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W

hat do "Queer Nation," Dykes To Watch Out For,
"Radical Faeries" and Pansy Beat have in common?
. They are all cases where proud, out lesbians andgays have appropriated tenns of anti-gay oppression, turne_d them inside out, and infused hateful old epithets withpositive new meanings.
It's not a novel idea for oppressed grou~ to appropriate insul~glanguage and tum it to their advantage. Yet for several reasons the practice remains controversial in the lesbian and gay community. OutW~k's
use of queer, jag, lezzfe and dyke has generated a continuing stream of.letters objecting to what the writers perceive as ourintemalized homo- .
phobia. GCN in Boston and other publications have also experienced
negative reactions when they use words such as queer and Ies.
Our community is rightly sensitive to the power of words. We
are, in no small measure, a people who c~einto 'being when astrange Latin-Greek
hybrid term-homosexuaJ....-wascoined to, describe the then-novel concept of sexual orientation. Aside from its
odd combinationof two languages, homosexual has long been
objected to by many gays because of its cold, clinical nature, its association with mental illness, and the fact that it was coined not by us .
but by our oppressors.
Gay, the term preferred by early leaders of our movement,c;lerived from a medieval French phrase describing chivalric courtly
love between knights, and has become the most common term
describing us. But gays similarity with .the English word meaning"happy" is confusing to many, while some women have objected to
any term which conflates the identity of female and male homosexuids. The solution to that problem has been the adoption of the term
lesbian, and the formula lesbian and gay has come to be the acceptable way to denote the entiie community.
But that's not the end of the story. Some are made uneasy by
the word gay.·Others, including many women, feel they had nothing
to do with the coinage of lesbian. Still others long for a term which
would encompass the entire community' without any sexist, medical
pr other oppressive connotations.
Into this confusing linguistj.c quagmire stumbles a host of insulting
tenns such as fairy, faggo~ dyke, queer, homo, dagger, sissy and so on.
Should we continue to search for new terms to describe us?
Should such'terms be cUlled from the long list of oppressive insults
or be freshly 'minted? Does the appropriation of insults signal a new
pride or a capitulation to unrecognized, internalized homophobia?
. These are not frivolous questions. African Americans have longrecognized the power of tenns to oppress or liberate. Their fluidity
in I;I1oving from colored to Negro to AfrO-American to Black to
African-American reflects not confusion or indedsion, but a recognition that meanings, like movements, change.
We would do well to recognize the same thing. Words, after all,are what we make them. But they have. a significant power to makeus as well ....
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showing even the Slightest
complainsthat the film
surprise at the fact that writer
shows the white male threatCraig lucas has focused onening to "walk away· fromthe well-to-do WASPshows a . hIS Hispanic buddy when In
startling Ignorance of Lucas'
fact he was being c:IIsmlssed.
work. He Is, after all, the ultiHis stern talk to the youngmate yuppie writer In theman was right on the marktheater today.
for the situation. I don't think
By focusing on this group
Bowen watched very closeof friends, the complete
ly, and/or let his attitude
scope of AIDS and reactions
blind him to what was reallyto It would not be possible orgoing on on the screen. His
appropriate.
These menquestions about the where,
reacted the way they did forwhen and why of the Intendtheir own reasons that theed arrests
are clearly
film makes very clear. Most
answered In the scene: theoffensive Is his bleeding
health department, the next
heart (AIn't I the most sensi- day and "to see If the mayor
tive liberal) version of theshows up.· The missing'characters'"distancing·
scenes of street battles ~themselvesfromthelamented by Bowen In his"social/political reality.· The review will be In the Mure,film states more than onceaccompllshed ...hopefUly by
the problem with Insurance
the audience.
and loss of Jobs. These guys
In any case, the very
were too well-off, proud andlarge audience at Angellka
loved to be tossed on theFilm Center laughed, cried
human trash heap known as and were visibly moved byhospitals In New York.
this fine film. Whatever It's
In conclusion,
Bowen
faults, this Is a film with a na-

Crisis Une Crisisand dlgnJfled voice reaching
We are writing to Informout to those In need.
. the gay and lesbian commuSteven L. Cantor
nity of a voice that has not .
Dale Christopher
often been publicized during
Renee CorJombe
the recent traumatic events
Merrbets, Sfeett1g Corrrrlftee
clouding the future of the
FlJ"Idfor Human Dignity-the
Companion PIeces
voice of the CrIsIs Une volunPeter Bowen's
smarteers.
tassed superiority
In hisAt a meeting at the Gay. review of Norman Rene's film
and lesbian' Community
Longtime Companion (no.
Center In New York on May
46, May 16) does a disservice
10, the Crisis Une \t>lunteer's
to a fine plcfure. My dear Mr.
Association (ClVA) was creBowen, this Is a movie. An
ated by past and present
entertainment. A story that
Crisis Line volunteers.
As -Iilopefully those not painfully
advised earlier by legal
and personally aware of thecounsel,the volunteers. horrors of .the AIDS years
elected a steering commitmght go to see. Do you realtee empowered to negotily think ci grim aglt/prop
ate with the executive
piece would sell any tickets:?
committee of the board of'Nhen accusing the filmmakdirectors.
ers of "narrow focus· Is preThe
ClVA
formallycisely the point. Anyone
requests that all volunteers
withhold services, both paid
and unpaid, from the FundsrONEWAtt RIOrSfor Human Dignity, until asatisfactory
settlement
IsvE
As
cVIi.IiT()IIJ
reached.
/?£"arI'1VJT IfE7Ec.T
The ClVA reaffirms thethree demands endorsed by,!fIVrr1l11V6
TII-1Tsome 30 volunteers
at a
fOn£
ONE
C()vLpmeeting on AprIl 23 and subIIr TE/(P,fET-15
mitted to the board:(/IYJ~FE
1) that Julien Maurice,
the former CrisisUne Director,
be reappointed
Crisis Line
Director.
2) that a minimum of-~.1I)reemembers (or one-third,
whichever Is greater) of theboard of directors be Crisis
Une volunteers.
3) that one ,of the cochairs of the board of dlrec. tors be chosen by the Crisis
Une volunteers.
The ClVA wishes to thslnk
all of those Individuals
throughout the diverse gay
and lesbian community who
have expressed their feelings
to the board of directors
about recent events. It Is crucial that the Crisis Line bealways a trained, humane{

BY ANDREANATALIE

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May 30, 1990

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row vision, as Bowen complains, a 111mfor about andby the gay men most deeply
Involved In the AIDS crisis In
this time period. Get overyourself, Peter. These bravefolks have ma'naged the
Impossible by even getting
the picture on'the screen.
Give constructive criticism
and take your own political
agenda to cHy hall, Albany
and Washington. The average moviegoer can relate
to these nice, successfulg~. Anyone who could not
respond to Bruce Davison's
scene at his lover's bedside
Is beyond hope, and Bowensees this powerful scene as
cynical"Isolation. - Bahl
Humbug I this Is a wonderful
picture. Brave, honest, powerful and, for me, cathartic. I
offer my thanks to Rene,
lucas and their fine cast.

,

LonLowry
Manhattan

The first almost-Hollywood
movie about AIDS and thegaycommunity
finally
comes out, and what klnd ofcoveragedoes OutWeek

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OUT~EEK

give It? Only Peter Bowen's
essay, aHegedly a 111mreview
but really more of a laundry
list of Issues' he wished themovie had dealt with andothers he would have treated differently. ObJections,especially political, to thismovie aren't surprising. The
gay and lesbian community,
particularly
those of us
Involved In AIDS activism, Is
bound to see Longtime
Companion from a criticalperspective. And much ofwhat Bowen said has sometruth to It, echoing COI"(lments I've made or heard
others make.
But surely OutWeek could
have given such a significant
artistic event either a real
revlew-complete with comments about writing, direction, acting
and othercinematic values-or else
sampling of essay-llke commen15.Or both.
As a friend of mine said
as he mediated an argument over Longtime Companion, criticisms such as
Bowen's would be more
valid If we had lots of AIDSMay 30, 1990

amovies to talk about, or
hopes that they will bemade. But we don't. We do,
1InalIy, have one 111m,whichof course ~n't be the perfect AIDS film and satisfy
everybody's pOlitical agenda. It'd be a shame If lesbians and gays didn't see

Longtime

Companion

because somewhere they
heard It was pollffcally Incorrect. Cut1Ing off debate likethat strikes me as our community's not to Stalinism.
And, practically speaking, If
this movie falls at the box
office there won't be any
AIDS 1I1mS"tosee, let alone
argue about. Instead we'll

get more of the usual: gay
and lesbian vlcHms and mIs1I1s and psychopaths.

Marl<Gason
Manhattan
It was with dismay that I
read Peter Bowen's essay on
the political shortcomings of
Craig lucas and Norman ."Rene's brUHant 111mLO/l1flme
Companion. It seems that
Bowen W05thrown Into sucha tizzy by the film's fqllure toconform to his political preconcepffons of what the 111m
would or should be that he
faRed to notice that It Is not
only a major step forwaitl forgay 1I1msand filmmakers, butalso one terrific movie. Or
maybe he didn't thIn~ It wasvery good; his review neversays el1her way.
If fII{TlS ore subject to politIcal litmUs tes15 then so arefilm reviews; ff'lIs Is a test that
Bowen falls. Longtime Companion faces a difficult challenge at the box office, achallenge made more difficult by Bowen's carping
antipathy. By Ignoring thepolitical ramifications of discrediting this 111mwithin thegay community and by discour~lng -out~kreaders
from seeing ii, Bowen setsback tne cause of gay artists
and subject
matterIn
film-seriously
decreasing
the possIbIIHythat the "pollffcally correct- AIDS film will
ever be made. If the artists
who made this film have a
responsibility to tailor theirwork to serve the complete
political agenda of this crisis,
then Bowen must takethat my reviews simply
Issue Is, It would be negligent
responsibility for the harm he
GBS Manifesto
has done to the cause of . served public relaffons flrms.
of us to hide our heads. It Is
In the post, we at theI encourage
everyonegoy visibility In mainstream
Gay Broadcasting System, as at best complex. Well-lntenInterested In seeing Longfilms. But Bowen will suffer nowell as many others In ourtloned people have dlstime Companion to see It.
com'munlty,
have quesrepercussions;Longtime,agreed. Outing Is not ationed the authority andCompanion, as a result of .hIs But I can think of ho better
subject to be decided byplace to critique the limitamotives of those who claim
review, may.
one Individual. It demands
to be our "goy leaders.·
tions of certain types of gay
Of course I don't propose
discussion among all the
Most recently your magazine
representations
than In athat Bowen serve .as on
members of the Gay Broadgay publlccitfon. And for me, has been embroiled In the
uncrltlcal flack for all pro-goy
casting System.
racism Is too high a price to controversy' over outing. We
films. He Is a critic and ought
We have been most dispay for "cir1tstfc' representatoo have been examining
turbed In the recent weeks
to call them as he seesthIS Issue and formuatlng OLl" at the flack your magazine
tions of gay men.
them. But Lucas and Rena,
policy. As heated as this. has taken by' these nonas artlsfs,also have a responsibility to call them as they ,..-_
see them-and
their film Is i
on honest, moving andempowering portrait of theircommunity. Yes, It Is a community that Is largely whiteand well-off, but It Is thecommunity they know bestand It Is rendered honestly
and not uncritically. Longtime Companion Is a sourceof comfort and renewed
anger (and valuable political debate of the sort Immediately at hand) that Is anec~1ty In this time of crtsls;
Its true political value Is afunction of the honesty andartistry the fllmmakers bringto their depictionof thiscommunity.
Since Bowen spends somuch energ"y looking for
You can capitalize on what could become a great(and Imagining) political missteps while Ignortng the spegrowth industry in the 1990's and-make a sociallycific elements of film that are
responsible investment at the same time.
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Peter Bowen responds:
I would like to thank Gary
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elected -gay leaders· of our Ics of oppression,he or she
community concerning out- shall become subject toIng. We wonder If these complete and Immediate-leaders· are living In the scrutiny,up to and including
same community In which the possIblHty of ouHng.
we Ova? "\We recognize the IndIvIdFor nearly 2,000 years, uaI'sright to privacy. But thegays ald lesbians hcive been
concerns expressed by -gaythe victims of nuder, expert- leaders· concemlng 00 Indtmentation' and oppression. vidual's right to privacy are
And we have been victims to
In large part unfounded.
these Immoralattacks lagely . That right falls swiftly fromat the hands of the religious those who would seek toestablishmentsand the gov- shed their privacy for theernmentswhich they control' PlbIIc spofllght.
or Influence. It Is time to tun
For 21 days, we In New
the fide of public exposure Yorkendured the barrage ofback on·those who would sexualadventures concernseek through religious or Ing Donaldand IvanaTrump.
bureaucratic doctrine to Nobody questioned theircontrol or destroyus. It Is timeright to privacy when we all
to accept that anyone who read about how Donald
participates, even through Trumpwas~
exceltheir Silence, shares In the lent In bed. Nor were there
moral responsibility of our ooy lawsuits.Everyoneconrepression. As such, should ceded that all those con~the Gay Broadcasting System cerned had hung their
become' aware of anyone privacy up on the wall next
pcrtIdpattng In the rnecha'Ito their clothes. Because

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vacy Is a moot and lame
argument when It contributes to a national genodde.
We share an ethical. responsibilitywith Out~ek
to, examine each outing onan Individual basis, asking
first Who should be outed,
why, based on what evidence and flnall~' to what

purpose .

IJIIIIII-':'=-We respectfully lsagreewith our peers wh claimthat -outing can produce
someoneIs a public flgur~ Is badly needed role models.
not an IntrlnslcvalidaHonfor Nobody
canachieve
their outing. But the -right of respect against their will andprivacy· Is not always a . nobody can be extorted Into
defense to those who seek such a capacity.
It Is enflrely possiblethat
Its shield.
We r9c0gnlzefor most, a In some circumstances an-outing· can be more
right to privacy. We also r~
destructive than beneficial.
ognlze the deaths of ~arly
Inthosecases,we will exam:.
80,000 of our sisters andIne .all other reasonablebrothers who fell largely
because those from the alternatives; One thing Is cerInsidegave Into their Insecu- tain, It wlll be a decision not'iii

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Should these fundamental questions of ethics beanswered satisfactorily, It Is. now and will continue to be
our policy to expose homophobic parasites to. our viewers and to the viewers of ouraffiliateS around the countiy.

Butch Peaston, Gen. Mgr.:
The staff of Gay News Netwo"rk and Out In the 90s
Gay Broadcastfng System
Forbes'-Legacy
Bravo. OutWeekl
You
have started the -dialogue·that has been hear(:f 'roundthe world. The debate on
outing has drawn everyone
Into conversation from the-famous· fo the closeted.
Many times In society we getstuck In how we think wehave .to conduct ourselves,
acceptingthe status quo,
but OutWeek has done ourI society an enormous favor

by shocking us Into thinking
In a different way aoout
being closeted ...because as
we all know, BEING GAY IS
GOOD ... IT'S OK, NOTHING
WRONG WITH ITI So, there Is
no reason not to be out. I
honestly feel that Malcolm
Forbes'legacyIs onlyenhancedby the knowl. edge that he was gay. I
don't know what OufWeek'sMure course will be on thesubject,
but seeing themomE3ntum started by theForbes article, one can only
hope the -floodgate·Isopen and we are all begin- .
nlng to' think In terms thatbeing OUTIs status quolDavid Contre"

across. The people of thiscountry are sleepwalking
zombies and it Is time forthem to wake LP. What you
are polng ahd writing Is

magazine I There It Is-theJOng-awalted full-page color
photo of Michelangelo $Ignorlle (Issues are already senIng at $5 on St. Mark's

good.

Place).

. Inside me rages a terrible
storm. Outside me I see theunreal fantasy, world thegovemment and media perpetuate. I want to see the
comfortable uncomfortable.
I want to See the myths andthe illusionsand the lies shattered.
I wish you the very best.

You've got egg on yourface from missing this scoop
under your nose. OutWeek,
how about some hard-htttlng
Investtgatlve journalism on aDthat New Yorkmissed In theirpiece on S1gnorlle:.
• What Is his favorite
color?
• What Is his blrth sign?
• What Is his shoe size?
• Does he wear boxers or

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Brooklyn. you. I'vetieen buying your fondue?
.magazlne faithfully, ripping It• Does he have any. apart looking fo~ one story I pets?
Shatter Those illusions
thought you'd have the hon• What kind 'of penCilS"
does'he use?I am deeply supportive of . esty and foresight to run.
your Joumallsm. Thank God
And ftlls week I flnd this very
• Does .he; like being
you have the guts and thecalledMichelangelo,
scoop--ln smarmy, self-conmeans to get your message
sclously upscale New York . Mlch?el, Mike or Mickey? .

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debacle earned them vitriolic denlJ1ClatIon from somegay quarters. TheIr "Lesbians
Who Sleep WIth Men· article(no. 33, Feb. 11) prompted
scam from many dykes. And
their advocacy of "outing·has gamered them rebukesfrom mainstream
lesbianandgayorganizations

across the country. Through-Photo: James Hamilton
Get on the story, OutWeek. I don't want to haveto walt around for Michael's
Thing to get the piece. I think
many of your readers woudalso be Interested In a profile
on, for example,
Urvashl
Vald; I could go on listing
hot, angry heroes you should
profile. Full-page photos, athome relaxing or at thebeach, would be nice, too.

This Is my Idea but you canhave It for free.
Thank you for YOll" atten-

fIon.
John P. Farley
Manhattan

fashion Edit
OufWeel(s editors are no
strangers to controversy.
Their call for Tim Sweeney's
resignation after the Myersout these debates, I havestood firmly by our fledgling"Lesbian· and Gay News
Magazine:faithfully purchasing
my copy each
week, . andstaunchly
defending It against often
vicious attack. But this time
OutWeek has gone too fori
Imagine my shock-nay,
my humiliation, even mortlflcafion-upon
discovering In
last week's Issue (no. 47, May23) a "Queer Fashion·
spread that entirely failed toInclude a young gay man
who has been hailed by
Woiner! 's Wear Dally as "thesingle most significant fashIon Innovator of the past ten
years:
by Vogue as "acourageous fashion rebel·
and by GQ as the person
most likely to revolutionize
malefashionIn the9Qs·-namely,
myself. (I'vemislaid the articles In which
the above quotes appear,
but I'm sure one of yourfamous (HAl) fact-checkerS
could locateth8m.)
During my nunerous andmuch acclaimed terms asfacl~ator.for ACT UP/NY OV9l'
the past three years, I hove
appeared In a well-nlg, dazzllng ..array of skirts, dresses,
hats, pumps and, of COllSe,
my now legendary earrings.
The inspiration I have. provided the organization cannot
be overes1lmated and In atleast one Instance (I refer, ofcourse, to the highly touted
black pIasIlc mini) my apparel gave rise quite Ilteraly to alevelof empowerment

a rAlice in Jan !/raJ/Ciscob r{eonore, in (ie!! Westc .Rhonda &..J1.rlene ind(lfd cPatti in ChicO{foe JIi£ JJeYita Sisters in

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unseen since stonewall.
believe that -boy-lovers·on the night I facilitated an
Surely these achieveACT UP meettng ,wearing thehave a greater commHment
ments, by themselves, merIt- . now classic white' sundress, to, or regard for, the (delied a place· for me In straw hat and grape duster
cate) well-being of youths
OutWeek's -Queer Fashion· earrings.
than the average gay man
Issue; and yet I have waged
In short,
OutWeek's
would have for CI casual sex
my satorlal revolutlQn far-Queer Fashion· spread Is a portner? Yes, ! beHeve a few
beyOnd the confines of the
fashion outrage, a blatantmight go further to develop
Lesbian and Gay CommunIslap In the face to all selfa loving relatlonshfp as mightty Center. Indeed, my well- .respecting lesbians and gay
two adults. It's been mycoordinated (In all senses ofmen, a sordid string of lIes- experience, however, sincethat term) assault upon theby-omlsslon which (set) our
having been out and In therules of so-called -gendermovement back more than-real world· from age
appropriate attire· has been
20 years. I hereby call for a that few adult gay men
carried out on the streets
nationwide boycott of Out(care to) take Into account
Pilot . Ji Mar1<S
both of Hoboken and Manthe extra measure of strugo. m
Week magazine until Its edIhattan' and on the PATH tors see fit to correct thegle young men/boys face. In brands In our community,
tr.alnsIn
between,shameful and glaring Imbalfact; there's a good deal of
Including Ughts, 1005 and allrivaling-of
to be strictly
ance In their recent fashion
abuse out hereto be had.'other cigarettes manufacaccurate,surpassing-In
coverage.
Forgive me If I am cynicaltured by Phillip Morris,Inc.
scope the historic (though
DavId Robinson about the commitment andSecondly, we feel thatclearly less sophisticated)
Hoboken,NJ
Intentions of NAMBLA. My
this boycott would be morefashion experiments of theexperiencetells me that . effective
If the gay press
beloved RoRerena.
No No NAMBLA
even the well-meaning dowould publish guidelines
One cannot
help but
I rather doubt that many
not always comprehend
Includlng- .omong
otherwonder how the nine 1ndIvIdof the pederasts In NAMBLA what's at stake at a time ofthings, suggest/ons for restau, uals were chosen for OutrtleCISl.feup to the spfrltual orlife so cruCial. I prefer tG let
rant and bar owners/man~k's feature. That three of Intellectual sensibilities of kfdswork things out for them- cigers regarding the sale ofthe models work or !:lave
Socrates or Plato. My Under- selves, aiding with extreme
these products In their estabworked for popular gay
standing Is that Socrates
care ~
called upon. The
IIshments. It may also be-nightspots,· that two work
regarded
PLATOnic lovehearts arid minds of gay
helpful .to Include a list of all
for the gay or gay-sympabetween males most highly.
youth should take priority
products ma.nufactured or
thetlc -press· and that five
In any case, as a devoted
over anyone's sexual procllvmarketed by Phillip Morris
are Involved In the -arts·
teaCher and splrttuat mentor,
Itles. Somehow
I can'tInc.
suggests, at the very least,his ~vel of corTllT'itment likely believe NAMBLA (or pedIn the worid we ~ve In
ur:tmlstakeable conflicts ofsurpassed
the average
erasts In general)(has)today, the gay community=.
NAMBLA member when It
escaped the shadow of ourcannot alford to be anycomes to the well-being ofcommunity's (Insensitive) sex thing less than totally comyouths. Gay kids Indeed
scene, not any more or less mltted to the continuing
need aU of the nurturing Sl.pthan the rest of us. The kids fight for our rights and freeport they can get, but I deserve (much) better.
dom. We appreciate
your. rather doubt most pederasts
Thomas Boggs
consideration
and assls.
"~".
can see past their own dlcks
Austin, TX tance .
when It comes to real com.Adrienne Scottmftment. I wrestled with myJesse Smoke Out
Long Island, NY
own feelings for. two years~
WearewritingIn
before I finally -came out·
response to your artlde conStrength through Angerat 15. I had by no means
cerning
ACT
UP's
Having
read
Woody
:a
sorted out my feelings howannounced boycott of MartEnoicaras'~tter to OutWeek
FAS~N
ever. I found the whole proboro dgarettes (no. 44, May
describing the newly formed
cess frightening. I'm sure this 2).
lesbian and gay group fight~
Inner chaos and fear was
RrstIy, we believe that, as Ing Invisibility and homophoInterest and, at the worst, a
not visible to e'leryone, but It In the case of Adolf Coor'sbia (a ka the Queer Nation),ruthless cabal of self-promo- was there. What I'm trying to company, If the PhllUpMorris I feef compelled to respond.
tlon'g, self-Interested,
5elfsay Is that though some kfds Company Is Indeed supportI Include myself as a memappointed -experts· setting-know what they want· sex- Ing Jesse Helms and possibly
ber of this group, but thethe fashion agenda for theuaBy, there's more going on other homophobic organizalabel -proud and angry gay
queer nation, a cabal notthan meets the eye. Moretions, then the gay commlr.
women and men" does not.
unlike the one to be foundcertainly than simply thenlty Is tUlly JUStIfIedIn calling
appIyto~.
.
setting the AIDS research
Issue of having sex. Men who for a boycott of all Phillip~ with ACT UP's -united
agenda at the NaHonallns1l- do not take this Into accountMorris Products. This Is particIn anger,· I do not consider
tutes of Health and whose'
have no business Intruding.
ularly Important considering
mY,S91f
an angry person. Yes,I
unmasking was set In motfon
Cananyon~
seriously
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be assessed and dealt with
abstract Ond theoretical, for
ctrrerentIy. incidents CIS very
therapy Is more a matter of
htIrrkXJthg but that tlO'Jctl't
the heart CI"Id wDlthan of thea'Id won't stop us from beIrQ
brain. You are sitting In avisibly gay or lesbian. Dressshrink's Office because you
CI"Id holdhave not been able to think . outrageous, kiss, ~your way out of your morass. hcrtds In p.b1Ic, CI"Id NOT justIf the shrIli< Is too Intel\ectua1 In rlgIt cU:ls a'Id bas. Don't
or theoretical,
that shrink
gve In. Be QUEERI
DanHtn1er
may be afraid of closeness.
BeUeve me, you don't need
~EtIk
that at an.
Glem BelVarfo
4) A respecffng shrink. A
MOnhattcn
shrink cannot help a patientwhom they do not respect.
Ban the BoycoH
So ask yourself .thls. No matOf all the stupid things I
ter how tucked up, how con-'have witnessed during thefllct-rldden, how depressed,last decade of the AIDS epIhow burdened with fear I dem\c, the boyco1tlng of theam, does this shrink seem to' SIxth International AIDS Conrespect me? You will know,
ference moves rlghtl"up to .
becausearespected
first place par none.
patient feels that the shrink
What does this boycotthas connectedwith thatpossibly hope to accompllsh? The funding Is <*eadyPhoto: T.L Utt patient's own real self.
Psychotherapy Is the at of In place and the conference
relationship, and you want a
WILL be happening.
This
It. -Unlted'ln strength- might
slona\. But If they won't tell~wholsamasterofthls
annual conference
Is an .
be more appropriate.
you, avoid them like theat. (It Is not theories, wHch ae
Important opportunityforMichael Wakefield plague.
researchers In all fields toManhattan
2) A growing shrink. Psy- only tools.) If you have fOU'ld
thenmeet and compae data. A
chotheq:)y Is a relationship. It this triad h you'~,
Scouting a Shrink
Is this reIa1IorI:tIjJ that wi. help when the therapeuIIc seas get .,{c9mplex disease like AIDS.
Havtng spent rnalY of my you to c::halge you' Ife. ~ It Is rough and the waves of life takes many minds working
ae 1heaIert'lg, you ...... know
together In order to solve theYOU'lQ9I" yeas In psychotheroa relationship In which thethat you ae h good hCI"Ids, So
puzzle. Nothing is gained bypy while my friends were~also rrust grow. If he
don't settle for less.
.
refusilQ to participate In the
doing Europe-on-$5-a-day
does not, then you will not
Charles Blonddialogue. And If acfIvIsIs puIand e>q)lorlngAre IsICI"Id \\/heneasIy grow ~.
So, \\/hen
Manhattanout, a very Important voice
It was stili pristine and w~nyoumeetyou'~forthe
wiD be lost.
cigarettes were about 32 fist ttne, ask youseIf, -Is this aDear, Be QueerI an, of couse, most symcents a pack (I qUtafter that),
person INho Is stli gowlng?- If
We whole hea1ecIy agree pathetiC to the goal of theand having myself practiced
the answer seems to be no,with your edltorla' rOutspoboycott wHch Is to protest thepsychotherapy for almost 25 ' ~. goocI)ye forever. (Actldkent no. 47, May 23). J.JSt this' US. hYn\grallon policy agdnst
yeas, I too have some opInIy, do not be afraid to shop
Ions about 1Indi"lg a SYhk. .
Q(X.nd lJ'lfI you 1Ind the r\glt
past weekend, May 12, we
HIV-Infected 1ncIv\dI.JdS. However, a rruch more InteIgent
1) A pre-shrunken sMnk. I ntri<. It Is worth the few exira had 1Wo (yes, 1wo in one dt::r"()
IncIden1sof verbal ClSSCIUIs. In . wa( for orgaizaIIons a'Id ~would never be In therapy
bucks.)
with any shrink who had not3) A listening shrink. You both hsIalces the ttYee of us vIckJaIs to protest this woUd be
to attend the Son francisco
been well-shrunken before I are absolutely unique. The were asked If we were
gay/homos/fags, we replied
conference and vote to prewaked Into the sh1li<ery. The
answers to your conflicts,
psychotherapeutic
process Is problems and goals are not )as of cousel- We were then vent the conference from
1reated to vabus bve.ytCUlts
ever again being heIcIln thea demanding
one for the
In your shrink. (They may not
pailent, reQ,Jlrlnggreat com- even be In any books yet.) and namEK:a1l1ng. One can Urited States l.nfl the·laws ae
0SSlITl8 that these tactics
changed. The conference Is
nitment and trust. It Is apt to
The answers to these things
are designed to Intlmctate us curently sche<iJed to be held
be long CI"Id It may be expen- are In you. So your shrink
a'Id foIce us Into that -coffnIn Boston In 1992. lJrtforIlr.ateslve. But when It Is done, themust «now how to listen to
known as the closet. On theIy, only the most naive
paI\ent wi. have a QoocI tOmyou ..Psychotherapy Is the art
contrary, the three of us justbeIeveS there ......soOn be no
dation In self-knowledge, aof helping you to find yourneed for these conferences.
workable connection withanswers. Ustenlng shrinks will acted even -tpter" (or ltloUd
we g;:J'( acted naturaDy) andS()metJmes It think that
resouces CI"Id a stronger
want to understandyou.
more affecItonate a'Id ~. with leaders like we seem toself~eem. If lhInks have not
Their responses to what you
Iy agreed that -yes we arehave who needs enemles?1 .
been through the therapy I tell them will either reflect
queer: Usually this works but
Rodger Pettyjohn, RN, PWA
am about to go hough, theunderstanding. or seek toof couse every Incident has to
Brooklynchances. are good that theynourish It. Beware of thethings that may outwardly
appear angry, but my motivation behind activism Is
more one one of sadness
and disappointment at the
terrible actions others havetaken against us. I don't
hate our oppressors: I'm s0ddened by their Insensitivity
and understand It's their own
Ignorance and lack of lovethat make them so hostile.
Most of the people
Involved with this group may
not share my oplnlon, but It
would be a mistake to categorize us all as having thesame motivation for joining

will not quite have theresources, the skill and theresilience they need to help
me. There ~ mcrty out theI9
who can write those magic
tetters after thai" ncrnes-M.D.,
Ph.D.,MS.W.-1Nho have not
h9d a dt::r"( of persona therop,'. h my opinon,they ae not'for you. And you haVe every .
right to ask a -prospective
n1ri< If they have had peISOIr
al therapy, for how long (Iwould shlI1 anyone with lessthal1twee yeas of It) a'Id withwhom. They will, of course,
WCl"ltto know why you wantto know. That Is only profes-

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News

Antigay.Attacks Continue
Man Slashed, Windows Smashedin. East Village'.,

by John Voelcker

mouth, Chuck said, he yelled at the whole
NEW YORK-A gay man was' badly group, "You guys just cool it, all right?~
injured early in the morning of Saturday,
At that, one of the teenaged men
May 12, when he was slaShed by a gang moved in on him and allegedly stabbedof teenagers outside the popular BoyBar him in the side of the head, raking theon St. Mark's Place in Manhattan. Police - knife down one side of his face. The manarrested a 100year-oldman Thursday night then tried unsuccessfully to stab him inand charged him with first-degree assault, the chest, Chuck said.
a felony, in connection with the crime.
Chuck said he didn't actually realize
Chuck, 28, a fashion stylist who lives he'd been slashed until he bent down' toin the East Village, told OutWeek he had retrieve the knife dropped by his.attacker,
just left BoyBar with two drag queen when he noticed blood pouring from his
friends when a group of six men and two head. He was able to cover the wound
women surged toward the three as they with napkins
from a deli next
walked clown St. Mark's. "A girl ran door-although, he said, the man behind
toward -us yelling, 'Faggots, fucking
the counter told him, "Don't bleed on my
faggots, just look at you,'" Chuck said.
fucking floor." He then approached a
When she tried to hit him in the police officer at the intersection of St.

