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Q AND THE COM~TY
The recent controversy over the underground drug trial of
Compound Q raises disturbing questions about the values placed oncooperation, understanding and tolerance within the lesbian, gay and
AIDScommunities.
When preliminary data were released about the possible benefitsof Q, many in the AIDS movement felt that here at last was a substance that offered the possibility of actually being a cure for AIDS.
Because of its unique in vitro activity, no other compound so far discovered had offered such promise. Yet the community was faced withthe possibility that even though Q was easily manufactured and was
already available in significant quantities, there was the reasonableprobability that. years could pass and thousands could die before Q
passed through the laborious, slow federal drug bureaucracy. Hence a
community-based underground drug trial was instituted to hasten theprocess and hopefully save countless lives which would inevitably besacrificed by the faceless bureaucrats who have previously shown adeadly lack of urgency over drug trials.
In the course of this underground trial, three patients died.
Compound Q was also shown to have Significant side effects and not
to be the "magic bullet" that many had hoped, although it may have
major benefits to PWAs.
Now a disturbing, acrimonious controversy has erupted fromthose who feel that the underground trial was poorly constructed andadministered, and that trials of this kind are·in general ill-advised.
This has Jed to the counter charge that those who question themethods of this trial are somehow pro-FDA or anti-community, andare inhibiting or discouraging progress in the rapid development of
new drugs to fight the epidemic.
Both sides should calm down and take a hard look at the bigger
picture. The factor which has so far distinguished the AIDScommunity and has led to its remarkable successes has undoubtedly been its
unity, a unity rare in activist movements. It is a unity born of desperation and urgency, two qualities which are only increasing with time.
The biggest enemy and the greatest danger to AIDS activism is thepotential for splintering and disunity, a danger far graver and more
fatal than any specific question over "informed consent" or treatment
protocols, as important as those issues undoubtedly are.
There will always be differences within the movement over
specifics. There have to be. Healthy differences lead to fresh perspectives and new ideas and have been the strength of the movement so
far. But when differing parties become so convinced of the "correctness" of their position that they sacrifice amity, they may well findthat they ultimately sacrifice the very goals of the movement itself.
Compound Q was a unique case. It's doubtful that a similar drug,with a long history of human use, easily synthesized, readily available
and with the potential to completely cure AIDS, will ever again
emerge. The sense of urgency created by Compound Q was unique,and if mistakes were made in the Q study they should be discussed,
analyzed and corrected, but they should nonetheless be seen in thatunique context. None of these issues are worth tearing apart the AIDS
activist community.
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LETTERSThe Real Enemy
Recently, The New YorkTimes published a story by
Gina Kolata on the use ofCompoundQ in underground treatment protocol,
focusing on the death of apatient who volunteered, ina videotaped interview, to
try the drug. This story has
provoked a storm of controversy within the AIDS activist
community concerning thesafety of community-based
trials and the process bywhich drugs are tested inunofficial stucies.
Dr. Barbara starrett has
come
under
particular
attack as a result of allegations published in the Times
that she mishandled the situ-

ation. Barbara Starrett is ahero in the battle against
AIDS. As one of the mostactive and committed doctors in the history of this epidemic, she has repeatedly
stuck her neck out for the
AIDS communityand hasperformed acts of courage
way beyond the call of duty.
She has made trips to othercountries
at herown
expense to procure potentially life saving substances.
She has championedtherights of people with AIDS to
make informed choices concerning new treatments andshe has fought long andhard for speedy and safe
access to experimental

drugs.

It is tragic that a patientin the study died. Yet we
don't even know for surethat Compound Q caused
his death. There are many
deaths of patients in drug
stucies that may hove nothing to do with the drug
being taken. Where are The
New Yorlc Timesstories about
patient deaths In official,government-sponsored studies? Why does The New YorkTimesnot publish the namesof the researchers in whose
studies countless people
have died? For nine years
we have shouted that The
New Yorlc Times has failed tocover AIDS responsibly. Suddenly, they attack a community-based doctor andthey're the holy Bible? Thisisvery disturbing. It seems thatthe death of one patient in
an underground treatment
protocol is being used as an

excuse to condemn not only
community-based
trials ingeneral but a dedicatedand blameless doctor in particular.
We would like to express
our support of Barbara starrett both as a doctor and as
a community activist andcondemn anyone making
allegations based solely onhearsay without the benefitof any evidence supporting
such allegations. None of us,
includinghealthcare
providers,doctors
andactivists who, on our own initiative, seek to educate ourselves
about
ways
of
prolonging life and insuring
its quality for people with
AIDS, wants a single person
to die. This is a fight for life.
Barbara starrett has given us
the best she has to give andwe believe her when shesays that she acted in good

CH4U>-..ats:

tw.E~,~~" ..

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Btu.. McCANN,
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faith according to the provisions of the study in which
she was involved. We allwant well designed and executed trials to determine thesafety and efficacy of new
drugs. But let's not forget
who the enemies are in thisbattle. Barbara starrett is not
the enemy. The enemy is anunresponsive government.
The enemy is an apathetic
health care system. The
enemy is racism, homophobia and sexism. And finally,
the enemy is time. We arecommitted to a community
which fights for the lives ofeveryone affected by thisepidemic. We must continue
to move together.
Sincerely,
Vito Russo
Larry Kramer
Howard Grossman, MD
Jim Fouratt .
David Barr,Esq.
Jay Lipner, Esq.
Joseph Sonnabend, MD
Bernard Bihar!, MD

BensonHurt
I just finished reading
George DeStefano's article
on Bensonhurst and I am
upset.
It is undoubtedlyagood article and I believethat the. picture he is describing is true: we saw it too
many times, but ...
I am Italian and commute between Milan and
N.Y.C. My lover wa. AfricanAmerican and lived In italy
for quite sometime. I do notlive in a cioset; my family is
my best support and, though
I no longer live with my exlover, he stili goes back there
to visit "family" and friends.
One of the first things I
learned living In N.Y.C.wa. to"beware of stereotypes";
those telling us that womenare Inferior, Mandingos havevery big penises, homosexuals-give you AIDS, Blacks are
thieves, Arabs are religious
fanatics, Russiansare commun5tsand on and on and on...
The reason we had the
Bensonhurst and Howard

Beach and Central Park andl03rd St. and Wigstock andMichael Stewart incidents(do you remember him?) in
the first place was becauseof stereotypes
and fakesuperficial generalizations.

And DeStefano found goodpeople to interview. But thebest part isthe high quality of
DeStefano's writing. It adds agreat deal to OutWeek. Get
him back for more!
I'm a loyal fan of OutWeek since I first saw it about
six weeks ago. There's
always something of interest.
and I am anxious to support
a responsible
and nonwacky newspaper the community can depend on. I'm
grateful for what you're
doing, even if the articles areof uneven quality.
Your strong editorial in
support of Barney Frank isright on in every way. Keepup the good work.
Bert Hansen
Manhattan

We all agree it is time toput a stop to it and do itnow.
One way to obtain thisis to begin to see people in
The Watcher with the Goods
terms of individuals, as a sinI'm writing my first fan
gle specialpart of theletter (at age 63 that's somewhole, as unique and at thething in itself) but I couldn't
same time equal. (I thought
let Michelangelo Signorile's
this country was founded onremarks in OutWeek's Octoit but I now have very serious ber 1st Gossip Watch, saying
doubts).
that people claim everything
I hope in the very nearin the magazine
is OK
future when somebody finds
except his column, go without I am ~alian he will withholdout responding.
that little stupid smile. Where I
It's the first page I turncome from we are all Italians to and it's not that I enjoy
but we still have at least .20 gossip columns as such,
represented politico! parties.
. actually I despise them for
And of course IClaim mY
the very reason that you
right to be an individual andhave seen fit-correctly-to
demqnd an end to stereotake their writers to task for.
types for every living creature
They are excuses for selfon the face of this planet.
Indulgent authors to partake
Since i think you are theIn the excesses of uncon·
best gay publication so for In sclonable people while givN.Y.C. I think this kind of attiIng the public the vicarious
tude should be throughout
sensation that they and theyour articles because this Is readers are all one.
the basis of any pOlitical or
I am glad that someone
personal action we undertake
finally takes them to task andIn the gay community and In tries to awaken their dor·the community at large.
mont
consclousnesses.
Bruno A. Varale
PLEASEkeep It up, maybe It
Manhattan
will make a difference. We
can hope.
Vive DeStefano
Derek Mason
I'm writing to thank you
Manhattan
for the article on lesbians
and gay men in Bensonhurst
Lay Off Liz
by George DeStefano in
I really enjoy Mr. Signoissue number 16. The subject
rile's column as well as yourcould not be more timely.
other heroic and outrageous

features; you are wonderful
and may you flourish forever.
However, I do think Mr. Signorile is being inordinately selfindulgent
in
his
Liz
Smith-bashing. It's easier towhack away at someone
close to you-and face it, Liz
Smith is one of the Good
Guys. She happens to be agossip columnist. which is an
incomprehensible job about
an incredibly trivial world thevery existence of which isunjustifiable; however, that's
her job, and I can't say I've
never done anything stupid
for a living. Sometimes that's
just how things end up. Within her milieu she fights thegood fight. and I watch her
on Live at Five every chance
I get and I have often been
proud of the things she says,
proud she's one of us. I'm
not aware of her ever altering her pronouns or referring

to some fiance back homein Texas the way so many
public figures do: Rock Hudson,·L1berace .... Yes, there
are a lot of creeps out there
who deserve the old dlsh-ofbutter~n·the-face treatment,
but Liz Smith Is not one ofthem. She's on our side. Get
off her backl
Margaret Strother
Manhattan

Cover Me
Justwanted to say I think
your magazine Is great. andyour covers are improving
too. The cover of no. 15 (Oct.
1) was great, thanks in part tototally hot Matt Ebert. What
attitude! What eyebrows!
Maybe Matt will do somenude activism in the future?

October 22, 1989

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'Twould be truly nspiring.
Forgive such frivolity,
but I live in l.A.
D.C.
Hollywood

GMHC to push testing
because of two possibly
helpful treatments that are
actually only available to alimited few. Our purlDose inplacing the calls was to evaluate to what extent GMHC
had totally prepared itself for

hotline cannot b~ considered "scientific: we placed
approximately 12 calls overa three day period. Unfortunat ely, none of us everspoke to a hotline volunteer
Testing GMHC
who showed the sensitivity
I am one of the twoand concerns expressed by(actually it was five) health. M.S. Perhaps we only got
care professionals whomthe "bad apples· or perhaps
Sandor Katz referred to in his
M.S. represents a minority. In
commentary in the Septemany case, I believe our sanber 11, 1989 issueto which apie was great enough. The
GMHC Hotline volunteer
obvious confusion created"M.S: responded in the Let- .
by our simple scenarios (allters of October 1, 1989.
based on case histories ofI wish to daify that our "patients we knew) are indiactions were not intended tocators that the paid staff of"paint GMHC Hotline volun- ..""
" GMHC did not properly conteers as irresponsible idiots"
sider and/or prepare its vol~~-,.;- ... ~.,._~_~-·-:n...,'
as the volunteer
put it.
the wide variety of concerns
unteer staff to handle calls
Rather, it was our concern
and situations individuals
on the matter of testing andover what we consider anhave regarding thE! issues oftreatment in a manner that isirresponsible and very potentesting and treatment.
professionally satisfying to us.
tially damaging
move by
While our survey of the
As some of your readersI
I will be aware,
after
this announcement
by GMHC, ,I spoke
before ACT UP andformed an ad hoc
committee
toOM"'£, YD~ KNf)'"
address
concerns
regardingtesting
wIlAT? Iitl
7~Jrissues.Thisgroup conNOT
SO
S~,fG
tinues to mset. On
September 21, we
A80llTTN IS, '"sponsored an interorganizational
dialogue meetinginwhich 26 representatives from 22 AIDSservice and advocacy
organizations attended, includirg GMHC.
This group will bemeeting again on
October 23 to finaiize
a consensus statement on testing recommendations andto continue work on
a needs assessment
profile which we cantogether pr~sent t~
the new city administration. These documents will layout indetail the numerous
r/C,/(ED
If
Pooil
TIME
holes that currently
exist regarding availI+lfv~
SE'-DIVO
il'DvGHTS.
ability of post testing
services for significant

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groups of people.

I

am encouraged that all of
the various organizations aeeage~y paticipating in cialogue md mutual action.

Rodger Petf',1om, RN, PNA
Brooklyn
Quilt Comp6ment
As volunteer-coordinator for The Metro New York
Names Project, I want tothank you for the two excellent articles in the October
15 issue of OutWeek; Patchwork PoHtics a review of theupcoming
HBO program

Common Theads: Stories
from the Quilt, and Call toArms, The QU/7t.Response toa National Crisis,the Parsons
exhibition.
Although the Quilt was
shown for the last time in its
entirety this past weekend in
Washington, D.C., portionsof the Quilt will constantly
tour cities throughout thecountry. A major exhibitionof panels is being planned
for New York City on
December1, World AIDS
Day and with displays in all
boroughs.
Once again, thank you
for the excellent coverageof the two current events
pertaining to The Quilt.
David Felstein
Astoria

I'll Take Manhattan
So much fot the oldstory that Manhattan getstoo much press cpverageover the other boroughs.
Both October 8th ("Gay in
Bensonhurst") and October
15th rGetting Tough, Brooklyn Women's Martial Arts·)
gave OufWeek's cover story
to Brooklyn. Possibly it was
decided to beef up thatarea's circulation.
Whoknows? Maybe In six weeks(after two for Queens, twofor the Bronx and two forStaten Island) OutWeek coo
give a cover to Mmhattm.
In the case of the forgotten
borough, better do It before
they secedel
Larry Gutenburg
Manhattan

Kramer Blamer
Mr. Max Frankel

The New York Times
229 W. 43rd st.
New York, NY 10036
Dear Mr. Franker:
I am respondingtoLarry Kramer's letter to you
dated October
1, 1989.
Since Mr. Kramer makes all
his letters to the Times available to the members of ACT
UP, I felt it was appropriate
and necessary to respond
immediately to let you knowhow others in ACT UP,especially those involved/ indicted by Mr. Kramer feel about
the content.
I can only speak forthe circumstances involving
Gina Kolata's article (Sept.
19th, Compound Q Trials),
since I am the "distraughts,urvivor" of whom
Mr.
Kramer writes. I charge himwith the same allegations
with which he charges you:
Who checks his "facts?"
Who gathers his information
and allows him to m'ake
theseholier-than-thoustatements? Was this man
at the Treatment and Datameeting wh~n I presented
Scott Sheaffer's story? If
after reading my summary
statement. could he not, asMark Harrington of ACT UP
did, call me, another ACT
UPmember, to either politely ask me questions, or, in
the Larry Kramer method,rant and rave to ME or tofind out any other aspect of
the story? NO. He wentright for character assassination, which (I'm sure
you're aware) he does brilliantlyalways
at theexpense of others. I refuse
to sit by and allow this man,
who only knows me from
"information-onceremoved,"
to make suchcallous statements about
my motives and my firsthand knowledgeof theevents which occurred in
my apartment. and when I
was with Scott.
You know Mr. Kramer's
reputation-goodand bad.
So did I. I do not care an
iota about Mr. Kramer's
past-what
I care about isthe damage he is doing in
the name of the AIDS crisis-and how he is straining
the credibility of an excellent organization of which
I'm a member, ACT UP.Yes,
your newspaper needs tobe hounded about its coverage of the AIDS crisis, andyes, Ms. Kolata's article wasflawed. First and foremost I
was appalled
to see myroommate's name in print,
when I specifically
askedthat it be omitted. Her "editors: "all the way to thetop" told her to use it. It was
Scott's doctors who gave
her his last name. I find that
totally insensitive to his parents and not relative to thestory-the story of drug trials
and how they are handled
and what happens in theevent of the death of a participant. Yes, we have topicketyou-makeyouaware of each and every
way your paper pr'actices its
latent homophobia-but
Iwill not sit back and give
Larry Kramer free reign (pardon the pun) to attack notonly you, your reporters andeditors, but also members of
his own group without athorough investigationofthe circumstances surrounding Scott Sheaffer's death.
The only good I can see
coming out ot'the Gina
Kolata article is that some
sort of investigation into thisdeath may come about.
What did not comeabout, as far as I am concerned,
was a strong,

responsible,
consensus
agreement on undergroundtrials from ACT UP.And wtr{!
Because people were afrcid
of upsetting the apple cart.
By finding fault with the study
people were afraid of losing
what underground trials wereavailable, when, indeed, we
will lose friends and lovers tounderground trials because
these people sign away thei'medical and financial rights
to proper attention. Ifeel that
if a brave PWA is going togive up any extra timehe/she may have on thisearth to help others (anddoctors) learn more about
the disease, it is horrifying tome that there is no provision
for medical care in cases ofneed and/or injury during a
trial. And that is dangerous-and suicidal to PWAs,
the doctors and ACT UP's
reputation as being a toughmonitoring force in the AIDS
pandemic.
John Sefakis
Manhattan

This week's nightmare is WILLIAM BARCLAY ALLEN, Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. He recently gave a'speech entitled"Bljlcks? Animals? Homosexuals? What Is A MinorityT in which he argued thatno one in society should have a protected status (no one meaning Blacks, animals or homosexuals, get it?). So while Mr. Allen kisses ass, unprotected, in thehallowed halls of Washington's Republican establishment, we have a suggestion for his next speech. How about:"Uncle Toms, Assholes, and Asshole Uncle Tom Civil Rights Commissioners."

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Manhattan Borough President
sionate world?
Hugh_Blues
The New York Times
Yet Ms. James goes one 1 Centre street
New York,NY lCXXl7
step further. As if obscuring
229 W. 43rd st.
and ignoring Hughes' sexual~ andNew York,NY 10036
ty were not enough, she Mr. Rudolph Giuliani
Tothe Edtor:
Caryn James' review of goes on to obliterate his sex- 1270SixthAve.
uality altogether with her New York,NY 10020
Isaac Julien's Looking forLangston ("A Trip into theparentheticalremark "his Deer M'. Dnkhsaid M'. Giuiali:
The Majority Action
Middle Ages, and a View of recent biographer, Arnold
Langston Hughes: Sunday, Rampersad, argues he was Committee of ACT UP is notsatisfiedwith your response to
October 1) bristles with mis- probably asexual." Hasn't
conception and homophothe dignity of Langston Hugh- the crisis of HIV transmission
bia. While Ms. James feels es suffered enough, but to amongst drug usersand theirthat "the most interesting
be lanced by this insensitive families. It is not acceptableto pass the buck from city to
aspect" of the film is "theand superficial statement?
state to George Bush andcontroversy
surrounding
back again, when, accordit" -that is,the copyright dising to the Department ofpute between Mr. Julien and. Health's own conservative
the Hughes estate-she fails
estimates, 60-70 percent of
to mention the most interestthe 25O.CXXl1V
drug userswho
ing reason for this dispute:
live in this city are now infectThe estate objects to theed with the virus widely
film's depiction of the Black
believed to cause AIDS.
poet as gay. The fact ofYour opposition to a
Hughes' homosexuality andclean needle exchange prothe fact that history system1 gram with nothing more subatically chooses to ignore it is
For Looking for Langston stantial and constructive tothe raison d' etre for the film.
offer is no answer. The epiOne wishes that Ms. to be reviewed by a critic
demic will go on even as
James would open herself totally lacking in compreand not be afraid to see hension of the issuespresent candidates, like yourself,
in the film and to ove~ook its promise to build more jails
what the film is really about:~md impose stiffer penalties.
a Black man searching for a beauty is disgraceful. andWhile we note yourreflects equally on the newsgay identity in an environment which makes this paper that allowed her adoption of the slogan
treatmentonsearch nearly Impossible. Not thoughts printed. Mr. Julien "druga documentary (Julien calls did not "drag Hughes out of demand," given the stagthe closet, kicking and . gering number of lives in peril
his film a "meditation"),Looking for Lalgston isa fan- screaming: He dragged his- and history of city government Inaction, we demandtasy, a poetic attempt to tory and desire out of thespecifics: how do you proreconstruct a history that has closet. It is Hughes' estatebeen all but annihilated. Yet and Ms. James who kick and pose to make this a reality?
Any proposal of drug
Ms. James, like the Hughes scream. Bravo, Mr.Jullenl
treatment on demand must
Robert Hllferty
estate (whlch'has refused toaddress:
Manhattan
grant American copyright1) Treatment slots. Evenuse of two poems so that thean Increase of 50,CXXltreatGay Vot., Chicago stylesoundtrack of the film had toment slots will not begin tobe turned down twice dur- Newsweek
provide necessary access.
Ing the New York screening), Letters Editor
Before his scandal, Bar- Treatment m~ans staff andcontinues the grand tradition
ney Frank never Inspired me. beds available 24 hours aof obscuring
truth andday, seven days a week.
desire. She goes on to write I thought h-e was a boring,
Typically, an IV drug user
about the "film's greatest
long-winded, after-dinner
Irony·: "Hughes was obses- speaker. Now after his sexual who Is not enrolled In any
slvely secret about hissexual- fall, I can Identify with this fel- program will· not have
Ity .• Isshe saying then that all low gay man. And If he access to life saving healthwould move to Chicago, I care for HIV Infection, much
films about Hughes shouldless early intervention.
If
therefore keep hissexuality a would vote for him twice.
there are only 50,000 treatsecret? Or does she not
Jon-Henri Damski
ment slots available for IV
understand why a man who
Chicago,lL
drug users, that means
is both Black and gay might
200,CXXlIVDUsare, de facto,. be secretive about his sexuCalling All Candidates
ality in a less than compasThe Honorable David Dinkins quarantined: closed out of

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drug treatment. as well as
health care for HIVinfection.
2) Responsibility. There
must be a front-line city
agency (able to work withthe state) in developing andrunning the full range ofapproaches
to treating
addiction (including: halfway houses, crisis intervention, acupuncture, methadone to detox, abstinence
programs, family counseling,etc.).The methadone model
must not be the only treatment for heroin addiction.
3) Fundng. In 1977,thecity spent nearly $7 million
running the Addiction Services Agency. In hisfirst year .
in office, Ed Koch cut off allcity funding for treatment
programsother
thanmethadone. He allowed the
Addiction Services Agency
to go out of business. The
funding to methadone programs was reduced annually until it was completely
eliminated by 1983.
4) Sites.Julio Martinez of
the State Office for Substance Abuse prepared a listof 179 desirable city owned
sites.The next mayor of New
York must demonstrate his
leadership by confronting
neighborhood opposition.
There Is an overdue promiseof ten city owned buildings
pending since 1986.
Treatment slots, municipal management. fun,dlng
and sites are just·an oUtlineof what will make "drugtreatment on demand" areality and not just a slogan.
We anticipate meeting withyou for Immediate consideration of these Issues.
Majority Action
ACT UPNew York
Club Snub
The Board of Directors
stonewall Democratic Club
P.O.Box 1750
Old Chelsea Station
New York,NY 10011
Dear Members of the Boardof Directors:
Just prior to the Septem-

bar 12 primary election eachof us received a letter from thestonewaH Democratic Club.
5nce none of us has ever had
any affiliation with your club
we were surprised to receive
correspondence from you. We
were even more surprised(outraged Is a more appropriate word) that you urged usto
vote for Carol Grelizer In the
Third DistrictCity Council race
against Tom Duane.
How could a gay politicci club support Greitzer, anIneffective advocate for therights of our corrmunity, in aclose race against an articulate and dynamic, openlygay candidate with provenvote-getting ability in both
the gay and straight communities? With the loss of Tom
Duane, onc;:eagain, not oneof the 35 City Council members will be openly gay or lesbian, even though by mostconservative estimates ourcorrmunity is a sizable part of

the New YorkCity population.
We do not advocate
supportinga candidate
merely because he or she isgay or lesbian. When a wellqualified member of ourcommunity runs for office,however, that individual
should enjoy the support ofthe community, absent acompelling reason to withhold such support. When
does a compelling reason
exist to withhold support? A
straight candidate who consistently, forcefully and effectively speaks out on theIssuesimportant to our community,
such
as RuthMessinger, should be able tocount on our support. But toborrow a phrase coined by
Senator Bentsen, Carol Greiizer isno Ruth Messinger.
Greitzer has taken no initiative or leadership role inmatters where her position
would allow her to be
extremely helpful. despite therfact that the Third District
includes the West Village,
Chelsea and Gramercy park..
For example, Greitzer chairs,..
the Consumer Affairs Commit- •.
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tee of the Council; but to the l' C c, , \'best of our knowledge she
has never conductedanyhearings into the pricing of
AZT.Well-publicized hearings
could focus attention on this:\1.
issue and
might
have
induced the manufacturer ofi\ .~In not electingTom
AZTto reduce its prices soonDuane we hove postponed,er, or more significantly, than it
for at least two years, thedid. Similarly,what leadershipchance to have a memberrole has Greitzer played inof our community
at thecondemning recent incidents
of anti-gay violence or in sup- table. Your Club must bear
porting
femaleACT UP some of the responsibility for
Duane's defeat and ourdemonstrators harassed bycommunity's ongoing needpolice matrons?
Our community faces so to rely on others and theirhalf-hearted interest in promuch resistance from othertecting our rights.
groups in the city, that we
Michael Katovitz
cannot afford to squabble
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11

