
which in some cities, like New York, makes up a sizable
portion of its audience.
"Nobody," notes Jerry Nachman, "is perfect.»In the midst of all this, there are also signs that the initial
success which gay activism has had with the media has begun
to wane, under fire from both inside and outside the gay community. "'Ihere's no question that groups like ACf UP andQueer Nation helped to focus attention on a wide variety ofgay issues," says Peter Jennings. "Media coverage has started toreflect the progress that gay people have made generally inthis society. But I think there's been an increasingly negative
backlash in the press against a lot of activist tactics. And it's a
dissaffection that I know is shared in many segments of thegay community.».
Lisa Brenner, a lesbian reporter at the Associated Press,
agrees. "I think a lot of gay people have started to look beyond
all the flash generated by activism to see what it's reallyachieved. We've begun to look inward instead of outward, todebate things like outing and [use of the labeD 'queer.' Now that
we've finally got the media's attention, we have to decide what
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ce"You won't understand any of it," sighs the voice on thetelephone, "until you understand about AIDS.n When the epidemic first surfaced and nobody noticed, I.any Kramer began
screaming. A decade later, he has lots of company.
When AIDS appeared in the early '8Os, the gay community
suddenly found itself mortally dependent on the mainstream
media. But as thousands fell ill without much notice, cautious
expectations gave way to bitter resentment "For many of us, nsays Rodger Macfarlane, one of the last living founders of
GMHC, "AIDS WdS the end of innocence."
In the two years following the discovery of my, the media
ignored the biggest health crisis in recent history. During the first
19 months of the epidemic, a period in which the centers for
Disease Control had logged 958 cases of AIDS, tbe New York
TImes devoted a mere seven articles to the topic. At the sametime, seven incidents of tampered Tylenol generated 54 TImes
articles in only three months. "If people had stopped having sex
the way they stopped taking Tylenol," notes Mcfarlane, "a lot
more of us would be alive today."
Newsweek ran its first major AIDS stOIy ("Is the Party
Over?") after 484 people had already died, a far higher number
than fatalities from the relentlessly publicized Legionnaire's
Disease and Toxic Shock Syndrome combined. The networks,
meanwhile, virtually blacked out the epidemic until late 1983. A
CBS producer who suggested an early AIDS segment says thatthe idea WdS dismissed as "too faggy."
In Covering the Plague, his study of AIDS and the
media, James Kinsella, who is also an editor at the San Jose
Mercury News, discovered early on that few journalists felt
personally affected by the crisis. Isolated from, and generally
disdainful of, the gay community, most reporters perceived
AIDS as a gay issue irrelevant to their larger audience. Their
willful isolation allowed them to ignore an _epidemic thatwas silently striking thousands.
Peevish about
sexuality, the media
The TImes ran seven AIDS-related
shied away from thestories In the first 19 months of the
explicit education
epidemic. Tainted Tylenol got 54
that may have
TImes stories In thr_ months.
stemmed the spreadof the virus. According to Randy Shilts, the San Francisco
Gbroniclereporter and author of And the Band Played On,"AIDS spread because indolent news organizations shunned
their responsibility to provide tough adversarlal coverage.
'Instead," daims Shilts, "journalists lazily based their stories on
the official truth of government press releases."Yet, despite the media's deadly indifference, most gay organizations were wary of taking on the press. "For a long time," says
Macfarlane, "we tried to be good boys and girls, not make too
many waves. We didn't want enemies before we had any friends."

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But in 1983, an emergency meeting was arranged with theeditors of the TImes. A group of gay leaders (lany Kramer was
not invited) arrived with annloads of statistics and story ideas.
"We jumped through hoops to get simple facts in front ofthem," says Virginia Apuzzo, one-time bead of the Gay andLesbian Task Force.,~They all nodded solemnly, and nothing
ever happened."
Finally the media's stubborn silence pushed many gays
into action. "We learned to play the game," says Kramer,
Unable to bring the press to the epidemic, Kramer set out tobring the epidemic to the p-ress. In a series of well-publicizeddiatribes, he went after the administration, the mayor and top
editors by name. His one-man crusade got him unceremoniously ousted from GMHC'1i mostly closeted boarQ, but in theprocess he inspired a new generation of activists who traded·'caution for confrontation.
Gradually, eyen mainstream gay organi7ations became
more sophisticated in selling the epidemic to the media. "Thestrategy was to put a human face on this disease," says
Macfarlane. "We'd send people on oprah and say: 'This is what
AIDS looks like. This is what gay people look like.' n
But the coverage remained sordid and sensational. "There's
been a tendency to demonize or lionize gay people because ofthis disease," says Richard Goldstein, executive editor of theVillage Voice.' "The press still has no real sense of the middle. n

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While obracles remain, one thing is clear: AIDS radicallyaltered the relatiOnship between the media and the gay community. "I think we finally realized how little gay life meant to themedia," says Ann Northrop, a fonner CBS News producer arid .
• •current actiVist.
_.In breaking the media blockade, lesbians and gay men
were literally fighting for our lives. And by understanding therole that the media played in our lives, a newly galvanizedqueer conununity had begun to perceive the press much as
I<ramer did: "as an enemy, but a useful one.""It's a new way of doing things now," says Northrop. "In
the beginning, we tried to talk to the press. Now, we've learned
to talk through the press."

Ga,s Bash Back•

When a gay-basher was corn~in the West Village lastyear, the New Yom Post jumped on the story. "GAYS BASH
BACKl" brayed the tbree-inch headline. It became both a slogan
and epitaph for a decade in which we took matters into ourown hands.
It began with ACT UP which, in the mid-'BOs'iuncorked thein-your-face activism that rapidly swept the gay community, presenting a potent cocktail of telegenic theatrics and pyrotechnic
politics that the press lapped up greedily. "We got inOre done in
one march on Wall Street, n crows ACT UP founder Kramer,"than in a dozen meetings with the TImes. n
Queer Nation followed suit, and while ACT UP fought toacknowledge gay death, Queer Nation sought to validate gay
life. Bdth bolTOwed heavily from the civil rights movement of
the '60s, adding a media~vvy '80s twist "In ten years," says
Apuzzo, "gay people went from limp wrists to clenched fists.
lhat's pro~.""'These are not the naive protestors of yesteryear, n notes a ..
, gay reporter at the Washington Post. "They've managed to lure
the media by playing to its basest instincts. And they know asmuch about sound bites as they do about T rells."

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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then ACT UP
should be flattered indeed. In recent years, ACT UP's brand ofactivism has'been the model
for activists protesting everything,from, the Persian Gulf war to breast cancer. "'There's no doubtthat gay pe<jple are more visible in the media, n says a reporterfrom Newsday. "And activism has a lot to do with it,"
But the visibility that activists have won for gay issues is theresult of pointed and often controversial tactics that haveincreasingly come under fire. Journalists in particular, while
expressing a grudging admiration for activist's achievements,
have often taken a predictably dim view of their tactics.
"They've declared all~ut war on us," said a journalist at the
WasbtngtonPost. "How smart is that?" In recent years, activists
have zapped dozens of newspapers, tied up hundreds of fax
lines, targeted individual reporters, launched massive letter-writing
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American Preview of Monica Treut's

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just be naked And women should wear pretty pastels." Codie herself
wore black on the clay \ye talked, a little something cut high 10 the leg
and low in the neck, so that all her best assets---wld I use that term
broadly were revealed Her. lips were very red, her hairi very blond
and-what color were your eyes, my dear? Alas, I forget. Plunging•
necklines and a stray chest hair or two diverted me.
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Since we agreed that nudism-or should I say "naturism" won't,
unfortunately, be the rage this summer, I let Codie guide me into Patricia Field, the semisubmerged palace of low couture at 10 R 8th St. where every drag queen and butch thingshould start their summer shopping spree. Besides Pat Field's signature makeup, wigs andhair pieces, the long, curving walls are packed with, well, risque choices for the dare-any-B
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you with clothes that Ql3ke nudity seem
commonplace. Start with, for example, a$44 chain mail G-string, accented by a
$52 pair of black denim chaps (if you
like to sweat, the latex chaps are just 12
bucks more). For the big girl or
boy-in you, Pat Field has simple, flowing gowns in purple, white and black.
The '60s are, of course, in again. To
recapture their spirit, Maria Ayala recommends headbands ($10) of her own

say, worn under red hot pants, andtopped by something, preferably inmesh, that shows off those pectorals
you've been working on all winter. Just
like Superman, right?
The point of clothes shopping, I
hope we all know by now, is not just'. acquisition. For queers, identity has always been tied up in appearance, and our ability to be invisible, once
viewed as an asset, is now considered a

liability~nless you work for Citibank, I
suppose. Of course, there are a million
ways to become un-invisible, from dress- .
ing up in a tutu, magic wand and rollerskates a la Rollerina (you'll have to, ask
the Belle of Three Counties where she
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stores, House is probably smaller thanyour living room. Oammed into that tiny
space are items that range from the individual-a necklace made from plastic
Japanesebabies($45)-totheexquisite a see4hrough pullover, donein pwple chiffon with gold piping ($40),
Black satin boxer-style shorts (more likethe ones Mike Tyson wears than those
your dad wore) are also available, with
exposed front zippers and cl~ plastic
panels on each side ($35). Multicoloredboxers without the plastic sides are just
$30: House also has a wide selection of
printed T''gns range from thegrisly visage of Pinhead, the villain ofHellraiser, to simple penises (always afavorite, among boys at least). Baseballcaps with the same designs are alsoavailable I think they're $5, but don't
quote me on that.
Whenever I truly yearn to spendmoney though, I head west, to Amalgamated, whose proprietors, Greg (who'll
wow you with that Southern accent) andDamien, realize that today's queer look isrooted in the '50s, not the '60s. The store
is located at 19 Christopher St-for you
literary types, that's right next to Oscar
Wilde Memorial Bookshop.
This summer, Damien and Greg
are offering the first article of clothing
designed for them by Give Smith. It's a
hip-hugging swimsuitlhot pants with
exposed front zipper available insparkling blue, maroon or black ($60).
Amalgamated always carries the best
chiffon shirts--my favorite on this trip
was a long-sleeved maroon piece by
Artichoke Design for $160. Until I get araise, though, I'll stick to things like $35
sleeveless, ribbed cotton T-shirts inblue, white, orange or green (a cut
above the Hanes T-shirt whose sleeves
you ripped off last summer). And forthe superhero in you, Amalgamatedalso carries a Speedo-s~le swimsuit,
black with white stripes ' own the sides
and with a big, plastic la I in front thattells everyone who d , igned it (Bf .
Bosi, $56). The store if also litteredwith hats, belts, shoes, scarves, jewerly,
accessories and a bookshelf full of
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off the hook,"No, I'm not fired", I
blandly told somewhat
bemusedfriends and,assoCIates.
"No, I was net fired, "I politely eJilplained tosomewhatbadgering
media people. "And no,
the magazine is not being turned into
a queer Better Homes and Gardens, n
So, just what the hell is going on
here at OutWeek, anyway?
If you had asked me yesterday, I
might have had an answer. But now,
I'm not so sure. This has been one
queerly tangled web, involving conflicting personal accounts, outlandish
rumors, egos the, size of the Waldorf
ballroom and media reports which
were, as usual, inaccurate and biased.
All I can tell you is, if Judy qarland's
death started the Stonewall Riots, thenan interview with her daughter Uza 25
years later was the impetu&for a revolution of another kind.
The major-motIon-picture
version: As a rift developed in OutWeeks
ruling junta, memos flew through theoffice like bullets through the streets ofsome South American capital: "There
will be a 25 percent across-the-board
layoff, We'll tell you next week whogets the ax." (Well, something like that),
Citing what it called yawning incompetence, as ·evidenced by the mishandling of the layoffs, the entire staffof OutWeek rose up. In a lengthy list of
demands, it called for the resignaton of
Editor In Chief Gabriel Rotello. It was abrilliant display of worker solidarity
reminiscient of Norma Rae-with Arts
Editor Sarah Pettit in the Sally "YouReally-Like-Men Field Academy Awardwinning lead role.
Management immediately acceded to most of the demands, ousted
Rotello and allowed the staff to takepart fully in all discussions and decision-making regarding the plan-ned
layoffs and cutbacks.
The 12-part network TV miniseries starring Amanda Donohoe in
the Sarah Pettit role: Once upon atime, there was a radical, little magazine: While most of the editorial
board and the staff were quite
progressive politically, its editor
in chief was perceived by some•of my dismissal, since, if
only on outirig, Rote1lo and
I are in bed together,)But frankly, all thisseems a little. strange. It
was Rotello who put Liza
Minnelli on the cover lastmonth, in a "queer-censored"interview
thatmarked one of the lowest
points in OutWeek history, 'I'hat, he says,
was also forced upon him. But, it was I
who kicked and screamed in Rotello's
office about the Uza piece, and Rotello
who categorically defended it. And
Features Editor Vickie Starr also urgedthat the story be killed and was overridden by Rotello. He never mentionedthat he was being forced,
In all of the editorial meetings following Rotello's ouster, nothing evercame up about a shift in the politics ofthe magazine, either among the editors
or in talks with the publisher, Steven
Polakoff, We editors did dream up amillion and one ways to stir things up in
the future. (Stay tuned, and fasten yourseatbelts. You're in for a bumpy ride.). last week Polakoff was quoted by
the Voice's James Ledbetter that themagazine would be "less angry." Thisseemed to play right into what Rotello
had said to the papers. Ledbetter
inferred as much.
Rotello now says that perhaps ledbetter "extrapolated" from their discussion that there would be more Uza-like .
features, as Ledbetter also reported,
attributing it to a "source," But I wonder
how Rotello, now out of the office,would be privy to such informationwhich is completely false anyway. And
why would Ledbetter accept it fromhim? Come to think of it, why didn't
Ledbetter use my on-the-record information regarding the Liza Minnelli piece in
an interview I gave him last week? Why
didn't Ledbetter call any full-time editors
at this publication for comments about
its editorial content? Sounds like someone's been had.
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Meanwhile, back at 'the palace, as
the staff sweeps up the debris from last
week's coup d'etat, Polakoff professeS .
that Ledbetter misunderstood what hesaid, and assures me that the magazine's
activist edge will remain.
We shall see. Tune in
next week.
And happy Bastille Day.T•

as being less so, and, as time went on,
they felt that he pandered to moremainstream readers in a desperate quest
for advertisers, Thus, it would seem that,with him gone, things in our banana
republic would get pretty hot and spicy
once again.
If only life were like the movies.
Rotello (a man I've worked with,and learned from, for two years, andwithout whom, it should be noted, there
would be no OutWeek) now says that
he was pressured by management overthe past year or so to institute changes
that would make Outweek less controversial. He says that he fought off much•tonewallof this puppeteering but had to playalong at times. He is quoted in Newsday
saying that his firing had to do with his
resistance to turning OutWeek into an"entertainment magazine." And he told
The New York Times that he was let go
because he didn't agree with what, hesaid, were the publisher's desires tomake the magazine "less political." (Inthe same article, OutWeek's new acting
editor in chief, News Editor Andrew
Miller, in discussing the editorial direction, said, "As far as radical goes, you
ain't seen nothing yet." Go figure.) In
other words, according to Rotello, thestaffs call to purge him fit neatly into
management's own wishes to oust him, .
because he wouldn't do what theywanted him to.
(No doubt, it was this twist to thestory that birthed the unfounded rumors

il I IIII 0 illOrilltrageAdAge
t's not really ageist, it's just that there

Ihappen to be so many old men who

can't keep up With reality. Last week,
while addressing a group of Southern
Baptists, George Bush shed anotheroverly public, theatrical tear on his decision to send troops to the Gulf. Just to be
sure that no one· missed his misty eyes,
the president pointed them out On. theway out of the speech, a reporter caught
him off guard and asked about the lesbian who was recently ordained in Bush's
own Episcopal' ministry. The crotchetypresident's response: "Pemaps I'm a little
old-fashioned, but I'm not ready for that."
Ready for what? Gay people inthe ministry? There are
currently two pretty
closeted gay men leading Bush's Washington,..
DC, house of worship .
Geo~eWhat our presiBuslident can't deal
with is that,.
some gaypeople mightwant to stop
living the lie.
Anotheranachronism,
Sid Bernstein,a columnist
for AdvertisingAge, spent a good
\ portionofhis last twocolumns
attacking
Ads
AgainstAIDS, a;;!
new group
Sothat wants.
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and of••commuOltyresearch efforts.
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only solution available at this point isawareness.
His rationale for keeping the advertising community out of the epidemic iseven more disconnected: "AIDS is still
heavily concentrated among the homosexual population and certain entertainment and artistic circles, in contrast to
the general population."
Bernstein told "Gaydar" that "allhomosexuals deserve to get the diseasebecause of what they do," and he wenton, "Everyone knows how to avoid getting AIDS already, and it is their own
fault if they do," It's not so often that
we fmd such barely disguised homophobia. How about infecting his life
with a barrage of faxes and calls in this,the first "Gaydar" zap. His direct number is (312) 649-5202--and you are in
for a good conversation. Fax him at(312) 280-3179.
It would be nice if you told him
about teenagers who don't get enough
AIDS information or condoms because
no one can deal with sex. And remind
him that, besides the fact that we arepart of the "general population," thedemographics 9f !he disease are' changing and affecting everyone.
If this geriatric hissy fit isn't justanother un-Christian attempt to veil
some flaming homophobia, it shows a
few deeply repressed urges in the writer. To crib a line from Spy: After
speaking with the man, "you just want
to wipe his chin. It's not that he's actually drooling, but he certainly gives that
impression." (Spy used these technicallyunlibelous words to describe the husband of a very public, well-coiffed
AIDS doctor and researcher,).
Bernstein is some kind of executive director at the magazine and thus
has no editor, which
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ing as he gets further and further awayfrom reality. In fact, his secretary says .
that the only person who has powerover his column is Rance Crain of
Crain Communications, editor in chiefof Ad Age and Cratns, a business magazine, which is sold on the street, mailed,
free to certain executives and neverread by anyone. Unfortunately, people
do read Ad Age.
According to Crain: "We don't edit
our columnists at alL.OUr policy is generally that our columnists write what
they want to write ....He's got a lot of
wisdom, and we have a lot of respect
for Sid. In the past, he's been publisher
of Ad Age, and he's an important part ofour operation." So, Crain just passes thebuck, refusing to take responsibility for
the writing in his publication.
After
you've called Bernstein, why don't you
call Crain at (212) 210-0100.
Anyone with connections in theadvertislOg business should let Ad Ageknow that a trade publication is only
valuable if it is tapped into the world you
are advertising in, not the world wherebread was a dime and beer was a nickle.
Crain has invited responses to Bernstein
for publication in the magazine.
All of this is a scary warning to corporations who keep their old-timers onsalary long after their real contributions
have ended. Bernstein has been with thecompany since 1922. And now Crain, in
effect, is providing high-cost nursing
care. Usually, corporations have thegood sense to put their "emeritusn executives away in a nice office where they
can't hurt themselves or the company.
Even the Ancient Order of Hibernians (infamous organizers of the St. Pat's
parade) have recognized that a timecomes to infuse new blood and ideas.
Last week, they suspended ossified leader Frank Bierne, who opposed havinggays and lesbians in the parade. Hibernians around the country were justifiably embarrassed by his conduct andcomments on the parade, and theycalled for the New York chapter to drop
him so they all wouldn't get dragged in
the mire with him.
Joe Nicholson, who reported theparade story all along in the New York
Post, quoted a source as saying: "Frankie
Beirne represents a certain Old World.element of the Irish-American communitythat is dying out... .Frankie is still runnings .... GAVDAR
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Sydney: Do you think that the majority of parts offered to women in Hollywood
the party for Ammula Donohoe :s new ftlm,
are like that, and that actresses aren't taken
Dark Obsession, directed by her boyfriend h),very seriously?
Nick Broomfield, they cleared tbetr calenAD: You wouldn't believe the shit
dars and hoped to meet the woman who
that's out there ...or maybe you would. I go
brought female sexual j/exibIlity" to unsusinto the office and say, "I would do this
pecting households across America. Thatpart if you make it worth my while." Youknow, make the character real, more thannight, they went to Limelight e:xpecttng to say
little more than "Gee, tbanks for all you've
just an appendage to the male lead, todone.» Instead, Sydney and a barely coberprove that he's virile. The agents say: "Whoent Liz found themselves sitting on a couchis this bitch? Get her out of here." I'm readwith Ms, Donohoe, asktng her about her lating this book, A Women:S History of the
est trek into Tabooland. Wefound Ms, D0noWorld, right now, and it is really incredible
hoe provocative and articulate about thethe way that women have been taught toproblems and issues facing women today.
have a negative perspective about themVersed in thetr craft and sensitive to what
selves ....As a woman, you live and know
happens in tbe world around them, thethese things, but reading about it is socelebrities of the future should look verymuch more powerful.
much like Ms. Donohoe.
Liz: You seem to have taken on roles
which have been controversial, mostly beAmanda Donohoe: Those arecause of the sexual openness. Is this somegreat hats you're wearing.
thing you think you've done consciously?
AMANDA DONOHOE
Sydney: Thank you. We're doing sort
AD: I was in a religious school growof a Maine fishing thing this season. (pause.) We just wanted toing up, and I refused to kneel during prayers. I've always been
the type of person to question things. I like being controversial,
start off by saying thank you for .LA. Law, as well as The RainbouJ1 ,and the support you've shown for the lesbian and gay
although I don't try to be controversial. I seem to always findcommunity. There are some people who would try to distancecontroversy. I want to deal with the seamy side of sexuality. For'themselves fron'i roles like these.
me, sex is just another form of communication. There are pe0AD: I have too many friends who are gay or lesbian tople that want to pretend that it doesn't exist, yet we spend all
our time talking about sex.
disrespect them by pushing a role Dike this] away.
liz: The movie you're in now, Dark Obsession, has justSydney: .I think you've definitely had a positive efreceived an NC-17 rating from the MPAA Rating Board. Do you
fect....You've made people think about larger issues and forced
them to question their beliefs.
think that the rating is representative of a certain amount ofconsetvatism, or a backlash regarding issues of sexuality?
AD: I want people to question things. Why did I do this,, if
AD: I think we are definitely feeling a backlash now. It's
not to have them question ...! would be on some sort of ego trip
ifotherwise.
become so conservative that it's almost
the '60s never happened. The NC-17 rating isLiz: What projects are you working on forso arbitrary, it's used only to suppress sexualthe future?
AD: I'm writing what I hope will be treatity. Sex. is regulated, while violence is not.
Here you have the Teenage Mutant Ninja
ments for films. One is called S/M: Sex andTurtles going around killing people, and the
Magic. When I saw Robert Mapplethorpe's work,audience loves it.
I found it very honest ....! think his wolk is about'\'.
relationships and their dynamics. That's what ~In Hollywood,
the whole attitude,•and Magic would be about as well. Another one .
toward sexuality is so strange. Look at Pretty
is called Curiosity Killed the Cat, about someone
Woman--here is a movie that started as a
who believes their lover is cheating on them anddark, serious treatment of prostitution and,after. it became Disneyfied, ended up as ahires a private detective to find out It's about the
happy film: You can be a prostitute anddistrust and jealousy that develops because ofmeet Mr, Right. Never mind the fact that you
what they find out
might contract AIDS or die.
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the results."
The topic of the conversation was
spenn.
When I fl1'Stbecame a spenn merchant, it was the summer of 1982. I was
living near Columbia University andhad spotted an ad in the school newspaper looking for donors. My priority at
the time was ecomonics, not progeny; I
was a jobless New Yorker, one monthin town, fresh from college. When I
anived at the sterile, nondescript office
on upper Madison Avenue, I was
directed to a quiet, private room decorated in soft grays and dominated by aplush chair, Under the soft light of agooseneck lamp lay a stack of Playboy magazines. My objective was to arouse myself to distraction and take care that theresults went into a plastic container. Thankfully, I found somemale underwear ads in the back pages.and was able to comply. My man-juice passed muster, and I received the going rate
for the era-$20. But when I was beseeched to come back ona regular basis, I hesitated. I envisioned being hooked up to a
jack-off machine like DOn Johnson in A Boy and Hts Dog,
forced to commit my seminal fluids to create offspring I would
never see. I never returned. But here I was, nine years later,
intrepid queer journalist, back at ldant Laboratories on upper
Madison Avenue.
On first viewing, little has changed. The medical staff is stillpolite, curt and offhanded about their role inrunning the cum factory, The man ahead of meat the window, a skinny nebbish with brown
hair, is obviously a regular. He holds a check
for $220, the standard fee for five visits to thewhipping chamber. The tall, milk-fed blondreceptionist greets me, noting that I am on time
for my appointment. "You want to become apotential paid donor," he says, with a smannydelivery of an Ed McMahon Publishers Oearinghouse commercial. I am handed a questionnaire and sit down to fill it out. A young couple comes in, reeking of thirtysomething. She isunfailingly pert and blond, a dedicated careerwoman. He is also blond, no doubt a jaunty,
arrogant bonds trader. Probably suffers fromterminal racquetball elbow. They sipcoffee from Bun 'n' Burger and chat.
"Dear prospective donor," the questionnaire begins. "Thank you for yourinterest in ldant's sperm- donor program. As you know, donor sperm isneeded for couples who are unable tohave children on their own due to maleinfertility. By becoming a specimen
donor, you will be helping many pe0ple obtain the families they so greatly
desire.» My nose wrinkles at the ranipant heterosexism. The couple is still
chatting and digging into their Bun 'n'
Burger pastries.
My semen, the survey ex-plai~,
will be analyzed for sperm count,
sperm movement and extracellulardebris (a curious term not elaboratedupon). The specimen will then be
frozen, thawed and reanalyzed to checkfor ayosurvival rate. I am cheered by the thought of my little
buddies embarking on such an adventure, as opposed to theirroutine fate at my-or somebody else's-selfish hands.
The exhaustive survey asks for characteristics of direct relatives, maternal and paternal, as well as medical history, You
are obliged to sign a waiver, surrendering all rights to ever finding out which Park Avenue swell received your life-giving
seed. There is one difference from days of yore; the potential
donor is asked to sign a waiver, proving that he is not "a member of a high-risk group, n which includes homosexuals, bisexuals, IVDUs, men who have made it with prostitutes and transfI.lsion recipients. All donations are screened for HIV.
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Back' at the window, a short, stout man with a Moe
Howard haircut and a sloppy moustachereviews my application. I am wide-eyed andobsequious to a fault. I peer over the windowand see a small machine with a rotating table,
bearing a plastic container of pearl-gray liquid,
Moe explains that the sperm is swirled aroundfor 15 minutes, in order to liquefy it before
freezing. I have not filled out my racial background adequately; he seems puzzled by my
Lithuanian Jew-Nicaraguan pedigree. "Are you
Caucasian," he asks. "Was.your father a Mestiw?" I shrug, The Arrogant Blond One, standing
behind me impatiently, breaks in, "He's Caucasian, definitely Caucasian.» Moe jots down

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by Bruce C. Steele
Is AIDS activism a form of denial?
Do we tell ourselves that "as long as
we're fighting, people won't die," asDouglas Crimp contends in thisinsightful and inciting new film?
Documentary filmmaker Stuart
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•1111.0Marshall, whose Desire and Comradesin Arms appeared, respectively, in the 1989
and 1990 New Festivals,
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topic of immediate andcontinuing significance.