Mark's and Third Avenue.
His attackers, he said, had moved on
to attack the two drag queens. One,
known as Peau de Soie, told Out~ek shecovered her face and leaned against afence to protect herself while two of theboys allegedly hit and punched her. The
second drag queen, known as Shannon,
said she kept the teenagers away byswinging her belt around her head, even
,after one man threatened her with a knife.
Chuck, who asked that his last namenot be used, was taken by ambulance tothe emergency room at Bellevue Hospital,
where he was treated within half an hour.
He received 43 stitch~se for a five-inch
vertical gash in front of his ear, and 18
more for a cun:ed two-inch gouge on theside of his head.
ThurSday night, Chuck and Shannon
returned to St. Mark's Place to see if they
could locate any of their attackers. About 8
pm, they saw the man who allegedly
slashed Chuck, and immediately called thepolice, who arrived within minutes. .µter
questioning, officers arrested Jose Martinez,
16, of 756 Fox Street in th.eBronx..
Martinez was arrested on seconddegree assault charges, but the District
Attorney's office upgraded the charge tofirst-degree assault, a more serious felony.
Martinez· was scheduled to bearraigned by a Criminal Court judge
Friday night or Saturday morning; at press
time, the D.A. had not decided what bailto request. If Martinez cannot make bail,he will remain in custody until he is tried.
. The crime has been dassified an antigay
bias crime.
Derek Neen, the BoyBar doorperson
the night of the attack, told OutWeek thatthree girls from the group of teens had
been refused entry into BoyBar earlier
that night. The whole group later came.
by the bar and briefly yelled antigay slurs
before the attack, he said.
Neen noted that the block of St.
Mark's ,between Second and Third has
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·FBI Nabs Woul~~Be ArYan
Bar Bombers.
by Rex Wockner

businesseS. The gay disco was to be the
SEA'ITLE-FBIagents May 12 arrested fust target, howeVer.
two white supremacists allegedly en route
Wmslow and Nelson were charged.to blow up a Seattle gay bar.
with multiple counts of conspiracy, illegal.
According to an affidavit filed inpossession offlrearms and the possession
United States District Court by Tacomaof an explosive device.
based FBI special agent Thomas Trier,The 20-acre Aryan Nations Hayden
the ~ureau had tracked the twa men,
Lake compound, 40 miles northeast ofRobertWmslow, 29, and Stephen Nelson,
Spokane, is a center for neo-Nazi
35, for three months.
I . II
Information was gathered primarily
by phone taps at the Aryan Nations
compound in Hayden Lake, Idaho,
where Winslow and Nelson planned
their operations.
The two men first discussed.
blowing up Neighbours Disco in Seattle's
Capitol Hill neighborhood during an
April 8 phone conversation, accoraing tothe' FBI, whose agents then trailed
Wmslow t~ a mountainous area outside
Hayden Lake where he' detonated a test
pipe bomb.
In an April 20 phone conversation,
Wmslow detailed th~ plans against thegay club.
"He and'Nelson were going to place
explosive charges inside the bar,"' Trier
testified. "They would then telephone thebar, warn them that a bomb would go
off in three minutes and 'then detonate
the charges as the patrons attemPted toflee. According to Wmslow, the patrons
would enter the 'kill zone' at the time ofdetonation. "From further phone calls,. the FBI
determined that the Aryans allegedly
planned to blow up Neighbours May 12.
Agents followed Winslow and Nelsonfrom the Hayden Lake compound to
Seattle, where the supremacists bought a
six-inch section of galvanized steel pipewith two end caps and one pound of
smokeless gun poWder.
"Because these components wereidentical to the [test) bomb that was
exploded in Idaho, federal.agents moved
in and placed Wmslow and Nelson underarrest," Trier testified.' .
During the phol!e taps, the FBI'also
learned that the supremacists allegedly
planned to blow up Black bars, a Jewish
synagogue
andseveralKoreanskinhead and Ku Klux Klan-related
conferences, according to the Seattle
Post-Intelltgencer.
The newspaper sa!d a national
conference of neo-Nazi skinheads washeld there in April, in conju9ction with .
Adolph Hitler's birthday.
.
!be Post-Intelligencer identified 72~
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Fa..Iiolft.from rl!cent.upheavl!ls at gay groups.
,spotlights their boards l!f directors.
.
I'·.by~G_n
NEW YORK-Front-page
headlines were identical ingay :and lesbian neWspapers
aroundthe country.
last
December, .. whenformeremployees of" National Gay
Rights Advocates went publicwith stories of their dismissals.
Enterprising journalists jumped
on the: ~tory, and .soon
publishedfn.umerous·artiCles
exposing bad \'ilanag'e"htent,
aI:>use' of ';power,arid atack of coherenCy inth~ ofganization. Former andcurrent staff members werequoted describing'alleged
ABANDON HOPE. ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE
improprieties ranging from the
FHD office at 666 Broadway •...
fmancial to the sexua!. ~dcomparingtheorganizationto abroke, t}le lesbian and gay front pages lit
dysfunctional family. Former associates
up· with scandal once again, this time
repeatedly called for the resignation of the
because the board of another national gay
board. Before it was all ever,the '}l3jority 0( and lesbian organization-theFund foremployees; including
Human Dignity-bad madethe executive director,
a controversial
hiringeither resigned or were
decision.
Enterprising
fired.
journalists jumped on the story of theheterosexual executive director, and soon
The NGRA: board .followed. thenegative-publicity blitz with talk of change
publishedarticles
exposingbadmanagement,
abuse of power and. aand of re1>uilding, the. hiring of a new legal
pervasive
lack' of coherency
in the~orand 'a freSh fund-raising drive. The-organization.
Former and current staff
public-relations .effo{t, hffi!'lever, failed tomembers were quoted describing alleged
stem the tide of negative 'coverage, which
improprieties rangipg from the financial tobegan anew. with the. resignation of the
new legal director after barely two months·
the sexual, and comparing the organization
to a dysfunctional family. Before it was allon the job, and a former employee'S
over, the majority of employees, including
renewed allegations.·of board impropriety.
the executive director, either resigned or
Ultimately, all critics pointed the finger ofwere fired.
blame at ·the organization's
board of
After floundering Had1y in its first
directors,
which remained
the most
attempts at making its case t,hrough thestable-Md .the mast powe~of the. organization throughout the crisis.
lesbian and gay press, the bOard of the•Three months after the NGRA story,
Fund p~t a public-relations consultant on~e..

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the job and announced somestructuralchangesin the~tion.
Buteven~therebuilding
process began,
former associat~ continued
calling for the resignation of
the board, which remained
the most stable~ndthemost powerful-pa~oftheorganization throughout thecrisis. ' - i . ,'.
. Scandals at the .NGRA,
the Fund and seVeritl otherorganizations
that gained
notoriety during the last two
years have 'drawn attention to, the 'people who direct the
Photo: IL littincreaSingly high budgets and. laJBe staffs of lesbian and gay;,
organizations: the ~rdsofdirectors. While the paid staff members,
who
act
as
spokespersons
fororganizations; ·are usually far more visible
than the people who employ them, boardsof directors almost invariably have toshoulder the blame for. their ~tions'mistakes.
"How you construct the board, thecorporate structure, is very important,. because
you can build
in certain,..safeguards," explains Tim McFee1ey, theexecutive
directorof Human Rights
Campaign Fund. In_fact, the HRCF-thelargestnational
gay andlesbianorganization-complete1y
overhauled its
own structure last year, to better manage its
expandingpocketbook
and growing
responsibilities.
The HRCF restructuring is just one ofmany indications that the 0Iganized lesbian
and gay"community may be entering a newera, during which many organizations will
examineand redefine the structures
devised by a different group at a different

tline. Many of these structures were put inplace for no better reason than that theCounders of a group hadwith aparticular organizational
chart, or thatslmilar organizations had been structured ina particu1ar way, or simply because the law
requires a board of directors.
I.egally, cOrporations of all kinds must
name a board of directors and its officers.
At profit-making companies, the board isusually elected by the shareholders-.-thepeople who have given a certain amount ofmoney to the corporation in return for astock certificate, copies of annual reports
and regular dividends.
In 'non-profit
corporations,the.
hierarchicalroles are far less clearly

exPerience

to defineclearly

the functionof theirboards of cIirf:ctors. While their counterpartsin the for-profu world are charged dearlyand single-mindedlywith producing
revenues, the directors of non-profit groups
are assigned the irIlpo5sible task of carrying
qut their organizations'
often vaguelyworded mission statements. Such lack ofdear direction means that neither themembers, the contributors, nor the directors
themselves use clear and consistent criteria
to evaluate the effectiveness of the board.
The only board responsibility that amajority of lesbian and gay organizations
have been able to quantify is funli-raising
quota, ranging from $750 to $5,000, thatevery board member is expected to fulfill.

people who either had wealth, or had
contacts, or had experience in busin~,·recalls Cohen, who actively participated inlocating candidates Cor the PunQ board
Because the members of the Fundboard were picked on the basis of theirability to match the $5,000 fund-raising
requirement, aod because new members
were chosen by the existing board, chaJge
former Fund associates, the board has
become a homogenous body that is not
representative of the class, political andracial diversity of the national gay and1esbian community.
.
"Birds of a feather stick tOgether,·
explains fonner acting Executive Director
Gary Henderson, who served on the FundNOT A COFFEE BREAK
Empty Crisis Une (left) and fund-raising offices at the "Fundfor Human Dignity at 4:55 pm on April 18, after. staff andvolunteer walkouts left them unstaffed.
defined. The people who give. money tonon-profits expect not quarterly dividends,
but incremental sodalchange. Instead of
official-looking
stock certificates, theyreceive often. belated thank-you notes,
sporadic home-grown
newslettersandconstant appeals for more money. Theirrelationship to the corporation
Is often. defined vaguely or not at all; ·as a result,..: people
often
mistakenly. consider
themselves members of organizations tlUt
do not even have members~ip-based

structures.
Such
is' the case withmany
contributors
to the Fund for Human
Dignity, for example. According to Board
Co-Chair Ann Wtlson, the board recently
voted to turri. the Fund into a membership-'based organization in part because "forIl105t people, it just confirms the fact thatthey are members. They already thinkthey're members.·
Many non-profit organizations also failPhotos: T.L Litt

Ironically, the fiscal responsibility ofboards often competes for priority with theboard Cor three years. "When a group ofpeople gets in, they tend to pick theirboard's responsibility for policy-making
friends .... I thing there's a huge dichotomy-fur insuring that the money raised by the· between people who are politically aware ...
board is spent effectively.
In somelind these elitist people who are notorganizationS,
fund-raisingtakes dearpOlitically conscious.·
precedence over other board work. One"We feel that we have a board that issuch organization is the National Gay andrepresentative in terms of race, gender andLesbian Health Foundation, whose Connerclass,· counters Wilson, although shepresident, Ellen Ratner, opened every board
acknowledges that the prima1y goal of all
meeting with the battle cry "give, get or get
efforts to restructure the board is "getting a.off"-give money, get money or get off the . steady financial base.· According to Ed
Michems, a public-relations consultant toboard.
Even boards whose members see
the Fund, the current board has only one
policy-making
asanimportantperson of color.
. responsibility often allow fund-raising to be"I think it's always been a conflict fora determinant factor in the selection of
those of us Who are concerned with theseboard members. According to Sherrieissues that the boards [of gay and lesbian
Cohen, who served as the director of theorgariizations) are not representative of thecqmmunity in tetmS of class, in terms ofFund for Human Dignity for three and ahalf years, the cunent members of the Fund race and oftet1...-.though this was certainly
not the case with the Fund board--in termS
board were chosen on the basis of theirfund-raising ability. ·So we looked fors.. FHD on ... g.12

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17

Ne\vsSenate·Pas·ses· AIDS

Emergency Funds Act
by Cliff O'Neill
WASHINGTON-The

u.s. Senate, after

two days of debate, On May 16 passed acomprehensive
AIDS billbyanoverwhelming. margin. The bill will channel$2.9 billion over five years to areas
particuIarly hard-hit by the epidemic.
The legislation, the Comprehensive
AIDS Resources. Emergency Act of 1990,
was approved by a 95-4 vote, with only
Sens. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), Gordon
Humphrey (R-N.H.), William Roth (R-Del.)and Malcom wallop (R-Wyo.) opposing it.
During the two days of debate,
senators fared off against Helms, the bill'sroost vocal' opponent, who first attempted
to derail the measure with a filibuster andlater tried to attach two amendments to thebill. Both Helms amendments lost on dean
toll-call votes and were later substituted
with more narrowly drawn riders from billc~sponsors

Sens. Edward Kennedy (D.
After the protracted debate, gay and
AIDS activists were jubilant over Helms'
repeated' losses which, unlike previous
face-offs with the wily COnseIVative,did not
invoke thC cloak ..of procedural motion to
Mass.) artd Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).

secure his defeat"If this were strip poker, SenatorHelms would be feeling mighty chilly about
now, " - quipped
GregoryKing,
conununications
director for the Human
Rights Campaign Fund.
"We won; it's over; it's a tremendous
victory," added Tom Sheridan, lobbyist Cor
the AIDS Action Council, the leadingorganization lobbying for the bill: "Whathas happened ~ that the Senate clearlyrecognized the health emergency t;Jlat AIDS
presents
andits
responsewasoverwhelming in the face.ofthe ~er."Prior to floor action on the bill, Helms
had threatened a filibuster on the measure,which had delayed its getting to the Senate
floor. A cloture vote to limit debate,
however,saw the North
Ca~olina
Republican rebuked by a stunning 95-3
vote, with only himself, Humphrey and
Sen. Steve Symms (R-ldaho) supporting thefilibuster.

"Yes, this bill will pass," stated an irate
HeIn:!s after losing the cloture vote, "noquestion about it. And I imagine that theeditorial .writers have already cranked up-"~eir little machines to describe what thatogre from North C~oljna who dares say'wait a minute. Well I do say wait a minute.
So, here we go again."In hiS' extensive
remarks, Helms
indicatedthat "some members of thehonno;exual community,"
angry

assumecuy

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Nightmare on Helms Street·
Behind the Scenes on the Care Billby Cliff O'Neill
WASHINGTON-It~snever easy
going up against Jesse Helms.
But when Congress tries to pass any
bill addressing the AIDS crisis, they'rebound to come up against the wily
North Carolina Republicanat everytum.
,So it came as no surprise to lobbyists
pushingfor Senate action on a billchannelling$600 million in "disaster"-relief funds to high AIDS incidence areas
to see HeIfns rise to the fight. And fight hedid.
For two solid weeks, armed with
his usual :stockpileof procedural
motions, Helms successfully
delayedaction on the Qill, the Comprehensive

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AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act,by threatening a filibuster.
An ,inunensely popular act which
garnered
a whopping
65 Senate co-

Nc\\'s Analysis
sp'onsors,
the CARE bill had' been
awaiting action for a full month when
Senate leaders decided on May 9 toschedule
a floor vote over Helms'
objections.
AIDS
lobbyists
hadbeen
expecting a challenge from Helms on
the bill, but this face-off was' costingthem something
particularly
dear:time. And while congressional
leaders

were dancing the delicate budget andtaxes waltz with the White House, thecostly AIDS spending
proposallaylllnguishing in Senate chambers.
"Each
day
is
precious,"
emphasized Jean McGuire, co-chair of
the NORA coalition. "Unless we act
now ... the urgent relief we needed
yesterday we wilLnot see for another year
and a half."'That's a delay they didn't want to
face. So, they decided, if getting the billpass<;d before the budget axe comes
down this fall meant facing Helms
head-on, they would.
. To make their intentions clear, thelobbyists, organizing under the National
Organizations
Responding
to AIDS

(NORA)banner, on May 10 kicked off a··vigil of support" during which AIDS
activists would occupy se'ats in the
Senate Visitors' GaUery every momentof the Senate session until the billpassed.
Initially,
the lobbyists
hadplanned to stage their protest as ameans of pressuring
the Senate
helping you meet the sex
leadership into facing Helms. But· alate-night decision by Senate Majority
Challenges of the 90's
Leader George Mitchell (D-Maine) and
Minority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kans.)
to schedule the floor vote changed all
that.
·They brought it to the floor
because it is the right .thing to do,"1.added McGuire. "And it's the rightthing to do now." .
Still, facing Helms is never aneasy task. And without an agreement
limiting
floor
discussionandamendments, lobbyists predicted a
bitter fight. But the knowledge thatthe bill had more co-sponsors thanRD2 BOX 455
the 60 votes needed to shut off
LIVINGSTON MANOR. NF
Helms' fiiibustcr did ease .some
914·4394237
nerves. '(he knowledge that Helms
could bring up any or aU of his legionof .hostile amendments at will during
floor debate didn't.
Having faced Helms several
times before, though, bill sponsors
Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), working withthe lobbyists, prepared for b~ttle
crafting substitutes to what 'were sure
to be Helms' proposed amendments.
Beyond that, aU that was left forthe 30 AIDS lobbyists. and activists
gathered to announce their "vigil of.. SailinJ Vacations. Intimate &support" was to appeal to Helms
Economlcal • Days. Weekends.
personally.
Term Charters. Sailing Lessons"Senator,· stated Merv "Silverman,
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fc;>rAIDS Research, ·please let this billpass without hindrance. This bill has
nothing to ,do with sex, nothing to do
Dr. Charles Silversteinwith drugs, or any type of lifestyle. Psychotherapi.st & Author
you might find objectionable: This
Now
bill has everything to do with caring,
accepting.
with compassion and with easing thenewburden of the AIDS crisis that has
Patients
been placed upon our cities and ourstates .•MedicalDespite the bill's popularity,
Insnrance
bolsteredin part by its being
Iionoreddedicated to the late AIDS "poster2:\;1 Wt'SI Itl ... 1SI.. Nt'w York. N.Y. liill:!·1
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Navy Won't Seek Gay
ROTC Paybacks
by Nina Rey ••BOSTON-In a reversal praisedby lesbian and gay activists, theDepartment of the Navy has decided
that two _gay Reserve Officers
Training Corps scholarship recipients
will not be forced to pay backmilitary scholarshipsthat wererevoked when the midshipmen told
their respective commanders thatthey are gay. The decisions mark thefirst major victories for advocates ofan end to antigay discrimination by
the military on campus.
"It shows that what people do oncollege campuses 'makes a difference,"commented
David
Halperin,aMassachusetts Institute of Technology
professor , who has played a key role inorganizing against antigay discrimination. in the ROTCprogram at his university. "Itseems to me a sign of the extent towhich even the last vestiges of puh>lic
support for this policy are disappearing."
Advocates' enthusiasm over ·thereversal in the cases of Robert Bettiker
and David Carney was dampened,however, by reports that the Navy has
initiated identical repayment proceedings
against yet another gay midshipman who
was discharged from ROTCbecause he isgay. A Navy spokesman said he had noInformationabout the case.
"It certainly sounded like it might
have been a policy shift," said Kate
Dyer, an aide to U.S. Representative
Gerry Studds (D-Mass.), of the Navy's
decision in the Bettikc:!r and Carneycases. But just'as Rep. Studds was set towrite a letter commending Naval
Secretary H. Lawrence Garrett, Ill, forhis ~fair-minded decision, " Dyer
recounted" he received a call from aformer ROTC Scholarship recipient who
reported that he, too, had beendisenrol~ed.from ROTC and directed to. repay his schol~rship because he is gay.
The third midshipman's dunning
notice Was dated the same day as the'20'. OUTYWEEKMay 30, 1990

notices of waiver to Bettiker andCarney. "I do not relish the' idea ofcontacting you as each individual caseof this nature comes to my attention,"
Studds wrote to Garrett. "Must I look

IN THE NAVY...

Photo: Nina Reyes

Navy ROTC Robb Bettiker
forward to hearing from midshipman
after midshipman who has beenordered to repay funds which-as the
Navy acknowledged with regard to
Carney and Bettiker-he should not be
required to pay?"
A Navy spokesman conftrmed thatthe decision not to seek reimbursementfrom the two gay cadets does not marka change in the armed services' antigay
policy. Rather, a spokesman said, theBettiker and Carney decisions weremade on the merits of the individual
cases, and future decisions will be held
to the same standard of review.
You're on Candid Cam.ra
Robb Bettiker, a senior at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology,
learned of the decision when he waspresented on camera with a copy of aletter from the Secretary of the Navystating that. the Navy would not seek
reimbursement of Bettiker's ROTC
scholarship. Reporters for the nationally
televised news report had apparently
received word that the Navy had
reversed its earlier decision to recoup
Bettiker's scholarship funds, and had,obtained a copy of the letter before
even Bettiker himself had been notifiedof the change. "What you saw on
camera was his first response to thenews," said a source close to Bettiker.
Bettiker could not be reached forcomment.
A spokesman for the Navy insisted
that the Navy had attempted to contact
Bettiker before the decision became
public, and was unable to explain theapparent leak.
David
Carney,a Harvard
University student who is studying at
Oxford University this year, was also
issued a letter from the Secretary ofthe' Navy stating that tlte d~cision to
seek
repaymentof his ROTC
scholarship had 'been reversed. The
reimbursement waiver in both cases,
accordingto a letter from theSecretary of the Navy to the chief ofNaval personnel,
was "due toextenuating circumstances." Carney
was unavailable for comment.
"The cases were reviewed on
their own merits," said Lieutenant'Commander John Tull of the naval
Information Office, disclosing that asecond review, within 30 days of adecision to seek reimbursement, isstandard procedure. Both Betiker andCarney, however, received notice inFebruary that they must repay their
ROTC scholarships,
whereas theletters stating that they had beenreleased from that obligation weredated April 27, 1990.
Tull refused to explain thedeparturefrom standard
review
procedure, instead insisting that thereversal was based solely on theindividual circumstances ofBettiker andCarney's cases.
A number of cases against Army
cadets, including a lesbian alµmna of
Harvard, a gay student at Washington. University and a gay student at the
University of Pennsylvania, all of who
were disenrolled from ROTC programsand directed to repay their ROTC
. scholarships, remain open.
.
The Forces were with Them
Critics of the'military's antigay policy
remain skeptical of the NavY,smotivation
for dismissing the cases against Beniker
and Carney, specul~tingthllt the"extenuating circumstances· cited inNaval Secretary Garrett's letter may wellbe, in part, the extraordinary media
attention those two cases received.
"It felt like it was PR for the Navy,·
said Robert Weinerman,an MIT
alumnus who co-founded
DefeatDiscrimination at MIT, an organizationthat was formed to oppose antigay
discrimination in the ROTC program .
and other instances of discrimination at
MIT. "I don't know what prompted thedecision, bµt I expect it was the
publicity."
Another event that may have
ipfluenced the Navy's decision not to
seek
repaymentof the ROTC
scholarships was MIT Provost John
Deutch's ·strongly worded protest
letter to Secretary of Defense Richard
Cheney, which argued against the
Defense Department policy 'barring
gay men and lesbian$ from military
service and stated Deutch's opposition·
to the decision to seek reimbursementof educational scholarships granted tomen and women who acknowledged
their gay orientation.
Deutch has considerable cachet in·~·defense
circles,and,boasts
connections
to the Department
ofDefense that reach back almost 30 .
years. Furthermore,
he is a' former
undersecretary' of the DepartIl:lent ofEnergy, and served the administrations. of Presidents Reagan, Carter, Ford,
Johnson and Kenned.y. A<:ivocates
for an end to discrimination in the
military.
applauded
Deutch's
denunciationof the military's
antigay policy, and mark his letter
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Ne\"s

NY Court R,elects MDs'AIDS Suit
Judges Rebuff IICommunicable Classificationl1

by Arthur S.l.eolllni
ALBANY, N.Y.-A New York stateappellate court has dismissed a lawsuit by
the New York State Society of Surgeons
and three other medical societies whichsoughttocompelstate
HealthCommissioner David Axelrod to classify
HIVinfection
and
AIDS
as
·communicable"
and"sexuallytransmitted" diseases. The May 3 decision
split the court, which voted 3-2 against thedoctors' position.
The designationof HIV infection
sought bY'-the doctors
would havetriggeredstatutory
requirementsforisolation and quarantine, name reportingof those infected, and mandatory testing
and contact tracing, and might haverequired exclusion of mv-infected people
from a variety of occupations. In addition,
the designation
could have seriously
compromised
the confidentiality of test
results, since raws governing infonn3tion
about sexually transmitted disease do notprovide the degree of confidentiality
which has been accorded HIV-related

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May 30. 1990 .

infonnation.
Axelrod has maintained throughoutthat most of the traditional public healthlaw requirements for dealing with sexuallytransmitted diseases are not appropriate
and would be counterproductiveinattempting to prevent" further sPread ofmv.
The doctors
arguedthat theseriousness of the mv epidemic requires
more intrusive public health measures andthat doctors should be entitled to more
freedomto test, and contended
that
because mv has been shown to be in fact
both communicableand transmissible
through sexual contact, its classification
under the law is mandatory.
Justice Nonnan L Haivey;-writing forthe majority, pointed out that the state's
public health law requires the Public
Health Council to maintain an official listof "communicablediseases which areto the public health,· but gives
the council discretion to decide whether toinclude any particular disease on the list.
Similarly, the commissioner must issue adangerou:,

list of .sexuaIly transmissible diseases" forpurposes of the law, but has discretion todecide which diseases to iriclude.
Defendingthe lawsuit, the statearguedthat efforts
to encourage
voluntary testing and counseling would. be seriously underminded if people were
faced with mandatory legal restrictions
andpotential
privatesectordiscrimination
as a result of their HIVantibqdy status becoming kno,..n andt:eported .. The state also argued that thepassage of Public H~th law Article 27F, the "AIDS coilfidentiality law," whichbecameeffective
about a year. ago,
imposedspecial. consent
andconfidentiality
requirements
on HIVantibody testing that are not required forother sexually transmitted diseaSes.
•
Fmally, the state' pointed to statistics
showing that within New York state, mv
is no longer primarily transmi~
throughsexual contact, further bolsteringthecommissioner's d~on
not to deal with it
under the procedures
establishedfore
more traditional
sexually transmitted
diseases, such as syphilis. Fmding that thestate had taken action in a rational way,
the majority of the court refused to dictate
a different approach under the guise of
judicial review.
Justices T. Paul' Kane and Ann T.
. Mikoll dissented. In an opinion by Justice
Kane, the two insisted that Axelrod's"refusal to so desi8!l3te in view of clearlyskyrocketing health concerns is arbitrary
and capricious and further sidesteps animportantconcernvoicedby [themedical SOCieties], i.e., the physician'S
right and responsibility to know if theirpatients are infected and to pr?ceed
accordingly."
At press time, it could not be
detennined whether the medical societies
would ask the state's highest court to .
review the case. T

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Honorary Chairperson

Invites you to attend'

The AIDS Center of Queens County's
Second Annual Awards Reception

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Ne\vsNew· Sponsors for Federal
Gay Rights Bill
by R.Sugden
WASHINGTON-The addition of
three new backers for the federal gay
and lesbian civil rights bill has put
support for the measure at an all timehigh. The newest sponsors of the bill
are Representatives Jose Serrano CD-NY)
and Gerry Sikorski (D-MN), and Senator
Claiborne Pell (D-RI).
Originallyintroduced 15 years ago by then-New
York Rep. Bella Abzug, the bill currently
has 79 supporters in the House and 10

in the Senate.
"More and more members ofCongress are realizing the injustice of
discrimination. They are hearing fromtheir lesbian and gay constitutents' andthey are responding," said Tim Mcfeely,
executive director of the Human Rights
Campaign Fund (HRcF), which has been
the largest group lobbying for the' bill in
Washington.
Gregory King, also of HRCF,
encourages lesbians and gays to write

Congress about supporting this bill.
·Unless we get people from all areas [towrite], especially those areas traditionallyignored, we won't get the. support thisbill needs," King told OUtWeek.
The legislation, HR 655 in theHouse and 547 in the Senate, prohibits
discrimination
based
on sexual
orientation in employment, housing,public accommodations and federallyfunq~ social programs . .,.
-flied from New Yom

First Lady Comes Out
Against Antigay ~Bigotry
by Cliff O"Neili
WASHINGTON-First
Lad'y
Barbara Bush, in a letter to theleader of Parents and Friends
Lesbians and Gays, has personallycome out against antigay bias, saying
that·wecannottolerate
discrimina'tion
againstany
individuals
or group~
in. thiscountry."
The memo, dated May 10 and
written on White House stationery,came in response to a personal letterfrom Paulette Goodman, president of
the national P-FLAGS group.
"Thank y.ou for your letter andfor sharing your work with' theFederation of Parents and Friends of
Lesbians and' Gays, Inc.," wrote Mrs.
. Bush. "You sound like a caring
parent and a compassionate citizen.
"I firmly believe that we cannot
tolerate discrimination
against any
individuals
or groups
in thiscountry," she added. "Such, treatmenta-lways brings with it pain and.perpetuat~s hate and intolerance. I,appreciate so much your sharing theof

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OlJTTWEEKMay 30. 1990

FROM ONE MOM TO ANOTHER
Rrst Lady Barbara Bush

Photo: Patsy lynch

information about your organization
and attitudes.
Your words speakeloquentlyof your 'love .andcompassion
for all gay Americans
and their families."
The letter fr,om Mrs. Bush marks

the first statement ever from a first
family member speaking out directlyagainst antigay discriminatio~"I'm absolutely delighted," statedGoodman, responding to Mrs. Bush's
letter. "I knew that if Mrs. Bush had
the opportunity to read my letter she
would respond,
because she is acaring person."
Goodman, however, expressed
concernabout publicizing
Mrs.
Bush's letter, fearing a backlash fromantigay forces. Goodman,whena,sked for comment, was not awarethat a copy of the letter had been
leaked to this reporter.
"I don't want to exploit this,"she stated. "I hope people will notuse [this letter] to bait the extreme
Right,
becausethat wouldbeextremely co~nterproductive."
Gay and lesbianactivists,
however, were quick to point to Mrs.
Bush's letter as another in a series ofsignalsfrom the White House
speaking out against all forms of
discrimination.
"It is certainly
is a pleasantsurprise to see the first lady use thesame kind of language her' husband,
the president, has used to describe
their opposition to discrimination
against any group of people in the
United States,' stated Greg King,c'ommunications
director for the
Washington-based
Human Rights
Campaign Fund, a gay lobbyinggroup.
"I was particularly pleased. tosee Mrs. Bush use the expression'gay Americans and their families,'which
clearlysuggests
sheunderstands we are part of the fabricof American life and that lesbian andgay Americans do indeed havefamilies whom we love and cherish.'Gay and lesbian activists inrecent months
have expressed
pleasant surprise at a handful of
positive gestures from the BushWhite House towards the gay andlesbian c<;>mmunity.
. In the past few months, Bush has
given his first major speech on AIDS,
calling for compassion for people
with AIDS and passage of an AIDS
anti-discrimination
law; met with
openly gay people with AIDS; spoken
out against attempts to censor art; andinvited members of gay and lesbian
groups to "the official signing of the
Hate Crimes Statistics Act, a law
which includes sexual orientation in
the scope of its concerns.
Also in the past year,. WhiteHouse officials have met with AIDS
activists and members of \a gay
Republican group.
These gestures have not goneunnoticedby antigay forces inCongress who, according to The
Washington
Times,
have-vehemently
opposedthe White'House outreachto the gay andlesbian community.
According to the Times, .antigay
Reps. William Oannemeyer (R-Calif.)
and Robert
Dornan(R-Calif.)
protested
the gestures to WhiteHouse Chief of Staff John Sununu,
who reportedly promised them thatthe invitation.to the signingceremony
was a one-time-on1yoccurrence. Dannemeyer and Dornan
are reported to be currently lobbying
Sununu to have the president find anissue with which to oppose the gay
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Ne\vsGay ~aper Fires ...

Editor for Quting
by Nina Reyas
SAN FRANCISC~The

editor of a
local gay and lesbian weekly,
whoreported in a' news article that the highest
ranking public official in the school systemis gay, was fired more .than a week after
the article was published and after she had
filed a follow-up story on the subject The
paper's publisher denies the connection
between the editor's dismissal and thearticleoutingSan
Francisco's
su~tendentof schools.
"B;lsically, I'm being hung out todry," said Michele DeRanleau, who wasmanaging editOl: of the San Francisco
SentInel when she was dismissed on May
11. DeRanleau asserted that she cleared
the item with her publisher before she put
the story into the paper, a fact that
Sentinel publisher Ray Chalker disputes.
"When the pressure got turned up, whenpeople started calling us up and saying''How dare you out people: he should nothave changed his position," DeRanleau'added.
.

printed, according to DeRanleau, Chalker
told her that it was his policy _~nd thepaper's policy not to out people. The nextday, DeRanleau was out of a job.
Curre~tly, DeRanleau is consideringfiling suit against the Sentinel for wrongfultermination.
She also plans to (He a

Cortines'
proposed

quote in opposition
to theprogram for gay and lesbian
youth, Chacon stated, '1'0 my knowledge,
Cortines has not apologized, retracted orclarified that IIndependen4 quote."
Chacon
also
said
that
the
SUperintendent's sexuality is not an issue
to him. "I don't respond to 'those th.in&',"he added. After DeRanleau
left theSentjne~ one local paper claimed that
DeRanleau herself was in the, closet-QS aheterosexual.
And Chalker
himself,
claiming to have a good source, said,"She's very straight"
DeRanleau
identified
herself as

biSexual.

