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In a world brimming with sad irony, few ironies are
sadder than that of oppressed groups oppressing eachother. This is particularly true when it comes to lesbians
and gays, who share a similar predicament but often
experience it from different perspectives. Oppression
between the lesbian community on the one hand andgay men on the other comes in many forms, but none
are as insidious, or indeed as ridiculous, as one groupputting down the sexuality of the other.
Since OutWeek began publishing, a number of gay
men have objected to articles, photos, or features discussing women's sexuality or depicting their bodies. "I
don't want to know that much about lesbians," they say.
"Why do we need to look at mAT in a gay magazine?"
Some women feel the same about men. A lesbian
newspaper recently chided OutWeek for urging a continuation of the Coors advertising boycott in gay publications while at the same time we ourselves continue toaccept "disgusting" phone sex ads that "lesbians find so
offensive."
Both of these negative attitudes have been traditionally upheld and affirmed by many facets of gay and lesbian ·culture. Some even go so far as to say that there's
something 'natural' about expressing disgust for the sexual practices of the opposite homosex. There's not.
It's important to remember that straight society's
oppression of us is based on a similar idea: that there's
something inherently disgusting about homosexuality,and by extension homosexuals. It's not our brilliancethey.hate, or our love for each other, or our compassion,or our politics, or what we wear or the food we eat. It's
what we do in bed. It therefore stands to reason that we
couldn't more foolishly play into the hands of Jesse
Helms or William Dannemeyer than to agree with themthat what our gay brothers or lesbian sisters do with
their bodies is disgusting.
Our message to the heterosexual sea that surrounds
us is: Our sexuality is not bad-just different and as
good as yours. How can we expect them to believe that
if so many of us express disgust toward the sexuality ofthe other half of our community.
We think that both gay men and lesbians should seekout and familiarize themselves with the images and concepts of the others' sexualities. We should reject thelearned tendendes to make fun of or express revulsion
toward the others' sexualities.And we should learn not justto tolerate our sexual differences,but to celebrate them. 'Y

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Enough Is Enough?
In answer to BillChafin'scomplaint regarding the Fireisland Pines (OutWeek, Letters to the Editor, no. 11,
Sept. 89), the djs ploy Donna
Summer because she happens to have the most popular records on the island thissummer and her songs packthe dance floor (despitewhat the Post page 6 said).
But what about all the old
Donna Summer played at
Mars? The last time I was
there I heard "MacArthur
Park" on the first floor aid acouple minutes later heard"Sunset People" on the sec- .
ond floor. Kind of retro, huh?
If Mr. Chafin hates this kind ofmusic, fine, but it seems tome more a matter ofteste. .

I'm not going to argue
about whether Summer said
what it is said she said. I am
far more concerned with thenegative energy we haveallowed this problem to generate within the gay community. If someone has at
one time said something
against us, are they then tobe permanently damned? Is
there a time for forgiveness,or should we wish them eternal misery? Prsonaily,I do nothave such hatred.
I think those who still
protest against Donna Summer are wasting their energy
and precious time. She reallyhas so little to do with thestate of things. If a campaign against her were to
succeed, would that help

I bONT SEE AN'( AIDS~REAT "ERE' NO
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pass legislation protecting
gay rights? Improve andmultiply drug treatment programs? Would it help find a
cure? No, It would simply
feed a pathetic appetite forvengeance. Have we notbetter things to do?
David L Cameron
Manhattan
P.S.I am very curious toknow If OutWeek investigated Donna Summer for themselves before naming her a"freak of the week. "Yes we dd. See issue no. 13,
Sept. 18, page 22. -Ed.
Vital Relationship
In all the diaiogue
about why or why not Jeff
Levi should or should not be
hired esa lobbyist. I believea critical element has been
overlooked.
Jeff did an excellent job
in his role as Executive Direc-

tor of NGLTF.NGLTFis supposed to be the educationalarm of our communitY. In his
new role, he will function
strictly as an AIDS lobbyist
dealing with the release of
new drugs. Jeff's spouse, Dr.
Bopper Deyton, is the Director of the CRI program at
NIH. His ultimate superior is
Dr. Fauci. In my mind, thereinlies the most disturbing element of this appointment.
Do we hold our relationships in such slight regard
that we believe that· we are
not influenced by the person
most close to us, our spouse?
Will Jeff back off under Bopper's Influence? Will this
impair Jeff's Judgment? Will
the AIDScommunity b!'l truly
represented by the strongest
possible advocate who seesnothing but the immediateneeds of the PWA? Can hebe criticai of a program that
his spouse is directing? Will

GMHC
have
a betterchance at getting a government grant with Jeff and
Bopper in their respective
positions?
How will thisappear to all the other AIDS
provider organizations?
Itpains me that we
as a community continuallydiminish the Importance ofour relationships. As we are
first beginning to win gcins inrecognition of our domestic
partnerships, we easily rationalize away that importance.
Would a healthorganization hire a spouse in
the heterosexual sense, tolobby his or her spouse?
Would the ethics Issuescome
to play? If we believe that
we do not need to have thesame code of ethics in
employment
and government as do non-gay married
couples, do we truly deserve
equal recogQitionof ourrelationships?
~eff levi Is a talentedman. The issue for me is not
his abilities but the ethics of
his seeking this job, theappearanceof conflict ofInterest and hls ability fo staypatlal to the people he represents. He must always
remain an advocate of the
PWA and at times, an adver-·sary to the NIH.
I trust that Jeff will consider the issue of ethics and&xplain his position.
Vivian Shapiro·
Manhattan

aso.Dole Model
Vivian Shapiro's letter
questioning my Integrity andethics In my new role with
GMHC sirrply because of myrelationshipwith Bopper
Deyton Is·a very disappointing demonstrationof theInternalized
homophobiathat oppresses so many inour movement.
aut first some facts, that
Vivian either ignores or misrepresents.
Vivian is past co-chcir of
the Humoo Rights Campcign
Fund, our community's politj.
cal action committee, andso knows full well that its sisterorganization, the National
Gat and Lesbian Task Force,is our community's advocacy arm; it is not simply an
educational organization. I
am not new to lobbying on
our community's behalf-I
did that for the last six years
at NGLTF,primarily on AIDS.
So there is a record-prior toand during my relationship-a record that showsthat I have been willing topraise or criticize anyone inor out of government whenever it was appropriate.
Iknow there are some at NIH
who wish I would temper mypressure on them because of
my relationship, but I haven't
and I won't.
Vivian claims my relationship with Bopper willassist GMHC in getting NIH
funding.
GMHC has notreceived and has no plans

to apply for grants from the
NIH; so the possibility of conflict of interest isabsent.
But what is most disturbing is Vivian's claim that I am
somehow devaluing my relationship with Bopper by continuing to do the work I havedone
for thelast six
years-simply
because my
spouse works in a related
field. I have no problem withthe public scrutinizing myrecord of the last six years todetermine if I have in any
way compromised the interests of the constituency
I
represent because of myrelationship of the last three
years. I do have a major
problem with Vivian's suggestion that I am not professionalenough-and,itwould seem from her letter,
all gay people are not professional enough-to
know
how to carry on a successfulcareer and a successful relationship. If a heterosexual
couple like Bob and Elizabeth Dole can be a Unitedstates Senator and Secretaryof Labor without Bob Dole
having to deny the peopleof Kansas representation on
all labor issues,then it is notunreasonable for me to thinkthat Sopper and I can handle fairly the separate
responsibilities of our professionallives.
Or does Vivian Shapiro
think gays are not equal?
Jeffrey Levi
Washington, D.C.
Dyke Dearth
Have you noticed thenumber of Letters to the Editor that have complained ofthe dearth of lesbian-related
articles in your magazine?
We have. We were talking
about it the other night andThis week's nightmare is Zsa ZSBGabor, who said she's terrified of goingto jail because "I'm afraid of lesbians'- It seems the slap-happy Hungarian,
who hauled off and smacked a member of the Beverly Hills Police Department.
isn't happy aboqi disappearing into the goulash gulag. We've got good news
for you, daah-link. We polled &00 jailed lesbians, and every one of them said
they wouldn't touch you with a ten foot...
Zsa Zsa is shown here reacting to her thirty-first face-lift in the classic"Queen of Outer Space ...

September 24, 1989

OUT'YWEEK7

we cane up with:TEN REASONS WHYDYKESAREN'T WRITING FOR

blans aren't reading it?
Clitoria Van Dyck. Buffy
Ballbuster, Karla MarxOUTWEEK:

1. The pay is lousy for a
for-profit pubication, and we
cermot afford to work cheap.
2. OutWeek ignores how
lesbians participate in gay
culture. It's different. As single dykes and as couples,
we make less money thangay men and have developed different forms of community as a result.
3. Most of OutWeek's
articles about dykes manage to put down: 1) lesbians
over 30; 2) feminists; 3) separatism; 4) the entire history oflesbian life on this planet
before 1981.
4. There are no women
In power (full-time editorial
staff) on this publication.
S. The only women inyour weekly gay society
photo spread ("Social TerrorIsm·) are either straightwomen or men In drag. No
offense to straight women or
dragsters, but they're just notlesblansl Have you ever
heard of Park Slope, or the
Duchess, or softball?
6. Most dykes do notlive In downtown Manhattan, wear fancy clothes, or
have expensive hcircuts.
, 7. lesbian life Is not juststyle-like gay men, we haveour political Issues:child custody, 'pay equity, violenceagainst women. Or If you
must write about lesbianism
as style, why have you
Ignored our children, ourdogs and our cats?
8. We're tired of snide
cracks about: potlucks; consciousness raising meetings;
life in the boroughs; women
who are angry about,being
sex objects. And we're tiredof crticles con,:>osed of lists.
9. Ninety percent of
your so-called lesbian articles seek to explain lesbian
life to gay men. Is that
becaJse 90 percent of yourreaders are gay men?
10. Why should we write
for this magazine if most les-8

OUTYWEEK

OutWeek Contributing Editor

Victoria star responds:
Nothing in the lesbian
and gay community is more
frustrating than lesbian invisibility, especially when it isperpetuated by lesbians. In
this case, It is truly unfortunate that a few flippant articles by one or two agitating
dykes can cause such a
furor that the rest of us go
unnoticed. By the rest of us I
am referring to writers like
Donna Minkowitz,
Maria
Maggentl.
Sandy Dwyer.
Jean Carlomusto. Eva Yaa
Asantewaa.
Rachel Lurie.
Sue Burke. Andetrie Smith.
Catherine Saalfield. Sarah
Schulman. Veneita Porter.
Sarah Petit. Jennie livingston. Kim Christensen.
Desma Holcomb. Victoria
Brownworth.
Liz O·Lexa.
Wickie Stamps. Susie Day.
myself and others. who havecovered such topics as lesbians in the military. lesbian
marriage. Sharon Kowalski(and domestic partnership
Issues). safe sex. lesbian
health. Katherine Herzog(and job-related discrimination). violence against lesbians, lesbian creativity.
lesbian cultural expression.
dykes and the Insurance
Industry. lesbian love. lesbian
pornography
and lesbian
history. not to mention lesbian political commentary,news and regular arts writing.
Nevertheless. you bringup some Important problems
that we at OutWeek are,indeed trying to deal with.
Yes, we need more lesbianson the editorial staff. And no.
we don't pay tons of money.
We do however. pay morethan most gay mags (it'sea.y to pay more than nothing!). and as the magazine
becomes profitable. the pay
will improve. Suffice to saythat OutWeek's publisher (aPWA who foundedandfinanced the Boston Lesbian

September 24, 1989

and Gay Community Center.
among other things) is not
making a dime from this project. And since I'm also theComptroller. I should know.
As for the articles aboutfashion and clubs. or snide
remarks about separatism.
consciousness raising andpotlucks. yes. they can gettiring. On the other hand.
there are real lesbians who
are tired of being criticizedbecause they happen to
shave their legs (and thefact that all of the women in
the ·Social Terrorism· pages
have cool hair cuts andwear make-up does notmean that they are eitherdrag queens or straight). Perhaps the articles are acts ofrebellion by women who
could not broach these subjects In other lesbian publications. After all. ageism.
elitism and trying to define
what is ·PC· are problems
that exist not only In OutWeek. They are huge problems
inthelesbiancommunity. Does this meanthat OutWeek should mirror
the community. with all of its
faults? Hell no. OutWeek
should be leading
us toresolving these problems. orat lea.t serve a. a forum for
debate.
Which brings up my final
point. ·Why should you write
for the magazine If most lesbians aren't reading It?· Isthat like ·Whlch came first,
the chicken or the egg?·
No, I call It more like ·If you
aren't part of the solution,
you may be part of the
problem:'1
am not being
flippant; we take this quite
seriously. But have lesbians
and gay men ever succeeded in working
together
except around single issues
and major epidemics? The
goals that OutWeek has set
for itself are monumental.
and it will be historic if we
succeed. But it will take all of
us to pull It off. The fact thatyou bothered
to write is
encouraging, since it means
you are still reading and giv-

ing input. A bigger concernof mine is that your letter
could be equally valid if you
replaced
theword
women/lesbian for ·peopleof color: but nobody bothered to write that letter.
Victoria Starr
OutWeek contributor Venei-ta Porter responds:
Usuallywhen one of myeditors calls up air hot under
the collar. it is not goodnews and this time was certainly no exception. It is difficult to answer accusationsofunderreportageorgender-related bias coolly.
My unprescribed response isoften some primitive quote
about ·fuck·em
if they
can't take a joke: but thatis clearly inappropriate
inthis circumstance. I will not
defend OutWeek by sayingthat its coverage on lesbian
Issuesis adequate, but I will
say that I have written forseveral of our more ·tradltlonal·
newspapers
andthere are a few insights I'dlike to shae.
Primarily I think thatmost gay/lesbianmags'coverage of women's Issues
isInadequate at best. Manyof our community publications fall Into the trap of acertlan kind of political correctness that leaves those of
us who don't subscribe to
the party line squarely on
the uninvited list.
Unfortunately, many ofour publications are so sorely short of funds that paying
staff is problematic enoughwithout the added burdenof paying freelance or volunteer
writers.
In thedecade or so that I havewritten about life as a lesbian. sex activist. AIDSworker
or/and person of color. I
have been paid for myefforts exactly seven times(twice by OutWeek). This
also includes several ·professional" journals many ofwhich have reprinted myarticles. in several otherpublications.

The fact that the vast
majority of lesbian writers
are paid shit or less is a factthat forces all of us to doother things for money. Oneof our longest-standing
newspapers barely pays its
writers and editors morethen $200.00 a week.
There seems to be thismistaken assumption that if
a reader writes In to complain
about
editorial
approach, something willchange. There is a hope,
but believe me it should
remain in the realm of wishes. As for knocking consciousness
raisingandpotluck I hate to spill thebeans, but there are manyof us lesbians who haveretired our collective mentalities CJ1dcasserole dishes.
Call me sacrellglous, but I
think if we cannot make funof ourselves, we are in serious trouble. look, when I
walked into this office andsaw all those serious whiteboys I got a little nervous ...
there Is no gender equity ingay/lesbianjournalism.
There are several publications that do a damn goodjob of It, but they are
besieged with letters sayingthat their coverage Is too
lesblan-orlented.
I would venture to say
thatoneshouldalso
remember that "new" Is theoperative word here. OutWeek is embarraslngly
young and Is bound to dosome tactless and slngleSighted things. There Is vaiue
In being critical and realistic.
like someone finding her
voice in a loud room, one isdefinitely going to have totry different pitches to makeoneself heard. I think weagree that our lives are
multi-faceted, and we arerightly tired of educating
boys about that fact. It's sortof like trying to get your bestmale friends to carry tampons. Once again we will
have to be patient witheach other, and kick someass when ,necessary. I think

we have a dangerous habitof cannibalizing our leadersand our young. It is a table
to which I do not wish to be
invited, but I'll gladly sharemy tofu with you. And wewill try to teach the boyssome manners, just give us
sometime.
OutWeek contributor
Liz
Tracey responds:
I do not believe I am
arrogant enough to speak
for the entire lesbian community. If you choose to do so,1
think you might examine yourown lack of tolerance of thediverse community we are,and perhaps take yourselves
less seriously when doing so.
Maybe we could have a
potluck consciousness;aisingnight to discussit...
OutWeek Features Editor
Michelangelo
Signorile

responds:
Not that we're so much
Into numbers,statistics,figures,etc., but we do feel certain
things need to be clarified. AJ
OutWeek's masthead shows,nearly half of our contributors
are lesbians. And 42% of
OutWeek's subscription customers so far are women.
Without question, OutWeek
needs lesbians on Its editoriai
staff, and we are now workIng to achieve that.
We have encouraged,
and continue to encourage,
women with CJ1ypoint of
to write for OutWeek. We arechastized by women wno say
we are not representing theirviews, and yet they don't
actually offer them to us.
Access to OutWeek does not
reQ,Jirethe serne kind of corr
frontational tactics necessary
in dealing with government
bureaucracies. A few story
ideas jotted down on paper
will suffice.

"'(!HI

Wigged Out
I hope that OutWeek
will thrive in its intentions tocarry a long-needed banner for activism to lesbian
and gay communities.

Have you considered aninvestigation
on why somany of our friends andcolleagues who have lostas dearly as any of us
choose not to ACT UP"united In anger against
AIDS"? For those of us who
have fought for our loved
ones. as well as fighting for
those who won't or can't
fight. we know it continues
to be tough: last Tuesday's
miserable turn out for the
housing rally; and after alovely day at Wigstock, theviolence that ended thebliss raised chilling issues
forme.
After the police hadarrested and impounded a
man for defending others
who were attackedbylacrosse-sticked idiots, lady
Bunny and crew permitted
an announcement of a "'gil
to be held at a nearby
police precinct. There, near
the stage, I recoiled at severallnsidious exclamations frompeople, some of whom are
purported to be prominent
figures in NYC's gay elite.
"They Intend to turn Wigstock
Into an ACT UP meetlngl""They have to politicize
everythlngl" and the like.
From ACT UP's beglnnlng,l have observed rrlJch,
Including obscene opportunism among some IndMduals, key players who
appear more Interested In
who or how many they gohome with each committee
night;
chiding,sexism,racism, cruel arrogance andpoliticallyIrresponsible
actions potentiallydetrimental to us all. But all this is
old news. In short, from thetrust funders to the homeless, ACT UP New York is abunch of New Yorkers,often
behaving frumpily human.
We have celebr¢ed victories even as dear sweet
friends die and equally innocent and unknown strangers
add another digit to thegrizzlystats.
like it or not, ACT UPers
are among the ones fight-

ing for us all. But not theseback seat gossips hissing
against ACT UP! How ugly;
how fa, for worse thCJ1anyof ACT UP's shortcomings(and beyond
the sheer
lunacy of having no notionthat Wigstock is highly political by its very existence),these sniveling peHy bourgeoiS among us are DANGEROUS PEOPLE WHOSESENSELESSNESSTHREATENSTHE CRUMBS OF FREEDOMWON BY EVERYPERSONOF
COURAGE. The time is past
due to let these indi",duals
know that they are the Von
Karajans, fiddling
while
Berlin burns, and they
deserve the same rage we
aim at City Hall and the
FDA. And these wimps
didn't even have the guts
to wear a wig at Wigstock.
Jamie leo.
Manhattan

BaD Recall
In your 9/11/89 editors'
reply to correspondents Erik
Smith, Dan Hunter andThomas Hickey you stated,ostensibly for the sake ofclarification, that the Coorslogo appealng In the background of a photograph ofyour offices was a postcard"sent to us mlscflevlously bycolumnist Bradly Ball." AsIdefrom the fact that the correct word Is mischievously, I
wish to state for the recordthat I never behave In thismanner(not at thesewages). Maliciously, sometimes; Imperiously, often;mischievously, neverl Furthermore,
I feel that by
attributing the quality of mschief to me you have seriously . underminedtheintegrity of my column. Howon earth can I be expected
to continue advising ourcommunity while my own
editors
havepublicly
maligned me as a pranksteror, worse, an Imp? Enoughof these di"'si"vetactics!
Indignantly,
Bradley A Ball
Manhattan

September 24, 1989

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News

AIDS Activists Storm Stock
Exchange, Halting 'TradingHigh Price of Burroughs' AZT Under Fireby Michelangelo Signorile
NEW YORK - For the first time inhistory, trading at the New York Stock
Exchange
was interrupted
byprotesters last Thursday, when seven
AIDS activists slipped past security
guards and delayed the stan of trading by five minutes with a loud andvibrant demonstration.
Shortly after the seven werearrested and taken into custody, atapproximately 11:10 am, a crowd at one point swelling to over 1500
people - began arriving for a raucous, ear-splitting demonstration in
front of the Exchange at 30 Broad
Street in Manhattan's Financial District.
The protest, organized by ACf

UP, targeted the drug company Burroughs Wellcome, maker of Actifed,
Sudafed, Neosporin and a host ofother over-the-counter
drugs. Burroughs holds an exclusive patent on
the anti-viral drug AZf, which costs
individuals an average of $8000 per
year, making it the most expensive
drug in history. It remains the only
federally-approved
AIDS treatment
proven significantly effective in slowing the progression of AIDS.
Activists demanded the drug bemade available free to the millions ofpeople in the U.S. who are now
infected with HIV, the virus associatedwith AIDS.
"There is a myth out there that~'

we're robber barons, ripping people
off,· David Barry, vice president,
research development and medical
affairs for Burroughs Wellcome told
the Wall Street Journal "It would betheoretically possible for us to gM:
away all our drug,· he continued.
"Everyone would get it for a while,and then we'd go bankrupt.·
Fake Name Tags
At approximately 9:25_a.m. sevenmen, all dressed in suits, entered theStock Exchange using fake Bears
Steams name tags. According to former bond trader Peter Staley, who isthe chair of ACf UP's fundraisingcommittee, he and four others thenquickly went up to the VIP balcony
which overlooks the trading floor,
immediately chaining themselves to abannister and handcuffing themselves
to each other. Staley says he looked at
the clock at that moment and noticed
that it was 9:29:45.
The Exchange opens precisely at
9:30 am, when there is usually a surgeof trading.
Staley said the five
unfurled a banner which read "Sell
Wellcome" and hung it from the balcony. They then used loud emergency marine fog horns, attempting to
make hearing anything else impossible. Although the trading boards andticker machines did not stop, it was
impossible to verbally communicate
and, therefore, most transactions werehalted, according to several traders
who were on the floor. The Stock
Exchange, however, reported thattrading was not interrupted.

limes: No Story
LAYING OUT THE WELLCOME MAT
Activists on th, New York Stock Exch.ng. H./cony
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Two of the seven protestors had
positioned themselves below the bal-

BULL MARKET?