His previous works on historical sub:;-

jects were often dry andglancing, as if the souls of
his subjects, living anddead, eluded him. But inOver Our Dead Bodies, theinterviews are probing andoften confessional,
and Marshall's
point of view-that activism is a curious yet politically effective form ofmourning crystallizes and hits home.
The tension between grief andanger is the ftlm's central issue. OverOur Dead Bodies begins by highlighting some of the recent AIDS andqueer activism in New York, London
and San Francisco, but the flim is not
an analysis or proftle of the ACf UP,
Queer Nation or Outrage! chapters
Marshall visits. He includes a lot of
powerful footage of past demonstrations and lets members extoll eachgroup's party line: inclusion, identity,
education, drug accessibility, "a call toarms," "putting the camp back in campaigningn and so forth. Yet the ftlmmaker has no interest in groupdynamics or in deconstructing politicalcorrectness.
Activism is the background: The foreground, as the title
states, is death and, as one person
says, "all those contradictions" thatdevelop when we are forced to intertwine great personal pain with community pride.
In exploring the different politicalexpressions of grief and anger, Marshallcontrasts activism in the United Stateswith the more fledgling UK movement.
The main difference, according to Simon~Watney of London's Outrage!, stems
from the combination of a lower AIDS
death toll in Britain and the presence ofsocialized medicine, which has muted
the magnitude of the crisis. And withEngland's more oppressed and fractured
homosexual community, British gays
have "experienced [AIDS]as a series of
personal tragedies," rather than seeing
the crisis as symptomatic of pervasive
social inequities. In the United States, on
the other hand, the enonnity of the griefborne by each individual has exploded
into an extraordinary awakening andrage that essentially took over thefledgling gay liberation movement.
If any single speaker seems toexpress the film's point of view, it's
singer and PWA Michael Callen. "I'vebeen a heretic," says Callen, an eightyear survivor who sees most of theattention paid to experimental drugs
as misguided and even destructive.
But despite his doubts about some of
the movement's goals, Callen says that
continuing the struggle is imperative
to our survival: "If I ever stop to face,

. puffing away nonstop as Louise ands fucked up and homophoThelma, lighting up is, if not thebic as they often are,movies still provide the best glamorous thing to do, once again at
escape from such escapist
least a normal thing to do. (Even thefiremenin Backdraftsmoke,)national debacles
asOperation
Wel,
In Spike Lee's latest, the only
come Home. And if you live in New
thing that gets lit up is crack, which
York, there's simply no better place tois definitely not glamorous. Finally
go AWOL than the New Festival.
dealing (sort of) with the drug scene,
With everything from Marleen (AJungle Fevertakes Wesley Snipes'
Question of Silence, Broken Mirrors)
character, Flipper, into a crack house
Gorris' latest, The Last Island-a sortcalled the Tajof dystopic Gilligan's Island in
by Mahal, in searchof his brotherwhich the million•
1nont.ca
and the color
aire and his wife
television he has
dorenka1np
are fags, and thestolen from theirprofessor gets toparents, At Lee's
sleep with Maribest, the massive crack house looks
anne to Jaime Chavarri's not-specdizzily full of endless, seemingly
tacular-but-(thanks-to-beautiful
Manuel-Bandera)-very-sexy Las Cosas entangled bodies; at his worst, it
looks like an anti-drug public-service
del Querer, the Festival effectively
announcement (overdone shots oferases all thoughts of yellow ribbons,
With over 140 films to choose
drug paraphernalia on the floor cut
from, one would be hard-pressed towith silhouettes of junkies pacing
pick a favorite. Even so, The Greatback and forth). But at its best and
Lie would be in my top three, The
worst, the whole scene looks as outof place in the movie as Flipper does
1941 film stars Bette Davis and one
walking through it. .
of the few women whom we could
want to upstage her, Mary Astor, andBut, then, everything looks a bitout of place here, where no characteris fabulous for so many reasons, one
is developed very far beyond the subof which is its attitude toward smokplot that defines his or her position.
ing. Cigarettes are lit up so often inPart of the problem is that this is a
this film that several lines of dialogue
film only of subplots. Lee seems
comment on it. Of course, in 1941,
determined to do it all and, as asmoking was at least as much a part
result, doesn't do much,of life as having cocktails before dinConsistent with his other work,ner. Between them, Davis and AstorthesexualpolitiCS (cut across classsmoke as much as-Nick and Nora
and race lines) of Jungle Fever are
Charles drink in the original Thinnot always palatable. We can only be
Man movie, Which is a lot.
thankfulthat yet another subplot
And now, after a long, healthwhich
focusedon gays was taken
conscious pause, smoking seems toout altogether, Even so, the movie isbe back in. Whether it's Christianat times homophobic
unable toSlater posing with a cigarette ala
find good Black men, what can a
Humphrey Bogart (who, of course,Black woman do? "Be a nun or bedied of lung cancer) in Movieline, or, gay," Ho-hum.
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•the enormity of the loss, I won't be. able to go on. My strategy has been topresent a moving target.",'<"i~,.:... ·The co-feature
with Over Our'~Det,d Bodies is Chris Newby's Relax,
one of the best short films in this year's
Festival. Featuring stunning black-andwhite photography and a brilliant useof sound, the film compresses into 20

minutes many of the insecurities, emotions and rationalizations that surrounda healthy gay man's decision to be tested for antibodies to IllY. .
Newby, a Briton, maneuvers confidently down the fine line between
narrative and experimental film, with
an impressionist style, found footage
and creative editing. Relax is both

eleton anentertaining and hard-hitting, broaching countless r'ecognlzable feelings
and issues in this time of plague without offering the comfort of judgment
or resolution.
To my mind, Over Our Dead
Bodies and Relax comprise one of thefestival's most important and compelling programs this year ....

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Joseph Hansen Shares the Mystery,by Raphael Simon
Queers get treated like second<iasscitizens when they get treated like citizens, . at all; detective novels get treated like, ., second-class literature when they gettreated like literature at all. But, if sheer
volume is any indication, queers make;:-first-class detective novelists. Moreover,·';t:{ mysteries are now an ever-increasing sta.pie of lesbian and gay presses; in fact, themost widely read self-identified lesbianauthor in the world (according to her
publisher, Naiad Press), Katherine Forrest,. writes detective fiction.
Other important authors for the former reader of Nancy Drew who is now
a dyke or the former reader of the
Hardy Boys who is now a Nancy are, toname but a couple, Barbara Wilson,
known as the "political" lesbian mystery
writer, and Mich'ael Nava, whose detective Henry Rios is, like the author, a gay
latino lawyer.
.
Is this recent proliferation of queerr'mystery writers evidence of some subtle,;.',:,. .' . biological principle? The only thing we/ know for sure is that queers are born
, . with a doset to break out of--QIld a doset is a detective's inevitable domain. But
does that mean that every queer is born adetective? Several weeks ago, I had lunchwith Joseph Hansen, self-described"Mama Duck" of queer detective fiction, .' and author of the recently published A" Country of Old Men, which he has
declared the last of the 12-book-Iong
Dave Brandstetter mystery series.
Between bites of a Chinese pork
dish, I tried to suggest to Hansen that
there .might be an essential and enduring
relationship between homosexuality anddetective fiction, but he wasn't buying
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For one thing, Hansen doesn't identify as a detective. (He does identify as agay man, his wife and his daughter
notwithstanding.) This comes as no surprise if the detective in question isHansen's own Brandstetter, a character
who is very much the strong, silent type.
Brandstetter's creator, in contrast, is afussy, funny kind of man, a sort of professor on a camping trip. He does not
drive, an anomaly in Los Angeles, where
he has lived for almost half of his 68
years. In general, he is very cautious
about his movements both the small
ones Oike getting out of my car) and thebig ones (like going up to San Francisco
for a gay writer's conference.)
In conversation, however, Hansen isalmost gregarious. He loves to talk-realIy, to lecture. an the past years, Hansen
has taught writing dasses.)
How did Hansen get started in theaime-fiction business?
"I wanted to do something thatwould get mystery readers involved andyet would be perfectly candid abouthomosexual life.""So it was an eye toward getting aparticular audience?""Right.., an audience that needed tounderstand, not an audience that alreadyunderstood." .
"A purely political intent...""Yep, I' put in a lot of stereotypes
and turned them upside down in Fade- .
out. That was the main joke in the firstone. It's the young boy who pursues
the old man and not
vice-versa. There aremany cliches that I
turned around in there,
because I know andyou know that they'rejust not true.""You didn't feel that you were
picking up on something about detective novels? That maybe there was areason ..."
"No, I didn't particularly think about
it. I learned later on that an awful lot of
mystery writers are extremely conservative politically. Really, what I wanted wasto write compelling stories that contained
the freight of-well, if you like-propaganda, although I don't like that word.
The truth about something people seemto have the wrong idea about It's a very
simple message-that aside from sexua1
preference, we're just like everybody
else. Now,
it seems like an extremely,.
comphcated message, because a lot of
people still haven't gotten it. I keep beating my little dnun. n
What strikes the reader first about aJoseph Hansen mystery is that despite
the gay hero and often even despite thegay theme- "aside from the sexua1 preference"-it is "just liken any other mystery novel. A typical Dave Brandstetter
investigation begins with a drive aroµnd
some out-of-the-way IA neighborhood,sun-soaked but gritty. Hansen's famously
plain writing style owes much to his California crime precursors, Chandler and
Hanunett, and seems not to reflect what
we usually recognize as gay sensibility.
In various Hansen mysteries, thewhite and straight-appearing Brandstetter has affairs with Black men half his
age and drag queens who work in the .
porn industry. Far frombeing a taboo, homosexuality is the given.
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representing homosexuality is taboo.
As Hansen tells it: "My straightforward approach (by that, I do not meangraphic sex), my totally non-apologetic
approach, non-'Oh, the pain of it, I must
commit suicide
becauseI'm gay'
approach-theyweren't ready for it. I
didn't get anywhere [in New YorkJ, but
fortunately there were sleaze publishers
out here [in LA] who were willing to
publish the books in the hope that theywould sell as pornography.""Which they weren't?""Well, some of them became
pornography because I wanted them togo on being printed.".
Hansen's ftrst mystery ~ovel was
published pseudonymously under thetitle Known Homosexual, with sex
scenes added at the request of his publisher. (The novel has recently been
republished with Hansen's real nameand the equally sensationalistic title,
Pretty Boy Dead, on the cover.) Hansen
stopped writing porn when he becamea mainstream success. But traces of his
past life as a pornographer are visible in
his later books.
Near the opening of my favorite
Brandstetter mystery, Skinflick, a miserable adolescent boy bums pile after pileof porn magazines in a large open fire in
his backyard. The obvious moral is thatthe boy does, but need not, fmd thesight of other. people'sor his ownsexuality so shameful. As Hansen admitted to me, his novels contain not only
images of people comfortable with theirsexualities but also "a lot of concealment,closetedness."
Whether to create art about homosexuality or to make art about othersubjects that portrays incidentally gay
characters remains a central dilerruna forgay artists. Many of us would like tochoose the second option, butbecause the world won't let us, andbecause, in any case, it is hard to knowwhat "incidentally gay" means-thatis
not always possible.
In most mystery novels, an evenhanded, emotionally opaque detective
pursues a dangerous woman or man
who has something to hide. This is the
fOIlDand, sutprisingly, it has proven liberating for queer writers, perhaps
because it allows homosexuality to be

represented
in' two
ways at once---w; an
incidental non-issue(as for the comfortably gay Brandstetter) and as a traumatic secret demanding
investigation (as formany of his quany).
Or at least as a
traumatic non-secret.
In Hansen's
newnovel, A Country of
Old Men, a writer ofdetective fiction is atwork on a bookabout his youth, andpeople from the writer's past keep pop-'
ping up, terrified thatsome early foible will
be revealed in thebook. Everyone hassomething to hide,
the proverbial skeleton in the closet.
Near the end of thestory, it develops thatthe writer has beenplayingwith hisfriends: They neednot have worried.
This ending is a p0ssibly unsatisfying
conclusion for a mystery novel but a certainly pointed message: The closet is
empty-is,in fact,the skeleton.
Now
Hansenclaims to be throughwith detective fiction,
which, he says, hecan write with "myhands tied behind
my back." Like thecharacter in his lastbook, he is at work 'on a series of autobiographicalnovelsand plans to pursue
only serious fiction in
the future.
I asked Hansen
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"I knew him slightly, yes. We
spent one evening together. Onceupon a time, I had admired A Single
Man, very much. I had written a review
of it. And IsherWood appreciated thereview. So I thought maybe I could get
him to give a plug to my book Strange
Marriage. That was not my title. I had
a nice title: A Name for Loneliness. A
sentimental title, but pretty-a little too
pretty. I wouldn't use it now.
"He said yes, he would read it,
but [affects English accentl 'No, no,
don't send me the galleys-long,slithery things. Don't send me those,
they're always slithering
off thetable. Don't care for those at all.
Send me the manuscript.' So I sent
him the manuscript.
"And then he called me and said:'Let's talk about your book. You comesee me. You know where to find me.'
So I went down to Santa Monica
canyon, and I took a couple of candlesticks for the house, black Mexican pottery candlesticks, which much swprised
and took him aback. He's a very shy
man, very shy. He had a way of flappiQg his hands against his sides, very
stiff, when he didn't know what to do.
"Well, he showed me around thehouse. We had a drink. I guess they
were martinis. We 'sat in his livingroom, talking about this, that and theother thing, including astrology, which
was always kind of an interest of his,
you know, Then he took me out to dinner ..,But he would not give me a quote
for my book." .
"But you got to have a date withh·tm ... ""But I got to have a date withhim, right. ..,The other day, a friend ofmine said that Don Bacardi said tohim, 'Oh; do you know Joe Hansen?
We love his work.' Nice to hear. 'We!'
He's still talking about Christopher Isherwood as if he were alive, I suppose
he always will be.""Do you feel you've been influenced by any gay writers in particular?" .
"Influenced to get far away from thecloset and stay there, yes. Like Tennessee Williams, who didn't andwouldn't come out for 10,000 years. And
Gore Vidal. They were another generation. Not much older than mine. But I
disapprove. I disapprove of people faking then- stuff. 'I'm really writing about
gays, but I make it a straight couple,' orwhatever. I don't like that Phooey! I better open my fortune cookie. What does
yours say?"~
A Country of Old Men, the final

Dave Brandstetter mystery, is available
from Vtking at $17.95.

VIOLENCE AGAINST LESBIANS AND GAY MEN by Gary David
Comstock. Columbia University Press. $35 d. 296 pp.

by Eric Brandt
This week will see the anniversaryof an astounding event: Last June, hundreds of lesbians and gay men gatheredat the Christopher Street piers to "takeback the nightn from those who seek to
do us harm. Even in the jaded eyes ofthe media, we made front-page history
as we marched through the Village, stopping every few blocks to hear yet
another grisly testimonial of a brother ora sister being harassed, mugged, beaten,
knifed or killed, The litanies of injustices
and the responses of voiced fury madefor an unprecedented demonstration.
This catharsis was remarkable initself, but what was even more amazing
was the fact that four adolescentstraight males, outnumbered 200-to-one
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began to harass this angry crowd withjeers and name-calling. They seemedgenuinely surprised when dozens of theinfuriated queers immediately broke offfrom the crowd of marchers and confronted them physically. The psychosocial dynamics of the straight world
which would encourage such foolhardy
confidence
continued to baffle memonths afterward-until
I read Gary
Comstock's very revealing book, Vio-lence Against Lesbians and Gay Men,the latest issue from Columbia University Press' lesbian and gay studies series.
In this work, Comstock rigorously collects,
compares, surveys andsummarizes the very disturbing statistics on
homophobic violence.

This is no small task, since the notable
SUIVeysdone in the past-more than 30of them---are disparate, unsystematic andincomplete. Moreover, a very high percentage of homophobic aimes· go unreported, and, therefore, police records andthe news media are of limited value. Not
satisfied with these sources, Comstock
supplements this standard information
with the results of his own SUIVey,which
reveals nuances heretofore unnotedincluding eight types of anti-gay and -lesbian violence, the most common settingsof these crimes and, most Significantly,
subcategories identifying the race, gender and class background of victims andperpetrators. Vwlence Against Lesbians
and Gay Men is important not only
because the statistics show lesbians andgay men to be the victims of violent
attacks at a disproportionately higher rate
than the general population (in one survey, four times higher) but also because
the number of bias-related crimes grows
each year. In addition, current eventsin Los Angeles and recent meetings
between gay leaders and police officials
in New York City, have underscored thegeneral indifference of the police torespond to these crimes.
Comstock presents empirical datathat reveals a startling proftleof victim
and perpetrator. For instance, his survey
establishes the disturbing fact that lesbians and gay men of color are more frequently the victim of anti-gay and -lesbian violence than are white lesbians
and gay men. As one might suspect, incidences of homophobic violence happen
most frequently within the vicinity of alesbian or gay bar, but surprisingly, thesecond most-frequent setting for violence
is in the "safety" of one's own home.
It is notable that lesbians are mQre
commonly victims of violence set in thehome. In fact, there seem to be several
statistics that point to the fact that antilesbian violence often has several characteristics not shared by anti-gay violence. Though Comstock offers somediscussion of why these aspects are specific to anti-lesbian violence, his focus is
more on the dynamics of violence
which are common to both gays and .
lesbians. dearly, there is a need for further study of the dynamics peculiar to antilesbian violence.
The proftle of thegeneric
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TOMES AND TOMATOES AT THE
AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION •••Yes, it's true. It's me.
I'm back-the Hedda Hopper of alternative letters. And here is what I -have to say: SNAP!
Another year, another ABA. But, this year, theAmeri~an Booksellers Association convention
was in New York Qune 1-4 at the JaVits Center),and, since New York is the capital of the pub- .
lishing world, it was a busy, busy, busy weekend
It actually started on Friday, May 31, at 6 pm. The occasion,
fast becoming an Institution (capital "I"), was the third annual
Lambda literat)' Awards, the primary awards for Gay and Lesbian(capital "G," capital "L") literature. This is not to be confused withQueer, Homo, Other or Alternative literature, The awards took
place in the Grand Ballroom of the Grana Hyatt Hotel. Highlights
included a humorously heart-wrenching acceptance speech a byAllen Barnett ("Like my new tie? I bought it to match my lesions.")
Barnett, author of the well-received 7!Je Body and Its Dangers, had
struck a deal with his doctor to blow the coop (Co-op Care at
NYU) long enough to receive one Lammy as well as the honorat)'
Ferro-Grumley Foundation Award. Other Lammys were lariated by
Paula Martinac, Michael Lassell, Marilyn Hacker, Cherry Muhanji
and Alan Berube, among others.
Ira Silverberg (Mr. Book Editor-Book Agent-Book Publicist;see "Letters," no. 101, June 5) turned up in a tasteful skirted tuxedo
to co-present (with this columnist) the Gregory Kolovakos Award
for AIDS Writing to David Wojnarowicz (visual-oriented work category) and Kenny Fries (poetry category).
This was not a good weekend for sleeping. I picked up David
Trinidad (poetry editor of this publication) not 100 early Saturday
morning and headed up to the monolithic, densely populated convention center. (More than 26,000 people were in attendance.) We
decided to stop at the Amethyst Press booth first, to stand underposter-size reproductions of our book covers and shake a few hands.
Newly freelance book-publicist Michele Karlsberg, who was
working the aisles of the gay and lesbian neighborhood of publishers' exhibitions, told of her involvement in poet Assoto Saint's
talked-about new anthology, 1be Road Before Us, scheduled for an
October release from Galiens Press. The book is a project of the
Other Countries Black gay collective Saint helped to found. Karlsberg was trying without success to explain to poet-girlfriend Latifah
Rapp why, in fact, the convention wasn't boring to someone who
isn't involved in the frenzy of book business. 'T' yawned, wasn't
interested and wasn't buying it
It all seemed to be moving so quickly. Faces and conversations were coming and going (ahnost) quicker than even I could
keep up: journalist and writer of note Martha Frankel; A Different
Light/San Francisco's Richard Labonte; New American Librat)' editor Carol DeSanti with author Sarah Schulman; Ann Grossman,sales manager of the highly tooted InBook.
Before I mew it; it was, ~ party time. Home for aperitifs, achance to slip on the proper evening wear, a dash of EgoiSte (For a
Man) by Chane!. ("To assume he is uncaring or aloof is to misread
him...") Up to the Consortium party at the new Groliers Club with
Amy Tie Me UP! Tie Me Down! Scholder of San Francisco's City
Lights and Silverberg. And over to (Oh, again?) the limelight for
the Voice Ltterary Supplement party, where, dancing on stage, wasqueer writer Dennis Hunter, whose work will be seen this fall in
the Amethyst anthology Discontents: Tbe New Crowd of Queer·