Whlle Chalker confinned' to OutWeiM
that he is personallyagainst bringing
people out of the closet, he said that hethinks that if a gay public official "is USinghis power to hurt us" then outing that
person would be appropriate.
Chalker
added, however, that he would demand
hard evidence about the official's sexuatlty
before he would allow the story to beprinted. In the case of Cortines, Chalker
alleged that DeRanleau had only rom9l' to
substantiate
her declarationof thesuperintendent's alleged homosexuality.
Maintainingthat he is personally
opposedto outing,
Chalket'said
DeRanleaunever cleared her article
disclosing Cortines' sexuality with him.
The
imbroglio
began
when
"Why would I say one thing and then
DeRanleaufiled a news story on ahave allowed
this thing on outing?"
program that would have brought gay- OUT OF THE CLOSET AND OUT OF A JOB
Chalker a~ked rhetorically, mentioning
positive counselling into the city's school Fonner Sentinel managing editor Michelethat only a few weeks prior to thesystem, but which also alleged that OeRauleau
Photo: Rink
article's publication, he appeared on a
Superintendentof Schools
Ramonwidely televised
programopposing
Cortines was gay. Cortines, who opposes
complaint of sex discrimination with theouting.
the introduction of a program modeled onstate's Fair Employment
and Housing
Although
Chalker initially stated
Los Angeles' widely-acclaimed Project 10,
agency.
that DeRanleau was dismissed because. told a local paper, "We must be very very
San Francisco's papers have widelyof "insubordination,"he later said that. careful about enticing young people as itcovered
DeRanleau's
dismissal, . he had not actually fired her but had
relates to their sexual orientation."concentratingon the conflict between
tried to move her out of the office by
DeRanleau felt that Cortines' coniment
DeRanleau and Chalker over outing, but
stripping her of her position as editor
to the San FranCisco Independent washave avoided identifying Cortines. The
and offering her contract work instead.
homophobic, so she included a 17-wordsuperintendent did not retuIl) OutWeek's"She was very destructive
to theparagraph.in her article concentrating on
call.
atmosphere here at the paper," Chalker
what
sheperceived
tobethe
However, Mario Chacon, special
remarked.
superintendent's
hypocritical
position.
assistant to Cortines, did say that. Cortines
DeRanleau,onthe other hand,
DeRanleausaid that she has reliable
opposes the introduction of a programclaims that Chalker never wanted her ininfonnation to back up her controversial
based on Project 10 because "We have athe position of acting editor, which she'statement,
b1,lt' refused' to discuss her
program that the superintendent
thinkstook over after her predecessor acceptedsources.
meets the needs of self-identified 'gay anda position
with another
California
A week after the initial story waslesbian· sntdents." Asked to comment on
lesbian ~nd gay paper. T

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GMHC had intended on pr~tingfive papers at the conference. Instead,the organization
will establish analternative site in San Francisco during
the conference for the. presentation ofthese papers. Topics will include
preventing relapse into unsafe sexual
behavior and establishing legal services
for people with HIV disease in·commu~ties of color.
-Duncan Osborne

model nationwide. He also co-founded
two AIDS community coalitions: the citywide Committee for AIDS Funding, andthe stat~level New York AIDS Coalition,
both of which have lobbied for increases
in AIDSbudgets for the past three years.
The award comes on the heels of
the Lesbian and Gay Lobby's march on
Albany, which Sweeney organized, andseveral months after his key controversial
support of the appointment of New York
City's new health commissioner, Dr.
Woodrow Myers, caused an uproar in thegay and AIDS communities.
Noting that the Lobby had
recognized his contributions over the
past ten years, despite all the recent
attention to the Myers appOintment,
Sweeney said the honor was "validating,_
gratifying and feeisyery, very good:"'·Not everyone in the community
agrees with [Sweeney's support ofMyers]. But that is one decisi~n in his
entire career, and we are honoring him
for his service for over ten years," said
Jennifer Rich, executive director of the
Lobby.
Sweeney,
35, $erved as theexeCutive director of the Lambda Legal
Defense and Education Fund from 1981
to 1986, when he began wotking at
GMHC. In' 1986, he received the fustannual Michael Hirsth award from Body
Positive, a support group for people with
HIV. He has also won FAlRPAC'sMark
Turkle Award for political leadership.
-R.Sugden

NEW YORK-The Gay Men's Health
Crisis, the world's largest AIDS service
organization, has announced it will,
boycottthe
Sixth
International
Conference on AIDS to be held in Junein San Francisco. GMHCjoins roughly SO
other organizations 'in protesting a U.S.
policy stemming from l~gislation fustintroduced in the Senate by Jesse Helms(R-NC) and enacted in 1987, that restricts
the free entry of people with HIV
infection into this country.
Calling the decision to boycott adiffi,cult one, Jef(rey Braff, executive
director of GMHC, also referred to it as
NEW YORK - The New York state"a'major step in public advocacy for
Lesbian and Gay Lobby has given its
people with HIV disease.·
1990 Person of the Year award to
Braff stated, ·People with HIV andTimothy Sweeney, the deputy- director
their advocates fought hard to partldpate
for policy at the Gay Men's Heaf~ Crisis.
fully at these conferences.· Braff, then
He is being honored for the extensive
chair of the Canadian AIDS Society, ha,dbeen among the organizers of the 1989
conference in Montreal. That conference
was 'noted for the participationofcommunity-based
and grassroots
organizations.
Acc~gto Braff, GMHC weighed
its role as a community-basedorganization against it's positron as
advocate for people with HIV infection.
"Given who we are,· said Braff, "wehave to take a' leading role in advocacy
for people with HIV .infection. " Braff
addedthat GMHC's board
had
unanimously approved the decision to
boycott the conference.
GMHCwillalso be workingJor the.
passage of a bill introduced in the House, of Representatives by Rep. Roy Rowland(D-GA), which
would
give the,Departinentof Health and Human
NEW YORK-Heritageof Price
Services the sole authority to. decide(HOP), the organization that produces
what diseases require exclusion fromNew York's lesbian and gay prIde
entry int~ the U.S. Referring to thework he has done statewide over the lastparade, rally and dance, has announced
qJrrent policy, Braff said, "We could notten years, according to the Lobby.
that this year's gay and lesbian pride
be dearer
to how abominable we find
Sweeney was a prindpal architect ofmonth will kick off without the official'this law and how necessary we find it to
New York state's 1987 HIV confidentiality municipal proclamation and ceremony
see this law changed.·.
law, ",1)i91 has...~erved as a legislativethat have opened gay pride month

TiDl
Sweeneynalned DIanof the year

Mayor
nixed' front
gaY'pridekick-()ff

as

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. . May 30. 1990

'.

festivities since 197ft"In previous years, by asking for a
proclamation and accepting it on behalfof the lesbiap. and gay communitY, HOP
has come across as partisan," said HOP.Co-Chair George DeBolt, "We are a nonpattisan organization and we want thatto be extremely clear." According to
DeBolt, since 1978, HOP has asked for. and accepted; from New York's mayor,
the proclamation that opens gay pridemonth: Ed Koch has always been the
mayor issuing that proclamation.
In the past two years, the HOP
proclamation ceremonies, at Tweed Hall'in 1988 and a dedication of Stonewall
Place in 1989, were disrupted bymembers of the AIDS Coalition to
Unleash Power (ACT UP), whovehemently objected to the presence ofthen-mayor Ed Koch at the ceremonies.
According to Charlie Franchino, an
ACf UP member and an organizer of the
Tweed Hall action in 1988, "£Koch] was
not our friend. We were not going toaccept a proclamation on one hand 'while he slit our throat with another. His
record on AIDS was abysmal." Accordiitg
to Franchino, Koch was literally driven
from the hall by the protesters. A
particularly rancorous debate concerning
the appropriateness of the Tweed Hall
,action took place in the gay and lesbiancommunity,.
Similarly, Heidi Dorow, an ACf UP
member who participated in the 1989
action at the dedication of Stonewall
Place, said, "It was hypocrisy. It's likeasking a collaborator [0 come up on thestage and say, 'Have a nice day on gay
pride day' while, in the meantime, he's
killing you." DeBolt stated that even thegay people on the podium at the- Stonewall dedication were not able to'':.:speakas i result of the ACf UP action.
Though both Franchino and Dorowstated that Koch and not HOP was th,eintended target of these actions, in'retrospect, they ,were sending a message
to H9p. Said Dorow, "I wasn't targeting
HOP. My message to HOP was, if you
think you're doing us a favor by inviting
the mayor, somehow legitimizing us, .
you're wrong."
DeBolt did not specifically say HOP
Was responding to ACf UP, but he stated
HOP had no complaints' concerning the
proclamation ceremony in their public
meetings. "We're reacting to what we've
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had. received complaints, informally, thatthey were being partisan by_inviting
Koch to the proclamation ceremony.
HOP has made no plans for analternative to the' proclamation ceremony
for this year, and will not ask for a
proclamation to be made. DeBolt stated.
HOP hopes the mayor and other elected
officials will take it upon themselves tomake the proclamation.
DeBolt also t9ld OutWeek that
despite - a bitter fight with city hall and
the Parks Department, this year's rally, tobe held on Saturday, June 23rd, will takeplace fn Union Square Park and not on
Central Parks' Great Lawn as hoped.
--Duncan OsborneGrand
Dl8.rshals
chose'li for'gay pride
NEW YORK-Heritageof Pride,organizers of gay and lesbian pride day,has selected four lesbians and a gay male
couple as Grand Marshals to lead its 21st
Annual Gay and Lesbian Pride march on
Sunday, June 24.
Bill Anderson, a spoj{esman for
HOP, said the group was chos,en because
they "epitomize" this year's theme,"Family,Friends and Lovers."
Grand Marshals Joan Nestle,
Deborah Edel, Pamela Oline and Julia
Stanley are the founding mem~rs of the
Lesbian
Herstory
Archives,
anorganization, says Anderson, "committed
to preserving and 'sharing the lesbian
culture.". Noting that the Archives
operates with the help of 12 to 15
voluntet;r ~oordinators, he' added, "They. function like a family-theyare acommunal enterprise."
Same sex marriages highlight
another ai'lgle of HOP's theme. GrandMarshals
Ove' Carlsen,
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30

Our.WEEKMay 30, 1990

They.are residents of Copenhagen,orientation" as a protected category
withinthe city's Human Rights
Denmark, where a new law recognizing
same sex marriages went into effect lastOrdinance,
prohibiting
antigay
October 1. The two were among the flISt discrimination in housing, employment
11 gay couples to be legally wed: And,and public accommodation.
since their union, over 300 Danish gay
Cruise said activist Charlotte Cowtan
and lesbian couples have registered their . of the Michigan Organization for Humanpartnerships in Copenhagen's city:hall.
Ri~ts shepherded the ordinance through"Gay men and lesbians
arethe Human Relations Conimission to theredefining
the traditional family,"council and helped to 'engineer 'its final
observed
Anderson.
"Our Grandpassage.
Marshals represent a new facet that theCruise found it curious that "thegay and lesbian community is forging
m'edia waS present at all of theahead and changing the dictionary
amendment's hearings and did not print
definition," he asserted.
a word. There was no public outcry and
Nestle joked that although she and110public opposition," the magazine
the- other Archives co-fou~ders werereported.
extreme-Iy honored
to be Grand_OtherMichigan cities with gay rights
Marshals, none of them actually wanted
protections include Detroit, Ann Arbor) ,to ride in th~ car because that would
and East Lansing. The latter tw<> are'mean separating from the group: "We're university' towns. a, collective!~ Nestle declared. Reflecting
Flint, located .6G Jniles northwest ofon the enonnous contribution from one
Detroit, has a population of 159,611.
of the Archives' original benefactors, the--Rex Wockner. late Mabel Hampton, Nestle added, "I'mso~ry that Mabel isn't alive:"she w~uld
ride in that car; she was worthy of thatsingling out.". ~"Our Voices," the 1990 Gay andLesbian Pride Rally, will be held on
Saturday,"]une 23 from 2-6 pm in Union
Square Park.
SEATILE-While the wrestlers in
The march beings at 12:30 pm on
San Francisco and the swilI\mers in
Sunday June 24. The procession starts at
New York train' frantically over theColµmbus Circle and continues down
next two months for the upcoming
Fifth Avenue into Greenwich Village,
Gay Games, Team Seattle will turn its
pausing briefly at 2:30 pm for "Ribbons 'attention
to mallets, hoops andof Re.membrance,"in honor of those whomanicuredlawns.
Yes, croquet
have died of AIDS.
promises to be a major sport at Team
'Also on Sunday, from 4-10 pm, isSeattle's third annual Gay Games thisthe fourth annual open-air dance on theAugustin Vancouver,
BritishChristopher Street Pier.
<;;olumbia.
-JanisAstor .
"It's become
an incredible
fad-everyone
wa·nts to play!" says
Jolly Baker, co-chair of the event. It isestimated that over 30 croquet players'
from around the world have registeredto participate in the competition. Craig
Orchard, who co-chairs the event with
Baker, said "We have croquet play.ers
coining from San Francisco, Atlanta,
FLINT, Michigan-The city council
Seattle and even from as far away as
here unanimously passed' a gay tights
Sweden."ordinance April 9, according to 'Cruise, aAllan T. Tonning, one of Teampetroit gay magazine.
Seattle's founding fathers, was an avid
Themeasureadds"sexualcroquet player who died of AIDS three.

Croque~,anyone?·G~y :rights

in Flint',years ago. His family donated money
for the foundation to hold a croquet
tournament in his honor every year.
The Tonnings have even purchased
three trophies, created by the same
people who make the Wimbeldon
Cup.
"I think croquet is wonderful
because anybody can play it," said
Baker. "Some PWAs still have ..theenergy for croquet
where. theywouldn't
have it for the otherstrenuous sports," she added.
However, Baker, a competitive
racquetball player, admits that croquet.
can be very tiring as players are on
their feet for long peri9ds of time.
"Last year, 1 was absolutely astoundedthat 1 was so exhausted after it wasover. It's very competitive!
The
equipment used is not backyard. The
mallets are very heavy, they're
weighted!"
The Gay Games, held from
August 4-11, features over 30 events,
including racquetball, swimming, trackand field, cycling, softball, tennis, ice
hockey, basketballand bowling.
. According to Baker, nearly 6,000
athletes have signed up for the Gay
Games, and that's three times thenumber who have registered for the
Goodwill Games.
"It's amazing, considering how
many .millionsof dollarsofgovernment money the U.S. is putting
into the Goodwill Games. and they
haven't put a penny into the Gay
Games." Lacking any government
support, Team Seattle exists onprivate
donations. Last year, the organization
received$10,000 from· the Colin
Higgins Foundation,$3,500 fromTIDES and $50,000 from the Tonningfamily. What matters most to Baker is the
positive energy and spirit generated by
the Gay Games. "The camal!lderie andexhilaration o(being with that many gays
and lesbians, all celebrating ....it's a very
powerful, affuming time when we can all
be proud of who are and what we do."Anyone wishing. to participate in
the croquet tournament can phone
Baker at (206) '323-3318 or 1 (800)735-7287.
For more informationabout
other events, call the Gay Games at(604) 684-3303.
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()bituaries
Timothy. Gault
1951-1990

specialization as a medical illustrator..
Clinton Stephens
His chief interest, however, was the
Clinton Stephens died at his .hometheater. He made his acting debut as
on April 5, 1990, from complications
Timothy Gault, born in 1951, died
Asagai in A Raisin In the Sun in Los
from HN illness. He was 44 years old.
April 30, 1990 from complications related
Angeles, where he also appeared in Fly
Beforemovingto
New
York,
Clintonwasto AIDS. Except for ten' years, from 1979
Blackbird. and The Simpleton of theeducated at Louito 1989 when he resided in New York
Unexpected Isles.
siana State UniverCity, he lived· all of his life on Sanibel
Moving permanently to New York,
sity
and
the
MemIsland off the Gulf Coast of Florida. Hehewas
one of the host of Black
phis
State
Art
took great pride in his and his family's
performers who took a turn playing in
Academy, where hislong-time association with this uniquethe celebrated production of Genet's The
studies foreshadisland community.
Blacks, which chalked up 1,408
Iwed
hiscareerasa
Early exposure to 'his father's skill
performances from 1961 to 1964. He also
lifted painter, art
and talents as a commercial artist andhosted "The Wonderful World of
onservator,
jewelry
craftsman
began
Tim's
lifelong
Chemistty" in the Dupont Pavilion at thedesigner and dancer.
exploration of -the visual arts and art
1964-54World's Fair.
His interests andhistorY. Th,ese interests were encouraged
On Broadway he appeared intalents brought him
by a number of artists who lived on or
Talent '64: The Silent Hearl, Babu and
.
.
..
,
into
Andy
Warhol'svisited Sanibel and neighboring Captiva
Peter Ustinov~s The Unknown Soldier
sphere at the Factory-,and then into an
Island, including internationally-known
intense friendship with Candy Darling . and his Wife. As a member of the
pop artist Robert Rauschenberg.
Lincoln Center Repertory- Theater, heduring the ~arly 1970s.
.
'
Tim studied art and art history-at theperformed in A Midsummer Night's
In 1978, Clinton's ethnological
University of Florida, World Campus
interests led him to study the ritualistic Dream; The Doctor In Spite of Himself,
Afloat, Brevard Community College
An Evening for Merlin Finch a~d The
art of IFA of the Yoruba in Nigeria. He
Maryland Institute College of Art, School
Birds.
~
later
moved
to
Haiti,
where
he
lived
for
of Visual Arts and the Art Students
He was 'also a guest performer atseveral years, becoming an expert in the
League ifl New York City.
the Pittsburgh Play'hO)Jse during theart and veve of the Voudun. This study
During the mid-1970s,Tim supported
1966-67season.
,oftheritualistic
formedthelanguageofhimself as a landsCape gardener on Sanibel
During the 1970s, he was active
his
later
careerasan
icon
painter.
and Captiva. He was an early proponent ofwith Vinnette' Carroll's Urban Arts Corps,
The death from AIDS of his lover,native plants and low maintenanceand played the. main role of Willie Stark
Mario
Soto,
in
1985,
brought
Clintontoplanting, an increasingly popular method
in its production of All the King's Men.
ACI' UP and AIDS activism, and he was
now known as xeriscaping.
Other off-Broadway credits included thean energetic and inspiring activist)rom
Tim moved to New York City intitle role in Barry Berg's Toussaint, Leslie
the beginning of the epidemic un~ his
1979, settled in the East Village and later
Lee's The War Party, Oyamo's The
death.
Whileagitatingforreleaseof
moved to Soho. He excelled in his
Breakout and the musical 1be Good Ship
treatments from the FDA,Clinton was also
career in retail sales, which supported'
Credit.
oneofthefoundersoftheAlternativeand
his artistic endeavors. He witnessed andDeane reached the peak .f his
Holistic
Treatment
Committee
of
ACf
UP.
participated in the rise and decline of
popularity with the general public during
the East Village art scene of the 80s. His He was well known as a skilled herbalist the six years that. he played theand proponent of alternative therapies.
work was shown in small galleries,
Clinton was dedicated to his friends, ACI' continuing role of neurosurgeon' Dr.
installations in restaurants and, once, in
Hank Iverson on the daytime television
UP, gay and lesbian rights and to thethe Park Avenue. windowsofserial The Doctors from 1970 to 1976. At
future and success of the movement. He
Workbench, a: store where he worked
this time he was the subject of many
was an activist to his very- core and his
for several years.
.
articles and interviews. He later appeared
gentle,lovingandpersistent
dynamism
Concurrently, he experienced theon Another Wo~ One Life to Live" Allwill be greatly
missed always.
AIDS crisis, to which he lost many dearContributions may be made in Clinton's Join Hands and the ABC-TV special
friends and from which he learned
name to the AIDS Treatment Registry- Once cpon a Tractor.
important emotionaland spiritualHis feature films include A Man(ATR).
lessons. During the last years of hisCalled Adam (1966), Pound, starring
ACI'UP-Fight Back-Fight AIDS.
.life, Tim developed "a consuming
Sammy Davis, Jr. (1970), The Still of the-Stephen Macbon. interest in the literature,
history,
Night (1982) and 1be Cotton Club (1984).
. spiritualism and especially the art ofHe also worked,. as a model andPalmer Deane,
Latin America. He made three trips toappeared in numerous industrials, TV
1934-1990
Mexico, 'culminating in a three-~onthcommercials and print advertisements forsojourn to San Miguel Allende, where
A three-decade acting career camesuch clients as Trans World Airlines, mM
he studied at the Centro Culturalto an end on April 23 when Palmer
and The New Yoril 'TImes.
"Ignacio Ramirez." Since this was
Deane succumbed to complications fromThroughout his performing career,undertaken nearly two years after his
AIDS at the Beekman-Downtown
he continued drawing and painting,diagnosis 'with AIDS, he felt it was one
Hospital in Manhattan.
exhibiting frequently at the Performer'Sof the most· important and fulfilling
Born Palmer D. Whitted, Jr. in Texas
Outlet gallery on East 85th Street. He
experiences of his life.
on February- 28, 1934, Deane moved tointermittently
tried his hand at
California as a child with his parents,
Donations in Tim's memory-may be
playwriting and wrote prose fiction. For
both alumni of Howard University.
made to God's Love We Deliver, P.O.
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on Sanibel Island.) .
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Political Science

ACT UP Demands for N.I.H. Action/i'I..--"

ollowing is a draft of the dema.nds ACT UP will be bringing to the National Institutes of
Health (N.IH,) today in Bethesda,
Maryland, next montb at tbe Stxtb International Conference on AIDS in San
Francisco and until tbey are met.
Th~ National Institutes of Health(NIH) receives billions in public research funds each year, and yet its
AIDS research has' produced precious
little for people living with HN and
AIDS. The AIDS Clinical Trials Group(ACfG) has proved to be a massive,c;lysfunctional failure in its efforts tolengthen and improve the lives of pe0ple with AIDS.
We asse~ that in any society worthy of the name bumane, health carewould be a right, not a privilege; thatall people living within the borders of
the USA are entitled to their government's protection against disease anddeath; that treatments for deadly diseases should be developed for publichealth and not for private profit; andthat the AIDS communities must playa
guiding role in the planning and execution of a coordinated, national effort
to end the HIV epidemic and save thelives of all those infected. This is why· we are bringing our demands, with ourbodies, to the NIH on May iI, 1990.
WE DEMAND:
1. To President Busb and the u..tCongress:AIDS researc;h and health carefunding must not compete with otherpressing heatth care priorities. The entire
biomedicaJ research budget must be doubled to meet America's health ~crisis.
Both branches. of the U.S. government· must provide leadership and a comprehensive, coordinated AIDS research, education, t:Sreventionand health care provision effort, with enhanced funding tokeep pace with the epidemic ..
[Tbis year, AIDS research funding
tsn't even keijJtng up With inflation-it'sdue to rise about seven percent; the AIDS
·case/oad will DOUJ3LE, to 200, lXlO,]. 34'

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TotbeNIH:
2. No more secret meetings. All!IlIH AIDS meetings, ineluding those of
NIAlD £National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases], its Division of
AIDS, ACTG conferences and corecommittees, the AIDS Clinical Drug
Development
Committee (ACDDC)
and the National Cooperative Drug
Discovery Groups (NCDDGs) must be
open to people with AIDS and HIV,
activists and the press.
[In spite of the fact that they are
publicly funded, most NlAID AIDS meet~ings are-held in secret, behind closed
doors, with no appeal for drugs or trials
turned doum for implementattonJ
3. Restmcture ACIG decision
making. The ACfG Executive Committee must be restructured to include representatives of all ACfG committees andfrom the communities affected by AIDS.
[Rigbt now, the executive fommittee, which makes the final dec.tstons on
which drugs to test and how, doesn't
even inClude members of al/ other
AC7tT Research Committees; unelected
and accountable to no one, it dtsposesof bundreds of mtJ/ions a year as it S(!esfit; it approves mainly anti-/DV studies
conducted by its own members andtbeir close associates.]made' it through Pbase I AC7tT studies,mainly because most Phase I AC7tT trla/s
focused on combinations of AZT witb
other drugs like aspirin, tyleno~ etc.]
6. Focus on tbe entire range of.AlDS morbidity and mortaltty. Over90 percent of AIDS deaths are causedby opportunistic infections (Ols); but
just 17 percent ofACfG subjects so far
have been in 01 trials. The ACfG must
immediately start trials designed toprevent or treat the most serious andwidespread OIs: CMV, MAl, fungal jnfections, toxoplasmosis, cryptosporidiosis; and the HIV associated cancers,
KS and lymphomas.
(Just 17 percent of the A CTG 's-:.
9,505 participants were in studies ofopportunistic
infec~ion drugs, andfewer tban five percent in cancer trials;
by contrast, 60 percent were in trials of
AZT alone-altbough
AZT bas been
approved for tbree years. The AC7tT bas
not even begun studying ten of the 24
CDC-listed AIDS conditions.]

7. Dlverstf.y researcb prlorlttes.
In the next two years, the ACfG' must
make the five major opportunisttc infections treatable or preventable, must improve quality of treahnents for AIDS associated cancers, must intensify research
into rebuilding the immune system--ineluding fetal tissue researcb-and must
4. End conflicts of interest. All
initiate a good-faith effort to analyze alACfG-funded investigators must make .
ternatives to phannaceutica1 therapy, inpublic details of all fmancial links theycluding holistic, non-phannaceutica1 andmaintain with phannaceutica1 sponsors.
nutritional approaches.
[Needless to say, the ACTG has£According to AqtT researcherMargiven sport shrift to all non-pharmatin S. Hirsch, most AC7tT investigators
ceutical approaFbes,
well as mostm.aintain "consultative relationships"
drugs unconneci"ed-wtth major pbarwltb tbe very drug companies whos~
maceuticals. Yet many people witb /DV
products they're supposed to be testtng 0breport improved quality of life due tojectively witb government funds.]
non-tradtttonal-approacbes.
one ex5. Focus on developing NEW
ample, acupuncture, is belpful in drug
treatments. The ACTG must research
addiction, and may modulate tbe im30 new treatments a year in smaIl, techmune system. The AC7tT has produced
nology intensive Phase 1/11safety/activino therapies to rebuild the immune systy studies, to get new treatments. out thetems of people with AIDS.]
door. Then, pharmaceutical sponsors·8. Flexible, innovative, multland community-based groups can con·agent combination trials. The future
duct larger treatment trials.
of HIV treatment lies with combination[Not a single new treatment hasastherapy. It's time to initiate nationwide
combination trials with alternating or
sequential anti-lflV agents, plus immune-rebuilding treatments and multiopportunistic infection prophylaxis.
[Rigid study design is delaying foryears the studies which will make Jhemost dfjJerrmcein extending and improving the lives of PWAs - combination trials which wt/I delay viral resistance, reduce side effects mid prevent multiple
cpportuntsttc infoctions at the sa11Ul time.
I'd lay odds that community-based research groups wt11 beat the AC7G in designing and executing such studies,]

9.End medical apartbeUt---open
trials to ALL HIV-in.t'ectedpeople.

affected populations.
. ' [Current trials are designed by drug
companies with FDA assistance, intended toprovide the quickest avenue towards
1tc~ng of new drugs. Thus, trials do
not answer many questions equally urg~nt in the real world - for example,
how does ddI work in asymptomatics?
What is its lowest effective dose?l12. AIDS clinical trials must
provide state-of-the-art clinicalcare. ACfG trials mhst provide participants with state-of-the-art therapies as
they evolve, rather than forbidding
them as with many past studies ..

[Many AGTG studies forbade pCP
propbylaxts long after it !»;ame state-ojthe-art care outside of trials; over half the"endpoints" in trial 019, for example;
were Pa'-a prevenJabIe coruJiJtan. The
lives of participants must a/ways comefirst, ahead of conducting "e.fftcient" studies or reaching "hard endpoints" faster.l

13.Rapid "translatiooofresulls
into clinical practice. NIAID's Division of AIDS must establish an Officeof HN IAIDS Clinical Care to provide
state-of-the-art treatment guidelines,
and to oversee the rapid translation of
S.. NIH DEMANDS on .... ' 39

ACfG trials must be open 'to the entire
spectrum of the lflV infected population. Exclusion criteria must be compensatedfor by open
enrollment
safetyItreatment trials for all AIDS complications. ~nrollment of underrepresented groups, including women, pe0ple of color, present and former drug
Users, must be enhanced through provi~sion 'of health care, transportation. subsi"
dies, child·care and addiction treatment.
[M<lS't poor people, including many
people of color and most women, cannot
obtain experimental AIDS treatments be·cause they have no access·to health care.
The AGW likes to brag about its enrollment of Latina women, most of whom
are asymptomattcs in the Bronx enrolledin Study 019; women with AIDS do notparticipate in most AC7G studies.l

10. StreamUne pediatric treat-ment access. The ACfG must design

treatment trials for children as soon astreatments prove safe in adult Phase I
studies.
[Three years after its approval in
adults, AZT has finally been approved'.. for children - at a dose twice that (by."·'body weight) now ~ecommended for
adults. This exposes the children to the
rtsl? of anemia and neutropenia: In themeantime, na studies are scheduled totest PCP prophylaxis in children with
AIDS-although
PCP fpneumocystts.
carlnit penumoniaJ remains the lead- .
ing cause of their death.]

11. Maximize tberapeutic impact of researcb. The ACTG mustdesign studies to maximize medical impact, not to serve narrow, FDA or industry defined, NDA-driven licensingof treatments for just one of the many
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35

Living With AIDS

AIDS. Politics:
AIDS Service, Groups anf/'fJiscrimination
Against PWAs.
.

.'

proach. The other part is emotional, in
type of work they did. If I hadn't revealed all this, they would have justthat I am a woman with AIDS and I C3Il
relate to what you're saying and feelingthQught I was a colleague can act pre>;he pigeon that is harsh reality has
fessional if I have to.) And maybe theand I,C3Il share with you how I've han,just thrown ~ore shit down on
fault didn't always lay with the client, but
dled a similar situation. It works.
me. Nothing heavy duty or im:6ack to the shit. I've sent out resometimes the counselor's own attitude
possibie to deal with, but the fact . was ~ barner. With myself, there is no "us SUInes to various SO<alled AIDS service
remains, when y~'re shit upon, you
and them," it's "us." They were real surorganizatiQOSfor work as a counselor. My
have to stop what you're doing and deal
prised that "one of them" could be articuresume is impeccable, even though I've
with the situition' at hand. Whi~h is' late and intelligent enough to be considput <:k;>wn
some of the activist stuff I've
cleansing }'QUl'S<!1f of i:li~illth.
ered a peer, I hope I threw off some eX done through the years. I've noticed that
For the past couple of years, I
their stereotypes with my presence.
although people were impressed with myhave been doing AIDS counseling- andWhen I was in a therapeutic comcredentials and the way I've handled myoutrea~h edu~tion. I'm also an Emermunity (drug addiction), I noticed that -self on the interview, as sooo as I mengency Medical Technician, so I havealthough they might have been goodtioned that I have AIDS,the attitude sub- some kind of urlc,ferstanding about r counselors, the ,staff that came there
dy changed and I would get lookS like "medicine. My cplinseling is effective
straight from college, with all these
they were amid I'd keel over at their
because I am a person withdesk or my tainti!d HIV-infected
AIDS and the~efore it is in myblocxl would start oozing out throughown best interest to have upmy pores, even as I spoke, onto thei!"to-date information and comclean, lily-white desks.
passion for what my clients are
The fact is, I was diagnosed
feeling. I am sUlViving with theover two years ago with (doncha justvirus and I pave a ,real goodlove it?) full-blown AIDS. I got that
understandingof both, thestuck"on me because my opportunisemotional and physic~l trials
tic infection was tuberculosis. The
people go through. Maybe befact that I'was exposed ~o T.l!. whilecause I have experienced (andon the job as an EMT and was alam still experien,cirig) it. I am
ready unknowingly immuno-coman activist because, not 'only
promised to begin with was of n.o
am I advoca.ting for the rights
importance. The diagnosis was AIDS.
of PWAs, but r" am fighting for
You're SO<alled diagnosis is not. my own life.
written in stone. I have seen people
The people closest to mygo from death's door to being tota1ly
heart are recovering addicts,
asymptomatic or ARC. I have seen
women and people of. color.
people jump back and forth from
These are my people, although
being asYmptomatic to ARCand then 'the bond of dealing with AIDS
back again. The fact is, I haven't had
surpasses all others. I remember once I
te~tbooknotions
ab~ut addicts"
any symptoms for the last two years. I
attended a workshop. It was all.social
weren't as good as staff who had per~ .work a steady job'"doli lot of volunteer
workers and counselors. Nobody. there
sonal experience with drug abuse. And
work (sometimes put in 12 or 14 hourknew I had the ..virus. We had to make a
the recovering staff seemed to instincdays) and still can work out and do 140
Jist of difficulties we had in dealing withtively know when a' person was trying
l~. lifts on the weIghts. I never get colds.
our clients. Well, the lists these people
to get ov~r, or had deeper issues that
I take better care of myself and am probcame up'with includ~ all kinds of value
weren't being dealt with. They wereably a lot healthier than a lot of sero-negjudgments 'and misinformation. The
also role models to the clients.
atives. But the powerS that be won't hite'clients were mistrustful, manipulative, alThere are two sides to my counselme 'cause of their f~ that I1l either getways complaining, etc. Finally, when I
ing. One is very clinical, dealing .with sick or drop dead on the job.
was about ready to puke, I spoke up. I
trying to help people find concre.te soluOne of the places I had submitted atoid them that I was both a recovering
tions to problems. Thjs involves objecresu'me to was the Department ofaddict and a PWA, and I did the same
tivity and an emotionally uµinvolved apS .. DlSCRIMINATlON on pege 43

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Ithen last edition ,....-------.
of this column, I iiasked you to beaware of your style oflistening. I suggested
that eX~becauseall of us have learned
that one privilege'of
the oppressor is to
speak while the roleof the oppressed is
to listen. Our earliest lessons of oppression are universal: We all start out aschildren in a world controlled by adults.
The old adage "Olildren should be seen
and not heard" reinforces this particular
aspect of oppression.
I want to examine the experienceof adultislil, as the oppression of young
people is called, because it is the train.ing ground of all oppressors. Whilemost of us have escaped the infamous
indoctrinationof British board(ngschools, which is an extreme ~Ieof how young boys are taught the rulesof power games, we all learn very
quickly the painful lessons of being
controlled. The attitudes expressed byparents often mimic the benevolent
tyranny of oppressors, i.e. "You don't
need to understand" or "I'm doing thisfor your own good" or "You're muchhappier not knowing."
While those who have been victimized by oppression often see themselves
as tota1lydistinct and different from those
who have oppressed them, all of us havememories of childhood as a time when
we were powerless. If .Ourparents ciedded to pick up and move to anotherneighborhood or across the country, wewere not consulted about the decision.
Until the (eSurgence of feminism in themid 70s, husbands similarly failed to consult their wives about these decisions.
When our f.!:miIiespracticed a particularform of religion, it was assumed that we. would share their belid's and participate. in. their spiritual.activities. Until recently,c--- ~- -I

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children were totally the property of theirparents, essentially subject to the whimsof the parents. With the awareness of the. problems of both physical and sexualchild abuse increasing, this last domain of
Ultimate authority is being challenged "inthe best interests of the children," but the
problem remained hidden for such a longtime precisely because children's testimony against their' parents was invalidated
or ignored. It used to be considered unthinkable to question adults about theiractions with respect to their offspring,even when they were abusive.
While the boundaries for acceptablebehavior were defined differently withineach family, they had in common thatthe child was expected to fulfill an unwritten contract: Accept the absolute
supremacy of the parents in exchange
for shelter, sustenanceandother "perks,. such as the ability to go to school or play Little
League baseball. Often the parents decided what clothes th¢child would wear, which activi~
ties the child could explore,
even what friends the childcould choose. I remember
wanting to become a dancer
when I was young, before mybody lost its capacity to moveflexibly. My mother had already
decided that I would pursue a
career in medicine and attend aschool like Radcliffe or Vassar.
Her assumption
was that I. should be grateful for such an
opportunity, never realizing-that
it was still' not a choice inwhich I had any input.
As a child, especially because I was seldom heard bythe' adults in my life, I learned to observe quietly and learn from their behavior. I learned that it was a lot more
fun to be in control than to be controlled. A subconscious image was indelibly engraved that the best position
to have was that of the person in
power. In our culture, children, women,
people of color, working claSs people
and gay men and lesbians have all been
assigned Jo the pppressed role. ChUdren

grow up to become adults who learned
to be oppressive to their children.
White children quickly displace theirpain by participatingin the racism
which is condoned by their adult mentors. Male children recognize the approval that their sexist behavior will
elicit from other ,plales.
For that moment, however brief,that we can eScape the pain of our experienceS, it seems worth it to endure
the pangs of conscience that tell us we.are .engaging in actions that are inherently repugnant to us.
I encourage you to remember the
early attempts .you made as a young
person to resist the indoctrination that
prepared you to become an 6ppres:sor. We are born totally tolerant of all
kinds of differences. Whether it was

befriending the schoolmate who had adisability and. was taunted by theother children or questioning
theracism or antisemitism we observed in
adults, it was always our natural response to be connecting with others
rather than erecting barriers to thoseconnections. Reclaiming your memories of resisting oppression is a necessary step to doing effective anti-oppression work. T

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[Even tbe few results tbe Acn:T bas
dtscovered bave been delayed unnecessarily; tbe paper on balf-dose
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tbere are no plans to distribute tbe results of Acn:T 010, 'wbicb sbowed tbat
quaner-dose (300 mglday) ts even better. Sucb results don't belp BurrougbsWellcome's bottom line.]