Photo: lee SniderIPhoto Images

ACT UP zaps thll Nllw YDrk StDck Exchang.
cony and immediately began taking
photographs (using cameras which
they had smuggled in) when the banner was unfurled. They then qUickly
walked outside and gave the film toother activists who brought it to the
Associated Press, which sent thephoto and the story across the country. Reports of the demonstration
appeared in all of New York's dailies,
except The New York Times, which
has come under attack recently forwhat activists have called its spotty,
inaccurate AIDS coverage. The story
ran on the front page of the WallStreet Journal; it was also covered bynational television networks and most
local network affiliates.
Staley said that the chained,
hand-cuffed group on the balcony
began throwing fake dollar bills out
onto the floor, imitating a: demonstration by Abbie Hoffman nearly 20

years ago (Hoffman had used realmoney). The bills were reportedly
printed with the slogan, "Fuck yourprofiteering, we're dying while you
play business.·
While security guards tried toremove the protestors, traders andbrokers surged toward the balcony inlarge numbers, booing and jeering,accordingto Staley. "They wereangry. They were screaming things
like 'Mace the faggots!' and they werethrowing wads of paper at us," hetold Ou/Week.

and booing." Andersen said the visitors were immediately hurried out byguards. Robert Hilferty, one of theactivists who had taken photographs
and then walked back into the
Exchange, described the traders_ as"an angry, mobilized mob.""They were waving their fists,
while one trader was yelling to theothers: 'you've seen faggots before,
get back to trading!'"The. guards eventually removed
the protesters from the Exchange. But
at that point, a "witch hunt" ensued,
according to Hilferty. "Some traders"You've Seen Faggots Before~
were looking on the floor for outEva Andersen, a Swedish tourist
siders." Hilferty said a trader looked at
who was on a tour of the Exch?-nge,. him and yelled, "Who the fuck aresaid there was panic on the tradingyou!" and ran for him. Within secfloor at that moment. "It was· a bit . onds, Hilferty claims, he was being
frightening," she said. "They [thechased by dozens of "blood-thirsty
traders} were rushing at them [theand violent" traders.
protestors}. There was lots of anger
Se. STOCK EXCHANGE on page 57

September 24, 1989

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Dinkins Wins PrimaryWith 580/0 of the Gay Vote
Acceptence Speech Angers Lesbians,
Gays, AIDS Advocatesby Gabriel Rotello
When Manhattan Borough President David Dinkins won
the Democratic mayoral primary with
51 per cent of the vote, ending thereign of Mayor Ed Koch and becoming the first Black man to win thenomination, it seemed to be a cause
for celebration in the lesbian and gay
community, which favored Dinkins to
Koch 58% to 34%, according to a
Daily News exit poll.
But Dinkins immediately ran into
trouble with his lesbian and gay supporters when he failed to mention
AIDS or give prominence to gay men
and lesbians in his acceptance speech.
Many in the AIDS community
were exultant that Koch, and presumably his controversial health commissioner, Stephen Joseph, will be out ofa job next year. Most lesbian/gay
organizations,political clubs andpoliticians had endorsed Dinkins, andit was Widely considered that thecommunity's support would be crucial
to his success.
But on election night, despite alengthy victory speech delivered in
the Grand Ballroom at the Penta
Hotel during which Dinkins spoke ofnumerous
minority
issuesandthanked countless supporters,hefailed to mention the AIDS epidemic,
and omitted recognition of his lesbian
and gay support.
NEW YORK -KING AND QUEEN?
Dinkin. and M.ssinll.r

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Photo: Ellen B. Neipris
visit the Duchess before Sheridan Square rally

September 24, 1989

-Gays? AIDS?After a small group of campaign
volunteers fashioned a makeshift signreading, "Gays? AIDS?" and held it
beneath the podium from which
Dinkins was speaking, the candidate,at the urging of Manhattan BoroughPresident nominee Ruth Messinger,
acknowledged
his gay and lesbian
support, mentioning a rally the previous Friday in Sheridan Square.
The following day, at a Democratic Party "unity rally· on the stepsof City Hall, Dinkins again spoke at
length about the problems facing thecity and the diversity of his support,
without mentioning AIDS or the lesbian and gay community.
In an interview with Out Week,
Dinkins' campaign manager, Bill
Lynch, insisted that the omission was
accidental. "I want to apologize to thegay and lesbian community,· Lynchsaid. "We're deeply concerned about
the community and about AIDS.'
Lynch pointed to the large number of
lesbians and gay men working at the
Borough President's office, and Dinkins' strong pro-gay stand on domestic
partnership and AIDS. "I hope Dinkins won't be pun ished over this,'
Lynch said, adding, "It will not happen again."and there has never been any question of his support.·
Polls of New Yorkers, who are
five times more likely to be
Democrats than Republicans, place
Dinkins squarely ahead of Republican
rival Rudolph Giuliani. Nevertheless,
it is widely believed that Giuliani,
who has also received the nominationof the Liberal Party, will mount thestrongest Republican bid for City Hall
since John Lindsay's successfulattempt twenty years ago.
~

political
and financial
support,through the Borough President's
office, of the AIDS community.
According to Babick, Dinkins also
"spoke repeatedly about AIDS andthe lesbian and gay community· in
his most recent State of the Borough Address.
"I was a little disappointed withhis victory speech, and I do wish hehad emphasized AIDS and his gay
support,'Babick continued. "But
Dinkins has always been accessible,

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News

Greitzer Survives Another
Gay Challenge
Duane Loses by 3,000 Votes, Announces 191 Candidacy
by Sandor Katz
have to listen to that for four more
and the Stonewall Democratic Club,NEW YORK - Openly gay City
years," he quipped, turning off the set.
both of which also endorsed Koch,
Council candidate Tom Duane was"We ran a wonderful, thrilling, exciting
cost Duane the votes he needed in
defeated in his attempt to unseat
campaign.
But the numbers justthe West Village as well.
Coucilwoman Carol Greitzer, who has weren't there this time,· he told theParrish said of the district'S East
represented the third council district, dozens of supporters and campaign
Side neighborhoods, which lack thewhich includes the Village, Chelsea
workers who had packed the room.
west side's huge concentrations of gay
and parts of the East Side, for twenty
Duane won nearly 60 percent of
men and lesbians, "We did a lot ofyears. Duane received 16,704 votes,
work there, and it shows,· noting thatthe vote in Chelsea, where he lives
Duane received twice asor 46 percent of thetotal, to Greitzer's
many votes in Peter Cooper
Village than Rothenberg
19,716, or 54 percent.
had four years ago.
In 1985, Greitzer waschallenged unsuccesMost observers
atfully by gay canditributed Greitzer's victory
date
David
to the inertia of incumbenRothenberg, who lostcy. Challenges to incumby a similar margin.
bents
are notoriouslyThegrowingdifficult. Of the nine counbelief in the weeks
cil races that involved
before the election
incumbents,
only one,that Duane would
Hilton Clark of Harlem andwin, fueled by a New
Morningside Heights, wasYork Times September
defeated. Twenty-five of
1 endorsement, madethe Council's incumbent's
went unopposed in the prihis defeat all themaries.
more disappointing tosupporters.
Duane
But some Duane suptried to tum that disporters blamed progresappointment aroundsive, non-gay supporters ofwith an election-nightthe lesbian and gay comannouncement
that
munity, like Manhattan
he will seek election ON TO 1991
Photo: Ellen B. Neipris Borough President candito the Council again Tom Duane giving concession speech in Chelsea
date Ruth Messinger andin 1991.
Congressman Ted Weiss,and has served as a Democratic Party
Duane, wearing his own camState Senator Manfred Ohrenstein,paign button, a baseball cap from the district leader and community board
and Assemblyman Richard Gottfried
member. But according to campaign
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile
for failing to endorse Duane. (AccordWorkers Union, and a loosened tie, manager Lisa Parrish, Duane fell short
ing to Greitzer campaign literature,arrived at his victory party at a of the 50-50 vote she was counting on
Weiss endorsed Greitzer.)
Chelsea restaurant just after 11 pm, as in the Village, the eastern regions ofDuane seemed determinedtowhich are a traditional
Greitzer
Mayor Edward Koch's concession
continue his quest, however, and conspeech blared on a television behindstronghold. Some involved with thecluded his concession speech by saycampaign said that the endorsement
the bar.
ing, "I'm not going away. This is really"The good news is that we don'tof Greitzer by the New York Native
the kickoff to the 1991 campaign." Y
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September 24, 1989

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Photo: Andrew lichtenstein

Dave Tay/of (I.) and his lovef eliH Randefs.

Taylor Defeatedin WestSide
CouncllRace
by Keith Miller and Andrew Miller
NEW YORK - Dave Taylor's bid to
become one of New York City's first
openly gay city council members
ended on election night, when he finished fifth in a field of 8 candidates
vying for the leadership of Manhattan's fourth district, which includes theUpper West Side and Hell's Kitchen.
Taylor received 3,070 of the41,998 votes cast in the race, which
was won by Ronnie Eldridge, a longtime West Side politician who wasonce the liaison between the lesbian
and gay community and fonner MayorJohn Lindsay. The district's incumbent,
Ruth Messinger, was successful in her
run for the Democratic nomination for
Manhattan Borough President.
According to his campaign staff,
Taylor finished second or third in theelection districts containing the largest
populations of Black and LaJino voters. Taylor, a substance abuse counselor, attributed this success to his"intelligent and humane approach" toaddiction and treatment issues.
"Doubters said that he would not
get the Black and Latino votebecause he is gay,· said Rachel
Breen, Taylor's campaign manager,"but we proved them wrong.· Breen
said that Taylor was in an "excellent
position" to win a seat on the councilin two years, when planned changes
in the city's charter would expand
New York City's legislative body by
about twenty seats.
Addressing a crowd of forty volunteers and supporters in a small auditorium
next to his campaign
headquarters on Broadway near West
nnd Street an hour after the pol1shad
dosed, Taylor was reflective and optimistic. "You don't always win your firsttime out. But we are building an organization that will eventually bringabout the kinds of changes on theWest Side that we want," he said.
Eldridge's resounding victory -the total number of votes cast for her
was more than double that of her
nearest opponent, Scott Stringer was achieved in part by a good dealof support from the lesbian and gay
community. Reached by phone at herhome two days after the election,
Eldridge told OutWeek, "I've always
been supportive of the lesbian andgay community,and I was very
pleased that I had that support."
Speaking of Dave Taylor, she
added, "I recognized and supported
gay people's interests in supporting a
gay candidate, and I hope to be achampion for the gay community evenafter it elects one of its own. I hope tobe joined on the City Council by a gay
person very soon." In heavily Democratic Manhattan, Eldridge's nomination, like Messinger's, more or lessassures her of a victory in November.
Observers told Out Week that
Eldridge was particularly interested inand supportive of Tom Duane's City
Council campaign (see article).
Taylor, who had put drug abuse,
homelessness, lesbian and gay rights
and AIDS in the forefront of his campaign, said Tuesday night, "When I
began this campaign 15 months ago,
AIDS wasn't even mentioned by theother candidates.
"This is not the end," Taylor
added. "One of the main reasons I ran
was to build a progressive coalitionof lesbians and gays, of Blacks andHispanics, [of) women [and] minorities: people with progressive ideas,
people who want to see this cityturned around." Referring to David
Dinkin's successful bid for the Democratic Party's nomination for mayor, he
concluded, "We now have one hel1 ofan opportunity to do that - we canelect David Dinkins as mayor."...

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News

AIDS Doc Blasts City
on Treatment Access
Claims Minorities, Women Can't Get New Drugs
by Chris Bull
NEW YORK-Dr. Bernard Bihari, thedirector of the Community Research
Initiative (CRI), an organization that
conducts community-based clinical trials on potential AIDS treatments,
demanded that the city change its policy that prohibits city-run hospitals andclinics from distributing drugs that have
not yet been fully approved by the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
At a September 7 press conference
organized by CRI, several other· repre. sentatives of AIDS advocacy groups
charged that the New York City Healthand Hospitals Corporation (HHC) is
denying life-prolonging treatments to
low-income-people with AIDS.
"Treatment for AIDS is increasingly going to include both FDAapproved and experimental drugs,"
Bihari said. Contending the policy discriminates against poor women andpeople of color-who are more likely
to depend upon city facilities forhealth care-Bihari called on HHC toseek experimental drugs from the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) for
its patients. "These patients will nothave equity of access to what will be~tandard treatment for AIDS,· Bihari

told the assembled media at the CRI
office on West 26th Street.
Iris Long, director of AIDS Treatment Registry, which tracks clinical trials in the city, said that few of thethousands of the people with AIDS
(PWAs) and people with AIDS-related
Complex (PWARCs)that use city facilities receive even the most standard
treatments for the disease. ·We havebeen working at this for years, butthere just has not been enough action[from HHC)." Long advocated getting
activists on hospital boards in order topush the city to open trials. She also
noted that even FDA-sanctioned drugs
like pentamidine are often not available in city emergency rooms. ·We
have to force them to deliver,· she said.

60 Percent Mortality Rate

DEMANDING THAT THE CITY CHANGE
CRIB Bernard Bihari
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September 24, 1989

Photo: Ellen B. Neipris"The city is not even trying drugs
that have been proven to save lives,
which is criminal,·
said David
Kirschenbaum of ACf UP's treatment
and data committee. He pointed outthat there is still a 60 percent mortality
rate among PWAs from pneumocystis
pneumonia, which can be prevented
with the use of drugs such as trimetrexate and aerosolized pentamidine.
HHC said the criticism wasunfounded. An HHC spokesperson,
Sue Halpin, told OutW~k that the city
never had an official policy prohibiting
the distribution of experimental drugs.
"We were very disappointed with CRI's
presentation. We feel it was off baseand innacurate. The real focus should
be on the FDA and the NIH, agencies
that should be encouraged to makedrugs more available. We agree with
CRI that access for the poor andminorities should be improved, but tosuggest that we are not doing our best

to provide care forour patients is very
unfair,· said Halpin.
No Guinea Pigs
AccordingtoHalpin, HHC president Jo Ivey Boufford has alreadywritten to Anthony
Fauci, director of
the National Institute for Allergy and
Infectious Diseases(NIAlD), asking forthe agency's assistanceenrollingminorities and IV
drug users Into trials.
The
letteradmitted that only
about 200 out ofover 4,000 HHC
patients with AIDS
were enrolled
In MAKING DRUGS AVAILABLE TO ALL Photo: Ellen 8. Neipris
NIH trials. The let- ADAPT. Yolanda S.'rtlnD
ter also acknowledged that while over 60 percent of ulation is excluded from the one thingthat could save their lives,· she stated.
the city's PWAs are people of color,
only about ten percent of PWAs For example, she said new trials for
ddI, an anti-viral drug related to AZT,
enrolled in NIH sponsored trials atshould be available to all. "Many subcity facUities are minorities.
stance abusers have been denied
Halpin also said that HHC urges
access to drug trials and have to claim
caution with the use of experimental
AIDS treatments. "We don't want vul- to be gay or bisexual to get into a
trial,· said Serrano.
nerable minority patients to be used
"IV drug users and women of
as guinea pigs for toxic AIDS drugs.·
child-bearing age are routinely denied
access to drug trials based on stereoTesting and GMHC
types. Addicts are seen as unreliable
The press conference was seen
although many do care about theirby many as a response to an earlier
health,· added George Bellinger, Eduannouncement by Gay Men's' Healthcation Coordinator for the Minority
Crisis (GMHC) advocating anonymous
Task Force on AIDS.
HIV testing for people at risk for
Of the 7,500 PWAs and PWARCs
developing AIDS. GMHC's announcement was criticized for failing to rec- who are served by HHC, less than
100 receive experimental drugs, saidognize that treatment
is still not
Bihar!. "We are sympathetic to a ceravailable to most people who test
tain extent,· said Bihar!. "The HHC
HIV antibody positive, especially thestaff is overworked and not aware ofpoor and uninsured. A number ofmany AIDS drugs. They are often perrepresentatives of minorities commuforming what amounts to battlefront
nities addressed what they said is thetriage, without the kind of time toalmost total lack of treatment availspend with patients that private physiable to the poor.
cians have.· Asked who is to blame
Yolanda Serrano, executive direcfor the failure to make drugs availtor of the Association for Drug Abuse
Prevention and Treatment .(ADAPT), able, Bihari said "there is a lack ofleadership at the top of HHC and at
said women and' minorities are not
local levels:~
participating in drug trials. '1'his pop-

GayBasb
MurderConvictions

Reversedby Keith Clark
SAN FRANCISCO-In a two-to-one
deCision, the state court of appeal here
reduced the 1984 second-degree murder convictions of three men to involuntary manslaughter in the bashing
death of a San Francisco gay man,bringing angry accusations of homophobia from local activists. The state
attorney general's office announced
August 28 that it would appeal the decision to the California Supreme Court.
The three men, Timothy White,
26, and Donald Clanton and David
Rogers, both 23, were convicted in1986 of second-degree murder in theJuly 29, 1984 killing of John O'Connell and were sentenced to 15 years
to life by a unanimous jury verdict.
In reducing the verdict, theappeals court found that evidence
during the trial indicated O'Connell
had been struck only twice, which
courts have ruled does not have the"high probability of death" usuallyrequired for a murder conviction. The
three men, who have been in jailsince their arrest in 1984, could be eligible for parole immediately as aresult of the appeals court ruling.
''The attack was unprovoked andseems clearly to have been motivatedsolely by mindless homophobia,· justice William Newsom wrote in the
majority court finding. "But the presence of such circumstances, however
reprehensible they may be, cannot
support an inference that the isolated
act of striking a person with barehands in itself imports a high degreeof probability that death will ensue.·Justice John Racanelli concurred inNewson's findings.
Justice John Holmdahl dissented,
however, pointing out that the three
men left the scene of the assault on
O'Connell laughing. Holmdahl also
S .. GAY BASH on Pili' 57

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News

AIDS/HIV Anti-Bias Bill
Passes Senate
Vote Excludes IIHomosexuals, Pyromania, Compulsive Gambling"by Cliff O'Neill
WASHINGTON-Moving the country
one step closer to a national ban on
AIDS and HIV discrimination, the U.S.
Senate approved on Sept. 7 a historicbill banning discrimination on the basisof disability, by a lopsided 76-8 matgin.
The bill, the Americans with Disabilities Act (S. 933), would extend to
the estimated 43 million Americans
with disabilities, including persons
with AIDS and HIV infection, the protections of the Civil Rights Act of1964. The bill would ban discrimina-tion on the basis of physical or mental
disability in the areas of employment,
public accommodations and telecommunication systems in both public
and private sectors. A ban on suchdiscrimination in housing was passed
last year as part of the Fair Housing
Act of 1988.
Lesbian/gay and AIDS activists
wasted no time in praising the Senate forpassing the landmark discrimination bill.
"This is the centerpiece legislative
priority for the entire AIDS andgay/lesbian community,· stated Robert

Bray, communications director for the
Human Rights Campaign Fund. "Thefact that it passed by such an overwhelming margin in the Senate proves
to us that the time has come, finally,
for what we have been fighting for thelast six years: an~i-discrimination protections for people with AIDS.··People should be judged on
their abilities, not their disabilities,·
stated Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), thebill's lead sponsor. Likening the bill toa "20th Century Emancipation Proclamation,· Harkin called the bill "one ofDC

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September 24, 1989a=Ithe most critical pieces of legislation
affecting people with disabilities everaddressed in this nation.·
HIV Commission"This bill implements the key provisions of the Presidential Commission
on the HIV Epidemic," stated Sen.
Edward Kennedy (D-MA) who called
the legislation "not only simple justice,[but] sound public health policy.·
Although at the onset of the daylong debate on the bill's provisions,Harkin stated that he and Senate
Minority Leader Robert Dole (R-KS)
would oppose any amendments tothe bill, several measureswere
attached to the bill with varying
degrees of support.
After a long and heated debate,
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) lost on a
motion to allow an amendment toprovide tax breaks to certain small
businesses trying to comply with thebill. During floor debate, Hatch also
made a reference to expected amendments to exclude certain disabilities
from the bill's protections. "All ofthese communities deserve support,
regardless of our personal points ofview whether we like or dislike various communities where disabilities
exist,· Hatch said.
-Gender Identity DisordersAfterwards,
Armstrong asked
Harkin if a series of conditionsincluding drug abuse, homosexuality,
pedophilia and kleptomania-werecovered under the bill's protections ofpeople with mental disabilities.
Although Harkin assured Armstrong that they were not, he later
introduced an amendment specifically
excluding from the bill "homosexuality, bisexuality, transvestism, pedophilia, transsexualism,
exhibitionism,voyeurism, compUlsive gambling,kleptomania or pyromania, gender
identity disorders, current psychoactive substance use disorders, current
psychoactive
substance-induced
organic mental disorders ...which are
not the result of medical treatment orother sexual behavior disorders."
After briefcomment
from
Kennedy that the bill did not coverthese groups in the first place, theamendment was passed.

lGays and Helms Agree?
Sen. Helms also introduced anamendment excluding transvestites
from the bill's protections, which also
passed. The North Carolina Republican successfully attached a similar
amendment to the Fair Housing Act
last year.
Lobbyist Steve Smith said of theHelms and Armstrong amendments,"Homosexuality and transvestism andbisexuality are not disabilities and weare very happy to hear that Sen.
Helms has taken this position and weagree with him 100 percent.·
The only senators
votingagainst the measure were conservative Sens. William Armstrong (RCa), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Gordon
Humphrey (R-NH), Jake Garn (RUT), Steven Symms (R-Idaho),James McClure (R-Idaho), Malcoin
Wallop (R-WY) and Christopher"Kit" Bond (R-MO).
The bill will be making the roundof requisite committees in the Housethrough September and is expected tobe passed before the fall recess.
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Out Takes

Gay, Blackand proud
NEW YORK-Nearly 60 lesbians
and gay men joined hundreds ofother participants in the African American Day Parade on Sunday, September 10, and as the marchers madetheir way up Adam Clayton Powell
Boulevard in Harlem, they made theirplace in history as the first official lesbian and gay contingent to participate
in the annual event.
The contingent was spearheaded
by several organizations, including.Salsa Soul Sisters, Gay Men of African
Descent (GMAD), Other Countries (acollective of writers and poets), andthe Minority Task Force on AIDS.
'"We want this community to see
us as a part of the community,· said
Jeff Haskins, a member of GMAD.
Haskins said it was important thatthose attending the parade realize that
·we don't go away and we don't stayin the closet.·"From Stonewall to Soweto, People Fight Backt" was one of thechants that boomed from the contingent as they marched in the 90degree weather. Members of the
Minority Task Force on AIDS handedout condoms as they moved along thesides of the parade route.
Response from onlookers varied
from positive to negative, with many
calling cheers of support for thegroup. Marchers were generally
pleased with the reception.
But Dionne Freeley, a boardmember of Salsa Soul Sisters, said that
responses -can differ for gay men andlesbians. "They may not feel as threatened by Black gay men because
there's the myth of the Harlem sissie
in every church,· Freeley told OutWeek. "But when you talk about aBlack lesbian, it's a much, much bigger threat. African American womenare expected to perpetuate the race.'
Lesbian and gay participation ·in
this march was modeled largely on
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September 24, 1989

Rican Day Parade on June 11, in
which nearly 100 gays and lesbians
participated. Many of those organizing
the African American contingent had
attended
the Puerto Rican Day
Parade, and several members of theLatino community were present thisweek, bearing a banner from Hispanic United Gays and Lesbians.
Plans are in the works to bring alesbian and gay presence to other ethnic parades. "This certainly sets an
example,' said Aurelio Font, an organizer of the lesbian and gay contingent
in the Puerto Rican Day Parade, who
also marched in the African American
Parade. "We're hoping it catches fire,
and this sort of thing happens in the
St. Patrick's Day Parade, too."-Mark Chesnut

Movin' on up
WASHINGTON - The Human
Rights Campaign Fund has a new Lesbian Issues and Outreach Project, andKathleen Stoll, a 31-year-old former
legislative aide to Congressman Robert
Matsui (D-CA), has been hired as its
director. She will begin on October 1.

KATHLEEN STOLL

Photo: Patsy lynch

Stoll, who has worked in Missouri and Washington for foster carereform, supplemental income for the·elderly and Medicaid reform, was pre-viously the staff attorney for the District of Columbia City Council Committee of Human Services.
The project will address the political and policy issues of the lesbiancommunity, and develop strategies toadvance those issues through federal
legislation, education, and advocacy,according to HRCF. It will also "reachout to inform the lesbian
andwomen's community of politcal developments, and to proVide feedback to
HRCF on women's issues.·
Stoll called the job a "dreamcome true." She added, "Every person
knows there is one issue that is
uniquely special to them. For me, it's
the struggle for lesbian rights.·
HRCF, which essentially functions
as the lesbian and gay community's
lobby in Washington, also contributes
money to pro-gay candidates
forCongress.
-Andrew
MillerClip andsave
NEW YORK - About a dozen
women and men protested outside
Cardinal Spelman High School in the
Bronx, where 150 members of Operation Rescue had gathered for a meeting on Saturday, September
9th,
according to Julie Clark, a spokeswoman for WHAM!, the Women's Health
Action and Mobilization.
WHAM!, a direct action group"committed to demanding, securing
and defending absolute reproductive
freedom and quality healthcare for all
women,· called the protest to draw
attention
to Operation
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FIVe AIDS activists, employed as waiters and waitresses on the Gracie Mansion staff,
zapped Mayor Koch Sunday, September 10 at a reception at the mayor's residence. They took
the mayor and his staff by surprise, chanting MCityAIDS care is a lie, Koch campaigns whilepeople die: The protesters, Tom Blewitt, Heidi Dorow, Tom Keane, Frank Smithson and Ellen
Spiro, are all members of ACT UP.Blewitt. Dorow and Keane had been previously employed by
the Gracie Mansion catering staff.
The five worked preparing and serving lunch until the mayor began his speech, when
they left their posts and went through the mansion to a porch directly behind the mayor, Blewitt with a sign he had carried through the mansion above his head disguised as a serving
tray. Smithson, who was assigned to grilling hot dogs, reportedly left the wieners to burn.
According to Blewitt, after the group began holding up the signs behind the mayor andchanting, the mayor stopped his speech and turned around. MHeturned beet red, and started
shaking his head. Then he went green, still shaking his head. Then he turned white," Blewitt
said. They were eventually ejected by the police.
Outside, the activists attempted to distribute fact sheets as the guests, who were workers in adult literacy programs, left the reception. Some expressed support for the action; com·ments included MGodBless You,· MRightOn," and the thumbs up.
However, Pat Del Bello, who oversees events at Gracie Mansion, refused to comment-Sandor Katz
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showed "evidence of significantly
decreased viral activity" among the 14
patients involved in the tests here. The
Project Inform trials have also been
going on in New York, Los Angeles
and Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, with over
60 total patients in all four cities.
According to Waites, almost all
the San Francisco patients showed alower p24 antigen level, which most
AIDS researchers
agree indicatesdecreased HIV activity. Waites said
the p24 antigen level appears todecrease dramatically immediately follOWing an infusion of Compound Q
and then to increase somewhat again
a few weeks later, but remains at a
Significantly lower level overall, suggesting a general, marked decrease in
HIV activity.
Nearly half of the patients also
showed slightly increased levels of T-4
cells, the immune system's -helper
cells." The lowered T-4 cell countamong people with AIDS is believed
to be caused by HIV, and makes people vulnerable to a variety of diseases
and opportunistic infections. Waites
emphasized, however, that until a fmal
statistical analysis of the trials wascompleted it was not possible to say
whether the increased T-4 cell counts
was clinically Significant or not.
Compound Q (known clinicallyas GLQ-223) is a purified protein
derived from the Chinese cucumber.
Results of laboratory experiments intest tubes announced earlier this year
showed the drug selectively killedcells infected with HIV, leaving un infected cells alone, and generated awave of optimism.
The final results of the Project
Infonn trials should be available later
this month, Delaney said, and will
also be presented to the FDA. WaiteS
added that Project Inform would also
be seeking an FDA-sanctioned community-based
program for further
studies of Compound Q and how it
can most effectively be used in fighting AIDS. Although it went public
several months ago, the Project
Infonn trials were essentially conducted underground, without the approvalof the federal agency.