News

Joseph Revives Testing
and Contact Tracing Plan
Health Department Memos Reveal
Aggressive Tactics Despite Opposition
by Sandor Katz
NEW YORK-City Health Commissioner Stephen Joseph is persistingin his effort to implement a system of
aggressive HIV testing and contact tracing, despite the resounding rejection ofsuch measures by the lesbian/gay and
AIDS community, as well as the Kochadministration, last summer.
Joseph testified last week at ahearing of the City Council Committee
on Health in favor of mandatory
reporting of the names of HIV-infected individuals, confidential testing
and contact tracing. And OutWeek haslearned that beyond advocating suchmeasures in the abstract, Joseph hastaken concrete steps toward implementing them.
"Within a confidential
publichealth framework, I strongly believe
we should have ...mandatory reportingof people who are infected with HIV,"
Joseph said before the Committee on
Oct. 10. "We should [also) become
more vigorous in our system of contact tracing," he added. "This would
not infringe upon, but support,
patients' individual rights."
OutWeek has obtained copies ofa memo dated September 7, 1989,
from Joseph to his Deputy Commissioners, instructing them to submit
proposals "summarizing
how you
intend to maximize efforts to provide
HIV counseling, testing and voluntary
partner notification to as many highrisk persons as possible."
OutWeek has also obtained amemo dated September 15, from
Deputy Health Commissioner Mark S.
Rapoport,
following up Joseph's
newest directive. This memo adds,"...don't feel constralhetl by current

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October 22. 1989

resources. This may serve as an opportunity to augment our resources in the
AIDS education and counseling area.
In some programs, even greater expansion into testing may be appropriate."
In addition, the draft of a Department of Health (DOH) document,"Guidelines for Physicians in HIV
Counseling and Testing," includes a"Contact Notific:i,tionAssistance Protocol" and an "HIV Contact Locator
Form." Current and former DOH
employees
have confirmed
that"There is a big push for confidential
testing" and that their impression isthat confidential rather than anonymous testing "is the step right before
contact notification."
Suddenly Last Summer
Joseph first announced plans forthe mandatory reporting of the namesof the HIV-infected through confidential testing, and a system of contact
tracing, last June at the Fifth International Conference on AIDS in Montreal. With
confidential
testing,
individuals' names and HIV antibody
test results are recorded, whereas inanonymous testing no names are everused. Contact tracing, or partner notification, involves reporting names ofsexual or needle-sharing partners topublic health authorities for them tonotify partners that they may havebeen HIV-infected.
Joseph's surprise announcement
sparked a furor. A coalition of 46
AIDS service-providing organizations,activist groups and physicians, representing a consensus among the leadership of the communities
most
severely hit by AIDS, joined indenouncing Joseph's plan. Their jointstatement said, "We should not forgetthe most basic public health lesson
learned over the years of the AIDS
epidemic: measures of compulsion or
coercion directed at persons who are
HIV-infected drive these people awayfrom medical care and treatment, and
it is a massive disincentive to theirentry into the health care system."
Joseph has since modified his
stance to preserve "anonymous
counseling and testing for those whowill not accept testing any other way."
At the time, Mayor Koch
responded to the opposition, saying"The city doesn't have any such testing policy. If there is to be a change, I
would have to agree with it and I
have not made any decisions."
Koch spokesperson
Lee Jones
says the Mayor's opposition to Joseph'splan was based on the inadequacy oftreatment services for the alreadyknown HIV-infected population, butthat "it is an issue which should be
revisited." Jones denies that the DOH
memos suggest a move toward contact
tracing. Regarding Koch's views on theissue of confidential versus anonymous testing, Jones says, "The person
who would be advising him on thiswould be Dr. Joseph."
DOH: Nothing New
DOH spokesperson Sam Friedman denies that there is any shift inpolicy. "We are pursuing it more vigorously, but it's been there," he said.
Friedman recalls that "the controversial item in Montreal was the call for
mandatory reporting of HIV seropositivity" and claims that confidential as
opposed to anonymous testing, andcontact tracing, had widespread sup-

port. But Gay Men's Health Crisis, theCommunity Health Project and othermajor AIDS service providing organizations opposed, and continue tooppose, not only mandatory reporting, but the move toward confideotial
testing and contact notification.
Friedman could not explain therationale for confidential as opposed toanonymous testing. However, someobservers point out that confidential
testing in effect accomplishes
thereporting of names of the HIV-infected.
Susan Rosenthal, director of the
Bureau of AIDS Prevention, Counselingand Testing, could not be reached forcomment.
A former DOH employee, who isfamiliar with the department's HIV
testing procedures
and requested
anonymity, explains, "Joseph is taking
the communicabledisease model
approach to AIDS." A traditional communicable disease model involves
mandatory reporting of names andtracing and notification of partners.
The former employee observes
that Joseph is "making the switchfrom anonymous to confidential in avery tricky way," and that "a lot more
people are doing confidential testing
than people are aware of." He saysthat confidential
testing currently
takes place in DOH tuberculosis, STD,
and women's health program clinics.
In addition, DOH is in the process ofhiring and training 40 new HIV counselors who will conduct confidential
testing in hospital clinics. "This outnumbers the number of people inanonymous testing centers," says thesource.
Body Positive's Ken Moore concurs. "There seems to have been a defacto shift at DOH. It's within theirlegal prerogative, but they're doing it
without any input from the communities." Moore was recently contacted
by a man who tested HIV antibody
positive at a confidential testing site.
"Someone at the clinic asked him totake the test, and did not inform himthat any anonymous testing was available." The man reported that a doctor
gave him the results with no supportive counseling, and a gloomy prognosis. In another instance, Moore reportsthat a man received a letter from the
Department of Health informing him

NAME GAME
Photo: ll. Utt
Stephen Joseph with reporters st Montresl AIDS conferencBlsst JunB
that someone he had had sex withhad been diagnosed
with AIDS.
"DOH is sneaking .these policies in,"concludes Moore.
Frontline MDs Targeted
The partner notification strategy
centers around physicians, who are theonly ones empowered under New
York State's HIV confidentiality law tobreak confidentiality with patients andnotify contacts. (They must by law
have reason to believe the patient will
not notify the contacts and inform thepatient that they intend to do so.) Doctors may choose instead to tum the disclosure over to public health officials.
A memo titled "Guidelines forphysicians on HIV counseling' andtesting" is being drafted by the DOH
to be distributed to all physicians in
the city, according to current and former department
employees.
The
guidelines include a "Contact Notification Assistance Protocol," and doctors
are to be supplied with "HIV Contact
Locator Form[s)" which would request
comprehensive detailed information,
and which physicians would be asked
to turn over to DOH after completion:
The net effect, according to critics, isto render confidentiality moot.
Another major problem cited by
opponentsof Joseph's
plans forstepped-up HIV testing and contact
tracing concerns the lack of medical

treatment resources available. Ronald
Johnson, executive director of the
Minority Task Force on AIDS, said ofJoseph's June proposal, "!t's a cruelhoax to talk about clinical advantagesof HIV testing, while knowing thereality of the health care system,
which often entails waiting periods of
two to four-· months [for access totreatment). "Treatment Before Testing'Ironically, Joseph's stated rationale for reviving the plan is "therapidly accumulating evidence about
the efficacy of treatment for HIV positive patients." Critics recount hor~orstories not only about waits, but
about the woeful standards of care atsome city medical facilities, and thelack of city funding support toexpand and improve health care for
the HIV-infected.
Many AIDS activists and serviceproviders fear that resources will bechannelled away from treatment andprevention and diverted to HIV testing
and costly contact tracing programs.
Rodger Pettyjohn, of ACT UP's
Ad-Hoc Committee on Testing Issues,
says "When we already don't haveenough money to do the things weneed to do, to be wasting this money,
wasting this time in meeting's developing a partner notification program,s•• CONTACT TRACING on p.ge 29
October 22, 1989

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13

News

Names Project Quilt
R~turns to the .Capital
Prf!sident, First Lady Forgo Visit forW~irlybird Fly-Overby Cliff, O'Neill

WASHINGTON-A,. photographof a y~)Ungman muggIng for the camera ;'tares up from the ground.
Aroudd it, sewn into the purple clothI•
rectangle, are messages from fflends
and lbvers, letters cut from a favorite
shirt, ;pictures of pink flamingos and a'MASSIVE SYMBOL OF LOVETh" auilt grsc"s th" E/lips".
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October 22. 1989

drawerful of favorite buttons.
For some, it is a tributej for others, a message. For, all, a way of saying, "Goodbye."And for three days, Oct. 6-8,
thousands shared the massive symbolof farewell on The Ellipse, the broad
circle of grass across the street fromthe White House, as the Names Pro~
ject International· AIDS Memorial Quilt
was displayed in its entirety for the "last time.
Now composed of over 10,900
quilt panels, the 13-ton memorial to
the lives lost to AIDS has now grown
to the point where there will no

Photo: Jim Marks

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longer be any place large enough todisplay the quilt in its entirety,
according to quilt officials.
. - But 'for one last weekend, it cov~
ered a sizable section of downtown
Washington. One six-by-three-footpan~1 for every six American AIDS
deaths alone-and several more AIDS
deaths globally-stretched
across thegrass as the mourners, the lovers, thegovernment officials and the just plain
curious wandered about th~ squares,
heads bent and voices hushed.
Echoing off the walls of the sur"rounding stone-faced executive offices
and the marble war memorials camethe names of the dead. From a small
podium, for hours upon hours, community members and celebrities alikeread all the names appearing on thequilt. Often the lists of names ended
with a cracking voice paying homage
to the reader's son, best friend, lifelong companion, wife or father.
Ever-present anger
And bubbling under the grief ofthe sorrowful voices, an ever present
anger simmered like the steam coming
up from the ground under the panels.
"...[Alnd for all the other namesthat will never be heard in the housebehind me," concluded
one manreading names.
The man in the house just up thehill almost heard those names at one
point. Although the president and thefirst lady had been invited, repeatedly, to read names at the event, no formal word was ever received by quilt
staffers and neither ever showed up.
Still, for a brief time, George
Bush was nearby.
Friday, under overcast skies, hundreds wandered the quilt fearing arainstorm that would move the display indoors for the rest of the weekend. Then, raindrops began to fall.
Quickly,
quilt monitors,
alldressed in white, folded up the panels, wrapped them in plastic, and leftthem on the ground.
"We're going to ride this out,"
said a YO ice from the podium tocheers and applause.
Moments later came the sight ofthe president's helicopter, arriving topick him up to take him to CampDavid, zooming over The Ellipse to landon the south lawn of the White House.
Instantly, quilt officials ordered
volunteers to open the panels as fast
as they could.
"The president will not be here
today," a voice boomed across the
speakers, '~but he will be overhead."As the president mounted thehelicopter, the tone of the names
changed sharply.
Harsh and bitter, a clipped voiceread the names in a rage. Louder andlouder, they continued as the drab
green door closed shut.
Amassed by the edge of thegrass, the crowd viewing the Quilt
stood staring at the White House
when, suddenly, hundreds of cold fingers spontaneously
pointed at thehelicopter as it rose over the lawn.
The accusing hands followed theexecutive as his aircraft flew above
the Quilt, now bared open andexposed.
.
"Shame! Shame! Shame!" shouted
the mourners, hurling condemnation
at the commander-in-chief as his helicopter crossed The Ellipse, circled
east and flew away.
The reaction to the president's
no-show at. the dispiay and theadministration's
AIDS policies
throughout the epidemic, however,were quite different just hours laterwhen" Dr. Burton Lee III, personal
physician to the president, took the
microphone to read names.
After a smattering of applause,
Lee immediately thanked the crowd
for the welcome.
"Thank you for that," Lee stated.
"I will give word of my receptipn tothe president when I see him," headded to more applause.

open behind the White House, almost
150 more Americans-and rrlany more
worldwide-fell to the epidemic.
"I'm just angry," ~aid one
woman, viewing the Quilt.i "The firsttime, I felt hurt. The last time, I felt
hurt. Now, I'm just angry."..

Booth took in new panels
Throughout
the weekend,abooth on the edge of the Quilt tookin new panels, checked in at the
Quilt, and, after quick needlework,
they were added to the larger display.
Then, the new names were read.
Dozens more added to the alreadymammoth list.
And then came one more voice,pointing out the harsh reality whichlay beneath the expanse of cloth,denim, paint and patchwork.
In the three days the Quilt lay

October '22., 1989

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15

Photo: Patsy Lynch

FROM NO HOUSE TO WHITE HOUSE

Activists' "Die-In" demands aHordable housing and treatment lor PWAs

AIDS Activists Demonstratenttoughout

Quilt Weekend

Demand Accessible Treatments and Housing
by Cliff O'Neill
WASHINGTON-Firmly graspinghis mother's hand to help him along
the dark path, little boy, bundled in adown jacket, stumbled across thegrass, almost dropping his lit candle.
Just keeping him from falling, hismother pulled him upright andrubbed the top of his head in consolation.
But the boy's candle blew out.
From beside him,·a man passing
by, arm in arm with his companion,
bent to relight the boy's candle. They
all exchanged greetings and rejoined

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October 22. 1989

the march.
The four carried candles against
the night darkness. Reportedly there
were over 60,000 such flames illuminating the evening sky near the
Reflecting Pool on that cold night,
Oct. 7-approximately
one for each
American AIDS death since the epidemic began.
One by one, the tiny sparks oflight came bobbing to the steps
where Martin Luther King deliveredhisfamous "I Have a Dream"
speech over 25 years ago. They soon
encircled the entire pool, creating anighttime blaze between the Lincoln
Memorial and the Washington Monument.
Where 25 years earlier, the.speeches were about freedom andequality, on this night people spoke
about life and death, about politics
and accessibility of drug treatments,
about grief and about hope.
Gathering for the second annual
Candlelight March Against AIDS on thememorial steps, the silent thousands
quickly gave up their silence as soon
as the speeches begin. Raising their
See DEMO on page 21

News

NGLlF Hosts Town
Meeting on AIDS
Epidemics Effects on Lesbian/Gay
Politics Examined
by John Zeh
WASHINGTON-Veteran activists
at a town meeting held during the
NAMES Project Quilt display October
6 called on gay and lesbian activists
to broaden their efforts inside themovement and out to include underrepresented
constituentsand toextend affordable health care to all
people.
Convened by the National Gay
and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), theforum, held at George Washington
University, featured speakers whose
political work pre-dated the AIDS epidemic and straddles the worlds ofhealth policy and sexual liberation.
They included Maxine Wolfe of ACT
UP, Jeff Levi, Washington lobbvist for
the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC),
Veneita Porter, director of New YorkState's Office of AIDS DiscriminationrII~1",ad, LJ'{llme~-1
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REFORIYIING THE SYSTEM
JeH Levi
Photo: John Zehchair of the National Chapter of Blackand White Men Together, and Scott
Tucker of ACT UP! Philadelphia andthe National Writers' Union.
The panel examined changes ingay and lesbian activism since AIDS
became a huge political issue. "In the
day~to-day crush of the crisis," said
NGLTF program organizer Sue Hyde,"we spend precious little time thinking about how and why our movementhas
beenshapedandtransformed by an accompanying epidemic of homophobia, racism, sexism
and neglect."
Just as the Quilt is a powerful
symbol of remembrance and hope,the maSsive display is a metaphor for
failure to reach inward and outward
toward those touched by AIDS, Leviargued.
"It's been an important, movingmonument for our community and aritual to focus our grieving. It has also
been a tool of enormous value in creating sympathy-though
not necessarily empathy-in the non-AIDS world,'
he said. "But it has missed a tremendous political organizing opportunity
to educate our community, and theworld, about why there are sO many
panels on display." Levi stressed thathe spoke as an individual and not for
GMHC.
AIDS activism must be expanded
to explore issues of class and equity
for all who need medical help, Levi,
former NGLTF director, told 80 people in the audience and C-SPAN TV
viewers.
"Universal health care," responded the Roxbury, Mass.-raised Porter,"means a universe that includes all of
us. After eight years, it's an abomination that there aren't more people ofcolor in the AIDS movement."
Porter, who is African-American,

OWNING AIDS

Veneita Porter

Photo: John Zehcalled AIDS "a rare opportunity andan incredible challenge" to communities of color whom it affects disproportionately. "If we don't own thisissue, who the fuck is going to own
it?"she asked.
Charles Stewart, now a chief
deputy to a California state senator,
urged more "truth" in the movement.
"It's appalling that women at risk tocancer don't have anywhere near thekind of advocacy or institutions wehave set up to fight AIDS. Just as
many or more die of cancer. If this is
not our primary concern, let's negotiate issues such as gentrification, hate. crimes, civil rights, AIDS funding andurban elections. Let's dialogue andbuild
coalitions
aroundtheseissues ...so we don't have to put [them]on the back burner.
"We tend to play loose and fastwith ourselves and each other. Rather
than deny and pay lip service to thefact that leadership focuses on ourown rights and issues, let's acknowledge that it does not for the most parthave.a commitment
to women's
issues nor a primary commitment toissues of people of color" and redirect internal anger toward enemies,
Stewart said.
"Gay men are no better, noworse than anyone else," countered
ACT UP's Wolfe. "We have to get pastthat mentality."
A 3O-year veteran of various causSee NGLTF on page 26

October '12. 1989

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17

News

How the Danes Did It.i-":;.I

An Interview with Danish Activist Else Siangeried-even if I don't want personallyto get married-I
should have theright.
RW: So, how did Danish activists
circumvent this economic unit problem?
ES: The discussion, of course,
has been quite touchy for years. We
asked not to have this economic binding in the gay partnership law, but
the Social Democrats and the Socialistic Folk Party said, 'You can't get
something and not get it all. You haveby Rex Wockner
know they've had trouble with this in
to have the responsibility when you
Else Siange, a high school teachHolland and have said they're not
get the freedom.' So, they insisted on
er, is the president of Landsforeningoing to try to have a kind of homoequalizing heterosexual and homogen for Basser og Lesbiske, the Danish
sexual marriage.
sexual marriage.
National Association for Gays and lesBut what we in Denmark haveSo, we finally felt that equal rights
bians. On Oct. 1, the day of Densaid is that equal rights are basic. So,
are more important than this econommark's historic, first-in-the-world gay if you can get married as a heterosexic problem. In our minds, we'll still be
weddings, she sat down for an inter- ual, I want to be able to get marindividuals though the law regards us
view with Out Week and The
as something else. We also
New York Times.
knew that if we got this bill
Rex Wockner: Why wasthrough, then we could get hetDenmark the first country inerosexuals
who are living
the world to allow gay andtogether without papers to join
lesbian marriage?
us in changing both marriage
Else Slange: We are one
law and the gay partnershiplaw.
of the countries in which there
is one of the oldest homosexRW: Philosophically, why
ual organizations. You could
was Denmark first? The world
think that Holland should
thinks of Denmark as sexually
have been first, because they
free, but it must be' more complicated than that.
have the oldest organization,
but they have been stuck on
ES: It has something to do
the problem of legally supwith the Lutheran religious traporting your spouse if one
dition which has opened itself
loses a job. The law says you
up to different kinds of thinkhave to take care of the othering. That does something to theeconomically. You are. legallycommunity
and thoughts
regarded as a couple. Gays
become more free. If we had
and lesbians, of course, have
had a Catholic state church, it. very strong feelings about
would have been more diffibeing two individuals
in acult. In Holland, you have difcouple. In our minds, nobody
ferent religions but here theis officially taking care of thepower of the church is not very
other. We don't like it that in
big anymore.
marriage the man is the ruler
RW: Tell me about theand she is just to be there tostrictly political side of yourPh a t 0: R ex Woc kner
make food and so on And I NOBODY'S COOK
success.
.
LSL's Else Siange

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October 22., 1989

ES: We came to personally know
a lot of politicians and that opened
up the chance to go into discussion
and to put the myths [about homosexuality) on the table. I think that what
we have now and what we got fromthe lobbying is the possibility for people to ask us questions so that we get·visible.
I t is very difficult for heterosexuals to come and ask me generalquestions about homosexuality. But
what they were able to do is discuss
the [marriage) bill with me. So, it
opened up the discussion.
RW: What advice would you giveto gay leaders in other Western countries? It [gay marriage) seems a bit
impossible presently in the U.S.
ES: Even in San Francisco, Los
Angeles?
RW: Marriage laws are statelaws-as in the 50 states-and California as a whole is not particularly liberal.
ES: Well, that is a difficult question for me. I've never been there andI don't know the community or very
many U.S. gays and lesbians. What I
can talk about is gays and lesbians inmainstream politics. We must get
involved with politicians-make themlearn about you, know what you areand how you are and how you
think-and
we must get people inmainstream politics to be open as gays
and lesbians. Perhaps that's old news,
so I'm not sure I have any new advice.
RW: Some gay leaders think gays
don't have enough faith in themselves, that we're kind of our own
worst enemies. When I don't kiss myboyfriend goodbye at the metro stop,perhaps I could have and no one
would have cared.
ES: Yes, self-censorship. I understand that. I have a splinter of that. We
have that in Denmark. But I live in
Copenhagen.
If I were living in a
town in North Jutland [rural Denmark),
I think I should be more self-censoring. It's not anything to go down thestreet hand-in-hand in Copenhagen.
The Danish TV took pictures of it yesterday and nobody looked. Well, theylooked because there were TV cameras. That's Copenhagen. It differs insmall cities and villages. It can be very
difficult to be the only two [gays) in a
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ELSE on page 29

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOKThe Other Side of Denmark
by Rex Wockner
ODDER, Denmark-After the emotional high of covering the world's first
11 legal gay marriages in Copenhagen, I spent a few days in the small Danish
town of Odder, visiting Peter Jorgensen and his wife Stine. Peter was an
exchange student at my high school in 1974.
Odder is about 20 kilometers from Aarhus, Denmark's second largest city,on the northern Jutland peninsula, a rural and conservative part of the country.
It was a Thursday night and I headed off in search of the only gay'
bar-The PAN Club. Like the Copenhagen PAN Club, the Aarhus club is operated by the national activist group Landsforeningen for Bosser og Lesbiske (LBL).
I got a really nice t-shirt out of my brief visit to the Aarhus club, but
unfortunately Thursday night was "ladies night," as the bartender put it.
"So, where do I meet gay men?" I asked.
"The only place, really, is to cruise the harbor, down by Pier 2," he said.
Since journalists are required to be curious, I headed off to do my duty.
What I found, to my surprise, was cruising nirvana.
Pier 2-huge, badly lit, and very warehouse motif-was covered by large
stacks of lumber with just enough space between the piles for walkways andprivate niches. I wandered around the maze in the cool night air for an hour orso, chatting with the cruisers and doing the things one does in such a situation.
And then suddenly someone ran by shouting that we all had to get out
fast because two cars of fag-bashers had arrived on the scene.
Now, when you're from Chicago, it's a little difficult to feel unsafe at any
time in Denmark, but I figured the risk might be real and wandered back to
the pier entrance.
The fag-bashers, it turned out, were five teenaged boys and one teenaged
girl. After they had scared away all the men, they retreated to a picnic table ata fast-food stand across the street from the pier entrance.
By then, the only homosexual on the scene was me. And the journalist inme had to see the other side of the world's first marriage country,'.
I sat in my car about 200 yards from the food stand and watched'the fiveboys put on a show.
They blew me kisses. They kissed each other on the lips. They yelled"fag" at me in Danish. They grabbed each other from behind and simulated
anal intercourse.
My news nose led me clos.er. I parked at the food stand, walked in andordered a hot chocolate.
As I waited for the powder to dissolve in the tepid water, one boy laidanother down on a picnic table, threw his legs up in the air and began
aggressive simulated screwing.
I ~alked outside a_nd sat at the next table. The fake sex, real kissing,winking and (I'm guessing here) verbal fag-bashing continued.
After ten minutes, I spoke. (Danes study English from fifth grade on.)"In America ...," I began in loud, slow English. They stared at me.
"In America," I said, "when somebody seems to hate homosexuals asmuch as you do, we believe that they are really homosexuals
themselves-homosexuals
who haven't yet accepted their homosexuality andare directing their bad feelings about themselves toward others."
Silence.
And then all six of them quickly left.
Within seconds, their car sped around the front of the fast food stand.
"Faggot!" somebody yelled out the car window, in perfect English.
I wandered back over to the pier, but it was deserted.
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October 22, 1989

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years, Eigil Axgil.
The day after, as I repeatedly looked at their pictures in thenewspapers, warm fuzzies fuzzed through my jet-lagged body.
"These are the bravest, most amazing senior citizens in theworld," I gushed to my straight Danish pal Peter.
Axel, you see, was the first person to come out of the closet in Denmark. In 1948. He was fired the next day from his
accounting job at an auto body shop.
A few years later; Axel and Eigil took the "Ax" from "Axel"and the "gil" from "Eigil" and legally changed their last names to"Axgil." Fifteen years before Stonewall.
Maybe you think this is no big deal because it was, after all,Denmark.
As the Chicago Sun- Times said in its story about the wedding, "Chicago isn't Copenhagen."But you and the Sun- Times are wrong on this one.
According to activists with the Danish Association of Gaysand Lesbians, the last Danish police list of homosexuals wasn't
destroyed until the early 80s.
And Denmark certainly has its Jerry Falwells and Pat
Robertsons. A group of so-called "Christians" stood outside theTown Hall during the wedding screaming about Sodom andCorinthians (or was it Gomorrah and Leviticus?)
It is also important to remember that the law permitting gay
marriage passed Parliament last May by a vote of 71-47. Thirtyfour percent of elected Danish politicians think gay weddings
are a stupid idea.

by Rex Wockner
COPENHAGEN-I had been sobusy snapping pictures and pleading
for translations that I didn't get emotional until a day later.
As I was walking away from the
Sloper-reprint photo store, it suddenly
hit me that I had stood in the COpenhagen Town Hall (alongwith
3,000,000 other news reporters) andwatched 11 gay male couples belegally married.
A mere 20 years after Stonewall.
A hard-assed journalist should
not admit it in print, but I think one
little Rex tear may have slipped down
my cheek as I walked. The autumn
air evaporated it immediately-if
it
was really there at all. Real journalists
don't eat quiche.
The epicenter of the historic day,and the proximate
cause of myalleged tear, was 74-year-old Axel
Axgil and his 67-year-old lover of 40