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rive on your doorstep that he lives witha man. He can also leave some books
about gay life with them. You and Mel<;an choose the books together. They
can then decide if they want to visit Mel
in New York, knowing that they willmeet their son's male lover. A letter orphone call is second best, because
nothing is more effective than face toface meetings.
Another effective way to handle thesituation is to allow them to come to
New York, and for you to stay with a
A gay and lesbian advice column
friend for the four days. But, don't remove your clothes or any other signs thatby Dr. Charles Silversteinsomeone lives with Mel. Be assured that
Dear Dr. silverstein,chest. Then the apartment must be
his parents will search every nook andI have been living with my lover
purged of gay books (perhaps even one
cranny of your apartment for signs ofMel for aImost a year. We have a goodof mine), porno. magazines, videos, sex
who your are. Then you should have dinrelationship, and basically neither one oftoys-ood on and on. Of course, if Mel ner with Mel and his parents one.us has any complaints. I come fromwere out to his fumily,he might still wantevening. By that time enough pressurearo~d New York City and he's from ato hide porno and thewill have built up.
Midwestern Baptist family. Obviously
like. It's rio wonder that
Someone's bound tothey .don't know that he's gay or thatyou feel abandoned
say something or
he's living with a man. We're both in ourand don't like being
ask the questiQll.
3Os. Mel's family has decided to visit in thrown into the street.
There are two
the spring, which is a big deal for them,At the Same time,.. o~her possibilities
because they've never been to New YorkI can appreciate Mel's
that come to mind
before. And naturally they want to stayanxiety. He's probaOne is that Mel iswith Mel.
bly scared shitless.
just too ~to doThat's the problem. He feels like heEvery gay person
anything about c0rncan't refuse them, but that means that he
who
has
gone
ing out right now. If
wants me to find another place to staythrough the process
that's the case, I
while they're in New York for four days.
of coming out to parthink you should tellI think he's wrong to ask me to leave myents knows why. He's
him that it's alright,
home because he doesn't have the guts
afraid it's going to begive him a fiss andto come out to his parents. I'm out to mya big scene with a lot
a hug, and tell him
parents, and they treat Mel like a son. I
of emotion.
I've
you won't be angry.
haven't decided yet what to do. Whatworked with a lot of. The other is that hiswould you do?
-Kicked Out
patients who have deparents are misercided to come out toable people without
Dear Kicked,.
their parents, and it
warmth and comUnfortunately your question isn't
can be a very painful
passion, and that heunique. It's a problem that all gay couevent. Gays and~ lesbians are often
doesn't want to subject you to them. If
ples who live together must face. I'm
fearful of disappointing his parents andthat's the case, he's probably right not tosurprised you didn't mention how yourlosing their love-even if their parents
have you around, though you mightlover's parents react when they call
had expressed little love toward themwonder why he subjects himself to thefrom the Midwest and you pick up thein the past. I'm sure that Mel fears hisabuse.
phone. Some lovers have solved thatparents might cut off all contact with
It's hard to know..how important his
problem by having two phone numhim. That's possible. He's trapped beBaptist background is in this sitUation.
bers and an agreement not to pick up
tween trying to please his parents andIt's probably an important issue since theeach other's phone when it's ringing.
trying to please you. He's in a losing
official Baptist line is extremely homo. As you might expect, some couples use
position.
phobic. I suggest you ask Mel very ditwo ph<:>nesfo.r other reasons as well.
I'll give you my suggestions. You rectly about it.
I understand how upsetting this visitand Mel ne~d to decide which one
Whatever you decide, please let .meis going to be for everyone. Since Mel has
makes the most sense for you at thisknow how it turned out I'll let our readdecided not to come out to his parents, time. The most effective way to handle
erslmow.
he's got to. get rid of more than you forthe situation is for Mel to visit his parIf you and your lover had a similar
four days. How about· your clothes, yourents before they come to New York.
experience, write ~ c/o Outw~k How
name on the mallbax, your toiletries, yourThat's when he should come out toyou handled the situation may be helpful
name on medicationsin the medicine
them. He can tell them before they arto others ....
.
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media attention. They obviously are.
But when somebody writes a piece that
purports to be a survey of bigotry on
campus, and leaves out homophobia
and anti-gay violence, the message
comes through loud and clear that thewriters and editors think those problems are of secondary importance ...perhaps because t11ey think lesbians andgay men are of secondary importance.
Leaving homophobia out of survey
articles about bigotry is a constantproblem. Recent articles about bigotry

ecently, employees at the University of Massachusetts had
to physically restrain students
from assaulting eachother during an organized anti- Irk>:':•• ~. >:,:.. ":",,~~~. ~~(~{I~-'-""'.. ~-gay rally.
. The anti-gay rally at the
Universityof Massachusetts
sponsored by the misleadinglynamed Young Americans for
Freedom is just one of many recent incidents of harassment ofgays on college campuses. At
Michigan State, a gay man's dormitory room was torched andhis car doused with gasoline. At'
Marshall University in West Virginia, signs on campus advertised "Queer Bashing 90. A Year
Long Crusade to Maliciously Harass Ho- in rock music, many of which have ignored homophobic lyrics, are a case inmosexuals." At Harvard Law School,
point. We need to object to every inposters put up by the gay and lesbianstudent group are being tom down as stance of this defamation by omission.
In this case write to: Art Levine, Associfast as they can be put up.
You could learn about these inci- ate Editor, U.S. News & World Report,
2400 N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
dents reading the gay and lesbianpress--:-even The New York Times. But 20037.
not from U.S.News & World Report. Last• • • • •You may have read about the flap
week,U.S News had a two-page featurethat has arisen over Andrew Dice Clay's
on campus bigotry that didn't mention
scheduled appearance as the host ofanti-gay h_arassment even once.
Saturday Night Live. By 'the time you
We would be the last to suggest
read this column, you may nave seenthat racism, antisemi.tism and sexism
are' not serious problems deserving of the show.

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May 30, 1990

Saturday Night Live regular Nora
DUM, and guest musical artist Sinead
O'Connor,both pulled out of theshow in protest of Clay's appearance.
Clay is one of the most notorious of
the so-called comedians who basetheir -acts overwhelmingly on sexist,
homophobic
and racist put-downs.
Due to their particularappeal to-young men-thegroup most likely tocommit acts of .anti-gay violenceperformers like Clay are not just in
bad taste, they're dangerous. "With its invitation to Clay,
Saturday Night Live seems to havegone out of its way to offend thelesbian and gay communitY. Recently, we've been unhappy witha number of skits on the show,
particularly for the' attitude that is
OK to get cheap laughs using theepithets "fag" and "dyke." There'sa real double standard problem
here, since epithets for other minorities are virtually never used.
Now, instead of making some
afftrmative effort to show sensitivity to lesbians and gays, they bringin one of the worst homophobes
they can find.
We urge you to let your objection
to Clay's appearance
be known by
writing to: Lorhe Michals, Executive
Producer, Saturday Night Live, NBC, 30
Rockefeller, New York, NY 10112.
At the same time, we urge you towrite to Nora Dunn and Sinead O'Connor, care of the same address, to. applaud their principled stand against bigotry masquerading as entertainment.

• • • • •Every once in a while, we like toremind you that the letters you send inucation and PWAs refusing to remainsilent will, though. And as long as there
are some righteous people out there
willing to take the fight down the line,
and publish articles like this, we've got
a chance. And as long 'as I have thisloud, abrasive voice of mine, I'm gonna
use it. I may not be able to .change theworld, but if I can increase just one
person's sensitivity and awareness, thenI have eliminated some of the pigeon
shit that rains on all of our heads.
. This arttcle is reprinted from the
PWA Coalttton Newsltne (!day 1990,
Issue #55) with their kind permtsston. •response to this program do have an
So I didn't get the job. I got the infamous "We'll let you lmow" after anotherimpact. Recently, we urged you' towrite to Donald Bellisario, prOducer of long interview. And sure enough, a \Yeeklater, I received a fonn letter that stated
NBC's Quantum Leap, to complainthat although I was qualified, they decidabout an episode in which a lesbian
ed to hire someone else. There weremurdered her former lover. Respondover ten positions open. What happened,ing to some of the letters he received,
eleven people applied?
Bellisario said he hadn't intended to
I may not have a lawsuit (thedefame lesbians in general, but that he
DOH covers its ass real well). But I'm
saw our point that in a context wherechecking out all my options. Everyone
there are virtually no positive lesbianthat knows my HN work is properly
characters on television, just one negamortified. They all thought I would
tive depiction can reinforce unfair
have been perfect for the job. Mortificastereotypes.
tion isn't gonna change the bullshit. .EdNow 7V Guide reports that Bellisario has said that he would like toincorporate some positi~e gay charac- Iii
ters into his program next year. Timewill tell, but it appears your lettershave made a difference. That being
the case, we suggest you write to Bellisario again, this time to make thefriendly suggestionthat his "gay"characters include lesbians and people of color.
.
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Lesbian cat'toonists dl"'aw
themselves (clockwise fl"'OMI.-\ppel"'left-hand cOl"'nel"')'Kayen Platt, Roberta
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produced wonderful lesbian comics.
Their work can be found in two places: as
comic books published by small companies or by' the artists, and as comic strips
printed in gay and lesbian newspaPers.

s Alison Bechde1 puts it,"comics have great powerfor good or evil...they get
absorbed directly into yourutWeekreaders know who Alison
bloodstream." A good carBechdel is. But Mo and company
toon has all. the power of awere not born on these pages.
movie, compressed into three minutes.
. Bechdel says, "I started drawing
Reading one is a private experience (orguilty pleasure), which adds to their inten- these crazy lesbians in letters to a friendsity. Good lesbian cartoonists are pretty of mine nine years ago," and shortly
scarce, though. For one thing, good Car- thereafter they wound up in her local
As the lestoonists, of any gender or sexual prefer- feminist paper, Woman~.
bian and gay male press grew, Dykes toence, are quite rare. Cartoonists must
Watch Out For grew with it. Many 9f the. combine the talents of a playwright and atwodozen papers the strip now appears
painter, while scraping by in an industry
that rarely pays anyone a living wage. Not in did not even exist when she began
many people would be willing, let alone drawing it. Bechdel says she "doesn't feelvery connected to the straight comics
able, to do that. Plus, the ultra-macho
comics industry has been reluctant to hire industry, but more to the gay pressj" inreturn, Nancy Bereano (publisher of Firewomen, to portray us in non-stereotypicalbrand Books, who have produced threeways, or even to view women as a potenDykes to Watch Out For collections plus atial audience. The industry also shies
1990 calender) calls Bechdel a "patron ofaway from subjects it regards as controver$ll, particularly from anything sexual. the arts" because her work is so profitable
Americans-unlike
Europeans, Latin for Firebrand that it enables them to put
Americans and the JapanesC-thinkof . out less popular books too. On the othercomic books as for children only. So hand, Bechd~l has appeared both incomics here have been threatened by straight alternative comic books and thegovernment censorship since the early mainstream press. Harvey Pekar had her
50s, and lately a new wave of fundamen- draw a few pages of a recent American
talist hysteria has engulfed small comic Splendor (highly recommended, especially to people who think they hate comicbook stores who lack resources to defend
themselves (and whose owners may not books) and other cartoons have appearedbe all that 'comfortable with political or in Women~ Comics and elsewhere. Her
local daily paper, the Minneapolis Starsexual difference anyway) ..
Tribune just published a big, color Dykes
The situation for "underground" or
to Watch Out For strip, and she says that"art" cartoonists
is not much of ansome "men and straight people" have
improvement.over the Vlorld of commerexpressed their appreciation of her work:
cial cartooning. Most new publications
that made room for young cartooriists in "My strip could appeal to anyone leftist.~
the 60s, or that cartoonists <::reated for Bechdel also rakes a DTIWF slide show
themselves, celebrated their new free- around to colleges. What worlds are left
dom from aesthetic and political limita- for Mo and friends to conquer? "Tbe
Nation could have a funny page ... "._.tions by unleashing misogynistic tenden·-des. Now, despite their roots in the 60s, Bechdel speculated.
Jennifer Camper's cartoons also
few publishers of avant-garde graphic
appear in OutWeek on a regular basis,
arts have any political agenda beyond avague distaste for censorship. 'They may .and she too t>egan publishing in the gay
have more courage than Ma~el or DC male and lesbian press. In her case, she(the big comics companies) but they have was living in Boston then, so her homefar less money, and many are no less town paper was Gay Community News,
homophobic and sexist. N.one of this . where her penchant for drawing naked
bodes well for a lesbian who hopes to ladies and using words like "pussy"
caused a stir. "This was 1982 or so, andsee herself somewhere on the drugstore
youweren't supposed to do that at therack along with Betty and Veronica.
• On the other hand, we are there. And time," she reports, "so I had a ball with it.
GCN got lots of great letters back andthough your average small-town drugstore most likely doesn't stock them, a forth. I feel like if I get a reaction then the
cartoon is successful:" She adds that, ofsmall number of intrepid women haveo2J

all the many periodicals in which her
work has appeared, "every publication
has refused to print something, which I
think is a real commentary on the gay
press." But she keeps on drawing her cartoons of "the kinds of images of women
we don't get enough of...women who arestrong and sure and able to kick ass."
Comics, for her, are a way "to fuck withauthority" because "they're cheap andyou can xerox them and put them on the
refrigerator. They're unpretentious andunthreatening, so I get away with a lot."
As part of Camper's commitment to
the medium, she is one of four curators
for The Cartoon Show: Comic Art Drawnfrom Lesbian and Gay Life, which is currently on display at the Lesbian and Gay
Comm'-!nity Center in New York ._City.
More than 30 cartoonists (of whom slightly fewer thati half are lesbian, and a few
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are European) contributed to the show.
des in this magazine, OutlLo6k and other friend Phil. The strip ftrStappeared in 1be
Their work, in elegant black and white, is gay and lesbian publications. She does' a
Wasblngton Blade and now runs in eight
blown up big enough so that you can regular column for On Our Backs, and lesbian and gay papers nationwide. "I'mappreciate the details. People stroll slow- contributes editorial cartoons to the Bay · deflOitely into unity," she said, which isly around the room, with frowns of con- Area Reporter in San Francisco. Despite
why she is one of the few lesbian carcentration. Occasionally, though, theher productivity, she seems shy about her toonists to have an ongoing gay malerespectful silence is broken by a guffaw. artwork. '"Tell people not to look at it!" character, "Phil is an alter ego too," just as
Camper says that one of the pleasures of Kovick joked. "There's never enoughMorgan Calabreseis, said Dunlap.
doing the show was the chance to meet time to think; right after I've Fed-Exed
Although New Yorkers may not haveher audience, as well as to get in· touch some illustration away, tben I decide · seen it yet, Morgan Calabrese has won
with other artists .."Drawing leaves you in what.! want to do ..." She worries that "I awards from the Gay and Lesbian Pressa vacuum sometimes," she explained.
write punchlines that are book-length,"
Association, and Dunlap's second collecAndrea Natalie (another Out Week so lately -she's experimented with using tion was just nominated for a Lambda litcontributor) is learning-while-doingin pets "in place of the punchlines. But the erary Award. Dunlap's work is funny,
the same way that Bechdel and Camper last dog I drew," she lamented, "looked
while "avoiding Gay Humor 101, thedid. But she started much more recently, like a reindeer." Her modesty results; per- same old jokes." At the same time, she
having just celebrated her first anniverhaps, from ambition and seriousness
deals seriously with tough issues. Recentsary as a published cartoonist. Inspired
about the visual aspects of cartooning;ly, she said, "I killed off a character, a
by Gary Larson and Lynda Barry, and while some artists only want tq commuteenager-it was time to talk about teen
encouraged by her sister, Natalie "just sat nicate the action clearly, Kovick alsosuicid~d
now that character's lover
down one afternoon and' drew four car- draws beautiful pictures. Limits of space
has been thrown out of her house ... "toons." "For cartooning you don't need to and time imposed on her by editorial·Dunlap has big ambitions for her "Midbe a fabulous artist," she explains,
tooning are frustrating. "My dream would
western voice-of-reason character." She"although some of them are. Jules Feiffer . be to do the inside front cover of some wants "To reach a straight audience withjust scribbles ...style and content are what really nice gay and lesbian magazine,
uncompromisingly gay ~cters;'Thjere!
matters." Stonewall Riots, like Dykes to maybe once every two months. No limits· Take that with your Wheaties!'"
Watcb Out For, fust appeared in Womanon topics or tastelessness. And lots andDunlap argues thaUhe time is rightnews. Now it can be seen in 16 papers, lots of moneyl" she said.
for lesbian and gay male cartoonists toincluding this one. 'Natalie hopes her
One comic strip that does not appear
break into the mainstream, without havwork helps "our own community to here is N. Leigh Dunlap's Morgan Cal- ing to pander to hetero fear Qr ignorance.
become more tolerant of each other."abrese, which chronicles the adventures Lynda Barry, Nicole Hollander and Matt
Kris Kovick has illustrated many arti- _ofthe eponymous dyke and her gay.male
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themes: Groening through his gay characters Akbar and Jeff, Hollander with heroccasional jokes about a world withoutmen, and Barry by having her straight,
teenage girl characters be bullied withaccusations of lesbianism. If they can do
all this in the Chicago Reader or Village
Voice, why can't Dunlap? Or any of theother women who have been nurtured in
the gay/women'spress? To that end,
Dunlap hopes to put together a cooperative non-profit distribution syndicate, aproject that other cartoonists tried for awhile in the 70s, but whose time may
now have come. She' encourages any
interested artists to get in touch with her.

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ne of the first lesbian comic
books was an Amazon fantasy in.full color that Marvel Comics produced in the late 70s called SIsterhood o/Steel As I recall, there were six
or seven issues of the comic altogether,and it Involved a group of women in akind of martial-arts convent, on an island,and some political maneuverings within
the sisterhood, and swords.
Since then, lesbian representations incomic-book form have continued to.appear, but none have been put out by
the big two U.S. comicbook corporations.
Fortunately, over the last 15 years, thenumber and size of smaller comics com.panies boomed, so distribution networks
opened up to outsiders-as did space on
the shelves of some comic book,stores.
This has meant that some excellent work
has appeared in more-or-less straightcomics, although the big beneficiary of
the trend so far has been Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles. So much for the assumption that alternative distribution networks
and small-sCale publishing implied aesthetic value or political purity.
Nonetheless, this trend also meantthat women, previously locked out of thebusiness, began putting out their own
coolic books. These comics mostly havebeen anthologies"-that
is, they havework by many different artists crammed

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into one magazine. The mix can be fascinating, as in the "Special Fashion
Issue" of Wtmmtn's Comics whichcame out aJew years ago'; Amidst the
shoe jokes and the. fat jokes, Alison
Bechdel had a sweetly witty story'
about but~h/femme roles.
And then there's .Gay Comb:. It, too,is an anthology comic. For a whUe, it
was edited by Howard Cruse. Cruse
was most recently seen in these pages
with his perfect parody of Groening'sLife In Hell, but he tells moving Stories
when he has theto stretch out, as
he haS in his books and the -stories heprinted in Gay Comb:. He al$o madesure that lesbians
part of the mag- .
azine; Jennifer Camper says "he recruited me." Other excellent stories by
women appeared in those pages, someby cartoonists whose work I have neverseen since. (Fortunately, many Gay
Comb: back jssues
still in print.)
In general, the women's w9rk in
Gay Comb: was much less technically
adept than the men's. The gay maleca~oonists, .especially in the earlier
issues, were far more likely to havebeen trained and employed as cartoonists before they came out. Lesbians
learned as they went along, whether in'alternative comic books or in the feminist press. But gay male cartoonists
already knew how to make their pictures look. just like we expect comic
books to look. Sometimes this slickness worked really well, as in Tim
Barela's Larry anti Leonard stories.
Other times, though, the 'roughness
and simplicity
forcedupon anuntrained cartoonist can work in her
advantage. In Lee Marrs' Gay Comb:
cartoons, she explained a complex plot
as best she could with arrows and pic. tograms. The simplifications conveyed
an emotional urgency that impelled her
to tell .the story in the first place.
Some lesbian artists have done
comics, or even series of comics, entirely of their own work. The first was MarY·
Wing, whose
Come Qut comics
appeared early in the 70s. She now writes
detective novels. After her, Roberta Gregory published a CQmiccalled Dynamite
Damsels in 1976. Gregory, Uke -Kris
Kovick and N. Leigh Dunlap, cites a famil.y background ifl-·art. "My father drew
comics for Walt Disney. He always hoped
I would draw nice little animal stories,
but..." Gregory has been doing big, complicated human stories for years, instead.

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ongoing project, called Wingi11g It, hasfilled one comic plus- one graphic novel
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sexism and violence in comics" and that"the company will put out comics thatthey know won't sell, if they believe in it."
But their marketplac~ is somewhat limited
because the comics audience is so male.
at's rare, for example, that I see.anotherfemale customer in a comicbook shop.)Gregory says women still have a hardtime in "the last male-dominated field."Like Roberta Gregory, Michelle Rau is. based in Seattle. FroIDthere she sends her
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most cartoonists grapple with-but liiniting her audience to. those fortunate
en~ugh to hear a'bout it. So far I've
received three Lana's World5, plus one ofits sister zines, Lucky Rabbit's Reality, andeach one is different. LUCky Rabbit is thefust part of a story about two neighboring
comic strips, a kidnapping, a coup andsome funny animals who mayor may not
be anatomically correct. It's pretty good,but so far no sequel has appeared. In. themeantime there's Lana's World, whichfeatures short striRs"with some of thesame characters, some very funny single-panel cartoons by women who may
be friends of the editor (although Rau
also asks readers to send her their own
cartoons) some collage, a little prose
and-in one issue-50me strips a:bout
hamsters that Rau drew in high school.
Almost every cartoonist interviewed forthis article claimed to have started drawing comics as teenagers but Rau is the
only one to prove it For that alone (andbecause you don't know what else to
expect the next time) Lana's World is apleasure to find in your mailbox.
Dolo R6my is also a self-publishedcomicbook, but where Rau and friends
seem to aim for clarity and a lot of nicewhite space on the front page, DoloR6mjs creator Karen Platt likes plentyof black ink, complicated layouts andaction. Platt has an arts degree and it
sho~meof her drawings are beautiful in a way that reminded me of
BeaTdsIey, although she was a little surprised to hear the comparison. So far
only DolO R6mjs first adventure, -The
Adventures of Dolo R6my in the Underground City ofWome:n," has been published, though more are coming .soon.
In the Underground City comic, theadventurous, non-monogamousandcharismatic heroine slides into the subterranean Sapphic dystopia in search ofher best friend Rawto. On the way to the
happy ending, Dolo R6my rescues thequeen and meets a lot of girls. The fightscenes are abbreviated and a bit uJclear,but the sex scenes are gorgeous. So theupcoming installment's tide, "Set a Bad,
Bad Example," sounds promising.
Finally-just to prove that, yes, weare everywhere~nelesbian comicbook comes out of Mexico City. Esporadica, un punto de vista desde lasenaguas is produced by Adriana Batista
and Ana Bareto, with contributions byother Mexicanas (plus one entry by
Aline Kominsky-Crumb, who usuallyedits the San Francjsco comic' Weirdo).
'Most of the stories
show
two
women-perhaps
the artist--confronting
everyday troubles: In one issue they need
an apartment, in another they look forwork. The drawing is both stylish andclear, while the stories balance humor
and rage. My favorite is the housing issue,'which ends with a march led'by "SuperBarrio." Rumor has Bareto and Batista
now doing childcare work in California,
but two such talented artists will not ahope) be gone from the field forever. T

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..
irst off, those of you who may
have been trying to contact me
be happy to~ will undoubtedly
learn that I think I've finally conquered this irrational fear of my telephone _and am actually taking calls
once again, so feel free to light up
those lines! In fact, every day in every
way, things just keep getting betterand better. For example, I've progressed from merely whistling a
happy tune to out and out humming(the melody of choice around theseparts, so I've been informed, is Noel
Coward's "London Pride." Just thought
you'd want' to know.) Next week,
who can tell? 'perhaps snatches oflyrics and then full stanzas. While allof these indicators can only' be viewed
as encouraging, I confess that periodic
bouts of residual confusion still occur.
For example, a couple of weeks ago,for no apparent reason, I caught,
myself watching Martians Go Home ina Cineplex Odeon multiplex. And I'm56.' OlJTYWEEKMay 30,1990'

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still having difficulty getting my arms
around this concept of Gemeinscbajt
which everybody else has apparently
embraced without reservation.
(I
never had this kind of trouble with
substantive due process but, of course,
the drugs were different in thosedays, as was Just about everythingelse, and, frankly, there were otherissues I didn't apprehend: for example, how somebody could say they
were on another line and would get .
right back- to you and then never callagain ...which just might explain thisthing I've been experiencing with thetelephone but I digress.)
At any rate, the people on whom
I normally rely to clarify these things
seem to be perpetuallyoccupiedgranting interviews these days and I
haven't seen hide nor hair of myexpertsin quitesome .time.
Fortunately, Ernst in the copy room,
who brought this Gemetnscbajt business to my attention in the first place,has been very patient about answering my questions. Accordingly, I invit-

ed him to come along Dintng Outl
where we could discuss the finer
points in an atmosphere a little lessfrantic than the OutWeek commissary.
As ·luck would have it, he had toattend a meeting of this new organization with which he's heavily
involved, the QueerVolk or something
like that, but he did agree to meet me
beforehand at the revolving cocktail
lounge of the Marriott Marquis Hotel.
While the olives bobbed in our martinis and the pianist played "I Don't
Want To Know," Ernst told me allabout how the political people~isformed by a common consciousnessof its solidarity and ;l-q:)mmOn will tounity and strives to form, realize anddefend itself. This, he said, requires
the need to' develop, among otherthings, a new ethic disavowing theconcept of a private sphere untouchable before the political unity. He
noticed that I seemed to' be getting alittle lost right about there and offered
to loan me a book which he ~aid
would explicate these ideas better
than he was able, thpugh I assured
him he was doing a fme job. For thetime being he told me the important
thing to understand is that the right of
the individual is developed only in
relation to and for the sake ofGemetnscbaft. Then, whistling the
newly-popular"London Pride," hedashed off to his meeting.
I don't have to tell you what arelief it's been to find somebody sowilling to sit down and spell thesethings out and to discover that there's
an entire book (at least!) devoted tothe subject which is. why I gladly passthis information along for the benefit
of some reader who may be similarly
struggling with these same complex
ideas. This intellectual exchange, I'm
beginning to see, is all a part of something Ernst calls the Bewegungsstaat (Imust remember to ask him what thatmeans exactly.) T

By Michelangelo Signorile

Dear Mr. Signorilf!:

ful heavy-metal label in the businessand in tbe free enterprise system I
can't demand be run bis company ina certain way. I also can't tell
OutWeek bow to run its business,
altbougb I find the sex industry suppdrttng a magazine tbat purports to beabout a radical realignment of ourself-perceptions as big an example of
bypocrisy as Geffen releasing a bandthat sings one homophobic song.
Heavy metal is music imbued, likeyour own column, with misplaced
anger. Some people are able to forgive
the excesses of the music, as well as. your column, because each is craftedwith a creative dissonance. If, .however, you can proclaim
the danger

I am proud to declare publiclythat David Geffen is a friend of mine.
As a friend, he is a caring, compasSionate, witty, and, yes, outspoken
companion. You at least have thatlast charact.eristic in common withbim.
I am also proud to declare tbat.bavid is a friend. of the gay commu- ..
nity~ As a ·benefactor, be bas given
mtllions to gay organizations tbat
. bave been instrumental in serving
our political and bealth care needs. It
is "blood" money as you call it onlyin the fact tbat David is one of ourbloodbrotbers.
You are angry at David for calling GMHC Ita buncb of assboles. "Come on. We have all beard radical
gays call this wortbjl organizationmuch worse. Where was your ire attbose radicals during the Woody
Myersfiasco?
But the real frenzy into which
inherent in Guns 'n' Roses' dissoyou work yourself stems from one linedissonance that surpasses
in a Guns 'n' Roses song in which tbe nanc~aword jaggots" is used. You, bowever, the mere prosaic and becomes, inpractice, sociological-then let me takeweek after week pepper your column~·:I._withthe same word as well (IS Itdyke" this cbance to proclaim the danger
inherent in ~be dissonance
we asand "queer." Why is it proper for you
readers are subjected to week after
to use sucb words and improper for
Axl Rose? You cannot rationalize this week in your Gossip Watch column. It
is a dissonance tbat surpasses the mere
usage by simply stating because you
are gay it entitles you to ghettoize us prosaic and becomes, in praclice,
w!th such hateful nomenclature.
A pathological. By rallying your readers. to your own luridly reactionary lockRose is a Rose is Rose...
I, too, have a problem With Geffen. step, they have in turn called Geffen's
Records releasing tbe records made by office with threats of bombings andGuns 'n'Roses and bave told David so. even death. This is aform of terrorism;
this is "blood"journalism. In your selfBut I have a problem with all heavy
appointed role as leader of ihis new
metal music; I find it all imbectltc.
David's company is tbe most success- strain of activism that can best belabeled Ittantrum politicS" you bave
been coopted by our real enemies.
Many ti",es your arguments bave
weight, but your tacticS are as vtIe andreptebenstble as any used by a Helms
on tbe political rigbt or a Stalin on tbeleft. The very mention of "files" and"databases" you tbreaten to bave inyour possession tbat regard tbe private
lives of your perceived enemies smacksof tbe very essence of McCarthytsm. A
friend told me once tbat you bragged
to bim tbat you considered yourself tobe the new Marttn. Luther King of tbe
gay movement. Wrong. You 'are tbe
new Roy Cohn .
Since I was fifteen years old I havebeen proudly and openly gay. In
Mississippi, wbere I grew up, tbis was
not an easy thing to be. In New York,
where lcontinue to grow up, it sttll is .
not an easy tbing to be. But !have'never hidden it because I bave neverfelt shame or guilt about it. I also
have no shame or guilt about Working at Vanity Fair and am proud tocall my colleague'nr'y friends. Indeed,
wben conducting interviews with subjects for my articles I manage to let
tbem know tbat I am gay witbin tbe
first fifteen minutes of meeting them.
I tbink it ,Is important tbat they' real- .
tze that I bring tbat point of view witb
me. But Vanity Fair, unlike OutWeek,
is not a gay publication.
We mayshare some of the same audience but
W(l have different agendas. You are a
professton.al gay person wbo is a journaliSt. I am a professional journalist
who is gay.
.
I mention all of this because I
think gayness is something to celebrat~not
to use as a weapon. You
have argued that what you are doing
when "outing" an individualbas
nothing to do with McCartbyism
because you are not saying being gay
is a bad thing. Then why do you only
use it against people with wbom you
are so angry tbat the anger borders on
hatred? You are not celebrating thesepeople. You are attempting to vilify
tbem. And by vilifying tbem you arealso attempting to make a nqme foryourself. Your column is nothing morethan the whisperings of a Roy Cohn
into Senator McCartby's public ear,raised, just as publicly and coyly, to a$ee GOSSIP WATCH on page 59