Researchers at UCSF involved in
the FDA-approved study declinedcomment either on the Project Infonn
results or the status of their own tests. A
spokesman for the FDA would connnn
only that the Proje<1 Inform trials werestill being investigated ~Clark

Here CODle

the brides
COPENHAGEN-Activists
withDenmark's Landsforentngen For Basser Og Lesblske [LBL) say they haveovercome a myriad of bureaucraticroadblocks and will Indeed be celebrating a mass gay wedding in the
Coppenhagen Town Hall Oct. I-the
day Denmark's first-in-the-world law
granting homosexuals equal rights
takes effect.
The wedding
had been onagain/off-again for several weeks asactivists scrambled to secure a mayoral decree keeping the town hallopen on a Sunday, and worked toinsure that the bureaucracy printed
and distributed the marriage license
applications in time.
LBL activists have been attempting to get a count of just how many
gay/lesbian couples will tie the knot
Oct 1. Jacobsen says she knows of 50
so far, but expects that there will be
more as publicity increases and thedate approaches.
Some couples are choosing to
wait a few days because they are notprepared to be beamed around theglobe by the world press, which has
indicated it will descend upon themass wedding.
Following the ceremony, LBL will
host a grand reception for the couples, their families and friends, "a lotof politicians, - the media and "all thepeople who worked for this law for
the last 20 years, - Jacobsen said.
On Saturday night, Sept. 30, gay
stag parties and bridal showers arescheduled in all of Denmark's major
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the parties "mostly involve getting
awfully drunk, "at.least in heterosexualsociety," Jacobsen said.
Legislators in Sweden are expected to be the next to permit gay men
and lesbians to marry, probably a couple of years from now. The Swedish
prime minister has indicated he is supportive of the idea. -Rex: Wockner

It's a He, it'sa sh8lll ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia- Openly gay Vancouver Alderman
Gordon Price denounced what he

NEW YORK-Over two hundred ACT UP members converged on
St Vincent's Hospital's waiting room at 10 p.m. on September 11 toprotest an alleged incident of harassment The second such protest
this year the demonstration was sparked by the treatment of Darren
Britton, who was brought to the hospital after being assaulted in a
gay-bashing at the Wigstock festival in Tompkins Square Park. Britton,
who was in drag for Wigstock, said he was referred to as a MprostitllteM and Mfaggot" by three hospital staff. His lover, David Robinson,
was not allowed to accompany Britton into the emergency room.
According to Robinson, the physician who treated Britton said he wasappalled at the homophobic harassment, apologized to Robinson andspeculated that the man responsible was a surgeon atthe hospital.
Earlier this year, a similar protest was held after a lesbian rape
survivor and her lover were physically and verbally assaulted by St
Vincent's personnel. After that attack, activists demanded St Vincent's. provide sensitive training for its staff. Ironically, Britton is an employeeof the Hetrick-Martin Institute, an advocacy group for lesbian and gay
youth contracted by St Vincent's to conduct its gay and lesbian sensi-

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called the "big lie" of local fundamentalists, who are protesting the upcoming Gay Games III by claiming thatgay men want to turn all people into
homosexuals.
"It's patent nonsense," said Price,"It's just simply not the way sexual
orientation works.·
But Prayer Canada head Arne

tivity program.
Francine Shifrin of the Hetrick·Martin Institute told OutWeekthat she perceived a resistant tone in the sensitivity.sessions she had
conducted. MTheythought it wasn't necessary at St Vincent's and feltthat they provided compassionate care without looking at theirpatients' homosexuality:
A staffer in St Vincent's Public Affairs office, who would not give
her name, commented that the recent incidents were Munderinvestiga'
tion right now: St. Vincent's vice president for external affairs, MarkAckerman, told OutWeek that he Mwelcomed continuing dialogue withthe representatives of the lesbian and gay community.MBut on the issue
of a town meeting, one of the protesters' demands, Ackerman said thatfor now, 'We at the medical center feel small meetings are more fruitful:

Robinson said he is exploring the possibility of a class action suitagainst the hospital, and asked that any lesbian or gay man who has
experienced harassment or abuse from St Vincents to call him at (201)653·2881.He assured confidentiality for those who wish anonymity.
-Jon

NalleyPhoto: Andrew UchtensteinBryan, of nearby suburban Surrey, said
the Gay Games - which will be held
at some 25 sporting venues throughout
the city - would -lure people tohomosexuality· and cram Vancouver
hospitals with AIDS patients.
Gay Games III and an associatedarts festival is expected to attract over
10,000 athletes
and artists fromaround the world, according to Barry
McDell, an organizer who was reluctant to respond to the evangelical fundamentalist charges because it would"play into their hands.·
The Games have the support of
Vancouver Mayor Gordon Campbell.
Only four out of 316 names on apetition against Gay Games III sent byPrayer Canada to the mayor's office
are actually residents of Vancouver,accordingto Muriel Honey,aspokeswoman for the mayor. She said
the rest were from nearby suburban
and rural areas, adding that the petition would have no effect on thecity's welcoming the sporting event.
- Keith Clark

Conn. con?
WESTPORT, cr - Arnold Denson, the man who says he 'Was thelover of the late Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (R-Cf), lost his claim to a shareof McKinney's estate when a Connecticut judge ruled that McKinney's wife,
Lucie, is entitled to nearly $400,000 she
once lent her husband. The late liberal
Republican Congressman, a vocal supporter of homeless and gay/lesbianrights, died of AIDS last May.
Probate Judge Earl Capuano's
September 11 decision, which cited
McKinney's frequent borrowing, withpermission, against his wife's trust
fund at City Bank in Bridgeport, effectively made it impossible for Denson
to collect the money left to him in theformer Representative's will, according to the Associated Press.
Rep. McKinney left real estate
and a car whose total value is approximately $59,000 to Denson, a 34-yearold real agent
now living inWhitesburg, GA.
Lucie McKinney, an· heir to theProcter'& Gamble fortune, has contin-~
ued to deny Widespread reports of her
husband's homosexuality, and insisted
that he contracted AIDS through a 1979
blood transfusion.
Denson said he shared McKinney's house in Washington while Lucie
McKinney remained in Connecticut,
and kept their relationship a secret.
The existence of their relationship has
been confirmed by a number of Washington sources.
-Andrew MUler

Change theChannelST. HELlER, Channel IslandsPoised in the English Channel near
the coast of France, the Channel
Islands are a bit off the beaten
track-so
far off apparently that the
government on the Island of Jersey
feels exempt from the obligations that
other signatories to the European
Convention on Human Rights follow
to the letter.
But that will likely be changing
soon, now that the tiny gay and lesbian community in the Islands' largest
city-St.
Helier,population
26,351-has filed a formal complaint
with the European Human Rights
Commission
The complaint
followedanAugust decision by the government tokeep on the books a law allowing
four years imprisonment for men convicted of having sex with each other.
For the past three years, the law
has been suspended, in an effort toencourage HlV testing and other antiAIDS measures. But now that the Legislation
Committee,
Jersey's
law-making txxly, has opted to keep
the law, pro-gay Attorney General
Philip Bailhache permitted the suspension to expire on Aug. 31.
The expiration places Jersey infull violation of the European Convention on Human Rights, which forbids discrimination based on sexual
orientation. Just last year, Ireland wasordered to repeal its sodomy law afteran openly-gay senator pursued thematter through the European Court of
Human Rights.
In rejecting law reform, the Jer-

sey Legislation Committee wrote that"homosexual acts are morally wrong,
and are unnatural acts: Shortly thereafter, on Aug. 27, police raided andclosed Thackery, the island's only gay
bar, charging the owners with allowing after-hours drinking and dancing
on Sundays.
A bartenderat a mixed
gay/straight bar in SL Helier, reachedby telephone Sept. 10, said the community was "very sad" about the closure, but feels even more motivated
now "to write letters to Strasbourg,"
seat of the European Court.
The challenge is being assisted byPeter Ashman, the lawyer who beat N0rthern Ireland's sodomy law in a previouS
FJ.Jrq:ean Cwrt a&Se.
--lk':x~OperaqueensSAN FRANCISCO-AIDS activists
from Stop AIDS Now or Else (SANE),
the same organization that shut down
the Golden Gate Bridge last January,
went up-scale for the blacl<-tie andbejeweled opening night of the San
Francisco opera season, stunning andhorrifying the decked-out audience of
3,000 with a 15-minute demonstration
just as the house-lights were dimmingand the curtain about to rise on Verdi's"Falstaff,· a performance some patrons
had paid as much as $500 to attend
Abo!Jt 50 smartly dressed demonstrators, who had apparently gained
entrance to the performance by purchaSing standing-room-only
tickets,
began blowing whistles from the rearof the War Memorial Opera House
here as maestro Kazimierz Kord wasentering. As some demonstrators
tossed leaflets from the balcony onto
the audience below, other SANEmembers marched down the central aisles,
shOVingushers aside, and handing out
replicas of opera house programs that
read "Stop AIDS Now or Else proudly
presents AIDS-the Epidemic, a dramatic evening in three parts."
Audience members, including
some of the Bay Area's wealthiest andmost influential, began trying to shout
down SANE members' chants of

September 24, 1989

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Out Takes"We're here, we're queer. Stop AIDS
now!" Others, perhaps more interested in the glitterati of opening night
than familiar with grand opera,
reportedly believed the uproar was astaged prelude to the performance.
As the noise of the demonstrationand the shouting audience members
began to deteriorate into actual violence (there were, in fact, two minor
assaults reported during the disruption), Maestro Kord led the orchestra ina spirited version of the Star Spangled
Banner, bringing the audience to its
feet with perhaps the loudest singing
of the national anthem ever witnessedin this city.
-Keith Clark(L TO R) JOHNSTON, GARCIA. DAMSKI AND DITTMAN
Photo: Rex Wockner
woman's right to an abortion. It is the"The Gang of Four is really afirst time the nation's high court has
non-violent guerilla group targeting
agreed to hear a case involving anactivity and getting things done quickindividual's right to terminate extraorly and deftly,» Darwin said. "Fredinary medical life support.
quently homocrat organizations have
The case involves a 31-year-old
so many people involved in the deciMissouri woman who sustained devsions process that it really hampers
astating injuries following a car accispeed. Of course, we won't be excludent six months ago. She is describedsionary," she promised.
by doctors as being in a "state of perAction Network's first goal willsitent vegetation.»be Chicago's hate crimes statistics act,
The woman's family and friends
which was introduced in the city
have maintained that she would notcouncil this summer by pro-gay alderwant to be kept alive under these conman Bernie Hansen.
ditions, and have tried to have her life
"What we need is Mayor [RichardJ support terminated. Nonetheless, theDaley's nod so we can start working with
Missouri State Supreme Court, citing a
the [city's lawyersJ," said Dittman. "Thatstate anti-abortion law, ruled that thehasn't happened yet and now is the time.
state's "policy strongly favoring life"
Daley's been in office long enough to be
outweighed the woman's right to die.
settle now."-Bex:Wockner"This case has obvious implications
for people with AIDS and their loved
ones, who may have to make similardecisions," said Jean O'leary, NGRA's
executive director. Benjamin Schatz, thefirm's civil (ights project director, called
the right to medical privacy "crucial for
WASHINGTON - National Gay
people with HIV disease, because it
Rights Advocates, the nation's largest
lesbian and gay civil rights law firm,
encompasses soch important concerns as
has filed an amicus curiae brief in aaccess to treatments and freedom fromprivacy case currently before the U.S.
forced testing."
Supreme Court. The case, Cruzan lIS.
In an unrelated case, NGRA will
Cruzan, will consider whether theannounce on September 19 a lawsuit
right to privacy, which is not explicitfiled against the U.S. Department ofly guaranteed by the constitution,
Housing and Urban Development forincludes the right to die. Experts condenying a loan to Housing for Indesider the case important because of its
pendent People, a San Jose-based notpotential impact on a broad range of
for-profit housing agency which isconstitutional
issues, including aseeking to develop a hOUSingcomplex
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Gang of5
CHICAGO-The activists primarily responsible for last December's
passage of Chicago's comprehensive
Human Rights Ordinance,
which
includes anti-discrimination legislationthat protects lesbians and gay men,have formed a permanent organization to further the local fight for gay
and lesbian equality.
Veteran activists Jon-Henri Damski, Arthur Johnston, Laurie Dittman
and Rick Garcia-Chicago's so-called
Gang of Four-along with newcomer
Susanna Darwin, say the Action Network for Lesbian and Gay Issues will
work toward a wide variety of shortand long-term goals, including domestic partner legislation, a hate crimes
statistics act and strengthening of the
Human Rights Ordinance so victims of
discrimination receive compensation.
A final long-term hope is that thegroup might some day hire full-time
employees. At present, Chicago's only
full-time, gay-community-paid political activist is Bob Adams of IMPACf,a political action committee.
The defming characteristics of the"Gang of Four" during the fight for the
Human Rights Ordinance were theirstubborn single-mindedness and theirrefusal to become involved in intracommunity political squabbles. According to Darwin, that same credo will

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FRANCISCO-As
thenation's nearly 3 million public school
teachers headed back to the classrooms this fall, the estimated 2 million
who are represented by the National
Education Association (NEA) had a
new negotiating tool to bring to thecollective bargaining table: domestic
partners benefits.
The Association's Representative
Assembly adopted a number of proposals from the group's Gay!Lesbian
Caucus this summer, including resolution F-4, which states, "The Association l'[NEAlbelieves that education employees should have access to comprehensive health,dentaland vision
insurance for their spouses, domestic
partners, and/or family members.·
The resolution will have no irnrnediate impact on NEA members, since itis only a statement of NEA policy at thenational level. But, Bob Bide, head of
the Bay Area Network of Gay and lesbian Educators, and newly-elected cochair of the NEA Gay!Lesbian Caucus,
said the policy statement gives the local
teachers' unions affiliated with NEA a"gUideline" for issues the nationalgroup endorses as part of contract
negotiations.
-Keith Clark

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In Our Own Hands

Sisters Doing it for
Thems'elves'
Safe Self-Abortion
by Jane Post-WebsterOK, boys and girls, why isthis appearing in a lesbian
and gay magazine? We're
about shattering
myths,and that's what this article
will do. First, women candeal with their reproductive health themselves,
SupremeCourtbedamned. Lesbians need toknow this information just .
as much as straight women
because a lot more of us
have sex with men than
we'd like to admit Even if.we're practicing safe sex (agood method of birth control for women), sometimes condoms break, or
the man's cum on yourthigh connects with all thatstretchy fertile mucous you
might not even have
known was there, andzaplwhere's
thosebloods? For those lesbians
who've never had sex withmen, we've always takencare of our sisters (evenseparatists would still help
out their old friend who's
still sleepingwith the-enemy-).
And there'srape. My bet is also thatsome of you boys are having sex with women. All.the better if they're lesbians.

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Besides these "personal" reasons,
there are also strong political connections. What's at issue is the right tocontrol our bodies, control our healthcare and declare our right to have sex
for the pleasure of it. The right-wingunderstands that the visibility of les-bians and gay men and the ability of
all women to make life decisions independently of men pose a significant
threat to patriarchal institutions likethe nuclear family. Lesbian and gay
activists are natural allies of reproductive rights activists- and both bringdifferent perspectives tothe demand to control
one's own body. Lesbians
and gays contribute a sexpositive stance and represent an alternativetomonogamy, marriage andmotherhood. The reproductive rights movement
brings, we hope, a feminist view that argues for
women first-not
fetuses
first. When either perspective is down played or ignored, both movements
are weakened.
The AIDS activists
movement is yet anothernatural ally for reproductive rights, since both
movements are trying to influence how much people
themselves can be decision-makers in their healthcare and destiny. Men haveto try to understand thatsex has never been safe forwomen because of thethreat of unwanted pregnancy, rape and sexual harassment. Women have a
stake in fighting for sex tobe safe. When we learn toappreciate what's importantto each of us, we will havea stronger basis for working together.
One thing we all agree about isthat we don't want the Supreme Courtin our bedrooms. Even though abortion will remain available in New
York for at least a while longer, thefight for reproductive control has toescalate. Part of our political offensive
to demand our right to control ourbodies is learning how we can do it
ourselves independently of our doctors, our partners of the state. Our
knowing how to do. it ourselves
thwarts the powers-that-be. It puts us
in a better negotiating position. Oncethey know we can do it by ourselves,
they'll want to do it for us.
If we hadn't been duped into believing our rights were secure after
the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, we wouldn't be inthis position now. Some feminists did
keep up the early practice of SelfHelp Clinics which are training
grounds for how to do pelvic exams,
track ovulation,
experimentwithherbs and vitamins to bring on a lateperiod, and even do menstrual extraction using a suction device and medical instruments. But the Jane Collective in Chicago, 'which provided
abortions for 10,000 women illegally,
disbanded in 1973. By and large,
women's health care again got coopted by doctors (male and female)and business people (medicine is big
bucks). It looks like new Jane Collectives will be necessary, and we needto get ready.
The best time to interrupt a pregnancy is e_arly, when that fertilized
egg is trying to implant itself on thewall of the uterus. That egg is a fairly
fragile thing at the point, until about
two weeks after fertilization. That's
around the same time a woman
would expect her period. The key tobeing able to abort ourselves safely is
being in touch with when we ovulate,since that's the starting point.
A lot of women can determine
ovulation by mittelschmerz (a pain,
ache or cramp by your ovary), or ifthey have regular bloods, by the calendar., Some women take their temperatu're with a basal thermometer.
Another effective way to detect ovula-tion is the presence of fertile mucous
which is different from the rest of
your secretions. Put your finger inyour vagina (you can get distracted, I
know, but think clinically), and getsome of your secretion on your fingers. If it's clear, stretchy and looks
like raw egg white, it's fertile mucous.
The chemical structure of fertile mucous allows for the easy transport ofsperm up to the egg tube. That's how
some women have gotten pregnant
from man's cum on their thigh or
their labia. Fertile mucous usually appears a day or so before ovulationand lasts for about three to five days.
You need to notice your own patterns
since every woman is different.
The following are recipes women
have used if they think they might
have gotten pregnant during themonth -and want to try self-abortion.
This is anecdotal information. If you
trust other women's experiences,
you'll see value in anecdotes.
If
you're caught in the "scientific" modeland need double-blind studies or effectiveness statistics, remember thatwomen's issues rarely get researched,
and that women haven't had access tocontrolling
research, reSUlting in
women relying on their experiences,a la "old wives' tales" which often
represent
reliable folk medicine_passed from generation to generation.
The follOWing information has
been collected from a number of feminist health groups who would tell
women about these recipes and thenhear back from them about the results. Hundreds of women' have tried
them, and while they aren't always
successful, they often are.
A word,of warning; any substances, especially some toxic herbs,
could affect a developing fetus. No
one really knows what those effects
could be. If there's a chance that you
woudn't ultimately get an abortion if
these remedies fail, the most prudent
course is not to try them.
Vitamin C: Back in the early 70s,
some feminists noticed a report fromthe USSR on the unusually high miscarriage rate in Siberia in women who
took large doses of Vitamin C. They
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Political Science

Rewriting the Social Contractby Mark HarringtonHow come we're the only industrlalized country besides
South Africa without national
health care? The simplest answer tothat question would identify what else
we have in common with South
Africa-a pervasive history of racism
deeply rooted in our national history.
The lack of federal provision for thewell-being of all Americans is directlytied to the fact that many Americans
are left outside the social contractand this means poor people;'people ofcolor, gay men and lesbians.
This is not to say that nations
with universal health care aren't
racist. In many cases, they are. But
the broad outlines of their national
health care systems
were in place 40 years
ago, before the reversal of migration which.
brought former colonial subjects home andmade explicit racism inthese countries a relatively
novel
phenomenon.
Take Britain. The

her designs upon the health systemhave been thwarted by oppositioneven within her own party.
The U.S. missed a chance, justafter World War II, to extend the reforms of the New Deal to the healthcare system. President Truman foughta long and losing battle against theAmerican Medical Association (AMA)
to implement universal health care.
Doctors banded together to defend
their economic and social privileges,
claiming that universal health care was
the thin end of the communist wedge.
Instead, the U.S. subsidized
widespread hospital building in rural
areas and improved the health careinfrastructure. Federal funding of research through the National Institutesof Health burgeoned.
In the 1960s, President Johnsonengineered the greatest expansion of•••lobby of retired Americans, which opposes the tax surcharges (of up to$800 a year) to be imposed on the
mote affluent recipients.
Medicaid was intended to provide health care for the poor. But because the criteria for implementing
the program were left up to the states,
over half the poor don't qualify. And
those that do qualify are subject toroutine bureaucratic
brutality andcareless medical attention. Even whengood doctors attempt to treat Medicaid patients, many are driven awayfrom the effort by relentless audits by
cost-conscious bureaucrats like New
York State Health Commissioner
David Axelrod.
American is a diverse country,
more diverse ethnically than the European and Japanese countries which
do have national health care. The provision of universal covenige to all their citizens occurred during
periods when many of
those nations were••
ethnicallyhomogeneous. South Africa isethnically heterogeneous, and it does nothave universal healthcare. The same is true

Medicaid was Intended to
prOVide health care for thepoor. But because the criteria
f .
I
.
h'
or Imp ementlng t e program
I ft
th
t t
were e up to e s a es, overhalf the poor don't qualify •world was shocked
when, on the verge ofvictory in World War II,
the British electorate ousted the Conservative regime of Winston Churchilland elected a huge Labor majority.
But what had the British been fightingfor? Not the empire. Not a return torigid class hierarchies. The British
working class had put their bodies on
the line, and they wanted somechanges. Among those changes wasuniversal health care.
No one .would claim that the
British health care system is in great
shape today, after 44 years of imperial
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the welfare state since the New DeaLIn 1965, LBJ Signed Medicare andMedicaid into law. Medicare, disguised
as an addition to Social Security insurance for the elderly, would provide
health care for people who were over
65 or had been disabled for over two
years. Even then, old people had topay for many of their own prescription
drugs. Only in 1988 was an amendment passed that would proVide forcoverage of outpatient prescription
drugs by 1991-and this amendment isunder attack by the well-organizedof the Unit:d States.
And the SOCialcontract
which prevailed from
FDR to LB), and which prOVided atleast the illusion that all citizens wereentitled to certain basic equities, hasbeen wholly revoked during the lastnine years of the AIDS epidemiC. President Bush, a "kinder, gentler" Reagan,
won office on the basis of crudely
coded racist and nationalist appeals towhite heterosexual voters.
Under Bush's social contract, thehundreds of millions spent on AIDS
research in the last nine years will
help only the few people who have
See POUTICAL SCIENCE on page 56

Sando.· Katz

Cmlll11l'ntary

aueers Fighting BackIt seems like every time I put on
my high heels, I end up runningaround town chasing-queer bashers.
It happened
in June, on thetwentieth anniversary of Stonewall,when several cars drove right into
crowds of people after shouting antigay epithets.
And it happened again on Labor
Day, when a group of young men
wielding lacrosse sticks attacked acouple of drag queens in the midst of
Wigstock.
In both cases, the faggots
fought back. We fought back because we had to.
Who else is going to do it
for us? The police? The District
Anorney?
I vividly remember sitting in apaddywagon last summer after
being arrested at a demonstration
against anti-gay violence. The copsin front were telling faggot jokes
for the listening enjoyment of their
dozen lesbian and gay prisoners.
Or how about the incident
on Christopher Street "last year
when a gay man who had been
fag-bashed was asked by a policeman, "What do you expect if
you walk around looking likethat?" Not to mention the longstanding tradition of the on-duty
police at gay pride parades turning their backs when the Gay Officers' Action League walks by.
At Wigstock, a group of
teenage boys with lacrosse sticks
taunted a pair of men in drag.
When the drag queens shouted
back, a couple of the boys attacked
them with their lacrosse sticks. The
police advised the attackers to dis-perse before they got into trouble, inthat wink-wink, nudge-nudge, boyswill-be-boys kind of way. Then they
arreste<i a gay man who had come tothe aid- of the two being attacked.
Then they hand-cuffed him but notcause they were unable to establish
exactly what occurred, they decided
to drop the case.
ObViously in such a chaotic andscary situation people will have different recollections. ·One witness statedthat the car had reversed twenty tothirty feet while other witnesses statedfive or six feet,· reports the D.A. "Onewitness, who was knocked to theground directly behind the car, told usthat the car backed up no more than
one foot. n So are we supposed
to bel ieve that in every casedeemed to be important the witnesses' accounts are all identical?
Are we supposed to believe thatthey could not have refined thestory by reinterviewing the witnesses? And most importantly,
are we supposed to believe that
it is alright for someone to drive
into a crowd he has just called
faggots, even if he only drove
one foot into them?
Is there any good reason for
us to believe that the police andthe DistrictAttorney are capable ofprotecting lesbians and gay men?
Face it: The police can't
seem to stop harassingus,never mind taking the bias
crimes against us seriously.
And the Manhattan District Attorney,with 350 assistant
D.A.s, has not a single one
who is openly lesbian or gay.
The D.A. appears to relegate
bias crimes against us to a low
Photo: Ben Thornberrypriority while vigorously prosecuting political cases against
AIDS activists.
With regard to the incidents on
We're going to have to form
the night of the twentieth anniversary
angry mobs chaSing down fag-bashersof Stonewall, when two cars literally
many more times before we get any
drove into crowds of lesbian and gay
decent protection. It's always scarydemonstrators, the Manhattan District
being in the middle of one of those
Attorney has decided to "decline
scenes. After the first incident at Wigprosecution." The D.A.'s story is thatstock, a crowd of us was walking
interviews with 52 witnesses yieldeds.. KATZ on page 56
52 variations of the events. So be-

the two bashers whom they had arrested. Then they lied to the groupthat had assembled, telling us they
were bringing the arrestees to one
precinct and actually going to a different one. Then they decided to let thecriminals go with desk appearance
tickets, rather than putting them"through the system,· a judgment callindicating that calling us faggots andswinging lacrosse sticks at our heads
is a minor offense.