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October '22. 1989

LEGAL AT lAST
Photo: Rex Wockner
Lovers of 40 years Axel and figil Axgil on their wedding day

So don't think Denmark Is another planet.
It Is your basic bourgeois, Industrialized, expensive,
angst-ridden
modern social-democratic state. Not
so different from the U.S.-just a little
more socialized, a little wealthier, alittle mellower. It doesn't feel like a"foreign country.· Heck, a higher percentage of Danes speak English than
New Yorkers.
So, I walked up to Eigil just after
his marriage and asked him what hehad to say to gay and lesbian couples
in other countries who might hope tosomeday be married.
Eigil did not hesitate: "If everyone comes out of the closet, then thiswill happen everywhere. Be open.
Come out. Keep fighting. This is the
only way to move anything.·
Hardly a news bulletin'.
We already know that the reason
the "Chicago is not Copenhagen- andthe U.S. is not Denmark has nothing
to do with fundamentalists, with the
Human Rights Commission, with theLambda Legal Defense and. Education
Fund, with Jesse Helms and Cardinal
O'Connor.
We already know it has nothing
to do with any of the things we might
try to blame it on.
The fault, we know, lies withmost of us:
Most of us haven't told our boss,
our grandma, our barber, our Catholic
aunts and uncles, and the strangers on
the subway that we are homosexuals.
We haven't told them, so they don't
know what a homosexual looks like.
We don't kiss 'goodbye on the
subway, so they don't know thathomosexuals love each other.
And-Quel
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allthere is to why "Chicago (and the restof the country) is not Copenhagen.Check it out with Axel andEigil-the first legally married homosexuals in the world.
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tong-Debated Funding BillF- . byJoint Committee
Congress: Money for f110S, not for Bleachby Cliff O'Neill
WASHINGTON-After two daysof bargaining between the House and
Senate versions of the 1990 Labor,
Health and Human Services appropriations bill, members of the joint conference committee resolved a host of
AIDS and gay-related amendments,
most of them to the satisfaction of lesbian, gay and AIDS activists.
. Of greatest interest to community
lobbyists was the conference's deletion of a Senate amendment, sponsored by Sen. Gordon Humphrey(R-NH), which banned the use of federal funds to create educational materiats, which ·promote or .encourage"
homosexuality, or use words which
describe homosexuality as being "normal," "natural" or "healthy." Theamendment, which was strongly supported in the Senate in September,
but later side-stepped in the House by
a procedural motion, was similar toanotheramendment
offeredby
Humphrey last year. Last year's rider
was also deleted in conference.
"We're happy to see the conferees
are constituent in their feeling about
this amendment," stated National Gay
and Lesbian Task Force lobbyist Peri
Jude Radecic. "This vote certainlyshows this is an unnecessary amendment to this bill and this is the second
time they've sent this message."
The most carefully watchedamendment on the AIDS front was aprovision attached in Senate committee which provides $30 million toagain extend a 1987 one-time grantto provide
AIDS drugs to low
income AIDS patients. The funds
have been most typically used toprovide AZT, the only federally
approved anti-HIV drug, to indigent
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October 'l2, 1989

Medicaid programs.
The last extension of the grant,
made last Spring by Secretary of
Health and Human Services Dr. LouisW. Sullivan, ran out in most states
Sept. 25. A three-year authorization
for a Low Income Treatment andAssistance Program, which would
provide a long-term solution to theannual problem, is attached to the
Budget Reconciliation Act, which iscurrently pending before Congress.
Other matters resolved in the

MISSION ACCOMPUSHEDNGLTf's Peri Jude Radecic

conference committee were:-A Senate amendment, sponsored by Helms, that mandated thatstates institute programs to notify thelegal spouses of the HIV-infected orrisk their AIDS funding, was deleted:
Instead, the current guidelines of theCenters for Disease Control, whichurge states to make allowances forthe notification of sexual and needle
sharing partners of the HIV-infected,
was placed into the committee's
report language.

Photo: Cliff O'Neill

-The funding for a controversial
study of American sexual practices,intended to gauge the patterns of
spread of HIV, stayed out of the bill,after being taken out by a House subcommittee. Although the funding forthe actual survey is not in the bill, thefinancing for a pilot survey remains
and the funding for the actual study
could be introduced in next year's
bill, lobbyists state.
-Specific
earmarks for AIDS
research dollars, removed by theHouse and later replaced by the Senate, were retained.
-A Senate amendmerit, co-sponsored by Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Orrin Hatch (R-lJI') , providing $50 million for a home care program for AIDS patients was trimmed
down to $20 million for the first-timeline item.
-The CDC,whose budget this year
reaches $450 million, suffered a budget
cut ci $3 million from ls AIDSbudget.
The committee reports will now
be sent to both chambers where they
will vote on the matters which are stillin contention. As members vote toapprove the changes made in thecommittee, members of either chamber can express objections to the conference's changes, although usuallythat does not occur.
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abortion restrictions, the U.S. House
voted on October 11 to allow publicmoney to fund abortions terminating
pregnancies resulting from rape orincest. Such use of Medicaid funds has
been prohibited for the past 13 years.
But the vote brought with it anamendment banning the federal funding of clean needle exchange programs intended to stem the' spread of
AIDS among IV-drug users.
The amendment,
sponsored in
the Senate by Sen. Jesse Helms (RNC), would ban the federal funding of
programs distributing clean needles or
bleach to LV. drug users, unless suchprograms are determined to be usefulby the president.
Immedia~ely after the Wednesday
abortion funding vote, Rep. Barbara
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Health and Human Services appropriations ·bill. Motions had been expected
on other abortion issues and the funding of gay-positive school curriculums.
The Boxer rider amended theHelms needle exchange ban to statethat if the president determines thatsuch distribution programs are effective, the General Accounting Officewill be instructed to conduct a survey

on the effectiveness of such programs .
The Boxer rider passed by a 212-207
vote, blocking further amendments tothe larger bill.
Congress is now awaiting final
word from the White House onwhether or not President Bush will
veto the Labor HHS appropriations
bill, because it allows for the limited
fundingof Medicaid
abortions.
Although administration officials arepressing him for a veto, Bush has not
yet spoken on the issue himself.
If he does veto the bill, the abortion funding matter becomes an issue
again, and if the language is stripped,
so is the Helms needle distribution ban.
The Helms needle and bleach distribution amendment initially Pllssed
the Senate by a 99-0 vote and lobbyists expected a similar landslide votein the House, had it come to a votethere.
To make the best qf what they
say is a bad situation, AIDS lobbyists
are saying they will press the WhiteHouse to conduct the GAO survey
under the Boxer rider in order to havesome ammunition with which to support needle distribution programs,
which they say is scarce right now.
Sen. Arlen. Specter (R-PA), minority
chair of the Senate Labor HHS Appropriations Subcommittee, has asked forhearings on needle distribution programs to be held next year.
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Titled"Women Loving Women," the conference will be held during the last
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weeks of November
at Identity
House's 544 Sixth Avenue location.
Co-chairing the conference with
Betty McGuiness, Carolyn Pope said
she is excited about the new threeweek format, which will allow
women the choice of attending many
more workshops than was possible
during past conferences. Previously
the workshops were all scheduled fora single day. "Now a person could get
to almost every single one of them ifthey wanted to," Pope told OutWeek.
This year more than 20 workshops are being offered such as thosedealing with friendship, coming out,
body image, sexuality, boundaries
and merging, unblocking creative

blocks, butch and femme, aging andlesbian mothers. Augmenting the traditional Identity House line up, Popepointed out, were the two new workshops on financial planning and organizing legal affairs. These new kindsof workshops are an attempt by theagency to broaden its definition of
women loving women. "We include
as many topics as we can for a very
diverse community," Pope added. For
the first time, non-Identity House
members will be presenting workshops along with the therapists andpeers at Identity House.
New York's oldest peer counsel.ing organization for the lesbian, gay
and bisexual community, Identity

House was established in 1971. The
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WASHINGTON-Pat
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the leading item on a five-point agenda for the national lesbian and gay
Catholic movement. Dignity, withover 100 chapters nationwide, works
for the rights of gay men and lesbians
to participate in the Catholic Church,
as well as providing religious services
and social opportunities for gay andlesbian Catholics.
Roche was elected President at
DignitylUSA's 20th anniversary convention in San Francisco last month.
HIS platform also called for fuller participation by women in Dignity and in
the Church, Church condemnation ofviolence against lesbians and gay
men, Church support for laws protecting the civil rights of gay people andChurch respect for personal dissent.
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es and now a volunteer at the Lesbian
Herstory Archives in Manhattan, Wolfe
said she is often asked, "'If a cure for
AIDS happened tomorrow, wouldn't
all those gay men go home and notcare about access issues?' Probably a
lot would, just like all the women who
went home after [the U.S. Supreme
Court'sl Roe vs. Wade decision, andonly came out when [itl was threatened again this year," she said.
"The reality is that poor women
and, because of institutional racism,
women of color and young womenand rural women have not had accessto abortion for years. Where werethese women in 1977,· she asked,"when a Democratic Congress cut
Medicaid funding for abortions?""Many strong, articulate women
have been lost because the movement
has been about men for way too long,·
argued Porter. "We've started to include
the voices of women, often PWAs, but
we haven't expanded that vision.
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Levi praised activists' efforts thathave resulted in AIDS drugs being
made available more quickly, but cautionedthat
a "non-systematic

ing to put their bodies on line at theright moment"ACf UP is not a be-all and endall," Wolfe conceded. "It has problems,
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candles in signs of support, the throng
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drugs for people with AIDS and HIV
infection, and equal access for women,children and people of color to clinicaldrug trials for potential AIDS treatments. And they heard songs, supplications for an end to Acquired
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Cleve Jones, founder of the. Names Project International
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Under Target), staged a loud, angry
demonstration on the White Houseand the neighboring U.S. Treasury,
calling for a "War for AIDS Drugs.·
The morning of Oct. 7, a larger
group of approximately
500 AIDS
activists, led by a group called Anger
Into Direct Action, joined a larger
march of almost 250,000 to demandaffordable housing for the thousandsof people with AIDS living on city
streets nationwide.
Opening their demonstration
with a silent march around The
Ellipse, where the AIDS quilt was
being displayed, the protesters carriedsigns decrying
the president's
response to the joint crisis of AIDS
and homelessness, before staging a"die-in" on the street in front of theWhite House.
The activists dropped to theground in symbolic protest while others chalked their outlines on the
pavement. "We die, they do nothing!"
they chanted.
After merging with the larger
march, which organizers state numbered at 250,000 strong, the AIDS
activists marched to the Capitol to join
the demands for housing for thenation's homeless. U.S. Park Service
officials numbered the crowd at 40,000.
And amid a laundry list of entertainment and government luminaries,
rock stars and folk singers, one frail
man took the stage,
Ralph Hernandez, a homelessman with AIDS and a Vietnam veteran, told his pained tale of how hebecame addicted to drugs, left his
wife and children and found himself
with no place to get treatment for his
condition and no decent place to live.
"The government is sick," he stated. "Here I was dying. I had sores allover my body, so deep I could touch
my bones. My clothes stuck to myskin. And no matter how many showers I took, I stunk because my skin
was rotting and they told me to jUst
stop shooting.'
Robert Bray of the National Gay
and Lesbian Task Force later said,"We realize AIDS and homelessness
and gay youth and homelessness arereal issues. We're one of the richest
minorities in the country and many ofour people are suffering through alack of affordable and decent housing. We have to use our resources topressure the government
to fundhousing, especially for our people
with AIDS."...
CONTACT TRACING from page 13

it's just absolutely absurd .... Why not
spend the money getting treatments
out there to peopler
joseph has not been alone in hisstrong advocacy for confidential testing and partner notification. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Louis Sullivan announced at a conference in August that federal funds
would be made available for HlV
testing programs, but not for medical
treatment of HIV illness.
New York State's Division of
Substance
Abuse
Serviceshasreceived such federal funding fromthe Centers for Disease Control tobegin performing confidential HIV
testing as part of drug treatment programs.
Public health officials from Colorado, a state with mandatory reporting of HIV test results and contact
tracing have praised joseph's commitment to confidential testing and tracing. Another New York official, City
Council Health Committee chair
joseph Lisa, has also expressed interest in contact tracing. At the Montreal
AIDS Conference, Lisa attended apanel on partner notification andquestioned Colorado health officials
about the applicability of their system
to the New York context.
As a practical matter, many public health experts think that contact
tracing Is absurd and Impossible In
New York City, where more than
25,000 AIDS cases have been diagnosed to date, and many times that
number are believed to be HIV-infected. And because confidentiality provisions are mandated by state, not city,
laws in New York, the practicality ofjoseph's proposals is questionable.
The timing of joseph's renewed
effort, as the Koch administration
draws to. a close, also raises questions. In Pettyjohn's opinion, "He'spushing to do this because it's always
been his thing, and it's his ego saying, 'I'm going to get this throughbefore I get tossed out of office.'"

Others have speculated that the effort
is joseph's attempt to draw the attention of the federal government AIDS
establishment in the hopes of a plumjob.
When told of joseph's revived
effort, the Dinkins campaign reaffirmed the Democratic mayoral candidate's commitment to anonymous HIV
testing and opposition to contact tracing. Though they say that Dinkins
would not make specific staffing
announcements until after the election, a staffer indicated that heexpects joseph will be replaced.
...

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ElEGANTlY DIRECTED!"-Barnes, NY posr

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ELSE from page 19

small village. But those conservative
thoughts will be altered by the rightto marry. It has changed already. My
lover and I were on state televisionand got the opportunity to say all that
we wanted.
RW: Will you get married?
FS: No. I'm very happy about theorganization's victory. it means acceptance and legal rights. But I have apersonal ideological opposition against
it because of the' economic relationship. I should be frightened if all thatis in Iheterosexuall marriage today
should be put over into the [gay/lesbianl partnerships-that you should go
into those bad ways of living together
with one ruling and the other being
ruled. I wouldn't get married if I werea heterosexual. But I'm happy now for
the ones who want it and now can get
It. They can choose.
...

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OUTTWEEKPolitical Science

Drug Wars
CD4 vs. Peptide T
by Mark Harrington. "The modern doctor may belikened to a weapons specialist manning [sic] the pushbutton console of a missUe
launcher."-William
A. Silverman, MD,
Human Experimentation:
A
Guided Step into the Unknown·W

hat is the self-imag~of modern medicine
conjured up by thisremark? Medicine is 1) masculine 2)technological 3) remote from the fieldupon which it operates and 4) essentially militaristic in nature. This view
would be less depressing if the products of today's medical-industrial complex weren't so often
just as overpriced, inefficient and destructive· as the SergeantYork gun or the
Stealth bomber.
HIV was discovered in 1983 by aFrench scientist, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi.
The next year, twomen, Luc Montagnierin France 'and Robert
Gallo in the U.S.,
began a quarrel overwhich of them had
discovered the new
retrovirus. Barre-Sinoussi's role wasvirtually forgotten.
Shoddy treatment of women inscience was not news for Candace
Pert, PhD, a neuropharmacologist.
While still a graduate student in theeafly 1970s, Pert discovered the opiate receptor, a molecule on the surface of brain and immune cells which

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receives endorphins--natural proteins
which stimulate pleasure centers inthe brain, and which become depleted in the presence of heroin or otheropiates.

Discovery overlooked
Such researchbreakthroughs
usually lead to scientific honors. In
the mid-1970s, the Lasker Prize, aprestigious award which often precedes the Nobel, was awarded toPert's mentor and two British scientists who discovered the opiate receptor shortly after she had. Pert was entirely overlooked, because she had
been a mere graduate student when
she made the discovery, because she
was too young to be deemed worthyof such an honor, or because she wasa woman.
In the 1980s, Pert worked at the
National Institute of Mental Health(NIMH), a branch of the Alcohol, Drug
Abuse and Mental Health Administration. Her specialty, building on past
successes, was cell receptors. After HIV
was discovered, researchers sought tofind out how HIV gained entry into
human cells. Quickly it became apparent that the virus used the CD4molecule, the receptor found mostoften on T4 helper cells but also on as
many as 11 other human cell types.
HIV uses its surface protein
gp120 (glycoprotein 120) to latch onto
the CD4 receptor. gp120 connectswith the receptor and HIV's membrane then fuses with the cell surface,delivering its RNA into the cell.
Identifying this crucial gp120CD4 interaction suggested several
ways to disrupt their attachment andprevent viral infection of new cells.
One way would be to use cells imitating the CD4 receptor to connect withthe virus before it encountered a susceptible cell. This theory led to thedevelopment of recombinant soluble
CD4, a drug under study by four competing pharmaceuticals. CD4 is popular within the AIDS establishment. It is
expensive,' high-tech and offers the
chance for huge profits.

No clinical effects
CD4 is a large molecule that
doesn't penetrate the blood-brain
barrier. Its half-life is very short-one
hour or less in the blood. Early clinical trials showed no side effects, nochanges in immune
or viral markers andno clinical effects
whatsoever. Nonetheless, buoyed by multimillion dollar investments and close
links to prominent
AIDS researchers like
Samuel Broder andRobert Gallo at the
National Cancer Institute (NCI), plans are
being
made
for
broad Phase II trialsof this expensive,inert, inconvenient(intravenously infused) drug.
Another idea, developed by Pert
:j.nd her colleagues at NIMH, was both
simpler and more creative. She did not
focus exclusively on what CD4 receptors did in the presence of HIV. Pert
went one step forward to ask what
CD4 receptors are for in the first place.
Vasoactive intestinal peptide

~(VIP) is a natural molecule foundthroughout the body. Its receptor Is
CD4. According to Pert, "VIP is a 28amino acid peptide with a broad
range of biological activities in diverse
tissues. VIP causes vasodilation [bloodvessel dilation) and the secretion ofwater and electrolytes;
promotes
glycogenolysis, lipolysis and glucose
utilization; modulates pituitary secretion; has a variety of effects on immune system function; excites neurons; and has growth-promoting
functions in the CNS [central nervous
system)."1
Swedish researcher Victor Mutt
discovered VIP in 1971. More recentIy, he found that VIP is especiallycommon in the forebrain and in thethymus gland-where T cells mature.
Pert discovered that an 8-peptide
chain mimicked both a sequence on
the gp120 HIV surface protein and asequence of VIP. She hypothesizedthat this chain, named Peptide T,
might occupy the side on the CD4 receptor that would otherwise be vulnerable to gp120. If this was so, thecell might elude infection.

Novel theory
Her theory of AIDS was novel because it involved more interaction between the brain and the immune system than the NIH virologists werewilling to consider. It was also unorthodox in proposing that many of HIV's
pathogenic effects, especially in thebrain, were not caused by HIV killingcells directly, but rather by a toxic cascade of free gp120 particles damaging
neurons. For every whole virus made,HIV-infected cells create thousands ofmutants and particles. Perhaps it isthese fragments, rather than the wholevirus, which produces the dementia
and neurological symptoms of AIDS. If
so, Peptide T might help reverse suchneurological conditions.
For a new treatment with theoretical promise, Peptide T had a very
hard time getting into clinical studies.
The first trial was conducted in Sweden, because the u.s. AIDS Program
did not recommend the drug for its
national trials. Four people with advanced AIDS reported some weight

was reported.

been long enQugh to measure significant changes in these markers.
In September 1989, Provincetown, Boston and New York activists
confronted the AIDS bigwigs at theSurrogate Markers conferenceinWashington. Why were they so deaf
to improved quality of life? Why were
they fetishizing surrogate markers andignoring well-being? The response of
the research/regulatory establishment
was to impugn the motives of Peptide
1's developers and the AIDS advocates alike. NIAID's Dr. Fauci decried
the "excessive zeal" of Integra. Whatdrug developer wou/drt t be zealous
about their drug? FDA's Dr. Curt Seridner actually suggested that Integra
was subsidizing ACf UP's campaign
to get the drug into wider trials.
Provincetown activists invaded theoffice of NIMH director Dr. Frederick
Goodwin, who helped develop Peptide
T, and demanded a meeting. One
week later, Provincetown, Boston and
New York activists met the NIMH developers and demanded that they push
Peptide T into wider Phase II trials.
Bristol-Myers now claims that Integra
has carte blanche to continue developing the drug with another sponsor.
NIM~, however, and not Integra, holds
the patent. It is up to the NIMH ~o arrange for the rapid, well-controlled
study of Peptide T in people with HIV
infection. And it is up to activists to demand that new treatments which improve the quality of life be given thepriority they deserve.
T

Yet according to Peptide 1's detractors, all of these benefits are considered insignificant compared to "surrogate" markers like T4 cell counts andp24 antigen levels. The short, small
studies conducted so far may not have

1. "AIDS as a Neuropeptide Disorder:
Peptide T, yIP, and the HIV Receptor." Candace B. Pert, M.R. Ruff, J.M.
Hill. Psychopharmacology
Bulletin
24:3, 1988, pp. 315-319.

gain, remission of rashes and increases in alertness and neurological performance. Another larger study conducted in Los Angeles produced thesame results.
At the Washington AIDS Conference in 1987, Harvard's Dr. Haseltine
went out of his way to debunk Peptide T. He claimed that his lab had
failed to replicate Peptide 1's antiviraleffects. Ever since, media coverage of
CD4 has been breathless. Few stories
pointed out Haseltine's close links
with Biogen and Cambridge Biosciences, two companies involved indeveloping
treatments
which arecompeting with Peptide T.
Pert and her colleagues left the
NIMH and set up a non-profit research
institute; Integra. Integra secured apartnership with pharmaceutical giant
Bristol-Myers Co. to develop the drug.
Later, distracted by its other antivirals
ddI and d4T, Bristol-Myers pulled outof the deal, leaving Integra with nocapital to conduct clinical trials.

No toxicity reported
In'Spring
1989 ii' communitybased Phase I/II crossover study ofPeptide T began at Boston's Fenway
Community Hl'!alth Center. The people in the trial are enthusiastic about
the drug, which is inhaled throughthe nose, and report increased alertness, more dreams, remission of rashes, decreases in diarrhea, weight gain
and general well-being. No toxicity

October 22, 1989

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Sandor Katz

Commentary

Fostering Equality·
Nothing excites homophobes
more than the spectre of
lesbians and gays as parents. In the area of foster care, in particular, there have been several wellpublicized cases in recent years. In
Massachusetts,
Governor Michael
Dukakis established regulations tokeep lesbians and gays from becoming foster parents. The same,issue is now coming up in
New je(sey,: where neanderthal gubernatorial candi"date,Jim Courter proposes
to bar us from becoming
foster parents and fromteaching itt schools. And
who could
forgetthecalls-from people who see
us in most ,cases as undesirable pare~ts-for
lesbians,and gays to become foster
parents for HIV antibody
positive babies?
New York State law.does not prohibit lesbians·or gays from adopting or
becomrng foster parents.
That Is as much as anyone
at the State Department ofSocial Services seemed toknow. But ,Evan Wolfson,
an attoqle~· with the Lambda Legal·Defense.anaEducation Fund, Informed 'rille·that In fact, regulations
gpvemlng the practices of child welfare agencies here explicitly state that"applicants shall not be rejected solely
on the basis of homosexuality."
But monitoring and enforcement
are nonexistent. State Department ofSocial Services spokesperson
Jane
Alderdice didn't even know the state
had such a rule. Accordingto
Alderdice, "Individual agencies mightput Some clause [barring lesbians andgaysl but we don't control that." She's
right that the state doesn't control dis-

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criminatory practices in adoption andfoster care agencies, although it clearly could under existing regulations.
It comes as no surprise that manyof the agencies which actually makefoster care placements do in fact discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, some quietly, others explicitly.
One gay couple who had alreadybeen certified by the State as suitableparents (an extensive six-month-Iongvices, where a staff member knew
about the state non-discrimination
regulations and reported, "I know fora fact that we have a couple [of lesbian and gay foster parents), and thechildren are doing very well. n
On the other hand, you have theCatholic Home Bureau. The Archdiocese Communications Director'has yet
to return my calls, but a staff member
revealed the agency's attitude. "Theylet you apply It's a grey
area, I'd say You should
probably do it through another agency." This agency is not at all unusual.
The Mount Loretto Home
insisted that if a foster parent were lesbian or gay
there could be "no public
displays of affection in
front of the child. The Society for Seamen's Home
for Children disconnected
me repeatedly rather thananswermy questions.
Wayne Steinman, outgoing
Comptroller Harrison J.
Goldin's liaison to the lesbian and gay communityand himself a foster parent, notes, "Legally theycannot discriminate, realistically they do.· (For Information on supportive agencies contact Center Kids, Community Center's
program for lesbian and gay parents
and their kids, by leaving a message
at (212) 620-7310).
Although it is the sta~e government which regulates adoption andfoster care, individual agencies arecontracted through the city government. According to John Beckman, aspokesperson for the city Human Resources Administration, which runs theChild Welfare Administration,"Wewould expect them !individual agenciesl to conform to the laws. But
IIscreening process) were tumed downby 30 agencies around the state overa nine-month period. Although In certain of the cases they feel the agencies had legitimate reasons for turning .
down their application, "We are intelligent enough to realize that for mostagencies the issue was that we were
two men."
The happy ending to this particular story is that the couple has sincereceived a foster child, whom theyplan to adopt. There are individual
agencies with fair-minded, non-discriminatory policies. One such example is Harlem-Dowling Children's Ser-II

See SANDOR KATZ on page 35

Washington Journal

COllllllentarJ

Lessons From a Quilt
by Marc J. ReissI

had the strangest dream thenight before my trip to see theNames Project AIDS Memorial
Quilt, which was displayed-for
thelast time in its entirety-in Washington D.C. last weekend. I dreamt that I
was at a party, and the host had provided a conjurer for our amusement.
The conjurer was going to astonish us
by bringing the dead back to life.
After some mishaps and confusion, the trick was performed, andthe dead did come back to life.
Friends and family began to appear,
all somewhat ghoulish, but alive.
Then things started to go u~pleasantly haywire in a way only a horror film fan would appreciate. Finally, when the despairof thedream reached its apex, God himself appeared (in the form of an old
New York cab driver!), and madeall the zombie-friends into real-life
people again, who, crying for joy,danced off to enjoy the thrill of
being alive.
At that point I woke up, choking
back tears, unable to speak. I was
crying because I wanted it not tohave been just a dream, but reality, as
I made my way to the Quilt.
I had stopped in Baltimore theday before so that I wouldn't have to
go directly to Washington and backhome in one day. The harbor in Baltimore is one of the nicest inner-city
spots on the eastern seaboard. It's
picturesque without being cloying. In
the morning, before rushing for the
train, I looked out on the harbor fromthe roof-top garden of my friend's
townhouse, and dreamed of the days
when the men in my life who are
now panels in a quilt would inspire'·onspire with me, laugh with me,or just eat and shop with me.
A counselor friend of mine recently told me that many of his young
clients feel cheated at not being able
to have the care-free sex the guys
from the 70s. had-thebaths, thePines, the anywhere-I-can sex. I understand that thought, but my sympathies lie with myself and my friends.