Writers, edited by Dennis Cooper. With Hunter
was the channing Dale Peck Oistings editor forthis publication) shaking his very own groovething. We got to know each other during"a nlidnight stroll past the crowns from the Love Ball 2,
on display in the windows of Barney's.
'
Sunday morning, the convention center:more books, books, books; people, people, people. I decided on a stroll through the gay and lesbian neighborhood. First I stopped to chat with
Nancy Bereano, whose Firebrand Books has just published Jewelle
Gomez's tbe Gtlda Stories and Eloise Klein Healy's latest collectionof poetry, Artemis tn Echo Park This fall, Firebrand will publish thecollected essays of Minnie Bruce Pratt, whose Crime Against
Nature raised more than a few eyebrows last year.
•
I continued my s~oll through the Cleis Press booth where
Director of Publicity Lisa Frank and I chatted about the arts, funding, Pittsburgh and fall titles. One fmal stop took me into the
Alyson Publications booth. In addition to the forthcoming vQIl1µle,,
Leatherfolk, edited by Advocate Senior Editor Mark Thompson,
publisher Sasha Alyson has recently launched the Alyson Wonderland line of gay and lesbian children's books.
Sunday evening, happily, brought with it a brief respite fromthe hellish whirl of book parties. I accepted, instead, an invitationfrom Peck for spaghetti in Harlem. The sauce was extra spicy, justthe-way I like it
Monday: more books, more business. Monday night, however,
was the party piece de tisistance. Silverberg, Scholder and I, eachdonned new outfits and headed for the Atlantic Monthly Press party.
Through the masses we went, ascending directly to the top floor bar,where moments later entered the one and only Shirley Ma~ine.
(She must have another one of those books coming out) We stoodthere with the fun Amy Salit of National Public Radio's Fresh Air chatting, happy, admiring The Shirley's considerable diamond bracelet
when in walked the beleaguered (but wealthy) Bret Easton Ellis,
looking cute and spiffy as ever and none the worse for...whatever.
Next was the small press party and the Before Columbus
Foundation awards at the too, too downtown Nuyorican Poets
Cafe. It was only to be a cameo appearance, though, before heading to our favorite EI Teddy's for a final farewell to this year's convention. Tortillas and (apparently) shatp-tongued talk were on themenu. Oooh, more spice.
-Eric Lattky
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SIGN ME UPmIf you're into cruising chicks and communing with nature while taking in some food for your ears, thenyou've probably already made your summer plans to attend thewomen's music fest in your area. But the scene doesn't have to belimited to the warmer season. Now the Association of Women's
MUSicand Culture has teamed up with the National Women's Mailing List to keep both artists, and fans informed of the women's
music scene throughout the year. Currently in progress (or was thatprocess?), the group envisions a quarterly calendar for each region,of the country that will accept concert listings from producers, publicists, booking agents and artists for a nominal fee. NWML. willthen send the calendar to the 60,000 or so women already receiving their mailings, along wjth any new women wishing to join in
the fun. For more infonnation, or to find out how to receive thecalendars (projected as being ·suitable for being hung on a refrigerator door") , call 007) 632-5763 , or write to Gail Benvenuta, PO.
Box 2256, Sebastopol, CA, 95473.
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chapter, Comstock examines the roleand position of adolescent males within'the social order. As homosexuals,
according to Comstock's analysis, we are"alien" to the archetypal family structure
which supports and protects American
patriarchal society. In other words,
merely by sleeping with whom wewant, we challenge the way current
society is organized and swvives, Nothing new here. But what ts interesting is
Comstock's argument that, as "aliens,"
we are perceiYed as a threat most,directly to the power and authority of straightadolescent males.
Comstock argues the provocative
thesis that the social location of adoles
cent males is similar to that of lesbianand gay-identified people, and he proceeds to list the ways in which we aresimilarly disempowered. Add to these
disdained similarities Kinsey's fmdingthat nearly one out of every two
teenage males has some homosexual
contact, and the result is a group ofworried, frustrated and angry adolescents. The consequence
is sociallysanctioned fag-bashing.
In this work's final chapter, Comstock analyzes why straight society
attempts to give legal authority and theological sanctity to the hateful hurting andkilling of homosexuals. The trend inrecent theological studies of homosexu-,

ality-most notably Jo~ Boswell's 0:Jristlanlty, Social Tolerance and Homosexu,aJity-bas been to 'interpret Jewish andChristian saiptures as ultimately tolerant,
and even accepting, of homosexuals.
CoImtock, on the other hand, sees theaible as offering a warning to us. His
exegesis of Leviticus 20:13, which prescribes corporal punishment for homosexual relations, suggests that we shouldbe very worried indeed. Homosexuals
were bashed in Israd in the sixth centwy
BCE, in Geneva in the 1560s, in Hollandin the 1730s, in England in the early 19th
century and in the Nazi extermination
camps, and Comstock explains why thispattern is likely to continue, Our only
hope is in anning ourselves with, among
other things, a lesbian and gay history
filled with resistance to violence
Violence Against Lesbians and Gay
Men has the occasional tendency tolapse into an academic prose clutteredwith au courant sociological jatgon. And
by constantly referring to the work ofother, often little-known scholars (acommon malady of doctoral dissertations), Comstock conditions, rather thanreinforces, his argument. But whether
you ultimately agree with Comstock's
theories and predictions or not, there isno denying that this book is an important and provocative resource packed
with infonnation .••and gay tnen.
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Comstock's research is composed in thisway: The assailant is most likely astranger (66 percent of the time), a male
(83 percent of anti-lesbian attackers, 99
percent of anti-gay attackers), Under 21
years of age (46 ~t) and white (67percent). Though Coms~ock's statistics
indicate that most incidences of anti-gay
and -lesbian violence are perpetrated bya lone. attacker, victims of homophobic
violence are more likely to be outnumbered than the victims of violence ingeneral. Though this is a rather thinstatistic when one looks at the numbers,
Comstock stresses it to bolster his argu•
ment that anti-gay and -lesbian violence
is a "group-specific behavior,n that is, amanifestation of the "insecurity" of adolescent males who have nothing better to
do on a Saturday night.
In the book's most compelling

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The Beautiful South,
Choke (EIektra)

RlckAstley, Free (RCA)
Dance queens, take good care ofyOur old Astley albums: It looks like RicklfuS gone soul for good. On paper, you'dthink R & B should gain from Rick's natural finesse and, of course, that voice. Ifs
too bad, then, that Free turned out
wishy-washy, oblique and soft-focus.
Considering the expectations of his typi- .
cal danox>riented fans and the mirror
age-difference between them and him,
"peer pressure" is a concept with great
relevance here, and I admire the newly
long-haired Rick for resisting it Rick stiIIbas much to give; if he would only put
his mind to it, I'm convinced he could
blow our doors off.

Dig here for rhinestones, not-diamonds, in the rough, as semi-precious
treasures of devious wit and self-mockery masquerade as pop. One big problem: Paul Heaton's distinctive and charming voice, which should stand alone, issabotaged by Briana Corrigan's staggeringly unwdcome vocals in the Single "A
Little Time, n which sounds like Lynn
Anderson scraping her tonsils on a blackhoard. No matter. May the Beautiful .
South forever remain ahead of theirunlikely stylistic rivals, Wilson Philips.

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Clint Black,
Put Yoursellin My Shoes (RCA)
The man with the superstar name•,.

has a voice to matm. Black's bloodcurdling delivery wraps itself lovingly
around these bulletins frQm today's revitalized country landscape. Black wrote,or co-wrote, each of these clever andoften witty songs, GloriOusly, he's alsosole vocalist on all but one, and, ofcourse, that very song is the only notabledisappointment Even with melancholy
subject-matter, Black infuses his vocals
with a confidence and poise people
think that only Sinead o'Connor has.

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Budt Pets, Men:urotones (Island) .
Brainy, self-involved, monotonous,
not-altogether-unappealing Texan guitarrock, with two good singles and a selection of songs about lust.
The UIac 11me,
And Looefor All (Fontana)

Affect with effect,
Monic IDve, Down to Eartb (Warner)

Effect without affect (in case you
haven't heard it yet).
Mother love Bone, Apple (Polydor)

Really quite proficient and selfassured conventional rock fromariother
Seattle OOnd, with power to spare andthe requisite tortured vocals. To beplayed back-to-backwith the Black
Crowes, who rilight not be the betterband forever,Poor Righteous Teachers,
Holy l1ite1/ea (Profile)

One out of three, anyway.
PopwmEatI~(MreforStmity (RCA)
These pUrposeless electronic sounds
will cause fans to miss the raging, eviscerating saw-toothed rants of the lastalbum. Also gone is the shameless revel-ing in the very artifacts of pop culture
most hated by intellectuals
comicbooks, Tv, trashy dance music. There isscant compensationin Pop Will Eat
Itself's usual obsessive statistic; on eam
track (BPMs, running times accurate to
hundredths of a second, even length ofstudio tape required) and groovy Sigue
Sigue Sputnik-like ]apanized-over art.
Better luck last time,
The PUtsuitofHappiness,"~fded Story(QuoysaIis)
Newly dejected, the Pursuit of Hap-

PlAY THAT RJNKY MUSIC

Whits boys playas Young Black Teenagers.

piness rocks hard no longer. But don't
cry for them, Aigentina, since .a disc0nsolate Moe Berg is still worth listening to.
Snappy production (again by Rundgren
himseIO and trademark ecclesiastic harmonies set off the most recherche lyrics
since the Smiths (for example: "I know
it's been said that talk is meap, but weknow the power it really hasJMust it berigid.and so benign? Can't it be free andefficadous?") Moe Berg, logocentric idOlfor the '9Os.
Queeosryche,
Empire (EM{)
A grander, thrashier Styx with better

hair and lyric;. Empires sensitive songwriting excuses these overrated Seattlites'
occasionally tentative meanderings on
guitar. The curious track "Best I Can"may have disability advocates scratching
their heads, but in the lowest-conunoadenominator world of today's rock; weshould be thankful to have anything at
all to puzzle over, . ~"'sting,

Tbe Soul Cages (A&M)
The text is a weaving of words; Sting pr0vides the thread

Various Artists, Je Rap en FranCaIs(Station 12/f)
Little more than a self-indulgent
compilation of French-language "rap"(actually dance) songs more politicallycorrect than artful, je Rap en Francais
does contain a stunning dance track
every deejay and dance
fan should Qwn,.
J
"I.e Rapper Olic, n by Montreal radio ~jay I.e Boyfriend, which sets new standards for fun(ky), fast-moving dance-pop,(Play "Spot the Sample" with KC and theSunshine Band and Sly and the Family
Stone.) And the video, featuring a bearded drag queen as Miss Kier of Deee-Lite,
is so gay! Buy it, play it, love it Available
from Trans-OlnacIa Records, 2620 TransQmada Highway, Pointe-Oaire, Quebec,, H9R 1B1. (514) 425-2500,

Young Black Teenagers, ,'"Young IlIIlck Teenagers (MCA)
Here we go again: More rap songs
about beating up women. Though ,theband is admittedly adept at the rhythm
and the rhyme, "Traci"(lords?) is an orgiastic
depiction of domestic
violence, complete withthe sickeningly realistic
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being slapped and a woman sobbing.
That's obviously the band's intent, too:
Nothing could be clearer than lines like"Arm by arm and leg by leg,/l dismember your body till you start to beg. n
These nightmare miscreants, together
with over-blond homophobe Tairrie B(also on MCA Records, you'll note), areenough to give white rap a bad name.
Boycott it at a store near you.
808 State, Ex.El (ZITlfonuny Boy)
I confess, I was an 008 State skeptic
until I heard the monumental, era-bridging single, "Cubic," which may redefine
the synthesizer and the electric guitar fora generation. Ex.EI subtly mirrors rockalbums in its smattering of consciously
lower-key songs: They're ripened
tracks not flIler-that happen to tap
rather than kick. Already immense andgrowing with each release, the maturityof 800 State's dance-music acumen cori, founds the dance floor, since you can't
dance to these songs without looking
like a fool. I love them anyway.

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Dd: Ji"'- "Skippy" Belanger
CITY: Chicago
CLUB: Roscoe~s .
CTuesday~ Friday, Sunday.J,
Europia ('Wednesday~
Sa-eurday.J
1. Rhythm of Time by Front 242
2. Spice by EON (import)
3. Feel the Drums by Emotive.,. Devotion by 'Nomad
5. Last 'D'ain (0 'D'anscentral by KLF (import)
5. EnerllY Flash by Beltram (import)
7. Voices (Dub Mix) by KC Flight
8. House Fly by Tricky Disco (import)
9. Sexitivify byMC~ featur,ng Sima (import)
10_ Decay by MK

The Tragica1ly Hip,
RoadAppks (MCA)

Canadians by passport, not bysound, the Tragically Hip invite you tothink back to REM'searly albums, where
the' confidence and innovation of themusic locked into a love-hate relationship with the vulnerability of Stipe's
lyrics. Here, vocallst Gordon Downie isthe sentimental foil for the onslaught of
his bandmates. Rare is the male rock
vocalist who dares to suggest, throughmicro-variations in tone and timbre, thejittery emotional realities of the young
man he is. The Hip undermine their g1oriously macho music, with the pained,
insecure undertones of Downie's vocals.
The band is obviously suffering frompressure to produce a radio-friendly
sound, but they rebel with lyrics of "Macbeth" and "Fried Chicken."•

Rheostatics,
Me1vliie (Intrepid)

Difficult listening hour: Luckily forus, parallel universes have managed tointersect long enough to link up thespartan plucking and banging eX the theRheostatics' musicians (Tim Vesely, thetwo Daves, Bidini and Oark) with thehigh-pitched peregrinations of crooner
Martin Tielli. The alchemy here is thetransfonnation of music into Canadiana.
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byJim CoryHe blew my last 5 bucks on shampoo
I fumbled home drunk on his birthdays
He brought home lost dogs he knew we couldn't keep
Hungover, I left 4 loads of our clothes at V Do It
The worst was the time he found the whiskey & tried to pour itout
I punched him in the mouth & he bled
Then he ran to my desk ripped handfuls of poems to bits & flungthem from the window
At the end it took just a look to get things going
Most of it now a blur
Except for 2 things:
Once, lying in bed, he said: "Jim, I never heard you sing. Singme something."
My eyes were slugs of jelled beer but I closed them gathered air
in my lungs & sung him the only thing I knew
A spiritual
When I looked over, he was crying
There was that & the silence after the V-Haul pulled away
Jim Cory was awarded a literature fellowshipby the Pennsylvania Arts Councllfor 1989,
He works as a reporterfor a trade magazine
and lives in Phtladelpbia.T•

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ALAN HIRTZ •• RG IN CONJUNCTION WITH TNINIW You Pu.LIC .... URY (DoNNIU
LI.URYCINnR),
MIDIA NITWORK, AND TNI ACLU
(LiHIAN & GAY PROIICT)PU.IN'.

pride & preiudice
FllMS/lfCTURES ON HOMOSEXUAUTY FROMTHE NY Puauc
IJBRARYCOII.!Cl1ON FOR GAY PRIDEWEEK, 1991
DoNNElL IJBRARY CENTER AUDITORIUM

20 W. S3RD STREETTUESDAY: JUNE 25,1991
2:30 '530
PM
FIlM: "James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
TOPIC "Sissy" Eastern Writers
WEDNESDAY: JUNE 26,1991
FIlM: "Word is Out"

3:00,

600

PM

TOPIC Coming Out Post'Stonewall
THURSDAY: JUNE 27, 19911
230,
FIlM: "The Times of Horvey Milk"

3:30 PMTOPIC Where Do We Go From Here?:
Planning for Gay lib in the 19905.
lfsBIAN& GAY COMMUNITY CENTER

208 W. 13TH STREETFRIDAY: JUNE 28, 1991
2:00, 5:00 PM
FIlM: "Silent Pioneers"
TOPIC Aging & the Homosexuol Community
SATURDAy: JUNE 29, 1991
300·6:00
FIlM:"Women Like Us"
TOPIC Toword Maintaining an Independent
Lesbian Identity

PM

FOR FURTHER INFO CAll (212) 996·5481.

FREE

ADMISSION

PorliolSupport From: NYCH, Stonewall Community
Foundation, and CSFC.

1991 GAY PRIDE WEEK CONCERT

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In Concert with the

T\CKETS
ON
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DENVER WOMEN'S CHORUS
Debbie Kenyon, Music Director

FRIDAY & SATURDAY

JUNE 28th & 29th

8· PM

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Tickets: $50 (Patron) - $35 - $25 - $17

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On sale at the Alice Tully Hall box office, Lincoln Center 65th 51. and Broadway
or call CENTER CHARGE at (212) 874.6770
house nght
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·ADVANCE LISTINGS

G.ry Andr.wa. D.n Paragon. Mark
Falango. Arthur Jam ... David 8, Milia
Joaeph Clanclarulo and R.ndy Mooll.
$10 or $5 plus TOF. Westbeth Theatre
Centar. 151 Bank St, between West andWashington streeta. We and Th at 8 pm,
Fr and Sa at 7 and 9 pm. Reservations:(212) 279-4200. Through June 29.

THE KARATE SCHOOL FOR WOMEN
811'-01'lnll'or Lllbllna Ind GIY
Min. A five-week course meeting 'rom
7:30-8:45 pm taught by leeblan mal1ial
artists. $55. Beginning July 1. 149
Bleecker Sllnfo: (212) 982-4739.
HERITAGE OF PRIDE presents aComm.nlty Lonl", ollering randomly
selected members of the community
the opportunity to speak for three minutes at the 1991 Lesbian and Gay Rally
at Union Square Park on June 29. EntJy
forms are available throughout thecommunity and In various publications.
Submit them to HOP. clo the Center,
208 W. 13th Sl, New York, NY 10011.
For more Info, call (212) 691-1774.

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Aleo see the dally listings for showingsof one or two daYI'.

LOOP 0' LOOP PRODUC1l0NS presents
RIVln H.II - ... Wlth Propa, ~ Written
and directed by Carol Polcovar. Musicaldirector: Walt Veasy. $10, or $5 plus
TnF. Wings Theater. 154 Christopher St
Fr at 11 pm. RHervations: (212) 6272960. Through June 21,
bTHE CLUB AT LA MAMA ETC presents Mu"dI,.r'l Hlilla, .Ift "", In
celebration of the Womsn's Ons-World
Thllater's tenth anniversary. Featu ring"the lovely women of WOW, put andpresent," Including Spilt Britches, Uea
Kron and othere. $10-$12. 47A E, 4th
St. Th-Sa at 10 pm. Reservations:(212) 475-7710. Through June 22.
THE SALMAGUNDI CLUB prsHnts Its
AnnUli Non-Mllllbtr PhoIOillpl!y ••8culpiur. ExhlblUon. This year's exhibition will feature work by lesbian phe>tographere PJtnny Aim and 8hOlhlna.
47 Rfth Ave. Mo-fr from 1-6 pm. Info:(212) 255'7740. Through June 22.
NEIKRUG POTOGRAPHICAprM«ItB He
AnnUli R.I.d X ElhlblDon, This year's
exhibition will feature work by lesbian
photographers
Prlnny AllYl and8bo"'n •. Alavi wiD be elgnlng copIee ofher postsr, "Her Erection," at the reception on June 14 from 6-9 pm, and AnnII
8prlnkll will be signing copies of herbook, Poet Pom M0d6mi.~ and will beavailable
for "tlts-on-your-head
Polaroid8." 224 E. 68th St W&-fr from
1-6 pm and Sa from 1-6 pm. Info: (212)288-7741. June 14 through June 27.
THE NEW SCHOOL presents Ollphlc
Prill .. an exhibit of broadsides, poste ....
buttons, shirts, stickers and bannereused In the lesbian and gay pride movementfrom 1970-91. Bridge Gallery. 66
W. 12th St. Info: (212) 741-8778.
Through June 28.
THEATER NADA presents An Evenlnl
With 8hlily Mill. $8. 167 Ludlow Sl
Fr at 10 pm. RHervations: (212) 4201466. Through June 28.
bPRIDE PRODUCTIONS presents
Moliere's ilamI.t Latl••, adapted byDo•• I.a SlrI.nd. Starring David Ey.,
Brlln C. La.llioff, CIIrt.r AlI,n WlnId.,

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Bpln BrItchea allll UII KnIll, .l1li IIrprt •• IUIncl .... _••• II. lIIIIt's iii aarprt .. , $10-$12. 47A E. 4th It. ThuratllJ Frlay
allllllturllly onIJ 1110 pm. R, .. lVIIIolII: (212) 475-mO,
Thl PtIII cll .. I. hla Intl.encl. Rlrky Hlmr. Monty Python. B,rtoll
Bncht .n... rly Wal'lI. M•• I'm more Intrll.'.
by .omlthln. call ..
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a .. ' pyrolechnlca.- II YOl, 100. Wlnt ,to know .1IIt tIIIl m.
, 1II1... dl. on over McGlllon (.nybody IIIIr15 wllIlIIII.mbll' II II the
01. Boy "r) 10 a.. Chrla Lynam.
fablilo.a. bit b. carmi whe,.
Dun "'y BynI, $10 10 III
yo•• 11,- II,. My Pet HilmI playwrllhI"'mliIn•• n. Y" hlY. 10 buy on •• rlnk, 15 81. M.ra PI. WI-I •• 1 I pm.
R.. mUORI: (212) 874-1851, Throagh lin. 28,"II,"

For all or yoa who've ".r Wlnt •• 10 II..,. .om. hit holll .. 11(or maybl
jail IIIk..,." by ICIIIII fI_ dyke). now'I yonr clllllICI to rub .,dlll
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mOIl of •• know be.tt.r aa BroC!klynWom.n'. M.rtlal ArIa. PIIIIIIIIIII
11IIni Ann •• 1 Bollrl., Dlnc,. All procaelll bllllflt the CllllerJBWMA, ao,0 .11 knocked for • loop on the CIII:I. URI. $20 ror 1...III.nd $5 lor chI!1I1In. PI,r 83
fIh AV8IIII1bllWllll421111 .1III43nI1tII .... Jln.11. 7
pm, 11.... a Info: (718) 7.1775,
Uk. a PIIIr G,..naWlY mIIUIlnt, the Grall. Cllb aftlll ov.... poll ... 11.ootl •• orklng flllpilca.
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J_ 24. 3-8 pm, Mill anvl_thellHlll,bIlfnlm 1-2 pm DIIIJ"'.n't•bTHE BANK presents Roml. andJull.I-A G.y Relelllng or ure. Love
and Anli PlnmUon. $7 with reservation or pa88/$10 without. 225 E.
Houston St, at Essex Sl We-Sa at 8:01
pm. Reservations: (212) 260-5485.
Through June 29.
bMCGREGOR'S presenta Chrla Lynam,the' British comic famous for his "analpyrotechnics." $10 plu8 a one-drink
minimum. 15 Sl Marks PI. We-Sa at 9
pm. Reservations: (212) 674-1851.
Through June 29.
ART IN GENERALpresents Poaillo ... or
Aulhorlly. installations by LIane aM.cdon.,d. GI.nn Uglon and Judith
Welnp.llon; Among Good Chrlatlan
Peopl .. , photographic and video installation by CIIlh.rtn. Saalfleld. Jocelyn
Tlylor and J.cqu.llne Woodaon; 11Ie
Whol.Jllol. 8.rlea, an installation by
Bonnl. V.n AlI.n; Olvera. VOICII, anaudiotape by Coad 10 Coad: NaUoRlI
Women ArUda or Color; and Pall andPr ... nl, a window installation bysalin Wi..... 79 Walker Sl Info: (212)219-0473. Through June 29.
bWESSELL O'CONNOR GALLERYprasents Whit. Heat, a group show ofpaintings
and photographybyChrlalopher Ciccone. Lula d. Jllua.
Rln.ldo Hopr, Corrado Levi. Loring
McAlpin. Rldg •• ay Blnn.tt. Adam
'Roldon. 81ephen 8chofleld and Jo.e
V"'arr.bl •• The show Is designed tobring together diverse artists "in joyful
celebration of Gay Pride 1991 and in
painful acknowledgment of the decadelong struggle with the AI OS pandemic.'
580 Broadway. Tu-Sa from 12-5 pm.
(212) 219-9524, Through June 29.
bTHE IRISH LESBIANAND GAYORGANIZATION presents an Exhlbilion ofphotographs and clippings from thepress covering ILGO's participation in
the 1991 St Patrick's Day parade. Irish,
Al1B Centar. 553 W. 51st St, at Eleventh
Avenue. Info: (212) 967-7711 ext.
3078. June 23-30.
PS 122 GALLERY presents Public
S.. c.. /PrIvale 11Ioughtl, an exhibition
featuring the work of IIInley Banoa andRob.rt Marahall. Opening reception
June 6 from 6-8 pm. 150 Firet Ave., at
9th Street Th-Su from 12-6 pm. (212)228-4249. June 6 through June 30.
b THE NEUROTIC THEATRICAL COM-~.