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Out ofSouth
AfricaEnding a U,S, Tour, Gay AntiApartheid Activist Simon Nkoli
Visits New Yorkby Mark Chesnut

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When Tseko Simon Nkoli was asmall child working in the white man's
field and seeing daily the abuses Blacks
suffered under white minority rule inSouth Africa, he probably never thought
he would become so actively involvedin the struggle for human rights, both for
the Black community and the lesbian
and gay community. He also could notforesee that he would be the focus ofinternational attention and concern. Butthat is what has happened as Nkoli finishes his tour of Europe and North
America with a visit to New York City
this week, bringing his story of the
struggle against apartheid, the struggle
for lesbian and gay rights, and theurgent need for AIDS education forBlack South Africans.
Nkoli first involved himself in theanti-apartheid movement when he wasin his teens. Soon after realizing he wasgay, he also became a strong advocateof lesbian and gay rights. But the twocauses, while equally fundamental intheir respect for the value of human lifeand freedom, did not co-exist easily inpractical pursuit. Nkoli confronted
homophobia and accusations of political
opportunism from the black and antiapartheid community. From the white
gay community and one of its prominentorganizations, he encountered racism
and an unwillingness to take a standagainst apartheid. Still, Nkoli committed
himself to both struggles and managed
to earn the respect of many antiapartheid and gay activists.
Nkoli gained wide attention when
he and 21 others were arrested following revolts in townships surrounding
Johannesburg
to protest rent hikes
imposed by local councillors. In theensuing violence, five councillors were
killed. Because the South African court
denied him .bail, Nkoli spent over four
years in detention. He and nine otherdefendants were acquitted of all charges
in November 1988.
After receiving considerable supportand interest from organizations aroundthe world before and after the acquittal,
plans were made for Nkoli to visit
Europe and North America, to educate,
network and raise funds for the Township AIDS Project that his organization,
GLOW (Gay and Lesbian Organizationof the Witwatersand), helped to found.
The tour began in July at the annual
conference of the International
Gay
Association in Vienna, and now comesto a close at New York's Lesbian and
Gay Community Services .Center where
Nkoli will speak on Tuesday, September
19, at 8 p.m.
Nkoli provides a disturbing, firstperson account of the realities of being
Black and gay in an oppressed land
where political and social justice is still
nonexistent for the majority of the population. Clearly there is much left to bedone to end the political system inSouth Africa known as apartheid. Perhaps it is the efforts of activists like
Nkoli that provide the greatest hope fora truly non-racist, non-sexist, non-homophobic society.
Growing Up in South Africa
MC: Where were you born?
SN: I was born in Soweto in 1959
and I grew up in a small town inOrange Free State. I left the Orange Free
State when I was eleven to go to theTownship.
MC: How would you describe yourchildhood?
SN: My growing up years were notreally so good, in terms of I being achild of many children my age. You
know, my parents were not allowed tolive in [Bopeelone) Township. They had
to have a. temporary
permit to beallowed to live there and until maybe
after 13 years, they could be considered
residents of the Township. So when I
moved to them, life was not so easy forme because of the raids the police used
to do on people living there without
being residents. So my parents were partof those people.
MC: They would have to hide fromthe police?
SN: I think they did. If you had
money they would not arrest you, but if
you didn't, they would arrest you, so
you would have to appear in court, orotherwise
you would have to bereleased at the police station.
MC: What sort of housing did you
have then?
SN: At that time, we were in asquatter camp. Until 1976, when my parents found a house of their own, andeven those houses, they're not properhouses, you should see, the townshiphouses are what we call a -box ofmatches.· They're small, tiny little things,
four-roomed things, and we were six athome, my mother, my stepfather and thefour children. We were very crowded.
But some other people live in those little

houses, being eight to twelve members
ofa family.
MC: What during your formative
years influenced
you to become
involved in activism?
SN: I grew up seeing conditions that
Black people live in in our township,
experiencing the hardship. I mean, if
police come to the township and arrest
you for a pass law and they arrest yourfather for a pass law, we used to seethem not coming home. We used to see
our mothers going from one police station to another looking for our fathers.
When Iwas at high school, Isaw a lot ofthese things in practice, especially in our
schools where the students were subjected to wear school uniforms, and because
the parents could not afford to buy
school uniforms, could not afford to buy
textbooks, lots of schoolchildren were
expelled from school. And I became
involved in dealing with those issues
practically, because I didn't really believe,
if one child was brilliant, wanted to havean education for her or his future, heshould not have to leave school because
he did not have those school uniforms. It
was then that I really decided that the
government
should have put moremoney to Black education.
MC: So was that what really pushed
you to become involved in improving
conditions for Black South Africans?
SN: Well, there are lots of otherthings, Mark. If I have to mention every
particular thing, I'll really spend a longtime talking about it. Things started very
early. I started experiencing racial discrimination on the farm when I was a little boy. When I was eight years toeleven, I experienced it. I was one of thechildren who were working for nothing
in the white man's field. I was one ofthose kids who would wake up early inthe morning at about 5:00 and take thesheep and cattle to the fields. And I
would see these white people chaSing
Black men and whipping them. Things
like that make me very angry because atthat time I was too small to react. And
some Black people had accepted the situation like that as part of life.

Coming Out
MC: When did you first identify
yourself as gay?
SN: In 1978,I suspected that I was gay.
MC, And what responSe did you get
when you came out? What view does
the Black culture in South Africa haveregarding homosexuality?
SN: The Black population doesn't
accept homosexuality and they don't
really think it Is there, it is existing in theBlack community. And if they happened
to know that there is a homosexual man
in society, they really fear that this person is either beWitched, or this person isinsane, abnormal or something. And
they try all the possible means to takethat person to witch doctors or psychologists or whatever. And they try to convert that person, tomake that person
straight. And it's also
very difficult according to our own cultural
backgroundand traditions.
Welive in the Black
community that we,
as children, our parents want us to growup like they did.
And I as a man, they
were very disappointed because all
they need to do is I
for me to get ourfamily name going.
So I have to havechildren, I have tohave a son.
MC: So there
was a lot of pressure
from your family?
SN: Yeah.
MC: Do someBlack South Africans
think that homosexuality was brought'
by whites?
SN: That is true.
Lotsofpeoplebelieve so. My mother, for example,
regretted sending me
to Catholic school,
which w~ dominat- SIMON NKOU
ed by whItes. I had
just finished at school when I came out.
I went to Catholic school for two years.
It was a boys-only school, I think there
were about 400 boys and only 24 of us
were Black.
MC: It was predominantly white?
SN: Yeah, it was a private school. Private schools are very expensive. I was lucky.
MC: What was the reaction at
school about you being gay?
SN: My mother told my priest about

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me being gay, and my priest wanted totalk to me. And I was really depressed at
the time when I was coming out. Especially because in the beginning I didn't
really accept it myself. I found it very
difficult to cope with it. But when I had
learned to accept it, I didn't think I wasdoing anything wrong. I was not eveninvolved in practical things at that time.
MC: What influence does religion
have on South African attitudes abouthomosexuality?
SN: The Christian religion doesn't
favor it at all, they condemn it. The
priest condemned my lover. He told methat man must be possessed and his evil
spirit is coming into me. So there is no
church that supports homosexuality. But
there are a few priests who are in thecloset and coming out now and then.
MC: Homosexuality
is illegal
according to white South African law,
isn't it?
SN: Well, they don't mention it in
the book of law. They mention sodomy
and immorality. Whenever gay people
have been arrested, it's been for
sodomy, and anybody that's been arrested for sodomy has been gay people, gay
men. It's very difficult. They cannotarrest you for being gay.
MC: Do they use other charges as
an excuse for arresting gay people? .
SN: Well, they can use other things
as an excuse. A lot of gay people havebeen arrested for child molestation, forloitering, for soliciting. Many gay people
who go to parks and stations to pick up
people, they're being arrested undersoliciting.
MC: How did being involved in theanti-apartheid
movement affect yourcoming out? Did it make you moreaware of the struggle for gay rights?
SN:.Yeah, it did. That's why when I
came out, I decided not to waste time,and really think of gay rights. Because in
the beginning, I thought I was the only
one. And as time went on, I realized that
I could not be the only one. There must
be other people going through the samecrisis that I went. And those people, if
there is no one there to help them, whowill help them? So I decided that it'shigh time, that we needed a gay support
organization. And that's why I joined the
Gay Association of South Africa (GASA).
MC: Did you help to found thatgroup?
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MC: I won't say that, then. But wereyou involved with anti-apartheid groups
while you were involved with GASA?
SN: I was a member of a support
committee then.
MC: And what sort of response did
you get when you came out in thegroup?
SN: I did come out to some of myanti-apartheid people, and some of them
accepted me, and some found it very
difficult to communicate with me. But
the general response is that people
responded really well to me. They neverdiscriminated against me. And I did nothide the fact that I was gay. I did nottalk about it very much in anti-apartheid
organizations. I didn't really need to talkabout it, because nobody had evertalked about his own sexuality. So themost important thing was for me to be
accepted.
So if people asked me, I
would tell them.
The Delmas Treason Trial
MC: When did you first get involvedin what was to become the Delmas
Treason Trial?
SN: I was arrested at the funeral ofa friend of mine who was killed during
the Vaal uprisings.
MC: You were detained in 1984.
SN: Yes, and charged in 1985, June,with treason, three alternatives of terrorism, two alternatives of subversion, fivecounts of murder and one count of furthering the aims of a banned organization.
MC: And when did you get bail?
SN: I didn't get bail until June of
1987.
MC: What happened to you duringthat extended period of time?
SN: Well, between 1984 to June
1985, one was in solitary confinement.
So one was not really doing anything. I
was interrogated only four days of mydetention and I was left in my cell until I
was charged. In 1985, when the charges
were brought up, they brought us
together and gave us our charge sheet
and we all appeared in court. Then foranother six months we stayed in prison
until the case began in January 1986. We
were refused bail several times.
MC: Why?
SN: Because the state said we werevery dangerous, we will run away fromthe country. It was me and 21 others.
MC: But then you were acqUitted.
SN: Yeah, I was acquitted with tenother people last year, November.
MC: And what were the circumstances of your acqUittal?
SN: The judge said the state had
failed to prove their case against 11"of us.
MC: What about the 11 others?,
SN: The 11 others were foundguilty-four of them on treason, sevenof them on terrorism. So six of them
have been sentenced to five years, butsuspended. Five of them have been sentenced to between five and twelve years,
and they are in prison. At the moment,
their appeal is pending. We still feel thatthe people who have been sentenced
should have been free. We still believethat they need support. It is just unfortunate that they were sentenced.
MC: Is there any hope for theappeal?
SN: We hope so. We don't know.
Everything in South Africa is done by
the judges and the judges happen to besometimes biased.
MC: So what are you and the others
who were acquitted doing now thatyou're out?
SN: Well, I really don't know. Somepeople have gone back to working,doing whatever they did before.
MC: You weren't allowed to workor visit your family for a time, were you?
SN: That was the bail condition
imposed on me. I am allowed to workand visit my family now, but I haven't
found a job.
AIDS and Racism in Gay South Africa
MC: I understand there is not a lotof education about AIDS in the black
community.
SN: No, there is not. Part of mytravelling now is to raise awareness andfunds for the Township AIDS Project
that. GLOW [the Gay and Lesbian Organization of the Wiwatersrandl has helped
to found.
MC: Is that the Zulu AIDS Project?
SN: The Zulu AIDS Project is helping us. That's the name the New York
people gave it.
MC: Is there any other AIDS education program in the Black community
besides the Township AIDS Project?
SN: No, not in the Black community. The white community is well-organized around the whole issue of AIDS.
They can't come to our townships andshare with us their knowledge, or educate us on AIDS. The leaflets that they
have been sending, they're written inonly one language, and that is English,
and the majority of the Black people
speak very different languages.
So
GLOW is hoping, together with Township AIDS Project, to publish more information in a language that people areable to read.
Me: Is GLOWa multi-racial organization?
SN: We prefer to call ourselves a
non-racial organization.
Me: So you have a mixed membership?
SN: Yes. We are actually mixed both
racially and as far as sex is concerned,
men and women.
Me: Most of the people we hear
about in the gay rights movement inSouth Africa are men. To what extent
are women involved?
SN: There is OLGA (the Organizations for Lesbian and Gay Activists) in
Cape Town, and their leadershipis
women. Sheila Lapinsky and Julia Nicol.
MC: What are the attitudes of theBlack community regarding AIDS? Do
they see it as a threat?
SN: No, they actually ignore it. They
think it's a white gay man's disease. Just
the same that they think being gay is awestern thing. They think AIDS is fromthe western countries.
Me: How hard has AIDS actually hit
the Black community?
SN: Well, at the moment we don't
have statistics of AIDS in the Black community, we only have it in the white
community.
Lesbian and Gay Spaces
MC: How much do different racesinteract within the lesbian and gay community?
SN: We all have the same problems
of wanting to be accepted in our society, but the difference is that we comefrom different backgrounds. I mean, thewhite people, at least now, they've got
more tolerance to homosexuality thanBlack people. And then of course thewhite community has more resources.
It's easy for white people to live comfortably as gays and lesbians. At the ageof 18, the white young people can moveout of their parents' place and live by
themselves. While we who are Black
have to live with our parents until we
can afford to move out, and normally,
we don't until we get married. In theBlack community, we don't even haveprivacies. The same applies to the placeof socializing. In the town, they've got
lots of gay bars, gay and lesbian restaurants, etc. In the [Black) township, nothing. Until last year, GLOW founded the
GLOW Bar in Soweto.
Me: What sort of reception did theopening of the bar receive?
SN: We really had a good reception.

least in Johannesburg, anybody can go
anywhere. But there are still attitudes, if
you get what I mean.
MC: You still might encounter
racism from individuals.
SN: Yeah, from individual gay people. But anyway, the bar that we all likein Johannesburg is called Skyline. It's at\,',
SIMON NKOU WITH HIS SISTER AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM JAIL
We were surprised to have that good aturnout because we had advertised ourthing even in the commercial press, andwe thought "oh my gosh, now we'regoing to be gay-bashed.· But there wasreally nothing. There were lots of people who were curious to see "thesequeers who were going to open theirown bar next door to our places,· etc.
It's quite popular now.
MC: What about the gay establishments in the cities--can anyone go intoone?
SN: Well, now anybody can go, atleast 20 percent Black.
The Gay and Straightof South African Politics
MC: What do you think is the significance of the loss of seats by the National Party in the recent elections?
SN: Well, I'm not optimistic, andsometimes I really ·prefer not to talk about
it. I mean, I'm not optimistic until theBlack people are allowed also to vote.
MC: Do you think there is any
chance of this vdth deKlerk? How doess.. NKOU on page 73

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To Tell The Truth
The Lesbian Herstory Archives:
Chronicling a people
and fighting invisibility since 1974
by Polly ThistlewoiteAt 6,45 p.m. I trudge up out of
the 96th Street stop, Walkman affixed,
and head down Broadway. I've got mybag full of 1960s scandal sheets I foundat a flea market last weekend, all bearing
headlines like: "Lez Kidnaps Minister'sWife" and "Lesbian PickUp on 42ndStreet-Actual Photos Inside.""Welcome to the Lesbian Hcrstory
Archives," reads the little framed sampler

Photo: Polly Thistlewaite"The roots of the archives lie in the silenced voices, the love letters destroyed, the pronouns changed,
the diaries carefuUy edited, the pictures never taken,
the euphemized distortions that patriarchy would
let pass."-;loan Nestle
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September24, 1989

do-dad hanging on the wall. Yes. Welcome. It's a Thursday "worknlght.· WhenI enter this place, home to Joan Nestle,
Mabel Hampton and the lesbian Herstory Archives, I'm usually met with a highspirited bustle that takes a second to sortout. It's like letting your eyes adjust to
the daylight or waiting for the fog toclear from your glasses or something.
This house full of dykes is just so stridently non-routine compared to the restof my work-a-day that it's a bit jolting;it's like entering an anarchistic sanctuary.
Mabel, who is 86, is sitting at thedining room table eating dinner. Tonight
she's feeling pretty good and hollers

greetings like "There's my girl!" oruJoanie, here's another one!" to eachof us as we enter. I get little kissesfrom girls I haven't seen since lastThursday which is a real nice lesbiancustom. They die over the scandal
sheets. As I make my way to the
kitchen, I find Beth, one of the volunteer coordinators,
already giving atour to four wide-eyed women fromNew Jersey visiting the archives forthe first time. She's starting out in thelittle back room where the xerox
machine resides, the pantry where thearchives was first housed before it
spilled over into most of the rest of
the two-bedroom apartment.
"Depending on who you ask,"
Beth says in her crackling, animatedvoice, "the archives was founded in1974 after the idea grew out of a lesbian-feminist consciousness-raisinggroup. Joan lived here then, and Deb
moved in shortly after that, thenJudith joined them as a coordinator in
1978, about the time we incorporated
as the Lesbian Herstory Education
Foundation ..:The tour trails off behind the
kitchen, and Irare; another archives
regular, fixes Mabel some ice water.
Irare says she's fine but tired andshe's going to work on the subject
files tonight-that means filing flyers,
inVitations, catalogs, newspaper clippings and the like. I decide to help
her after I eat my salad bar, dinner Ibought across the street.
I first heard about the archives inthe early 80s when I was in libraryschool. Some dyke librarian told me
about it and I remember being so joyfuUy astounded then, utterly amazedand inspired sitting there in the mid-'dIe of Illinois, that there could be alesbian archive since having anarchive means having the power towield your own vision of yourself inthe world. And from my take on lesbian history then, "orrned largely fromreading the queer books cloistered in
the forbidding "cage" in the library's
main stacks, lesbians just didn't havemuch of that. During the 80s we've
strengthened, as has our history, but
still we don't have enough of thatpower in the world. That's what
µtakes the Lesbian Herstory Archives
so precious.
NoW leaning against the kitchencounter as I stuff lettuce in my mouth,

RUNNING THE ANARCHISTIC SANCTUARY
Mabel Hampton
I see Max already on her knees infront of her pet organizations file, thebest-<>rganizedcabinet in the house. JP
is sitting at the table by Mabel scratching her head over something, probably
trying to figure out a word in joan's
handwriting. Vicki is back (!) after too
long of an absence, and she's updating
the mailing list on the PC. Deb isalready on the phone, answering thethirty- or forty-odd messages that
could be left on the phone since justtwo days ago when she was here last.
Carol is badgering Jean to finish her
article for the archives newsletter thatwas supposed to come out this week,
but obviously won't now (I sheepishlyremember I don't have my newsletter

Photo: Courtesy lesbian Herstory Archives

During the 'BOs we've
strengthened, as has ourhistory, but still we don't
have enough of that powerin the world.

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thing done either). Leni's reading a lesbo is the "possibilities" file where you put
periodical on the couch; no, it's a Glam- thing like pictures of unannounced yet
our magazine, hmrnm. Amy's working on butchy-looking politicians and obituaries
something-er-otherI can't figure out,
containing tell-tale phrases like "survivmaybe the button collection. There are a ing the deceased is her long time comfew women in the living room I don't
panion ..." The Lesbian Herstory Archives
recognize--either new volunteers or visi- keeps material running the gamut of lestors. I hear Joan's laughter from the bed- bian experience and identity, with artiroom, she's probably on the phone. I facts of lesbian oppression as well as
wonder if Judith is here already or will liberation.
she show up later, and I notice all of a
The archives has served to strengthsudden that my eyes and my spirit have en lesbian identities and history. The
adjusted to this place.
guest books are brimming with heartfelt"The archives exists as a labor of praise and thanks to the archives for justlovebythe ''''''''''iiii,;;;iiiiiiiE--::-'iiiiiiiiiii
women who runit." Boy, isn't thatthe truth. That's aquote from the"Friends"
brochure, for thearchives'
fund-'
raiSing campaign.
The Lesbian Herstory Archives is
now the largest
and oldest lesbianarchivein theworld with over
200 special collections and hundredsofbiographical files
fromlesbians
who have sent or
willed their letters, writing, photographs
anddiaries. These are
artifactsfromfamous, infamous THERE'S NO PLACE UKE HOME
and unfamous les- Joan Nestle and Mabel Hampton at home at the Archives
bians, you know,
just like you and me, because that's a lot being there, for serving as a "stoppingof what the archives is about. We know
off place" for lesbians searching out
from being edited out of history that all their world. Students, scholars, writers,
lesbian lives are important and ever so film- and video-makers have used thewonhy of remembering, cherishing and archives to assemble lesbian history into
researching.
films like Before Stonewal~ Silent PioIn addition to the personal collecneers, and Neighborhood Voices as welltions, there are seven drawers of Max's as books like Lilian Faderman's Surpassorganization files which include papers,
ing the Love of Men and JR. Robert's
flyers and paraphernalia from lesbian,Black Lesbians: A Bibliography. Currentlesbian/gay and gay political and social ly, the archives is sponsoring a video
organizations around the word, e.g. ACf project on the Daughters of Bilitis, theUP, Daughters of Bilitis and Salsa Soul first national lesbian organization in the
Sisters. Thirty drawers of subject files are U.S.
chock-full of clippings and whatnot on
Inside, the archives looks like a
topics like lesbian mothers, bars, festi- combination
museum-library.
Phovals, sports, butch-fern, passing women,
tographs are displayed all over the places/m, lesbians in Yugoslavia. My favorite along with other dyke artifacts-soft-

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balls, hats and helmets, an autographed1960 cover of the Ladder, a brightly
painted denim jacket that says "HeadLez· over the pocket, rhinestone pasties
that belonged to a lesbian stripper.
Dominating the corners are huge postersof Mabel, Lillian, Radclyffe, Sonny, Rotaand Gertrude-all
images that arealways greeted by the most raucous ofshouts and applause in the NYC Gay
Pride March. Over 6,000 books; 13,000
periodical titles; 12,000 photographs; 500
unpublishedpapers and a slew ofposters, artwork, buttons, T-shirts, films,-

I

Photo: Polly Thistlewaite
records, videotapes, audiotapes roundout the collection which now spills outof the apartment into five rented climate-controlled storage lockers.

Check it out: The New Yo'* TimeS
June 1989 coverage of the Gay Pride
March included
mentionof the"Women's Herstory Archives.· Ferchrissakes, how could they miss it?! It's the
big L-word-the
Lesbian Herstory
Archives! Get it right, already!
Even with the cooperation of journalists, historians and biographers, somany archives have failed to preserve
records of lesbian lives. For example, inthe largest research library database

(RLIN), only 23 out of over., ;211,000 archival records (that's.0001 percent) are indexed withthe terms "lesbian, lesbians, or
lesbianism" as descriptors. Mostarchivists
will not index a fwoman's personal collection with"the L-word" unless she herself isself-defined and publicly known
for being a lesbian. Archives on
the left have done their fair sharefor lesbian invisibility, too. The
Communist Party, for example,
has inexplicably "lost" particularsegments of activist Elizabeth
Gurley Flynn's papers-particularly her correspondence
withMarie Equi, a "known lesbian"and Flynn's, uh, roommate from
1926-1936 (from Rosalyn Baxandall, Words on Fire. The Life andWriting of Elizabeth
GurleyFlynn, pp. viii-ix). Face it, only
lesbians can do this job the way
it should be done! To affiliate the<: ~1?}N
Lesbian Herstory Archives with apublic or academic institution
LABOR OF LOVEwould allow re-colonization of A volunteer updates the files

lesbian lives and history.
The archives
welcomesmaterial donations from all lesbians. Organize your writing,photos, videos and other objectsof lesbo culture to send to thearchives. It's very important to
put in your will that you want thearchives to receive it, because
you never know what's going tohappen. You can also provide thearchives with newspaper clippings, oral histories and video
tapes of things like dykes on The
Phil Dona~
Show.
Visitors and researchers must
remember that the archives has
severely outgrown its space. If
you want to use things that are
stored off-site, you have to makearrangements
to have them
retrieved, a time-consuming task
for a volunteer organization. Evenon site it's a major chore to get at·~."ft1
the periodicals which are stacked
in gray acid-free "elephant boxes·
Photo:PollyThlstlewalte one on top of the other. The filedrawers are crammed and theover-crowding slows upkeep andresearch. Sadly, the archives can't conveniently accommodate all the visitors whowant to see or use the place. Visitors arewelcomed two regular nights a week
and by appointment. Even though several volunteers provide hostessing and reference assistance, it still means a lot ofcompany for Joan and Mabel. As it is,
the archives received over 1,200 visitorsand 3,000 phone calls last year, anddemand is growing!
Especially now, the archives needs
money. it is funded entirely by donations
from individuals and from lesbian, gay,
IT MAKES OUR COMMUNITYA FORCE TO BE RECKONED
feminist and radical funding sources.
!~ITH. LET'S KEEP IT THAT
Please contribute generously. The legacy
WAY-SUPPORT YOUR
you're prOVidingfor is our own.
...

