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Cathedral has resonated throughout New york and the\nation in a way no demonstratjon has in reCent memory.
For sheer spectacle it's hard to imagine a',symbol more powerfulthan the sight of priests stepping over prosttate people with AIDS in
America's greatest Catholic church. With, this action', ACT UP and
WHAM!have taken peaceful, non-violent protest to a new lev~l. But
many have succumbed to the temptation to biame the embarassing
mesSenger for the devastating power of the message.
Arguments that raged throughout the mainstream press following the action centered not on the thoµsands dea<;iand y~t todie of AIDS, or the women's lives ,to be sacrificed to ,the obscene
morality of current Catholic dogma. The ~edia are tired of allthat. Commentators and columnists can't be bothered,..it seems,
with ,wasting" their moral capital on sex-crazed faggots who got
what they deserved, or women whose lives will be jeopardized
by terminating unwanted pregnancies through unsafe' illegal
abortions. What the media and the politicans, including ourmayor-elect, focused on instead ~as, tol them, the· incredible,
shocking, blasphemous actions of the protesters. Apparently
even when it's a 'matter of life and death"some.actions, no matter how peaceful or non injurious to people or property, justmustn't be taken. Apparently matters of life and death are justnot as important as rites and ceremon'ies. Apparently the thousands of future deaths of teenagers currently un infected\.but sOon
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The, sweeping hYpoCrisy that allows it newspaper writer on
his third marriage, a publisher who's, recently paid for a favorite
daughter's abortion, a politican who maintains a- secret' loveshack, and Catholic prelates who suck a littie dick on the side to
publicly beat their breasts about "desecration" is a nauseating
spectacle indeed. In the best of times such hYpoCrisy 1ihould beabhorred. But when it serves to fuel a major epidemic, it 'must be
exposed and smashed.
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What we should be beating our breasts about instead is theremarkable courage and dignity of those who braved arrest andnow face trial for trying to bring a little sanity to their churCh andour city. The spectacle of the feudal oppression in the church isabouno be replaced by'the even stranger spectacle of a modern
religiOUStrial of the protesters. Even those who ·felt un comfort- 'able with the many· ramificationsof the civil disobedienceshould.
I.
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thumbed their noses at the "traditionai morality" of the Roman
CathoJic "Church. They "insulted the body of Christ.:' They
engaged in "unnatural acts" of protest. Arid now the wolves of
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LETTERS

Andrew Humm of the Coalithe decency to dissociatetion for Lesbian and Gay
themselves from vandalism
against LA churches just priOl' Rights decrying this Interrupto their protest. ACT UP/NY tion of the right to worship, iwould like to 'express a very(~::.,
now says that it refuses to, HummBug
Co( wilincrease AIDSdeaths In
aaw my bounday Inas.Any- different view and personal
ACT UP Is the largest
New York.~ The Boad of Edu- one paticipamg n Mure A~T experience of what hapand most powerful AiDSI
cation- while having a long UPactions $hood consider tile pened in that church that.
gay/ieSblan activist group in way to go on 'AIDS andi"lllIlcations of that statemenflday.
the country. With size andgay/lesbian
issues-last
O'Connor is an immoral
I am an Irish Catholic. I
power comes a responsibility month passed (over Archman and a rigid one as well. describe myself as suchto lead the community anddiocesm objections) a.resolu- We should use him as a tQ~. because I have found it toth.e broader coalition thattion 'mandating revision of ail But we should never ced~be an Inescapable phewill end the AIDS crl$ls. ACT curricula to refiect cuitural
the morai high ground t.o nomenon in my lite. All of myUP'sfailure to!dissoclate.ltselt
diverslty- Including diversity
him. Sunday's actions gOlf'" greatgrandparents
werefrom the actions of a small 'based on sexual orientation.
him his first positive publicity
born In Ireland. They camespilnter group that disrupted O'Comor iost on the gay/1es- . In a long time.
e, and settled on the eastside
the rellg,lous service on Sun- ' bian rights bill. Mayor-eieet
i have been a pC!lrt~Qf of Manhattan and wereday at, st. Pat's has dlstract- , Dlnldnshas pledged to pros. protests against the Archd~ , often forced to rely on th'e
ed the lesbian and gay
cute Operation Rescueto the cese In 1975. I was partiof
soup. kitchens operated out
mov~rnent from the goal of fullest extent of law, Even an the only protest against tbe
of Saint Patrick's Cathedral
limiting the. Influence of relI- ACT UPspokesperson at the Pope's visit to New York1lin for food. Although they had
gious bigots such as John
demo on Sunday was qJOted . 1979. And the Coalition flor only a few years of formal
O'Connor to,focusing us on on 1V as saying that "9(fperLesbian and Gay Rightswitb schooling, it was provided by
the Issue of whether or notcent of Cathoiics don't agree
which I work sponsored tine Saint Patrick's. My favorite
freedom of religion should. with O'ConnOl"s stoods.·
first demo against O'Connor
grandfather had been an
be, abridged In order to. So, who was wir:lning?: in '1985 ,after he took office.
altar boy at Saint Patrick's ,advance our gods.
Our issueswere being taken
Some say we must escalate
and used to .take me there
i have no doubt thatup by mainstream leaders
our tactics. Fine, Let us not
as a kid and speak withmost of those who lay In the , md groups. Pollsare st'lowih,g descend, however, into vio- great warmth of all that theaisles of the church to call , a shift in pUblic opinion bop< lating the rights of others or place had given him. In fact,
Pttentlonto O'Comor's abus- toward support tor gay /Ies- staging actions that set backhe met my grandmother at
es of hispulpit were sincere in bian rights.We have m awful our movement. If ACT UP is a dance sponsored by Saintthei' desire to speed the day long way to go. Stopping
declaring ail oyt war on the
Patrick's.
'that Hs influence n city attars people from. praying on ~nchurch,. they ought to comThat same grandfather,is ended. Instead, they have days isnot going to advancepare troop numbers before
alWaystaught me that being
made a ma1yr of a moo who
our agenda. Tactically, it will launching another battle.
-IrishCatholic was a type of
was coming to be seen as a make it impossible for us toAndy Hummclass. He d~cribed in horrifyclown. They took O'Connor'sbuild the coaiitions necessay
Manhattan
ing detail the kind of persebait. This Is the kind of con- to move forwad.
cutionmy family had
frontation that he has been
It is not radica' to trOO1HoHumm
experienced in Ireland. He
Och;ng fOl'md he won.
pie. on religious liberty. It is
I was a legal observer
taught me that while I might
For months, rightwlng
wrong. The same rights that
inside Saint Patrick's Cathenot understand th~ meaning'editOl'iallstslike the posr s Ray protect churehgoers protect
dral during the Stop theof being a Catholic, I should. Kerrlson have been whJning us and give us the right to Church Action and this letter always remember that my
thatO'ConnOl' isunder attack
assemble, petition" protest
is mea~t as a tribute to those family had always foughtfor his views on AIDS and no and so on. 1M support ACT who upstaged the Cardinalwith their lives for that right.
politiCian would come to his UPgives to those who would and, as the straight press In short. he taught me that
defense. INn,/? Because most violate the rights ,of c~urchwould say, -desecrated·
my family had always foughtof them disagree with his goars chips away at our own that religiousservice.
for political freedom-thatstands and find him to be
use of those rights for protecAfter reading the' three
persecution was not okay,
Obtrusiveand obnoxious. Our tion. You want to attack
editorials (New,sday, Daily
My parents sent me tos·tde was winning the proO'ConnOl'? Sit in at his officeNews andthe Times) Catholic schools only, where ..
p.oganda war \'S. O'Connor.
at the chancery 01' at a politi- del)oucning ACT UP and
I learned that women were
His outspoken opposition to cal dinner wh~re he's speak- WHAM I. thecountlesssecondary at best and thatconc;loms and reproductive'ing. Or forget him entirely . columns written by Irish , sexuality was evil. Over the
freedom
was regulqrly
and attack the public offi- Catholics who claim to be years, I tried ,really hard to
attacked by editorials in all cials who pay heed to him,
particularly pained by thefollow that doctrine but
but the Post. Even NYC Hea~hThis i~ not a call ,to be . horrific desecration of their . things weren't quite as they1
Commissioner Steve Joseph nice to O'COI')nor.Be aggres- cathedral built by their dirt out to have been, I noticed
went on N.lghtline to consive. Be mlitant. But be clearl poor Irish immigrant forefatoo much. The incredible
derm the bishops' oppostion Our message'got lost on Sun- thers as a tribute to their sexism which the church.to condoms saying~.-Thispoll- day. At least ACT UP/LA had Saint, and the words of taught didn't square with my6

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grandfather's lesson 'about
personai freedom. The reJlgion class teachings
left
women with no alternatives,and an incredible double
standard existe~ regarding
sexuality,for men· andwomen.'
My ultimate experienceof hypocrisy was to occur at
Georgetown'
law School
where :the schooi refused toallow the gay and ,lesbian
group to function as other
stUdent groups, citing theimmoral nature of homosexuai activity. Meanwhile theschool was compiete/y disinterested in those of us whowanted to practice public
ir;'lterestlaw rather than pursue money. All in all'. i canthank the Catholic church
for providing me with a finely
honed sense of hypocrisy.
There are, of course. excep. tionai peopie working within
the church. but these are
not the powerful. Often they
are women.
i would like to examine
Andrew Humm's outraged
condemnation of the disruption of this one(in theNew York deilies) in the context 9f lesbian and gay lives.
My life has been consistently'
disrupted by the Catholic
church. I know countlessother gays md iesblans who
lived tortured childhoods trying to reconcile the Catholic
doctrine which they werebeing tC1Jghtwith their sexuality. Many gays and les, bians have been driven tosuicide by the'church's C6ndemnation of 'their nature. I
would call this a dsruption of
more than' a mass. Countiess
others have been tortured
simply because. th~y attend
a Catholic college or law~hooi and assert the right toexist. Now, we ha/ve AIDS
and the same church whichrefuses to teach' us abo~t
preventive measures wants
t.o heip us admit to ouramoraUty as we,weaken anddie." What does Andrew.Humm think 'of the disruptionof Dignity's right to worship?

Cardinal O'Connor is never be heard. i believe
the church)con,tlnuou(
not simE'Y worshipping his your anguished screams will
Interference In the. 'political
God . .He is preaching the . ring in that cathedral for aarena to Impose their views
politics of our genocide fromlong, Jong time.
.on everyone, religious or'that puipit. We cannot be, TairyMcGovern
not. These views are out~
fooled by mainstream outBrookiyn.
dated and interfere withrage-we are fighting for ourpe.ople that m'ayor may
Ii~. Iu a direct descendant
It You Can't Take the Heat... , not be Catholic. Thisis danott.the irish who built that
it is very distre$slng togerous and goes against
cathedral, and dedicat,ed
see the media. supposediy.thes9"paratlonof church
tHm cathedral to new andthe un-biased watchdog ofand state. The issues atbetter lives free of politicalthe ~o~d, consistently mis- .hand are: 1) To proteCt a
per$ecution, I thank those ofrepresent, twist and blawoman's right to an aboryO'u who disrupted
that
tantly slant controversial
tlon.2) Stop church interfere'mass. By refusing to let fi:latIssu~s. A recent example isence in life-saving
AIDS
man speak. y,ou reminded
the Dec. 10 ACT ,UP andeducation,
condom dlstri~me that we no longer shouid
WHAMI
demonstration
bution and safer sex literat01erate . those who areagainst Cardinal O'Connor
ture; 3) Stop the church
destroying our. lives whether
and the Catholic church.
from blocking~ivil rights
they do it in a church or in a . The issues raised by'bothlegislation for lesbians andcoartholJ$9. For me. stmding
activist groups were blagays. RegardihgJpe; inter-,amidst those crazed parish- .tantly overlooked. Instead
ruption of services. we' ore .
Ioners while you guys did
the invasion of the church
against interfering with the .
yourthing.
something
was focused on. and the 'right to worship. but it had' .
ch'anged.
I would nevermedia
rushed to maketo be done under the cir-,'
again see that cathedral as O'Connor the vi,ctim. while
cumstances. It's interesting'a place where the Irishwho
giving little attention to tl1e to hear O'Connor cry out'
were queer like me would
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,and are hateful.
The
Catholic church has been
offensive and has condoned violence against lesbians, gays, people ofcoior, women and otherrellgl ons/n on-rei Ig Ions
throughout history. We do
not blindly hate, but
Instead oniy fight back In
retaliation
against our
oppressors, If the church
can't take It, then DON'T, dishIt out.
Dan,Hunter
ServaianErik
Manhattan

for refusingto conform to thecardinal Hypocrisy
Church'spoint of view. this Is
i do not .agreewith Carnot somebenign institution.
dinal O'Connor's opening~, today, when I read remarks,at the Vatican conand hear the outcry against ference on AIDSin which he
the gay and lesbiancommu- attack~d doctorsand healthnlty's unwillingness to sit care providersfor advocatsilentlyfor our extermination, Ing the use of condomsI am somewhat amused.We "safe.'sex"-In the gay comare not behaving nicely. We rnunit}tto preventthe spreadare not followingthe rules.
of AIDS.The bottom line on
The6ttempt by those In safe,sex-It saveslives.If one
power to shiftthe argument life tis saved, then in myt.odecorum will not deter us. mind/morality It Is valuable
We are under attack every- an,dshouldbe continued. To
where and we will defendm~, medicine showsa senslourselvesIn whatever man- , tlylty and respectfor life thatner necessary. We will not I find strangelylacking in the\Mall Action
die quietly. We did not start church's position. I can't
Anyone who reads hls- thisbattle but we are deter- respect a moral code that. tory knowsthat the Catholic mined to win this war and If would rather waste a life
, Church has a long list of the Catholic church and than saveone.
wro'ngs.Fromthe Crusades, others escalate this assault
Of course,the real reato witch burning, to the sun upon ollr rights' and our.1 son Cardinal O'Connor. revoivlng around the earth lives, disruption of a Mass doesn't support the use of
Qust to nane a very few), the will then appear a tame! condomsand safe sexin the,~hurchhaserred. Repeated- action indeed.
gay community is because_Iy, Innocent people were torFrankR.Aquenoithey encourage "immoral"
tured and put to their death
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preventing the transmissionof the AIDSvirusduring sex.
Applying this logic, thedevelopment of betterd~ugs to treat AI()S or an
AIDSvaccine shouldalsobe
stopped because they too
will encourage "immoral"
behavior.This'Wouldalso be
genocide. However,on thepositive side, with no vaccine for AIDS,the amount ofImmoral homosexual acts
would be reduced by
Increasing the number of
AIDSrelated deaths of gay
people and by Inhibiting
sex-which would stili carry
the threat of death by transmissionof the AIDSvirus.
Furthermore, Cardinal
O'Connor's attack of healthcare providers and doctors
really exposesa fundamental problem in the Catholic
church-the oppressivepolicies toward gays havealjenated the majority of
gay Catholics. Thus,Cordi-.'nal O'Connor's desire toviM in infected people.
-view. Mr. Signorlie demonLove M. Blue'
have health care providers
Thank you for the supIn Elisabeth Kublerstrated an ability to elicit In
and public officials-who
Ross'slatest book AIDS: The
portive article. -True Blue"them a confidence in him.
have the attentionofUltimate Chalfen,ge she
ThisI believe Is a great asset (OutWeek.#25, Dec. 10).
gays-support the Catholicstates. -AIDS is the biggest
for a reporter and for a
The magazine has been
church's agenda
is andemonstrationof man's . credible news publicationout for only one day and I've
admission of failure. The 'Inhumanity to man-evenalready received numerous
like OutWeek. Two other
Catholic church has been , far exceeding the treatment
members of your staff
calls for .asslstancefrom yourlargely ,unsuccessful
In of leprosy patientsIn
assigned' to the story
readers.
reaching the majority of gay • Damlen~s day." UnfortuThank.youfor the honestdeserve mentioning. EII~nB.
Catholics.
nately. the Catholic church
Nelprls for her photographreprel~hJ~~~~rns~7;:osure.
Equally disturbing toalso has treated gays Inhuand Dan Williams for hisme Is the Catholic church's
manely-ali In the name ofcoordinating of the photo
VCjmessaFerro. NYPD's
intolerance of gays and Its Christian morality. They have.
liaison to the Lesbiansessionand selection of theeffect on the gay communidistorted Christ'smessage ofcover photo.
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Qnd Gay ,CofTlm!Jnity
ty. For example', Cardinal
The story was received
Manhattan
acceptanc,e. forgiveness,. O'Connor favors the -fair
In a very positive way bylove and mercy Into disaptreatment of AIDS patients'
proval and condemnation. I' many people within the lesRight Ingl*?
but falls to realize that his feel It Is unconscionable
Jon
Ingle
angrilybian and gay community
position-that gays are sick that gay AIDS patients areblames Marla Maggentl forand by many police officers.
and abnormal~helps.toallenatlng'stralght people Infighting a courageous batwho have been In contact
create the unfair and abu-. tle against a dreaded disher recent review. andwith me and with thoseslve treatment received bystoops so low as to suggest
interviewed. I have beenease without the support
gay AIDSpatients, How canthat she might be -Justa litand acceptanceof thetold that newsstands near
you have sympathy for GAY Catholic church.
tle intimidated by the physitwo precincts were sold out
AIDSpatients and total concal
presenceofby the second day of theJohn N. Calvedemnation of GAYS?Thereheterosexual males. " My
Dignity/New Yorl<
December 10Issueand that
fore. it should come as noquestion to Ingle is this:Why
Fishkill.NY
police officers had madesurprise to Cardinal O'Condo you feel the need to,'many purchases. It was also
nor that violence toward
Goal Achieved
reported to me that morepunish Maggenti? The irony• gays and gay AIDS patients
On behalf o'f myself
then one copy of the "GayIs that by attacking her andhas increased dramaticallyand the Gay Officers Action
Cops" issue was seen in • thereby taking sides withsince the outbreak of AIDS League,lnc. (GOAL). thank . eight separate police comheteros. he agrees with her
in the early 1980s.
premise: that there"isindeed
you for the feature story.
mands. two of which were
Furthermore. if "good"The Brave New World of .outside of Manhattan.
Ia division between gays
mordity is good medidne" as Gay Cops" in the Decembelieve this storYisimportantand straights. Obviously'.
Cardinal O'Connor states. is ber 10.'1989 issue of OutIngle. Maggenti neither
for a number of reasons.
AIDSccused by gay immorali- Week magazine. Special
one.of which isthat thisstory started the polarization norty 0( the signof an angry god?
contributes to it.
thanks to Michelangelo Sighas alerted the general
AIDSis a parasitic virus that
norile for his:excellent writing
Ingle proposes a good
public that we, lesbian.andattacks and destroys the T4. and balanced reporting, Mr.. gay people. ar'e indeed
deal of knowledge about
cells of the immune system. Signorile extensively interdrag. Unfortunately. it seems
represented in all areas of
The virus has no mind andviewed all 0'1 the GOAL
employment. Thank youthat a personal attack on
operates to no morai code, It members he was put in conMaggenti is higher, on his
again.
attacksindsaiminately with no tact with and. they reported
agenda than potentially
Sam Ciccone, Executive Director
regard to race. religion.or sex- to me their satisfaction in
adding to her knowledge ofual O(ientalion.If AIDSis punish- the way in which he conCo~founderdrag. Perhaps Ingle isjust a
ment of gays by God thenducted the interview. Police
Gay Officers Action
little intimidated by the criti;
how do you explain that thecal presence of a witty.
are not often easy to interLeague. Inc.
mqority of people infected in
Africa are heterosexual?Also.
Cardinal O'Connor and theMonsignorseemed confused
about condoms Clld their ability to prevent the spread of
AIDS-stating that condoms .
-encourage high riskbehavior." Thisis obviouslyfelse. Useof condoms prevents the
spread of AIDSby preventing. the exchange of bodily fluids-in particular semenwhich is know to cary the AIDSI

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9.\IntelMgenta'ldsharp lesbian. consciousnessof a 705femi- comforted by µSo like Jesse (December 3) on eiected. ingle'"dig aboutnist. Rather, his Is the con- Helms, Mr. Waters Is a officials' liaisonsto the lesM9;gentl's ~glns Is pathet- sciousness ,ofan 80s s.hameiess spokesperson
blanlgay community raises
Ic: What makes him assume · homophobic Idealogue who who Is tolerated QYquieter some good questions, I.e.
that her parentsare straight? believes anyone whose sex- bigots. 'Insulation,window-dressing.
Ingie's conception of the uality drffers from his own
OutWeek could help
Have such liaisonsrealgay community Is dated, "should be demeaned and dispelsOmeof the communl- Iy outlived their usefulness?
and rrr.t suggeStionto him Is silenced.Furthermore,hislet- ty's lack of Information and Do they serve to restrict orto,ieam more about the gay ter dlspiays errorsIn fact as ow!Jreness.Do your readers expand gay/lesbian access
community dntl bitch less well oserrorsInjudgment.
' know,for example, that the to government? Don't they
about wei writtenreviews.
Those of us who enjoy leather and SIM community actually ghettoizeus?
Finally, It seems to me S/M as a liberating experl. 'is,the single.largest contribuTwenty years ago, thethat Inglefits the profile'of an 'ence know that it has no for to NewYork'sannual gay very act of naming such a
Advocatereader. Out- more relationshipto fascism" pride events?Do they know liaisonwas a great step forWeek's coverag~ Is great than makihg love has to that events sponsored by ward, and Ronnie Eldridge,and·.i encourag~, You' to , rape. The very fact that we S/M organizationsraise tens led the way when sh~. keeP up the good work.
call it ·S/M· emphasizesth~ of thousoodsof dollarseach' servedosJohnlindsay's.
'lOJraC~,
intrinsic consensuality: both year to help people with
But today there are: sidesof the sloshare neces- . AIDSand fight the disease?
openly-gay or lesbian peoSan~ranclsco \ .";sary and either alone iswpat is most distressing pie all over city and state.Drum~r?
· meqn)ngless. Space in this is'Mr.Waters'claim that ~exu- government, Does it still.
. We are returnl~g your letteristoo limitedto expond 01 practice is not the indivi(} make sense for 'all Ijaison" r'n.agazlnes'because they upon the theme of how and uai freedom.of one's private work to be funneledthrougha're not acceptable.ln our · why the SIM communityhas domain. He usesagainst us a singlepersonor'oftjce?
'. stbre. W~ are a fe\nloist taken as Ifs mottd, ·Safe, as S/M practitioners the
In some situations, inbookstoreCJ'Idae offended ',Sane and Consensual.'; But same argumentsthe homo" fact. a gay or lesbian may
bY.tt)e ~in the back of the • ,iet me say that it expresses phobes use against us as be better off remaining
magjJzlne. Piease cancel
not. any limitation on our gays.,If it can't be eradicat-, closeted when dealing
our sUbscription.
<;octivity, but rather a proud eq, Mr.Waterswants S/M at -with a city or state agency
Thanlcyou,'!offlrmatlon of 'SIM's funda- least to go back into the lest the matter just be
loretta'mentally healthy chaacter.
closet.. No, Mr. Waters, 20 handed off to a liaison...
A DifferentDrummer'" Mrc Waters also errs in years after stonewall we will who may handle fhe motBookshoppe
suggesting that there is a NOTturn back.
ter from a p'urely politicallaguna Beach,CAprevalent SIM sensibility in
ErikThorne
point of view.
'gay culture. Indeed, many
Manhattan'
It's no secret that
SIM. PlOud/Oufof us speak of a ·second
liaisonsare, by their nature
Despite his suggestion, coming
out"in SIM
Lay-Liaison-Lay
and purpose, political p~oJack 'Waters ("letters·
because the gay communiSandor Katz· thoughtful . ple,,,so they tend to oper12/10/89) does not have the ty at large appears so dis- ' commentary ,in OutWeek
ate with an ·us V$. them·attitude. After all, who gets
invited to things?Who is cut
off lists?
As a rule. any gay or
lesbian organization which
wishesto ded Witha city orstate agency is routinely
shunted to the liaison fortreatment that mayor may
not be equal.
'
Hasit become a matter of: if you're gay. or lesbian ...you must first b~
checked out by the liaison
before this matter can go
any further?
.
in effect. a'gayllesbianliaison puts all of us into aghetto.
Certainly. ever'{.elected official should havesomebody
somewhere
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stop smoking, WOUldn't you
argue that saving lives by·adopting them was a moral
obligation?
Bratt to O'Connor
resent the science in which. Our real-life experience
An Open Letter to Cardinal
AIDS prevention and educa~shows that the scientists are
0' Connor,....tion programs are rooted.
right. We gay men. like most
W' .
..,b.
There is no'such thing as h~terosexuai adults, have
Dear Cardinal O'Connor:
it an easy answer to the ethi- certainly not stopped having
To be honest, we AIDS ,nlcal issuesposed by AIDS.The sex.Yet the rate of all sexualeducators hoped for more 111absence of that 'answer'Iy transmitted
diseases,because 'using them makes
from you at the recent Votl- )tJ means that every moral posiIncluding HIV infection. has
you fee.J even more guilty
can conference
on AIDS. JI tlon carries with It a certain
droppedprecipitously''·and m.a,y suggest to 'your ,You've often said good'rdegree of discomfort. The
among gay men. Education:- pa,rtner that you are at risk.
, things ab6ut having compas- 91 dilemma resulting from yourand condom use is the only
The result .istwo more peopleslon for people with AIDS, °opposltlon
to condom use~eason It happened.
You
potentiqlly exposed to HIV.
and you've denounced dls- '.I and AIDS education Is thatmay decide to label ali'sexuYoµr questiOnlhgJhe sclcrimination against them. ,9sclence draws
different
ally active people as mor~lIy
ence about risk reduction Is
Those statements made us il~lcture of the epidemic thandeficient, but morally defieven. more damoglng. Whenhope you were beginning to 'l\~your moral precepts do. The clent people have .both thepeople think that condoms
see the epldel1Jlc from the NJ'sCientistsare clear that conright and the ethical obllgawon't help them sign.ificantlY,
front lines, the way we see it. nl doms work, and that education to protect their lives too.
they ,become fqtalistic, and. Anq then you go to the Vati- t'tion reduces all manner ofIf We were talking about
abandon all risk reduction
can and announce to the -!" riskbehavior. You don't havethe number of angels dancbe'havior. not just the c;:onworld that condoms don't ''1'to like the researchers' coning (1) the head of a pin. we odoms. In addition, when you
really help prevent Infection
elusions, but it is dishonest
could agree to disagree,
ask that scientists and AIDS
with HIV,the virus that causes
and irresponsibleto call themand go on about our busi~ educator,s are Iy'ing. you, AIDS. You say that AIDS edulies. Put simply. you are goingness. When it comes to AIDS. .increasepljblic
anxietycation encourages high-risk
to have to learn to live with · though. your intrammatory
about all forms of transmis- 'behavior. You call all of us the facts. however uncom'and inaccurate statementssion. and magnify fears of
who labor in the vineyard offor!able. they might be f0r
do immediate
and irretransmission by casual.conAIDS prevention and educayou.
versible harm to Roma n tact. The result isthat our hottion liars.
'
And·the facts are elear. · Catholics who disagree withline phones ring off the hook
I'll take the liberty ofStµdy after study proves the
your moral instruction and towith questions from tonfused. speaking for a number of us: same thing: When properly
the thous~ndsof nonpeople who are afraid of
We're profoundly disappointused. latex condoms are an
Catholics who hear what you
drinking fountains and coffee
ed. We don·t ask you toeffective barrier to the virus have to say.
cups. And confused andmake our jobs any easier, butthat causes AIDS.When conWhen you condemn sex frightened people derw joOs•.
we don't expect fo have our . doms are used with a spermioutside marriage. you makehomes and adequate mediintegrity impugned either. , cide containing nonoxynol-9.
people feel guilty. but not so cal treatment to people with
Most of all. we expect morethey offer significant protecguilty that they don·t have
HIV illness.
from our religious leaderstion even when they break or . sex. Sexual abstinence has a
The most basic moral
than moralistic propagai1da
slip. Cond~ms are also relifailure rate too. and fromrule applied to the medicalthat twists the facts ond
able: Most studies estimate
where AIDSeducators sit. it is profession is the injunction to
endangers the .lives of thethe failure rate at between
a very high one. When these
do no harm to ttie people\itpeople we serve.
0.5 and seven percent. And. peop,le take their guilt toserves. As a minimum staflI don't question your pre- these figures include a lot ofbed, we find that they are
dard for a prieSt. it's not bad,rogative to define morally
people who have not beenvery reluctant to let their parteither. So pleose accept a litacceptablebehavior
foreducated to use condoms,
ner know they may be at risk tie moral advice from a\"lRoman Catholics. That is yourthe right way. That sounds'of HIV infection. That's not
AIDS educator: If you can't
right as a bishop of thelike a reasonably goof-proof
surprising: if giv.ing a partner
face true facts. for God'.s
Church, even when a large ,prevention strategy to me. If your sexual history brands you
sake. hold your tongue.:part of the Church dissents
we had methods that werecis a morally depraved perJeffrey Braff.
from your viG'.llS.But you have
half ,as effective in loweringson. you skip the history. You
Gay Men's Health Crisis
no right whatsoever to misrep- cholesterol or helping people
also, skip the condoms
Executive DirectoraI