PANYpresents Ka/• .,1 Kal,.,/ K""rI
Written and directed by Guy Bernotaa.
Original music by Dal. J.nrt .. and Tom
Blbll. With 81"e R. Barron. BethDodye ..... NOli Bym". S.. n Plb1ck
Clmpb,lI. 81.ve DI.r.nd.rfer. Jamll
K. Doyl •• Wolf Ellinberg.
Irenh
Jakubllk.
Eve Mlrlow..
Dawn
Ga.. I.a •• Chlrlon. Plrao .... Jeff Prln.
and Brlu R"la. $10 or TOF. Gene.

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Frankel Theatre. 24 Bond St We, Fr and
Sa at 8 pm and Su at 3 pm. Reservations:(212) 242-3657. Through June 30.

two-drink minimum. The Duplex; 61
Christopher St Th at 8 pm. Reservations:(212) 255-5438. Through July 25.

T. SCHREIBER STUDIO presents Enid
Rudd's o,.".tCou.ln, a two-woman
play dealing with the mystery and quest of
power and sexuality. Directed by Terry
Schrelbar. Starring Gwendolyn Lewis and
Glnana Molina. Fres. 83 E. 4th St Th-Sa
at 8 pm and Su at 3 pm. Reservations:(212) 420-1249. Through June 30.

THE CASTILLO CULTURAL CENTER represents Jam" Chapman'l Our Youn,
Sluk M,n A" Olin, .nd Nobodl
SlIm. to ~", a look at some of thosemen whose livas and deaths are reflected
in drug-abuse, crime, police-brutality,
alcoholism, poverty and AIDS statistics.
$20. 500 Greenwich St, suite 201. Th-8a
at 8 pm and Su at 3 pm. Reservations:(212) 941-5800. Through Aug. 31.

EVE'S GARDEN presente Prlnny Alavl'l
C,I,b"tln,
Wom,n, a photography
exhibition. Alavi will be presenting her
poster, "Her" ErflCtion at the reception.
119 W. 57th St, suite 420. Mo-Sa from
12-6:30 pm. Reception: May 7 from5:30-8 pm. Info: (212) 757-8651.
Through June 30.
lliE CARNEGIE HALL MUSEUM presente
lte Inaullural Exhibition, featuring memorbilia of gay Russian composer PeterlIylch Tchalkonky. Included In the exhibition are pages from Tchaikovaky's original manuscripts, some of his diaries andlettere, and lettere to him. 881 Seventh
Ave., at 57th Street 11 am to 4 pm. Inlo:(212) 903-9750. Through June 30.
THE HELL'S KITCHEN AIDS PROJECT
presents C,/d"tlon.
of Llf" an art
exhibit by People With AIDS. The Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building.
163 W. 125th St. Mo-Fr Irom 9-5 pm.
Through June 30.
bWILD
PLUM GALLERY presents
N.tu,,1 Ab.trutlon., photographs by
the late Bob Keane. Procesds will benefit
the People With AIDS Health Group.
Madison st. Sag Harbor, Long Island.
Reception: June 2 Irom 5-7 pm. Daily
hours: 11 am to 6 pm. Info: (516) 7252969. June 22 through July 1.
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THE ACTOR'S PLAYHOUSE presents
Robert Patrick's TIl, H.unt,d Hon andHamy Aamlln's
SIX. Directed by
Eric Coneklln. Starring Harvey Almaln
and Jason Wortman (The Haunted Host
only). The HaunfBd Host. written and set in
1964, fIlIls the story of a "Greenwich Vinage
playwright haunted by the ghost of his
young protllge when the dead man's double
walks into his life: $18,501$22.501$27.50
on We and Th and $22.501$27.501$32.50
on weekends. 100 Seventh Ave. S. We andTh at 8 pm, Fr at 8 and 11 pm, Sa at 7 and10 pm and Su at 3:30 and 7:30 pm.
Reservations: (212) 691-6226 or (212)~.
Through July 14.

,.f,lliE CENTER presents New Yortln Junl,a hletory 01 the lesbian and gay pridemarch. The show Includes bannere, placaids, lIysra, postera, costumes, organizational records, various other documents
and memorabilia. 208 W. 13th St. Info:(212) 620-7310. Through July 19.
VILLAGE PRODUCTIONS presente Our
Town (0 Sappho, 0 Wlld,1 pari 2).
Featuring the woll< of Keith Angora, KevinBrolsky, Janis Astor del Valle, Barbara
Kahn, AI Luongo, Carol polcovar, Walter
Veasy and Raven Hall. Directed by Seth
Gordon. Performed by April Dawn
Adams, Kevin Carter, Kathleen Hunt,
Joanna Joseph, Alan Lang, MarleanneMeringolo and Mark Spina.$10 plus a"',ant,BLUE ANGEL lliEATER presenlB
New York's nightly, audience participation,
musical beauty contest. $50 Includes
show and dinner. $30 for show only on
Tu- Th/$32.50 for show only on Fr-Su.
323 W. 44th St 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.

THE WPA lliEATRE presente R,d S""
on Sunnt, a new play by and starring
Chari .. BUICh, creator 01 Vampire
Lesbians of Sodom and Psycho Beach .
Party. Directed by K.. nalh 811011. Staming
Ralph Buckley, Roy Cockrum, Andy
Halliday, Julia Hallton, Mart Hamilton,
Judith Hanlen, Arnie Kolodn.r. 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.
CHERRY LANE THEATRE presents David
Stevenl' ."" Sumof U•. Starring Robarl
Lanllng and Matt Sallnglr. Directed by
Kevin Dowllnll. By the writer of Breaker. Morant, this play is about a father who
tries to help with his son's gay relationships while looking for a new wife. 38
Commerce St $22.50-$32.50. Tu-fr at 8pm, Sa at 7 and 10 pm, Su at 3 and 7:30
pm. Father's Day Special: (212) 989-2020.
THE FRIENDS OF ALICE AUSTEN HOUSE
prssent Allee AUlten: The Lartly Life.
From her bio, Alice Austen sounds likethe Gertrude Stein of Staten Island. Visit
her house, now a museum, and see pictures that she took of upper middle claBS
men and women. 2 Hylan Blvd. Staten
Island. Th-Su. 12-5 pm. Info: (718) 8164506. Through December.

MONDAY, JUNE 17
THE llilRD ANNUAL NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LESBIAN AND
GAY FILM presents a Benefit Receptionfor Houllng .WOrtl at 5:30 pm, a benefit
screening of Ab60luflll p"./tI" at 7 pm,
FfI.k Orl.ndo: A Trlbut, to o,lphln,
Selrl9 at 9 pm. The Biograph Cinema.
225 W. 57th Stlnfo: (212) 966-5848.

6:30-8:30 pm. RSVP: (718) 398-1756 or(718) 638-4404.
THE FERRO-GRUMLEY FOUNDATION
presents Allen Barnett, one of the winners of the 1990 Ferro-Grumley award
for lesbian and gay literature, reading
Irom his book, The Body and Its DangefB.
A selection from the other-1990 FerroGrumley award-winning work, Her by
Cherry Muhanji, will also be read. Dance'
Theater Woll<shop. 219 W. 19th St 7 pm.
GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE IN MORRISCOUNTY presents Womyn'l N.atwort andMen'l Rap Group at 7:30 pm, before their
General Meetlnll at 8:30 pm. Tonight's
topic: Queer Nation. 21 Normandy
HeighlB Rd. Morristown, NJ. Info: GAAMC
Gay Helpline: (201) 285-1595.

QUEER NATION TAKE BACK THE NIGHT
PLANNING GROUP General Meeting.
NYU Law School Building. Vanderbilt Hall,
2nd floor student lounge. 40 Washington
Sq. S., at MacDougal Strest 7:30 pm.

IN OUR OWN WRITE Writer's Worklhop
for lesbian and gay writers. Workshops areheld on the first and third Mondays 01 themonth. Please bring work. The Center. 200
W. 13th St 8-10 pm. (212) 620-7310.

HERiTAGE OF PRI DE Group Marahal
Tralnlnll. For those interested in working
the Rally, the March or the Dance on thepier. The Center. 208 W. 13th st. 8 pm.
Info: (212) 691-1774.

HERITAGE OF PRIDE G8n8ral MemberIhlp M .. tlng. All interested persons
invited. The Center. 208 W. 13th st. 8
pm'. Info: (212) 691-1774.

THE COALITION FOR LESBIAN AND GAYRIGHTS Ganeral Meeting. The Center.
208 W. 13th St8 pm. (212) 627-1398.

SOUTHERNERS presente a L"blan and
Gay History Month Potluck. "Bring stories about your relatives and your childhood" to explore your Southern roots.
For food divisions: A-£ brings desserts
or appetizere, F-J brings entrees, K-O
brings vegetables or salads and P-Z
brings potatoee, starchee or breads. Iced
tea and soda ·provided. $8 non-membersl$5 members. The Center. 208 W.
13th St. 8 pm. Inlo: the Southerners
Hotline at (212) 674-8073 •TWENTYSOMETHING presents a Rap
Group on "Overcoming
Insecurity ..
Twentysomething is a social group for lesbians and gay men in their 208 and eariy
30s. $3. The Center. 208 W. 13th St.
8-9:30 pm. Info: Perry at (212) 242-3038.
THE EAGLE presents Out In th, '90.
Nlllht. A portion 01 the bar proceeds win
benefit GBS and Out in the '90s. The
Eagle. 142 Eisventh Ave., at 21st Strset.
10 pm. Info: (212) 691-8451.

TUESDAY, JUNE 18
lliE llilRD ANNUAL NEW YORK INTER~
NATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LESBIAN AND
GAY FILM presents Tranlporlatlonl:
L.. blin Shortl at 4 'pm, R8dHot .nd
BIUI at 6 pm, I Want MUlcle: Sports
Shortl at 8 pm and Brolherlobrother at
10 pm: The Biograph Cinema. 225 W.
57th St Inlo: (212) 966-5848.

WOMEN ABOUT presents a Mailing
Party. For more inlo or to join Women
THE NEW FESTIVAL and HOUSING
WORKS, INC., present a benefit reception
About, can (212) 642-5257.
and screening of Peter Adair's J1b6oluf,/y
Po./tIr •. $25 for the screening onlyl$50
THIRTEENIWNET and THE MAYOR'S
for reception and screening. The Biograph , OFFICE FOR THE GAY AND LESBIAN
Theater. 225 W. 57th Sl Reception at 5:30 . COMMUNITY present Celebrate Gay andpm/ecreening at 7:30 pm. Tickets and info:
Lesbian Prldl W•• k. The program lea(212) 966-0466 after 2 pm.
tures highlights from Outl, Thirteen's presentation of a diverse selection 01 docuTOM DUANE presents a Fund-Railingmentary, public affaire, drama. film andParty to support his campaign for New
performance specials. Thirteen/wNET.
York City Council. Refreshments served.
Ethan Allen Hi1l:hcock Room. 356 W. 58th
Please bring your checkbook. 649
St 5:30-7:30 pm. RSVP: (212) 560-2928.
Warren St., #1 B, between Fourth and
Fifth avenues. Park Slope, Brooklyn.
DYKE ACTION MACHI NE presents a,
PROFESSIONALS IN FILM AND VIDEO
present BroadclIllV:How to Break In,
How to Do the Job, When to Get Out Witha panel of writers, producers, directors andperformera. $7. The Center. 208 W. 13th
St 6:30 pm. Registration: (212) 228-5266.
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presents a
Health Seminar: Nutrttlonal IIIUII and
Blnefltl Information. 129 W. 20th St.,sixth and third floors. 7 pm. For more
information, call the GMHC hotline at(212) 807-6655. TDD (212) 645-7470 for
the hearing impaired.

ACT UP Gen8ral M.. Ung. Cooper Union.
Fourth Avenue at 7th Street. 7:30 pm.
1~lo: (212) 564-AIDS.

BRONX AIDS EDUCATORS NETWORK
General Meeting. Lincoln Hospital.
Conference room 3. 234 E. 149th St.
Bronx. 9:30-11 am. Info: Janet Goldberg
at (212) 293-2658 or Rosaline Morales at(212) 295-5605.

Benent Party for the people who went to
the National Lesbian Conference. A
DAM/Queer
Nation video of theConference will be shown. $5. Crazy
Nannies. Seventh Avenue South at Leroy
Street 6-10 pm. Info: (718) 789-2073. 'WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19
THE THIRD ANNUAL NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LESBIAN AND
GAY FILM presents Ava y Gabriel at 4
pm, Simon,at 6:10 pm, HomoPromoat
8:10pm and TIIr" B,wlld,,,d P,op/,
at 9:45 pm. The Biograph Cinema. 225
W. 57th Stlnlo: (212) 966-5848.
NEW YORK ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK presents Str .. 1
ManagemalE An IntroducUon. With Jonlan
FrIedman, University 01 Marylanlkertified
strese management educator. Networking,media watch and career/communication
news befors 1I1eprogram. $7 members. The
Center. 208 W. 13th St 6:30 pm.
Registration: (212) 228-5266.

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II pm. Inlo: (212) 691-1774.
THE CENTER FOR ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATIONIBROOKLYN WOMEN'S MARTIAL
ARTS presents its third Annual Boatrlde
Dance. All proceede benefit the Center/
BWMA. $20 lor adults and $5 for children.
Circle Une cruise lines. Pier 83. Twelfth
Avenue between 42nd and 43rd streets. 7
pm. llcke1B and info: (718) 788-1775.

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:rHE GAY GAMES presents a Gay Pool
Tournement to benelit New York In '94.
$180 firet prize, $120 second prize. A raflie will also be held, and a buffet will beserved.$10.
The Candle Bar. 309
Am8terdam Ave."1-11 pm. Inlo: John
Lunnlng at (212) 228-2706.
GAY MEN OF THE BRONX General
Mttllng.
Host08 Community College.
Grand Concourse, Building A. room 227.
HI pm. Info: Jimmy at (212) 365-6239,
Charles at (212) 378-34397 (SpanI8h) or
Ed at (212) 792-8078.
BODY POSITIVE presen1ll an Altematlve
HIV Treatment Fol1lm. The panel will feature Dr. Rid Ichllllr,
discussing
homeopatHy; Terry Weillr,
mallagetherapist and shiatsu practltlonsr; andPrima Pleva, yoga Instructor. Rutgers
Church. 236 W. 73rd St., 4th floor, atBroadway. 7 pm. (212) 721-1346.
CONGREGATION BETH SIMCHAT TORAH
presents a Jlwl.h
Women'.
Ro.h
Chodllh/Nlw
Moon
Cllbrallon.
Congregation Beth Simchat Torah Is Naw
York's lesbian and gay synagogue. 57
Bethune St 7:30 pm. (212) 928-9498.
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS present8
Eroticizing laler I.x. Th8 Cenl8r. 208 W.
13th St 8-10:30 pm.

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pre8en1ll The Many FacII of Actlvl.m.
Featuring guests Plter Jewell, lormsr
president 01 the Naw Jersey Les.blan and
Gay Coaltlon, and Maryann MII.lna, amember 01 Queer Nation. St George's
Church. The comer 01 Ridgewood andWoodland roads. Maplewood, NJ. 8:30
pm. (201) 743-5322.
THE EAGLE presents Movie Night:'",um. The Eagle. 142 Eleventh Ave., at
21st Strest 11 pm. (212)691-8451.
CELLBLOCK 28 prese!!ts Daddy., Top.
and Ban. A portion 01 tonlghfs recelpl8
goes to the PNA Coalition. 28 Ninth Ave.,downstairs,
be.tween 13th and 14th
streel8. 8 pm to 3 am. (212) 733-3144.

THURSDAY, .JUNE 20
THE THIRD ANNUAL NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LESBIAN AND
GAY FILM presents Fr.ak Orlando: A
Trlbu1ll to Delphine I"rlg at 2:45, TIll..
B, Thr.. at 5:20 pm, TIm•• 'qua" at
7:30 pm and LII CD.a. 11., Qu"" at
10:30 pm. The Biograph Cinema 225 W.
57th St Info: (212) 966-5848.
THE EAST COAST LESBIAN FESTIVAL
preeen1ll, on the night $ge, Kann Blth,Jaml. Andlr.on,
Kay Gardner and
LUll Cloutier It Glnett. Be,.eron. The
four-day festival also Includes theWril8re' Tent, with new and establishedlesbian autthors, the Artls1ll Gallery, theJewish Lesbians' Tent and the Lesbian
Video Festival. Prices vary for one- tofour-day packages. Poyn1llle, Penn. For
comp'- detafls, call (718) 643-3284.
QUEER NATION W .. kly M .. lln •.
Scheduled: a pre-action meeting for theTake Back the Night man:h. The CenI8r. 208
W. 13th St 7 pm. Info: (212) 978&-8720.

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GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE IN MORRISCOUNTY fJ[acutlve C;ommlUII Mlltlng.
The meeting Is at George's In Montclair.
7:30 pm. Call lor details: GAAMC Gay
Helpline: (201) 285-1595.
DIXON PLACE PI'8ll8!lI8 Diane J"p Rill,
In a DRAB-dre888d as a boy--improve.
Rles appears as Mr. Bruce, and theevening promises a "hair happening."
Free. 37 E. 1st St., between First andSecond avenues. 8 pm. (212) 673-6752.
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE present8 ne
Icout., a rock 'n' roll band led by an
openly gay lead linger. No cov.er, 25
Third Ave., at St Marks Place. 9:30 pm.
(212) 529-6924.
ON THE LINE PRODUCTIONSpresen1ll
Hou .. of ltaln, a party for gay men andlesbians. DJ Jason Loud. Open bar
10-11 pm. Next On the Line party Is July
11. $6, The Groller, 29 E. 32nd St.,between Park and Madison avenues, 10
pm. Info: (212) 678-2932,

FRIDAY, .JUNE 21
THE THIRD ANNUAL NEW yoRK INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LESBIAN AND
GAY FILM present8 Or" Our 01111'DIIIII and R./ax at 12 pm, AdID.
RD•• rlD at 2 pm, HDmDPrDmDat 5:20
pm, Ma.llch.n In Uniform at 7 pm,
CIf"ralat 9 pm and Th.
Erlnln,. and A Va/.mln.
N.'.Dn at. 11 pm. The Biograph Cinema. 225 W.
57th St Info: (212) 966-5848.

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THE EAST .COAST LESBIAN FESTIVAL presenl8, on the night stage, 1111Wuhlngton
IIlIi...with M.lanle Mon.ur, lue Finkarid June and Jlan Millington. On the day
stage, ifs Coyotl, ChIVI and II...
CyIronreading in the Writer's Tent The lour-day
festival also Includes the Writere' Tent,
with new and es.lablished lesbian autlhorl,
the Artists Gallery, the Jewish Lesbians'
Tent and the Lesbian Video Festival. Prices
vary for one- to four-day packages.
Poyntele, Penn.·For complel8 details, call(718) 643-3284.
BRONX LESBIANS UNITED IN SISTERHOOD G.nl ... 1 Mletlng. BLUS member
D.nlll GraVl. leads a discu88ion aboutbreast care. The Center. 208 W. 13th St
6:308 pm. Info: Irma at (212) 408-1131.
SOUTHERNERS Btllrlng
CommlHee
Milling.
Ralph Jones' home. 250 W.
24th St, I2CE (enter at 255 W. 23rd St),between Seventh and Elgth avenues. 7:30
pm. Inlo: the Southerners Hotline at(212) 674-8073.
GAY SONS OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
Glnlllli Mlltln,.
7:30 pm. For details,
call (212) 233-7867 or (212) 798-7224.
GAY MEN OF THE BRONX present Dinnerat Rainbow Chi ... 1436 Williambridge Rd.

at 8th Street Park Slope, Brooklyn. 7:30
pm. Info: (718) 965-7578.
THE ANSWER IS LOVI NG pre8ents
Women Talking Wom.n', Talk. Tonlghfs
topic: "Lauglng/Crylng.' From their fiyer:"On this last Friday of the 8eaeon we aregoing to lighten up, giggle, belly laughand have eome hell of a good time.' $10.
1964 E. 35th St Brooklyn. 7:45-10 pm.
Info: Ruth Berman and Connie Kurtz at(718) 998-2305.
'BETH AM presents a L•• blan and Gay
Pride Ihabbal. Featuring epecial readIng8, music and a se!mon, lollowed by afestive Oneg Shabbat with refreshmenl8
and a discussion. 178 Bennett Ave. 8 pm.
Info: Desma Holcomb at (212) 923-8690.

BODY POSITIVE presents
an HIV
Worklhop for Women. The workshop will
discuss how HIV allects both straightwomen and lesbians, using eeH-expression
on HIV Issues through poetry and theater,and exercise lor meditation, relaxation and
Immune stimulation, Child care available,
Ru1ge18Church, 236 W. 73rd St, 4th floor,
at Broadway. 1-4 pm. (212) 721-1346.
HERITAGE OF PRI DE Independlnt Mar.hal Training. For those Interested In
working the Rally, the· March or theDance on the pier. The Center, 208 W.
13th St 2 pm. Info: (212) 691-1n4.

BODY POSITIVE presente a Friday Night~ay loclal. Tonlghf8 theme: "Midsummers Night Psycho Beach Party." Bring
your shovel and Speedo'8. For all HIV-posilive Individuals and their friends. Middle
ColieglalB Church. 50 E. 7th St, off Second
AvenUe. 8-10 pm. Info: (212) 721-1346.

DIXON PLACE presents Dudl.y, a.k.a.
Dudley Saudnere, In a new perlo!mance.
$6 or TDF. 37 E. 1st St, betwesn Rret andSecond avenues. 8 pm. (212) 673-6752.

ASTRAEA NATIONAL LESBIAN ACTION
FOUNDATION presents 1111 1991 Pride
DancI, with a performance by Rhythm
Elpr .... $12 In advance/$15 at door.
Camp Friendship. Sixth Avenue and 8thStreet Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 pm to 1
am. Info: (212) 529-8021.

THE TRIANGLE COMMUNITY CENTER 01
Fairfield County, Connecticut presenl8 a
Gay Prldl Danci. Hot and cold horsd'oeuvere and music provided by a OJ.
Cash bar. $12 In advance/$15 at door.
Norwalk Inn. East Avenus. Norwalk, Conn,
8 pm to 1 am. Info: (203) 845-0668 •THE DUGOI,JT presents Dldley'.
Man
Bar. Featuring Matth.w Courtney, Boby
Hid! and Phillip Roth's Boy~Life. $3. 185
Christopher St,just east of the West Side
Highway. 11 pm. Info: (212) 473-5625.

QUEER NATION presen1ll Takl Back thl
Night. the second march againet anti-lesbian and anti-gay violence. Assemble at
Sheridan SquareJStonewail Place. 10 pm to
12 midnight Info: Alan Klein at (212) 2605652, Uz Powere at (212) 368-2089 or theQueer Nation Hotline at (212) 97H72o.