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The Lesbian Herstory Archives hasgrown for over 15 years in an apartment on NYC s Upper West Side. It has
now outgrown its original home, andseeks a new one. About $1,000,000 isneeded to buy a building outright, tofund operations and to ensure that thearchives continues to shape and ref1ect
lesbian lives. Make contributions to the
Lesbian Herstory Educational Foundation, Inc. P.o. Box 1258, New York, NY
10116. Call (212) 874-7232 for more
information.

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o
BY

Dear Brad

This is a chain letter from six kidsin Germany. It was started in 1989
and if it goes on until 1990 it will bein the Guinness
Book of World
Records. It has not been broken yet.
PLEASEDON'T SPOIL IT FOR SOMEONE ELSE!!!Copy this letter and send
it to six people. Then send a picture
postcard to the first name on the list.
Move the three names up and place
your name in the fourth position. Do
this in four days or less and the chain
will not be broken. In 20 days you
wi1l receive 80 postcards from aroundthe world. This game has been
appraved by the us. Post OffICe as an
educational game.
Thank you.
-M.P.
Dear M.P.:I, for one, am delighted to learn
that the U.S. Post 9ffice has established criteria for educational games.
Certainly the most valuable lesson
that the aforementioned children inGermany could learn is that sometimes the things we most want in thisworld are not to be had, no matter
how hard we try (the Christmas of1980 immediately leaps to my mind
but that is, I suppose, another story),

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UT

OF

MV
HANDS
BRADLEYBALL
and therefore I am taking it uponmyself to break this chain and to spoil
it for someone else just the way
things were spoiled for me nine years
ago when I, myself, believed in possibilities and just rewards. Besides, theverY idea of receiving 80 picture postcards from around the world· has agreatly diminished appeal to me after
the avalanche of mail I received on
the Jane Fonda controversy.
Dear Brad:
Perhaps I can make you understand. Let's start from the beginning. A
man is hired to gi ve advice to thereaders of a newspaper. The job is acirculation stunt and the whole staff
considers it a joke. He welcomes thejob, for it might lead to a gossip column, and anyway he's tired of being a
leg man. He too considers it a joke,
but after several months at it, the joke
begins to escape him. He sees that the
majority of the letters are profoundly
humble pleas for moral and spiritualadvice, that they are inarticulate
expressions of genuine suffering. He
also discovers that his correspondents
take him seriously. For the first time in
his life, he is forced to examine thevalues by which he lives. This examination shows hi~ that he is the victimof the joke and not its perpetrator.
-Nathanael
Dear Nathanael:
I think you're feeling a little
blue-as who of us is not in this miserable heat? There have; been, you
might be surprised
to discover,moments when I, too, have experienced similar doubts (although I can't
think of a specific occasion offhand,strangely preoccupied as I am by thatdamn Christmas of 1980 when one
more word or one less drink might
have made all the difference in theworld). What )K>U must understand isthat there are no jokes, not really, only
cruel and bitter ironies. There can be,
therefore, no victims or perpetrators
but only participants, wi1ling or not. So
don't be so hard on yourself. Go out
and buy a new sweater for the failor,
better yet, some new shoes. I purchased a pair of Kenneth Cole loafers
not too long ago that never fail torevivify me every time I put them on!
Confidential to Moral Dllenuna at
Memorial High:.I don't care how excellent you
think he is, you need to keep this in
mind: Plagiarism is considered, bysome people, to be a serious offense
and, as a consequence,
should be
regarded as a high-risk venture.
Before you take that risk for somebody who, let me assure you, will
later try to run you over in the school
parking lot before proceeding to fulfill his ultimate destiny of becoming
fat, broke and bald, then you shouldat least secure a worthwhile cash payment up front (which payment should
include charges for supplies, time andadministrative overhead). If, after taking these factors into consideration,
you still want to do this, let me suggest that, based on my experience,
the best book report to write for a
football player is one of The Pearl byJohn Steinbeck.
~

TI

By: Michelangelo Slgnorllesought-after exclusive rights to photograph her 50th birthday bash for husband Saul last month, with its ten
tableaux vivants and $1 million pricetag. The result is a three-page spreadin next month's issue with an appropriately gushing text. The pictures are
perfect and why shouldn't they be?
Gayfryd approved all of them before
publication. Yes, that's how journalism works in the Age of Excess."
Now this is all starting to makeS

tUl in his forgetful mode, selfhating
William Norwich(Daily N6U4) last week wrote
all about how artist Robert Longo said
"it was perhaps a good thing" that his
performance piece wasn't en route to
Washington's Corcoran Gallery in lieu
of the "Corcoran's decision to cancel an
exhibit of work by late photographer
Robert Mapplethorpe." But self-censoring brother BUly,who knowsftrst handabout certain things, fails to tell his
readers why Mapplethorpe was censored In the first place ('I'he National
Endowment for the Arts' had threatened
to cut off funding to the Corcoran
because members of the Senate foundMapplethorpe's homoerotic work to be"disgusting"). How can one t8U a story
to his or ber Ignorant, straight audience
without actually t8Utng the story? ~II,
It's euy when perhaps you feel thatsome language is just too ua/Y to print
for the Mladleswho lunch" - even if it
may be the language of your own life.
But we can't ignore reality, brothercolumnist. Billy, read my lips: G-A-Y,
A-I-D-S, S-&-M,H-E-L-M-S,H-O-M-O-PH-O-B-I-A, D-E-N-I-A-L,SoE-L-P,P-A-TH-E-T-I-C.
But all is not lost. In Tb6 VtUase
Votce, Michael Musto has declared, ,"I
hate heterosexuals."
And we'rethrilled to see that James Revson (NewYork Newsday) is suddenly on theattack again, giving a Jab to some ofthose most detestabletypes.
He
writes:"Billionaire wife Gayfryd
Steinberg and Vanity Fair editor Tina
Brown are pals. They're neighbors at
the beach in Quogue and buddies intown. In fact, they're. so close that
Gayfryd awarded Tina the much,some sense. It was our own gal directfrom the Texas range, Liz Smith (Daily
N6U4), companion of the archaelogist
Iris Love, who last month raved about
how wonderful Steinberg'S party· was,and also defended Gayfryd's spending
all that loot. Liz, you see, is also thisclose with Tina Brown, as can be seenby the many plugs Liz gives Brown In
return for some Vanity Fair back rubbing. So now it is clear that Liz,

Brown and Steinberg are all in bed
together (so to speak?) in their mediawhoring, social climbing quests.
But here's the really insidious
part: Par different from Liz, SteInberg
and Brown are both happily [sic]married to men, and spend theirtime lunching, shopping, floatingwith other wives of the rich andfamous. All of these women are, ofcourse, married to - or in the com-pany of - the very men whose
ignorance, negligence,
greed andhomophobia
are fucking over ourcommunity
somethingfierce ~Bush, Reagan, Trump, Buckley, Bass,etc. And, paradoxically,
thesewomen are, at the very same time,
whirling with many of our own:sad, self-hating,social climbing,crumb-sucking
deSigners,
hairdressers, artists, gossip columnists,
writers,
actors, etc. These richwomen, you see, fuck the men who
are killing and oppressing the very
people who supply these gals withevery ounce of entertainment
andcreativity in their lives. (But hell,
these
women
aren'tstupid.
Politically,
they agree with theirmen, while they parasitically zap thelife blood of everyone else.)
We wonder sometimes what isreally being said about Liz Smith.when
she leaves a room filled with all of her
married, snobby, upper-crust womenjrlImds. We figure they must giggle, as
these women realize that they have totolerate Liz in order to get a mention- while they'laugh at her. Could you
imagine what these sequined andbejeweled Big Hairs say about Liz's
western wear and tuxedos? Could you
imagine the' other things they say?
Pine, perhaps, If Liz knew what was
really going on (she could adopt anempowering, Hfuck you· attitude, be
proud of herself and do her job). But,
from reading her column, we can seethat Liz thinks these people absolutely
adore her. Oh, yes, stupid Liz thinks
she's one of them, playIng the game
perfectly. And ditto for Billy Norwich
and others. So they keep on giorlfylng
these monied maniacs, praising them,kissing their asses - and reaffirmIng
their Immense and oppressive power
while they continue In their nightmarish fashion.
And of course, Liz would say that
I'm wrong and bad and no goodi that
I'm overreactingi that I have some nerve.
And I say back to you her: Liz,
you and the rest of the gang are murderers - responsible for the deaths ofover 50,000 men, women and children. You participate in a genocide of
indifference, worshiping the boys withtile blood on their hands.
And I
kn6w you're reading this, ASSHOLE....

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'.

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Though we're certain it was belched forth from that vortex of activism at 13th Steet and Seventh Avenue, we don't
in typical guerilla advertising fashion - ·placed- these placards in subway cars throughout the five boroughs. What piqued our curiosity most. however, is the fact that all of the copy was culled
directly from an early outWssk editorial. And we have one question for the ·creators- of the poster: Not that we're egomaniacs, but. since you forcibly sucked us into the seedy world of advertising copywriting, couldn't you at least have given us
an i~, bitzy,teenie, weenie credit?
officially know who it was who produced and -

-M.S.

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With a glut of dyke detective novels on the lesbian and gay book market (many seiling quite well), it's interesting that this homophobic cover line is gracing the top of the October issue of oHicial Detective - complete with a curious-looking woman holding a gun.
-M.S.

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Social Terrorism

MY GIRLFRIEND'S BACK AND THERE'SGONNA BE TROUBLE
Women .t LOll. Machin.

FILL 'ER UP WITH ETHYL
Eth,l.t Sound F.ctory

BABY I'M AMAZED
Christopher Amazing at LOlleMachine
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Photos by Erich Conrad

THE POSE KNOWS
Mod.1 .t MarsDRINK? Irs FIVE O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE
Tony .t Sound F.ctory

LOUNGE UZZARDS
Susanna and Genelliell. at Canal 8ar

QUEEN OF THE NIGHT
Lois at Love Machine

ARM AND GLAMOUR
Myra at Mars

I FEEL PRETIY, OH SO PRETIY
Sweden's Adreas at Tiki Tiki Tom's

MY PAL CAL
Cal at Love Machine

UNDER THE YUM YUM TREEJohn Stapleton at Mars

CHILD, DON'T EVEN TRY IT
Idallas at Gonzales Gonzales
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Game,

Set,
Match...

and stillLOVE
Or Why Martina's
Loss Makes Me Sad
by Rachel LurieI

have a haod tUne talking about
sad events in my life. It was at least a
week before I spoke to anyone about
the loss I felt when Lucille Ball died. So
it's important to sit down now andreflect on what a bummer it was to see
Martina Navratilova have to slam down
her racquet in disgust after she gaveaway the final in the U.S. Open to that
twerp Steffi Graf.
See, Martina isn't just the greatest
woman tennis player ever, she's a symbolfor dykes everywhere. A muscular, athlet. ic woman who admits to loving other
women. Quite a rare commodity in the., realm of famous and watched people.
. And a true inspiration for every dyke
whose ever hit a slow-pitched softballand dreamed of greater things. But ofcourse, no one really talks about it much.
We don't see the camera focus in on Martina's significant other during the big
matches. And when the camera showed
Billie Jean King, now coaching Martina,
cheWing on her nice short nails during
the tension filled match, of course no one
alluded to her lurid past or the possibility
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between the two tennis idols (I don't
think there is anything going on between
them, but certainly Mary Carillo, CBS'svery dykey commentator, could haveraised some questions and eyebrowsabOut something other than how much
Ivan Lendl spent on his house in· Greenwich, all as a gift for his fiance).
Of course "women's tennis" gotbonus TV time this year with the gold.en tribute to Chris Evert who was
throwing in the towel after 20 years ofmaking aces. The best thing about thatwas they stopped using her husband's
last name as a tag-on to her longrevered tennis handle. But we sure got
the picture of her illustrious career,both on and off court, complete with
her thwarted engagement
to Jimmy
Connors and later a real marriage tothat Lloyd guy. Yeah, Chrissie wasgood, and her name was easier to pronounce for ~orth Americans who rooted for the home team in her outings
against Martina. But of course the anticipation of a "Dyke vs. Het Showdown"never made it into the blathering discourseof the commentatorsorsportswriters. And some people nevereven made the distinction. Once when
I was playing basketbalI with the brothers on the West 4th Street court myteammates,
always preferring nicknames to real ones, dubbed me "Chris
Everett» which goes to show, really,
how much our culture is at a loss whenit comes to big name women athletes.
Only women tennis players (and trackstars around Olympics time) m,,;ke itinto the sports pages or bar screens andeven that only once or twice a year.
What will happen when Martina
heads off into that retirement sunset?
Will we see footage of her and Rita Mae
Brown, complete with an analysis of
the nasty trashing Brown gave both
Martina and the women's tennis Circuitin her novel Sudden Death? Will wehear how Nancy tieberman coached,trained and loved Martina back into acompetitor, at the expense, some say,of her own basketball career? Will wehear that Lieberman couldn't reallyhave a fucking career in women's
sports because no one in this country
will pay' to watch women who can'tslam dunk but play graceful, fast andaggressive b-ball?
Like everyone else watching thatchampionshipmatch last Saturday, I
was convinced
Martina had it all
wrapped up. She was playing flawless,at-the-net tennis, making mincemeatout of that blond bombout (who badmouths Martina's "lifestyle" but has as a
doubles partner, Martina's real successor on the court, already dyke-watched
Gabriella
Sabatini).
Martina was
pumped up, and so was I, cheeringfrom my couch, calling my friends totell them to tum on the lV, Martina wasfive minutes away from creaming Steffi.
But then Martina's game started tosoften: Steffi broke her serve and started to come back. Perhaps most symbolically,
Steffi changed
from hersweat-soaked lavender skirt into tennis
whites between games, all fresh inanticipationof a third set. Every
unforced error had Martina scowling,cursing,
pounding
her racquet in
anguish. And I shared each emotional
grimace and moan because,
goddammit, Martina is the better tennis

player, not to mention the better
woman, and she was sinking fast.
If Martina won, she was winning for
all of us, every dyke (and even more sofor those of us who wear glasses) who
wants to say, "Look, we're here and we're
winners, even champions. We live in yourstraight world but play by our own rule$and we can stUIcome out on top" Andeven in a world where we sometimes
have to grope for heros, Martina is avalid, three-dimensional one. When Pam
Shriver asked her to play in an athletes'
benefit for George Bush, she readily
refused, saying, "I've been a lot of things
but I could never be a Republican ..
But Martina did lose the heartbreakerlast week and stupid Stem got to run off
the court for the trademark victory kisswith her overbearing father. And I sunk in
my couch, grumbling, saddened, snapping off the lV. But it won't slow myadmiration for Martina: out, emotional,
gracious in defeat and a thrill to watch.
Yeah, you've been a lot of things Martina,
but you could never be a loser. And don't
worry honey, we're behind, or should I
say, underneath you all the way.
'Y

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Film

Unsafe Waters
Peter Bowen and Casey FinchA

lthough both of us admit toliking poetry, most of ourfriends find it deadly boring.
After seeing Harold Becker's new
thriller, Sea of Love, it's easy to see
their point. Another psychopath is

PERSONAL UAISON
Ellen Barkin

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loose in Manhattan, luring in love-sick
victims by answering personal ads
passionately written in bad rhyme.
And AI Pacino--whom one can hardly
forgive or forget for his role in
Cruising-plays
another undercovercop. As detective Frank Keller, he
can't help falling in love with theprime suspect, Helen (Ellen Barkin), :Ii
divorced mother who manages a posh
uptown shoestore. With the plot thus
set afloat, the film rocks back andforth, as Frank discovers that, while
he may not be able to live without
Helen, more and more incriminating
evidence suggests that he may not.bealive too much longer with her.
As with most thrillers, it would be
terribly rude to reveal the ending,since the very thrill of thrillers-when
there is any-is exactly what lies unrevealed until the climax. And in sexual
thrillers-thatperverse sub-genre
where sex and murder are almost thesame thing-climaxes
are often hidden, since to uncover who had come(cum?) would also too quickly uncover who had killed. But while this film
voyeuristically uncovers the supposed
dangers of personal ads-that world
where a psycho-killer might be lurking at the end of every amorousline-thefilm performs a still moredangerous cover-up. For nowhere inthis vast Sea of Love can one find asingle condom. Nor are any of theselonely heterosexual singles who sleep
their ways through the weekly personal ads able to utter the forbidden
words of "safe sex" or "birth control"or' that simple but apparently unpronounceable work, "AIDS."
Like the hysteric who unconsciously displaces what he wants to
say into a nervous twitch, the film
hysterically (and much less innocently) turns its fear of AIDS into a fear ofa female killer. If the film's opening
image-a naked male butt eroticallypumping into the dark space beneathit-teases a male gay audience with its
homoerotic
promise, a hand gun,which is suddenly revealed to be
aimed at the man's head, puts todeath not only the victim but any
hope we might have harbored of see-

ing any real sexual issues-either gay
or unhappily straight. Thus, while
Frank and his amiable
partner,
Sherman (John Goodman), try to lure
the suspected female killer with apoetic personal ad, both end up taking out-and
occaSionally sleeping
with-what amounts to a virtual lineup of female suspects. Turning postmodern dating into routine police
work (and vice versa), these detectives turn the real dangers of unprotected ,casual sex into the imagined
criminal danger of single women.
Unlike Fatal Attraction-whichkeeps its homophobia and misogyny
frighteningly focused-Sea
of Loveseems unable to check its homosexual
impulses. In investigating the New
York singles life, Frank is forced toacknowledge
female bisexuality("What is that?" he asks with bewilderment). And although the detectives

never
have
to datea man,'Sherman-too
drunk
to drivehome-accepts
an invitation to stayover at Frank's with the necessaryjoke: "So what? Am I going to sleep
with you?" "Yeah," dismisses Frank,since in this film even acknowledging
same-sex desire managages to deny itsvery existence.
And if casual sex is dangerous,
getting to know someone proves aneven more frightening possibility. As
Frank falls for the film's prime suspect-a woman who at some levels
actually promises to release him frommiddle-age drunken depression-his
ardor is matched only by his suspicion. First she has a 45 of "Sea ofLove," the Khoury/Baptiste tune thathaunts the murder scenej then, shepacks a gun in her pursej and finally,
stuck on her refrigerator, is the red-circled personal ads of all the men who

have died. And when Helen discovers
that Frank is not a lonely printer-as
advertised-but
actually a cop, thesuspicion becomes mutual. In this terribly uninformed society, where singles try to ward off their fear of AIDS
by continually suspecting the HIV status of their potential partners, this film
makes at once embarrassingly evident
and purposely vague the source of its
own paranoia. Unable to blame gay
men directly for the AIDS crisisbecause then the film actually would
have to represent them-Sea of Love
instead floods the screen with a slippery male heterosexual story of dangerous Iiaisons. And without giving
away the ending, be assured thatwhen the light of day breaks over
Manhattan, heterosexuality will once
again have navigated the unsafe
waters of late-80s sex to find safe harbor in marriage.
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CRVISINGFOR A BRUISING?
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Art

SugarBuns-....;.-,,....&~.-ROOTING FOR THE HOMO TOWN TEAM
Cary Leibowitzby]onNalky

C

andy Ass, Cary Leibowitz's
first one-person exhibition in
New York can easily becalled a retroactive coming out, andshould be seen in terms of reclaiming
individual childhood and youth for thehomosexuality always there yet forced
underground. A Dadaesque collage
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Photo: Ellen B. Neipris

Candy Ass is a textural delight.
The work is encompassed by acontinuous yardstick, both above andbelow, which frames the central hanging and suggests formal and structural
boundaries between art and artist,
person and art, homosexualandhomosexuality and all of the aforementioned in relation to the larger
American society. Possibly the yardstick suggests "measuring up" to parents and peers as a man, and even(when seen in terms of the entire
exhibit) dick size and the obsession
surrounding it.
Underlying the collage components is wallpaper painted pep clubstyle in those tacky yet fun colors one
would find in an early '70s beauty
parlor. On top of this poster paint

wallpaper are varying expressions ofhomoeroticism
which would leave
Senator Jesse Helms comatose. Prom
two men in an intimate moment to asmaller collage (hanging from a cockring!) of a Latinesque leatherman juxtaposed on an ad for a Lannuier table,
Candy Ass bespeaks the fondest
images of faggotry.
Running through the middle of
the room is a series of found, typed
responses to a. romantic pursuit on
lined yellow legal paper which put
off the suitor with an array of familiar excuses and cliches. Significant
is the "Puck Me Raw" series component of Candy Ass which explores
internal boundaries as the yardstick
does with those externaL "Fuck Me
Raw" (Now, Again, Please and One

Mo' Time), on lined, framed index
cards, speaks to the fine line ofpain and desire.
Ironic use of still life is foundthroughout,conveying the conflictof gay experience in straight society
and making an attempt towardautonomy and affirmation of identity.
Bowls of fruit, particularly bananas,
are identified not with names like
Mindy or Mitchell, but rather withjerk off, cock, too damn big, penis,
ouch, etc. Ah, the thought of eating
my 1964 Coco Puffs in a bowl
marked butthole! Three large still life
paintings(HappyB-Day Loser,
Misery Loves Company, and You're
Swell) explore typical evolution ofgay self-image to acceptance.
Reclamation and redefining one's
childhood is seen in the series ofillustrations for children's tales (e.g.
Little Miss Muffet) upon which recent
photos of Leibowitz are juxtaposed,
as well as in collegiate football banners with Go Fags and Homo State.
Painted hearts on colored lined composition paper pry into and illuminate

lost moments of childhood's nascent creativity-a creativity that is
no luxury for little gay
boys who must create
to survive in a straightworld.
Texture and irony
in terms of redefinition
are seen in flower cat- 1ft? -:....
alog ads with cocksucker
andhomo
imposed as well as in
the use of transfer foil
letters for fucked up
junior high school gay
boy. Leibowitz redefines small reproductionsoffamousPicasso works with
helpful impositions of HOMO anddirections to the "butthole. n
The artist affirms his connections
to fellow artists in over 60 adolescentplaques along the top of the installation which proclaim: I Love Tom of
Finland ... Norman Rockwell; Paul
Cadmus; Diane Arbus, etc. One
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Photo: Ellen 8. Neipris
exception is Andy Warhol's which has"Iuv' rather than "love."
Through innovative color andtexture, and with unflinching irony
and informality, 26-year-old Leibowitz
stands on the edge and touches thecollected unconscious of Jetson's age
gay men with Candy Ass.
...

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Photo: Ellen B. Neipris

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Art

Cocteau·s
Poetryby john Wing

A

. MODIGUANI Portrait of Jean Coeteau
Reproduced courtesy of The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation. Inc.