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Oul on Ihe Town

Wilh Liz and Sydney

Sydney: WelCome to the equivalent
movie musicals. The bar staff is comof "sweeps week" 'in the club scene;
prised of some extremely attractive
every club and promoter has vigorously
women (hence the bar bottleneck); I willsought to outdo one another in theadmit that when ordering a beer I wasnever-ending search for a bigger andalarmed to learn that Coors was being'better piece of the nightlife pie. La
served (and bought) there. The decision
Palace de Beaute, the remodeled Underis yours-they will be there Fridays andgroundopenedthis week with
.Saturdays.
djlsinger/promoter
Larry Tee as theSydney: Liz and I trekked out tohost. Featuring a bevy of throw pillows,
Park Slope for the Brooklyn Lesbiansa Dutch masterpiece (in slide version),
Together Spring Fling Dance that beneand works by David LaChapelle andfited the state assembly campaign ofRuben Toledo, the new decor borders
Deborah Glick. We munched popcorn,
on a lighthearted camp sensibility. An
drank beer with the girls and discovered
omnipresent
large silver tube winds
a new group, SAL (Slope Activities. foraround the lighting and ceiling fixtures
Lesbians). A full calendar
eve-nts
making me feel like I was thrown into
includes' "field trips" to far away places
the Lair of the White Worm, but with alike Manhattan: NO, they also visit otherslightly Middle Eastern theme. I expectplaces, but it tums out they .sponsored a
ed Catherine Oxenberg to appear any
trip to' the benefit premier of Without
moment, but instead settled for bedroom
You I'm Nothing. ThiS discovery led Liz
dish queen Angie Bowie. Despite ato remark; "No wonder there were sogood ethnic and gay/straight mix on
many lesbians." Any group that increases
opening night, the Underground crowd
lesbian visibility wins our admiration.
(predominantly Black) found they w~reLiz: Last Saturday saw the Queer
left out in the cold by the current
Nation (the direct action group, not the
CBrol", Ford, OJ Bnd spring fling-ef,changeover to what owner Maurice
collective "we") go out on' a visibility
Bt the DebofBh Glick Benefit.
Brahm has called an "A list" crowd.
action to McSorley's, a bastion of heteroPhoto: liz and SydneyNot to be outdone-the
Roxy issexuality for decades. Taking up almost
boasting a whole "new~ look of its own.
the entire back room, and some of theAnother section, designed by Morrissey never heard of, but a good find. The
front, the Nation played "Spin the Botdesigner Peter Sibilia, has opened. With crowd seemed to be either underage or tle," to the amusement (and enlightensimulated gas lamps, faux houses, a middle-aged, with few in between. Syd- ment) of the bachelor party next topromenade and park benches, it is not ney and I, after discussing the name ad them. Remember that this is a place
just a club: It's a town! Not just anytown,
nauseam, decided Molly House is some where men cat call and hoot at women
this' is Roxytown, the only Mainstreet . sort of "sea food" reference (for thoseas they walk to the bathroom. (It's a little
that includes such Average Joes as unacquainted, "sea food" means things
strange that a place as straight as McSorAngel Jack, a drag queen clad in col- like "Hi, sailor," men in Navy blues, in . ley's didn't have a women's bathroom
ored aluminum foil couture and Ernie
port for 48 hours, etc.) So bring a rod and until a few y~.ars ago.) The gentlemen
Glam sporting his ghastly Leatherface
reel them in...
working there took away the ketchup
pink satin face mask with mouth zipper.,liz: Shescape started their nights for bottles in full, spin, even admonished a
Uz: David Leigh and Lee Chappell
women at the Chapel last week, a place kissing couple to "drink up and get out,"
have taken the Roxy into Sunday nights designed for the Catholic schoolgirl
and pointed to a sign saying "Be good(no, you can't just stay for the whole
fetish displayed by some recently. The or be gone," to which they replied, "Oh,weekend, silly) and are calling it Molly space at Limelight was barely large
but we're being sooo good." No one got.House, for' gay men and women. A tad
enoughto contain the exuberant
hurt, (although a woman was overheard
light OJ;l the woemn so far, Molly House women, their hair and accessories; and saying "this is the weirdest night of myhas the good things about Saturdays with despite the courtyard and upstairs
life"), dykes and fags were seen as suchsome advantages-nodoor scene, more lounge, most ended up in ~he bottlein public, and a good time was had bysPace, less' heterosexuals (although there necked first-floor bar, or the bathroom.
all. You would think with all the beer
were fewer of those this past Saturday). Th~ videos playing were fairly interestthe Queer Nation drank, they would
The DJ, Kip Lavinger, is someone I hacl ing-:-Slnead:
O'Connorand MGM have been a little happier to see us? T

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GOSSIP WATCH from page 57

dectbel level deafening in its own selfsewing, self-/oathing blather.
You are proud to be the architectof "outing." But the first instance of"outing" occu"ed in New York when
you were still trYing to make a namefor yourself on the club circuit. During
Koch's first mayoral
campaign,
Cuomo had hts operatives in Queens
cruise the neighborhoods {n a van
with a loud speaker attached to it. A
voice continually blared at all who
could hear: "Votefor Cuomo, not the
homo!" Signoriie, your hands are now
on that wheel. It is your voice we now
hear. And it ts a dangerous road you
are traveling. .
Sincerely,
Kevin Sessums
Fanjair Editor
Vanity Fair Magazine

Kevin Sessums
Fanfair Editor
Vanity Fair
Conde Nast Publications
350 Madison Ave
New York, New York 10017
Oear Mr. Sessums:
Your reactionary whining matches
that of every other- scared rat who's
stepped into this dizzying controversy--complete with· all those overused
50s buzz words. How honorable of
you to come to the defense of thepoor, little, picked-on billionaire. .But
if Geffen is such a "bloodbrother,"
why can't he speak for himself andsay it proudly? It certainly doesn'tsound like a "blood brother" whomade the statement Geffen made to
the Los A ngeles Times ,last weekregarding the lack of major motion
pictures about AIDS: "It's a bogus
issue. Homosexuals see homophobia'
everywhere. They have such a 'victim'
mentality. I see so little homophobia
in Hollywood."
I and many others in this commu~
nity call ourselves 'and everyone else
who is gay or lesbian "faggots" and"dykes" endearingly, in an attempt toshort-circuit the hatred associated withsuch wor~nd
still only to gay people within a gay environment such as
this magazine. Even the politically

inept know that a fundemental belief
You work for a magazine, which,. of the Black liberationist and feminist in a period of ten years, has done virmovements
has always, been:tually nothing hard-hitting-presumAppropriate
the language of yourably for fear of being too controversial
oppressors.
and offending the wrong peopleWhen Ax} Rose, a straight man with regard to the AIDS crisis. You, and 'one of our oppressors, uses these work for a magazine that has glorified
words derogatorily
to millions of some of our worst enemies such as
straight teenage boys and girls who've
Roger Ailes. You work for a magazine
been told all of their lives to revile
which, at the height of the epidemic,
homosexuals, these terms spew forth while the president let thousands die,with dangerous,
violence-inciting
put the Reagans on the cover as themeanings. You are not totally stupidfabulous couple of the decade in aand I don't think I have to fully
story which glossed over all of their
explain this to you. Or do I? .
crimes. You work for a magazine that
When a greedy man who makes
did such an embarrassing and laughmillions of dollars a day calls an AIDS able cover puff piece on Calvinorganization "a bunch of assholes"
Klein·s "heterosexual life" that people
because he is insulted that they decid- still to this day talk about it. You work
ed they did not want money from his for a.magazine that rarely ever shows
homophobic band, it is quite different gay men and lesbians on ~ pages
than if, say, l--or any other "radical except to portray creepy, darK, sinistergay" who works day in and day out stories about crazed and murdering
within the AIDS movement--call that queers. You work for a magazineorganization the same thing because
where the editor in chief's social
we may feel they made a bad decision
climbing escapades far outweigh her
regarding the community we callourobligations ·to r~port the truth, seek
selves a part of (but this point is moot fairness in coverage and attack bigots.
since I've never called GMHC such).
You are right, Mr. Sessums; Vanity
I have never called myself "the Fair has a far different "agenda" than
new Martin Luther King," but have, on
OutWeelts.
ivarious occasions, referred to myself
COlIigratui<itionson helping to set
as the Rodney Dangerfield of the gay that "agenda." As I fine-tune my hormovement. Quite honestly, and this is rible "tantrum politics," you are
where my tactics and my "tantrum
becoming a master of your muchpolitics" come in, I find Malcolm X to more acceptable "collaborationist polbe more of my hero than King.
itics." And compliments to you on theThis is a war. I am sick of being well-written,
clever banter andstepped on and put down. These peorhetoric of your letter. Keep stroking
ple are literally killing us! I won't be your' conscience and keep developpolite about how I achieve ends and I ing highly complex and subtle ratiowill use the tools and tactics of my .nalizations to justify accepting what
oppressors against them--or against
you are doing. Keep telling yourself
the vile lesbian and gay traitorsthat David Geffen is a good person
who've sold out for a few crumbs.
who has no control over the circumWhether you agree with my posi- stances swirling around him and thattions on outing or not, you absolutely
he's been wrongly targeted. And
cannot deny that my-and other peokeep telling yourself that Tina Brown
ple's--"tantrum, politics" have sparked
is a wonderful, selfless woman you
an enourmous debate about the closet should always support. You'll go far,and about homophobia in society. I'm kid. In fact, Geffen will probably
not about to stop using these tactics move you up two spaces simply forbecause they might be uncomfortablewriting that letter-as
I'm sure youfor some Vanity Fair editors, a few calculated.
millionaires
and a corupt gossip
Yes, you may now pass GO andcolumnist. Actually, part of my mis- collect your 200 dollars.
. Sincerely,'sion is to make it more uncomfortablefor peqple to stay in the closet than toMike Signorile
come out and stand up for this comFeatures Editor
munity.
Out Week Magazine.

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FEAR AND LOATHING-Harry Black (5.tephen Lang) and Regina (Zette)social conformity, by fear, and fmally
What makes these stories utterly
by history itself. This was, at least, the blow jobs to drunken G.Is, only todepressing is not the despair they disnightmarish vision of Hubert Selby, deliver beer bottle blows from her
close with routine banality, but the
Jr.'s 50s novel; a vision which· in its thug accomplices. The same macho
utterly relentless violence the film
time was alternatively hailed and con- thugs, who are totally unmoved bydeploys against any character who
demned as being unbearably real. The Tralala's sex .appeal, cover up theireven attempts to change his/her fate.
current film version, which inherits routine sex with drag queens by the
It is a curious fact that in a neighbormuch of the novel's horror, is further double ruse of drunkenness" and rapehood overflowing with criminal viohaunt~~ by its once radically daring ("If you want to be a woman, then I'll
lence, the police are conspicuously
fuck you like a woman"). The witty
but now dated sexual stereotypes.
absent, except when defending thedrag queen, Georgie (Alexis Arquette,
Created by Germans (producer
army barracks or factory, both ofBernd Eichinger and director Uli Edel) Rosanne's brother), misses his chance
which are not coincidentally visually
who grew up with Selby's' terrifying to seduce VInnie (peter Dobson) whenreminiscent of prisons. In this neighnarrative of 'urban America, the film he passes out in the bathroom fromborhood of limited or no ~ssibilities,
version re-translates their Gerinan view too much herOIn. Donna (played byas in the nightmares of a hauntedof America into an American spectacle. the perennially pregnant Ricki lake) ishouse, desire becomes its own police .
Roughly organized around a factory . brow- and fISt-beaten by her working
It is permissible, for example, for men
class father, Big Joe (Burt Young), into
strike, the film weaves.-:...or better,to fuck up any man who actuallyknots--together
its characters' lives marrying a sincere, confused union
seems to desire men. ,And likewiseman. Corrupt shop steward, Harry
into a stunning tangle of missed
any woman who dares to speak oropportunities and misshapen identities. Black (Stephan Lang), loses his job, his
feel something other than pain or
A local siren, Tralala (brilliantly played dignity, a_nd finally his life when heprostitution 'is consequently slapped
falls
for
a
mercenaryqueen,
Reginaby Jennifer Jason Leigh as a nastier,(Zette). And so on, and so on.
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DanceRites of Spri,ng
by Otis Stuart

S

ince the weather died, the. next best-only?-proofofspring these days is Lincoln.,
Center. The crowds pouring
nightly onto Lincoln Plaza-one
evening swathed in sweaters, the next
wiping off the sweat of today's heatwave--are proof that New York sets I
its own seasons. It's ballet time now,
dance's answer to spring. American
Ballet Theater has taken over the'.1' Metropolitan Opera House until June
30, and New York City Ballet is in residence at the New York State Theater
through July 1. Wet, sweltering, or
wltatever, Lincoln Center is the axis of
the dance world again.
Witnessthe State Theater.
f'lYCB's upcoming Jerome Robbins
festival, two weeks devoted exclusively to the Robbins repertory as his
farewell to fulltime association withthe company,that for at least:utother week you'll get a tight closeup on the two other trumps in the
NYCB repertory. The next seven days
are fairly bursting with bigtime
Balanchine- Tcbaikovsky Sutte No.3,
Walpurglsnacbt
Ballet, Stravinsky
Violin Concerto,
even
ViennaWaltzes. They also include Peter
Martins' two most provocative statements to date on ballet in the post~ala'nchine era, ecstatic Orange ~fthe twisting 80s urgency and Les
Genttlbommes,
which accords themale dancer an au~onomy once
resetved only for his ballerina.
Despite the weather, and the newcompetition, that ballerina is holding
her own, and the wonders of the
NYCB'season to date have swirled
mostly around the company's wealthof wo~en. Top of the line among the'.. .

up-and-comers are Margaret Tracey
and Wendy Whelan, visions of spring'
iilcamate. Tracey is the charged hightech center of Martin's new Fearful
Symmetries and this most prebred ofclassicists, all lilting limbs and Cheerysmiles, has the chance to let loose, tolinger awhile around a swiveling hip
and circling suggestion. She· does andthen some. Whelan, to the contemporary born, has taken on the opposite
challenge, the neoclassic whirlwindsof the second soloist in TcbatkOvsky
Piano Concerto NO.2 and ~e all-buttitle-role -in Allegro BriOiante. In both,the iceman isn't here .yet, but he's
coming. Any minute now.
The display continues at ballerina
level despite the injuries that havewaylaid company perennials such as
Merrill Ashley, Kyra Nichols andHeather Watts. In fact, replacements
turned wunderkind-of-the-momentagain Darci Kistler into resident
workhorse-,-at one performance, she
led all three ballets-and
we are all
better for it. Without time for the tentativeness that can underinine her at
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Theater

The Songs of August,by Michael PallerA

gust Wilson is the one
authentic poet writing for
the American
theater
now. He understands
what words can do. He knows-theway one is born knowing something-thatwords nof only havemeanings, but sounds and rhythms.
He knows, too, that theatrical poetry
isn't always a matter of words thatsound "literary." It's the stringingtogether of the simples~ words in
combinations that create images sharp
as a gunshot onstage, and then hangin the air like gho.sts, following us
onto the street. Tbe Piano Lesson, atthe newly-christened
Walter Kerr
Theater, isn't a perfect play, but itrings with authentic theatrical poetry,
and'is given a production about as
good as any playwright could reasonably· hope for. .
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The piano of the .title is at thecenter of a contest of powerful wills.
Boy Willie Charles (Charles ~. Dutton)comes from the South to his uncle's
house in Pittsburgh to claim the family heirloom. He intends to sell it anduse the proceeds to buy farmland
belonging to the family which once
owned his ancestors. The land's mostrecent owner, Sutter, was lately discovered dead at the bottom of his
well.
Boy Willie's sister, Berniece (S.
Epatha Merkerson), has no intentionof selling the piano, which sits silently
in the living room. "It has blood onit," she says. Well, it's not exactly
silent: At night, Uncle Doaker (Carl
Gordon) has seen it played by Sutter's
ghost-who,
during breaks, inquires
as the whereabouts of Boy Willie.
The Sutters bought the piano inexchange for "one and a half' slaves:
Boy Willie and Berniece's
great
grandmother and young grandfather.
Later, their great-grandfather carved
portraits of his wife, son and parents
into it. Still later, Boy Willie's father
stole the piano from the "Sutters: "Aslong as'Sutter has it, he has us," hereasoned.
The Sutters, however,caught up with him and he neverplayed the piano in his own house.
To Berniece, the piano is an
instrument from a past so painful she
won't play it-but neither will she let
it go. To Boy Willie, the piano is his
future; it's a moment to .be seized. As
they struggle over possession of the
piano, Wilson asks, what are the usesof history? Boy Willie is willing to sell
his history to guarantee his future;.. Berniece struggles to keep the lid on
it. Neither position is healthy; bothare understandable.
That is thehumanity of Tbe Piano Lesson.
We do hear the piano now andthen. Berniece'S daughter Miuetha(Apryl R Foster)-t~kes lessons on it;
Carl's brother Wining Boy (LouMyers), a rather suspicious "recording
star," plays it, too. So, occasionally,
does that ghost. The real music, however, is in Wilson's language.
It's muscular, dangerous music
Boy Willie sings ashe dreams of, foronce, seiling the cotton but keeping
the seed and the land. And~ttonisthe perfect instrument. His arms movelike pistons and, he seems in dangerof bursting from his own energy. He
can barely contain his lust for everything in life--Iand, money, women,
drink, pride--but it is al\l admirably
controlled
performance.
Indeed,under lloyd Richard's direction there
isn't a performance that isn't right,
from Gordon's dignified Doaker andMyers' buoyant
Wining Boy to
Merkerson's
strong Berniece, theearnest preacher Avery of Tommy
Hollis and Rocky Carroll's callow
Lymon, Boy Willie's companion.
Wilson's. language is so musiqll
that when the characters sing, it is anextension of their talk, an expressionof their past. The foot-stomping,.glass-clinking Act One song of Boy
Willie, Doaker and Lymon becomes achilling antebellum anthem. The play
is set in 1936, but this family. lives, as
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The World Ac.cording
to Gilbert & Georgeof pineapples, while in "God" a chipmunk is set beside asnow-covered Christ on the cross. In "Excitement,· typedeclaring "Thanks for Last Nightl" is next to shots of boysin an English boarding school.
Many of the early postcard sculptures deal with issues
that continue to Interest the 'pair, including, race, homosexuality, desire, power, class and religion. The work has
an innocence and subtlety, a su,bversive charm. The ready~.~~1

his is an abundant
spring for fans ofGilbert & George.
The eccentric English duo
have shows uptown, midtown and downtown. Twoof the exhibitions consist of
postcard sculptures which
are less familiar than theirmonumental photo grids.
The HirschI& AdlerModern exhibits postcard
sculptures produced from1972 to 1981, while Robert
Miller shows the latest versions. Taken together thetwo shows provide a goodover\'iew of the postcard
work.
The earlier sculptures(at one time they called everything they produced
sculpture) consist of post.~ds grouped together theiliatically under titles ~uchas "Childhood"or "Autumn." Gilbert & George
manipulate the.seoff-therack postcards into theirown irreverent
communiques. "Misery," with its
lurid nighttime scenes of.
London tourist attr!lctions,reassuring, but their arrangement warps the content;
they're critiques based on the
public images in which society represents itself.

Twenty-Ftve Worlds by'
Gabert & George can be seenat the Robert Miller Gallery.
Over a hundred of theseworlds were produced during
the past year and each coosists of postcards arranged inconcentric squares, 15 postcards high. Each world isconstructedfrom three tofour repeating images. Theylook like rugs; but they soar,
like flying carpets. Withineach is an image of nature,something man~made and aman. Many of the postcards'
are from India and the man is~ an anonymous (to me) Indian:>" pop star. In "Staring World:.
there is one recognizable
face, Rob Lowe.
~
Arranged by pattern and~ color, many of the images are~ pure kitsch and the repetition
increases their absurdity. In. a:: "Tu~quoise World" there's a
guy modeling a white shirt
and blue slacks, a craggy
peak rising out of blue mist

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Burnmg Sky World, 1989, Postcard Sculpture~

looks like the city is burning. Also shown ~ works fromthe "Crusades" series with postcards, many depicting theQueen and Prince Charles, arranged in crosses.
Gilbert & George are masters of satiric juxtaposition.
In "Adolescence" a smiling boy is placed near a postcard

and a brainlike lump of turquoise.
.
. Seen at a distance, these pulsating worlds with theirinverted sunsets and cathedral ceilings are beautiful.
Frequently, the center square is reserved for the youngs.. GIlBERTa CIE_Eo.
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MusicWe Like It.·L,ike That "by Madam X and Victoria Starr
Born To Sing/En v,oguel Atlailtic
It's mighty rare indeed to find this space given up to anything closely resembling Top 40. But hey, since many of us
don't pay any mind to what's doing on the radio (aside fromyour l~ public radio, thank you), it stands to reason that wemight not notice a truly worthy endeavor when it presents
itself. En Vogue is just such group.
.
, Soul n Soul rip-off? Maybe, but who cares? The Funky
Dread subculture is a mood, a groove and a worldview thatis so happily infectious, there should be nobody left to cOmplain.
Dawn Robinson, Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron and Maxine
Jones (who ~e. not, by the way, dreads) offer a stable if
inconsistent first album, weaving the obligatory rap element
into their standard brand of soul. The project trai1s off a bit
toWllrcls the end, but the strimg cuts, like the popular "HoldOn," will have you movin' from the dance floor to the.bedroom, and by then En Vogue will have done their job.
. If their sound isn't necessarily unique, there's somethingthat sets this group apart. Perhaps its'the' heart-rending vocals
on songs like ~Part of Me," contradicting their image as fourvery young, women, and making you swear that' Jennifer
Holliday has a little sister co~g up. Perhaps its their caddy
wit when dissin' the boys on cuts like "Party" and "Strange."
Or perhaps its simply that these girls co-wrote most of thesongs, which is not only evidenced in the IP's credits (takeheed, Jazzy B..- we got the word on Caron Wh~ler), but intheir approach to love, men and world politics. -VS

two of them dellght in fingering stereotypes, as in "On theaeach": "Light another cigarette foI' the buzz you'll neverget/she let's me drive'her brand new car, but not when I
frequent the bar .../everyday she goes to work in woolensuits and fancy shirts/nylons make the fellows crazy, they'dbe so swprised to find me ..." We like it that way.
-VSa

Deep Soul Diver/disappear fear/Disappear. Records/(P.O. Box 65095, Baltimore, MD 21209)

Two women, ~ne guitar; one tamb.orine. Oh, theword "folk" is such an inadequate tenn. This album ismuch, much more.
Often perfOmrlng at the Bitter End in Ne", York' City,and not to be missed on the women's music circuit thisyear, disappear .fear has created the most sophisticatedsound ever to have been heard from such a back:-to-basics
genre of music. Hard driving yet smooth, personal andpolitical, sisters Sonia and Cindy strike a strong balance
between emotional sincerity and "in your face" irreveren~e.
.With their band's name taken from an underlying theme ofrape counseling, the album's liner notes read, "I think theworld is ready for disappear fe3!, a world that is not scaredof itself and who it loves." Just in time for the 90s.
. , .'.The girls also want you to know that "the .views on thisalbum do not necessarily reflect those of John Grant; a born
again christian." Perhaps JOM takes issue with the way the

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Off TO A GOOD START -Dawn

Robinson, Terry Elis, Cindy
Heron and Maxine Jones Are En Vog'ue'

Private Waters in the Great Divide /Kid
Creole and the Coconuts/Columbia
When I was in college back in Ohio, I used to swing
to. the Coconuts' tongiJe-in-cheek ditties like. "He's Not
Such a Bad Guy After. All," and wonder what milieu
spawned such a creation. Upbeat, silly and, above all,funky, it .was a sound that could only be 'called "NewYork." This w~ before "World Beat," of course, which; in
its un-purist fonn, yvas first popularized· by the Kid himself, Mr. August Darnell (Darnell, you .may recall; was thebass player and lyricist in the classic disco-samba group
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band.)The 80s were kind to the House of Creole. While they
never quite caught on in Middle America, Kid Creole andthe Coconuts have achieved such international acclaimthat a French friend boasts having seer) them perfonn at
1~1: five times in the last decade. With a large group Qf
singers, clanc::ersand musicians, including Cory Daye Oead
singer for Dr. Buzzard), bass player Carol Colman and ai~lengthy roster of contributors ranging from Gichy Dan $ld
Coati Mundi to Prince and Sheila E., Kid Creole is at it
again with this latest IP.
It's summertime music; where reggae, cal}1>so andother Pan-American rhythms rub against' each other likepalm leaves in the beach breeze. Even "Lambada" is here,.
and as tired as the song may seem, it is'nafural in this context. Yet despite the plethora of rhythms, and even languages, the music never looses that edgy urban pulse.
Check out "Funky Audrey" or "Laughirig With Our Backs
Against the Wall" to see what I mean. And in case you
thought you found paradise, the cut "No More Casual
Sex," with its ,deceptively festive Trinidadian flaIr, willremind you not to stray too far. Directed towards heterosexual men, this song could be another ground-breaking
endeavor by this highly underrated I'.
New York band.
-vswhite funk, it's the perfect soundtrack for the end of' spring.

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threnody /Sleeping Dogs Wake/ One Little.
Indian (250 York Road, London SWll 3SJ, England)
Karin Sherrets and Robert Wtlcocks made an album
which has a lyrical and poetic approa~ to violence. Sure,most of the lyrics belong to the traditional doom 'n' gloom
school ("She lies dying on her deathbed one tear drying"),but they sometimes have'a bizarre, dark humor ("unzip mylove all over your face, millions of babies splattered in 'yourmouth"), ~d the band skillfully enhances their theatricality.
What brings Sleeping Dogs Wake above the competitiO[} iss.. CON..... &UIDE on ..... 7t==-iColouring In The Edge And
the Outline/Anna Domino/
Giant Records.
Someone recently told me that
Anna Domino picked her 'stage nameas a pun. Anno' Do~ni, get it? It had'never crossed my mind, of course,
but then I'm particularly slow ... Born
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above smart, minimal tunes--including an ArethaFranklincover.
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BooksText, Drugs andJust Say No

lhe ReaganlBush presidencies were made for the
television age. There's nothing really wrong. A few
more fine-tunings of the dial and we'll get rid of thestatic. Something like drugs Can be handled withease: Just Say No. Just tum the channel.
The problem with all this credulity is its one-dimensional approach. Things are seldom so simple that theycan easily be said no to. People don't have the power tomodulate the sounds of life the way they can manipulate a
VCR. Often one has to bargain with life, explore the repercussions of one's acts, wonder at the results of one's own
liability, face one's'own limitations.
Broce Benderson's work does all of that. While his terrain Slretches from midtown Manhattan to the South Bronx tosuburbia, his. characters are sil1lilarto Larry Mitchell's in the
Past Vdlage, a comparison that should be taken as a greatcompliment Like Mitchell's, the people in Benderson's cosmos often have coke up their noses, crack on their brains.
Gros.nocial injustice makes the middle-class ideals of
Republican Washington a cruel joke when a kid who flOalIy gets strai8ht becomes a statistic in a crime sweep conjured up for publicity ("Suicide Ecstacy"), and thecan no more see what's going on around her than the inhabisweet-smelling calm of family values get tossed on its
tants can; her social reality blinds her as much as their smoke.
head when a middle class father finds his son's drugs
The ending of the story should be experienced, not revealed.
more exciting than suburban life ("Family Romance").
It's rough, callous, but then com4lg off any drugged reality is
Just saying no to drugs is no easy step in Benderson's
cold tutkey. Demons appear where comics once stood.
world, as any alternative reality is often as skewed. Nor is.In a world 'iike this there's no easy deflOition of sexuit necessarily desirable to stop the smoke; there are reaality. It happens that most of the characters in most of thesons those people take the stuff, Nancy. "As much as hestories have homosexual contacts, b"Utto call these characloathed. drugs that 'stole intelJigence, skewed emotions andters gay in the political sense of the word would be ridicucould even kill, so was'he well aware of sudden swoops
lous. These people are nQt holding conventions.
of grace, opportunity." Those are one of Benderson's charBenderson's characters buy and sell bodies for the hint ofacters' thoughts on the subject.
intimacy, not for identity. They are men who corrupt chilBenderson's collection may be the flfst real crack bookdren or they are corrupted children striking back at an
written. The drug is involved in most, though not all, of theadult world-twothemes that regularly show up in thestories. Benderson's form reflects the drugs his people take.
author's work, especially in the novella The Mass
. The descriptions are boisterous and the point of view andemOtions shift wildly in the reader's mind, but never out of . Production of Teenagers.
. Ju:;t as the forms of storytellingchange with each piece, sO
the author's cOntrol.
does the level of hallucination. Yet this is a worldview. There is
The title piece is a hilarious sendup of what might have
See JUST SAY NO on peg. 78
happened if Nancy wandered into a crack dealer's house. She

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1990

BooksConferencemania
by Eric Latzky

clearing of the mind where we cancreate our own lives." Forrest spokeof our power as a community tohairing the AIDS literaturechange the world, and noted that wepanel at "The Claiming of are already doing it. Boyd, in an
World Citizenship: Gay and emotional speech, considered the
Lesbian Literature Explodes role of literature, and the place ofInto the Nineties," you get a good the gay and lesbian nation in theview of what 250 members of the world. He recalled his early reaqing
local literary community looks like .. experiences-Tom
in Tennessee
Covering the one-day conference,
Williams' Tbe Glass Menagerie, thesponsored by UCLA Extension and lover saying goodbye in Jamessupported by the PEN American
Baldwin's Giovanni's Room. "HowCenter West, running around trying to did they know my life?" Boyd asked.
formulate at least a sense of every- He said that these writers helped him
thing that's going on, you get,well, sore feet, a wrinkled suitand a suntan. This is, after all,L.A.
The idea for the conference,
which took place on April 21st,originated about a year ago, at a
PEN-sponsoredreadingofbanned books inspired by theSalman Rushdie affair, during a
conversation
between UCLA
Extension Literature Program
directo~ Meryl Ginsberg and gay
priest/writer / activist/performer
Malcom Boyd. With excitement
and commitment, Boyd, and lesbian myste'ry writer laureate
Katherine Forrest, took the reiris
and assembled the agenda witha firm hand. They chose panel
chairs, orchestrated
arrangements and extended invitations
to lauaed members of th~ lesbian and gay literary and publishing find his life, that n~w we have tocommunity to be part of the opening help others fmd their lives.
session,"The Floweringof aThis talk of the generations
Literature: Images and New Directions proved to be very provocative. Paulof the Gay and Lesbian People."
Monette, novelist, poet and AIDS
It was a lofty subject to be tack- spokesperson, responding from theled in only an hour and a half, but audience, brought up the very realscholar and UCLA visiting professor issue of illiteracy within the communiof literature Lillian Faderman, pub- ty. Poet, professor and publisher 6f
lishers Sasha Alyson and Barbara Women in the Moon Publications,
Grier, editor Michael Denneny and SDiane Bogus, delivered a powerful
Forrest and Boyd seemed to make a manifesto. stating, "the young people
dent. Denneny suggested that, now, on [college] campuses are, in fact, dis"...we are creating a cultural space, a covering
themselves
in
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books ...one of the first obligations wehave is to extend ourselves into theuniversities."
One way we might
accomplish this, she suggested, would
be to create an anthology-type test
book of lesbian 'and gay fiction, possibly the Norton anthology as a model.
From that point, the day moved
quickly, with groups of people
strolling back and forth, between two
conference rooms, in a peaceful,so~etimes surreal comer of the UCLA
campus. A morning session ~ffered
two choices. The first, "Many Voices,
Many Rooms: The Diversity of Gay
and Lesbian Culture," chaired bypoet Eloise Klein Healy, included
panelists SDiane Bogus, novelist
Larry Duplechan, screenwriter
Barry Sandler and novelist Terri
De La Pena. The second, "Myths
and Story Telling: Archetypal
Themes of Gay and Lesbian
Imagination," chaired by write'r
and Advocate editor
Mark
Thompson, included panelists
writer/professor
Christine
Downing, writer/psychotherapist
Robert H. Hopcke, Mitch Walker
and Walter Williams.
After a breezy, outdoor
lunch, the afternoon session alsooffered two options. "Murder,
They Write: Gay and Lesbian
Mystery Writers Redefine a
Genre," chaired by Michael Nava,
may have succeeded in creatingsome new mystery enthusiasts.
Panelists included Nava's "father," thepatriarch of gay mysteries, Joseph
Hansen, Vicki McConnell, Richard
Stevenson
and Barbara Wilson.
Writer/psychologist
Bett.Y Berzon
chaired, "For Love and For Life:
Nurturing the Inner Life of an
Emerging Community." Panelists
included Pat Califia, Paul Kent
Froman and Eric Marcus.
. Following'a. high-spirited
address by PEN West President John
O'Farrell, 01'1 the evils of censorships•• CONFERENCEMAN.IA
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do most of Wilson's characters, in the
shadows of slavery. Thus the presence of the supernatural, which has
disturbed some ~ritics, is not only
effective, but correct. It leads to a discovery that suggests Wilson's idea ofthe proper use of history. As long as
we sing it out, he says, our historyneed n6t be sold to create the future.
It is not, however, entirely clear
why the ghostly confrontation wI";: hends the play affects Boy Willie as it·does. We're moved, but we're also a
bit let down: .Is Boy Willie loosening
his two-fisted stranglehqld on life?
, Neither Richard's fine direction,the- accomplished performances nor
even Wilson's language can disguisethe fact that the play lingers a bit toolong around the kitchen table. While
this is very much a history play, one
wonders if there need be quite somuch anecdotal evidence about away of life, when we're already quite
willing .to beiieve everything these. chaqlcters..say and do.
Nevertheless, this is much the bestplay to open on Broadway, that
increasingly anemic, tone-deaf neighborh<><;>d,
in a lpng time. Amidst thejangling noise ()f the district's multimillion-dollar musicals, The Plano
Lesson demonstrates how real theatrical music can be made with one
piano, one accomplished playwi-ight
and a company that knows its craft ....

book coheres in a way short story
collections seldom do. Some of thepieces Originally appeared in Between
C&D and other small magazines.
There's no indication in the copy of
Benderson's age or the extent of his
writing career, but Pretending to Say
No is an indication of a real talent,primed for a real success. ...
.
.GllBERT II GEORGE from page &5man, which gives the piece the feel ofan ornate frame, or reliquary. Gilbert& George are no strangers to adoration, but their deification of Indianmodels, as a comment on racism,might have. more significancein
London.
These artists, who share ahouse in a working class London
neighborhood,
have been making
disturbing
art long before Jesse
Helms attacked the NEA and long
before .Clause 28 was passed inEngland. Their work makes many
people,includinggay people,
uncomfortable.
The Sonnabendshow, which opens at the end of themonth, will include recent photopictures. In the past,' these enormous photo grids filled entf~e walls
and bluntly addressed issues of gay
desire. As Gilbert & George mature,
the power and challenge of theseworks increases. Dressed in impeccable suits, they appear in thesephotos with garlands of flowers andthe youth of their desire, everything
JUST SAY: NO from page 68
drenched in color. As the years goa coherency to the mind that is mapby Gilbert & George have gone a litping out this strange terrain. In "A VISit tle bald and. gained a little weight,
from Mom" a man, fresh from an AA but the young men in their pictures
meeting the night before, tries to be aremain teens. It is this untrodden
good son, but as soon as he puts hisarea that Gilbert & George inhabit,mother back on a bus, he heads for a
between the respectable
and theTimes Square bar and uses her money toproscribed,
amid the flowers andhire a hustIer,himself desperate for crack. - the boys ....
Everyoneis· desperatein I-----------------i
Benderson's world, That's the point.
SPRING from page 62
Thet;e's a dire need for connection, aformance after striking performance,
hopeless hope to escape the ravages
idiosyncratic as the day is long (theof race and religion. What does notmusicality is from Mars) but vital, con~st is a quick fix, at least not one that
centrated
and,especiallyin(:ail .last very long. Benderson has no
Symphony In C adagio, reaching for
ansWers, he's just presenting the facts.
the stars. A string of performances ofBut, he does it well. He has great
Balanchine's La Source had the' same
flexibility, telling different stories withliberating effect on Juditli Fugate,
different techniques,
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May 30, 1990

unfurled than the last.
Liberation,of course, is thehallmark of the new generation of
NYCB men and advances at every
level in the hierarchy suggest thatthe new boys are in town. After
three years with the company, principal dancer Lindsay Fisher not only
has a new, electric buoyancy andattack but a new body, streamlined
to the Balanchine repertory. A year
into principal
status, fire-eater
Damian Woetzel has caught onto a
restraint and composure that makes
last year's bad boy look like thisyear's young hero. The soloists are
hot on their heels, and Martins'
Gentllhommes will deal a full housethis Friday evening. The brightest.glow at the moment comes fromJeffrey Edwards. The hottest bloodin Fearful Symmetries, Edwards in
Les Gentllhommes, all classic clarityand elegiac containment, completesthe picture of a hew, complete man
in ballet that NYGB.is in the processof painting.
Who. needs the weather? ...
TRIP DISH from page 63

Rick Crom's wistful ballad "One Less
Prince For Me." In between, McNightyodels like a pro, parodies popularsongs ("Wind Beneath My, Wings"
becomes "Contempt Beneath My
Feet"), schmoozes with the audienceand even engages in her own form ofouting ("I was John Travolta's straight
lover.")
With a Tony nomination
andmany sold-out cabaret engagements
behind her, the question now is notwhether Sharon McNight can sing,tell jokes or pack a house. Like
.Barbra and Bette, she needs to transcend her cult status and move into
the mainstream. If you have neverseen this Red Hot Mama, make abeeline to Eighty-Eights.
If youalready have, by all means, go again.
Because one day soon, you will besitting at a family gathering and some
irritating Jesse Helms-inspired cousin
will mention how he adores that"new" singer Sharon McNight. And
you can stand tall, look him directlyin the eye and say, "I was there
when ..." ...