We were cheated too-not out of sex,
but out of a more meaningful experience. We've been cheated out of thecompanionships of the prime of ourmental and emotional lives. We've
spent more time at funerals than. haveour parents, and in some cases, ourgrandparents, instead of enjoying the
S.. QUILT o. ,-cae 35

Photo: Patsy lynch
October Z2., 1989

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In Our Own· Hands

A Mandatory' Test
By Any Other Name ...
New Jersey's Attack on Women with II/V
by MaYlJaretMcCarthy
and David KirschenbaumAcross the United States,
reproductive
rights are
increasingly
under attack. In New York and New Jersey,
new inroads into. women's ability tomake health care and sexual decisions have come in the formof proposals for coerced HIV
antibody testing of pregnant
women, mothers of newborns
and infants.
In the New Jersey State Assembly, bill No. 4299 would require all pregnant women to ~tested for HIV antibodies. To
refuse the test, a woman would
have to object in writing. However, women would not be informed of their right to refuse
the test. Under the bill, if awoman refuses the test in writing, her infant would automatically be tested unless the motherobjects to that test lin writing as
well. Since most women will be
unaware that they can refuse thetest and many will be unwillingto create a written record of theirrefusal, this is basically a mandatory testing. program by anothername: "routine" testing. The billis currently under discussion, but
any voting on it will probably occur
after the November election.
Bill 4299 is strongly supported by
the New Jersey State Department of
Health, which issued a press releaseheralding the testing plan because it
would facilitate early intervention intreating HIV infection. There is nofunding request attached to the bill,

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and the health department did not
make their support conditional on approval of funding for accessible preventative care. Right now, the lack ofaccessible primary care for most impoverished
New Jersey residents
means that early intervention for HIV
infection is an impossibility for thevast majority of HIV pOsitive adults.
None of the drugs available for pre-ventative care in adults such as AZT,Bactrim and aerosol pentamidine, areapproved for children.
.
Since no funds for providing care
are attached to the bill, it is basically aplan for testing and identification of
HIV positive women. The obvious intent of the plan is to coerce women tohave abortions or be sterilized, andnot to provide preventative healthcare. According to Margot Abels of
ACf UP, Any government interest inproviding acessible health care to
women is overshadowed by their desire to control women's reproduction.»In New York, the State Department of Health is focusing on women
who have just given birth. Since June,the health department has consideredseveral ways to "encourage"
mothers of newborns to test.
Their planning process has comeunder fierce criticism from healthcare workers, advocacy groups
and AIDS activists. The first idea
was to "unblind" the existinganonymous seroprevalence survey of newborns , and to offer
women the opportunity to learn
the results. Currently, blood istaken from every newborn in
New York State and tested for
HIV antibodies,syphilis andother congenitalconditions.
However, children carry theirmother's antibody status for up
to their first 18 months of life,
and only 40 percent of children
born to HIV-infected mothers arethemselves infected. Unblinding
the study would give the state alist of HIV positive women andchildren born to infected mothers--without
the woman evenknowing a test had been done.
This probably violates the New
York State HIV confidentiality law,which requires that the HIV antibody
test only be done after pre-test counseling and with written consent.
Pierce opposition from within andwithout the health department forced
this plan to be abandoned.
But the health department thenfocused on encouraging
women
U

~
ference into the reproductive choices
who were in the hospital recoveringof poor women and women of color
from the effects of delivery to test.
combines here with governmental deAn idea which was seriously dissires to "do something" about AIDS
cussed but eventually
droppedon a purely moral level. Women are
would have included counseling inseen purely as vectors of HIV transthe hospitalroom, followedbymission to their "innocent" infants. An
drawing the woman's blood if she
HIV positive woman who bears a
consented. Women who tested negachildis considereda "badtive would have been informed bymother"-even though her child may
letter, and women who tested posinot be infected. State plans to identify
tive would have been informed
such children are obviously useless:through a personal visit from healthbecause no preventative care is prodepartment workers.
vided to them. Neither the New Jersey
Under the current proposal,
nor the New York plan contains fundcounselors will visit women post-deing for primary care. The collapsed
livery in their hospital beds. The
public health care system cannot deal
women will receive information about
with those sick with AIDS let alone
the test and the benefits of early clinithose who are asymptomatic and incal intervention. If a woman agrees tof~cted with the virus. The New Yorktest, her results will be forwarded toand New Jersey plans are aimed ather post-partum care provider. This
identification, containment and conprogram is targeted at women who
trol of an already oppressed group. ...
have not received prenatal care, who
are the most likely to test HIV posi- I
tive and the least likely to receive fol- SANDOR KATZ from peged 32
when confronted with the generic caselow-up care for themselves and theirof an agency which discriminates, heinfants. According ~o health department officials, they wish to encourage .. said "There's no way I could hypothewomen at risk to test, and to facilitate size what the recourse might be."The laws with regard to adoption
access to post-pactum and HIV-related
and foster care are in place in New
care. Many questions remain unanYork State. What is missing is an acswered. Will women be encouraged
to have abortions or be sterilized? Will tivist government willing to work for
us. Lesbians and gays who wish to be
known HlV positive women be punished if they become pregnant again? parents are just one of a host of discrimination issues; problems also exist
How does the state plan to provide
with treatment of lesbian and gay
preventative care when the public
youths by child welfare agencies andhealth care system is already collapsed? How will state intervention af- foster families, and with kids takenfrom the custody of lesbian or· gay
fect the relationship between motherguardians.
and child?
When the bureaucrats don't even
The AIDS crisis has had a disknow that discrimination is prohibitedparate impact on poor women andor what enforcement mechanisms are
women of color. These women haveavailable, how are they going to enthe least access to the eroding healthforce agency standards and protect
care system and are the most likely tohave reproductive choices taken from our rights?
Of course the biggest victims ofthem, such as through sterilization
abuse. The women who are most at all of this are the kids who are stuck
in institutions without homes or famirisk for HIV infection are those wholies. Lesbian and gay parents are ahave traditionally been denied accesstremendous unexplored possibility forto health' care and health care decimany of them. Says Steinman,
sions. It is no surprise that there are
moves afoot to severely restrict HIV "There's such a shortfall of foster
homes, I suggested they [the city
positive women's reproductive andChild Welfare Administration] do an
sexual choices.
The continuing government inter- outreach at the Community Center.

They refused. They said, 'It would beinappropriate. It's too touchy,'"
The women's liberation slogan
rings true: "The hand that rocks thecradle rocks the boat."...
QUILT from pege 33

richness of our friendships, the loveand closeness that only the people
you've known forever bring.
For some of us, the Quilt is the
only physical place in the world
where we can be with these boys
again. I've thought about the arguments that the Quilt takes time andmoney away from more needed AIDS
causes. But I don't agree. Helping theliving cope with death is a worthy
cause, too, and ultimately it may
make us stronger for helping in otherways. I know I was thinking thiswhen I arrived at the Ellipse, behind
the White House and in front of the
I Washington Monument, to see this incredible expression of grief and lovethat is the Quilt.
There were tears and reunions
and solitude. There were plain panelsand outrageous panels and silly ones
and profound ones. I found the one I
was looking for and snapped a picture, and I added a new name to the"Write-In" panel. But in a strange way,most of all I was glad to see the volunteers.
The volunteers were all dressedin white .. and were walking around,many with packets of tissues, there to
guide or answer questions. One wore
a sticker which said "Emotional
Support,· and I started to cry justthinkingthat this stranger
hadcome here so that it would be OK
for people like me to cry.
I stayed a few hours and thencame home. Sometimes it's hard to
go on liVing when you think of all
we've been through, and all we'regoing to go through still. But I
guess if people care enough tomake Quilt panels,
if strangers
care enough to help you cry, andif harbors
and boats and little
cafes and favorite boutiquescanbring back good memories,
I'lltake another breath and see what
I can do.
...

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35

All InThe Family

Photo: Scott Morgan

PASSING ON THE EMPIRE

Craig Burns and John Eberhardt

k adoption an ~ernatiye for lesbians and gays see~nglegally·sanctioned relationships1
by Jay Blotcher
When John and Craig met in an Upper East Side bar
in September, 1980, it could have been another classicalManhattan tale of two tricks passing in the night. The pair
had little in common. Craig Burns was blond, boyish, 23.
He was between jobs, visiting friends in New York. John
Eberhardt, 58, was a Fire Island pioneer, having hammered together scores of beach houses in Cherry Grove
during the 1940s before constructing his own wedding
cake of a mansion, The Belvedere.
Nonetheless, John and Craig did what mismatchedpeople often do. They fell in love. The next week John
invited Craig out to the island and, as Craig recalls, "Ikinda never left." This past spring, months shy of theirninth anniversary, the couple went one step further toacknowledge their relationship; Craig Burns became Craig
Eberhardt. In a judge's chambers in West Palm Beach, John
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Adoption is yet another alternative for gays and lesbians who seek legal recognition of their relationships.
Many do it to ensure financial protection for lovers in theevent of their death; others see it as the only same-sex
union likely to be sanctioned by the law in this era.
But adoption is not a foolproof shelter against the
bigotry of our legal system. In the early 1980s in New
York State, gay adoptions caused a stir in the legal system, challenging the definition of adoption and provoking progressive decisions in two important cases: Adult
Anonymous I and II. .
In the latter, handled by Lambda Legal Defense
Fund's William J. Thom and heard in 1982, a 32-year-old
male petitioned to adopt a 43-year-old. Partial motivation
was financial; the building where the pair lived was going
co-op and the landlord was evicting those not on thelease. Initially dismissed by Family
Court, City of New York, the petitioners
appealed the case to the State Supreme
Court Appellate Division. The decision
was reversed and petition granted, since
the Family Court decision was based on
its narrow interpretation of the nature offamily, not the adoption statute itself,
which expresses no limitations. "The
'nuclear family' arrangement is no longer
the only model of family life in America," the decision challenged.
In addition, constitutional law wascited, where homosexual relations inprivate are protected in New York under
the right to privacy. Through some circuitous logic, it was proposed that apetition for a father-son adoption by two
homosexual men raised the spectre oftechnical incest. However, it was ruledthat "incest in general involves blood
relatives." More facetious was the subsequent observation: And, of course, thetaboo against incest, grounded in eugenics, has little application in a relationshipwhich can hardly result in offspring."
However, these legal strides were to
be reversed two years later. The New
York State Court of Appeals, filtering
decisions through a screen of homophobia, effectively put a halt to overtly
homosexual
same-sex adoptions· bylovers. In the Matter of the Acloption ofRobert Paul P. in 1984, a 57-year-old
man was denied his petition to adopt his
50-year-old lover, although they had
lived together continuously for 25 years.
Michael Lavery, a New York City
lawyer and co-founder of the Lambda
Legal Defense Fund, handled the case.
Lavery, a consistent fighter for gay andlesbian rights, has argued cases for Dignity, the gay Catholic group, and Integrity, the Episcopal sect. He acknowledges
the misstep made by the two lovers:
they did not attempt to hide the sexual
nature of their relationship. The legal
gay-bashing continued; the court questioned the validity of adoption as a way
to halt an eviction. "It is nothing morethan a cynical distortion of the functionof adoption. "Most damning of all is this paragraph: "Adoption was never intended asa haven where parties might shelter
emotional 'relationships for which nostatutory provision has been made. If thehomosexual relationship is to receive
legal sanction as a family unit, such
recognition must come from the legislature, and not the courts through theUguise of adoption."• • • ••
John and Craig were inseparable
during the first three months together. In
December, the pair were visiting John's
cousin, who is also gay, in California.
Walking through the celebrated Forest
Lawn Cemetery one sunny afternoon,
observing the gaudy sculpture andmeticulous landscaping, John and Craig
came upon a small stone bench. Carved
into the decoration was an Irish quotation about trUe love lasting forever. The
lovers impulsively j9ined hands andrecited the quote. "From then on, we
decided we were a married couple,'
Craig said.
But both knew that a two-minutewedding in a cemetery held no legal
weight. And as the years passed, andJohn and Craig grew closer, they began
thinking about events that could separate
them. The question of a legal relationshipbecame more insistent this past year. A
friend of the couple, a septuagenarian
psychologist from Manhattan had successfully adopted his 54-year-old lover inorder to pass on his magnificent Riverside
Drive apartment after he passed on. At
the age of 65, John was still hardy andworking on constant improvements to
The Belvedere. But the issue of a successor loomed, he recalled. Who would lookafter his 26-room palace?
"For one thing, passing on' tbis
empirli' - Eberhardt assumes a mockhauteur to his voice - "it takes the rightkind of person. I don't know who could
do it, except for someone who is talented and capable. My older brother or sister just couldn't manage this, what withthe milieu of the town, this gay world."
Craig was the only choice.
Craig's concerns about a legal relationship with John were just as keen. "In
the case of catastrophic illness, I would
be John's next of kin and would havethe say about his care and well-being, as
opposed to a family throwing me out on
the street and putting him in a nursing
home." In addition, the pair learned that
real estate passed on from father to son
is taxed differently than it would be for
a commercial transaction. John andCraig were amassing a list of basic rights
afforded heterosexuals
and deniedhomosexuals. After several talks with
their attorney, who is gay, the twoagreed to file papers for adoption.
)ohn recalls the day he and Craig

went to the courthouse for their petition,accompanied by their attorney. Amongst
rows of mothers and fathers with theirsmall children, John and Craig sat: asmiling gray-haired man of 67, withtwinkling mischievous eyes, and a solid,
big-limbed blond hunk of 32. Onceinside the judge'S chambers,
Craig
recalls, "I told the judge our relationshipis like father and son." The matter ofownershipof The Belvedere
wassidestepped. "They seem to frown on
people [petitioning adoption] for financial reasons. They prefer to have people
doing it for emotional reasons." Theissue of homosexuality
was not
broached.
Craig .required written consent fromhis parents to agree to the adoption.
"They knew that it was, in no way, aslighting of them. I still consider them
my parents and our relationship is jijst as
good as it's ever been. This was just away for John and I becoming legallymarried like my sister and her husband."In deference to his folks, Craig Richard
Burns legally changed his name to Craig
Burns Eberhardt. The Burns knew of
their son's homosexuality; he had comeout to them at age 18 as a prelude to theannouncement that he had fallen in lovewith a man and was moving in with him.
The relationship lasted three months.
The final legal step in adoption isthe destruction of Craig's original birthcertificate, which reside& i~ Chicago.
Another one will be issu!!d naming Johnap his legal parent. Ultimately, there will
be no legal rec.ord of Craig ever being. related to the ,Burns family.

• •••In the case of Robert Paul P., thecourt avails itself of the same self-reflexive homophobia that was employed in
the Hardwick sodomy decision back in
1986. Observing that legislation did notinclude homosexuals in adoption laws
any time since the laws were enacted in
1873, the court questions why the status
quo should be upset. Another absurd
leap of logic observes that since New
York sodomy laws were overturned justin 1980, it seems unlikely that the samelegislature would want homosexual relationships themselves acknowledged
through adoption. Another decision
went so far as· to term the notion of sexual intimacy between adopter andadoptee as "utterly repugnant."
In most cases, the court expresses--------------~~~==~-=
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October 22. 1989

itself carefully in gay or lesbian issues.
"Court people are sophisticated enoughnot to be overt," Lavery said. "The lessovert are the ones most difficult to pin
down and accuse of anti-gay decisions.
No one will say, 'We're not going toallow this adoption because they're acouple of fags.'''
But read between the lines. The
court criticized the men for looking to
adoption as a way to legaily share alease and prevent an impending eviction. The legal jargon was merely asmokescreen; once again the court was

FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL

Michael Lavery

Photo: Ellen B. Neipris

enacting laws that refused to ·acknowledge a same-sex relationship. In fact,
Lavery points out, "the concept of
adopting children is a product of the
post-Victorian times." Beginning during
the ancient Roman era, adoption was alegal tool for economic, political andsocial objectives, especially when awealthy man did not have a natural heir.
But the issue of gay adoption
prompts mixed reactions. Paula Euelbrick, Lambda's legal director since
1985, considers it a flawed strategy, anda compromise to receiving basic gay andlesbian rights. "The effort of our community should be to obtain recognition forour relationships as they are, not subverting nor distorting them into parentchild relationships."
Lavery also has a diplomatic party
line. Quietly, he suggests that same-sex
couples who maintained the parentchild charade have had their petitions
for adoption granted. "One should notassume that after the 1986 Court ofAppeals decision, there have been no38

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October 22, 1989

gay adoptions." After all, he points out,
when there is no hitch to the proceedings, the request for adoption is kept
confidential. There is no record of successful homosexual adoptions. It is only
when. the initial petition is denied andthe decision appealed that the case finds
its way into public record.
Lavery recalls one case where a
successful professor in his mid-4Os asked
to adopt a man in his mid-20s after they
had lived together five years. The older
man presented himself as advisor andmentor; a role model that the younger
man lacked as a child. When challenged
as to whether their relationship was
actually of a sexual nature, the younger
man grimaced and told the court, "Noway!" The petition was approved.
He offers an unsettling clarification:
Nlf you were rich and powerful, [lover
adoptions] probably could be done," butnot for the average guy on he street.
Lavery alludes to an internationallyknown operatic composer who adopted
his young lover, as well as a successful
entrepreneur
from Chicago who followed suit.
The recent State Court of Appeals
case involving Miguel Braschi was alandmark case insofar as acknowledging
gay and lesbian relationships. Braschi
was awarded his deceased lover's lease
after their 10-year union, but this decision will have no impact on the adoption issue, Lavery offered. The courts
pulled their punch, he added, in extending the ruling to rent-controlled apartments, not rent-stabilizedbuildings.
Gays and lesbians will still find the needto petition for adoption to maintaincohabitiation or property ownership.
The gay psychologist who adopted
his younger lover agrees on that count.
The man, who requested anonymity,suggested that a real estate pressuregroup influenced the legislature in the
Braschi case. "They've stopped people
from using adoption as a way aroundthe problem of losing your apartment if·
your name is not in the lease. Adoption
should be a freedom.·
When his lover of 25 years died, theman was left alone in the six-room penthouse apartment on Riverside Drive.
Eventually he met his second lover, who
moved in six months later. A rash ofabusive letters from the man's landlord
began to come, insisting that the lover
move out since he was not on the lease.
"They persecuted us for three years. That

was the trick in those days,· he said.
"They thought the only way to get meout of the apartment was to separate mefrom my lover. We said 'fuck you' andwent through the channels of adoption."
OffiCially,Lavery will not handle anadoption case where the same-sex petitioners are involved in a sexual relationship. The case is doomed, he insists.
NMostcases I handle are done pro bono.
It's not worth the time and effort if thecase is denied without any advancement.· The strategy of gay adoption "is
not a winnable battle at this time," headded "A gay sexual relationship will notmeet the legal definition of adoption.". "It's necessary to convince hetero.sexual judges, as well as other gays, thattwo gay men can have a relationshipthat is not necessarily sexual."The
unspoken' message here is: keep a lid on
intimacy in court and the petition will
sail through. Acknowledge your lover
relationship and prepare for rejection.
What advice does Lavery give his clientsin this situation?
"There's a thin line between deception and downplaying," Lavery says. "If(the partners] can't be frank when thequestion comes up, it could be d5astrous."
Ettelbrick points out alternatives toadoption, adding, "There are ways that
we can take care of our vulnerabilities
under the law." These include wills,
power of attorney designation and conservatorships.
Lavery is guarded in his appraisal of
the future of gay legal rights and therecognition of homosexual unions. ·We
have some ways to go; we are still too
conveniently overlooked, unless somebody is waving a sign in your face, saying, 'What about us?'"•••••
John and Craig are sitting in the
breakfast- nook off the kitchen of The
Belvedere, taking a breather from lastminute renovations. By November 1,
they will close up the castle and head to
Florida to run another guest housecalled Villa Fontana. Craig ponders thelongevity of their relationship, and feels
it stems, in part, from a respect for fidelity during sexually liberated days. ·We've
always been just a monogamous couple,· he explained, "and I think that's
why it's worked for us this long. We
made a commiument to each other, andthis year we reinforced the committment
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Into the fray of wacky, pseudo-underground, hipper-than-hip, gayer-than-gay, raw publications comes Pansy
Beat. which, at $3.00, claims to be Mworth every penny." Following in the f~otsteps of My Coml7lde/Sister, Pansy
Beat covers the perverse, the obscure, the bizarre and the all-too-familiar place we call "downtown: except it's
perhaps a tad more anarchistic (activantes are quoted inside saying such cute things as, "Blow up Washington, D.C,!").
Says Pansy Beat in it's premiere issue: MWehope to take you on a whimsical journey down a pansy strewn
lane, leading to our peculiar brand of offbeat obsessive humor, colorful local celebrities and sometimes even a iii'
bit of social consciousness."
-M.S.

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October 22, 1989

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As any fag who moves to Manhattan and discovers the wiles of Christopher Street will tell you, there is a bar called
Boots and Saddles whose primary virtues are that it opens early. closes late, does not serve Coors and is frequented by acrowd that gets a thrill from the mere mention of cowboys.
Imagine our surprise when. just around the corner from our pJush. sun-drenched offices at OlitWssk, we stumble uponanother place called Boots and Saddles at 24th and Lexington. a place that actually sells-boots and saddles!
.
But we have a couple of questions:
How many residents of the welfare hotels on lower Lexington Avenue have need of polo mallets and hoof oil?
How many residents of East 73rd Street. Sag Harbor and Saratoga Springs, who might actually own a polo pony or two,would come near East 24th Street to purchase the aforementioned acoutrements?
Just what the hell is going on here. anyway?
- Andrew Miller

October 22. 1989

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BRADLEY

Dear Brad:

Let me see if I've got this right. As
this whole thing was first explained tome, one's sexual orientation as well as
the process by and extent to which anindividual identifies his or her sexuality, both privately and publicly, are all
matters of personal choice and areunderlined by a fundamental right toprivacy. Furthermore, as the act ofcoming out, to whatever degree, is by
implication and consequence political,
then the issue of individual politicalexpression also becomes a factor.
Using tWs construction, I was led tounderstand that the lesbian and gay
communities,
among their diverse
goals, constantly endeavor to secure
the protection of individual liberties
and to that end advocate opposition topersons and institutions attempting tocompile and distribute lists of alleged
and admitted lesbians and gay men for
punitive purposes.
Okay, I can follow this for themost part but here's where I get a little confused:. now I'm being told thatin some exceptional cases it is acceptable for the community to appoint
itself as an agent for expediting the
public acknowledgment of the sexual

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orientation of certairi prominent individuals who have chosen not to do sothemselves because their refusal, forwhatever reasons, constitutes
animplied threat to the existence of all
lesbians and gay men and should
therefore be subject to opprobrium.
If that's the case, I've made up an
extensive list of persons, alive anddead, actual and fictional, who I
believe or at least would like tobelieve have engaged·in some fonn oranother of same-gender sexual activity
and I would be willing to make thislist available for publication if that will
indeed save lives. I hesitate to do so,
however, only because I have thisnagging feeling that some ideologicalcontradiction may be involved. The
trouble is, I never seem to be aroundwhen the rules .are made or changed
and so I miss all the discussion supporting these changes'. Could you perhaps clarify this issue so that I canadopt the correct course of action?
-Jane RoeDear}ane:
I was, in fact, present at themeeting when this particular amendment to the rulebook was to be considered for ratification but at the last

Ms. Davis to st. Peter:"Pee-tah, Pee-tah, Pee-tah.
Fasten your seat belts.
It's going to be a bumpy eternity."

Bette Davis 1908-1989..