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September 24, 1989s Jean Cocteau is the kindof artist who is typicallyshackled with a blockbuster
exhibit-so extravagant were his personality and talents-it
comes as adelight to find a celebration of thecentennial of his birth which sets forth
his claims with modesty and elan.
"The Poetry of Jean Cocteau," at the
Pierpont Morgan Library throughNovember 6, places Cocteau at thecenter of the vortex that was Paris in
the first half of the century, displaying
sculpture, paintings, drawings, personal photographs, letters and exquisitelybound first editions of his books toilluminate that fertile period of artistic
achievement.
From his spectacular debut in 1908
at age 18 when his poems were recitedon stage by the leading actors andactresses. of his day until his death in
1963, Cocteau never left the limelight.
But no matter what art form he took
up-film, drawing, the novel, drama,
even costume jewelry-healwaysreferred to himself as a poet first andforemost; poetry was the prism throughwhich all his creations passed. And thatis why the Morgan Library's title fo~ theexhibit is so appropriate.
Cocteau's facility in such diverse
fields has long been taken as evidenceof his being a dilettante, a poseur.
That very serious surrealist Andre
Breton considered Cocteau "the mosthateful being of our time,· and thegenerally placid Andre Gide. contemplated killing his literary and amatory
rival. Yet at the Morgan Library, one
can clearly see what a dedicated artist
Cocteau was, and how much time and.
trouble he poured into polishing up
his work. There are numerous corrections and revisions on the manuScripts

~of his poems, and careful annotations
on his working copy manuscript forthe ballet Parade, on which he collaborated with Erik Satie and Picasso.
Cocteau's novels, poems and essays
are almost always accompanied byfine drawings by himself, Picasso orPaul Iribe.
Iribe'sdraWing ofScheherazade for the cover of a magazine Cocteau created is on display andone can savor the odd beauty of what
Francis Steegmuller, Cocteau's biographer, has called"a gallicized
Beardsley vamp."
The centerpiece of the exhibit is aportrait by Modigliani of a youthful
Cocteau brimming with confidence andworldliness. His praying mantis pose,
blue and orange cheeks and orange
lips make him seem only remotely
human (though the facial coloring
could be realistic; Cocteau was notaverse to a little makeup here andthere). A 1920 white marble bust of
Cocteau by Jacques Lipchitz still shimmers and shows the "thin fish-bonenose and fascinating eyes" that Proust
remarked upon. These are early imagesof Cocteau, before his opium addiction
and the deaths of many close friends
gave him the careworn face of the later
self-portraits, of which there are a few
fine examples on display.
Cocteau has left a remarkable collection of drawings of the artists he collaborated with and the men he loved.
Some of the drawings are caricatures,
poking fun at their absurdities, egotism, snobbery or pretensions. Perhaps
the wittiest shows a gigantic Stravinsky
pressing down his thumb on the headof a perturbed Diaghilev while Nijinsky
prances nearby. Diaghilev, who kept
jealous guard over his star. dancer,
always suspected that Cocteau had
designs on Nijinsky. If Diaghilev could
have seen the sensuous, loving portrait
Cocteau drew of the dancer frommemory in 1930, a highlight of thisexhibit, he would have felt his mistrust
had been well-placed. But by then,Nijinsky had long been committed forinsanity, and Diaghilev had met his
death in Venice the year before. In
these draWings, however, they live on
and are thrilling to see.
If the Nijinksy draWings are idealize<:ithrough lack of real intimacy,
those of Raymond Radiguet, Cocteau's

prodigiously talented protege, have atenderness that bespeaks of their loveaffair. In the few years he knew
Radiguet, Cocteau was inspired to
produce some of the best work of his
career. A series of drawings forCocteau's
novel of military life,
Thomas f Imposture, shows a soldier
very much like Radiguet with stark
expressions of agony, eroticism andbewilderment. They are an homage to
Radiguet, whose death of typhOid atage 20 left Cocteau, as he put it,"without guidance, incapable of steering my boat, of helping my work andmaking proviSions for it."Cocteau'slater drawings are
uneven in quality, and this exhibit has

been wise in keeping them to thebare minimum. A simple sketch ofJean Marais of 1945 at the time of
Beauty and the Beast is achingly
seductive and is as good as anythingfrom the 1920s. The Morgan Libraryhas concentrated on Cocteau's early
career, before the films, from the time
when he was first stretching his wingsand dazzling Paris, through the years
he was in full command of his powers. We leave off at his peak, when heseems capable of anything. It is a sightthat should not be missed.
....
The Pierpont Morgan Library is
located at 29 E. 36th St. Hours are
Tuesday to Saturday, 10:30 a. m. to
5:00p.m, Sunday 1:00 to 5:00.

JEAN COCTEAU Vas!av Nijinsky
Reproduced courtesy of Mr. Francis Steegmuller

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MusicTaking the Plunge
by Victoria StarrI

rwinStambler's Encyclopedia ofPop, Roc" and Soul has manyomissions,even In Its most
updated form. The reason is
simple: to quote Stambler himself, "itwould be impossible to detail the
careers of all the thousands of performers or groups who have impacted
the field in the last three decades in asingle _book.· Natural1y, some guidelines, had to be set for determining
which artists would be included insuch a compilation. In this case theprocess began with chOOSing"the relatively smaIl number of acts that merit
the title of superstar or supergroup.
From the remaining list of candidates,
the criteria for selection included
chOOSingperformers who managed tomake some kind of mark in pop
music history, and ensuring the inclusion of the various subcatagories of'
pop music."
This is assuming, of course, that
we can al1 agree on some basic definitions. Definitions of such terms as·superstar,· and even .pop music" (oris it lbp music). Or definitions that
determine what constitutes "making amark in history." I had to mul1 theseideas over when I realized that neither Nona Hendryx, nor her former
band, Labelle, was listed in The
Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock, and SouL
Certainly, if any artist has taken an
important journey through the musicindustry, it has been Nona Hendryx.
And while at times her journey has
been a personal one, it also serves asa legacy for struggling musicians
everywhere. Skindiver, Nona's newest
release, is a testimony to both her will
and her faith.
Sleindiver, produced by Hendryx
and Peter Baumann, and released on
Private Music, is being heralded bymany as a completely new direction
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you weren't really listening to her
previous work. In fact, her last LP, thesorely overlooked Female Trouble,
contained
the incredibly moving·Wlnds of Change," a hal1mark to hercurrent LP. A more accurate way oflooking at the new LP is to recognize
it for what it really is: something thathas been inside Nona for a long, longtime. Only perhaps up '[il now, she
has not had to opportunity to express
this.more personal, ~. i'late and morehonest side of herself.
The title track on Skindiver is a

metaphor signaling this honesty, yet itis the captivating cut "Women Who
Fly" that best exemplifies the state ofsoul that the LP captures"I'm as tight as a drum and myfeelings are somewhere inside
Beating hard against my skinwhat's keeping the pain in and alive ...
I'm most dangerous when theskin that I'm in isn't mine
I'm a cold empty shell and I'mliving on borrowed time."
Women who fly don't have these
problems,
which is why Nona
HendryX has grown some wings. She
has also come to terms with somevery complex feelings, as Skindiverdelves time and time again into
despair (both individual and social),
only to' rise above it all with the simple act of love. Songs like the starkand haunting "No Emotion," about
coping with the cold realities of urban
liVing, or "Through the Wire," a testimony to the information age, serve as
reminders of a cruel world. In fact,"Through the Wire" is being used as atitle track for a documentary by Nina
Rosenblum about female politicalprisoners in the United States. Yet
even ''Through the Wire" manages toglean that glimmer of hope that
seems to be a common threadthroughout Skindiver, a hope that can
only survive by believing that "Love isKind":
I talk to myself when nobody
else has the answer
I lie to myself when I know
nothing else will See me throughI'm calling myself to say tomyself fear is the absenceof faith in myself and everyone
else that I see
Love is blind, Love is kind
From the good-girl group Patti
and the Bluebells, through the daring
disco diva days of Labelle, to thefrightening years of trying to succeed
as a solo artist, Nona has obviously
learned to have faith in herself. She
has also learned to take inspirationfrom other "women who fly." Women
like Winnie Mandela, like Nina
Simone, and like her mother, who
after raising seven children, at the age
See MUSIC on page 56

BooksIn Hot Bloodby Wickie Stamps

T

he Dog Collar Murders is a
page turner. As the lights go
up, the Seattle women's community (which provides the mystery'S
backdrop) is on edge. Momentarily,the "Seattle Conference of Sexuality"(quickly nicknamed the "porn" or"sex" conference) will jump off. As the"stars," evangelical radical antiporn activists, brainy feminist academics and sexual outlaws emerge
from their respective haunts. As
undertones of old grudges surface,
the feminist rumor mill groans tolife. When the conference finally
blossoms, time-worn skirmishes
ignite between the sex radicals andthe feminists against pornography.
The lesser Gods, open-mouthedattendees, wander from panel toworkshop, mesmerized by erotic
lesbian flicks, seduced by the fireand brimstone orations or, to theire of their partners, in hot pursuitof some exotic feminist fling. As
the curtain descends on the fitfulweekend,an antiporn
star isbumped off, garroted by a dog
collar. Egads! Have the sadomasochists finally gone berserk? Is
it a plot against the movement? Or,
has a killer's hands reached out
from the rat's nest of ancient sexualliaisons and betrayals?
As shock and grief settles into thewomen'scommunity,
enter Pam
Nilsen, amateur lesbian sleuth (whojust happened to be at the conference!). She's no stranger to feminist
malice, as she cut her teeth as agumshoe in author Wilson's previous
who-done-its Sisters of the Road and
Murder in the Collective.'Pam goes to work. Through abramble of clues Pam dogs her sus-

pects and we tag along. We rubberneck around corners and snag threadsof clandestine altercations. "".! heard
raised voices ... I tiptoed towards
them. ..! strained to hear.,,[theyl broke
off.· We back-pedal out of false leads.
Tirelessly, we slip into strip joints, tiptoe into Moral Majority homes orsnoop through sex stores. Guiltily, wepoke our noses into the lives of the big
and not so big kids of the anti-pornography movement-and
unearth damning liaisons between archenemies.
In The Dog Collar Murders,
Wilson creatively breathes life into thechimera of the U.S. porn debates. Hercharacters, Miko the flamboyant sex
filmmaker, Oak the cantankerous
sadomasochist or Sonya, the staunchright-Winger, give faces to the many
facets of the violence against the
women's movement. Wilson's character Gracie, a level-headed feminist,
capturesour variegatedhistory:"Twelve or thirteen years ago ...the situation seemed a lot simpler to me.
Women's sexuality had been repressed
and misrepresented
for centuriesj

once we understood that, we could
take it in new directions, develop asexuality that was for ourselves. At theclose of the eighties, that no longer
seems such an easy prescription. Our
sexuality is still repressed and misrepresented."and the feminist movement
is polarized on this issue [pornographyl as on no other.·
The Dog Collar Murders is notfree from a few contextual snags. Like
the movement itselfj the voices ofwomen of color, such as Pam's friend
June, a Black lesbian, are drowned
out by Wilson's rabble-rousing stars.
And, though Wilson works hard to
portray fairly all the players of antiporn debates, did her pen slightly falter with Oak, the S & M dyke? Was
there a subtle taste of bias when,as our sleuth moves to question S& M-er Nicky, her lover Oak notonly speaks for Nicky but "almost
jerk[sl her away" from the detective? And isn't the spiritualist therapist "reformed" after her run-inwith S & M, a little too strident in
her position? Perhaps.
Yet, the Dog Collar crew, with
their soft, focused personalities (astylistic leaning of Wilson's is vivid
enoughto win your heart.
Vulnerable,
three-dimensional
women peek out from embattled
bunkers. Despite yourself, you'll bepatient with obnoxious Miko or
drawn toward Dworkin-like Loie
"who made a heartfelt appeal.·
Wilson's
subplots,whichmake your head spin with possibilities, fuel the fast clip of The Dog
Collar Murders. Will Pam's lover
hop in the sack with "you know
who"? Will "you know who" cross theleather dyke and finesse an affair withher stripper lover? Will Pam and herlover, sexually Ichallenged by theirinvestigative delvings into the sex
industry, trailblaze- beyond their vanilla path? Stay tuned!
The Dog Collar Murders, despitesome very minor flaws, will keep youon your toes, quell your battle fatigue
and-whoknows-even
add sometong).le-in-cheek humor to our oh-s6serious struggles.
...

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POUTICAL SCIENCE continued from page 30

the knowledge and the money to obtain HIV antibody testing, quarterly Tcell testing and early AZT and PCPprophylaxis. According to a paper
published in the September 14, 1989,
Journal of the American Medical Association OAMA), this will cost about$9,637 a year per person. Add justone additional drug Oike high-dose
Acyclovir for herpes, or perhaps fluconazole for candida) and the bill forearly intervention could easily double.
About 600,000 Americans could
use early therapeutic intervention for
HIV infections now. The total tab will
come to about $5 billion a year, if
someone would pay for it. The Vietnam War effort cost the U.S. governgment $1 billion a day. It's easier to
get Washington to pay for dead bodies than for living ones.
We need to rewrite the social contract to include everybody. We need todemand that our government distributethe fruits of its anti-AIDS research to
everyone who needs them, now.
T
IN OUR OWN HANDS from page 29

decided to try it. Lots of women havetaken 10-15 grams (that's 10,00015,000 milligrams) of C for five days
as close to the time they expect theirperiod as possible. It works best if
you can start five days before you expect your bloods, but it's worked up
to two weeks late, although thelonger you wait, the less likely it is towork. C affects the mucous membrane lining in the uterus like it affects the mucous membranes in yournose or throat when you take it for acold. It seems to affect the implantation of the egg on the uterine wall.
You could take more vitamin C if you
smoke cigarettes or marijuana or already take C on' a regular basis. Some
women report diarrhea from so muchC, so drink lots of water. Some
women have developed symptoms ofvitamin C deficiency after they stoptaking it, like susceptibility to coldsores or infections (in fact one theoryis that it's the drastic drop in C thatmakes this method work). Basically,
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Herbs: One tried and tested recipe
is tea made from equal parts (about
one fouth cup each) of black cohosh,blue cohosh, pennyroyal leaf, tansyleaf and valerian. Make a quart a day
and drink the whole thing throughout
the day for three to five days. Some
women get stomach aches and can't
continue this recipe. Again, this is mosteffective before you're due to start
bleeding, but has worked up to two
weeks late. Do not use oils! One
woman died in 1978 in Colorado fromdrinking pennyroyal oiL Some womenuse this recipe as their only form ofbirth control: three to four cups every
day during ovulation, and a quart rightbefore period time.
Other herbs work as abortifacients too. Remember that herbs canbe as powerful as pharmaceuticaldrugs, so study and/or consult herbalists before concocting your own combinations. Both vitamin C and herbs
are readily accessible-it's the knowledge about them that remains hidden.
There are other methods outsideof the system for women to use after
two weeks of a missed period, butthey reqUire more knowledge andhelp from others. Suffice it to say thatsuction abortion in the first eightweeks is a very simple and safe procedure. All it takes to learn is a good
sense of touch, the right equipment
and training, and the Willingness totake power in our own hands.
Even if abortion weren't underattack now, all women should havethe benefit of other women's experiences. The right to safe, legal abortionis severely threatened. We need to get
out information about safe alternatives so that women won't have to resort to dangerous methods of selfabortion, like knitting needles andcoat hangers.
Women interested in learning
more can contact Jane Post-Webster
c/o OutWeek.
T

This article is not intended togive medical advice. It should be regarded only as a starting point forlearning more about alternative
methods of abortion.

KAlZ from page 31

down the street form the police
precinct, and some stupid asshole
shouted faggots and threw a bottle atone of us. About a hundred of us sur. rounded him. He provided us withsuch a clear and concrete target forour collective cumulative rage that I
was half sure he would be killed. At
the time I was relieved when the p0lice arrived and arrested him. But
most probably he's out on a desk appearance ticket, too.
The protection rackets this society has set up don't seem to be available to lesbians and gays. We're notthe only ones systematically excluded,
and this is hardly news. What is news,
and what I hope continues, is that weare becoming increasingly Vigilant inprotecting ourselves and each other.
One last note: Bring some comfortable shoes along when you go out
in heels. You never know when you'll
have to chase some homophobe
creep or errant police. My feet are still
killing me.
TMUSIC continued from page 54

of 73 opened her own soul-foodrestaurant in Trenton, New Jersey.
Nona, in turn, has become a ·woman
who flies· for a whole new generation of young artists who find themselvesoften
havingto makecompromisingcareer choices. For
this, she has made her contribution tohistory.
In addition to having faith,
Nona's strength and survival havehinged on one very simple guiding
principle: staying honest and true tothe music. Important advice, particularly for women artists. As Nona
explains, "I know there are a lot of
women out there who feel that they
are working in a man's world, andyes, yes you are. And yes there arepreconceived ideas and prejudicesthat you're going to have to ignore.
And then, you have to educate thesepeople to the reality of what it is thatyou're doing, and why you're doing
it. If they can't see it, or be a part ofit, go and find someone else who
can. Don't just stop because of thisone wall. Because if you go over thatwall, you gain strength."T~

OUT TAKES from plge 27

GAY BASH from Pili' 17

Hartwig as the "most likely" cause of
the blast. But the report and subsequentrevelations of the investigation are now
Incurring sharp criticism from gay andlesbian military activists because of the
Navy's characterization of Hartwig as asuicidal, "troubled," gay man through aseries of leaks to the media.
At a Sept. 7 Pentagon press conference, Adm. Richard D. Milligan,
who headed
the investigation,
announced that the navy has no conclusive evidence as to the cause of
the April 19 explosion that killed 47
sailors, and said, "We have heard noevidence whatsoever of homosexuality in this case.·
Hartwig left a $100,000 insurance
policy to his one-time best friend andfellow sailor Kendall Truitt, which
triggered allegations that the two men
had been lovers and that Truitt may
have caused the explOSion to cash inon the policy. At the press conference, however, Navy spokesmendenied those allegations as well.
Milligan's statement came in thewal<e of reports that David Smith, an
Iowa sailor who had confessed that
HartWig made advances at him andhad showed him a detonating device,recanted his statement. Smith has
charged that the Naval Investigative
Service (NIS) had coerced and threatened him into making the confession.
The Iowa investigation, coupledwith the testimony from a number ofcurrent and former subjects of NIS
investigations, have led the National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Military
Freedom Project to target the HIS for
a congressional investigation, charging that the agency regularly resorts
to blackmail and intimidation in seekIng to ferret out lesbians and gay men
In the military.
Smith's allegations that the NIS
threatened him with reprisals if he did
not offer a confession about Hartwig's
alleged sexual advances, describe typical NIS tactics, according to Hyde.
"Ibis behavior is consistent with NIS
improprieties with other Investigations
involving allegations of homosexuality,"
Hyde told OuIWeEk "How the Navy andthe Department of Defense avoid inv~
gating the investigators at" this point isbeyond me."
-CUffO'Neill

said the circumstances of the crime
justified the jury verdict of seconddegree murder and said the threemen "knew their conduct was dangerous to life.". Witnesses testified that the three
men had set out for San Francisco
from suburban Vallejo to "beat up
some faggots.· White, Rogers and
Clanton ended up in the heavily gay
Polk Street area where they hit
O'Connell, knocking him to the pavement. The court found the cause of
O'Connell's death was the blow to hishead when he hit the pavement, notthe two blows by the three men, andthe jury unanimously found the three
guilty of second-degree murder.
The appeals Court ruling said thatwhen there was no intent to killdemonstrated,
an assault must be
shown to have been deliberate, show
disregard for human life and musthave been an Inherently life-threatening action. Newsom ruled that theverdict did not meet these criteria andreduced the verdict to involuntarymanslaughter which carries a maximum sentence of four years.
Cynthia Goldstein, director of theanti-violence litigation project of the
National Gay Rights Advocates here,
said, "I believe there is homophobic
underpinnings [in the rulingl. I think
homophobia is a very mindful, purposeful activity in which these three
men engaged. They traveled together
a good distance, they followed people and struck people solely becauseof their sexual orientation.·
Hate-crimes activists Randy Schell
was more bhlOt. "I hope the reactionin the community will be one of outragej there should be protests. Two of
the judges sitting on the appellate
court are homophobic.·
Blair Hoffman, the deputy general who handled the case before theappeals court, said the attorney general's office would ask the California
Supreme Court to reverse the decisionand reinstate the second-degree murder conviction as soon as possible.
Under the appeals court reduction of
the conviction
to involuntarymanslaughter the three men could be
released immediately if the Supreme
Court agrees with the reduced charge.

Hoffman said he expected
theSupreme Court to hear the case andreach a decision quickly because thethree men are in prison and either
must be released soon if the appeals
court ruling is upheld or the original
conviction reinstated.
~
STOCK EXCHANGE from Pili' 11

Hilferty, a filmmaker, and performance artist Richard E1ovich, theotherdemonstrator
who
had
remained on the Stock Exchange
floor, were eventually arrested.
Ear Plugs and Cotton
The other five arrested were: Lee
Arsenault, a clothing importer and aself-identified
person with AIDSj
Gregg Bordowitz, a video producer
with the Gay Men's Health Crisis, who
has AIDS Related Complexj Scott
Robbe, a film producerj
James
McGrath, a bar ownerj and Staley.
They were each charge with a Class B
misdemeanor for criminal trespass, aClass A misdemeanor
for criminal
possession of a forged instrument andClass A misdemeanor
for criminal
impersonation. The seven were heldby police for several hours before
being released.
About an hour after the men
were taken away, a planned demonstration organized by ACf UP took
place outside the Stock Exchange. The
group, which grew from several hundred to over 1500, set off hundreds offog horns which echoed through thenarrow streets of lower Manhattan,
drawing people as high up as the 30th
floors of buildings to their windows.
Protestors came prepared with ear
plugs and cotton, which they also provided to members of the press.
Inside the Exchange, dozens ofworkers were pressed against theglass doors watching the activities.
Some workers later said they didn't
leave for lunch for fear that thecrowd, which had taken up the entire
street, might attack them.
The demonstration was planned
to coincide with similar demonstrations in London, where Burroughs'
parent company is based, and where
the company's stock is traded, and in
San Francisco, where the company's
major· U.S. warehouse is located.
~

September 24, 1989

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daily, noon to midnight. 212-777-1800

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SAGE CreatIve Writing Workshop resumes, a weekly workshop led by Sanford Friedman; at
the Center, 208 W 13 St; call for
info, 741-2247
SAGE Tuesday Morning Rap
Group begins, facilitated by Bob
Leser, at the Center, 208 W 13 St,
this and each Thesday from 11
am to 12:30 pm; 741-2247 for info
NY LESBIAN AND GAY EXPERIMENfAL FILM FESTIVAL at
Anthology Film Archives, 32-34
2nd Ave (enter on 2nd St); $5;
865-1499 (festival runs through
9/24; full-week pass is $40)
MEN OF AIL COLORS TOGE1HER/NY announces the appearance of Black South African
openly-gay anti-apartheid activist,
Tseko Simon Nkoll, in the culmination of his North American
tour; at the Center, 208 W 13 St;
7-10 pm; 245-6366
COALITION FOR LESBIAN AND
GAY RIGHTS Mayoral Forum, atwhich candidates will answer
questions from media representa·
tives; at the Center, 208 W 13 St;
8 pm; 627-1398
WNET/lV-13 "The Right toFight! Everyday Ufe with
AIDS,· an ·optimistic programthat shows what is possible whenpeople with AIDS take charge of
their lives and refuse to be victims," 8-9 pm
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UNIVERSITI AT ALBANY, SUNY
COnference: AIDS In the Workplace; proViding the latest information on the impact of AIDS
and mv infection on workers
and employers in the private andpublic sectors; at Empire State
Plaza, Albany, through Thursday,
Sept. 21; 518-442-5790
BODY POSITIVE River Cruise,for mv+ people and theirfriends; on the Circle Line, Pier
83, W 42 St and 12th Ave; board
6:30 pm; $20 (space limited); info633-1782
NY LESBIAN AND GAY EXPERIMENTAL flLM FESTIVAL at
Anthology Film Archives, 32-34
2nd Ave (enter on 2nd St); $5;
865-1499 (festival runs through
9/24; full-week pass is $40)
CENTER Orientation,·your best
introduction to New York's lesbian and gay community. Fortygroups represented; literature
available from 400 others. Socializing and entertainment." at 208
W 13 St; 7 pm; $3; 62().7310
TIMES SQUARES Gay and lesbian Square Dancing, freeopening class; at PS "'3, 490 Hud·son St Oust south of Christopher);
7:30 pm; 718/857-9518
FUND FOR HUMAN DIGNITI
evening of HUarity, hosted by
Linda Lavin, with proceeds tobenefit The Fund's toll-free
National Crisisline/ AIDS 800; starring Ballets Trockadero, La Gran
Scena Opera, Joy Behar, Jamie
deRoy, Funny Gay Males Jaffe
Cohen, Danny McWilliams and
Bob Smith; plus Grandpa Munster/Leo Schnauzer Al Lewis; atFlorence Gould Hall at the
French Institute, 55 E 59 St; showcomes with optional dinner and

OUTTWEEK September24, 1989

A DIFFERENT UGHT BOOKSTORE presents Dennis Cooper,
reading from Idols, recently rereleased by Amethyst Press; 548
Hudson St (btwn Charles andPerry); 8 pm; free Oimited seating!); 989-4850
CENTER STAGE sees Privates on
Parade, with Jim Dale and(champion figure skater) John
Curry; at the Roundabout Theatre, 100 E 17 Sti 8 pm; $35; 62().
7310 for membership
THE S1EPHEN HOLT SHOWInterviews Peter Phelps, Australian hunk lifeguard and castmember of new 1V series, Bay
Watch; on Manhattan Cable 1V
Channel 170; 9 pm (repeat
includes Paragon Cable, Saturday
morning, 9123)
EAGLE BAR Movie Night:
Cocoon- The Return; 142 11th
Ave (at 21 St);.11 pm; 691-8451

GAY MEN'S HEALTIi CRISIS HIV
Health Seminar, with Laura Pinsky and Paul Douglas, co-authorsof The &sential AIDS Fact Book,
who will discuss testing and treatment issues regarding your HIV
antibody status; at GMHC Build·ing, 129 W 20 St, 3rd Floor Classroom; 6:30-8 pm; free, noregistration reqUired; 807-6655
JUDITIi'S ROOM BOOKSTORE
presents Cynthia Rich readingfrom Desert Years: UndreamIng the American Dream; 681
Washington St (btwn W 10 &Charles St); 7 pm; free,but seating is limited; 727·7330

NY LESBIAN AND GAY EXPERIMENTAL AIM FF.5TIVALat
Anthology Film Archives, 32-34
2nd Ave (enter on 2nd St); $5;
865-1499 (festival runs through
9/24)
WNET/13 The Supreme Courl:rHoly Battles, Roger Mudd examines the separation between
church and state from its origins
in the 18th century; 8-9 pm
PYRAMID CLUB presents Thursdays at the Queer-Amid,withhost Ru-Paul, rock and funkmusic by OJ Rick Sugden, special
acts Minutes to Midnight andUldy Bunny Rocksl; 101 Avenue
A (btwn 6 & 7 Sts); dancing from
10 pm - 4 am, shows at midnightand 1 am; $5; 42()'1590

FI///AJ':R'
WOMEN & AIDS PROJECT MeetIng with Ruth Rodriguez, Exec.
Dir. of Loisaida, Inc., discussing·purring women on the agenda; acall to action"; at Metropolitan
Jjfe Insurance Company's Memorial Hall (1st floor), 11 Madison
Ave (at 24 St); 10 am - noon; 5874408
NY LESBIAN AND GAY EXPERI·MENTAL AIM FF.5TIVALat
Anthology Film Archives, 32-34
2nd Ave (enter on 2nd St); $5;
865-1499 (festival runs through9124)
CHARLES invites you to The
Opening of the Basement, aFriday night dance club beginning tonight; hosts Frankie Paradise and Nija Blackman; special
hors d'oeuvres reception tonightfrom 6-9 pm; dancing till dawn,
bar till 4 am; at 14 W 22 St; $5
before 9/$8 after 9; 534-9824(btwn 10 pm & midnight on
Thursdays only)nm ANSWER IS LOVING

nm STEPHEN HOLT SHOW

Women TalkJna Women's Ta1kz"Now It's time to chanae-;
accepting yesterday's hurt, anger
and fear, and bringing an openness to healing yourself, seeing
life in a fresh, new way; led by
Ruth Berman and Connie KultZ;
Sheepshead Bay, B~klyn;
7:4510 pm; $8; 718/998-2305

Interviews
Peter Phelps, Australian hunk lifeguard and castmember of new 'IV series, Bay
Walch; on Manhattan andParagon Cable 'IV ChanneI16C;
11:30 am

LAMBDA ASSOCIATESEN ISLAND "Welcome

OF STATBack- .