December 24..1989

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AIDS/Abortion RightS Demo
Halts IDgh MaSs at SL;Pat's
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Con~emnations,Controversy Sweep Through Community
by Andrew Miller and Rex Wockner
NEW YORK-The most radical segmept of the gay and lesbian movement
and the most powerful sea of Christianity
clashed Dec. 10 at St. Patrick's Catheclnl
in New YorlCCity.
It was a cqnflict that some observers
were surprised hal:in't happened sooner,
given the increasing strength of the AIDS
Coalition to Unleash Power, or ACf UP,
and the increasingly strident anti-gay, antiabortion and anti-sex positions of the
Roman Catholic Church here.
.
ACr UP was joined in the demonstra-tion by WHAM!, the Women's He'alth
Action and Mobilization, a group fighting
to keep abortion legal. One hundred and 'eleven women and men were arrested.
. The irreverent protest took place
both inside and outside the massive gothic
cathedralon Fifth Avenue, during asolemn Pontifical mass celebrated by New
York's Cardinal John O'Connor.
Three demonstr'1itors were injured,
one when his leg became ca'ught in a
metal police fence, used to contain theprotest. He was treated at"Bellevue Hospital and released. ACf UP spokespeople
claim that the police were, responsible for

SEPARATED AT BIRTH?
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the injuries in each case. The police
department also reported that three officers received minor injuries.
As a, line of demonstrators stretchingnearly four city blocks circled on the sidewalk out,side chantiitg "They say don't
fuck, we say fuck you," about 100 militants inside brought services to a halt by
heckling and conduaing a "die in" in thecathedral's aisles. Police and newspapers
estimated the crowd at 4,500 outside.
In the week following the protest,
the largest AIDS-related demonstration in
the city's history, the disruption of church
services were denounced, with varying

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degrees of vehemence, by every major
New York City daily newspaper, the executive director of ~he American Jewish ,_.
Congress, Mayor Ed Koch, Mayor-electDavid Dinkins, New York Governor Mario
Cuomo,' Vice President Dan Quayle and,of course, Cardinal O'Connor himself.
"I pray that this doesn't hap'pen
again,· O'Connor told reporters. "But if it
does happen again~ the mass will go on or
I will be dead. It would have to ~ overmy dead body for the mass not to,~o on." ,In a formal press statement, Cuom9
said, "This state knows the terrible' angUishof AIDS; how it torments and kills a Jaige I
number of our people. And no ~ue wedebate today is more complex and emotional than the question of abortiod.
.
"But ev~n the awful prov'~cationemanating from these issues doe; not justify the _outr.age of desecrating, egregiously, a religious service and its worshippers."••

Or. Charles Franchino
30 fifth Avenue
I New York, New'York 10011! 212.673.4331

Condoms, AIDS and the Church
The AIDS activists said th~y were
protesting November's pronouncements byboth the u.s. Conference of Catholic Bishops
and py the Vatican that condoms must never
be used as protection against AIDS-a position that places the church in conflict withhealth authorities throughout the world.
. '.oneyear ago, Ame~ican bishops
gave their tentative blessing to safe-sex
teaching in public schools, but thatapproval was'rescinded in early November
following intense pressure from O'Connor
and other conservative bishops.
,.9ne week later, the u.S. anti-condom
positions were adopted by attendees at
the flCstVatican confere~ce on AIDS.
The activists inside St. Patrick's sat
quiedy through the fICSthalf of the mass.
But as O'Connor began'his sermon, heckling erupted from a small section. of thecongregation about half-way back in the
church. Others lay down in the aisles andconducted a "die in."O'Connor abandoned
his homily
and as ushers circulated transcripts, uni- "formed police officers slowly removed 42
demonstrators,
carrying some of themout on orange stretchers.
O'Connorresumed the service while the protest
continued
and parishioners
wereshocked that demonstrators
shoutedinsults at the Cardinal during the ma~s'
most solemn moments. .
Catholics believe that priests canchange bread and wine into th~ actual
body and blood of Jesus Christ through" arite known as transubstantiation. As the
Cardirtal spoke over the bread, one of thedemonstrators shouted, "O'Connor, you'rea murderer."
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Pro-Choice, Anti-Church
moments later when one protester went
forward for communion and, rather
consuming the wafer, squashed it between
his fingers arid let it drop to the floor.
A number of priests quickly dove tothe floor and scooped up the tiny re~ains.
After careful scrutiny of the area where
the bread had fallen, one priest reverently
carried the bits away in his cupPed handS.
The protester, Tom Keane, was immediately led away and arrested.

thanBlasphemy or Bravery?
That ,single incident, considered an
act of sacrilege by many, has since consumed reams of newsprint, and sparked agrowing controversy within the lesbian,gay and AIDS communities. /Spokespersons for nearly every major,gay rights and AIDS service organization,
including the Gay and Lesbian Alliance
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Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC). and the
National Gay and lesbian Task Force, said
their groups were supportive of the over- ,all goals of Acr UP,and WHAM!, but distanced their organizations,
to varying
degrees; from the, tactics used inside thecathedral that Sunday.. ',Dig;"ity
and the Cathedral Project, :I~.~,
two gay Catholic groups, took similar,
stands. All took pains to criticize O'Con,
nor's P9silions
on homosexuality; abortiori '>oJ,and co??om use.
_',"'
GLMD's ~in Schw:utz noted that gayorg~~ons
like -hers were taking many
caUs fr~ peoIXe wanting to corrwlain to agay-~edgroup about the a<;ti<>n.
,"I don't know how much shit ACT
UP is e~ting for this,· said Schwanz, "but
we're qyng a lot.~
AC'I:"UP sources reported receixing
bomb tl(reats at the, group's office on
Ninth 1\Yt~nuein-Chelsea borp before andafter th~c;~demo. rh.er.e have also be~ndeath t}yeats left on t~e organization's
answering machine.'_
In a stat,ement scathingly criti~1 of
O'Connor, GMHC noted that "the action[insioe St. Patrick's) shifted' public attention
from the real issues raised' -by Cardinal
O'Connor's
damaging
positionsandactions on AIDS.· It co~tinu,ed; "For, thatreason alone, we feel that the action by
ACT UP and WHAM! inside St. 'Patrick's
CaVtedral was a mistake.· [See sidebar forcomplete 'text')"_
In the strongest and most divisive'
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Community condemnation of ACT UP and,WHAM!, Andy Humm, a long~tilne community activist and spokesmar\ for the
Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights,'Called the tactic of disrupting ch'Urch services "stupid and wrong-headed" in thepages of the New York Post, and. spoke
about leafleting the cathedral or,holding apress conference to denounce the disruption. The coalition is a small organization
which was instrumental in the passage ofthe city's gay rights ordinance in 1986,
And the executive director of the New
York State chapter of the National Abortion'
Rights Action League, Ellen Carton, called
Cardinal O'Connor a hypocrite. "He is
opposed to people disrupting religious servi<;es,but in support of Operation Rescue,
which, through disruptions,prevents
womep' from getting access to health (:are.h
Carton declined to characterize the
diSruption, but noted that "the tactics they
used' are not NARAL'staC1ics.·
Francoise'}acobsohn, the president of
the New York City chapter of the National
Organization for. Women, took a neadyidenti~ stance, calling the protest "a veryclear symbol of the total, frustration inboth the pro-choice community and thegay community with the treatment that the
Catholic Church gives us.·
A spokesperson for Planned Parenthood could not be reached by press time.
But a woman in the press office :gPlanned Parenthood, which is headquartered in New York, said thete had been"extensive discussion in the agency all
week a~ut the demonstrations, •A Serious Gym for Men.

Just Say No Apologies
But in the face' of mounting criticism,
most members' of ACT UP dug in theirheels and remained unrepentant, bOth at apress conferenc~ Wednesday afternoon
and later in interviews with OutWeek.
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upset sometimes, but we can't apologize
Tom Ke~n~, the,ACT UP member
for that," said Vincent Gagliostro, the coorwho crumbled, th~ wafer, also spoke to th,::dinator of the cathedral demonstration.
room, whlcww/as' packed well beyond,"What makes St. Patrick's any less of
capacity with ove; 500 people, at ACf UP'sa target, when O'Connor is endorsing thelargest meeting to date.
violence of Operation Rescue?" he asked,"I don',t apologize for what 1 did:refeqing to the direct action, antioabortion
Keane said to ,scattered applause. "The. group that blockades abortion clinics' and often
har'llsses those who arrive
to use.their services.
"We yelled 'murderer'
inside [the cathedral], heyells 'murderer' at abortion
clinics. What the hell is the, '", difference? He's, a man.
He:s not God.·. ;, Still, the membershipas a whole remains somewhat undecided over what
occurred inside the 'cathedral, actions that they 'say
was never sanc'tioned by
the whole group:.
"I have no 'probiem
wi~ people. not believing~at [the communion wafetl
is not the body of Christ,
but I'm Christian and 'I
believe that it is, and 1
think that we should''Jespect my belief." said
Tim Lunsford, who stood '. up to address the generalrmeeting of ACf UPon the,COME ON EVERYBODY (BABY) DO THE CONGA
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one thing 1 regret is that it has become asubject for the media. Even after 18 yearsof mass and a mother who teaches in
Catholic school, 1 never imagined t1!at it
would flip people out the Way it did."Keane later told OutWeek that he wanted hls action "to demonstrate in the strongest.
possible way to the church
what they are doing to theirown people by opposing
safe sex education." 'Photo: IL litt

Meanwhile Bac;kon the Street ..
The demonstration
outside on Fifth Avenue
continued
in the subfreezing weather throughout the debacle inside.
The New York City
Police Department said that
68 additional demonstrators
were arrested for blocking
the street at various points
duringthe three-hour
protest. Most,were arrested
for violations or misdemeanors, given surrunonses
or desk appearance tickets
respectively, ,and released
within a few hours, according to Jill Harris, an Acr UP
attorney.
But three men ,arrested
at the outside protest were
~aken in on felony assaultcharges and heid until Tuesday. Two were
eventually arraigned on misdemeanors, but thethird, Richard Deagle, faces charges of assaulting a poOCe offICer, rioting and inciting to rioc
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any other non-potentially-procreative'sex act.
The church opposes abortion because, it, believes that at the moment a 'sperm,cQntacts an egg, God instills 'a uJlique and'sacred soul into the ,new creation.
Relation~ be,ty.,een 'the' Catholic
Church and"gays"havebeen on adown slide since 1986, when Rome's
Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of .
the Faith issued a' letter asserting thl/.t ahomosexual orientation is "more or lessordered toward intrinsic moral evil."
Previously, Rome had condemnedhomosexualacts but maintainedthatmerely being gay W]oS ·morallrl
neutral"-apositi,on that has
allowed seminaries in 'recent
years to ordiun a high percentage of gay priests, as long as
they promise to Pc celibate.
The
1986 letter
also
demanded that C~tholic groups
using Catholic buildings fully
support all church teaching.
& a result, chapters of thegayllesbian Catholic group Dignity
were evicted from their parishes
throughout the u.s. and Canada inthe,past two years.
Dignity's bylaws contradict
church teaching by stating that'" gays can, express their sexuality,in a manner that 'is ,·consonant,"withChrist'neachings.""
Members of Dignity/New
York participated in the Acr UP
dem'onstration,accordingtopresident Robert Pusilo, He said'chis group supported 'the action,,'except for the di~ruption of.mass, and added that the Cardinal "is hiding from the issues
behind the Host.", A direct-ac1ion ami of Dignity,
the (:athedral Project has protested'monthly at St. Patrick's since thegroup was ousted from its paris~
two years ago.' Cardinal O'Connor
eventually secured a restraining
order preventing the group frpm
standing silently throughout mass,
Since then, the project l)as celebrat~ "alternative lirurgies" across the street·We support ACT UP because thechurch is dictating how non-Catholics Should
conduct their lives,' Pusilo explained.
, ,Pu~ilo said that he understood why
Acr qP dlsrupted the church service, andadded that the secular community cannot
be e~pected to respect Catholic dogma. •"The church, brings it down on its
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the mass, as did acting Police Commissioner Richard Condon. The next day;
Koch C2llep upon the city court system to"take the matter seriously.·
He told
reporters Sunday that he was at mass to"defend the cathedral.·Aboµt 200 pro-life demonstratorS camefor the same purpose. They peacefully held
signs on a corner opposite the ACT UP
dem~tion.
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Out Takes.
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Massachusetts
Dliracle?
BostON-In
an ironic turn of
events, the Massachusetts attorney generalroled Dec. 7 that a hostile amendment tothe state's new lesbian and gay civil-rights
ordinance makes the law ~eligible to' beplaced on the referendum
ballot. The
decision dealt a major blow to the movement to repeal the law in the city's next
. general election.
,
Attorney General James 'Shannon
cited an article ·in the state constitution'that prohibits laws that "relate to religion"
from appearing on the r-eferendum ballot.
As originally drafted, the gay-r,ights
bill-whichamends ,the state civil-rights
statute to include sexual orientation-did
not deal with religion. But legislative
opponents saddled the bill with a lengthy
amendment that exempted religious institutions from the provisions of the law.
Supporters of the bill offered little
resistance to this amendment-ostensibly
because it did little more than re-word' an
exemption already contained in the civilrights ~tatute.
"It's a wonderful holiday present:'Steven Tierney, co-chair of the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus, said of Shannon's decision, "because
the language that makes it ineligible forthe referendum is language [the opponents] put in themselves."
But the irony of the decision was loston backers of the recall campaign, whocalledthe ruling·specious"and"frivolous,· and charged that pro-gay legislators had purposefully allowed the apparently hostile amendment to be added tothe bill.
Neither confirming nor denying theexistence of such a scheme, Tierney
acknowledged that bill supporters "wereaware" of the constitutional article concerning referendum petition exemptions;
Members of Citizens for Family First"
which coordinated the referendum drive,
have vowed t6 appeal the attorney general's decision.
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by Governor Michael Dukakis Nov. 13, isscheduled to go into effect on Feb. 13,
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modationi. Massachusetts is only the second state in the union, after WISCOnsin,topass such a law.

- MaIm Gasent69 'sodoInY
conviction
reversedMo~_e,:gay,COpS

LOS ANGELES-Two
Los Angeles
Police Department officers on active duty
have charged
that they have beenharassed and discriminated against by the.LAPD 'because they are perceived to be
gay and lesbian. The offlcers, who out offear of reprisal are referred to as John
Doe-I and John Doe-2, have joined in the
NEW YORK-On Dec. 1, a state trial
pending discrimination lawsuit flled incoun cleared the record of a New York
September 1988 agairist the IAPD and thestate man who had been convicted, oncity by ex-IAPD officer Mitchell Grobeson.
sodomy related charges in 1969, allowing
Attorney Dan Stormer of the publichim ~ go forward with his application tointerest law fll'lJl of Litt & Stormer, who iswork overseas.
representing Grobeson and the o¢er offiThe man, whose identity was not
cers, said that this is the fll'st time active
revealed, pleaded guilty to one count of
duty officers have filed suit against their"loitering for the purpose of engaging in
own department.
deviate, sexual intercourse" in 1969, in
Also joining in the suit is an ex-LAPD
exchange for the dismissal of "consensual
so4<>my" charges against him. Although
Police Academy cadet who withdrew fromboth laws ,were ruled unconstitutional by
the acaQemy because of the aJ.teged antithe state supreme coun years ago, thegay bias and actions of the police trainersconviction had remained on the man's
and other recruits.
record for 20 years.
Stormer released copies of sworn .
The archaic charge came up recently
declarations from both active dutY officers,
when the man was required to obtain a.Grobeson, an' active 'duty officer who is"good conduct certificate" from local
not joining the suit, and others, that statepolic;e, indicating that he had no priorspecific instances of harassment.
criMinal record, in order to take a job
An interview was granted to theoverseas in Ponugal. Whc;n he received
the,cenificate,however, the conviction
media by Doe-2 following the Nov. 21
appeared on the dO/:Ument.
press conference with the condition that
After contacting
Lambda Legalher face not be seen or photographed. SitDefense and Education Fund, S4ff attorting in a high-backed chair with her backneys appraised the Manhattan District
to 'reporters, she said she believed that the
Attorney's Office of the, situation and thepolicy of discrimination against ga,y andrevCtsal of the law under' which the conlesbian officers' comes directly from thevictlon was obtained. After negotiations,
top of the department, referring to Police
the::DA's office agreed to clear and seal
Chief Daryl Gates and his deputy comthet man's record, and pledged to do somander R.L. Vernon, who are also bothfor 'others' with convictions on the outmodedlaw.
accused of making religion-inspired.. In addition to New York State, Iowa
homophobic statements and policies by aand Pe£UlSylvania also once had sodomy
former LAPD commander, Kenneth Hie!.<laws on' the boOks which were declaredman,. who is now Chief of Police in Monuncdnstitu'tional by, their state supreme
terey Park, California,
in a sworn
courts. Lambda is currently handling adeposition by Hickman.
challenge to Michigan's sodomy law.
Doe-2 said that ever since the rumor• 'AI. present, 24 'states and the' DistriC1
surfaced at the police academy that sheof Columbia maintain statutes outlawing, 'oral-genital and anal-genital contaC1, seven , was'a lesbian, she has been subjected tobeing called derogatory names, ostracizedof which are limited to same-sex partners.
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utes to her calls for backup When she wasin foot pursuit of a crime suspea.
"Within the department there's a feeling of animosity toward gay and lesbian
offICers working the same car, changing inthe ~.
locker room and things Qfthat
son," Doe-2 added. .
Adording to Grobeson's statement,
one of the most alarming threats against,
an offiter suspected of bejng gay was
when his partner described in detail how
he would kill that officer during a searchof a blacked-out
location, coming up
behind' him in the dark and shooting him
in the back of the head.
"The officer explained to me that his
defense would be that due to the darIaiess.
and heightened possibility of ;l ,confrontation with an armed felon, he had net rec- "ognized the other officer and had shot
him under the mistaken impression that
he was the suspect. .
•"This same offlcer admitted that hehad never met the officer but planned to 'do this, 'nevertheless, -because he was a'fag,'" Grobeson was ;Uso denied backup
on several occasions during life threatening situations, he claims.
According to Jon Davidson, a staff
attorney with the American Civil Liberties
Union of Southern California, which had
rued an amicus brief with the coun, thepolice depanment sports, one of the worst'
examples of employment discrimination in
the state. "We fUl9 that panic\!la,rly' troubling becaUse [the police depanmentl is anarm of the government, and the California
Supreme Court has said in unequivocal
terms that it is unconstitutional for any armof the government to discriminate on thebasis of sexual orientation: Davidso~ said
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HRCF hopes the registry will play animportant role in establishing national
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that they ~ill understand that many lesbians and gays have families which are asimportant to us as the families of heterosexuals are to them." 'Plans for the organization of the registry are currently underway. Lesbians andgays 'who would like to participate should
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that rhetoric has to be met at some levelwith suPstance. And the substance of thatis dollars.
"On the other hand," he added, "it ismost unfortunate 'that HHS this year submined a budget to OMB that was far lessthan the necessary funding needed on,
AIDS for next year."
Last year, under former Secretary Otis
Bowen, the HHS Depantnent proposed a$2.1 billion budget which was eventually
narrowed to $1.6 by the Reagan artd BUsh
Administrations.
After mandatory Gramm-Rudman
budget cuts are calculated
into theapproved 1990 funding, actual AiDs dollars will total $1.57 billion this year.
Also as part of the tentative'HHS/OMB
budget compromise,the
National Institutes of Health will be fundWASHINGTON-Secretary of Healthed at Sullivan's full request of just over $7
and Human Services Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, has reached a compromise with the OffICe billion. Duman had earlier suggested
funding that agency at $6.6 billion withof Management and Budget on its cuts tothe agency being made to compete withhis proposed 1991 budgets for the nation's
others for any additional funds it mightfederal AIDS programs, the National instineed.
tutes of ,Health and the Food and Drug
~fO'NeJll
Administtation,
The Washington Post
revealed Dec. 12.
After a hea~ed dispute' between Sullivan and OMB Director Richard D. Darman
over proposed reductions in the budgetsof a host of social progrims identified as"priorities" by the Bush Administration,
several cuts to the proposed 1991 Healthand Human Services
budgetwere
WASHINGTON-The National AIDS
reduced, but not eliminated.
Commission's early release of its firstAs part of the agreement, AIDS proreport December 6 to President George
grams will be funded at $1.7 billion, aBush and 90ngressional leaders prompted
compromise
between Sullivan's $1.75
qualified praise from AIDS activists; somerequest and Duman's $1.6 figure, whichof whom called the fmdings old news,
would have been identical ~ith congresand calls for go,vernment action fromsionally approved 1990 funding. .
many gay organizations.
AIDS activists, ,however, are expressThe seven-page document, issued
ing extreme disappointment over the $100
eight months before it was due, called formillion increase over laSt year's approved
urgent action from the Bush administration
AIDS budget: a raise they are Calling much
to fUt a "singularly unresponsive" system
to meager.
of health care delivery and fmancing for
Jeff Levi, lobbyist for the Gay Men's
persons with AIDS and HIV infection.
Health Crisis, said. me funding does not
Obstacles the report oudined'include
permit a level of growth that is needed,
growing complacency towards the epiparticularly on the health care side.
. demic, lack of a national strategy to repair
Calling Sullivan's $1.75 billion request
a care system faltering on its own and a"completely unjustifiable," ·Gr.egory King,
federal drug plan that fails to factor in thecommunications director for the Human
impact of mv's spread among intravenous
Rights Campaign Fund, indicated that the
drug users.
AIDS budget should be "at least double,"I'm glad it's out early, but I don'tthat figure."'
think it said anything we have not said
"I guess at some level: said Tom
already,· said Michael Meridan, head of
Sheridan, lobbyist for the AIDS Action
the National Association of People with
Council, "Wc;re grateful Secretary Sullivan • AIDS.
decided to challenge OMB...and [to] indi, "They hit the nail right on the headcate to OMB and back to the president'
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most important issue yet unresolved ang
unattempted at the federal level," said
Tom Sheridan, director of public policy at "AIDS Action Council (MC). "But a year
ago, [we] met with the president and histransition team and l,aid out this issUes."
Even commission
vice chair Dr.
David Rogers acknowledged on the PBS"MacNeil-Lehrer
Newshour"that thereport's
only new finding was "thetragedy's magnitude for so many»eople."
The independent commission was
created by Congress to study developmentof "a national consensus" on AIDS policy.
Since taking office August 3, it has held
four days of hearings here, consulted
experts, visited the community-based
Whitman-Walker AIDS clinic, conducted
research and reviewed relevant issues.
,Twelve voting members include/Larry
Kessler, a gay man, and Belinda Mason,president of the National Association of
People with AIDS.
The report points to an alarming pattern of HIV infection evolving into "crisis
proportions among the young, the poorand many minqrity communities;" yet todate, "there is no national policy or plan,and no national voice."
Commission chair Dr. June Osborn,
M.D., said she made sure a copy was sent
to Robert C. Byrd, president pro tem of
the Senate; Tom Foley, Speaker of theHouse; majority leaders George Mitchelland Richard Gephardt, and minority le:i.ders Bob Dole and Robert'Michel.
Sheridan said he "welcomed theassertive posture and urgency" indicating
this commission will not be one with a"business-as-usual agenda" that issues perfunctory reports and goes home. "They'plan to be invested, involved and responsive like we've never seen before on any
issue," from a fed~ral fact-fmding body, hepredicted. His lobby is the voice here forover 700 local AIDS service providers
around the U.S.,It leads a coalit.ion of over
150 members, National Organizations
Responding to AIDS (NORA).
'AIDS activists' say that the number ofpeople with AIDS, over 112,000 sincecounting began in 1981, will double in
only 12 months.
The commission listed five, initialsteps to begin solving problems of healthcare delivery:I• recognize that a crisis situation
exists in many cities• create a "flexible , patient-oriented,
comprehensive" care system• consider opening regional centersofHIV care
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drug addiction• provide comprehensive care under
one roof
The commission also warned that"there is a dangerous1 perhaps even' growing, complacency in our country toward
an epidemic that many people want tobelieve is over."'lJ
Eric Engstrom, the new exe:eutive
director of the National Aids Neliwork, 1~1l.~1agreed. "People are tired of hearingeabout
AIDS,· he said. "We need to keep pusrungpeople to understand that the issues -AIDS
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the Georgia State Capitol to demand
repeal of sodomy laws in 25 states, and amarch on the Center for Disease Control(CDC) outside Atlanta on January 9 todemand expansion of the defmition of, AIDS beyond its current and largely arbitrary categories of "AIDS· and "AIDS Related Complex,· are planned, according tosources in ACf UP. The January 8 march
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dozen who braved. th~ wind chill on,December 4 to attend a year-end
review of legal issues facing the le$bian arid gay community, Sponsor~dby Lambda and moderated by legal
director and National Lawyers Guild
vice president Paula Ettelbrick, theforum at New york University Law. School's Tisch man Auditorium inchld; ed attorneys on ,staff or cooperating"with that organization. ,Stoddard, who is also an adjunct.
associate professor of law at NYU Law
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Appeals ruled that non-traditional famand gays while a near majority-or
ily must be recognized under New
clear plurality-support
descrirriinal- York City's :rent control laws; Mastsachusetts becoming the second state ,. ization for homosexual acts.
On the downside, Stoddard said
to pass 'an antidiscrimination
ordihe saw the Helms Amendment on
nance prote.cting lesbians and gays.;
National Endowment for the Arts
and political advances at the Food andfundiQg, the passage of the Annstrong
Drug Admin istration-particularly \theAmendment (severely limiting the-Dismandating of a parallel track to speed
the drug approval process-were S<:ien trict .of Columbia's ability to enforce its
human rights law in regards to relij '.",".' gious institutions such as Georgetown
University) and open lesbian Miriam
Ben-Shaiom's loss before the 7th Circuit Court on her attempt at military
as positive indicalors by Stoddard.
Minor 1;>Utimportant advances,
reenlistment as major problems.
Stoddard aqded, were passage of gay'The mili~ary prOVided "a mixedbag" on lesbian and gay issues,
rights laws in Chicago (ten percent ofaccording to Lambda staff attorney
all Americans now live under protective statutes covering sexual orientaSandra Lowe, who is Joseph Steffan'Stion) and legal cases regarding AIDS: co-counsel in: his lawsuit against theU.S, Naval Academy. Urging against
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he New York Times neglected the· incident in the next
day's coverage,
but thetabloids, which take blasphemy seriously, blared it across ·their front
pages. One of the protesters present
inside Saint Patrick's Cathedral' two
Sundays ago went to the rail as if toreceive communion. But when
the host was placed in his
hand, he crumbled
it intopieces .and let them fall to thefloor.
When you tamper with the holy,
you do it at your 'own peril. I d~ubt
that many of the CatholicS-or others,
Christian or not-who were offended 'by the. protester's desecration of thehost actually believe in the dogma oftransubstantiation.
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are things in religion that run much
deeper than anything that can be put
into words.
I, too, was more than a little
offended by it. I wasn't there, I didn't
see it. I was outside the church,ostensibly
covering
the
ACT
UP/WHAMl-organizedd,emo, but
ac~ually wondering whether feelingwould ever return to my hands,
which were freezing immovably solidin that morning's bitt,er temperatUre.
. I was glad there were demonstra~

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tors inside the church. But when I
heard about this' particular act on thepart of only one protester, I was disturbed.'
I shouldn't be surprised by thescope of my own reaction, given howthat tiny incident led to such a tonnage ·of bad press. But let the tabloids
and taik-shows do what they will: We