SATURDAY, .JUNE 22
THE THIRD ANNUAL NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LESBIAN AND
GAY FILM presenl8 Club des F1lmmesat
12 pm, Drtr OurDull 'DIII •• and R./uat 2:15 pm, Exlramuffl. at 4:15 pm,
Think YDUanll QDDllnl,h' at 6:50 pm,
Ara , 6abrl.' at 9 pm and Drama In
B/Dnll. at 11: 10 pm. The Biograph
Cinema. 225 W. 57th St Inlo: (212) 966. 5848.
THE EAST COAST LESBIAN FESTIVAL
presents, on the night stage, flHh Nolan,
karen William.,
Alii Dobkin and
LaVInder Jan •. On the day 8tage, ifs
Batya, Jan Corll .. and Zoe L.wl •. The
lour-day festival alao Includes theWritere' Tent, with new and eatablishedlesbian aunhore, the Artists Gallery, theJewish Lesbians' Tent and the Lesbian
Video Festival. Prices vary for one- tolour-day packages. Poyntele, Penn. For
complel8 details, call (718) 643-3284.
WOMEN ABOUT present8 Kayaklng,
Canoeing and Birding In Sebago Bay. $5
contribution to the boating Club required.
For more Inlo or to loin Women About,call (212) 642-5257.

7:30 pm. Info: Rusty at (212) 293-6042.
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS prasents a Blneflt Party for the LESBIANHERSTORY ARCHIVES BUILDING FUND.
Help the Archives buy 1111 own building
and a permanent home. Admi88ion
Includeslree beer and an Italian buffetdinner. $10. The Ro08t Seventh Avenue

the physical postures, deep relaxation
and breathing practices which revitalize
and strengthen the body and calm themind. This cla88 Is especially lor those
who are HIV-posltive. IYI. 227 W. 13th
St 12-1:30 pm. (212) 928-0586.

SUNDAY, .JUNE 23
THE THIRD ANNUAL NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LESBIAN AND
GAY RLM presen1ll Clanll• .uno D• .unD
at 12:30 pm, TIl. Lullalanll at 2:30 pm, I
lhall Ole a Bachelor: Croll-DrII.lng
In
Gennan Cinema at 4:45 pm W,lnln,.n
IIIIclll at 6:45 pm and a Ineak Preview at
9 pm. The Biograph Cinema 225 W. 57th
St Info: (212) 966-5848.
THE EAST COAST LESBIAN FESTIVAL
presents, on the day stage, Mimi
BazoeWlka, Jamie Andenon and luede.
The lour-day festival alsoinclude8'theWriters' Tent, with new and establishedlesbian autthore, the Artis1ll Gallery, theJewish Lesbians' Tent and the Lesbian
Video Festival; Prices vary for one- tolour-day packages. Poyntele, Penn. For
complete details, call (718) 643-3284.
WOMEN ABOUT presen1ll Canoeing on
the Carmen RIVlr on Long Island. For
more Info or to join Women About, call(212) 642-5257,•

CENTER KIDS presen1ll lis Annual Plcnlc~ .
In Centllli Park. Call Doug Robinson at(212) 923-1976 for info.

GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presents
Keep It Upl, a workshop to help you reaflirm your commitment to eafer aex. 10
am to 5 pm. For complete details, call the
GMHC hotline at (212) 807-6655,

PROFESSIONALS IN FILM AND VIDEO
presents a Berbecue. For complete
details, contact (212) 645-3351.

INTEGRAL YOGA INSTITUTE presents
Hatha Yoga Clall. Hatha Yoga refere to

SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS and
PALS present a Gay Pride Picnic in•Prospect Park. Bring food and beverages,
game8 and sports equipment Prospect
Park We8t and 9th Street. 1 pm. Info:(718) 965-7578.
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THE PLEASURE PRINCIPALS In aaaoclalion with LAVENDER AND LACE praaent
ECIIIIY Exonentad, a multimedia 8a1on.
Featuring erotic arti8tic expl888ion, performance, dance and vi8ual8 by women for
women . 28 Ninth Ave., at 13th St 3-8 pm.
Men can prsviaw the show from 1-2 pm.
BISEXUAL PRIDE DISCUSSION ANDSUPPORT GROUP Glneral Melling.
TodaY'8 topic: "The Blaaxual Continuum:
Variations of Bisexuality." The Center. 208
W. 13th St 3-4:30 pm. (212) 459-4784.
MOSAICBOOKS pre8ent8 Mattha.
Coartnl' (word8) and Johanna Kopp
(voice). $2 donation. 167 Ave. B., at 10thStreet 4 pm. (212) 475-8623.
GAY MALE SIM ACTIVISTS presente lte
Eight Annual Llttlilr
Prllli Night.
Featuring erotic art works, leather clothIng and gar, theater tlcket8 and othergoods to be auctioned off In a benefit for
Herllage of Pride and GMSMA'8 HocuttFergu80n FWA Fund. $10. The Umelight
Sixth Avenue at 20th Street 6-10 pm.
Info: (212) 727-9878.
HERITAGE OF PRIDE Oroap Marshal
1I"I11IInl. For those Interested In working
the Rally, the March or the Dance on thepier. St. Vincent Hoepllal auditorium.
Seventh Avenue and 12th Street Info:(212) 691-1774.

MONDAY, dUNE 24
AIDS CEtmR OF QUEENS COUNTY presente CIIIIII Orllnlltlon MIlling. ACQC.
97-45 QU88I18Blvd., SUD 1220. Rego Park,
NY. 6:3O-a:30 pm. Info: (718) 896-2500.
GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE IN MORRIS
COUNlY presenla Womyn'l Network andMln'l RIp Group at 7:30 pm, b8fore
thelrGlnll'l1
Milling
at 8:30 pm.
Tonlght'8 topic: "Gay and Smiling
Through 33 Years of Activl8m." Barbara
Gllllng8, founder of the New York chapter
of Daughtere of BllltIs, dlscu8888 activist
In the early days of the laablan and gay
rlghte movement 21 Normandy Helghte
Rd. Morrl8town, NJ. Info: GAAMC Gay
Helpline: (201) 285-1595.
ACT UP 011111'11MIIIIIII. Cooper Union.
Fourth Avenue at 7th Street 7:30 pm.
Info: (212) 564-AIDS.
ONE DREAM lliEAlRE presents two oneact monologues: TIl, ImpiJulbl, Hurt.
written and performed
by Brendl
Vuglr, and Lift'" t" M/~""',written
and performed by Davlll Milir. $7. 232
We8t Broadway, at North Moore Strset
9:30 pm. [See June 25]
CELLBLOCK 28 presente NIW Vorkltl'lP
lAd PlIIIIII AIIocllUon Plrty. 28 Ninth
Ave., downstairs, between 13th and 14th
etree1l. 8 pm to 3 am. (212) 733-3144.

TUESDAY, dUNE 25.

ALAN HERTZBERG In conjunction with
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY,MEDIA NETWORK and THE AMERICANCIVIL LIBERTIES UNION LESBIAN AND
GAY PROJECT pre8ent8 Prldl f1'd
PrlJudlce, a film and lecture 8erles onhom08exuallty. Today'8 topic: "'Sissy'
Eastern Writers." Film: James Baldwin:
The Price of the Ticket. Moderator:
Patrick Merll, former editor of the New
Yolt Native. Panel: Michael DinnIn"
8enlor editor, St. Martin'8 Press; SllIh
Mlchlael Fllhlr, pciet and co-founder ofBlack and White Men Together; Glbb,
Hue from RFO magazine; Donald
VIning, autobiographer and publisher andDoric Wlilon, playwright Donnell UbraryCenter Auditorium.
20 W. 53rd St.
2:30-6:30 pm. [See June 26-29]•

GAY MEN OF THE BRONX Dilcuilion
Ind RIp SlIIlon. Topic: Being Gay in the
Bronx. 1 Fordham Plaza, 8uite 800. 6-8
pm. Info: Rutty at (212) 293-6042.
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presents a
Hellth Semlnlr: Medicil Treatmentl.
129 W. 20th St., third floor. 7 pm. 'For·
mors Information, call the GMHC hotlineat (212) 807-6655. TOD (212) 645-7470
for the hearing Impaired.
LESBIANS AND GAY MEN OF NEWBRUNSWICK pre8ent AnnUli Ga, and
Lllblln PrIde Night. Bring your musicaland poetic h.lents. Friend's Meeting
House. 109 Nichol Ave. New Brun8wick,
NJ.8 pm. Info:'(908) 247-0515.

Fiorenci Volkmln PlncuI, clinical P8Ychologi8t. Panel: Dionne Freene" YES,
the Center; and Dr. Harold Kooden, P8Ychologist; Betty Powell, Black lesbian. feminist, educator and activist Donnell
Ubrary Center Auditorium. 20 W. 53rd St
3-6 pm. [See June 25, 27-29J

Together; Dr. MlrJorle Hili, director of
the Mayor'8 Office for the Gay andLe8blan Community;and WIlliam
Rubenlteln,
ACLU Lesbian and Gay
Project.
Donnell
Library
CenterAuditorium. 20 W. 53rd St. 12:3G-a:30
pm. [See June 25-26, 28-29]

NYABN Blllxual
Women'l Support
Group. $3 donation. The Center. 208 W.
13th St 6:30-8 pm. Info: (212) 459-4784.

QUEER NATION Wllkl,
Mlltlng. The
Center. 208 W. 13th St. 7:30 pm. Info:(212) 9788-8720.

GAY MALE SIM ACTIVISTS presente 101
WI,lto lie I Man to I Bed, Self-explantory. $4 members!$6 nonmembers. The
Center. 208 W. 13th St 8 pm. Info: (212)727-9878.

JULIUS' presents Foot Frlendl Bar
Night, for men Into bare feet, sock8,
sneakers, shoes and boote. 159 W. 10th
St, at Waverly Place. 9:30-11 pm. Info:(212) 675-7352,

THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN IDENTITY
presente Outing Vellul Coming Out The
Political and PI,chologlcalldlntlty,apanel dlscu8sion featuring Blurl,
Decker, Dr. MarJorie Hili, Glbrlel. Rotelo, Charles SlIvllltlln
and Pedro
Velalquez. The Center. 208 W. 13th St
8-10 pm. Info: (212) 799-9432.

FRIDAY, dUNE 28

NADA presents Gay Nation, a band featuring Chrll Cochl'lne and Scoll Heron,.!n a
performance entitled The Gay Nation
Revue. The l8VUewill feature a revolving listof guest musicians and performers, InlcudingDancenol .. , Kathy Danger, Richard
ElovIch, J.. Grsen, Almon Gllmll.d andLinda Austin. $7. 167 Ludlow St10 pm.
Reservations: (212) 420-1466.

HERITAGE OF PRIDE Generel MemberIhlp Melting. All interested persons
Invited. The Center. 208 W. 13th St. 8
pm. Info: (212) 691-1774.

THE EAGLE presents

SOUTHERNERS present8 a Working
Eyenlng for Pride DIY. The Center. 208
W. 13th St 8 pm. Info: the Southerners
HoUine at (212) 674-8073.

CELLBLOCK28 presents Hot AlII. 28 Ninth
Ave., downstairs, betwesn 13th and 14th
streets. 8 pm to 3 am. (212) 733-3144.

GIRL SCOUT ItmRNATIONAL presents
Cllb ,I. Flmmll, a women's party. $6.
The Groner. 29 E. 32nd Sl, between Pari<and Madison avenue8. 9 pm: Info: (212)679-2932.
ONE DREAM lliEATRE presente two oneact monologuaa: TIl, Imp".6Ible Hf..!I..
written and performed by Brendl
V.glr, andM/~b'l, written
and performed by Dnld Miler. 57. 232
We8t Broadway, at North Moors Street
9:30 pm. [See June 24]

L,tt,,,,,,THE EAGLE presents Ol/Untb. 'go.
Night. A portion of the bar proceeds will
benefit GBS and Oulin the '90s. The
Eagle. 142 Eleventh Ave., at 21st Street
10 pm. Info: (212) 691-8451CELLBLOCK 28 present8 Rlk McShane
Pimp PlIIy. 28 Ninth Ave., downstairs,
between 13th and 14th 8treets. 8 pm to 3
am. (212) 733-3144.

WEDNESDAY, dUNE 26•

ALAN HERTZBERG in conjunction withlliE NEW YORK PUBUC UBRARY, MEDIANETWORK and THE AMERICAN CIVIL
LIBERTIES UNION LESBIAN AND GAY
PROJECTpreaente Pllde Ind PreJudice, afilm and lecturs serle8 on homosexuality.
TodaY'8 topic: ·Comlng Out PostStonewall." Aim: Wont I. Out Moderator.

Movie Night:
Po.tt.rd. Fromth, Ed". The Eagle.
142 Eleventh Ave., at 21st Street 11 pm.
(212) 691-8451-

THURSDAY, dUNE 27
THE THIRD ANNUAL BRONX AIDSFORUM pre8ent8 Treltmlnt
Cholcl ..
Baing In Informed Conlumer. The program hopes to update service providers,
advocates and consumers regarding current HIV and AIDS treatment options andto identify service gaps, barrler8 to careand 8trategie8 to alleviate these problems. Work8hops Include: "Pedl;ltrlc/
Adolescent AIDS Treatment Modalities,"·Clinical Trial8: "Altsrnatlve Treatments:"HIV Treatment and lte Interaction With
Other Drugs," "Acce88/Barriers
toTreatment" and "Nutrition Information
and Choice." $12. Bronx Community
College. Gould Memorial
Library
Rotunda. Unverslty Avenue and West
181st Street. 8 am to 4:30 pm. Info:
Bronx AIDS Services at (212) 295-5598.
ALAN HERTZBERG in conjunction with
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY,MEDIA NETWORK and lliE AMERICANCIVIL LIBERTIES UNION LESBIAN AND
GAY PROJECT .presents Prldl Ind
PreJudice, a film and lecture series onhomosexuality. Today's topic: "whers Do
We Go From Here?: Plannng Gay Ub forthe 19908." Film: The Tim.. of Harvey
Milk. Moderator. David Rothenberg, gay
activist and radio commentator. Panel:
Rlchant Buml, executive director of the
Lesbian and Gay Community Services
Center; Jam .. Credle, Men of All Colors•

ALAN HERTZBERG in conjunction with
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY,MEDIA NETWORK and THE AMERICANCIVIL LIBERTIES UNION LESBIAN AND
GAY PROJECT pre8ents Pride and
PreJudice, a film and lecture 8eries onhomosexuality. Today's topic: "Aging andthe Homosexual Community."
Film:
Silent Pioneers. Moderator: Arlene
Kochmln, executive director of SAGE.
Panel: Gerry Faler, SAGE; Mlrlln
Dublrman, hl8torian; Rlchant Plant, historian; and Davll Plitt, activist. The
Center. 208 W. 13th St. 2-5 pm. [SeeJune 25-27, 29]
YOUTH ENRICHMENTSERVICESpresentsa Lasblln and Ga, PJlde Celebrstlon. The
Center. 208 W. 13t St. 6-10 pm. Info:
Dionne Freeney at (212) 620-7310.
LAVENDER LIGHT GOSPEL CHOIR perform8 at the AnnualChrlltopher
Str .. t
AIDS Candlelight Vlill. Christopher
Street and Sheridan Square. 6:30 pm.
lliE AMERICAN CIVIL UBERTIES UNIONLESBIAN AND GAY PROJECT, AIVF,MEDIA NETWORK AND THE NEW YORKFILM AND ViDEO COUNCIL present aMedia S,mpollum asking the question,"Now that the community i8 under attack,what kind of product Is neces8ary?"
Dlscuseants include, Alfredo BeJar, filmmaker, Latino Collaborative;
Oon
Derolb" executive director of the Media
Network, Ada Gay Griffin, Third World
Newsreel, Alln Hertzberg; gay activist
producer and vldeomaker, Jim .. Lee,gay Asian activist Marie Nelth.I, headof the Donnell Library Media Center, Hyl
Jang Plrk, director of Downtown
Community lV, John Ro.e, president of
the New York Film and Video Council,
John SClglloHI, executive producer of
Before Stonewalt, Gretl Schiller, filmmaker; SUlln Stone Shapiro, Independent producer, NFLCP; Chuck Sherwood,
executive director, Cape Cod Community
lV, NFLCP, Ellen Spiro, videomaker,
Mare Weill, executive producer of Pointof View and Deborah Zimmerminof
Women Make Mov!"es. $2. Downtown
Community lV. 82 Lafayette St., twoblocks south of Canal Street 7-10 pm.

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Information must be received by Monday to be included in the following week's issue. Send items toCompiled by Dale Peck.
OutWeek Ustings, 159 W, 25th St, NY, NY 10001.
ME (Arts and Entertainment. 555 fifth Ave., 10th floor., NYC 10017, (212) 6614500) CCTV (Rick X. P.O. Box 790, NYC 10108) GIS (Gay Broadcasting
System. Butch Peastan, 178Seventh Ave., suite A-3, NYC 10011.(212)243-1570)
GCN (Gay Cable Network. Lou Maletta. 32 Union Square East, suite 1217.(212)477-4220) GUI (Gay and lesbian Independent Broadcasters. (212) 473-1689)
GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis. Jean Carlomusto. 129 W. 20th St., NYC 10011.
(212) 807-7517) HI PROD '(Robin Byrd Productions. P.O.Box 305, NYC 10021,(212) 988-2973) WABt-TV
W. 63rd St., NYC 10023 (212)45&-7777) WBAI,FM (505 Eighth Ave., 19th floor, NYC 10018 (212) 279-0707) WCBS-TV (51 W.
52nd St., NYC 10019. (212) 975-43211 WNlt- TV (30 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC
10112. (212) 664-4444) WNET-TV (356 W. 58th St., NYC 10019.(212) 560-3000)
WNYW-TV (Fox. 1211 AVlAM, NYC 10036. (212) 556-2400) WPIX-TV (220 E.
42nd St., NYC 10017.(212)949-1100)m

MONDAY', .JUNE 17,

10 AM WABC- TV Sally Jessy Rllphael Scheduled: actors who played
fathers on TV, including Robert Reed (Brady Bunch) and Conrad Bain
(Diff'rent Strokes). Am I opening the magazine to a libel suit if I tell
you how a (male) friend of a friend of mine was once hit on by Robert
Reed? OK,then I wonitell you, CH 7.
11 AM The Dillna Montford Show The host interviews Sergio Duran of thethe Gay and Lesbian Switchboard, Manhattan Cable, CH 0/17,
1:30 PM WUSB 90,1 FM The Word Is Out Marc Gunning hosts a weekly
lesbian, gay and bisexual variety show,
2 PM WUSB 90.1 FM Lavender Wimmin News, songs and music produced by women for women.
2:30 PM WUSB 90.1 FM This WilY Out More queer news,
2:30 PM GLiB/WBAI99,5 FM GIlY Nightlife is Much, Much More Fun Host
Mark Allen leads a tour of New York's queer club scene,'8:30 PM ,The Brenda and Glenndll Show Manhattan Cable, CH 17
9 PM GBS Out in the !US: community news, discussion, interviews. BQ
Cable, CH 56 (1:00)
9 PM GCN GIlY USA Paregon Cable. CH C/16 (:30)
11:30 PM Tomorrow/Tonight Uve: entertainment; Manhattan and Paragon
Cable, CH 0/17 (1:00).
Midnight CCTV The Closet Cllse Show. K10sst K1ips; Manhattan /paragon
Cable, CH C/16 (:30)•

TUESDAY, .JUNE 18
10 PM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers;, Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:00)
10 PM WNET- TV Absolutely Positive Petar Adair's movie, composed ofinterviews of people living ,with HIV, Repeetad Friday at midnight CH 13.
10:45 PM HBO Kids in the HIIII Canada's comedy troupe, which featuresdrag routines and openly gay members,
11 PM GBS Out in the !US: ne~, infonnation and interviews;
Manhattan/Paragon CableiCH C/16 (1:00)'1:15 AM TMC Without You I'm Nothing So is Sandra Bernhard a lesbian oris she? Or should I ask. Should I list this program or shouldn't I?

WEI)NESDAY, .JUNE 19
9:30 AM WBAI99,5 FM Ghosts in the Mllchine This radio show is hosted
by OutWe.k Features Editor Victoria Starr. 2.5 hours.
"
8 PM WIND-TV CasulIl Sex Your must to avoid for all time: "Disease-conscious friends vacation at a health spa in hopes of meeting safe partners: Instead, they mest Andrew Dica Clay, CH 20. .
10 PM WCBS-TV SCllndll/Pasty-feced Dan Rather (I know; I've seen him
up close) "examines the abuse of children by someone you had
placed yourlglstiil:such as a teacher or a day-care worker, Sounds
like a program for a little thinly veiled homophobia, CH 2.
11 PM WIND-TV QiHIS The Cheers bar is "promising to become a gay ha{lg'out," scaring off Sam's customers. Then good riddance, I say, CH 11,
Midnight RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers, live
caU-in show; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35

THURSDAY, dUNE 20
1 PM WBAI-FM This Way Out; the international gay and lesbian news

aa OUTW •• K .t" ,.. :us. ~_ ..

magazine; 99,5 FM (:30)
1:30 PM WBAI-FM An Aftsmoon Outing. Local news about the gay andlesbian community with Larry Gutenburg. 99.5 FM (:30)
10 PM GCN Be Our Guest entertainment for and about the lesbian/gay
community; Manhattan Cable, CH 0/17 (:30)
10:30 PM GMHC Uving With AIDS Health and politics, Manhattan Cable,
CH V/35(:30)
11 PM GCN Gay U.S.A.: news and entertainment from around the country; Manhattan Cable, CH Vl35 (1:00)
Midnight GCN Men in Rims: male erotica, interviews with adult filmstars;
Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:30)
12:30 AM RB PROD Men For Men: Robin Byrd presents gay male pornostars; Manhattan Cable, CH Vl35 (:30)

FRIDAY, .JUNE 21
1:30 PM DIVA-TV Day of Desperation The activist video organization's
version of what went down at ACT UP's Jan. 23 demo. CH 0/17,
2:30 PM WBAI-FM Rompiendo el Silencio Todos los viernes, Gonzalo
Aburto con temas y noticias para la comunidad latina gay y lesbiana.
99.5 FM (:15)
7 PM WBAI 99.5 FM AIDS In Focus, Michael Alcalay, producer.
1 AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers;
Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:00)

SATURDAY, .JUNE 22
8:30 AM WBAI-FM Any SlIturdaywith

David Rothenberg; live call-in; 99.5
FM (2:00)
6 PM WNET-TV Fllmily Values The lesbian community of San Frencisco
rallies to help gay men with AIDS. CH 13.
7 PM WNET- TV Out in AmericlI A roundtable discussion of the goals andachiev~ments of the gay rights movement, featuring a panel of educators, political leaders and artists. Host Andy Humm. Rebroadcast at
4:50 am. CH 13,
7 PM GCN G,IY USA News and entertainment from around the country.
Bo, Unity, ACV Cable, CH 56 (1:00)
IPM WNET- TV Rlldio Cfllze Sst in a Miami Beach nightclub, gay men
from the Seattle Men's Chorus recreate the spirit of radio broadcasts
from the 1940s, CH 13•
9:30 PM WNET- TV Resh and Pllper A portrait of lesbian-feminist post
Suniti Narnjoshi, who reads excerpts from her work and speaks about
her relationship with an English feminist poet CH 13,
10 PM WNET- TV Victim Dirke Bogarde plays a lawyer confronting a gangof blackmailers who murdered his one-time lover, CH 13.
11 PM Gay TVMaie porn; Manhattan Cable, CH Vl35
11:40 PM WNET-TV My Bellutiful LaundrettfJ Stephen Frears movie about
an English hood and his Pakistani lover who renovate a laundromat
CH11'
1 AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show Male and female strippers.
Paragon Cable, CH C/16 (1:00)
1:20AM WNET-TV A Specilll DayA "dowdy housewife" and an "ostracized homosexuar mest by chance in Italy, Starring Sophia Loren andMarcello Mastroianni, CH 13,
1:30 AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show Male and female strippers.
Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:00)

SUNDAY, .JUNE 23
3:10 AM WNET- TV A TlIste of Honey A homoely young girt becomes pregnant by a Black sailor and is cared for by a kind homosexual frieild,
CH 13.
7:30 PM WBAI 99,5 FM The GIlY Show., Co-hosts Marte Becker, Bob
Storm, Larry Gutenburg and Allan Ross interview Kurt Wolfe, host of
Out in the '90s' Rick X. host of The Closet Casfl Show; Mark Johnson,
artis1; and Nona Hendryx. recording artist Alternates with Out/ooles.
10-.30PM RB PROD Men For Men: Robin Byrd presents gay male pornostars; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:30)
11 PM GBS WilY Outl Mark Chesnut and Mic~elle VanVoomies host Rich
Volo is the producer, CH C/16 (:30)

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SaturdayMondayLa Bouche (A last Monday of the month party
for the summer, Dancing upstairs, a '30s
and '4Os jllzz motif downstairs. Doors open
at 10 pm,) 679 Sixth Ave., at 18th Street.
Pyramid (Michael T. presents New York Nights,
Alternative music With OJ Bad Taste, $11
Pyramid, 101 Ave, A (212)420-1590,

Tuesday+1\oClub Edelwei .. (TVs, TSs, gays, bi's, singles, couples; Tuesdays are especially for
lesbians, but everyone is welcome,) 167 W,
29th St. (212)868-6989.
D.nc.teri.
(Chip Duckett's Gay Tuesdays,
Doors open at 10 pm. )29 E, 29th St Info:(212) 353-8n5. ,+G ... nd Central (Women's nighl) 210 Merrick
Rd, Rockville Centre, LI. (516)536-4800, .
Roxy (John Blair's 'Muscle on Wheels,~ Gayrollerskating, Doors open at 8 pm. Varied
cover.) 515 W 18 St. (212)645-5156.