Fall DilUler Dance, with buffet,
open bar, and OJ; at Edgewater
HaU, 691 Bay St, Staten Island; 9
pm - 1 am; $25; 718/667~23

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STONEWAll FESTIVAL on Washington Place, all day
D.T.'S FAT CAT Deadline for
Entries to Oct. 1Fat Cat Contest, in which the fattest cat,sleekest cat and most adorable
cat will be se1eaed; bring photos
and completed entry forms to
281 W 12 St (comer W 4th andW 12th Streets); 243-9041
SAGFISHERIDAN SQUARETOURS Trip to Pennsylvania
Amish Country, including theFarmers' Market, an Amish farmand homestead museum, familystyle dinner; $47.50; member info741-2247
WOMEN ABOUT Greenbook
Nature Sanctuary HIke;

353/0073,2011481~0
SUNDANCE OUIDOOR ADVENlURE SO<lETY and WOMEN
ABour Intermediate
whitewater canoe Instl1lctlon;

353/0073,2011481~0
MEmOPOUTCAN COMMUNITY
CHURCH Sidewalk Sale; withbooks, plants, clothes, household
items; in front of the Center, 208
W 13 St; 10 am - 4 pm; 242-1212
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF. 1EACHERS ll-State Telecommunications
ConferenceonAIDS, at WNIrr Studios, 356 W
58 St; 11 am - 4 pm; Jerr Zahler
598-9245

CEN1ER KIDS Workshop:
Flnandal
PlalUllng for lesbianand Gay Parents, with childcare
provided; at the Center, 208 W 13
St; 1-3 pm; 697-1355 (days)
NY LESBIAN AND GAY EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL presents
A Panel on Experimental
Medla:Actlvlsm
and Complacency; with Patricia Benoit, Jean
Carlomusto, Lourdes Portillo,
Jerry Tartaglia and Jack Waters; at
Anthology Film Archives, 32-34
2nd Ave (enter on 2nd St); free;
865-1499 (festival runs through

9124)
PEOPLE WITII AIDS COALITION
Singles' Tea, for PWAs, PWArcs,
ffiV+s; 222 W 11 ST, 3-5:30 pm;
532-0568
WOMEN ABOur Benefit for
Members and Non-members;
with dancing, games of change,raffle, refreshments; 35310073,
201/481-0440
AS A WOMAN Transvestite
Social and Support Group reforming this evening, all welcome; at the Center, 208 W 13 St;
6-10 pm; info from B. Fortune,
Box 369, Brooklyn, NY 11235
NY LESBIAN AND GAY EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL at
Anthology Film Archives, 32-34
2nd Ave (enter on 2nd St); $5;
865-1499 (festival runs through

9124)
NEW YORK GAY MEN AND LESBIANS COUPLES GROUP Pot
Luck Social, on Manhattan'S
Upper West Side, 8 pm, 718/5456705
CENfER 4th Saturday Dances,
starting a new season tonight; OJ
Karin Ward; 208 W 13 St; 9 pm 1 am; $8 generaV$6 for members, seniors, students; 620-7310
COLUMBIA PEP BOYS PRODUCTIONS Same But Different
Dance, for gay men and lesbians

and their friends; Earl Hall. 116 St& B'way (#1 train); 10 pm ~ 2 am;$5 'with student 10 or invite; 8543574,3576

NY LESBIAN AND GAY EXPERI~MENTAL FILM FESTIVAL at
Anthology Film Archives, 32-34
2nd Ave (enter on 2nd St); $5;
865-1499 (festival closes tonight)

GAY & LF,SJ3lANALLIANCE
AGAINST DEFAMATION Benefit
Dance: ~Somethlng's
Comlnglat Club Lafayette, with entertainment at midnight by Maryel Epps
and Matthew Kasten's Beauties;
428 Lafayette St (across from the
Public Theatre); 10 pm; $35
advance/$45 door, 966-1700

SPECfRUM DISCO presents
John La Fleur, Jesse Volt ell:Catlria, remembering and re<reating the Girl Groups of the '60s,'70s and '80s; 802 64th S1, Bay
Ridge, Brooklyn (N Train to 8th
Ave stop); 718/238-8213¥//A"A.I'

SPECfRUM DISCO presents Judy
Torres, singing lDlI6 Story, 802
64th S1, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn (NTrain to 8th Ave stop); 71"8/2388213.~~;;~n-;'nm NETWORK OF BUSINESSAND PROFFSSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Back-to-School
Party,
to raise funds for the Center's.3rd-floor auditorium; by invitation; 208 W 13 St; 6:30-9:30 pm;$35 advance/$50 door, 620-7310

NAMFS PRO]ECCIMETRO NY
and TIlE SPIKE BAR Benefit,
with bar tended by Names Project members, 50/50 rame, door
prizes; 20th St & 11th Ave; 10 pm- midnight; 459-4366

WOMEN ABOUT Bicycle Touron Staten Island; 353/0073,
201/481-0440

MARC BERKLEY announces Salvation Mondays at LImelJaht,"dance till you're saved" beginning tonight, with dance-tapes
from popular discos of the past,and surprise performers; 6th Ave& 20th St; $6 with invite/$15
without; 807-7850
DC 37 LFSBIANS AND GAYSWOMEN ABOUT Pine Meadow
Lake hike; 353/0073,201/481-~~~J§;h{J~~~lOT"

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WOMEN ABOUT Brlgatine andTuckerton
Marsh birdwatch;

35310073.201/481-0440
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY andNEW YORK.UNIVERSITY Conference: The mv 1AIDS Epidemic, A Challenge to
Pharmacistsat LaGaurdia Mariott Hotel, 102-105 Ditmars Blvd.,
East Elmhurst, Queens; 8:30 am 5 pm; $65 (to Dept. of Coni. Ed.,
pay Arnold & Marie Schwarlz
College 0/ Pharmacy and Health
Sciences, 75 DeKalb Ave, Bkiyn,
NY 11201); $80 at door

NY BISEXUAL SUPPORT GROUP
presents Readings from The
Sweet Bird o/Youth (Williams),
The Green Bay Tree (Shairp), and"a surprise gay one-act by another famous playwright"; at theCenter, 208 W 13 St; 4:30-6 pm;$5; 718/353-8245

Get-Together
and OrganIZIng
Meeting, to discuss lesbian/gay
issues such as anti-bias legislation, domestic partner benefits,
homophobia at the work-place.
improving union services forpeople with AIDS; at the Center,
208 W 13 St; 6:30 pm; 718/8362511

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CYJMMUNITY
To list your non-profit organization in ourcommunity directory, call Tom Eubanks at
685-5277.

A.C,o.C,
AIDS CENTER OF QUEENS COUNTYSOCIAL SERVICESOEDUCATIONeBUDDIESCOUNSELING-SUPPORT GROUPS
Volunteer Opportunities(718) 896·2500(voice)(718) 896-29851100)
ACT UP (AIDS eoalition to Unleash Power)
496A Hudson Street, Suite G4 NYC 10014(212) 989 -1114
A diverse, non·partisan group of individuals unitedin anger and committed to direct action to end the
AIDS crisis. General meetings Mon. nights 7:30 at
the Community Center 208 W.I3th.
ARCS (AIDS-Related Community SelVices)for Dutchess. Orange. Putnam. Rockland, Sullivan,
Ulster and Westchester counties. AIDS education,
clilflit services. crisis intervention, support groups,
case management, buddy and hospital visitor
program.
214 Central Ave ••White Pilins. NY 10606(914) 993-0606
838 Broadway ,Newburgh. NY 12250(914) 562-5005
AlDSline (914) 993-0607
BAR ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. Lawyers Referral
Service for the Lesbian and Gay Community. Full Range of Legal Services (212) 459-4873
BAR ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTSFree Walk·in Legal Clinic.
Tuesday 6-8 pm
Lesbian and Gay Community Center Ground Floor

DIRECTORYTHE FUND FOR HUMAN DIGNITY
National Gay and Lesbian Crisis Line"AIDS 80Q'... 1·800-S0S·GAYS
Educational Resource Center; Positive Images
Media Center; NY State Arts Program
666 B'way Suite 410 NYC, NY 10012 (212) 529·1600

LESBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS PROJECT
ofthe
American Civil Uberties Union
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS /WE'RE EXPANDING THEM
(212) 944·9800, ext. 545

GlAAD
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
80 Varick Street, NYC 10013 (212) 966·1700 GLAAD
combats homophobia in the media and elsewhereby promoting visibility of the lesbian and gay
community and organizing grassroots response toanti·gay bigotry.

LESBIANS AND GAYS OF RATBUSH
Brooklyn's social organization for both gay men
and lesbians.
P.O. Box 106. Midwood Station
Brooklyn, NY 11230(718) 859·9437

COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT
208 West 13th Street. NYC. New York 10011
For Appointments and· Information (212) 675·3559
PROVIDING CARING. SENSITIVE AND LOW COSTHEALTH CARE SERVICES TO THE LESBIAN AND GAYCOMMUNITYlAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND
Precedent·setting
litigation nationwide forlesbians, ga!( men and people with AIDS.
Membership (S35 and up) includes lJewsletter andinvitations to special events. Volunteer night on
Thursdays. Intake calls: 2-4pm Mon thru Fri(212) 995-8585

FRONT RUNNERS
A running club for lesbian and gay athletesof all abilities. Fun Runs of! -6 miles held every Sat.
at lOam and Weds. at 7pm in .Central Park
apd every Tues. at 7pm in ·Prospect Park.
Jor information: call (212) n4-9700.

NORTHERN UGHTS ALTERNATIVES
Improving Quality of Life for,People with AIDS/HIV.
THE AIDS MASTERY WORKSHOP: Exploring thepossibilities of a powerful and creative life in theface of AIDS. Call Jack Godby (212) 337-8747 .

HEAL (Health Education AIDS Liaison)
Weekly info. and support group for treatments for
AIDS which do not compromise the immune systemfurther, including alternative and holistic
approaches.
Wed 8pm. 208 West 13th Street (212)674-HDPE.
HETRICK·MARTIN INSTITUTE
for lesbian and gay youth. Counseling, drop-in
center (M-F, 3-6pm), rap groups, Harvey Milk HighSchool. AIDS and safer sex information,referrals, professional·education.
(212) 633-8920(voice)(212) 633-8926 m for deaf

EOGE
For the physically disabled Lesbian and Gay
Community.
(212) 989-1921
P.O. Box 305 Village Station. New York. NY 10014

NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE
is the national grassroots political organization for
lesbians and gay men. Membership is $3OIyear.
Issue·oriented projects address violence, sodomy
laws. AIDS, gay rights ordinances. families, media,
etc. through lobbying, education. organizing anddirect action.
NGLTF 1517 U Street NW. Washington. DC 20009.
(202)332-6483.

GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS HOTLINEFOR INFORMATION ON SAFER SEX AND HIV-RELATEDHEAlTH SERVICES, AND FOR INFORMATION ON ONE·
TIME, WALK·IN AIDS COUNSELING SERVICES
212-807·6655
212·645-7410 TOO (For the Hearing Impaired)
MON.-FRI. 10:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. SAl 12:00 to 3:00

BODY POSITIVE
If you or your lover has tested HIV+. we offer
support groups. seminars, public forums, reference
library, referrals, social activities and up-to· datenational monthly. "THE BODY POSITIVE" (S1!i/year).
(212) 633-1782.
2095 Broadway. Suite 306, NYC. NY 10023·

CONGREGATIO N BETH SIMCHAT TORAH
NY's Gay and Lesbian Synagogue Services
Friday at 8:30pm
57 Bethune Street
For info. call: (212) 929·9498.

LONG ISlAND ACT-UP
P.O. Box 291, New Hyde Park. NY 11040
Support us for change on Long Island.
(516)338-4662 (516) 997-5238 Nassau(516) 928·5530 Suffolk

GAY MALE SIM ACTIVISTS
Dedicated to safe and responsible SIM since 1981.
Open meetings wlprograms on SIM techniques,
lifestyle issues, political and social concerns. Also
special events, speakers bureau, workshops,
demos, affinity groups, newsletter, more. GMSMADept. 0, 496A Hudson Street, Suite 023 ,NYC 10014.
(212) 727 ·9878.

NYC GAY & LESBIAN ANTI-VIOLENCE PROJECT
Counseling, advocacy, and information forsurvivors of anti-gay and anti·lesbian violence,
sexual assault. domestic violence, and other typesof victimization. All services free and confidential.
24 hour hottine (212) 807-0197

PEOPLE WITH AIDS COAUTION(212) 532.0290 I Hotline (212) 532.0568
Mondaythru Friday IOam-6pm
Meal programs, support groups. educational andreferral services for MA's and MArc's.

PEOPLE WITH AIDS HEALTH GROUP
Underground buyer's club importing not·yet·approved medications and nutritional supplements.
31 West 26th Street 4th Floor (212) 532-0280

THE LESBIAN AND GAY BIG APPLE CORPS
Get your instrument out of the closet and come playwith us. Symphonic, Marching, Jan, Dixieland,
Rock, Flute Ensembles and Woodwinds.
123 West 44th St. Suite 12l New York, NY 10036(212) 869-2922.

SAGE: (Senior Acti.on in a Gay Environment)
Social Service Agency providing care. activities,
and educational services for gay & lesbian sanior
citizens. Also serving over 160 homebound seniors
and older PWA's . 208 West 13th St. NYC 10011(212) 141·2247

LESBIAN AND GAY COMMUNITY SERVICES
CENTER
208 West 13th Street Ne·wYork, NY 10011(212) 620-7310
9am-l1pm everyday.
A place for community organizing and networking,social services, cultural programs, and social
events sponsored by the Center and more than 150
community organizations.

ULSTER COUNTY'GAY AND LESBIAN ALUANCE
Meets first and third Monday of each monthat 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Church on Sawkill
Road in Kingston.
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MASSAGE WANTEDGWM, retired gentle·
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slim and trim seeks
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male. Daytime midManhattan.
Pleasewrite to: Box 6095,
Grand Central Station,
NYC 10163-6018.
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Box 4543, Trenton
08611.
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SO,
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NYC, NY 10009.

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GWM, 38, 5'8", 145,
Br Hr, BI eyes, moust.
Looking for romance I
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Good health, no smok·
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LTR/Phone # vital.
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GAY RFD POET
34,5'8",135, HIV+,brown
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glasses seeks conver·sation with gay men
about their lives. I'd go
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2 hot guys looking tomeet singles or cou·
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10011.
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Slim, boyish intellectual WM, 32, swimmer,brown/green with varied interests seeks
brainy, muscular guy
next door, any race,
25-40 for possible
relationship.
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1220, NY, NY 10026.
GWM, 34, 5'10", lSO
Slim, young·looking,
Br/Gr. I like movies,
music, theatre anddinner out. Would liketo meet other GWM
for above, for relaxing
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UKE A VIRGIN ...
O.K., Material Girl ismore like it. GWM·19,
slim, brunette sexbun·
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847-A Second Avenue
Box #285,
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10017. Nice arms aplusuthe bigger the
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GWM, 28, 8', 170
Brown
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attractive (I guess),
East Village·parttime
activist,
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sarcastic In a funnyway, somewhat off·beat, not too serious,very sincere, undaunted, native New Yorker,
seeking similar niceguys, 20-30, for friendship and who knows

what. Send letter,phone,
photo(orrecent drawing). OutWeek Box 1206.
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to read, eat out and go
to movies. Live In
Woodstock
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12409.
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Terrace Station, NYC
10011. NO DRUGSILESBIAN,33
Tall, slim, creative,
sober, quiet yet spirited. I'm honest andconsiderate. A senseof humor has always
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Hot, handsome guy
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wants to meet similarmen
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GBM, age 30, 5'11",
135 Ibs., lonely In NY
seeks GWM top withor w/out moustache.
Honesty more important than looks. No
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10185.
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happy
ones
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another DHB. Not into
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I'vebeen told I'm handsome, caring, sensitive, sensual and hot.
I'm 6'/172/ltBr/ltBr,
33, trim, smooth, mus·cular build. Prefer
GWM, 20-28, "boyish"
and cute and wants to
grow. Enjoy conversa·
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work·outs at gym, Off·
Broadway plays andsafe hot love-making.
Send detailed letter w/
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11354. This may be
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future together.
REGULAR GUY
GWM, 38, seeks similar for relationship.
Avg
looks/build,
decent, stable, shy.
Like theatre, classicalmusic, blonds. Closet
Romantic,
more
turned on by chest
size than cock. Honest
letter and photo(amustl) to P.O. Box3182, Ridgewood, NY
11386.

BROADWAY BABY
Attractive, furry, cud·diy, GWM, 41, 5'9",
170Ibs.,
Br/Br,
w/stache, seeks spe·
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3Oish·50ish, for friendship/possible relationship 10 take in the new
Broadway, Off B'way
seasons together. Youlove musicals (maybe
even collect original
cast albums),
andenjoy comedy, drama,
cabaret, 100. Also likecountry walks, brunch,music, film, etc. Ifinterested
write
w/phone and photo (ifpossible)o to: P.O. Box
2509, Times Square
Station New York, NY
10108.
PASSIONATE
about great literature,ballet, dassical music,
safe sex, theatre, film,
intellectualchat.
GWM, 29, 5'9", 155 #,BI/grey, seeking thatsincere someone who
can be added to thelist of passions. Letterwith descriptionofyourself and your rea·sons for being should
elicita response.
Pleaseincludeaphone number. Photooptional. OulWeek Box
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Into kayaking, hiking, weightlifting, de la Soul, Nietzche
and well-rounded,
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160) & 34 (6'1", hairy,185) both very handsome, loving, fun, &HIV· seek younger kid
brother for fun andsensuous nights athome and on the town.
We can offer emotional support (no $), hottimes, affection,&some "home cooking".
You are huggable, hot,healthy, handsome (&together).
Photo/
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Am looking for some·
one who knows hisplace (bottom) and
who is obedient. You
must be willing to do
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intelligent, outrageous
sense of humor. Passions include films,
books, dramatic landscapes, spicy food,lively conversation,
long kisses. Seeking
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mail order bride. Mustbe cultured, intelligent,
with a good sense ofhumor. No Holly Nearfans. Outweek
Box
1178
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exchange. Your hot
male images (drawings, collages, etc.) get
a fistful from P.O. Box447, New York NY
10012. Lers have fun,guysl
WOODSIDE

PUSSY

5'7",210 Ibs., 45 years
old, GM, loves to suckcock and get fuckedwith bags by black andwhite guys 30-60. Not
necessary to be handsome or slim/trim. Bi,
married o.k. I'm HIV
negative/safe. Write
desires to: P.O. Box4547, LI. City, NY,
11104.
NIHON

Japanese boyfriend
wanted by GWM· 27,
tall, dark, slim, smooth,
soft-spoken individual,
long·haired, cr,eative
musicianlearning
Japanese. AirTiasho
Ka?
Outweek Box
1181

GWM,38, RUNNER,
VEGETARIAN

loves art, music, outdoors, travel, HIV(-).
Seeks GBM, 25-35,
healthy, with similarinterests to seek andshare mutual physical,
emotional, and spiritu·
al growth. No drugs/
booze/cigarettes.
Photo/ letter please.

WOODSTOCKBARK liKEchanged my life. I'm
45, 6', 185, professional, warm, intelligent
and like blues andbicycling,rock andreading, movies and. theatre. Looking for
30ish, bright, loving,
attractive man. P.O.
Box
325-0,
NYC
10108.

Outweek Box 1182
CULTURED
SINCEREGM
PROFESSIONAL

healthy 20· sought byhandsome
GM
Kyotoite, 35, 5'11",160
for monogamous relationship, any race.
Ph/ph to P.O. Box1502, New York, NY
10185.
LOOK NO FURTHER

GWM, experienced
friend and lover seek·
ing same. I'm easygoing,
sensitive,
romantic, intelligent
and witty. 44 years
young, 5'7", 142 Ibs.
Beautiful blue eyes,
curly
brown
hair,
moustache. I'm sensu·
ai, sexually versatileand into safer sex.
Interested in perf. arts,
film. Photolletter getsmine. Box 2004, NYC
10009.

GWM,

26, European seeking
GF for friendship andpossible
marriage.
Both can be mutuallyconvenient. Outweek
Box 1144
BUILD A NEST?

GWM, 43, 5'10",160
Ibs., generally considered intelligent andhumorous with wide
range of skills andinterests, reasonably
successful,lots ofgood friends but currently without the capstone, that speCial
someone. Seeking apartner interested in
the slow explorations,joys and agonies ofbuilding a nest. Let's
start communicating
and see where it
leads. Outweek Box
1145

A DOG

GWM, 34, who barks
like a dog on all fours
and eats from a dog's
dish. Send phonenllmber, P.O. Box 266
NYC 10002.
FANTASY?

I want 2 B crazy inlove. I'm tall, dark,handsome,
smart,
good gymbody. So
what's the problem?
I'm 52 in an ancient,dry relationship andhave a fetish for very
attractive men with nofacial hair. If you're 2540, into SS sans poppers
andyou'vealways wanted a PIT
Daddy, send photo/phone to Box 1114Old
Chelsea Station, New
York, NY 10011.
MUTUALpossible. Ph/ph, P.O.
Box 8324, New York,Ny 10150·1918.
STUCK

LIKE A PIG

Let this 24 yr. old hot
farm boy use his farmtools to work you into afrenzy so I can hear
you squeal. Send letterwith a good descriptionofyourselfanddescribe
how youwould like to be breeded. Outweek Box 1149
METAPHYSICS?

Seth material? GWM,
6'2", 165, cute, br/bl,
29, seeks fair-haired
peer int. in same, plus
art, politics, fun, E. ViII.
Let's create a reality
together,
w/music.
Ph/ph, please. Bruce-all answered. Outweek
Box 1128

BENEFITS

Companionship soughtfor physical and intellectual stimulation byattr W/M, 44,6'1", cos·
mopolitan show-biz
executive. Seek W/M,
23·29 (taller than 5'8"),
clean-shaven, goodbody/mind. Graduate
students, actors, professionals-offer
dinners,
Broadwayshows, theatre. Expect
truth. Sex (safe).Travel

OCTOGENARIAN

In excellent physicalcondition, seeks com·pany of GWM (18 to30).
Reasonably
secure financially andpsychologically, political activist who isinterested in sincere,lovingrelationship(platonic or otherwise)with GWM well-versedin the arts, world traveller who has been an

active parnCipantTnthe
joys and sorrows Outweek Box 1130 bio
and optional photowould be real nice.
Cheerio.
HIV.BOTIOM

Attractive GWM, 33,
Br/Br, slim, glasses.
Seeks:
Dominant,
handsome GWM, 2840, who can satisfy the
fantasies I have alone
at night. Must be
smart,
financiallysecure and not uptightabout his or my anti·
body status. Companionshipand moredesired. Let's explore
together. Outweek Box
1131
NEED ASPANKING?