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minute somebody (and I won't mention names, Kelly) made a tabling
motion which was carried and thus
postponed the actual vote for two
weeks. Not so coincidentally, I had to
be at an Advice Seminar in Banff thenand the person who was supposed totake notes for me in my absence wasgiven two tickets to Les Miser-abies forthat very evening. Consequently I
only have the official minutes to go
by and we all know how deliberately
misinforming the official minutes canbe. There is no record of the actual
debate, only some vague mention ofa "heated discussion" and a threat toadjourn the meeting which was followed by a vote of 51-17 in favour ofadopting the amendment.
Once again, I believe this points
up certain deficiencies inherent inmajoritarian democracy and I think
we should, accordingly, restructure
the model of operation. In the meantime, would that person (you know
who you are) who borrowed
mycopy of the rulebook "for a couple ofdays just to check something out"
please be kind enough to return it?
Confidential to Forgotten on 48th
Street:You're right to blame yourself.
Making an open declaration of romantic intentions is universally regarded(at least in my neighborhood) as a
hostile act to which the only humane
response is the sort of protracted communications blackout you are now
experiencing. If you had only asked
my advice before you put such a rash,ill-conceived plan into effect I could
have warned you against it but, no,
you kids think you know everything
and always end up having to learn thehard way. Well, just be grateful hedidn't tell you to drop off the face ofthe earth right then and there and be
grateful as well that this didn't happen
at Christmastime.
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ack to the phones! It's time
for another gossip zap; thisone aimed at Cosmopolitan,
which, as we told you last
week, printed a hateful, homophobic,
dangerous article titled The Risky
Business of Bisexual Love. The number is: 212-649-3570 and the people
to target are maniac-in-chief Helen
Gurley Brown and Roberta Ashley, an
editor directly under her and, assources reported to me, the one who
was responsible for the deadly story.
Leave both a friendly message tellingthem how monstrous Cosmo is andhow they're both personally responsible for the murde,rous acts of anti-gay
violence which such hateful and false
stories perpetuate.
Actually, it's quite interesting that
Roberta Ashley was the editor responsible since Bobbie, as they call her, is
not only a homophobic nightmare,but also one of the biggest fakes
around town.
I'm sure you're all aware of thosecelebrity Q & A columns that are
printed in lots of newspapers.
Youknow, the ones that ask questions
like: "My friend Nancy says that
Richard Gere was dating the Brazilian
Sylvia Martins for the the longest time,
but other friends who know him tellme that Martins is-IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY-not Gere's type. Is Nancy
wrong?"(Then, of course, there
would be some hokey answer thatwould mysteriously work in Gere's
new film or project).
Anyway,Bobbie, for years, wrote such a column under the alias of "Robin Adams
Sloan."
This column appears in
Parade magazine weekly, and is also
syndicated daily to hundreds of newspapers across the country. "Sloan"that the wife of the fascist William F.
Buckley is helping out in the fightagainst AIDS.
But it's bullshit!
Everything Pat Buckley does is for the
purposes of good public relations forher maniac husband.
Her suddeninterest in AIDS in the last two years is
neatly calculated to offset her husband
attacking the gay and lesbian andother oppressed communities time
and time again, and to make her andhim look oh-so-wonderful.
I'm notsaying that one is responsible for thepolitics of everyone one fucks. But
Pat Buckley calls herself "civic leader
and wife oL .. " She's a walking
advertisement for her husband and his
murderous political beliefs. Her flimsy deeds are PR pay-offs intended toallow her husband to continue tokeep us down.
We don't need Pat Buckleyanswering phones at some charity
event; we can get anyone to answer
phones. I CAN ANSWER THE FUCKING PHONES! WHAT WE NEED PATBUCKLEYTO DO IS INFLUENCEHER
HUSBAND, SHAKE HIM UP A BIT
AND MAYBE HIT HIM OVER THE
HEAD WITH A FRYING PAN! Thisman has an enormous influence on the
Right in this country. As recently aslast week he attacked our community
And, of course, it should- come as no regarding the Helms Ammendment.
But of course none. of thisbig surprise that, before she had her
stopped William Norwich ,(Daily
Daily News column, another person
News) from writing up Pat onc;e again.
who spent time being Robin Adams
After giving us a brief breather,
Sloan was-you got it!-Liz Smith.
Norwich runs a huge photo of thegrotesque monster and tells about
Suddenly people are calling me, how Pat is--take a guess--hosting an
sending me notes, grabbing me at AIDS benefit. Sadly, even he gets usedin her propaganda machine, thinkingsocial events and telling me something
I've known all along: Pat Buckley is of course that he's doing something
the slimiest woman walking the face good, writing about a benefit. What
we need him to do is simply boycottof this planet. A couple of weeks
ago, the TimeS creepy Georgia Dullea this nightmarish woman. Certainly ifwrote an article about an-AIDS benefit she was starved for publicity-someheadlined: ASSEMBLINGA CHARITY thing. she simply couldn't do without
EVENT, PIECE BY PIECE. And Pat and still' stay afloat in her social circles-she might then tell her husband
Buckley, as usual, sops up some goodpress. Says Dullea: "Mrs. Ribicoff and to cut the shit. But no, Billy, who
Pat Buckley had been camped in the worships the ground she walks upon,
can't seem to break his cheap andtent for hours, answering phones,
fetching coffee for the crew and gen- transparent habit of wrapping himself
erally being what Mrs. Buckley calls around her ass, puckering up and giving her a sweet· rim job every day of'beasts of burden,'''Some people might see this as her slaughtering life.
Meanwhile, we die, Billy.
'Ynice. They might think it's wonderful

made a hefty buck doing this. But
here's the scam: All of the questions-theones signed: Judy E.,
Austin, Texas, etc.-were phoney; as
in MADE UP. Of course, you may
have already thought this, so here's
the second scam: "Sloan" didn't evenmake them up herself, publicists did.
People at public relations firms wrote
questions-with answers- about theirclients (individuals,
films, books,
shows, etc.), and signed them withfake names of people around thecountry (who knows what happened
to the letters of real people who
wrote in). Then they simply handedin the questions
and answers to"Sloan," who then passed them on toher editors-who
thought she'd been
feverishly coming up with this shit
. herself-and they printed it, while shecollected her check.
Great scam.

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·Social Terrorism

Photos by Erich Conrad

FOREVER FORBES

Party boy Malcolm Forbes at MK
THE QUICKER PICK HER UP

Rosie at the Market Diner

KIR ROYALE

Kir at Deelollely

PROM NIGHT

Sylllia Miles and Michael Musto /olle it up in a limo

CHART BUSTERSPARTY BEAT

Tish and Snooky at St. Marks Place

Endille at Trax
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Larisa and Mabel at Market DinerI

GIMME BACK MY MAN
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October 22. 1989

Halt. Genug. Basta.This little girl Is
putting her foot down. For well over a
year, I've ~t by and watched this tor'rld epic unfold. Now, I feel compelled
to speak my peace. If It continues In
some small way to quelling the riptide
madness that has overtaken the bestof us, so much the better.
.
I speak, of course, of the Sandra
and Madonna business. Sadly, or perhaps most fortunately, I was out of thecountry when the seminal event transpired. A close friend, a veteranwatchdog of all media silliness, waskind enough to call and report thejuicy details. It seemed that the sanlwrapped world of prime time had
been given a real working over: Sandra Bernhard and Madonna Ciccone,
the two doyennes of backsass andself-promotion, had double teamed
the esteemed Mr. letterman In a fiesta
of sapphic Innuendo and asides.
-Cubby- chirped one lady. -Holetrilled the other.
Over the following months a collective frlsson ascended the vertebraeof the girl community. In June, theself-same Cubby Hole paraded down
Fifth Avenue beneath a sea of Madonna and Sandra placards. Every comer
was abuzz with the Sphinx-like riddle,-Old they or didn't they?- Ten minutesof airplay was parlayed Into a veritable forest of meaning. The trees have
yet to be seen.
In the end, It matters not a wit If
these gals did the nasty. It, like
Homer's -wine dark sea,· remains anunfathomable secret few of us are
ever likely to illumine. What weshould examine Is why their latenight -I will If you will· caused su~ha frenzy.
Putting aside' the fact that theselassesare In some degree saucy crumpets we would happily welcome Into
our fantasy worlds, there remains themore crucial Issue of what they repre.sent. To my mind, to speak of Sandra
and Madonna Is not to speak of Sandra Bernhard and Madonna Ciccone,
but rather to summon all of the complexities and anxieties we feel aboutvisibility, assimilation and power. You
laugh. It might sound sterile and off
the point, but I don't think It Is. Whatoccurred on Letterman that evening
was a momentof (relatively)
unabashed closet breaking. Yes, It was
mitigated by all manner of coyness
and covert language, but the bottom
line stands. Sandra and Madonna suggested they did It, they loved It andthey cared not a sausage what anyone thought.
Without doubt, the concrete
reality remains that few of us canafford such dangerous games. To be asuper loaded, don't-fuck-wlth-me-fellas media gal Is one thing. To be youraverage, where's-my-paycheck,lawabiding lesbian Is another. We, on the
Whole, can't play with fire and rest
assured that some ugly fowl won't
come home to roost.
On ourdoorstep, even, and evict us.
What Is apparent Is that whatplayed out on our screens that night
was one of the few spectacles of Its
kind. The Irony Is that we don't reallyknow that these women are lesbians(well, at least, not one ... see Spin,
October, 1989). So, why do we cling
so madly to straws? Quite simply,
because we look ceaselessly and everexpectantly for signs of lesbian life In
the universe.
But let me suggest the following.
Isn't It time we stopped going on
about Sandra and Madonna? Sure,they're luscious and lovely. Even I, In a
moment of youthfulexcitement
tossed a pair of panties at Ms. Bernhard, but let's get real. Let's stop living
through the glowing TV tube and thej.o. slickness of video. If you think
Sandra looks like a dream In a formhugging Azadlne Alala, just Imagine
how good you'd look In one. Save up
your shekels and maybe In half adecade you'll be able to afford thegarment bag It comes In. Until then,why not Improvise? I think you'll findthe sisterhood most forgiving of small
flaws and equally eager to support
any variety of self empowerment you
can stir up.
'Yeee...On Those Two
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Television

Tuning in GAYDAR
much to the delight of many a gay
viewer, to extract him from those oh-soby Alan Klein
telling 'u.s. Jock Boxers' ("spandex for
extra comfort during workouts, S-M-LXL, Catalog #A41) or his 'I.e Tank' teeshirt ("in White, Black, Seafoam, Coral,
he blitzkrieg is upon us with
Catalog #A16"). Jumpstreefs starsyet another new fall season of
three pretty boys and one hot
television. And although there
woman-areundercover cops who·
are a few bright spots among the rubpass as high school students and ct;lck
ble of this season's 1V landscape, it iseverything from drug rings to vandalstill more likely we'll tum off than tune
ism, in one episode even stopping a
in. It is safe to say that most of this seaseries of gay bashings. Tbe Richard
son's offerings have not been created
Greico character, Dennis
for a gay or lesbian audi. Booker, was recently .lntr6-·
encej in fact, I can't recall
duced as an overzealous, .'a television
programsoon to be disillusioned
from any past season that. has specifically aimed atyoung cop. Outfined injeans, .a tee~shirt, a: black
the gay and lesbian viewleather Perfecto jacket ander. And although they do
one gold hoop in each ear,know we're watching, (aGreico could easily pass forrecentarticleinan East Village Boy in
Billboard
Magazine
Black. And jumpstreet wastacknowledged the sub··ed no time in exploiting his
stantial buying power ofgay men and lesbians)
luscious 10000s,a1mb6tleaving Depp in the dust.
we are still considered by
GreiCo's .second apthe networks and TV
pearance qn Jumpstreet
makers alike to be homofeatured him in a shower
nongrata.
scene that still yields many
With that in mind, it
hours of self-manipulatedshould' come as no surenjoyment. Packing a loadprise that the lesbian
ed pistol, and one in his
and gay perspective was
Photo: Ellen B. Neipris hand as well, Greico's
conspicuously
absent PACKING A LOADED PISTOL
character parades aroundfrom every fall season Richard Greico
his apartment clad only inreview I read. So, in thehis white towel-Catalog#A73boy "newcommer," Sean Six. But thisspirit of self-empowerment, the time
accentuating his olive complexion andseason's queer de resistance is, by far,has come to shed the constraints
rippled stomach, still wet from theimposed on us by the Marvin Kitmans Booker, Pox Television's new fall entry,
shower. We watch in awe as the cam"and the Tom Shales and look at televi- which stars teen and queer-boy heartthrob Richard Greico. Booker is a spinera lustfully explores his body. Prom
sion the way it ought to be looked at.
big brown bedroom eyes to his pouty
off of Pox's successful series 21
Whether intentional or completelips, the camera slides down his bodyly subconscious, there are those pro- Jumpstreet. Jumpstreet, often foreplay
for a Sunday night at Mars, oozes withto his chiseled hairless chest and erectgrams, and even more specifically,
nipples adorned with beads of sweat.
some of television's prettiest faces.
images, that strike a responsive chord
As if reacting to our gay gaze, heJohnny Depp, the show's prettiest malein gay men and lesbians. These
strikes poses that can only be conimages are coded. in ways that set off face, looks as if he stepped off thepages of the International Male catalog,
strued as homoerotic. Poses that realthat old gaydar:
right into America's living room. Indeedize the power of his beauty. Inviting[(ga'dar)n.
1. Like radar. 2. A
it seems that in many of .the show's
poses that draw upon gay male fantasixth sense created by gay men and
S.. TEl£VISION on paga &2
episodes, someone forgot, or neglected,
lesbians in order to contextualizeTobscure or covert gay messages inmass culture. 3. The device thatmakes successful cruising possible.)
Whether intended for us or not, theseimages, through the pervasiveness of
television, enter our stream of consciousness and do indeed rouse oursenses. And this fall our senses willbe treated to some of the finest in
homoerotic tube-lube ever.
Prom a "Boys Eye View," the titillation begins with spike of Bensonbursfs
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MusicHas She Sold'Her Soul?
oughly depressed-I thought it was agood show.
•
However, the trill shit on this current album is so distracting I find it
difficult to concentrate on it. It is arelatively new habit. Hopefully she is
not too addicted to it and will drop it
soon enough.
The simplicity of Tracy Chapman
is what got me hooked in the firstplace. I fell in love with Fast Car,after a particularly erotic connection
with a New England woman, who too

thanked a slew of men and a ·special
friend." In concert she spoke about
empowerment of the disenfranchised.
She spoke about race relations. She
was bathed in a lavender light with a
by Jacquie Bishop
pink triangle.
On the album, her icky (yes"icky" band) is back. At best, I findtheir accompaniment condescending
oni Mitchell's trill is annoyand intrusive. Even guest appearancesing. It sounds like miceby Neil Young could not save thisrunning back and forth inband from diving in the waters of
the ceiling. Unfortunately,Tracy
mediocrity. Periodically, a chordChapman, all of 24, by now
maybe even 16 bars-is
has picked up this annoying
interesting. Beyond that it ishabit-except
she sounds
obvious that the focus of thelike chipmunks on coke.
album is on Tracy. Her proI saw Tracy in concert
ducers should trust that peaat Carnegie Hall in Nopie will listen to the "iii'vember. I sat two rows away
colored girl sing and play."
from God in the midst of
The simplicity of this midwhat looked like a waiting
westerner,
present .New
room of immigrants from theEnglander is lost somewhere'burbs. I remember now thatin the harmonicas,
dull
at the time my then lover
drumming (trap drums) andand I were attempting a recpiano. If you can get past the
onciliation, so I was already,trill (I'm sorry but I do notin a strange mood. Tracy
believe that Joni Mitchell isstood on stage in traditional
where it's at as a singer. I
black t-shirt, (new) black
also feel that singers whojeans and (new) boots. She
spend their time imitating
had gained a little weight
her ...) there's the speedy verafter the Amnesty Intersion of Bridges, and Freedom
national tour, her dredlocks
Now (a tribute to Nelson
were in the mushroom stage
Mandela). There is the "fuckand her voice was a poweryou I won't go this again"
ful haunting alto that consong, This Time ("This time I
stantlysang about
thewon't let my emotions ruleinjustices, lack of justice andmy life. This time I'm gonna
wrongs of our basic societal
keep my heart locked safe
fabric. She also sang about
inside, I'm gonna be my own
not allowing herself to be SIMPUCITY LOST
Photo: Herb Ritts
best friend"). And the hauntfucked over in relationships, Tracy Chapman
ing reminder All That You
by men, ex's of non-specificHave Is Your Souf "Don't begender and society in general. Each loved the dreddie New England trans- tempted by the shiny apple, Don'tsong was an anthem. Whether it was port. In concert Chapman plays alone. you eat of a bitter fruit, Hunger only
a well known song from her first On a stage that has hosted foreign for a taste of justice, Hunger only foralbum or a lesser known song that ambassadors, dance companies and a world of truth, 'Cause all that you
her long time followers were familiar full orchestras, she stood alone, with have is your soul." Material World
with, we cheered, cried, laughed and a guitar, two mikes and a cup of sounds like she's about to take off
wondered out loud with her as she water. At the Grammy Awards earlier into space; Subcity is sung so quickly
earnestly sang good simple songs. I this year Tracy shed her dreds for a that without the words printed on theleft the show teary eyed and thorshort 'fro and a few locks. She
See CHAPMAN on page 6J

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MusicOut & Outby Jim FouraU

A

love song is a love song isa love song is a love song.
George Michael, Whitney Houston, Tracy Chapman, Mark
Almond, Mathilde Santing, Luther Van
Dross, Lewis Fury, kd lang, Tom
Robinson are all capable of thrown
down, rip-up-your-soul,I-standnaked-before-you,Please! Please!
Please!, baby, be with me or I will die
anthems of emotional, spiritual andsexual need; the kind of songs thatcan bring out the wicked lust in themost hardened activist and undress

DANGEROUS LOVE SONGSTom Robinson
emotionally the most put-togetherpassing-for-without-any-messy-Ioveneeds-post-liberation
lesbian or gay
man. These are songs that nourish that
dangerous, liberating desire that transcends oppression, repression andfear and puts purple back into thedark night of the soul.
Three of the above musicians areout.
Two of them are not on majorlabels in the United States. Today,
only the import bins contain thegamey foreplay lush notes of Tom
Robinson and Mathilde Santing.

and began to produce some of the
Tom Robinson, friend of Peter
most moving love songs I have ever
Gabriel and the Kinks' Ray Davies,
heard. You can find the best of themgained world-wide fame as an open
on an album entitled Still Loving You
gay man in 1979 when his upbeat
rock cry for gay pride, Glad to be
Gay went to the top of the charts inthe u.K. and made him a radio namefrom Tokyo to Los Angeles. Rising tothe occasion, Robinson and his band
TRB delivered two albums full of 60s
informed political messages clearlydelivering a rock vision of a gay, feminist, non-racist, non-sexist egalitarian
world. His love for Martin, and thenMartin's leaving him, were upfrontand clearly shared in a number ofcompositions. But it was an impossi-.
ble position to be in and, like Icarus,
he got his wings and soul singed.
NO DIVAS
Tom Robin'son had to please
Mathildil Santin, & Mimi Izumi Kobayashi
everyone: the gay' audience, the politrecorded for Castaway records andical community, the music critics...anddistributed by RCA Ariola in the U..K.
he was answerable
to the homophobes, the record, company and thein 1987.
Mathilde Santing has been thegutter press.
rage of European avant I01,!ngesociHe suffered adulation,
cruel
ety for the past five years.' She is areviews, loss of privacy and develfull-bodied, Amsterdam-ba'sed chanoped a severe identity-crisis (the Judy
. teuse (a chanteuse is quite the oppoGarland syndrome)
and-Bowiesite of a Diva; a chanteuseis alike-fled to the anonymity of Berlin.
There he fell in love, got bruised,sophisticated interpreter of sultry sexy
moved to Amsterdam and began toadult life songs emotionally delivered
write love songs. Dangerous lovein the context of world weary experisongs that didn't mask the' eroticence). Joan Armatrading, Boy George,games that "boys and women" play;
Sade and Julia Fordham all call her
Living in a Love Town was his ode totheir role model when asked whoamour found by the Zuider Zee.
does it best. This sometimes blond
While he continued to receive
sometimes punk crew-cutted ladyturns them away in legions whenever·critical support, radio and video playand consumer response and even theshe decides to ·play. I remember one
occasional top 10 UK. hit, he foundsummer in London following her from
himself dropped by the major labels
dive from boite to lounge to cellar toin the US. When he delivered his first niteclub only to find the lip-sticked
album to the newly reformed Geffenlezzies and ID set had beaten me
Records in 1984 with a lusty Genet
there. It literally took six trips and asex song entitled "I Want to be Your world famous fag to get me into a
Cabin Boy" that, remixed, could havedark overcrowded room of post-FACE
ruled the dance floor that summer, a scene-makers to experience the woncloseted executive paid him to get off der of this astonishing interpreter ofthe label and go back to London.
contemporary songcraft.
He did. And built his own studio
See OUT & OUT on page 63

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Art

Sunday School
by Catherine SaalfieldI

nconjunction
with AIDS
Awareness Month [October], weplan to explore what AIDS
means to those who are am icted andto those who care, n says Susan Lerner,
who has organizeda Month of
Sundays dedicated to discussion, education and raising money at St.
Clement's Episcopal Church on 46th
Street, and she has tapped theresources in the immediate area. 46th

VISUAliZATION AS CURE
by Kathryn Ritter

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Street may soon be as busy as St.
Mark's Place.
T~e first day of October, the first
Sunday of the month, I took the IRT
up to Times Square. The (left)
Reverend Kathleen C. Mandeville andothers gathered at St. Clement's for avideo and an art show, coordinatedby Peter Larose. The tape, called
Women Facing AIDS, includes women
living with AIDS and ARC talking
about art, IV drugs and HIV. JanetGoldner, a sculptor in NYC, coordinated a two month workshop at BethIsrael Medical Center with four
women. She credits Ann Meredith

with suggesting to her ,?ow artists canimpact their communities with theirwork. Meredith's photographsofwomen with AIDS and their families
were recently exhibited, along with
Women Facing AIDS, at the New
Museum in a show called "Until theLast Breath. n
Thevideo,
producedby
Stephanie Daniels, focuses on the discussions and creations of the women
who are all ex-IV drug users. The
sound of styrofoam being sawed,
shaped into self-portraits, becomes asoothing backdrop against which thewomen eJ!:amine where they are, how
and why they got there, and how
they can deal with their situations. Allof this happens within the context ofa hard-hitting critique of government
negligence, and Kathryn Ritter, one of

Photo: Susan Lernerthe artists, concludes in the tape, "Painthat is shared is divided.·
The tape not only chronicles thegroup working and collaborating on
their sculptures, but also includes interviews with other women in the AIDS
community: service workers and AIDS
activists. HIV + women and womenwith AIDS/ARC who have been isolated as a result of sexism, racism and theeconomic foundation of this society as
a whole. The destructive manifestationsof this are enormous. As Rebecca Coletells the camera, "3,000 PWAs were in
drug trials in April, 1988, and 96 percent of them were men. Of the four
percent who were women, all but one
woman was in an AZT trial." Thewomen in the artists' group are all taking control over their own lives, allsupporting and encouraging each otherthroughout.

straight, middle-class women. WhenCBS aired a spot called, AIDS Hits
Home, they misled viewers to thinkthat white, middle-class heterosexuals in their aerobics classes were
now most at risk. In the Gay Men's
Health Crisis-produced,
Women
and AIDS, through a series of interviews with women AIDS service
providers, the epidemic of sexism
and racism in the AIDS crisis really"hits home."
Women's activism takes many
forms: women with AIDS and HIV
surviving and thriving, videomakers
documenting and educating, caretakers maintaining spirits and households, service-providers doing theirthing, as well as those who engage indirect action to end the AIDS crisis.
, On Sunday, October 22, in addition to the women and AIDS videos at
1:15 p.m., the People with AIDS
Theater Workshop will be performinga piece during the Eucharist at 11 a.m.
Barbara Carrellas, the co-managing
director'of the PWA Theater
Workshop, said her group, which ishoused at St. Clement's, is busy creating their piece for the 22nd. They arealso in the process of recruiting newmembers, especially women.
During the Eucharist on Sunday
October 29, Daniel Berry, R.N., fromthe AIDS unit at Beth Israel Medical
Center, will preach. And at 7 p.m.,
Lavender Light Black and People of
All Colors Lesbian and Gay Gospel
Choir will be doing a benefit ($15 tax
deductible).
The fundraising and proceedsfrom ·this entire series will benefit awomen and AIDS p'roject as well as
the newly formed Clinton Peer AIDS
Education
Cooperative- (CPAEC).
CPAEC exemplifies the reasons that46th Street is a hopping place. CPAEC
is a coalition made up of St. Clement's
Church, Streetworks(a homelessyouth program), Hartley House (anelderly home) and Sanctuary for
Families (a battered women's shelter).
All of these organizations are locatedon 46th St. So, go there, at least on
the remaining Sunday'S in October,and spread the word.
'YS

ome of their final pieces
were being exhibited in thechapel, accompaniedbyphotographs of the group and AIDS
information leaflets for people to takehome. A second tape, Women and
AIDS which was produced by Alex
Juhasz and Jean Carlomusto, didn't
arrive as scheduled, but will be shown
on October 22, along with a repeat
screening of Women Facing AIDS.
Since women are being continually
misinformed, misrepresented, mistaken for self-sufficient or unworthy ofattention, Women and AIDS begins
with the question, "Who takes care of
the women?" When the query isrepeated at the end of the tape, theviewer has been implored to bear the
responsibility and to demand it fromothers.
This tape critiques mainstream lip
service about education for women, in
the form of TV commercials, made for
TV docu-dramas an~ so on. All of
those superficial attempts ignore thewomen most at risk for HIV-womenof color,poor
women,and
IVDUs-andinstead target white,
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A public service of the National Institute on
Drug Abuse and the Office for Substance ,..
Abuse Prevention.