Send Information to
OutWeek Listings, 159 W. 25
th St., 7th floor, NY, NY
10001. Fax: (212) 337-1220.

Jb[naw info]+[woman]*[attracts TVs]

Wednesday
1\oCh.nnel &9 (Drag Extravaganza, with Unda
Simpson. Go-go stars, OJ Dany Johnson.
Sexy, upbeat, East Village fag and dyke
crowd, $5,) Pyramid, 101 Ave, A (212)420-

1590.
The Bunkhou,e (Club Trash, a night of WOREalternative music, with Freddie and OJ
Kamakazie. ~ay 8: guest hostess Cherry
Vanilla,) Montauk Highway, Sayville, (516)567-BUNK,+ Exc.libur(Ladies Night. $1 drinks.) 10thStreet andJefferson behind football stadium, Hoboken, NJ. (201)795-1161.
1\oLimelight (Disco 2000, with Michael Alig andLarry Tee, Doors open at 10 pm. $10,) Sixth
Avenue at 20th Street (212)807-7850.
Limelight (Juan Davila and Marc Berkl8y present Uck It at Umelighl Featuring dancing,loun:ging, and the Lick It Lounge,) Sixth
Avenue at 20th Street (212)807~7850. .'P.r.llel(Victor Anonymous?
and David
Cameron present Depravity. 'Unparalleleddepravity, psychosexual go-go dancers,
twiested shciws, This week: JFK Superstar.)
229 W, 28th St. (212)563-9292.
b+P,ychedeUc
Muffroom (The Prom Queen
and Dega present dancing for dykes, withan outdoor patio and pinball, $5.)47 W. 20thSt. (212)807-7850,.Silver Lining (2-4-1 drinks.) 175 Cherry Ln. Roral
Park, LI, (516)354-964"
Stutz (2-4-1 drinks,) 202 Westchester Ave.
White Plains, NY. (914) 761-3100,.

Thursday.

1\oCopacebene (Susanne Bartsch. Last Th of themonth, Iffy door) 10 E, 60th St" at Fifth
Avenue, (212) 755-6010.
Excelibur (St drinks.) Located at the corner of
10th Street andJefferson behind footballstadium. Hoboken, NJ, (201)795-1161,
Wield',(2-4-1 drinks, female impersonators,)
126-10 Queens BlVd, Kew Gardens, Queens,(718)261-8484.
bThe Men', Room (Dallas presents muscle
men and boys. Go-go boys, three lIoors and60-foot ceilings.) 51 W. 26th St (212) 5761890.
One W.y (Hamlet presents a sexy environment
for dancing and drinking. Free before 11

pm/$5 after, Doors open at 11 pm,) 77
Houston St., off West Broadway, (212)941-

6757,
Th. Pump Room (Jason and Andrew presentgo-go boys, a light show and a large dancelIoor, $121$8.)The Roxy. 515 W. 18th St. (212l
645-5156,
Stingr.y'.
(New club, new sound system,
everything else is a surprise. No covertonight) 641 W, 51stSt. (212)664-8668.

FridayTh. B.nk (Nightmares on WaX/Damnation '91:
Alternative music hosted by Lee Chappelland Michael T, OJ Brian Damage, MiJed
crowd. $101$7.) 225 E. Houston St., at Essex.
(212f 505-5033.
+ Clit Club (Jocelyn & Julie present Clit Club
"WeSt. With go-go girls and lesbo videos, $1
drinks between 8 and 9 pm. Doors open at 8
pm, $5)432 W 14th St. (212) 406-1114.
Columbia D.nces (Rrst Friday dances, 10 pm to
2 am,) Columbia University Earl Hall. 116th
Street at Broallway, Daytime phone: (212)8~3574,+ Hatfi.ld'. (Women's nighl) 126-10 Queens
Blvd, Kew Gllrdens, Queens. (718)261-8484. .
HEAD D.nc. (Homocore mix and deviant fags
· .and dykes. OJ Nobody's Pussy, This w"ek
· only: Two Queens, a King and a Drum
Machine perfonn at 1 am, $5,) Pyramid, 101· Avenue' A (212)420-1590,
Me. Culp. (For inen, with dancing, video andlive l!ntertainment. $71$10,) 47 W, 20th St(212) 807-7840.
+ MiII.nnium (Ladies Night) 1770 New York
Ave. (Route 110) Huntington, LI. (516)351· 1402.
P.... II.I (Page and Don's Friday night, featuring
an eclectic crowd, party, $51$12,) 229 w,
28th St. (212) 563-9292.
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Sting ... y', (Free before 10 pm. $7 after.) 641 W,
51stSt. (?12) 664-8668.
+ Visions 56-01 Queens Blvd" Woodsid e,
Queens, Club: (718) 899-9031.

B.rilfoot Boogi. '(For adults, kids on 2nd and 4th
Saturdays. Smoke- and alcohol-free, 8:30
pm to 12:30 am, $5Ikids free,) 434 Sixth Ave.,
4th floor, between Ninth and Tenth avenues.
(212)857-5152.
Center (2nd and 4th Sa, 9 pm to 1 am, $8, OJ. Karin Ward.) 208 W. 13th St. (212)620-7310.
+ C.nter (Women & Friends. Rrst Sa. OJ Karin
Ward, 9 pm to 1 am,) 208 W 13 St. (212)6207210.
+Clit Club (Erotic lesbian videos, slides and gogo giris,Doors open at 10 pm.) The Pyramid,
101 Ave, A (212) 420-1590.
Columbi. Dance, (Next dance is Sept 21. Third
Saturday dances with OJ Karin Ward. 10 pm
to 3am. $5,) COlumbia University Earl Hall.
118th Street at Broadway. (212)629-1989,
419419 N. Highway, SoU1tiampton, LI. (516)2835001.
Flower (,Guaarana, dance, music, trance,
Featuring guest DJs and a mixed crowd. 225
E, Houston St, at Essex Street (212)5055173.
Love Zone (dancing & perfonners)70 Beach St.
Staten Island. (718)442-5692.
+G,irl S.turd.ys (Shescape presents SaturdayNights for Women,With go-go girls and aguest OJ. $8 before 10:301$10after,) 20/20. 20
W. 20th St" between Fifth and Sixth
avenues. (212)645-6479,
Meet (OJ Aldo Hernandez, Go-go boys, videos
and a slide show. $51$7,)432W 14 St
Pa... nel (John Blair and The Athletic Complex
present New York's hottest go-go boys, OJ
Tommy Richardson. $15.)2-29 W, 28th St(212) 563-9292.
1\oRoxy(LOcomotion. Gay men, straight women,some lesbians,) 515 W, 18th St, betWeen
Tenth and Eleventh avenues. (212) 645-5j 56.
+Silv.r Lining ~75 Cherry Ln, Floral Parli~ LI.
(516)354-9641,
Sound Factory (Mixed crowd but' mostly gay,
Serious House music, No arcohol, Doors
open' at 11 pm.) 530 W. 27th St, between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues. (212) 643-m28.
Sting ... y', ($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 Avenue C.

SundayThe Men', 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 &-7 pm. Go-go girls and.free finger food, OJ Usa Legendary. 3-8 pm.) 432 W,. 14th St. (212)406-1114.
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Clubl.nd (C~ip Duckett presents Boys in, Clubland. Uve dance acts, go-go boys, strippers, drag queens and the works. Opening
June 23; thereafter the last Sunday of every
month.) 254 W, 54th St+ Crazy'Nanny'. (Sunday evening Tea Dance,
Free before 9 pm!$5 after,) 21 Seventh Ave,
South, (212) 366-6312.
1\oFUCII (DJs Craig and Victor, IndustriaJ, house,
bass, soul and disco, Downstairs, theLesbian Luv Lounge, OJ Lori E. Seid andguests, $5,) Pyramid, 101 Avenue A. (212)420-1590, :+ lelly', (OJ Moaning Usa spins the records
for dancing dykes. Doors open at 8 pm. $3.)..lune _ ... _ .. OUTWEEK

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Monster (Sunday:Tea Dance at 4 pm,ISO Grove
St at Sheridan Square, (2121924-$,
Parallal (Michael Fesco presents Sunday Tea
Dance with Hi N.R,G. Music, MEF's go-goboys of the future. Open bar 5-7 pm, Freehot dogs. $6.1229 W. 28th St (2121563-9292.
• Peggy Sue', (Ande and Dany Johnson present Perk Up, Featuring dancing, a pooltable and a roof. I 120 University PI" between
13th and 14th streets.
• SOB, (Le~cia Montalvo presents The Lust
House. Rrst Sunday of the moilth, beginning
June 1. OJ Marlow, $5,1 204 Varick St, at
Houston. (2121243-4940,

Every Night (or almost)• Bedrock (Lesbian club, closed Mo and Tu.1
121 Woodfield Rd. West Hempstead, U. (51BI
486-9516.
'~Club Edelwei .. (Tuesdays are for lesbians,
but it's open to alrTu-Su.llB7
W, 29th St(2121861Hi989,
419419 N. Highway (Rte 271, Southampton, U.
(5161283-5001.
Grand Central 210 Merrick Rd, Rockville Centre,.U. (5161536-4800,
Magic Touch (Anglo/La1h:il~ianl73-1,3
37th Rd,
Jackson Heights, Queens. (7181429-8605.
Mogster SO,Grove St, at Sheridan Square. (2121
92":3557,'.
~ Pandora'ilox Sheridan' Square ti 7th
Avenue, (2121242-1408:
11Ie Pyramid (LOok under daily listings for individ\!alpartie,sand themes, Also check Going
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events, I tOl Ave, A, (2121
420-1590,' '.\ 'Spectrum (Look under daily listings tor individualparties and themes, Coors served.IS02
64th St.j',pt'*ighth,avenue. Bay Ridge,
Brooklyn, ~{I)238-8213,.
• Tod', (Nr~llt:~luband restaurant,
Mostlywomen;.';lJut men are OK,12 Georges Rd,
New Bnfnswick, NJ. (2011545-8990.
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The Break, 232 Eighth Ave. (22nd StI621-0072
Cellbfock 28, 28 Ninth Ave" 733-3144iM-WI
Chelsea Transfer, 131 Eighth Ave. (bet 16th and17th1929-7183.
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Eagle's Nest, 142 Eleventh Ave, (21stStI691-8451
Lavender and Lace, at the Vault, 28 Ninth Ave"
255-6758 (Fr, 7-11 pm andSu,3-8 pm, womenl
Private Eyes, 12 W. 21st St (bet Rfth and Sixth
avenuesl206-7770
Rawhide, 212 Eighth Ave., •(21st Stl, unlisted
Spike, 120 Eleventh Ave"243-9688•'.

West Village
Badlands, Christopher and West streets, 741-9236
Boots & Saddle, 76 Christopher St, 929-9684
The Comeback Bar, 507 Wast St, 242-2432
Crazy Nanny's 21 Seventh Ave. S,' 366-6312(womenl
D.T:s Fat Cat 281 W. 12th St,243-9041
Pandora's Box, 70 Grove St (Seventh Ave.12421408 (women I
Dugout, 185 Christopher St, 242-9113

Eighty-Eights, 228 W. 10th St, 924-00!8The Hangout (J'sl679 Hudson St,242-9272'
Julius, 1,59W. 10th St,929-9672
Keller's, 384 West StlChristopher, 243-1907 .
Kelly's Village Wast, 46 Bedford St,929-9322
Marie's Crisis, 59 Grove St; 243-9323 The Monster, 80 Grove St .(Seventh Ave,I924-3558
New Jimmy's 53 Christopher St, 463-0950
Ninth Circle, 139W. 10th St,243-9204
Reeds, 8 Christopher St, 675-7333
Sneakers, 392 West St, 242-9831
Two Potato, 145 Christopher St, 242-9340
Ty's,114 Christopher St, 741-9641
Uncle Charne's, 56 Greenwich Ave., 255-8787

Tribeca
Altar, 161W. Broadway. 571-7272,
G-spot, 50 Warren St, 219-2588 (Fr and Sa, womenlWest Side
Candle Bar,:m Amersterdam Ave., 874-9155
Cat's,730 Eighth Ave., 221-7559
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Gents, 360 W. 42nd St, (Ninth Ave,)967-0659
Sally's Hitleaway, 264 W, 43rd St,221-9152
Town &. Country, Ninth Ave, at 45th St,307-1503
Trix, 246 W.,48th St, ( 664-8331
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Bunkhouse, 192 N. Main St, Sayville, 567-2865
Cherry's, Bayview Walk, Cherry Grove, Fire Island,597-6820
Club Swamp, Disco/Annex Restaurant, Montauk
Hwy, Wainscott, 537-3332
Crew's QU,arters, 36 R Pines Blvd., upstairs, Fire
Island,597-6873.
Ice Palace, Cherry Grove Beach Club, Fire Island,Staten I'sland(area co.de 718)
SandcaS1ie, 86 Mills Ave., 447-9365

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KIss, 161 Farmardie Dr., Lake Ronkonkoma, 467-9273
Club 608, 608 Sunrise Highway, W, Babylon, 661-9580
Millennium, !nO New York Ave., Huntingdon, 351-'.

Westchester(area code 914)
Playroom,590 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers, 965-6900
Stuiz,, 202 Westchester Ave.,White
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Feather's, 77 Kinderkamack Rd.,
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Friendly's, 6310 Park Ave., W.New York, 854-9895
Excalibur, 10th and Jefferson, Hoboken, 795-1023
Nite Lite, 509 22nd St, Union City,863-9515
Vibrations, 165 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, 836-5518
Yacht Club, 366 Berksire Valley Rd" Jefferson, 6979780

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Thunders, 894 Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown, 864-1410~

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Hideaway, 87-36 Parsons Blvd" Jamaica,657-4885
Love Boat, 77-02 Broadway, Elmhurst, 29-8670
Magic Touch, 73-13 37th Rd" Jackson Heights,
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BrandYs Piano Bar, 235 E. 84th St,650-1944
Club 58, 40 E,'58th St,,318-1546
G,H, Club, 353.E. 53rdSt, 223-9752
Johnny's Pub, 1~ E, 47th St,355-8714
NY Confidential,.•. " 306 E. 49th St,308-8390
Rounds, 303. E. 53rd St, 593:-0807
South Dakaota, 405 3rd AVII., (29th St) 684-8376.
Star Sapphire, 400 E 59th St.,688-4710
The Townhouse, 236 E. 58th St, 754-449
Twenty-Nine Palms, 129 Lexington Ave., 686-8299

Merrick Rd., Seaford, 785-9IKII .

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IIJEENSCounty Social Serivecea Education - Buclciea- Coul1l8rllg - suppoIt Groups Val......
0ppaItunitin 171818118-2500,lvoiceI17181
88&-28IIIi(11IDI

and church and upholding tha
civil rights of La.bian and Gay
Athailts.M.atings
the fir.ts
Sunday Community C.nter, 1 to
3 P.M. Dial • Gay Atheists
1718/889:1737, 24 houllI.
ARCS (AlDS-llElATED•

ACT "(AIDS COAlJTJON TO
UNLEASH POWERI
488A Huds'on Street, Suite G4
NYC 10014 12121 584-2437 A
diverse, non-partisan group ofindividuals united in. anger andcommitted to direct action toend the AIDS crieis. Gen. meetings Mon. nights 7:30, in The
Great Hall,Cooper Union, on
Cooper Square between Astor
snd St. Marlts Pllce's.

t:anmmys.m-I
for Dutch ... , Orange, Putnam,
Rock/and, Sullivan, Ulstar snd
Wsstch.ster • counties. AIDS
education, client .. mcea, crisis
int.rv.ntion,
IUPPOrt groups,
c8le managllment, buddy andhospital visitor program, 214
Central Ave., Whit. Plains, NY
1080819141993-0808 838 Broadway, Newburgh, NY 12250 19141
582-5005 AlDSlin.11141.13,."ADW SURVIVORS OFSEXUAL ABUSE
I~"SAGEI
Mondays, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Siga Room It the Centar~,.rim.ntal
Th.rapy Gr.up
far W_nIAgea 21 and upl to
support the r.cov.ry pro c ...
and frea you from the pain andliI.nca of •• xual abusa. In alafa .. tting; we sha re fa.lings,
dllVlllop relationship. with innerchildren, and .xplor.
andrei .... b.liefs and patt.rns
that block growth. This re-interIIrative proc.ss.. sists inuncov.ring your .. If worth andinn.r strenllth, Psychotherapilta Joyce Z. Mayers, CSW.,
and Robbya Stuart-Rus •• II,
MA. facirltate the group.
AFRICAN AIEIICANWIM.N·UNITED FOR. SOCIErAL CHANGE
Leabian a Gay Community Center 2111 Wut 13th Straet, NY~NY
Meeting avery Thul'lday 8:00 P.M
AIDS RESOURCE CENIER (ARCI
Supportive houling for ~omelell PWAs IBailey Hou.e andapartment.l,
Non~judgmental
plltorllcar. for PWA. andloved ona .. Volunteer opportunitiea, 12121481-1270, 24 Wast
30th St., NYC 10001

AlDEClAlU-NY
1A8lan talbiani.f tha E.. t
C.. at/A8ian Pacific Laabian
N.twa .... N.w Y.... I W. Ira apolitiCll, aociiland aupportiv.
natwork of A.ian Pacific 1•• bilns. Planning meatinga on thelit Sunday Ind socill event.
on tha I.. t Friday of uch
month. CIII12121517-5588 formore information.
AMERICAN GAYI
IEl8lANA11IBS1S
AGA. IncJ701 7th Avenua, Suite
M/Naw York, Naw York 10038
A non-profit" aducationel orgsnization dadicatad to preaerving laparation batwaan Itate,

ASIANS. FRENDII- N Y
A not-for-profit organization
which promOl88 friendships with
A8ian/Pscific Island.r, AlianAm.ricari, and non-Asian gay
man through IOci.I, CUItuIll~aducationll, and s.rvic. activitiel
and programs, Call our HotLin.:
212-674-5838,or write to: P.O.Box
81128, NY. NY10183-8112a.

ATR (ADS TREATMENTIESOIIIICES, IC.I

Publilh .. a quarteJly Directory ofclinical trial. of .xparim.ntal
AIDS/HIV tr8atm.nlll in NY/NJ,
and Philadelphia, and h••• ducational materiabr/.eninalll for trial
psrticipant&. ATRalso advocat81
for imPIOV8/ll8nt1in the trial.tem. 259 W. 30th St., BIh fI~
NYC,
101Q1,12121211&41911.
Publications
trait/donation requasted.
BAR ASSOCIATION FOR
HIIIIAN RIGHTS
Lawyers R.ferral S.rvice forthe Lesbian and Gay Community
Full Range of L.gal S.rvic.s
12121 459-4873 Fr.e Walk-in
Lagal Clinic. Tuasday 8-8 pm,
Lubian a Gay Community
Centr. Ground Roor
BIDS (BISEXUAL DOMINANCE• SUBIUSION
GRO .. I
Share SIM experiencea
indfanlllsiel with othefl in a positive, non-judgmantal
atmo.sphare. Firat Sunday of themonth, 4:45Rm It tha Community
Center 208 W, 13 Street, NYC,
Thil group is pirt of the New
YorkArea B_xual Natworlc.
BlJOUX (l'HE BISEXUALJEWISH GATHERINGI
Comel NOlhl Schmoozal Meetother Jewish bilexual land
aUillland ahara your interellll
at a "show- and-tell." SacondFriday of .ach month, 8pm at
The Community Canter 208 Wast
13th Streat, Part of the N.w
York Area BileXUll N.tworlc. formore info. Call 1201/440-3902.

BISEXUAL INfORMATION.
COUNSEUNG SERVICf.INC.
A profellionally staff.d, nonprofit organization for biaexuall, th.ir famili'l and partners,
facing probleml of a plychological or m.dical kind. We allO
work with thOie in doubt aboutth.ir .. xuality. Confidentiality ilprotected by law. For information phone: 1212149&-8500
BISEXUAL PRIDEDISCUSSION GIIOIIt
Topical discUlliona on issu.s ofinter.st to the community in acongenial atmospher.,follow.d by an informal dinner ata friendly local restaurant.
Every Sunday; 3:00- 4:30pm at
the Community Center 208 W. 13
Streat, NYC. Part of the New
York Area Biaaxual Network.
BISEXUAL WOMEN'S
SUPPOII1' GROUP
Discullion a. CR Group meeta
every 2nd a 4th W.dnesday,
8:30 - 8:00 pm at the Community
Cent.r, 208 Weat 13th Street,Part of NYABN.