Attractive guy, 43, 6',
160 Ibs., will put you
across his knee, pull
down your pants-·andunderpant"suand
spank your bare bottom till you promise to
behave. Am into fanta·

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NYC 10150. Seek trim
guys only.
GUPPIE
26 year old GWM
attempting to live theyuppie lifestyle. 6'2",
175, blondish hair,
beard and moustache.
Non-smoker, healthy,
In-shape. Considered
to be good- looking,romantic, stable, professional. Seekin GM,
28-40 with similar
qualities for quiet dinners,
movies,etc...Please send letter
including photo andphone number. Outweek Box 1152
PATRONICHUM
Aging writer, hairy,
irascible, seeks warm·
hearted, brainy, non·smoking amanuensis
and/orpatronl provlder/slut In exchange
for grudging affection,
kinky vanilla sex, andglimpses of immortali·
ty. P.O. Box 1251
Canal St. Station, NewYork 10013.
PATIENTLY
waiting for a GWM,
35-49, attractive, edu·
cated professionall
executive,
seriousabout commitment,
Introspective but funloving with a good
sense of humor, and
who actually has tln-.e
In hi. Ichedule
tomeet new people andpossibly develop a
relationship.
I'm a
GWM, 43, br/haz,
5'10", 150, glasses,
gd-Iklng, Intelligent,
professional, HIV neg,
MIClwestern values.
Try not to take myself
too seriously. Write
with ph/ph to Box
1858, Madison Square
Station, NYC 10159.
VERYHDSM
IMASC
30, 6', 160, blond,stralght·actingl
appearing, successfulpron, warm and verbal,
Yuppy-type (w/out theattitude) with AII·Amerlcan looks and an irresistible smile. Enjoys
the moreruggedaspects of Iife·hiking,camping, skiing, gymas well as the city.
Seek similar profl,
hdsm
and masc,
together guy "forfriend·ship and fun and sen·suous times. POB
20489, NYC 10025
TWO HOT GUYSIGood·looklng
white

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top, 33, big cut tool &bottom, 29, smoothwild ass. Looking for
2\or more guys for hot
sex in various combinations.
Short onwords, long on action.
State your preference
and lets get it on.
Photo, phone a must.
Tom, Box 950, NY, NY
10021.
BRIGHT, BLUE·EYEDHealthy, affectionate
GM, 47, 5'10 1/2",
160, anxious to meetother trim GM interest·
ed in committed rela·tionship. Enjoy music,
books, " performing
arts. Prefer serious
men with a sense ofhumor. Balding, o.k.
Send letter, phone andphoto (if possible).
Outweek Box 1100
EVERY INCH A MAN
with extra inch where
it counts ... plus hunky,
hairy chest, magic
nips, solid 6', 185 Ibs.,
very young 44. Hot,hdsm big brother/ top
paV protectorl defend·
erl rescuer/ teacher/lover & more. Seek
special guy 20-38 toshare life, laughs,
hugs, NYC fantasies
plus waterfront dream·house. Go 4 it wlboth
letter & picture: POB
1164 NYC, 10159.
(OK--so I'm choosy,but SO ARE YOUI)GWM, 26, 5'10", 1S0
Fairlyhandsome,brown hair, greeneyes, buzz·cut, mous·
tache, very thin beard,
slender build. rm interested In computers,
tenniS, work-outs, thearts, travel, politics. A
little shy, qUiet, I·d liketo meet men 22-40,
mature and straight·
acting, fairly or very
handsome, moustach·es/beards a plus, forsafe sex relationship.
Letter and photo to:
Outweek Box 1104
ONE DATE AT A
TIME
GWM, 30 years old
and look 30 years old,
5'5", 130 Ibs., goodface and body, brownhair· balding , browneyes, HIV+, creative
bright healthy sex.
Have usually been abottom but don't haveto be. Drug and alcohol
free·except
cigarettes and coffee. 1
am looking for an intel·
ligent, masculine man·
30 to whatever·for dat·
ing and romance. No
drugs
or
heavy

photo. P.O. Box 269,
70·A Greenwich Ave.
New York, NY 1001L
UGHT IN AUGUST
Humor, values, brains.
Handsome in an Our
Town kind of way.
Seeks open, committed, personable fellow
who reads in bed andsings in the shower.
For the long haul. Out·
week Box 1107
GAY BLACK MALE
35,5'11" seeks GM for
possible relationship.
Seeking honesty, sincerity and commit·
ment. Interests arevaried. Please only
serious replies. Write
to OutWeek Box 1111
TOP QUALITY
Handsome, healthy,safe, secure, successful, fun-loving, gener·
ous, bi-coastal GWM,
40, 5'9", 155 Ibs., inshape, seeks relation·
ship with a smooth,sexy younger guy (18·33), blondes and greatbuns a +). rm ready toshare life·s great
adventures with some·
one who likes travel,
the arts, the gym,
whatever life has tooffer and wants to giveit. Photo and phone a
must. Outweek Box
1112
EXHIBITIONISTSGWM, photographer
seeking men who liketo show off and posefor nude photos. Fees
paid. Send nude snapshots and don't be shy.
NATIONWIDE.
I'mwell-hung and gor·geous.
Box 294,
Franklin
Park, NJ
08823.
FEMME OF CENTER
GWF, 47: GuinevereseeksLesbianLancelot to bring me
dragons to play with.
Are you butch of center non-smoker/drugs?
Love animals? I willanswer all responses.
Outweek Box 1114
COMPANIONSHIPGWM, 34, 5·"", 180,
brown hair, eyes,
moust., good Ikg. I·msincere and passion·ate, seeking same.
Enjoy movies, muse·ums, shows, prof.
sports, music, nature,
massage, sex. No timefor egotistical people.
Don't care if you·re
muscular or in shape.
Prefer moust., 30-60,
but not nec. Reply
Itr/photo. Please don't
respond if not sending

MANHATTANITE,
BtWM, 21. I'm cleanshaven,sensual,wlfuller hair, interests
still basic 4 now(punk/R&B/rock, theVillage,occas. x·
dress) seeking very
similar guys (mainly
white/Oriental)
from
16-23 w/natural looks
not so male·ish. Non·smoker/non-addict
helps. A letter andphoto from you could
spark a good friendship for starters. Out·
week Box 1126
FRIENDS WANTED
We are two German
boyfriends in the late
20·s, with many inter·ests. handsome, smart
and uncomplicated.
We are looking for
new friends in the age
between 25-35 years.
New York area preferred. We live in thesouthern part of West
Germany. Please reply
with photo to: Peter K.
Siebold,
P.O. Box
1503, 0·7012 Fellbach, West Germany.
ORANGE COUNTY,NY
GWM, 31 yr., 5"7",chunky, brown/green,
Italian/German bottom,
tired of all B/S, bars,
games, etc....Iikes out·
doors, quiet nights andgood conversationseeks intelligent, affec·
tionate, goodlooklng
man between 25 & 35
yrs. with same interests for friendship &possible relationship.
Serious please onlyr~plyCallJohn(914)986-1523. Sun·
day-Thursday. After
6p.m.only.
QUIRKY LESBIAN
GWF, 27, would like tomeet very bright, funny
woman who possesses natural femininity.
Older women, please
don't be shy. Please
sendphoto,
notbecause I'm picky but
because I thoroughly
enjoy fotos of folks I
don·t know. I·m notbeing facetious. I·m
fascinatedby thatwhich is traditionallyconsidered boring, i.e.
staring at the ceiling,reading phone books,
calling pre·recorded
messages and dialing
international operators. Loathed When
Harry Met Sally .....
Write to OutWeek
Box11S1

WANTED
Butch-fem couple in
Manhattan, ages·4O &35, seeks lesbian sin·
gles or couples for wild
fun and adventure.
Join us for fantasies,
erotic games, lightbondage. No drugs,
no pain. Outweek Box
1020
DEFINITION
Progressive hunk (34,6', 175) with post·
modern affectations
seeks supple artie
culations of body andthought-or at least former--withbrawnyfriend(s). len
joydancing, activism, safe
hot sex, cycling, sun,beauty, grace & all theusual stuff.
Send
photo and the rest to
P.O.Box 1366, NY, NY
10025.
Photo
retumed, if requested.
MILDLY KINKY
GWM, 52, attractive,
5·'0", 145, versatile,seeks hot sex, fun,relationship, friends,
enjoys politics, actl·
vism, conversation,
walks, travel, movies,
much more. P.O. Box
173, NYC 10023.
GWM, ITALIAN, 25
Good-looking, niceguy looking to makefriends. Live on LI.
work on Wall SI. Want
to meet other niceguys
who are interested in asincere, discreet andcaringfriendship,lunches,dinners,
movies, walks, hang·
Ing out, or just doing
nothing
together.
Would like to hearfrom all·any age, race.
Married, bi, o.k. too.
Write with photo andphone-- you've got
nothing to lose·-(pen·pals o.k.) P.O. Box 483
Wall St. Station, New
York, NY 10268.
SEEKING GREATTOP
Tall(6'4") , good looking
bottom seeking tall top
for fun times, definite
adventure and pas·sionl Me:30's, clean·
shaven, brown hairgreen eyes,18S.gym
shape, prof. You:3O·s40's, in shape, attractive, non-smoker, andThe

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he compare to Botha?
SN: Mark, I'll tell you that I'm goingback to South Africa, and some of thequestions I really have to be carefulwhen I answer them. I really don't know
who Is going to have your publication
here. I think one is followed all the time
and that's why I'm avoiding the conventional press.
MC: Do any of the political parties
address gay rights?
SN: Not as far as I know. All I
remember, before I left South Africa, theDemocratic Party had called on gay people to discuss with them, but by gay
people, they meant white gay people.
MC: That was one of the problems
with the GASA. They were mainly interested in looking for gay power within
the current racist political structure. You
broke away from the GASA, right?
SN: When I was in prison, yeah.
They were not supportive of me, butthat was not the only reason. The otherreason was that they did not do anything to improve the life of people inour country. They didn't say anything
against apartheid. It was a social organization mainly aimed at white members. I
was a Black member of that organization and I had encountered difficultywith them. That's why the SaturdayGroup was formed, because they didn't
do much for the Black gay community.
MC: Was that one of the reasons
you helped to start GLOW last year?
SN: That was one of the reasons
GLOW was founded. GLOW was founded last year, after I came out of prison.
MC: What about the Congress of
Pink Democrats?
SN: TheCongressof Pink
Democrats was supposed to be a national organization, an umbrella for gay andlesbian organizations in South Africa, but
it Is now defunct
MC: Is there any sort of organization trying to take its place?
SN: No, not at the moment, because
GLOW and OLGA have the same thinking, that we have to organize our localorganizations first, build them up to bestrong organizations, before we can concentrate on national organization.
MC: How many cities have localorganizations?
SN: Johannesburg
has got lots oflocal organizations,and Cape Town,
Port EIizal?eth, Durban, Bloemfontain,
Pretoriaj several cities.

MC: What kind of support do gay
organizations get from other institutions?
SN: So far, we don't really get any.
MC: Where to you meet?
SN: GLOW was meeting in people's
homes. At least now, we're meeting at
the GLOW bar. And of course we meetat the offices of the South African Institute of Race Relations where I used towork. They've got a community hall. We
have to hire it, we have to pay it.
The Visit Abroad
MC: When· did you first get the idea
to make this tour to Europe and North
America?
SN: The Canadian people, the ones
from Toronto, they phoned me threedays after I was acquitted and asked mewhether I would like to do a tour in
Canada, and I said, "Yes I will." I didn't
know that I would have a problem
obtaining my passport, because as far as
I'm concerned, I'm acquitted and I'mout, a free person. And then I went toholiday in Cape Town and when I got
back, I applied for a passport and I
never got it That was for 18 weeks. And
at the end I managed to get it. And it
was only because I had to involve lotsof people.
MC: Is this your first time in the
United States?
SN: It is my first time anywhere. I
haven't travelled.
MC: Where else did this tour bringyou?
SN: I went to London-I
speht
more than 13 days in Canada. I went toVienna.
MC: You were at the International
Conference there. What did you do there?
SN: I've been really harassed by thepress people, I_want to say. It's not an
exciting thing. I attended some workshops. I had so many interviews fromeverybody. It was so tiring. It was justlike it was in San Francisco. And I'm notgoing to allow that to happen anymore.
MC: What happened in San Francisco?
SN: I never had time for myself. I
really don't know how people think ofme, I know they want to interview me,
but as a person. I want to be treated likeany other person, not just to be interviewed and have big receptions andthings like that.
MC: What are your impressions ofNorth America and its lesbian and gay
community?
SN: Well, I love them. I found thegay and lesbian community here verymuch privileged. More than our gay andlesbian community in South Africa. I
mean, here at least gay people, they
don't seem to be struggling to getvenues to meet, and in South Africa we
do. And anyway in South Africa, white
gay people, the majority of those gay
people are out. They don't even thinkthat it is important to pursue gay rights.
Here, what impresses me is the way thegay community in these countries I havebeen in are doing so much work on
AIDS. And I think we also need to do
the same thing.
MC: What do you think will be theresult ci your visl abrood, what do yoo hopeto have acoomplished when yoo go home?
SN: ~I, firstly I would have shared
my experience that the gay and lesbiancommunity share and elsewhere I havebeen. And I would have also made contact
for our gay and lesbian organization inSouth Africa. And I would have, for example, raised enough funds for the Township
AIDS Project, and for GLOW as well. And I
would have gained a lot of knowledge,
especially on the fteld that I want to c0ncentrate on, being an AIDSeducator.
'Y
All are invited to a dinner with
Simon Nkoli and members if Men of All
Colors Together(M4Cf) at Sy/vids Restaurant, 328 Lenox Avenue at West 126thStreet on Monday, September 18, at 8 P. m.
•An Evening of Solidarilyand Support for Anti-Racist
Work, AntiApartheid Struggle and Lesbian and
Gay Liberation,· featuring Simon Nko/~
will take place at the Lesbian and Gay
Community Services Center, 208 West
13th Street, Manhattan. Sponsored by
the Simon Nkoli Support Committee ofM4eT, the event includes an address by
Nkoli, followed by a questton-andanswer period.
Ta»deductible contributions can bemade payable to Rutgers, The State University Nkoli Fund and sent to:
Dean James Credle
Office if Minqrity Affairs
Rutgers University
Paul Robeson Cf;ImpusCenter
350 Dr. Martin Luther King, jr. Blvd.
Newark, NJ 07102
Interested parties may also write to:]be Gay and Lesbian Organization of
the Witwatersrand, c/o Glen Shelton,
South African
Instituteof Race
Relations, P.O. Box 30144, Braamfontein 2017, Republic of South Africa.

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GB & BRITISH
GBM, age 30, 5'11-,
135 Ibs., lonely in NY
seeks GWM top withor without moustache.
Honesty
is moreImportant than looks.
No games or drugs.
Write Box 149, NYC,
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5'11", 210 Ibs., enjoys
music, quiet evenings
and cuddling. Looking
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NYC, send photo andphone number to Out·
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rlEGULARGUY
GWM, 38, seeks simi
lar fun relationship.
.. verage looks/build,
decent, stable, shy.
Like theatre, classicalmusic, blonds. Closet
Romantic, more turnedon by chest size thancock. Honest letterand photo (a mustl) to
P.O. Box 3182, Ridgewood, NY 11386.
SUPERHUNG W/M,
35, good looks, average build, looking forguys hung super longor thick for safe fun.
I'm in midtown and amvery discreet. Scott,Box 6559, NYC, NY
10163.
EAT, EAT, EAT
and eat some more. I'll
feed you to yourheart's delight. We will
watch your belly andtits grow to perfection.
Has this been yourdream or fantasy? I
will make it happen. I
have alot of experience in this area.
Answer today withphoto and phone anddetailed letter. You
have everything to
gain. Serious replies
only. P.O. Box 20053
London Terrace Station, New York, NewYork 10011.

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Lesbian Professional:
35, 5'3", slim, nicelooking, immaculate.
Mature,rational,
strong, responsible,
yet affectionate, warm,compassionate. Wouldlove to meet a femi·nine gay professional
female, 27-36, who isalso attractive, very
slim, healthy, graceful,intelligent (a mustl),
responsible, honest,
loving,sensitive,
romantic and senti-

mental. No bi's. P.S.
Please be 99.9% of
these qualities to reply.
Honesty is sacred.
Note/phone/photo.
OutWeekBox 1189.

I'LL TAKE
MANHATTANI
Californian, GM, 25,
bilbl, sensual, mous·
tached, Intellectual,mature, non-attitudi·nous, romantic fordays, self·aware but
notself·absorbed
seeks Manhattanite,
25·35, with similar
qualities for whateverdevelops. Any race orhealth status. No closet cases or Republi·
cans, please. Letter,phone to Outweek
Box 1169
LmLE BROTHER
Write homel GW cou·pie 30 (6', blonde,160) & 34 (6'1", hairy,185) both very handsome, loving, fun, &HIV- seek younger kid
brother for fun andsensuous nights athome arid on the town.
We can offer emotional support (no $), hottimes, affection,&some "home cooking".
You are huggable, hot,healthy, handsome (&together).
Photo/phone (Don't tellMoml) to: POB 1955,
NYC 10025.
UNIQUE
OPPURTUNITY
How would you like tostrip, kneel before me,
and place yourself
under my direction?
Am looking for some·
one who knows hisplace (bottom) and
who is obedient. You
must be willing to do
as you're told. Your
stats are unimportant
to me-your attitude
isn't. If willingtoexplore,write
toPOBox 292, NYC
10024.
SERIOUS FUN
w/ GWM, 32, 5'10",
very slim, long brown
hair.
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WEST SIDE
Bike Stop West230 W. 75th St.
874-9014
Candle Bar
309 Amsterdam Avenue.
874-9155

Regent East
204 E. 58th St
355-9465
Rounds303 E. 53rd St
593-0807

Don't Tell Mama
343 West 46th St
75HJ788
Piano Bar
Jason's
23 W. 73rd St
874-8091
North Northwest
215 W. 76th St. 2nd Floor
787-9256
Sally's Hideaway
264 W. 43rd St
221-9152
Town and Country
9th Ave at 46th St
307-1503

j's

Star Sapphire
400 E. 59th St

675 Hudson St
242-9292
Vo

688-4710

EAST VILLAGE
The Bar
68 2nd Ave. (at 4th St)
674-9714
Boy Bar15 St Mark's Place
674-7959
Dancing / Drag
The Pyramid
101 Avenue A
420-1590
Dancing / Drag
Tunnel Bar
116 1st Ave Oth St.)
m-9232Trix

234 W. 50th St.
(bet Broadway & 8th Ave.)
664-8101
The Works
428 Columbus Ave (at 81st)
799-7365

EAST SIDE
Brandy's Piano Bar
235 E. 84th St
650-1944
Chaps
1558 3rd Ave.
427-8300
G.H. Club
353 E. 53rd St
223-9752
Johnny's Pub
123 E. 47th St
355-8714

Duchess II
70 Grove St Oth Ave.)242-14~
Women

South Dakota
405 3rdAve.
684-8376

eat's

730 8th Ave.
221-7559

D.T.'s Fat Cat
281 W. 12th St
243-9041
Piano Bar. Mixed M/F

WEST VILLAGE
The Annex (to Cellblock 28)
673 Hudson St(bet 13th & 14th)
627-1140

Vo
Badlands
Christopher & West St.
741-9236
Boots & Saddle

76 Christopher Street
929-9684

Ty's
114 Christopher St.
741-9641
Uncle Charlie's
56 Greenwich Ave.
25~
Video BarCHELSEA
Barbary Coast
64 7th Ave. (14th St)
675-{)385

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

The Break
232 8th Ave. (22nd St)
62H1J72

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

Chelsea Transfer
131 8th Ave. (bet. 16th & 17th)
929-7183

Kelly's Village West

Eagle's Nest
142 11th Ave (21st St)
691-8451
lather / Levi's

46 Bedford St.
929-9322
Piano BarThe locker Room
400 W. 14th St (9th Ave)459-4299

Private Eyes
12 W. 21st St. (bet. 5th & 6th)Vo

Dancing, Video ClubMarie's Crisis
59 Grove St Oth Ave)
243-9323
Piano Bar

Rawhide212 8th Ave(21st St)The Monster
80 Grove St Oth Ave.)924-3558
Piano Bar / Dancing

Spike
120 11th Ave.
243-9688
lather & Unifonns

Nimbus 22
22 7th Ave. South
691-4826

Tracks19th St & 11th Ave.
Dancing~molather / Levi's

Ninth Circle
139 W. 10th St
243-9204
Ramrod185 Christopher St.

COMING SOON:Vo

Sneakers
392 WestSt
242-9830

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from a bunch of OutWeei

The Cubbyhole
438 Hudson (Morton St)
243-9079
Women

Two Potato
145 Christopher St.
242-9340

through the dens of thenight

CeUblock 28
28 9th Ave
733-3144

staffers as they crawl

(for finding other gays and lesbians to dance with)

MEN&WOMENWOMENMONDAY
Umellght 6th Ave & 20 St 807-7850 (Marc Berkley's Salvation)
Prlvate Eyes 12 W 21 St. 206-7770 (preppie; male strippers, 2-4-1 till
midnight)

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

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

WEDNESDAY
Bedrock 121 Woodfield Road, West Hempstead, 11516/486-9516
Venus Flytrap 6 Bond St (btwn B'way-Wayette) 979-6565 (PTProductions)

THURSDAY
Bedrock 121 WcxxlfieldRoad, West Hempstead, 11 516/486-9516

Club Lafayette 428 Lafayette St. (Scott Currie & R. Couri Hay)
mo (Dallas and Sanker's CLUBBAD)
SpectnJm 802 64 St. Brooklyn 71&'238-8213(free admission all night)

Prlvate Eyes 12 W 21 St 206-

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

FRIDAY
Basement 14 W. 22 St. 534-9824"Boybar 151/2 St Marks PI. 674-7959
Columbia Dances Earl Hall, 116 St & B'way 854-3574 Ost Friday of
every month)Funk, Inc. 428 Lafayette St.
Private Eyes 12 W 21 St. 206-mo (preppies and young professionals)
Spectrum 80264 St Brooklyn 718/238-8213 (mlf strippers)
Tracks 531 W 19 St. 627-2333

SATURDAY°Boybar 151/2 St Marks PI. 674-7959
11te Center 208 W 13 St. 620-7310(2nd and 4th Saturdays)resuming 9/23
Prlvate Eyes 12W 21 St. 206-mo (Dallas and Sanker's Club BAD)
Sound Factory 530 W. 27 St. 643-0728 (non-alcohol, House music)
Spectrum 802 64 St Brooklyn 718/238-8213 (guest performer night)

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

SATURDAY
Bedrock 121 WcxxlfieldRd., West Hempstead 516-486-9516
SUver Unfng 175 Cherry Lane, Floral Pk, 11 516/354-9641 (a.k.a"The Lining")
Stan 836 Grand Blvd., Deer Park, L.1.516/242-3857

SUNDAY
Bedrock (West Hempstead, Il)

EVERY NIGHT
CUbby Hole, 438 Hudson Street 243-9079
Duchess n, Sheridan Square 242-1408

All iJhone numbel'Sare area code 212unless otherwise indie.ted.
NOTE:
Party events are subject to change.

°Mars Westside Highway at 13 St. 691-6262 (Chip Duckett's "Mars
Needs Men" night)°Pyramld 101 Ave A 420-1590 (Hapi Phace and Drag + Variety Show)
Spectrum 802 64 St. 718/238-8213 (show; free admission)

EVERY NIGHT
Monster SO',GroveSt. at Sheridan Square 924-3557• (TVswelcome)
September 24, 1989

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byPhllGreco
Edited by Gabriel Rotello
11. Contest
12. Economics abbr.
13. New Yanks' coach
18. Antique
19. Playwright William
24. Bus __25. __Pound
27. Alas (Ger.)
28. Substitute
29. Anti-gay Bryant
30. Say
31. Deserve
32. leave __to Heaven

33. __
gas
34. Piece for eight
35. Walter
40. Silkworm
42. Wot

43. ·Un bel di," e.g.
46. Poetic contraction
48. Disguised
51. Gay poet W.H. and family
52. Gay composer Rorem, et al
53. Wi11iamsor Rolle
56. Pain
57. Guevera's namesakes
58. NY disco
59. Ms. Bombeck
61. Rosebud, e.g.
63. __Gift
64. Torch __Trilogy
66. Have sex with?
67. Era68. Tognazzi of La Cage
69. Born

SOLUTION IN NEXT WEEK'S OUTWEEK ON SALE TUESDAYACROSS
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1. Davis of Querelle
55. Women's army div.
5. My __
Sal
56. Peak
8. Wilde's Lord Douglas
60. Dental deg.
62. __
Redding
14. Rake
15. Anus: comb. form
65. Gay actor
16. Comfort
70. Gay author Me\vi11e
17. Gay statesman/scientist
20. Too Little, Too __21. Actress Balin
22. Sherman play
23. Otherwise
26. Actress Scala
28. Tenor who had a gay affair
36. Canadian prov.
37. Black org.
38. Therefore
39. Mention
41. Jacket
44. Actress Shaw
45. Uterus: comb. form
47. CrucifIXion letters
49. Crimson
50. Queen who loved women80

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6. Ms. Miller
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September 21

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Lesbian and Gay Men Discharged from
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Critchfield (citizen soldier) and Arthur
Leonard (Lawyer).

11:00 pm

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

Orange County California's First Lesbianand Gay Pride Festival Along with theFundamentalist Protest.

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Men & Films

September 24

11:30 pm

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

Rik McShane Shows Us HOW to Pump
Clips from The Men of 550

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September 25

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