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Art

Who Is Art?
by Gregg Bordowitz"Those who find ugly, meanings
in beautiful things are c~Pt
without being charming. This is a fault.·-Oscar Wilde
In the Metro Pictures gallery
stood eight sculptures arranged in acircle. Cast in precious metals restingon large blocks of wood, the sCldptures are large, round organic shapes.
Molecular. Resembling earlier modernist experiments
in form, thesesculptures are actually replicas ofviruses. Diseases. One of these sculp-

The work is supposed to be ajoke on those who buy the sculptures-spending
thousands of dollars
on a beautiful work of art that is actually a model of a virus. What is
implied by this? Obviously, Jones has
attended the David Letterman schoolof humor. He wants to prove that"they'll buy anything."
Many people in the art world
appreciate this strategy of making
meaning. I detest it. It is cynical andresigned. It merely reaffirms the status
quo.
Ronald Jones' use of disease as a
metaphor for the sick underside ofculture is nothing more than oppor-

HITCHCOCK FLASHBACKInstallation by Robert Gober at the Paula Cooper Gallery
tures is a facsimile of the Human
Immune Deficiency Virus (Hly), thevirus believed to cause AIDS.
I think the artist, Ronald Jones,
was trying to perpetrate a hoax. By
fabricating objects that looked like art,
but actually representing agents of disease, he was trying to make a statement: The optimism and progressive
ideas embodied
in the forms ofabstract art made earlier in this centumasked ugly and evil aspects ofexistence.

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Photo: Ellen B. Neipris

tunism. He is literally capitalizing on
the misery of others. Without regard
for the real conditions of existence of·those who are sick because of the diseases his sculptures represent, Jones
uncritiCally accepts the way some diseases Oike AIDS) are pictured in thiscultur~asa spectre with a will striking those who "deserve" it.
Using HIV and other viruses as
metaphors for what's wrong with ourculture, Jones ignores the political situation of thousands of people fighting

to gain access to healthcare.
Heignores the governmental inaction thathas allowed an AIDS epidemic. He
ignores the censorship that has prevented thousands from receiving safer
sex and clean works information toprotect themselves from viruses thatthreaten their lives.
At a party I was undoubtedly boring the person I was talking
to. Tired of listening to my rant,
she yelled, "Ugh, )I?U have art up
your assr Overhearing this, myboyfriend-of the-moment leaned
over and whispered in my ear,
"Art! Who is Art?r
Walking into the Paula Cooper
Gallery I was immediately confronted
by the wooden structures that support
a wall extending halfway through thegallery space. Moving around this wall
I saw two rooms constructed for thisinstallation by Robert Gober whichtakes on enormous ideas and issues.
In the space of this ~rticle I can only
point out a few.
The bare structure of the wall
built in the front of the gallery immediately disrupts the viewer's preconceived notions of the white walled
box shelhe is about to enter. Thus theviewer is immediately distanced fromthe experience. Moving around thewall to see what's in the gallery spacebuilds a level of expectation and anelement of surprise as the installationis revealed behind the wall.
Images of a sleeping white man
and a hanging black man are juxtaposed in a repeating pattern on thethree walls defining the first room.
The attractive colors and pattern of
the wallpaper contrasts with the violent implications of the imagery.
Similarly, the male/female genital
wallpaper in the second room is both
decorative in design and evocative inits coritent. In this room drains sunk
into the wall bring to mind a number
Sae WHO IS ART on page 63

Performance

On Your Feet
comedy. Consistently churning out
cal humor, they are a kinder and genfirst-class material is no easy task,
tIer troupe;
comedians
even awhich may explain some of the
Republican can enjoy. I assume this isevening's comedic hiccups. At times,
partially due to the Company's makeseveral
sketches
seem
underup. Most are not stand-up comedians,
ur national obsession withrehearsed
and embryonic but thebut rather are actors with varying
comedy has barely subsidtroupe's verve and sass carry themdegrees of experience. One attended
ed. In recent months, .we've .through to the end. They hit the mark the Meryl Streep/Sigourney Weaver
witnessed Saturday Night Lives primein three out of four attempts; a better
School of Drama (Yale), another toured
time Fifteenth Anniversary special, the batting average than our beloved Mets in Les Miserab/es while still another..announcement of two funnybone net- or Yankees. I figured something was
Rubber Foot once served as the Atlanta
works and a newly coiffed Barbaraafoot when I heard 50 voices shoutSymphony Orchestra's principal flutist.
WaWa schmoozing
with three top
ing, "Feet, Feet..." and the house lights I always knew Scarlett O'Hara would
comedians. Even People magazine,
still burned brightly. For the performeventually land on her feet.
that bastion of conventional gossip, is ers in Rubber Feet, one person'sTwo of Rubber Feet, dare I say,reportedly planning a special comedy
foibles is another's joy.
put their best feet forward and emerge
issue..
Sample One: Cloaked in a white
victorious comedians of tomorrow.
I mention the above only to toga, a nervous Oedipus visits his
Greg Pake, who portrays Oedipus, is aindicate the need forhandsome guy with aan enormous talentloose and nimble
pool to fill the pages
body. He has a lightand timeslots. ComS.
touch and a comic's
edy clubs abound,
sense of the absurd. I
but do we still wish
can easily visualize
to hear the latest
him acting in a Beckett
tirades from Sam C"I_or Ionesco play.
failed-WeightDeborah Filler is
Watchers") Kinison or
another .find. At first
Andrew Dice Clay?
glance in a sketch
For many, dialing a_entitled "The Dank
970 number proves a
Sisters," she's seemmore worthwhile late__ingly too tall, bignight investment. At
boned and when she
the very least, a conopens her mouth, her
nection is made andvoice sounds filteredif you pay close
through Drano. But
attention, you can even laugh a little. doctor who naively questions theoh does she blossom. Her timing isTrust me.
patient-"Married? Children? Fatherimpeccable,' the syllables flutter andIf sex lines still do not entice you, alive or dead?" Sample Two: A man
her eyes glow. Filler reaches her peak
let it be known Rubber Feet has
and a woman attend a closed door
enacting a New York yenta bent on
arrived, its webbed footings firmly
meeting-of
the Chronically Bored.
eating during an attempted hijacking.
implanted at various venues around
Sample Three: Two braggadocios go She even strikes up a friendship withtown. Get ready for an evening devotfishing and eat their catch only later Mamoosh and Mohammed, the two
ed to mayhem, malarkey and comedic
to be informed the site is a toxic
hijackers. It's simply a comedic tourmanslaughter. Virtually no stone is left waste dump.
de-force.
...
unturned as this 14-member group
Many comediansor comedy
inhabits various roles during their one
troupes operate from rage, attempting
Rubber Feet will be appearing athour show.
to codify and finally place to rest negaTheater Club Funambules, 167
Rubber Feet emanated from direc- tive childhood experiences and politi- Ludlow Street, Mondays, Oct. 16 andtor Stephen Rosenfield'sComedycal upheavels. Rubber Feet employs a 30 at 8 p. m. and Don't Tell Mama,
Workshop, one of many area schools
different tactic. Although several
343 W~t 46th Street, Sat. October 21
devoted to creating and performing
sketches are flavor-of-the-month politi- at 10 p. m and Wed Nov. 29 at 8 p. m.

by]onn Wasser·

O..

Alth oug h severa I sk ecc'* hesf hhare ••avor-o -t e-mont
1_ pO Itlcal humor,
they are a kInder andgentler troupe;
comedIans even a
RepublIcan can enJoy.

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BooksFightin' Words
by Bob Rafsky

There's been too much written about the arts and
AIDS. Critics are rushing to pin themes on artists
who only have in common what we all do-aneed to respond to an epidemic that envelops us.
So one approaches with caution a remarkable coincidence: Two J\IDS activists from. Chicago, Ferd Eggan

f'?1'i".;,AYourm Storyby someone elsefi> r;:" ~,.
..~-. ~".