BIWAYS NEW YORKMonthly locial events for the
BileXUal community and friends,
Ca. NYABNfor dataila of upcoming 8V8n1I. (2121459-f184

BFAC IBISEXUAL POUTICALAClJON COIlMlTlEE)
Political action on issuea ofimportance to the BileXUal/Leabian/Gay community. Monthly
meeting( potluck h.ld 8:00pm on
fourth Thuniday of the month atm.rilb.rs hom.s. Call NYABN
for this month's location. ((2121

activitiea
and up-to-dat.
national monthly, 'THE BODY
POSITIVE" l$2S/yearl_ (21217211348. 2085 Broadway, Suite 308,
NY,I00'23

Teen HOTT·LlNEfor Healthl Call
Monday to T~ursd.y, 7pm toI!pm.At othartin)ea,l.sve a ma.
18g. and we'll call you backl.COMMUNIrY RESEARCHBROOKLYN'SWBIAN AND
GAY POUrICAL CLUB lAMBDA
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS
L.I.D, .ndorses and works forcandidat.s in local, state andnational ... ctions,IoW .. for legillation, and conduc:1llcommUMy
outreach through atra.tfaiflandmeeting a on spacial topics. Joinu.. 338 Ninth St., Suite 135 Brooklyn, NY11215 (718198H482- '•CEN1BI fOR NfII.VIOIENCE:OOICLYN.
WOMEN'S MAII1IALAIITSa non-profit organization teaching aaIf-defanaa and karete for 17
y.afl. 5 week cour •• s in .. Ifd.fenaa for women. Community
workshops in aaIf-d8fanaa. Ongoing cia .... in karate a lIIi chi for
woman. COu..... a. workshops in
SD for leabiana a gay men. Sliding fa. Icale according toincom •• Call for mqre·info. 7187.... 1775. 421 5th Ava~ Brooklyn,
NY11215.
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CIRCLE OF MORE UGHT
SpirituallUppolt and iharing in alIay/lesbian affirmative IIroup.
Wast-Park Preabyterian Church
185 Wast 88th Street Wed: worahip lervice 8:30 p.m, program
7::30.Marsha 12121~
CharIi. (2121891-7118.
COMMUNIrY COUNSEUNG

INIT1ATIVE. NY ICRIIThe Community Research Initiative of New York I"CRI.NY" isa not-for-profit,
communityba.ed center for AIDS and HIVralated clinical r.sea rch. Creat.d in 1887 by peopl. withAIDS and their physicians, CRI
NYtellll promising experimental treatments
which many
restor. or sta billze immune
unction, and treatm.ptl
andpreventions for AIDS and HIVrelated opportunistic
Infections.There is no chang. forparticipstion
in CRlltudiel.
Many laboratory t88ts andphysicall are provided fr.a ofcharge to participants,Childclre can also be provided. All
Id.ntifyinll inform.tion ia k.pt
confidential ..Call 12121481-1050
CONGREGATION BEnt
SIMCIUUTORAII
NY'I Gay and L.lbian Synagogue ServicII Friday at 8:30pm
fi1 B.thune Straet For info. call:(2121829-8488.
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B'NAI J~1IJR1ft."
Monthly Spiritui~(Glthiir,ilfg. and~=~~~~
and familiea,#ogrlm
incrud ..
mUlic and dilcU88ion led by'our
Rabbis. Cal 12121787-7800

CENTERGay AffirmatiV. Psychoth.rapy
DlGNIrY-BIGAPPIlfor Individuals, Couples .and
A community of Lesbian and Gay
459-4784
Groups by liclinaad clinical
Catholics. Ac1iviti1ll include Litur·locial work.rs Ind plychologiea and IOciala avery Sat., 8:00
lIiata. Sp.cial experience e in
BrsEXUAL YOurH
pm, at the C.nter, 208 W, 13
addictions, atrall managem.nt,
InformallOcial a IUpport group
Strait; NYC,Cali/212181&-1308.
d.prellion, car.er coun .. ling,for Bisexual kidalyouth. Monthly
conc.rns,
AIDS
m.eting/potluck
lunch held '. r.lationahip
DIGNIrY NEW YORK
1:OOpmon fourth Sunday of theanxi.ty and cominll out illuel.
Lesbia.n and gay Catholicland
Sliding f.e scal., InlUranc.
month at m.inbers homa" Callfriends AIDS Ministry, Spiritual
NYABN for thll month~ location.
accepted. Villag.Jocation. For
D.velopment Th. Cath.dral Pro11111group II psrtoftha New York irnmedillll appoiritmant, call 212- , ject. Worahip S.rvicea a Social353-2898. A Itlff mamber will
Area Bilaxual Network.
Sun. EI-.7~
Jeihh', EpiIratum your caR within 24 hours,
copal Church 218 Wast 11th Straat
O~2179.
BLUS-BRONXWBIANS. UNIIED II SISIEIIIOOOCOMMUNIIY IEAIl1I PROJECTIs an activa, visibl., multicul2111 Wast 13th Street, NYC,New
DROP-II COME ourtural m.mbership orglnization
York 10011 FOr Appointmantl and
RAP GROUPS
that il addreaaing the locial
Information
12121 875-3559
Fer L•• bian. and Bi .. xualand political needs of the Bronx
ITIYNoic.IPROVlDING CARING, W.man, FridaYSlterting April
SENSITIVE AND LOW COST
Lelbian community. R.gular
5th 8:30-8:30 p.m, For Gay andm.etings, tha 3rd Fri, 8:30-8 pm
HEALTH CARE SERVICESTO THE
Bi.. X1111 M.n. Saturdays IIIIrto 208 W. 13 th St. and the 2nd . LESBIAN AND GJ« COMMUNnY ing April 6th 11:30 a,m.-l:30 pm"$5.00 Donation Rap Graup far
Wed, 8:»8pm at One Fordham
CO_UNIrY
HEAIl'H
Lesbian end Bi.saxual W_n
Plaza, Bronx. Call UII 212-829ov.r 40 lit. $ 3rd Saturday 8-8
8817IEngliahl or Miriam 212PROJECraHEAlJll ~p.m. "$5.00 Donation Rep Gra ..
4O&-2892ISpsniahlllION lIE fOR 1EENS
for Lelbian Ind Bi-Saxual
Do you hive question. about
Woman Every Saturday 2:30BODY POSITIVE
your health? Your Body7 Coming
If you or your lov.r haa tested
5:00 p.m, "$5:00 Donation Rap
Out? Safer Sex? Feellik. you
Gr.up for .ay and Bi-S.xuel
HIV+, we off.r IUPPOrt groupa,
hlv, no one to talk to? Not any
M.n Every Sunday 2:30 - 5:00
18minl"', public foruml, rafermorel Now you can call theencelibrary,referrall, social
p.m. "$5.'011Donation
HOTT-L1NE. 212-255-1517The

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For the p/IyIic.11y dia bled La..
bi.n .nd G.y Community. P.O.
Box S05 Vill.g. St.tion, N.w
York, NY10014
THE FIfTH NEW YORK WIIAN
AND lAY EXPERIIEn'AL
RlMlUI1VAL
will be h.ld .t Anthology Film in
S.pt.mb.r
1811. Submillion.
will b. icc.pt.d until Jun. SO.
Pl.... ...,d your 18 or Sup.r - 8
printa or vid.o tnnaf.r (only film
will be .how .t the fuIiv.1) withr.turn po.t.g. to Jim Hubbu,
503 Bro.dw.y, Rm 603, New
York, NY 10012 E.rly .pplic.tiona and premi.r .. will begiven priority, For further info
pi .... c.II(2121825-588S.
FRONI'RUNNEIIS
A running club for Illbian .nd
g.y .thl.t .. of all .biliti .. , Fun
Run. of 1~ nil .. held avery s.t.t lOam and W.d •. at 7pm in
C.ntnl P.rk and av.ryTu.a, at
7pm in Proapect Park. For information: c.1I (2121724-9700.

lAY ARIICAN AMERICANS OF
E8.A.A.1
i. a comml/nity b... d .upport
group formed in Wlltchllter
County, V.riou •• ctivitill arepl.nned for the coming month8.
Call 914-37&-0727 for men info.
GAY CHRISTIANSOF QUEENS COIINIY
ServicII held once. month at
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTCHURCH OF FLUSHING, 147-54
AlII Avenue, Rulhing, New York,11355, in the evening of the 3rdThuredey of .. ch month. For
more info c.1718-3Q.3841, P.O,
IIaK 4154, College Point, NY. 11&•

GAY rATllEll"S FORUM
A .upport org.nization for g.y
f.th.r'., their lov.ra, .nd oth.rain child-nurturing.itu.tione,
Monthly m.. ting. includ ••potluck aupp.r, .upport groupe
on v.ried .p.ci.liz.d
topic.,.pe.k.ra, .nd soci.lizing.M .. tingt: lat Frid.y Blch month, 7pm,
.tTh. C.nter, 208 W. 13th St,
Wilt of 7th M, Contnbution:sa.
Bring. m.in COUIII for 4 peopl.
lor pay. $5 food charg.,1 For
information c.ll: 212-97&-7541or
212-28WZ38•

llAAD-MyalUlMN
AI.IMNCE .....
1IEIiWAIIIN
80 V.rick StrIet, NYC 10013(2121-"700
GLAADcomblll homophobia in th.m.di •• nd .111'
wh.r. by promoting vi.ibility of
the I.. bi.n .nd g.y community.nd organizing
gra .. roollra,polll8 to .nti-g.y bigotry. Do
you h.ve 30 minutl •• month tofight homophobi.,Join the GlMO
Phon.T .... ICaI(212~1700
forinfonnllion.
lUI-lAY

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G.y and Lesbian Ind.p.nd.nt
Broadcaltlra invitll you to IIIn.
into OUTLOOKS on WBAI-NY. 88.!i

FM .v.ry oth.r Sund.y, 7~
TUllday• t 7:30pm to gpm to bacom ••member of GUB. No .xp.rieno.
ne.d.d, 505 Eighth Av.nu., NY,NY l0018AtIn: OiItLooka or c.1I
Mack, All!n.121214T.H_

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8AYaLU81AN
IIEAIJH CONCEIIISAn office of the NYC D.pl of
Hlllth, provid .. 6nkag .. betwn
NYC Health a. Hum.n IvcI,.nd
the La.bi.n a. elY community,
focuaing in All health COIIceme;.... ourc. informltion for healthIIrvic'lconlum.ra.nd
provid.... 125 Worth Street, Boxff7, N.w York, NY 10013. For infocll(212IS81i.
lAY MALE"" ACTIVISTS
Declicl1ld to .. and rllponlillle
SIM linc. 1881, Op.n m.. ting.
w/p..ograllll on SIM techniqu .. ,ifNtyIe --.
poitical Ind _ill
conc.rn., Aleo ep.ci.1 .venll,.p .. k.r. bureau, work.hop.,damoa, eIIinity groupa. ~more. GMSMA - D.pl 0, 488A
Hud.on Street, Suite 023 ,NYC
10014.(2121727-9818.

GIIAD (GAY MEN
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80 V.rick Str .. t, NYC·l0013 I.upport group of G.y M.n of
AfriCin Dllc.nt d.dic.ted toconlciou.ne .. -railing Ind the
d8V8lopmant of the Laebiln .nd
GlY Community. GMAD i. inclueiv. of African, African-Am.rican, Caribbean and Hi,plnic!
Latino m.n of color. M.. ting.
ara h.ld, we.ldy, on Frid.y.. For
inf!lrmation, c.U 71&-802-01112.
GAY MEN'S HEAIJHCRISIS HOTUNEFOR INFORMATION ON SAFERSEX AND HIV-RELATEDHEALTHSERVICES,AND I'OR INI'ORMATION ON ONE-TIME, WALK-IN
AIDS COUNSELING SERVICES
111-807'- IIM4I-7470 TDD(hrthl Heari..........
1 Mon.-

Fri.1Q:30am.tog pm. 12:1J1to3al.'

8AY ITMII cous:noN
On. of the coll.ctionl on uhibit
will b. Alternlt. Lif.atytll outof the Clo •• t. Thil i. the only
gly/lllbian ltamp coll.ction ofit. kind, It h .. won g gold
aw.rd •• o f.r. For inform.tion
on GlHSC, lind.
SASE to:
GLNSC, P.O. Box 230940, H.rtford, CT 0I1C1.W1MO

aTIIa..,...
CUll OFNlWYORK
Soci.1 club for hllVY, chubby
g.y m.n a. th.ir admir.r.,
Monthly .0ci.l •• t the -c.ntar',
we.1dy bar nighll Thured • .,. .t
the ·Ch.I ... Tranlfer', monthly
Fat Appl. R.vi.w, bi-monthly
FAR. panpela. For mora inform.
tion c.1I Erni•• t 914-88&-773& or
wri1I: Ga.tNNY. Dept 0, P.O, IIaK
10. Pelhlm, NYlea.

1IEAL-11INIth Etlucad ..
AlDlUai_1
We.1dy info•• nd .upport groupfor trIIlm8n1I for AIDSwhich do

not compromia. the immune
aywtam further. including .ham.tiv. Ind holi.tic .ppro.ch ...
Wed 8pm. 201 W, 13th Sl(2121874-HOPE.
HEllTAGE OF PIlUlE, INC.
Org.nizera of N.w York'. lllbi.n .nd elY Pride .v.nta: theMarch, the Rally Ind the D.nc.
on the Pi.r, Call 12121881-1774
for m.. ting .chedul. or more
inform.tion. 208 Wilt 13thStreet, NY. NY10011.
INITIIVYE FORLESBIAN AND

IAYYOUTH.
CounaaIilg, cIrop-in C8I1IIIr (M-f. 38pml, rap group., Harv.y Milk
High School, AIDS and lifer I8X
infIInnaIion,lIIfamIa, profaIIicnal
educ.tion, 12121833-8820(voic.1(21218.\'H&28mfor deaf,

HISPANIC UNnED GAYS. LESBIANS
Education.I •• rvic .. , politic.1
action, counseling and 80cial.ctiviti.. in Sparilh and EngiIh by.nd for 1he l.IIino Laabian .nd Gay
COllmlrily. G..raI maatinga &:OIl
pm 4d1 Thulllday II -ry rnonIh at
208 Walt 13111Straal Call 201-87824 or write H.U.G.L,P.O.Box 228
Canal SIraat SIa1ion, New York, NY

10019.
IDENTIIYHOUSE
Now in our2Odl year. we provide
peer coun .. ling, therapy referral•• nd group, for thele,bian,g.y Ind bi18xu.1 community.
CaUua at (2121243-8181. Vllit us
at !i44 8th Av•. , belween 14th15111SlrNIB, Manhat1ln,

rmRNA1IONALGAyaLESBIAN HUMAN RIGIffS
COM_SlON
work. to focus the .potlight ofworld opinion on the opprNaionof g• .,. and I.. bi.n. throughout
the world, Curr.ntly organizing
an Inti aympOlium on G.y Ind
leabi.n illuea to be held in
MOIcow Ind lenin-grad in July
1811; in addition to many otherexciting proj.CIl. For mora info
writ. IGlHRC, 2878 Fol.om
Strllt, SF CA 84110, or c.1I
(415)847-01&3.
INSI'IIUIE FOR HUIIANIJENIIIY rc.
N.w York'. non-profit I.. bi.n
Ind gly paychother.py c.nt.r.
Uc..... d paychologilll, psychi.
trilla, .nd clinic.l_ill
worke ...
Sliding Ic.l. f.... In.ur.nc.
.ccepted.lndividu.I, coupla, andf.rmly th.rapy. V.riety of Men'.
.nd women'. group. fo~ming
continUClUlly..118W. 72nd Straat.
212-__INIEIIITYJNY
Laebi.n .nd GlY Episcopali.ns.nd friend •• Euch.riat and program -ry Thuraclay, 7:30pm, St
luk.'. Church, Hudson .nd
Chriatopher 811, INI'O: P.O, Box!iZ02" NY NY 10185(718172II-Ui4
ICLGO-{KOREAN LESBIAN
AND lAY ORGAMlADONII•• group of I.. bi.n .nd gay

Koraan. who ara committed to• upporting IIch other, craatingpo.itive vi.ibility Ind confronting .nti-Illbian.nd g.ybia. within the Koraan community. For more information cane.n.(2121477-e558

LATINO GAY"" OF NOVYOIIX(L8M!NY1
Is d.diclted to con.cioutn ....
rlising. .ducation, eupport and.mpow.rm.nt
for Latino g.ymen. We a ra incluM of Latino
g.y m.n of .11nation.liti .. , colW. m.. t weekly
ora Ind.nd publllh • monthly cllenderof .venll, For mora informationcIIl17181834-8785 or writ. to
P.O, Box 7108 Grand C.ntral
Station N.y.. N.Y.10183,.'11'"lAMBDA ISW.DIHNIE
NIl EDUC:A1ION AN)
Pr.cedent-IItting
litigationn.tionwid.
for I.. biane, g.y
men and peopl. with AIDS.
Membership 1$40.and upl inc.
newsletter and invitations to
special evenll. Volunteer nighton Thur.da.,.. Int.ke cana: 24pm Mon thru Fri (2121911S-8585.

lAVA
WBIANS ABDur
VlSUALART
can for .Iid .. for I.8lbian AlliSll'
Exhibition, Gay &. L.. bian Community Center, NYC. For more
information, lind SASE to :Miriam Foug.ra, 118 Fort Graen.
Plac., Brooklyn, NY 11217.
WllIANAND lAY

ADULT EDUCATORS

M.. t with oth.r 1"lIi.n. Ind
ga.,. who work in .dult education •• 1Ilach.ra, adminiatrltora,
coune.lora, tutors, .tc., to di..
CUll iau .. such I. coming out
to ltaff .nd atudenll, malllrials
and curriculum, workshop andconf.rence particip.tion. w.
m .. t the fir.t Frid.y of .very
month at8:OG pm at the Lalbian
and g.y CommunitY Center 208
Wilt 13th Street Call Bryna Diamond at 12121932-7902lda.,.1 for
information

11IE WIIAN

AND GAYBIG APPLE CORPS
Get your inatrum'!Il out of theclo •• t .nd come play with u••
Symphonic, Marching. J.zz. Dixiel.nd, Rock, Rute En.. mbl ..
and Woodwindl. 123 W.1t 44th
St Suite 12LNew York,NY10038(2121_2822.

LESBIAN a lAY COMMUNITYSERVICES CENTER
201 W.at 13th Straet N.w Yorlt,
NY 1001112121820-7310 8.m11pm everyd.y. A pia ce forcommunity orglnizing Ind networking, lociale.rvic .. , cultur.1 progr.m.,
Ind aocill.venta aponsorad by the Canter.nd mor.than 150 community
org.nizltiOlll.
WllIAN AND lAY
WlRNETWORKAn organization of Laebi.ns .nd
G.y. who ere .ctive in theirlabor unions working on
domestic p.rtn.rehip b.n.fit •and AIDS i.. uII, For more
inform.tion c.1I(212)823-8880,

WBIAN AND 8AY
RIGHTS PROJECT'of the Amarloan Civil Ubartl ..
Uni.n KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
WE'RE EXPANDINITHEM (2121
844-8800, ext. 54Ii

LESBIAN a OAYTEACHERS
ASS0ClA110N- NYC
The LGTAhal been in exil1llnce.ince 1874. W. promote theneedland righ1l of Gay/Lalbian
educators, students and par·.nll, We re currently in activ.
negotiation. with the Board of'Education concerning the multicultural curriculum, .ensitivity
tr.ining of guidance councllora,soci.1 work.r., and teach.rs
and many oth.r iau ... We .Iso
have a friendly working relationship with the U.F.T, For more
information call (71818~(7181598-1884•

lESBIANS AND GAYSOFRATBUSH
Brooklyn'. social organization
for both gay m.n and le.bians.
P.O, Box 106, Midwood Ststion
BrkIyn, NY 11230,(7181 &9437
WIIAN HERSTORY ARCHIVES
P,O. Box 1258 New York, NewYork 10118212/874-7232Sinc.
1974, the Archiv .. has illlpirad,
shap.d and refl.cted lllbian
lives everywhere.
Call toarrange a vi.it or to volunt .. r
for Thuraday worknighll.
UFBJNETHE NATIONAL lESBIAN AND
lAY TOu..FIIEE SERVICE
1.-..ufE.
LOST PEER SUPPORTSERVICES lillSlLOlt P.. r Support Servicll,.
new program to provide counseling and .upport to th. Illbian,gay and bisexual community of
G.... lIlr Wastch8l18r, IIplaming
ita. limvoIunte.r tnining. ThOll
int.rllt.din b.coming groupfacnitatora .nd pe.r counaalora
ahould call the Loat switchboard
at (8141 949-4822 for furth.r
dellil., Exp.rienc. and beginning volun1ll8ra welcom.d.
LONG ISlAND ACT-UP
Maa1IT~.t8pmat181
POll/!we, in WNtbury, N'£ Support u.
for change on Long IllancL Maing
addlllC PO 1laK514, Wealbury, NY
ll!i11O.51&a-4IIII2.

UM
i. a support and information.
group for I.. bi,n •• nd bi.lXu.1
women inter •• ted in f.ntaey,
role-playing. bond.g., c1iacipline,
S/M, feti.h .. , .lternate gender
id8ntiti.. , coatulll8l and so forth.
M.mberahip i. available only towomen 18 year. and old.r,
Actual .xp.rienc.
ie notrequir.d but g.nuine interllt.nd .n open mind .ra. For information plelle writ.: P.O. Box•893, Murray Hill Station, New
York,NY10158

Usa (2121829-9817.
N.Y.WOMEN'S SOfTBAU.

MAllANATHA: RMIISIDBISfOR LESBIAN/GAY CONCERNSMonthly program meeting on
second Sunday for gay/lesbian
Christiana and frienda. Educational, political, and aocial
activities acheduled, 12:30p.m.
Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive, Sunday worship
10:45 a.m .. For info.,call (212)222-5800 (ext 290)

MEN OF AlL COLORSTOGETIIBI NY
A multi-racial group of gay men
againat racism. Meetings every
Friday night at 7:45 at the Ln·bian and Gay Community Services Centar,208 W. 13t1I'Street
For more info. call: (212)2458388 or (212)222-9794.
MmOPOUTANTENNISGROUP (MTGI
Our 200 member leabian andgay tannis club includes playera from beginning to tournament level. Monthly tennis
pa!1ies. Winter indoor league.
Come play with ual For information: MTG, Suita K63,498-A
Hudson St., New York, NY
10025.(718)852-8582.
MOCA (MEN OF COLOR AIDSPREVENTION PROGRAM.I
Providea safer sex and AIDS
education information to gay
and bisexual Men of Color;
coordinatesa network ofpeer-support groups for gay
and bisexual Men of Color inall5 boroughs of New York
City 303 Ninth Ave, ~ew Yorll,
NYl000lor call (212)23&-1798.
NATIONAL GAY AND
LHBIAN TASK fORCE
i. the national graasroota political organization for lesbians
and gay men. Membership is$3OIyea r. Issue-orientad project.
addre88
violence,
aodomy laWl, AIDS, gay rights
ordinancea, families, media,
etc. through lobbying, education, organizing and direct
action. NGLTF 1517 U Street
NW, Washington, DC 20009.
(202)332-8483.

NEW YORK ADVERTISINGAND COMMUNICAnONS
NEtWORKNYACN is the community's
largest gay and lesbian profesaional group, welcoming all
in communications and theirfrienda. Monthly meetings, 3rd
Wed 8;3Opmat the Community
Centar. Members' newsletter,job hotline, annual directory.
Phone (2121517-0380 for more
info. Mention OutWeek for
one free newsletter.
N.Y.FEMMESSupport and dilcullion groupfor lesbiana who asIf identify aa
Femme and are primarily
attrected to butch women. For
memberahip information callgrama, aupport grou", educational and referral S4!Mces for
PWA', and PWAn:'L(212)585-5001

GUU
For experienced, serious Softball Players, Coaches' ind•Managers. We plily mod/faat
pitch weekends in Manhattan
and Queens. Try-outs begin
Feb. 11 thru April- or until
filled. (212)255-1379JanetNORTH AMERICAN
MANIIIOY LOVEASSOCIATION (NAMBlA)
Dedicated to sexual freedom
and especially interested in
gay intergenerational
relationships. Monthly Bulletin
and regular chaptar meetings
on the first Salurday of eachmonth. Yearly membership is$20; write NAMBLA. PO Box
174, Midtown Station, New
York, NY 10018 or call (212)807-8578for infonnation.
NORTHERN UGHTSAIlBINmIIES
Improving Quality of Life for
People with AIDS/HIV. THE
AIDS MASTERYWORKSHOP:
Exploring the possibilities of apowerful and creative 1if8in theface of AIDS, Cal (212)2!i5-85li4
NYC GAYa LESBIAN
Afm.VlOLENCE PROJECT
Counseling, advocacy, andinformation for survivors ofanti-gay and anti-l8Ibian violence, sexual assault, domestic
violence, and other typea ofvictimization. All seMces freeand confidential.24 hour hotline (212)80Hl197
PARENTSIRIIENDS OF
LHBIAN AND GAYS
Let P/FLAGhelp you and yourfamiy deal with the upheswl of
your coming out Our meetinga
are free: monthly on the 4th
Sunday, at 3:00 pm, in Duane
Church, 201West 131h.lnfo?cal
Jeanne, 212-483-(1829
PEER COUNSBJNG

fOR SURVIVORS OF BIAS ASSAUI1,
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ANDSEXUALASSAUI1The New York City Gey .nd
Le.bi.n Anti-Violence Project (AYP) is off.ring fr ••pe.r counseling for I.sbian,and gay men who are aurvivors of bia, allault, dom ....
tic violence and .. xualassault. Trained volunte.r
p•• r counHlora will be available from. to I PM nery
W...... d.y .nd nursd.y .t
the AYP office., ZOI We.t
13th Street. AVP offer. fraa
counsaling, advocacy andinformation and referral. tosurvivora of bi.. a .. ault,
domeatic violence and aexual
alllult Call 1Z12)III7-01l7f11r
IIIOrs hnlllllltiolL
PEOPlEWI11I
AIDS COAUTlON(212) 532-029Cl'I-800-828-328tV
Hotline (212) 532-0588Monday
thru Friday lOem-epm Meal pro-

into group. No fee. For further
infonnation call Donna Belichof Plann.d Plr.nthood/HUB at

PEOPLE WI11I AIDSIEAIJII GJIOII»
Und.rgroundbuyer's club
importing not-yat-approvad
mecic:a1ionaand nutrilional suppl.m.nta.31 West 28th St 4thfh)or(212)532-az8D
PINK PANTHER PATROL
Community atraet patrol in
East and W.st Village d.dicat.d to deterring violent
crime against gaya and laabians. For info and me.tingtime for Wast Village, call
212-475-4383. for Elst Village
Patrol info, call 212-248-8588.
70 A Greenwich Ave., Box107, NYC10011

PROFHSlONALS INRUNVIDEO
338 Canal Street, 8th Roor, NYC
l0013212~1
QUEER NATION
Quaer Nation ia a multi-cultural direct action group dedicatad to fighting homophobia,
qu.er invisibHity,and all forma
of oppraasion that any queera
might face. Anyone can sug\lest an action and ahouldcome to meetinga prepared toorganize and implement it QN,
208 W. 13th St, New Yorll, NY
10011. Call 212-978-8720 for
meeting info.