December 24, 1989 •can only 'regret that those citizens of
TV-land who were already convincedthat les,hians and gay men are
Satanists have been handed anotherfaggot to pile on their Inquisitorial
fires.
'
But a lot of the anti-Catholic or,more br6adly, antireligious sentimentand rhetoric of many "politically correct" homosexuals is myopic, irrelevant to the cause of gay liberation,
and, too""often, so much sour grapes.
I guess I thought when I firstheard of what had occurred, well,'here's a guy who's getting his personal'rocks off, doing' something he's
always wanted to do, paying themback for what they've done to him.
Not that it wouldn't have 'been
fun-or at -least thrilling-to do what
he did. Vandalism, for instance, is 'fun,
but as a political tactic it's both morally and strategically questionable.
That one sacreligious act at thealtar rail made me wonder to what
extent we're capable of separating thepersonal damages inflicted on us' by
our religious traditions from our political opposition to specific policies
being pursued by religious activists
such as Cardinal O'Connor.
'
I despise the hypocrisy of the'church. I hate the platitudinous
Roman Catholic ·sexual morality thatdraws the Simpleminded equation that abortion ok murder. I'
detest the "just say no' sloganeering proposed as an adequate substitute for life-saVing
instruction in the use of condoms.
I think that Operation Rescue
performs the de¥iI's work, and I find
Cardinal· O'Connor a very dangerous
man-anda monstrously
clevermedia-monger. (He made sure, forexample, that there was a New York
Post photographer on hand when he
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now infamous .;~top the
Churchdemq
at st.
Patrick's had left me uneasy"'for several weeks prior to Dec. 10.
I had not been inside
Catholic
church since 1984 when I left theseminary ~fter deciding, on~-by-one:• that gay sex is good, ~• that the Pope is not infallible,• that Catholic dogmas on Jesus'
divinity are internally contradictory,• and, finally, that a casual lookat. the world I live in suggests that th~omnipotent,
omniscientandSAINT OR SINNER?
omnipresent god of Christianity does
Died in, carried out.
not exist.
By now, my seminary days seem
like another life on another planet.
trouble for having women in their
But one emotion has stuck withdorm rooms.
me throughout the years-a periodic
This is how things stand today insie~ feeling in my gut ,that I knew
the Archdioceseof New York, ofwould surge up during the St. Pat's
course. Fr. Andrew Greeiey, a' heteromass.
sexual, wrote an article this fall for
Both of my Seminaries-St. Mein- the National Catholic Reporter comrad College in st. Meinrad, Indiana
plaining that Catholic rectoiies are
and the University of St. Mary 'Of the
becoming "lavender houses."
Lake in Mundelein, Illinois-were 60
He complained about a "national
percent to 70 percent gay.
network" of actively homosexual clerAbout halr'of the men-30 pergy.'".
cent
to 35 percentof theFather is a little slow to catch on
stude~ts-were,
out-of-the-closet. At to trends. The network has had its
St. Meinrad, we were called "the Fam- own newsletter for years.
ily." We had regular tables at the cam~, knowing all ,this, and more,
pus bar, the Unstable.
Later, the year I was at, St.
Mary of the Lake; tensions
between gay students and thefew heterosexuals
exploded
and we. had a major campus sympothere I am at mass in St. Pat's.
sium at which the straights were told
As the throngs of concelebratingby seminary officials to be more toler..'" . priests process directly past the media
ant of the gays.
cornerJ I look ,directly at each one and, Among much else" the straights
sense that many are gay (you know
were angry' about the seminary douhow that goes).
ble-stan~ard.
Gay students,they
In a way, of course, thi~ is neipointed out, were permitted discrete
ther ,a big deal rior hot news. Whoromantic affairs while straights got in cares what Father does with his wee-°a

nie anyway.
But with my personal history andmy double insider's perspective, all I
saw were my gay f~iends sitting out inthe congr!,!gation fighting for their. lives and then the gay priests (whose
justifications and excuses I know intimateiy) standing up at the altar ,lending support to the an'ti-condom death
campaign.
I felt sick. But even more, I felt'
terribly embarrassed and terribly sorry
to have ever been connected withsuch., an unconscionable hypocriticalinstitution.
I flashed back to the week· at St.
Mary of the Lake when ..t}Voof
the deacons who were goingto take their vow of cei'ib3rcya
few days later were caught at
the glory hoies at the adultbookstore on the interstate just overthe, Wisconsin line.
Humans are by nature contradic.tory. Many of us probably have thingsin our past or present similar to being
a sexually active celibate who preaches against condoms but uses them.
If It weren't for the feeiing in my
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its effort to put an ep? to abqrtion
doms on the grounds that such material
rights.
'condones "illegal" behavior, and was
But 'I do think ;tpat what ,therecently Cited as grounds for a'lesbian
protestor did ~as wrong, besides
mother to lose custody of her child. "She
being unwise. People seriously miswas found to be an unfit mother because,
understand religion ;if they clln't see , being a lesbian, she was considered a
how awful this een.sy-teensy little
felon: sata Sift'.
Act UP plans to bring- pillows and,action of destroying ,a wafer appears
to many believing ,Catholics. Whether , blankets to'"make their beds" on the Capitol steps arid stage bed races as well. "If
it's hocus-pocus or "mere" metaphor,
the legiSlil~ure is so interested in what wethe eucharist is t~e central ritual of
do in bed, we'll bring our beds to the leg-,
Christianity.
islature and show them," said aC1ion coorAnd even I, non-Catholic semi"dinator chip Rowen.
.
believer that I am, feel assaulted byAcco~diiig to the current CDC definithe gesture, because it tells me thattion, there, are more'than 100,000 pc:ople
the small but important bit of m~nwith "AD?1' .• 'But ACf UP estimates that up .
ing that I have occasionally been able
to 35 percent of people hospitalized with
HIV-related'illnesses did' not fit into evento steal from my own participation in
the Coc;;'~~~panded defmitions. "The realthe mass hasn't really been worth
ity o,f ~isthat the definition as written
anything.
1
describes symptoms in gay white males:,To deliberately, publicly profane
coniinu~~- RO,wen, an attorney and an'
the communion rite lies far outside
Atlanta r~ident. "It would reflect what's,
any political agenda to which I'd lend
really,~pPenmg Qui there: that the sympmy support: By way of'comparison;, toms are different in different groups ofthe act of y.;afer-desecration is more ' people."or less eqUivalent to walki~g into a"rrhe CDC) is grossly undercounting
synagogue and torching the Torah,
women and people of color," continued
Siff. "They are not lx;ing diagnosed, notwhich, no! matter how much .damage
being treated, and therefore, dying more
Judaism has done us, would be a gesquickly." CDC officials will be presented
ture few of us would applaud.
with a detailed list of demands for
Punny how powerful an act of
expandi98 its epidemiological definitions. 'blasphe'rriy-even,nowadays-turns
ACT,UP/Atlanta is coordinating bothout to ,be. 'Y
actions. For information
about trans-"purified" the cathedral on the Monday following the protest.),, But I'm getting t,ir'ed of thequeens 'who drag out the nun's suits
for every demenstration. O'm not surethe combination of a mustache and ahabit is all th~t endlessly amusing,and I'm even leSs certain that mostnunS deserve to be' the butt of thisvery facile joke.) Beyond this, I'm irritated by those'who insist on viewing
Catholicism-;:-<>r Christianity, or religiori-:-as The Enemy.
The unlucky fact, for its detractors, is that Catholicism, like' many,
institutions, is a complicated mixtureof the bad and the good: not just John
Paul II but also John XXIII, not justJohn O'Connor
but also Ernesto. Romero, not just the carbuncular
Operation Rescue fanatic but also (as'much as the Vatican may hate it) the
qrdinary, churchgOing woman who
swallows her birth con~rol pill withher communion wafer.
I couldn~ live under the contradictions that woman suffers, but, I'm
familiar enough with the moral contradictions in my own life to keepfrom simply branding her a hypocrite.
The host-crumbler's
gesture. undermined the importance of muchof what else went on inside and out- r---~---:-------:----''---1
portation, housing and logistics, contact
side the Cathedral two Sundays ago.
COU~RPOINTfrom pege Z9
Chip Rowen, ACT UP/Atlanta,
685
But no matter how well thought out
gut, I'd probably just let the matter
Argonne Street, Atlanta, GA 30308, (404)" his decision, it was still ill-considered.
drop and leave the gay priests to bask873-1097.
-Keith Miller
Unlike the die-in that took placein their hard-won iptegration of con, in the cathedral's center aisle-a prettradictions.
ty provocative,
though legitimate,
But according to the Myers-Brigact-it did not invite'Saint Patrick's
gsP~rsonality Indicator-a psychologparishioner:; to think deeply about
ical'test seminaries administer-I'm a .
their bishop's stance on matters of life feeler, not a thinker.
'•
and death. Instead, it' spit in their
And hty emotions side with ACT 'fac;es. It constituted an insult that fromUP in chanting, "Puck you, brothers.·
the parishioners' point of view must
We have groV(n used to hearing
MONROVIA, Liberia-whatmay be.have seemed every bit as invasive as, ACT UP shout: "We die, they do noththe only African gay group outside of
the Cardinal's .own pronouncements. 'ng.·,South Africa has grown to 68 members
seem to us. Christians are, after all, 'But in the case of these priests,
since five men attended its first meeting acalled on to respond to "appeals to' /It's something worse: We die; and our
year-and-a-half ago.
conscience, but th~y react very badly , gay brothers reload the automaticClub Lambda was founded in April
to acts they consider persecution.
rifles.
1988 by Washington, D.!=. Peace Corps
I hardly consider the act of, ripOnce you absorb this fact, youvolunteer Tom Myers, who said he "waitping apart a sliver of tasteless, glut~realize that smashing up a piece ofed until I saw the spark,and then blew onnous "bread" to be anywhere near 'as' Jesus-bread
was a surpri&ingly
the spark really hard to start the fire.·evil as the Catholic church's "comP.a5- restrained protest.
Myers says "Liberian gay men and lesbians suffer f~rocious oppression [as a result
sionate",attempt to force gay meq. to
I'm surprised somebody didn'tof] socially ingrained machismo in heterolead celibate lives, or the ,contemptsmash the whole tabernacle.
sexual men and a Christian fundamentalism
for women's lives it demonstrates in...as a ~!!iPgiqg~~

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"The oppression,"he explained,"includes ostra~ism by family, friends andassociates; harassment from security policeand militia; imprisonment merely for being
homosexual; and blackmail."Myers recalledorie instanceinwhich two club ,members were arrested
in a taxi cab, taken to the presidential
palace and held in the "dungeon" for 24hours, "ju.st to let them know who wasbo~s and that they better not try anything big.",,","Liberian gays face criminal prosecution, soldiers expect blackmail, cl~b meetings are raided-continual
harassment,",Myers said. "There's not too miny Peace
Corps volunteers who h,ad to lbok down
the barrels of M-l6s,""
Soldiers regularly stand outside Club
Lambda's meetings yelling "punl{," liberian slang for "faggot. ";)1,
When Club Lambda firs1"started,
according to Myers, Liberian gay,s "werefull of idealism and optimism. It' ~ going
to be' this big, wonderful thing that wasgoing to change their lives," he 1ilid. "Butthey finally rea-lized it will ,(ake a lot
longer and a lot. bigger organization toreally_make changes,"Now they're trying to build frominside,· Myers continued.
"Pride, selfesteem, confidence, the' ability to standup and say, 'I'm not bad, I'm not evil"
I'm not a horrible person like they tellme I am,'"'Myers first connectedwith theMonrovia gay underground by "a stroke, of luck. [Someone else] in' the Peace
Corps there was gay and he introduced
me,· Myers said, "It was like 200' years
ago, all word of mouth, It was likestepping
into 'The Twilight
Zone.'
There were just certain people that YOIl
got to know."
Club, Lambda's current goals include
outreach to lesbians; AIDS education and, awareness,
the formationof support
groups to discuss personal problems and agay social event at least once each month.
The group has also started, raising money
to build a "clubhouse,· Myers said.
Liberia has a population of about·
2,400,000, 75 percent of whom follow animistic religions. Fifteen percent of the
population is Moslem and ten percent is

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un;que ~'ion toa ~where homophobia
is concerned.
More than anybody lse, they comeinto daily contact Wi those who areprimarily responsibl. ~brthe violenceagainst gays ~nd I ~bians: boys intheir teens. Deman that the OFT takea stand against an -gay bigotry, andthat they take dem r1stra~iveaction to,
educate their char e~ that gay-bashing'is bad, and that cep~nce of different lifestyles is g d.
Some' of th things they could
do: demand th all prejudice reduction materials eveloped for use in
the schools s ciflcally mention homophobia ( ate rial developed in
New York Sta for this purpose doesnot)j endorse and lobby for proposed
legislation ai ed at punishing perpetrators of bi crimes, including thosemotivated b ahti-gay bigotryj encourage school to develop support prog~ms for y and lesbian teens, who,
as a grou , have the highest rate of
teen suici e.
Writ Sandra Feldman, President,
Unitedderation of Teachers, 260
Park A I;lue South, New York, NY
10010. he UFT's phone number is(212) 7-7500.

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UFT Blind' toAnti-Gay Assaults

In a United Federation of Teachers (UFI) Bulletin published earlier
this faU, it was reported that the UFf
E~ecutive Board decided to issue thefoHowing statement in reaction to a
Septemberbias attack on three
Brooklyn College. students:'-There is no place in a multiculturai society like ours for.intoieranceof any kind, but most depiorable isthe hatred that is express,lid inphysical assaults on innocent peopl\! simply because of the color of their skin~their ethnic heritage or their reli'gious' beliefs. Just 'as we spoke out
againstthe murderof Yusuf,Hawkins, the UFT condemns the October 6 attack on the three Jewish
Brookiyn Coilege students. For thesake,of olir children, who will inherit,the city's future, such bigotry and vioience must stop.'It's a commendable statement,. atleast, on its face. But nowhere. does it
Here's another example of a proacknowledge tqe many physical atsive organization putting on its
tacks on th~ perceived to be gay orders where' gay and lesbi~n issues
lesbian, in spite of the fact that we areconcerned.
the most frequent victims of hate-mo- ,Working Assets pr.ovides a socialtivated assaults.
,Ig responsible credit card. For every
We understand from an active;ollar its members charge, a donation
member of the OFT that the marginalis made to one of many wonderfulization of gay and lesbian concerns is progressive organizations that thea reCllrrent problem with the union's
member may choose from. Amongprograms. Evidently, many at the UFf
the prganizations that have written
are sensitive to educating around is-/. Working Assets to thank them forsues of diversity 'and committed t
their good work: the ACLU, Amnesty,
confronting bigotryj' however, asInternational,
Children's Defense
the case with many liberal institutio~S', Fund and our very own Lambda Legal
their definition of what constitu es Defense Fund.
"acceptabl~" diversity leaves gays' nd
We dOn't want to denigra,te the'lesbians out in the cold.
company's
good deeds. But we
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Courier (the Working Assets newslet-ter), that rendered gays and lesbians
Invisible.
The article was about ~ campaign, launched by a group called Christian
Leaders for Responsible Television(CLEAR-TV) against television programs (and their commercial sponsors) that deal with subjects such as
birth control, sex and abortion. In
particular, it high1,ighted ABC's thirtySomething (complete with a photograph on the front page) ana the' recent program, 'Roe v. Wade. The
article concluded by appealing to,readers. to affirm tbeir desire to see
controversial ideas a'ired on public
airwaves. So far so good.
BUT, nowhere does it mention
the reason that thirtysomethingi,sunder attack for its inclusion of 'gay
and I!'!sbian material. And that re~cently, in response to right-wing agi~'tation, ABC television lost $1,s,mil-, I ,lion in advertisingon a single
episode that showed two men in, bed (they weren't doing' anything:honest). More on thirtysomething in,a future column.
'
AND, while the article supplies
addresses of, television stations andsponsors where concerned Working
Asset credit card hoiders can air theirprogressive views, most of the informationsupplied
relates to 't e program Roe v. Wade. One of the two remaining companies
listed is theMennen Company, but nowhere doesit mention that Mennen was very pub-,
Hcly targeted last year for its sponsor-'
ship of ABC's Heartbeat, a program.that featured television's first recurring
lesbian character.
Working Assets is aggressively
pro-choice, pro-peace, pro-ch,ild andpro-enVironment. From what we cantell, they are silently pro-gay and prolesbian. This is not enough!,
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distress (usually manifested ~,physicai
numbers of media consumers, is always
by Arthur
Leonardsymptoms) to another, and might apply.
presumed to be injurious!,and no "speto a pUblicatio'nabout somebOdy's sexcia! damages" need be show~.
, ual orientaµon, although this area of the
Despite all the gains in public aclaw is not well enough developed yet toceptancethat gay people haveI'uring his recent national
predict wide frnpact for such a tort.
achieved, recent New York cases inditOU(
promote his pew
The most relevant tort is libel,
cate, that falsely printing that somebody
book, gay author Armisteadwhich
involvesafalse
writtenpublicais gay or lesbian constitutes libel "perMaupin presented a dilemma to gay
joumalis~. Maupin insisted on naming tion y.-hich, according to New York."" se," because a Significant portion 'of the
cloSeted enteqainment and fashi~ri in,. courts, "te~qs to expoSe the plaintiff to : populatidn continues to view homosexpublic contempt, ridicule, aversion or ,<"uality as a negative thing. A quick
dustry eX,ecutives in his ,interviews.
Should the lesbian and gay press print disgrace, or induce an evil opinion of ":search of national caselaw indicates that
him in the' min<h.of right-thinking permbst of the relevant cases on this issue
those int~rViews with names intact?
have been decided in New York.
Wh'at exposure would they have to , sorts, and to deprive him of their friendly intercourse in society." I emphasize
Perhaps the most important recent
legal liability if ~ey did ~?
,decision is Matherson v. Marchel/o, 473
The first question concerns policy "false" because a, truthful report that
N:Y.Supp.2d 998, a 1984 APPellate Div!and strategy issues beyond the scope of somebody is g~y cannot be the basis for
sion'ruling concerning a radio broadcast
this column, but the second is right, up damages for libel, but I also emphasize
on WBABcluring which a singing group
our alley. If a newspaper prints a state- that "truth" is not :what you "know" tocalled "The Good Rats" strongly implied, mennhat you are gay or that yo),1are be "true" but rather what can be provedthat the owner of a nightclub was gay
believed to be gay, can you sue the to the satisfaction of a jury based on di, and'that his wife had "fooled aroun.d"newspaper and expect to Y'in damages? rect evidence in a court of law;
There are actually two distinct torts
with one of the members of the singing
A firm answer to that question is notgroup. Justice Vito Titone (author of anavailable because, among other thing~, dealing with injurious talse statements:
important opinion in, the Br;~hi casethe' ultimate determination in such a libel arid slander. They are collectively
this past summer concerning gay famicase may be up to a' jury. Some an- called "defamation," which, as the wordlies), then an appellate division judge,
swers can be suggcrsted,ho~ever, about implies, involves damaging an individual's
determined for that court'that the club
legal issues that w.ould lead,to:a jury de- reputation. The difference between theowner's lawsuit should go to ,the jury.
termination or would 'dominat~ in an two is that slander involves spoken falsehoods, while libel involves written false- , A trial judge in Suffolk County had disappeal of a july decision: ,misse9 the case' on the ground that a
Tort law provides the general do- hoods which are publish~d. Althoughdefamatory ,radio broadcast was not amain for our consideration. Torts govern not all states agree.on this, in New York
written libel, and since the plaintiffs had
the drcumstanc~s under which some- spoken falsehoods on television or 'radio
not alleged "special damages" the casebody who causes an injury will be held are considered libel rather than slander asshould be dismissed. An important part
liable to pay damages., Some categories a form of electronic writing analogous toof Titone's ruling was that a radioof torts which might apply to a pubµca- a new~paper or magazine,, Another difference between libel
broadcast should be considered a writtion about somebody's sexual orientaand
slanderisthatdefamatory
words
ten publication analogous to a newspation could include invaSionofprivacy,\per, thus governed by the law of I!bel.
intentional infliction of emotional dis- which are spoken do not usually giveThe defendants argued'that "manytress, or libel. Invasion of privacy is pri- rise to liability unless the defal\led person ,can prove an actual injury, referred
p~b!lc offici;ls have acknowle'dged theirmarily concerned with unauthorizedhomosexuality and, therefore, no social
commercial exploitation of an individu- to as "special damages." However, if
stigma may be attached to such an alle- I I
al's name and personality, or physical the words fall into a special category ofgation." Titone reject~d this contention:
intrusion into their body or private ef- . particularly hurtful language which is
fects, although this' area of the law, is considered slander "per se," ,'Suchproof
It cannot be, said that social
is unnecessary. Caselaw is mixed onhaltingly expanding iqto other ,areas.
opprobriumof homosexuality
Intentional infliction of emotional dis- the issue, but in New York it app'~rently
does not remain with us today.
tress, a newly recognized tort in some is not slanderous, "per se" to call some-,
Rightly or wrongly, many individbody a hO'mosexual.
By contrast,. states, involv~!l circumstances whereuals still view homosexuality aso.ne person intentionally engages in defamatory writing, especially whenimmoral...Legal sanctions imconduct which causes severe emotiopal' likely to cO,me'to the attention of large

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posed upon homosexuals
inareas ranging from immigration... t6 military service".have recently been reaffirmed despite
the concurring Judge's observation in Watkins that it "demonstrates a, caJlous disregard for the
progress American law and society have made toward acknowl-',
edging that an individual's choiceof lifestyle is not the concern ofgovernment, but a fundamental
aspect of personal liberty" ".
In short, despite the fact thatan increasing number of homosexuals are publicly expressing
satisfaction and even prrde in
their status, the potential andprobable harm of a false chargeof homosexuality, in terms of social and economic impact,'cannot
be ignored".
Thus, a newspaper or magazine ora radio or television program whichstates that a person is gay and is notable to prove the truth of that statement'
to ,the satisfaction pf a jury may be subject to damages, without any reqUirement that the individual prove they ,wereeconomically injured by the.statement.
. The recent Maupin tour rais'es an'additional issue, however. Most of thosewhom the author labelled as closet gays
are executives of major corPorations orwell-known public figur~s. Since the1960s, the U.S. Supreme Court has heldthat "public figure~" who sue the news
media for libel bear a special burden toshow that false publications about themwere maliciously motivated and undertaken in reckless disregard of their truthor falsity, because the First Amendment
shelters the news medi~ from liability
When they are trying in good faith toprint factual reports about newsworthy
people. If no malice or recklessness
can be shown, the defendant wil,l win
the c~se.
An entertainment or fashion industry figure who is frequently depicted in
the media and who is generally considered n.ewsworthy w~>uld probably befound to be a public figure, and would
only be able to' succeed in a libel suit if'
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cal would touch the drug. So a tiny
ACTG on its present course, and sets
generic drug maker, LyphoMed, obits priori~es as cQairman of the Primae~.mber 2, '1989, Today
tained the orphan drug monopoly on
ry Infedion Committee, echoed Sheron TV (cable NBC), Dr.
pentamidine !n 1984. It's fi~st step
win's ~ssment:
Dan Hoth, head of thewas to raise the price from $25 a vial
We'te just learning about viral,
National Iristitute for Allergy and In~ to $99, to hire a corps of salesnieq
resista~overthe years we'll leaY!'
fectious Diseases' (NIAlD) AIDS Clini- (called detailmen in pharmaceutical
aboUt i?,-only time ·wtU. tell.
cal Trials Group (ACTG), admitted
jargon) and subsidize its trials·of' Seasoned wisdom from an old,'!JJ;:,"!
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that the U.S. biomedical research esaerosolized pentamidine. Thys begari
pro"wfio knows how to keep thosetablishment is incapable of respondthe ignoble tradition of funding AIDS
NIH gr~nts coming, rolling arounding to the AIDS epidemic in a timely
research on the' backs of people with
with every five ye,ar cycle.
fashion. Defending the orphan drug
AIDS.
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Rem<;>tefrom the lives ~f peo~monopolies of companies like Bur-.
Next, pharmaceutical
giant
pie 'With A1DS,: the ACTG's clinicalroughsWell come(AZT)and 'Burroughs Wellcome beat the U.S.
research priorities "are,set in an aca-'
LyphoMed (pentamidine), Hoth said:
to the patent on a drug the U.S.
demic vacuum; driven only by the
I believe incentives are needed togo'!eqlment
itself had diScovcare~r imperatives of professional
encourage pparmaceutical companies
eredAZT. This set the stage foropportunists.
Without exception,
to invest in AIDS research. If we dort t
making AZT the most expensive
every prominent
player on .theprovide them, we can let Japan cOme drug ever-marketed. With the int~lplain where "ignorant ar'mies clash
in and develop the cure lor AIDS.
lectual cowardice that has becomeby night°:"-theplain where theOrphan Drug monopolies don't
its hallmark, the ACTG then propathogenesis' of AIDS is debated,show American capitalism in its best
ceeded to focus obsessive'lyondogmatically, arid where no one'light. They provide a cover for obAZT. for its, first three years of retens to anyone else-every
promiscene profiteering, extracting wealthsearch (after,reje,cting AZT when it, nent researcher is driven to provefrom people struggling to survive awas' still unproven). The ACTG hasthat drugs he or she has made a,,', name testing, 'will belife-threatening disease.
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It's hard to see how thisthe key to 'treating
encourages competition,
AIDS. ACTG virologists
or scientific creativity.
Larry Corey (Seattle)
If 'HoththinksandHank
BalfourJapan can develop the(Minnesota)'made:;,
cure, let us encourage
their names working·Japan "to do so, if it ison an e'arlier' Burcapable. Perhaps foreign companies
conSistently been unwilling to takeroughs~Welicome
antiviral,
ACy" can resporid 'faster than our own burisks. The:<;ir_ug~.it tests ,art!, fq' th~clovir.
DouglasRichman(San
reaucratic beast's. Community re- ' most part, 'alre,a~y known fto' wofk,
Diego) and Margaret Fischl (Miami)
search groups should solicit foreignand often avaiiab,le' outside: Natuhave ridden the AZT elevator 'to
inv,estment in 'community-based trio' rally, this makes it difficult to perfarl\.e, fortune and funding. Merigan
als. (No comp~ny wishirig to devel~
suade 'people to enroll in its poor-,'hitched his career to ddC. Each boiop its drug rapidly would consider
ly-deSigned trials. ', ~ters *e investment of t.he others insubjecting it to the tortuous, dogmatThe coworate outlook on' AIDS, this small array of Similarly-acting
ic, labyrinthine ACTG burea~cracy.)
research was summarizedby .or.
antireiiovirals.
In the early 80s, the U.S. governSteve Shery.'i~ of Gel')~nt~~h (devel~eglected priorities languish on,ment had 'to beg pharmaceutical, opers of high-tech recombinant bUsts
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'1940s. The ACfG has never ~este4 a. single drug for M~I.·
York's,..' "DOORS OPEN AT10 P.M.
Community Research hlitiat?':e (CRI) ,MUSIC
STOPS AT3 P.M. NEW Y,EAR'S DAY
is working with Adria Lab~1;f Ohio
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ansamycin (rifabutin) to)'t}~atand')UJ'
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prevent MAl.
LIGHTS. RICHARD SABALA, People with AIDS' n~eN~l1riune I I,i'LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
rebuilding drugs. The ACTG ~never
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than
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. CRI is also working with a
MR. NUD,E SOUTH' FLORIDA CONTEST WILL BE -HELD,
Japanese pharmaceuticai giant, AjiPOOLS IDE SUND,~Y, DECEMBER 3'1,1989 AT 4:00 pm
nomoto (which makes ddl for BristolMyers) testing lentinan-alreadyusedin Japan to treat cancer-for'its
pOssi~
ble anti-HIV effects.
1987 was the year the Dan ~4Q9' COR~" ",°2"Hoth began hi~ fruitless reign at
the ACTG. It was also the year
IN & OUT
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to treat any AIDS related ¢ondi• 1 ~-25yr. ?Ids recelye lfJ off lockers at all tUTles.tio'n., CRI has 'contributed
data ,. Sun Special: loc.kers;113 off 8 a.m ,which led to the approvalof • ~ p.m. ~on·-rn.
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Rol'ling Thunder'.

New York's Fairy Godmother 'Looks .
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Back at Life in the South, 'ighti~lin,
Nam, ,Skating at Studioand Acting Up at City Hall
By lay BlotcherI

My friend Jamie recounts a story from the late 70s, a small tale ofManhattan magic. One evening, dejected by the cotrtbination of everydilY urban life, a tiny Christopher Street apaJ't!Ilent and a fizzling relationship, Jamie trudged along in the gloom. Maybe Manhattan was a
mistake, he .was deciding; should he ,go back to Iowa' Suddenly, outof the darkness skated a vision in tule and rhinestones. This angel ofindeterminate geqder greeted Jamie with a cheery "good evening" and 'blessed him with a wand. "You get home safe, now," she added before
she disappeared again. Tears of happiness rolling down his face; Jamie
decided this moment was ,reason enough to stay in New York City.
We know this much about the magical fairy person: He began as
Rollin' Skeets, changed the handle to Roller-Arena and now calls himself Rollerena. The Kentucky native has been stopping traffic since theearly 70s; skating through New York City crqwds dressed as a drag38

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queen fairy godmother .. A mainstay 'at. gay pride parades since 1971,
Rollerena' has led the crowd by officially blessing all marchers withher magic wand. During the mid-70s, when partygoers took to the·dance floor of Studio 54, Rollerena followed, skating to the beat, andhad a press agent to increase her exposure on the cityscape. Withlaser light speed she had become an international star of lhe discoage, showing up' in all the glamour rags and running about with thebeautiful people. At the same time the man behin~ the, chiffon fantasy' .
gown V{as a caregiver fot the ,poor and elderly. Years later, wnen
disco waned and AIDS fell like a black curtain on New York City,
Rollerena rallied to the cause of caring and fighting for the sick. Now,a member of ACf UP, she continues to protest and demonstr..te incivilian drag, but can be coaxed' into donning her good rags for special occasions.