Ferd Eggan.

~~~_Sj'5.. -.

the photo is being grasped by, and covering the genitals of,a white Tom of Finland model who, in turn, is being
grasped by a Black Tom of Finland model: Around them,asexual male cut-out figures point and leap towards the backcover, where they surround a photo of an AIDS protest banner.
This floating scrapbook is an accurate representation ofwhat one finds inside. Much is displayed, and dwelt on, in
Eggan's poetry; little is resolved. In a typical passage, hedescribes a stay in England during which he tries to deal
from afar with his mother's lung cancer:
chunky boys like little Shakespeares working their
way through drama & my mother & father old & it's
not anything I'm noticing happening
Yet there's a deliberate quality to Eggan's lack of resolution, as if his life story dcrmanded it Eggan is clearly in control. Dream of Ayatollah begins:First thousands of Ayatollahs in terrycloth grayhold up ornate picture frames.
It then proceeds through four equally short and striking
images to end with this:The phone rings in another apartment, the kindof phone with a real bell, sinister, insiStent.
My doctor tells me news of my lab results. Like Andy
Warhol, I am dead.
Andy with his hair so white and so very dry.
Eggan's control enables him to do surprising things. In
How I think about Andrew Goodman, murdered by racists inwhite Mississippi in the 60s, he marries sensuality to anger byimagining Goodman's body:and Don Bapst, are also fine poets who reflect, among
other things, on the epidemic and on their activism.
The danger is in making too much of this coincidence.
Both Eggan and Bapst are caustic, sexy and funny, but
they're also ferociously different.
Eggan's book can actually be judged by its cover, acollaboration
between him and artist Mary Patten.
Beneath the title (with the world "LIFE" appearing as in
the LIFE magazine logo) and the author's name is aframed photograph of two young boys and their parents,
seeming to be somewhere in America, circa 1950s. But

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October 22, 1989

How you were the last to die and I see you not brave
but calm in the sweetness of your beauty.
How your skin was so white and unblemished and you
knew everyone loved you.
How it could have been me or it could have been
anyone of a thousand.
How Black people have died by the millions andnothing is better.
Eggan's humor is the same-controlled and surprising. The
book includes a take-out "Color-it-YourselfPoster" in which the
President and his cabinet are infected by people with AIDSbrandishing bloody thorns from the White House rose garden. And
HelpfulHintsfor Decorating: Play With YourFood is so singularly
clever that it almost begs to be anthologized
But, for all its power, "Your Life Story" tries hard to
avoid conclusions. In the last poem, partly printed over a
1M RGHnN' WORDS on ,.DI 62

.. ----...

:

October 16-22
by Esoterica Porcelana de Zodiaca

ARIES 3/20-4/19 The week begins with breezysocial intercourse but the 19th-21st will present
frustrating decisions. If you're feeding specific. '..';
people edited versions of who you are then you'd.. ,better be making money on the deal. Approval-.
~; seeking is bullshit. It doesn't take any guts to. be a
. ;.."~ clone honey, but it takes real character to be wholiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil the hell you really are.

m..tp.. . '.

:P-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ir.;;:'H8. 'J:C:. .. ..,O::.

TAURUS 4/20-5/19,.
.
,~. -...

r:==~~=:1
GEMINI 5/20-6/20 The 17th-18th are great days.. -',." for personal progress. Don't let anybody get in

I
:i
'.
;.

IllliIliliiIii ••your way be it family, lover, friend, foe or employer. Femaphobia is rampant these days in men's
fashions, so express yourself as you choose.
." Above all don't let inhibited people lay their own
uptight concepts on you. You're a natural born
" revolutionary with a communicative spirit.

.<~r;;;;;!l=;;;t;I CANCER 6/21-7/22

The moon centers yourr~:l1"":. :~"'::,.,..i;\, ,sign on the 19th till the 21st. This will bring.~'f': about a financial decision, and a possible job
opportunity. You must question first personalhappiness since you can never really put a price:......,-:;1, on it. The 21st begins to ease some of this=iiIii_illi·'iI::ii·~:'Ii~.1Imonth's early tension. Uranus, Neptune and· Satlurn are all leading you to loosen up and breakfree to pursue the opportunity of growth.

':'"·U..
;;·ft .~...
<LEO 7/23-8/22 This is a fun time· for friendshipand frolic. You always want to do the right thingsocially speaking. Your pride gets in the way andyou try to emerge from every situation as the bigger person. Loosen up, be yourself and have fun.
This is a better period now to relax and enjoy thebeauty of the moment. Facts become clear in yourrelationships on the 21st-22nd.

laue

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Iq"

P.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I SCORPIO.

1UBRA 9/23-10/22 This is a very social week
but you keep confronting big decisions andoccasional arguments. Libra is a very militant- . .. '..
sign which plays peace-maker. after they stir.,j:everyone else up into an argument. It's a pas.'.'. sive aggressive tactic that becomes a pro. .:..;::.;, nounced trait when you are held captive by
liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil
your own hostility. There is plenty that can beaccomplished intelligently without being hostile.

The week starts out with themeansthat there's
must Plmo.
unveil,"'"or~n"'";una
YOU'something,~ign, you"Pf'O''"..
regenerate within you. Coming out is something'.
you'll do for your entire life. Taurus, it's your job.' ..:
this week to spread a little love, and hopefully a):,./!~ little enlightenment thrOl.!ghthe world.

.

.A .
[9]

1'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

10/23-11/22
It's beginning toapproach your favorite time of year, Halloween, and your birthdays are soon to'; : ..
come. It's important to work on your per:: i '. sonal direction and self esteem. Scorpio is. , . always sucked up in the saint/slut syndrome.
_ :".;.:.:.; A Scorpio will often whore it up, then retract~liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil
for periods of abstinence as though they areafraid that their passion will take control of them. This is a negative, it all relates to sex, and sexual hang ups. Sex is beautiful
and safe sex is no excuse for not enjoying the deep spiritualconnection it has to your essence.
..

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I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I SAGITTARIUS 11/23-12/19 The week starts
out of whack with proper details in your work.
.
:
The 17th-18th will bring about more ease in..
-'work-related projects. Venus the pretty, bold
. '.,and beautiful planet brings about good vibra·. . .
. lions to your social life. A major flirtation will
. /' . ..
.:..;;:' lead to an exciting possible office related
liii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil romance on the 20th. Money matters are thebig issue late in the week.

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CAPRICORN 12/20·1/19 Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune are an plugging you tobreak fr.ee and grow into a more satisfied.
.
,.'
individual. You may feel paranoid when it. .....
comes to meeting and sexually relating to,:.. new people. Safe sex is and can be very
.1. :.::~~,;.
enjoyable. Don't let paranoia run rampantl:;;i;;iiiiiliiiilfliU and rule you by denying the beauty of greatsex. You are indeed the passionate sort but telltale convention
makes you associate sex with the naughty and the dirty which isbullshit. Your best days are the 19th-21st.

':--d' '.

• .

VIRGO 8/23-9122Yout
lovelife causes minor
frustrations due to Venus' funky aspects to yoursun. If you're not communicating,then what
can you expect? Start affirming for more andyou'll receive it. Don't be a gloom and doomer,
there's already enough negative shit in thisworld to triumph over.

iPI!!!1!!!!!!!!!!~ PISCES 2/20-3119 This week is relatively hark· ,'.
. monious for you. Intuition is your ruse inromance where you are disturbed by a suitor's.
'.
lack of communication. There are many a per. : .. :son who cannot cope with the emotional. .... , ...
availability of another. Such people end their:.~,.;-~~'. relationship, then reenter the treadmill of the
fmd.a new relationship game. Women, if you
want to see what a true sorority feels like, this week is a good time
to talk to friends about sharing next summer.

_q)(, '. ..

For personal astrology and tarot card readings
mail your name and telephone number to
Esoterica Porcelana de Zodiaca, c/o OutWeek
Magazine, 77 Lexington Ave., Suite 200, New
York, New York 10010.

October 22, 1989

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prepared by RickX
with infonn.ation fromThe Gay & Lesbian Switchboard of
New York
For more information or referrals, torap, or to volunteer, call the GLSB
daily, noon to midnight, 212-777-1800

Send calendar items to.
Rick X, Going Out
Box 790
New York, NY

10108(tems must be received by Monday to be included in the bllowing week's issue.

LAVENDER LIGHT GOSPELCHOIR Concert at Delta 88; 332
8th Ave at 26 St; 9:30 pm; -9243499
TIIE CLOSET CI\SE SHOW presents Jeffrey's Drug tu,d Lie
Detector Test, in which our
young hero interviews for a job
working with the Kweerz Beer
Company; on Manhattan Cable
1V Channel 16/c (if it's not censored)j midnight (Editor's note:the producer encourages you totape and share this show, foreducational and charitable purposes only)

PROFESSIONALSIN FILWVIDEO
present Lou Maletta, Presidentof Gay Cable Network, who will
discuss the growth of GCN andshow excerpts from new showsj
light refreshmentsj at the Center,
208 W 13 St; 6:30 pmj $5; RSVI'
required at 7181353-3006

INSIGlIT SFMINARSGift of theHeart, a five-day seminar for
people with any stage of HIV
infection or other life-threatening
illness, to encourage ·positive
personal growth in the face of
life's many challenges and circumstances"j Significant others,
family, and friends also invited;through October 22; $50; register·431-7777'
SCRABBLE-PLAYERSnUB GameNight, newcomers should bring aboard; at the Center, 208 W 13 St;
8-11 pm; 570-9369
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS
Eroticizing
Safer Sex Workshop, to learn the how-to's ofplaying more safely while meeting other menj at the Center, 208
W 13 Stj 8-10:30 pm; fre<:,no registration required; 807-6655, IDD
645-7470
CENTERSTAGE sees The Ladyat the Orpheum
Theatre, 2nd Ave & 8th St; 8 pm;$35; 620-7310

iff Queslio",

PERFORMANCESPACE122 REELTIME presents Six Films to Disgust and Outrage Jesse Hellm,with Jerry Tartaglia's Ecce Homo,
Robert Hilferty's Cirque du SIDA,
Carl George's DHPG Mon Amour,
Lisa Laquier's Muell, Jennifer
Montgomery's Home Avenue, andPhillip B. Roth's Boys/Life. at 1st
Ave & 9th Stj 9 pm; $6 or IDP +Ij reservations at 477-5288

WOMEN ABOUT Cut-off date
for Sculpture Exhibit and Ronnie Gllbert Concert, 874-2104
NEW YORK AIDS COALITION
TwO-Day Conference:
The
Community Based Service System: An Answer to AIDS, highlighting
the key role ofcommunity-based efforts in the
struggle against HIV/AIDS; to beheld in Albany; write Susan Stamler, NYSAIDS Coalition, 132 Nassau St, 2nd F1,NY, NY 10038

WOMEN ABOUT Cut-off date.for Bontaque
Crag RockScramble, 201/481-0440

CRYSTALQUILT presents Emily
McNally, PhD, CAC, discussing
the lives of lesbian recovering
alcoholics and how they workthrough internalized shame andthe oppression of homophobia
and sexism; at Ceres Gallery, 91
Pranklin St (btwn Bway &Church); 7-9 pm; $5; 529-7579

Issues for Gay Families, with
Paula Ettelbrick, Legal Director,
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Pund; Judith Turkel, CoChair· of Lambdaj child careprovided, open to all; at the Center, 208 W 13 St; 1-5 pm; $5
donationrequested;
RSVP
requested, 353-8592, 362-5616

THE ANSWER IS LOVING
Women Ta1kJng Women's Talk:"The Bare Facts-; the comfort
and discomfort of how we view
our body, from our ·period" toour "menopause"; led by Ruth
Berman and Connie Kurtz;
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn; 7:4510 pm; $8; 7181998-2305

CRYSTALQUILT presents Twlla
Perry, MSW,;0, discussing Just

MEN OF All COLORSTOGE1HER Men's Educational Forum:
AIDS Awareness and EroticizIng Safer Sex; at the Center, 208
W 13 St; 7:45 pm; 222-9794, 2456366
CONGREGATION BETH SIMCHAT TORAH Shemlnl Atzeret
Evening Service, at 8:30 pm, 57
Bethune St (near West St), 9299498

WOMEN ABOUT Cut-off datefor Mlanus River Gorge Amble,
874-2104
THE NATION INSTITUTE and
TIIE NEW SCHOOLConference:"The Supreme Court and Dally
Life: Who Will the Court Protect In the 1990s1- with workshops on reproductive and sexual
freedom (led by Tom Stoddard
and Janet BenshooO, housing
and privatization, race and gender discrimination,
criminal
defense rights; at the New
School, 66 W 12 St; 9:30 am - 5
pm; $20; 741-5630
CONGREGATION BETH SIMCHAT TORAH Shemlni Atzeret
Day Service, at 10 am, 57
Bethune St (near West St), 9299498
CENTER KIDS Seminar:

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Legal

in case: Legal Contracts for Cou-

ples, how to protect your interests
when you are in a partnership,
how legal contracts
might
improve or damage relationships,
and to what extent agreements
are legally enforceable; in Greenwich Village; 2-4 pm; $10j info529-7579
MEN OP All COLORSTOGE1HER Museum Outing
to "IDream A World: Portraits ofBlack Women Who Changed
Amerlca-; with 75 photos ofLena Horne, Odena, Rosa Parks,
Paye Wattleton, McBride Haleand many others; at the International Center of Photography,
1130 5th Ave at 94 St; 3 pm;
Lidell 222-9794 (Exhibit closes
10129, museum 860-1m)
RUTGERS GAY AND LESBIANALUMNI!
AE Kickoff Reception,
to celebrate the GALA'sfounding,and the Rutgers University Lesbian/Gay Alliance's 20th Anniversary, to be held during the
Rutgers Homecoming Weekend;at the Den, 700 Ha!'(lilton St,
Somerset, NJ; 6-9 pm; write Rutgers GALA, Box 160, New
Brunswick, NJ 08903-0169
CONGREGATION BETH SIMCHAT TORAH Simchat Torah
Dinner, at 6:30 pm, and Service
at 8 pm; 57 Bethune St (nearWest St); 929-9498
BROKLYNLESBIANSTOGE1HER
Pot Luck Party; in Sunset Park,
Brooklyn; 8 pm; call to confirm adish; Angela, 718/439-7173 or
Evelyn, 7181439-7372
BROOKLYNWOMEN'SMARTIAL
ARTS Women of Color Committee Celebration, party anddancing, all women welcome;-.;421 5th Avenue, Park Slope, 8
pm, $5 more if/less if, 718/7881775
GAY & LESBIAN UNION AT
NEW YORK UNIVERSI1Y Third
SaturdayDance,
with DJ, at
Loeb Student Center's Eisner &Lubin Auditorium, S66 laGuardia
Place (off Wash. Sq. South), 9 pm
to 1 am (doors close at midnight), phOto ID needed to enter,$5 genera1!$3
students
with
ID/free for NYU students, 9984938
NONSMOKING LESBIAN NETWORK Dinner
and
Show,
718/998-2536 till 10 pm

Institute of Technology, 7th Ave& 27 St, 7:30 pm, $12 (tix at Different Light Bookstore, 548 Hudson, 989-4850),
WBN Prods.
201/865-3653,
press
info
212/619-5000 x2284
CENTER Women'sLine andSquare Dance, 208 W 13 St, 811 pm, $10, 620-7310
HAPI'S BACK DOOR CABARET
presents Bagdad Gas and 011
cafe cabaret
Show, in whichdrag queens "inspired by the film
Bagdad Cafe sing and dance,play piano and do magic tricks·,
plus a strip show by Hapi Phace,at the Pyramid, 101 Avenue A(bewn 6th & 7th Aves), midnightand 1 am show, dancing till 4$5, 420-1590

WOMEN ABOUT Cut-off Date
for Village Dinner, 874-2104

HYACINTII FOUNDATION AIDS
Awareness
WalkathonNew
Jersey, a 10-Km fundraiser starting and ending at Douglass Campus, Rutgers University,
New
Brunswick,
NJ, sign-in 11 am,
opening
ceremony
12:30 pm,walkathon begins 1 pm, 800/4330254
LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE ANDEDUCATION
FUND Walking
Tour of Upper Fifth Avenue,
visiting the Gugenheim Museum,
the great organ of the Church of
the Heavenly
Rest, a private
home on 90th Street, a chateau
built by Andrew Carnegie,anItalian Renaisunce
palace built
by Otto Kahn, the 54-room
triplex of Marjorie Meriwether
Post, and the Cathedral Churchof the Russian Orthodox outside
Russia, refreshments
en-route, 1pm; $45 non-membersl$40
members (discounts
for couples),reservations at 995-8585
WOMEN'S COFFEEHOUSE presents LezzyVlslon
cabaretwith
Maz Troppeand Susan Kay
Ward, at the Center, 208 W 13 St,
7 and 9 pm shows, $8, RSVP
718/499-4373 (also 10129)
WBN PRODUCTIONS
present
Romanovsky
a: Phillips on
their national tour, at the Katie
Murphy Amphitheatre,
Fashion

EAGLE

BAR

Movie

Night:

Beaches, 142 11th Ave (at 21

am,

CONGREGATIONBETH SIMCHAT TORAH Simchat
Torah
Day Service,at 10 am, 57
Bethune St (near West St), 9299498

GAY MALE S/M ACTIVISTS
Meeting:
Fetishes,with small
groups discussing a smorgasbord
including leather, uniforms, rubber, boots, more, at the Center,3rd Floor, 208 W 13 St, 8:30 pm,$5, 727-9878

WOMEN ABOUT Cut-off Datefor Surpriselake Hike In lIU,
20V481-0440
GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE IN
MORRIS COUNlY presents Lynn
lavner,song stylist, at the Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy
Heights Rd, Morristown, N), 8:30
pm, $7.50, RSVP 20V285-1595

CENTER STAGE sees l'br ••P.,,"Y Opnv., with Sting, Maureen
McGovern,andEthyl
Eichelberger;
8 pm; $65; 6207310
FOOTSTEPS TIIEATRE COMPANY opens Dig Volley Spike!, aBritish comedy "about six members of a London women's volleyball team who find friendshipand the courage
to overcome
obstacles
both on and off thecourt·, at the RAPP Arts Center,
220 E 4 St, 8 pm, $15, reservations 529-6160 (WED-SAT at 8
pm/SUN at 7 pm, through 11/12,$7 previews 10/23 & 10/24)

CONGREGATION B'NAl JESHURUN Shabbat Spiritual GatherIng for people with AIDS andtheir loved ones, luncheon,music, conversation, study, worship service, 257 W 88 St, 2 pm,
free, 787-7(f:jJ (also 11/18,12/16)

St), 11 pm, 691-8451
PEOPLE WITII AlDS COAlJTION
Singles' Tea, for PWAs, PWArcs,
lllV+s, 222 W 11 ST, 3-5:30 pm,
532-0568

NATIONAL EPISCOPAL AIDSCOALITION Our Church
Has
AIDS National Conference,atthe Hyatt Regency Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio, throughOct. 28,
214/343-6936
DISTRICT
Gay/LesbianCommittee,.7173

COMMITTEE
37
Issues
6-8 pm, 718/439-

JUDITII'S ROOM BOOKSTORE
presents Valerie Miner readingfrom TrespaSSing and Other
Stories, 681 WashingtonSt(btwn W 10 & Charles St), 7 pm,
free, but seating is limited, 7277330

WNET-lV/13
Art of the Western World1104- The High
Renaissance,featuring Da Vinci,
Michaelangelo,
TitianandRaphael; 9 pm

IDENTITY
HOUSE ·Women
Loving Women"
Conference,starts today and extends throughNovember 11; 243-8181

is·, at the Center, 208 W 13 St;.
noon - 6 pm, register 806-6655,
TOD 645-7470

SAGE/SHERIDANSQUARETOURS Weekend
In Washington, through Sunday, 10/29; withmotor coach tour of the city,
National Zoo, Capitol Building,two dinners, free time to explore;$269 per person; member info741-2241MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER Ethnic Potluck Feast, where
each person brings a dish toshare with four people; at the-Center, 208 W 13 St; 8 pm; confirm your contribution
at 2456366.

MARANA1HA: RIVERSIDERS FOR
GAY/LESBIAN CONCERNS Halloween Potluck and Costume
Party, in Brooklyn Heights, 7:30
pm, info 212/866-4043
DIGNI1Y/SUFFOLK,
CERF-PAC,GAYMEN& LESBIANSIN
BROOKHAVEN All-Hallows Eve
Fundralslng
Party, celebrating
the 200:h anniversary of the guillotine, with beer, soda, punch,door prizes, buffet, DJ, lights,
and graves by John & Bob, at St.
Cuthberts Church in Selden, Long
Island, 8 pm - 12:30 am, $15
advance/$20
door (limited seating), info 516/399-3048
ASIANS AND FRIENDS NEWYORK Saturday
Social at theCenter, member info 673-2596
COLUMBIA PEP BOYS PRODUCTIONS Same. But Different
Dance, for gay m~n and lesbians
and their friends, Earl Hall, 116 St& B'way ('1 train); 10 pm - 2
am; $5 with student ID or invite;
854-3574, 3576 (Note: this dance
Is not amlated with the Columbia
Gay and Lesbian Alliance First
Friday dances)

LAVENDERUGm GOSPFl OIOIR
Beneflt Concert at St. Clement's
Church, 432 W 46 St, 7 pm
WOMEN'S COFFEEHOUSE presents LezzyVlslon cabaret
with
Maz Troppe and Susan Kay w.ud,
at the Center, 208 W 13 St, 7 and
9 pm, $8, RSVP 718/499-4373

GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS
Workshop:
Keep It UP!, to"reaffirm the importance of safer
sex, and feel confident
aboutsaying yes, whether you're into
casual sex or serious dating, andno matter what your HIV status

HAPI'S BACK DOOR CABARET
presents Carla Stlmer in a tributeto Gypsy Rose Lee, at the Pyramid,
101 Avenue A (btwn 6th & 7thAves), midnight and 1 am show,
dancing till 4 am, $5, 420-1590

October 22. 1989

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TELEVISION from PI", 51

sy. This could well be a William
Higgins production:
But it is not. This is televisionand none of it is meant for queer
boys. Right? Well, presumably not,but if Booker is not for us, then who?
Maybe the straight 16-year-old girls
that constitute a large percentage ofthe program's audience and who are
the readers of the teen magazinesthat feature the likes of Greico
monthly. Maybe. But even if that isthe case, who's directing him to
strike those poses? Who is costuming
him in his towels, tight jeans and"tank tops? Who is it that is compos. ing shots that look more like a
Soloflex ad than a cop-show? Who
are the people that made the decision to create 'Greico the sex symbol,' and who noticed that he wassex-symbol material in the first place?
Given the hetero-dominance ofthe television industry (closet cases
don't count), and its self-perpetuating programming, the who in Who
Framed Richard Greicci is inevitably
uni~por.tant. Whether it was straightwomen (Booker is produced by awoman,
sexual orientation
unknown), closeted gay men, or thestraight white upper-class conservative businessmen that run the television industry, Booker, and shows
like it, are not produced with a gay
male or lesbian audience in mind:
It's kind of like being seduced
by a hot straight boy. They get you
all rewed up, then stop you before
you can get it in gear. You end up
with a wasted hard-on and a hugeheadache. This process can takesome time, however,possibly
enough time for Booker to accrue aquite sizable gay male audience.
Let's not hold our breath formainstream network programming
we can really sink our teeth into both
politically and culturally. For the
moment, until the networks realizethat lesbians and gay men are a sizable part of their viewing audiences
and begin to create programming forus, rather than despite us, our choices are limited to either tuning out or
turning on, and possibly getting
turned on in the process, whether welike it or not.
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October 22, 1989

RGHTlN' WORDS from paUl 51
drawing of a nude young man, Eggan's sexual imagery Is clear but tentative:

my tongue will need some relief from the luxuriant textures
secrete or ooze, I hope I don't aush you
your hands will make greasy friction over my rounding belly
so I think I willfuck you; I think that is what is expected
The cover of Bapst's poetry, like Eggan's, is revealing. In effect, there isno cover. His self-published poetry is sold in a manila envelope decorated
with rubber stamps of his signature and face. The envelope invites the eye,but it also invites the hand to open it, even throw it away, and move on to
the poetry inside.
And this is poetry about moving on. Where Eggan dwells on the moment,
Bapst wants to pin it down and leave. Powerful images pass by the reader
almost too quickly. The compelling Shoes makes this transition from bathhouse
sex to a dance floor:
When you pu/J shoes
over what you've done,
they feel like lies.
After several vivid passages, the poem resolves into an activist vision:
A hundred pairs of shoes hit the pavement,
rattling the very ground on which we stand ...
Our shoes are potent,
Small in number and Simple in design,
they're somehow courageous.
They've been locked in filthy lockers,
dragged over dancejloors,
dropped at the sides of strangers' beds.
They know where they're headed.
Then there is Biblebash, in its entirety:
Judgements scrawled over white slices of tree
like thin black cracks partingfirm boyish buns.
Nothing stands before Bapst's iconoclasm. Even his own emotions-twicein these pages he breaks down and cries--are recorded without reverence. The
activism he celebrates is also harshly judged. Critical distinctions are made,. asin his prose poem the day they passed the human rights ordinance:
they voted on the human rights ordinance today. every dyke and fag inthe city talked about how swell it would be...my friend with the pad justscribbled away ...like there was some kind offuture in those numbers. likehis rights were right there in that delicate balance of pen slashes on thepage ... ·we won/we won/we won" and just what exactly did we win? what
exactly did We win?
Ultimately, Bapst subjects his own poetry to his skepticism. Maybe
none of it is worth stopping over, he hints at various places. To quote his
own maxim:
Oversimplification is a Prerequisite for any Form of Writing Since
Prosaic and Poetic Methods are Something Other than Experience Itself
But, whatever he may say, Bapst's poetry is worth stopping over.
Like Eggan, in his refusal to let anything, even the epidemic, get in theway of his own voice, Bapst is doing more than defying our expectationsj he's defying the epidemic itself.
~

WHO IS ART fro page 5&even made the white paper bag containing them.
Seeing this show is like going tosee a Hitchcock film. Gober recasts
objects to reveal hidden meanings andassociations in a context that grounds
them in social relations. The worktakes great risks in meaning and asks
the viewer to do the same.
'Y

CHAPMAN from page 52

album sleeve I would never knowof metaphors. The drains are absencesthat "People say it doesn't exist 'Causeand gaps. The wall have holes suggestno one would like to admit That there
ing glory holes, assholes and vaginas.
is a city underground Where people
In both rooms, the wallpaper
live everyday."functions to create a psychologicalAt the age of 24 Chapman wascontext for the show. For example,
on stage with her idols jamming.
a bag of doughnuts
on a podium
Singing on stages throughout thissurrounded by the imagery of geniworld about justice, good-times, sadtalia becomessexually charged,
times, troubled times. When Chapman
resembling
vaginas and assholes.
Ronald Jones' show is closed.
is on stage alone, with guitar, mikes,
Looking at the doughnuts I realized
Slides are available at Metro Pictureswater, she slaps you in the face withthey were food and meant to begallery.
eaten. Suddenly, I felt implicated.
Reality 101, 201, 301 and Grad studRobert Gober's show is open until
The installation involved my sexualiies. But then, she cuts her dreds,
October 28, at the Paula Cooperty as an aspect of the interpretation
thanks her "friend," and sings like
Gallery-155 Wooster St. Tues.-Sat.
of the work.
Alvin on speed.
The picture on the sleeve is a hot
The wedding gown surrounded I
Iheadshot (with locks). Two other picby the sleeping man/hanging
man
OUT & OUTfrom page 53
tures appear on the jacket (withimagery is forcefully charged with sigShe has made it to New York
locks). There seems to be a struggle.nificance. The gown is empty. It only once that I know of when she
Artistically, it would be a shame if westands by itself without any figure
played Nell's for a week in the suminside to prop it up. It brings to mind
lose the voice, power and undermer of 88. Everyone from Dylan to
the notion of marriage. The images on
standing that we have come to know
Blossom Dearie sat banquette-side· tothe wall bring to mind the notion of drink in the aural machinations of thein the last two years.
racism. In this context the wedding
white-tuxedoed pink-lit babe with the
I hope that Tracy Chapman finds
gown stands in for the institution of defin itive this-is-who-I -am-and-thesethe inner strength not to compromise,and stick to what she knows: simple
marriage and a critique of that instituare-the-songs-attitude.
tion is implied. By positioning the figShe was quite frankly devastating.
lyrics, simple music sung in a straightforward way. After all, "all that you got
ure of the wedding gown in relation
Finally, a white singer who did
is your soul... So my mama told me." 'Y
to imagery suggesting racially motivatnot try to sound black (sorry Rickie
ed social biases, critical ideas are proLee) and yet had nothing white bread
voked.
(sorry jonj) to say.
Like racism, marriage in a hetShe doesn't bother with the generosexist society is an oppressive
der game and is quite comfortable,
institution. It casts women as properthank you, with singing love songs
ty and it is used to invalidate samewritten to women. As Long As She.
Needs Me will wilt the amazon heartsex relationships.
Both racism andheterosexism are systemic forms of
to any Wittig female. Like her rolemodel, josephine
Baker, Mathilde
oppression that often engender each
Santing also finds the socially-responother. Gober's installation does not
sible twist in the subtext of 'some ofillustrate these points. It does allow
for these readings and it provokes
our so called songwriter cynics. She
has this thing for Todd Rundgren,these realizations. The work is veryjohn Cale, Harry Nilsson and Randy
open-ended and many interpretations
Newman as well as Richard Rogers
are available. At the very least theand Cy Coleman and exposes themwork challenges the viewer to think
for the true romantics they try to hide.
about sexual identity and oppression.
Four CD's are around if you hunt
Bags of cat litter are leaning
against the wall around the wedding
hard in the hip import stores. All on
Megadisc. The latest is co-produced
gown. These bags function as a formal
with her friend Mimi (Zum) Kobayaski
device revealing an important aspect
and contains some astonishing liveof the show. Upon close inspection
songs recorded in concert including
the bags are revealed to be plasterone Carson McCullers poem set tocasts of bags painted to look like bagsof cat litter. In fact, all the objects in music by Rolf Hermsen. The least recthe room were fabricated by the artist. ommended CD is the one containing
her original compositions. She is far betGober cut the pattern and sewed theter an interpreter than an originator. 'Y
gown. He baked the doughnuts andOctober 22, 1989

OUT~WEEK. 63

(for finding other gays and lesbians to dance with)

MEN&WOMENWOMENTUESDAYMONDAY
UmeUght 6th Ave & 20 St807-785O(Marc Berkley's Salvation)
Private Eyes 12 W 21 St. 206-7770 (preppie; male strippers, 2-4-1 till
midnight)

TUESDAY·Love Machine Broadway at 17 St. 254-4005 (at the Underground)
Tracks 531 W 19 St. 627-2333

Hatfield's 126-10 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, Queens
718/261-8484

WEDNESDAY
Bedrock 121 Woodfield Road, West Hempstead, 11516/486-9516
Twentytrwenty
20 W 20 St, 5-10 pm (Shescape, 645-6479)
Venus Flytrap 6 Bond St (btwn B'way-Lafayette) 979-6565 (PTProductions)

WEDNESDAY
Club Lafayette 428 Lafayette St. (Scott Currie & R. Couri Hay)
Private Eyes 12 W. 21 206-mo (Dallas & Sanker's Boys After Dark)
Red Zone 440 W. 54 St 582-2221(Keoki & Sister Dimension)
Spectrum 802 64 St. Brooklyn 71&'238-8213(free admission all night)

THURSDAY"Baybae 151/2 St Marks PI 674-7959 (has a new wave drag show)·Copacabana 10 E 60 St 755-0610 (last Thu. of the month has Susanne
Bartsch party)·Pyramld 101 Ave A 420-1590 (Queer-Amid)
Spectrum 802 64 St Brooklyn 718/238-8213 (free admission all night)

FRIDAY
Basement 14 W. 22 St. 534-9824·Boybar 151/2 St Marks PI. 674-7959
Columbia Dances Earl Hall, 116 St & B'way 854-3574 (1st Friday of
every month)Punk, Inc. 428 Lafayette St.
Private !ye.12 W 21 St. 206-7770 (preppies and young profeSSionals)
Spectrum 802 64 St Brooklyn 718/238·8213 (mlf strippers)
Tl'ICu 531 W 19 St, 627-2333

SATURDAY·Boybar 151/2 St Marks PI. 674-7959

FRIDAY
Bedrock (West Hempstead, LI)
Cheeks 2000 Long Beach Rd. Island Park, 11 516-431-5700
Octagon 555 W 33 St 947-0400 (Shescape, 645-6479)
Tracks 531 W 19 St. 627-2333 (last Friday of month)
Visions 56-01 Queens Blvd. Woodside 718/846-7131

SATURDAY
Bedrock 121 Woodfield Rd., West Hempstead 516-456-9516
SUver Unlna 175 Cherry Lane, Floral Pk, 11 516/354-9641 (a.k.a"The 11nlng")
Statz 836 Grand Blvd., Deer Park, L.I. 516/242·3857
Twenty/l'wenty 20 W 20 St, 5-10 pm (Shescape, 645-6479)

SUNDAY
Bedrock (West Hempstead, U)

EVERY NIGHT
Cave Canem 24 1stAve, at 1st St (Sandwich SisterSunday, 529-9665)

Cubby Hole, 438.Hudson Street 243·9079
Duchess n, Sheridan Square 242-1408

The Center 208 W 13 St. 620-7310(2nd and 4th Saturdays)

Private Eyes 12 W 21 206-7770 (Dallas and Sanker's Boys After Dark)
sound Factory 530 W. 27 St. 643-0728(non-alcohol, House music)
Spectrum 802 64 St Brooklyn 718/238-8213 (guest performer night)