I

I

CONFERENCEMANIA from peg. 69

IlAST EXIT from peg. 61.~

and gay sexuality appear in the lightof Stonewall and gay liberation entirely dated, one need only re-read thestatistics of violence against lesbians
and gays to recognize that the fllm'$
brutal violence still haunts the city welive in....

and oppression, the fmar session of or fucked into silence.
the day began, entitled,"AngerThis prison house of fate is told
Pride, Courage and the Call to most powerfully in the mirroringstories of Tralala and Harry Black.
Conscience:
The RevoluUonary
Literature of AIDS." Panelists includ- For' Tralala, escape appears in the
ed A Different Light' Bookstore man- shape of a second lieutenant who,
ager Richard Labonte, City Lights by a simple twist of fate, she meets
editor Amy. Scholder, who, with Ira in Manhattan. With only a few days
CONSUMER 8U1DE fraIII ,...17
Silverberg, is coediting High Risk, 'an left before he is to be shipped out,
anthology to be published by New he promises to "love" her. But when
the chant-like intensity of the vocals,American Library next year, and Paul he leaves, and she returns to thethe quasi-religious fervor Sherrets andneighborhood, the fUm punishes her
Monette. Monette, the final panelist
Wtlcocks bring to it and the suprise ofof the day, who rousingly
de- for desiring something beyond herhearing a woman involed in the ~nounced church and state without
Circumstances by having an entirejed, when "industrial" music Is still afavoritism, received a' standing ova- bar of drunken men out to gang.
male-dooµnated field. Sleeping Dogs
tion and later confided that he now rape her into unconsciousness.
Wake builds a hermetic, self-contairied
For Harry Black, it is the boyish
knew what Janis Joplin felt like.
world of electronic sonic textures andInterestingly,
the discussion
thatdrag queen, Regina, who by transformhuman shrieks, driven by percussioOsensued was not directly related to ing his working class name into the(Sherrets)
and a. manic gubar'
AIDS and AIDS writing, but seemed,
elegant "Harold" equally promises to(W'Vcocks).This is yet another jewel ontransform his heterosexual violence
rather, to evolve into a much needed
One Little Indian's crown-the others
forum in which audience' members
into an undreamed-of gay romance.
being the overrated Sugarcubes of
expressed concerns about censorBut again the desire to desire differentcourse,
but also Kitchensofship, oppression
and portrayal of .Iy is viciously arrested Despite being aDistinctions (reviewed here a coupl~ eX
union hero, Black soon loses his union
lesbian and gay people in mainmonths ago), Scottish activists Flnl
stream media.
position, is rejected by the (of course)
Tribe and the sumptuous Pdpinjays
mercenary drag queen, becomes
While there were, of course,(hopefully we'll more about them incomparisons to the recent OUT/write dejected, drunk and desperate. As if
the near future).
-MX
conference, the two events were for following the advice of a 50s sexual
the most part incomparable. Perhaps
handbook in its equation of male
Cotffessfmts Of A Kntfe/My Ute
the most notable and importanthomosexuality with child molestation,
With The Thrill Kill Kult/Wax
absence in Los Angeles, unlike San the film .then has the heart-broken,
Trax!
Francisco,
was the presenceof drunken Black attempt to seduce a
Dance album of the month, this isavant garde and experimental writ- young boy, only to be beaten to deathan extravaganza of samplers, wicked1r
ers. Both gatherings,
however,by the same gang that gang bangs
catchy tunes and basic all-American fun.
served in separate and affirmativedrag queens on the weekends.
WeJI, OK, songs such as "Kooler Th3nways to fuel flames uniting the lesAptly named, Last Exit seems
Jesus" would probably not send Jessebian and gay literary and publishing
only one short stop a~ay from
Heltm into fits of delight, but Ws an
community on a national basis. In . Sartre's own ghost story, No Exit.
extra reason to get excited about them. .
fact, in a day fUled with theoretical
But while such 50s pessimism proThe Thrill Kill Kult uses samPliilg in a
discussion, Boyd, responding' to the vided a powerful attack against acreative manner, not unlike Psychic 1V's
formation of various and diverse
politically
repressive
notion ofexperiments with acid house" (by thewriters groups around the country,
progress, it seems .only depressing
way, PlV, as they're affectionately
referred to by their fans, will be at the{)ffered one tangible suggestiot;l: the in the 90s. Indeed in telling a story
creation of a national lesbian and haunted by its own history, the fUm
Ritz in June, a concert not to be aiissed
if you're fond of psychedelic dance
gay writers union. "Inclusivity, not seems, in the most profound sense,music). Most of ConfessionS Of A Knifes
exclusivity, should be our guidehistorical. Shot in ghostly blues andline," Boyd said.,"It is not enough to greens, the film at times looks like a , best moments come fiom The Bomb
Gang Girlz (all the people involyed inbelong to fragmented groups, or to a colorized 30s depression film, and;this project share a taste for partiallarly
large international body of writers
at other times, like a seductive
silly names: Buzz McCoy, Gro~vy
like PEN~We have our own work to Ma"donna video, complete
withMann). I'm now devoured by curiouSity:
do, including support of one 'anoth- homoerotic images of near-naked.Who are the Girlz, how dare they pick a
er, and a national organization called men being ejaculated off an ironpseudonym that's. better than mine,
Gay and Lesbian Writers of America gate by police hoses.
where Can I get their social security
can address this." It should be noted
In the end, however, it is thesenumberand .do they alSo watch thethat this was one of the best attendhistorical contradictions which proed conferences ever sponsored by vide the film's most telling history leg.. Simpsons on lV, 'like any other normal
human being?
-MX.
UCLA extension .....
son. For, while its cliches of female

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with .dditional
information fromThe Gay 8t Lesbian Switchboardof
New York

CALENDARAN EVENTS
Sencl calendar Items to.
IUc:k X, Going OUt
Box 790
New York, NY 10108
Items mµst be n:c:eived by
Mondayto be iDcludcd in the folknriog ~'8

Jssue.

ADVANCEGAY AND LESBIAN SWITCHBOARD/NY
Seales New Men andYoIUJIIIIeIS;
upcoming training starts soon; m-18011,
daily, noon - midnight, for applicationw-.

GAY AND LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINSTDEFAMATION Builds the Phole Tree,the networking
arm of GLAAD that
responds immediately to homophobic
incidents and acts of defamation, withletter-writing~campaigns,
face-to-facenegotiations,demonstrations,
otherresponses; 966-1700

many trophies plus raffle; start and finish
at 00 St &.!iIh Ave; 9::JJ am start; entJy fee$7 thru June 11, $8 thru June 22, $10 onrace day; numbers picked up from lot'I
Running Center, 9 E 89 Sf, Friday, June 22,
noon - 7:30 pm, and on race day, Saturday,
June 23, 7::D-9 am; info n4-9700, or from
Front Runners, Box363-D, NYC 10014
HERITAGE OF PRIDE Saturday, Ja .. 23
Reily: Ollr Vllices, in Union Square Par!((N,R,4,5,6,L trains); with MCs Kate Cli.
ton and Everett Quinton; special greeting from DYe Celt .. n .nd Ivan t.rsen,
one of the first gay married couples inDenmark; speeches by Urvaslli Vald
(National Gay and Lesbian Task Force);
Joseph C. Stefflin,gay ex-Naval
Academy Midshipman; P.ul. Etllllllltck(lambda Legal Defense & Education
Fund); Crelg Lucas, author, and N_
Ren6, director, of Longtime Companio",
Jo.nNestle(Lesbian
Herstory
Archives); husband-and-wife
performers Rilly Dee ad OlSle D.vls, fIVe lottery-selected
membersof thecommunity; entertainment
by Betty,
Batuc.da Belles, Funny G.y M.les,vocalist C.thy Curtis, comedian Sare
Cytron, Lavelder Light Gospel Choir,
Toshi Re.gon & her band, Les.i.n •Gay Big Apple Corps marching band; 26 pm; 691- 1n4 (Editor's note: WBAI-FM,
99.5, will play Saturday's Rally highlights on Sunday, JUNE 24. 9 am - noon)

URBAN SCRAWL C.II for A1D5-relllt8d
street art to display "in urban locations
throughout San Francisco" during the 6thInternational AIDS Conference in June;
non-returnable
art solicited includes
poSlBrs, stickers, faxes, SlBncils, handbills,
booklets, other "non-traditional forms ofvisual expression" which will catch theHERITAGE OF PRIDE Sand.y, June 24
aye of the 5.000 news media representaM.rch down Fifth Avenue. starts 12:30
tives and 12,000 pa~cipants; anonymous
and/or collective wor!( encouraged, espe- pm; line-up at Columbus Circle & lower
cially by those who "do not regard them- 60s off Central Park West; 691-1714
selves as artists"; to Urban Scrawl, Boxm71, SF, CA 94107; or FAX 41!i{431-1J892 GAY GAMES III In V.nc,ower. August 4(due by MAY :JJ) (Earto!'s warning: FAXing 11. 19!11offers a Free Info/AccOlllmodetions Brochure: 8OIJ,I8ZJ-1109
or mailing obscene materials to anotherstats is a federal offense.)
SAGE announces
October's 15-D.y
Cruise ($2298, deposit
THE CENTER June 1. G.rden Party is Mediterrane.n
due JULY 1); 741-2247
now accepting sponsors ($100-$1000)
and advertisments
for the Journal($150-$8000); Paul Hepworth, 620-7310
HERITAGE OF PRIDE Registrlllion Fonns
now available
for Pride Marchgroupstcontigents, vehicles, floats, balloons (to be held, not released), andCommunity Lottery for Five Speakers(who get 3 minutes to address any
gay/lesbian topic they wish); 691-1714(all forms due by JUNE 1)
HERITAGEOF PRIDE Sales • Intonnation
Tlble is at the comer of Hudson & Christopher Streets, fNery SAT and SUN, noon - 9
pm (weather permitting) (thru JUNE 24)
FRONTRUNNERS
NY June 23 9th
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For more information
or referrals, tor.p, or to volunbier. cell the GLSB
daily, noon to midnight, 212-777-1800

Bechdel; 208 W 13 St; daily. 4-6 pm; 6207310(thru MAY 25)
RAPP ARTS CENTER presents SIIe Mel
WIlt 0_ tIte He/nIet lIIdInB..m.I
WIfe. with Peter Halasz, who plays his
own grandmother in her final hours; withAgnes Santha. Cora FISher; lazlo Nady;
220 E 4 St; MAY 17-19 at 8 pm, MAY 20 at
2:30 & 8 pm; MAY 23-24 at 8 pm; MAY 25
at 8 & 111".30
pm; 529-5921 !thru MAY 25)
PAUL ROBESON THEATRE presents
George Jos ... ·s Acro",,"e Poed.
"homosexuality, seduction, &. blackmailin the Vietnam War";'40 Greene Ave,
Brooklyn (C train to lafayette); $15 generall$10 seniors; FRI & SAT at 8 pm, SUNat 3 pm; tix 71111183-9194(thru MAY 27)
MUSEUM OFMODERN ART PIIIDIIIii Retrospective. his entire body ofres1Dred and retitled: Attllcone, Mamma
Roma, L6 Ricottll, Gospel According toMatthew, Oedipus R8x. Teorema, Pig Pen,
Decameron, Ambian Nights, S,lo, Canterbury Tales; 708-9490 (recording), '7089!m (offICe) (thru MAY 29)

work. newfy

LE PASSE AU PRESENT Lyn. BlellCill
aed R6IIert Bialcili •• Iack • wllite
pilotog,.,III.
featuringstudies ofnudes; 69 Spring St; TUES-SAT. 1-6 pm;
247-0004 (thru JUNE 9)

THE BALlROOM preserD BeIr, 253W28 St.
$15, Sundays at 7 pm, 244-\mj Ithru J\JIIE 1~

HOME FOR CONTEMPORARY THEATRE
AND ART presents 2 Samlle./ ff, Etc ••written and directed by Dnid 6!WRSp811,
involving such topics as gender confusion. homoSlxuarlty, masturbatory fantasy, censorship,
self-observation.
pornography. the creative process, and ashower; 44 Walker St (two blocks below
Canal); $12.!iJ-$15; WED-SUN at 7:31 pm;
431-7434(thru JUNE 10)

by Tony Giordano, about four Manhattan
men with AIDS who have lost their jobs
and families; 224 Waverly Place; $20$23.50; MON-FRI at 8 pm, SAT at 7 & 10pm, dar!( SUN; 279-4200 (thru JUNE 17)
TIlE NBV FESTIVAL 1990 (NY INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LESBIAN AND GAYAIM) Opeaillll Party May 31 ... CIoIIIig
Party ..... 17. with a ..... 7 CenIar .....
featuring VIto RISso's 1m....
ftoIII fie
s,IJfec Biograph Cinema. 22!i W 57 St; box
office opens noon for each day's screenings; $7 generaV$6 students and seniors
60+; fIVe weekday passes (for films M-F,
noon - 5pm) for $25; fIVe general passes(any time except Benefits) for SOO; recorded
program info (starting MAY 26) 966-7722;
general fIIIIYII iIIIo 9IIIHIBI (Edmr's note:for specific shoINings of fims. and for special events. see the daily Jstings)' ~THE NBV DUPLEX presents filley Gay
Mal,~s,
Jaffe
Cohen,Danny
McWilliams, Bob Smith; 61 Christopher
St; FRI and SAT at ~O pm; $10 + 2-drink
min.; reservations 255-5438 (open run)
RAPP ARTS TIlEATER presents n.o.es
M. Dlscll's .IlICk c-.dy
one-act. De
C.rdie.1 De'ox." sta'rring George
McGrat.h; "a chilling look inside thehierarchyof the modern Catholic
Church exploring such issues as AIDS.
abortion, ties to organized crime. andhomosexuality";
Iiso Disch's -II.Irralsilg" cartel.-ral .. r, TIre Audhlotr,
previewing now. official opening MAY
31; TIlU & FRI at 8 pm, SAT at 8 & 10 pm;$10; 529-5921 (open run).
Longtime Companion. a feature film following the lives of eight gay men in
New York during the AIDS crisis;
Carnegie Hall Cinema, 7th Ave at 57 Sf,
265-2520; Angelika Film Center, Houston& Mercer Sts, 995-2000

MONDAY, MAY 21

PS 122 presents Elleeil Myles' IIIodefIIAI( about women and men, censorship,
and the impact of feminism on the con- .ACT .uP/NY Storms tile N.tlonal Institutes of He.lth witll a Demoastrltioe
temporary art world; with choreogra(Also see the daily listingsforlid
Civil Disobedienceat 9000
phy by Ellen R...... , sets by TOIII Berry;show(ing)s of one or two days.)
Rockville
Pike, Bethesda,
MD; tofeaturing TOIII Carey, Joll. McD.lai.
Claire Moed. Nllcy
SWlrtz. Carol . demand immediate testing of all potenFILM AT THE PUBLIC presents ROiltial treatments; expanded study of the
McDowell. Anne d·Adesky. TIIeres.
von Pr.unheim.nd Phil Zwickler'sdisease. to treat secondary infections
Hiley. t.ar. Flanders, J ... ifer MoeSi/ellCe=Dellfh and ptnitire; box office,and cancers.
and to restore theson, Je.liter
Leeey, David L Wrlgllt,
598-7150 (after 1 pm); recorded schedpercussion by B.rb.ra
Barg and S. immune system; opening of meetingsule, 598-7171 (thru MAY 24)
F.ybelle M.h-Hee; 150 ist Ave (at 9 St); and committees to PWAs and their
THE CENTER NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THU-SUN at 9:30 pm; $10 or TDF + $5; advocates; immediate release of test
data, as soon as it becomes available;.471-5288 (thru JUNE 10)
LESBIAN & GAY HISTORY Cartoon
ending "medical apartheid" and providShow. showcasing the work of 40 caring services for all communities affecttoonists who deal with the lesbian and THEATER OFF PARK presents Rohil
ed by AIDS; "Az:r is no cure ... let theSw.dos· A QIII" Eed; starring Lonny
gay experience; with work by Jennifer
record show .•.ten years ... one billion
Price. with Jordon Matt, Philip CoccioCamper. Howard Cruse. Mark Johnson,
dollars ...one drug"; for more information
letti, Paul Milikin, Rob Gomes; directed
Burton Clarke, Jerry Mills, OutWee/(sLIVELY ARTS

May 30,1990

on these issues. call Mark Harrington or
Garance Franke-Rut! lit ACT Up, 989-1114(Editor's nota: ACT UP asks us stay"athomes to call NIH with our demands.
31V496-2263, or fax them to 311/496-5349.
while the demo is taking place.KEditor's
recommendation: Re-read Harrington's-Anatomy of a Disastar; Villllgfl VoicfI.
. March 13, 19!Kl.ACT UP has copies.)
BRONX AIDS TASK FORCE Mo.tllly
Mutl.lI.
with a workshop on social
work issues in pediatric AIDS; presen. tations on demographics.
medicalissues. family issues. service issues.
casepresentation.
community
resources. networking; at Bronx AIDS
CSp, One Fordham Plaza. Suite 800; 24:30 pm; 295-5605
HERITAGE OF PRIDE GeHreI ........
nl, .........
at the Center. 208 W 13
St,8 pm. 691-1n4 (also JUNE 4. 11.19)
ROCKSHOTS presents a G.I. Be.ellt
for DI"A It... Roxy. featuring celebrity Me's. contests. prizes. polaroids withmodels. OJ SI.ter DI •••• lo •• go-goboys and girls. performanceby MI ••
GI_I-Morw,
1Ce1.., at the door;
opens 9-.30 pm; male strippers at 1):30
pm; $1; Roxy 645-5156

KH..,

TUESDAY, MAY 22
THE NEW SCHOOL I-Week AII.ric ..
Maleel TIIeItnt Cotne. taught by pubrlSherAndrew Velez; tonight, weak 6: Belly~
66 W 12 ~ 6-7;3) pm; $1~ New
School 74t-5I9I. Mr. Velez (days) 929-0169

national
membershiporganization-dedicated to the furtherance of gay
and lesbian writing and publishing-: PT.
248 W 17 St, #lire. NYC 10011)
BODY POSITVE/NY

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For ... : I'flllolll

IIIHIIIIV.
moderated by DavidPetersen. PWA. -for HIV+ people andtheir loved ones to plan for the financial
health thllt is the necessary underpinning for physical h!l8lth. - including medical insurance. disability insurance. othersources of funding; lit the Center, 2IJI W
13 St; 8-9-.30 pm; donation; 697-2580
A DIFFERENT LIGHT Reedilll S.rie.:
C.rol. Mao. AIf Ltwer. new novel by
the author of Ghost Dllnctr. 548 Hudson(btwn CharleS/Perry); 8 pm; free but limited seating; 989-4850
GAY MALE S/M ACTIVISTS M.dic.1
1.1In .......
erotic uses for catheters.
sounds. speculums.
enema bags.
Bardaxes. forceps. hemostats. and how
to have fun with them safely; lit the Center, 2IJI W 13 ~ 8 pm (program lit 8:30);$3 memberf1S5 non-members; 727-9878
VILLAGE BOWLING LEAGUE SUIII ... r
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Gutter George. ~154.
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THURSDAY, MAY 24

STONEWAll DEMOCRATIC CLUB AlIa.1 S,rll!I DI ... r. honoring Assemblyman Riclllrd
Gottfried(Chair. NY
Assembly Health Cmte). K.I D.w.ol(fonner Exec. Dir. of SAGE). Peter SIIIItIIGAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS.HIV H.....
(Exec. Dir•• Partnership for the HomeS-iur:
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645-7470 (this and every 4th TUES) ". Dir. of porlCY.GMHC); ~15O;
969-8854

MaI'l/lClty Krocodll •• on the subject offear & sell; also Alldrww MelI.·.
solo......
IIC .. My life .. Kill NowIIt. on
gender. fame. and fIShnets; '$1 E 1st St(btwn 1st/2nd Aves); 8 pm; $6 or TOF;
Info 673-6752 (Editor: get there by 7:30;
no reservati!)ns accepted)
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VILLAGE BOWLING LEAGUE S.III ... rS.rl •• 1990: Slnlllel;at Bowlmor
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Gutter George. h>873-0154. w>546-2384
OJ PATRICK'S WONDERLAND celebrates M.rk H... II.. • ·I.xt"
Bil1lld.y.
with the Wonderland Dancers. hosts
Loretta B. DeMille and Wendy Wild;
Mars. 3rd Floor. 13th St & West Side
Highway; $1; 691-6262 .

PARENTS & FRIENDS OF LESBIANS
AND GAYS MoatIIly Meedllll. this andavery 4th Sunday of the month; all welcome. at Metro-Duane Church. 201 W 13
~ 3 pm; 463-0629 (Editor: My heroes.)

MARC BERKl£Y presents a ......
0.,
Week_ ..... It ... CJIeniy Grow Ice
P.I.ce. to benefit The New Festival;-come as yourfavoritB villain orvillainess;best cOSlUmewins the complatB rm Video
Ubrary; on Fira Island; info 96&-5666
PYRAMID Ro •• y Sw.l.
I. M •• I:I.
B.lcll Patty; 101 Avenue A (btwn 6/7
Sts); $5; 420-1690

M."...I
Day Obl8Mld(Try Jones Beach 16)

FRIDAY, MAY 25

TUESDAY, MAY 29 .

WOMEN A130UT WIIIte Water RIIfti ....
Hudson River. Adirondacks; thru MAY
28; $89+. guest house. food & transportation (deposit was due MAY 7);
Ellen 718/622-1959
WOMEN

ABOUT C.t.klll

Mount.ln

Retreat, stay at a member's home; hiking. biking, birding. shopping. communal meals. large deck; $30; Maureen779-0269 (reserve ea rly),,,,.,'"1-

Series'.

SATURDAY, MAY 26

0

SUNDAY, MAY 27

CHIP DUCKETT presents HOMoerotic
Art .t O.lckl. tonight featuring thepaintingsof AI.n H.M,IIIlr.;
plus
dancing/partying with DJs John Suliga
and Dinah; 6 Hubert St (off Hudson. 5
blocks below Canal); from 10 pm; $10/$7
with invite; 925-2442

CENTER STAGE sees Til. C.in.tery
JUDITH'S ROOM BOOKSTORE presents
WOMEN ABOUT CaIIIpfest In "PennsylCld. with Eileen Heckart. Elizabeth . Joyce BerkJu •• 7h H.ali.,vanl •• reserve a cabin; music. sports.
Franz and Dorothy Belack, directed by tiotl of OliN Scllreill.r. Beyond South
good company; Fran 595-5466
Pamela Berlin; at the Brooks Atkinson
Alrir:an CoI.'.i."" 681 Washington St
Theatre; 8 pm; $48; info/rsvp 620-7310(at Charles St); 7 pm; free. but limited
LMH:lMCSBlSOOElYM .....
~.
seating; tD-733J (wheelchair accessible) . i1thafast~r.IJ~SltGena
ID4JfBLESBIAN AND GAY LABOR NETWORK
For.: o-.dc P....
B8IIIIIItI--LegB~DY POSmVf/NY FotaM: HW Medical
TlfE ANSWER IS LOVING Women TalkIlIatlOII III Collective B.,...I.I .... withlitomatiorr. Howard Grossman. ~D.
Inll Wo .... •• T.lk: Relpect/Fe.r;"Is
speakers from the NYC Council. NYS moderates
a discussionof recentthere a c'onnection? Do we know theLegislature. and an insurance company
research results and clinical experience
difference?" led by Ruth Berman and,.tI1at covers domestic partners; at theby physicians treating HIV; IItthe Ce~r,Connie Kurtz; Sheepshead Bay. BrookC8'nter. 208 W 13 St; 8 pm; 923-8690 '2IJIWI3St;7;3)pm;donation;nJ-1619
lyn; 7:45-10 pm; $8; 718/998-2305(LGLN. Box 1159. NYC 10009).
PosmVE ACTION OF NEW YORK ForuIII: VILLAGE BOWLING LEAGUE Su .. m.r
THE PYRAMID ACT UP a.neflt;
101 . Stlyi", """'" - I'rospects for ".,.,.
Doe .... Partners; at Bowl·
Avenue A (btwn 6{1 ~); 420-1590
W1tIt HIV IIIIectiOll WIlD Do Nat HIN mor Lanes. 110 University Place; 8:30 pm;
AIDS. with A.tllolY F.uci. Director.
Gutter George. h>873-0154. w>54B-2384
NIAID; moderated by Jeffr.y Greene.
Infectious Diseases. NYU Medical Center; panel with- Kevin Annington (GMHC),ASIANS AND FRIENDS/NY M .... e,..
Jim Eigo (ACT UP). Kenneth Fornataro
Maet ........
a multi-course meal in a (CRI). Derek Hodel (PWA Health Group).
MEN OFAll COLORSTOGETHER/NY Day
sky-rrt privata dining room; 'at Tatany Vil- Ronald Johnson (Minority Task Force on oIll1da1gence. "come get your choic,! oflage Restaurant, 62 Greenwich Ave (off 7th
AIDS). Iris Long (ATR). ~iguelina Malhaircut, massage. facial. manicure. pediAva. 675-61951; 6-8 pm. George 924-1287
donado (Hispanic AIDS Forum), Lauracure. hair braiding. foot massage or psyPinsky (Columbia Gay Health Advocacy
chic reading-; $10 for 1/2 hour, $40 for a
PUBLISHING TRIANGLE Sprillg FII",. Project); one-hour question lind answer
full package; at the Center, 2DI W 13 ~with refreshments. cash bar. -schmoozperiod; in the Haft Auditorium of FIT. 127 noon - 7 pm; reservations 245-6366
ing. networking;elections. raffle; at W '11~ 7:30; $5; 727-7768
Home Services. Ltd .• 6 W 32 St, 17th,
G~Y MEN'S HEALTlf CRISIS Worklllo,:
FloQr; 7 pm; $10 (Editor's note: PT is· a DIXONPLACE presents
Sh.llyThink About./t D.cidinll to Take tile

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23

HIV Altlltody T.st, -interactive workshop to help work through whether totake the test"; at the Center; 2IJI W 13
S1; 1-5 pm; free. registration required;807.e5. TOO 645-7470

MONDAY; MAYt28

THE NEW SCHOOL •• rlCli. MalCilI
Th •• tr. Cour.e. taught by publisher
Andrew Velez; tonight a •• B.III.y.
T_y
Grilul. EI.i .. StrItcI!; 66 W 12
St; 6-7:30 pm; $15; New School 741i 5690., Mr. Velez (days) 929-0169
QUEER NATION StraIBgy Meed ... IItthe
Center. 208 W 13 ~ 7:30 pm; info from
Alan. 995-2440 (11 am - 7 pm weekdays)
CONGREGATIONBETH SIMCHATTORAH Shitvuot E_illll.
dinner at 6:30
pm. service at 8 pm; 57 Bethune St(near West St. inside the WestbethComplex); 929-9498
A DIFFERENT LIGHT Re.dl •• S.rI •• :K.te Millett, Tllfl LOOI,-BIII Trip. herlong~awaited
memoir; 548 Hudson(btwn Charles!Perry); 8 pm; free but limited seating; 989-41150

WEDNESDAY, MAY 30
4:GOPM A&E Mllnhlltt,n (1979): Woody
Allen.
MarielHemingway.
Diane
Keaton. Gershwin. and New York (2:00)
PRINCETON GALA Cocktall/Bllffetfor
All Gay Mea .l1li LesltI.IS: Carlt_1
S.".rIII Soho. to benefit Fund for
Reunion/Princeton
GALA. Prlnciton's
gay/lesbianalumni/n'
association;
cstared island·style buffet and open bar;at 482 Broome St (lit Wooster); 6:30-9'.30pm; $35 advance!S40
door ($20 tax
deductible). students $20 advanceJ$25
door. sponsors $100; 4'11-3575 (checks to
P.rincaton GALA, Box 6m. NYC 10128)
GAY MEN'S HEALTlf CRISIS Wo~:
TIIillk About It Decidllll to T.ke".