,Ct A veritable icon of the gay community, Rollerena is a beguilings~ of contradictions. Ubiquitpus and showy, she is nonetheless acipher. You can savor her salty fables of life as a coal miner's daughter from G~avelsnatth, Kentucky, but the riddles persist. Rollerena
acknowledges her past as a Vtetnam veteran, but details are not forthcoming, She is an unabashed media whore, delighting in every bit ofpUblicity: Yet, she says little about her tireless caring for the elderly
I andhe{banles at housing coUrt t'o protect the tenants of her upper
east side bllilding. Always one to roll- aIld spin in front of the television 'Cameras on gay pride day, Roller (as friends call her-very few
people actually know her ieal ~e)doesn't ever tell anyone abouttl}e daytime job which she:s had for years, except that it's on Wall': Street Soµte speculate that she's"Pcobably a big-time broker by day.
Others f18ure she's a computer whiz, sitting at a terminal feverishly
punclUng'keys.· , ,".. ~ __, ,'JayBlo1cllen w,here did it all begir¥ried about it I watched it on the news every single day and it scaredthe daylightS out of me. About once a week, somebody from Kentucky got killed in Viet Nam and it was in the paper. I was hoping I
wouldn't go, but I had no plans for college.
JB: What did your folks decide when you went to register?
Ib Nothing; they didn't never talk about it.
JB: What abOut your Dad? What was your relationship with him? 'R: Not too good. We never tl\lKed about Viet Narn, It was astrange relationship; not a close relationship. Let's just leave it ilt that.
My mother was always very worried. I was close to her.
I had it that if I didn't register, they wou,ld come after me withhelicopters and German shepherc;ls. It was really a 'nasty thing. So
when I ,graduated from high school, I had one year td make up mymind what I want,ed to do. To go to college, you had to maintain an
average. If you flunked out of college, the draft board grabbed yourass like that. They would get. you at 19. When I graduated from highschool in May of 1967, I was I-A and they were ready to grab me.
So what did I do? ' I
packed up my bags, lock,
stock and grits, and I fled
, the state of Kentucky-literally fl~and
moved to
Chicago, desperately hoping to disappear into thecracks:Within, five days ofyour 18th birthday, you. had to sign up with your,draft board. So, on the
25th of April, 1966, I went
down there and did it. I
was alone, it was a beautiful day. It was like a,warehouse.
I tried to go
back' years later arid photograph that build~g for'my memory bank, but it
had already been torn
down. If I had graduatedRollerenaa (She 'assumes a mock reverence.) Bow your head in,a'moment of prayer; lUStory is about to take place. At the tender ageof 13, in 1961, I lost my virginity on a cold concrete floor of a hotel ina Kentucky river city. 'And it' wa$ beautiful. I met a nice Kentucky
boy stationed down near the Tennessee border. It was a quick thing,
but a legend was born
]8: Was it as romantic as you hoped?
R: Romance never came into th~ picture. But it was ...exciting.
I swear to God, mockingbirds were singing outside :our window.
]8: What do you remember ~ost about him?
R: He was a typical country boy, a real KentUcky accent. He
lQOked soria .like Tommy Lee Jones from Coal Miner's Daugbter. Did,you see the movie Peggy Sue Got Marriet:i When I came out, it wasthat type of atmosphere. Coming out to lI).yself,not to anyone around,me. The word "gay" WlIS never even used. I started going downtown~d hanging out where I thOught I might meet people.
;;;' iB: But didn't you start to gain a reputation in your town?
R: No, 'cause I went to wU'isville. That WlIS the big city.
]8: ,Would you commute every day?
, ,. R: Uh-uh, I would hitch hike. Or take a bus. And I went to the,Yused to sneak up the 'S~irs the back, way and nobody wouldstop me.'.
. JB: What' do you estimate WlIS the number of men you had dur- from high school in '66, BASIC TRAINING _ RoJ/erena (toing that time?
then I would have proba.
'.'P
bly took off for Chicago. nght) and some army buddIes
R: By 1967, when young boys I had gone to high school with
were bragging about springing a trap 'on Cheryl's beaver, I had
Still and all, I don't know how my life would have turned out. I could
already conquered an anny of dicks.
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have been at tlle battle of Dhuc Tho and been killed. Now that I
Honey, 'I
the belle of three counties. A belle ~ a young
look back, I don't see that year as a 'los!:year.
Southern girl com!ng out. She goes to parties and lets all the eligible
bachelors know that. she's available. I was raised.on black-eyed peas
RolJerena and I enter a modest jour-jloQr building .on the Upper- and blue-eyed babies. That was my thing.
East Side, ascending three fligbts to what Rollerena calls "Ihe penlBut I met other People. You jUst knew. I hung out outside ofhouse." Rollerena has lived'here 20 years. The other apartments areseveral gay bars downtown. A lot of people were out. But what's soclosed ~p and boarded. The hail walls are cracked and peeling. 'Each
phenomenal was that I 'got through this pefiod without being reprifloor bas one batbroom in the middle of the hall; with a toilet andmanded. I just did it.
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shower. We reach a door with' a paint job more recent than Ihe olhJB: Did you read anything about homosexuality? Were you
ers, apartment 17. A row of socks, resembling mullicolored fish on a
curious about who you were?
line, bang to dry on the back of the door. "The Hollywood Kitchen" is
R: There was nothing to be read. I just did what I had to do.
a modest affair, with b,otplate, small sink-and mini-refrigeralor,,. ]8: Did you see anything on television? During the early 60s, ~On the floor by the window is a wire grid festooned' wilh costhe media WlIS starting to di§cover homosexuals. The New York Times , tume jeWelry earrings. "This is tbe jewelry collection that look internaprinted an artiqe-;.
tional sociely by storm,' she pronounces, gesluring towards the rack,
R: I never heaM of Tbe New York Times. We, had two"The vanily table" bolds sample bottles and tubes of creams, colognes, papers---.7be Louisville Times and the Courier-journal. I grew up withand soaps. A bandwritten note on the wall exhorts, "If you skip a dJy
hillbillies; Coal'Miner's Daugbter types. I wouldn't know where, toon your exercise program, don't allow discouragement to make you
look for something like that.
'give up: Instead, acknowledge tbat you are human and make' a fresh
JB: What was happeiling in the' world at this time? What did you start tomorrow. "think of the Viet Nam Wa{?
R: I started reading about the Viet Nam war in 1965. Then the
JB: One day, you were told the news: you were being shippedover to Viet Nam. .
Marines.landed. in, Dll Nang, 1\ was in the pa~r everyday. I didn't
know where it WlIS or w~t it was about. My ,mother WlIS very wor'R: I'll never forget it; it was a very warm day in late winter andane!'!

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a comput~r print-out was posted.
I ran my finger down theattached to anybody. I was' just a cork bouncing around in the sea ofnames-there
must have been about 180 names.-andeach said
faces.
infantry. which meant you were going out t~ con'lbat. My name said
JB: When did you feel that you became a part of the COmInunity?
artillery infantry. Someone standing next to me said, You're one of
RI Oh, I was going to the ice-skating rink Sunday nights at
the lucky ones. I didn't know what the; d,ifference was; the whole
Rockefeller Center. There was a little clique there; straight, older
country was a combat zone.
.fem2les. Anytime somebody new came on the ice, I beg~ panting
JS: What was your strongest memory of Viet Nam?'II':,~.:'I".~Pp a storm enough t~ melt that place.
R: The fear. The fear of knowing there were people out ffiere, - .
JB: What kind of boy were you looking at?
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who want~ to kill me, and they would ha~e .<k>neit and not th0'-l~t
R: Older guys. But nothing came of it. I was ,always out here,
anything of it. I was out in the damn field one day and they ins~oo looking for something, with a fCJ{jtic look on my l~~'~~' Tttis was
we have haircuts. I went behind this shed and this barber who
before I discovered the baths.
!
looked like Ho Chi Minh, with a long razor began shaving me. I was.
In the Sp~g of 1970, I watQlinkmg about them roller skatesscared to death. He could have slit my throat.
.
"that I had from the 60s. Fina1ly incl~ay of 1970, I was working downJB: Back then, weren't you brainwashed to consider Vietnaillese' town and had a horrendous exrx!1Fence on the subway. .It was very
the enemy?
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warm and the train was stalled. I detlded to do something about it.
,'. R: Totally.
I
So th~. next day-are you tar!?8 this do~
History is coming
fnendeda Vietnamesearound again! Tuesday, May 12, t970, I deCided to roller skate tol
I was ~i'few minutes late for this new job,peasant woman and -,V;as-,', , ' work at Rockefeller Center.
"v
warned repelitedly nOt £0
and the supervisor, who was a stiCk in the mud, nearly took a hean
have anything to do with
attack when he saw me. He thousmt I was mentally deficient.
'her; I was told'she was a"',,'
After I began skating, I realiz~it got my mind off my bad memViet Congo But she, was '. ::ories. So every night I pra~ic;edskating turns at 79th and Fifth
nice to me. I gave' Her 'Avenue. I spent hours here, spinMng around, wea(ing cut-off jeans
some dong (Vietnam¢s~'
and a shirt. I was 22. I had a lean body and a balloon butt. I wasn't
money) and she bOught athinking of meeting anyone, but I1Wa:dall kinds of people coming up'bracelet for me.'.'
to me. I was being very polite ,to 'ih~m, treating everyone as an equal
JB: What wa's y?,tr . and not lettingrny head swell up: i~~-.'feeling the first time' you ' .
I realized three weeks later that I could do one of two things: I
saw someone killed?
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could put the skates away and go- back to the bars and look for Mr.
R: I met thi~"Right, or I could leave the skates ?n and do what I wanted to do. I
who was in basic training . knew the bars were riot where it Was at. " .
with ine in-Georgia
Slowly I added little things.' A little horn for foot traffic. A backwas driving a truck arl;d pack -to free my hands for carrying lunch. A visor to deflect flying
hoping not to go .out int.o'- objects. And an umbrella on my head tor a little shade. Then somethe field. One day, I weill
one nicknamed me Rollin' Skeets.
to see him and they were ..All hell broke loose after that! It was beautiful! Rollerena's
bringing in bodies fromb~by, Rollin' Skeets, conquered the sidewalks of Manhattan. PeoSOUTHERN BELLE
Rolleren. 'at 17in her hometown at the field. There ~ere . 'pie thought I was a breath of fresh air. One guy told, me my pres~three guys on a stretcher,ence did more for him than the jOint he was smoking. I was at 79th
Grave/snatch, KentUc/cy
arms and legs dangling;:Jit'
and Fifth one day and this woman who taught ballet told me I.wasblew me away! I tumed'right around and walked away. I told somevery graceful. In the summer of 1971, I was ready to conquerof the officers and they said: "If it's not me, I'm not going to worry, Greenwich Village.
about it." And after awhile, I started thinking like that. But I don't. JB: When did you change from a man on roller skates to thefeel that way now; I feel angry.'"
Fairy Godmother of New York? 'One day, I "saw a guy c;iecapitated by a helicopter. He was ge~l!: On Saturday, September'16, 1972, I was in front of an antiqueting into it and he tPrew his equipment on one of the levers ~ilt
clothing store on Christopher Str~et and asked the owner for a
made the helicopter go up. The pilot, who was walking Pehindbathrobe with glitter and offered to skate up and down the street in it.
jumped back. This guy tried to jump back and the blade decapitat~(f'I Was scared chicken; you just didn'( do these things. But I-went intohim. We heard this big crash and went over to the fence. I saw ~ the store and it was like Cfuderella. Someone pulled a gown out of abody laying on the. ground. They' just threw a blanket over him. ~ felr closet, one put a hat on my head, one gave me a straw basket. I skatabsolutely' nothing ... then. But I felt very bad years later.
,ed
up and down the street a few times and went into Danny's [aJB:, "Did you tap a strength untapped before, that allowed Y9u to' Christopher Street bar) and the whole place went absolutely wild!
,go out into the field ~d face the enemy?
TheY were hollering and carrying on. A crowd gathered like they,
RI There was ~o strength; you just did it. You had to do" it., were awaitingGlinda landing-}n.'Oz. And 'that was the beginniitg of it.'
There was nowhere to go AWOL. I hated that place. I dreaded goiQg JB: What about the people at your office in the fmancial district?
out there. But I survived. And in a way, I have not.
,,:R: I started working't!1ere in '1974, and for years I kept it quiet.
, JH: When you returned from the war, the Stonewall Riots had
But a fellow employee saw me in an interview with the late Anhur
just happened. How did the community change in your absence, andBell in the; Voice in 1978 and he thought it was terrific.
since the riots?
JH: How has'the characters personality changed over the years?
R: I had changed; I (elt oddly out-of-place because I had surR: In the early 70s, she made her persona more sophisticated. 'I.
vivor's guilt. I felt that people .could look at me and read that somebought collectors item eyeglasses and hats. I created a headgear thatthing was wrong. I didn't feel I could sit down with a group of guys
was unique and told a story, like Southern Baptist PTA;or maybe theand talk about relationships with all these worri~s on my mind. It, ' school macm look or a fairy 'godmother look. Then I added earrings.
was petty'to me. It's like if you escape a fire, you're not going to sit
Over the years, I made a lot 'of good friends that I still have'down and have coffee. " today. I met people wl),o thought I was somehow unt>alanced. And.J& What was New Year's Eve like, as 1969 turned to 1970?
when they got to talking to me, they'd change their opinion. But
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lot of pleasure and I made a lot of friends and I could feel a warmth
They' kc:Pt inviting me back. I alWays said the right thing.
from the gay and lesbian community.
,JBi 'What was the nightl~e like?
,Jlk By wearing the costume, did it make you braver?
III t never went out of my way to get to know, these people.
III I felt the costume made me more complete as a pezson.,This
stayed humqle. Calvin Klein ,and I respected each other's privacy. I
gave me all kinds of fulfillment. I didn't consider myself a cross~esswaked for hUn to come to. me. Steve Rubell always introduced me to
erj I looked at it more as an art form. Nothing rDatchedj it WJSn't a ,people, like Betty Ford, Elizabeth Taylor. When they wer!= ready,costume to attract somebody for sex. But I had men coming up to 'they would come to Rollerena. I wasn't going to be a pest. Halston
me; wanting pany favors, Amftbat was fine too.
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had me in his home for a party.
.
Jlk Did you 'say y~?
.aJlk' Did you get to know any of th~e nightclub people?
III Not too much. It was out of Character.
III I found them all to be very loving. I'm talking about for the. )Bl, Did they wan't you to make love to them in costume?
time. You meet people and they go their separate ways. We had
III Some of them did. I met a leather IPart down on Christopher.
great tim~ at Studio. But I didn't go chasing after them to be phoStreet He wanted to go home with Iiie and I stra~ned
my ruffles
tographed. I didn't feel that need. Martha Graham was very graciousand said, Let's get sotDetlung straight';~I'm top. And he wanted me all
to me. Columnists Anhur, Bell.and Liz Smith were nice to me. I got 'athe more!
. ,m,mention from Eugenia Sheppard.
I was going to the baths and thaf'took care of the need. I hung]81 Did anyone tryout in the steam room and the pool area. I wasn't one to bring people
to know the man behindhome or go home with people. I tell you, humping the tWis I foundRollerena?
to be very therapeutic.
>;{" Just because I
JIk Do you thInk that spendingll~
in the baths sent out a sig- was in costume doesn't
nal that you' didn't want a relations~~>,
mean I was trying to live
RI Not nec~sari1yj a lot of kn6G'have been tied in the lWls of
two lives. If someone
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came up to me as R ereJIk When did you begin to ap~ at the gay pride parades?
na and wa.oted ~ discuss
RI The fust one was in 1971;' and I went as Rollin' Skeets,a housingproblem,I
Rollerena's baby. I loved it. I remember seing guys who, were in drag,wouldn't say, "Excuse mevery 60s looking, tongue-sucking until th!=irfaces looked like smeared
and I'll put on my work
lipstick! I was so mesmerized by them. I never saw that before.
clothes.'
Every year I was coming out for gay pride day. One of the highlights ,]81 Let's talk about
of 1973 was when Bette Midler performed in ~shington
Squarethe late 70s. People werePark. My aunt, a conservative Southern belle, was in the park and' going. wild. When did
she loved it!
you fltSt become aware of
In late 1973, I officially made my debut v.1ien I came w,ough
AIDS?' .
49th and Fifth Avenue and Rollerena made her debut at the Easter
III I temember being
Parade. Tourists from all over the world were jUst going bananas. I near the"RamrOd in 1982
was humble and waving to the crowd. I was haitging. out with thein,
and someone told me soand they wanted me to pose with their children. Ttley were respondand-so is in St. Vincent's
ing to me doing My Own Thing.
..,- ,with GRID. In the bars I MOSCOW. ON THE HUDSON, Jlk Were there people going out of their way to uncover your overheard people talking RDllerens in New Yark in 1973
identity?
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about this strange gisease .
'Hi' People would ask a lOt of questions, ~rldI always' kept qne"andit really worried nib. You have this obstacle, but you still have tostep ahead of them.
go on with your life. The community was changing.
Jlk In' December, 1980; Lucia Valeska, C9-CJ[ecutive.direa.or of
Jlk How were you changing',the'then National Gay Task For~, referred to Rollerepa in a speech as
RI I w~ very worried. People didn't know what you did to bea traumatized hOqlOSexual whose freewheeling rose from emotioqa!
at risk. I got involved with the AIDS community in 1983. In Februproblems. Your angry response was .sent to publications and gay. ary 1985, a dear friend was diagnosed. I was going out skating, butorganizations around' th~ country. Subsequently, Valeska,penn¢an, 1'1went to 'bed instead and lay there all ""eekend. In 1986 I beca~~
apology. Have lesb~
ever strongly objeaed to the, character of, '2 buddy. My friend Richard had AIDS-it was. the most horrible
Roller~a, who'is neither' man nor woman?
thing that he went through. I was there through the whole thing.
RI The lesbians have' been wonderful to me. No one has
When this thing started, I said to myself, I:m not running back into
denounced me. Even in Provincetown I have done outreach to a lot
the clo.set. There were so many dyingj' it ,seemed to have happenedof lesbians.
.
so fast. Richard passed' away in 1986. I stayed off Christopher Street
JDI By 1976, Rollerena made a transition, jumping .skate-fustthat whole yearj I couldn't bear it because so many people hadfrom street personality to becoming a fIXture on the nightlife scene.
passed away.
Suddenly, Rollerena was skating On th~ dancefloor at Studio 54 with
,Jill How did you become involved with ACf QP?
Rudy Nureyev and ending up in celebrity gossip columns. Is this
III I heard the name and I liked it, but it caught me off-guard. I~
thanks to Wayne [Batdy, a pu~licist friend who helped promote herl?
was so different. My neighbor had been diagnosed, and I had to deal
III I had met ~yne at Keller's on West SUeet and he thOught therewith hiS grief. Then Marty Robinson, from the Lavender Hill Mob,
~ promise there. Sin<;ethe early cb.ys, people wanted me.to do appearinsisted that Rollerena's place was with ACf UP. I got a call to join
ances. or pa;tcards. But I wasn't in the position to represent myself. You the picket line at Memorial Sloan-Kettering [to protest underenrollhave to have a middleman. ~~came into the picture in 1975.
'ment
in AIDS c:lrJg trialsl. People were coming up to me, saying,
I soita had to be coaxed, because I thought what people would·Oh, I'm so glad to see you.·think back home. But people have to 'grow/uPj you're not going to .
JiI!. What do people think of you?
' 'be a teenager 'all your life. It was exciting, to te1Lthe truth. You have
R, It's a mixed bag. Most people respect me, but I get attitude
to expand your thinking. The only thing I changed Was poliShing up
from some of them. I have the greatest respect.for ACf UP. If someRollerena's appearance with new glasses and a gown, made for me by
one thinks of me as a cartoon character, that's their problem. I'm notsomeone from Studio 54. I had a knack of d,ealing wilh the media.
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'.',,)"This Is, how you score fruit," said Karen Sigmund as she put the long sharp In~tru,ment to theora.nge. ,".dldn't say score. fruit," she replied to the laughs In the audiences. ". said $core fruit."
Karen Is the beginning of a hot trend that looks to become out-of-co",troh hlp fags and dykes
going to Tupperware parties for a good time, to meet dates and even to buY some kitchen supplies.
And riding the crest of It allis Lee Schy and Joe Ferrari, a madcap couple who spend much of their time
doing some pretty queer things. "Lee Interviewed several 'Tupperware ladles' for weeks," says Joe. "We
had to get the proper accent." Long Islan~ ~f course. '.
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Decorating the house just right (de rlgeur American flag), and serving whipped Jello, Chee%-Wi%on~rackers with jalepeno peppers and Rice Krlsples Squares, Lee and Joe turned o'n about 45 closefriends to Tupperware and Karen Sigmund. Karen, who says she has recently been working many a Fire
Islal\d party, Is part salesperson and part performance artist (the latter not'rcally deliberately). Between
bingo games and nursery rhyme riddles which net players prl%es, she,tells the crowd how celebrities arc
now very Into Tuppcrwarel "You know Merredlth Baxter Birney from F.mlly Tics? Well, her parents havesome of the biggest TupperWare parties on the coast." The'crowd laughs, but also buys up massive
amounts of plastic bowls and such.
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And now Karen Is ~ff to the big time. On sunday, January 14, The Merry Tupperware Lady gets her
first gay nlgh~lub gig: She'll be "performing" at-Mars. Bring your money.

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1) The male rccePtlonlg at St. Joe's! "We absolutely accept gay men and lesbians. Mother Church Is wider
than ~u think. There's no predJudlce here. This Isn't the Cardinal's offlcc. This church Is open to evcryonc. Wc'
support all sorts of causes. There's no thcologlcal uptightness at St. Joscph's.-2) Sister AnD, who works at StJoc's: -I think thc billboard'lat Shcrldan Squarc (plc,turcd abovc)] docs
mean that we are oPen to the gay community. We havc lots of dlffcrcnt pcoplc hcr~. ~.
But, do you condone and Inylte gay mcn and lesbians who actually hayc scx Into you~ parish?
·"You should call back and speak to thc pastor, F~thcr Tos, about that. 3) Fa\hcr Actio Tos: "'thcrc mlg~t bc diffcrcnccs among' us, but ccrtalnly wc can all worship togcthcr. Wc
have gay men and lesbians who arc vcry Involvcd and arc ev~n giving communlon.But don't you consider gaY'men and lesbians who hayc sex slnncrs?
"You arc what you arc In rclatlon -to God and you havc to work that out. I ca., nevcr say you arc a slnncr. I
leave that to you and God to decide. I hope St. Joc's can contrlbutc somcthlng In this tlmc of great angcr andcontroversy. -'. .
And We hope that what appears to bc an ccclcsiastical revolution spreads up to tbc pulpit of St. Paddy's.
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except the woman, in the furnace filter
who told me about 'her troubled adoRay's best friend, )0-)0, has thislescence in Shreveport. Two extremetree-trimming party which is apparently attractive men came i'n and said
ly some big deal ann~al tradition and'Ray thought it would be the perfectthey were on their way to anotheropportunity
for me to meet his . party at Lotha(s and couldn't sta~.
They placed an aspic on the buff~i,friends. )o-Jo greeted us at the, door
kissed everybody in the room-but
wearing a big set of foam reindeer
Tang-andleft and the Barbra
antlers. He took one look at the bottle
Streisand album started skipping. )0of Stolichnaya I'd brought and said,"Fabulous! I'll have to save this for )0 and Ray came ,back fro~ thekitchen and gave me a cup of mulled'something special or someone special
wine sprinkled with nutmeg. Ray
if you get my meaning.· He ushered
us into, the living room where the , asked how I was getting along. I told
him his friends were very interesting
Barbra Streisand Christmas Album wasplaying at ful! volume and a handfulpeople.
, of people we,re milling around a fourSuddenly Tang broke an ornament which turned out to be )o-)o's
foot spruce tree while somebody
oldest and most treasured Christmas
naI:fled Tang demonstrated the correct
way to hang tinsel. )0-)0 offered me a keepsake. )0-)0 started screaming at 'plate of cored radishes, stuffed with
Tang that he always did something
butter. "They're my spe~ialty. Very every year to destroy his lovely party.
French. Everyone just gobbles themand that everybody should just goup,· he said and then dragged Ray off home right now. Then he ran crying
to the ki~chen ,to tell him why Dot andinto the bedroom and all the guests
Zinnia :weren't coming.
ran along to comfort him except for
I put the piate down between a Ray and me and some guy who wasbowl of California dip and a Corsicana
curled up next to one of the stereo
fruitcake and lit a cigarette. This
speakers' singing "I Wonder as I
woman wearing a pink brassiere andWander" with an uncanny duplicationa skirt made out of a furnace filterof Streisand's phrasing. The doorbell
rang and Ray answered it' and thiscame up and told me that smoking
wasn't allowed.
So I butted myswarm of ACf UP members swept
cigarette in the radish I was holding
through the room. Within 15 minutes
and the woman asked me how muchthey:diocatedmy bottle ,of
Stolichnaya, devoured everything on
rent I paid for my apartment. Just then'Tang announced that he was taking
the buffet except the radishes (which
they threw at the Christmas tree) andover the entire tree procedure since
npbody seemed to be getting it right declared that I'was participating in myand he did this sOrt of thing for a liv- own genOcide by wearing a V-necking. Everybody else drifted toward thesweater. Then, just as quickiy as
buffet table and drifted away again
they'd arrived, they all vanished toand nobody talked to each othercatch a flight to an action in Palm
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Beach. As I (started to collect our ov~rcoats, Ray informed me that we
couldn't leave just yet. I asked'what
we were 'waiting for and )0-)0
emerged from the bedroom, followedby everybody else. and said it was'time to play Pictionary. I won't'go into
detail, butl take my word for it, theparty went straight down from there.
When'I got home I realized I'dforgotten! to set the VCR t~ tape
Murpby Brown and that somebody
had lifted my wallet Up until a few
days ago t'd sOrt of thought that Ray
was somebody with whom I could
shaie_.tbe' res~ of my life. Now all I
can envision is an endles& sideboard
covered .J..ith stuffed'radishes. I thinkmaybe I ought to cool off this relationship before either of us inv~sts
much more in it but I feel guilty
about'doing that just before the holidays. Do Iyou think I should just keep
quiet and wait until after New Year's?
-Disillusioned
Dear DiSillusioned:

By way of a parable, I, want toteU. yo~ a story about a boy, a very
trusting ,boy, a very young boy, who
believed with all ,of his heart in tbe
essenti~i goodness of humanity, theunquestionable verity of declarations
shared! in moments of intimacy; an4
the powerful ability of love to transcend temporal vicissitudes. I want totell y6u how this belief, this very
foundation of his soul, was willfully
and recklessly annihilated while theBaby Jesus gazed benignly from atop
a magnificent Douglas Fir. I want totell you this story bur my editors feel
this space would be better served byan insert box catering to their own
personal Whims. I can therefQre onlyadv~ you to let your conscience be
your' guide and suggest that you
exch~nge gifts that are incapable ofevoking painful memories anywhere
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TIna Brown (editor, Vanity Fair): of course not to mess up the status
I pledge' to continue in my formula of quo. of course, we will do yet anoth,celebrity interviews interspersed with er interview with Liz Smith so thatshe keeps on writing about us.
trashy stories of sexual perversity(which, for us, meansh~mosexuality,
bisexuality, etc.). We'''wlll.'continue toRichard Johnson (gosSip columnist, New York Post) As ope of the few
do pieces on twisted gay men who
steal, cheat and lie, and we will make gossip' columnists in this town who isheterosexual, I will cOntinue to write
homophobic remarks about people
like Mapplethorpe and we will contin- about gay and lesbian i~sues in myually quote homophobes saying anti- column. I've written a lot about the
By Michelangelo Signorlle
gay things without attacking them (if things that GLAAD does and about
we attack them it offends people like som~ major homophobes. I mean, it's
I tried to call all of the various edi- Bill Buckley, and such and we don't
news and sometimes it's real good dirt
tors and columnists who've been in this want, to do that, you understand). We and gossip. I don't'know why the gay
column before so that I could get their will, to cover our asses, do one or two and lesbian columnists don't write
New Year's resolutions. But, for someabout gay issues. Perhaps they're trylittle things in the the Fanfair section
strangethey wouldn't return my about out gays just to appease you;- ing to cover their. own asses. As far as
calls. So, I've written h~re what I think but don't expect any major pieces. We I know it's only me, the Apple Sauce 'the little darlings would say if I did will continue to pay our fag and dyke column at the Daily News (also written
actually ask them their resolutions.
writers and photographers big moneyby straight People) and the About New
so that they won't complain about this York column in Newsday (also written
Aileen "SuZy" Mehle (society(they've all rationalized it anyWay and , by straight people) .who write about
columnist, New YorkPast). I will contin- totally kiss my ass and think that theissues regarding the gay community.
ue to stay in my little fantasyland wheremore outspokeri segments of the gay,life' is beautiful all the time and wherec,ommunity are crazy. It's amazing
Ed Kosner (editor and publisper,
there are no gays 'and lesbjans-justwhat I can do to people si~ply by. New York Magazine): We will continue
wonderful, rich" waspy hetefOSeXl!als.I waving some 'Conde Nast dollars and to have stories that oniy focus on
will continue to make believe that that a few party invites in front of their' "our" New York. That means. no
lesbian colw:nnist at another paper doeS faces.) Of course,we will do somequeers or anything else wejrd. That
not exist no matter how many times she thing on Liz Smith so that she keeps
means only blonde people or people
makes cheap attempts at becoming my writing about us.
who are making a lot of money. Thatfriend. She haS tried to destroy me, themeans only the "hottest" people inqueen,
numerous occassions. She
Anna Wintour (editor, Vogue}. We'll town. Oh, of course we'll do someonce even, whipped up' a big story
come up with some fresh ideas. Perhaps
sort of piece once' in a while on the
abOut my then I.lew young competition we'll do an i~erview with Liz Smith so rest of the'People in town, the minoriat another paper which put me in a that she'll mention us some more.
ties, etc. But we'll do it in a very
negative light. I will NEVER put her
patronizing way. And weill be very'
name in print, and I will make sUre.real
Cindy Adams (gossip columnist,
good to Liz Smith :because every
estate 'tycoon Alice Mason NEVER New York Post):
I pledge to try to Sunday she writes about wh~t will be
invites her to a r,artY.
'
break out of this rilt of being the botin the next day's New Yom.
tom of the barrel when it comes to'William Norwich (society
gossip. I've tried to be outrageous. I'm'Ilz Smith (gOSSipcolumnist, Newc~mnist,Daily News): I will try my even on A Current Affair ,regularly
Yor~ l)aily News). Now that I've sucdamdest to not write about the homo- saying homophobic
things aboutceeded in being a top entertainment
phobes, but you see, I don't really
Sandra and Madonna. And recently,
columnist, I want to be totally loved
know the issues, and ..:well...1 just get , writing about my good friend Leona ;lnd accepted by 'the rich and powerconfused a bit. You understan& us and the injustice, of her sentence, I ful. Of course, I will write about any
dizzy types, don't yob, girlfriends? I do said: "She ,doesn't have to be behindpublication which will write about me.
,realize that being silent about certain
bars because she's a menace. Ws the ,It's a' surefire way to get in my colthings is bad. And I y/ant to be able to hopeless homeless; the strung out, umn, be~ause I love to write about
do a lot of things. I 'even tried once to junkies and the dying AIDS victims
myself being written about somewhere
expose Calvin Klein's dubious life and who are menaces.· I think I'm getting else. I mean what else is there? I will
Liz Smith clobbered me back into 'more popular. Yeah, I think it's gonna
continue to step on Billy Norwich andplace. It's not' easy doin'g this job
be my year.
'.
.
keep him in place by rewarding him
when the Monster Smith is lurking onwith little treats of mentions here ~nd ,page eight always ready to attack.
Grace Mirabella,(editor,there. And I vow to get invited to real
Honest, you guys, I'm really not a bad Mirabella): I pledge to constan'tly
estate tycoon Alice Mason's party if it'1!
guy, honest.
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false ,but was maliciously
publishedwithout any regard by the news organization fo~ whether it was true. Corpo. rate executives who are not so' much in
the news are less likely to be found tobe public figures, and would have alesser burden'iri suing for libel..
All this is well and. good, -but a.
practical point must be considered.
Ariewspaper may win a libel case, but the,vindication could be quite e~pensive.
'Recently, Congressman:William Dannemeyer of California sued a'gay newspaper, Bay Area RepOrter, for libel when
it published· disparaging remarks about. him quoted from an internal Republican
party' memorandum~hich had also
been report~d in ot~er publications:
BAR won a disniissal of the case before
trial with the assistance of volunteer
lawyers, but had it been required tobear the expenses of a trial the newspa, ~r might have had to close down due
to the expenSes involved.
Small publications, including almost,,

all of the gay press, are vulnerable tosuch nonmeritorious suits. Even if they
could recover attorney fees' and c~urt
costs at the end, (which is not certain),they might be,.C?dangered by the cost of
fmancing theirpending such an
outcome., .R'egatdl~ of·the likelihbod of 'winning or losing a libel case, great caution in namin:g 'names is indicated for
publications with limited resources aslong as our cum:nt laws seem to toleratenuisance ~its like Dannemeyer's against
BAR. Even though it might, seem likelythat a closeted person would nOt want tocall further attention t9, him ~r her,;elf bysuing for libel, the prospect of further
notoriety has not always deterred thoseeager to "clear their names."'
Finally, for any, of you law buffs
who want- to read a gay libel decisionfrom New York that is probably the basis
for much of the. c.onse~tive advice thatlawyers give to gay publishers, take alook at Palmisano v. Modernismo Publications, 470 N.Y.Supp.2d 196 (App.Div.,
4th Dept, 1983), a straight model's libel
suit against a gay "skin" magazine. T 'Cierenses

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going to unravel the mystery of their craft.
JBI Do you feel that ACT UP has
made you braver?
Itl I've always been bold. I don't
want to feel that' ACf UP has made me
what I am.
JDI Why the decision to be arrested
at the City Hall action in March of this year?
It: I thOught about it a long time and(elt that, it just wasn't enough to·walk alegal picket. I had been wrangling withthis a long time, having a police record.
Over the year since w.ill Street II, I felt it
was another way to make a statement.
And I 'wanted to know what it was like to
be in jail, to become more of a veteran.
I'm just one more person adding to the~u~but something happened within
a year's time to make me decide to getarrested.
I did it because there are somany people who are ~of even here.
JD: How did you feel, being arrested?
,It: I was empowered by it. I wasover by Chambers Street and Centre Street
at City Hall. We were too spread but; theyswept us up like garbage within minuteS. I
wasn't afraid of being arrested; I was afraid'that some car would, come plOWing
through us. I had everybody in the paddy
wagon singing. You have to get arrested tohave people move on issues.
JD: Were there concerns about what
effect an arrest would have on your professionallife? 'It: In early 1986, there was a housihg
rally in Chelsea to prevent someone frombeing evicted. Someone saw tIle on TV
and said" "That's terrific; keep up the goodwork." A nasty remark would have worriedme, but I got encour.agement.
'
One thing that scares people is when
you tell them you're an AIDS activists. Say
the word AIDS, and people are terrified.
JD: How do you see your future roleinACf UP?
It: I don't see myself backing off. I
don't' see our enemies backing off.' My
hean will almys have activism in it. 'JB: So where is Rollerena heading?
Will she skate 'more because things are so
crucial, or will the grief cause her to hangup her skates? I
It: Can you see Rollerena as a mid:dle-aged sex symbol? Rollerena will be out
there for a·benefi~. Her presence is goodfor what's happerung !l9w, and what's happening now is fighting AIDS. If they want
to fly me out to ~ollywood to lay down
and have ~urt Reynold's baby, okay, we'll
talk about It.
.
JD: In the movIe Rollere.na:..The True
Story, who do you see portraYll1g you?
'
It: (thoughtful pause) I think Rollere-pa should

just play ~erself.Or
Spacek could play my life story. T

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Fifty years ago this month,
ProducerDavid Selznick
released his film version ofMargaret Mitchell's Gone with theWind. The most popular motion picture ever, number one at the' box
office a full quarter century, Gone
with the Wind also stands as one of
the world's great curiosities. A bit of
Hollywood history, it takes a heavy
hand to the Civil War, qualifying as
nothing less than the,South's revenge.
The Yankees won but Gone with theWind got Johnny Reb the PR, despitea breathtaking racism. Simian was afavored Mitchell adjective for Blacks,
and a leading player in the film won~an Academy Award for 'her performance but could not attend t,he premiere: Hattie McDaniel, forever
Mammy, was not allowed into the allwhite opening night. Less overt, thesexual politics are open to question.
Scariett O'Hara plays by her own
ruies, earning nothing but enemies.
She may outwit both Sherman's army
and Reconstruction, but Rhett Butler
takes her by force and she loves it.
What, then, is the reason forGone with the Winds reientiess popuiarity? Why did its anniversary rereiease break records all across thecountry all over agaip?
One Part of the answer is easierto grasp if you happen to be a(white) Southerner. Then, as Dorothy
Parker wrote of Katherine Anne
Porter's Ship of Fools, "this is not a
book. It's the Pyramid." From theinstant of its publication, when Gone
with the Wind began itS streak as arecord-breaker, GWTW became a factof Southern· life. White Southerners,
and Margaret Mitchell was as white as
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Scarlett and Melan", bond.
about their history, and Gone with the tered sound and three~strip color film
Wind may have been their final insured a new quality (and durability)
chance to enjoy any illusions about its of photography. The silent scale epic,
however, was still a viable alternative.
character and characters. Pregothicand pre-ciyil rights, Gone with the As a result, Gone with the Wind,comWind was the last glass house.
bines a simmering technical sophistiBy the same token, the film ver- cation with an already antiquesion by now has its own historicalsensibility. Film still had heroes, ,and
resonance. It's movie-making that so did audiences.
doesn't exist anymore, the back lot as
Movie stars were Gone with theuniverse. William Cameron Menzies
Winds trump. The' central quartet isdesigned every frame, and one shot 305 casting in a nutshell, combiningof a steamboat behind the credits is box office (Clark Gable as Rhett), prethe only location footage in four tension (Leslie Howard as Ashley),safety (Olivia de Havilland
ashours. The ultimate studio product,
Cone with the Wind has. both the best Melanie) and daring (Vivien Leigh as
and the worst of the studio era: a Scarlett). Reality was the least commish-mash of ac;ting styles, meticulous mon denominator. The actors portraytechnicai craftsmanship,
appallinging these essential $.outherners werechildren and, particularly in the first born, respectively, in Ohio, Britain,
haif, the momentum of a fireball.
Japan and India. Mitchell's single castAdding good timing to the scenario, ing suggestion was a Rhett-Basil
Gone with the Wind was made when Rathbone-andVivien Leigh violates
Se. 'GWlW on page 65
a decade of effort had finally mas-FilmuSion of Inclusion
whom writing the play was self-therapy, gioss,ng over the death of his diabetic sister with a thick coat ofSo~thern schtick-seems to be trying,by Bruce C' Steele.
for Neil Simon a ia b~you; he comes.
closer to Roseanne Barr ala Designing Women. But his..
play hasn't been on Christopher Street
ix stars can give a lot offor two years merely because it fakes
interviews, so a torrent ofa good joke. Some of this stuff ispublicity, preceded
thequite clever (although you may notrelease of Steel Magnolias. It's been
be able to remember what made you
unavoidable. If you're at an. pop-cullaugh an hour bi.ter).
'ture literate, you probably
When it's not funny, at leastalready know that Sally Field
the screen queens are' often
plays, a suffering mother in a'savvy enough to biunt the groanssmall Southern town, Shirley
by undercutting the gag. Dukakis
MacLaine is the town curmudin particular has a way of rolliQggeon, Doliy Parton is the sunnyher eyes or dropping her voice a"glamour technician" and Julia
notch whenever she has 'to delivRoberts is the diabetic young
era really deadiy qu!p, so her
wife whose maternal urges prodisa~sociateddelivery is frevide both ,a photogenic baby
quently funnier than the writing:and the inevitable funeral.
Unfortunatefy, some of the
As Dolly declares, the ema.
comedy has been flattened to thetion of the day is "I'a~ghter" thickness of'a movie screen inthrough tears." The movie isthe "opening out" of the beautylike Terms of Endearme1'!t
shop-bound play, wasting a iot
stripped of Jack Nicholson andof time and money ,to portray anmade over in the style of The
entire community, as neat and as
Turning Point, the hit bitch-fest
pat as the six main characters.
from 12 years ago that was also
, . But the impuise to bring ,ondirected by Herbert Ross. (Thet ,more people is part of a larger
inside joke in Magnolias is that'agenda that saves the movie
Tom Skerritt, playing Field's
WHAT A TUSCH_.
from offending everyone who
hubby, constantly antagonizes Dolly Parton and Olympia Dukakls compare notes.
" isn't white, straight'and Southern.
the screwball played by MacLaine, to touches the gag refiex oniy infreTo adapt Je~ jackson's terminology,
whom he was married in the Point.) quently. You may we}1 cringe as
Steel MagnoliaS, the movie, at least,
The sniping an1 innuendo in Terms Roberts knits her eyebrows and quivfancies itself.a festryai of inclusion.
was often fresh~it had an edge to ers her ample lips, begging for pity,
It's the matefnai mission of theit-and unless you'd read the reviews, or when Ross loses control of Field infour middle-aged women characters
Debra Winger's death was unexpected
the cemetery scene. (Field is otherto embrace (weryo,,!e, and the movie'(as w!'!11as uncalled-for). Nothing in wise uncharacteristically
restrained:'does its best to stay true to that
Steel Magnolias comes as a su·rprise.
maybe the presence of a reiaxed, selfinstinct. Ouiser (MacLaine) is pointLet's be frank. You don't go to a assured, talent like Olympia Dukakis
ediy, excessively eccentric, just somovie like this unless you're looking
scared some self-discipline ,into her.)the other women (and the ~udience)for quick laughs and cheap tears, or Sure, the wittrsicms are largely fraccan love her anyway.· And the older
the next camp classic. (This isn't it.) tured country wisdom and potshots at
women's treatment of the diabetic
It's pointless deconstructing t!le emo- consumerism, but they often havedaughter is a. case study in accepttional manipulations and WASP-ish such sharp twists. that even· the mostins th.e aberration. The sixth characassumptions of a movie that so will- ,jaded cynic might sriicker.
,ter, 'a bespectacled younS divorcee
fully identifies itself as produc~lt
The author, Robert Harling-for.
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Swould be like trying to figure out
whetller Liberace was a good concert
pianist. This is the kind of movie in
which if several hundred colore~ eggs
appear, you know they're going to besmashed for a laugh. The importantquestion is not, "Does it break new
ground," but rather, "Is it unbearablysacchari~e~" And, how many toes
does it step on while traipsing
towards the average American's
tearducts?
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'Arm the: Decks' and'Pump,'th,e Volume(fa-I a ·:Ja -I a -I a~.~)'0'by,WiUiam'~haftn and Victoria Starr'i"h, the holidays 'are upon us once again, with,",that mixture of joy and anxiety that we've cometo know so well. So as the urge to shop peaks,
and tne pocketbook dWindles, we thought we'd tempt you
with some treats for your ears, And 'as the 80s draw to aclose, we hope to help point a finger in the direction the
9,95are headed. Musically speaking, that' is.

014 .Wives Tales/Exene Cervenka/Rhino Records
This past year has witnessed many veteran rockers
making aural contributions to the end of the decade.
Interestingly enough, each seems to have chosen a different path into the 90s. Exene Cervenka is no exc~ption.
HARDLY CREEPYLongtime singer/songwriter for the rock band X, Exene Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie are
Creatures
was ,once ,the den mother of the turn-of-the-decadeLApunk SCene, a scene that for a short time was as sincerely Pop 'n' MentJrheJoUyBoys/First ~Records
If reggae is a powerful, and righteous groove, then'radical as its ancestral Britisti punk (a la Clash), or the bare
New York rock of Patti Smith and Richard Hell. On Old me,nto JS Swatting flies on the back porch. As mellow, old
grand-daddies to the re~llious Rasta children, the music
Wives Tales, Exene carries that sincerity to new heights,
and shows loyal fans that her dip into country music with of the Jolly Boys lilts along at a slow but engaging .pace'.
Using nothing more than a banjo, a guitar, a stereotypical
The Knitters (X's alter-ego) was more than just a passing: bongo drum and a hand-crafted giant kalimba (called aurge.
"rhumba box"), they're in no hurry, as they sha:re stori~. A diverse album, Old Wives Tales is also extremely
and lessons from the market' place to the bedroom. Aildcoheren~, weaving the sounds and. thoughts of one whowhether it's their age or the sun that is messing with theiris' both- singer and painter, writer and wife, poet andmother. 'Moving from the high pac.ed honky-tonk of senses, they move from sublime to ridiculoµs with such
"White Trash Wives" to the haunting strains of guitars and " songs as "Back to Back" ("the funniest thing I ever did
caiia (a South American flute) in "Leave Heaven Alone" see/ a zombie eating codfish and drinking mavi/it's the(We've made slaves of naiural man/destroyed every cul- zombie jamboree/in New York's Woodlawn cemetary"),
and the absurdly somber "Mother and Wife" ("If yourture that Yle can/now you want to own the moon/ieave
mother and your wife, were drowning!I want to know
heaven alone),
Exene is talking surviyal
basics.
,'Particurarly in, her love songs, like the rip-roaring "He,'s which one you would be saving up. ")Although this is the type of album that tends toward
Go~ta She," for as Exene herself admits, "Love is a won"tourist attraction," (producer Jules· Shear's "prod~ction"
derful place t? hide."
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"Whitey discovers exotic island culture ..."), thatJt's authentic is beyond question. As the principle proponents of true
Jamaican folk music, the sound of The Jolly Boys brings tomind both Latin and other Black 'influences (i.e. calypso),and fits more comfortably' amongst the other folk traditions'of the pan-cultural Carribean than, say, the more'staunchly
African sound of today's reggae.

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There's a hOt new Post-industrial dance music album
out there, and it is not just another relentlessly cold 'andclanking industrial construction. It's Nine Inch Nails' debut
Pretty Hate Machine, and every cut is a terrific song.
NIN is Trent Reznor and his is a world of political,
religious an9 sexual feelings of anger, isolation, pasSion, vulnerability and obsession. A perfect combinatidn for America 19901 Take ~Heaq Like a Hote," asong -about money, power and social apathy, whose
lyrics echo the AIDS crisis: "God's money's not looking for the cure/God's mon~y's not concerned aboutthe,sick among. the pure/God's money let's go dancing
on the backs of the bruised.· Sdund like any archdiocese we know?
,"Down 'on It- is the single (TV[ has released a 12"
with three mixes), laced with venomous insecurity. But it
is side two that is the psychose~al angst and obsession
side. "Sin" pulsates with sado-masochistic, abandbn: "Yougive me your anger/you give me the nerve/carry out thesentenceil get. what I deserve .. : your kiss/your fist."
Meanwhile, "the devil wants to fuck m,e'in the back of mycar/nothing quite like the feel of something new," as theydance with the devtl in "The Only Time, ~Reznor shared production duties with such talents as
Keith LeBlanc, Adrian Sherwood, Flood, and John Fryer tobring us this hot dance ~usic of incredible power andpassion.

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sound repetitive (the same is true of most genres of music).
But give the disk a few spins' on the turntable, and soon
you'll be "shakin' your thang,", bopping and singing along
not oniy to special 'guestsSait'n'Peppa,
but to basic
anthems like "Buck Wild," "Shaka Zulu" and "Da Butt.'89."
Smoother and groovier than house music (you don't need
Limn' Large/EU/Virgin Records
Due to the commodity nature of music the~ days, it's drugs to like this stufO, and less urgent than hip hop, EU's
not unusual iQat ~ntire genres of music can be overlooked go-go beat is unserious fu·n. So even if you don't think youby the iqdustry. Just as it took 30 years oLdedicated music can ~nce, you can take them up on their offer ,to shake itmaking for the world to discover the Neville Brothers--and "like that white girl on Bandstand on Saturday morning.", the entire roots sound of·New,Orleans (the great Professor , Relax, and live large!
Longhair nearly died a janitor until he was "rediscovered"(just a few years back), it took famed filmmaker Spike Lee Boomerang/The Creatures/Geffen Recor,ds
and his film "School Daze~ to turn everyone outside ofSiouxsie Sioux and Budgie, aka The Creatures, were
Washington' DC on to the funked up sounds of go-go in Spain this time when they recorded Boomerang (Geffenmusic. Today, everyone finally knows how to "do da butt.'; Records). After a hiatus of six years since their last album,
Yes, go-go music's been around for decades, even as the Hawaiian influenced Feast, these .two temporary
precursor to the funk-daddy George Clinton himself. But refuge'~s from the Banshees have produced a terrificthat's only half the secret. The other half is that you will album-a perfect duet of voice and percussion. Innovation
never truly appreciate' go-go until you check out ,a live' is the key word here, as Budgie bangs out sorne of theshow (a typical go-go band has up to 12 or' 14 members). slickest beats around and Siouxsie never sounds better.
Rivaling jazz in its use of improvisation, and salsa in its With the help of Peter Thoms on trombone and Garyability to make you want to move, go-go songs are never- Barnade on sax, The Creatures exploit a variety of musicalending, and go-go sets 'everlasting. Keep this ,in mind styles (rock, blues, flamenco, jazz, and some I've neverwhen listening to Livin' Large.
heard before) to' expose the human condition and all its',,
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DanceRight on Trackarts-likeflailing. Anat Daniely's
Aismach Moshe captures dissonanceand inner dichotomies utilizing movements of gathering, inVitation, reflecEst fa FoliIR conveys in harried and tor- tion, inner strength and the very cycle
tured emotion, a grappling withof life. With textu'red backgroundtrapped feelings and a struggle with strains of a father singing "lyla tov,
co~formity
a\ld
self-discovery.
iyla tov" ('~good night" in Hebrew) toMeanwhile, Deborah Marcus' Clara's his daughter,' D;lnieiy expiores the
Jjrea~ explores a myriad of issues frustrations of parent/child reiationsuch as uncertainty, vulnerability, the ships.
tenuousness of human connection,
Behind plastic police lines, choreby Jon Nalley
fragility of life, loss, death, grief and a ographer
andperformer
Jim
mother/daughter relationship through Provenzano has brought ACT UP to
movements of alienation and connec- the dance stage in his piece, Held Up.
tion. The use of Tony' Bennett's "I Based on his experiences in dealing
resh Tracks, a biannuai
Don't Know Why" in this piece is ,a real with the police after being'robbed at, ser'ies dedicated to pre.'plus.
,
gunpoint,
Held
Up openstosenting new wqrk by
Absolutely hot, Reginaid Wilson's Provenzano upside down in writhing,provocat·ive emerging and non-mainN/UM, a spare percussive solo drawsnakelike movements exploring thestream choreogragreed and violencephers, is an exof present-day New
citipg smorgasbord
York. His perforof themesandmarke was deja. vu'movement featurto me, bringing forth
ing the work of
the ugly scene of myseven choreograbeing robbed at gunphers selected bypoint and punched
speCial audit.i0n.
in a Fort Greene subRichard Stei~berg's
way station a monthMuseum Piece isago. Underlining the
an investigation ofvery struggle to put
the importance ,of
one's life together"dispiay factor" forafter such an incia solo dancer. Coy
dent,
Provenzano
in its movement, it
captures its every'
explores a brothernuance,whetherand siste,r's dilemgoing through it time
mas in facing theirand again
while
growthout ofgoing through daily
innocence. Grasproutine, increased a. ing at doubts, tribwareness of helplessulations, anxiety
ness and vulner,and pain, Julie UPHOLDING THE LAW
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ability, challenging.
LudWIck'sSur.
_'o o. ~sse aynor an AIDS activist's. ,. s St eys'Ildea Is Jim Provenzano IS. moved along ..
VJvo
ambivalent feelings
With, life's difficuit steps and unseen
ing on his 'African-American heritage, toward the poi ice, and thinking-up
pitfalls. Influenced by the Bill Evans
exudes the inner strength, power and punishments for the perpetrators. In
technique and Skinner Releasing, her
resiliency of an individuai in SOciety. the box of gaffing tape segment inmovement vocabulary' contains the
Notable is the strength of tight-jeaned, particular, h~ illustrates being walled
steps and jumps of an individuai defin- carrot-top' David Titchneil's provocain by that new awareness, Held Up
ing her place under the sun, but is not tive performance, particularly with exemplifies the earnestness of thist without its diPs and fails. Based on \71nregard to his movement's timbre and showcase of hot talent, previousiyGogh's paintings and'ietters to his
assertion which brought him from launched by such well, known chorebrother Theo, and accompanied byexaggerated patty-cake movements to ographers as Bill T. Jones, Bebe Miller_ music by Arvo Part, Sara Pogostin's Ou
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Art

BurnBabyBurna neutral force, Set the woa:ts asserts that
language, as the moSt "fundamental levelof rePresentation," is a force that should
be brought to bear in b~eaking throughmistaken metaphor. Responding, toDeitcher's essay condemning the;!rarefied and irrelevant nature of much of
by Jon NaUey
tire "art world,", Saalfield and Reynolds
decided to utilize familiar cultural symbols-including table tops, newspapers
et' the Woods on Fire!, a and television commercials-in creatinga new lexicon of metaphors for direct
substance-laden installation at Si~on Watson
action activists.
With messages like "sound of aGallery, is a "state of the art" collabora, tion. Robin Murphy, Oltherine Saalfield, nightstick hitting your body" and "setHunterReynolds
and, DIVA-TV the woods on fire" imprinted onseemingly innocuous park signs; the(Damned Interfering Video Attivists)
force viewers to reevaluate their very ,viewer is coqfronted by a challenge
perspective by capturing the meaning to face-value acceptance of society's
images. Incorporatingof everyday symbolism often taken for benevolent
similar symbols (upside down repregranted or considered benign.
Seeking to expand the ideas and sentations of the police badge/trophy
service sign/highway'
inspiration that led to ,"Arboretum," his mount/forestsign) into-'his paintings of natureseries of acrylic-on-qnvas paintings,
Murphy invited Saalfieldand Reynolds to images with text from Henry, David
collaborate with him at Simon Watson. IThbreau's. "On the Duty of Civil
All three ha,d met as activists ip the AIDS Disobedience," Murphy adds to thisCoalition to.
Unieashll1!iPower (ACfUP). DIVA, acollective ofvideomakers,
was approached to provide
public service \announceme~ts for the
proJect and,' '_'con ti n u i n g Ghosts by Robbm Murphy ,Watson's tradition of inviting writers to context. The work's intensity is 'participate in his installations, David understandabie when one considers
Deitcher contributed his essay "Do You that the' artist was set uwn by c1ubRead Me?"Bringing together this ensem- wielding officers during the August
ble of varied vocabularies into a cohesive 1988 Tompkins Square police riot.
dialogue must have required a great deal
Also explored are images andof trust and openness.'
perspectives of "nature contained,"
The dynamics of dialogue and, whether the leayes used, are, survocabulary can be seen at the dialogues 'rounded by text or glass. Interpreting. table where the conjugation exercise of Thoreau's essays as meditations on"Estoy 'iiviendo con el SIDN1 am living controlled nature, Murphy points towith, AIDS" commands
attention.
the government's "Smokey the Bear"
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Installation view ofSstths Woo~s
prevent small accidc::ntal fires which
rejuvenate the forest: He sees this ,asa metaphor for keeping the local fires
of a,ctivism burning.
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Not only forests have been con.
tained, however. 'The media has iikewise
become as naturalized, familiar andtaken-for-granted 'within the complacent,Reagan era. Stjt the woa:ts points this out.with the insertion of scarlet red plaques in ,the series. Xeroxed onto acetate, spraypainted ,in red ~d glued on p1exigICiSS,
the plaques juXta(X>SeThoreau's ad:ivism-"with late-IDsmainstream media representations of allIent .actiVism',particularlythe
AIDSactivism of A<;f UP. With'this metaphorical iink of.
direct action,thepiaquesand paintings'
give license to
the Outrageandanger of viewers. This is'clearly the case ;in the blownup wall imageof a screaming
demonstrator.
Notable aiso is a DIVA video
segment by Dean Lance, edite9
specifically for the installation, which
contrast!> his mark~r drawings ofsuch images' as the homeless and a
Iimous,ine to peopie with AIDS anddemonstrators with a track of Bob
Dylan's "The Times They Are ,AChangin' ... Other DIVA segments on
the monitor-locatedby the "dlalogue'table"-<:ombine
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Performance

White,Noise

Mary's frustration with life reaches amurderous 'peak, the jingles, of various
beer companies are heard. The scrubwomen take a load off their feet, as
the boys serenade them lip-synchingcare, or a d~cent house with a oath? the lyrics. Suddenly, Anne screams
and the music stops. "Lucy,· Anne
Dancenoise wants some answers.
Graduates from Ohio University, ' shouts, "we gatta stop with this co~rate sponsorship. We have too many
Lucy and Anne have been perform,by Rick Sugden
ing t9gether since 1983, creating a .commercials, we can't perform.· ,A tough, female version of Abbott
Bessie award-win!1ing style that is
and Costello, they throw out set-ups
half performance, half dance. Theyand one-liners. "Give me liberty or'recently finished a fJve-year stint
hristmas is hell. Four butchgive me drugs!" proclaims a patriotic
hosting a Wednesday night perforer knives suspended frommance series at the Wah-Wah Hut bar LucY. "Wait a minute, Lucy. Isn't thatthe ceilingBush's officiai policy?"
before the start of.After having smeared·Wonderfl,tI Life,· setthemselves with blood
the tone for Dancewhile taking a bath,noise's Christmas Re,Hapi Ph ace whines,
vue at The Qub at La"Oh, girls, you've gotMama on East 4th
ten the bath bloody.·
Street. "Ho-Ho my
The girls yell in unison,butt," says the Sadistic"Oh, yeah? That's nathr
Santa ,creepingon
ing compared to the· stage, "Bad girls justbiood bath that's com- 'went out of style anding!"
good girls aren't doing
The, performanceso hot either.·looked like, it wasDancenoise's
thrown together and it
Anne Iobst and Lucy
probably was. Dan.ce· Sexton are dancing visnoise is as raw andcera, bounding around
immediate as a street
the stage like B-movie
fight. Their choreogragangsters turned c:horpher could have been
eographers, tortured
Willem de Kooning.
by all that this final
Anne' and Lucy tug,
Christmas in the 80s
dance, turn, bump and,humpeach· other lik~ a'means toial~em: hogree~,GLOVELY/
Photo: Dona Ann McAdams
commerc Ism
me. ._'
single,raging,id'
Bush Dancenolse IS Lucy Sexton (I) and Anne lobst (r).
· Iessness, Geo rge
trapped in two bodies.
and an ugly future. But, as they remindon Avenue A. Each week acts were
Dancenoise is fueled by rage and seXus, they aren't going to be pushed off
introduced with a mini-performance,
ual energy. It makes one wonderthat bridge into suicide. Anne and Lucy a kind of live workshop. They perhow, or whether, they would adapt toare "girls with a message" and they
formed at last summer's Serious Fun! success, larg~ grants and co~mercial
have the anger to fight back.
at Lincoln Center, and are always
expectations.
Accompanied by the sissiest of
popping up at downtown perforLike many from the e~rly 70s
chorus bOys, the Gold Diggers Qames
mance spaces. Despite this exposure,generation that remember the spirit ofAldesic, . Ken
Bullock""Hapi'
they remain, as Lucy says, "popular,
the 60s and have survived' the 80s,
Phace"-thedrag queen 'persona of
prolific and broke." But don't expect
Dancenoise bristles with hope andMark F. Rizzo-and Riehard Winberg),
them to go commercial.
despair. "Let's make some noise in theDancenoise whirl through a series ofPlaying on the' holiday season
90s/' shout the rebel rousers as they
vignettes' looking for revenge andtheme, one scene in "Wonderful Life" end their show dancing a song that
relief from tl)e American dog-eat-dog
has Anne and Lucy, dressed as very was both a- 60s commerciai jingle andsystem. The rabble this system despispregnant mothers-of-Christ, scrubbing
pop hit: ''I'd Like to Teach the Worldes wo~ks to make the rich richer.
the floor in a bar, while "the boys" are to Sing."
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lTheater,·Mr. Hyde Goes·Wi.lding0

by Joe E. Jeffreys

r. Henry Jekyll has a pet
project. The project is ascientific venture exploring the nature of quantum synaptic
dualism: a condition in which two
distinct yet rational beings ~xist in thesame body. Don't worry, the condition is not sexually transmitted. It can
only be achieved through. imbibing.
-some of his exclusive- formula cou"
pled wi~h a ~lug of his maid's noxious
java. H,aving no one else to experiment on, the good doctor turnli tohimself. The result' transferms kindiy-Dr. Jekyll into odious Mr_Hyde-"thewickedest man in all Coxsackie."
Georg Osterman's play is the latest variation upon the classic story of
Dr. Jekyll and Hyde. Osterman's takeon the story is fairly straightforw~rd if_you disregard his inclusion of a bar:called the Fruitbowl, two drag characters, two lesbians; the ma~ scene'from Lucia di Lammermoor, a standJ up comedy
routine with the potentialof revolting Andrew Dice Clay or Sam.
Kinison, a specialty number entitled"Y.ou've Changed,·
and Koko thegorilla. In brief, he has baptized thestory in a Ridiculous bath.
Osterman's experiment,' much likeDr. Jekyll's, results in a formula. The
formuia is potent as laughing gas yet,unfortunately,
just as ephemeral.
Unlike the great Ludlam treatments,,which' transubstantiated leaden classics
into new golden thing!', Osterman's
application of ~he Ridiculous formula, achieves no new element from_itscommingling of ingredients. The Ridiculous
formula' guarantees entertainment,,. .