SUNDAY·Mars Westside Highway at 13 St. 691-6262 (Chip Duckett's "Mars
Needs Men" night)
Plan~ Earth 316 W. 49 245-8925·Pyramld 101 Ave A 420-1590 (Hapi Phace and Drag + Variety Show)
Spectrum 802 64 St. 718/238-8213 (show; free admission from 9-10)

EVERY NIGHT
Monster 80 Grove St. at Sheridan Square 924-3557

THURSDAY
Bedrock 121 Woodfield Road, West Hempstead. 11 516/486-9516

NOTE:
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Party events are subject to change.
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11:00 pm

• Gay Week in Review• Act-Up• GCN Close-Up• Sports• Lavender HealthAndy Humm with Political Guests

The Right Stuff• Naming Names• All About Women• Media Watch• Staying Out• Around the Country• Razor Sharp

From Los AngelesACT-UPdemonstrates against
the Feds in Orange County Parade

Reviews of male erotica along withinterviews behind the scenes with film
stars

TonyStefano-The Italian Stallion
plus clips from Buddy System andYoung Gladiators

Sybil Bruncheon hosts a panel

Sybil gets ready for Halloween

SUNDAYS

11:30 pm

MONDAYS

10:00 pm

game show with surprise guests.
Frankie Loves Johnny An original
gay soap opera.

Episode #4
Our First Date

Gay Cable Network
32 Union Square East, Suite 1217
New York, NY 10003
Phone 212/477-4220~(UtJt,7~ ~,:. WEST SIDE.

Bike Stop West230 W.-75th St.
874-9014
Candle Bar
309 Amsterdam Avenue.
874-9155
Cat'.s730 8th Ave.
221-7559

OUTWEEKBAR GUIDE

Johnny's Pub
123 E. 47th St.
355-8714

Badlands
Christopher & West St.
741-9236

Regent East
204 E. 58th St.
355-9465

Boots & Saddle
76 Christopher Street
9~9-9684

Rounds303 E. 53rd St.
593-0807

Cellblock 28
28 9th Ave
733-3144j/oSouth Dakota
405 3rd Ave.
684-8376

Don't Tell Mama
343 West 46th St.
757-0788
Piano Bar

The Cubbyhole
438 Hudson (Morton St)
243-9079
A Neighborhood bar for gay
women & men.

Star Sapphire
400 E. 59th St.
688-4710

Jason's
23 W. 73rd St.
874-8091

EAST VILLAGE
The Bar
68 2nd Ave. (at 4th St.)674-9714

Sally's Hideaway
264 W. 43rd St.
221-9152

Boy Bar15 St. Mark's Place
674-7959
Dancing / Drag

Town and Country
9th Ave at 46th. St.
307-1503
Trix
246 W. 48th St..
(bet. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
664-8331.
The Works
428 Columbus Ave (~t 81st)
799-7365

D.T.'s Fat Cat
281W. 12th St.
243-9041
Piano Bar. Mixed WF
Duchess II
70 Grove St (7th Ave.)242-1408
Women

J's
675 Hudson St.
242-9292'
j/o

The Pyramid
101 Avenue A .
420-1590
Dancing / Drag
Tunnel Bar
116 1st Ave Oth St.)
777-9232.

.EAST'lSIDE..
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Brandy's Piano Bar
235 E. 84th St.
650-1944
G.H. Club
353 E. 53rd St.
223-9752.

'.·WEST VILLAGE.'
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The Annex (to Cellblock 28)
673 Hudson St.
(bet. 13th & 14th)
627-1140j/o/Marie's Crisis
59 Grove St. Oth Ave)
243-9323
Piano Bar
The Monster
80 Grove St. (7th Ave.)924-3558
Piano Bar / Dancing
Nimbus 22
22 7th Ave. South
691-4826
Danching, pinball, pool,loungeNinth Circle
139 W. 10th St.
243-9204
Ramrod185 Christopher St.
Sneakers
392 West St.
242-9830
Two Potato
145 Christopher St.
242-9340

Julius159 W. 10th St.
929-9672
Serving Coors, Coors Lite, &Coors Draft.

Ty's
114 Christopher St.
741-9641

Keller's
384 West St. (at Christopher)243-1907

Uncle Charlie's
56 Greenwich Ave.
255-8787
Video Bar,.:,

The Locker Room
400 W. 14th St. (9th Ave)459-4299
j/oKelly's Village West46 Bedford St.
929-9322
Piano Bar.. ,. ,,.

-CHELSEAThe Cubbyhole

Barbary Coast
64 7th Ave. (14th St.)
675-0385

438 Hudson Street
at Morton(212) 243-9079

The Break
232 8th Ave. (22nd St.)
627-0072
Chelsea Transfer
131 8th Ave. (bet. 16th &17th)929-7183
Eagle's Nest
142 11th Ave (21st St.)691-8451
Leather / Levi's
Private Eyes
12 W. 21st St. (bet. 5th & 6th)
2rirmO
Dancing, Video Club
Rawhide212 8th Ave(21st St.)
Leather / Levi's

A neighborhood

bar forboth gay men & women...

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Television that matters to the
Lesbian and Gay community

Spike
120 11th Aye.
243-9688
Leather & Uniforms
Tracks19th St. & 11th Ave.
Dancing
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BUNCH OF OUTWEEKSTAFFERSAS THEYCRAWL THROUGH
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Conlmunity Directory
EDGE
For the physically disabled Lesbian and Gay
Community.
(212)989-1921
P.O.Box 305Village Station, New York. NY
10014
A.C.Q.C.
AIDS CENTEROF QUEENS COUNTYSOCIAL SERVICES· EDUCATION· BUDDIESCOUNSELING· SUPPORT GROUPS
Volunteer Opportunities(718) 896-25OO(voicel (718) 896-2985(TDD)ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power)
496A Hudson Street, Suite G4 NYC 10014(212)989 -1114
A diverse, non-partisan group of individuals
united in anger and committed to direct action
to end the AIDS crisis. Gen. meetings Mon.
nights 7:30, the Community Center 208W.13th.
ARCS (AIDS-Related Community Services)for Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties. AIDS
education, client services, crisis intervention,
support groups, case management, buddy andhospital visitor program.
214Cen1ralPole. 'MJite P1ails, NYllBli (914)!m.IBJi
838Broadway ,Nev.turgh, NY 12200(914)562-5005
AIDSIiIll (914)993-0607
BAR ASSOCIATION FORHUMAN RIGHTS
Lawyers Referral
Service for the Lesbian and Gay Community
Full Range of Legal Services (212)459-4873
BAR ASSOCIATION FORHUMAN RIGHTSFree Walk-in Legal Clinic. Tuesdav 6-8 pm
Lesbian & Gay Community Centro Ground Floor
BODY POSITIVE
If you or your lover has tested HIV+, we offer
support groups, seminars, public forums, reference library, referrals, social activities andup-to- date national monthly, "THE BODY POSITIVE" (SlS/year).
(212)633·1782.
2095 Broadway, Suite 306, NYC, NY 10023
CIRCLEOF MORE LIGHT
Spiritual support and sharing in a gay/lesbian
affirmative group.
West-Park Presbytarian Church
165West 86th Street
Wed: worship service 6:30 p.m., program 7:30.
Marsha (212)304-4373 Charlie (212)691-7118.
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT
208West 13th Street, NYC, New York 10011
For Appointments and Information (212)6753559 PROVIDING CARING, SENSITIVE AND
LOW COST HEALTH CARE SERVICESTO THE
LESBIAN AND GAY COMMUNITYCONGREGATIONBETH SIMCHATTORAH. NY's Gay and Lesbian Synagogue Services
Friday at 8:30pm
57 Bethune Street
For info. call: (212) 929-9498.

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October 22, 1989

FRONTRUNNERS
A running club for lesbian and gay athletesof all abilities. Fun Runs of 1-6 miles held every
Sat at lOam and Weds. at 7pm in Central Parkand every Tues. at7pm in Prospect Park.
For information: call (212)724-9700.
THE FUND FORHUMAN DIGNITY
National Gay and Lesbian Crisis Line"AIDS 800"---1-800-S0S-GAYS
Educational Resource Center; Positive Images
Media Center; NY State Arts Program
6ffi B'way Suite 410NYC,NY10012 (212)529-1600
THE GAY AFRICAN AMERICANSOFWESTCHESTER(TheGAA.)
is a community based support group formed in
Westchester County. Various activities areplanned for the coming months.
Please call 914-376-0727for more info.
GLAAD
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
80 Varick Street. NYC 10013 (212) 966-1700
GLAAD combats homophobia in the media andelsewhere by promoting visibility of the lesbian
and gaV community and organizing grassroots
response to anti-gay bigotry.
GAY & LESBIAN PSYCHOTHERAPY
Sliding scale fees
Insurance accepted.
Institute for Human Identity.
(212) 799-9432
GAY MALE SIM ACTIVISTS
Dedicated to safe and responsible S/M since1981. Open meetings w/programs on S/M techniques, lifestyle issues, political and social
concerns. Also spedal events, speakers
bureau, workshops, demos, affinity groups,
newsletter, more. GMSMA -Dept 0, 4!16AHudson Street, Suite 023 ,NYC 10014..
(212)727-9878.
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS HOTUNEFORINFORMATION ON SAFERSEX AND HIV·RELAJE.DHEALTH SERVICES,AND FORINFORMATION ON ONE-TIME, WALK-IN AIDSCOUNSELING SERVICES
212-BOHi655
212~-7470 roD (For the Hearing Impaired)Mon.·Fri. 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sat 12:00to 3:00
- HEAL (Health Education AIDS Uaison)
Weekly info. and support group for treatments
for AIDS which do not compromise theimmune system further, including alternativeand holistic approaches.
Wed 8pm. 208W. 13th St (212)674-HOPE.

HfmICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE
for lesbian and gay youth. Counseling, drop-in
center (M-F, 3-6pm), rap groups, Harvey Milk
High School, AIDS and safer sex information,referrals, professional education.
(212) 633-8920(voice)(212) 633-8926 m for deaf
HISPANIC UNITED GAYS& LESBIANS
Educational services, political action, counselingand social activities in Spanish and English by
and for the Latino Lesbian and Gay Community.
General meetings 8:00 p.m. 4th Thursday of
every month at 208West 13th Street
Call (212) 691-4181
or write H.U.G.L, P.O.Box 226 Canal Street
Station, New York, NY 10019.
lAMBDA LEGALDEFENSEAND EDUCATIONFUND
Precedent-setting litigation nationwide forlesbians, gay men and people with AIDS.
Membership ($35 and up) includes newsletterand invitations to special events. Volunteer
night on Thursdays. Intake calls: 2-4pm Mon
thru Fri(212) 995-8585

ARn

lAVA (LESBIANS ABOUT VISUAL
Call for slides for Lesbian Artists' Exhibition,
Gay & Lesbian Community Center, NYC. For
more information, send SASE to:
Miriam Fougere
118Fort Greene PlaceBrooklyn, NY 11217.
THE LESBIAN AND GAY BIG APPLE CORPS
Get your instrument out of the closet and comeplay with us. Symphonic, Marching, Jazz, Dixieland, Rock, Flute Ensembles and Woodwinds.
123West 44th St Suite 12L New York, NY
10036 (212) 869-2922.
LESBIAN & GAY
COMMUNITY SERVICESCENTER
208West 13th Street New York, NY 10011(212) 620-7310
9am-llpm everyday.
A place for community organizing and networking, social services, cultural programs,
and social events sponsored by the Center andmore than 150community organizations.
LESBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS PROJECT
of the American Civil Uberties Union
KNOW YOURRIGHTS/WE'RE EXPANDINGTHEM(212) 944-9800, ext 545
LESBIANS AND GAYS OFFlATBUSH
Brooklyn's social organization for both gay
men and lesbians.
P.O.Box 100, Midwood Station
Brooklvn, NY 11230.
(718) 859-9437
LONG ISlAND ACT-UP
P.O.Box 291, New Hyde Park. NY 11040
Support us for change on long Island.
(516)338·4662(516)997·5238 Nassau(516) 928-5530 Suffolk

METROPOUTAN TENNIS GROUP(MTG)
Our 200 member lesbian and gay tennis club
includes players from beginning to tournamentlevel. Monthly tennis parties. Winter indoor
league. Come play with us! For information:
MTG, POB 2135, New York, NY 10025.
(212) 662-0695.
NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE
is the national grassroots political organization for lesbians and gay men. Membership is$3OIyear. Issue-oriented projects address violence, sodomy laws, AIDS, gay rights ordinances, families, media, etc. through lobbying,education, organizing and direct action.
NGLTF 1517U Street f:N/, Washington, DC
20009. (202)332-6483.
NORTH AMERICAN MAN/BOY
LOVEASSOCIATION (NAMBLA)
Dedicated to sexual freedom and especiallyintereted in gay intergenerational relationships. Monthly Bulletin and regular chapter
meetings on the first Saturday of each month.
Yearly membership is $20; write NAMBLA. PO
Box 174, Midtown Station, New York. NY 10018
or call (212) 807-8578for information.
NORTHERN UGHTS ALTERNATIVES
Improving Quality of Ufe for People with
AIDS/HIV.
THEAIDS MASTERY WORKSHOP: Exploring
the possibilities of a powerful and creative lifein the face of AIDS. Call Jack Godby(212) 337-8747
NYC GAY & LESBIAN
ANTl-VIOLENCE PROJECT
Counseling, advocacy, and information for survivors of anti-gay and anti-lesbian violence,
sexual assault, domestic violence, and othertypes of victimization. All services free andconfidential.
24 hour hotline (212) 807-0197 .
PEOPLEWITH AIDS COAUTlON(212) 532-0290 / Hotline (212) 532-0568
Monday thru Friday 10am-6pm
Meal programs, support groups, educationaland referral services for PWA's and P'NArc's.
PEOPLEWITH AIDS HEALTHGROUP
Underground buyer's club importing not-yetapproved medications and nutritional supplements. 31 West 26th St 4th Roor (212)532-0280
SAGE: (Senior Action in a Gay Environment)
Social Service Agency providing care, activi·
ties, and educational services for gay & lesbian senior citizens. Also serving over 160
homebound seniors and older PWA's . 208
West 13th St NYC 10011 (212)741-2247

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GENTLEMAN PREFER BLOND
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M - F THREESOMEBi Male/St Female
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DO YOU SPEAK
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important, polishingthe inner soul. I'm gregarious, interesting
and creative. I have 55
acres upstate I wish tostart a business on. I
need people withideas and strongarms. OUlWeek Box

investment professIonal seeks intelligent,
fun-loving
men forfriendship, companionship and possibly
more. likes: Tennis,
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Dislikes:
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Pleasesend letter, photo andphone # to: Outweek
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P-TOWN WINTER
Hot blond facing lonely
winter seeks stimulation. I am 29, BVBI,6',160 Ibs. of lean, hardmuscle. Spiritual, sensual smart and fun.
Open to anything fromphone sex to serious
relationship. Send me
your thoughts, hopes,
dreams, fantasies-I
will respond in kind.
Outweek Box 1237

GAY ASIAN MANHATTANITE
5'10", 160#, athletictanned body, attractive
Calif-born Ivy League

FRAT SCENES
Butch little blondeseeks other hot young
top guys into initiations
and other fun group

scenes. Make yourfantasy into reality.
Photo/phone to Box
478, 496 LaGuardia
Place, NYC 10012.

3092,
Clifton,NJ
07012. Manhattan or
Jersey preferred.

kissed me under the
Moorish Wall and I
thought, "Well, as wellit's him as another ..."and then I asked him
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Flower ... GWM, 28,
mystical, smart, has
ideals, open heart,sure voice. Photo
Iphone to PO Box
401157, Brooklyn, NY
11240.

GWF TOGETHER
30 something, smart,easygoing,
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feminist,
healthy.
happy,
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GWF, 30, VERYPRETTYfunny, faithful, complex, moody, mature,sarcastic, selective.
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who isn't dykey, tall, bi,easy, or a funloving
partier. Redheads,
dark-eyed brunettes,
accents, kids, and big
breasts are a plus.
Recent photo and letter if you're for real,'cause I am. P.O. Box

FLOWER OF THE
MOUNTAIN
Yes, when I put therose in my hair like theAndalusian girls used
to or shall I wear ared. Yes, and how he

HEY DYANI
Happy Birthday to you
Hope your dreams callcome true. May thisyear find you happy,
and all the years tocome too. (did you
sing?)(sometimes
corny is the only way)
Love ya, KATHIEASIAN STUDS
Chubby GWM, babyfaced, 39, 5'5", 200,
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Box 112, Executive
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NYC,
NY
10036.
CONNECTICUT
GWM,
28, seeksfriends for my occassional business trips to
New York or yours toHartford. 5'8", 135
Ibs., light brown hair,
attractive. Race unimportant. Photo appreI ciated.
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GWM, 6'2", 195 Ibs.,
40's, hunk, .. butc.h,smooth, senslbve, dlscreet, easy-going, into
the arts. Safe sex only.
Seeks caring relationship with bottom, tall,hunk. "NO" to smoking, drugs, drinking.
"YES" to romance,
sense of humor, funtimes, sincere, goodlooking, up attitude,
hot
safe
muscleaction, dancing, theatre, cinema, travel,
art shows, mutual nurturing, and loving environment. Write: "W",
P.O. Box 325, WallStreet Station, NYC,
10268. Photo a help if
possible. Thanks.
TRUST TRAINING
GWM, 39, 6', 180,
attractive, masculine,
seeks similar professional to help unwind
in 9 112 Weeks-typegames of control.Discipline, teasing andtrust. Safe, hot, erotic
scenes involving fantasy, bondage, blindfolds, toys, but mainly

my very creative mind
(and yours?). I'm usually dominant, can besubmissive depending
on my partner. Lers
explore and expand
our limits of sensuality:
letter, phone, photo (ifpossible) to: P.O. Box
B20386, Columbus
Circle Station NYC,
NY 10023.
MUSCULAR TOP·MAN
Sexy BB, 44, 6'1",
200#, 16" arms, 45"
chest, 32" waist, SIP
beard
and
hair,
healthy, imaginative &sane, prefers long,steamy, intense oral
service from equally
butch guys. Hairy,
short, thick-built Jewish and Itals a special
tum-on, but if you're a
hot bottom & would
love to give 9reat headto this beefy, masculine guy, write me.
Photos exchanged,
returned: C.J., P.O.
Box 20616, Col. Cir.
Sta. NYC 10023.
INTELLIGENCE
Very intelligent. very
handsome WIM, 35,
135, 5'8", BrIBI. masculine with no affectations. Looking foranother bright, natural
guy. Mark, Box 703,
FDR Station, NYC NY
10150.
MUSCULAR SLAVE
GWM, 37, 190# wants
you for his slave.
Friendly Master wants
to dominate you for his
pleasure and possibly
yours. You should bevery muscular. Largeendowment a plus but
notnecessary.
Responses
withexplicit photo and letter, phone # answered
first. London Terrace
Station #20276, NYC,
10011.
SUBMISSIVE WM,
40, 5'9", 145, dance(s
body,
will
wear
panties, nylons, highheels, etc., for doniant
hung men. Discreet,
kinky dates at yourplace, NYC only. Lee,POB 146, Prince St.
Station, NYC 10012.
GWM, 27, BANKER,
5'10",
155
Ibs.,
brnlgm, friendly, handsome,intelligent,
healthy, interested infriends andlor relationship with someone

5'11" or over with similar qualities.For fun
with friends I likerestaurants, movies,
theatre, clubs, beach,travelling overseas,etc. I am fairly careeroriented and serious
but into having fun
whenever possible,
and most of the time
my job doesn't get in
the way of my personallife. I would describe
myself as caring. supportiveandfun.
Please write and tellme about yourself. PK,
Box
1622,
NYC
10025.
INTIMACY
Always need to beworking on it. At 32,
5'5", 115 Ibs., br. h &e, I am firmly established in my appearance, yet not set in
mjy ways. Intermittent
ACT-UPer, wholikes tosing and when on my
own watches latenight & Sunday moming t.v., seeks guy who
also enjoys the artsand politics. Want tomeet, go out, and-only
if we're both into ithave sex. Greatercommitment desirable,
but not with anyone
and only with sometime. Reply to P.O.
Box 20079,
NYC,
10009.
PEACH OF A GUY
Looking for someone
intelligent, affectionate, loyal, employed,adorable, fuckable?
This GWM. 32, 5'11",
155#,
brown/bluew/stache. HIV- (safesex only), likes keeping his man happy,
horny, satisfied, andcoming back for more.
I! you're a tall GWM,
33-44, serious, who
can envision shacking
up with another guy
for a coupleof
decades, send me aletter. OutWeek Box
1333
BI WHITE MALE
Good-looking,verywell-built, muscular,
straight-acting/appearing guy, 36, 6', 170
Ibs.
Professional,
healthy and discreet
seeks similar professional well-built masculine guy for friendship and safe goodtimes. Can be free
weekdays. Box 2479,
NY, NY 10185.

COCKSUCKER
Hot, horny handsome
GWM, 37, 5T, 165
Ibs., bmlbrn brd wants
to suck men, 18-40.
Let me wet your dick.
496-A Hudson St. F48. NY, NY 10014.
SEEKS FRIENDSWhite male couple,
early 40's, healthy
non-smokers looking
to expand social circles, seeks other couples. Enjoy theatre,
restaurants, day trips,
home entertaining.
Please write to: P.O.
Box 1636, New York,NY 10185-0014.
KRAZY KAT SEZ:
Oi, yoi, 'yoi, what aunheppy ket I am
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hermaphrodite
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Thrill-seekers.
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street.
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yer
resumaze en pix to :P.O. Box 20801, NYC
10009. Attn: K.U.A.

Romantic and supportive. Bklyn res. or Italian/Latin a plus. T.P.
Box 7047. FOR Station, NYC, 10150. Will
answer all so please
include photo if you
have one. I will reciprocate.
RSVP
I'm a successful,secure,admittedly
shy, GWM, 42, 5'8",
144, and fit. Born withgood looks, acquired
tenderness,
selfawarenessand aromantic
outlook;
request the responseof attractive monogamy-oriented guys
for a quality life of
playfulness and sensuality. Will exchange
photos.
P.O. Box
20141, NYC 100289991.
1 T01
relationship desired.
WM, bllbl, 29, 5'4",
135, good-looking,warm, sensitive, caring, reall Looking forsomeone special, 2535, who is honest,
energetic, intelligent,
romantic, etc. to build

meaningful monogamous relationship.
Please send a letterand photo (if possible)
to P.O.Box 7166, FOR
Station,
NYC, NY
Hi15O:

sensitive and easygoing, please respondw/photo and phoneand detailed letter to
P.O. Box 7166, FOR
Station, New Yor\(, NY
10150. Thanks.

GBM,20,NYU
I NEEDAMAN
Attractive, earthy stu. 'who'li take a cnance...
dent seeks similar
on being open, aware,masculine, witty guy
close, safely intimate,
for warmth and speciala friend. Possible relafriendship.
Latins,tionship(lovecanEuropeans (French),develop w/time-work.
Carribeans a big +.
Sure, we all have prefGenuine replies only.
erences; but, life's too
Box
996,
New
short to get hung up
Rochelle, NY 10801.
on absolutes/attitudes
that are unrealistic. I'm
FRIEND/LOVERa non-perfect, nonGWM, 29, 5'4", 135,
cretin, nice bottom
BI/bl, gOOd-looking,
GWM, 45. ST. 210
intelligent,shy,
who seeks a basically
healthy-not into bar
top similarmale.
scene because I'm
Write: P.O. Box 4547,
shy-I find it hard meetLI. City, NY 11104.
ing people. My tastes
are varied-music, film,
PEACH OF A GUY
theatre, parties, dancLooking for someone
ing, reading, country
intelligent, affectiondrives, antiques, quiet
ate, loyal, employed,
evenings. I seek aadorable, fuckable?
long term friendship/
This GWM, 32, 5'11,
relationship w/some155~, brown /bluew
one I can count on to/stache, HIV- (safe sex
be there. If U R 28-36,
only). likes keeping his
trim, gOOd-looking,man happy, horny, satintelligent, masculine,

isfied, and comingback for more. If
you're a tall GWM, 3344, serious, who canenvision shacking up
with another guy for acouple of decades.
Send me a letter. Outweek Box 1268.
HANDSOME GWM,
246', 150, br/br, swimmer's build. Do you
like dancing and Dvorak; the Met and theMets; moonlight &stagelights; working
out & sleeping in? Are
your tastes eclectic? If
you are tired of bars
and looking for new
friends or more, writewith photo and phone
to: Outweek Box 1270
PART 1 OF3
GWF, 22, seeks matesfor self and best friend(also roomie), GWM,
24: Both Taurus (andstubborn), "our .since
early teens, long timefriends. Frequently
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20.
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do drugs; quiet except
when complaining but
friendly, compassionate and cute.Needs:
Outgoing GF, 5'2"-5'5",
21-35, who can laughand cry with me, likes
music and dancing.
Must be modern and
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also parts one andthree. OutWeek Box
1271.

PART30F3
GWM. 24, 57", blueeyed, bleach blonde
closet Romantic withan unequalled sense
01 humor. Very popularand used to being thecenter 01 anention butvery giving and caring.
Happy with flowers
and a phone call.
Needs: Strong, silent
type, long dark hair,
5'4"-5'10",18-25 (307).
Must have patience,pretty eyes, and asteady job. See also
parts one and two.
OutWeek Box 1271.

GWM 38, 5'10", 150
LBS.,
handsome,
green
eyes,
moustacheseeks attractive, Inshape
guys
into
music, movies andhanging out for friendship and/or relationShip.
NYC/AREABKLYN PREFERRED.
Ph/Ph please. David,
P.O. Box 30221, NYC,
NY 10011.
BARE BUTT SPANK
by small guy, 5'5", 115
I, 32. Bend over theback 01 my couch. Rollaround on my carpet.
Straddle across myknee. Beg for more.
Now tell me why you
need it. Box 20079,
NYC 10009. E. Village.
LONDON ENGLAND
Handsome Irishmanjust returned fromvacation In New York
City. Would like verymuch to keep In touchwith some Irlendly
New Yorkers interested in long distancecorrespondence. Who
knows
what
may
developl An uncomplicated, fun friendship Is
all I ask. Write withphoto to: Joe Kelly,
Flat 24, Grosvenor
Court, 75 Christchurch
Avenue, London England, N.W.S. 7NXSEEK UFEMATE
WM, 31, anr, 155, br.
hr., hazel eyes, seekshusky, bulky, possessive guy lor old-fash·
ioned romantic 1 to 1
sex only. I crave
humping and erotic
talk, my interests
Indude photog., video,
sci-Ii films and t.V.
(avid trekker). DCH,
P.O. Box 1401 Cooper

Station,10275.

NY,

HOT ITAL BB BrM
Just learning to take Itand I love to give It.
How about you? Helpme teach him how
much he can take.
We're mid-30·s-hot. II
you're hung, attr and
under
40,
send
photo/phone to P.O.
Box 150, Prince Street
Station, NYC 10012.
FUNIBRIGHTIPAS·
SIONATE,GWM, 42, handsome
and lit looking to meetsimilar attractive guys
who understand that
tenderness and laughter are the keys to loveand sex. You are playful and stable for thelong run. Ph/ph to P.O.
Box 20141, NYC,
10028-9991.
HISPANIC-GWM
Goodlooking 22, 5'5",135 Ibs, lean, youthful,carefree,mature.
Healthy outlook on lile.

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Box 314, New York
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sports, theatre, art,
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We compliment eachother as winners, areboth professionals,
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DO U SKATEBOARD?
GWM, blonde, blue,
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Weaknesses for: steel
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LOOKING FORWARD
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WM, 27 y.o., 6', 170
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to share good time
together. And looking
for that all importantman to share my lifeand love. Send letter,phone number andphoto a must. Outweek Box 1314
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Perhaps we've seen
each other at the gym,
the beach, the ballet,
theater, gay community events, and occasional demos. We'reboth nonsmokers; professional men who arein shape and who
enjoy a wide variety ofinterests like good
food, good books, film,
travel,spirituality,
provocative discussions, romance. We
both are sensuousand very sex positiveand ethier are current·
Iy in or have been intherapy.
So whyhaven't
we met?
That"s the purpose ofthis ad. I'm 38, GWM,
6 feet tali, brown hair
just beginning to grey
who lives in Chelsea.
You are at least in
your late twenties but
could be in your mid
fourties. Perhaps you
are an AIDS widower,
but you are single andare hoping for that tochange. No matter
what your age you
know how to have fun
and are looking tomeet someone special
to date and see whatmight develop. HIV
status isn't important.
Letter w/photo andphone no. please.
Outweek Box 1316
NICE GUY WANTEDGWM, 5'9· 47 IS0lbs
Br/Br average looks,
enjoys, arts, theatre,
nature plants and flowers looking for friendship/relationship P.O.
Box 1248 Union, NJ
07083-9998

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SUBMISSIVE WM
40,5'9·,145, Dancer's
body,
will
wear
panties, nylons, highheels, etc. for maschung men. Discreet,
kinky dates at yourplace, NYC only. Lee,POB 146, Prince St
Station, NYC 10012.

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PLANS

MISS TOP HALF
Nice bottom incomplete more ways thanone. Bit lonely and dis-appointed
knowing
you're out there anddon't look beyond fantasy. rm real and waiting for you-maybe winter will be warm after
all. Write:POB 4547,
LlC, NY 11104.
BROOKLYN
BEER/BICYCLESHORTS
You were 'buying
it/wearing them Wed.
9/20 on Upper West
Side. We had a brief
chat. Care to share abeer together? P.O.
Box 149 Cathedral
Station, NY 10025.
DESPERATELYSEEKING SYBIL?
GWM with split personality seeks date
who looks good inleather jacket and ear·ing. HALF playful, silly,
good time boy, half
serious, political, professional. appreciates
green things and solitude.
You:
253S/brains/sexy/goodkisserllike Jukebox at
The Bar. No Yuppy
scum please.
Me:
30/talilhandsome/muscles/big feet. Teli me
which half you want tomeet, photo/phone.
Outweek Box 1321
ONLY THE BESTWILL DO
for this x-tra handsome WM 25, 5'-11·.
160. hot body, I seek
only the hottest, best
looking, in shape, G,
Bi, Married men forsteamy,creative,2somes, 3somes, 4(?)
into role playing, locker room scenes, otherhot ·fantasies. Send
photo (a must), phone
and turn ons to Box
1298, NYC 10185.
Don't be disappointed
again-write now.
SLAVE WANTED!
Masc, muscular, hot
dominant, very wellhung top wants sexykinky slave with agreat ass. Me: 40's
great body you: any
race, good body andinteresting mindl Thisis honest I Outweek
Box 1323
OCTOBER ECSTASY
Two hot GWM buddies, 3O-ISH with gym
bodies, seek same foruninhibited, exclusive
safe sex party. Greatpees, arms, smiles aplus-couples welcome.

Foto/fone to PO Box
149, Cathedral Station, 10025.
ETHNIC CHASERS
Chubby, GWM, 39,
5'5·, 20'0', hr/br, hry
chest & belly, cln, shy,uls, seeks well-built,
masculine chasers,
any
race,
for
hot.sweaty, safe times.
Midtown,
day/nlte.
Photo xchg, pis, 1J,
Box II?, Executive
Suite, 330 West 42
Street, NYC 10036.
BBa+.
BRIGHT INTENSE
Decent physicalloccupational package. I'm
48, 6', 170',looking for
guy who likes backrubs, bubble baths
and Chinese Food.
OutWeek box 1326
SENSUALINTELLECTUAL
With charm, GWM, 42,
5'''' BRlBR 165HIV+
witty, warm, loving,
attractive sexy, politically conscious andworking in the arts.
Seeking Mr. Right oreven Mr. Wrong solong as he's brightattratcive loving 25-40.
Seeking a buddy "aswell as that special
you know what photoand phone pis. Markbox 774limes Square
Station, New York, NY
10108.
HUNG TOPGWM 33 5'10'· 155
baldlbeard seeks any
race younger smoothbodied bottom for fun
joyous timesuGreek
w/condoms. I wantlong lovemaking Afternoons not just sexan d - see-ya-Ia ter.
(shaving is a real tumon.) Perhaps I'm too
much of a workaholic
for a relationship, so
I'm looking for something loose and spontaneous now. But...younever know. Send letter and photo to P.O.
Box 326, New York,NY 10040.
OPEN CALL GWM
28 5'6"' 1451bs BrOWn!
Moustache
into
movies, music, books
and just having a goodsafe time seeks similar
GM 25-35 to Co-Star inlife; letter/photo phone
to JP POB 2522 WestNY, NJ 07093.

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1. He's in drag in Kind Hearts

and Coronets
5. Queer kitsch
9. Attention (abbr.)
12. "__
Man': Village People hit
14. Humpy animal
15. "__
Loves You"
16. Bennett masterwork
18. Nickname for the late, great.Berlin
19. Pasolini film
20. __
Coleman
22. Psychic inits.
23. Actress Mary
25. Film critic James
26. Young and Kong
29. "__We Trust"
31. __
at ease32. Bleat
33. Witch's prop
34. Trompe __36. Bodily fluid
37. Air: comb. form
38. Braun or Gabor88

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40. 1006, to Caesar
41. More clever
43. Muddied
45. Alphabet letters
46. Underwear brand
47. __ . de Charlus
48. Anatomical loop
49. Destroy
50. Moose
51. Poetic contraction
53. Anger
55. Book by Woolf
59. Cell: comb. form
60. Britten opus
63. Hebrew letter
64. The __Pi/lars of Wisdom
65. Alvin
66. Single
67. Mitchell's In __68. Fox role
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3.

He loves (Lat.)
Arsenic and Old
Gay rights org.

Tasks
Nickname for Coolidge
6. Friend, to Cocteau
7. Fixed
8. Petition
9. Isherwood novel
10. Book by Stein
11. Mostel role
13. Crude metals
14. Civil War abbr.
17. "Kill the
21. Teen heartthrob Scott
23. __
Tognazzi
24. Power's lover
26. Elec. units
27. Britten work about folkloric
hero
28. Coward work
30. Kramer's The
Heart
33. Candle
34. A Shropshire __35. Mona
39. Diane or Lee
42. Actress Best
44. Bother
47. Shot pellet
48. Lawrence of
49. Right-hand page
52. Laughton's wife
54. Wound
55. Possess
56. KIp, Marc or Jeff
57. Scot:: endure
58. Black stone
61. Eggs
62. Still

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Hot Shot byErlcbConrad

Pboto by Lizzerd souffle

ALBERT CRUDO
just possibly may b.
the planet's
first
designer frock star. H.
forecasts that "skinwill be the ultimate
accessory of the 90s,"
and being covered
with the stuff himself,
he should know. Hisclients include suchluminaries as Debbie
Harry, Dianne Brilland lahoma Van Zant.
and movers and shaki* Ii ers frequently call on'k him to whip up tasty. one-of-a-kinds in If!,sfab factory of fashion.
While advocatingthat we should all"sculpt our bodies tothe perfection they
were meant to be," hestresses that we also
have to join together
to save the earth from
ecological suicide.
Aside from universal salvation, Albert
dreams that one day
all American youth
will be hooked up to
walkmans, playing his
cassingle
All (onFuntone Records) as
they line up to buy his
ready-to-wearinmalls across America.
Forever feeling
he is on the verge ofsomething really, really big, Crudo confesses, ·'I'm so close I canalmost taste
Madonna." Let's hop.
"""X,,~0"b. she's tasting back.

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