May 30. 1990

O~WEEK73•

•

HIV AlltllIody Test. -interactive workbardi. -a pop musicaLa date for lunch
shop to help work through whether to turns a mother and son's relationshiptake the test'"; at the Center. 2011W 13 inside out"; plus 01••• Berry's Gi..,,.
St, 3rd Floor; 7-10".30 pm; free. registraGil"". .. Cozy Comor, music by B. Ro
tion required; 807-6655. TOO 645-7470 . and Darling. "cable TV as it ought to(open to all. male/female. gay/non-gay)
be ...a recovering Dexatrim addict and·.
hosuewife broadcasts her show live
SCRABBLE PlAYERS CLUB G.... NIgId.
from Chagrin Valley USA-; at the Ohio
newcomers should bring a board; at the Theatre. 66 Wooster S1; 10 pm; $10; 924Center. 2011W 13 S1; 8-11 pm; 5?0-9369
0017 (also JUNE 1 & 2, same time)&ti",

EAGLE BAR Movi. Night:
R_t.
14211th Ave (at 21 St); 11 pm; 691-8451

FRIDAY, JUNE 1

THURSDAY, MAY 31

THE NEW FESTIVAL presents Wo/k OR'tho Wild Sido at'l pm; Boy'~ L1v.s(Bop/l.ife. DHPG Mo" Amour, Feor 01
Disc/on,., I'OttitiOlfS. Vivo Eul. Meet
BrtHll., he,,;SOIl, I'lckleslmer) at 4 pm;
Marlon RiIllS' TOII,_ Utili." and PrMi..h. PInDer's Resh " 1'••
at 6:30 pm;
world premiere of CrocodilesI" ~d.tm at 8:30 pm; US premieres of Beyond
G,.myand Nig/rt 0111. plus aoVllliOll" at
10".30pm; for info see UVELYARTS

1:00 PM This Way Out: inter.nationalmagazine for and about the lesbian andgay community; 99.5 FM (:30)
1:30 PM Rompiendo.. 91' Silencio: local
gay and lesbian news and information
with Gonzalo AbiJrto; 99.5 FM (:30)
lAMBDA INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS
AIIn •• 1 End~ent
Meeting; invitedare announ'ced candidates for state
Comptroller. Congress. state Senate.
Assembly. Brooklyn District Leaders; at. the Park Slope Mathodist Church. 8 St
at 6th Ave; 6:30 pm; 71111965-8482
THE NEW FESTIVAL Op.ning Night
B.n.fit.
paying tribute to R.... cc.
DoII ..s and May. Vision. and present·
ing the world premieres of Sturt M.rshall's Comrodo.
I" Arm. and Joy
Ch..... rI.ln·s Noctume; with complimentary popcorn and soda; at the Biograph Cinema. 225 W 57 S1; 7 pm; $25;
with a party following. at Quickl (freebus. tra nsportation provided); 966-5656(Editor's note: the fesitval boasts 17 premieres out of more than 60 scheduledfilms from over 15 countries)
WBN PRODUCTIONS presents Lynn
Lam.r and Rom.novsky 8< Phillips; atthe Universalist
Church •. 160 Central
Park West at 76 St; 8 pm; $15; Ticket
Central (charge) 279-4200 (also from
Judith·s Room. 681 Washington S1; Different Light. 548 Hudson St; Oscar
Wilde Memorial. 15 Christopher St)
T.W.E.E.D. NEW WORKS FESTIVAL presents Tom Judson's 77Je BIll81'i8llO. "TheHotel Caesar Augustus on the Isle ofCapri sets the scene for a composer's
collapse. complete with accordianaccompaniment";
plus Kevin M.lony's
I'omso"pple/. -a multimedia musicaljourney that delves into the steamy side.
Live girls on stegel (Boys Too I)"; at the
Ohio Theatre. 66 Wooster S1; 8 pm; $10;
924-0077 (also JUNE,. & 2, same time)
CHIP DUCKm hosts The New Festiv.1. Opening Night Party at Quickl. and theregular crowd. dancing & partying with
DJs John Suliga 'and Dinah; 6 Hubert St(off Hudson. 5 blocks below Canal);from 10 pm; $10/$7 with invite; 925-2442

THE NAMES PROJECT GuIlt OR Display at
Brookdale Commanity College. Lincroft,·NJ;thruJUNE3
MANHATTAN CHILD AND ADOLESCENTSERVICES COMMITTEE Conf.r •• c.:
Vio/ollCflo"" Its Wcffms: Child,.". Fein1110•• tho Commu"lty. with Claude
Brown. Manchild in the Promised und;Willard Gaylin, MD. co-founderandpresident of The Hastings Center. authorof Adam and Eve and Pinocchiu, topics
include family violence. physical andsexual abuse. school violence. gangs.
substance abuse. cultural issues. violence
and the media.
programresources; Loeb Student Center. NYU.
566 LaGue,rdia Place at Wash. Sq. South;
nominal fee; !i66-3062, 254-0333
GAY & LESBIAN PARENTS COAUTIONINTERNATIONAL AIIn •• ' Confer.nce.
in WashingtOn. DC; leave message with
620-7310 for more info
AIDS CENTER QUEENS COUNTY Dis'casslon of G.y Issu.s 8< AIDS with
Lance Ring.l. Director of Lesbian &Gay Concerns. NYS Division of Human
Rights; and Micha.1 D.Mayo. Asst.
Coord .• AIDS Prevention
ProgramDevelopment. 'GMHC; refreshments
served; at Queens Borough Hall. Rm.
213. 120-55 Queens Blvd .• Kew Gardens;
8:30-11 am; register 7181896-2500
AIDS CENTER QUEENS COUNTY 2nd
Allnaal Aw.rds Reception. with Honorary Chair'Joyce DinkiDs; honoring
Assemblywoman B.rb.r.
CI.rk. Honorable Geraldine Ferraro. NY Newsday
President & Publisher RoIJert Johnson;with a Cel.brlty
Aactionof items
including Darryl Strawberry's bat, Burt
Reynolds'
T-shirt.
Robin Leach's
backgammon set. many autographedbooks and records; at New Yorlt Hall of
Science. Flushing Meadow Park; 6-9pm; $50 general/$125
with champagne/dessert reception (9-10 pm); info
from Howard Golderg. 718/896-2500

T.W.E.E.D. NEW WORKS FESTIVAL presents Jim Provenzano's
RiJsu!fle. -a. solo performance about jobs from heir;'pJus Fr.nk Jump .nd. Ann. Pop.·s.TOd.y's Sp'II:1.,•• directed by Rick Lom- . MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER/NY. 74

outTWEEKMay 30. 1990

10t"
A •• lv.r'.ryP•• elDlscusiOll/Slllriawc-R:/letnlcillf olld
RtIC.ptlltf", Our HiftIry. at the Center;
208 W 13 St; 8-11 pm;' don.tion; info
from David. 932-3138. or Tony. 562-3131
T.W.E.E.D. NEW WORKS FESTIVAL. 8
pm (see MAY 31)
BODY POSITIVE Friday Night Socl.1
allll Pot Lack Di ... r; A-K bring salad orappetizer. L-S bring main dishes (veggieappreciated).
T-Z bring dessert; for
HIV+'s and friends; at Rutgers Church.
236 W 73 St (off B'way); 9 pm - midnight; free. with your luscious dish; info721-1346 (Editor: Body Positive' has asocial event at the church every 1st &3rd Friday of the month.)
T.W.E.E.D. NEW WORKS FESTIVAl., 10
pm (see MAY 311
COLUMBIA LESBIAN. BISEXUAl., GAY
COAUnON First Frid.y D.lc •• in Earl
Hall. Columbia U;. 116 St & BY«ay (#1/19
train); 10 pm - 2 am; photo 10 to drink; 8543574. 854-1488 (Editor's note: Columbia'sFirst Friday dances will continue throughoutthe summer: JULY 6. AUG 3. SEPT7)

SATURDAY, JUNE 2
THE NEW FESTIVAL presents AIDS
Senes' A DfIItIIJ./1 .. Faly and Clllt:bI", R,. at 1 pm; Women Direct Series'
Cllrt.top"or Strol, at 3 pm; the only
screening of Wat/or and Ent 01 the
WIllI at 5. pm; NY premiere of Fell _II New Ylri lit 7 pm; world premiere of
Joy CIIandIeIIaII's IIIrIctIime at 9 pm; USpremiere of &ic iIe Kayper's l'illk,.,...
at 11 pm; for info see LNELY ARTS
DlFF'RENT SPOKES Leav.s for V.ncourv.r; G.y G.m.s II pedaling off
today in order to make the Games site
. by August 1; 923-1433 (Editor: many
Diffrent Spokes members making thisjourney will be competing at the games)
SAG E,Last Branc" of the S.asOI at
Sawadee Thai Restaurant, 888 8th Ave(at W 52 St); noon or 2 pm seating; $9.35
for drink, soup. salad. entree and coffee; rsvp 741-2247 (Editor'snote:
Brunches resume in October.)
WOMEN ABOUT SI ..... r Pot Luck
Planning Party B.ckyard B.lt.ecue 8<
R.ld Day. near Marine Palt, Brooklyn;-eat, play. have fun & help us pliln summer events-; Dolores 711V339-2nl
NY COMMITTEE TO FREE SHARONKOWALSKI Workshop: lllediCIIII'tIWtIIS
til AtfDmey. to choose who you want tocare for you in case of accident of illness;a lawyer will help you will out the importantforms; at the Center. 200W la St; 1-4pm; $10 singlesl$15 couples; 71111939-7730

MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER/NY

10lIl Analvarsaly Celellratioll: • CfIIfwIII,

poI/t1c.'••• d soci., (.10,11} extrOIlll-

gMZlJllt, with the ~UgIIt GosfIeI
CIIoir. M" TlIANG. other musical. poetic
and literary performers. visual artists.
activists; at the Center. 200 W 13 St; 7-9pm; $15 (includes dessert buffet anddance afterwards at a member's West
Village loft); info from David. 932-3138. or
Tony. 562-3131. or service. 245-6366
LESBIAN HERSTORYARCHIVES. FlAMING FEMMES. BRONX LESBIANS UNITED IN SISTERHOOD Jollt
B ••• fit
Dance P.rty: Lo.bi.ns 1hrol,htlto
Ates; with door prizes for -Most BUll:h.
Most Femme. Most Androgynous. Most
PC. Heaviest Leather"; atthe Center; 200
W 13 S1; 8 pm - 1 am; $12 (more if/less if)
includes drink; info 548-0135. Center
620-7310 (Editor's note: politically correc~ in case you didn't figure it out)
T.w.E.E.D. NEW WORKS FESTIVAl., 8
pm (see MAY 31)
EAGLE BAR Pride Night, $1 at the door
gets you your Pride Button; 142 11th
Ave (at 21 St); 691-8451.tW.E:E.D. NEW WORKS FESTIVAL, 10
pm (see MAY31)

SUNDAY, JUNE 3
THE NEW FESTIVAL presents JIISIi....
RI", and C.,,·t YOI 1.ko' • Joke plus
How to Kill Her, D,.o",.
01 I'oss/o.,a.d Attritlol at noon; US premiere ofMark H.rris· fioctJIme at 2 pm; Women
Direct Series' Nov_bomoo.
at 4:15pm; world premieres of ComrodH I.
Atm. aad R_ 01I'1JSSI4Iat 6:30 pm;
Looki", for LII",."", and US premiereof Troj.". at 8:10 pm; W.,k 0" the Wild
Side at 10 pm; for info see UVELY ARTSWOMEN ABOUT Longlsl.nd
Quickl.
Bike Trip. Eisenhower Park. Westbury
Gardens. Long Island; Liz 718/188-2554
WOMEN ABOUT S.ndy Hook Birding
Trip. New Jersey; Ana 71~47
GIRTH AND MIRTH Trip to Atl.ntic
City. via Amtrack (G&M. Box 10. Pelham. NY 10lI03-0010)
ALLIANCE
OF WOMEN AGAINSTRACISM Anti-R.cls",
Worksho,.
forwomen of all races; atthe Center. 11:31 am- 5 pm; $6 more if/less if; Luvenia 411-4175
ASIANS AND FRIENDS/NY Fullllraisi.g
Fie. Market; at the Center. 208 W 13 S1;noon - 4 pm; for info or to make donations. call"John at 711V596-9696

MEN OF ALL COLORSTOGETHEJVNY 10lIl
Aniversary ~_.._C-Y. of

MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER 10th
Anniversa'Y G.rden G.I. at a member's
Upper West Side home; 2-6 pm; $25; info
from David. 932-3138. or Tony. 562-3131-members and friends, kMId and Iost,IMIhout
whom 1here could be no anniYe!sary"; at theCenter, inthe garden, iIBW 13SI; 2-4pm donation; ilfofrom David.932~lI, orTony.!ii'l~31

COAUTION OF WOMEN OF THE AMERICAS presents VV-.n from Both AnIerIcas. sharing insights and cultural

backgrounds through original pO'etry,music, drama; bilingual presentation;
featuring
Maria Negroni,
AguedaPizarro, Jeri Hilderley, Dian Hamilton;with refreshments;
in the Centtir's
Women's Coffeehouse, ml W 13 St; 3-5pm; $6; 749-8449, 749-0n6

Tuning In: A TY/Radio Guide for OutWeek Readers.,.

.e,"Tormauon must De received. by Man-day to be included in the following
week's issue. Send items to Rick X. Tuning In, Box 790, NY, NY 10108, .

LAVENDER UGHT GOSPEL CHOIR Per-

(Arts & Entertainment, 555 Fifth Ava, 10th H NYC 10017;
661-4500)
CCIV (Rick X. Box 790, NYC 10108)
GIS (Gay Broadcasting System, Butch Peuton, 1787th
Ave, Ste. A-3, NYC 10011; 243-1570)
GCN (Gay Cable Network, Lou Maletta, 32 Union Square
East, Suita 1217; 4n-4220)
GIII'IfC (Gay Men's Health Crisis, Jean Carlomusto, 129 W 20
. Sf, NYC 10011; 807-7517)
RB PROD (Robin Byrd Productions, Box 305, NYC 10021; 9882973)
WAIt-TV(7 Uncoln Square, NYC 10023; 456-nn)
WBAI-FM (505 8th Ave, 19th FI, NYC 10018; 279-0707)
WCSS- TV (524 W 57 Sf, NYC 10019; 915-4321)
WNlt- TV (30 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC 10112; 664-4444)
WNET-TV (356 W 58 Sf, NYC 10019; 560-3000)

Iya AIDS Task Force; 22 Chapel St(A,C,F to Jay St/Boro Hall, walk on Jay
Sf, across lillery, one block to ChapelSt); 7 pm; 2121222-9794, 71111624-1196

I.PM WNBC-TV Night of 700Stars /If. the Actor's Fund

1:30 PM WBAI-FM Outlooks: the firsthour, hosted by Eva Yaa Asant8Wlla and. Nicholas Cimorelli, features a live inter·view with Dr. Marjorie Hill, Mayor Dinkins'
new raaisonto the lesbian/gay community,with listener phone calls; 99.5 FM (2:00)

KAREN L SMITH presents a staged .......
lag of Eric BoodI'I FGrtifIrIeII ~-a 17year·old German-black runs away fromhis Colorado home to New York to seek
the black father he never knew"; at theCenter, 2m W 13 St; 7 pm; $5; 893-9852

MEm..ce of Select8d Soap at Bropk-

PYRAMID presents AndIoay SICllIO; 101
Avenue A (btwn 6(1 Sts); $5; 420-1590

MONDAY, JUNE 4
THE NEW FESTIVAL presents the world
premiere of Joy Cha,,"erlale'l
NoeIII"", at 1 pm; the US premiere of I'lale
U"... at 3 pm; the world premiere of
CnH:odI,. In AmstImI_ at 6 pm; Gay
Asia Series' With&~
at 8
pm; ROI Peck'i Empire Stata at 10:15
pm; for info see LIVELY ARTS

Ilea""AUBURN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Oae-Week Coarse: Sexuality end tile
CllIIIdI, with Beverly Harrison and James
Nelson; 3041 B'wayat 120 St; 662-4315
HERITAGE OF PRIDE General_lter-.
Ihl, _eetlng, at the Center, 208 W 13
Sf, 8 pm, 691-1774 (also JUNEll,
19)
LAVENDER LIGHT GOSPEL CHOIR»
Mlellte Pe"-allCe
Sets at Delta •Soalfood Restaural!f; 332 8th Ave at ~6
St; 9-.30 & 10:30 pm; $10, dinner reservations 924-3499; info 212/222-9794,
718/624-1196:':TUESDAY, JUNE 5
THE NEW FESTIVAL presents the world
premiere of Comredtts in Amts and the'US premiere of FIemtts of I'e";on at 1
pm; AIDS Series' A IhIIItII i" the Femily
and Celd;n, Rre at 3 pm; the NY Premiere of the 1989 Academy Award winning Commo" Threed. at 6:15 pm;
Women Direct Series' D_rt Hee". at
8 pm; Parting Glances Series' Lew ofD.I,. at 10:05 pm; for Info see LIVELYARTSMONDAY, MAY 21

benefit, with appearances by Greg Louganis, Tony Randall,
Christopher Reeve, Michael Feinstein, John Uthgow, Geraldo Rivera, and practically everybody else; CH 4 (3:00)
11H111PM GCN B, My Guest a night at the Roxy; Manhattan
Cable, CH JI73 (:30)
1~ PM TBS The Be,stmaster(I982):
Marc Singer in a
10inc;loth, wherein he carries his two ferrets (2:30)
11:30 PM WWOR-TV Arsenio Halt Dolly Parton; CH 9 (1:00){;:3D'PM Tomorrows TV Toni,ht entertainment; Manhattan
and Paragon Cable, CH 0/17 (1:00)
Midnight CCTV Th, Closet Case Shuw. La Palace opening;
Kloset KlipS; more strippers at Mars; Manhattan Cable,
CH C/16 (:30)
1:00 AM Gay Tv. gay male porno clips; Paragon Cable, CH.VJ3 (~I.

TUESDAY, MAY 22

against fear and the elements-on 11nIIcheroua journeyfrom Quebec to liverpool in I historic tall ship- (1:011).. dllig/lt RB PROD Th, Robin Byrd Shuw. male and femlle
strippers; Manhattan and Paragon Cable, CH J(l3 11:001
1:110AM WNET-TV Arl'ltl From Off Center. the series thatshowcases performance artiltl outside the mainstream; CH 13 (:30)
2:30 AM WASC-TV Th.
Strip WI'(I984~ Rock Hudson tries to revive a dying casino; CH 7 (2:011)

Ve,.,

THURSDAY, MAY 24·
1:110PM WBAI-FM ThisW.y Out inteml1ionll m.glZine forand about the lesblln Ind glY community; 99..5 FM (:301
1:30 PM WBAI-FM B"./d", the Silflncclocll
gay and lablannews and information with Larry 6ullnburg; 98.5 FM I:!II
4:110 PM WCBS-TV G,,./drr. violence In nlghtl:lubi; CH2(1:00) (Editor's nota: caused mostly by pervern heterosexual youth)
7:30 PM WPIX-TV Th, M,nehuri,n Cendidm (1962):
Frankenheiiner's political thriller, starring murderoul,
brainwashed Korean Warm Laurence HII1IV, with .
Frank Sinatra, Angala Lanibury, Janet Lalgh; CH 11 ~9:tIII PM WASC-TV Twin Pelks, series cliffhanger; CH 7 (1:011)
9:30 PM GMHC Livin, With AIDS: health Ind politics; M.nhattan Cable, CH J/'l3 (:30),
11H111
PM WCBS-TV PHpl. M",nnc one segment
includes San Francisco rapor18r Plul Wynne, who d08l
a TV show about his life al a PWA; CH 2 (1:00)
11H111PM WNBC-TV LA Lew: Benny (the mentally chal.Ienged clerk) gets safe-sex advice from hll office colleagues; CH 4 (1:011)
10:30 PM GCN Plid, & Pro,rus: news, health, sports;
Manhattan Cable, CH J(l3 (:30)
11. PM GCN ~ Right Stuff. media, entertainment,.
advice; Manhattan Cable, CH JI73 (:30)
11:30 PM RB PROD Men For Men: Robin Byrd presents gay
male porno stars; Manhattan Cable, CH J(l3 (:30)
11:30 PM GMHC Livin, WIttI AIDS: health and politicS;
Paragon Cabla, CH JI73 (:30)

PM WNET-TV Nova: -Breast Cancer: Turning thelide-:
the increase in lumpectomies, factors that contribute to
the disease, differences in cancer rates; CH 13 (1:00)
9:IJO PM A&E M,uric, (1987): James Wilby and Rupert
Graves as the aristocrat and the affectionate gardner(3:00) (repeats at 1 am)
2:30 PM WBAI-FM Rompi,ndo eI Silencirr. todos los
11:00 PM GBS OutintheWs:communitynews,discussion,
viernes, Gonzalo Aburto con temls y noticias para IIinterviews;tonight Part3 of 3 segments with a closeted gay
comunidad latina gay y lesblana; 99.5 FM (:15)
prjestwho tonight cflSCUSSBS ACT UP,/WHAM's Stop the
7:30 PM Th, Gay Datin, Glm, Show. Mlnhattan Cable,
OIurch movemen1; Manhatlan/Paragon Cable, CH 1:/16 (1:001 .
CH JI73 (:30)
9:tIII PM WNYN-TV (Fox) Coustll,u's Rediscov,ry of til.
World: Mel Gibson narrltes as crew memberl of the
9:30 AM WBAI-FM Ghosts in th, Machine. women in pop,
windship Alcyone skindive through western AustraRI'1
with Victoria Starr; 99.5 FM (2:30).
waters; CH 5 (1:00)
1:00 PM CNN SooyIIlNB iILA: when a parlnefdiesvial AIlS (1:00) 11:00 PM G,y No mala porno clips; Manhattan Cable, CH
PM A&E The Fox(1968): Keir Dullea tries to steal Anne HeyJI73 (:30)
wood from Sandy Dennis at her secluded farmhouse 12:30)_ldal.1It WNET-TV Bloodhounds of Bro,dw,y(I989):
SM
I. PM WNET-TV AIDS Ouarter/y. Peter Jennings visits a
WEDNESDAY
small t~n in Texas, where patients too sick to work
1:00 AM RB PROD Robin Byrd Shuw. male and female
must choose between food and medicine; Houston
strippers; Manhattan and Paragon Cable, CH J(l3 (1:00)
seen -driven to the breaking point"; a visit to PWA8 in
Sing Sing; CH 13 (1:00)
9:IJO PM WNET- TV Bloodhounds of Broadway(1989~ aD .'11:31 AM Stephen Holt Show/Onm,eAmerleel: 1M
American Playhouse production, from Damon Runyon'~
WED; Paragon/Manhattan
Cable, CH C/l1 (:30)
storieS" about Prohibition-era New Yor!t; with Matt Dillon,
11:00 PM RB PROD The E,rIy Byrd: Robin Byrd prasents
Madonna, Randy Quaid, Jennifer Grey, Rutger Hauer,
male/female strippers; Manhattan Cable, CH J(l3 (1:011)
Julie Hagerty, Dinah Manhoff, others; CH 13 (1:30)

FRIDAY, MAY 25

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23

4.

SATURDAY, MAY 26

9:00 PM Stephen Holt Show/Onstage Am,ricaf. tonightcontinues Holt's -Hunk Month: with l~year-old soap
star Scott Defreitas on the beach; Manhattan Cable, CH
0/17 (:30) (for Paragon, see SAn
11H111
PM WABC-TV Twin P"ks: season·ending cliffhanger; CH 7 (1:00)
11H111
PM A&E Living Dangerously. - a group of teens fight

SUNDAY, MAY 27
11:30 PM GCN M,n & Films: male erotica; Manhattan
Ca ble, CH J(l3 (:30)

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. 11:00 pm• Gay Week in Review• Act-Up• GCN Close-Up• Sports• Lavender Health

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SUNDAYS

11:30 pm

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

MONDAYS

10:00 pm

Sybil Bruncheon hosts a panel
game show with surpri.se guests.
Frankie Loves Johnny An original
gay soap opera.
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Gay Cable Netwo.rk
32 Union Square East, Suite 1217
New York, NY 10003(212) 477-4220

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-a.a.r Days (primarily gay men of color) 316 W 49 St (819Aves); 245-8925

MondayI'I'iYN Eyes ("arc Berkley's Kool Komradsw/ Razor Sharp & strippers;. preppies and guppies) 12 W 21 St, club 'JIKt-m2'

Tuesday..

*Love Machine lLarry Tee & Lahoma Van Zamlt, young & exotic crowd)
860 Bway, at 17 St; 254-4005

WVednesday.

......... Deys (primaril'{ gay men of color) 316 W 49 St (8{9 Aves); 245-8925
Private Eyes (Jeffrey Sanker & Dallas's Club Bad; many preppies andguppies) 12 W. 21 St, btwn 5th/6th Aves; 'JIKt- m2*Pyramid (Les's My Sister/Comrade party, Starts June 6th) 101 AvenueA, btwn 6/7 Streets; 420-1590
Silver Uning (2-4-1 drinks, also open Tues-Sun, women SAT) 175 CherryLa., Aoral Pk, LI; 516/354-9641
Stutz (241 drinks, also open dalyl2D2Wesacnastar Ave, WhiII! Plails;914'761-311Xl

Thursday*Soyber (BoyBar ~eauties new wave drag show) 15 1/2 St Marks Place,btwn 2ndl3rd Aves; 674-7959'Copacabana (last Thu. of the month Susanne Bartsch party, next is May
31; iffy door) IDE 60 St, at Fifth Ave; 755-6010
Excalib .. ($1 drinks, also open Tues-Sun, women WED) comer 10th/Jefferson behind football stadium, Hoboken, NJ; 201-795-1161
Grend Central (2-4-1 drinks, also open Wed-Sun) 210 Merrick Road,
Rockville Centre, LI; 51&1536-4800
Hatfield's (2-4-1 drinks, female impersonators; also open nightly, women
on TUE & FRI) 126-10 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, Queens; 7181261-8484*MIllS (mixed gay/straight; OJ Patrick's Wonderland, on small3rd Aoor)
Westside Highway and 13th St; 691-6~2
tlQuicld (~ Ducksttllusdays)6
HlbertSt(HIIIsor\5 Illes bebwCanalt,925-2A42

Friday.

*SoyBar (stiJdenls&E. ViII. crowd) 151/2 StMar1<s Pl.,btwn 2nIV3rd Ave; 674-7$9
QJbmiI DIn:es (1st Fri. of fNPI'( rrorch, i1cL SI.ITII'18I11101hSt& 9.wy;~4days
419419 N. Highway, Southampton, LI; 5161283-5001.
-La Pelace de a.aute (Larry Tea at Lahoma; started 5/18),34 E 18 St, off
5th Ave; 228-8009
Octagon (primarily gay men of color) 555 W 33 St; 947-0400
PrivaI8 Eyes (many preppies and guppies) 12W21 St, blINn ~Aves;;,m.7772*Quiekl (gay/straight/TVs;
Scott Currie/Panty Girdles) 6 Hubert St (Hudson, 5 blks below Canal); 925-2442
Reds (-drink free 10 pm - 1 am-; also open THU; women SAT) 6096 Jericho Tpke, Commack, LI; 516/543-4741)

Saturday.

Berefool Boogie (Smoke & alcohol free) 434 6th Ave (btwn &'10 SIs); 832-6759-BoyBar 151/2 St Marks Place, btwn 2nd/3rd Aves; 674-7959
The c.enter Dances (2nd and 4Ih Saturd¥.) are on Iiatus until naxtfal; 626-7310
COllinbie Dences (3rd Saturdays, Same But Different Dance, May 19 &June 16) 116 & B'way, 10 pm - 3 am; info 629-1989
419419 N. Highway, Southampton, LI; 5161283-5001
Girth end Mirth Club at tile Center (3rd 'Saturdays, heavy men & theiradmirers) 208 W 13 St; 620-7310-La Pelace de a.euta (Larry Tee & Lahoma, mixed straight/gay, started
5/12) 34 E 18 St; 228-8009*Mers (Keoki's Drop Lounge, floor varies; small eclectic crowd: TVs,
Asians, hi-tech music fens)' 13 St & West Side Hwy; 691-6262
Private Eyes (Jeffrey Sanker & Dallas's Club Bad; inany preppies & guppies) 12 W 21 St, btwn' 5tIV6th Aves; 'JIKt-m2*Roxy (mixed gay/straight/TVS/clubkids; door can be mobbed after 12)
515 W 18 St (btwn 10111 Aves); 645-5156
Sound Factory (miKad ga.,,'Slnlight, Acid House, no alcohol) 5.1lW'lI St.
10tW111hAves);643-072S

SundayThe Building (Club Bad's The Men's Room, 10 pm; $12; probably preppieS/guppies; opened May 20) 51 W 26 St; 576-1890. La Palece (Michael Fesco's Power Tea, 4 pm - midnight; $6; probably hiNRG gym hunks; started May 20) 34 E 18 St; 228-fIlO9-La 'alace de Beeuta (Lany Tee & Lahoma, midnight - 4 am; club kids,
TVs, gay/straight; started 5/20) 34 E 18 St; 228-8009*Mers (Chip Duckett's Mars Needs Met$ Westside Higlwvay and 13111
St;1II1.a12-Pyramid (Junior's Tea Dance 6-10 pm, Mona Foors Gay Cabaretafterwards) 101 Avenue A, btwn 6/7 Streets; 420-1590*Roxy (Molly House Sundays at Roxy) 515W 18 St(blwn llVl1 Avest,646-5156

Every Night (or almostl-Club 43 (jiromises John LaAeur, TVs, Rock & /foil Fag Bar, It Twins,
Keoki; call for info) 108 W 43 St; 354-7348
Monster (West Village) 80 Grove S\ at Sheridan Sq.; 924-3557
Spectrum (closed Mon & Tue, WED free,THU free & 2-4-1 drinks, FRI
rn/f strippers, SAT guest star show, SUN live show & free 9-10 pm)
802 64th St@8thAve, Bay Ridge, Bklyn; 7181238-8213

DANCING OUT for Women
Tuesday

Hatfield's 126-1'0 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens; 718,'261-8484
Grand Central (women's night, also open Wed-Sun) 210 Merrick Road,'Rockville Centre, LI; 5161536-4800

WVednesday

Bedrock 121 Woodfiela Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 5161486-9516
Excelibur (Ladies Night, $1 drinks) comer 10th/Jefferson behind footballstadium, Hoboken, NJ; 201-795-1161

Thursday.'Bedrock 121 Woodfield Rd, W. HemPstead, LI; 5161486-9516
Big Hunt Club (Her Planet 8 pm - 2 all'l) 804 Washington St, 4 blocks
below 14 St; info 727-7616
Mike Todd Room (Nancy Gallagher's Doll Bar, started May 10; 8 pm - 2am) 123 E 13 St; club (Palladium) 473-7171 .
Pyramid (Jenny's Girl Bar, started May 3; 8 pm - 2 am) 101 Avenue A(btwn 6/7 Sts); $5; 475-3538

FridayBedrock 111 Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 5161486-9516
Chepel at Umelight (Shescape party, opens 10 pm; started May 11) 49
W 20 St at 6th Ave; 645-6479
Hatfield's 126-10 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens; 718/261-8484
Millenniun (Ladies' Nig/JII
NY Ave (Rte 110), Huntington, U; 51lV351-1402
Visions 56-01 Queens Blvd, Woodside; info 71~7131,club 71&'899-9031

moSaturdayBedrock 121 Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 5161486-9516
Chepelet Umelight (Shescape party, opens 9 pm; ~arted May 12) 49 W
20 St at 6th Ave; 645-6479
Mike Todd Room (Her Planet moves here from Mars; call during day fordates) 123 E 13 St; club (Palladium) 473-7171
Re ... (women's party, buffet, burlesque show) 6096 Jericho Tpke, Commack, LI; 5161543-4740
Silver Uning175 Cherry Lane, Aoral Park, LI; 516/354-9641.
Starz 836 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, LI; 5161242-3857

SundayBedrock 121 Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 5161486-9518
Cave Canem (SandWich Sist" Sundays) 24 1st Ave at 1at St; 529-9885

Every Nlaht (or almost)·«»

Cubby Hore-(tiny dince floor) 438 Hudson St ~orton St; 243-9079
Duc ..... 11 Sheridan Sq. & 7th Ave South; 242-1408
SpectnIn (closed Mon & Tues; good gay/lasbian mix, sae Every Night,
above, fordatails) 802 64th St, Bklyn.; 7181238-8213

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A.c.a.c.
AIDS CENlER OF QUEENS COUNTYSOCIAL SERVICES. EDUCATION. BUDDIESCOUNSEUNG~SUPPORTGROUPS
Volunteer Opportunitie.
1118) 896-25OO(voice)(718) 896-2985(TDD)
A"CT UP (AIDS Co .. iti.n ti Unl_h Po_r!
498A Hudson Street, Suite G4 NYC 10014(212)989-1114
A diverae, non-partisan group of individual, united inanger and committed to direct action to end the AIDSc ri,is. Gen. meetings Mon. nights 7:30,
at the COI)"'munity Center 208 W.I3th.

.EXUAI. yount

InformallOcial a eupport group for Bi.. xual
kidl/youth. Monthly meeting/potluck lunch held
1:00pm on fourth Sundlyofthe
month atmembera
homes. Call NY ABN for th~ month', location. Thi8
group ia part of the New York Area BisexuII Network.
BlUS-BIIONX WBIANS
UNnm Ii SISTEIIIOOD
Social, po6tical.nd ,upport networking group for
women and theirfrienda. Regular socialavents andmeetings on the first and third fridaY' of IVlry month.
At The Community Center, 208 W. 13 Streit, from 8:30Bpm. For more info call Lill at (212)829-9817.

_ ALOEI:IAJII.N.8Y(Asian Lesbians of the East CoalV
Asian Pacific Lesbian Network-NewYorld
We are a political, social and .upportive network of
Asian Pacilic lesbians.. Planning meetings on theIst
Sunday and social events on the last Friday of eachmOlJth. Call (212)517-5598 for more information.

~

ARCS (AIDS-Related Community s.mc_)
for DutchelS, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan,
Ulster and Westchester counties. AIDS education,client servicN, crisis intergention, support groups,
case management, buddy and hospital visitor program.
, 214 Cami8I Pw..1MiIB Plains, t« ll1D1(914)9I&OOI
838 BroacNvay ,Newburgh, t« 12250 (914)!i82-sDl
AlDSline (114)~
ATR (AIDS TREATMENT REGI~
INC.)
Publishes a bi-monthly Directory of clinical trials of
experimental AIDS/HIV treatments in,NY/NJ, and has
educational materials/seminars
for trial psrticipants.
ATR also advocates for improvements in the trial system. P.O. Box 30234, NY, NY 1011-0102. (212)288-4198.
Publications free/donation requ8lt8d.
BAR ASSOClAnON FOR IRlMAN RIGHTS
Lawyers Referral
Service for the Lesbian and Gay Community
Full Range of Legal Services (212)459-4873
BAR ASSOCIAnON FOR HUMAN RIGHTSFree Walk-in Legal Clinic. Tuesday 8-8 pm
Lesbian &. Gay Community Centro Ground Roor
BIDS (BISEXUAL DOMINANCE a
SUBMISSION GROUp)
Share SIM experiences and fantssies with others ina positive, non-judgemental
atmosphere. First Sunday of the month, 4:45pm at the Community Center
208 W. 13 Street, NYC . This group is part of the New
York Area Bisexual Network.
BISEXUAL PRIDE DISCUSSION GROUP
Topical discullions on illuN of interest to the commitnity in a congenial atmosphere, followed by an informsl
dinner at a friendly local restaurant Every Sunday, 3:00
- 4:30pm at the Community Center 208 W. 13 Street,
NYC. Partofthll New York Area Bisexual Network.
. BIWAYS NEW YORKMonthly social events for the Bisexual communityand friends. Call NYABN for details of upcoming
events. (718)353-8245
BIMC (BISEXUAL POUTICAL
AmON COMMI1TEE)
Political action on illuN of importance to the BisexuaVLesbiarVGay community, Monthly meeting/poduck
held 8:00pm on fourth Thursday of the month at members hornell. Call NYABN for this month's location.
(718)353-8245

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BODYPOSOlVE
Jfyou oryourlover hal tested HIV+, we offer eupport
group" ieminars, public forum., referencelib ... ry,
referrals,.ocialactivitil.and
up-to-data national
monthly, 'THE BODY POSITIVE' ($2!Vyaar).
(212)721-1348.
208 W. 13th St.. NYC, NY 10011
BROOlOYN'S WBIAN AND GAY POUTICAL CWBlAMBDA INOEP£M)ENT DEMOCRATS
Ll.D. endorse. and works for candidetas in local,
state and nationalilllctione,lobbies
for legill.tion,and conduct's community outreach through atnIet
fairs and mlltings on epecill topic •. Join III.
338 Ninth St., Suite 135
Brooklyn, NY 11215(718)98S-8482;;1L.i:1£ OF MORE UGHr _Spirituar support and sharing in a ilavllisbian affirmative group. West-Park Prasbytarian-Church
185 West 88th Streit.
Wid: worship .. rvici 8:30 pm, program ~:30.
Marsha (21~)304-4373
Chalf .. (212)881-7118.
COIIMUMTY HEALJH PROJECf
208 West 13th Street, NYC, New York 10011
For Appointments and Information(212) 87&-3558 ITTYNoice)
PROVIDING CARING, SENSITIVE AND LOW COSTHEALTH CARE SERVICES TO THE LESBIAN AND GAYCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY RESEARCH INmATlVE
PWAs, PWARC.
thlir physicilRl taking the initiative to seek promising intervlntion agaimltAIDS in a
resp. menner. For more info or to volunteer pi....
cIIi (212)481-1050.