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' .'',. Photo: Anita an~ Steve ShevettGeorge Osterman, Mary Newfeld, Minette Coleman and Everett Quinton '-something Osterman achieves, thoughhe.misses that extra kick. Ludiarn knewthat the maid's noxious java, bitter due
to its high ~oncentration of social ramifications, was the secret catalyst without which the formula wouid only haifsucceed. Osterman has miscalculated
and forgotten the Coffee. 'The laughing part of the fom'luia
is, however, high in concentration. The
dialogue' is an equal mixture of puns("Hide all the evidenc~That's
it, I'll
can myself Mr. Hyde."); wisecracks ("Ifthe body is the temple of the soui,
yours is an amusement park:"), delightful obscenities ("You mattress-backed.cocksucker") and various scatoiogicalreferences ("Is a pig's pussy pork?") for
seasoning. Hoopi6 from Ohio shouldron in the aisies at such a concoction.
. Osterman's performance keeps
the play percolating at full force. His'
interpretation of Lily Gay is as -sturdy
and tacky as the hairspray i,n his ratted wigs. Everett Quinton'S Mr. Hydeis superior to his Dr. Jekyll yet hecannot compete with Osterman's fireworks. Terence Mintern has dropped
his previous EtbylEichelbergeresquecharacterizations and proves himself

a~'a~or 'gifteq with his own speciai
ab.ilitleS which he foregrounds in his-deligJ.ltfuliy deadpan Minerva themaid. Mary Neufeld plays on all the
stops of tailored ladies and hardboiled dykes in' the char.acter ofBernice Braintwain. Minette Colemanas Aculine, Braintwain's lover andGay's confidant, is overshadowed by
the acting power surrounding her ..
Finally, Eureka, though no Fiorence
Foster. Jenkins, admirably 'struggles
with h~f~oPeratic arias as Mary Jekyn.The constant,true delight in thismixed production is Mark Beard's se·t.
Beard has once' again transformed the
awkward- oblong stage of the Charles
Ludlam Theater' into a space ofsmooth. flowing, ever changing, ingenious and beautiful possibilities. His
Catherine Wheel transformation gim,mick is the highlight of-mechanical set
devices at the Ridiculous this season.
~ate Stafford's direction maintains a brisk clip artfully navigating
the ,script through much extranequs,though funny, material and overflows
with hystericai bits of business which
she coula have pushed even further,doubling the comic impact .... · 'DeCember 24,1989

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BooksUndergro ·,·,·d :8'ooksE

ven though mote and more novels and non:..'fiction books of interest to lesbians and, gay men
are appearing from the mainstream presses,
there is still a wider variety of, writing coming from medium and smaU publishers. Most of these books will neverbe reviewed in the commercial media. They include threevery di(Terent publications froni three Bay Area poets. The
limited distribution of new writing styles may mean thatthe committed reader will have to mail order to get thesebooks in their hands. It's worth it.
Carla Harryman is one of the most extraordinary- writers
I have ever encountered She puts words together in waysthat are often accurate to perception and therefore reveilingby their disjunaion. Her subjea matter is more limited, focusing primarily on the private sphere. Yet the perspective is as
startling as her word choices because::Harryman writeS with asense of state of emergency and yet she neVer commits to ,it.
So, there is a constant scream about
unidentified problem
bUt ,its dimensions never become articulated beyond a vivid
desCriptive process, ,a mechanism which devours
reaction to partially remembered nightmare:,--' .'objects, subjecting them to the decay of innerlife.\:.Each rock" each sentence.
We were standing against the crumbling Wall of
the fort as I spoke. The, wind was .taking my-words,For Harryman the mechanics Qf writing are the arena andaway from me. The Male was still watching theframework -in which emotions are identified, where emosheep race back to pastures long after they hadtions end, "Expression concludes existence:"
reached that destination. It is possible to become
As a reader who is a writer, I was moved ~y the level
very fond of a trace, a story that is always the same.
of exposure' and then, once trusiing and vulnerable, l,became disturbed by the' resignation: Later she says,Th~s sense of stagnant familiarity, habit without gratifi"Inexplicable phenomena are made _up'by the people who
cation, is a theme that repeats in her work, "The house is.
witness them ,rather than those who cause them." Andlumpy with numbness, protruding from below." As is . while I know that these are voices are not at all autobiobeing caged or entrapped, "A thousand red spiders iiving
graphical docUments, they obstructed my own sense of
in a brick and that's what refuSing to talk is like."
consequences in writing ana meaning with the residue ofWhat the author owns over and over again with greata brilliantly stated refusal:
precision. of perception is an .inability to create change,a
not knowing what to do now:Some people dream they are in love, with ,no one.

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Dresses hang in the closet opening onto a garden.
Let usascend from the lab, the gates ,of the future
open, but thisgelatinous world exisis only in
relation to a missing subject. .
You look for one. thing, but
fringe grows between, you and
where
you,.
b'oat's
been
launched One could search theworld or never, leave the libraryand get the same results.
Harryman is a u'nique artist writing from' a famjliar impetus: 'After the tria~ I suffered an
excited remorse. I could not stop "ta/~ng about it and yet I could
not make my agitation understood'

The skepticism and questioning
are both consciousness and its
projection, like medieval painting,a pink patch is a tunic with plentyof space for the body but no body.
Go and line a pleated skirt.
(

Gluck is the director of the San
Francisco Poetry Center and, if this bookis ~y indication, he is a great diplomat
when it comes to pandering to one faction or another of the poetry wars.
Sometimes this gets namby-pamby, but
some~imes a particular writer inspires
him into fully realizing their system ofword relations:green, white &mijlag-faad nuns

doesn't promisehappiness but smut
and trouble

signal shock,
While Harryman'~ work raises
important questions about means ofpresentation, Robert, C;IOck blasts thewhole notionof style O~lt' of".thewater. This is what makes his new
book of poems, Reader, so intrigping.
Each piece of the collection is titledthe name of a writer. Then Gluck
writes an approximation of their stylewith a content all his own: By theend, we have ~en 'a survey ftom classical to avant-gar-de' and the only
absent articulated voice is Gluck's. At
a time when the greatest insult to an,artist is to be "derivative," he bravely
thumbs his nose at originality, declar, ing that style is a response:

A lively silence, a
cruc/e sulk,
an itch asserts
sly libido, nephew ,my nove~ my trip,, my health, myI·sleezyhobo

norma[from "Jack Spicer"]style ceases to be familIar and takes
on emotional qualities of its own. ' ,. One of the most interesting
moments in this whole procedure iswhen Armand, in a .state of heightenedparanoia, overhears his Italian trick
Tomasso and his friend Eva speaking
in Italian. Armand fears they are having an affair, strains to understand theirlanguage but cannot. It sounds like
Chinese 'to him. Instead, he imagines atranslation which confirms his worst
fears. Abbott then provides us with atranscript of the discussion in Italian,with a few lines in Chinese so thilt we
can Visually experience what Armandaurally experienced. Then, he gives usfootnotes explaining the true conversation and the revelation of how dramatiaa)ly distorted Armand's perception is.
Abbott allows us multi-levels of interaction with the realities and fantasies
of his characters in a manner that
could not be accommodated by a conventional format.
Avant-garde writing is dominatedby an emotionally denying intellectualism which makes much of it uselessfor most people. But' eV,ery now andthen there are hidden treasures or justsome good ideas that are expressive
and challenging. Because the meansof presentation' is not familiar, andb'ecause so many of us have been
burned by pretentiousness, we eachhave to learn how to make the emotionally resonant work be of use. Butthat process can't even begin if we
can't get hold of the books ....

Reader is the result of observationand lack of resistance' to other writer's
shapes, Surprisingly this is a condition
so rare that Reader becomes provocative sjmply because it listens.
Steve Abbott has produced a firstnovel that is a confusing conglomeration of identities, both personal and literary. Holy Terror begins as a possibly
tongue-in-cheekgothic about one
lfTTERS from,page 10 ,gothically named Armand Dupre, a tra~k of les~i~n and ,gay ~atters, b~t...young people. resembJe eachyoung seminarian, Abbott starts off
I think.that liaison offices With all theirother and my own generalizedwith a perfectly rendered genre style. t~applngs and .constan,t proclamabeauty which I admire so shyly.
'. ,. tlons have outlived their usefulness.
and passionately
is passing
But fo~lowll1:gtradition sc;ems.to be the(Witness the egregious perf~Hmanceaway; Nose thickeningskinlast .thlng on the authors mind. What ,of the mayor's 9uring the waning
solemnly giving up its resilience. 'begins as a dead-panned homage todays of the primary campaign.)
In my face there is a buried
religious devotion starts to unravel
There were never any complaints
sales r.epresentative and a.lso a
stylistically just as strange things comethat David Dinkins.as Borough President
whole family dinner.,to pass at the Abbey. Armand has todidn't have an official lesbian/gay liairesist seduction from brothers at every
son, He just had lesbians and gays on[from "Wordsworth"]
turn' until he gives himself to one
his staff, .,And it s generally know~ t,hat GovHis "Elizabethan"
poem' ask~ young priest who is immediately killed 'ernor Cuomo planned to ehr:'lnate thewhether to "penetrate or decorate" a in a plot device, too clumsy to be,post several years ago to rely Instead ondesired man, while the homage to John meant seriously.
.
h' network of open gays and lesbians in
Weiners takes a less pragmatic view.
At t~is point, however, the bookst~te government.
,comes .allve on another plane because
Maybe we should wise up and call
Here the psyche s fending off" Armand begins to come apart and theit a day for our liaisons,an incursion by an "other'noyel, starts to lose its texture. The
Christopher Newman
Manhattan

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~subsequentcelebrity
may havethe first words of the book: "Scarlett
obscured how unlikely a casting coup
O'Hara was not beautiful.·
she was. An unknown British actress
Howard and de Havilland suffer.as the most famous heroine in conmost, from both inherent liabilities
temporary American fiction was tricky~nd bad luck: the artifice of their actstuff,hence the myth of her dramatic
ing styles .has dated beyond repair.
last-minute meeting with Selznick,l:I.0w~d is also tired from the top. He
whose brother was her agent. Leigh's
4,id,I,1'twant to do .the movie andname may not have gone above theref\1sed \0 read the book. The discomtitle until after her Oscar, bl,lt her mere
fort, r~ds, as does' the fact that he ispresence is Selzoick's first statement ofhalf th~ siz~ of Mitchell's Apollonian
belief in his gambl~, her omnipresAshley. With Gable as the alternative,
ence the second: Not only is Scarlett
Scarlett's unrequited love is hard toin virtually every scene, but her ubiqappreciate. De Havilland's Melanie is ,uity is amplified by the screen time
as literal as film acting gets. Sweetness
given to big; tight closeups.
unrelieved, it lacks all of the tenacity
Right is one word for her. Leigh'sthe. actress showed in forcing Jack
generation of Bright Young, Things
Warner to lend her to Selznick. Her
were their own variant on Southern
Melanie hasn't a. hope of complexity
belles, and her particular qualities
and inadver!ently gets some of thespell Scarlett--charm, will, sex. Even
biggest laughs. ("Scarlett, yO,u'r~ so
better, the energy and self-absorbtion
sweet to w.orry about Ashley likeof Leigh's Scarlett-war.
literallythis.") And, if you want to see racism
erupts around her; and, miffed aboµt
at its most subtle, watch Mammy tellsomething else, she can't be bothered
Melanie aoout the death of Scarlett's, to notice-spring from her forte as an 'daughter. Laboring up a staircase,actress: Scarlett (nee Pansy, Mitchell's
McDaniel's elderly Mammy is just thisfirst choice of names) is a comicside of collapse. Our Melanie offers -character caught in'tragic circumnot so much as a soothing hand.
stances, and she belongs to a nimble~elanie even gets the bannister.
comedienne. The fortUity of the fitt
Like Leigh, Gable introduces
extended to the facts of filming. Like
point blank an element the secondary
Mitchell, who wrote the first scene
couple misses by miles: sex. Sam
last,' Selznick reshot the opening'Goldwyn said that, when Gable
sequence late in production. By that,appeared onscreen, his balls could be
tim'e, Scarlett and Leigh ·had been
heard clanking together. Complaints
through the war together, five months
have been registered about the chauof filming. The actress is as confident
vinism of Gabt~'s film image, but his
as' her character, and we're caught,
Rhett is their singlehanded dismissal.
like the Tarleton twins. True to theGable, adapts Rhett to his Qwn perbook, the film of Gone with the,sona rather than attempting anything
Wind is .~eld together by its heroine,
like a characterization. Together, they
cast to perfection-theiron-willedsmash the sexual stereotyping upon ,Southern woman' who stayed behind,which the South was based. As usual,outlived the Melanies and won her
Gable wains an equal, and Rhett is
own war. T
involved with the, only two women
who live in t~ereal world, Scarlett
ARM THE DECKS 'rom page57
and Belle Watling. The mating ofattendant emotions in an uncontrived
equals has advantages for both sides:
and spontaneous way.'that' famous morning after-when
The dance song/single ·Standing
SCarlett,swept upstairs by Rhett, is disThere" is, propelled
by' Budgie's
covered the next day kleig-lit withrelentless rhythm and is .punctuated. contentment-it
is the only tIme sheby adamant, horns, while Si<;)Uxsieis
ever looks (elaxed The sexual stereofull of scorn for the macho attitudes
typing'in G,one With the 'Wimt is, obvi-'of men who ridicule and vi~timize
ously, nqt as simple as it first appears.
women': "see them standing/see them
Although accounts of Leigh's life :staring/see them wearing that samestress her appropriateness as Scarlett,stupid face/ignore all their calling/
GWTWfrom peg. ~ignore all their taunting/ignore all theirfaking, their self hate and loathing/sOmebody should show them where togo.· About this song, Budgie says,"More generally, it's about the persecution of anyone who wants to be different from .the crowd." A subject
every OutWeek reader understands.
Some other highlights of thisalbum include ·youf"-apastiche ofpercussion ·ana atmospherics
thatwind around Sioux's lyrical possessive
obsession; ·Pity,"' a beautiful balladabou~ ugly things, ·Pluto Drive," a science fictiol,1escapism tune full of percussi,ve' and vocal hooks, ·Venus
Sands· On the tradition of SUddenly
Last Summer), a h~ir-raising portraitof the cruelty of nature featuring',sea
gulls ripping the flesh of newly~
hatched turtles, and the marimbasoothi'ng sounds of the last cut,"Morrina," Spanish for "the blues.·
for long time fans, and adventurous souls, this album is HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED! T

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STEEL MAGNOUAS f"!m peg. 55 .
stiffly played by Daryl Hannah (cast"against type"), is only ther~ to represent, a series of qUirks that theothers have to put up With-mostly
clumsiness and religiOUS fanaticism,
which seem aptly joined. With all
this toleratin' going on, when the,inescapable gay joke surfaceli, thebutt is not the unmet homosexual
but his flabbergasted
family and,moments later, our friend Ousier. '' The. movie's inclusive impulses
are, naturally, artificial. The pretenseof diversity is betrayed by the jarring
appearances ~f three or four out-ofplace, token Blacks and by thesupreme value a'ccorded motherhoodand babies. But hey, you knew
before you got in line that there wasnothing
genuine:
about
Steel
Magnoliasexcept maybe the way
everythingthat happensin theLouisiana community revolves aroundfood, families and fornication.
If
you're determined not to enjoy !hepicture on its own very commercial.
terms, you can .always amuse yourself
by ke~ping count of the l,1umber ofedibles shown or mentioned. The
menu is the rllost in.elusive thing
about the inovie. T

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prepared by Rick X
with additional information fromThe Gay & Lesbian Switchboard of .
NeVl(YorkANE V E'N T S

Send calendar

CALENDAR

Item. to.
each other during the adjustment
to becoming single again"; at The
Center, 7-10 pm; $6; rsvp withSam Mintz-Straus,
486-1256, orJohn Miller, 598-9680. Rick X, Going Out
Box 790•
New York, NY 10108 .
Items muat be recelyul by
Monday to,be Included

In thefollowing ~'sls.ue.

HIllA'.~,~\I~;"';."::''{)YORK TIiEATRE COMPANY and
1HE CHURCH OF 1HE HEAVENLY REST HolIday
Benefit.
We

Need a Little Christmas /iowl,
for the People With AIDS Coalition and CIRF for Children With
AIDS; starring Orson Bean; Len
Cariou, Barbara Cook, Gretchen
Cryer, Victor Garber, Judy Kaye,,Kip Niven, Cy Coleman,
Betty
Comden, Charles Strouse, castm,embers from Sweeney Todd,
many others; at The Church of'the Heavenly Rest, 90 St & 5th
Ave; 8 pm; $40-$200; info 3697254

GAY & LESBIAN INDEPENDENTDEMOCRATS Annual
HolIday
Party, honoring Katy. Taylor of
the NYC Human Rights Commission AIDS Div.ision, and FAIRPAC; at a Greenwich
Villageresidence; 5:30-8:30 pm; $35-$75;
475-0271
PROFESSIONALS IN FILM/VIDEOFirst Annual HoUday Party, formembers
and guests,
music,
dancing,refreshments;
at TheCenter, 208 W 13 St; tix 645-3351

1HE GUNES' presents The final
week of All MGM Christ.as
and Oh Mary, Dort't As", "two'camp Christmas musicals"; An
MGM Christmas, with "appearances by Peggy Lee, Ethel Merman,
Kate
Smith,
MarleneDietrich, Lana TUrner and Ava
Gardner,"
at 7 pm; Oh Mary,
Don't Asic!, which "ends withmadcap abandon at the Bethlehem Hilton," at 9:30 pm; 'at the
Courtyard Playhouse, 39 Grove St(west of 7th Ave); $10 per show;
869-3530 (WED-SAT .. at thesetimes),NEW YORK CITI GAY MEN'SCHORUS 10th Anniversary
Holiday
Concert:Masters I"
This Hall, at Carnegie Hall,
joined by the internationallyacclaimedsoprano,FaithEsham; 57 St & 7th Ave; 8 pm;$10-$50; producers
invite audience to bring unwrapped toys forchildrenwith AIDS, ages 2-9;
NYCGMC 691-7590, tix 247-7800(also 12/21)
EAGLE BAR Movie Night: The
Dream Team; 142 11th Ave (at,21 St); 11 pm; 691-8451

TIm GLINES presents A" MGM
Christmas and Oh Mary, DoN't
As", see DEC 20
NEW YORK CITI GAY MEN'SCHORUS 10th Anniversary
Holiday Concert:
Masters I"
This IIaU; see DEC 20

TWENTI /TWENTI
Closed forPrivateParty, Shescape, party
for women returns next week, 510 pm

BiSEXUAL POllTICAL ACTIONCOMMITTEE Holiday
Meetingand Pot Luck Dinner at a member's house, 8 pm, 7181353-8245

GAY CIRLCES Workshop:
SurviVing Gay Brea"-Ups, helping
gay men to "explore the Ipainful
feelings created by lover break'ups and find ways to support

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For more information or referrals. torap, or to volunteer, call the GLSB
daily. noon to midnighl, 212-777-1800

December 24, 1989

FIRSTEVENINGOF CHANUKAH

THE EAGLE BAR Christmas
Eve, at midnight, "have a gift onus"; 142 11th Ave (at 21 St); 6918451.

TIm GUNES presents All MGM
Chri.muu and Oh Mary, Dort',
As", see DEC 20
GAY
MEN
OF
AFRICANPESCENT Discussion.
Seelllg
Voices, in which GMAD devotes
itself to the sub-communityofdeaf Black/Latino
lesbians/gay
men; in the Assembly Hall of The
Center, 208 W 13 St; 8 pm; 6207310',
CONGREGATIONBETH SIMCHATTORAHAnnualChanukahDlnne,r at §:15 pm,
Service at 8:30 pm, and Festive
Oneg_Shabbat
Program
at 10
pm; 57 Bethune St (near West St);.$12 members/U5
guests; rsvp
before DEC 20 at 929-9498

FIRSTDAY OF CHANUKAH
TIm GU~
presents All MGM
Christmas and Oh Mary, DoN't
As"; see DEC 20
CONGREGATIONBETH SIMCHAT'
TORAH
ChanukahDance, with' bar, snacks and DJ
Karin Ward;,57 Bethune St (Westbeth housing complex, up theramp in the courtyard); 9 pm - 1
am; $6 advance/$8
door; 9299498
SPE.CTRUM DISCO
presents
India,
singing "Dance on theFire" and "Right From the Start";
802 64th St, Bay Ridge, ,Brooklyn(N train to 8th Ave stop); opens
at 9 Prr,!; 71&'238-8213-

NY AREA BISEXUAL NETWORK
Holiday Brunch
for Revelers(and Grlnches);at the Spike,11th Ave & 20 St; 3 pm; 71813538245

CHRIstMAS DAY
TIm CLOSET CASE SHOW present5- a Christmas
Tributetothe Cardinal,a "little stocking&tuffer for !:lis Holiness, including
a reprise unveiling of the donated artwork, Safe Sex in' Church";
Manhattan Cable Channel c/16;
midnight

MEN OF All COLORS TOGE1HER/NY 1st Night of Kwanzaa:
UmoJIl (Unity); on the Upper
West Side; 7:30 pm; 222-9794,
245-6366 (Editor's note: MACT
explains that Kwanzaa means
first fruiJs and is ;i weeklong harvest festival for which each riight
represents a different importantsocial principle.)

ASIANS AND FRIENDSINY Members Meet Members,
at Manila
Bar and Restaurant, 31 W 21 St;
6-8 pm; member info 673-2596(every 2nd/4th Wednesday)
MEN OF AIl. COLORS TOGE1HER/NY 2nd Night of Kwanzaa:
KuftchaguUa (Self Determination); in Hoboken, N); 7:30 pm;
212/222-9794, 212/245~366
1HE S1EPHEN HOLT SHOW presents Stepbetr Iloll's Life ill the
70's, with clips from Two Saints(with Divine and Agostp Machado), and Holt's starring vehicle, I

Want to Be a Beauty Queen;
Manhattan
Cable TV, Channel
D/17; 9 pm (repeats on Manhattan and Paragon Cable, 12/30)

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EAGLE BAR MovieNight:
Eartb Girlll_ Etuyj 142 11th
Ave (at 21 St)j.ll pm; 691-8451

MENOF All COLORSTOGE1HER/NY 3rd Night of Kwanzaa:
Ujlma (Collective Work andResponsibillty). in Morningside
Heights, Mnhtnj 7:30 pmj 2229794, 245-6366'

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AIDS CENTER OJ! QUEENSCOUNTY and GAY MEN'S
HEALTH CRISIS Workshop.
Erotfcizing Safer Sex, in which
participants "are offered theopportunity to explore and discuss emotionally laden material'about AIDS and sex·j open to all
gay men in Queens; 1-3:30 pm;
freej rsvp 718/896-2500
LESBIANSAND GAYSOF FLATBUSH Holiday Pot Luck DinnerandP'arty,7 pm,
718/859-9437

MEN OF All COLORSTOGE1HER/NY 5th Night of Kwanzaa:
Nla (Purpose)j in Newark, NJ;
LESBIANAND GAY COMMUNI- 7:30 pm; 212/222-9194, 212/245IT SERVICFSCENI'ER NATION- 6366
ALMUSEUMOF LESBIAN& GAY
IllSfORY Closing Day of SelecSPECTRUM DISCO presents
tions from 'be'Lesblatt HerJaya, singing "If You Leave Mestory Arcblves, 208 W 13 St, , Now·j 802 64th St, Bay Ridge,
620-7310
Brooklyn (N train to 8th Avestop); opens at 9 pm; 718/2388213.
COMMITTEE OF OUTRAGEDLESBIANS, GAY MEN OF
AFRICAN DESCENT, MEN OF'ALL COLORS TOGETHER/NY,
SALSASOUL SISTERSKwanzaa
Fair, Feast & Festival; a jointly
sponsored event at The Center,
New Year~ Ew
on the 4th Night of Kwanzaa(Ujamma, Cooperative
EcoST. CLEMENT'S EPISCOPAL
nomics), featuring artistic venCffiJRCH Eucharist (1st Chrlst-'
dors, drama,' poetry, music,mas) and Play Readings;
African-AmerIcan buffet; 208 W Eucharist at 11 am, with a selec13.Stj 7-11 pmj Center 620-7310, tion of readings from Joe ,Orton's
MACT 222-9794 (Editor's note:
works follOwinglunchj 423 W 46
the sponsors encourage attenSt; 246-7277
dance by the entire gay/lesbiancommunity, of all colors and eth- BISEXUALPRIDE Focus Group:
nicities) ,End of Year Free-Form Meet-,ing, bring light refreshmentsj at
The .Center, 208 W 13 St, 3 pm,$5, 718/353-8245
THE STEPHEN HOLT SHOW
presents Stepbtm Holl's f.ife Itl
tbl! 70's, with' clips from Two
Saints (with Divine and Agosto
Machado), and Holt's starring
vehicle, I Want to Be a, Beauty
QUeen; Manhattan and Paragon
Cable, Channe116/C; 11:30 am
MEN OF ALLCOLORS,TOGE1HER/NY Day of Indulg~nce, atwhich you can "come get yourchoice of haircut, massage, facial,
manicure, pedicure, hair braiding, ,foot massage or psychic
reading"j at The Center, 208 W
13 St, Women's Coffeehouse, 2nd
Floor; noon to 7 pmj $10 per 1/2
hour, $40 for a full package; rsvp
24"-

MEN'OF All COLORSTOGE1HER/NY 6th Night of Kwanzaa:
Kuumba (CreativitY)j call for
location; 6 pmj 212/222-9794,
212/245-6366
CENTER DANCE COMMITTEENew Year's Eve Ball, with DJ
Tom Karopolulos, hors d'oeuvres, party favors, champagne at 'midnight;.208 W 13 St; 9:30 pm 1:30 amj $15; 620-7310
AsIANS AND FRIENDS/NYNew
Year's Eve Party at After 5+,
with buffet and entertainment by
Ron Bailey, Eddie Olson & Rose,
Mike Taylor, John Hamilton Mej$35 members/$45 non-memtJers; ,member info 673-2596

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SPECfRUMDISCO presents New
Year's Eve with France Joll,singing "<;;Ometo Me" and "HardI

to Break Your Heart"j noisemakers, hats, champagne at midnight, continental breakfastj 802
64th St, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn (Ntrain to 8th Ave stop); opens at 9
pmj 718/238-8213"
ClllP DUCKETTNew Year's Eve
Party at Cuando, 'With DJ Perfidia, dancing in the (drained)
pool, drag queens on the altar; 9Second Ave (just north of Houston)j $10 advance/U5
doorj
advance tix at Mars and Carme1itas; charge with AMEX or ge~further info at 691-6262

THE SAINT AT LARGE New
Year's Eve, with DJs Terry Sherman and Michael Fierman, live
entertainment, champagne at
midnight, breakfast at 7 am; ~t
105 2nd Ave (at 6 St); 10 pm
through 3 pm the follov.:ingdayj$45 advance/$55 door; Ticket:
Master 307-7171,info 674-8541
SHESCAPENew Year's Eve at
Octagon, opens 10" pm withparty favors and noisemakers,
champagne at midnight, breakfast at 6 al\'l, party till 8 am; 555
W 33 Stj' $15 advance/$20
door/$30 reserved seat at table;
tix 947-D400,info 645-6479
TIlE EAGLE BAR New,Year's
Eve Money Balloon Drop, withbuffet and champagne toast at
midnightj 142 11th Ave (at 21 St)j
691-8;451•

1_-.~2,-;,."!,'I:JU"New Year~ Day.