SAGE:(SENIOR ACTION
IN A GAY ENYIRONMENI)
Social Service Ag.ncy. providing care; activitieS, a .ducational ser.vices for gay 8.
leabiln a.nior citizen •• Alao
aervaa over 180 homebound•• niors 8. older PWA's .208
West 13th St NYC,001" (212)741-2247

TASK fORCE. ANNOUNCEMENT
The legal Action Center
located at 153 Wav.rly Place,
NY, NY 10014, hu begun two
new programa. All their aervices are free. Th. HIV/AIDS
Legal SeMce Project provides
free legal aervIces to people
with HIV/AIDS.Their scope ofHMce is wide, encompallingchild care and custody, discrimination; ., housing, healthy
health planning, confidentiality
andemployment.
The
HIV/AIDSAgency Training andAssistance Project provides
technical alliatance to public
and private agenciaa about
legal and policy issues·on
HIV/AIDS and drug abull.
They provide training, individual consultationa, and model
policy guidelines; among otheritams. If you have any further
questions, pleaa .. contact Ma.
Catherine 0' N.il at (212)2431313. The A•• oci.tiDn of
Nur ... in AIDS Cars (ANAC)
haa monthly meetings withspeakera and networking
opportunities. For me.ting info,
please contact Janet Vaccariallo at (212)340.-8724
THE OUTREACH USING COMMUNAL HEAUNG crOUCH)
Community volunteers providing a weekly buffat supper for
the Brooklyn AIDS community. TOUCH me.ts Monday.VIII. 5pm to 8:30pm- at downtown Brooklyn Fri.nda Me.ting House (110 Schennerhorn
St. n.ar Boerum Place)~ Urnited transportation
may bearrang.d. Info: (718)822-2758.
TOUCH walconles contribution. of funds, food and volunteera.

SETHIAN GAYS,LESBlANSNe BISEXUALSFor al IIIIIintareatad in ralching out 10 esoh other in axubarInCI to apontaneously explore
and expand upon the SatlVJane
Robarta ·Philoaophy" al it
relates to our lives, pallonally,sexually and politically. Call AI(212)725-1289,x287

UUTER COUNTY GAY ANDLESBIAN AWANCE
Meeta firat and third Monday. of each month at 7:30 pm at. the Unitarian Church on'Sawkill Road in Kingston. For
Infonnation, call 914-828-3203

SUNDANCE OUTDOOR. ADVENTURE SOCIETY
A non-profit club off.ring Outdoor activitiaa for every aaaaon including hiking, biking,skiing, water activitias a.nd
other outdoor Ictivitiea for the
Gay/Lnbian community. For
information or complimentary
Newslsttar cI11(212)598-4728.

NEEDS YOUto become a partof itl Organizers for Gay
Games IV,to be held in New
York in 1994, Olympic-stylesports and cultural ev.nt islargast in world. Theme is
INCLUSION,.v.ryona
isneaded.
SUPPORT THE
GAMES b"yvolunteering, joining or making a donation. Call
.212-732-3812 or write UNITY'14, PO Box 202, NY,NY10038.

TASKfORCE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Woman's HIVSupport Group at
349 East 1491hStrest Room)109,
on Thurada.,. 11:111-12:30.This
ia an on going closed group for
women who are HIVinfectad.
2-3 individual consolationa are
required before admittance

VISUAL ARTS PROJECT
In Honor '" Artistic Vi,iDn
Bfac:tM by A.1.D.s.
The Viaual Arts Projects isinterested in documenting andcollecting art worll (slides) by
those people who have AIDS
or Arc. It is the Project' a intan-

tion to not just focus on'AIDS
but on someone' work andartistic vision. We are interested in receiving responses
from thosa people in the following disciplines-painting,drawing, sculpturing, iIIulrtration, architecture and environmental design, intarior design
and graphic design. Should
be interelted please call Eric
StllusS at (718)855-8491
WHAMI-WOMEN'S HEALTH
ACfION AND MOBIUZAnON.
A direct action group commit·tad to demanding, securing anddefending.absolute reprciduclive freedoin and'quality healthcate for all women. We meet
every Wed. at 8:30pm at 105, E
22nd Street, 4th floor. 212-7135986Mailing addra.ss: WHAMI,PO Box 733, NYC10009
WOMENS ALTERNATIVECOMMUN. CENTER (WACC)
A non-profit, Lesbian community center serving Queens,
Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
Thurs. night weekly discussion groups. 8:30 pm, for otheractivities please conta ct us at
516-483-2050.
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"
AmNTION WOMEN SOfTBAll. PlAYERS': ,,There is a Manhattan softballleague looking for players;
especiallyexperierfCed pitchers. Ifinterested please callMary at (718)377-7219 Hopeto hea r from you., iloori~. '...
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WRESnING fOR CAYSaLESBIANS'
Watch the men o.the knights
wrestling club inaction every
Sunday at 7:30 PM at the GAY
CENTER.The club alsci"conduct training clalle8 on altarnats Saturdays afternoon (1st
8. 3rd Saturdaya for m.n 2nd
8. 4th Saturdays fot woinen)
for more information pleasec.all:718-839-5141

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cops define bias crimes was changed toinclude incidents only partially motivat~
ed by bias, a change long sought by theAnti-VIOlenceProject.
,Throughout his 17-month tenure,
Foreman has presided over tremendous
growth at the Anti-Violence Project.
Full-time staff has grown froµl four
positions to eight, and the ~ualbudget has increased by 50 percent.
The statistics that "r~qicalized·
Foreman are not pleasant. Apti-gay violence has increased 65 percent, and theor~ization's counseling caseIoad is up
30 percent between 1989 and 1990. "I
was moved by the sight of violence victims and the utter unresponsiveness ofI,
the system;" explained Fore1nan.
, But while Foreman's outspoken
advoc~<;y has' won p.otable successes
and glv~n
anti-gay violence a new. .
promiri~ce in public discourse, it has
also coSt the Anti-Violence Project funding: Some donors have ceased contributing to the coffers of Foreman'sagency because they object to Foreman's CQ01Tontationalmanner,"The adVQcate stance has.C05\: theorganiz;ltion a couple of major donors,
AVPwould be financjally better off witha 'different
approach,"
Foremanacknowledged, 'pointing out that the
PrOject nwerthe1esscontinues to have aloyal donor base, .
. Board members of the Anti-Violence Project, however, expressed a lesscataclysmic view of Fore1nan's impact
on the agency's finances.
.
"We have had one or two donors,
who have had complaints about certain
aspects of Matt's style," said iJ9ard member SteVen Rosen, And board Presi~t
Ruth Herring said that the directors are
fully supPOrtive of Foreman, adding: "We. have had some· expressions of concern
from lessth3n a handful of donors....To
focus on th()5ewould be unfair."SP«ifically, donors have objected
to, Foreman's sometimes contentious
relationship with the police,"Before Matt, AVP had much less
CQnfrontational relations with the cops,·
said Rose.n. But in Foreman's tenure,police' have come to be seen as part of
the anti-gay violence problem as muchas they are part of the solution.
In a few instances, the cops havebeen charged with'the vio•

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lence, Furthermore, Foreman has beena vocal critic of the pqlice wheneverthey have been insensitive to victims ofbias crimes or have declined to arrestby claiming that an assault
is the result of an interpersonal dispute
rather than anti-gay prejudice,"The cops will not see bias," said
Foreman, "I think I'm completely frustrated by t:hi$ process,"
But some other executive directors
admire Foreman's work and see successin his style,'"I think Matt has been a particularly
effective spokesperson for the gay community and, in fact, a leader in the gay
community," said Derek Hodel, executive director of the People With AIDS
Health Group, "I think that is because
Matt is not afraid to say what he thinks; If
he has alienated funders, I think that says
more about the state of our community
than it says about Matt Foremap,"T,,

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and Gay Rights contingent. .
The Suffolk NYCLU, Lo9g Island
Parents and Friends of Lesbians andGays, Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual
Alliance at SUNY/Stony
Brook, Citizens•
for Equal Rights Fund Political Action
Caucus, Anti-Violence Project,
ACT,
UP/Long Island and Queer Nation wereamong the 31 groups to participate in
the event.
And immediately following theparade, a rally featuring speakers,
including Rev, Jeanne Wtlson Baum,
Suffolk County Human Rights Commissioner Marge Sherwin and both Joel
Kupferman and Judy Weinstock from.Suffolk NYCLU, was held outside the
Hungtington Town _Hall,
In the Town Hall parking lot, however, apprbximately 15 Huptington
teenagers gathered to hurl stink bombsand derogatory remarks at two men
kissing and embracing,"I'm against gays 'cause they're faggots," shouted a 13-year-old named
Kim, "It's disgusting! We were put on
this world to reproduce, and they're
having sex and putting their dicks ineach other's assholes!""They're the ones who brought
AIDS upon us," accu~ Jonathan Pate,
another young resident opposed to theparade. "It's not right n"I think if they're gOnDa march, it's
all right within the Constitution, but theyshouldn't be jumping on each other infront of us," commented spectator Jason
BeIgh. "Do it at home. n. One 18-year-old youth, Chris, whob~ieves that homosexuality is not an
inalienable right, tried to defend the
younger teenagers: "These little kids
aren't used to it. It's just not normal.
We've just been brought up a certain
way, n he told OutWeek. Furthermore; he.advised, "Hold back a little bit 'til society
gets adjusted."
But parade organizer David Kilmnick believes that pride, affirmation andempowerment are contagious. "Whenwe all reached the parking lot, and wewere all dancing and hugging, it was
just such a great feeling, especially forthe people of Long Island, who never
had anything like this before," heobserved. "The diversity of the parade
was incredibl~ys,'straights, children
in strollers!
"Next year, n he added, "maybe
well have 4,000 marchers!n....
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3'1of efforts to prosecute gay-bashers,
So why focus on hate crimes laws?
"Laws don't exist in a vacuum[they]; have an impact on everythingelse that has come," stressed CUAV's
Barbara Cameron.
With the hate crimes law iriplace, agreed Howie Katz from New
York's AVP,people are more likely totrust the system, to report crimes andpress charges.
"At the present time [with an] un~lightened judiciary..., we've got a betterchance of expanding our rights throughthe Legislature," Katz added, "Things
have changed in the sense that more
and more people in the general public
have become aware of the issue, andthat is important."
For lobbyists, as the NGLTF'sKevin
Berrill points out, hate crimes legislation,even if it is largely symbolic, "makes~ .
sense as a first step. ""Anti-gayviolence is the least c0ntroversial issue on the lesbian and gay agenda, rglvenl how prejudiced legislators are,"
Berrill concluded. "When legislators votefor hate crimes, they learn that the sky-doesn't fall in--it gives them courage."....

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Health Center

is looking for 16-19 year olds who areinterested in becoming
PEER EDUCATORS.
Leadership skills &Jor comfort talking to peers aplus. Applications due June 14, June interviews .
Training on sexuality and AIDS July 8- August 15.
Mon, & Thurs. 10 am - 3 pm.$180 stipend & train
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Get a massage and learn to give one
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Supportive individual & couple therapy by institute-trained licensed
psychotherapist Help with relationships, gay identity, dealing with yourfamily, and living in the age ()f AIDS,
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ARI FRIDKIS, C.S.W,'.

PUlliCI TillSGAY AND LESBIAN CONCERNS
Depression, Fears, AA Issues, Care
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Over ° Under °Bingeing ° Purging
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"We meantto be sClfe,
but we got
carriedaway."
Sound familiar? How often do
you feel you canlt control somesexual situations? Being safe .
every time you have sex isn't
always easy. A lot of things can
get in the woy. Together withother goy and bisexual men at
the "Keep It Upl" workshop,.you'll learn:-what leads you to unsafe sex.
-how you can handle unsafe.
situations.
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Mond~yJune 24, 1991
6:30-11 :00 PM
Come join us as we kick-off
Lesbian & Gay Pride Week
and dedicate the completionof the Center's facade
renovation,

Entertainment

Featuring

Kate Clinton
Lavender Ligh,
Black & Peopl'e of All Colors
Lesbian & Gay Gospel Choir

The Flirtations
Contemporary
Native American Music by

Pura Fe• Wheelchair accessible• Program will be signed for the hearing impaired•,

REAFFIRM YOUR (OMMITMENTTO SAFER SEX!
You11be asked tli take pert in a mnfjdential
evGuatiOll of tlis workshop. Add your voim to thesh. CIIdfulll'e of Alns prevention. With yoII'
help, we'D al stay stroog CIId unReel agcinst AIDS!

TIckets may be purchased in person at
the Center Office weekdays,
1O:OOam-10:00pm through June 21 and major credit cards are
accepted. Limited table space for Gay & Lesbian organizations
available. For information call call (212) 620-7310,

THE LESBIAN & GAY COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER
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women who loves
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in forever. Discreet
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ride around the city
on my B-Day. You
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intelligent. no drugs,
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to Outweek Box 4483

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campaigns and, last January, staged theirmost daring operation yet, a primetime
raid on ABC, CBS and PBS news.
""We aren't afraid of controversy,"
says ACf UP's departing media coordinator, Laurie Cotter. "We're successful
because we give the media what it
wants: a simple message, good visuals
and lots and lots of noise."
But even Cotter admits that despite
ACf UP's best efforts, AIDS coverage has
begun to recede along with the perceived
threat of the disease to the general (read:"straight and white") community,"It's getting harder and harder to .
keep people interested in this disease,"says Gina Kolata, an AIDS reporter at
7be New Yom TImes. "People are getting
tired of hearing about it. n According to
Kolata, who is herself another frequent
target of ACf UP (last year she received
hundreds of ACT UP Christmas cards
mailed to her home, inscribed, "Theblood of PWAs is on your hands"),
recent activism may have the effect of
actually slowing AIDS coverage.
"As a reporter, I just do my job andtry to ignore it," says Kolata. "But there
are a lot of people who deal with
AIDS---«nd a "lot of reporters too-who
shy away from this disease because of all
the abuse."
Another journalist, a news editor at
CBS, is ev~ more caridid. "There is justso 'much shit reporters can take before it
affects their coverage," he says.
Cotter admits that the slowdown of
AIDS coverage raises new dilemmas for
ACf UP, "I think we're at a crossroads, n
she says. "We need coverage more thanever, but the only way to get it is tobecome .more and more outrageous or
start working more in the establishment.
It's something We've got to ~about."
Meanwhile,. once-admiring journalists~ve begun to criticize the strident tone
adopted by actiVists.
"There comes a point when you
scream so much that people have tolook away," agrees Edwin Diamond, a
media critic at New York magazine. "Itmay have been necessary in the beginning, but after'a while it becomes counterproductive, n"[Gay activists] run the risk of alienating their closest supporters," warned
7be New Yom TImes, a frequent target, in
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an editorial last year. After ACf UP disrupted the CBS Evening News last winter,
Dan Rather allegedly threatened to retaliate by cutting off AIDS coverage. "Aweak threat," counters Cotter, "since theyhardly had any to begin with." In theaftermath of the CBS raid, employees
were required to don new security
badges, which were derisively referred toas ACf UP badges,
And as the focus of queer activism
has broadened to include more generalcivil rights issues, new tactics conceived topromote gay visibility have come underfire even within the gay community.

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Nothing has been as inflarnatory as
outing. After OutWeek ran the Malcolm
Forbes story last year, the mainstream
media responded with a self-righteous
burst of indignation. "Reporters don't
belong in people's bedroorm," sniffed theMiami Herald, the paper that had Droken
the Gary Hart sex scandal just a few years
before. But many lesbians and gay men
have objected to sacrificing closetedcelebrities at the altar of visability. The
Village Voice's C. Carr blas~ outing as"internalized homophobia,n while James
Kinsella simply calls it "fascist.""It's true we need role models," says
Kinsella, "but there must be better ways
to find them."
To its supporters, outing is a natur:il·
extension of the activism that precededit. Homophobia in this society, they say,has its roots in dangerous stereotypes
widely perpetrated by the media. And byouting celebrities, they are simply doing
the media's job for them. "All we're
doing is telling the truth, n says an anonymous member of OUTpost, the groupthat's been papering New York with
"Absolutely Queer" posters. "It's the press
that's been offering a distortion."
Meanwhile, all the moral posturing
hasn't prevented some segments of thepress from cashing in on the more sensational aspects of outing. During a
recent news segment aired on New
York's WABC-1Y, a reporter earnestly
attacked outing as "a disturbing threat toprivacy," as thetantalizingly
panned OUI'post posters of Jodie Foster
and Merv Griffin.
While Peter Jennings admits that"there's a prurient quality to outing thatsome of the press may pick up on," heinsists that the establishment press "isvery much against this sort-of thing.
Personally, I think the victims of thismust sympathize very deeply with theplight of the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto
who had to walk around wearing yellow Stars of David."
The outing controversy is one ofmany that has divided the gay community in recent years, as activists havebegun to challenge the unwritten rulesthat guided gay conduct in the past. It's a
dispute over tactics and, increasingly,
over the very definition of being gay,
And to some, the battle lines seem tohave fonned largely along generationallines. The media, meanwhile, watchesfrom the sidelines.
"I think a lot of us are confused as
to what's going on now in the gay community," says David Boyle of the Boston
Globe. "Are you gay, or are you queer? Is
outing OK, or is it not? If you guys can't
figure it out, how can we figure it out?"
Ultimately, the effect of ten years ofactivism has been decidedly mixed, particularly in the media. "There's no doubt
the activists have brought a lot to ourattention," says Craig Turner, metro editorof the LA Times. "But it would help ifthey would explain things to us rather
than hit us over the head with them.""Sexuality has definitely become
more of an issue now than it ever was
before," says a gay reporter at theMiami Herald. "But I doubt whether
straight journalists are more sympathetic
to us than they used to be. You turn on
the television, and your image of gay
people will be people in white T-shirts,
screaming. There still isn't any sense ofour diversity." ...

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Later that evening, back at home on
For the eggheaded Rheostatics, patrioI am handed a smaIl1>lastic containthe Lower East Side, our fearless twosome
er and a worn black folder, containing
tism is the accumulated respect for sepacontemplate other supposed icons,
three het-porn magazines. I realize thatration, the provinces, winter, hockey
these will not do; Iask for two packets of
Sydney: I guess that Sandra Bernand, I suppose, the ideal of cultural
K-Y and head for room C. The cubicle ishard woke up on the lesbian side ofreliance. Melvale is deep stuff, and not
her bed for the Love Ball.
a benign beige, bathed in flourescentinitially involving; apart form jaw-scraplight Next to the sunny yellow air freshliz: Which side of the bed is theing awe, the reward is a session ofener on the wall, a sign admonishes:lesbian side on, anyway?
eavesdroppingon the murmurings of"This room is for your use. Please keep it
Sydney: No, didn't you hear her say
Qmadian culture. An American release isclean always." A tissue is sticking on thethat she wanted to French kiss and finrumored,
but for now get it fromger-fuck that stuffy old biddy, Judyceiling. In the comer by the door lies aIntrepid Records, 65 Jefferson Ave., Suitedessicated centipede. Iplop down on the
Peabody? Then I also heard her ask the205, Toronto, Ontario M6K lY3; (514)La-Z-Boy recliner, upholstered in brown
House of FlorentlBellevues if they had
588-8962.'Y
Vinyl, next to the table with the paisleyan eggplant or cucumber she could use
A final note: Rejoice, 0 lovers ofKleenex: dispenser, and flip through thelater. She didn't say exactly how she wasrecord albums, you can get Red Hot &dogearecl offerings. The first is High Socigoing to use it, but I think you knowBlue on vinyl. Find a record store willing
ety from July 1987, ostensibly an officewhat she meant.
to special-orderfrom England and askfor
International.
andfavorite. The Club
liz: Well, if it's anything like what
OJrysa/is CHR. 1799. Tbe biggest benefit to.
Gallery are 1991 summer issues, The
you usually do with them, I guess Ms.
this format is the expansive graphics,
potential for stimulation appears dismal;
Peabody's going to be a little reluctant
which otherwise seem bridled andpictorial and Rction titles range fromto sit down for a day or so.
repressed on CD and cassette.
"Cooze Crazy" to "Pussy Playtime to
Sydney: So, have you heard about"Alan Porks Alicia.n I put aside the magathe new club sweeping the nation?
CAYDARzines and recall this morning's wake-up
Liz: You're ignoring me. But allcontinued"from page49
with D., the irresistible East Village manright, what club is that?
boy: But my divine inspiration is edged
Sydney: Why, it's a nationwide
a religious parade, and it's gone beyondout by a case of performance anxiety.
chain of clubs called C1ubland. They'rethat and left him behind. n Bierne's
The plastic container beckons and leers.
going to have all sorts of wacky events,
ouster is a big step in the right direcTen minutes and two K-Y packets havelike Buddy Holly's plane crashingtion, and it's surprising that the Times,
been used up.
onstage and the Madonna ring toss,
which covered· the parade controversy
Attempting another grip, I am finallywhere patrons throw rings at employees
so well, chose not to write about perable to accomplish my mission, I fill thewearing those Gaultier cone bras.
haps the most concrete
impact ofcontainer with the pride of a child. Threeliz: Sounds like a sort of ConeyMayor Dinkins' march with the lesbian
tissues are shredded before I have wiped
Island-of-the-Night-life mind to me.
and gay contingent.
the lubricant from my hands. I proffer mySydney: Rumor has been monNicholson also put Liz Abzug on
man~seed to a young Latina in a white
gered that there will be a monthly gay
the spot last week about her timely
lab coat and a plum blouse, She dons
party there.
coming out-now
that she is runningrubber gloves before taking the container.
liz: Oh, yay! Maybe a Jeff Stryker
for public office. Days later, the Post
"Is this enough?" I ask disingenuously,
ring toss?'Y
editorialized against bringing sexualli()~:--daring her to challenge my manhood.
orientation into political campaigns. A
She weighs the transparent cylinder with
1. In which she has an affair withbow to members of the Abzug camp
impartiality: 18.55 grams. I am to callanother woman.
who felt Nicholson was picking on their
tomorrow for the results.
gal? You decide how much that name
I counts for, and if they know sexual
Outside, I am walking downtown on
Madison in the morning sunshine, feeling .•Iidentity is where Abzug is most vulneraWe Wah & Bar-Chee-Ampee
oddly drained emotionally. The K-Y has
ble to Tom Duane, a gay man who
The New YorkOty [esbian & <iaydried, and I am peeling little epoxy ba1Is
came out years ago and has beenNati~ American Qroup
from my palms and fingers. I mull overinvolved in the community forever,the natural offspring I may never have,
All Gay and Lesbian
Everyone should learn from those
Indigenous Americans are
and I feel a slight twinge of loss. At theHibernians. Rance Crain should dump
invited toturnstile' of the Citicorp Center subway,
Bernstein, Eric Brclndel at the New
call foran Asian man hawks a nearby SzechuanYork Post should get rid of the embarrestaurant. He shoves a menu and forrassing shadows cast by Pat Buchananinfonnationtune cookie in my hand. Gliding down
and Ray Kerrison over reporters like
about future
the escalator, I crack open the stale cookNicholson and Amy Pagnozzi,
andgatherings.
ie. A small white paper pops out, remindIrish New Yorkers need to tum a dising me, "A perfect statue never comes
cerning eye at their Cardinal.
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