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CONGREGAnON BETH S1MCHAT TORAH
NY'a Gay and Lesbian Synegogul Serviqes
Fridsyat 8:30pm!i7 Bethune·Street
For info. call: (212)929-SI488.

mGE
fIIUN1ion I.a Di .... I...8ay EmI_1It
For the physiCIBy dill bled La.bien Ind Gay
Community.
(212)98&-1921
P.O. Box 305 Village Station, New York. NY 10014
FElDE SUPPORT IIROlI'
For lelbiall4 who aeIf identify aa hrnme. For info andI1188tingtilll88 caN Lisa at (212)829-9817. No mill pies ...
FRONT IUNNERS
A running club for I.. bian· and gey Ithlltes
of dlbilities.
Fun Runuf 1-8 rna.. held flYery Sat. at
101m and Wed .. at 7pm in Centnl! Parkand eVlry Tues. It 7pm in Proipect Park.
For informalion: call (212)724-9700.
THE RJND FOR IllMAN DIGNITY
National Gay and Lesbian Criai8 Line'AIDS 800' -!-IIIlO·SOS-GAYS
Educltionll Resource Center; Positive Images
Media Center; NY State Arta Program
l1li8 B'wIIy SIiW 410 NYC, t« 10012 (212)529-1eoo

TIE GAY AFRICAN AMEiICANSOfWESTCHUTEI(Jha G.A.A.)
i8 I community ba.ed .upport group fonned in
Westchester County. Verioue activities Ire planRldfor the coming months.
Please call 914-378'0127 for more info.
• GlMD.
Gay a Lesbian AIIi_ Api_ o.r-tion
80 Varick Street, NYC 10013 (212)988-1700
GlAAB _combea homophobia in the mlalS and 1118where by promoting vilibility of theleabiln end gay
community and organizing gr ... roota r88pOlll8 toanti-gay bigotry.
00 you lIa\/,1 jO minutes I month
to light homophollia?
.
Join thl GLAAD PhonaTreel ,Call (212)-988-1700 for informltion.

GUB
G.y and Lesbian Independent Broadclste ... invite.
you to tune into OunOOKS on WBAI·NY, 98.5 FM
Ivery othlr Sundey, 7:3O-8:3Opm and join lIIevlry
other TueadlY at 7:30pm to become a member of
GUB. No IXperience nlldld.
505 Eighth Avenue, 19th floor. (212)74lH1405.

Mya WBIAN HEALJH CONCERNS
An offiCI of the NYC Dlpt of Health, providealinkIges betwn NYC Hliith &. Human SVCI, Ind thl Le ..
.
bian a Gay community, focusing in ALL h.. 1thconcema; resource information for h .. 1th .. rviCIi
CORlUml ... and .provide .... 125 Worth Streit, Box ffl,
New York. NY 101»3. For-info call (212)508-4995.

DIGNITYIBIG APPLE
A community of Lesbian" and Gay Catholice. Activities" include Liturgi88 and IOcials Ivery Sat, 8:00 pm, at. the Center, 208 W. 13 Streit, NYC.
Call (212)818-1309.

GAY a WBIAN PSYCHOTHERAPY
Sliding scale fees -IRlurlnce
accepted.
Institute for Human Idlntity.
(212)79&-9432

DIGNITY NEW YORK
lesbian and gay Catholics and friends
AIDS Ministry, Spiritual Development
The Cathedral ProjlCt
Worahip Services & Social-Sun; Eves. 7:3Opm-St.
John's Episcopal Church 218 West ll1h Street 0
Waver1y-875-2179

GAY MAl£WACTMSTS
Dedicatad to safe and responsible S/M eince 1981.
, Opln meetings w/progr.ms on SIM tachniqu",lifaatyle issues, political and social concema. AlID
specialeventa,
speakers bureau, workshops, demOl,affinity groupa, newsletter, more. GMSMA -Dept 0,
498A Hudson Street, Suite 023 ,NYC 10014.
(212)727-9878.

811AD(lAY lIEN OF AFRICAN DESCENI)IOVarickStreet,
NYC 10013 a aupport group of Gay
Men of African D•• c.nt d.dicallld to conaciouaneMrailing and the devalopm.nt of the Lesbian and Gay
Community. GMAD is incluaiv. of African, AfricanAm.rican, Caribbean and Hispenic:IUtino men ofc.oIor. Melting. are h.ld, weekly, on fridaY'. For
more infonnation, can 71&-802-0182.
GAY MErtS HEALTH CRISIS HOTUNEFOR INFORMATION ON SAFER SEX AND HIV-RElATED HEALTHSERVICES, AND FOR INFORMATION ON
ONE-TIME, WALK-IN AIDS COUNSalNG SERVICES.212~7470

212-1117'TDD !For .... 1IMri1ll ... pelred)·Mon.-Fri. 10".30a.m. to 9 pm. Sat 12:00 to 3:90
GIII11I. MIITII CWB OF NEW YORK
Social club for h.svy, chubby gay m.n a their admir..... Monthly aocials It the ·Ce~r', we.kI-( barnighlll Thu ... daY' at the 'Ch.lsea Transfer', monthly
flit Appl. Revi.w, bi-monthly FAR. panpal •. For moreinfonnation call Erni. at 91+889-7735 orwrilll:
G6M/NY. Dept 0, P.O. Box 10, P.lham, NY 10803.
HEAL !IMhh Educatian AIDS Llai_)
Wukly info. and support group for traatmentll for
AIDS which do not compromis. the immune ayatam
furth.r, including alternativ. and holiatic approach ...
W.d 8pm. 208 W. 13th St. !212}874-HOPE.
HE11IICI-MAII1IN INSmUTE
for lesbian and gay youth. Counseling, drop-in canIIIr !M-F, 3-8pm), rap groupe, Harvey Mnk HighSchool, AIDS and safar sex infonnation,
refarrals, profaaaionaladucation.
. !212) 833-892OIvoica) ,!212) 833-8928 m for d.af
HISPANIC UNITED GAYS • lOBIANS
EducationalseNices,
political action, counaeling and
IOcialactivitiaa in Spenilh and Englilh by and fortha
Latino Lesbian and Gay Commun~·Gene ... 1m•• ting. 8:00 pm 4th Thu ... day of .very
montlut 208 Wast 13th Stra.t Call!212) 891-4181
or write H.U.G.L, P.O. Box 228 Canal Stra.t Station,
New Yort, NY 10019.
IDENmY HOUSE.
Now io our 20th year, we provide
peer counseling, th.rapY referrals and groupe
forth.l.abian,gay and bisexual community.
Call us at !212) 243-8181. Visit u. at 544 8th Ava~
betwe.n 14th-15th Stra.III, Manhittan.
lAIBJA lEGAL DEFENSE
AND mUCATION RJND
Precedent-seUing
litigation nationwide forI.. biana, gay m.n and p.opl. with AIDS. Memb.rthip!$35 and up) inc. naweletter and invitation. to.p.cial evantll. VoIunt.er night on Thu ... daya.lnlllka
call.: Hpm Mon thru Fri !212) 995-8585'0'

LAVA !lOBIANS ABOUT~ALAR1}.Call for alidea for Lesbian Artim' Exhibition, Gay a
Lasbian Community Canlllr, NYC. For mora infonnation, send SASE to : Miriam Fouger., 118 Fort Gruri.
Pia c., Brooklyn, NY 11217.
THE lOBIAN AND GAY BIG APPl1 CORPS
G.t your instrum.nt out of the clOl8t and .com. playwith ua. Symphonic, Marching, Jazz, Dixi.land, Rock,Aut. Ensambles and Woodwinds.
123 Wast 44th St Suillll2l
New Yort, NY 10038!212) 88&-2922.
LESBIAN. GAY
COMMUNRY SERVICES CENTER
208 W .. t 13th Str.et Naw Yort, NY 10011!212) 62~7310.9am-llpm .v.ryday.
A placa for community organizing and networking,aocials.,vic .. , cultural progrslT18, and IOcial ev.ntII• pon.orad byth.·C.nt.r
and more than 150 community organizations.

LESilIAN AND lAY LA80I NE1WORI
An o!llaniZlltion of L.. biana and GaY' who are activein their labor uniona working on domestic pertnarahip
ben.fillland AIDS i.. u ... For more infonnation call!212)923.8e80.
.
lOBIAN AND GAY RlGIfl'S PIOJECT
ofth.~_n~Uba~U••
ICNOWYOUII NaRl/W£'fE ElIPAlIJMTHEII,!212) 944-9800, .xt. 545

NOII1I AIBICAN

MAN/lOYLOVE ASSOCIATION !~LAI. Dedic.ted to .. xu.1 fraadom .nd •• p.ci.Ry inlllrellld
in gay inllllll.ne ... tional reiationthipe. Monthly Bulletin and regul.r chaplllr maeting. onthe fim Saturd.y of •• ch month. Y.arty m.mbership i. szo; wriIII
NAMBIA PO Box 174, Midtown Station, N.wYort,
NY 10018 or call!212) 807-8578 for infonn.tion.

LESBIANS AND lAYS OF RATBUSH
Brooklyn'. iIOcial ollIanization for both gay men and
I.. biana. P.O. Box 108, Midwood Station
Brooklyn, NY 11230 -!718) 85&-9437

NORTIEIN LIGHTS AIJEIIIWIVEI
Improving au.lity of Lif. for Peopl. with AlDSlHIV.
THE AIDS MASTERY WORKSHOP: ExpIoringth. po..ibiliti .. of. powerful and creative lifa in the fac. of
AIDS. C.II!212)2~LESBIAN HEISTORY ARCHIVES
P.O. Box 1268
NawYort, NawYork 10118 .
217/874-7232
Sinc. 1874, the Archives has inapired, shaped .. ndreflecllld Lesbian livea .verywh.re. ·C.II to a ..... ng ••visit or to volunteer for Thu ... day wortmighta.

NYC lAY • LESBIAN
ANn-VlOLENCE PlOJECT'
Counaeling, .dvoc.cy, .nd infonn.tion for ,urvivo ...
of .nti-gay .nd anti-laabi.n violenc., .axual .... uIt,
domestic viol.nc., .nd oIIi.r typaa of victimiZlltion.
Allservictia fraa .nd confidenti.l.
24 hour hotIin.!212) 807-0187

LONG ISLAND ACl-llt
P.O. Box 291, Naw Hyd. Part, NY 11040
Support UI for change on Long Illand.
!5111)33&-4882!5111) 987-~
N.... u!518) 92&-5530 Suffolk

PEGi'll WITH AIDS COAUllON!212) 532-_1-800-~otIin.!212)
532-0588
Mond.ythru Friday lOam-8pm
M•• I progralT18, .upport groupe, .ducation.l.nd
refa ......Iservic •• for PWA' •• nd PWArc' •.

lIEN OF All COLORS TOGETHER NY
A multi-raciar group of g.y men ag.inst r.cillll. Meeting. ev.ry Friday night at 7:45 at the Lesbi.n .nd G.yCommunity S.rvic •• Canter, 208 W. 13th Str8al For
more info. cd: !212) 245-83118 or !212) 222-879t

PEOPLE WITH AIDS HEAIJH GlOUP
Und.llIro..,d buyar'a club inipor1ing not-yet-approved
IlKldiCltion. and nutriliOllllsuppiamantL
31 West 28th
St. 4IhAoor !212)532-maD.

1ETR000urAN TENNIS GROUPIMTG)
Our 200 member I,.bian and g.y lIInnii club includaa
players from beginning to tournallKlnt lewl. Monthly
IIInn. per1i... Wint8r indoor lugu8. Come play With ual
For infonnation: MTG, Suilll K83, _A Hudaon st, Naw
York, NY l002S. !718) 852-8562.
MOCA!Man III ColorAIDS Pi-ti.n........... )Provid .. Afar sex and AIDS .duc.tion infonn.tion
to g.y and bisexual M.n of Color; coordin.lIIs • network of pe.r-.upport
groupe for gay and bilaxual
M.n of Color in an 5 boroughs of New York City.
303 Ninth Ave, New Yort, Ny 10001
or 0.1I!212) 23&-1798.
NATIONAL GAY AND lOBIAN TASK FORCE
iIthe n.tional gr •• sroolll poIitic.1 olll.nization forleabi.n. and gay m.n. Membe ... hip iI~.r.
I.. u.-orienllld proj.Cllladdre .. violenc., IOdomy
lawe, AIDS, gay righlll ordinanc .. , famm .. , medi.,
etc. through lobbying, .duc.tion, olll.nizing .nd
direct .ction.
NGLTF 1517 U Str.et NW, W.thington, DC 20008.
!202)332-8483.
NEW YORI ADYEIITISINGAND COMMUNICAnONS NmvORI
NYACN i. the community'.lalll.stg.y and I.. bi.n
prof_ion.
I group, welcoming .11 in communic.tion ..... nd th.ir friends. Monthly m•• tinga, 3rd Wed
8:30pm at the Community C.nlllr. M.mb .... ' nawll.t·
1IIr, job hotlln., .nnual dir.ctory. Phona!212) 517. 0380 for mora info. M.ntion OutW •• k for on. fre.
nawllattar.
N.Y. WOMEN'S SOFTBAU. GUID
For .xperienc.d,serioua S0ftb8ft PlaY'''', Coach ..
.nd Manage .... We play mocVfast pitch weekand. in
Manh.ttan .nd aueens. Tl'f'outa begin Feb. 11 thru
April- or until filled.!212) 255-1379 J.n.t
NINTH STRm CENTER
Sine. 1973, • community dedicallld to damonatrlltingthat a homo •• xuallifastyl. i•• r.tional, deai ... bla
choice for individuals di... tiafiad with the reward. of
conv.ntionalliving.
Pl!'(Chologically - focu-.sed r.pgroup" TU••• ,.s.t, 8 to 1.0 pm. peer counselling av.ilabl •. 319 E. 9 Street, Naw Yort, NY 10003, for info c.n!212) 228-5153.

SAGE: !Saniar Action in a la, Emi.....-)
Social Servic. Agency; providing Clre, activiliaa, a.ducationalseNic.. for gay alaabi.n sanior ciIiz-.
Also 18M111OVIIr Il1Ohomaboclr!d IIInionI a oider FWA' •.
208 Wast 13th St. NYC 10011, !212)741-2247
SETHIAN GAYS, LESBIANS AND BISEXUALSFor an of u. inlllrestlld in reaching out to uch oth.rwith .xub .... nc. to .pontlln.oualy
explore .nd.xpand upon tI!!I SetlVJ.n.l\oberlll"phiIOlOphy"••
it relates to ou<rIiv8s, penson.lly, se~.Ry end ~c.lly. Call AI 1212) 879-51114.
.
THE OUI'IIEACII.
USING COMMUNAL HEAUNG (rOUCII)
CommunityvahlllH'" providing a waeIdy buIfat auppar
forlbe Brooidyn AIDS c~.
TOUCHIIIH1I Monday-.
&pm to 8::3Opm- st~downtown BrooIdyn Ftiara
Meeting HOIII8!110 SchenneIhom St. na'IIr IIoenm
Place~ LiniIIId tnlnaportItion may be .nanged.1nfo: 1718)
622-Z7SS. TOUCH welcomaa cantribut/ona affunda, food.

andVorIlllH....

\UI.STEI COUNTY lAY AND LESBIAN AWANCE
MHIII fim .nd third Mond.y of •• ch month.t 7:30 pm .• tth. Unilllrian Church on SawIciIl Road
in Kingston. For infonn.tion, c.n !814) 62&-3203. .
UPPEllIlANlWTANTASI FORCE ON AIDS
Education, Hotlina, Supportive Ca .. M.nagement,.nd Volunte.r R.cruitment .nd Rafarr.l.
212-870-3352
WHAMI tw-n".1Iaahh WaII ..... liZIIII.n)
A non-psrtisan coa6tion committed to demanding,.. curing .nd defending .baoIuIII reproductive fre..
dom .nd qualityc.re for all wom.n. W. meat.vary W.d •• t 8:30 pm at the ViR.g. Ind.pendant
DemocllltB, 224 Wast Fourth Street (off Sh.ridan Sq.).
W. .re not .ffiiiatad with VlD.1212) 713-58118. M.ilingaddreaa: WHAMI, P.O. Box 133, NYC 18008.

"'.IthWOIIfl(SAlJEllNAlIVE~NlTYCENIb(WACC).

A'non-profit, Laablan community c.nter 18rving
au .. na, N._u
.nd Suffolk counti.L Thu ... night
weakly diacuaaion grpa. 8:30pm, for other activiti ..
pl.... conlll~t UI .t !518) 483-2CJ60.

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CHELSEA
Barbary Coast, 64 7th Ave. (14th St.l, 675-0385
The Break, 232 8th Ave. (22nd St.l, 627~0072.
Chelsea Transfer, 131 8th Ave. (bet. 16th & 17thl.
929-7183

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

J's, 675 Hudson St., 242-9292

Town & Country, 9th Ave at 46th St., 307-1503

Julius, 159 W. 10th St., 929-9672

Trix, 246 W. 48 St.(bet. Bdwy & 8th Avel, 664-8331

Keller's, 384 West St.(at Christophel{ 243-1907

The Works, 428 Columbus• 799-7365

Kelly's Village West, 46 BedfordSt., 929-9322

Eagle's Nest, 14211thAve (21st St.l, 691-8451
Private Eyes: 12 W. 21st St. (bet. 5th & 6thl.
206-7770

Duchess 11,70GroveSt 17thAve.l,242-1408.

The locker Room, 400 W. 14th St. (9th Ave!.
459-4299
Maile's Crisis, 59 Grove St. Oth Avel. 243-9323

Rawhide, 212 8th Ave., (21st St.l, unlisted.

The Monster, 80 Grove St. Oth Ave.1.924-3558

Spike, 120 11th Ave., 243-9688

Ninth Circle, 139 W. 10th St., 243-9204
Ramrod, 185 Christopher St., unlisted.

WEST VILlAGE

Sneakers, 392 We.st St., 242-9830.

The Annex (to Cellblock 281. 673 Hudson St.(bet.
13th & 14thl, 627-1140

iy's, 114_Christopher,741-9641 ..

. Badlands, Christopher & West St., 741-9236

Uncle Chaflie's, 56 Greenwich Ave., 255-8787

Boots & Saddle, 76 Christopher St., 929-9684

WESTSIDE

Cellblock 28,28 9th Ave, 733-3144
The Cubbyhole, 438 Hudson (Morton
243-9079 -.
D.T:s Fat Cat, 281 W. 12th St., 243-9041

Two Potato, 145 Christopher St., 242-9340.

Stl,

Candle Bar, 309 Amsterdam Ave., 874-9155

Ave (at 81stl.
.

EASTSIDE
29 Palms Pub, 129 lex. Ave (28/29thl, 686-8299
Bogart's, 320 E. 59th St., 688-8534
Brandy's Piano Bar, 235 E. 84th St., 650-1944
G.H. Club, 353 E. 53rd St., 223-9752
Johnny's Pub, 123 E. 47th St., 355-8714
Regent East, 204 E. 58th St., 355-9465
Rounds, 303 E. 53rd St., 593-0807
South Dakota, 405 3rd Ave., 684-8376
Star Sapphire, 400 E. 59th St., 688-4710'"
The Townhouse, 236 E. 58th St., 754-4649
Twenty-Nine Palms, f29 lexinton Ave., 686-8299

Cat's, 730 8th Ave., 221-7559
Don't Tell Mama, 343 W. 46th St., 757-0788

EAST VILLAGE
The Bar, 68 2nd Ave. (at 4th St.1.674-9714

540-0U·TT
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BROOKLYN (718)After Rve Plus, 5 Front St., 852-0139
Spectrum, 802 64th St.(at 8th Avel. 745-9611. Breadstix, 113-24 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills;
236-0300 " __a;Hatfield's, 126-10 Queens Blvd., 'Kew Gardens,
261-8484 _

..i

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Hideaway, 87-36'Parsons Blvd., Jamaica, 657-4585

III.Lpve Boat, 77-02 Broadway, Elmhurst, 429-8670

11:'

Magic touch, 73-13 37th Rd, Jackson Hgts,
429-8605

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Tunnel Bar, 116 1st Ave 17th St.1.7i7 -9232

QUEENS (718)~80

The Pyramid, 101 Avenue A, 420-1590

Sweet Sensations, 6322 20th St., 435-2580

II:

...

Boy Bar. 15 St. Mark's PI., 674-7959 -STATEN ISLAND¢ 95 per minute, $2.00 for the first. May 30, 1990

Sandcastle, 86 Mills Ave., (7181447-9365

WESTCHESTER (914)Playro'om,590 Nepperhan Ave., Y~nkers,
965-6900

The Cubbyhole

Stutz. 202 Westchester Ave, White Plains,761-3100.LONG ISLAND-NASSAU

438 Hµdson Street
at Morton(212) 243-9079 .

(516)

r

Bedrock, 121 Woodfield Rd., West Hempstead,"486-9516

A neighborhood

Blanche, 47-2 Boundary Ave.,Farmingdale,both ,gay men & women

69.4-6906

bar for.

Cheeks, 20'00 Long Beach Rd, Island Park,, 431-5700

LADY

Grand Central, 210 Merrick Ad, Rockville Centre,
536-4800

C()NTRACTORS• ELECTRICAL •• CARPENTRY·..• PLUMBING:• PAINTING·

Pal Joey's,.2457 Jerusalem Ave., North Bellmore,785-5031.Silver Lining, 175 Cherry Lane, New Hyde Park,354-9641

LONG ISLAND-SUFFOLK(516)

Quality, Personal Dentistry419, 419 North Highway (Rt. 271.Southampton, .
283-5001.

Suite 704
200 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019(212) 333-2650

Bunkhouse, 192 N. Main St. Sayville, 567-9834

Office· Hours' by A~pointment Onlyl

Quality Work(212) 475·4383
Serving the gay
commu-:-ity for 15

year.

,

Club Swamp, Sizes, 8 r. Main St., Bay Shore,665-5175• Kiss, 161 Farmardie Dr., l,ake Ronkonkoma,, 467-927g
Mr:s, 608 Sunrise Hwy., W. Babylon., 661-~580
Starz, 836 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, 242-3857
Thunders, 894 W. Jericho Tpke., Smitht~n,864-1410I\-

NEW JE"SEY (201) Charlie's West, 536 Main St., E. Orange,
678-5002
Feathe(s, 77 Kinderkamack Rd., River Edge,':~~"':'.342-64iil.
Friendly's Bar, 6310 Park Ave., West New York,, 854-9895
Excalibur,.10th & Jefferson, Hoboken, NJ,
795-1023.

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Cohen. Therefore, people who contributelarge amounts of money to an organization
feel that they are entitled to a voice inpolicy.,setting, while individuals with lesser
resources are not.
Some organizations, like the. HRCF,
have solved the tension between major-flied from Chicago
contributors and others interested in setting
the organizations's direction, by creating an
RID from pelle 17
exclusive club that is distinct from theSome organizations,such as theboard of directors. At the HRCF, this body isnational Gay and Lesbian Task force or thecalled the Federal Club, and its direct
National Gay and Lesbian law Association,
influence on policy-setting is limited to one
have chosen to make. board diversity aseat on the board, reserved for the Club
matter of policy by mandating that a certain
president. "Our major donors do not have anumber of board members
must beveto or an inordinate amount of say inwomen,- people of color or persons with
policy," says McFeeiey, who maintains that
disabilities .. Class diversity, however, is ahe has not wib'lessed any tension. between, goal that is almost impossible to quantify
the Club and the' board. The shifting ofand extremely difficult to accomplish.
some fund-raising responsibility ,alsO allows"Just being on a board is a fairly
the HRCF to choose and evaluate board· sizeable ~acrifice for people. who aremembers-based
not only on their fundworldng-dass," states Tun McFeeiey, noting • raising ability, but also on the other two ofthat in addition to raising $5,000 a year,
what McFeeley calls "the three WS: Wealth, ,HRCF board members--likemembers of
wisdom and work."boards of most national OlBaflizations-must
like theHRCF, the National Gay and· also pay for, their own transportation to
Lesbian Task Force has created a distinct
quarterly board -meetings held around theclub for its major contributors. But the Task
coUntry. The HRCF leadership has <llicussed Force has taken the 'process of diversifYing
the possibility of subsidizing some members'
its board a ~further, by eliminating the· tcive{, oot, acx:ording to McFeeiey, "there is aflat fund-raising requirement f<if board, feeling on the board that sets up a real
members.
Instead,the entire ;'board
dichotomy."'conunits to raising $51,000, and each of the
Not all boards ate apprehensive to
25 members sets the 'amount he or she
offer their members financial help. The
plans to contribute' toward that goal. As abylaws of the year-and-a-half-old National
result of this and other measures, declares
Gay and Lesbian Law Association,' for
Board Co-Chair Giny Cowan, "We haveexample, provide for the payment of travel
people from every conceivable 'class,• 'expenses. The Law Association may also be"...people who make all kinds of money,
the only gay and lesbian
national
people who don't make any."'organization whose board members do not
Speaking about the organization's· face a fund-raising quota. "Ouf intention
efforts to increase the diversity of its
was to make it a ground-up organization,"board, Cowan notes: "I really believe that
explains Co-Chair Katherine Triantaflllou,
if the Task Force weren't focusing on that
who wrote the original structural proposal·as an issue, our membership
would
for the group.
literally kill us."
Other le~ders, however, reject theThe board of the Task Force ispossibility of taking proactive steps toelected by the organizations; members,
increase
the class diversityof their
who number
almost18,000. New
boards. ott takes some dollars·tobemembers of the board of the Fund; andinvolved," agrees the Fund's filln WJ!son.
of National Gay Rights Advocates, are· "But you ·know what? That's part of being
chosen by sitting members.
on a board."
Cowan is sharply critical of selfOf course,
board-sittinghasappointed
boards.
"I've beeninhistorically been the province of the wellorganizations
where boards are' selfto-do. "It no longer becomes a privileged
perpetuating," explains Cowan, "and it's
'position wpen a working-classpersonamazing how little they know about thegets on," remarks Henderson.
.
organizations. ""Our whole culture· is based on theWilliamPratt,
theexecutive
idea that froin money comes power," adds
administ;rator of the NGRA, acknowledges
year-old Richard Butler as the founderand pastor of the Aryan Nations Church
in Hayden Lake and said .he has been at
the center of an effort to establish awhite-only
nationfn the PacificNorthwest. T

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that a lack of communication with the staff
may hav~ been the board's greatest
downf.ill. 1here is a level of sensitivity on
this board about taking a more active rolein their oversight capacity," says Pratt. In
addition to strengthening the board, theNGRA has also changed the hierarchicalstructureof its staff. Since Executive
Director Jean O'Leary resigned
last
December, amid charges of abuse of power
and of fmanciaJ. misappropriations,theorganization has abolished the position of
executive director, and divided the runningof the organization
the executive
administrator and the legal director. .
Former and current employees andvolunteers of the Fund have also charged
that the board has chronically failed tocooununicate with the staff and volunteers.
Some blame this failure, and what they see
as the board's
collective
lack of.understanding of lesbian and gay politics,
on the fact that the board is set up to
perpetuate itself.
·1 dOn't know where this phrase'""'self- "perpetuating board' came from," respondS
Ann W!lson. "This boaid that I am co-chairof is a fairly new board." But at ~ir last
meeting,b'oard members decided toconvert the Fund to a merDbership-b3.sed
structure,
where the members would
eventually elect the board members.
I
Pratt reports that while the NGRA has
never discussed the possibility of creating
an elected board, he ~cts
to take up
this issue in the coming year. Th~ HRCF
made such a change. last fall, explains
McFeeley, because ."We were becoming
much more than
PAC [political action'
corrunittee). And ... we felt that required adifferent
structurethan the fairly
exclusive, self-perpetuating PAC board."
But even in organizations
withelected-board
structUres,
new boardm~;u:e sometimes chosen in part or
entirely by a conunittee of the board. The
Task Force, for example, has a Board
Deyelopment Cornptittee, which identiftes
potential candidates lor the board, andevaluates the credentials of people whowish to place t}lei! names in nomination. .
But Cowan maintains that "it's not like thedevelopment COIlIIIiitieesays, 'no, you can't
run.' If someone really desperately wants torun, they probably will.".
Candidates
for the board pre~ent
themselves to the m~hipby placing a_
short biography
in the Task' Force
newsletter. The procedure is the same forcurrent members who are running for re-aelection and for new candidates. While thecurrent members
have already gone
through the board's perfonnance-evaluation
process, the results of this assessment are
not put in the newsletter to help members
decide among candidates ..
In its restructuring,the HRCF has
attempted to ensure that members indeed
have a choice among a numberof
Candidates, by requiring that the number Of
candidates in any election must equai atleast one and a half times the number ofopen slots. In its first election, however,seven of the eight open slots were filled by
the seven incumbentsrunning for reelection
Another troubling fact about elections
to national boards is the small percentage
of members who actually take part in thevoting. In the HRCFs first contest, only 825
members voted, out of the total 6,000. Out
of its 18,000 members, fewer than 2,000
voted in the last Task Force election,ac;cording to Robert Bray. Until thesenumbers, as well as the total membershipfigures of national organizations increase
dramatically,
any
discussionofaccountability of and representationonnational boards will be largely an academic

exerdse. ...
RINDS ACrtrom palle IIho~osexual
community,"
assumedly
angry with attempts at blocking the bill,
had allegedly made threats on his life.
Helms indicated that he has refused to beguarded, saying, "I do not need any·escort.
I do not need any protection. ...La-dee-da.
Let them threat. Let them thfeat."Helms likewise railed against thebill's being dedicated to the late AIDS
patient Ryan White as a coopting of the
young
man's
name to further
the"agenda" of the "so-called homosexual
cpmmunity. ~,- Helms' first amendment,
similar toothers he has attempted
to place on
several bills, would have barred states fromreceiving funds under the bill if they did
not ban clean needle
and bleachdistrib~tion' programs, which are used toprevent HIV infection in IV-drug users.
After heated debate, the amendnient lostby a 70-28 vote.
Afterwards, the Senate, on a 98-0
vote, agreed to a substitute Kennedy/Hatch
measure which instead stipulated thatfunds under the bill should not be used tofund needle distribution programs.
The other Helms rider, which hedubbed the "Ryan White Amendment,"- and Commerce Committee and is pending
would have brought federal criminal
action on the House floor ....
penalties against those attemptingto
VIOLENCEfrom palle 14
donate blood, organs or body fluids who
know they are HIV-infected, or who havebecome far more dangerous and hostileused'IV <!rugs or engaged in prostitution
in the last six months, noting that antigay
since 1m.
harassmentin the area has increased
In arguing for his amendment, Hehns
noticeably since the neighbors became
explained that he named the rider after
aware that BoyBar is a gay bar. Neen
White based on his concern that the billsaid he hopes to work; with the precinct
does not concentrateon those who
and the Bias Crime Unit to deter suchcontracted the virus via blood transfusions
incidents and make the street safer forand blood products
over those who
BoyBar clients.
became exposed by "sodomy" or the' use
Neen
identified
somefemaleof illegal drugs.
members of the grQuP to the police thelhe amendment lost on a narrow 52-.
day after the attack; police questioned
47 vote.
and releaSed them. The New York Gay
The Senate, on a 98-0 vote, then& Lesbian And-Violence
Project had
approveda milderlCennedy/Hatch
also offe.red
a $1,05)0 reward
for
amendment
stipulatingthat states
witnesses
to the assault.
To rlij>ort ..
seeking funds under the bill should haverinformation about this incident, or any
laws on the books"adequatetoo~er cases of attacks against gay men
prosecute"
those who try to donate
and lesbians,
call the Anti-Violenceblood, body fluids or organs which theYProject ;1t (212) 807~761. ....
know to be HIV-infected.
A day earlier in the debate, the Senate
rejected on a 6~33 vote an amendmentfrom Wallop which would have allowed
states with low HIV-incidence rates, likehis own Wyoming, to receive funds underthe bill to treat other non-AIDS related

fight homophobia
T por favor T

chronic illnesses.
The bill would set up a five-year
federalgrant
programto provide.
"emergency disaster relief" funds to be
split between 13 cities with over 2,000.
cases of AIDS and other areas with highconcentrations of HIV infection. The bill
. would
authorize$600 .millioninemergency
funds for the each of the1991 and 1992 fiscal years, and "such.
funds as may be necessary" for fiscal
1993 through 1995.
Also included in the bill is a five-year
authorization
programto provide
treatment
drugs to low income AIDS
patients through state health programs.
This measure, successfully blocke~ lastyear by Helms, has long been sought by
AIDS activists as a long-tenn solution tQ a 'year-to-year crisis in funding the nowtemporary treatment program.
As funds
in the measurearecontingent on spending levels set in each .
year's budget, what is actually spent_under the act in the next fISCal year mayvary from the bill's stipulations.
A similar, though slightly different
bill, the AIDS Prevention Act of 1990, wasapproved May 14 by the House Energy

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Reply withrequired photo &phone for reply.
P.O. Box 1699
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ans. P. O. Box314, New York, NY
10009.

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EXPLOREPHYSICAL·FUN
w/LA man coming
to visit your city.
VGL,ltalian GM,
32, 5'8", 165, drkhr,hzleyes,good
body, sexy, HIV-.
Am college grad.
professional, funloving, great senseof humor, &spontaneous.
Seeks straightacting together
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25-40 for safe f untimes. likedancing, sightseeking andspending time withgenuine loving
men. Write soonwith pic. MichaelP.O. Box 329
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ASSPLAYHOTTOPGWM 45170LBS
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like. Age/race/etc
times 2 well-built,
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Outweek Box 2597

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P.O. Box 149,
Cathedral Station; .
NYC 10025.

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GWM, 40,185#,
BR/BR
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NY NY 10026.
GWM,21,BLOND,ACTUPY
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