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STEPHENHOLT SHOW presents
Stepbtm HolI'lI Life 1ft 'be 80'11,
with scenes from Fever of
Un/mown Origin, Casting of
Kwin Christian, low, Oscar,,and
the gay musical, Kareer Suicide,
Manhattan Cable TV, Channel
17lDj 9 pm (repeats on Manhattan and'P~gon Cable, 1/6)
EAGLE BAR 'Movie Night:
Scrooged~ 142 11th Ave (at 21
St);'11 pmj 691-8451

GAY WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE
presents Jewelle GomeZ, with'stories of fantasy fiction from. thereal world (from her new bookin progress)j at. the Universalist
Church, Central Park West "at 76
Stj 8 pm; $5 (for women o~ly;
meets evety first lbursday)
TIIE PYRAMIDpresents DudleYin his new performance work
Second Sleep, a "homoerotic,
religio-sexual work-in-progress·;
101 Avenue A (ar. 6 St)j 9 pmj
info 473-5625(presented this andevery Thursday in January)

FI///AJ'GAY AND LESBIAN SWITCH- ,BOARD/N'Y Volunteer Interviews: for those' who wish to
wo?k a1 least two 3-hour shifts
Per month; those chosen will be
required to attend an initia) train-ing the following day, 1/6j 6:30
pm; m-l800'

MENOF ALLCOLORSTOGJ;ffifER/NY 7th and Final Night ofKwanzaa: Imatll (Faith); callfor location; 7:30 pm; 212/2229794, 212/245-6366

THE ANSWER IS LOVING
Women Talking Women's Talk:,"Limit Setting/Boundaries,·
knowing when to say yes, andwhen to say no without guilt Or
loss of lovej led by Ruth Berman
and Connie Kurtzj Sheepshead
Bay, Brooklynj 7:45-10 pm; $8j
718/998-2305 , ,'CONGREGATION BETH SIMCHAT TORAH Jewish ,Education 'Coursesj
tonight:
Contemporary Jewish Issues:
Alternative Families at 7 pmj at
57 Bethune St; info 929-9498

MEN OF ALLCOLORSTOGElHER/NY Educational Forum/CR
Session: State Roles atld Tight
Bunsj, ~a discussion on thisprovocative film which ,examines
the media representation of malesexuality and desire; at The Center, 208 W 13 Stj 7:45 pmj 2229794, 245-6366

GAY TEACHERSASSOCIATION
General Meeting With guest
speaker, George Fesko, of the
UniJed Federation 9f Teachers'
Executive Board, and Liaison to
Lesbian & Gay Teachersj at Th~
Center, 208 W 13 Stj 8 pm; Center 620-7310. December 24, 1989

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lEEK ES BE S
Monday'BEST BETS for Women's Dancing

Private Eyes (preppie; maie strippers, 2-4-1 till midnight) 12W 21
St, btwn 5th & 6th Aves, 206-7772•.

Tuesday
Better Oa1' 316 W 49 St (8/9 Aves) 245-8925·Love Machine at Underground 860 BrolJd.way,near Ptn St; 2544005

Wednesday,·Soybar (has a new wave drag show) 15 1/2 St Marks Place,btwn 2nd & 3rd Aves, 674-7959,'·Carmelita's (Chip Duckett) 150E 14 St·Copacabana (last Thu.'of the month has Susan Bartsch party) 10
E 60 St, at FifthAve, 755-6010'·Pyramid (Queer-Amid, with host Ru Paul) 101Avenue A, btWn
6th & 7th Streets, 420-1590
Spectrum (free admission all night, 2-~-1 drinks) 802 64th Street,
Brookiyn, 718-238-8213

Friday·Boybar 151/2 St ~arks PI., btwn 2nd &3rd Aves, 674-7959
Columbia Dances (1st Friday of every month, except July)l16th
St & Bway, 854-5113 days
Private Eyes (preppies and young professionals) 12W 2i Sf, btwn
5th & 6th Ave-s,206-7772
Spectrum (male and female strippers) 802 64th Street, Brooklyn, .'718-238-8213
World (mixed gay/straight) 254 E2 Sf, 477-8677'Saturday
Barefoot Boogie (smoke &:alcohol frl,le)434 6th Ave (btwn 9/10
Sts); 832-6759·Boybar 151/2 St Marks PI,ace, btwn 2n~ &3rd Aves, 674-7959
The Center Dances (2nd and 4th'Saturdays) 208 W 13 Sf, btwn 7th& 8th Aves, 620-7310
Private Eyes (Jeffrey Sanker & Dallas's Club Bad) 12W 21 Sf,bty.'n 5th & 6th Aves, 206-7772.
,
Sound Factory (Acid House;no alco~ol, doors open midnight) 530
W 27 St (btwn 10th & 11th Aves), 643-0728
Spectrum (guest performer night)8D264th St, Bklyn.,718-238-8213
World (mixed gay/straight) 254 E2 Sf, 477-8677

SundayBetter Days 316 W 49 St (8/9 Aves); 245-8925·Mars (Chip Duckett'S' -Mars Needs Men- night) Westside Highway and 13th St,691-6262
Pyramid (Hapi Phace and Drag + Variety Show) 101Avenue A,
btwn 6th & 7th Stre ets, 420-1590
Spectrum (show; free a~mission 9-10 pm)8D2 64th Street, BrbokIyn,718-238-8213 .

Every Night
Grand C,entral (Rockville Centre, LI,closed Mon. & Tues) 210
Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, LI,516/536-4800
Monster (West Village) 80 Grove St at Sheridan Sq., 924-3557
Nimbus (West,Yiliage) 221th Ave South (at Leroy.'2 blks above W
Houston),691-4826
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Tuesday
Hatfield's 126-10Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, 718-261~8484

Wednesdayaette, Days 316 W 49 St (8/9 Aves) 245-8925
Private Eyes (Jeffrey Sanker & Dallas's Club Bad) 12 W 21 St, .
btwn 5th-&.8th Aves, 206-7772'
Spectrum (free admission all nightr8D2 84th Street, Bro'oklyn,
718-238-8213

Thursday

NOTE:Party events are subject to change. Always call first to
confirm.

December 24, 1989

Bedrock 121Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI;516-486-9516
SPlctrw.n 802 84th St. o 8th Ave, Bay Ridge, 718-238-8213
TWlntyl1'wlOty (Shescape after work party)2o West 20 Street(btwn 5th & 8th Aves), info 645-6479'

Thursday
BedrOck 121Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI;,516-486-9516
Spectrum 802 84th St. 0 8th Ave, Bay Ridge, 718-238-8213

Friday,'Bedroc~ 121Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI;516-486-9516
Cheeu2000 Long Beach Road, Isiand Park, LI,516-4j1-57oo
Octagon (Shescape) 555 West 33 Street, btwn 10th & 11th Aves;
947-0400,645-8479
Spectrum 802 64th St. @8th Ave, Bay Ridge, 718-238-8213
Visions 56-01 Quee~s Blvd,Wdsde, info 718-846-7131, bar 718899-9031

Saturday,Bedrock 121Woodfield Rd,W. Hempstead, LI;516-486-9516
The Center (2rid-arid 4th Saturdays, &'special events)
Silver Lining 175 Cherry Lane, Florai Park, LI,516-354-9641
Spectrum 802 64th St @ath Ave, Bay Ridge; 718-238-8213
Starz 836 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, LI,516/242-3857
Twenty/Twenty (Shescape)20 West 20 Street (btwn 5th & 6thAves), info 645-6479

SundayBedrock 121Woodfieid Rd,W. Hempstead, LI;516-486-9516
Cave Canem (Sandwich Sister Sundays, Dega Productions)
Lads'13o West Post Road (Rte 22), White Piains, 914-683-5353
Spectrum 80264th St. @8th Ave, Bay Ridge, 718-238-8213

Every Night
Cu.bbyHole 438 Hudson St @ Morton St., 243-9079
Duchess II Sheridan Sq; & 7th Ave South, 242-1408

LAWYERS Ira,8,,28irejoicing or despair, Lowerelayed details of what she
regards as First Amendment
cases, Including Ben-Shalom's,
In which merely speaking
about being a: lesbian was
found to' be Justifiable reason
to deny reenlistmentin thearmed service. Significant,Lowe felt, in dealing with themilitary-referred
to by Ettelbrick as the country's most
homophobic institution-is therelease of two reports coming
out of that Institution whichquestioned the rationale behind
exclusionof homosexuals.
·People are not being victims'anymore,.
Lowe asserted.
"They are standing. up for theirrights within the military."
RRST ~ENDMENT FI~ST
Heading the National AIDS umbd. - [,.ul. Ett.lbnck.
Photo: Desl Del Valle

Clearinghou'se, the educational and-director, Nan Hunter, felt that law
informational ann of Lambda's National
was "on the move" in· respect to
AIDS Project, staff,attomey David Barr,issues of lesbian and gay families
While remarking 00 the importance ofsuch as "domestic partnership" andcases regarding HW, testing, immigra"gay marriage." Seeing lesbian andtion issues and criQlinallaw, limited his
gay family issues along a long-term,remarks to legal efforts around issues
process of family law's "constitutionof access to AlQS care and treatment.
alization" (continuing suctt prece"He ,also noted that the gay and lesbiandents as recognition of unmarriedcommunity must rea:ffirm· its commit~
fathers' rights and feminist chalment to dealing with 'the AIDS crisis
lenges to patriarchal laws) and adespite the changing demographics
functional analysis of family group"("for all affected" communities. Like milings. Very' important, Hunter conitary issues, Barr saw' ups and downs incurred, was' the 'Braschi decision's
this year's deVelopments.
setting aside "fictitious legal distincCiting studies which claim thattions· in favor of "how people live
AZf can preven~ ons<:t of symptoms
their lives in this society."among the asymptomatic, and that
, Attorney Ettelbrick said 'She
lesser doses of this agent are as effechoped for an eventual move towards
tive (with significantly ~duced toxicinationalized health care, which w,ouldty), Barr noted thllt such positive
make medical domestic partnershipdevelopments were not reaching therights, and equal access to quality
mass of affected-rnany of 'whom, hehealth care, less pressing issues.
claimed, are ~ing "overdosed" andAnd Ettelbrick aSserted that the leadenied access to drugs, lab work andbian and gay community. is "standingtr~tment bya primary care physician. Ivery proud going i!)to the gay 90s" andWhile noting that' pneumocystis
noted its maturity in terms of ~lition
carinjj pneumo~ia (PCP) is unrieceselevelopment-particularly the ability to'sary because of ae(osolized pentami-·
draw connections between homophobia
dine's approval, Barr condemned its
and sexism-and the direction· of comexorbitant priCe and the unavailability ,munity in~iatives.Sh<;and Lambda staff, of PCP-prophylaxis' to prisoners andattorney Evan Wolfson ,pointed out thechildren.
necessity to go beyondJitigation-toCounsel for the plaintiff
inwork on legislators, corporations, govBrasch; v. Stahl Associates and ACLU
ernmebt agencies through a variety ofihts Project' excluding demonstrations. 'Y.Lesbian and Gay' Rigtactics, nex,.

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oUTWEEK BAR GUID E
WEST SIDEThe Works, 428 Columbus Ave(at 81st), 799-7365, Cruisy west
- side crowd.

Bike Stop West 230 W. 75th St.,874-9014, Neigh borhood bar, occa~
sional entertainment.

EAST SIDE '.

Candle Bar, 309 Amsterdam Ave.,
874-9155 , Friendly leather/westernbar.

Brandy's Piano Bar, 235 E. 84th St.,
650-1944, Sing-along piano bar.

,Cat's, 730 8th Ave., 221-7559, Oldermen, younger guys

G.H. Club, 353 E. 53rd St., 223-9752,
Piano bar, mature crowd.
r

Don't Tell Mama, 343 W. 46th St."
757-0788, Sing-along piano bar andcabaret.

Johnny's Pub, 123 E. 47th,St., 3558714, Neighborhood restaurant andba~''

Jason's, 23 W. 73rd St.

Regent East, 204 E. 58th St., 355-9465 ,'Sally's Hideaway, 264 W. 43rd St.,
221-9152,
Town & Country, 9th Ave at 46th St.,
307-1503','Trix\ 246 W. 48 St. (bet. Bdwy & 8th
AveJ, 664-8331! Cash and carry.

Tunnel Bar, 1161st Ave (7th St.),
777-9232 W. Village crowd in the E.
Village.

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WEST VILLAGE

Badlands, Christopher & West St.:,741-9236, Cruisy waterfront bar. .

Star Sapphire, 400 E. 59th St., 6884710

Boots & Saddle, 76 Christopher St.,929-9684, Punky dive and j~ke joint.

Thurs., Jan. 11
6:30-8:30 pm .
The e'enter
208,W.13th.Street(be1w.,en 7th' " 8th Ave.)
First Floor. ,ASL Interpreted
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The Pyramid, 101 Avenue A, 4201590, Dancing I Drag 'shows. ~ ,South Dakota, 405 3rd Ave., 684:
8376

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OUT~VVEEKBoy Bar, 15 St. Mark's Pl., 674-7959,
Dancing I Drag shows.

The Annex jto Cellblock 28), 673 :Hudson St. bet. 13th & 14th), 6271140, J/O Cub.
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The Bar, 68'2nd Ave. (at 4th St.),674-9714, East Villagers and ACT
UPers.

Rounds, 303 E, 53rd St., 593-0807, 'Friendly guys, checkbook romance ..

METRO AREA INFORMATIONMEETING.

EAST 'VILLAGE

Cellblock 28, 28 9th Ave, 733-3144,
J/O club.
'
The Cubbyhole, 438 Hudson (Morton·
St), 243-9079, Neighborhood bar forgay women & men.
D.T.'s Fat Cat, 281 W. 12th St., 2439041, Piano bar. Mixed M/F.'
Duchess' II, 70 Grove St (7th Ave.),'242-1408,Women.,.
J's, 675 Hudson St., 2'42-9292, J/Oclub ..
Julius, 159 W. 10th St., 929-9672,
Serving Coors, Coors Lite, & Coors
Draft. 'Keller's, 384 West St. (at Christopher) , 243-1907, Friendly neighborhood crowd.
'
Kelly's Village West, 46 Bedford St.,
, 929-9322, Piano bar. 'The Locker Room, 400 W. 14th St.
(9th Ave), 459-4299, J/O club.

. Marie's Crisis, 59 Grove St. (7thAve)i 243-9323, Sing-along pianobar.
.

The Cubbyhol/
438 Hudson Street
at Morton(212) 243-9079 'TQe Monster, 80 GroveSt. (7jhAve.), 924-3558, Piano bar &disco/dancing.
Nimbus 22, 22 7th Ave. South, ,6914826, Dancing, pinball, pool,lounge.
,A neighborhood bar fot
both gay men & women,

Ninth Circle, 139 W. 10th St., 2439204, Younger crowd.
Ramrod, 18.5Christopher St.
Sneakers, 392 West St., 242-9830.
Two Potato, 145 Christopher St."242-9340.
Ty's, 114 Christopher St., 741-9641,
Cruisyneighborhood bar.
- Uncle Charlie's, 56 Greenwich Ave.,
255-8787, Huge video bar.

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Barb§ty Coast, 64 7th Ave. (14th St.),
675-0385, Friendly, neighborhoodbar.
The Break, 232 8th Ave. (22nd St.),
627-0072.
Chelsea Transfer; 13.18th Ave. (bet.
16th & 17th), 929-7183, NeighbOrhood English pub. . .
EagIe's Nest, 142 11th Ave (21st St.),691-8451; Leather / Levi's. _ ,Pri,<ateEyes, 12 W. 21st St. (bet. 5th& 6th), 206-7770, Dancing, Video.
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Rawhide, 212 8th Ave., (21st St.),
Leatherl Levi's.
Spike, 120 11th Ave., 243-9688,.leather & Un,iforms.
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A.c,a.c,
AIDS CENTER OF QUEENS COUNTYSOCIAl SERVICES. EDUCATION. BUDDIES COUN·
SElING. SUPPORT GROUPS
Yoluntltr Opportunltf ..
(7111888;25OO(volc.1 (7181888·2985(TDDI
ACT UP (AIDS Cotlltlo. til U.I .... Pww.1I
411SAHudson Slrllt, Suite G4 NYC 10014(2121989 -1114
A dlYer .. , non·fllrtI .. n group of Indlvldu.l. united In.nger .nd committed to dlrtct .ctlon to tnd tha AIDS'
crill •• atn. mlltlng. ,Mon. nlghta 7:30,
It tht Community Center 208 W.I3th.
ARCS (AlDI-RII ... d co.. ...1tr StIYIe .. 1for Dulle"", Orllngt, Putnlm, Rockl.nd, Sulliv.n,
utatar .nd WtItCiItttar coumitl. AIDS Iducltion,
ctlllltnrvlCM,
crl .. lntllVentlon, .upport 9roufll,
CII. m.n.glll1ent, buddy .nd hOlpital vllf1Dr program.
214 r..nnIlwt., IM1hIPIains. NY1OIDi(914I!BJ.aOi

838 8roIcIwrf JWMMitJ!, NY 12250 (9141S62-SOIfi
AlDSlI .. (1141_111D7BAR ASSOCIATION FORHUMAN RIGHTS
frll W.lk-In Lagal Clinic. Tuesday 6-8 pm
Lesbian & a.y Community Centro Ground Roor
BIDI (BISEXUAL GpMINANCE &SUBMISSION aRouPI
Sh.rt SJt,IJ axperianc .. and fantesies with others in
I positIva, non-judgementelltrllosphere.
RrstSun·day of tha month. 4:45pm atthe Community Center,. 208W. 13 Straet. NYC .'This group is flirt of the New
York Ara. Bilexu.1 Network.
BIWAYS NEW YORKMonthly soci.levenla for th.a Bisexu.1 community
Ind friends. Call NYABN for deteils of upcoming,,
evenla. (7181853-8245,

I

B"AC (BISEXUAL POUTICALACTION COMMITTEEI
Polltlc.l.ctlon
on ISlUt. of Importince to the Bisexu.lJL .. bl.r1/aay community. Monthly meeting/potluck
htld 8lOOpmon fourth Thursday ofth. month atmem·, btrl hom ... CIII NYABN for this month's location.
(7181853-8245
BISEXUAL YOUTH
Iilformtlsoclal & support group for Bisexual
kidl/youth. Monthly meeting{potlu'ck lunch held
1:00pm on fourth SUnday ofth. month at members
hom.s. Cell NY ABN for this month's lOcation. This
group is flirt of
New York ~r .. Bisextial Network.

the

BWI-BRONX LESBIANS. UNITED IN SISTERHOOD
Soclll, politicillnd support networking group for
women .nd-thelr friends. Reguler sociel events .nd
melltlngs on 1I1efirst .nd third Fridays of .very month.
At Th. Community Center, 208 W. 13 Street, from 6:308pm. For mort Info call Usa' .t (212) 829-9817.
BODYPOSmvE"you or yourlovtr has tested HIV+, we offer support
group., '1II1lnars, public forums, reference library.
",eftrr.rs,soci.l.ctiviti.. and up-to-date n.tlonalmonthly, "THE BOOY POSmVE" (SI!i/ye.rl. ',(2121633-1782. •2095 Broadway, Suite 306, NYC, NY 10023,
or208W.13 St, N.Y., N.Y. lOOn

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OU~WEEKCOMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT
208 Wilt 13th Str"t, NYC, Naw York 10011
For Appolntmln1l .nd InfOrm.tIon (2121675-3559
PROVIDING CARING, SENSITIVE AND LOW COST
HEALlH CARE SERVICESTO THE LESBIAN AND GAYCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY REIEARCH INITIATIVE
PWA's, PWARC's a thalr physicians teklng thelniti,·
liv, to "Ilk promlslng Intervention .galnstAIDS In I
rllp. mannar, For more Info' or to volunteer ple.secall (2121481-1050.
CONGREGATION BETH SlMCHATTPRAH
NY's GIY and Lesbian Synagogue Services
Friday at 8:30pm
57 Bethune Street
For Info. c.lI: (212) 929-9498.

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BAR ASSOCIAnON FORHUMAN RIGHTSUWVt,. Rtf.rral
Servlct for tht L.. bian and Gay Community
Fun Range of Legal Services (21214~-4873~

CIRCLEOF MORE UGHT•
Spiritullsupport .nd Ih.rlng In • gay/ltlbian .ffir·,
mltlVl group.
Walt-p.rk Pr.. bytari.n Church
165WIlt 88th Str.1t
Wid: worahlp .ervlcI 6:31 p.m. progr.m 7:30.
,....,.h. (2121314-4373 Ch.rlla (2121691.7118.

,DIGNITY NEW YORK
lesbian and gay CatholiCs and friends
AIDS Ministry, Spiritual Development.
The Cathedral Project
Worship Services a Social-Sun. Eves. 7:30pm-St
John's Episcopal Church 218 West 11th Street 0
Wlveriy-615-2119
EDGE~ ....
For the physically disabled Lesbian and Gay
Community.
(2121989-1921
P.O.Box 3I!i Village Stetlon, New York. NY 10014
FEMME SUPPORT GROUP
For lesbians who self identify .s Femma. For Info andmeeting times call Usa at (2121829-9817. No men
please.
FRONT RUNNERS, A running club for lesbian and gay athletesof all abilities. Fun Runs of 1-6 mn.. held every Sat at
lOam and Weds. at 1pm in Central P.rk
and every TUII. at 7pm in Prospect Park.
for information: call (212) 724-9700.
THE FUND FOR HUMAN DIGNITY
National Gay and Lesbian Crisis Une'AIDS 800'---I-IIOO-S0S-GAYS
Educational Resource Center; Positive Images
Media Center; NY Stete Arts Program
666 8'way Suite 410NYC,NY 10012 (212)529-1600
THE GAY AFRICAN AMERICANS
OF.WESTCHESTER(TheGAA)
is a community based support group formed in
Westchester County. Various Ictivities ~re planned
for the coming months.
Please call 914-316-0127 for more info.GLMD
Gay It usbi.n Alliance Agaill" Defamation
IKJ Varick Street, NYC 10013 (2121966-1700GLMD
combats homophobia in the media and elsewhere bypromoting visibility of the lesbian and gay communityand organizing grassroots response to anti-glY bigotry.
GAY & LESBIAN ,HEALTHCONCERNS
An office of the NYC Dept. of Health, provides linkages betwn NYC Health a Humin Svcs, .nd the Lesbian & Gay community. focusing in ALL healthconcerns; resour ce informa1iQn for health services
consumers and providers. 125Worth Street, Box 61,
New York, NY 10013. For info call (212) 566-4995.

BAY & LEsBIAN PiYCHOTHERAPVIlIdIIlllSO.""'.
I...
urlllol 1C00plld.
Inltltu1l for Hum.n I.ntlty,(21ZI_1432
BAY MALE I,/M ACTlVlSTI
Dldlclttd to "fl .nd r.. pon.lbll W .lncI 1981.
Open mlltlng.w/progr.m.
on 111Mtechnlqutl,
Ilfattyl.l .. utl, polltfc.1 .nd social conclrns. Also
specl.levanla, spllkl,.
buraau, workshops, demos,.ffinlty group., nawsl~ttar, morl. GMSMA -Dapt 0,496A Hudson Straet, Suite 023 ,NYC 10014.
(2121727-9878.
GMAD(GAY MEN OFAFRICAN DESCENT)IKJ Varick Street, NYC 10013I .upport group of GlY
Man of African D.. cant dadlclted to consciousn ... rlising.nd the devalopmentoftht
Lasbian .nd Gay
Community. GMAD is inclusive Of African, AfricanAmerican, Carribaan and Hispanic/latlno men ofcolor. Me~tin~ are held, weakly, on Fridays. For
more information, call 118-802-0162..
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS HOTUNEFOR INFORMATION ON SAFER SEXAND HIV-RELATED HEALTH SERVICES,AND FOR INFORMATION ON
ONE-TIME, WALK-IN AIDS COUNSELING SERVICES,
212-107-&&55
212-645-7470 TDD (For the Hearing Impainldl
Mon.-Fri. 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sat 12:00to 3:00
HEAL (H,,1th Education AIDS U.ison)
Weekly info. and support group for treatments for
AIDS which do not compromise the immune systemfurther, including alternative Ind holistic approaches.
Wed 8pm. 208 W. 13th St (212)674-HOPE.
HETRICK-MARTIN INSmUTE
for lesbian and gey youth. Counseling, drop:in center (M-F. 3-6pm), rap groups, Harvey Milk HighSchool. AIDS and safar sex information,referrals, professional education.
(212) 633-892O(voice)(2121633-6926 TTY for deaf
HISPANIC UNITED GAYS& LESBIANS
Educational services, poIi1icalaction, counseling .nd
social activities in Spanish and English by and for theutino Lesbian and Gay Community.
General mealings 8:00 p.m. 4th Thursday of !Nery_ month at 208 West 13th Street
Call (2121691-4181
or write H.U.G.L, P.O.Box 226 Canal Street Stetion,
New York, NY 10019.
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LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSEAND EDUCATION FUND
Precedent-setting litigation nationwide forlesbians, gay men and people with AIDS. Membership ($35 and up) inc. n'8WSletter and invitations to,
special events. Volunteer night on Thursdays. Inlake
calls: Hpm Mon thru Fri (212) 995-8585 .
LAVA (LESBIANS ABOUT VISUAL ART)
Call for slides for Lesbian Artists' Exhibition, Gay &Lesbian Community Center. NYC, For more information, send SASE to :Miriam Fou'gere
118Fort Greene PlaceBrooklyn, NY 11217.'
THE LESBIAN AND GAY BIG APPLE CORPS
Get your instrument out of the closeund come playwith us. Symphonic, Marchiri'g, Jazz, Dixieland, Rock, 'Aute Ensembles and Woodwinds.
123West 44th St Suite 121.New York, NY 10036(212) SS9-2922.

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COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER
208 Welt 13th Street Ntw 'lbrk, NY 10011
12121620-7310!lem-11 pm everydlY.
A place for community orgll1lzlng Ind ne1WOrklng,
IOclal servic .. , culturll progrlms, Ind IOclaleventl
sponlOred by the Center Ind mori than 150 commu, nlty orgll1lzltlon.:

LESBIAN AND GAY. NEtWORK'An orglnlzltion of Le.blln. Ind 61.,. who Ire IcWe
In their labor union. working on domlltlc partnlrthlp
bll1efi1s Ind AIDS Issu ... Far more informltion can
1212)923-8690.
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LU81AN AND GAY RIGHTS PROJECT
of thl AMerIOM CivilUMrtI.lhdOi

ICNOWYIIUR IIGHrS/WE'REEXPANOING(2121944-9800,

THEM

MNTHITREET CENTER
Since 1973, I community dedlClted to demonstrltlng
thit I honiOSlxuIIllflstyleIsa rationll, desirable.
choice for Individual. dissl1isfied with the rtwanls of
conventional living. Paychologlcally - focussed rap. groups, TueS.: Set, 8to 10 pm. p"r counselling available. 319 E. 9 Street" Ntw 'lbrk, NY 10003, for info call
(2121228-5153./• NORTH AMERICAN IWWOY
LOVE ASSOCIATION (NAMBIA), Dedicated to S8XuII freedom and especially intereted
in gay intargenerational
relationships. Monthly Bul:
Iltin and regular chapter m"ting' on the first Ssturdll'( Of tlch month. Ytlrty membership is $20; writ.
NAMBlA. PO Box 174" Midtown ~tion, New York,NY 10018 or can (2121 ~7-B578 for Infonnation.

ext. 545

LfSBIANS ABour VISUAL ART IlAVAI
CIII for slid .. for LI,blln ArtiIt'. ExIbition, 611'( andlesbian Community Center, NYC, for more infonnalion
send SASE to Mlrllm, Fougere, 118 Ft Gr.. ne Place,
Brooldyli.'NY 1217.

NORTHERN UGHTS ALTERNATIVES
Improving aullity of Ufe for People with AID'SlHIY.
THE AIDS MA-STERY WORKSHOP: ExplOring the possib~iti .. Of I powerful and creaWe life In the face of
AIDS. C811Jack G,odby 12121337-8747

LfSBIANS AND GAYS OF FLATBUSH
Brooklyn's social organization for both gay men andI.blans.'
P.O. Box 106, Midwood Station
Brooklyn, NY 11230' (7181 859-9437,

NYC GAY. LfSBIAN'
ANTI-VlOLENCE'PROJECT
Counseling, Idvocacy, Ind Information for surVivors
01 Inti-gay and anti-Ies,bil(l violence, sexual assault,
domestic violence, Ind othertyp .. of victimization.
AII,serviclS free and confidentill.,'
24 hour hotiine 12121807-0197 .

LONG ISlAJII) ACT-UP
P.O. Box 291, New Hyde 'Park, NY. 11040
Support us for changl on long Island.
1516)3311-4662(5161997-5238 Nlllseu'
15161928-5530 Suffolk

12121532-0290 I HodineI2121532-056B

PEOPlE WITH AIDS COAUTION
Mondll'( tliru Friday 10anl-6pm .
Meal programs, support groups, educational and"ferrel service, lor PWA"lnd PWArc's.

MEN OF ALl COlORS TOGETHER NY
A multi-racial group' of gil'( mll1,againlt racism: MeatInguv8IY Fridll'( night It 7:45 atthelesbianand Gay
Community Servlc .. Center, 208 W. 13th Slreet For m
re Info. can: 12121245-6366 or 12121222:9794.

PEOPlE WITH AIDS HEALTH GROUP
lbIerground'bUyer's
club importing not-yet-approved
medications and nutritional supplements. 31 Wast:/6th, St 4th Roor 12121532-0280

ME"(ROPOUTAN TENNIS GROUP(MTGI,
Our 200 member lesbian Ind gil'( tanni, club includ ..
plavers froni beginning to tournament lwei. Monthly
tennis parties. Winter Indoor league. Come pili'( with usl
For information: MTG, POB 2135, Ntw '!brit, NY 10025.
,
12121662-0695.

PRIDE FOCUS GROUP
Topical discussions on jssues of interest" the community in a congenialltmOlpher.,followed by an informal; dinner It I friendly IoCII restaurant Every Sundll'(. 3:00
- 4:30pm It the' Community Canter 2IB W. 13 Strllt,
NYC. Part of the , Ntw York jArea Bisexual N81WOrk.

MOCA
Men of Color AIDS Pr8llentioil Program. Provid ..
safer sex and AIDS education Information to gay andbisexual Men of Color; coonlinltaa a ne1WOrk ofhealth education providerllnd'peer-supportgroups,
for gay and bisexuII Men of Color in an 5 boroughs 01
New York City. MOCA is Ioclted It 303 Ninth Ave,
, New York, Ny 10001, or cIIl12121239-1796.
NATIONAL t;Ay AND LfSBIAN TASK FORCE
is the nltionll grassroots political orglnization for
lesbians Ind lIay l'(Ien. Membership is$3Oiye'r.
Issue-oriented projects Iddrass violenc;e, sodomy
laws, AIDS, gil'( rights ordlnlnces, flmill .. , media,
etc. through lobbying;.ducltion,orglnlzing anddirect Iction.
NGLTF 1517 U Str"t fttN, Washington, DC 20009.
(202)332-6483. .
NEW YORK ADVERTISINGAND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKNYACN is the communlty"'lrgest
gay Ind lesbian
professional group, welcoming III in communications--Idvertising.
PH, merketing, medis, graphic
design, illustration, photogrephy, copywriting, journalism, publishing. rldio, TV Ind film--and theirfriends. Monthly meltlngs, 3rd Wed 6:30pm at the, Community Center. Members' newsletter. job hotiine,
annual directory. Phone 1212) 517-0380 for more info.
Mention OutWeek for one fr.. newsletter.

SAGE: (S",ior Action in I Ger Environment)
Social Service Agncy. providing cate, aclivities, & educational services for gil'( Bllesbiin senior citizens. Also .
S8IVes over 160 homebound seniors & older PWA's .
208Wast t3th St NYC 10011, 1212)741-2247
THE OurREACH
USING COr.,tMUNAL HEAUNG {TOUCHI,
a program at Brooklyn communi1vvoluntaers providing a'wellklY buffetsuppar for the Brooklyn AIDS communi1v.
•OccasiOnal pwgrams at jnlonna1ion, education and '... entertai~ii1ent TOUOl m881s Monday 8IIes.5p.m.1D'6:lJp.m. at down1DWn Brooklyn Friends Meeting House(110 SChermerhorn St near Boarum Plicel. United lrallS, portation mil'( be an:lI1ged.lnfo: (7181622-2756. TOUOI
welcomes conlributions of fundi. food and voIunteers.-•

ULSTER£OUNTY GAY AND LfSBIAN AWANCE
Milts first and third Monday of elch monthat 7:30 p.m. It the Unita,ian Church On liawkill Road
In Kingston..
'
For informltion, call 19141626-3203.
WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVECOMMUNITY CENTER WACC.
A non-profit, Le sbian community ~enter serving
Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties. Thurs night
weekly discussion grps. 8:30pm, for other aclivitias
pie lSI contectulat{5161483-2050.

, A pubUc service of thotNat~llnstitute,onDrug Abuse and the Office for Substance
Abuse Prevention,'

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ACCOUNTINGBUDDY DIKMAN, CPA
BARBARA Li, CPA.'

YEAR-ROUND TAX PLANNING AND
PREPARATIONPERSONAL RNANCIAL PLANNING
586-3000

ASTROLOGY

APARTMENT RENTAL
17 STREET BTWN 8 8dfAVES 'DONNANewly ren, fullr rewired, 1 bdrm Co,-op,
Roor th'rough with loft, 4 rms, full and, extensive kitchen with lots of cabinets.
Beautiful hardwood floors. Firstflrior.
NO FEE, 1050 per month, avail immed.
,, Call (212) 362-1279.

E.S.P. Psychic-Professor pf Spiritualism'
Reader and Advisor-Palm and Card
Readings
Myou eonfllHd. uRboppy,dop,. .. d,und.,.,,.nd you,.,." ond /bo.. ofOUnd you1
. I CAN ANO WILL HELP YOU. ', Reunite the Separated-Restore Lost
Nature.Unfold the, Myste,l¥ of the Past,
Present and Future.
(212)~199Z'
Se Habla Espanol

PAPERWORK GOT YOU BOGGLED?

LOVELY QUEENSAPARTMENTS FOR RENT

Alas ...a GREAT Bookkeeping Service forsmall businessl Neat-Fast-Accuratel
Call Robert Seabury 718-499-7955 'Mornings.

Close to Manhattan' ,Far from Manhattan Prices.
Call Steven at(718) 204-5862.
Leave message.

ATTORNEYS
AIDS MINISTRY

APARTMENT SHARE

IN THE SPIRrr OF
IFRANCIS OF ASSISI. .. serving

MIDTOWN WESTSIDE,our brothers'lind sisters affected byS''
SL Francis AIDS MinislI)'
135W.'31st'Street
Manhattan 10001
695-1500MICHAEL ALAN DYM, ~SQ..
Attorney At Law
Artists: Rights Issues.
Landlord/Tenant Disputes.
Real Estate Closings.
Business Partnerships &.
Incorporations.
Wills & Estates.

Share this sunny 1.bedroom apartment
with GWM; 30's. New building withconveniences in good-location.
Available immediately.
$SOD/month + share utilities.
212-~81-2313

WEST 55 STREET

212.932.2034 'GWM, has fully furnished, BD aptto
share with non-smoking GWM. You getliving room and must iike cats. Privacy
WID & Util Enci. in$450.00/mo rentnegotiable'
Call (212) 581-9261 and leave msg.

APARTMENT WANTED
Copyxis/lt C 1969 Holy Nome Province

ANSWERING SERVICES
NYC',S FINEST 'CALL FORWARDANSWERING SERVICEIS
GAY-OWNEDP~OTOCOL(212) 645-3535

OutWeek staff person seeks sublet or
share. Prefer downtown. Need
immediate. Call Raul days (212) 6~5-8671.
. Eves (212) 932-1,496.,,
Male looking to share apartment East
side, above 59th Street
Call Michael, 10-6 (212) 246-0597
T

GWM, PlNA 32, 10l/king for someone
who has apt to share. I am considerate,
turstworthy, reliable, non-smoker, canafford current market rates. If you canhelp pis call Jim at (212) 627-1457

1250 Broadway, NYC

CLUBSFORESKIN LOVERS .
The New York City chapter oftheUncircumcised Society of America(NYC-USA) seeks new male members(with or without foreskin) to join its
swelilng ranks. Call for more club ,infimnation or to make reservations for'the new members party. (212) n7-4208.

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CHIROPRACTOR

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

APARTMENT CLEANINGART BUY/SELLCOMPUTER DATINGCASTLE CARE, INC.

, '"ART SOURCE UNLIMITED"COMPUTERIZED BY MAIL DATINGSERVICE \Call for free information package.
U.B.I, Corp. (212) 685-7637.
After 5 p.rn. call answering machine
and leave your nama and address.

Apartment & Office Cieaning.
Gay Owned. Reliable:
We are avaiiabi,e 7 days •.
CALL (212) 475-2955

We buy, sell, trade and locate artworks. ,ARTiSTS AVAILABLE: Keith Ha~ng, 'Robert Longo"Ross Bleckner; James'
Rizzi, Andy Warhol, Martine, and many
more ... For information,
call Dan at 255-6680,

December 24, 1989
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COMPUTERSi

THE MALE STOP
A computer BBS.
Use your modem.

(212) 721-4180 FREEl
EXPLICIT A'OULTS-' ONLY
. SOFTWARE-Interesting gay/lesbian, pictures-Exciting text files-For your IBM compatible/MSDOS computer
For Free Information,
write:
Master's Workshop,
Post Office Box 1602
New Albany, Indiana 47150 'MICROCOMPUTERSERVICES, Sales and Leasing.On,-siterepairs and Upgrade ,Phone 254-8033
Fax 505-2788'Good. fast,. reliable
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DENTISTSQUALITY PERSONAL DENTISTRY
William DeBonis DDS.
Suite 704,
200 West 57 Street, ,New York; NY 10019,
Office hours by appointmehtonly call
212-333-2650.

ELECTROLYSIS). LAMBDA ELECTROLYSIS).
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Men/Women· TV/TS's. All Methods' Computer Aided· Sterile Conditions.
By Physicians' Aid
14 Years Expe'rience • Sliding Scale Fee
Licensed an~ Board Certified.
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December 24, 1989 ~AFFORDABLE ELECTROLYSIS
Permanent Hair Removal New Airflow
Technique with I.B. ProbeCOMPLIMENTARY CONSULTATIONPROFESSIONAllY OPERATEDGREENWICHVILLAGEQUIET.PRIVATEOFACE
Kenneth Hay
226 West 4th Street
NewYorl<, NY 10014
Lower Level, By Appointmf,!nt Only. '(212) 727-1850
Certified Electrologist
Member i.G.P.E.

FOR SALE
CRYSTAL SALE
Lowest Prices in New York City. Free
gift-free vid'eo of Peru, Aquas,
Tourmaiines,lmperial Topaz. Minerals
from all ooverthe Americas. Serving
the healing community for 3 years.
Call Jad (212) 620-0234.

HELP WANTEDADMINISTRATIVE
COORDINATOR
Responsible
for organizing
andimplementing fiscal and administrative
functionsofa multi-contract
g~vernment
fundednon-profit
organization.
'Skills
required:1) accounts
receivable/payable;
2) general ledger
and payroll;3) voucheringandreporting; 4) personnel matters; 5)
contract monitoring.
,
Qualifications: Bachelor's degree inbusiness or administration;
relevent
experience.
To apply: Send resume and salaryrequirements to: Ai'DS Center of Queens
County, 97-45 Queens Bivd, Suite 1220,
Rego Park, NY 11374.
ACQC is an equai opportunity'employer.

YOUTHLCOMMUNITYEDUCATION COORDINATOR

NYWAR, a non-profit anti-viblence
organization, seeks a Youth/Community
Education Coordinator. Resp. include:
FITNESS
co-facilitating
weekly teen theatergroup, co-facilitating weekly supportEATING AWARENESS TRAINING:'. group,
individual
counseling,
The answer to the puzzle' about eating.
educational presentations, in-service'
Eliminate your weighVeating problem
trainings, networking, and community
forever. (212)929-0661.
organizing. SKIP A LINE Quai. include: I'
yr counseling youth, 1 yr commnunity
ONE-ON-ONE TRAINER
organizing, exp in trainging facilitation
Experienced professional woman
and bilingual (Span/Eng) a plus. To
masters in movement science
apply send a resume to NYWAR, 666
Shapinu..·Strength.Endurance
Broadway, New York, NY 10003.Women
Techmque and Motivaao" 'of Color and Lesbians encouraged toapply.
Enjoyment & Results Guaranteed
MODEL SEARCH
Call (212) 673-2314
Do you think you have what it
takes to be.a nude model?
ADVOCATE-MEN is looking for 'GROUP MASSAGE
models over the age of 21. You
must have at least 2 of the
MEN'S MASSAGE GROUP
following features: looks, great
Gettogether with a grpup of men tobody or large, endowment. We aregive and receive massages:Taughtby
also looking for photographers
toTerry Weisser, Liscense'i! Masseur andshoot future sessions. We will beteacher atthe Swedish Institute.
in New York at the Colonial
Sundays,7-10pm:$15.00,
Houise Inn on January 20 and 21.
call (212) 463-9152.
Call Glenn toll-freel-800-6696565, ext 235 for an appt:

HELP WANTEDRECEPTIONIST

OutWeek magazine seeks ,energetic,
COMPUTER USERS
bright, fast paced individual for our highSuper Support is a unique PC training
phone volume, deadline oriented office.
service always,iooking for competent
Meetfgreet visitors, keep track of-staff,
PC users of any business application to and assist production department withtrain people. If you like to teach and keyboarding of articles. Must haveknow your software pretty well, we'd some
IBM/P.C.
or
Macintoshlike to hearfrom you. (718) 854-2746.'
expe'rience.
Accurateand fast
keyboarding skills required. Salary plus!'lbenefits. No-smoking office. Call Joe
1~(212)685-6398

TALK LIVE ,WITH
HOT LEATHER MEN,24 HOURS DAILVI( You must be .18 or older )Altern'" Uoe. lac.

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1~900-999-0K~SM'HELP WANTEDADVERTISING SALESFT FILE CLERK/RECEPTIONIST,.

OutWeek, New York's #1 lesbian and Small, fast-paced entertainment/labor
DIRECTOR OF VOLUNTEER
Gay weekly, seeks an energetic"law firm located in Midtown. Typing a
SERVICES
motivated, articulate individual to join plus. Interesting, friendly atmosphere.
Responsible.fo,rplanning, , our display advertising sales team.
Healthbenefits
plan. ,SaJaryorganizing, directing, evaluating and Previous ad sales experience helpful. commensuratewith 'experience.
,_
recruiting
participation
in a Salary & commission & benefits. Please Contact: Use Horton at(212) 944-1501 tocomprehensive volunteer program for a ,send resume & cover ietter to: arrange an interview or fax yourborough-wide, community-based AIDS OutWeek, Attn: Mr. Kit Winter, 77 resumne to (212) 768-q785.
organization.
,lexington Avenue, New York. NY 10010.
Skills required: '11 public speaking
OutWeek is an equal Opportunity
experience; 2) supervisory experience;
employer, People of Color and women3) sensitivity.to
ethnic and sexualare encouraged to apply.
FI ,T IN THE-FIGHT
minorities; 4) self-starter; 5) bilin'guai a
GAINST AID
plus.
GENERAL MANAGER
Qualifications: Bachelor's degree
TB'lephone party iine seeks a generaland relevant experience.
manager .to oversee a iarge staff of'To apply: Send resume and saiary monitors
and flyer distributors.
requirements to: ACQC, 97-45 Queens Responsibilities
include st!lffing,
Bivd, Suite 1220, Rego Park, NY 11374.
training, marketing and !lew product
Gay Men'. He..... C......
development.
Excellent salary witli
thefimAIDI
TELECOM TECHNICIAN
medical, dentai and life insurance plans..
rvlee
org.n_tlon
Telephone partyline and dial-it services
and profit-sharing.
Must live in
In
the
world
... Iea: I
company seeks an electronics/te)ecom
Manhattan and be accessible to upper
technician
to test and maintaineast side within 15 minutes. Send
telephoneiines and switching
resumes to: Dial Information Services
Group
equipment.
BasicelectrQnics
Corporation, Attn. Mr. lyons, 159 W.
knowledge required. TelecommunThe eoOrdInator of Group ServIces II
25th Street, 7th floor, New Yor~, New'
reeponeibIe
tor' the IUOIIIViIIon andications experience a pillS. MuSt live in York 10001. Absolutely no telephone
dIYtIoprnen! cia large Group 'ThenIpy
Manhattan and be accessible tO'upper calls or walk-ins accepteµ.
Program. TIi!I! II a ITWlIIIIIIriII poeiIIon
east side. Good salary and benefits. Willthat Irwolvel Program PIannIng, Staff
SuperviIIon and OrgIniz8IIonafo-ltrain nght person. Send resume or letter CLASSIFIED SALES REP.
opment. The suc:ceeaful cendidate
to: Dial Information
Services
OutWeek, New York's #1 lesbian andmust poII8I8 a MS,W. or Ph.D and
Corporation, Attn. Mr. lyons, 159 W. Gay weekly, seeks a Classified Sales
exten8iYe Group Therapy 8lq)8rieI1C8.
25th Street, 7th floor, New York, New Rep to join our growing dept. Must be
York 10001. Absoluteiy no telephorie
responsible, articulate, and motivated.
ofcalls orwalk-ins accepted.
Previous sales experience helpful but
Reporting 10 the auiItant director cI
Client SeIvIces, the coordinatorof
not required. $18K.,Send resume andtralning II reeponeibIe tor coordInaIIng
OUTREACHITRAINER
cover letter to: OutWeek, Attn: Mr.
GMHe's four day voIunIeer tralnlng
COORDINATOR, Winter, 77 lexington Avenue, New York,in addition 10 the deIIgn and
New York Women Against Rape, a non- NY 10010. OutWeek is an equal
II8Iion of aft In-eervIce training
programs
tor the clienllelVicee departprofit Anti-violence
organization is opportunity employer. People of Colorment.
The successful cancfidaIe must
iooking for a pIt Outreach/Trainer
and women are encouraged to apply.
poIIMI a minimum of three 10 IMt
Coordinator. Resp. include: recruiting
years experience In social work,pul>licI)eaIIh education or tralning andvolunteers to do speaking on thE: lower
DO YOU WANT:
development. This position requires
East Side on sexuai assault, co°,1)A house in the Pines or the country
exceIleni organizational and inlerperfaciiitatil1g
counseiortrainings,
2) An Armani wardrobe.
sonal skills. and the ability 10 Interact
organizing bi-monthly orientations forwith staff and voIunIeers at all ieIIeIs. A
3) Financial security
Master's degree in social work, public
new volunteers, crisis counseling, and
4) An elevated standard of living
health. or education i8 required.
aiding the development of outreach,5) Immediate gratification
ExceIIMt ..,."..1IItdpublicity, and literature to disseminate
if you have answered NyesNto more~".,.",..
throughout the community.
than 3 of these questions, you are
Please sefid resume with CCMIr leiter 10:
elgible to become part of an.PerIonnel OffIce
Qual. should include: 1 yr counselingInternational organization that will
Gay Men'. Health CrIIes, Inc.
exp., 1 yr community organizing exp., e!lable you to achieve any or all of
129 West 20th Street
working knowledge of the lower East these goals. Call B. Josephson at (800)
New 'tbrk, NY 10011-0022
Side and Chinatown helpful, Bilingual PRO-ATLAS. 'Gay Men'. Hellllh Crisis, Inc...
.
(Span/Eng) preferred. If interested send
an Equal Opportunity Employer MIFIHfY
resume an·d cover letter to Search
RETAIL-FULL OR PART TIME
Committee, NYWAR" 666 Broadway,
Salesperson
New 'iork, NY 10003. Woman of Color labels for less is one of NYC's leading
and lesbians encouraged to apply.
chain of ladies moderate-to-better,apparel, with a great opportunity for
HOLIDAY HELPBOOMING PHYSICIAN'S
someone who appreciates fashion and
PRACTICE
enjoys selling as a profession.
MAN FRIDAY
Private, physician serving St louis gay
experienced, attractive Bartending
community is seeking qualified partn'er We offer an excellent salary andand Catering for holiday parties.
with HIV experience and interest Very outstanding
benefits.
Only top
Cocktails and intimate dinners ahigh salary and fab benefits in very low- produce~s need apply. Call us at: (212)specialty.
cost city. Call Bill Hart (314)776-4444.
957-9150: labels For lessBook nowl
Equal Opportunity ~mployer.
call David (212)353-1136.
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THINKING ABOUT PLAYING THE
PIANO?
All levels taught by patient, experienced
professional. Beginners welcome.
Convenient West EndiAvenue location.
Reasonabie rates.
(212) 799-3747.
(Message answer.ed promptly)

PAINTING

TEDDY BEARSBROOKLYN
from $15,Q/90minutes out onlywith relaxing, therapeutic
massage
Professionally trained in
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Hot Lunch $95/60 min. out naon-4p.m.

IN TOUCH-'.

24 HOUR SERVICE(212) 768-0221

Try Brownstone Brothers instead.
Professional and reliable.
Serving the Gay Community 15 years.
Sensitive, fun peopie who get the job• done right with no bullshit
Licensed DOT 10~66.lnsured.
Reasonable storage rates.
Pianos-Art -Antiques
Packing. Moving Supplies. 426 E91
Call 289-1511.
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GWM,
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Looking for a man withbrains and a heart
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Send Photo/Phone/
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HAIRY, MUSCULAR,
CHE'STHANDSOME NYU
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STUDENTbe stroked. I'm 33,
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like travel, books, poliseeks attractive, subEDUCATED
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GM, 34, intellectual,
atre, movies, music,
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seeks very intelligent,
you're 35 or younger
20015, NYC, 10028.
handsome, affection. and have a smoothate, educated GM, 27chest, drop me a line.
GUARD ON DUTY
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12527.
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Me: GWM, 39, 5'10",
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Nice-guy stud withwork professionally,ok. Box 1534, Madilover seeks safe sex
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turning to NYC soon,seeks friend/lover, andpossible roomate situtation. I am tall (6')
slender (155ibl) withsmooth hairleu body.
Can be into mosl
sc,enes as .long as
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am a quaiily person
and need aquaiily.man in my life. P~otoappreciated bul no,lnecessary. PO Box
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27402.

experienced-ali comers. Robert, P.O. Box
10 NYC, 10014.

R UTHEONEGF, Hispanic, 31, 5'2",
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KOSHER GWM INTO
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strong but not selfish.
Ltr and phone (foto a+) to PO ,sox 2520
Times Square Station,
NYC, 10108.

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black spikey hair,
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gay ciubs.
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seeks mate. Me: 5'8",1551bs., GrnlBrn, gym
body built for hugs,
mind geared for laughter and soul made toshare. Pholo and letter- OutweekBox"', 1789
GAY COUPLE IN
EAST
Village (26+35) seek
3rd or other couples
for fun In bed and out.
We enjoy videos,
Bway, and our neighborhood. Send photoand letter and phone.
Come on, we know
you'd like to try athreesome or foursome. We sure wouldl
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BROOKLYN MEN
GWM, 28, 6'1", said to
be attractive, seeksfriends in Bklyn. Do U
like B52's, Eurythmics,
and Patsy Cline? A U
sick of phony people
in bars, don't think it'sa sin to stay home on
Sat nite or think sometimes cuddling can beas good as sex? 'Drop
a note w/phone andwe'll take in a film or(warning:Gay clicheahead) have brunch.
Ability to laugh/cry at
the world is important;,
race is not. OUlWeek
Box 1795
PWAACTIVE +
VITAL
.
GWM,
37,
5'11",
1631bs, widow of six
mo;'ths after 8yr. Aelationship. Looking to getback'into lifellovellust.
Full - work Airline Mgr"likes to travel w/someone special though I'll
set off the metal detector due to Portacath for
CMV treatment. Fa ..
vorite dates: theater,
dinner, bed, dinner inbed. dinner in bed
watching Mon. CBS
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1796
GAY ASIAN
SEEKSGM
Me: Chinese. sincere,
attractive, masculaine,
prof, young, 35, 5'9",1401bs. into cultures,
good life, love, relationshiop. You: Unbi-

ased, secure, healthy,
slender, sexually versatile; student or emp
loyed; age 21 to 35,
any race. Into same.
No drugs or heavy
drinkers please. Leiter,- phone, p~oto, appreciated. Outweek Box
1798
TOO SHY IN BARS
To meet poeple, but
too long since my lastdate. GWM, 5'7",
Br/Br, cln-shaven, avg
Iks, a tad overwt but
fighting It, 45, youthfulattitude, Ivy educ, fin
secure, prof'l, str-appearing but definitely·out" & not reluctant toenjoy a man's company In public. On goodterms w/ ex-wife &'awesome 12-yr-old
daughter. Diverseinterests, open to new experiences & ideas.
Work midtown, live
Lower 5th Avenue.
Seeking un-attacbed
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mind, maturity to avoid
self-centered attitude.
Interested in romantic.dates,frrendship,poss. reI. Smoking &moderate drinking ok.
(I do botb) but nodrugs. Write OulWeek
Box 1799
PASSION PLAY
Creative, idealistic,
spiritual, and (reputedly) very cute GM,
teacher/writer,'
31.
5'11", 160lbs, Brier,seeks friend of theheart for intimate
touching both sensualand emotional. If you
have a quick wit, ahardy laugh an open
heart, and a passion
for play, please reply
OulWeek Box 1800
J/O BUDDIES
GWM, 40, 5'11", 165#, looking for men wholove hot J/O sessions.
ExhibJvoy..videos. Extra hung and or hairy a+. PhotolPhone to Box
126, 70A Greenwich
Avenue, New York,'NY 10011.
GLORY HOLESERVICEHot, no nonsense
cocksucker, 34, really,gets down for major,
dudes hung bigger
than me (10".) Looks,
age, race unimportant,cock size is. Just be
hot and ready for arootmilkin you won't

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Pass this by and you'll
regret it. Only serious
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Write OutWeek Box
1722.

INSATfABLE FRIA
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GWF, 29, 5'2", honest
20161, Midtown Sta- , and' educated. Likes
tion, New York City
all sports & music,
10129.
seeks a Latin lady, 2035 Lesbian, who likes
GAY AND
to share special moINTERRACIAL
ments & maybe a seriGJM, 40, 5'10·, 155
ous relationship.
I
Iba., cute, blue eyes
speak
Spanish .
. and wise desires masPlease no drugs &culine Black top man,
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30 and older. Sensitive1723
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who
we
are.
Fotolphone If possible.
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P.O. Box 20, NYC, NY
Very good looking Gd
10012.
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older, or hung, or musbest friend and lover.
cular, but like all top
Financial Executive
guys into tits and mywith diverse interests:
great butt. Write Box
Gay 'Men's Chorus,
1602 Old Chelsea Stn,counseling, Co-ChairNew York, NY 10011.
man of my church's
Gay Fellowship. Looking for someone who
LIFE IS
responds to the perSo much better whenson I am: good senseshared with someoneof humor, romantic, inspecial. I could be thatterests outside of sell,someone. Goodlooktall and attrac tve.
ing, GBM, ~Oyrs, 5'9",
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15OIbs,desires to relo1714
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knowingly has nothing
who would enjoy myto hide and doesn"tcompany, for dining.
need to tell the world
movies, walks, quietof his sexual preferevenings at home, andence Simply because
travel.
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it's not necessary.
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who's
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5'9", 1451bs,Dancer's
needs a significant
body, will wear
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You, should be romantic, Inleiligent, GWM, withfacial hair, slim or
muscular or BB, 5'S",or shorter, 18-30, & In
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do it. Photo/Phone
ans. Outweek Box
1751
LOVE ON THE SIDE
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I discrete GD-Iking slim
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Letter/Photo/Phone to
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GWM, 37, 2101bs, hry,chest, seeks son fordinner, movies, sex,role play (Daddy's
pleasure & possibly
yours) Poss rela t.
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